Disclaimer: I own nothing with the exception of the story line.

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It was morning once more in the Light household. After ProtoMan returned with the second book, Chii had tried to read it immediately. Dr. Light, however, suggested that she could have MegaMan read it to her tomorrow night, since it was almost eight at night (strict parent, isn't he?).

MegaMan awoke to the sound of Plum yelling for him to wake up. Before he could move Plum somehow managed to jump at MegaMan's face, shouting "GOOD MORNING MEGAMAN!!!" on impact.

"Ow. Morning to you too Plum."

"It's time to get up! You need to start your morning exercises! A person who stays in shape stays healthy!" After a few minutes of constant drilling, MegaMan finally realized WHY Minoru's friend had left Plum behind. Having a pint sized exercise instructor with such an attitude could ruin a relationship!

'I wonder what it's like to be in love... Humans can fall in love, so why can't I? Maybe I need to find the right girl.'

"Less thinking! More push-ups!"

"All right, all right! Give me a second, would ya?"

"Mega? What the heck are you doing?" ProtoMan leaned into the doorway of MegaMan's section of the lab. "Oh. I see she found you too."

"Yep."

MegaMan finally hit a hundred push-ups, causing Plum to stop her constant shouts of "UP! DOWN!" and so forth. MegaMan stood up and walked over to Chii's bed. She was still sleeping amazingly.

"Hey Chii, it's time to get up." He smiled warmly as she opened her eyes.

"Good morning MegaMan." Chii slid her legs off the bed and stood.

"Good morning Chii." MegaMan and Chii walked to breakfast, Plum and ProtoMan tagging along.

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"You want me to do WHAT?" MegaMan almost dropped his chopsticks.

"You heard me. I want you to go down to our landlady's house and pay the rent." Dr. Light polished off his rice. "Its not that hard."

"Yeah, and you can take Chii to see her." ProtoMan sipped his sake. "She did want to meet her after all."

"Fine..." MegaMan finished his breakfast as Chii looked on.

"So, what are you going to be doing today Bass?" Roll pointed her chopsticks at him.

"Ummm...." Bass swallowed his rice and thought about his schedule. "I don't know. I was thinking about training some, and seeing if Dr. Light could upgrade my buster. Other than that, I'm free."

"Well, then you can come shopping with me!" Roll grabbed him by the hand and began dragging him out the door.

"Hey! I didn't say I wanted to go shopping! Besides, I've got to change before we go out! People would stare if I went out in armor!"

"Oh, fine, go change. But you'd better not ditch me!"

"I wasn't even thinking about that, Jerk!"

As Roll and Bass's yelling escalated, MegaMan and Chii slipped out of the house unnoticed. After walking down a few flights of stairs, the finally arrived at Miss Haibiya's room. MegaMan quickly explained the situation to Chii.

"All right Chii. To the rest of the world, I'm known as Clive Light. The reason I'm known as Clive is because we can't let the whole world know we exist. Androids like me and Bass are extremely powerful, but we are still just machines. We can still be programmed, so we have to be very careful about who we tell about ourselves. Do you understand?"

Chii shook her head in a negative fashion. "Chii is confused. Does MegaMan not want to be known?"

"Uh..." MegaMan thought about it for a moment. "I'll explain it later. Right now, we need to show proper respect to Miss Hibiya! Remember what I've taught you about respect?"

"Chii! Bow and say good morning. Also tell her that it is nice to meet her!" She bowed to emphasize the point.

"Very good Chii! Now, let's go meet her." MegaMan knocked lightly on the door. "Miss Hibiya, are you in?"

Chitose opened the door. "Oh! Come in Clive!"

"Thank you for seeing us Miss Hibiya." MegaMan walked into her apartment, closely followed by Chii.

"No, thank you for coming to see me so quickly! The census is coming around soon, and I have to make sure and count everyone in the entire complex. And besides that, I wanted to meet your new Persocom!" Chitose smiled brightly as she sat down at her table.

"Good morning Miss Hibiya. It is nice to meet you." Chii bowed to her.

"It's nice to meet you too." Chitose bowed back. "Please, sit down. What's your name?"

"Chii."

"A wonderful name." Chitose smiled. "Tell me, do you know who made you?"

"Chii not remember anything before Clive turned her on." Chii lowered her gaze; her amber eyes seemed hollow...

"I see. Clive, does Chii have much in the way of clothes?"

"Not really. Our pay from the government has so many restrictions that it doesn't allow for much free spending." Clive shook his head. "Millions of dollars, and only a thousand per week for living needs."

"Well, I have a few extra sets of clothes I could give you." Chitose stood and went into her room. After several moments, she returned with a bag of clothes. "These clothes are kind of old, but I'm sure you could make use of them."

"Thank you Miss Hibiya. I'm sure we will. Is there anything else?"

"No, That's all for today."

"Thank you for all your help Miss Hibiya." MegaMan bowed to her, and Chii imitated him.

"Have a nice day you two!" Chitose waved at them as they left.

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"Hey stupid, could you walk a bit faster?" Bass, accompanied by Roll, walked through one of Tokyo's many markets.

"Hey, I have a name you know. And why don't you slow down?"

"You two argue too much." ProtoMan complained.

"Well, if she would just move faster so we can get this done faster then I wouldn't complain!" Bass suddenly ran straight into a cart of apples, causing some of the produce to fall. He cussed under his breath and began picking up the apples. Suddenly, a hand brushed against his when he reached for one of the apples. He blushed furiously when he saw who was attached to it.

"Uh..." Roll was also blushing and quickly removed her hand from the apple.

Bass quickly apologized and continued picking up the apples. Suddenly his hand brushed against her. ProtoMan laughed as they both blushed profusely.

"You know, you two make a perfect couple." ProtoMan laughed loudly as he continued on, leaving the two to think about what he said.

"NO WE DON'T!"

The two chased after ProtoMan, leaving the shop owner to pick up the remaining apples. Before they could catch up, ProtoMan arrived at a bakery and walked in. They followed and found him conversing with the storeowner.

"It's been a while Blues! What brings you around to my humble little store?"

"Oh, just saying hi manager Ueda. This is my sister, Roll, and her boyfriend. How's business been lately?"

"Well Blues, it would be better. Ever since you quit, I've had a hard time managing customers, and you of all people should know why."

"Yeah. I would have stayed, but my dad wanted me to move back in with him."

"Well, family comes first I guess. You guy's need anything?" Ueda had finally noticed that Roll and Bass were looking at the cakes.

"Oh, no thanks!" Roll shook her head and smiled at the baker.

"Okay. Hey Blues, could you keep a look out for people to help me? I seriously need help in the bakery, especially since Christmas is right around the corner."

"Sure thing Manager Ueda." ProtoMan nodded to him as they left. "Maybe Chii could help..."

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Chii was sitting by the apartment's window. She had her hand to her ear, as if listening for something...

"Someone's calling me." She whispered. Chii closed her eyes as she asked, "Who are you?"

"I am you..."

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"Why hasn't MegaMan come yet?" MagmaMan slammed his fists on a nearby console. Several of his minions shook in their place, afraid of their master's wrath. "That's it! Somebody blow something up! That should get his attention!"

"Yes sir!" Everyone scurried off to find something to destroy. Soon enough, the fact that they had taken over the factory was VERY apparent to the authorities. Calls were placed to very important people. Those very important people decided to call Dr. Light...

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Yeah! Another chapter done! And I'm one step closer to getting into another lovey-dovey scene!