An hour later, Minoru, Hideki, Yuzuki, Chii and Chu were standing in front of a huge building.
Minoru stood on his tiptoes to reach the intercom. "Minoru Kokubunji and Hideki Motosuwa to see
Karasu Kinamoto," he said clearly into the speaker, and listened for a reply. When it came, he
lowered himself back to the ground. "We're to go straight in, and up to room 405," he said, and
shoved the huge door open. Hideki and the persocons (author's note: sounds like a rock group,
doesn't it? XD) followed him inside, and into an old, creaky elevator, which took them to the fourth
floor. Soon, they were standing in front of room 405. Minoru rapped on the door, which was quickly
opened. A girl of about Minoru's own age was standing on the other side. "Minoru Kokubunji?" she
said. "I'm Karasu Kinamoto. Please come in."
"So these are the Chobits." There was no doubt in Karasu's voice as she looked at Chii and Chu.
"They do resemble the pictures, almost frighteningly so. But that still leaves two unaccounted for. I
wonder where they could be." She made no mention of the mysterious Chobit "05". "But who is this
other persocon?" she murmured, looking at Yuzuki. Minoru swallowed hard. "She...is somehow
connected to Shizuki. Chobit '05'."
"Chobit '05'?!" The girl stumbled backwards, bumping into the wall. "You have got to be kidding
me!" At the mention of Shizuki, Karasu's eyes had gone wide and the blood had drained from her
face. Minoru shook his head, wondering why she was so rattled. "Yuzuki? Tell her about your
encounter with Chobit '05', please." Yuzuki nodded and relayed the tale. By the time she was
finished, Karasu was shaking. "Chobit '05'...isn't...just...a legend after all?" Minoru shook his head
again. Chii and Chu stood obediently against the far wall, not doing much of anything at all. Hideki
was keeping an eye on them, just in case. That left the conversation to Minoru, Yuzuki, and
Karasu...who seemed scared out of her mind.
"They say..." She had finally gotten control of herself. "Chobit '05', Shizuki, is more powerful than
the other four combined. With that sort of power, one could do anything. Probably even shut down
the whole internet. The whole world..." She shuddered. Minoru understood now why she was so
frightened...the prospect was indeed scary. A persocon that could do literally anything...why, if that
power fell into the wrong hands...
He understood why Karasu wanted to find all of the Chobits, now.
So she could prevent them from being used by the wrong people.
For the wrong things.
Minoru stood on his tiptoes to reach the intercom. "Minoru Kokubunji and Hideki Motosuwa to see
Karasu Kinamoto," he said clearly into the speaker, and listened for a reply. When it came, he
lowered himself back to the ground. "We're to go straight in, and up to room 405," he said, and
shoved the huge door open. Hideki and the persocons (author's note: sounds like a rock group,
doesn't it? XD) followed him inside, and into an old, creaky elevator, which took them to the fourth
floor. Soon, they were standing in front of room 405. Minoru rapped on the door, which was quickly
opened. A girl of about Minoru's own age was standing on the other side. "Minoru Kokubunji?" she
said. "I'm Karasu Kinamoto. Please come in."
"So these are the Chobits." There was no doubt in Karasu's voice as she looked at Chii and Chu.
"They do resemble the pictures, almost frighteningly so. But that still leaves two unaccounted for. I
wonder where they could be." She made no mention of the mysterious Chobit "05". "But who is this
other persocon?" she murmured, looking at Yuzuki. Minoru swallowed hard. "She...is somehow
connected to Shizuki. Chobit '05'."
"Chobit '05'?!" The girl stumbled backwards, bumping into the wall. "You have got to be kidding
me!" At the mention of Shizuki, Karasu's eyes had gone wide and the blood had drained from her
face. Minoru shook his head, wondering why she was so rattled. "Yuzuki? Tell her about your
encounter with Chobit '05', please." Yuzuki nodded and relayed the tale. By the time she was
finished, Karasu was shaking. "Chobit '05'...isn't...just...a legend after all?" Minoru shook his head
again. Chii and Chu stood obediently against the far wall, not doing much of anything at all. Hideki
was keeping an eye on them, just in case. That left the conversation to Minoru, Yuzuki, and
Karasu...who seemed scared out of her mind.
"They say..." She had finally gotten control of herself. "Chobit '05', Shizuki, is more powerful than
the other four combined. With that sort of power, one could do anything. Probably even shut down
the whole internet. The whole world..." She shuddered. Minoru understood now why she was so
frightened...the prospect was indeed scary. A persocon that could do literally anything...why, if that
power fell into the wrong hands...
He understood why Karasu wanted to find all of the Chobits, now.
So she could prevent them from being used by the wrong people.
For the wrong things.
