A big one indeed, not only the chapter, but the trouble I put into it as well. I've had some personal problems, so it was hard to finish it. Please keep posting reviews.


Chapter four – Goodwill

As she sat next to her friends, she was a little worried. How was this going to turn out? He said he had a gift for her. She loved gifts. For as far as she could tell, all women did. But she was wondering how he would see her. She would like to have a brother, but he could also see her as some kind of super women, in awe and worship. Hideki hung up the phone. Sumomo returned to normal, and Hideki said they would be there in a minute. Sumomo started jumping around again. "Sumomo? Quit please?" Chii asked in a soft tone.

Hideki could feel her uneasiness. She did want this, but he was still worried. Not that Takumi could hurt Chii. There was Minoru, Yuzuki, Shinbo, and almost a dozen Persicons that wanted to protect Chii. And there was himself. Not that he could do anything, but it might scare him off. He couldn't win in a fight. Both Minoru and Shinbo said one man couldn't win so easily from a persicom. But with everyone here, that wasn't on his mind. What if Takumi emotionally hurt Chii? In that way, she was still so young. Even though she came so far, he didn't want to see all her efforts go to waste. He didn't want to see her hurt. His stream of thoughts was interrupted by the doorbell.

One of the maid persicons went to open the door. So that if anything was wrong, the other 9 persicons would know, and react to it. They softly heard Miss Hibiya's voice on the background, and a strong male voice, saying something to the maid. Yuzuki nodded saying it was ok. Miss Hibiya stepped into the room, followed by a tall man. He looked slim, with strong curves in his face. He didn't have the near perfect appearance most persicons have, but he looked quit human. He even had a little scar on his yaw. His hair was dark blond, a little messed up, but his eyes were the eye-catcher. His eyes seemed to look right through you. Like he knew who you were, what you ate for dinner last night, even what you were thinking at the very moment. It were eyes that you would expect the owner to say miraculous truth with every word.

"Hello. I'm Takumi." He said in a crystal clear voice. It was soft, but could reach for miles, Chii new. It did reach into her hart, that was for sure. Her mind suddenly blurred, and she got up. "Chii" she yelled as she threw her arms around him. Surprised as he was, the was rest even more so. Hideki was already up to pull her away, but realized it was her choice, there was no harm done yet.

They all sat down, and Takumi started.

"I've thought long and hard on how to do this, but I guess id better start at the beginning. Mother already informed me of what you know, so ill start with the next thing I remember. When I woke up, I was alone in the storage facility, where mother and father kept parts and stuff. I don't know how I woke up, or why, but I started to move. I wanted to get out of there, and I was scared. I do now, but I didn't understand why they did that to me back then. I wandered around for a year or so, until I found a kind man who took me in. I worked the land for him for a couple of months. He got the hang with my sudden outbursts of emotions, and helped me cope with it. He even found a human disease to compare it with. After a while I got bored of doing the same thing every day. He understood, gave me some money and said it was mine, because I earned it. That was the first time someone gave me something that I deserved. So I left for the big city.

With every day that passed, I learned more, about life, and emotions. My algorithms grew more and more complex, and I had trouble going through everyday life. I found a persicom programmer, which was willing to help me. He revised my algorithms. He did a good job, but it wasn't perfect yet. Then, a year ago, I heard a voice. It spoke to me, just like it spoke to every other persicom. She reprogrammed my lines, and I was whole. I can feel now, thanks to you, sister. I am proud to know you, and I have a gift for you."

He pulled a small package from his coat. "A friend of mine works at the national dump. He found a data disk. It was a persicom boot disk. Your boot disk. I figured you'd want it back, perhaps to use the data. So I took the liberty to separate the personality from the information. If you want, I can easily input the data".

A few moments passed. As he gave the package to Chii, he said:"Do with it as you see fit". No-one knew what to think of this. "Is such a thing possible?" Hideki asked. Both Minoru as Chitose said that theoretically it could be done, but that the receiving persicom would have to do a lot of work.

Quietly, Chii held the now unpacked disk in her hands, lost in her thoughts, mumbling "Chii..."


Special tnxx to Maus, for being my pre-reader, and a fan.