Author's Note: Just so you all know, I got the concept of stagnating from the manga Onegai Teacher. The boy that has this disease uses the term 'stagnates'. I guess it's sorta like having a seizure. But the last time he had one, he went into something like a coma. But he wanted the coma so he could remember something from his past. He brought it on himself. It also can happen if they are under a huge amount of emotional stress. So the definition for stagnate in the dictionary is off for this story. Just making that clear.

Disclaimer: The concept of stagnating belongs to Onegai Teacher. Everything else is from Angelic Layer and Chobits.

Chapter 1

A girl with curly hair that was tied into two braids ran down a dark hall. Each shallow breath she took was filled with terror. A dark figure loomed in the distance. She glanced back at it. It suddenly appeared right by her side. She gasped and collapsed to the floor.

" Leave me alone!" She exclaimed. Her breathing was shallow, so shallow that there was hardly any intake of oxygen. " It's not my fault! I was born with this. Please, let me stay with him!" She pleaded.

(Oh no, I'm stagnating!) Her head rushed. Her vision blurred as she felt herself fall to the floor. Her perspectives changed. She saw herself, unconscious, and the man towering over her. In the corner of her eye, the girl saw a face appear in a window. She glanced over to see a small, dark-haired boy with glasses. His face was filled with terror as he watched the man pick her body up. Tears formed in his eyes as he pounded on the window. They trickled mercilessly down his round cheeks. The boy seemed to be shouting for the girl, but the man simply walked away. The boy's hands stopped on the window, his pink palms sliding down the cold glass. He pressed his head against the glass. His frame shook sporadically.

" Kaede-san…" A girl's voice whispered. Kaede, the girl with braids, opened her eyes to see her best friend, Sai, leaning over the white bed.

" What's the matter Sai?" She said sitting up. She discovered that she was in a small hospital room. She looked down at her arms to see if she was in any physical danger. Kaede did not see any.

" You stagnated again! Why do you keep doing this to me?" Sai asked angrily. She then hugged her friend with relief.

" You know I'm only doing this to try and find out my past." Kaede explained.

" But what happens if it happens accidentally? You could be asleep for years…like before." Sai said her voice dropping sadly.

" That's why I stay away from emotional stress. That's why I'm always smiling." She said patting her friend's head. " Let's go then." Kaede said throwing off the covers. She revealed a light blue hospital gown. She walked into the bathroom, changed, and reappeared in her usual school uniform. She wore her usual smile as she locked arms with her friend. Sai pouted as they walked out the door.

" You know you should stay here longer…You just woke up." She said stubbornly.

" Oh you know I'm fine. We go through this every time. How long was I out for this time? A couple hours?" Kaede asked smiling innocently.

" Try three days!" Sai roared.

" Really? That's longer than usual."

" One day you won't wake up Kaede." She warned. They filled out a release form at the main desk, paid the hospital bill, and strolled out into the noon daylight. " So do you remember anything?"

" I think I saw him. This time, I didn't stay in my body. I actual saw myself unconscious. It was like being a ghost!" She clapped.

" And you enjoy this…" Sai grumbled. " What did he look like?"

" He was small, dark hair, and he had glasses. He was so darling." Kaede said happily.

" He's probably older now." Sai said.

" Yeah…" Kaede sighed.

" Here." She said tossing a small doll at her. Kaede caught the small doll dressed in white. It had blonde hair with golden eyes, thought at the moment they were shut. Kaede hugged it gently.

" Buranshe." She said snuggling it.

" Remember today is the day that we're getting persocoms. You're getting one based off your angel, right?" Sai said holding up her own doll/angel, Shirahime.

" It's Thursday already?" Kaede asked sweetly.

" You've been asleep remember?" Sai said in an overly agitated tone.

" Yes. Here we are." She said pointing at the persocom store. They entered excitedly.

" Welcome girls. We have new parts, new models, old models, anything to do with persocoms; we have it. How can I help you?" A man with shiny glasses and a white flowing lab coat said.

" Hey, I know you. You're the creator of Angelic Layer, Ichirou Mihara. You know about persocoms too?" Kaede asked.

" No! My identity is broken. How did you know?" He asked crazily.

" After you married the queen of Angelic Layer, Suzuhara Shuuko, who couldn't know about you. So you made persocoms too?" Kaede said staring at all the robots before her. The man gained his composure all too quickly and coughed politely.

" Yes I am the creator of both. I see you are an Angelic Layer fan." He said spotting Kaede's angel. " Oh, that's one of my favorite angels, Buranshe. And you are the Deus referred to as the "Ice Machine." He said turning to Sai. Sai had a stern face on as she usually did around all people besides Kaede. She appeared cold as she crossed her arms. " Umm…right" Mihara said tugging at his collar. " What are you looking for?"

" A persocom that looks like Buranshe." Kaede said still scanning the void faces.

" Well you can make the clothes for your persocom just like you did with your angel. I'll look for persocoms with short blond hair and long light blue hair in the back." Mihara said looking at Sai and then Kaede. He walked quickly into the backroom.

" Hey Kaede, come here and look at this." Sai called her friend. Kaede walked briskly over to where Sai was standing and looked at the persocom on display.

" It looks exactly like me." She gasped. The resemblance was astounding. She was dressed in a maid's outfit.

" That was custom made by one very smart kid. I think his name was Minoru. Something like that. He builds persocoms out of school. He keeps most of them, but he sold us a couple. I can show you more if you like." Mihara suggested.

" No this will be fine." Kaede said taking out her change purse. Mihara stepped behind the counter. Kaede paid for both persocoms as she smiled the whole time. Mihara opened the ears on both persocoms pushed their 'on' buttons. Their heads lifted and their eyes opened. Kaede's persocom's eyes were bright gold and Sai's were icy gray. The four of them walked out of the store. " That name that Mr. Mihara said was familiar." Kaede said.

" Minoru?" Sai asked.

" Yeah…really familiar." She murmured. Her brain twisted trying to remember that name.

" Hey! You are not stagnating to remember this!" Sai ordered.

" Alright, alright. Settle down Sai. I'll just try to remember the old fashion way." Kaede said and smiled.

Author's Note: If you didn't get the whole stagnating thing, read the above Author's Note. This may seem like an Angelic Layer fic, but trust me it isn't. Thanks for reading!