Note: I do not own any of the characters within this story. They are the property of 07th Expansion.
It seems some people are expecting this to turn violent at some point. It won't. This takes place after the series has finished, so everything has been dealt with.
CHAPTER FOUR
"Keiichi-san? My slave?" said Satoko, grinning wildly. "Why, I would be delighted. Thank you, Mion-san."
"No problem," said Mion. "Glad to see you so willing to take him. He's just been so disobedient lately, I haven't the faintest clue what to do. If only he could be straightened out..."
"Leave to me, Mion-san," said Satoko, with a salute. "I'll make sure Keiichi-san is a very obedient slave by the end of the day."
"Thank you so much, Satoko," said Mion. "I knew I could count on you."
All right, I've had enough.
"You know," said Keiichi, head resting on his desk. "I can hear you two."
"Then you know just how disappointed I am with you!" snapped Mion. "I mean, honestly. It's like you don't know what being a slave is all about!"
"Whatever," said Keiichi, as he rolled his head over to the side. "Satoko, that trap this morning really hurt."
"Oh-hohoho, you should be more wary of your surroundings then!" replied Satoko. "I mean, that was one of my most obvious ones yet."
"Shut up," said Keiichi. "I'm tired, leave me alone."
"Oh, but I have so much for you to do, Keiichi-san," said Satoko. "So, so much, heheheh."
These girls are demons, thought Keiichi. I'm only sure of this more and more every day.
"Poor poor Keiichi," said Rika, as she waddled over to pat Keiichi on the head. "He's been overworked, pity pity."
"Thanks, Rika-chan," said Keiichi. "You sure do know how to make a guy feel better, heh."
Rika smiled. "Nipah!"
Keiichi thought for a moment, then spoke. "Rika-chan, you're not going to let me off easy today either, are you?"
"Nope," she said, smiling. "I'm a big fat meanie, nipah!"
"Thought as much," he muttered, before rolling his head over again.
Ch. I'm gonna get worked like a damned dog! he thought to himself. I desperately need to find some way of striking back before it's too late!
"Kei-chan," said Mion. "Why didn't you wear your maid outfit today?"
"Huh!?" he said loudly, sitting up straight. "Like hell I'd wear that again!"
"You were supposed to," she said in a huff. "Geez, Kei-chan. You really are bad at your job, you can't even wear the right clothes."
"A-are you insane!?" he said. "There's no way I'm wearing... that, again. Ever."
"That's what you think," she replied. "But you still have to do whatever I say, heheh. And I say - wear that maid outfit to school tomorrow."
"Come on, Keiichi-san," said Satoko. "I never got to see you in it. Hang on, that reminds me, did you ever notice what we did to you yesterday?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" he said.
Satoko giggled. "Oh, nothing," she said.
"We drew a pair of glasses on your face," said Mion. "Looks like you washed it right off without ever noticing it - didn't your parents say anything?"
"You did WHAT!?" he shouted. "When was that!?"
"When you fell asleep at the clinic." she replied. "Shame you never noticed."
"You, you guys," he said. "Honestly, you're so childish."
"Wahaha, I suppose we are," said Mion.
"I still am a child, you know!" said Satoko.
"Didn't your mom or dad say anything about it?" asked Mion.
"No, they didn't. Although now that I think about it... Dad sure was laughing a lot. Kuh, that bastard!" he said angrily. "He knew all along and didn't tell me."
"Mii! Look look!" said Rika, excited. "You can still see it a little, nipah."
Keiichi gave them an angry look, licked his thumb, and rubbed it around his eyes.
"Still there, nipah," said Rika with a smile.
He tried again, harder this time.
"Better," she said. "Poor Keiichi, always getting picked on."
"Heh, I'm used to it now," said Keiichi. "Although I still have to wonder why two certain ladies still haven't grown up yet, humph."
"Oi, oi!" said Mion. "That's no way to talk about your master!"
"Whatever," he said. "Say, where's Rena anyway?"
"Rena-san saw something outside," said Satoko. "Then she went to go take it home."
"That girl," said Keiichi, rubbing his forehead. "Honestly."
"Actually," said Rika. "She's using the bathroom."
"Hmmmm?" murmured Keiichi.
"Er," said Mion. "Wasn't she fetching something from her locker?"
"Huh?" said Keiichi, confused. "Well, which one is it? Where is she?"
"Outside," said Satoko.
"Bathroom," said Rika.
"Right over there by the lockers," said Mion as she pointed.
Keiichi turned to look over by the locker, where Rena certainly wasn't, when he felt something touch his back.
"Oi!" he said, standing up. "That was a dirty trick!"
Then, he felt a sharp pain in his behind. He sharply turned round to see Rika looking up at him with an innocent face.
"Ri-Rika-chan, did you just kick me?" he asked, bewildered. "That was uncall----ow!"
He turned round again, this time the culprit was Satoko.
"Oi! Cut that out---argh!"
Around again. Mion, whistling innocently.
"What the hell is with you gu----ouch!"
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"A kick-me sign?" Keiichi groaned. "You really are childish."
"Hey," said Mion. "I'm not the one that put it on you."
"No, you just distracted me so that Satoko COULD put it on me," he grumbled. "I never did find out where Rena was."
"Bathroom," she said.
"Tch, as always, Rika-chan is the only nice one," he muttered.
"Mii," said Rika, happily. "I try, hehe."
"Oi oi," said Satoko. "I can be a gentle caring lady too, you know."
"No you can't," said Keiichi. "You're Satoko."
"Ah, what do you know," said Satoko, dismissively. "You're my property now, so from now on, you can't talk like that."
"Your property?" said Keiichi. "I don't think so."
"Unfortunately," said Mion. "Kei-chan's right on this. He's MY property---"
"Hey, what?" protested Keiichi.
"You're just looking after him for me," continued Mion. "Sorry, eh heh heh. Maybe you'll get a chance to own him sometime too."
"Oh-hohoho, a day to look forward to," laughed Satoko. "Keiichi-san serving mistress Satoko, I can picture it now!"
"Hey!" said Keiichi. "Nobody owns me!"
"Tch. I'm taking away your permission to speak now, Kei-chan," said Mion. Keiichi opened his mouth in protest, than grumbled and turned away.
"Oh-hohoho, ordering Keiichi-san around is going to be fuuuuuuun!"
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Keiichi, Rena, Satoko, and Rika were gathered around the table. Keiichi still hadn't been granted the ability to speak again, so he simply sat, sulking. School was over, and they were waiting for Mion to start the club game--- but she seemed to have vanished.
"Rika, did you see where Mion-san went?" asked Satoko.
"Mii. Nope," Rika replied.
"Hmmm, Rena-san? Do you know?" Satoko said.
"Rena has no idea. Maybe she's doing something for Chie-sensei, maybe," said Rena.
"Huh," said Satoko. "I never saw her leave the classroom."
This is just like when Rena vanished earlier today, thought Keiichi, as he sat in silence.
"Without Mii here, how are we supposed to do the club?" asked Rika.
"I know," said Satoko. "Geez, that Mion-san. I was looking forward to watching Keiichi-san lose again."
Quiet you! thought Keiichi angrily. You have an unfair advantage!
"Let's ask Chie-sensei," said Rena. "She'll know."
Satoko nodded her head, and got out of her seat. Rena and Rika followed soon after, and together they left the room, leaving Keiichi on his own.
Man, he thought as he laid his head down on the table. I wish this was over already. I'm almost halfway there, right? This is day three, out of seven. Just gotta hold for the rest of today, and the next four days afterwards.
He sighed. Gotta be careful not to fall asleep, or else they'll draw on me again, those damn immature girls.
He sat back up and leaned back in his chair, getting more and more bored by the second.
Hmmmm, he realised. Why didn't I got with them just then? It's a heck of a lot better than waiting around in here.
Eventually, the girls came back.
"Oh-hohoho, Keiichi-san, guess what?" said Satoko as she burst in. "Mion-san went home!"
Keiichi raised his eyebrow.
"Mii forgot to tell us," started Rika. "She had to go home early to talk to her grandma. That mean's you'll be going home with us now, nipah!"
Keiichi rubbed his forehead. Great, my time to suffer at Satoko's hands has come earlier than scheduled. Typical.
"Hauu, good luck Keiichi-kun," said Rena. "Come back in one piece, okay?"
Keiichi nodded, and got out his seat. The rest of today was going to be hard, but he could manage it.
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It was a change of pace, being at Satoko and Rika's house. For one, it was a lot smaller. Also, instead of one person barking orders at him, he now had two, although at least Rika was nice about it. This meant that Keiichi both had less AND more work to do, if that makes sense. Of course, Satoko had not yet granted him the right to speak again yet, so he had to work in silence, without protest.
First, they made him tidy up the mess they made last night. Apparently they had a pillow fight or something, and a lot of things got knocked over. Next, he had to make their beds, cause Rika didn't do that this morning. Then, he had cut the grass, cause Satoko couldn't be bothered. Finally, he had to make them something to eat, cause 'they were so tired from all that work.'
Keiichi ate in silence while the two girls kept talking about various things. He couldn't keep up with the conversation, he was too tired from all that work before. Instead, he simply watched them talk, and talk, and talk, and talk. Eventually, even that got tiring, so he just concentrated on eating and nothing else.
"Keiichi-san," said Satoko, as she waved her hand in front of his face. "Hellooo?"
He snapped his eyes wide open, like coming out of a trance. Damnit, he thought to himself. I was spacing out. Tch.
"Keiichi-san, you can talk now," said Satoko. "So says Mistress Satoko."
"Gee, thanks, mistress Satoko," he said, sarcastically.
"No problem!" said Satoko energetically, evidently missing the point.
Hmmmm... I just realised something, he thought to himself. Shion and Satoko get on quite well, Shion is pretty much around her as often as she can be. Satoko probably has Shion's phone number, I mean, it wouldn't be that much of a stretch, considering how often I see them together.
"Uh, Satoko?" he said. "I was wondering, if you had Shion's phone number anywhere."
"Oh?" she said. "Shion-san?"
"Yeah," he said.
Satoko's lips curled into a twisted smile. "Ohhhh? And why does Keiichi-san want to talk to Shion-san, I wonder?
"I have something important to ask her," he said, getting annoyed.
"Oh-hohoho, I do have it, but you'll have to work for it," she said. "Can't talk to your girlfriend until it's all over with."
"Wha? Girlfriend?" he said. "Tch, I just have something important to ask her, I'm not interested."
"Sure, sure," said Satoko. "Whatever. Rika wants you, she's waiting outside."
"Fine," said Keiichi. "You better stop being such a jerk when I get back."
Satoko stuck her tongue out at him. Keiichi turned his head, and got up from the floor, and walked out of the house, looking for Rika.
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"Rika-chan?" said Keiichi as he walked over to her. "What're you doing all the way over here?"
Rika was a great deal away from the house, standing at the overlook, staring out at the village.
"Mii. I like it here," she said. "It's nice."
"Yeah, I suppose it is," he said as he joined her, leaning his arms on the wooden barrier. "You can see the whole village from up here."
"Yep," said Rika. "The whole village."
He sighed, and looked on in silence for a few minutes, taking in the sight before him. Looking closely, he could see all kinds of places. Over there was the school, over there was Mion's house, over there was Rena's place, over there was his own house. The sunset sky painted the whole thing a lovely orange, making the already beautiful village look amazing.
"Keiichi," said Rika. "You're not angry at Mii, are you?"
"Tch, of course I am," he said. "This whole slave business has me pissed off. Oh, she is going to get it."
"Don't be mad at her," she said.
"Why not?" he asked. "All she's been doing lately is making me angry, I think I have a right to, well, be angry!"
"She's not doing it cause she hates you," she said softly.
Keiichi blinked in surprise.
"Huh? Wait, I never said that," he said, a little taken back.
"I know, but you've been a lot angrier lately than usual," she said, with a hint of sadness.
"Hey hey," said Keiichi as he kneeled down in front of her. "I'm not mad at her, don't worry about it."
"Well, it's just, she likes you," she said. "She's not trying to make you mad."
"Of course she likes me, we're friends, right?" he said. "I'm not really mad, don't worry. This is just the club, right? We're just having fun."
"Okay," she said. "Just checking."
I wonder why she thought I was angry at Mion? thought Keiichi to himself. I don't recall acting any different than usual.
"Keiichi," started Rika. "The food you made was good today, though I don't know why Satoko made us eat early."
"It's cause she wanted to make me work," he said. "Cause she's a jerk, heh."
"Mii. Be nice to Satoko," she said. "It's not her fault she's lazy, mii."
"I'm pretty sure it is," said Keiichi. "Damnit, I wonder what she's going to make me do next?"
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Keiichi grumbled as he brushed Satoko's teeth for her.
"Mii! Brush! Brush! Faster!" shouted Rika. "Work! Work!"
What happened to the nice Rika-chan from just a moment ago? Keiichi wondered to himself.
He sighed, and continued to brush Satoko's teeth. Satoko had intended to milk their day with Keiichi for all it was worth, and that meant making him do everything, without exception. She couldn't be bothered to brush her teeth before she went to bed, so she got Keiichi to do it for her--- even though she has hours before she goes to sleep.
Eventually, Keiichi finished, and put Satoko's tooth brush back by the sink.
"Nice and clean," said Rika. "Congratulations, you have the shiniest teeth ever, Satoko!"
"Well, I try," she replied.
"Oi oi!" interrupted Keiichi. "I was the one that did all the work, you lazy bum!"
"Hmmm, tell the peasant not to address me like that, Rika," said Satoko, mockingly. "He might dirty my ears."
"Mii! Mii! My turn, my turn!" shouted Rika, as she pointed at her mouth. Keiichi sighed, and fetched Rika's toothbrush.
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"Satoko, I brushed your damned teeth, just let me call Shion!" said Keiichi, angrily.
"No can do, Keiichi-san," she replied, sticking her tongue out. "You see, you're not being very nice, maybe if you said please..."
Keiichi gritted his teeth, then replied: "Fine, please, let me call Shion."
"Nope," she said instantly. "You didn't do a good enough job on the meal."
"Why you little..." he said as he got up. "You're just trying to make me angry, aren't you?"
"Now, what makes you say that?" said Satoko. "I'm just stating the facts. The food you made was rather bland."
"Rika-chan liked it," he muttered.
"Rika likes everything," she replied.
"Just let me have that damned number!" he shouted.
"I already said no," she said. "Geez, go see if Rika has any work she wants you to do."
Satoko walked off, leaving Keiichi standing, very annoyed. Eventually he calmed down, and went to go look for Rika. Then he smacked his forehead with his palm.
I'm such an idiot, he realised. Rika-chan will let me call Shion. Why didn't I ask her first? Damnit Maebara Keiichi, you need to think straight.
Eventually he found Rika, by the sink.
"Nipah!" she said smiling. "Dishes need done, Keiichi."
He shrugged, and went over to the sink to get done on the dishes.
"Say Rika-chan," he said. "Could you do me a favour after this is over?"
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Keiichi's hands were dry now, and he was just waiting on Rika now. He had just finished the dishes, and she agreed to let him talk to Shion. She just finished dialling the number in the phone, and handed it over to him. He put it by his ear, and listened to it ring.
"Mii," she said. "Have fun talking to Shii."
Alright, he thought to himself. Now to get all the dirt on Mion you can, eh heh heh. Now, little miss class president, you shall truly see the power of a desperate man. My revenge begins tomorrow.
Click.
"Hello, this is Sonozaki Shion," came the voice on the phone. "Who may I say is calling?"