Yakumo's Back!

Chapter 5

Living up to his promise, Hanai took his Maiden to the beach, the following month, since the incident. Yakumo then started to rest in the sun. Hanai asked if she would be all right.

"Oh, don't worry," she said, "When word I heard about is that I'm going to the beach with you, they made sure that the UV rays of the sun don't harm me. My skin is made with a special synthetic rubber, which prevents melting. It's also like human skin, too."

Hanai smiled, "Well, as long as you are safe."

"My Master," she asked, "When I finish sunbathing, shall we make out?"

"No," Hanai said, "As long as we have fun. Is later okay for you?"

"I can wait. The Eri robot saved me from being fussy."

"Oh, right. I forgot that Harima's robot girlfriend is Sawachika's creation. I didn't even know it."

He then asked her, "Is the Sawachika android simply a test for Harima or is she his lucky girl?"

"To be honest, I don't know. I was created before her and I was busy at work with three others."

"Oh… then, never mind."

Just then, a blonde girl with pigtails, dressed in a black bikini, appeared and approached the Maiden and Hanai.

"Hello. Long time, no see," The Eri Maiden introduced herself.

She, along with Harima and his Tenma Maiden, were having fun at the beach.

"Oh, Sawachika #2," he said, "I'm surprised that you're here."

Harima smiled and said, "Well, the gang's all here…"

Yakumo got up and looked at the Tenma Maiden, who was dressed in a pink and yellow-striped one-piece swimsuit and a pink inner tube. She asked, "Are you-?"

"I'm Model #T3N61. My name is Tenma. Please to meet you, Model #Y15860, a.k.a. Yakumo," she introduced.

Yakumo bowed and said, "Oh, right. It's nice to meet you, anyway."

Eri Maiden and Harima were in disgust.

"It's like seeing Tenma and her sister," he spoke.

"Only with Maidens," Eri said.

As Tenma Maiden and Yakumo Maiden were building a sand castle, Hanai spoke with Eri Maiden.

"You, uh, Sawachika Robot…" he stuttered.

"She has a name, Four-Eyes!" Harima growled.

"Just call me Eri, like at school; or Sawachika, if you're formal," she said.

"Anyway, I wanted to thank you for what you have done for me, since you've built my dream girl."

Eri smiled and blushed, "Oh… think nothing of it. Actually, the creator, Koyomi Mizuhara, built her. Miss Eri joined, before I was built. I only fixed her, as a request to save my sister."

Harima then said, "Well, it isn't the first time that a Maiden for Hire ruined you."

Eri nudged her elbow at him and whispered, "Whiskers, are you out of your mind? You can't mention it to him."

Hanai sighed, "It's all right. Miko was all in the past. Now Yakumo had raised my moment in the sun. I learned that mistake, when I brought Miko to school, and I am not making that mistake again. Yakumo is a very quiet lover, even though it's in her programming."

Eri Maiden informed, "Maidens who use Pleasure Mode to users under 18 will only get a kiss and caress. Nudity is barred, until the user is at said legal age."

Hanai then asked, "Tell me… if what you said there was legit, how come my Maiden stripped off her bra and caressed me?"

Eri Maiden gasped and Harima was shocked; all while the Tenma and Yakumo Maidens began to run in the sand.

"You… she…" Eri stammered.

Hanai then said, "Well, I know that I am not in a legal age, but… but it was very disturbing."

Eri Maiden sighed, "I see that she never wanted to leave you. It's just wrong to act this way. Must be a glitch."

Harima added, "My girl and my Maiden wouldn't do that yet. Eri, of course, is a natural lover, but the Tenma robot is another story."

Eri blushed and was crossed, "Two-timing Maiden…"

Hanai then asked, "Well, for what it's worth, you are aware that I have strong feelings for Yakumo Tsukamoto."

Tenma Maiden cried out in the water, with her eyes closed, "MARCO!"

Yakumo Maiden called out, "Polo!"

"The real Yakumo, right?" Eri asked Hanai.

Harima then retorted, "Let me guess… you're starting to fall in love with her, right? Uh, your Maiden, I mean."

Hanai groaned, "I don't know."

"I see… it's hard to tell if you love a woman, especially a double that looks and acts like a crush."

"Speak for yourself, you thug! You have Sawachika and Tenma (Or reasonable facsimiles thereof)!"

"Don't call her a copy!"

Eri Maiden broke it up, "Hey, come on, boys. There's no need for a brawl."

"GOTCHA!" Tenma Maiden splashed at Yakumo Maiden in the water.

The Yakumo Maiden splashed back.

"So, you're saying that… that I'm happy with the real Yakumo Tsukamoto?" Hanai asked.

Eri Maiden suggested, "You're better off asking her how you feel about her. Harima's gonna do that with the real Eri, real soon. Right, Whiskers?"

Harima responded, "Well, as long as she's still available and not at the Maidens' Compound."

They both nodded, as Tenma Maiden tripped and landed face first into the sand.

"DANGER! DANGER!" Tenma cried in a robot voice, "Sand interference! Help me, Harima! Interference!"

The Yakumo Maiden picked her up and sighed, "You have a lot to learn, young robot girl…"

Tenma Maiden snuffed, "You're a robot, too, you know!"

Hanai then remarked, "Well, I don't know. Yakumo has never approved of me… I wish I'd know why. What should I do: stick with Maiden Yakumo or pursuit at the real deal?"

Eri waved her hand and replied, "I… wouldn't say pursuit over a crush, Hanai. To be honest, you're on your own, on this one."

Harima stated, "Ride it out and see what happens."

Hanai then thought, "Yeah… ride it out…"

He looked at the Maiden 'Tsukamotos' and added, "I wonder what she'll say… if I tell her that I, Haruki Hanai, love Yakumo Tsukamoto, and not my Dream Maiden…"

Yakumo Maiden then walked with the Tenma Maiden to Harima.

"Master Harima!" Tenma Maiden cheered, "How about a snack? I'm starving!"

Eri sighed, "Moronic machine…"

Writer's Note: Mentioned before, Maidens for Hire NEVER eat! They consume electricity.

"Do you need to recharge?" Harima asked.

Tenma nodded, as he responded, "How about later? I'll drop you off at the nearest electric power strip here, once you get dried off."

Eri Maiden added, "We Maidens tend to recharge, but there's always safety, first."

Tenma Maiden blushed and went to her knees, begging at him, "Oh, thank you, my hot hunk of user! I am proud to be your Maiden for Hire, and no one else's!"

"Back off, Tin-ma," Eri Maiden yelled, "Whiskers is mine!"

Hanai watched on, feeling uneasy over what he and his friends were talking about, and what is occurring.

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At home, Yakumo Maiden played a recording message, which was an ad:
"THIS JUST IN! Butlers for Hire is now available! The newest from Maidens for Hire, now available at your nearest Maidens for Hire compound, or order via internet, at our website! Have yourself a Maiden AND Butler today!"

"End of message…" Yakumo beeped.

Hanai smiled, "Miss Sawachika has outdone herself, did she?"

"Considered of getting one, master?"

"No, thanks. I'll pass."

Hanai then held her tight and asked, "So, Yakumo… I've been meaning to ask you: do you truly think of me as your dream boy?"

"Why, yes," she answered, "You are my fifth owner now. And I wanted to let it out."

"About that… why did you do it to me?"

Yakumo blushed and said, "Well, unfortunately, it has been months since I used Pleasure Mode. It started when my first owners tried me out. They were two sisters, in which one of them had a broken leg. Another was a nice elderly couple, who didn't believe in advanced technology. Then I played a nanny for a young girl, who was rotten to the core. And my recent services ended in shambles, when two college boys owned me for two weeks, until the R.A. shut down my services, for a HUGE electric bill. The entire summaries have been wiped clean. And every time I performed, my Pleasure Mode was never used. That's why I did it… I wanted to let it out… for once… You… were so… hot…"

She placed her fingers into his chest and whispered, "Hot… sexy… moé-factored… mop-topped… bold… daring… hot piece of work."

"Yakumo Maiden!" He gasped.

She removed her uniform, which dropped to the floor. Her Pleasure Mode acted again, feeling aroused.

"Hanai… I'm sorry… I must have needs," she said, "I did it, but… but I want more. Otherwise, I'll end up like Kaori Maiden or Miko Maiden, the same Maidens that never use Pleasure Mode."

"Yeah, but-."

She grabbed his shirt and cried out, "I don't care if you're seventeen… I love you, Haruki Hanai! My love… my love… my one and only love… my one true dream guy…"

She grasped his arms and rubbed her breasts onto his shirt. He started to shake in fear, as Yakumo Maiden was smiling in a sultry manner.

"You know you want me, right?" She whispered, "I don't need it. Make out with me… I don't care! I want you… You're so… so… so…"

Hanai pushed her aside and cried, "UNACCEPTABLE! No way in hell you will ever do me! It's filth! I'm not ready for it! The other night was simply a misunderstanding."

Yakumo Maiden flushed beet red and was grinning, "Hanai… my love…"

Just then, she started to spark from her neck.

"ERROR! Insufficient task… Maiden is NOT to address Pleasure Mode BEYOND underage user…"

"Yakumo… no, don't break down! I do love you!" He cried.

But the Maiden then shook and spark. She held onto Hanai and cried, "I don't… don't need… don't… don't need to break. My love is… strong. Strong. And you know me well."

She stopped sparking and hugged Hanai. He blushed, as Yakumo looked up at him. She then said, "No matter what, even if it's illegal, I will love you. I want to experience the dream. You said it yourself. I am your dream girl… and I hope you'd understa-."

She froze. Her circuits took a nosedive, while her eyes turned completely blue. Hanai cradled his broken Maiden and let out a whimper.

"No… Yakumo… no…" he sobbed, "Don't leave me… I do love you… but…"

He hugged her really tight and hollered, "YAKUMO!"

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The Maiden was eventually fixed. She then told him that she meant every word.

"If you want, you should be able to understand," she said, "I'm so sorry that I froze."

Hanai said nothing. He was very upset.

Yakumo Maiden then gave him an ultimatum, "Hanai! If you won't accept me, then I will leave you! But, I'll give you until next week. By then, I will have my answer! You accept me as a girlfriend, I'll stay. But if you choose to play by my rules and regulations, then I quit!"

"What?" He gasped, "You… you can't! I can't live without you!"

"It's Pleasure Mode or resignation!" She bellowed, "The choice is yours!"

She left to clean up his bedroom. Hanai then sobbed.

"Yakumo… I… I cannot lose you…" he wept, knowing that his Maiden will leave him.

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Meanwhile, at Mikoto's house, she started to shiver, mysteriously.

"I feel like it's going to be bad," she said, "Could it be… Hanai?"

She then thought, "Wait… why did I shiver?"

Hanai has a choice: give Yakumo what she wants or lose her forever? What should he do?

This is just the beginning for Hanai, but it could be the end for his Maiden.

Find out in the final chapter… because it's ALL Hanai from here on…