Summary:…As if protecting his secret of being KID wasn't hard enough, now he had to take care of a fugitive Doll too. And it just had to be a prideful and arrogant doll to boot too…Well, at least the Doll could cook.
Warning: AU (…since when my stories aren't? *face palms*), OOC-ness and my shitty English (sorry…I somewhat want this to be a surprise to my dear dear beta Kagari-chan too v^^.)
Disclaim:…Do I look like I own something as awesome as DC or MK?
A/N:…I guess this story is kind of "write for the heck of it" v^^. The first part wrote itself, I tell you. And the second part was written pretty fast because I was high on reviews xD.
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Part 1: The Wanted Doll.
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Nine PM…and Kaito grumpily plopped down on his sofa with a steaming bow of instant noodles in his hands.
…it was soooooo frustrated, Kaito grumbled as he changed the channels while swallowing down his dinner. His mother had decided to go out of the country again, and he sighed, if she kept spending his father's saving like that…
Then again, the money seemed like unlimited. He spent a good amount of it on his KID's gadgets and his mother spent a nice amount of it on going out of the country, for what he didn't know and the money seemed to never decrease.
But actually, the thing that made him feel frustrated was that, no mother mean no homemade food and he was getting tired of instant noodle and take-out food.
Setting his bow down, Kaito leaned back against the sofa and decided to watch the news that was talking about KID.
Grinning, Kaito listened to their talk, praised how awesome KID was and how fruitless the police was in capturing him. Heh, he was just that good, he couldn't help it.
"…Please pardon us for interrupting the program you're watching," the scene changed and they were no longer talking about KID but about some kind of announcement. Kaito narrowed his eyes, it'd better be important or he wouldn't sleep because the talk about his show was interrupted so rudely just because of something trivial like missing pet of some rich people.
"…A dangerous doll which was supposed to be recycled today has escaped," the reporter said, looking down at the note in her hand, "It's a fail produce and it's very dangerous because it can attack people. If you see it, please phone the police."
And as she finished, the picture of the wanted doll was put up and Kaito blinked, it looked oddly like him, beside the neat hair and blue eyes of course. So, that the doll eh? He just hoped people wouldn't mistake him for it and he got sent to the...wherever it was to be recycled.
And he looked up at the ceiling.
Dolls were the robots that were made to be humans' friends, servants, lovers and anything the human wanted it to be. And they were called Dolls instead of just robot because they looked really real and like human, from the smooth skin to the way they spoke and expressed their feelings…if they ever had feelings, Kaito snorted.
In the end, they were just tools and toys to human and he hated it…it was just wrong…even if the Dolls didn't have a heart, real feelings…
Sighing, he decided to just go to bed early; tomorrow his had a test after all, and fencing off Hakuba's accuses of him being KID would be quite tiring. The blond should just start to find soil evidence then accused him, not throwing comments about him being KID every now and then like usual, it was driving Kaito mad.
Then the magician and sometimes thief blinked as he recalled everything, Hakuba was a good detective, he had to admit and the task of finding the evidence of him being KID wouldn't be too hard for him but it seemed…after sometimes of being classmates, then friends- thank to a mop-wielding girl, their relationship had become better than at first. And Hakuba wasn't really hell bend on capturing him. It was like, Kaito scowled, the blond did all of that for his own amusement, to make Kaito frustrated.
Standing up and stretching himself, Kaito glanced at the bow on the table before deciding that he'd deal with it later as he made his way toward his bedroom.
After having changing into his pj, Kaito grinned and saluted at his father's portrait, "Good night, Tou-san. See you tomorrow~!" and he smiled as the portrait smiled back at him, the everlasting smile…
And as the lights went off, Kaito lay down on his bed and pulled the cover up, the sound of cars and people were still there and for a moment, he almost didn't hear the sound of breathing, shallowly and desperately.
With a startle, he shot up in his bed and narrowed his eyes as he silently made his way toward his room's balcony where the sound came from. Just hope it wouldn't be a thief…or they had been stupid enough to choose the infamous KID's house to rob, Kaito grinned, what should he do with his fellow thieves now…
When he opened the doors to the balcony, Kaito found himself staring…
…this…this couldn't be happening, Kaito looked at the person sitting with his back leaning against the wall who was also holding his bleeding arm, his face turned toward Kaito, the face that he had just seen minutes ago on the news.
The moment seemed to freeze in a dramatic pause, the full moon illustrated Kaito's astonished face and the other's whose face was scrunched up in pain. On his balcony, the wanted doll was, breathing hard and it appeared that he had lost unconscious…if his closed eyes didn't already tell.
…seriously, Kaito couldn't believe, because thing like that only happened in movies or mangas…but it was happening right then, making him the main character… which he didn't mind much.
Well…what would the main character do in these situations? He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, call the police or take the doll in?
Grinning from ear to ear, Kaito snapped his fingers before bending down to pick the doll up, the doll only gave a groan in respond but he showed no sign of waking up. And Kaito walked back inside the house, closing the doors behind him. Dangerous or not, this was what the main guy would do, he was sure, or exactly, it was what Kuroba Kaito would do.
Beside, despite looking a lot like him, Kaito looked down at the doll in his arms, he looked much cuter than Kaito and who was him to leave such a cute guy alone like that? He might be dangerous but Kaito was sure he could defend himself just fine; it wasn't like the doll had supernatural power, right?
…Well, in the meantime, let's call him Doll-kun.
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"…System's starting. Start running check."
"…Breathing System's working properly."
"…Heating System's working properly."
"…Commander System's working properly."
"…All programs in place."
"…Slightly damage. Not too serious."
"…Waking mode: On."
…Unfocused blue eyes slowly flicked open and for a moment, all he could see was whiteness.
He blinked a few times before his eyes gained a waking light. Blue eyes blinked some more before they widened as he shot up on the bed.
Where was he? He looked around with wide eyes, his system was working fast, trying to process the scenes his eyes took in and if he had ever been there. A desk with a computer was placed beside the bed he was sitting on. A few feet away, placing by the doors led to the balcony was a simple grey wardrobe, nothing special. Well, other than the giant portrait of a smiling man and doves on the other side of the room- his brain processed that the man was a magician, someone who did tricks to please people, they often appeared with a top hat and sui-…wait a minute, it wasn't time to recite the information!
He shook his head rapidly to shake the unwanted information away. His eyes and brain continued to try to see if there was any danger nearby. Then he noticed his arm which was bandaged nicely. His eyelids dropped in an amused manner. He didn't need bandage, his wound would heal on its own…he was just a doll anyway…pain only hurt him a bit before it become a dull feeling.
Then everything from the day before returned back to his memory chip which provided him that, yes, he was shot while trying to run away from the trucks that were bringing failures like him to the recycle factory. He had run and got shot but he at least lost his pursuers as he hid in a house's garden. Then he didn't know what possessed him but he had climbed up a tree to get to the second floor's balcony. The place seemed to be a nice hiding place at that time, he didn't even think about the owner of the house might find him there…but it seemed they did. And he wondered why he heck he was still sitting there dazedly and not make any move to escape before the owner called the police?
…It certainly felt safe and his sense never failed him.
Idly, he moved his hand to rub his bandage forearm and closed his eyes. His creators…the one who he had seen as his very parents, betrayed him, wanting to discard him…His little non-exist heart throbbed as he remembered the way the woman and man, his creators, had smiled at him, showered him with love like he was their son…
"…From now on your name will be Kudo Shinichi," he had said so warmly, patting his head gently while the woman pulled him into a bone-crushing hug.
"Shin-chan~! Welcome to the Living world~!" she had exclaimed so happily and even then, when he didn't have any clues of what Living world was, what name mean…he still felt so happy that his commander system commanded him to smile the first smile ever, however hesitant and shy it was. He felt like he was human and not just a doll.
…But then, he was just an idiot, an idiotic doll that he was. Humans were all liars, they never kept their promises. The couples had told him that the three of them would be together forever as a family and then, two years later, they got tired of him and threw him away onto a truck with several other fail produces. That was when he realized, he was nothing more than a toy, something to please the humans and when they got bored of him, they threw him away so easily…
It hurt, his hand gripped the bandaged forearm tightly, hoping to feel just a little pain so that it would prove that he was existing, he had feelings, he wasn't just a doll…it helped a bit as he could feel sticky liquid seek through the bandage, he smiled to himself, sticky liquid that the dolls like him would prefer to as blood so that it would make them more real. But then, the truth was always there, it was just oil and other chemical produce and the human were kind enough to give the liquid a dark red color. But it was certainly tasteless, unlike the metallic smell of real blood.
"Whoa whoa, easy, Doll-kun," a new voice spoke up and his eyes snapped open, his head turned toward the source with wide eyes. At the doorway, the newcomer was standing there, dressed in a sleeveless white shirt and brown pants that were rolled up to his mid shins, arms crossed at his chest as he regarded him with amused violet eyes.
Wide blue eyes looked at the face that looked so alike to his own as he backed away until his back was pressed tightly against the wall.
"…W-who a-a-are yo-u-u?" he asked, stuttering as his voice cracked…damn, his speaking system must have been damaged. Slightly damaged bullshit, his checking system must be damaged too then…at least his commander system wasn't harmed in anyways…
"You feel any better?" the stranger asked, moving to sit on the bed's edge, "You looked like shit last night."
"…W-well, t-t-than-ks," he deadpanned back, still looking at him with wary eyes and the stranger laughed good-naturally.
"Well, I'm Kuroba Kaito," the newcomer- now had a name, Kaito said absently as a dove appeared from no where and perched on his head, its black round eyes stared at him blankly.
"What's your name?" he asked and the doll opened his mouth as he was about to say something but then, he closed it again, his upper body lower a bit in defend, much to Kaito's amusement.
"Relax, I'm not harming you or calling the police," Kaito waved his hand in dismiss as the dove on his head flapped its wings happily.
"…I-it's Shin-i-i-chi," he dropped his last name since he didn't deserve it anymore, he wasn't a Kudo family's member anyways…
"Shinichi, eh?" Kaito blinked, "Your creator surely have a good taste in naming…" then he laughed again, "Then again, it doesn't matter, does it?"
…It does, Shinichi wanted to tell the stranger so but he couldn't. And he didn't even know why he couldn't, it was frustrating…
"…I don't even know why I took you in," Kaito mumbled, "You don't attack people, do you?" he asked, cocking his head to one side, making the dove flew off his head to settle on his shoulder.
Shinichi shook his head, "O-o-on-ly-ly i-if t-they at-attack me," he muttered back. His blue eyes blinked in confusion as Kaito looked at him strangely, "W-w-wha-t-t?"
Kaito smiled, "You're much realer than they…" he said and Shinichi got the message. He was realer, more humane than most of the dolls, he knew and he took pride in it.
"Okay," his head snapped up again in caution as the messy haired boy clapped his hands together, looking him with mischief in his indigo eyes. Shinichi tensed, mentally slapped himself for not getting out of there when he still could.
In a swift moment, Kaito pounced on Shinichi, straddling him and making the wanted doll yelped in surprise before fighting back, struggling to get the messy haired boy off him.
"W-w-what t-the he-hell?" Shinichi screamed, hands crawled at the other's bare arms, making Kaito wince but he didn't budge.
"My, I never know they install cursing into dolls too!" he smirked as his hand took a hold of Shinichi's wrists and pinned them down above his head while the other pulled at Shinichi's shirt's hem to pull it up.
Shinichi snarled and continued to struggle, it was just his rotten luck that he managed to meet a rapist, damn it. And even if he wouldn't feel too much pain, nor pleasure, his pride wouldn't let himself get humped that easily.
The other's cold hand pressed against his chest, near his neck before skimmed up to the side of his neck, then to left his blade shoulder then to his nape, where the hand stopped and poked around.
Moment later, a victorious smirk tugged at the messy haired boy's lips and Shinichi blinked as Kaito suddenly flipped him around and pulled at a part of his skin at his nape, where the thin shell was easily peeled off to reveal a USB port.
Blue eyes widened again as Kaito took a USB wire from nowhere and Shinichi began to struggle even more. Hell no! That damn thing again!
And the USB was plugged in, Shinichi grew limp, his system shut down to be connected to the computer. Only his commanding system was still working and as his limbs couldn't move anymore, Shinichi found himself glaring hatefully at the other, who slowly got off him with a charming grin on his face.
"What?" Kaito asked innocently as he got in his seat in front of the computer, where a window popped up with various files on it.
"…I h-h-hat-t-te y-you," the doll spat as best as he could in his shut down mode while Kaito poked around with his setting program.
"Thank you," Kaito nodded, the grin never left his lips and his eyes never left the screen where the mouse was moving toward one particular file
Moments later, a frown made its way onto Kaito's face and Shinichi couldn't help but let a smirk tug at his lips.
"…As far as I can see," Kaito began, eyes flicked over Shinichi, "You have no errors, viruses or whatsoever…Then why do they call you a fail produce…?"
"Mh…" Shinichi grinned, feeling quiet proud for no reason but otherwise, he stayed silent.
Silence fell around them. And Kaito continued to mess around.
"…Just fix your speaking system and checking system," Kaito announced after a while and Shinichi mentally thanked him.
"Well then, let's see if you still hate me after this," he said in a sing song voice as he double clicked on the file that named 'Emotions and Personality'.
Shinichi only rolled his eyes as Kaito worked on his program cheerfully.
"Whoa," Kaito gasped in mock surprise, "Whoever created you must be the biggest egotist in the world," he turned to look at Shinichi with wide eyes.
"Look, in your personality, they set 'Arrogant and Prideful' as default…" he mused, "No wonder…"
Then he grinned, chirping cheerfully, "Let's change that, shall we?"
And he typed into the 'Personality' box, 'Obedient and Gentle.'
"There, much better," his grin widened as he moved to another file, "…And let's see which type you are…" his eyebrows furrowed together, "'Family' eh? Not bad…"
And he tapped his chin thoughtfully before a wide smirk appeared on his face and Shinichi felt goose bum rose on his artificial skin as Kaito typed on his keyboard.
"…What did you set?" he asked warily and alarmed as Kaito turned to him.
"…'wife'," he replied nonchalantly and Shinichi's blue, blue eyes widened.
"What the? I'm a male!" he yelled, wanting so badly to punch the moron but he just couldn't move.
"…And? I tell you, Dolls like you are asexual and made for gay people too. Ah, well, only 'wife' section has cooking program, dear," Kaito brushed him off easily and turned back to the screen, "…why would it matter to you though…?" he mumbled to himself, "…You're just a doll."
Again, Shinichi wanted to protest but it was the truth. Truth hurt, he knew and all he could do was biting his lower lip harshly to prevent himself from saying anything.
"…Lady Luck must favor me really much," Kaito's cheerful voice broke Shinichi's thought, "Now that I have a doll for free, no more instant noodles and take out food."
And he turned to grin charmingly at Shinichi, "Ready for a nap? Once you're done with resetting and restarting, I'm sure I'll have a nice and obedient 'wife'…" his grin turned cheeky and Shinichi found himself slightly amused by that. Then he mentally slapped himself for thinking so.
Shinichi snorted before he started to feel drowsy as his system was shutting down completely. But before he lost his grasp on the Living world completely, he could vaguely hear Kaito say something about 'disguise' and all.
And then, darkness claimed him.
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To D-chan's question if I'm reading/watching Chobits ^^: Yup, only one ep though. I realized that hentai or ecchi is not my type ^^.
…It's kinda vaguely if I will continue or not…I seriously have no idea where this will lead to v^^. Admitting, I had so much fun making up the Doll's anatomy. But well, I'll write when the muse bites and I hope you'll enjoy every bite I manage to get bitten x3.
…Btw, while finding the USB port, I believe Kaito did more than needed too xD.
Hope you enjoy what I have so far ^^.
