Chapter Five: It Wasn't Meant to Be This Way
(AN: WOW, you guys ROCK! Thanks for all the reviews, I got more than I
wanted, which to say the least. boosted my ego more than it should have,
but I loved it!! So, here is the chapter, as promised!! Sorry it's so
short, but I'm struggling with what happened a few chapters back, Miori
wasn't going to kiss Jiro, I swear!! Anyways, Read on, I'll have another
one out soon, *PROMISE*
Storymind~)
"I'll get Akira, you take Masaru and lead!" Miori said.
They were running far and fast, flat out, through the surrounding forest to the remains of Jiro's birthplace: Dr. Komyoji's destroyed lab. Miori was still in her human form, unchanged, as she was last night. Mitsuko was set on the defensive, her hearing at its extent, her awareness of her surroundings stretched as far she could make it go. She listened to every snapping twig; every slight flutter of wings was felt.
Out of the bushes burst two figures, making Mitsuko give a small yell but only to find it was Masaru and Akira. They stopped only momentarily before taking up running again, with Akira in Miori's arms. Finding the still-burnt clearing, they sped into the old twisted jungle of metal, the occasional passing scratch here and there.
"Ah!" Miori's voice screamed into the summer afternoon as she fell heavily to the ground, shielding Akira with her arms.
"That's right, Miori." A sinister voice said behind them.
"No.." Masaru whispered beside Mitsuko as they turned on the moment to see Miori on the ground, Akira below her and the person that could only make their situation worse.
___________*
A jolt here, an electric charge there, and the hits just kept on coming. Jiro, Ichiro and Rei were dogging their best and fighting the worst, but the crowd didn't seem to thin. Bejinder was having a right old time herself, but it was easier with her own mind control powers.
"This isn't working!" Rei shouted for them to hear, "There are too many!"
"It's like Gill is using this as a distraction." Ichiro mumbled to himself while slicing through another crab.
"He would. They're just here to keep us from protecting Akira!" Jiro concluded, "We have to find them!" Then looking around at their frozen faces of understanding, "What are you waiting for? GO!"
Then they were off, dodging, hitting, and running to catch up with Miori, Akira, Mitsuko, Masaru and Dr. Komyoji.
__________*
"She'll be fine." A dark voice was heard.
"Really, you don't think you just hit her too hard?" A skeptical woman's voice sounded.
"Well if you had done your job, she'd be dead!" The dark voice became harsh.
"Fine. I will check on the others." And high-heels walking away echoed in the dimly-lit place.
Mitsuko opened her eyes. Where was she? The last thing she remembered was.
"Gill!" She exclaimed.
"Very well, but I won't be here for long." Mitsuko looked around, and saw the sinister professor in all his old glory staring back at her.
"What have you done with Masaru?! And Miori and. Akira?!" She asked, frightened.
"Nothing as of yet. except for Akira. He is where he belongs." Gill said smoothly.
Mitsuko sat up on the cold table, "Where might that be?" She asked boldly.
"It is none of your concern. What you should be concerned with is your own life." Gill said, and started to walk away.
"I'm not finished with you! Come back here! Face me like a good robot should!" Mitsuko shouted at him.
He paused before his next step and Mitsuko knew she'd crossed a line.
"Do you believe I'm completely robot? No. I'm merely using his body." Gill said icily, "You'd do well to watch your tongue, the next words you say could be your last."
Mitsuko's eyes widened dramatically, and she gave a slight whimper of fear. Although she couldn't see it, she knew he was giving a victorious smile; he'd made her cower in fear behind him.
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"Hm? Mitsuko?" Masaru asked sleepily.
He lay on the table; shirt slightly messed up from falling somehow. It was cold, he could register that much. And dark. Dark! That's the secret organization that was founded by Gill.
Masaru sat up as fast as he could and knocked someone's hand out of his face, and whomever it was said, "Oh!" in surprise.
"Huh? Where's Mitsuko?!" He demanded.
Then he looked towards the person hovering over him slightly. He felt his jaw drop; it was his mother.
"Mom? But. you're. you." He struggled to get out the confirmation that she was dead.
"Dead? No. Almost. It was quite a mere hit." She said, a motherly smile taking place of her cold face.
"Yes. You died! I saw you, you pulled the trigger and hit the ground!" Masaru said angrily. What was this? Another trick of Gill's? He wasn't that stupid.
"In a way, yes. I did. That day my humanity died to be replaced by. a.an android." She said softly.
"So you are dead!" He exclaimed.
"Didn't you already believe that?" She asked, "Yes. And as for Mitsuko, she's fine."
"Where is she?" He demanded once more, determined not to be interrupted from his question again.
His mother got up, not looking at him, and started for the door, "Goodbye, Masaru."
"Huh?" He was utterly confused, "Where are you going? Where is Mitsuko!?"
She merely waved a mechanical hand dismissively and walked out of the room, shutting the door. The moment he was sure she'd gone, he jumped off the table and pounded the door.
"Damn you! Damn you!" He yelled, sure she'd hear him anyway.
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"Where are they?" Jiro asked angrily, upturning old metal pieces.
Ichiro stopped, "Jiro, they're not here."
"No, you don't understand! I told them to hide!" Jiro yelled, still searching for the secret door.
"Jiro, they've been captured by Gill." Bejinder said, transforming back. Ichiro and Rei did the same, "We just have to find them."
"Find them?" Jiro asked, not really listening.
Gill had taken Mitsuko too. He knew he shouldn't have gone to Mitsuko's. he knew he shouldn't have gotten her involved in this, even if it meant he had her back, he shouldn't have done it. Jiro smacked his hands to his head in frustration.
"Jiro, don't worry, we can find them. Gill's so obvious it hard to miss him." Ichiro grinned.
Jiro got angry at him just then, and slammed him up against a large piece of glass, shattering it and Ichiro protested, "Hey! HEY!"
"Jiro put him down. Fighting with ourselves and losing it isn't going to help them." Rei commanded.
Jiro did, but reluctantly, wanting to vent his anger on someone other than himself, wishing he wasn't the one who made the mistake, that he wasn't the one who put them in danger. But he was, and now they were gone, where he didn't know.
"I'll get Akira, you take Masaru and lead!" Miori said.
They were running far and fast, flat out, through the surrounding forest to the remains of Jiro's birthplace: Dr. Komyoji's destroyed lab. Miori was still in her human form, unchanged, as she was last night. Mitsuko was set on the defensive, her hearing at its extent, her awareness of her surroundings stretched as far she could make it go. She listened to every snapping twig; every slight flutter of wings was felt.
Out of the bushes burst two figures, making Mitsuko give a small yell but only to find it was Masaru and Akira. They stopped only momentarily before taking up running again, with Akira in Miori's arms. Finding the still-burnt clearing, they sped into the old twisted jungle of metal, the occasional passing scratch here and there.
"Ah!" Miori's voice screamed into the summer afternoon as she fell heavily to the ground, shielding Akira with her arms.
"That's right, Miori." A sinister voice said behind them.
"No.." Masaru whispered beside Mitsuko as they turned on the moment to see Miori on the ground, Akira below her and the person that could only make their situation worse.
___________*
A jolt here, an electric charge there, and the hits just kept on coming. Jiro, Ichiro and Rei were dogging their best and fighting the worst, but the crowd didn't seem to thin. Bejinder was having a right old time herself, but it was easier with her own mind control powers.
"This isn't working!" Rei shouted for them to hear, "There are too many!"
"It's like Gill is using this as a distraction." Ichiro mumbled to himself while slicing through another crab.
"He would. They're just here to keep us from protecting Akira!" Jiro concluded, "We have to find them!" Then looking around at their frozen faces of understanding, "What are you waiting for? GO!"
Then they were off, dodging, hitting, and running to catch up with Miori, Akira, Mitsuko, Masaru and Dr. Komyoji.
__________*
"She'll be fine." A dark voice was heard.
"Really, you don't think you just hit her too hard?" A skeptical woman's voice sounded.
"Well if you had done your job, she'd be dead!" The dark voice became harsh.
"Fine. I will check on the others." And high-heels walking away echoed in the dimly-lit place.
Mitsuko opened her eyes. Where was she? The last thing she remembered was.
"Gill!" She exclaimed.
"Very well, but I won't be here for long." Mitsuko looked around, and saw the sinister professor in all his old glory staring back at her.
"What have you done with Masaru?! And Miori and. Akira?!" She asked, frightened.
"Nothing as of yet. except for Akira. He is where he belongs." Gill said smoothly.
Mitsuko sat up on the cold table, "Where might that be?" She asked boldly.
"It is none of your concern. What you should be concerned with is your own life." Gill said, and started to walk away.
"I'm not finished with you! Come back here! Face me like a good robot should!" Mitsuko shouted at him.
He paused before his next step and Mitsuko knew she'd crossed a line.
"Do you believe I'm completely robot? No. I'm merely using his body." Gill said icily, "You'd do well to watch your tongue, the next words you say could be your last."
Mitsuko's eyes widened dramatically, and she gave a slight whimper of fear. Although she couldn't see it, she knew he was giving a victorious smile; he'd made her cower in fear behind him.
___________*
"Hm? Mitsuko?" Masaru asked sleepily.
He lay on the table; shirt slightly messed up from falling somehow. It was cold, he could register that much. And dark. Dark! That's the secret organization that was founded by Gill.
Masaru sat up as fast as he could and knocked someone's hand out of his face, and whomever it was said, "Oh!" in surprise.
"Huh? Where's Mitsuko?!" He demanded.
Then he looked towards the person hovering over him slightly. He felt his jaw drop; it was his mother.
"Mom? But. you're. you." He struggled to get out the confirmation that she was dead.
"Dead? No. Almost. It was quite a mere hit." She said, a motherly smile taking place of her cold face.
"Yes. You died! I saw you, you pulled the trigger and hit the ground!" Masaru said angrily. What was this? Another trick of Gill's? He wasn't that stupid.
"In a way, yes. I did. That day my humanity died to be replaced by. a.an android." She said softly.
"So you are dead!" He exclaimed.
"Didn't you already believe that?" She asked, "Yes. And as for Mitsuko, she's fine."
"Where is she?" He demanded once more, determined not to be interrupted from his question again.
His mother got up, not looking at him, and started for the door, "Goodbye, Masaru."
"Huh?" He was utterly confused, "Where are you going? Where is Mitsuko!?"
She merely waved a mechanical hand dismissively and walked out of the room, shutting the door. The moment he was sure she'd gone, he jumped off the table and pounded the door.
"Damn you! Damn you!" He yelled, sure she'd hear him anyway.
___________*
"Where are they?" Jiro asked angrily, upturning old metal pieces.
Ichiro stopped, "Jiro, they're not here."
"No, you don't understand! I told them to hide!" Jiro yelled, still searching for the secret door.
"Jiro, they've been captured by Gill." Bejinder said, transforming back. Ichiro and Rei did the same, "We just have to find them."
"Find them?" Jiro asked, not really listening.
Gill had taken Mitsuko too. He knew he shouldn't have gone to Mitsuko's. he knew he shouldn't have gotten her involved in this, even if it meant he had her back, he shouldn't have done it. Jiro smacked his hands to his head in frustration.
"Jiro, don't worry, we can find them. Gill's so obvious it hard to miss him." Ichiro grinned.
Jiro got angry at him just then, and slammed him up against a large piece of glass, shattering it and Ichiro protested, "Hey! HEY!"
"Jiro put him down. Fighting with ourselves and losing it isn't going to help them." Rei commanded.
Jiro did, but reluctantly, wanting to vent his anger on someone other than himself, wishing he wasn't the one who made the mistake, that he wasn't the one who put them in danger. But he was, and now they were gone, where he didn't know.
