Landing back at the temple, a somber feeling covered the entire temple. Jack's body was removed from the Manta Ray and treated as though he were a member of the temple. It was done out of respect to counter Kimiko's behavior. Once he was buried and gone, Kimiko went to her father with the broken toy.
"Daddy?"
"What is it, Kimiko?"
"Can… Can you fix it?" she handed him the minibot.
"What's wrong with it?"
"Well, its owner… well… Jack died…"
"Ah," Mr. Tohomiko sighed, "I'm afraid this cannot be fixed. It is part of the design. The minibot was programmed to sync itself with Jack's consciousness. Now that that is gone, so is this robots activity…"
"It had a learning program, right?"
"Kimiko, a robot can never replace a human being. Let the boy rest," he took the bot from her, "Go back to the temple and be with your friends. If you need to talk to someone, talk to your friends. I think they may understand all this better than I do."
Kimiko sighed, "Here," she handed her father another minibot.
"What's this?"
"It's mine."
"What's wrong with this one?"
"She loved him…"
Mr. Tohomiko looked between the two toys.
"Kimiko, robots cannot love, my dear, only humans can," he tried to hand the bot back to his daughter.
"No thanks," she sniffed, "I-I'll see you later."
Kimiko walked out of her father's office and on to Dojo's back.
"I need to pick up some flowers," she murmured, "The plot looks so bare…"
Fin
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A/N: So, any good? I hope I answered your questions or if not, that you at least liked the story. I'm already working on another Jack fic. He doesn't die, promise. It'll be a good one, better than this, I think. Eh, actually it's completely different. So if you care, look out for Raising Jackie. : ) Booyeah! I must say, if it wasn't for these fics, I would have died already, they're really helping me get through the adjustment to college life... Eh, whatever. Read and write on!