Chapter. 10. It Wasn't Me.

"Uh..." I slowly open my eyes, as the scene around me envelops in a complete blur.

"What the Fuck?" My glasses don't seem to be anywhere near my face, and the air is dusty enough to clog a laptop persocom's radiator coils. I try lifting myself up with the help of my arms, but my left arm won't move at all, and it burns.

"Master, you okay?" Tokyo Rose asks as soon as she sees me.

"Well, uh...I guess..." I reply groggily. I get up, my vision slowly becoming clearer.

"That was a huge blast all right," she comments, "I swear the entire street shook."

"What are you talking about?" I ask, finding my glasses in my pocket and putting them on and adjusting them.

"Long-story-short, i have no idea what happened before the blast, but afterwards, i found you and Annai unconscious and in different directions, i drove the others back, but i didn't bring Annai back, as i suspected you would want to take a look at her," She rushes. Immediately i find Annai in the opposite wall and i run to her. I kneel beside her, and i start just by taking a look at her, too see if she has any external damage.

"By the looks of her, i cant see any damage, I'm not sure internally though," i analyze, before lifting her up off of the cold wet ground, "what about the staff at the table?" i snare.

"Oh them, well turns out Hot!Flare! Isn't an actual magazine company," Tokyo Rose deadpans, walking out of the all too foreign basement and into the elevator.

"Then what are they,and what did they want with you guys?" I ask, getting out of the elevator and walking to my car. i ride shotgun with Annai on my lap.

"They are a custom porn company, and someone saw us somewhere and ordered a 'private collection'," She says. I notice that Kotoko is still plugged into the car jack and i unplug her, knowing how pissed she will be as soon as she boots up.

As soon as we arrive at my house, i immediately bring Annai up to her room, bringing Kotoko and Tokyo Rose along.

"Tokyo Rose, plug yourself into Annai and run a class 1.5 Re-generation," i order my orange-haired 'com. She obeys and immediately connects to Annai. "Kotoko, hack into Annai and download her memory file." Light flashes along Kotoko's eyes as she hacks into Annai.

"Access denied," She concludes, shutting her eyes.

"What do you mean 'Access denied?" i ask.

"I mean, that any move i make, bounces back to me," She deadpans. Hmm, strange, i don't think i included that in her programming... Tokyo Rose creates a wavering Beep! before disconnecting herself from Annai.

"Re-generation complete, she should wake up in a minute," She says, just as Annai's eyes flutter open.

"Master?" She asks, looking around, "what happened?"

"Let me explain..." Tokyo Rose says, before going in on her lengthy explanation, "and then we woke you up." She concludes. I signal for her to leave, which quietly sends her off.

"Master, you know when i told you-," Annai begins to say, but i cut her off

"When you told me you loved me, yes,"

"That wasn't me," She confesses. I give her a mixed look of confusion and horror (if I'm stating that right).
"What do you mean?" I ask, for what seems like the tenth time in a row.

"I mean, that... Its hard to explain, but as they were bringing me into the dressing rooms, a distant voice said 'Annai, i will take over from here,' and then proceeded to take over my body as her own, leaving me to watch from the inside," She explains. i stare at her completely baffled.

"Like another OS?"

"Something like that," Annai's voice catches on her words, "...Master...I...I don't...know!" She thrusts herself onto me and bursts into tears, wrapping her arms around my waist.

This shocks me as i just sit there, before i embrace her back, as i stroke her long chocolate-brown hair. What am i doing? Its only been three weeks! i pull her away, my hands still on her shoulders as i stare into her longing brown eyes. i turn my head away, trying to hide the blush i feel coming on.

"Master?" Annai asks, as i pull back some of her hair behind her white-and-mint green ears. Almost automatically i lean in and i kiss her directly on the lips. Annai, who seems startled at first, returns the gesture. Our lips lock together. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? realizing what I'm doing, I immediately pull away and i get off of her bed.

"I-I'm sorry," i mumble, as i leave her room and i go into my own.

I flop on my bed back first as i try to process what the hell went through me to do that.

"Kojima," A voice i recognize as my own calls. I slowly open my eyes to find myself in a room consumed by dark blue and black.

"What the hell?" i mumble, looking around the foreign blue and black room for the voice that called me.

"I'm here," Suddenly, completely out of the blue. A guy, who looks exactly like me, descends in front of me. This guy, looks exactly like me, every single detail. from the clothing to the face, is the exact replica of me. Only difference is, his clothing is black, the exact opposite of my usual color, and his shirt has a high collar, and is trimmed in white, like one of my fancier shirts. Also his eyes are a piercing blue. Like how Annai's were.

"Who are you and what do you want?" I ask, my darker self, who chuckles in response.

"I am you, and you are me," He replies slyly.

"Well that makes no sense at all, for one, you are simply just a figure i am dreaming about,"

"As I thought..."

"What do you want?" I ask, rather harshly.

"I want nothing but answers, that i'm probably not going to get, just yet,"

"To what questions?" i ask, rather curiously

"That girl, Annai, are you in love with her?" He asks. I immediately back off.

"What the hell? No! Who are you? I don't even know you!" I scream.

"Not just yet," Is all he says, before fading away, "No matter how hard you try, i will always be with you..." My eyes fly open.

"Ugh, goddamn dream," i groan.

Authors side note: Two chapters in one day, not much to say here, other than, i should probably check up on my OC's.