DISCLAIMER: I don't own Chobits. Never will either, unless I suddenly win the lottery TWICE.
( IE- Never going to happen.)
CHAPTER 1: What is dead, Hideki?
Chii looked out the window at the angry sky, the wind blowing the trees frantically. She was so glad that she wasn't outside, but she was worried about Hideki, who had not yet returned home from work. The sky opened up, and poured its tears on the world, and Chii wondered why the sky was so sad. What could possibly make the sky so sad that it would cry so much? Hideki had explained to her that when something bad or sad happens, people cry. Chii had only seen a few people cry, but never Hideki. Was this because Hideki was never sad?
Glancing out the large window, she saw a figure slowly walking towards the apartment doors. A huge grin appeared on her pale face as she realized it was Hideki, finally returning. She stood quickly and walked over to the door, standing there waiting for him to open the door. He came in a few minutes later, completely drenched from head to toe.
"Hideki! Welcome back!" Chii greeted him happily.
"Hi Chii," he murmured, not returning the smile she'd given him as he removed his sopping wet shoes and left them on the small mat to dry. Chii frowned as he walked past her and headed over to the closet and pulled out dry clothes to change into. He trudged to the bedroom to change, dripping water all over.
"Is Hideki sick? Hideki's stomach hurt him?" Chii asked after he returned to the main room, a worried look on her face.
"No Chii… I'm not sick. But I am hurting… my heart is hurting," he told her as they sat down by the short table on the floor.
"What's wrong? Why is Hideki's heart in pain?"
"Chii… my mother died…" he said, his head hanging down in grief.
Chii stared blankly at him. She knew what 'mother' was, but 'died' was one that she'd never heard before.
"Chii… doesn't understand. What is died?
Hideki looked up at her, the hurt evident in his voice. His eyes watered up, and for the first time, Chii saw him cry.
"It means someone is dead. When someone is dead they no longer can talk, move, or breathe. It's… it's like when a Persocon stops working and breaks down. But unlike a Persocon, a human can not be repaired and is 'broken' forever."
Chii looked terrified. Broken forever?
"Then what happens if the person can't be fixed?" Chii asked, half dreading the answer. "Is a person thrown out?"
"No, they are either buried in the ground or cremated."
"Cremated?" Chii asked, confused once more.
"It's when a body is turned into ashes by burning them and then the living relatives take the ashes and usually release them into the wind."
"Burning?" Chii echoed. "But doesn't that hurt?"
"No, when someone is dead they can't feel anything anymore. They leave their bodies."
"Where does a person who is dead go then?"
"They go to a place called Heaven. It's a place where someone is always happy, and they never feel any pain ever again, even on the inside." Hideki whispered, brushing away a tear. "I believe that my mother is there now, and that she's very happy."
"But why do people die, Hideki?"
"People get sick sometimes, and can not be fixed. My mother had cancer, which is a type of sickness that is like that. Or people die when they get old, because like a Persocon, they just run down and stop working. Sometimes accidents happen and they die because of an injury. But sometimes, people get angry with each other and someone hurts another person to the point where they die."
"Why? Why do people hurt people?" Chii asked, trying to understand.
"I don't know."
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