"Nee, Anata Wo Mitsuketa (Hey, I've Found You)"
A Chobits fic by Minoru no Uchiwashoujo

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"It's...nice out tonight." The blue-haired girl that had spoken pushed a strand of hair behind one
ear and looked down at her companion, a small boy with raven-colored hair. He didn't look up at
her, just inclined his head in agreement. The girl solemnly stared at him, then straightened up from
where she was leaning on the balcony railing. "I'm going inside now, Minoru-sama," she said.
"Please be sure to come in before it gets too cold." When he made an agreeing sort of sound, she
turned and walked into the house, her braids swinging behind her.
When he was sure she was gone, the boy she had called Minoru swung himself over the rail, his
feet finding purchase on the ladder that clung firmly to the side of the wall. He lowered himself
slowly to the ground. This was the best part of the night...when he could walk around without her
by his side. He stood for a moment on the damp grass, looking around...
"Help!" A girl's scream shattered the still night. "Someone, help! My persocon...!" Minoru
stiffened and turned his head toward where he thought the sound was coming from, behind a
large, empty building a few blocks from his house. Ordinarily he wouldn't have heard the cry from
that far away, but the night was quiet. The girl screamed again. "Help! Someone! Help me!" Her
voice was fading. "Anyone..." The faint sound of a dull thud reached his ears, and he heard
hurried footsteps. Someone tore past him, shoving him to the side. He couldn't tell whether the
person was male or female, as they were wearing all black. He supposed they had done that on
purpose. But there was no time to worry about that. He sprinted off in the direction that the
screams had come from.
Skidding to a stop behind the abandoned building, he saw what looked like a body on the ground.
Wild possibilities raced through his mind. Was the person dead, or merely unconscious? Taking a
chance, he approached. Soon, he was close enough to tell that it was a female, wrapped in
bandages, probably somewhere around his age. She was small, but looked even more so against
the large expanse of ground she was laying on. That's when he noticed...
"Those ears," he said, kneeling beside her and running his fingers over one. "It's not a dead body
after all! It's only a persocon." Suddenly, he realized what had happened. That girl had dumped
her persocon, and cried out in the hopes that someone would take it instead of her. "That's just
wrong," he snapped, trying to lift the persocon into his arms...and failed miserably. She weighed a
ton! Struggling, he finally managed to pick her up, unnoticing when a small disk dropped to the
ground beside him. "This is going to KILL me!" he ground out, staggering off with his heavy
load.
By the time he arrived back at the mansion, he thought his arms were going to fall off.
"Most...persocons...aren't...this...heavy!" he panted, managing to edge the door open and get her
inside, promptly half-dropping her onto the floor and heaving a huge sigh of relief.
"Maybe...that's why...you were dumped. Because you're...so heavy." After taking a few moments
to get his breath back, he knelt beside her. She appeared to be in perfect shape, no scratches or
blemishes that he could see. Taking hold of one of the bandages, he tugged on it. It refused to
move! "What the hell?" he snapped, pulling on it hard. It was almost like it had been glued to her
body. Sighing, he began to look her over, trying to find her 'on' switch.
"Where on earth IS it?!" he yelled, frustrated, after an hour and a half of searching. "I've looked
absolutely everywhere, haven't I? Here..." he poked her forehead. "And here..." he traced a finger
over the sole of each foot. "And here..." he pressed lightly on the side of her nose. "And here
too..." he blushed as he slipped his finger under the bandages, and between her breasts. "I've
checked, double-checked, and TRIPLE-checked every single nook and cranny of her body!
Where the heck --" He froze, remembering what whatshisname, Hideki Motosuwa, had told him
about the persocon HE had found. Where her 'on' switch had been...
"No WAY!" yelped Minoru. "I'm not sticking my hand there! Even if it is the only place I haven't
checked..." He eyed the persocon. She was still motionless on the floor, her long black hair - two
sections of it bound just under her chin with green strips of leather - flared out around her. "I'm
not a pervert," he muttered. "I'm not going to put my hand between her legs." But he was dying
to get her started...sighing, he laid a hand on her stomach. "It's...not like I'm doing
anything...perverted. I'm just trying to start her...right? Right?" Of course, there was no answer,
but he hadn't really been expecting one. Nerving himself, he slid his hand down her stomach, his
forehead breaking into a sweat. "Nothing...perverted," he mumbled. "Nothing like that." His
fingers slipped under the edge of the bandages. "Nothing...like...that..." He hesitated, then sucked
in a deep breath and pulled her into a sitting position against him. His questing fingers found the
switch and...
*click*
The persocon came to life. Her eyes opened, and the legs twitched, then moved. Minoru
scrambled backwards as she got to her feet and looked directly upwards, streaks of light scrolling
quickly across her eyes. Her black hair, which arched out from the back of her head in a strange
V-shape, was flared around her body as though in a strong wind, but the air didn't move at all.
She closed her eyes and the bandages burst away from her form, flying out around her in a circle,
shielding her nakedness from Minoru's eyes. As the cloth strips floated to the floor, her hair fell
over her body, effectively covering her. She opened her eyes and turned to face Minoru, who was
staring at her, backed up against the wall. She tilted her head. "Chu?"
"C-chu...what the...?" gasped Minoru. "Is that..." Then he remembered. Hideki's persocon, when
she had awoken, had only been able to say "Chii". Apparently this persocon was some sort of
close relative. Now that he thought about it, she did look a lot like Chii. The persocon moved
forward, the bound sections of her hair hanging over her breasts and covering her stomach and
thighs. "Chu...?" she said again. Minoru just gaped up at her, unable to believe his good fortune.
The persocon appeared to be considering. Suddenly, she cried "Chu!" and glomped Minoru,
sending him crashing to the floor, and landing on top of him. He frantically gulped air to replace
that which had been knocked out of his lungs at her glomp, and smiled at her. "So...you're like
Chii," he murmured, brushing hair off her forehead. "In that case...I think...I'll call you Chu." Her
response was to squeeze him as tight as she could and squeal "Chu!" He laughed and hugged her
back just as tightly. "Don't worry," he said. "I'll take good care of you...Chu."