Yes, you heard correctly. Ikari-san (that's me!) is back to writing fanfiction, this time of Chobits. I PROMISE I'll get a new chapter of Lyoko Supercharged up within the month, as I'm sure fans of that are really disappointed with the complete lack of updates there. Anyway, here you go, a brand new fic.
Disclaimer: I do not own Chobits; Clamp does. Also, I don't own Lucky Star, MAR with an umlaut on the A, or Doctor Who. Woot for record number of references achieved in one chapter!
Chapter 1 - Prologue
With an exasperated sigh, Kai dumped his school stuff and got changed back into his home clothes once again. "Finally the summer term is over," he said to himself. Getting a quick bite to eat, the 18-year-old computer nerd took his usual trip up to his attic, where all his computer and video gaming equipment was, since the house home to him and his parents, despite being bigger than your average home, was too small for it all to go anywhere else.
Booting up his computers intending to continue working on his latest programming project, he greeted his hand-sized figurine of Konata from Lucky Star as he usually did. "I just wish you could talk to me Kona-chan, since nobody I know outside of the internet has ever wanted to," he said, thinking futilely, but certainly not realizing his wish was about to come true.
"Good afternoon, Kai," she said, causing Kai to freeze up and almost fall backwards off of his rotating office chair.
"Am I dreaming or did I just hear an inanimate object speak?" he said to himself out loud.
"No Kai, and I am glad to finally hear you after waiting so long."
"What?? Okay, I absolutely must be dreaming. This kind of thing just does not happen."
"What doesn't happen? Persocoms talking?"
Kai sat still for a few seconds. "You're... a persocom?"
"Yes, and I have been waiting for you to hear my voice. It seems the worlds have connected at last."
"The worlds have connected...? What is this, something out of MAR or what?" (A/N: umlaut should be above "A", but I believe FF dot net won't allow it - it also doesn't seem to allow itself...)
"Are you going to step outside today?"
"Why would I go outside? Everyone knows as well as I do that I probably won't leave the house one bit this summer."
"Then at least look out of the window."
Kai did as suggested, and looked out of his roof window. To his amazement, the familiar scene of a tree-covered hill in front of the electronics warehouse behind his home was gone. Instead, he found himself looking down at some street in the middle of Tokyo, on which many people and persocoms alike were walking.
"I rented this top-story flat with loft space just for you, to make the transition seamless," Konata said, "I'm afraid you're going to have to pay for it from now on, though..."
"What?? I have to pay rent now? Whatever happened to student loaning my way all through university for the next three years?" (A/N: In the UK, university students have access to something called a student loan, which comes without interest and you pay it off through what seems like tax from your income; thus it can be unnecessary to work throughout one's uni life)
"I'm sorry, but it was the best I could do. You do want to find her as soon as possible, don't you?"
"Her... you couldn't possibly mean..." Kai shuddered, realizing that his strangely-acquired new persocom must have been talking about his girlfriend who sadly lived a whole ocean away in the US. "Ali?"
"Yes, she has arrived here too, but where in Japan she came to I have no idea."
"So you mean my biggest wishes ever will come true? I get to finally be together with Ali, I get to live in Japan, AND I get to have a persocom AND it's in the form of the hottest anime character ever???" Kai still could hardly believe it, but he managed to realize that his insanely bad luck had finally come to an end and he had finally been given what he had waited for for so long.
"I'm sorry, but that isn't the case..."
"WHAT?" His previously growing smile was now turning to a more shocked and depressed expression.
"It's true that you get to be in Japan and have a persocom, but you were only brought here through a paradox. As soon as you become together with your loved one, the paradox will revert back on itself and you'll both end up back in the UK... and persocoms will not exist to you any longer."
"Are you sure? Is that really the only way?"
"Yes, unless you can force the paradox to persist."
"How can I do something like that?"
"The only way is to rewrite your past into something suiting this world rather than yours."
"For example?"
"I don't know. I'm not an expert on that kind of thing. You'd probably have to ask the Doctor that."
"Ha ha, very funny, but unless you're going to make yet another paradox, he only exists on TV, and everyone knows that."
Konata just responded with a brief smile. "I'm sure you'll find a way, if you're determined to do so. That is your strength, after all."
"It sure is," Kai smiled also. This was going to be a good summer holiday.
So, what do you make of it? Am I suited to the Chobits series? Reviews reviews! And next chapter soon:)