I am Zero

X was speechless for a moment before looking up at Zero with gentle eyes.

“Deep down… I know that. And my dear, I understood after awhile why you sealed yourself away. I was angry with you, I won’t lie. But…. I realized later that you were, for the first time in your life…. truly scared of yourself. I just wish I could have told you that I would have stood by you thro pain and bliss, happiness and sorrow, no matter what. I still do and I still will, always…… But right now, you have a mission to do. And even tho I can’t stand by you this time… I’ll watch over you from here on out.”

He smiles softly to the other, feeling his own core warm up while still feeling heavy.

He smiled in return and hugged his partner close.

Soon after his left arm got cut off, his legs went offline as well. His vision clouded with red warnings popping out one after another. Admist all the chaos inside his head, he hears the old man laughing. As if the old man finally won the war. He grits his jagged teeth and points his pistol to the side of his head. Pulling the trigger without hesitation.

X tries to calm down. He knew Zero’s words were true, he would never fight for something or someone he did not believe in. It made X happy to know that Zero truly believed in him, but it also made X feel alittle uneasy.

“I have been told so many times that I’m a hopeless romantic. That my dreams of the futur seem like a naive dream. I know that I’m an hopeless romantic, but that’s becuz I dare not to stop feeling love. My heart froze over during my lonely years on the throne…. And look what’s become of Neo Arcadia. I only wish for the best and I know it comes at a price, I had only hoped that I could have fought with you now….. But… Im too tired and my body is gone. I’m helpless and I hate it! For you deserve so much better of me, my love. But right now I have nothing more to give and I’m ashamed of that.”

He gently release X to pet his head.

Despite he was ready for the other, he hadn’t expected the other to use the gun. He had expected the saber so even when he managed to avoid it hitting his crystal, his right side of his face and helmet were damaged. The right part of the helmet was blown off, revealing his golden hair while static damage was seen on his right eye. Despite that, he changed his weapon to Chain Rod and aimed the weapon at the other. Though his aim was off due to the impaired vision that he had now.

“Tch!” he cursed as he knew the aim was off.

There was no time to admire that beautifully damaged face for he devil craved for more. He caught the chain instead of avoiding it, his pistol charging at one hand, pulling the other close. Not giving enough time to breathe, not that they need it. His palm burning from the blades of the chain, which never bothered him. All he knew, his precious hunter his here. Asking for some beating he’s gladly willing to give.

“Don’t look down on me, you devil!”

It sent him flying against a ruined wall. Making it collapse and burying him under. The impact alone is enough to send a normal soldier offline. And combined with the huge debris, could render the unfortunate reploid useless. But the devil just took it heartily as if it’s just a morning wake up call. A giggle soon echoes moments after as the devil rises from the rubble. His grin did not changed the slightest. A large boulder at hand, he called out Zero’s name before hurling it towards him at such brute force.

Zero had expected that attack before bring his saber up and parry the attack. Truth to be told, instead of evading, he would rather face that attack face on. He wanted to test his strength in withstanding the attack. Unbeknownst to him, a small grin was form on his face, as though he was enjoying it.

He scoffed as he also brought his saber up and activate it to parry the other’s attack. “Don’t think I’ve gotten weak, Omega.” He then activated his other saber and with Recoil Rod, he pushed the other away.

He scoffed as he also brought his saber up and activate it to parry the other’s attack. “Don’t think I’ve gotten weak, Omega.” He then activated his other saber and with Recoil Rod, he pushed the other away.

A glint flashed past his eyes when the other said to test it out. Surprisingly for him, he wanted to test out his ability too. But since no one allowed him to, he had been only training in the training room. So he looked at the other and then jumped back a few distances away.

“No need to hold back. Come at me at full force.”

They were about to dodge the fire that the other sent but the W in the fusion’s head gem quickly changed int a Z. They grabbed their head in pain and the fire went and directly hit in the gem. Causing the original programming to be corrupted and useless and rendering them to go unconscious.

He was taken aback by the sudden reaction from the other. Frowning, he jumped back for a bit and waited to see if the other would get up again to attack him. Such feint attacks were common after all. As he waited a bit more and see that the other was unconscious, he went over and turned him over to have a look.

The crazed crimson devil immediately reel back out of the way of the slash that this Zero made. Kneel to the ground with a leg after that, growling…They watched the resistance’s ace like an animal and waited for an opportunity or opening for an attack.