Okay, let's do it again! Here comes the next one...! By the way, pardon also the rather sexual undertones last chapter...it is, IMHO natural for stuff like that happen. Yuuya is rather smutty, and weird...but that's why I like him~~~! TTFN, enjoy.
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Eyes Without A Face
Chapter 3
A Sweet Explanation

"Mami," she said, sitting next to the rice-cooker, as Yuuya eats his breakfast. He had a large appetite, so there was a lot on his table.

"No, Mami. This is not playtime," he warned, shaking a finger.

"Mami~~~?"

"Man, what am I gonna do..." he said to himself. "What kind of persocon could she be?" He was in deep thought, remembering the events of yesterday afternoon. "I gotta find somebody who knows this stuff...but man, Mami is cute, she'd be the peak of my happiness...all right! I'm up to it!" His spirits got zapped immediately when Mami had miso soup dripping down her face and throat, a la porn again. "Damn!" He felt another burning sensation about to come.

"Geh...what the hell is wrong with me today~~~!? Shit!" He didn't notice Mami was feeling her lap just like Yuuya was with his.

After a while, Yuuya and Mami head out of the building. Suddenly, an idea came! "I know someone..." he proudly exclaimed, as he and Mami hightailed it out.

"Ah, Ishikawa-san," he said to Rika, who was the landlady of the apartment. She was busy sweeping a little dust from the alley. Her age was actually 27, but it looked like she was 19.

"Asou-san," Rika acknowledged, bowing her head. "And who would your friend be...?"

"A persocon, Ishikawa-san."

"Mmmm. A very cute one, too. Her name is...?"

"M-'Mami.'"

"I'll call her Mamirin. Is that okay with you, Mamirin?" She gleefully nodded. "Oooh, um, Mamirin, aren't those clothes too big for ya?" Mami looks at herself, causing her shirt to fall open more.

"Eh, hehehe, actually, I found her, see?" said Yuuya in an unrestrained tone, laughing dryly.

Rika laughed, then said, "Well, okay, Mamirin, Asou-san, have fun today."

"Mami~~~" said Mami, perplexed

Yuuya flees quickly, taking Mami by the hand.

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"Drat! She found out about my persocon!" muttered Yuuya, smacking himself on the forehead a few times. After walking a few kilometers north, they stop at a luxurious, yet quaint estate. "Ah, this must be it~~~?" he pondered, smirking. He pushed the gate doorbell. "I like rich people, but then again, I sense repercussions on having those friendships."

The intercom said: "This is Lee."

"I'm Asou," Yuuya says. "Is Jenn-sama available?"

"Sure thing, please come in." The gate opens, and Yuuya and Mami enter the house, and standing in the entryway are four figure of the same height and appearance, dressed as maids. Each had long, black hair, and purple eyes.

"Gyaaa! Those are quite the fosheezy," said Yuuya, drooling a bit.

"Don't act like a freak over a bunch of persocons, my friend," said a firm, booming voice. Coming down the stairs was a tall (5'8") Chinese man in his 20's, wearing a Waseda sweater and some light white pants. He had a tall hairdo that culminated in spikes, and he has a muscular, well-fit build. "Welcome to my place, Asou Yuuya-san."

"You must be..."

"Jann Lee. It's a pleasure to be acquainted with a rising young male school idol such as you, Yuuya."

"I'm flattered, Jann-sama."

"Pray you...step inside?" Jann led the way, but the four persocon-maids start to pounce on him. "Now, don't get excited over my maid persocons, cause you may get dirty..." He said this with a hearty chuckle. Mami would join in too. "Wait! Jann-sama!"

"Ah, is this the one?" Jann looked at Mami, who sat down. "Functioning without an OS...right, Yuuya?"

"That is correct, Jann-sama."

"This persocon could be...a Chobits."

"Cho...bits?" Yuuya wrestled for a few moments with the new word that invaded his burgeoning vocabulary.

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The maids faint on the floor, Mami sitting in the center of the contingent, after they could not determine the main cause of the dilemma.

"Nani~~? They ran checks, and they all passed out? Jann-sama?" asked Yuuya to the big man.

"Well, their power isn't up to investigating this baby..."

"Shall I give it a try, Jann-kun?" asked a sweet, cheerful voice.

Jann's expression changes when a young woman came into the room. She wore a blue, flowery Chinese outfit, and she had brown hair tied back in braids, and brown eyes. She had a graceful figure, and seeing her made even Jann drool. Yuuya was slobbering. "Lei Fang..." he whispered.

Suddenly, Yuuya snapped out of it. "Um, excuse me! My name is Asou Yuuya!"

Lei Fang smiled and said. "Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you, Yuuya. My name is Lei Fang."

"Um, are you Jann-sama's sister? Cousin? Long lost relative? Wife?"

"I am a persocon that has the honor of being created by Jann-kun."

"Whaaat!?" Yuuya exclaimed, eyes bulging.

Jann turned back towards the maids, in anguish. "You can't do this, Lei Fang..."

"I can. Just trust me, ne?"

'Oh...okay..."

Lei Fang took a cable from her right ear, connected it to the Jack in Mami's ear, and sits on the couch beside her. "How are ya, lil' buddy?" she asked, smiling.

"Mami?" the persocon said, smiling back. At that point, Lei Fang's eyes go blank, lower, and her neck is thrown back in a spasm.

"Enough, Lei Fang!" cried Jann as he held her hand. She clung to his arm, in a sense of fright.

"A significant amount of data has been lost."

"Which ones?"

"Domestic, and stock shares."

"But not personality, right?"

"Uh-uh..."

Yuuya watches intently, quite startled. "His attitude towards this Lei Fang persocon is different..." He just finishes his tough when Mami bounces into Yuuya's open arms. "Oh! Jann-sama, what about Mami? Did she crash as well?"

"Mami," she said.

"Her name is Mami-san?" asked Lei Fang. Mami imitated her and hugged Yuuya real tight.

"Heh, heh...yeah," said Yuuya.

"Don't worry 'bout it. There was no effect on Mami-san."

"Was there anything you could detect, Lei Fang?"

"None, actually. I couldn't determine whether Mami-san has an OS or not. She's under a password protection."

"Eh~~~!?" he exclaimed, drawn aback by this development.

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Later, Mami, Yuuya, and Jann are sitting in the dining room. Lei Fang returned back with 3 fast-food sacks, piping hot.

"You brought...burgers, Jann-sama?" said Yuuya, blinking.

"I didn't feel like cooking, Lei Fang didn't want to cook, nether did the maids. Lazy day today," said Jann, reclining on the chair. "Oh, and you don't have to call me Jann-sama. Just call me Jann, and my partner Lei. All right?"

"Um...sure!"

"Is Mos Burger a nice fit for you?" he asked, offering one.

"Anything to help a poor fish over here," accepted Yuuya, grabbing some fries and Coke, digging in. "This stuff's good. The last time I ate stuff from Mos was when I was 4."

"4?..." pondered Jann, munching happily. "Where does the time go..."

"Lei?" asked Yuuya to the girl placing some mochi and almond cookies on the table.

"That's me! Oh, Yuuya, can I call you Yuuya!"

"Yuuya's fine with me!"

"Better than Number Two?" she coaxed in a smart-ass tone.

"Only my friends in Shibuya call me that."

"Shibuya...hope I can meet them. Ah! I was going to tell you that Jann-kun would cut me some slack and put some adjustments."

"I thought your data was lost."

Lei chuckled, and said, "We do some back-ups here, and if something like, for instance, a 'reinstall' is scheduled, bang, bang, bang! No~~~ problem! On top of that, only a small amount of data was lost. So, no problem, Yuuya!"

"Wow, how does a persocon like that...talk like a normal Japanese person...amazing..." As Yuuya gawked at Lei's language, Jann just wore that blank expression. "Um, Jann, you said that Mami is a 'chobits.' What the hell is that?"

Rubbing his chin for a few moments, Jann concluded with a deep breath, "Chobits are deemed to be the 'legendary persocon.'"

"Legendary...?" Another word to put in Yuuya's mental dictionary, albeit a tad familiar.

"Actually, it's a modern-day myth, a pervading rumor. At Waseda, where I study (and practice intramural martial arts in), many young persocon experts are doing research on a possible hidden breed of persocon that go under the call name 'chobits.'"

"Jenn, aren't persocons developed and upgraded every few months or something? I don't understand."

"Let me put it to you straight, Yuuya." Clearing his throat, Jenn says, "According to a university consensus study done 2 years ago, Chobits are 'persocon that operate under their own volition.'"

"...Volition?" Yet another one.

"They operate under their own power. As if they were regular people. Lei Fang operates under my rules and attributes. Completely dependent, to put it short. Yours, on the other hand..."

At that point, Yuuya did a jig, saying, "Yay~~~ Mami is a human persoco~~~~~~n!"

"But it may be another hoax..."

At that moment, Yuuya collapsed, favoring his head. As usual, Mami followed suit. "Ma...mi..." she uttered.

"Lei, hand me another burger, and some almond cookies. And another bucket of fries to boot," said Jenn.

"Yes indeedy, Jenn-ku~~~n!" said Lei. 'Boy, he sure is hungry today,' she thought, grabbing another almond cookie before going off for yet another errand.

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End Chapter 3

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