A/N: Okay, I'm honest. I'm not sure where this will go. I have half a dozen scenarios in my head for this. Also, I stick with the manga, especially in terms with the end. The anime's end has way too many weird implications.
I own: Mikure, Dacoron, Tanoya and the plot.
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"So basically, he wants a body."
"Yes. While that might sound innocent, imagine someone like him roam freely in the world. Tanoya's dangerous enough without that."
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It was a rainy afternoon. and not many people were outside. Those who were, hid under umbrellas almost as gray as their surroundings. Under one of those umbrellas, there were a young man and woman.
"So... you do know about the significance of umbrellas in Japanese culture, right?" she asked, brushing some stray rain drops off her labcoat, and smiled at her companion.
He slightly shook his head. "No."
The woman bowed over to him and started whispering into his ear, causing the man to step away and take the umbrella with him. "Hey!" She followed him, ending up under the umbrella again. "I was just teasing." She folded her arms.
"You know this is a serious situation, right?"
She sighed. "Dacoron... just because the situation is serious, it doesn't mean that we should be serious too."
"You're weird, Sato. Plain weird. Also, we have arrived." Dacoron pointed at the gate next to them.
"Yay!" Sato skipped over to the bell, rang shortly and stepped back under the umbrella before she got too wet. "He should be at home... just look at the weather."
It didn't take too long for the loudspeakers to activate. "This is the Kokubunji residence. How can I help you?" a female voice asked.
Sato glanced over to the camera before she openly looked up. "We're here to require Minoru Kokubunji's assistance. This could endanger the coexistence of humans and persocoms as we know it, so please, at least listen to us before sending us away."
"You really think this will work?"
Sato shrugged. "I hope so."
"Well, it's raining outside, so we should talk inside." This time, it was a young male voice talking.
The door opened, allowing Dacoron and Sato to enter the residence.
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When Dacoron and Sato entered the building, they were greeted by four persocoms in maid outfits.
"Where is this guy now?" Dacoron asked, becoming impatient. "Didn't he say-"
"I'm sorry to make you wait. Master Kokubunji is expecting you." A blue-haired persocom had appeared from behind the four maid ones. She bowed in front of the two visitors and waved for them to follow her.
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Not much later, Dacoron, Mikure and the blue-haired persocom called Yuzuki reached a living room. At the table, they saw a young boy who was eyeing them curiously.
"Master Kokubunji." Yuzuki bowed down again. "These are Mikure Sato and Dacoron."
"Thanks, Yuzuki." The boy eyed his guests curiously. "Please, sit down. Would you like some tea?"
Mikure nodded eagerly. "Can't say no to that."
"I'm not built to ingest things," Dacoron deadpanned.
Minoru blinked and had a closer look at the tall man. "So you're a persocom? I couldn't have told from looking at you. You must be a new model."
While Minoru kept studying Dacoron, Yuzuki prepared two cups of tea.
"Thanks, Yuzuki." The boy nodded at her, whereupon she left the room. "Now what is this situation you were talking about?"
Mikure picked up her cup and took a sip. "Well-"
She was interrupted by Dacoron standing up. "This won't get us anywhere. I'm going to do this my way. You know how you can find me, Sato." With that, he left the room.
Mikure turned her head in the direcion of the door. "That was... odd."
"Is he always like that, Ms. Sato?" Minoru asked.
Mikure shrugged. "I don't know. We merely work together. It's not like anyone owned him."
"I see." Minoru took another sip.
"So, what I was talking about..." Mikure put down her cup. "There's this... uh... program virus thingy. Kinda like a persocom without a body... man, that's difficult."
Minoru merely nodded.
"I'll refer to him by name. Tanoya. We, that means Dacoron, me and a few others, have been hunting him down."
"Uh-huh."
"Tanoya's dangerous. And he flatout hates humans. We tracked him down to somewhere around here, but now..." Mikure fell silent, wishing for some more computer knowledge.
"You want me to help you find him. If it wasn't for the latest events, I would call this unbelievable." Minoru looked into his teacup.
"You're talking about the Ch- the blackout." Mikure mentally slapped herself and hoped that the boy didn't catch her little slip-up.
Minoru wasn't stupid though. "You were going to say Chobits."
"Yeah. I... know about things." The woman sighed. "I really hope that Dacoron's not doing anything stupid." She took a sip of her tea when there was a ringing sound. Without hesitation, she grabbed into her pocket, pulled out a rather chunky phone and picked up. "Speak of the devil." Mikure took another sip, which proved to be a mistake. "Pffwhat? Err, WHAT?"
