Well, you guys asked for it, so you got it, the all-new second chapter to Blades of Time, Helping Hands. A special thank you to all those who reviewed and to Mary for giving me these new ideas, I am happy that you guys could help me.
Thinking
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(I do not own any of the Mega Man characters.)
Ch.2 "Helping Hands"
The next morning came and everyone in Maverick HQ were at their posts training incase of an attack or typing away at computers to get the reports ready to go. Axl was outside sitting under a tree thinking about what X said.
Axl POV.
"A person that could wield a blade as a part of his soul would be considered the greatest swordsman in the world' and Zero has been training hard ever since, to be the best swordsman in the world." Axl thought about this saying over and over again until it gave him a headache.
"Zero must've gone through a lot to became the best, but I wonder, did he have to lose something to obtain this ability?"
Axl thought back to one of his favorite animes, Fullmetal Alchemist. He thought that when gaining power, you had to lose something as a same amount what was called "Equivalent Exchange". He remembered the one major rule for this sequence.
"For something to be obtained in power, something of equal value must be lost."
Axl considered this saying to be true because of what he heard from X. Zero had once lost a loved one in the Forth Maverick Uprising and has become cold to anyone that wanted to help him except for X. However, when he came into Zero's life, it was as if his cold attitude towards life was melted away.
"I'll have to ask Zero about this later tonight", Axl thought.
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard someone walking towards him. It turned out to be Zero, one of the few people Axl least expected to show up here and now.
Normal POV
Zero was in normal street clothes: red T-shirt, jeans, and black shoes with just a small hint of white. Zero saw Axl and decided to talk with him. So, Zero walked over to the tree and sat down right next to him. "Hey Axl", said Zero. "Hi Zero", Axl replied. "What are you doing out here?" Zero asked. "Nothing, just thinking", Axl said. "About what?" Zero asked.
"Anything", Axl replied.
"Ok, I'm heading back inside, if you need anything from me just ask", Zero said. "I'll let you know", Axl replied. As Zero was walking back into HQ, Axl was starting to really think about what he should ask Zero.
"Wait Zero!" Axl said.
Zero stopped and turned to Axl. Axl got up and walked toward his friend to pop the big question.
"What is it?" Zero asked.
Axl, just at the last minute, had second thoughts about the question.
"Just to tell you, I'm right here if you need me and I'll help you through any of your problems", Axl said.
Zero smiled a really big smile at this and said, "Ok pal." As Axl entered the building, Zero said to himself, "Axl, you are almost like X during the Third Maverick War when I became a part of the team." After that, he walked into the building and went back to training his troops for battle.