Chapter 1

Soothed Loneliness

Kazo lie in his bed stiffly. The lights were dim and the blinds were shut. He heard the door creek open but didn't turn his head to see who it was.

"Kazo, you look lonely." It was his mother.

She was always saying things like that. That he looked lonely; trying to get him to make friends. He couldn't, he couldn't make friends. No matter how he tried to talk to new people and make friends nobody wanted to be friends with him. He was different. It wasn't anything physical, he looked normal enough, it was something else. Something that made people not want to be around him.

She sat beside him on his bed and gently put her hand on his head. "Are you alright, Kazo?" She asked, softly stroking his short black hair.

Kazo rolled over to face her. "Mother," He said quietly, "I am lonely." A tear ran down Kazo's soft cheek and soaked into his pillow. His mother brought him up into her arms and hugged him tightly.

"If…" She said in a quivering, sad voice. "If I could I would take all of your sadness and loneliness away." She released her grip on him and got up from the bed. Kazo just watched her silently.

"Sleep well," she said tenderly. "I love you, Kazo."

Kazo watched her silently as she left the room. He could hear her muted footsteps as she went through the hall and down the stairs. After he could hear her no more he rolled over and went to sleep.

Sunlight streamed through the blinds, making long lines of crisp light across the walls. It hurt Kazo's eyes to look at. After being isolated in his dim room for so long he had become accustom to the dark. He pulled the blinds tight so as to block the sun.

A knock came at his door. "Kazo, are you awake?" He looked at the alarm clock next to his bed, 10 o'clock. It was the maid.

"I am," he said tiredly, just loud enough for her to hear. She opened the door a crack and peaked in before entering completely.

"Your mother would like to see you in the family room." She bowed and left the room.

Kazo lazily crawled from his warm bed and put his robe on. He then went out of his room and down the hall toward the family room. It was bright outside his room; he had to squint before his eyes adjusted to the light.

He went into the family room and faced his mother. She was sitting comfortably on the couch. There was a girl sitting across from her in a rocking chair. She had long raven black hair and couldn't have been much older than twenty. Kazo couldn't help noticing something odd about her. She looked... different, almost unnatural. Her eyes seemed to stare mindlessly, she looked so lifeless.

"Please Kazo, sit down." His mother patted the cushion next to her. Kazo slowly crossed the room and sat next to his mother.

"This is your new friend Kazo," said his mother, gesturing toward the girl in the rocking chair.

Kazo looked at her confusedly. Could his mother make friends for him? Was that allowed? "What is her name?" He asked, looking at the girl that stared mindlessly passed them.

"That is for you to decide." His mother said simply. Kazo still did not understand. He looked at her blankly. "She is a doll." She explained.

"Can I be friends with a doll?" Kazo looked at his mother curiously. Was it right to buy a friend? He didn't know, but he trusted his mother.

"Of course you can, Kazo." She said smiling at him. "You can be friends with whom ever you want."

Kazo smiled, for the first time in years. "What should I name her?" He asked his mother excitedly.

"You can name her whatever you want." She put her hand on his shoulder. "She's yours," she reminded him, whispering softly into his ear.

"Jun," he said finally. "I'll name her Jun."

"Go say hello to her," his mother urged him.

Kazo got up from the couch and walked over to his new friend. She didn't move, just kept staring lifelessly. He stopped right in front of her and bowed. "Hello Jun," He said shyly.

Jun flinched to life. Her head jerked up and looked Kazo in the eyes. At first Kazo was startled and almost ran back to his mother, but then he saw her life filled eyes and continued. "I am Kazo," he said at last, "nice to meet you."

Jun got up abruptly and bowed. "Hello Kazo," she said in a cheerful voice. "You have named me Jun. It is my pleasure to be in your service."

Kazo looked back at his mother with a confused look on his face. "I thought she was my friend."

"She will learn to be your friend and not your servant," said his mother reassuringly.

Kazo looked back toward Jun. She was almost a foot taller than him. Then again she was modeled after a twenty year old, Kazo was only eleven.

A.N. Hey it's Hentai Fairy! If you didn't know this fanfic was based off of Doll, a manga published by TokyoPop! There really aren't any main characters to Doll because it's more like a series of different stories, all with the same basic theme, dolls. So, I kinda had to make up my own characters but the thing that makes it a fanfic is that I use the same 'doll' theme.