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Author's Note: This seems to be coming to a close. If any of you guys have suggestions for a new fanfic, I'd love to hear them. I'm crossed between what I should do next lol. Either way please enjoy.
Kaito looked straight through Len's upright posture and at his fear. When the only response was nothing, he took out his magnificent crucifix and shoved it near his face. It seemed like a long time before the scientist spoke and it was clear due to the fact that a pile of snow was beginning to form on the Priest's shoulders.
"Shisai Kaito-sama…I was not expecting this." Len strayed his vision while trying to change his position so that he wouldn't see the miracle robot- or in a priest's eyes: a heretical act of the devil. His attempts were futile and Kaito saw over his shoulders and at the robot.
"What, what is this!?" Kaito proceeded to take out a small knife normally used for "self-defense".
"Haha..i-it is n-nothing Kaito-sama, just a mere robot with no biological properties!" The nervous scientist backed up to protect his creation.
"Then it, of course, wouldn't bleed now would it?" He pushed the scientist aside with great force and stabbed the robot in the arm. The second the knife penetrated the fragile skin of the miracle robot it started to bleed like a real human. "Ahah!" The "holy man" wound his hand up to stab the cyborg with one last fatal blow but at the last second Len stepped in and took the blow from the knife. The robot, still emotionless, took a look at the fatal wound near the scientist's heart.
"Do you require medical assistance?" She motioned to get in front of him but Len shoved her aside. Not out of anger, but fear. He stood up straight and pain-stakingly took the knife out of his chest and gave it back to Kaito.
"Please, leave my property now." Len's eyes were beginning to lose their light blue color, but he still kept the eye contact with the Priest. He shut the door with a loud metal "clunk" and made his way to the first-aid kit located in his equipment room. Before he even took one step he fell to his knees and blacked out.
Len woke up to the sight of Rin hovering over him. He was in his normal bed near his super computer.
"You are now awake, Kagakusha Len" She looked at his wound then back at his eyes. He saw the binary code running across her eyes. Even through all the zero's and one's he saw himself in there and how bad he looked. He extended his hand to her chest…not there perverts. He knew than that she was missing the most important part. He felt so stupid, it was right in front of his eyes the entire time. The heart.
"Is something wrong" Her voice never changed tone. He then noticed that she had a bandage around where she was stabbed. The blonde scientist rubbed his forehead and ran his hand through his hair. He didn't want to remember.
"Rin, would you mind reading today's log?" He looked to her who was abput to go to the kitchen to prepare some food.
"Log entry #1: I woke up to the sight of my creator. Loud knocks on the door lead to the stained medical condition of me and my creator. Creator fades from consciences. Crucifix holding perpetrator kicks down door. He looks to my master and kneels down putting his hands together and closing his eyes. Apologizes to "God". Said perpetrator leaves. Proceed to medically assist both my creator and me." Her head was awkwardly turned due to the fact that her body did not change position. Len was astonished. Did Shisai Kaito, the man who condemned and stabbed him in his own home actually pray for him? He decided not to think anything else of it. He looked across the hall and at the sakura sapling. If he didn't plant it soon it would likely die. His view of the plant was blocked by an oncoming Rin bringing him some tea.
"Could you answer me something?" Len looked at his tea as if we would ask nothing important.
"Yes, creator" Her empty eyes was far too much for Len to handle. The down-to-earth scientist, who had seen his mom die and shed no tears until he was told he couldn't do anything about it, started to cry.
"Why…why did you help me?" He wanted her response to be that she cared for him but she does not yet understand.
"It is in my programming, creator" She looked t him with those cold, lifeless eyes that the scientist could still see something in. Sucking in his emotions he stood up from his bed and made his way to her.
"Good" He was shorter than her but he patted her on the head like a person does to his/her dog. He went to the kitchen and looked through the cabinets. There was one of everything: one fork; one spoon; one bowl; one cup; one plate; one knife. He kept looking through and fount a pail and filled it up with water. He went to go water the sapling and much to his surprise, Rin was there studying it.
"Creator, what is this", she asked. Len started to water it and it seemed to catch her attention too.
"This is your wishing tree, when you want something you ask for it, if you've been patient it will surely come to you" He finished watering the plant and went on his super computer. There was an empty folder named "Kokoro". He opened it. The miracle robot continued to look at it. That entire night, not one of them moved from their spots. The morning however would bring about attempts at a natural heart. They got up early and went directly outside to plant the sapling. It was small but required no support to keep it up. There were maybe two little sakuras on it and they stood still along with the trunk which should be called a stem. It was a beautiful day with the birds flying overhead. The flower patch where they had planted the sapling had just bloomed with life and bees made a rhythmic buzz that soothed the ears of any distracting noises.
"Rin, I want to teach you the happiness' and sadness' of mankind. I want you to be able to sing straight from the heart and not from memory. Can you do that?" He smiled at her. The wind picked up her hair and it looked as if she had just descended from heaven to bring joy to the Earth.
"I will try" Even her soulless eyes could not hinder her beauty. All those days he spent with her near the sakura tree were blessings in his eyes. All the nights he worked on the kokoro(heart) were one step closer to unveiling the miracle robot's true potential. He put all of his feelings into a diary on the super computer. He put his blood and soul into it.
Days turned into months which turned into years. Distress was the only persevering thing that kept the aging scientist going. For him, time was not infinite, one day he would perish like all things do. One day he felt his time coming and saw outside to what was now a full sakura tree. All his life he had spent in his laboratory developing Rin's kokoro, spending time with her, and watching the tree grow as he did. He clutched his heart and started walking to the tree as if to say to his body "okay, okay, I know it is my time".
"Rin, my miracle robot" she came by him, her appearance unchanged after seventy years. He looked at her eyes, the very same he could see himself in.
"Do not ever activate the executable file named "kokoro", I feel it may be too much for you" He smiled and patted her on the head and started for the tree.
"Creator, where are you going" She looked at him for the first time with some form of…well one could say sincerity. He smiled through all of his pain and hugged her.
"I can see myself there, inside your eyes. What does that existence mean to you?" His tears ran through his many wrinkles and filled them up, overflowing; it made him seem to cry more than he actually did.
"Why do you cry, Len" She ignored his last question. She didn't have an answer. He made his way to the growing sakura tree and sat down. Time decided to do what it does best.
Hundreds of years pass, Rin is left all alone with the inheritance of solitude. She keeps looking at the sakura tree like she did countless nights ago. She remembers what her creator said.
"This is your wishing tree, when you want something you ask for it, if you've been patient it will surely come to you." Her memory had Len in a picture perfect view of his youth. She then remembered all those nights that he spent on what he called the "kokoro". The miracle robot decided to make a wish.
"I want to know what that person worked on till the end of his life. To make for me, that 'kokoro'" She put her hand on hear heart and closed her eyes waiting patiently. Something made her look back at the laboratory. Hundreds of years had taken its toll on the little house. Wires hung from the ceiling and what once flashed and made "beep" sounds now are desolate and silent. Nothing should have been in working order. Not even running water could be accessed. It can not be explained but the old supercomputer, which by now was outdated, turned on with a pink light.