Chapter 2: Online
Sakura sighed sadly as she sat on the bottom edge of Kiku's computer, looking out the screen into the man's empty office. He had left everything on for her, but she just didn't know why he wasn't there. He had moved her to the office and left without another word, so now she was bored, with no one to talk to and nothing to do. The girl stood, finally deciding to try something else out. She reached up to hit his internet icon, and watched the window open. Using the on screen keyboard of the touch screen she started typing, and looking up random things that crossed her mind (which was mostly research about the programs that had created her). But finally she decided to search her creator, and was surprised when a website appeared. She opened it, only to discover it was a heavily encrypted site that was only visible to certain servers in Japan.
And it was a government site.
"Honda Kiku, the immortal representative of Nihon-koku, the human representative of the country… He is responsible for the successful run of the country and is always present for anything that may affect it… health tied to economy… blah blah blah… Huh…" she sat down on the bottom of the screen. "Kiku-sama is Nihon?"
"Sakura-chan I'm back!"
She jumped up, hurriedly closing the window. The door opened, allowing Kiku to walk in, still wearing his suit. He undid his tie as he sat at his desk, giving her a smile, but dropping it for a moment when he saw the still high-lighted internet icon.
"I hope you weren't too lonely."
'No, no, I was fine.'
"Are you sure?"
'Hai!' she was smiling, so he simply leaned forward to tap the screen. 'Where were you Kiku-sama?'
"I'm sorry Sakura-chan, I had to attend to some business." he reached out to press his fingertip to the screen, and smiled when she pressed her hand to him. "So what were you looking at on the internet?"
The girl looked up at the lit up icon and flushed. 'Oh, just some random stuff.'
"Find anything interesting?"
'Hai! I found a website about you, Nihon-sama.'
"Oh? I see." he watched her climb up the side of his screen, stretching out to hit a different icon. It was the icon for one of his document programs, and he was amazed to watch her use the on screen keyboard to quickly type out several paragraphs.
It didn't take long for him to realize it was from whatever site she had seen the story about him on.
"Sakura-chan, did you memorize all that?"
'The program you used on me created a data bank that records everything I see, hear, or read.' she motioned to the writing behind her. 'You didn't know that?'
" I probably forgot…" Kiku scratched his cheek. "I do forget some things you know. My memory isn't prone to collecting information like yours is."
'Of course.' Sakura walked up to the screen, and pressed her hands to it. 'But maybe you should go rest for a little while Kiku-sama. You were gone all day, so you are probably more tired than you realize.'
"I am a little tired, but I don't need to rest." he chuckled. "But I do need to change. Would you mind if I left you alone just a little longer?"
'Go ahead, I don't mind.'
"Tell you what, since you've been good, I'll make you something when I come back."
'You're doing too much for me!' she flushed red, putting on a pout.
Kiku laughed as he got up to leave, making a small smile emerge on her face as he left. And when he returned, the girl sat on the bottom of his computer to watch him. He poked the screen, then set to opening up several programs.
'You sure do use these programs a lot, Kiku-sama.'
"Yes well," he cleared his throat. "Doing things like this requires patience and practice, so using it more makes it easier for me to use it again, as well as making me better at it."
'So what are you doing now?'
"Making you a little wardrobe of your own." he smiled. "So you have more than just your hoodie and night clothes."
'I-is that really necessary?!' she was suddenly flustered again, but he wasn't having it. He clicked on her hoodie and lifted her up by the hood, only to drag her to her "home" on the connected screen. She was left to sit on her bed, arms crossed and a pout on her face, as a closet appeared in her room full of clothes within several minutes. Sakura stood to look through it as soon as it was done digitilizing, leaving Kiku to chuckle and watch in amusement. When she pulled out a simple kimono, she gasped and jumped in shock when it appeared on her body in place of her skirt and hoodie. It made her smile, before she turned it into a little game, touching different outfits and watching them replace each other until she finally settled on one.
Kiku smiled softly when she turned to him, wearing a white pencil skirt with a white military jacket. She smiled, giving a mock salute before giggling and beginning to jump around in glee.
'I don't agree with you doing all this, but it's fun!'
"Glad you enjoy it."
