Hey, what is going on here? Not only there are people actually reviewing but I get requests too. Am I hallucinating? Well, I am, but what the heck. Brace yourselves, more silliness coming...

Time: Any after start of MMZ1

Place: Resistance base, any

Title: Armor trivia

Ciel placed her legendary visor back on her forehead. After 48 hours of research and some gallons of coffee, she at last decided to take a small break.

Damn, how can I concentrate more than 12 hours when Zero won't even pay me a visit. I wonder what my Zero-chan is doing right now.

Ciel walked away from her room, her steps leading her to a certain legendary crimson reploid weapon master, whose name I will not mention, Zero.

Curiosity and sleeplessness dominating her mind, she placed her ear on the door before her, trying to distinguish every single sound wave. She was rewarded with a high-pitched sound, like the one a fork would produce on a smooth and hard surface that made her cringe. Her weary mind raced, jumping into outlandish conclusions.

A mouse skiing in the fridge? A cat on roller-blades following it? A chalk on a blackboard? Zero scratching something? An operating system malfunction? Nah, that's impossible, I made that. A Neo-Arcadia infiltrator?

She stood there stoned for a few seconds, trying to realize the gravity of her last thought. She reached for her concealed, tiny, low energy buster and rushed into the room. "Hang on, Zero. I will save you."

The scene inside the room was far from what she had been expecting. She first noticed Zero's armor lying on a chair. She looked expectantly and located the owner.

Oh, what a pity. He is wearing a robe. "Is everything alright, Zero?"

Said reploid turned to regard the unexpected guest. "Yes, everything is quite fine, Ciel. Is there a problem?"

Without waiting for an answer, he resumed what he was doing, causing Ciel to gasp in disbelief.

The black jumpsuit he always wore beneath his armor was hanging from a nail against the wall. Zero had his Z-saber activated and was forcefully rasping it on the garment.

"Wh...what are you doing there, Z...zero?" Has he gone mad from stress? Will my insurance cover that? Will I be able to find another legendary errant boy? X had told me about some 'Axl' guy, too."

"Calm down, Ciel. I'm just sharpening my blade. What is so weird about that?"

"But it is a simple piece of clothing, right?"

Zero chuckled. "I remember absolutely nothing about my former self, but have you ever seen what my old armor looked like?"

Ciel reached for her pocket, that couldn't actually ever exist on the clothes she wore, and produced her personal, King-sized, Zero fangirl album. At page 678 she found a good pose of Zero in his old armor and then regarded his new one.

"Yes, the old was a bit bulkier..." Hauling that thing around in so many wars must have caused him psychological problems...Don't worry, Zero-chan. Dr. Ciel will help you.

"However, my body seems to remember that the old armor was not as good as this one. This jumpsuit is the secret. The nano-strings inside it make it more resilient than three meter of solid titanium."

Ciel settled down, confident she wouldn't have to go to another wild goose-slash- legendary maverick hunter hunt. After a while, she spoke again.

"But, Zero, why would an energy weapon need sharpening? You once told Axl that when you turn it off and on again it becomes as good as new."

Zero looked at Ciel incredulously. "First of all, stop peeking at other fics on this site. It's unnatural. More importantly, stop indicating the obvious plot-holes of this spamfic. In Light's name, Ciel. The games themselves have so many as it is! If you keep that up, we will stay here forever!"

"Umm...Sorry?"

(CUT!.! )

You can't say I didn't warn you...

To DeyaX: Well, if you actually think it's funny... Keep both of them, Deya. That's what I do.

To mad-man: Well, that was your request, you are partly to blame. I was too lazy to think something better...

To ... ...: I warned you! Ciel's cooking is really bad. I have thought why, but I might even place it in the main fic. It is actually believable..

To Demented-Demon: Yes, completely random. Ciel is a bad cook anywhere. She is not a flawless superhuman, only close... I have thought one crossover...Stay put.