Chapter 7. Time flies fast when your having fun, doesn't it? MegaMan and Chii forever!! This chapter is kind of slow, so beware.

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Deep inside his newest fortress, Wily was working on his greatest creation yet. Seven of his other creations were watching over his work, their interest peaked at its form.

"Dr. Wily, are you replacing KongMan?"

"No. KongMan served his purpose. I knew he was too weak to defeat MegaMan, and that's why I sent him!"

Another figure spoke from the darkness. "Where do you want the rest of us to go?"

"We shall give MegaMan a rest for the moment. I need the time to complete my newest project."

"Project Z? It's a waste of your time."

"No he's not, and neither is the Virus. MagmaMan, if you want something to do, take over the steel mill and wait for MegaMan. Let him come on his own accord. I need to gather data on his systems, but what I really need is that Chobit!"

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MegaMan had gone into a sleep mode to keep himself cool. His coolant leak had been repaired, but it was taking a while for the new fluids to cool his systems. Dr. Light carefully watched over MegaMan's progress, adding a patch to his code in the process.

"Data corruption is .000001%, virus check is clean, OS is was slightly effected, repair to OS completed, combat systems at 100%. Chii?" Dr. Light looked at the Persocom. She was in her usual dress and was sitting next to MegaMan.

"When MegaMan was fighting, what did ProtoMan mean by 'lose'?"

"Well... Losing means that you didn't complete what you wanted to do. Losing has consequences, just like winning does. For MegaMan, losing would have killed both of us. By winning, he saved me. Though, it did hurt him to do so..."

"Ugh... Guess I'm alive." MegaMan sat up, and several cords that were attached to him tore free. He looked over and smiled at Chii. "Hi Chii. Sorry I worried you."

"MegaMan." Chii smiled and hugged him. "Chii doesn't want you to lose. Chii doesn't want you to stop moving ever again..." She placed her hand on her chest. "It makes Chii hurt right here."

"Chii, I won't ever stop moving again just for you, okay? Even if I did Dr. Light can always repair me, so don't worry. Okay?"

"Chii." She smiled warmly as MegaMan wrapped his arms around her.

'They look so cute together... Besides, her being still helps me get scans of her chassis. And eventually, that could make all the difference.' Dr. Light smiled as he shut down his computer. 'I just hope that Wily never gets his hand's on Chii, otherwise he may not live long enough to regret it! I wonder why Wily wants her...'

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Roll looked down on MegaMan and Chii, who were still hugging. She sighed heavily at the sight, but made no other sounds. 'MegaMan,' she thought, 'why are you ignoring me now? Ever since Chii arrived, you just haven't been the same...'

She turned away, knowing that she was supposed to make dinner that night.

'That's the one thing I have on her. I'm more human.'

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ProtoMan stepped out in the streets of Tokyo around 6 o'clock. Dressed in blue jeans and a T-shirt, he blended in to the crowds. His normal sunglasses were missing from his form, allowing people to see his blue eyes. He drew stares from several people, most of them female, but he ignored them just the same. As he walked toward his destination, he noticed something that amazed him. Everywhere, as far as the eye could see, a human was walking with a Persocom. He stopped and leaned against a light post to ponder this realization.

'It seems everyone has a Persocom now. At first, people were against the idea of computers being built like humans, yet now people are accepting them as if they always existed. As if they were real people.' ProtoMan shook his head at the thought. 'They aren't real people though. I'm not a real person either, so what difference does it make? Persocoms and androids... Are we really all that different? Perhaps... Perhaps Dr. Light's project can solve this.'

"You all right mister?"

ProtoMan looked down and found a little girl tugging at his pant leg. "No. I don't know if I ever will be, either."

The little girl frowned. "I'm sorry." She turned and pointed to a store. "You should get a Persocom. You're never lonely if you have a Persocom. That way, you can always have a friend!"

"Maybe." ProtoMan smiled as the girl ran off, her parents calling for her. "But I can't be sure if Persocoms are the right choice for humanity." He shoved himself away from the pole and began walking again.

'Back when I was a new creation, I was Dr. Lights favorite. I was the first one. Then came MegaMan and the others. I didn't want to be the weaker one, the outdated model. I had to be stronger than Mega, but in the end I couldn't be the strongest. I wanted to be the hero. I wonder if the first Persocom felt the same way...' ProtoMan turned at a corner and approached his final destination for the night. The sign above the establishment read "Yamatani Bookstore". ProtoMan walked inside. After searching through several sections, he finally found what he was looking for. On a shelf in the children's section, one book caught his attention.

"The City Where No One Was: The Person Only For Me... Perfect." He picked up the book and went to the register. After making his purchase, he went on his way. As soon as he was out, he began thinking again.

'If we are supposed to be made in mankind's image, what does that say about us? We really don't have a purpose, do we? Sure, the Persocoms are everyone's best friend, but they are programmed to make people happy. Androids were created to keep the world clean and explore places that humans couldn't. Then Wily came along and altered most of us for fighting. We've lost our original purpose, and we didn't even have a choice about it. What about Chii? Who was she created to keep happy? Was she thrown out because she didn't please her owner? That doesn't matter now. She's making Mega happy, and that's enough for me. After all we've put him through, he deserves someone just for him.'

ProtoMan reached an intersection and stopped, waiting for the light to change. 'But humans are different. Humans at first had to live with each other. They didn't have a choice before Persocoms and androids came about. Now they can live in their own little worlds, surrounded by their Persocoms and having androids doing their work. It isn't right...' The light finally changed, and ProtoMan continued walking home. 'Relationships thrive on communication. If there is no communication, then the relationship withers and dies. If humanity replaces natural relationships with false ones, what will happen when those false relationships fade away? Will humans cease to exist because they fear being hurt by other people?'

ProtoMan followed his normal path through the park. Even in a park technology existed. It was forced into nature like it had always belonged. No one in the park was alone, but no one was together either.

'We aren't people. We are the problem. We can't co-exist with humans. People will always try to make the world perfect, and that's the one thing humans will never be. Perfection is always just another step away. Perfection to humans is someone who loves them no matter what, and this desire created Persocoms. But even Persocoms aren't perfect. Persocoms are still machines. They will eventually break down and stop working. They die essentially. Nothing here on earth is eternal. Everything fades. If anyone, android or human, thinks that they will be eternal, then they don't want to accept the truth. It's a bleak existence, but it's our existence. Am I even programmed to contemplate existence? If not, then why am I? Maybe God had something in mind when he let Dr. Light create us... I guess I'll just have to wait and find out.'

ProtoMan reached the apartment complex at about 7:15 at night. Just outside of the main building, a woman was sweeping the walkway.

"Hello Miss Hibiya. How are you doing?"

"I'm doing fine, Blues. Thanks for asking." She stopped sweeping the walk and looked at ProtoMan.

"That's good." He began to walk away.

"Blues, who was that girl that Clive and Dr. Light brought home a few days ago?"

ProtoMan face-faulted. "S-She was a Persocom. They found her out in the middle of nowhere, so they brought her home."

"Oh. I'd like to meet her sometime."

"I'll ask Clive if that would be okay. He's kind of gotten attached to her recently."

"Thanks Blues!"

Chitose returned to sweeping the walkway, leaving ProtoMan to return home. Walking into the apartment, he found MegaMan reading the book Dr. Light had gotten Chii.

"Sup Mega. Got you that book you wanted." ProtoMan handed over the book and accepted some cash from his brother. The trade complete, ProtoMan left for his capsule. He then remembered Chitose's request, "Oh, and the land lady wants to meet Chii."

"Okay, thanks ProtoMan. Hey Chii! I've got something for you."

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MagmaMan silently led his team into the steel mill. Several workers had tried to get in his way and met rather unfortunate ends in the process. They soon arrived in the plants central processing center.

"Okay. Spread yourselves throughout the facility and kill everything that lives. If they have any Persocoms, convert their systems and send them to Dr. Wily."

All of his troops saluted and scurried off. Soon, the Steel factory was under MagmaMan's complete control.

"Now we just have to wait for MegaMan..."

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This chapter turned into a ProtoMan thinking fic for a good while. Sorry about that. I did want to do this earlier, but after developing the plot, I saw that it had to be done later. Hopefully it didn't put you to sleep. Next chapter will be better, I promise.