For about as long as anyone could remember.. X and Shonen have always been with the Maverick Hunters almost from the very victory on the battle field was almost matched by one other Zero...
Some of the hunters were of course upset at the fact that Shonen, being a human was one of the most powerful Maverick Hunters within the entire Tower.. and of course, there was always one to bring up, what Shonen called 'stupid questions' on how she and X continuously came from the battle field beaten and bloody.. but always victorious.
Rumors started turning into questions which led Shonen to mysteriously disappear and leave Zero to hold the perverbial bag as it were to field the onslaught of dumb questions pertaining to why other Hunters had to leave the battle field leaving X and Shonen to 'clean up'.
Finally.. one day during Zero and Shonen's daily ritual of going to the local Starbucks to sit and chat about current stats of on going maverick activity and Shonen's apparent obsession to consume as much coffee as it would apparently seem.
"you know... i'm really getting tired of being your answer boy.. when are you going to fess up and tell everyone that you dabble in reploid technology and alchemy to ensure victory on the battle field?" Zero questioned as he sat across from Shonen as she lounged in her oversized chair.
Turning the cup in her hands, she released a low boring groan.
"because it's stupid.. that's why... you know how i hate to answer stupid questions from stupid people... or reploids... for that matter... we win the battle... and save a few dozen humans.. i don't see the need to question such things..."
"..i guess it's jelously... the fact that the others are called back to HUnter Tower as you and X are the last two to take on an onslaught of mavericks, then come back damaged and virtually drained of any strength... i mean.. I know the reason..and eventually everyone else will too"
Shonen sat up quickly from her chair almost spilling her coffee onto the floor.
"you swore upon pain of death that you would never tell our secret of Blade X..." she hissed.
Zero simply waved her off.
"I'm not the guilty party... it's your brother that's the problem..."
Confusion crossed her face...
"X?...why the hell would he say anything?"
Zero slowly rolled his eyes...
"you know him better than anyone else... all he told me was that he wanted to keep the peace and ballance within the tower.. he doesn't want there to be any hardships against you and him... he wants to keep everyone happy" Zero replied, exempliating the point by wiggling his fingers sarcastically.
"..Oh for the love of Doctor Light.. where the hell did he come up with that crackpot idea?"
This time Zero shrugged his shoulders...
"like i said.. he's your brother... and to be honist.. you should have seen this coming..."
Shonen released a deep sigh as she wiped her hand across her face...
"..sometimes i just want to fucking kill him for being such a moron... and what the hell does he hope to accomplish by telling the Tower and eventually the world about Blade X... wasn't it good enough that i said there are some things that shouldn't be questioned that victory against the mavericks should be celebrated.. not questioned?"
"i don't know what to tell you sis...except that he plans on having a meeting this afternoon in the Grand Hall..."
Shonen looked at her watch...
"..so we got less than three hours to find X and stop him before he goes through with this..."
Zero chuckled..
".. yea, good luck with that one...X disappeared sometime early this morning... and on top of that...he turned off his tracker and his comlink.. no-one knows where he's hiding..."
Shonen slowly shook her head right before leaning it back into her chair and released one word to describe her feelings and current situation.
"Fuck!..."