Disclaimer: I don't own anything that relates to Xenosaga or Xenogears.
Pairings: chaosxKOS-MOS, Jr.xMOMO, ShionxAllen
Plot/Summary: (AU) With an odd stroke of luck, chaos wins a Vector-made product, specifically a Realian companion. But come delivery time, an chaos lands with something he did not expect to appear on his doorstep…
Mistaken Delivery
By: xKuroSeraphimx
Chapter II
This should suffice…
The platinum-haired young man stepped out of his room, dressed in his favorite choice of clothing. He donned a full, black body suit, an orange jacket, divided widely on his chest and around his shoulders while bordered in blue around the edges. His vambraces and boots were in the same style and coloring as his jacket, and fitted tightly around his slim waist were plain white shorts, held together by a similar looking belt.
chaos scratched the side of his head in an almost sheepish manner. He had several comments about his apparel, but he found it quite nice and comfortable. Once people got used to his taste of clothing, they didn't speak much of it. After all, he had other pieces besides this one.
Then, his sea greenish eyes flickered onto his computer room, where the Anti-Gnosis Battle Android, KOS-MOS, was in, doing whatever she wanted in there. He couldn't explain why he was giving so much leverage to her over his property after just meeting, but he felt like he could not argue anything with her. After all, he wasn't one to abandon her, now was he? Still, she rightfully belonged to Vector Industries, of course. Until he found a suitable solution to both their problems, chaos felt obligated to keep her in his care.
Once he walked onto his living room, he noticed that the cardboard brown box that held KOS-MOS was gone. She must have taken it in when I was dressing… chaos concluded thoughtfully. Must have contained something she needed, he added, seeing how big the box was in length and width.
Raking a hand through his silver hair, he proceeded towards his phone and picked it up, punching in the numbers of the one he really needed to talk to at this moment. Placing the phone up to his ear, he waited for the person to answer. After a couple of rings, the other line opened.
"Hello?"
"Jr.?" chaos asked, recognizing his friend's voice immediately.
"Oh! Hey, chaos! What's up? You could have contacted me on the U.M.N., you know. I'm kind of busy at the moment." Jr. replied, his voice slightly serious.
"Uh, yeah, sorry about that," chaos plopped down on the couch nearest him and stared blankly at the glass table before him. "But currently, my computer room is being occupied by someone else…"
"Huh? Did something happened?" the red-haired boy asked, concerned.
chaos let a sigh escape his lips. "Yeah, something did." Then the platinum-haired young man began to relay what transpired a few minutes ago, explaining about the mistake with the delivery and receiving KOS-MOS instead.
Once he was done, he waited for Jr. to respond, and he could tell his friend was silent for a few moments of thinking it over. Then he said, "Well… What are you planning to do with her?"
"I was hoping you'd help me with that," chaos replied. "I don't know where else to place her. I'm sure Vector Industries will be in an uproar – if they're not already – over finding KOS-MOS missing." He paused for a second and said, "And I don't think they'll be highly pleased to find that she's in the Kukai Foundation."
"Then why not just hand her over to them? Oh, wait…" There was the sound of snapping fingers on the other line along with Jr. muttering something under his breath. "Normal ships haven't been dispatched out lately, due to the increase of Gnosis attacks… Also, I doubt Vector would even listen thanks to their busy schedule… Hmm…"
While Jr. was busy analyzing the situation, chaos shot a glance over his shoulder at the door to his computer room. He briefly wondered what the cerulean-haired android was doing in there, but stopped when Jr. said,
"… I don't know, man. Maybe you should just keep her for now. I mean, the person who must have gotten your prize must be confused as well. Until then, I think you should just wait for something to pop up."
"Easy for you to say…" chaos muttered, reclining into his couch more.
"Well, look on the bright side, chaos! At least you got someone to spend some time with you at home now!" Jr. exclaimed, his voice now bright and perky.
Another sigh ran past the platinum-haired man's lips. "Knew you'd say something like that…" chaos smiled. Suddenly, the doorbell rang, causing chaos to stand up. "Um, got to go, Jr. Someone's at my door. Bye."
"Who could that be? Well, see you soon, buddy!" Then, the line went dead.
Placing the phone back on the receiver, chaos ambled towards his door and opened it. Greeting him was…
"Told you I'd see you soon, huh, chaos?" Gaignun Kukai Jr. grinned smugly at him.
"J-Jr.!"
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"Whaa? KOS-MOS is missing?" Miyuki shrieked once Allen Ridgeley relayed what happened a few moments ago. The two were currently in Vector Industries 2nd R&D Division's Communications room, discussing about the sudden problem that had appeared in the morning.
"Y-Yeah! If the Chief finds out about this—"
"She'll never trust you ever again!" the brunette stated matter-of-factly. Allen dropped his head in despair at this but shook his head, a frown marring his brow.
"As bad as that sounds, we have to find KOS-MOS! Aside from the Chief, the higher ups are bound to hear about this as well!" he panicked, his voice rising with each word.
"Hey, hush now! It won't be some time till they request KOS-MOS back at the Dammerung or HQ." Miyuki replied, taking all this in maddeningly calm stride. "It's Shion you seriously have to worry about. What are you going to say to her today when she asks for the usual? After all, even if she's on vacation--"
"Forced, would be more like it," Allen corrected quickly.
Miyuki rolled her eyes. "Fine. Forced vacation, she still remembers the date of when KOS-MOS arrives back on Second Miltia. Got a pretty good excuse?" She asked with a wicked grin.
He glared at her, but it immediately died down. "Well, what can we say? We have to be pretty smooth talkers in order for the Chief to not suspect anything for a while…"
Miyuki idly placed a finger upon her chin and began to think on this for a moment. Then she said, "Hmm… Why not say that the date's been pushed back a little? Or, send her the previous data you sent before? Either way, I think Shion will take it in fine so long as you guys can eloquently come up with an excuse." She ended with a wink.
Allen sighed and irritatingly scratched the side of his head. "But sooner or later she's going to suspect something and mosey on over here herself. Who knows where KOS-MOS could be?"
"Then make up more excuses till you find her! I don't know about you, but Shion is really scary when she's pissed off." Miyuki said, shivering at the memories of several times the Chief explode in a rage. More than once, of course, over the well being and care of KOS-MOS.
"Er… Right! I'm gonna try and dig up anything over this whole mess. Umm, Miyuki?" he asked tentatively. "Could you… well, speak to Shion with an excuse?"
Miyuki stomped her foot down and planted her hands on her hips. "Excuse me! Why the heck should I do it?"
"You were the one with the idea of telling the Chief lies!" Allen defensively pointed out. "You just do this for once, please? I don't think I could even talk straight to her when I'm like this."
"Hmm, yeah, you do have the stupid habit of blurting things out…" Miyuki murmured.
"Hey!"
"Alright, fine. But just this once, okay?" she wagged a finger at him. "And besides, we're only delaying the inevitable if Shion finds out."
"I know, I know…" Allen replied. "But thanks anyway! See you!"
With that, Allen proceeded to exit the room. Miyuki, who had crossed her arms and stared at the young man's fading form, smiled. Giggling, she said,
"Oh, Allen. You should give yourself more credit than you think you should…" Stretching, Miyuki was about to sit herself down on her seat when the panel before it flashed open. On the screen were the words of U.M.N. and Miyuki dreaded what was in store with it.
Miyuki! E-mail to Miyuki from Shion Uzuki! The U.M.N. ivory bunny announced enthusiastically.
On second thought, curse you Allen!
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"Oh… Seems he's already talking with someone else," Mary said as she snapped her own phone closed. Then the blonde-haired woman turned to her pink-haired guest and smiled.
"Sorry, MOMO, looks like he's busy. I do apologize for the Little Master forgetting to walk to school with you."
The 100-Series Realian Prototype, MOMO, shook her head. "No, no, it's okay." She replied, her voice tinted with disappointment. In the next second, she beamed and said, "Besides, I have Ziggy here with me. I'll meet up with him at school, anyway."
At being mentioned, Ziggurat 8, or Ziggy, as he was just called, nodded wordlessly. Then the elevator to the Durandal's bridge lifted up and onboard it was Mary's sister, Shelley.
"Hey, Sis! Mornin'!" Mary greeted with a wave as MOMO did the same as well.
Shelley nodded to the three of them and said, "Good morning to you. I just heard that the Little Master was on his way to his friend, chaos, so, he left early. I apologize to you, MOMO, for having to walk all the way here."
"No, really! It's fine!" the pink-haired Realian said quickly, waving her arms to-and-fro. "Anyway, I should be sorry for disturbing you two. I'll be off now!" she announced, walking towards the elevator, Ziggy close behind her.
"Have a good day at school, MOMO! You take care of her, Ziggy!" Mary called to the cyborg that merely nodded. Then, the lift activated and they were slowly sent down to the lower floor.
Once they were gone, Mary sighed; shaking her head while Shelley made her way towards her usual seat. She sat down and turned to her sister who spoke,
"Honestly! Little Master should consider MOMO's feelings before doing anything."
"I'm sure Little Master merely forgot. He wouldn't intentionally hurt MOMO's feelings for anything." Shelley said calmly, placing her hands on her lap. "In fact, he has been visiting chaos more lately. Everyone has his or her reasons; Little Master will most likely pay for his little mistake to MOMO. He cares for her very deeply, after all."
Mary turned to her with a mischievous grin on her face. "Want to take away Little Master's Kahles scope for now?" she suggested with a malicious glint in her eyes.
Shelley shook her head, her own small smile stretching upon her lips. "I don't know about that…"
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"Dude, this is what she did?"
chaos and Jr. both stared at the new look of the platinum-haired man's computer room. Before, boxes and papers were strewn on top each other in corners or on his desk. Now, however, files were stacked neatly or compiled into the desk's drawers, and boxes were filled into one big box, probably the box that contained KOS-MOS.
Said android stood by her black, Vector pod that was situated in the middle of the room. Her crimson gaze flickered onto them at their arrival, then gazed at Jr. chaos momentarily wondered if this was the same room he owned.
"chaos," KOS-MOS called. "I have finished the preparations on my maintenance bed. I must thank you for allowing me to do so." She looked back at Jr. who arched his brow.
"Oh, um… This is my friend, Gaignun Kukai Jr." chaos introduced them both.
Jr. waved slightly. "Erm… Hi, KOS-MOS. Pleasure to meet you." He greeted awkwardly.
"A pleasure to meet you as well, Gaignun Kukai Jr." She responded with a nod.
"Wow, KOS-MOS," chaos said. "I… Thanks for cleaning up the mess around here. Although, I don't think you should have…"
"Negative. Had I allowed the previous state of your computer room to stay, there would be a .32 percent drop efficiency to your working exercise." KOS-MOS replied flatly.
"She's got a point there…" Jr. murmured to chaos. The tanned young man shot him an annoyed glance before turning back to the battle android.
"I appreciate what you did KOS-MOS. I—"
"Oh man! If we don't move, we're gonna be late, chaos!" Jr. interjected once he took a look at his watch.
"Ah! You're right! But what about KOS-MOS…?" chaos asked, looking back and forth between Jr. and KOS-MOS.
"I am grateful for you concern." She said. "But I agree with Jr. In approximately 15.005635 minutes, you will be deemed late by the school staff."
"Which is why we gotta go now! Sayonara, KOS-MOS!" Jr. ran out the room in a hurry, leaving chaos with the android.
chaos stood there at the doorway, a frown contorting his face. He didn't want to leave KOS-MOS alone in his apartment, not because he was worried that she might modify something of his again, but just in general leaving her alone. Which was bothering him slightly. He hadn't gotten attached to her that fast, could he? If he didn't move now, he'd be late, and possibly bringing Jr. down with him. But the prospect of leaving KOS-MOS alone was…
"Come on, chaos! Time's a wastin'!" Jr. called from the entrance to chaos's apartment.
"Alright! I'm coming!" He turned to face KOS-MOS and said, "Goodbye, KOS-MOS. Just… be careful okay?" Careful? From what? His mind asked him.
"Understood," She replied monotonously.
Soon, chaos ran into his room, grabbed his bag and school supplies, scooped up his keys and reached Jr. Once he made his way at the doorway, Jr. jogged down the hall, and chaos hesitated at the sight of KOS-MOS standing outside of his computer room, her crimson eyes locked with his before closing the door and locking it. Not that a lock would stop her if she wanted to get out, he mused simply.
Afterwards, he caught up with the red-haired young man and the two proceeded to run as hell towards their school. All the while, chaos prayed that KOS-MOS would just stay in his apartment and wait.
Fat chance of that.
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Here's the second chapter, folks! I hope you enjoyed and please review if you do! I'll try to get the third chapter up as soon as possible.
Oh, and if anyone doesn't mind helping me out with some ideas for this fic? I've already got the general plot in mind, but I'd really appreciate some suggestions to make this more enjoyable to you readers. See you soon!