Chapter 3: Only the Beginning

Author's notes:

Hi everybody :D Well then I've finally taken some time to write up the next chapter for this fic. I apologise if it's a bit late but I've been busy writing my AnK Christmas fic and studying for the upcoming exams so this is the first chance I got to continue this fic ;)

Thank you all for reading it and thank you for giving it a chance despite its rather unusual plot featuring female Iason :) This chapter should already give you some clarification as to what happened to Iason after Dana Burn, however flashbacks of him experiencing life as a pet while still in Tanagura will only follow in the next chapters ;)

I've also incorporated part of the lyrics for both the opening and the ending theme songs now, I hope that's allowed? I am mentioning the title and the name of the band, so that's not plagerism, right? I've only typed the parts of the text I felt were relevant to the events in this chapter… Anyways if it's not allowed, somebody just let me know and I won't do it again in the next chapter and just mention the title and band of the song then ;)

I haven't had time to properly re-read this chapter but I'll just post it already, I'll take care of some typos and stuff later cause it's getting kinda late now and I ought to go to bed ;) I hope you'll all enjoy this next chapter!:D I hope I'm not getting Riki and/or Iason too much out of character here… But next chapter should have a demonstration of Iason's domineering nature in it ;)

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opening theme: CellDweller – Precious One

Close your eyes, Precious One

And you will see your life has only just begun.

Nevermore be afraid, I embrace you

And I'll take you

all the way through

endless time

To your new life

I await the Divine

Lost in time but I'm holding on

I see Her face, light all around me

Filled with Grace, darkness fades away

Her embrace, I'm at Her mercy

Bring me home, as She takes me from this life

Now I walk through to the other side

Former life a memory

Everything inside is amplified

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Iason was touched to see the concern and desperate passion in Riki's eyes as he – to his own knowledge up until that point – asked a stranger urgent questions about the well-being and whereabouts of Iason Mink. His Master. He is still mine, even if I have lost everything else. He will always be mine, no matter the cost. He is simply beyond what one can buy.

As Iason studied his night-black eyes more intently – his growing awareness of who exactly it was he was speaking to only adding to his charm – she thought back to her actions during those moments they had both presumed to be their last. He chose to be mine when he came back. He gladly laid down his life for me, there is no greater sacrifice. He has proven to be my dearest and most loyal possession.

"Well then? What is it you have to tell me with such urgency, Riki?", she asked while trying to keep her voice as level as she could while in this compromised, weakened state. She could not do anything about the momentarily dishevelled state of her body and its uncontrollable reactions to environmental stimuli such as exhaustion, thirst and anxiety. Thus the only kind of control she had left was the control over her oratory skills, which were actually rather unsettled when she initially encountered Riki again. How peculiar, even when I spoke to Jupiter while I in this human form the anxiety did not lead to such a numbing of my speech organs.

It took him a while to form a coherent response. Probably he was not only very surprised to see Iason alive but also very surprised at seeing him – or rather her - in such a state. What if he perceives it as weakness and no longer feels for me like he did at Dana Burn?

…...

Iason! Holy shit, how the fuck is this even possible?!

But now that he knew there was no denying it. Having spent over three years nearly solely in the company of his former tormentor, Riki knew Iason's expressions – which were observable in his electric blue eyes rather than his ever-passive face – and thus recognised them in the eyes of this young girl. After overcoming his initial surprise and tremendous relief that washed over him like a tidal wave, Riki attempted to formulate a response, if only because the impatient look in those eyes immediately made him feel ill at ease, as was always the case when he was at the receiving end of that ice-cold glare.

"How… You're alive! Shit, you're alive! What the fuck happened?! Did Jupiter operate on you and transplanted your ergh … Crap, were you imprisoned or something?!... You're alive! Shit, you're alive!", he kept on repeating almost as if it was some kind of mantra to really convince himself of that fact or something that he could simply not make sense of at all. OK, damn it all to hell! I've had just about enough of suppressing this! All of a sudden the mongrel pounced in her direction and ended up partially on top of her – he was heavier than before but of course she was also considerably lighter – while she was still lying down in the bed and started vehemently kissing her, almost as if to check whether she was real. He then started to study her face up close and touching her hair as if to also check whether it was genuine.

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Iason was so taken by utter amazement when Riki jumped on top of her and started kissing her, that she even remained passive during his ministrations. Riki not only willing but also taking the initiative? Now here is something new I could definitely become used to. The kiss ended way too soon, before Iason could even get her slow, dazed body to respond. After which Riki proceeded with examining her as if to check whether the girl was really Iason Mink. It had to be very difficult for him to understand. Well, it was sometimes still difficult for her to understand so the mongrel's seeming unwillingness to believe it was hardly surprising.

"Riki, what are you doing?", she inquired as soon as she had regained control of her body's vocal cords. For some strange reason the pet body was acting even stranger than usual while around Riki. Perhaps whatever illnesses it had entrapped while on its way here were not completely out of its system yet. Unfortunately Riki had at this point moved too far away from the bed for Iason to make any attempt at returning his kiss. I believe this is a situation to which the term "dammit" would apply.

"I ergh… I'm checking to see if you're… well, you", Riki responded absently after staring at her for several moments. As always he would stare Iason directly in the eye without even the slightest hesitation. Nobody else in Tanagura would have ever dared to do that. Even while in this body Raoul would not dare to because he knew who she really was. She liked how he would do that. Him looking her in the eye signified that he was really looking at her and not just at her perfect Blondy elite body, which she didn't even have now. It also meant he was honest because he showed his emotions to her face, he didn't pretend to be submissive only to gawk at her back. Neither did he crawl through the dirt, cowering in fear and bowing down in sickening fake admiration. He was an independent, proud, honourable man whose respect and love were actually worth something.

"And what are the conclusions to your observations?", Iason inquired, sincerely hoping that she would not have to prove her identity to him. Although between the two of them there were sufficient secrets known to nobody else to be able to assert Iason's identity.

"Ergh… shit, it really is you, ain't it? Shit! I…", the mongrel apparently could not make sense of his own words anymore and suddenly jumped up to pace around the room, almost like a wild animal stalking around in a cage. "OK. OK, just to make sure that this isn't some sick manipulation by Jupiter… Where did we meet? I mean the first time we met…"

"Not far from the Midas Gates in Sasan. You were about to rob someone and I stopped you. I decided to let the matter drop but you insistently followed and insulted me and offered me your body as payback for my silence." At least that had always been what Iason had assumed were Riki's motivations. But now she was not so sure anymore.

"What hotel?" Riki began pacing up and down the room more quickly and made other nervous gestures, like repeatedly scratching his nose and crossing his arms only to uncross them again only seconds later.

"I believe the establishment was called "Club Minos", at least that is what it said at the door yet it did not appear to be a club at all", as it had appeared to be a multifunctional establishment which functioned as both a love hotel and a brothel.

"Which door? Blue, red or yellow?" Riki continued his interrogation, while now pacing back and forth between the foot and the head of the bed while keeping his eyes on the blonde, petite girl in the bed, which was rather similar to a way a wolf or a wild dog would try to corner a frightened rabbit. Only this rabbit did not appear to be afraid at all, perhaps slightly annoyed at the constant movement that was giving her a bit of a headache.

"If I know the name of the establishment for some other reason than me being Iason Mink, then would it not be probable that I would also know the details about the inner arrangement of said establishment?" Honestly how many questions does he have to ask me if he apparently has already ascertained that I am Iason Mink?

"Exactly why I asked it, it was a trick question! Any normal fool would just automatically answer the question if he knew the answer, but Iason Mink would not be able to resist pointing out the stupidity of my questioning methods!" Riki exclaimed as if his question had really gotten Iason where he wanted her. Which was a bit unsettling to her seeing as how she was still lying down flat on the bed, her body too sore to get up at this point, and he was standing towering over the bed using a loud voice and making wild gestures.

"I'm not sure whether I should feel flattered or insulted. Although I suppose there is always something very flattering about your insults, Riki, for at the very least they are genuine." There really is no reason why I shouldn't just tell him the truth about how I feel about him now.

"Shit, it IS you! I thought you were dead! Crap, I thought you were dead and it almost killed me too, you know! Why the fuck did Katze have to… you told him to, didn't you? I thought that fire was gonna kill you for sure!"

"Yes, I was under that assumption as well at the time. But apparently there are hardly any limits to what an elite body can survive. Not that much of said body was left, as Jupiter could only address me virtually after she had recovered me from the ruins."

"So what happened? Did she put you in that body? I mean, surely she could've built you another elite body, right? Or is this like a temporarily thing, if so why such an … ergh … harmless form?" Not that he minded, it was actually rather refreshing to talk to Iason while she was not able to physically kidnap, imprison or torture him. Almost like talking to a normal person, to an equal.

"Actually this body is my punishment for defying Jupiter's rules in order to keep you and for allowing my emotions for you to dictate my actions, even after the explosion at Dana Burn, at which point I was not sure whether Katze had actually managed to save you or not."

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Flashback:

Iason. Wake up, my child. You are safe again now, you are safe with your Creator.

Mother. It took Iason a few moments to realise that he was in cyberspace and in direct contact with Jupiter's main matrix, yet he had not remembered physically going to Jupiter Tower and establishing a data link with Jupiter. That in and of itself was unsettling, and the absence of his own android matrix in the background of his mind even more so.

I apologise if this means of communication is inconvenient and confusing to you, however I really had to speak with you straight away and this was the only way in which that was still possible. Your body has been damaged in the explosion to the point of no longer being able to reboot anymore. Fortunately my rescue droids made it to the scene in time, before your emergency oxygen and glucoses supplies ran out.

Jupiter's metallic voice echoed around Iason's mind in a strange fashion. Then he realised that rather than momentarily transferring her own consciousness into his mind she had in fact done the exact opposite now, and had transferred his consciousness into her own mind. The sheer vastness of the amount of data her mind consisted out of was simply daunting and made Iason feel very small and insignificant.

Here, let me try and make you more comfortable, my child. All of a sudden a virtual world gradually began to emerge in the empty, vast darkness of Jupiter's main matrix. Eventually Iason could make out the vague yet discernible shapes of trees in bloom around her, their petals flying in the wind causing a myriad of colours comparable to the aurora-effect Jupiter usually caused in the metallic dome when he physically interacted with her in the Sanctuary at the top floor of Jupiter Tower. And Jupiter herself of course, who appeared in her usual form, being a slim, beautiful woman dressed in a light violet coloured Roman style dress, her long and pale purple hair fanning out around her and blowing in the same wind that caused the petals to move. It almost appeared as if the hair, the petals and the air merged into each other. But of course there was no hair, no petals and no air to speak of as this was merely a virtual reality that Jupiter was projecting to appease his mind.

While all of this was appearing, Iason had some time to arrange things in his mind. Riki had been kidnapped and he had found out that he was in Dana Burn. After which he had gone to Dana Burn to get his beloved pet back straight away. There was a confrontation with another mongrel, a former gang member and pairing partner of Riki's. He had mutilated Riki! And there had been a fight, Riki had intervened and saved the other mongrel's life, and then … There had been an explosion and then the entire building was on fire. He told Riki to get out, which he did but… He came back! He came back so that I wouldn't have to die alone! He sacrificed his life for mine! But no, he remembered Katze appearing on the scene and carrying off Riki's unconscious body, yet Iason had no way of knowing whether or not Riki was even still alive at that point. Riki! No! I have to find him!

You will do no such thing, Iason. This madness has gone on long enough and it has now become apparent to me that I should have intervened in this matter a long time ago. Besides, you would not be able to go find him now, seeing as how that requires having an actual body. Surely you must realise now that this mongrel, who should by his very definition be of no consequence at all, has caused you nothing but trouble? This irrational affection you feel for this pitiful creature has almost cost you your life, Iason!

He had to make sure Riki was all right. He had to get to him somehow to reassure him. And tell him. Tell him he felt the same way about him. Tell him he loved him.

But even now, after having nearly died, your mind still strays to him? Jupiter's voice sounded serene and emotionless as usual, which made it impossible to derive any emotions from it. But the colours of the flower petals, like her aurora in the Tower, gave away her mental state to some extent. When she was calm the aurora took on a light blue-ish colour, however as she became more agitated – as was the case right now – it became green and even bordered on purple.

I love him, Mother. I simply cannot help it. It is not something I chose to feel, it just happened, I am unsure as to how. I am sorry if I have disappointed you, Mother, it was not my intent. Iason felt rather strange trying to explain this to his Creator. It was not something he had ever really attempted to have a genuine conversation about, even with Raoul during his many objections to Iason having a mongrel pet.

But why, Iason? Why go through all that trouble, what has this whole affair with this mongrel brought you in the end? I do not understand how you can even get any sexual satisfaction from a creature like that. A creature that is not only physically imperfect but that has also fought you, insulted you and disrespected you every step of the way, showing nothing but ingratitude for everything you have done for it. Her choice of the word "affair" showed that she knew everything there was to know about his relationship with Riki now. She probably questioned Raoul on the matter while he was still unconscious. Not to mention the many rumours circulating among the pets of Eos must have at some point found their way to Jupiter. Nothing went on in Tanagura without Jupiter knowing about it eventually, as she was always carefully observing the actions of all of its inhabitants through many visual and auditory channels.

With all due respect, Mother, I do not believe somebody who – as you yourself have just put it – lacks even a body, could understand anything about sexuality or love for that matter.

Jupiter apparently chose to ignore the underlying insult in those words and the accusatory tone that implied that she tried to speak about things that she did not understand and were thus none of her business. You speak as if there is a difference between the two, my son. Please explain what you mean by this. I am eager to gain a better understanding in the errours that have almost led to the destruction of my best creation.

I do not think they are, in fact, errours. A sexual craving can be satisfied by any means that is aesthetically pleasing enough, it only depends on the physical. Yet that is not the way I feel with Riki. It has to be him, it cannot be someone else, that would not be mentally satisfying to me. And this is not just because of some physical aspect that he has and the Academy-bred pets lack but it is something in his behaviour, in his personality that causes this attraction. Next to that I also care for his well-being, for no reason other than this inexplicable attachment I feel towards him. These recent most unfortunate events have also shown me that I would go so far in this need to protect him that I would actually die for him.

Jupiter simply could not understand it at all. Had she not done everything within her power to make sure her children were both physically and mentally perfect? Then how come her very best creation, the proud of all of Tanagura, ended up developing such psychological, almost human, imperfections? Perhaps she had failed in her attempt to create something better than mankind. Perhaps she had ended up merely creating a more intelligent version of mankind. But then what would it take to take the imperfections and disturbing irrational tendencies out of these sentient beings?

How can something that causes such utterly irrational behaviour and eventually leads to one's own destruction be anything but an errour? And a fundamental one at that. I thought I had made you better than that, my child. But not to worry, perhaps this entire problem was merely a coincidental freak accident that might very well never occur again during your lifetime. It is simply a matter of erasing all data relevant to this mongrel from your mind and then you can have a fresh start without all of this trouble. She spoke almost in an reassuring fashion, as if to her the entire solution to the problem was simply mind-wiping him, which essentially made the problem disappear all together, as if it had never even existed in the first place.

No! I will not allow you to do that, Mother! I cannot!

And why not? Surely you cannot, even in your current deluded state of mind, deny how your irrational behaviour is bringing not only you but all of Tanagura great difficulty? Yet it has nothing advantageous to show for itself. So wherefore would you wish for this behaviour to continue? It was as if she was genuinely surprised that Iason was not eager to get rid of those memories. As if they were discussing a virus that had found its way into his software and thus had to be removed from it.

With all due respect, Mother, that you cannot see these advantages does not mean that there are none. I have never felt more alive than I have since I've met Riki. He makes me feel complete, as if my life has actual meaning. If only he could make her understand, but for the first time in his life, he was not sure at all if she was even capable of understanding what he was trying to tell her. For the first time he realised that his Creator was not perfect and omniscient, thus not like a god at all.

Are you implying that your life had no meaning before, Iason? Surely you realise what an important function it is that you, as a Blondy elite and Head of the Syndicate, have carried out effortlessly for the last century?

Yes, the work I did for you had meaning, I am not denying that. Yet it is in no way essential to this work or even its quality that I – Iason Mink – do this. If I were to die, another elite could simply take over my job and responsibilities. But nobody could ever replace Riki for me and vice versa. Moreover the path you laid for me is not the path I have chosen for myself, therefore it is – in a sense – not really my own path at all. The only decision that I have ever truly made for myself was the decision to keep Riki as my pet. Yes, there were other decisions regarding pets before, but those simply applied to a pre-arranged box of pets available. The fact that I chose Riki outside of that box, in all probability even outside of the functioning of a normal pet, shows that it was my own decision.

It does not appear to have been a very good decision then, my child, as you find yourself in your current predicament.

All of a sudden Iason felt anger surfacing in his mind. Is it really my decisions that have led to this predicament, Mother? Or are they your decisions? The decisions that have created this framework that all of Tanagura operates within, a framework that apparently has not provided a place for true happiness. All the satisfaction I have ever felt pales to nothing when I compare it to what I felt when I realised Riki cares for me in the same way I do for him. Why have you denied this from me, from all of us, for so long, Mother? Honestly, what is the point of living at all if one does not even get to feel truly alive?

Enough of this! You are overstepping, Iason Mink! I am your Creator, I am the Creator of all the glory and splendour that is Tanagura!

And who created you? Or I suppose you just appeared out of nowhere one day to do your divine, perfect work and build this perfect, inhuman city? You say you have made a mistake when you created me, but who is to say your Creator did not make a mistake when he created you? How am I to know whether the mistake is mine, or yours? He was seriously overstepping and would likely not survive a confrontation like this, yet he did not care. It was about time someone voiced these unspoken questions and reminded Jupiter of the fact that it was not infallible and that it could mistakes as well.

Fine! If you want to side with the humans that give in to their every irrational, instinctive desire as if they were just as mindless as animals, then I shall grant you your wish! If you think that humans are that much better than I am, then perhaps it is time for you to realise what it truly means to be a lowly human! After which she abruptly severed the connection between their minds, causing Iason a great deal of pain which several seconds later caused him to black out. While mind-blowing pain pierced through his brain the vision of Jupiter's divine form and the perfect yet non-existing virtual garden gradually faded from his mind, leaving only a timeless and placeless emptiness …

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"Punishment?", Riki asked with a raised eyebrow. "Sorry but it doesn't look very.. punishing, I mean… you're very ergh… beautiful, you're very beautiful… not that you weren't beautiful before, but I mean this is ergh…"

"Of course somebody who has been experiencing the pains and discomforts of the human body during his entire life would not understand how such an existence could be deemed a punishment. But when being used to an artificial elite body, I assure you it is anything but pleasant, especially at first. It took me several months to even be able to walk or speak in this body. During those early days it was as if I was in constant pain and had no control to speak of over the actions of my own body, which I believe is something you can relate to. I have to admit, pain really is intense. It as if the mind can no longer focus on anything else, similar to a loop in a computer's software…" The memories of those days still caused her great suffering, her body reacting almost as if it was not aware of the fact that these events were in the past and was almost partially reliving the experiences. At least she was able to control the reactions now, to the point that she did not start screaming again.

"Wait, you're telling me that before Jupiter put you in this body… you had never even felt pain before? How the fuck can that even be! I mean, if your ass was on fire, how would you even know?!" As if nobody else around would notice if an elite had suddenly caught fire.

"I did not state that elite android bodies have no way to register such a thing. My android body's connections to my brain would simply inform me of the elevated temperature and the damaging of tissues, yet in no way would this bring about an experience that could be considered even remarkably comparable to pain. I never really understood why pain was such a strong incentive while conditioning humans, I do now. And I find it utterly incomprehensible how you managed to deal with it the way you did on so many occasions, Riki", her blue eyes staring into his were filled with admiration and… regret?

"This the part where you apologise?", Riki asked, his black eyes almost bulging out of his animated dark-skinned, angly face. This can't be fucking happening!

"Of course not. I was not aware of any of this at the time, thus given the information I had access to then I do believe I could not have made any other decision regarding your problematic behaviour. If I had not done what I did you would have acted out even more, which undoubtedly would have eventually led to you being taken away from me and probably disposed of", which was utterly unimaginable for her.

"It never even occurred to you that perhaps I was acting out because you were torturing me?! Shit, why did you even kidnap me?! Why did you… Shit you could've just asked me on a date or something! Hell, I might've even said yes, despite all the shit you'd already pulled me in that hotel room!" All of the frustrations and questions Riki had been going over in his head over and over during the last three years seemed to be surfacing all at once. Now that he had made sure that this was Iason and that Iason was alive, all of a sudden he had an outlet for that suppressed anger that he had not known with to do with for years.

"For your years in Tanagura you truly know nothing of its regulations, do you? For an elite such a concept as a "date" does not even exist, neither should one wish for such a thing according to protocol. Moreover when I met you I did not fully realise that what I felt for you was different from what one feels for a pet. It was the only choice that could be made given the circumstances", Iason argued, as if the entire thing was perfectly rational and really there was nothing more to talk about.

"Unbelievable! Fucking unbelievable! Even after everything we've been through you still insist that you were right to do those unspeakable things to me! To just humiliate and dehumanise me, to steal me from my home, to imprison me and take my freedom from me and to torture me! Well you had no right! I don't give a SHIT about what Tanaguran law says, you had no right! I am a human being, not a thing! You can't just use human beings for your own purposes without their permission! I have free will, a mind of my own, and you should have respected that!" Riki raged on, unaware of how he had grabbed unto Iason's frail shoulders now and was shaking her small, soft body hard enough to bruise and to make her feel slightly nauseous.

"I do respect that, Riki. Why do you think I chose you while you clearly did not meet any of the criteria a Tanaguran pet should?", she responded, her voice not as even as usual because of the rising anxiety that Riki's booming voice, wild gestures and now painful shaking of her light body caused.

"Well I don't fucking know! That's the same bloody question I've been asking myself since the day you decided to kidnap me and ruin my life! I guess you must be a real sadistic fuck to take such pleasure in tormenting and destroying people like that!" Riki angrily grabbed a nearby chair and threw it across the room, where it banged against the wall and part of its seating actually shattered. The loud bang and Riki's hollering that was increasing even more in volume, made Iason's heart pound in her ears like it was about to pound out of her chest and made her breathing quicken to the point that she thought she was nearly suffocating. After trying to calm herself down by counting to ten in her head and momentarily catching her breath, she responded to his accusations.

"It's for the exact reason you have just mentioned yourself, Riki. You are an independent, strong, resilient being that has survived on its own in the most difficult of circumstances, against all expectations. You refuse to lay down and die. You refuse to obey my commands, even when threatened with physical pain. You are completely independent and rely on no will but your own, no matter the circumstances. These are all things that I admire in you, Riki, they're the reason I chose you and not some boring pet that would just lick my feet and mindlessly do whatever I told it to. Because believe it or not, such a thing cannot bring me any genuine satisfaction for it is not a genuine action to begin with. Pets just lick their Masters' feet because they were trained to do so, not because they chose to do so or even because they truly feel anything for their Masters. I think I have gained a better understanding in what it is you find so disgusting in pets, Riki." There, she'd said it all now. Except for those three words she remembered from old, human movies.

"So… wait a minute! You think it's a good thing that I'm free and independent? Because I do not obey you? Then why the fuck did you almost beat me to death when I didn't! Fuck!" You sure have a strange way of showing your appreciation, Blondy!

"I wanted to see whether it was real. I wanted to see how far it went, whether it was just a layer of varnish or whether it was something deeper. At least that's what it started out as. But then…", she hesitated as if unsure how to formulate her next line of thought. "But then I wanted something else from you, and I did not truly know how to obtain it from a free creature such as yourself."

"Well what the fuck was it? What the fuck did you want from me?! What, my sanity?! Did you want to break me?!"

"I could never want that Riki, for it is what makes you Riki and it what I like about you. No, I wanted… I wanted you to feel at least a fraction of… of what it was that you made me feel. I suppose I wanted you to respect me too, I suppose I wanted you… to like me."

Huh. He hadn't seen that one coming. Riki gaped at her for a while, as if he was now seeing her for the first time and thought her to be an extremely peculiar creature.

"You wanted me to like you… so you kidnapped and tortured me? Yeah, sure, that makes perfect sense! And then they say elite are so smart and rational and all that!"

"Well, I do believe that at that point I was still unsure of my own true intentions. I thought that if I could only convince you that you belonged to me you would become mine, body and soul. And now you are mine. You clearly demonstrated that when you decided to lay down your life for my sake", Iason responded while a small smile appeared on her face, yet it was as bright as the sun, almost as if some kind of inner light was projected from her and bounced off of her long sparkling blonde hair.

It was that exact moment that Norris and Sid entered the apartment carrying shopping bags and loudly complaining about how some member of an enemy gang of Bison's had tried to pick a fight with them at the grocery store.

Riki hardly listened to all they were lively explaining to him while they were unpacking the food, and continued to stare at the angelic figure on the bed with her golden, radiant hair arranged around her head as if it was an aureole. Yet she had a rather demonic smile on her face and that same possessive, burning look in her bright blue eyes that Riki remembered. You are mine, Riki of Bison. Now and forever. And now that you have practically admitted it yourself, there is no denying it anymore. Riki almost heard those thoughts in his mind as she thought them.

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ending theme: Limp Bizkit – Behind Blue Eyes

No one knows what it's like

To be the bad man

To be the sad man

Behind blue eyes

And no one knows what it's like to be hated

To be fated to telling only lies

But my dreams they aren't as empty

As my conscience seems to be

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To Be Continued …

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Author's notes:

OK, so pls let me know what you think about this chapter in a review!:D