Uwaah… I'm sorry it's taking me forever to complete this story! /sobs/ Well, without further ado, let's ignore the disclaimer and continue with the story!
Shindou sweat dropped. He stared at the three pair of eyes staring back at him. His robot eye scanned their faces, taking them into memory. He tried to figure out if he had met one of them before in his life, but clearly all of them were humans who he never knew existed up until now.
One of them had pretty long black hair tied in a samurai style with black eyes. He was the one that had shouted upon arriving to the room. His shirt was slightly dirty, his knee-length pants weren't much of a difference, and he was barefooted. Shindou's scanner determined that this guy had quite the strength but lack intelligence in some way.
The next guy had a hairstyle where Shindou deemed weird. It sort of reminded him of a broccoli somehow; a very brown broccoli. Ignoring his human thoughts, his mechanical self began doing what he had been doing to the earlier lad – scanning. From this, Shindou found out that this second guy was pretty strong too. The different thing about him was that he was smarter than the first one. He was also wearing something that only cooks would wear.
The third and last one had navy blue hair spiked upwards, with bright orange eyes. He looked young, younger than all the other four guys including Shindou. But his height easily matched up with Kirino. This one was wearing something that resembled a yukata; navy blue and orange and plain. His sandals were snugly placed on his feet. Somehow, without even using his scanner, Shindou knew that this third one had exceptional strength too; and the brains of what one could call a genius. The half robot pondered on how he knew that, but he decided it would probably just give him another headache.
"… Kirino, who's this?" the one with the apron asked Kirino, who scratched his cheek in response.
"Well… I kind of found him in the woods…"
"YOU WENT INTO THE WOODS AGAIN?" the samurai and the cook yelled. The youngest guy simply rubbed his ear in annoyance, receiving most of their shouts since he was the closest to them.
"If I didn't went into the woods, I would never have found him all bruised and wounded on the forest floor!" Kirino shot back, defending himself. All of the three teens who had just entered gasped.
Shindou stood there, deciding that it would be best if he didn't interfere. From the looks of it, Kirino and these two other guys knew each other very well. The half-robot was about to take another glance at the book on the floor, when the navy blue haired teen walked up to him. Shindou froze.
"You seem to be fine…" the guy remarked. Kirino heard him and turned around to face him – and avoid the other two at the same time.
"Well, I've been taking good care of him for the past three days, Tsurugi. Why wouldn't he be fine?"
Shindou's eyes narrowed. Three days? You have got to be kidding me.
"THREE DAYS?" the samurai yelled again. "HOW COME WE NEVER NOTICED?"
"I don't know, maybe because I never let anybody enter my room without permission." Kirino replied, sending deathly glares towards the three. The samurai flinched a little, while the cook sweat dropped. The navy blue haired guy was unaffected.
"Alright, alright, we're sorry for bursting into your room without permission but that scream we heard earlier made us do it!" the cook said, now on the defensive side. The samurai nodded in agreement.
Shindou restrained himself from saying something. If he did, he might say something stupid. And he didn't want to cause any more trouble. He heard a sigh coming from Kirino.
"Anyway, this is Shindou Takuto," Kirino introduced.
The cook nodded with a smile on his face. "It's nice to meet you, Shindou. I'm Sangoku Taichi."
"The name's Nishiki Ryouma!" the samurai said with a huge grin on his face and a thumb up. "Sorry about the chaos earlier…"
The last one, who had been quiet all of this time, nodded his head a little with his eyes closed. "Tsurugi Kyousuke." He said simply.
Shindou bowed. "It's a pleasure to meet all of you." He stood up again.
"So, how did you end up in the forest?" Nishiki asked, curiosity dripping down his tone.
Shindou flinched at this. Memories of his master flooded his mind at an alarming rate. One day after the other, one memory after the other. It surprised him how he was able to keep up with his master's tortures until now. He looked around, feeling the gaze of everybody on him. He was about to answer, when Kirino started to push him from behind.
"Alright people, it's lunch time! Come on, come on! Let's get a move on!" Kirino practically shoved a very shocked Shindou out of his room; the other three males tailing after him. The pink haired male closed the door behind him, and locked it for safety measures.
"Finally! Lunch time!" Nishiki shouted and started towards the direction of what Shindou could only assume to be the dining hall. Sangoku and Tsurugi followed suit, though they were less enthusiastic.
Shindou wondered why on Earth Kirino stopped him. Did Kirino already know about his past? Or was it something else? He wasn't really sure.
Feeling a hand on his shoulder, Shindou turned his head around and saw Kirino smiling at him. The other guy winked before saying, "I didn't think you were eager to talk about it."
"… But why?"
Kirino shrugged. "I don't know… Besides, it really is lunch time and I bet you're really hungry!" He plastered another smile on his face and started shoving Shindou towards the dining hall.
Shindou didn't really have much of a choice.
Kirino opened the swinging doors that led to the hall. Shindou walked in, Kirino behind him.
The dining hall wasn't very majestic, but it wasn't very bad either. It was large; large enough to fit hundreds of people. The metals were rusted, the floors creaked with every given step and Shindou recognized a huge cobweb on the top corner of a wall; a broken window at a far end. It was a perfect setting for a pre-horror movie, if he was ever in one.
But the scary murky feel disappeared as laughter filled his ears. Shindou's eyes narrowed once again; astonished because everybody here could still laugh and be happy in such a miserable place. The setting totally didn't fit everybody's antics.
Even so, he couldn't remember the last time he was in a room of happy-go-lucky people…
"Yo, Kirino! Who's that you got with you?" a male with black hair and a pair of goggles for a hair accessory walked up to them with a very friendly smile. Shindou couldn't help but to think that his guy wouldn't even dare to hurt a fly.
"Oh, somebody I found. He was hurt, and he hasn't eaten for days!"
The black haired boy tilted his head. "You want me to call Hayami?"
Kirino's eyebrows shot up. "Why Hayami?"
"Because he's good at this medical stuff…?"
"… You always like making things up, don't you Hamano?" The pink haired male sighed, and started to move towards an empty table. Shindou obediently followed, having nothing else to do and having absolutely no idea where he was.
"That was Hamano Kaji. He's the type who likes to goof around." Kirino shrugged and sat down. Shindou sat down too, but his face was filled with awe and wonder. Everybody in the dining hall was laughing and so far, he has not seen one single robot. It was starting to bug him, really. Being half human and half robot, he never really fit in anywhere. Being in a room that only had humans, it somehow made him uncomfortable without his other race in the same place.
"If you don't mind me asking… exactly where am I?" Shindou asked, desperate. He didn't want to use the map in his hand or his tracking gadget in public. Until the time was right, he would make sure that nobody knew of his other race.
"Well buddy, welcome to the village of Raimon." Kirino said, pride in his tone.
Shindou Takuto could only gasp at the sudden realization of how deep his pit of doom was.
Now if you'll excuse me for a moment, I need to recollect my scattered memories because I've forgotten half of the plots for all of my stories
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