A/N: Okay... you can all officially go WTF now. After god, how long's it been? Six years? I decided to finish untitled 2 already. ;; I just don't want to leave it unfinished. So I resubmitted the other ten chapters plus this one. It's not finished yet, but hopefully will soon, if I can ever get my school/work/sleeping/emo schedule under control XD;; sigh Hopefully it won't be another half decade before you see the finish of this thing.

Also, I'm working on a website for all my fics where I can stick my unpublished/uncensored stuff if I can ever get it off the ground for the above reasons XD;; I'm in my last semester at school, so it's a little work heavy. I will keep everyone posted, though. If there's still anyone around who reads my stuff. I know it's been awhile.

Anyway, on with the show...

COMPLICATIONS

"No..." Zero stared at Forte, frozen. This couldn't be happening. That robot hadn't just sucked up those chips. He hadn't just came to life. And X certainly wasn't lying at his feet, dead. It was just too unreal. He was awestruck... Horrified. And filled with rage. His hands clenched slowly into fists. There was blood everywhere now, forming a small lake around X's still form, and a good deal on Zero that was growing cold, congealing. Cold...

Rock stared at Forte lovingly, eyes glistening with tears. "Forte... My beautiful Forte... It's really you...You're back. You're back!" He hugged him tightly and sobbed, overwhelmed with emotion.

Forte didn't hug him back, staring ahead quietly, eyes wide. He also appeared overwhelmed, but not with love. In fact, his eyes conveyed something similar to fear. "Rock..." His eyes narrowed, darkening, and the fear appeared mixed with rage. "Rock." He grabbed the smaller boy by the shoulders, squeezing them angrily and pushing him back. "What... What did you do? What have you done?"

Rock stared at him, face dropping slowly as he winced. "Forte... I had to. I had to! They were... They took you away from me! They all took you away!" Crying, he clung closer, forcing Forte into a tight hug. "I missed you too much! I had to bring you back... Why did you leave me?!"

Forte stared at him dully, not pushing him away anymore, but not making any move to hug him back. The fear and anger appeared to have worn off, but the depressed look in his eyes was impossible to miss. "Rock. You... I... This wasn't what I wanted. Not at all." His arms slipped off his shoulders slowly and he leaned against him, looking defeated. "You changed. Don't you feel any remorse?

Rock stared back at him, angry tears glistening in his eyees and a half crazed look on his face."Remorse? Remorse?! How could I feel any remorse for a world that turned its back on me?" His hands clenched and unclenched, as if wanting to hurt something.

"That's not true!" Blues stepped up, frowning. "That's not how it happened... Rock, you're sick. Things got twisted up in your head, and..." He trailed off, seeing X wasn't listening.

Forte remained where he leaned, shoulders still slumped heavily. "Rock, you turned your back on the world..."

Zero got up from X's side slowly, making his way over to Forte, completely ignoring Blues as he passed him, and refusing to look at Rock. "You." He pulled his saber out, pointing it at Forte slowly and practically snarling. "Give me back that chip."

Forte stared at Zero quietly, sighing. His eyes were sad. They were like... like...

Zero lowered his saber slowly. They were like X's eyes. Not the colour, but the expression. He felt a bitter ache in his chest and a lump welled in his throat.

"Of course..." Forte touched his chest lightly, over the spot the chips had melted into. "These... aren't mine. These memories... this life... none of it is mine, not anymore. My time is over, it's all X's now. I'm... dead."

"No...!" Rock cried. "No, you're Forte! You're my Forte!" He hugged Forte tighter, burying his face in his shoulder. "You're alive! You're here!"

Forte drew Rock up into a slight hug at that, still staring at Zero. "No, Rock. I don't belong here. Forte died almost a hundred years ago. Please... Let me go." He released his grip on Rock slowly, stepping away from him slowly.

Rock watched his Forte... his life slip away from him and he shook his head, desperate. "No...! That's not you! That's him talking! It's him!"

Forte stared at him quietly, then looked past him slowly, eyes falling on X's still form. "I'm sorry, Rock... but I can't love what you've become." He reached out, resting a hand on his shoulder firmly. "It's all over now..."

Rock stared at his hand, wide eyed, then recoiled from it as though each finger were a snake ready to bite down into his flesh. "... It's not over!" he practically shrieked. "It's not over until I say it is! You're going to love me, Forte, I just have to fix you, like I've fixed everything else!"

Forte drew his hand back as well. "Rock... Can you even hear yourself? He drew back slightly, intimidated by this new Rock, despite himself. "Enough. It's over, don't you understaaaagh!!" He gasped loudly, then groaned, making a slightly strangled noise as his armor closed in on him like a boa constrictor, both pinning him and choking him.

"I understand perfectly fine." Rock soothed. "They've gotten to you. I'll make it all better." He hugged the taller boy almost tenderly, yet still a little forcive, ignoring his jerking struggles. "We'll ake care of this messy world together. Then we can finally be happy." He kissed his cheek deftly.

"M-my body..." Forte groaned, finding it hard to breathe. He shut his eyes tightly, struggling. "Z-Zero...! Help me...!"

There was a flash of light, and they both disappeared.

Zero stared silently at the spot they had once been, mouth dry. X... X was still in there, somewhere. Those eyes... and the way he had called his name. He returned to X's lifeless body, sliding down to his knees slowly and resting his head in his lap gently, ignoring the blood. He found he still held his saber tightly, and was surprised to find that his hands were shaking. When had things gone so wrong? Slowly, he got up, carrying X carefully. "Come on Blues, if that's really your name. This isn't over yet." He had to get X back.

Blues groaned, still in shock. "We'll never find them. Not until it's too late. It took me fifty-seven years to find Rock last time, and who knows how long he's been planning whatever trick he has up his sleeve." The situation was bleak, even hopeless. He had failed his brother, and now a lot of people were going to pay for his mistakes.

Zero's grim expression remained unchanged. "Things are different this time." He stared for the way out. "We're not looking for Rock, we're looking for X." He glanced back at him warily, to make sure Blues was following. He was.

"I don't see how this makes any difference." Blues sighed, trudging behind him.

Zero flashed him a very small smile, yet it was somehow unfriendly. "It does. There isn't a force in this world that can keep X and I apart for long."