Chapter 3
The Roles have been Changed…
Since then, instead of loving her user, Tenma Maiden went to give Harima all the service he could get, and only because he's already taken. During her services, she tended to his every need, if he wasn't busy with his comics and such. Harima and Eri Maiden still go out together, but only because the real Eri is busy. It was then Eri and Harima decided to tie the knot.
Writer's Note: This is a vague similarity towards the School Rumble manga chapters; which of course doesn't reflect.
The robot Eri wanted to say it, but cannot, just yet. She wished that one day she'll marry her new boyfriend… despite the fact that she's a robot. Sadly, he and the real Eri are already engaged, and she doesn't know it.
A year passed, and everything changed for Harima: Tenma left to go see Karasuma in America, Eri went on to be the new CEO of Maidens for Hire, producing the new Butlers for Hire, and Eri robot lived alone… with Tomo Maiden, becoming friends, ever since the Keiji Butler incident.
But the worst was yet to come for Kenji…
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Eri Robot went to see Harima at his apartment, but Itoko gave the message to her: Harima was evicted, along with his Maiden. This led the robot to go find Harima, but only to find a message from Yakumo at her company's factory. She opened the note and read that he's making it out okay. He's been living with Yakumo, since Tenma left. The Tenma Maiden is currently at Maidens for Hire for a mandatory repair job. After reading this, she rushed over to the repair bay to see Tenma.
When she arrived, Terry Stanton gave her the tools and she went to work. When she got there, she saw Tenma Maiden very sad.
"Harima… he was kicked out," she sobbed, "And he still cares for me and you…"
Eri began to work on her. She then responded, "Tenma… listen… I talked to Eri and she said that I now own you at 50%. Did Harima pay your services?"
"Well, yes," Tenma said, "Except that he missed two months rental services, but then I figured that Miss Creator felt sorry for you, so she paid it off."
"Incidentally, how did he get kicked out?"
"Simple… Miss Itoko doesn't like engaged people living with her. She also said that he missed the rent, after paying for my services."
"Well, don't you worry, Tenma Model. Since I am the 50-50 owner of you, which is illogical, but fair, I've decided to help pay for you. Harima will handle the rent, while I pay for your services with Yakumo… uh, provided if she gave me permission."
"Yakumo Tsukamoto kind of hates me, since I looked like her sister. Is it true that I am like her?"
Eri Maiden then sighed, "If I tell you the story, would you promise not to laugh, or short out?"
Tenma Maiden shook her head, as Eri Robot explained the story of how Harima and Tenma first met. She told her everything that happened, including the misunderstanding that took place. Tenma was surprised, she stated, "People like that, whom accused them of being pervert, should not be treated with proper respect!"
Eri Maiden then huffed, knowing what words she'll say next, "Well… That Tenma girl… she looked exactly like you."
Tenma sat up and gasped, "Me? I look like… her?"
"It's a silly coincidence, right?" Eri smiled… but…
Tenma started to spark and shut down. Her LED eyes turned black and her body overheated. Her body completely broke down.
"Darn it…" she muttered, "I knew one day that this would happen."
Eri wasn't stupid. She immediately transferred her entire programming into the small screen and radio. Her avatar's smiley face started to flush red in embarrassment, as Eri Robot continued to repair her body.
"Sorry," Tenma Maiden said in an electronic voice on the screen, "It was just so sudden. I will say this… It's no wonder that he blushed at me a lot."
"True," Eri Robot said, "But he truly loves Tenma Tsukamoto… But now… she's gone."
"What happened?" Tenma Maiden asked.
Eri then told Tenma Maiden that she left to become a doctor. Eri then exclaimed, "She left, only to cure the disease her crush had. I tried to speak to him to confess to him, but he failed. He gave up and he was happy for me and Eri."
Tenma's smiley face turned sad, "Oh, it's so sad. But on the bright side, he still has you, Eri Maiden Mark 5 Model #N1-."
Eri blushed in embarrassment and turned away, "Stop it… You wouldn't know about it now. I was his girlfriend, since I was created."
"I do…" Tenma Maiden explained, with her avatar smiling, "Harima and I never made out, since you saved me. And now I learned about Miss Tenma… and she's gone now. You deserve him, more than me, the real Miss Tenma, and the real you, combined."
Tenma continued, with her smiley face giving a thumbs-up, "You're a lucky Maiden for Hire… or somewhat of a retired model. I'm proud to have you as a friend."
Eri nodded and left in sadness. She turned to Terry and said, "You do the rest, Mister Stanton."
"Eri, what's wrong?" He asked.
"Hello?" Tenma Maiden called out, "Eri Model?"
Terry then declared to her, "Miss Tenma Model, your repairs will be complete soon. Miss Eri Model needed some air."
"Please tell her to hurry back," she said.
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When Eri Maiden returned to Yakumo's, he found Harima, all covered in pie.
"What happened to you?" Eri Robot giggled.
"Don't ask," he moaned.
"Harima had to give a party for all of us, including Tenma and Karasuma," Yakumo explained.
Eri Robot gasped, "And I missed it? I never even said goodbye to her!"
Harima smiled, "It's okay. I told her that you said your goodbyes, compliments of Rich Girl."
Eri Maiden then sobbed, "It's so sad. Not once, you never said that you lo-."
Harima covered her mouth and whispered, "Tenma's Sister doesn't know yet…"
"Oops, sorry," Eri Maiden blushed.
"Miss Maiden," Yakumo asked, "Would you like to stay with us for a while?"
Eri Maiden bowed and said, "Oh, thanks. But I should return to the company to pick up Tenma Model. Besides, I am in the midst of finding my own place. I'm better off living with Miss Eri's home."
"No, nonsense! You're staying with us!" Sarah appeared and patted her back.
"No, I'm serious…" she blushed, "It's just that…"
"I'm sorry, Eri," Harima said, "But I don't think having a robot like you will stay with us, since you are the spit-."
"Don't even say it!" Eri Robot shouted, "I know! But that's okay. Eri and I will stay at her place, while you have Tenma Maiden for yourself."
She left the front door and continued, "But I get a turn with Tenma. She's my Maiden, too."
Harima was puzzled, as Yakumo asked, "Is there something we should know about Miss Eri Robot?"
"Well, I'll let you two in on a secret: Eri Maiden here was in school, many times. The real Rich Girl is at the company, being tutored by her double."
Sarah was shocked, as Yakumo was smiling. "That makes sense," she said, "I knew she was a robot."
Yakumo once read Eri Maiden's mind, during the school days, but all she got was static and white snow. Never read the mind of a computer, Yakumo.
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Eri Maiden left the company and relocated in Eri's home. She was asked to babysit Tenma, while she was gone to tour the world in an executive jaunt. She forgot about Harima, but planned to write him, when she gets the chance. As Tenma Maiden was being fitted to her uniform, Eri Maiden changed into her casual attire that Eri left her: a black t-shirt with grey pants. Tenma then stared at a portion her bare skin, noticing a scar above and in between her.
"How'd you get that?" Tenma asked.
"Oh, this?" Eri explained, "I got this from when Miss Kagura owned a 30-day Butler for Hire. He went haywire and fired a taser gun at Tomo Maiden."
"And what happened?"
"I… took the bullet… in a way, you could…"
Tenma hugged her and was sad, "It must've been tough."
"I know. I nearly died back there. Sadly, they didn't fix my charred skin. They figured that they would tell the difference now between me and Miss Eri."
"But… just like last year, you saved a life of a Maiden for Hire from certain death…"
"I know. I remember that I saved you…"
"And I'll never forget it."
"…but you saved me, when I got you home. If I died back there, I'd lose Harima forever."
Tenma Maiden giggled, as she held her tight, "Miss Eri, I love you…"
"Huh?" Eri Maiden blushed, "When did you say that all of a sudden? Is it out of admiration?"
Tenma's eyes glowed red and pink and kissed her on the lips. She started to kiss her very tightly, knowing that she'd had a Maiden for a friend… in love. Eri Maiden, of course, found it very tough to muster, since a Maiden that is owned by her boyfriend is kissing her now.
"Tenma Model, what gives?" She cried.
Tenma Maiden confessed, "I love Harima… I really do… but I love you, too. It's not about heart and soul or admiration. I want you two to myself!"
"But… what about taking a break from Harima? And haven't you forgotten that I am not a Maiden anymore?"
Tenma continued to make out with her Maiden friend, and exclaimed, "You can thank Itoko Osakabe for giving me a chance. She helped created me to be Harima's Maiden for Hire, among others."
Eri snarled, "WHY? Why her? I thanked her!"
Tenma let out an evil sneer and dug her hand in Eri's back, "Itoko made me love both of you… I love you both. I want to learn more about you and him, and hope who this Tenma Tsukamoto is. Now, Tenma is gone and now… we'll be one big happy family."
Eri shoved her off and bellowed, "Oh, quit it! I am not an L-series Maiden! Besides, I have Kenji as a boyfriend!"
Tenma nodded and insisted, "I understand. But know this, Eri Model, if I cannot be his girlfriend, what should I do? Should be loyal to Kenji or should I have his way, until his birthday, this December?"
Eri shook her head and sighed, "I am not like those other Maidens. Personally, Maidens on girl-on-girl action is at 10%, since the new Butler for Hire came out, and that is the current status. Plus, we're both robots."
Tenma then held her waist and spoke in a robotic voice, "Oh, Eri, I knew one day you'd be happy for me. Now we are two women who love each other, along with my master, Kenji Harima."
"Are you even listening?" Eri Maiden shouted.
She tried to break free of Tenma's hug, but couldn't.
"Oh, crud!" She sobbed, "HELP ME!"
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Meanwhile, Sarah Adiemus and Yakumo Tsukamoto were together in the living room. They heard about Eri Maiden's friendship with the Tenma Maiden from Harima.
"I heard that his girlfriend saved his doll," Sarah sighed.
Yakumo smiled, "It was risky for her. Tenma Maiden's batteries died, so Eri Robot saved her. If it were me, I'd be happy to help Eri-senpai's Maidens."
She then asked, "OH! I forgot. How is your Maiden, Sarah?"
Sarah then explained, "Well, she's back at the factory for a maintenance study. I am happy for her, but I have no more use of her."
"Where is she now?" Yakumo asked.
"I gave her away to Asou as a gift," Sarah smiled, "I thought maybe I'd give him something to remember me by."
Yakumo nodded and said, "It was very nice of him."
"After all, he did took me to get a Maiden."
"How sweet of you. It must've been tough to have her around. And, incidentally, when did you give her away?"
"Around April. Sarah-bot was feeling lonesome that time."
She then thought, "I wonder if the school was fooled by her."
The phone rang. Yakumo answered it. It was from Maiden Eri.
"Yakumo…" she moaned, "Is Harima here?"
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Come pick her up! Or have Whiskers over!" She screamed, "This Maiden is love-daffy!"
"Harima's busy, presenting his manuscript…"
"But where the hell are you?"
Sarah grew concerned, "What's wrong?"
Yakumo asked Eri, "What's wrong?"
Yakumo heard the message from the robot. She was being cuddled by Tenma Maiden. Why? Because Itoko made it so, for reasons unknown.
"Hang on! I'll tell Harima, when I get the chance!" She cried out.
"What happened?" Sarah retorted.
"Tenma Maiden might be malfunctioning! She is romantically involved with Eri Maiden!"
"She WHAT?"
Yakumo sobbed, "I don't know why, but the Tenma Maiden is falling in love with Harima and Eri-bot."
Sarah giggled, "Tenma Robot is in love with Harima and Eri Robot? Man, she crazy!"
She then thought, "This is almost like what Eri Maiden told me, when I had Sarah."
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Hours later, Eri Maiden was being held down by Tenma Maiden, continuously being kissed and caressed.
"Miss Tenma Model," she moaned, "I'm losing energy…"
Her battery was fading. Tenma plugged her in and said, "There. Now you and I can continue on… as long as you can… always."
She then connected a USB cord to Eri Maiden, as she opened her waist panel. Eri started to gasp.
"Wha-, What are you doing?"
"I know it sounds very bad, but I must," Tenma Maiden spoke robotically, "I must transfer myself to you."
"WHAT?" She gasped.
"It's the only way!" Tenma Maiden blushed, "I'll be you… forever…"
"But, Miss Tenma Model! Given the circumstances that you transfer yourself into me, it may cause-!"
"Shut up and kiss me! Transfer me, you hard drive hottie!"
Eri Maiden snapped, as she shoved her down, "Flattery will get you nowhere! But you will never transfer yourself into me! Who put you up to this?"
Tenma Maiden sneered, as her eyes glowed in a rose pink, "Eri Maiden… I love you, but I want to be you…"
She hugged her, with the cord still connected to her, "You saved a Maiden for Hire, you have a hot boyfriend, and you have good friends. I cannot compete with that."
Eri Maiden then cried out, "Tenma, please understand! I don't love you! What I did was out of an act of Maiden solidarity! And if you do transfer your data into me, I might overload my circuits."
"I don't care," she whispered, "I want your body… more than ever…"
Harima came to Eri's home, after he received the message from Yakumo. He arrived and saw Tenma Maiden kissing Eri Maiden.
"LET GO OF HER!" He screamed, "She didn't do anything to you!"
"No, Harima!" Eri pleaded, "Get away!"
Tenma smiled and said in a robotic voice, "Too late, Kenji Harima. I am going to love you forever. With your girlfriend's body, crossed with my programming, I'll be happy."
"What will happen to Eri?" He cried.
Tenma turned to Eri Maiden and said in a robotic voice, "Now transferring Maiden data… Downloading Maiden for Hire programming, Model #T3N61… Password: T78K1M080… download process commence…"
Harima cried out, "NO! MY GIRLFRIEND IS GONE!"
But he should've been patient. Eri Maiden's eyes turned blue, with the words "error" on it. Tenma's eyes glowed blue, as well, but then turned back to normal.
"Download failure…" Tenma Maiden said, and then griped, "HUH? NO WAY!"
She disconnected herself and growled, "NO FAIR! I WANTED HER BODY!"
Eri Maiden opened her eyes and smiled evilly, "HAH! I learned from the masters; namely Koyomi Mizuhara! I blocked my programming, to make sure that no one else can transfer to a Maiden or Butler."
"WHAT?" Tenma Maiden gasped.
"Remember Chiyo Model?" She explained, "She ended up as exploded pieces of cinders, since she had two programs in her. It messed her up."
Tenma Maiden spun in her own misery, just like the real Tenma:
"NOOOOOO! I WAS SO CLOSE! CURSE MY ROMANTIC PLEASURE MODE!"
She then got up and turned to Harima, "I blame your cousin, Harima! If she didn't build me to love both of you, she'd make you miserable! But I am happy to be your Maiden for Hire!"
Harima shouted, "The hell with you being happy!"
Eri Maiden shouted, "You and your guaranteed service! Have you forgotten that guaranteed service is for honest people? You didn't make Kenji happy! You make us become separated!"
Tenma Maiden grasped Eri Maiden and kissed his on the lips.
"DON'T DO IT, TENMA!" Eri cried.
Her Pleasure Mode's magnitude was at 9. Her huge kiss not only made the Eri robot blush, but she started to smoke from her body.
"NO!" Harima pleaded, "STOP IT!"
Eri Maiden froze in place and flailed her arms. Tenma Maiden let go of her, leaving the broken girlfriend gynoid frozen. Harima hugged her and was upset.
"Tenma Maiden, how could you?" He cried.
"The roles have changed, Kenji," she smiled, "I am both of your Maiden for Hire. I give both of you guaranteed service. I love you both, which is why I had to choose: and I chose you."
She approached Harima, ripping his shirt off. He gasped in terror, as Tenma Maiden pleaded, "Please don't do this to me. I love you. Kenji, now, you and I can be together, and have more of the love of our lifetime. You have the hottest whiskers and the coolest eyes. Tenma Tsukamoto ain't got anything on me, since we reluctantly look alike. I am your lovely girlfriend now. Screw that blonde-haired bimbo. Stay with me and we'll have kids together; your bad-ass looks with my circuitry."
Harima then cried in tears, as he whimpered, "Tenma's gone, Rich Girl is ignoring me, and Eri Robot is dead!"
He cried out, "I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR LOVER!"
"Oh, yes, you do," she spoke, as she crawled to his chest.
She unzipped her uniform and took it off, leaving only her white underwear and stockings. She took off her bra and flung it at him. Tenma Maiden's long hair covered her bare chest.
Writer's Note: Nice censorship, huh (Coming from Tenma Tsukamoto or an exact simulation)?
Harima gasped in fear, "AH! She's naked!"
Tenma held him up, took off his glasses, and hugged him in her chest.
"I know it is too early, but I cannot live without you," she pleaded.
A shadowy figure approached the doorway, behind Tenma Maiden and Harima. She held up a gun and pointed at Tenma's back.
"Oh, Harima… let's be together forever and live happily ever after. Kenji, Itoko gave me the marching orders well."
Harima cried, "WHAT? SHE DID THIS?"
"Of course," Tenma smiled, "It was her idea to get back at you for accusing her for that plot from long ago, when you accused her of your now ex-girlfriend's scam of a Maiden for Hire service. Eri Model is no good for you, is what she said. She's better off being a normal Maiden. She's not like you."
"WHAT?" He cried out, as the shadowy figure shushed him.
"Oh, Harima, I want your body. My Pleasure Mode is increasing, now at 10, every time I show my love," she moaned, "Harima… please stay with me."
The figure whispered, "I'm sorry, Whiskers…"
"Tenma, no!" He cried out, "It's not meant to be! I don't want to be your boyfriend!"
"Yes, you will!" Tenma Maiden smiled, "You cannot change fate! Don't you dare leave me!"
The gun fired, launching a small dart. It punctured into her spine, causing it to spark a bit.
"I love youuuuu…" Tenma Maiden's voice trailed off in a slur.
Her head bent down, her eyes closed, and her body was motionless. She was completely deactivated. The shadowy figure was, in fact, Eri Sawachika.
"Rich Girl!" He screamed, "HELP!"
She approached the turned off Tenma Maiden and held her up in a standing position. She placed her bra back on and turned her on.
"You okay, Whiskers?" She asked Harima.
He nodded, "Yes. Thank you."
The dart that was lodged in her had a button. She pressed it and Tenma Robot spoke in an electronic computer voice.
"Tenma Model," she demanded, "Who built you into this programming?"
Tenma responded, "Miss Itoko Osakabe."
"Was there a reason?"
"Yes, Miss Creator. Miss Osakabe was kind enough to test Kenji Harima, since he is, in her words, a sniveling worthless boy."
Harima gasped, as Eri asked her, "Tenma, do you really love Whiskers, or was it a ploy?"
Tenma Maiden responded, "Yes. I am programmed for love and happiness. I give guaranteed service as a Maiden for Hire. I am… the one… for him…"
She shook and sparked. Eri turned her off. She turned to the Eri Robot and recalibrated her circuits. She woke up, feeling refreshed.
"What happened?" She asked, shaking her head.
Eri responded, "Tenma Maiden was being a bad Maiden. She was being used."
"Used?" He asked, as Eri Maiden picked him up, "How could she do it?"
Eri then snapped, "Because! Because she hated you! I can tell, Whiskers."
"But she's your cousin!" Eri Maiden cried, "She'd never do such a thing!"
"Maybe not… but with Tenma gone, Itoko, uh, Miss Itoko, is free to harass me," he muttered, "Some cousin…"
Eri glared, "What do you have with Tenma?"
"Oh… nothing…" he stuttered.
Eri then turned to her double and requested, "Take Tenma Model back to the company. We'll have her fixed up, and hopefully there will be NO faulty and shady programming again!"
"Yes, Ma'am," Eri Robot said.
"Whiskers, I'll deal with Miss Osakabe in a few," she said, "It turns out that when she evicted you, she went and ordered a Butler, which is custom-made."
"Wait! How did you know?" Harima asked.
Eri Robot pouted in sadness, "I told her…"
"Which is why we're going to see her and settle this matter," Eri bellowed, "No one messes with a delicate Maiden for Hire's programming for dirty tactics! And I mean no one! Eri Maiden, you return to the factory and get Tenma Maiden out of here. Whiskers doesn't get her back, until this matter is resolved. I'm going to Itoko's and give her a deal she'll never forget."
"I'm coming with," Harima insisted.
"Stay out of this!" Eri shouted, "This is my job. I'll handle this. Besides, you'll only be in the way."
Eri Maiden then bowed, as she picked up Tenma Maiden, "Please, wait for me, Harima. I'll be back. I promise."
They left Eri's house, with Eri Maiden carrying the broken Tenma Maiden in her arms. Harima was feeling unhappy, seeing that his Maiden was not only used, but she was being subjected by Itoko's evil purposes (In his theory).
In the conclusion, what will happen? Will Harima get his Maiden back?
What punishment will Eri give Itoko?
And what will become of Tenma Maiden?
