Yeah... I'm still alive. XD I know I should be woking on my other stories, but this idea was too good to pass it up. Hope you like it.
Megaman and all related character (c) Capcom. The ocs on this story (c) to their own creators. I'm using them with their permission. R&R!
Revival: A new reality.
Prologue: Hollow city.
A 16-year-old teen stared at the rising sun from the window of his dorm. He wore a white T-shirt, sky blue pants and light blue tennis. He had short dark brown hair and emerald green eyes. He didn't know his true name, but everybody called him X.
"It's been so many years now..." He whispered. "Life was never the same..."
"Thinking about that again?" A familiar voice asked
X turned around and smiled. A boy around 18 years old stood there in front of him. He wore a black T-shirt, dark red pants and red sneakers and a red baseball cap. He had long dark blond hair and saphire blue eyes. "Oh, good morning, Zero."
Zero and X had been friends ever since they were small kids. None of them had parents and they were raised in the same orphanage. Through good and bad times, they were together.
"You didn't answer my question." Zero said crossing his arms.
"Do I really have to? You know the answer." X said with a chuckle.
Zero nodded and they shared a small laugh. "You never change, X."
"That goes to you too." X said. "C'mon. We'd better have some breakfeast before going to school."
Zero nodded and the two headed to the kitchen. Since they were orphans, they lived off of well-fare and shared a dorm with...
"Hey guys!" A cheery voice greeted them. It was a 15-year-old boy wearing a navy blue jacket with red streaks, a black T-shirt, dark blue shorts and sneakers and a navy blue cap. He had short, light orange, brownish hair and emerald green eyes.
"Morning, Axl." X said. Axl was the youngest of the trio. They befriended him when he was taken to the orphanage and ever since then they'd been together. "You woke up early today."
"Heh, that's something new." Zero smirked. "We generally have to drag you out of your bed in the morning."
Axl scowled at that. "Knock it off, Zero. Jeez... I'm not that much of a heavy sleeper."
"Yeah right." Zero said amused.
"Okay, that's enough." X said. "We still need to pick up the girls and you two know what will happen if we're late."
"Okay. Okay. Let's go." Axl said.
The trio had breakfeast and got ready for school. X picked his sky blue hat and his blue vest while Zero got his red jacket. The three got their backpacks.
"We're ready." Zero said. "Let's go."
As the trio walked down the street, X let his mind wander again. "Wasn't there another way?" He thought. "The city grew... It did become better, but at what price? War, blood and death... Was it worthy in the end?"
"X? X!" Axl's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.
"Huh? Oh, sorry, Axl." X said rubbing his head. "What were you saying?"
"Here come the girls." Axl replied.
Three girls walked towards them. One was sixteen years old, she wore a pink blouse, a white vest, a pink cap, dark blue jeans with a pink skirt and light pink sneakers. She had blue eyes and short dark blond hair. Her name was Alia.
The second girl was around eighteen. She wore a black blouse, purple skirt, jeans and boots and she also wore a light purple hat. She had dark brown eyes and long purple hair. Her friends called her Layer.
The last girl was the youngest of them: fifteen years old. She was wearing an aqua green jacket, green blouse, jeans a light aqua green cap and sneakers. She had light blue eyes and long blond hair braided into two ponytails. Her name was Pallette.
Like X and his friends, those three girls were orphans and grew up together. They were great friends and also shared a dorm.
"Hi, guys!" Pallette said with a happy tone.
"Hi." X said with a smile. "How are you doing?"
"We're fine." Alia said. "Let's go."
The group chatted as they all walked together to school. In no time, they got there. "Looks like we got here earlier than usual." Layer said. "We still have ten minutes until our classes start."
"Guess we can chill a bit." Zero said.
The girls sat on a nearby bench while the boys sat on the ground next to them.
As X sat down he spotted a little boy stopping in front of the school gates. "Mommy! Daddy! Hurry!" He squealed.
A young couple approached him. The woman smiled as she picked him up. "Okay, sweetheart. Let's go." She said. The kid giggled before hugging her. The couple smiled at each other and walked away.
X sighed when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked at Alia. "X, are you okay?" She asked worried.
"I'm fine, Alia..." X replied looking at the sky. "Just thinking..."
"About the Hollow War, right?" Zero asked.
X sighed. "I could never hide anything from you, could I?"
"You've been thinking a lot about that lately, X." Axl said. "Wanna talk about it? You don't have if you don't want to."
"Maybe... Maybe you're right." X said. "Besides, I'll go nuts if I keep thinking about it."
"Well, go ahead. We're listening." Layer said.
X took a deep breath."Okay... You know that, our home, Hollow City, was ravaged by war several years ago, right?"
They nodded. "Yeah. The war started when a crimelord known as 'Sigma' tried to take over the city." Pallette said. "That was roughly 30 years ago and the war lasted around 20. It only ended when Sigma was killed."
"That's right." X said. "All of us were born during the war... And we never got to meet our real parents... Like us, several kids grew up in orphanages and, when no one adopted them, they started living on their own when they turned fifteen..."
Silence fell over. "Even though we never lived the war... It did change our lifes..." Alia finally said.
"Exactly... After the war, the city grew and, with the development of new technology, life became better, but that only happened at the cost of countless lifes..." X said staring at the sky. "In the end... Was it worthy?"
No one knew how to answer that. Finally, after some minutes. Zero placed a hand on X's shoulder. "None of us has the answer for that." He said. "But I know one thing: we can't change the past, but we can make our future."
"Zero's right." Layer said. "It's up to us to prevent anything like that from happening again."
The others nodded. X smiled at his friends. "Thanks guys..." He said. "I'm feeling much better now."
The group smiled. "No prob, X!" Axl said patting X's back. "You know you can count with us."
Suddenly the school bell started ringing. "Well, here we go again." Pallette said getting up.
The others got us as well. "I guess so." Alia said. "So, see you guys at lunchtime."
They nodded and the group split up: X and Alia went to their class while Zero and Layer went to theirs and Axl and Pallette did the same.
Another average day at school was starting. Little did they know that day would be far from average.
Chapter 1: The new girl.
X and Alia's first class was chemistry. Nothing new for them.
"Good morning, class." Prof. Isaac, the chemistry teacher said. "Today we'll conduct an experiment about electricity and..." A knock on the door cut him off. "Just a minute class."
Prof. Isaac left the class. A few minutes later, he returned. "Class, we have a new student." He said looking at the door. "Please, come on in."
The new student walked into the class: it was a girl around sixteen. She was wearing a white jacket, a light brown blouse, white jeans and sneakers and golden bracelets on her wrists. She had lshort brown hair and light brown eyes.
"Welcome." Prof. Isaac said. "Please, introduce yourself."
The girl nodded. "My name's Star." She said with a shy look. "Pleased to meet you all."
"Since you're new, Star, you'll have to do this experiment with someone." Prof. Isaac said before glancing at the classroom. "X, Alia, is that okay with the two of you?"
X and Alia nodded. Star sat next to them. "Thanks for letting me stay with you two." She said shyly.
"Don't mention it." X said with a smile. "I'm X and this is my friend Alia."
"Nice to meet you." Alia smiled at her.
"Thanks, nice to meet you guys too." Star smiled back at them.
And so, with a new friend, class went on normally.
At lunchtime...
X and his friends were at the school's cafeteria having lunch. "So, who's the new student from your class?" Axl asked as he bit his sandwich.
"Her name's Star. She was transfered recently." Alia replied.
"She's a bit shy, but she seems to be a nice person." X added.
"She's new, so I think she has some trouble making friends." Layer stated.
"Speaking of her, here she comes." Zero said.
Star arrived at the cafeteria. She looked around searching for a free table.
"Why don't we ask her if she wants to eat with us?" Pallette suggested. "There's plenty of room here."
X nodded. He was about to get up when Star walked towards a table where a lone boy ate. The whole place got silent as Star stopped next to him: he was around seventeen and he was wearing a blood red T-shirt, a brown leather jacket, black jeans and red and black sneakers. He also had short, light blond hair and icy blue eyes.
"E...Excuse me?" Star said shyly. "Can... Can I sit here?"
The boy looked at her before shrugging. "Sure."
Star smiled a bit before sitting next to him. "Thanks. I'm Star."
The boy was silent at first. "Name's DMZ." He finally said.
"Nice to meet ya, DMZ." Star said before bitting an apple.
As the two were eating, the whole cafeteria was whispering and staring at them.
"Whoa... That's something you don't see everyday." Axl said.
"Yeah. That's the first time I've seen someone talking with DMZ!" Pallette added
"I'll take you two've heard rumors about him too." Alia said.
"I heard he tried to kill himself several times." Layer said. "Life must've been hard for him."
"People say he has mental problems, but I really doubt all these rumors are true." Zero said.
"Maybe people never gave him a chance." X said.
The school bell rang agaim and everybody returned to their classes.
Later that day...
Star walked out of the school building. "Phew... Thank heavens!" She thought relieved. "My first day at the new school wasn't that bad after all."
She was almost at the school gate when she heard someone calling. "Star!"
Star turned around and met with X and the others. "Hey, X and Alia, right?" She smiled at them. "Hi there."
"Hi, Star." X said with a smile. "These are our friends: Zero, Axl, Layer and Pallette."
Star glanced at them all and smiled. "Nice to meet you all."
"Nice to meet ya too." Axl grinned. "So, you're new here?"
"Pretty much." Star replied. "I used to live on the other side of town, but I moved away a few days ago."
"Why?" Pallette asked.
"Let's just say I had a few problems at my old school." Star replied with a shrug. "Oh, that reminds me. I still have to unpack some stuff back home."
"Can we help you with something?" Layer asked.
"Well..." Star started rubbing the back of her head. "If you guys have some time... Can you show me around? I still kinda get lost around here."
"Sure, why not?" Zero replied. "Just say the day and we'll give ya a tour."
Star smiled. "Thanks a lot, guys." She said. "I have to go now."
"We'll see you tomorrow, right?" Alia asked.
"Sure! See ya!" Star said waving good bye and running off.
"Well, she's different, but she's really nice." Pallette said.
"I guess she just needs some time to adapt." Axl said. "It's not easy being the new kid."
"Maybe... Well, no use talking about that right now." Zero said. "Let's go home."
The others nodded and the group headed back home.
Next day...
School started almost normaly. Everybody was talking about Star.
"Why would a girl like her hang out with that weirdo DMZ?" A male student whispered.
"Who knows? Maybe she's just as nuts as him." A female student whispered back.
Star glanced at them before sighing. "Can't people mind their own business just for once?" She thought while entering her class.
"Good morning, Star." X and Alia greeted her.
"Morning, guys." Star smiled. "Can I ask you two something? Why everybody's making such a fuss about the guy I sit next to yesterday?"
X and Alia glanced at each other. "Well..." X rubbed his head. "Since you're new, you don't know... There are a lot of rumors about DMZ... And none of them are really nice."
"Some people say he's goth and dangerous." Alia added. "That's why no one comes close to him."
"All because of some dumb rumors! That's ridiculous!" Star crossed her arms angry. "People should try finding the truth instead of listening to all this garbage!"
X and Alia were a bit surprised by Star's anger. "Oh, sorry about that." Star replied blushing. "This kind of stuff always made me angry... Brings some bad memories."
"That's okay." X said before the bell rang.. "Well, class is about to start."
Day went by quickly.
At lunchtime, Star sat with DMZ again and they talked with each other.
Finaly, school was over. Star was heading home when a group of older and bigger students blocked her path. "Well, if ain't the school's new star." The leader of the group teased.
"Very funny." Star crossed her arms annoyed. "What do you want?"
"Just giving ya a piece of advice, newbie: stay away from DMZ if you know what's good for you." He said.
"Well, I got an piece of advice for you, bud." Star said narrowing her eyes. "Mind your own business!"
"What did you say!" The teen yelled.
"What you heard." Star replied coldly. "What's everybody's problem with him anyway?"
"He's a weirdo. No one talks with him." One of the other teens replied.
"Well, you're talking with someone that does." Star said. "You don't like that? Screw it."
"Why you little brat!" The big teen roared.
A few feet from there, X and his friends saw the whole thing. "This is not good." Zero said.
"Yeah. Star's got herself into trouble." Axl said.
"Girls, stay here." X told Alia and the others. "We'll go help Star."
The girls nodded.
"You're going down!" The punk yelled throwing a fist at Star. She swiftly dodged it, grabbed his arm and threw him over his shoulder, making hit the ground hard.
Everybody watched surprised as Star dusted her clothes off. "I don't mean to be rude, but you have no right to pry on other people's business!" She said turning around only to meet X and the others. "Oh... Hi guys."
"Are you okay, Star?" X asked.
"No problem. I'm fine." Star replied.
"That was awesome!" Axl said. "How did you do that."
"Martial art classes." Star replied with a shrug. "A girl gotta know how to protect herself."
While Star was talking, the bully got up. And he was pretty mad. "You wench! Take this!" He yelled throwing a punch at her. However, someone grabbed his arm, before it could reach Star. "What the!"
Star turned around. Both her and the others were surprised to she that DMZ was the one that had stopped the bully. "Leave her alone..." He said glaring coldly at him.
The punk backed away. "You don't scare me, goth boy!" He said. "Gang, let's get him!"
"Hold it!" Zero said as he, X and Axl stood next to DMZ. "You started this, pal. If you wanna a fight, how about taking me on?"
The punk got nervous. Zero had quite a reputation for being a fierce fighter. Anyone that messed with him or his friends got a real beating. "So, what's gonna be?" Zero cracked his knuckles.
"We're outta here!" The gang yelled running away.
The punk glanced at X and the others before running away as fast as he could.
"Ha, he was just talk and size!" Axl laughed.
Star looked at DMZ and smiled. "Thanks a lot."
DMZ just looked at her before walking away.
"What was that all about?" Alia asked as she and the girls approached them.
"He doesn't talk much, but he's not a bad guy." Star replied. "People just don't understand him."
"How do you know?" X asked.
"I just know." Star shrugged. "Well, I'd better get going. I have to take care of some things. See ya around." With that she walked away.
"Well, that was different." Pallette said.
"Yeah. The rumors may be wrong after all." Layer said.
"There's only one way to find out." Zero said. "Let's keep our eyes on those two for a while."
The group nodded and they headed home as well.
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Star walked down the streets. "You got yourself in quite a lot of trouble today." A voice told her.
Smiling, Star turned around. "I don't look for trouble. Trouble looks for me. You should've known that by now."
DMZ walked up to her. "That's true." He said crossing his arms. "Maybe you shouldn't hang out with me..."
"C'mon, not this talk again." Star said a bit upset. "I said it once and I'll say it again: I don't give a darn to what people say. I'm sticking with you and that's final!"
"Okay. Okay." DMZ said. "I'll walk you home."
"Thanks." Star smiled. "Say, X and his friends were really nice to help us."
"They always do that." DMZ said. "They stand up for anyone that gets in trouble with bullies and such."
"Why don't you hang out with them?" Star asked. "They all are really friendly."
DMZ didn't reply. Star sighed. "People don't give you a chance to explain yourself, DMZ, but you don't give them a chance to understand you." Star thought. "You helped me once... I'll return the favor!"
After meeting Star, and without knowing for sure, X and his friends were in for some surprises with her and DMZ.