Chapter One: Iris and Zero's Wedding...Cancelled

"Dr. Light..." The blue reploid whispered, looking around as he was restrained in his own capsule. "What is the meaning of this?"

"X...I have now created a new modification to your latest ultimate armor, I call it the Neo Azure Armor." The hologram explains to his guest inside the capsule. Seeing the sparkle of excitement in his creator's eyes did not make the reploid happy at all. In fact, the guest began to struggle immediately for his life and try to escape from the unknown plan of the scientist. Alas! He was shackled inside, unable to do extra movement in the room.

"I don't need an extra upgrade! Zero and Iris is supposed to get married ten hours by now, I have to get ready!" X did not want to look at his creator, it was similar to all the doctors and scientists he met that tried to open him up and study him. (Dr. Cain, Dr. Doppler, Dr. Gate and let's not talk about those government scientists)

"For years I have researched, analyzing your environment on what to give next for your development. I was ready to give up until I found out about your hidden feelings you have kept for all these years with your superior Zero. That is why I wish you to use this modification to its full capacity." Dr. Light was supposed to be interrupted by his greatest work, but X's mouth was suddenly covered by a metal clam. "In this form, you will be able to recover in an incredible rate, your mobility has also been increased due to the huge armor loss, charge shots will lower in power to balance your normal buster shots, ability to jump in high areas have been lifted ten times fold, endurance will fluctuate from time to time due to your *ahem* emotions, your armor was altered for it to be well-adjusted to your new body and finally, the thing you've been waiting for..."

"Mnnnpphh! Mmnnph!" X muffled desperately, praying that someone, anyone could come in his room and save him from his angelic father. Once again, X is realizes that everyone was too busy preparing for the duo's holy matrimony.

"You will have feminine parts I constructed with the help of my past female robots' plans. Just relax while I begin the process." Dr. Light must've either been blind or not seem to care with the whines and protests of his own creation as he began to scan for any possible side effects or virus in X's system.

"Nnnnn!"

-Ten hours past, Wedding time-

'What's taking X so long?' Zero wonders, looking side to side for his best man to appear and give him those golden rings he paid so much (probably because of his appearance and famous identity as a hunter.) Everyone was sitting on the bench, the wedding theme was playing melodiously, Iris was there along with Pallette and Alia as her bridesmaid, the priest was rereading his bible for the leisure time, rose petals of different colors were falling from the sky (Courtesy from the Repliforce) and still no sign of X.

"Let us start now shall we Zero?" Iris asks, smiling impatiently for things to start soon before anyone would object to their union (Layer and fangirls are in a room where Iris made sure that they stay there until the end of the wedding.)

"But-" Zero was cut off by the priest who suddenly spoke up for he too was starting to lose patience.

"We are gathered together on this beautiful afternoon to share with Zero and Iris as they exchange vows of their everlasting love." Zero went quiet, hoping that X would come right in time before the ceremony would end. X is not only his best man, but also his ring bearer.

-X Situation-

"Why does Fate want to torment me so badly?" X whimpered as he dashed towards the garden area of the hunter base, X was required to only wear a black tuxedo and bring the rings, but X went against it. X did wear the tux..added with several goofy accessories. Unfortunately, this attracted unwanted attention.

"None shall pass!" A group of repliforce members announce, blocking the entrance to the wedding area with their metallic shields. "We will not let you interfere with Miss Iris' finest moments."

"I am the ring bearer. Please let me pass." X requested, finding out too late that his voice was also altered by Dr. Light to a soprano volume. "Wait! You got to believe me! I'm X!"

"Yeah right fan girl. As if we would believe your seductive words." The two guards laugh, causing X to gain an angry vein.

'That ain't even making any sense.' X pouted unconsciously as he stared at her offenders.

"Why won't you go home and smooch your Zero plushie for entertainment?" X's eyebrows furrow dangerously, his left hand clutching the box (containing the golden rings) very tightly.

"Haha! Just move along so we won't hurt you..." Usually, X could handle whatever insult or backstab thrown at him, but because of the new program installed...X's emotion circuits have gone to the verge of X's norm and female norm, a bad sign indeed.

"Oh?" X smiled cutely, that statement was the final straw for the ancient reploid. Removing the coat professionally, his right hand turned into a buster, X ensures a painful beating with the two guards.

"One minute won't hurt..." X muttered to himself while giving a death glare at the two frightened reploids in front of him.

-Current Situation-

"Before they begin with their vows, does anyone here have any reasons as to why these two should not be joined in Holy Matrimony, let him or her speak now or forever hold his peace." Everyone looked expectantly at the door since Zero did have a great number of fans who would love to prevent the wedding. Surprised to see none including the priest, the holy man continued.

"Do you take Zero as your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"

"I-" Iris paused when everyone heard a huge explosion from the outside, the pressure was so great that it broke the entrance doors with a bang. (No fire was caused though...)

"What the?" Alia asked, trying to determine the female who have such great fire arms to destroy the metal enforced gate-I mean door. Pallette lowered her visors to identify the far figure. From the shadows they saw a lone figure, Pallette was about to discover the person's identity until it turned to her direction with vibrant green eyes and disappeared.

"I'm sorry I got late..." A voice whispers behind Zero's ears. Zero turned to that direction and just stood there, speechless. In front of him was his friend wearing a funny white coat, huge black shades, an enormous hat and light blue boots.

"These two reploids wouldn't let me enter so I had to do drastic measures..." X apologizes as he points at the pulp on the floor accusingly. X knew why Zero wasn't blinking but continued whispering otherwise.

"Anyways here you go~" X beamed, giving out the unharmed box. When Zero received the box silently, that's when X notices everyone's attention directed to him instead of the couple. Even the priest was staring at him. Then logic hits him like a block. 'Oh right...My clothes.'

"Please continue the ceremony please..." X said, crouching a bit to hide himself from view plus the pain emitted from the corset he wore to hide his 'upgrade'. The crowd today is composed of both friends and enemies. Enemies as in maverick who were supposedly the ones to ruin the wedding, but was postponed because of X's untimely entrance.

"I do." Iris replied with false joy as she places the ring on Zero's hand. She then stares at Zero enviously as he talked to his 'best man' and not her.

"X? What happened to you?" Zero whispers, serious yet awkward was the best description of his voice as he chatted with his buddy.

"Dr. Light happened. He must've finally lost his logic for staying in the capsule too long. I take back what I said, that's just his hologram." Zero smirked a little with X's side comment.

"Don't tell me he turned you ugly." Zero commented, several seconds later he moved his right foot to dodge X's incoming boot. "What? You want a cake slice to make you feel better?"

"...poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?" The priest raised an eyebrow when he saw the two play the stepping game. Being the great red hunter he is, Zero sees the waiting priest and answers back stoicly.

"I do." Zero then walked beside Iris and was about to slip the ring on her finger until they strike... The group have finally regained their stance from the monstrosity (Outfit of X is that bad) and takes action starting with the main antagonist; Sigma.

"It's time! Overthrow the party and take Zero with us! He is mine!" Sigma declared, revealing himself by removing a cloak. Others stood up and started to rampage; prime killer ones being Lumine and Vile. As Sigma was about to join in, he mentions what he forgot to say. "And as much as possible, kill X..."

"Don't tell me Sigma has favorites now..." X ranted, deepening his voice to sound like his normal voice even if it'll kill his voice box.

"Nah." Zero unsheathed his saber, but quietly reconsiders X's statement. "The fuck did you say X?!"

"Stop thinking about it and fight." X snickered, dashing away to ensure the civilian's safety. Zero, sensing an incoming saber ready to ruin his hard-worked attire, jumps up to see Sigma as the culprit.

"Sigma...Who would've guessed." Zero pulls out his saber (kept it inside his pocket for emergencies like this.)

"Glad to see me Zero?" Sigma does the 'sword fencing' stance. "I hope so. Let's fight."

-Axl's situation-

"Nice to see you again Axl~!" Lumine smiles, flying up in the air as he shoots out beams of light at any random area and while at the same time avoiding Axl's rapid shots.

"I thought you're dead?!" Axl retorts back, one gun shooting Lumine while the other shooting unknown mavericks.

"You only thought." Lumine grins as he summons out rays of electricity to the guests. "Come on and fight hunter."

-X's situation-

"..." Vile stared at X. Pointing his shoulder cannon at the weird hippie makes Vile feel horribly angry and reluctant.

"What?" X asks, trying to position his buster at Vile, but fails due to the coat. Vile shakes his head and hits another hunter instead. X tilted his head in wonder why Vile didn't hit him by now.

"I can't hurt you while you're wearing hippie clothes. It'll give me a bad image." Vile explained. If only Vile knew that X was still undergoing emotion stabilization, he wouldn't be the next person turning into a piece of crap.

"Oh?" X chirped and once again showed his wonderful smile (the last being the guards).

"I said your clothes suck. Seriously, I wonder why everyone keeps thinking that your 'perfect' I mean, look at your fashion wear for god's sake!" X's emerald eyes glimmered under his shades, holding his coat gently to remove it.

"At least I don't look like a cosplayer." X's smile turns into a grin.

"Get back here!" Vile answered back, chasing after X who dash outside, into the darkness. (Good bye Vile X'D)

-Back to Zero's situation-

"Using hostages now Sigma?" Zero insulted to the bald maverick holding his soon-to-be-bride Iris. Iris couldn't fight back since she left her brother's saber also she couldn't dash fast due to her long white dress. "How low of you to do so."

"As long as I get what I want, it's fine." Sigma tightens his hold on the girl's neck, hearing a faint choke from his victim. "Drop your weapons or I'll kill her."

"Ze...Zero!" Iris uttered, trying to remove the enormous hand off her neck (but fails thus fainting.)

"...(Damn it!)" Zero let's go of his saber, looking down in defeat. Sigma does his winning stances and was about to order his fellow mavericks to take the red swordsman away until...

"AHHHH!" An agonizing scream was heard from the outside, the voice was shockingly from Vile.

"The hel-" Sigma couldn't finish his cussing when a cloaked reploid did a flying kick to his chin, sending him to the other side of the area. As Sigma let go of his captive because of the assault, Iris was immediately saved from the ground by her savior.

"Zero! Are you alright?" The 'mysterious' reploid questioned, placing Iris gently on the ground.

"Yeah..." Zero looked closer, feeling familiarity from this reploid. The reploid was obviously female judging from the light voice and face structure. She had neon green eyes and brown messy bangs, the rest was covered by the blue cloak stolen from the tapestries hanged around the room.

"Bring Iris somewhere safe. I'll take care of Sigma." With that, she dashed away with her light blue buster out towards the rampaging maverick leader.

"?" Zero blinked, unsure why he let an unknown female reploid order him around as if they were close. But there was some sort of assurance in her voice that made Zero believe in her a lot, a little too much if he analyzed properly.

"Zero?" Iris whispered, standing up as if woken from her beauty sleep.

"I'llbe right back, don't worry. I have some unfinished business to attend to." Zero picks his saber up from the ground then dashes away, leaving Iris alone with dead mavericks around her.

-Sigma's situation-

"Retreat men! Retreat!" Sigma declares out loud, holding his right shoulder which no arm was found. "We are being outnumbered by their back-up!"

"I'm not done with you yet Sig-ma~" X said in a sing-song voice, skipping cheerfully yet creepily towards Sigma.

"Fuck! Get me out of here right now!" Sigma ordered though it sounded more like a beg of forgiveness at his transmitter. X still skipped his way, getting faster and faster with a sadistic smile.

"Hurry God damn it! She's coming!" X nearly grabbed hold onto Sigma's violet cloak until he disappeared.

"Tsk!" X looked down at the torn cloth he got from his prey-I mean-opponent. "He got away..."

"Gotcha!" A man with long yellow hair suddenly declares, pulling X's cloak off to reveal his predicament.

"..." Zero didn't move. Didn't blink. Didn't think. Didn't talk. His eyes widened though because of what he saw. A female with brown short hair, dazzling green eyes and a petite figure who sounds (but in a lighter tone) like X. The bad thing was that once Zero recognizes this similar traits, he started to blush, a 'little' surprised with how the new armor etched body so well...Okay, maybe a bit too well that he wouldn't stop staring.

"?!" X takes note of this and dashes once again, this time away from his best friend. "Sorry about your wedding."

"Wait! Don't go-" Zero couldn't finish his last sentence as he got mobbed by the hunters and humans who thought it was his doings that made the mavericks retreat.

"Zero are you alright?" Iris clung to Zero's right arm, but wasn't minded. She didn't take this too kindly, puffing her cheeks as she pinches Zero's cheeks. "Zero!"

"?" Zero looked at her with a blank expression and walked away from the crowd. Everyone was deeply surprised when Zero looked back and announced shocking news.

"The wedding will be postponed until safety is reassured. That is all."