It was there on the steps of the Ziggaraut, there in the snow that I leared what it was to love someone. I stood there, body and senses numb as Rock kicked Kenichi in the stomach, sending him reeling to the ground. Rock took a step toward me, picked up his sunglasses and put them back on. I stood there, still numb, his gun in my shaky hands. Tentatively, I pointed it at him, quietly sobbing to myself. "Go ahead, shoot if you can. I am a human being, don't forget." he said coldly, waiting for the gun to drop. Instead, I turned and aimed at the one person who had actually wanted to help me. I spoke one, solitary word as I shot, "Kenichi." The bullet hit him between the eyes, ending his life on impact. I whirled around to point the gun at the detective that was hurrying to his nephew. I waited, silently, until he approached the small figure that was lifelessly drowning is his own spreading pool of blood. I took careful aim, and killed him as well. I, then turned to look at the stunned Marduk. I whispered his name as I dropped the gun. He just stood there, taking in the sight of Kenichi and his uncle dead in a heap. I walked over to them, kicked scornfully at their dead, yet still warm bodies, smirked and turned my attention back to Rock. I ran to him, throwing my arms around his neck, crying. He said nothing, clamped his hands onto my shoulders with the force of a vice, recorsidering me as I knocked his glasses away. He lay his arms around me limply, as if he were the one I had killed. The sound of an approaching car startled me, and I jumped out of the warm embrace. Duke Red swiftly moved out of his limousine to take me away again, but I kicked him in the shins and fled, Rock at my heels. We ran together, to an empty house where he sat down on the couch, taking me gently into his arms again. I cuddled to his chest, saying nothing. He tightened his grip when his father swept past the door. When he left, Rock started to laugh. I silenced him by placing my lips carefully on his, so as not to injure him further; His lower lip had spilt when the Duke slapped him. He pushed me away and picked me up, carrying me into a bedroom. He lay me down and crawled in next to me. I pushed his jacket off and started to work on getting his shirt off as he undressed me. He kissed down my neck to my collarbone and sucked at it a little before continuing his descent down to my breasts. " I never thought that one day, I would make love to a robot." he whispered. "If you love me, does it really matter?" I asked, stroking his hair. He said nothing, made no noise, just continued to kiss me. I touched his shoulder lightly so as to draw him back to me. He lifted his head and I captured his lips in mine, licking the blood off his dry, cracked lips. He parted them to let my gently probing tongue do as it pleased. I puled back when the need for oxygen was too great to ignore. He mimbled something incoherantly as a protest for breaking off our intimate kiss. I finally got his shirt off, immediatly after which, he got mine off. He didn't lift my bra off at once, just continued to kiss around them. I helped him undress completly and he helped me do the same. We lay there, kissing for a long time before he finally entered me. I moaned as he moved around inside me, holding me in place. He started to move his hips as our heartbeats synchronized. I moaned even more as I followed him into orgasm. It took a full five minutes for us to calm down enough for him to pull out of me. I lifted his head and kissed him one more time as we fell asleep in each other's arms.