Chapter Four: I'm Going. For Now
(AN: Thank you all my reviewers for now. But I have to cut you off on the moment. I feel so unloved by ff.net!! I won't continue until I get at least thirteen reviews. AT LEAST, then I'll post immediately. Thank you for reading this, the following: Bynnie, xXSoraXx, Joce, KaT aka Mistress Shinigami, Queen of Duels, and Ciaran Gabriel. You guys rock!! ^_^ Storymind~ P.S: Sorry this chapter is so short. it's meant as a mild-cliffy to help get reviews. Remember, thirteen! ^_^)
"Jiro, are you sure you're ok? You look. worried. Was Miori alright?" Mitsuko asked the next morning.
Jiro thought about telling her what happened, just as he had when he slipped back into bed beside her. Beside her.
'Beside Mitsuko. that's where I belong.' Jiro thought, spacing.
"Jiro?" Mitsuko asked, waving a bemused hand in front of his face, "Jiro?"
Masaru walked past holding a juice box, "Has he spaced out again?"
Mitsuko dropped her hand and looked towards Masaru, "Yes. I just don't know what's gotten into him. Hey. are you giving that to Akira?"
Masaru glanced at the juice box, "I figured he'd need it since he didn't come back to breakfast."
"Masaru. wait a moment." Mitsuko said and stepped away from Jiro, "Akira. was under something. He wasn't really himself, like he was sleepwalking. It's something Gill did to him. He woke up last night. Just be careful. tell him who you are before you go near him, he might suspect you're here to take him back to Professor Gill."
"Oh. that's the screaming last night? No wonder. Ok, I'll be careful." Masaru said and walked on down the hallway.
"I belong with Mitsuko. beside her. all the time." Jiro muttered.
Mitsuko stepped back to him, "I'm glad you think so!"
"Huh?" Jiro asked, dumbstruck. Mitsuko giggled, "I don't think I got enough sleep last night." Jiro added, blushing.
"You've grown a lot, Jiro. I'm proud. Even father didn't believe your Gemini would evolve this much." Mitsuko said, and leading him onto the back porch where everyone else was.
"Oh?" Jiro asked, trying to sound interested.
Miori and Ichiro were in a heated argument over something about the emotion of love, Rei and Bejinder were playing chess; something Jiro thought Bejinder wouldn't do if her life depended on it, Dr. Komyoji was lounging in a chair reading, and Masaru was trying to teach Akira how to score a soccer goal. Jiro grabbed the last seat and Mitsuko sat down on the arm of the chair.
"And what do you believe the feeling of love is?!" Miori asked, temper inflamed.
"It's not a feeling, it's not even an emotion!" Ichiro fired back.
"Of course it's a feeling! It's the opposite of anger, of hate; you're just incapable of feeling it! Are you afraid?" She asked, her ebony hair flying lose of it's pony tail in indignation.
"No! I'm not afraid of anything!" He retorted.
They both stared daggers at one another, then both mirrored one another by crossing their arms over their chests and slumping in their chairs. Masaru was dancing around looking funny while Akira laughed, because Akira had made his first goal.
Mitsuko leaned over to Jiro and whispered, "Who is she?" And motioning to Bejinder.
"Oh. I guess it's Miori's sister. Her name is Bejinder, but I really have no clue as to when she got here." Jiro said.
"Miori's sister?" Mitsuko asked, confused.
"Yeah. She tried to kill us once before, but when Miori stopped her, she felt the 'feeling', but didn't understand it." Jiro explained.
"Feeling?" Mitsuko asked, now utterly hopeless. Jiro laughed.
Dr. Komyoji didn't look up, but said, "When an android meets one of it's own kind, but it's not obvious they're in human form, they get a feeling that tells them that it's one of them."
"That made absolutely no sense, gramps." Ichiro said, still huffily ignoring Miori.
"Made perfect sense." Bejinder said, "I had no idea Miori was one of us. you are, aren't you?"
Miori gave a shudder, ".yes."
"Why so nervous? It's not so bad." Rei said. "Did you forget so suddenly little bro? Dear Ms. Love over here was human." Ichiro said.
Rei nodded, "I haven't forgotten."
Miori looked towards the potted flowers that lined just under the porch, "I hope no one does."
"Oh I think we can be sure of that." Jiro said. Bejinder nodded.
They all stayed as they were for a while, feeling they all wouldn't be the one to disrupt this sense of security, the serenest of the way they were. almost. like family.
"Flowers behold power." Bejinder said.
"Huh?" Jiro asked.
There was no time to answer, for all of sudden there were Gill's robots all around, the giant crabs mostly. The Cyclops-like robot, Gill's right-hand man, stepped out of the forest.
"Masaru! Grab Akira and run!" Mitsuko demanded.
"Mitsuko, I want you, Miori and Dr. Komyoji to run. And run far. Go to the place we've hid before." Jiro said not unwavering his gaze from the Cyclops.
Mitsuko nodded hesitantly but Ichiro said, "No way, if this girl's a robot, then she's helping us fight."
"Ichiro, she doesn't know anything, now isn't the time to argue!" Jiro exclaimed. Miori nodded, and Dr. Komyoji, Mitsuko and Miori took off through the house.
Masaru and Akira, who was gasping in fright, were running around the side of the house to get to Mitsuko and Miori.
"Feelin' ready for a fight?" Ichiro asked with his usual cocky smirk in place.
Jiro and Rei had already changed, Bejinder did a second later and Ichiro exclaimed, "Crap, I'm late for the party!" before changing as well.
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(AN: Thank you all my reviewers for now. But I have to cut you off on the moment. I feel so unloved by ff.net!! I won't continue until I get at least thirteen reviews. AT LEAST, then I'll post immediately. Thank you for reading this, the following: Bynnie, xXSoraXx, Joce, KaT aka Mistress Shinigami, Queen of Duels, and Ciaran Gabriel. You guys rock!! ^_^ Storymind~ P.S: Sorry this chapter is so short. it's meant as a mild-cliffy to help get reviews. Remember, thirteen! ^_^)
"Jiro, are you sure you're ok? You look. worried. Was Miori alright?" Mitsuko asked the next morning.
Jiro thought about telling her what happened, just as he had when he slipped back into bed beside her. Beside her.
'Beside Mitsuko. that's where I belong.' Jiro thought, spacing.
"Jiro?" Mitsuko asked, waving a bemused hand in front of his face, "Jiro?"
Masaru walked past holding a juice box, "Has he spaced out again?"
Mitsuko dropped her hand and looked towards Masaru, "Yes. I just don't know what's gotten into him. Hey. are you giving that to Akira?"
Masaru glanced at the juice box, "I figured he'd need it since he didn't come back to breakfast."
"Masaru. wait a moment." Mitsuko said and stepped away from Jiro, "Akira. was under something. He wasn't really himself, like he was sleepwalking. It's something Gill did to him. He woke up last night. Just be careful. tell him who you are before you go near him, he might suspect you're here to take him back to Professor Gill."
"Oh. that's the screaming last night? No wonder. Ok, I'll be careful." Masaru said and walked on down the hallway.
"I belong with Mitsuko. beside her. all the time." Jiro muttered.
Mitsuko stepped back to him, "I'm glad you think so!"
"Huh?" Jiro asked, dumbstruck. Mitsuko giggled, "I don't think I got enough sleep last night." Jiro added, blushing.
"You've grown a lot, Jiro. I'm proud. Even father didn't believe your Gemini would evolve this much." Mitsuko said, and leading him onto the back porch where everyone else was.
"Oh?" Jiro asked, trying to sound interested.
Miori and Ichiro were in a heated argument over something about the emotion of love, Rei and Bejinder were playing chess; something Jiro thought Bejinder wouldn't do if her life depended on it, Dr. Komyoji was lounging in a chair reading, and Masaru was trying to teach Akira how to score a soccer goal. Jiro grabbed the last seat and Mitsuko sat down on the arm of the chair.
"And what do you believe the feeling of love is?!" Miori asked, temper inflamed.
"It's not a feeling, it's not even an emotion!" Ichiro fired back.
"Of course it's a feeling! It's the opposite of anger, of hate; you're just incapable of feeling it! Are you afraid?" She asked, her ebony hair flying lose of it's pony tail in indignation.
"No! I'm not afraid of anything!" He retorted.
They both stared daggers at one another, then both mirrored one another by crossing their arms over their chests and slumping in their chairs. Masaru was dancing around looking funny while Akira laughed, because Akira had made his first goal.
Mitsuko leaned over to Jiro and whispered, "Who is she?" And motioning to Bejinder.
"Oh. I guess it's Miori's sister. Her name is Bejinder, but I really have no clue as to when she got here." Jiro said.
"Miori's sister?" Mitsuko asked, confused.
"Yeah. She tried to kill us once before, but when Miori stopped her, she felt the 'feeling', but didn't understand it." Jiro explained.
"Feeling?" Mitsuko asked, now utterly hopeless. Jiro laughed.
Dr. Komyoji didn't look up, but said, "When an android meets one of it's own kind, but it's not obvious they're in human form, they get a feeling that tells them that it's one of them."
"That made absolutely no sense, gramps." Ichiro said, still huffily ignoring Miori.
"Made perfect sense." Bejinder said, "I had no idea Miori was one of us. you are, aren't you?"
Miori gave a shudder, ".yes."
"Why so nervous? It's not so bad." Rei said. "Did you forget so suddenly little bro? Dear Ms. Love over here was human." Ichiro said.
Rei nodded, "I haven't forgotten."
Miori looked towards the potted flowers that lined just under the porch, "I hope no one does."
"Oh I think we can be sure of that." Jiro said. Bejinder nodded.
They all stayed as they were for a while, feeling they all wouldn't be the one to disrupt this sense of security, the serenest of the way they were. almost. like family.
"Flowers behold power." Bejinder said.
"Huh?" Jiro asked.
There was no time to answer, for all of sudden there were Gill's robots all around, the giant crabs mostly. The Cyclops-like robot, Gill's right-hand man, stepped out of the forest.
"Masaru! Grab Akira and run!" Mitsuko demanded.
"Mitsuko, I want you, Miori and Dr. Komyoji to run. And run far. Go to the place we've hid before." Jiro said not unwavering his gaze from the Cyclops.
Mitsuko nodded hesitantly but Ichiro said, "No way, if this girl's a robot, then she's helping us fight."
"Ichiro, she doesn't know anything, now isn't the time to argue!" Jiro exclaimed. Miori nodded, and Dr. Komyoji, Mitsuko and Miori took off through the house.
Masaru and Akira, who was gasping in fright, were running around the side of the house to get to Mitsuko and Miori.
"Feelin' ready for a fight?" Ichiro asked with his usual cocky smirk in place.
Jiro and Rei had already changed, Bejinder did a second later and Ichiro exclaimed, "Crap, I'm late for the party!" before changing as well.
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