WARNING: This chapter contains SPOILERS and DIRECT TEXT from the CHOBITS MANGA.

If you do NOT want to be spoiled, do NOT read this chapter. Read the manga to understand the next few parts! SPOILER ALERT!

Sorry for the massive above text. I don't want to get complaints about people getting spoiled! Haha. And besides, you should try to read it on your own time in order to read this. Now, there will be a LOT of direct text. Like I said before:

I do NOT own Chobits, the Manga, the Characters, OR The anime. Chobits © Clamp

This will be crucial for the next few chapters until the direct quotes are over. I'm going to skip over a few small parts that were shown in books 3-4 in the manga, since they are only a page long each and just have the same meaning. So that is probably why you'll see a few parts missing. So right now I'm going to Manga Book Five.

Direct quotes in future chapters and this chapter will be underlined! Remember, this is fan fiction, meaning that I am just putting what I think they are thinking after the quotes, etc. But the underlines of quotes mean they are direct from the manga. All the actions in between that aren't quotes are described by me and are either in the manga or I wrote what I think was going on.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy! And remember to always read the top of the fan fiction chapters to see if there is a spoiler alert! Enjoy!

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"Zima, it's been a week! You must've found some information already!" Dita let out her trademark pout, and stared at Zima, hoping for him to crack under pressure and to reveal his plans.

Zima let out a laugh, and wrapped a arm around her. She sighed and pressed her head against his chest, feeling the warmth of his body against her cheek. "Dita, love, we'll figure something out soon."

He looked into the visors carefully again. He was now analyzing Chi's movements. She was currently working at a bakery. It suited her well, a girl with a bubbly personality like hers would make a great waitress and shopkeeper. She sometimes walked to and from the bakery by her master, Hideki, and sometimes was left alone. How risky a move this was.

Dita let out a huff and got up from her comfortable spot. She had a strong distaste for laying and sleeping on the ground. She preferred to sleep on Zima. He was so warm, soft, and at least she felt secure, knowing that Zima was there and that if danger approached, she could protect him. She remembered the conversation they had.

'Dita, love, is this a habit I sense?' Zima let out a chuckle and wrapped the arms around the girl that quietly climbed into his lap. She looked the other way and let out a huff. 'Not really…' she replied. She adjusted herself carefully and rested her head onto his chest. Zima carefully brushed his fingers along her forehead, moving the stray strands of hair that covered her eyes. 'Ah, well, love. I enjoy this anyway. I couldn't bear to see you sleep on a cold hard concrete floor! You deserve better, love.

Dita looked up at him with a puzzled look. Then, she looked back down and placed her hands gingerly on his chest. She let out a sigh and fell into sleep mode.

She had to admit, it was a lot easier to rest on Zima. It allowed her to keep a eye on him, and to know when he would try to leave her to go out on his own. She looked up while resting on his chest looking at the sky. This mission was taking too long for her. It was a week now of searching, but still no data? Where was that girl? Zima was such a slacker sometimes. If she had all the information, they would've been done with the mission in no time.

Zima looked down at the persocom snuggled into his chest. She looked peaceful, looking at the sky blankly. He let out a sigh. He was so that he had assistance from his master on creating her. She was one of a kind. Then again… where was his master? He must've been still working at a lab somewhere, creating more 'children'. It confused him, there seemed to be a part…missing in his memory. He remembered designing Dita, but he didn't clearly remember seeing his master, …no. He didn't clearly remember seeing his father.

In his data banks, he knew that parents wanted their children to be happy. It was such a important file for some reason, it held meaning over so many things. This was right next to his memories and thoughts about Dita. These were the most important to him. More important than the mission itself, more important than the government, more important than anything.

He smiled and raised his eyebrows . She looked very peaceful right now. He didn't dare to comment or change that. She needed the rest, anyway.

She closed her eyes finally after a few long moments, and she drifted into sleep mode.

He sighed and looked up at the sky. There could be hope, for both of them. For persocoms all around the world. It would be amazing.

Before he could finish his train of thought, he sensed danger. It was about the girl, Chi. She was in danger.

He looked carefully into his visors. There was panic. Yes. Lots of panic. She was kidnapped, taken away when walking to or from work. He couldn't tell.

She was now doing something. It was… indescribable. She was feeling something. For this…'Hideki' character. It was a feeling of longing. She missed him, and she was…angry. The kidnapper must have set her off. This was a very dangerous situation. He had to monitor it carefully. He could see the program was beginning to start up. It was not at full working capability, but it was minor enough to cause damage. It started to effect him a bit, he felt dizzy and disoriented.

He put on his visors and laid back. He needed to monitor what was going on down there. He quickly tracked the persocom to a small house complex. The house electricity usage was off the charts, he could've had quite a few dozen persocoms in there along with Chi.

He saw that the building had 'top-of-the-line' security, cameras and all. This was quite hysterical to Zima. Top of the line meant that it was probably crappy security with a fancy title. He quickly hacked into the security cameras to view the scene. It only took him a few seconds to break past a few firewalls and crack a few codes.

He saw a man sitting at a desk, typing various codes and sequences into the computer. He had messy dark brown hair, and round glasses. He looked like he was plotting something, like he was accomplishing a goal of some sort. He suddenly sat up and left the desk. He opened the door and walked into the other room. Zima quickly switched his focus to the other camera. And there she was. Chi was in the large bedroom, sitting on a bed with a notebook persocom. It looked as if she was sad in some ways, while the notebook persocom was speaking to her. Zima felt sorry for Chi. But at the same time, he couldn't interfere with this. It was crucial that he didn't; if they did, their cover would be blown. But then again, it was a risk, letting he program start up.

Then, it began. Chi started to glow in the room a few minutes later, floating almost. The notebook persocom collapsed, and Zima began to feel the heavy effects. It wasn't as bad as the other persocoms, it was a dizzyness in his head. Then, he heard the voice. It was a voice he…recognized.

Dita began to stir, she moved her hands down to her head and pressed them against her ears. She mumbled quietly to Zima "I…can hear the voices…" she said. Then, she went back into sleep mode. Almost as if she passed out. Zima wrapped his arms around her carefully and pulled her in. He continued to analyze the situation.

The man was now being wrapped by a series of wires and cables, coming from Chi's ear ports. She was saying something, but he could not hear. He cursed the security for not being so uptight. It would be much easier to hear what they were saying.

Suddenly, two men busted into the room. Chi began to react violently to this. She carefully walked over to one of the men. It was the 'one just for her', Hideki. She wrapped her arms around him carefully, and began to whisper something to him almost. Then, she tightly hugged him. The light disappeared and everything was back to normal. What happened? Did that man have the ability to stop the program? He was dying to hear what was going on down there.

He let out a sigh and took off the visors.

"…That was a close one."

He looked at the visors and noticed the location, blinking at him of where Chi was currently. Dita began to stir out of sleep mode. She lifted herself up and wrapped her arms around Zima.

"What?" she asked Zima. He looked down at her carefully and smiled. "Nothing, love. You're just so damn cute that I 'bout lost my balance looking at you. Almost fell off the building."

Dita looked at him with hazy eyes and blinked a few times. "What're you talking about? That's not funny…" Zima began to laugh quietly while Dita adjusted herself so that she was kneeling on either side of Zima's legs.

"It's the truth." Zima said between laughs. Dita let out a sigh and looked at him again. "Anyway, the girl… did you find her?" Zima paused for a long moment, finally replying after Dita stood up. "No… not yet."

She bent over and placed the visors back on his face carefully. "Damn it. Where is she?" She mumbled. She walked to the other side of the building and stared at the city. Zima slid off the visors again and looked into them. He mumbled to himself, making sure that Dita wouldn't hear.

"…Sorry, Dita. I think it's time we paid a visit to our friends."

Dita stared at the city with the same hazy eyes. This girl… was dangerous. She needed to be stopped, and fast. But without any information, they were getting no where. This girl, Elda, what was she like? What was the purpose of this program? She knew it was destructive, but what could it do? She remembered a trial that she went through, a trial by the creator. She couldn't remember much for some reason, but she knew it wasn't pretty. She remembered shocks running through her body, the fire, the screams…

She knew that this would be a lot worse, and it could be just as painful as before. It made her twitch to think about it. She turned around to face Zima, who was staring through the visors, looking at various bits of information.

She turned back to the city. If she knew just the SLIGHTEST bit of information about Elda, it would make her feel a bit more at ease. She needed to learn more about this girl, rather than the obvious facts- she was created by the 'father' and 'mother' of all persocoms, and she was part of a special series. Chobits.

They were as close to being human, even better at being human, than any other machine. But wasn't Zima and herself closer to being human, just like them, as well? Or were they just as far behind as the others?

She knew that she was very close to being human, despite the cables and connectors. She could blush, she was given the ability to flush a pretty pink across her cheeks when she was embarrassed. Zima always commented on how it even looked better than anything a human could produce. She could breathe, instead of having a cooling system built in, their cooling system was breathing. Her ear ports were hidden beneath her hair, looking as if she never had them to begin with. She was very human like.

So what did Elda have that she didn't? She didn't even look as human as she did. She had large pink and white ear ports that stuck out so vibrant against her ivory hair. Her clothes were only meant for royalty, her porcelain skin. She even seemed robotic.

So what was so different about this girl? What made Elda better than her? What did this mean?

'Have you ever loved?' Dita held still. It was the voice. The voice she heard in her head a few moments ago. What was this voice?

'We had a person, a person who loved us. Do you have someone,… someone who loves you?'

Dita let out a breath, and looked around. Where was this voice coming from? Inside her mind? But it sounded so… so real. So relaxing. It was a calm, sweet voice. She never heard this voice before today, so why did it sound so familiar to her?

Dita decided to reply to this mysterious voice. 'Who are you?!' She shouted in her head. It was silent for a few long moments.

'Freya.' Freya? This was impossible. 'Yeah. Right. Freya died a long time ago.' Dita huffed. She decided to run a self scan. It was probably a hacker.

'I physically died a long time ago, but a persocom's soul lasts many lifetimes.' Dita remained silent. She performed the self scan. Nothing appeared. Not a single hacker? What was this coming from?

'Persocom's don't have souls. We can't have souls. We are just computers, mobile computers in the forms of human beings.' Replied Dita. There was silence, and Dita let out a exhausted sigh.

'Is that what you think, Dita?' Before she could answer, she heard another voice.

"Dita, love. You should sleep. No need to waste your energy looking at the city. It will be there tomorrow for you, I promise." Dita looked back and saw Zima signaling her to come to him. She walked over quietly and curled up on his chest, like always. Zima drifted into sleep mode in less than a hour, but Dita was still awake. She sat up and rubbed her eyes.

'Yes. That is what I think. Only human beings can have souls. We are incapable of being human. We are just wires and programs. We don't have a beating heart, we don't have emotions or feelings. We don't have any of that. So how can we possibly have a soul?'

It was silent, then the voice replied. 'Dita, do you love someone?' Dita remained silent. Love? How can persocoms love? What was love?

'Love is when you feel a deep connection, a deep desire to be with that person, forever. I think you love someone, Dita.'

She suddenly felt something against the left side of her chest. No one was around her, touching her. It was from inside… it was coming from inside?

'Here is where you feel love, Dita.' The voice became soft, kind, courteous to her. It wasn't like the first time, it was much softer…

Why was Dita listening to this voice? It was ridiculous. 'I don't know who you are, but I do not feel anything here inside of me.' She touched the left side of her chest softly with her hands.

The voice then disappeared. She could no longer feel the presence of it with her. She let out a sigh. Good! What was that, anyway? Freya. Keh. Freya was dead as far as she was concerned. Maybe it was a prank..

She closed her eyes, still holding the same spot on her chest. "Love, we can't feel such things…can we…."

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Dita opened her eyes again, this time, it was bright out. Zima was already awake, staring over the edge of the building. He didn't have his coat on, and she didn't realize where it was until she felt it around her body. He must've wrapped her in it when she fell asleep. She stood up and removed the coat, and folded it carefully with her hands. She began to walk to Zima, who was still staring down at the building.

Zima was staring at the persocoms down below. He was waiting for her to come. She walked this way now with Hideki, ever since she was kidnapped. He wanted to glance at her, to make sure she was still alright, and that the program didn't activate any further.

He suddenly heard ginger footsteps behind him, probably of Dita. He turned around and lowered his shades. Dita was standing there, looking at him, with his coat folded in her arms. He let out a huge grin.

Dita walked next to him and placed the coat in his arms. She looked down the building at the crowd. "You are looking for her, aren't you?" she stated bluntly.

'Damn.' Zima thought. There was nothing to hide from Dita. "Just looking at the view, love. I still have little to no information on her."

Dita stared at him for a few seconds, then looked back down. She then sighed and began to walk to the other side of the building to keep a eye out. Zima sighed.

'Soon, Dita, love. Very soon shall we pay a visit. But it's still too early, love….'

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Alright! So I finally got this chapter up. This chapter was harder to plot out since I had to use direct quotes. From now on, I will put the same warning on top of each chapter so you know when to expect spoilers. Hope you enjoy!