Kenji Harima pressed his new Maiden's button on her neck and she started to make noises. The Maiden was an exact look-alike of Tenma Tsukamoto, her crush. She was dressed in a white Maid outfit with pink frills. She had long black hair, black as the night, and it was done in very small pigtails, just like Tenma. When she opened her LED blue eyes, she turned to Harima and bowed.
"Harima!" She cheered in Tenma's voice, "Good to see you! I am Tenma, your new Maiden for Hire! It is great to see you! I am here for your guaranteed service! I come with everything that is in my programming!"
Harima screamed at the top of his lungs, spinning around in his own misery:
"SHE EVEN ACTS LIKE TENMA!"
He was in his corner, feeling downtrodden. The Maiden Tenma approached him and held him tight.
"Aw, don't feel scared by me," she said, "I've heard everything about you. I am programmed for everything, including…"
She kissed Harima on the cheek. Harima let out a howl, know that he was kissed by a Maiden Tenma.
"DUDE! THAT WAS HOT!" He cried in joy, ironically enough, thinks she's like the real Tenma.
"Now, let's see what we can do for you," she smiled, "I'll go clean up your house!"
She prepped herself up and began to clean. She ran really fast, cleaning everything in his home. She did it in one minute. She turned to Harima, who was shocked. Tenma then grabbed Harima and took off his jacket.
"Now, Harima," she said in a blushed smile, "Now I will make you happy. I will see that you get treated right."
"Uh, Tenma?" He groaned.
She placed her finger on his lips.
"Shh… not a word. Let me help you out… with a kiss," she whispered.
Harima let out a bloodcurdling scream:
"AAH! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I AM ANYMORE!"
Outside the door, Miss Itoko was giggling quietly, knowing that Harima is getting his.
"Thank you, Pleasure Mode. Kenji, now we're even," she smiled evilly, "Enjoy Tenma now. It's my gift… to you."
She stepped away from the door and left, laughing evilly.
Meanwhile, Harima was trying to break free from Maiden Tenma, who was kissing him constantly.
"Harima! Don't go! I'm here for your guaranteed service!" She cried.
"But… you know that I am-!"
"Oh, I know that! I find you as a very hot guy! Now take off those shades! You'll be even hotter!"
She snatched them off his face. She noticed his eyes.
"Whoa! Hold on… you remind me of someone," she said, as she stopped.
Harima gulped and sweated bullets, knowing what the answer would be. But, of course, he was wrong. The Maiden Tenma then smiled and hugged him extremely tight, with her pigtails twitching.
"I find you as a hot young stud, with that badass face!" She smiled, "Harima! You rock as my user! Kiss me!"
Harima then screamed in fear, "Tenma! You don't understand!"
"Oh, I do understand! You're my best user, so far, and I've only been activated just now! This calls for my delicious dish I'll make in one hour: Maiden Curry Supreme! That's when it's dinner time, my Kenji!" Tenma grinned, as she was still holding Harima, kissing him.
He then moaned, "I give up… Can't breathe…"
"Oh, Harima," the Maiden grinned, "Shall I tend to your bath first? We'll have dinner, as soon as you're clean."
The Maiden Tenma dragged him to the bathroom.
Harima hollered, "WHERE'S THE WARRANTY ON HER?"
And that's how it started… The story was left untold, since School Rumble fans might know what happens next between Kenji Harima and a Tenma Tsukamoto robot.
In the beginning, Kenji Harima once owned a Maiden for Hire from the Maidens for Hire Company in his hometown of Yagami. His first Maiden looked like CEO of said company and creator, Eri Sawachika. But her services were ended in a tainted way, since an android of Eri created her. Since then, Eri Maiden became Harima's girlfriend, replacing the REAL Eri, due to business-related matters.
But then, Harima's cousin and teacher, Itoko Osakabe, gave him a new Maiden as a gift. The Maiden he got, looked like Tenma Tsukamoto, his crush from long ago, and the rest was history. Since then, Tenma-bot gave her every whim to Harima. But what we're going to see is a battle of love between robot and Maiden.
Eri Robot has never met Tenma Robot yet, but you'll see soon enough. It's a rivalry between Maidens… and more.
This is the story of how one Maiden for Hire plans to dominate her rivals of love…
…and how she nearly lost her life that day…
…and got herself a second chance.
This is the full story on the life of Model #T3N61, Tenma Model.
Maiden for Hire X:
Tenma vs. Eri
Writer's Note: This is the tenth story in the Maiden Universe series, which is why the Roman numeral is there.
Chapter 1
So, We Meet, At Last…
After Harima woke up from his bed, he saw the Maiden sitting on her chair, recharging. He got up and snuck out of the bedroom to change.
"Damn," he said, "I cannot believe I have a Tenma android… This is ridiculous. I have her for two days now and already she's on my nerves. I guess this is what it's like to have Tenma."
He got dressed in a green shirt and jeans and went to the front door. But as he was about to touch the knob, he saw a plate of curry on the table. He was happy for a plate of curry for breakfast, but something wasn't right.
"Itoko isn't playing me again," he snuffed, remembering the last time he was foiled with food, "She wants me tortured, right?"
He grabbed the plate carefully and saw a small note on it. It read: "Someone for you, my lovely hunk of bad boy; from: Tenma".
Harima ate the food and was moved to tears, "I don't know if I am happy or if the Maiden woke up early."
He finished the plate and whispered, "Too bad Itoko's not here, or she'd halt me. But I'm only leaving because 1) I have a date with Eri, and 2) I have to get away from-."
"Harima, my master!" Tenma Maiden called out in a singing voice.
"HER!" He cried out.
The Tenma Maiden appeared and was cheering. She ran towards him and grabbed his arm.
"No, you don't, Master Hottie!" She said, "You are giving guaranteed service by me. Since it is morning, I'm giving you your morning wash."
"Uh, okay," he stammered.
"By the way, did you enjoy my Maiden Curry Supreme for breakfast? It's filled with vitamins and minerals and enough meat to fill your protein."
"Yeah, I did. I'm surprised that you made it as a breakfast meal."
"Of course, I did. Everybody knows that Maidens are capable of creating such culinary dishes, but with the same dishes, using different ingredients."
"Is that why my curry has potatoes and eggs?"
Tenma snuggled at Harima's head and said, "Aw, you like it! I have a specialty for you in dinner tonight: Tenma's Super Hot Meatball Sandwiches (packed with habanera chili peppers)!"
Harima groaned, as he left to go to his date. Tenma, however, tried to pull him back in.
"NO!" She cried.
"Tenma-bot, please!" He pleaded, "I have something planned today!"
"NO! Don't go!"
"Tenma!"
He broke free and dashed off. Tenma was on the floor, teary-eyed, and calling to him.
"I'll wait for you, then! Harima?"
XXXXX
That afternoon, Harima met up with the Eri Maiden.
"You looked battered, as usual, Whiskers," she asked, "Did something happen?"
"Oh… nothing," he gasped, "I don't want to talk about it."
"Oh, you can tell me," she smiled.
"Well, Itoko gave me a new Maiden for Hire, on the grounds that you left and became my girl."
"Wait… a new Maiden?"
"Yes. Please don't be mad."
Eri then said, "Tsk, tsk, Harima. I'm okay with it. If you wanted a Maiden for Hire again, I'm cool. After all, I used to be one."
Harima then was relieved, "Oh, thank goodness."
Eri then inquired, "Uh, what does your new Maiden look like?"
Harima then gulped and said nothing. Eri Maiden was snickering.
"Oh, I'll know eventually." She smiled, as she held his hand.
XXXXX
She will. For that night, Harima was being fed by his Maiden, who was flushed in the cheeks. He gulped down those sandwiches she created and was happy… with a little signed mouth.
"Darn, Tenma," he muttered, "Perhaps you were that hot… literally."
Tenma bowed, "I live to serve… I love you, my hot and hunky Harima. How about tonight, before I recharge, we can have a little fun in bed?"
Harima growled, "Absolutely not! It's against your programming to kiss me in bed!"
Tenma pouted, "Aw, you're no fun. And to think I wanted to make you happy."
Harima then ranted, "That's not the issue! You can still be my Maiden, but when I'm 18, I'm all yours. But now, I have a girlfriend!"
He then smiled, as Tenma Maiden whimpered, "Oh, Harima… I was created to give you guaranteed service, but your heart belongs to another girl?"
She then smiled, "Cool. My darling hottie just wanted to be tested."
She held him tight and threw him down. She dropped onto his waist and hugged him. She just couldn't stop kissing.
"Ten-, Tenma!" He cried out, "What are you doing?"
"I cannot help it, hunk-o-rama," she beeped, "Can't you see that I am perfect for you?"
"Why don't you stop it? This Maiden is nuts!"
"Aw, it's just love… to the nth degree."
Harima pleaded, "Do you mind not injuring me like that?"
Tenma held his shirt and smiled, "Oh, I wouldn't be that violent. My love is… so… strong for…"
She blushed and was infatuated by his face. As she was about to kiss him, the door opened. Eri Maiden saw what transpired.
"I… It's not what you think… Eri, listen…" he stammered.
Tenma Maiden kissed him and embraced it for a couple of seconds. Eri Maiden was shocked. She turned away from him and slammed the door. Harima got up, freeing himself, and ran after Eri Maiden.
"ERI! WAIT!" He cried out.
He grabbed Eri Maiden, who was in tears.
The robot sobbed, "HOW COULD YOU? How could you date a Maiden for Hire over me?"
"It's not like that! She came after me! This Maiden-."
"Wait… Is that… Is that Tenma?"
Eri Maiden then gasped, "Oh, crap! You mean…?"
Harima took his girlfriend to his apartment and showed her the Tenma robot.
"Oh?" She remarked, "Is the blonde girl your girlfriend in question?"
Eri Maiden did the same question, "Is she your new Maiden?"
Harima answered, "Yes… Sorry…"
Eri kneeled down to the Tenma robot and asked, "Do you have a name?"
"My name is T3N61: Tenma Model! Nice to meet you, Model #N1K1M871," she introduced herself to Eri.
"You know my name?" She asked.
"Always. We Maidens know who they are; especially since you're well-known in Maidens for Hire… and you're a spitting image of my creator, Miss Eri."
Eri blushed and turned away from her, "Oh… please… I'm not always a great Maiden/android/girlfriend… But thanks for bringing it up. I kind of have… oh… ha, ha, ha, ha, ha…"
Tenma then glared and thought, "So she's the girlfriend that that stud muffin Harima has: a walking, talking, ex-Maiden. She seems to be a threat in my romance."
Eri Robot asked, "UH, tell me… What do you do for fun for my darling Kenji?"
Tenma Robot bellowed, "If I tell you, it wouldn't be fun! You're an ex-Maiden! I can never divulge any information to you!"
"Ladies, please break it up!" Harima cried.
Eri Maiden then said, "Well, whatever the case, I hope you tend to him. And whatever you do: don't stare at his eyes."
Harima gasped, "Eri! Why bring that up?"
Tenma held Eri and said, "Oh, Eri Model, it'll be all right. I am at your boyfriend's service."
Harima then said, "Well, as long as you two are okay with each other."
Eri Maiden then asked, "So, where's Miss Itoko?"
"She's gone for a while," he said, "Something about a business trip."
"Oh, yeah," Eri Maiden replied, "I forgot that Itoko Osakabe gave you Tenma Model."
"So, do you have Karaoke Mode?" Eri Maiden asked Tenma Maiden.
"Sadly, no," Tenma responded, "I am not a good singer."
"Can you sing well?" She asked.
"Oh, yes." Tenma bowed.
She hugged her and was smiling, seeing that she's happy to her one of her sisters owned by Harima. As she hugged, Tenma Robot stared at him with very passionate eyes. Harima was completely very scared, since her eyes were romantic, yet similar.
"Uh, may I leave you two alone?" He asked, "I think I want you two to know each other better."
He left in a hurry, leaving his two robots to speak. However…
"So, Model #N1K1M871, I see you chose to be a real person and not a Maiden," Tenma asked, "How come?"
Eri Maiden was flushed beet red and responded, "Well, Harima was so hot. And of course, my services were in shambles. There was an Eri android that created me and… well… you know how it is."
Tenma Maiden exclaimed, "I am created by my creator, Miss Eri Sawachika. My services are far better than yours."
"Elaborate!"
"I am faster, more open to speak, and I don't become a nervous wreck like you. Your functions are somewhat bashful, timid, polite, and very precise. I work at 115% efficiency."
Eri Maiden smiled, "I see that you and I are one in the same."
Tenma asked in concern, "Are you mad about that?"
"There're other Maidens who'd say that about me, and they were newer models. I'm okay with it."
She then whispered to her ear, "At least I have a boyfriend."
"Tell me," Tenma Maiden asked, "Does Harima love anyone else?"
She whispered to her ear, "Keep it a secret, but he's a fetish for the pigtails. That's all I can tell you."
Eri then left to find Harima. Tenma started to glow her LED eyes and was feeling uneasy and jealous.
"She thinks she's super Robo-Eri, huh?" She thought, "Harima is now mine and mine alone. You're an ex-Maiden, you outdated piece of machinery."
She then took off her bonnet and remarked, "Eri Model's services ended prematurely and acts as Hot Stuff Harima's girlfriend. What's done is done…"
She balled her fist, crumpling her bonnet, in anger.
"Pigtails…" she huffed, as her LED eyes glowed red, "Eri Model and Miss Eri have pigtails. What does that make me: a used mannequin?"
Tenma seethed, until Harima returned. He saw Tenma who was very calm.
"Hey, are you okay?" He asked, "You look red."
Tenma smiled, with her voice straining, "Oh, you know, just waiting for you."
She pulled his ear and scolded at him, "You and I are going to have a great night! I promise to make you happy! But until I say so, you are never to see that robot harlot, at all!"
"Oh, come on, Tenm-!"
"No excuses!" She shouted, as she dragged him away, "I had a chat with her and she said to give you at least a day of guaranteed service, since your services with her was shocking and tainted."
Harima was in tears, "What is with her today?"
"How about a bath with me, my darling hot Kenji?" She smiled.
Harima was shocked, knowing that he's taking a bath with her.
XXXXX
At the bath, they were both in the tub, feeling relaxed. Tenma, wearing a flesh patch over her power button, and her hair done in a bun, approached Harima, who was feeling lost in thought.
"Harima, did you enjoy your bath?" She asked, "You're going to be squeaky clean soon."
She held up a sponge and lathered his chest up. Tenma Maiden giggled and continued to scrub his bare skin.
"Uh, Tenma…" he tittered nervously.
"I want you, Harima," she explained, "I enjoy your slanted eyes and washboard abs."
Harima was blushing, as his Maiden continued to scrub him. Her eyes were completely blue and pink, flashing around, and her lips curled up. She went closer and wrapped her arms around him. Harima was white as a sheet, as Tenma Maiden's bare frontal skin landed on his body.
"Kiss me…" Tenma whispered, "Kiss me, Harima. I want your body…"
Harima said nothing. He was stunned and shocked. Tenma Maiden's lips were puckered. She let her hair down and held him tight.
"Hey, stop it!" He screamed, "I know you think I am 17, but…"
"I know…" Tenma Maiden sighed, as her hair draped down in front of her chest, "But, it feels so sudden. Eri Model loves you so much… I wanted to know about you more, since Miss Osakabe made me a gift and Miss Eri created me."
She then whispered, "I love you…"
Harima's eyes bugged out and sank in the water.
Tenma gasped and tried to pull him out of the water. She cried, "He's drowning for me!"
She blushed as she did CPR on him.
XXXXX
The next day, Eri Maiden saw Harima, who was completely staggered.
"Oh, dear," she gasped, "What happened to you?"
"I feel awful…" he moaned.
He held onto Eri and kissed her forcefully. The Maiden tried to break free.
"Harima! What gives?" She cried out.
"I cannot take it!" He cried out, as he let go, "I have had it up to here with that Maiden Tenma Android! She really is acting like she is really in love with me!"
Eri Maiden nodded, "I wonder that, too."
She then explained, "Tenma may love you, but it's all fake. My love, on the other hand, is fake, as well; but it is pure. You love Tenma, then the real Miss Eri, and you once had Yakumo. But your heart adverted into one heart: mine. Tenma Model has the heart to do that, because it's in her programming. I, however, feel the same way, but like you humans."
Harima then asked, "But why would this Maiden try to make out with me constantly and use pet names?"
"I wonder that, too…" she said, "I'm beginning to think she has very high romantic urges. Sadly, she'd never done it on a minor."
"Maidens' Pleasure Mode is compatible for age 18+ users," he exclaimed, "I think maybe she'd gone and reprogram herself."
"I'll see what I can do about her CPU and OS," Eri Maiden requested, "Maybe I need to know what is wrong with her."
Harima said, "Please do. The sooner Tenma Maiden obeys me, the better."
Eri Maiden then responded, "By the way, I whispered to her that you're an inclination for pigtails. Though, I cannot say that you love Tenma Tsukamoto. Can you imagine if she saw her and short out?"
Harima left, thinking what she said. Eri was worried.
"Tenma Model…" she whispered, "Something is wrong with you."
XXXXX
That night, the Maiden arrived to see Tenma and wanted to speak with her. Tenma announced that Harima had to stay late at school. Eri Maiden then ordered Tenma Maiden to open her waist panel. She pulled up her dress. The Maiden opened her panel.
"Is there a reason why you are checking me?" Tenma Maiden asked.
Eri Maiden informed, "I need to see if you are in working form. First thing: I want you to suspend your Maiden services, in order to continue with the maintenance ritual."
Tenma beeped, "Maiden programming suspended; main function continuing."
"Good," Eri Maiden said, "Now, I want you to deactivate yourself. I'll take care of the rest."
The robot plugged a USB cord into Tenma's exposed circuits. Tenma shut down her functions, as Eri began transferring her voice and personality into a small monitor and radio. Eri Maiden began to analyze her motionless body. She was surprised by the results.
"Hmm, this is rather peculiar," she thought, "Her systems are running smoothly. But why on earth would she fall in love with Kenji?"
She removed Tenma Robot's clothes, leaving only her underwear and stockings. She opened her chest panel, arm panels, leg panels, and almost everywhere; she then examined her entire body, looking for some fault in her main CPU.
Tenma's voice appeared and said in an electronic voice, "What are you doing with my body, Miss Eri Model?"
"I am installed with How-to Maiden programming," she replied, "This is like a part-time job for me, since I am an ex-Maiden. Now please wait… Activating examination process…"
Eri Maiden closed her eyes and began the examination. She was whirring and beeping, while checking inside Tenma Maiden.
Hours later, she finished and closed all of Tenma Maiden's panels. She then turned to the plasma-screened monitor and said to her, "I'm afraid I have some bad news. You are working at 100% working efficiency, but you are infatuated by Harima. I want to ask you a few questions."
"I'm all ears, Miss Eri," Tenma smiled, as her avatar showed a smiley face, winking.
"Okay. First off: Is your Pleasure Mode working okay?"
Tenma then beeped and said, with a kissy-faced smiley, "What do you think?"
Eri Maiden continued, "Okay… question two: do you love Harima purely?"
Tenma then had her smiley face blushed, "Oh… I do. He's such a hunk."
Eri gasped, as Tenma continued, "Like you, I am purely in love with him. I enjoy your presence, Miss Maiden Eri."
The robot then shivered and asked, "Then answer this: Do you hate me?"
Tenma responded, "No. I don't hate you. You're my master's girlfriend. But one day, I hope to live with Harima, as his love, once you are gone."
Eri Maiden was pissed, "Tenma Model, your maintenance routine is finished! I'll see you tomorrow…"
She transferred her entire personality back into her body. Tenma Maiden woke up and dressed herself back in her Maiden outfit. Eri Maiden then ordered her to not go all the way, until her user is 18.
"I promise," Tenma smiled and winked, while she had her fingers crossed, "I will honestly not go all out again, until Master Hunk-o-Harima is older."
"And will you STOP calling him names? That's my shtick!" Eri yelled.
Tenma bowed and remarked, "Sorry. Not while you're present. Forgive my sudden meanness towards you, Miss Maiden. I won't disobey my programming."
Eri Maiden smiled, "Well, as long as you are working okay."
She left, as Tenma Maiden was smiling evilly, just as soon as she left.
"Sucker…"
Tenma's routine continues in the next chapter, as she confronts Harima again, hoping she'll be performing her Pleasure Mode at him.
Though, something feels odd about her…