Disclaimer: Check the first chapter if you care so much! Why do they have
these blasted things anyway!!! Grrrrrrrrr.
A/N: I think that this story needed to slow down and, at the same time, go onto the main plotline. Hehe. So, I hope you like this chapter somewhat and I really need some more reviews or this story will permanently go on the backburner. Well, enjoy!
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Chapter IV: Accidents and Metallic Foxes
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Ai woke up groggily. She was all over the place last night and had probably drunk out the entire town. Her head was spinning and her body ached. 'I guess this is what father calls a killer hangover. Damn, I shouldn't have gotten drunk while I was with Van. He probably thinks I'm some kind of a drunken idiot.' She thought with a giggle. Clutching her head, she noticed her room didn't smell right. It wasn't the overly femme fragrance of flowers and things, it smelled of a warm and musky scent. The sheets seemed lighter and softer too. 'Okay, this is getting really creepy!' she thought as she looked around.
Everything was decorated in red. She knew where she was but it just couldn't pop up in her head. The bed was huge and extremely soft. There was a lit fireplace set into a wall to the right of the bed. Over it, was placed a family portrait. 'Okay, I'm in Van's room! Thank God! This is good! I thought I got screwed by some weirdo!' she thought and smiled.
Preparing to get up, she suddenly felt weighted down. Trying again, she heard a groan from behind her. "Huh?" she asked aloud as she turned around. Van lay asleep soundly, his lips curved in a smile. His strong arms were wrapped around her waist in a protective hold. Looking down upon herself, she noticed she was naked; her clothes lay crumpled and scattered all over the room along with his. Fighting the heavy urge to scream, she whimpered and lay there shocked. 'Heh, well, I didn't get screwed by some unknown weirdo; I got laid by Van! Geez, wake up you idiot! I want to run away screaming about now!' she thought.
She remembered what happened that night. They had been at the brewery by the restaurant and had created a large bill from drinking. Van had called a driver to pick them up and take them home. All during the ride, they had been fooling around in the back. So they had made out during the entire walk in the manor and they had just jumped into the nearest bedroom and made love twice before falling asleep. 'God, I must have been buzzed out like hell to not come into my senses. Shit! I can't believe I lost my virginity so quickly.' Ai thought as she yet again tried to get up.
Prying his arms off of her, she rolled to the edge of the bed and looked around for her underwear. "Shit! Where the hell are they?" she whispered and scanned the floor. They lay slightly under the bed and she smiled. 'There they are.' she thought. As she bent down to pick them up, her hair was snagged and she almost yelled in pain. Most of her hair was under Van and she was too scared to wake him. 'I guess I have to lay here until Van wakes up.' she thought with a sigh. Settling in a comfortable spot near him, she slept.
Ai didn't wake up for a while when she felt someone above of her, spreading heated kisses up and down her neck. His hands traveled all over her body and one rested on her breast. She froze and looked into his eyes in question. He smiled and cupped her face with his hand gently. "Good Morning sweetheart." he said. She rose herself to sit up, her hair finally free to move. "You really are a wild cat in bed eh Ai?" he asked with a lusty grin. She blushed and bit her lip, looking down. Placing a kiss on her lips, he pulled her against him. The taste of sweet wine and vodka was tantalizing to her as she drank the taste from his lips.
Falling back onto the soft mattress, his lips trailed from hers down to her neck. Her hands guided his face back to hers and she kissed him hungrily. She straddled him and buried her fingers in his hair. Her head was still spinning but she ignored it. Van pulled away to breathe and she pulled him back to her, devouring him. Warm velvety hands moved up her hips and to her side. They stopped and moved back down to her hips and moved across them. She gasped as unhurried fingers groped her womanhood. Slowly, he started to stroke her, earning enticing moans from her and shivers of pleasure. Ai's kisses became rough and bruising as she moaned out in ecstasy.
A faint knock on the door interrupted them. Groaning in frustration, he looked to the door. "Yes? What is it?" he asked, his voice gruff and hinted with anger.
"It's me, May. May I come in?" asked a soft voice. He got off of her and sat on the bed.
"Go ahead." he said and she opened the door slowly. Ai covered herself and laid back against the pillows, the tingle of erotic pleasure vibrating in her bones. May gave a knowing look to the two and bowed.
"You have a visitor Van. She says its urgent." she said as she smiled.
"Tell them to schedule a visit and come back later. I'm busy." said Van annoyed at the thought of a visitor. May shook her head.
"It's the lady Hitomi. She seems distraught." she said. He ran his fingers through his raven hair and sighed.
"Tell her I'll be there in ten minutes. Now please leave so I can get dressed." he said. May looked to Ai with a smirk. She, in turn, hugged the thin blankets to her nude body.
"Isn't she coming along too?" she asked with a smirk.
"Just go May!" he yelled embarrassed.
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He met Hitomi in the meeting hall. In her hands was a large box of assorted things with a kite sticking out profusely. She stomped over to him and shoved the box into his hands. "Hitomi? What is this?" he asked as he looked over the large assortments of little things.
"I saw you Van!" she yelled. He could tell she was angry about something but he couldn't tell what it was.
"Huh? What?" he asked.
"Don't you 'huh' me Van! You know what I'm talking about! You and that whore of a persocom were at the boardwalk together!" she yelled. It finally struck him. He was dumbfounded and ashamed that she saw them.
"Hitomi I..." he started but couldn't finish. 'Gods, what have I done.' he thought and sat the box on the table next to them.
"I had my driver follow you so I could make sure you were okay! And that little thing about getting her drunk and making out all in the bar AND the back of your car, just plain sick!" she said as she looked down to the ground.
"I'm so sorry Hitomi. I wasn't thinking." he said.
"That's right, you never think at all." she said as she wiped a tear from her face. She looked up to him with tearful eyes. "Did you screw her too Van?" she asked. Silence. "Did you Van?!" she asked in a yell. He looked down. She shook her head in disbelief. "Iie..."
"I never meant to hurt you Hitomi." he said quietly. She shook in anger. Holding back tears, she stormed out of the hall.
"You sick bastard of a man!" she yelled. He grabbed her hand to halt her.
"Hitomi wait. I didn't know what I was thinking." he said hurriedly. She spun to him and slapped him hard. The crack rang in the air and bounced off of the walls.
"I know what you were thinking Van, you were thinking like a man. Let go of me and leave me alone!" she yelled and wrenched her hand from him. And with that, the rushed out of the hall and out the grand entrance.
He ran a shaky hand through his hair. "God damn, none of this should have happened. I'm so stupid." he said as he leaned against the wall. He could hear her car driving off smoothly and he sighed. This was going to be tough and all he wanted to do was to bury himself into his paperwork and forget about it all for a while until they both were calmed down. After all, Hitomi was a very forgiving person.
Walking down the corridor, he looked up to the ceiling and smiled. "Well, I guess that this means I won't be picked on by Allen anymore. I wonder how long it will take for him to find another flaw in my life." he said with a laugh. His laugh stopped abruptly as he bumped into Ai. Blinking, he smiled and ruffled her hair. "You should watch your step" he said jokingly. She gave a small smile and nodded, silently continuing her fast pace down the hall.
He watched her leave and shrugged. "Eh? What's her problem? I guess she's just tired." he said and continued on to the study.
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The crowd was busy and loud. People were everywhere and it was really bothering her. She just wanted to be alone and wallow in her mood. Turning corners, her eyes glazed over as the directions showed in her mind. It was easy to get to her fathers' laboratory because he and Van didn't live too far and complicated away.
A young woman with short blonde hair and wearing an elaborate green dress with a fancy hat looked Ai over. "Persocoms, they are always a Trojan Horse." she said haughtily as she continued to walk. Ai turned and flipped her off.
"Back to you Main street bitch!" she yelled and the woman turned around. A loud 'how dare you' came from her as Ai blended in with the crowd. Humans were something that she always despised. Whenever she walked with Van women would scowl at her and mutter rude things about her. All of it was annoying and he would always tell her to just ignore them because they were jealous because they weren't as pretty as her.
'Damn Van. I hate humans. Humans can go to hell.' she thought as she lost her connection. "Mother fucker! Come on you shit! Work!" she cursed as she walked, smacking her forehead to clear the reception.
"Reception not working?" asked a male voice. She gave an angry sigh.
"Shut the hell up Van! Why don't you go screw another 'com!" she yelled.
"I don't know who this Van is but I don't screw any one." said a young male leaning on the fence to a park. He was a persocom with long red metallic ears. His lime green hair was short and swept slightly on his forehead, kind of looking like that guy Eagle from her comic Magic Knights Rayearth. Bright blue eyes looked to her in a sly and fox-like look.
She blushed and shook her head. "Oh! Sorry, I just was thinking you were Van, my owner." she said. He walked over and looked her over with a smile. Her denim miniskirt and white long-sleeved shirt made her feel totally like a slut but that was what she had thrown on after she was upset and all.
His eyes clouded and gave a scanning look as he memorized her appearance. "If all of the coms at your place look half as good as you, I would be sleeping around with mine too." he said with a smile. Her blush turned into a sly grin.
"Well keep dreaming because you won't be getting any of this anytime soon." she said gesturing her curves. The com walked up to her and leaned into her ear.
"I don't mind waiting baby." he whispered seductively. She moved back and shook her head.
"Um, sorry but I'm not allowed to talk to strangers. I must be going now." she said nervously. She hurried up the street. 'That com is really creepy. The way that man was acting was like a horny dog with a flowerpot.' she thought as she quickly made her way to her father's. The lab was near and she smiled and jogged her way up there. In her rush there, she sprained her ankle and fell in a heap. Her left ear smacked into the pavement and gave a cracking sound.
Looking around, her father's lab was only a few more blocks away and she huffed. Trying to stand up, she crashed back down and sniffled. The pain was excruciating and she just sat there miserably. A shadow covered her and moved slightly as if shaking its head. "The angel broke her wing." said the com and he crouched down to her.
"Just leave me alone, I'm fine!" she said in a sob and tried once again to stand. Successfully doing so, she looked to him with an I-told-you- so look. "See, I'm fine." she said and started to walk. She started to fall again but he caught her. Pulling her into an embrace, he smirked.
"You shouldn't walk, you could permanently damage yourself." he said softly. She gave up and sighed.
"It'd probably be nothing worse than what you would do to me if I'm not careful." she said. He bent down and picked her up in his arms. She held onto him and he started walking in another direction. Ai panicked and struggled against him. "What are you going to do with me? I am not going that way!" she said sacred.
With a lot of fussing, he walked her into an apartment building and up the stairs and to his door. Gently flinging her over his shoulders, he walked in with her kicking and screaming.
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Van sat bored in his study. He had called for Ai an hour ago and he was waiting for May to bring her in. He wanted her sarcastic and cheery personality there and she could cheer him up from his situation. The door slowly clicked closed. May walked up to the desk and bowed with a frown. "I'm sorry Lord Van, she has left for the day." she said.
He raised and eyebrow and frowned. "No, she should still be here. She always tells me whenever she wants to leave the manor. Are you sure that she has left? Scan the parameters again. Make it thorough." he said. Nodding, she looked straight forward. Her soft brown eyes glazed over and a laser scanned around in them.
"No readings on Ai. Do you want me to check the city for her, it will take approximately two hours to scour it all and pinpoint her." said May in a monotone voice, still in search mode.
"Yes. Make sure it is thorough, I really need to make sure she is alright." he said in his business voice.
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The bed was soft and she sat on the head of the bed and looked around nervously. The man walked into the kitchen a few minutes ago and was busy heating something up. He was exceedingly gentle with her and didn't violate her at all in her vulnerable position. He walked in with a bowl of rice and seasoned chicken on the top. He wore nothing but his denim jeans and a serpent necklace hanging on his chest. "I didn't know what to give you so I gave you something pretty simple. I hope you like it." he said as he held it out to her.
Taking the bowl softly, she took the chopsticks from his hand and started to pick up a piece of chicken. Biting into the lemony chicken, she chewed slowly, savoring the taste. "This is really good. You are a good cook." she said as she started to dig in.
He blinked and smiled as he watched her shovel in the food. She stopped at his small laugh and giggled. "I know I'm a pig but I love to eat you know." she said with a smile. He laughed and shook his head.
"No, I completely understand. I eat a bit too." he said. She placed the bowl of drained food on her lap.
"What is your name?" she asked.
"Ieio. My maker called me that. I live on my own, now that my operator had married and left off to live in Spain. So I was left with the house and a stable job to buy the groceries." he said with a smile.
"Oh that sucks. You must be very lonely." she said sadly. He shook his head and gave a gentle smile.
"I do sometimes but sometimes I find people who need my help, like you. So I make friends in a way but it isn't for that long. Now that I've given you my life story, you have to bare it all." he said.
"Oh, um. There's not much to say." she said as she swirled her cup of apple juice. "My name is Ai and I live with my owner Van Fanel in the Fanel manor. It's really fun and all, just to hang around him but I just... don't want to be with him for a while." she said and her expression grew sad.
"What do you mean by 'not being around him for a while'? Did he do something to hurt you?" he asked, truly interested in this.
"Well we got drunk and I slept with him and now he's telling his girlfriend that he didn't mean it all. I mean how would you feel, when you feel nervous about doing something you've never done before and when you finally do it, then he says he didn't know what he was thinking!?" she asked, the anger filling up in her again. Ieio shook his head with a displeased look on his face.
"He must be very inconsiderate to even think about saying that. Having sex with someone who cares about you isn't something that should be dealt with lightly. It is something that human men take granted of." he said distastefully.
"Yeah, I just don't understand humans you know? They always go on and try after something that they can never have. And when they don't, they ruin all of the good things they do have. And they value friendships over family like gold over dirt. I wish I could have grown up like the humans did with a mother and father to raise me properly. I just watch their valuable opportunities waste away and it just sucks." she said as she took a drink and sat her food on the bedside table and yawned.
He stood up and picked up her food. "I only wish they could see themselves through our eyes, then they would realize how idiotic they carry themselves in life." he said as he walked out the door. A few minutes later, he came back with a long button down dark blue shirt. She changed into it and he came back in and checked.
The shirt hung at her mid thigh and the arms were too long so he dug into his drawers and found a sleeveless undershirt. When she put it on, it rest at the same length as the blue shirt and a large amount of cleavage was shown but he didn't pay too much attention to it. She jumped under the covers and smiled like a little girl.
"Ieio, can you stay with me please?" she asked as she patted the bedding next to her. He smiled and pulled off his pants and climbed in wearing his boxers. She cuddled up against him and they fell asleep, Ieio holding her from behind.
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"Boardwalk sector...checked. Museum sector... checked. Downtown sector... checked. Upscale living structures... searching... searching... reconfirming... Hit! Hit! Hit!" said May as she exclaimed the last part. Her wires were plugged into the flat screen monitor. Van jumped to attention from his half sleep and looked to her seriously.
"Have you found her? Is she safe? What's happening with her? Where is she May?!" he asked repetitively. Her eyes maintained a blurred light brown and she gasped as information was shoved into her database. The monitor blinked and a dark fuzzy picture came onto the screen. There were some light blues and slow silhouettes began to appear. A dark one and a light one began to emerge. May moaned and the picture sharpened quickly and revealed itself to him.
Ai laid in a soft bed wearing a shirt that scantly covered her. Behind her was a new man. He had green hair and long red persocom ears. Both were happily asleep and the man held Ai from behind. Van sucked in a breath and looked on. Ai giggled in her sleep and turned around slowly, hugging onto the man with a soft smile. She opened her eyes halfway and smiled.
"Ieio..." she sighed in the same fashion that she used to call Van's own name. Like a soft whisper in the wind. The Ieio man held her closer to him and smirked as her slept. She too soon fell back to sleep. Van turned off the monitor and fell back into his chair. He stared at the blank screen for a little hope that he imagined it all.
He pushed the screen back on and it revealed the ever clear image of another man holding Ai and her relishing in it all. Angrily, he pushed it off of the desk and the screen shattered at May's feet. It sent out shocks of protesting and her wires shot out of the sockets and sucked back up into her ear. The entire monitor exploded of bits and screws which bounced and cut at her skin.
Ignoring this, he stood up at the door and paused. "Find the address and give it to me as soon as possible and if something happens to her, notify me immediately." he directed and walked out of the room. Walking to his room, he was shattered. Every time Hitomi comes into the matter, it's always screwed up and causes something horrible.
"Why is this happening?" he asked himself. He walked into his room with a sigh. It was tidied up and void of her scent. Taking off his shirt, he laid in bed and brushed a hand on the side of him. A goddess used to lay there, soft and sweet, innocent yet passionate to him. She smothered him with love and attention. He belonged to her like a loyal dog to his master but now she wasn't there anymore. He hugged a pillow and fell asleep.
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Light glared on her face and nudged her awake. She cracked an eye open and quickly shut it to blindness. Yawning, she moaned and held her hand up to block the blinding light. The room was fairly average sized and decorated in hints of blues and whites. A metallic fox laid next to her. He had the innocent aura about him as he slept, his breathing slow and smooth.
Gently, she nudged him. He blinked his eyes groggily and, after realizing who woke him up, he smiled. "Good morning. Do you sleep well?" he asked, brushing a loose lock of hair from her face. She smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. The best sleep I've had. Do you have anything to eat? I'm starving." she asked with a stretch.
"Sure, you have to come with me though. I'm not going to stay in the kitchen by myself." he said with a smile. They got out of bed and continued on to the kitchen.
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A/N: I am so giving up on The Painting. After this weird crap about deleting all of the rating, I am putting it all on the big huge back burner. Sorry alls but I think that it's just stupid. Well, I hope you all recommend this story to everybody because I have good news. I am going to update this a lot more now! Yay! Well, see 'alls later! Bye!
A/N: I think that this story needed to slow down and, at the same time, go onto the main plotline. Hehe. So, I hope you like this chapter somewhat and I really need some more reviews or this story will permanently go on the backburner. Well, enjoy!
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Chapter IV: Accidents and Metallic Foxes
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Ai woke up groggily. She was all over the place last night and had probably drunk out the entire town. Her head was spinning and her body ached. 'I guess this is what father calls a killer hangover. Damn, I shouldn't have gotten drunk while I was with Van. He probably thinks I'm some kind of a drunken idiot.' She thought with a giggle. Clutching her head, she noticed her room didn't smell right. It wasn't the overly femme fragrance of flowers and things, it smelled of a warm and musky scent. The sheets seemed lighter and softer too. 'Okay, this is getting really creepy!' she thought as she looked around.
Everything was decorated in red. She knew where she was but it just couldn't pop up in her head. The bed was huge and extremely soft. There was a lit fireplace set into a wall to the right of the bed. Over it, was placed a family portrait. 'Okay, I'm in Van's room! Thank God! This is good! I thought I got screwed by some weirdo!' she thought and smiled.
Preparing to get up, she suddenly felt weighted down. Trying again, she heard a groan from behind her. "Huh?" she asked aloud as she turned around. Van lay asleep soundly, his lips curved in a smile. His strong arms were wrapped around her waist in a protective hold. Looking down upon herself, she noticed she was naked; her clothes lay crumpled and scattered all over the room along with his. Fighting the heavy urge to scream, she whimpered and lay there shocked. 'Heh, well, I didn't get screwed by some unknown weirdo; I got laid by Van! Geez, wake up you idiot! I want to run away screaming about now!' she thought.
She remembered what happened that night. They had been at the brewery by the restaurant and had created a large bill from drinking. Van had called a driver to pick them up and take them home. All during the ride, they had been fooling around in the back. So they had made out during the entire walk in the manor and they had just jumped into the nearest bedroom and made love twice before falling asleep. 'God, I must have been buzzed out like hell to not come into my senses. Shit! I can't believe I lost my virginity so quickly.' Ai thought as she yet again tried to get up.
Prying his arms off of her, she rolled to the edge of the bed and looked around for her underwear. "Shit! Where the hell are they?" she whispered and scanned the floor. They lay slightly under the bed and she smiled. 'There they are.' she thought. As she bent down to pick them up, her hair was snagged and she almost yelled in pain. Most of her hair was under Van and she was too scared to wake him. 'I guess I have to lay here until Van wakes up.' she thought with a sigh. Settling in a comfortable spot near him, she slept.
Ai didn't wake up for a while when she felt someone above of her, spreading heated kisses up and down her neck. His hands traveled all over her body and one rested on her breast. She froze and looked into his eyes in question. He smiled and cupped her face with his hand gently. "Good Morning sweetheart." he said. She rose herself to sit up, her hair finally free to move. "You really are a wild cat in bed eh Ai?" he asked with a lusty grin. She blushed and bit her lip, looking down. Placing a kiss on her lips, he pulled her against him. The taste of sweet wine and vodka was tantalizing to her as she drank the taste from his lips.
Falling back onto the soft mattress, his lips trailed from hers down to her neck. Her hands guided his face back to hers and she kissed him hungrily. She straddled him and buried her fingers in his hair. Her head was still spinning but she ignored it. Van pulled away to breathe and she pulled him back to her, devouring him. Warm velvety hands moved up her hips and to her side. They stopped and moved back down to her hips and moved across them. She gasped as unhurried fingers groped her womanhood. Slowly, he started to stroke her, earning enticing moans from her and shivers of pleasure. Ai's kisses became rough and bruising as she moaned out in ecstasy.
A faint knock on the door interrupted them. Groaning in frustration, he looked to the door. "Yes? What is it?" he asked, his voice gruff and hinted with anger.
"It's me, May. May I come in?" asked a soft voice. He got off of her and sat on the bed.
"Go ahead." he said and she opened the door slowly. Ai covered herself and laid back against the pillows, the tingle of erotic pleasure vibrating in her bones. May gave a knowing look to the two and bowed.
"You have a visitor Van. She says its urgent." she said as she smiled.
"Tell them to schedule a visit and come back later. I'm busy." said Van annoyed at the thought of a visitor. May shook her head.
"It's the lady Hitomi. She seems distraught." she said. He ran his fingers through his raven hair and sighed.
"Tell her I'll be there in ten minutes. Now please leave so I can get dressed." he said. May looked to Ai with a smirk. She, in turn, hugged the thin blankets to her nude body.
"Isn't she coming along too?" she asked with a smirk.
"Just go May!" he yelled embarrassed.
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He met Hitomi in the meeting hall. In her hands was a large box of assorted things with a kite sticking out profusely. She stomped over to him and shoved the box into his hands. "Hitomi? What is this?" he asked as he looked over the large assortments of little things.
"I saw you Van!" she yelled. He could tell she was angry about something but he couldn't tell what it was.
"Huh? What?" he asked.
"Don't you 'huh' me Van! You know what I'm talking about! You and that whore of a persocom were at the boardwalk together!" she yelled. It finally struck him. He was dumbfounded and ashamed that she saw them.
"Hitomi I..." he started but couldn't finish. 'Gods, what have I done.' he thought and sat the box on the table next to them.
"I had my driver follow you so I could make sure you were okay! And that little thing about getting her drunk and making out all in the bar AND the back of your car, just plain sick!" she said as she looked down to the ground.
"I'm so sorry Hitomi. I wasn't thinking." he said.
"That's right, you never think at all." she said as she wiped a tear from her face. She looked up to him with tearful eyes. "Did you screw her too Van?" she asked. Silence. "Did you Van?!" she asked in a yell. He looked down. She shook her head in disbelief. "Iie..."
"I never meant to hurt you Hitomi." he said quietly. She shook in anger. Holding back tears, she stormed out of the hall.
"You sick bastard of a man!" she yelled. He grabbed her hand to halt her.
"Hitomi wait. I didn't know what I was thinking." he said hurriedly. She spun to him and slapped him hard. The crack rang in the air and bounced off of the walls.
"I know what you were thinking Van, you were thinking like a man. Let go of me and leave me alone!" she yelled and wrenched her hand from him. And with that, the rushed out of the hall and out the grand entrance.
He ran a shaky hand through his hair. "God damn, none of this should have happened. I'm so stupid." he said as he leaned against the wall. He could hear her car driving off smoothly and he sighed. This was going to be tough and all he wanted to do was to bury himself into his paperwork and forget about it all for a while until they both were calmed down. After all, Hitomi was a very forgiving person.
Walking down the corridor, he looked up to the ceiling and smiled. "Well, I guess that this means I won't be picked on by Allen anymore. I wonder how long it will take for him to find another flaw in my life." he said with a laugh. His laugh stopped abruptly as he bumped into Ai. Blinking, he smiled and ruffled her hair. "You should watch your step" he said jokingly. She gave a small smile and nodded, silently continuing her fast pace down the hall.
He watched her leave and shrugged. "Eh? What's her problem? I guess she's just tired." he said and continued on to the study.
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The crowd was busy and loud. People were everywhere and it was really bothering her. She just wanted to be alone and wallow in her mood. Turning corners, her eyes glazed over as the directions showed in her mind. It was easy to get to her fathers' laboratory because he and Van didn't live too far and complicated away.
A young woman with short blonde hair and wearing an elaborate green dress with a fancy hat looked Ai over. "Persocoms, they are always a Trojan Horse." she said haughtily as she continued to walk. Ai turned and flipped her off.
"Back to you Main street bitch!" she yelled and the woman turned around. A loud 'how dare you' came from her as Ai blended in with the crowd. Humans were something that she always despised. Whenever she walked with Van women would scowl at her and mutter rude things about her. All of it was annoying and he would always tell her to just ignore them because they were jealous because they weren't as pretty as her.
'Damn Van. I hate humans. Humans can go to hell.' she thought as she lost her connection. "Mother fucker! Come on you shit! Work!" she cursed as she walked, smacking her forehead to clear the reception.
"Reception not working?" asked a male voice. She gave an angry sigh.
"Shut the hell up Van! Why don't you go screw another 'com!" she yelled.
"I don't know who this Van is but I don't screw any one." said a young male leaning on the fence to a park. He was a persocom with long red metallic ears. His lime green hair was short and swept slightly on his forehead, kind of looking like that guy Eagle from her comic Magic Knights Rayearth. Bright blue eyes looked to her in a sly and fox-like look.
She blushed and shook her head. "Oh! Sorry, I just was thinking you were Van, my owner." she said. He walked over and looked her over with a smile. Her denim miniskirt and white long-sleeved shirt made her feel totally like a slut but that was what she had thrown on after she was upset and all.
His eyes clouded and gave a scanning look as he memorized her appearance. "If all of the coms at your place look half as good as you, I would be sleeping around with mine too." he said with a smile. Her blush turned into a sly grin.
"Well keep dreaming because you won't be getting any of this anytime soon." she said gesturing her curves. The com walked up to her and leaned into her ear.
"I don't mind waiting baby." he whispered seductively. She moved back and shook her head.
"Um, sorry but I'm not allowed to talk to strangers. I must be going now." she said nervously. She hurried up the street. 'That com is really creepy. The way that man was acting was like a horny dog with a flowerpot.' she thought as she quickly made her way to her father's. The lab was near and she smiled and jogged her way up there. In her rush there, she sprained her ankle and fell in a heap. Her left ear smacked into the pavement and gave a cracking sound.
Looking around, her father's lab was only a few more blocks away and she huffed. Trying to stand up, she crashed back down and sniffled. The pain was excruciating and she just sat there miserably. A shadow covered her and moved slightly as if shaking its head. "The angel broke her wing." said the com and he crouched down to her.
"Just leave me alone, I'm fine!" she said in a sob and tried once again to stand. Successfully doing so, she looked to him with an I-told-you- so look. "See, I'm fine." she said and started to walk. She started to fall again but he caught her. Pulling her into an embrace, he smirked.
"You shouldn't walk, you could permanently damage yourself." he said softly. She gave up and sighed.
"It'd probably be nothing worse than what you would do to me if I'm not careful." she said. He bent down and picked her up in his arms. She held onto him and he started walking in another direction. Ai panicked and struggled against him. "What are you going to do with me? I am not going that way!" she said sacred.
With a lot of fussing, he walked her into an apartment building and up the stairs and to his door. Gently flinging her over his shoulders, he walked in with her kicking and screaming.
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Van sat bored in his study. He had called for Ai an hour ago and he was waiting for May to bring her in. He wanted her sarcastic and cheery personality there and she could cheer him up from his situation. The door slowly clicked closed. May walked up to the desk and bowed with a frown. "I'm sorry Lord Van, she has left for the day." she said.
He raised and eyebrow and frowned. "No, she should still be here. She always tells me whenever she wants to leave the manor. Are you sure that she has left? Scan the parameters again. Make it thorough." he said. Nodding, she looked straight forward. Her soft brown eyes glazed over and a laser scanned around in them.
"No readings on Ai. Do you want me to check the city for her, it will take approximately two hours to scour it all and pinpoint her." said May in a monotone voice, still in search mode.
"Yes. Make sure it is thorough, I really need to make sure she is alright." he said in his business voice.
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The bed was soft and she sat on the head of the bed and looked around nervously. The man walked into the kitchen a few minutes ago and was busy heating something up. He was exceedingly gentle with her and didn't violate her at all in her vulnerable position. He walked in with a bowl of rice and seasoned chicken on the top. He wore nothing but his denim jeans and a serpent necklace hanging on his chest. "I didn't know what to give you so I gave you something pretty simple. I hope you like it." he said as he held it out to her.
Taking the bowl softly, she took the chopsticks from his hand and started to pick up a piece of chicken. Biting into the lemony chicken, she chewed slowly, savoring the taste. "This is really good. You are a good cook." she said as she started to dig in.
He blinked and smiled as he watched her shovel in the food. She stopped at his small laugh and giggled. "I know I'm a pig but I love to eat you know." she said with a smile. He laughed and shook his head.
"No, I completely understand. I eat a bit too." he said. She placed the bowl of drained food on her lap.
"What is your name?" she asked.
"Ieio. My maker called me that. I live on my own, now that my operator had married and left off to live in Spain. So I was left with the house and a stable job to buy the groceries." he said with a smile.
"Oh that sucks. You must be very lonely." she said sadly. He shook his head and gave a gentle smile.
"I do sometimes but sometimes I find people who need my help, like you. So I make friends in a way but it isn't for that long. Now that I've given you my life story, you have to bare it all." he said.
"Oh, um. There's not much to say." she said as she swirled her cup of apple juice. "My name is Ai and I live with my owner Van Fanel in the Fanel manor. It's really fun and all, just to hang around him but I just... don't want to be with him for a while." she said and her expression grew sad.
"What do you mean by 'not being around him for a while'? Did he do something to hurt you?" he asked, truly interested in this.
"Well we got drunk and I slept with him and now he's telling his girlfriend that he didn't mean it all. I mean how would you feel, when you feel nervous about doing something you've never done before and when you finally do it, then he says he didn't know what he was thinking!?" she asked, the anger filling up in her again. Ieio shook his head with a displeased look on his face.
"He must be very inconsiderate to even think about saying that. Having sex with someone who cares about you isn't something that should be dealt with lightly. It is something that human men take granted of." he said distastefully.
"Yeah, I just don't understand humans you know? They always go on and try after something that they can never have. And when they don't, they ruin all of the good things they do have. And they value friendships over family like gold over dirt. I wish I could have grown up like the humans did with a mother and father to raise me properly. I just watch their valuable opportunities waste away and it just sucks." she said as she took a drink and sat her food on the bedside table and yawned.
He stood up and picked up her food. "I only wish they could see themselves through our eyes, then they would realize how idiotic they carry themselves in life." he said as he walked out the door. A few minutes later, he came back with a long button down dark blue shirt. She changed into it and he came back in and checked.
The shirt hung at her mid thigh and the arms were too long so he dug into his drawers and found a sleeveless undershirt. When she put it on, it rest at the same length as the blue shirt and a large amount of cleavage was shown but he didn't pay too much attention to it. She jumped under the covers and smiled like a little girl.
"Ieio, can you stay with me please?" she asked as she patted the bedding next to her. He smiled and pulled off his pants and climbed in wearing his boxers. She cuddled up against him and they fell asleep, Ieio holding her from behind.
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"Boardwalk sector...checked. Museum sector... checked. Downtown sector... checked. Upscale living structures... searching... searching... reconfirming... Hit! Hit! Hit!" said May as she exclaimed the last part. Her wires were plugged into the flat screen monitor. Van jumped to attention from his half sleep and looked to her seriously.
"Have you found her? Is she safe? What's happening with her? Where is she May?!" he asked repetitively. Her eyes maintained a blurred light brown and she gasped as information was shoved into her database. The monitor blinked and a dark fuzzy picture came onto the screen. There were some light blues and slow silhouettes began to appear. A dark one and a light one began to emerge. May moaned and the picture sharpened quickly and revealed itself to him.
Ai laid in a soft bed wearing a shirt that scantly covered her. Behind her was a new man. He had green hair and long red persocom ears. Both were happily asleep and the man held Ai from behind. Van sucked in a breath and looked on. Ai giggled in her sleep and turned around slowly, hugging onto the man with a soft smile. She opened her eyes halfway and smiled.
"Ieio..." she sighed in the same fashion that she used to call Van's own name. Like a soft whisper in the wind. The Ieio man held her closer to him and smirked as her slept. She too soon fell back to sleep. Van turned off the monitor and fell back into his chair. He stared at the blank screen for a little hope that he imagined it all.
He pushed the screen back on and it revealed the ever clear image of another man holding Ai and her relishing in it all. Angrily, he pushed it off of the desk and the screen shattered at May's feet. It sent out shocks of protesting and her wires shot out of the sockets and sucked back up into her ear. The entire monitor exploded of bits and screws which bounced and cut at her skin.
Ignoring this, he stood up at the door and paused. "Find the address and give it to me as soon as possible and if something happens to her, notify me immediately." he directed and walked out of the room. Walking to his room, he was shattered. Every time Hitomi comes into the matter, it's always screwed up and causes something horrible.
"Why is this happening?" he asked himself. He walked into his room with a sigh. It was tidied up and void of her scent. Taking off his shirt, he laid in bed and brushed a hand on the side of him. A goddess used to lay there, soft and sweet, innocent yet passionate to him. She smothered him with love and attention. He belonged to her like a loyal dog to his master but now she wasn't there anymore. He hugged a pillow and fell asleep.
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Light glared on her face and nudged her awake. She cracked an eye open and quickly shut it to blindness. Yawning, she moaned and held her hand up to block the blinding light. The room was fairly average sized and decorated in hints of blues and whites. A metallic fox laid next to her. He had the innocent aura about him as he slept, his breathing slow and smooth.
Gently, she nudged him. He blinked his eyes groggily and, after realizing who woke him up, he smiled. "Good morning. Do you sleep well?" he asked, brushing a loose lock of hair from her face. She smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. The best sleep I've had. Do you have anything to eat? I'm starving." she asked with a stretch.
"Sure, you have to come with me though. I'm not going to stay in the kitchen by myself." he said with a smile. They got out of bed and continued on to the kitchen.
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A/N: I am so giving up on The Painting. After this weird crap about deleting all of the rating, I am putting it all on the big huge back burner. Sorry alls but I think that it's just stupid. Well, I hope you all recommend this story to everybody because I have good news. I am going to update this a lot more now! Yay! Well, see 'alls later! Bye!