Cupids Bullet
Gentle
I could feel the wind brush against my drying tears. I had no idea i could cry this much. She thought as she leaned against her pillow, watching the tress sway and hear random birds chirp their songs. Her blue eyes narrowed as she looked out on the inside of her room.
It had been a week since she was told what had happened to her. Luna had managed to buy a professional from the inside of Minoru's company, he knew how to make persacoms from scratch, knew how their brainwork went. He managed to find a way to switch the mind from one body to another using a strange machine.
Yuzuki gave out a sigh. Sounds like something out of a horror film.
More tears came as she thought back on her memories. She never imagined Luna would be so evil, so desperate to want Minoru so bad as to use her for her plans. And now she's there using him...manipulating him with my body.. She thought looking at her own hands, noticing the cuts that she had inflicted on herself through the week, the wounds were healing, and since they had found out what she was doing, they took away every sharp thing in the house. Yuzuki had made another amazing discovery, Luna was not only very evil but also very young, she was a senior in high school, though she had dropped out from lack of better judgment.
The servant in this household seemed to noticed her change too, they told her that ever since the so called surgery that she had been through, it seemed as if she had turned into a better person. She didn't try to deactivate or hurt and of the persacoms anymore, she was a lot more gentle with everything and had developed a sense of... real grace, rather than the acted grace that she held when she was her former self.
I'm not Luna. She thought to herself, through these hours in bed she often wondered if she was really going crazy. Maybe she was Luna and all this was such a bad dream... from wanting to be so close with Mister Minoru that she actually was able to manipulate her emotions and somehow play out a tragic story in her head that made her the victim? No... everything is so vivid...too vivid to be thought up from imagination. Yuzuki thought as she heard a knock on her door.
Pushing herself up from the bed, feeling her limbs weak, she called out," Who is it?"
"Breakfast is ready Miss Luna." One of persacoms called out. Yuzuki noticed her enter the room exactly when Yuzuki said it was ok, he movements where cautious around her, but happy nonetheless. Unconditional Loyalty... Yuzuki thought as she peered over to the persacom woman, noticing her long hard and green eyes, for one odd reason her cheek was severely damaged. Every time a servant came in her room she noticed one flaw or another on the females...just the females. The males were left un-touched.
"G-good morning." Yuzuki greeted trying to make the sick feeling in her gut fade gradually every time she was looked at. She saw a different reflection in the servants eyes, a face that wasn't her own. She then had noticed that the servant had not moved from the minute that Yuzuki had spoken a greeting ot her. She looked to her, Yuzuki felt herself give out a shiver from the slash across her cheek.
"Mam'?" The woman asked to her, her face was no longer cheery, but one of extreme curiosity. Yuzuki blinked once more and by habit, took her hand and smiled to her repeating her greeting once again. "Good morning."
She noticed the woman's face lighten up instantly and continue to serve her breakfast. As she served out the Orange juice and served her plate, she stilled and bowed to Yuzuki. "I want to thank you." She said suddenly. This caused Yuzuki to blink and look over to the woman dressed in maid uniform much like the one Minoru had her wear when she was a persacom-...
A painful tinge took over, one that made her tip over and hold her hand against her mouth. That's right... She thought and felt hands sooth her back, "Miss Luna?" The woman asked in worry.
Yuzuki batted her away gently as she composed herself, trying to change the topic; she looked over at the maid and smiled to her, "Why would you thank me?" She asked and noticed the maids expression, it was something odd that she recognized because, often, when she served Minoru she felt the same thing. Strange twinges in your system that you mistake for a mere glitch or malfunction...Human emotion.
"You haven't greeted any us for a long time, Miss Luna. " She spoke in a happy grin, Yuzuki smiled at this and reached over to the woman. Un-known from the gesture the woman flinched back, making Yuzuki blink out in confusion. "Oh...I-I'm sorry Miss Luna. I thought that..." her voice died down...-There it was.. that same confused look, more human emotion.
She stood up weakly seeing the woman back away, the orange juice spilled to the floor, pieced of glass everywhere. "M-Miss Luna!" The servant woman spoke in worry but didn't let her get too close. She had gotten small, and so very thin, the maid didn't have time to react when she felt Yuzuki's this arms wrap around her, pulling her head down so the could nuzzle into it.
"Stop being so afraid of me, I promise I won't do anymore of those horrible things that I did to you before." Yuzuki spoke feeling the maid stiffen in her hold, not being able to say anything. "I won't hurt you..." She whispered soothingly feeling the servants finger begin to dig into her hair, returning her hold gradually.
"Of course..." she agreed and looked up to Yuzuki, her eyes reflecting Luna's face. "Please forgive me... I keep forgetting that you aren't Miss Luna." The maid spoke remaining in her hold. At this Yuzuki begin to shake, her eyes began to water. "You are far too gentle, Miss..." The maid spoke. Yuzuki felt her knees buckle as she collapsed into the woman's arms crying. Thank God.. She thought as she was held up by the persacom maid.
"Miss Luna!"
They fell to the floor, Yuzuki holding the maid tight as she cried into her hair. I'm not going crazy... This nightmare is really happening.
A man stood outside the door and noticed both females hold each other, his fist clenched slightly. "I don't understand..." He whispered noticing. "I never thought it would hurt me so much to see her body suffer this badly." Her father sighed and looked to the servant's eyes grow teary as if she herself was going to cry.
"You are aware that, that is not your daughter you're seeing...merely her shell with a different soul." The man next to him spoke. He sighed and nodded, "Yes, she is far too soft to seem like my daughter..." He spoke noticing her hair, is was straight before, but not it developed a type of curl to the ending of it. Her skin was becoming pale slightly... "My daughter.."
"And just where do you think you're going?" Asked the teacher to a very mischievous looking Yuzuki, Her hair had gotten straight and her body had become slightly plump like her former body had been.
Luna froze thinking quickly, "Oh nothing, I was.. just heading for Archery club." Luna spoke using Yuzuki's sweet voice. The teacher blinked slightly and looked around the classroom, sputtering slightly. "Oh... all right then, best not to be late- off you go."
And with a half-hearted bow, Yuzuki spun around and hopped out of the classroom door. She suddenly was taken by the hook of the arm, and halted to a stop. "Yuzuki-san, I need to speak with you." Tsutomu spoke suddenly, appearing out of nowhere. he had felt strange ever since she had returned to school, it seems that she just stopped caring about everything.
Her Schooling, The Archery Club, and not only that but she has gotten in touch with the wrong crowds lately, not to mention dressing far too inappropriately, getting unwanted attention from certain boys,her grades dropping... things that the Yuzuki he knew would never allow. "You've changed Yuzuki.." He spoke smelling some strange odor emitting from her. He gagged slightly and released her.
"What is it, Tsu-to-mu-kuuuun." She sang out smiling widely. She attempted to cling to him but, he backed away quickly. "You reek of alcohol." Tsutomu spoke covering his nose. Then looked away and sighed, "I'm sorry Yuzuki, but you weren't the person I thought you were. You're so different now, everything you do no is completely out of character." He spoke and noticed her give out a shrill annoying giggle.
"Oh Tsutomu-kuuun I know you don't mean it." She giggled shrilly and attempted to lean on him again, he pushed her away defensively. "Stop doing that!" He shouted suddenly. People around them blinked in shock. "You're not the same person anymore, Hibiya." He spoke making Luna laugh. "Ooooo ur using my last name now?" She laughed shrilly moving against him again stubbornly. "Don't be such a stiff ass.." He giggled leaning in and giving the side of his ear a lick. "People are gonna think you're a faggot for turning down such a pretty girl like mee-"
He pushed her away from him, hard.
Luna fell back from the sudden push. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" Tsutomu shouted angrily. "Fucking slut!"
With that he stomped off, before he left however he walked to her again and took away her bow and arrows for archery. "Consider yourself kicked out of the club!"
"FINE!" Luna spoke and stood up, her face turning very angry as she stomped her foot. "Who needs your fucking club!"
The old man walked in seeing the nurse tend to the little bit of cuts that Yuzuki had received while getting up. "What is it, Luna?"
Don't call me that... "I have a favor to ask, Sir.." Yuzuki asked looking to the man. She noticed some resemblance with herself and the older man, he was either her father or a relative, they were too familiar in features to not be.
"I'd like to go to high school..." She said.
She heard the man gasp and shake his head. "It's too risky to put you in school... what with Luna running around in your skin.." he spoke and turned around to leave. "Out of the question."
before he reached the door he felt small arms wrap around his chest, a heart wretching sob coming from. "Please..." She begged. The man turned to her seeing her desperate gaze to him. "I don't know how long i will last being like this, please sir." She asked him taking hold of his hands and rubbing her cheek against them.
"I know that I am nothing to you, but I will give you my word that I will just go to school and come back home. You all ready told me not to go near Miss Luna, or Mister Minoru.." She spoke, the man noticed her eyes mostly. So deep and full of desperation, he saw himself in her eyes. The old mans face went hollow, "You'll have to act like my daughter...call me father..." he spoke taking his sobbing daughters shell by the shoulders.
"You'll have to pretend that I am your father." He spoke out in a very serious tone.
Yuzuki nodded her head weakly. "Please, let me out? I promise I'll follow directions and everything you ask of me.." Yuzuki said her tears flowing. She was suddenly pulled into a warm embrace, arms wrapped around her, fingers threaded in her hair.
"All I want is a smile from you, a smile from my daughter saying that's she loves her father. I'll even let you see him, just please don't cry any more." he spoke. Yuzuki had finally noticed something about this man...
He was suffering..
For a daughter that probably never loved him, but yet he still adored her.
"All right..." She spoke hope rising in her tone. "Father.."
It's a start.. She thought hopefully. Hopefully I'll get Mr. Minoru to see that the Yuzuki in front of his eyes... isn't the real one..