Author: Hello, fellow MMZ fans and fanfic readers! You already read my name, so I don't need an introduction for myself. I have taken it upon myself to write a fan fiction based on events after MMZ2. However, this is not MMZ3. That story is entirely different, but there will be some ties. I have re-done the opening chapter because it's the most important of this entire fic. By the time this is read, MMZ3 will already be out in English. Consider this as an alternate plot after MMZ2.
Disclaimer: I do not own Capcom, nor any characters in the Mega Man Zero series. Any characters I make are mine alone.
Spoiler: I don't know if anyone beat MMZ2 yet, (If you haven't then please do so) but this kicks off right after the final battle for MMZ2 (duh). This time, I included my own take on the final battle in this chapter to make things interesting.
The End of Elpizo
Zero dashed towards the door. Time was running out for him, and the entire world, even. Elpizo had the two Baby Elves in his possession, and he was only a step away from unleashing the Dark Elf. Zero had fought through the Neo Arcadia and chased Elpizo. Now there were no enemies left to stop Zero, so now only one person was left, and that was Elpizo himself.
The doors slid open, but it was a dead end. Zero stepped into the room and looked up. There seemed to be an orifice in the ceiling. I'll bet that opening leads to Elpizo. He crouched and clenched his fists, then he sprang up and jumped high in the air. He had the Cyber-elf Kelon to thank for the ability to jump higher than ever before.
He went above and beyond the orifice and landed on the ground. When he looked up, he was standing in the same room where the Dark Elf had been sealed and where Elpizo was. Zero cursed under his breath, but Elpizo just laughed.
"Well, Zero. You're just in time to witness me obtain the ultimate power!" Elpizo was a reploid dressed in a purple coat, but he also had a helmet that covered one side of his face. His blond hair was done, but a long bang fell on the side opposite of his eye.
"No! I won't let you!" Zero dashed towards Elpizo to stop him.
Elpizo shot a net to trap Zero. "Ha! You won't get to do so! Now, I will destroy X, and unleash the Dark Elf!"
He held his beam-rapier in his hand and then thrust the entire saber through X's body, which sealed the Dark Elf. It pelted through X's body as easily as tissue paper, and pieces of X's body began to fall apart. Then an explosion started. After that, more explosions came until it blinded the entire room in a white light. Zero watched in horror as his best friend's original body was destroyed.
A large elf of some sort flapped its large wings above Elpizo's head. The Baby Elves flew around their mother and she took them under her wing. Her wings disappeared and she flew into Elpizo's body. Elpizo was enveloped in a purple aura, and his body was expanding from the power surging through his body.
Elpizo groaned in pain and at the same time of pleasure. His clothes melded into white armor. His face grew white but his eyes grew dark. His beam rapier grew significantly by a few feet in length. The evil power emitted from Elpizo. Even Zero felt this horrible power. The net disappeared.
"Well, Zero? Are you prepared to die? I'm going to destroy you, and then all humans, and then I'll become a hero! I'll exterminate them all to make way for a world only for us reploids! And Ms. Ciel!"
"No. A world with only reploids is a fantasy. It will never happen. It can't happen."
"You say it is only a fantasy? Well then, let me show you what I will do with this new POWER!" Elpizo extended his beam rapier and released more dark aura from his body.
Zero activated his Z-saber and stood in a defensive position. A drop of sweat trickled down his cheek. This is it.
Elpizo dashed towards Zero with a rush of speed. Elpizo thrust his rapier several times in a blur of fast motion. Zero narrowly avoided all of the thrusts, then with his own attack, he swung vertically with his Z-saber above Elpizo's head. Even with strong force in Zero's slash, Elpizo effortlessly blocked Zero's swing with his rapier in one motion. Before Zero could react, Elpizo swiftly kicked Zero in the stomach, sending him reeling into a wall.
Shortly after that attack, Elpizo dashed with another series of rapier-thrusts. Before the attack reached Zero, he jumped up and avoided the entire attack. When he landed, Zero drew his Z-buster and shot Elpizo several times. Elpizo deflected them away with his rapier perfectly, and then he opened up a dark hole in front of him. His Distortion Aura blocked the shots, and a Pantheon Hunter came out and tried to shoot Zero.
Zero took out his Shield Boomerang and reflected the shots back and the Hunter. It was destroyed, and Zero looked around for Elpizo. Then when Zero looked up, Elpizo came falling from the air attacking with rapier-thrusts from above. Zero tried to roll out of the way, but the rapier skinned him on the ankle before he got out of the way.
Elpizo landed feet-first on the ground and threw his rapier at Zero. He ducked, but the rapier skinned him again over the shoulder. The planted itself in the ground and the room shook. Debris came flying in all directions and Zero dodged each one that passed him. While he was doing this, Zero had been charging his saber. Elpizo was distracted by this because he was concentrating his energy in that attack. Zero dashed towards Elpizo and struck him with a charged saber strike. The attack knocked Elpizo back.
With a hand gesture, Elpizo called back his rapier. It landed perfectly in his hand. He leaped up high in the air and threw a purple aura ring around Zero. Elpizo's Dark Drain sucked Zero's life away and healed Elpizo's wound. Zero collapsed on one knee, languid from the attack. Elpizo dashed towards Zero again and thirsted once with strong force. Zero tried to move away, but he was too slow and the rapier penetrated through Zero's armor and when all the way through the other side of his breast (Or pec). Elpizo smiled dementedly and forced it in farther.
Zero cried out in pain, but he had a charged buster-shot ready to go. He fired in point-blank range in Elpizo's face. It caused him to stagger back and pull his rapier out. Blood gushed out of the wound and Zero stared to lose vision. He used a Sub-Tank and restored a large chunk of vitality he lost from the attack, but the wound was still there. He slowly got up charged his Z-saber again. Elpizo finally recovered from the attack and threw another Dark Drain at Zero. He anticipated this maneuver and dash-jumped over the attack With his Z-saber in hand, he struck Elpizo with a charged attack in his face.
Elpizo covered his face with his hands. Zero was far from done. The wound on his shoulder was nagging him with pain, but he continued to attack. He knew this was a fight to the death, so he finally decided not to hold back. Zero stabbed Elpizo in the stomach with his Z-saber. Elpizo yelled in pain with a shrieking, unbearable cry. Zero forced it in farther and then pulled it out in a horizontal swing. The saber cut through Elpizo's armor and flesh. Blood spewed onto the floor.
Elpizo raised both arms in the air and cried out, "Is this the power of the Dark Elf? I need more! MORE!"
Now the aura around his body nearly burst out of his body. He was enveloped in a dark flash of light and hideously transformed. The vicissitudes of his transformation showed. His size had increased tenfold, and he had four spikes out of his body. Two creatures were floating around him, and he shrieked loudly. His blue armor and new body were too much for him. He lost whatever control he had over the Dark Elf now. He lost himself in this dark, evil power.
Zero charged up his Z-saber again. Elpizo's head was higher above the ground, so he had to jump in order to hit it. He dash-jumped towards Elpizo's head and struck it with his charged attack. Elpizo took damage, but he didn't flinch. Instead, he shot four golden orbs at Zero. They exploded on contact and blew Zero into the corner of the room. Zero already took heavy damage from that attack. If that weren't enough, Elpizo sent the two Baby Elves that flew around him to ram into Zero. They sped over to Zero and rammed him into the wall, creating a large dent.
Zero had taken too much damage. His armor was shattered and broken. Some of his muscles were numb or they had hurt, and he could barely stand up. He did anyways, but now he had no chance of winning. His condition was beyond injured, and Elpizo was creating a large green ball, ready to be thrown at Zero. He closed his eyes and said to himself, "I'm done for." Suddenly, a bright blue light shimmered in the sky and blinded Elpizo. It was X.
"Zero! We have to merge!" X said.
"What? If you merge with me, you'll be erased because you're in Cyber-elf form!" Zero didn't want to destroy his friend with himself.
"There is a small time frame between the process that I can enter and escape from."
"How long does it last?"
"Ten seconds."
Zero didn't want to risk it, but he realized X was willing to give up everything to protect the world. He respected that, so he agreed.
"All right."
X flew into Zero. His body flew like light. It wasn't kept together anymore, but Zero felt he was split apart, but he felt free. He liked the warm feeling. His body was enveloped in a bright blue light.
The codes that X and Zero were built on were related. When Dr. Light created X, he created him for the sake of good and justice. When Dr. Wily created Zero, he was for the sake of destruction and power. Even though they were drastically different in structure, they were like two pieces of a puzzle. When they form together, they create the ultimate reploid. X was light, Zero was dark. The combination of the two had the power to rival the Dark Elf. Unfortunately like the Dark Elf, it was also hard to control. The time frame of control was only ten seconds before X would completely disappear.
Zero's body changed. His armor was now azure, and the irises of his eyes were red. He had an arm cannon equipped on his right arm, and he held his saber with his left. Together, they were the reploid named Xero. The ultimate reploid of destruction and recreation. The alpha and omega.
Xero placed the hilt of the Z-saber into the barrel of the arm cannon. Then he started to charge up both weapons. With careful aim, he eyeballed the distance between him and Elpizo's head. Already five seconds had past.
Five. The weapon charged up.
Four. Elpizo charged his attack.
Three. Xero's cannon reached maximum power.
Two. Elpizo released his attack.
One. Xero released his.
"Z-saber Buster Shot!"
The two separated in a bright light and instantly Zero was himself and X was a Cyber-elf again. The attack that they both launched was a spear-like shot that was streaking across the room and headed for Elpizo's head. The ball was about to collide with the attack, but the attack just passed through the ball and hit Elpizo's head. The shot went through his head and his body. Elpizo's body began to fall to the ground and it exploded in a large explosion.
Elpizo was on the ground in his regular body, beaten. "Zero...I'm so sorry. I was about to do something that could not be forgiven."
The Dark Elf circled around Elpizo and sprinkled some sparkling dust on him. Elpizo started to fade in a bright light and was turned into a Cyber-elf. "She is not evil..." Elpizo flew away. The Dark Elf was about to spread its wings and fly away also, but she looked at Zero. He felt like he knew her. After a few seconds, she finally flew away.
"Dark...Elf...." Zero said.
He had just defeated Elpizo, who had harnessed the power of the Dark Elf. X hovered near Zero. He told Zero that the Dark Elf wasn't always known by that name, but someone had put a curse on her. Zero turned to X. "Who was she befor..." Zero stopped.
X was already gone. Zero thought for a moment. Who was the Dark Elf, and why do I feel as if I've known her before?. He then was about to use the portable trans server until he heard something.
"Who's there?" Zero shouted out. Damn...if it's an enemy then I'm screwed...I'm in no condition to fight. Zero activated his Z-saber. His armor was shattered and his energy was low. The fight against Elpizo had worn him out. Zero then saw something move again, in the shadows. I don't like it, but I have to get back to the base. Zero said "Operator, transport me back."
"OK, transporting..." said the operator through Zero's headset. Zero disappeared in the bright flash of light.
"Damn, why did you stop me?" a voice came from the shadows.
Another voice shouted, "Our mission was only to observe the awakening of the Dark Elf, and to observe our target. Come, let's head back to base, General Omega will want to hear our report."
"It's too boring..." the female voice snapped back.
Author: Whew. Re-done and renewed! I hope this intro is better. Read and review!