Author's Notes: Be honest with me, how much do you expect this plot to be like Megaman X's? Also, this is not for the faint of heart.
Disclaimer: I do not own any officially licenced Touhou characters.
"A world beyond the border... I've only heard of such a place... some say that there are Reploids there that look no different from humans... if such a world existed... I wish I could see it at least once."
X arrives at the scene only to find it completely frozen over. "Oh, great, ice. This is gonna be trouble." Not being used to her body, X didn't know how to fly, the closest she ever got was a dash jump, which required her to dash. Her Reploid body didn't move well on ice, but she had to find a way to get around that. "Well, here goes nothing." She began to run across the field, slowed down at first, but began to speed up as she ran.
Along the path were several fairy-like mechanaloids, resembling fairies like Luna Child, Star Sapphire, and Sunny Milk, or Daiyousei or even Lily White and Lily Black. The ones resembling Luna, Star, and Sunny were easy to take out, taking only one hit a peace, but the Daiyousei-like ones took a couple of hits, and the Lily-like ones took about 5-6 hits each. Regardless, she worked her way through the ice-covered forest when she suddenly feels something calling to her. Wondering what it was, she used her Wall Jump skill to climb a frozen tree to find a data capsule with a hologram of a very familiar face, one that she had not seen in many years.
"If you're seeing this, Marisa, it must mean that you've left your human body and taken on a Reploid one." The hologram depicted a young woman with a blue outfit, along with a blue hat that had a sun-imprint on it. 'M-Mima?!' "I've uploaded this capsule to give you a part of the armor I had created for you. This leg part will allow you to dash in mid-air, allowing you to reach some places that even a Dash Jump could not reach. But be warned, you can only use this once before landing."
The hologram vanished, leaving a slightly confused X. 'Since when was Mima a scientist? And when did she have legs?!' Last she knew, Mima was a self-proclaimed "Evil Spirit", and a legless one at that. Regardless of her confusion, she stepped into the pod, causing a glass cylinder to surround her as some sort of jolt flowed into her. But it didn't hurt. In fact, she didn't feel any different as the cylinder rose up, releasing her. However, as she looked at herself, she noticed that the skirt part of her dress had changed to a silverish blue color. As she got out of the capsule, the hologram appeared again, giving one last message. "You know what to do with it." It then vanished again, and the top part of the capsule fell down, making it unusable. After jumping back down to the ground, X resumed trekking through the ice-covered forest, sometimes making use of her new mid-air dash skill, eventually reaching a frozen battlefield where the Maverick, Cirno, stood.
"Hello, X.", Cirno said. Cirno, who used to be an idiot Ice Fairy, had grown considerably smarter since she became a Reploid, even to the point where she admitted that she was an idiot. "Isn't it beautiful? An ice-covered world where the beauty of ice will be seen by all..." "What's gotten into you, Cirno? This isn't like you, even for your Reploid self." "Hahahahah... X, X, X... you can't expect me to be the same forever, just because I have an unaging body." "I don't want to fight you, Cirno." "You won't have to, as long as you appreciate the beauty of my ideal world!"
X fired the first shot, only barely grazing Cirno's cheek, but she said nothing more as she returned fire with a set of icicles. X managed to dodge, though only barely, and managed to get close enough to land a solid three-shot chain on Cirno, causing her to flinch a bit with each shot. However, Cirno managed to hit X with a few Icicles in return, even if they only grazed her. But despite wincing in pain, X began charging up her shot, letting it loose at near-point-blank range at Cirno's chest. The shot tore through Cirno, halting her movement. "I... I lost... again...?", Cirno said just as her eyes blankened and her body fell into X's arms. X seemed a bit sad, knowing that she had just killed one of her close friends, but begins draining the power out of the lifeless body in her arms. "Cirno... please forgive me...", X said just before Cirno's body shattered itself into millions of pieces, dispersing itself through the wind. "X, can you hear me?! X!", Reimu's voice came from the comlink. "I hear ya...", X replied. "I'm heading back to HQ now."
Author's Notes: Yeah, this is gonna be one heck of an emotional trip for X.
