I hope I didn't keep you all waiting for this chapter. Here's chapter 21. I don't own them except the transformation, new Battle Cards, new allies, new characters, and the songs for each characters.

The description for the Megaman X enemies has been removed, realized it was unnecessary. To those who don't know who they are, you can find their appearance in megaman wikia site.

If there are any mistakes, I apologize, and please don't flame. If there are, please do PM me and I'll fix my errors. Thank you and enjoy!

Note: English is my second language!

Chapter 21: Enter the Shadow Hunter

"Minna, found them!" Acid Ace shouted as they all landed.

"Well... they've finally arrived. Get ready, Geemel." Zain called. About a few seconds, there was no response from his partner. He turned and saw him sound asleep with a snore. "Hey, Geemel, wake up!" the golden armored kicked him lightly.

"What now... Huh, they're here already! ?" Geemel realized.

"Yes, they're here. Now, get your shuriken." he ordered as Geemel complied.

(A/N: If you all don't know who are, they're from Megaman Xtreme in GBC.)

"Who are you guys?" Acid Ace asked.

"I am called Zain." the golden armored introduced, taking his large sword off the ground.

"Kekeke! The name's Geemel." the dark blue armored introduced with a laugh.

"Careful, guys. These guys are strong." Zero warned.

"That's one big sword." TaurusFire thought in surprise, "I can imagine using that sword in the kitchen."

"*yawn* Well, it's about time you vermins arrive! Kekeke... " Geemel said.

"Are you fully awake yet?" Zain asked his partner.

"Of course, I am! Now, let's take care of these brats!" the dark blue armored spun his shuriken before forming his stance.

"Get ready, guys! They may be outnumbered, but we have to work as a team!" StarPhoenix said as they all formed their stances.

"Why do I even bother coming along with you morons?" Rogue muttered bitterly.

The two Shadow Hunters leaped towards them with their armed weapons.

Zain raised his sword in the air. "Earthquake Slash!" the StarForce scattered as the golden armored smashed the ground, creating a giant hole.

"O.O What kind of a sword is that! ?" JackCorvus questioned in shock.

Geemel leaped in the air. "What're ya looking at! ?" Shuriken Barrage!" he swung his shuriken and sent out multiple miniature shurikens at the StarForce.

"Acid Laser! Shock Note! Pincer Cannon! Wicked Flame!" they fired their attacks to stop Geemel's little shurikens, but more came.

"Battle Card! GigantAxe!" WildUrsa summoned a giant axe and wielded in his hands.

-GigantAxe is a giant axe similar to GreatAxe and the others. The blade was silver. The hilt was yellow with brown. It had a bear's head on the top of the hilt.-

"You ready, Ursa?" Taiga asked his partner.

"You bet!"

"Grizzly SonicBoom!" WildUrsa swung the axe and sent out giant energy slash with a bear's head at Geemel.

"What the... " Geemel widened his eyes. The energy sliced his body and shredded him like paper.

"My power made him cry! Now, all that's left is this gold guy in shining armor!" WildUrsa turned his sight at him.

"You actually think you killed Geemel that easily?" Zain asked calmly.

"What do you mean? ... Wh-What the... " WildUrsa and the rest widened their eyes in astonishment.

Geemel was standing next to Zain, unscathed. "SURPRISED! ? KEKEKE! ! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FELL FOR THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK! !" he laughed hysterically.

"How'd he do that! ? I saw you shredded into pieces!" WildUrsa shouted in disbelief.

"Kekeke! That was my substitute! Watch!" Geemel set his shuriken on the ground. He made ninja's hand sign and created a copy of himself in front of him.

"Two of him! ?" Gemini Black was shocked.

"Now, watch this!" Geemel grabbed his shuriken and struck his copy from behind as it was destroyed. "You see how a real ninja can do this move! Kekeke!"

"This is gonna be a tough battle." VenomScorpius stated.

"We can't win without Geo." Zero added.

"Hey, don't say that name in front of me!" HarpNote shouted at the red and white armored.

"Wha?" Zero was confused.

"Wait, what happened between you two?" QueenVirgo asked. HarpNote stayed quiet.

"What's this! ? The great hero, Megaman, isn't here to help you losers! ? Kekeke!" Geemel asked and laughed so hard. "Oh my god! This is rich!"

All Zain could do was roll his eyes and shook his head. He had no idea how or where did his partner get all that laughing energy from.

HarpNote gave the dark blue-armored a death glare. "Forget about Geo... Let's focus on them instead." she said.

"Uh... okay." Zero replied, somehow was scared of her.

"FireBreath!" TaurusFire breathed flamethrower at the two enemies, but the flame was knocked away by Zain's sword, who swung like a baseball bat. "No way!"

"Twister Slash!" Zain dashed to the StarForce and rapidly spun his sword around.

"Acid Laser! Gemini Thunder! HydroDragon! Shock Note! Gorgon Eye! Flame Weight!" they launched their attacks at Zain, but their attacks were bounced away from the spinning enemy.

"DAAAAAAHHHHHH! ! !" Zain hit all the StarForce with an intense slash.

While the StarForce was fighting, the three Legendary AM-ians were watching them from the sky.

"Shouldn't we help them?" Cerberus asked his comrades.

"We need to see their skills if they have the will to fight the enemies." Aquila replied.

"Indeed. It seems our Megaman friend is not here to assist his friends." Scutum added.

"How strong... is this guy... ?" JackCorvus questioned as they all tried to get up.

"You're all pathetic! Just like little worms! Kekeke!" Geemel laughed.

"Phoenix Flare!" StarPhoenix shot a firebird at Geemel, but the latter blocked with his shuriken, spinning it rapidly.

"An attack like that won't work on me! Kekek-GAAAHH! !" he cried and felt a blade pierced through his torso. It was Rogue who struck his sword from behind. "When did you-?" Rogue retrieved his sword and gave him multiple slashes, noticing his body shredded into paper - again.

"Are you that dumb?" Zain questioned in a calm manner.

"Hm?" Rogue looked around the area to find his enemy, then heard his laugh. He turned his back to the fountain statue to see Geemel was sitting on top.

"Kekeke! Really, how dumb are you! ?"

"Let me test how strong are you." Zain dashed to the white-haired as their blades collided.

Rogue managed to kick him away before making his combo attack. "Rogue Fist! Rogue Arts! Rogue Break!" he combined his attacks and slammed his sword on the golden armored with an intense explosion. As the smoke cleared, Zain was still standing and had budged an inch. "Huh! ?"

"Interesting. Your attacks won't break my heavy armor!" Zain shouted and punched Rogue with his left fist.

"ARRRGGGHHHHH! !"

"Hmph. Weakling."

"Ace, call Geo! We need him!" QueenVirgo said.

"Got it!" Acid Ace started to call Geo.

HarpNote stayed quiet again when Geo's name was heard - again.

"Sonia, what happened to you and Geo?" QueenVirgo thought sadly.

"I'll distract him while you get Geo!" JackCorvus dashed toward the golden armored.

"Another weakling?" Zain turned his sight at the incoming enemy.

"Grave Claw!" JackCorvus sent out purple flaming claws toward Zain, but the latter knocked them away with his left arm. "Crow's Flight!" He launched himself toward the enemy with his sharpened wings.

Zain raised his sword in the air. "Earthquake Slash!" he slammed his blade at JackCorvus to the ground.

"GAAAAHHHHHHHH! ! ! ! !" JackCorvus cried in a major pain.

"Kekeke! Nice one! I'll let you take care of him." Geemel laid down on the fountain's edge. "How about turning him into a crow-kabob, roasted crow, or uhh, crow suey?" he suggested, then gave up at the silly idea menu.

Geo's house

"What do you mean, "you're not going" Geo! ?" Omega-Xis questioned.

"I won't fight." Geo simply replied in a sad tone.

"Say what! ?"

"Fighting means nothing to me... " Geo proved.

"Geo... "

Geo's Hunter-VG started to vibrate as Ace's voice was heard.

"Geo! Geo! Are you there! ?" Acid Ace shouted, but the brown-haired ignored him.

"Hey, Geo! You're needed!" Omega-Xis pleaded.

Geo continued to ignore and couldn't get rid of that memory off his head. The memory of him almost killing Sonia kept on replaying.

"I won't fight anymore."

"What... A guy like you..." Omega-Xis was interrupted by Sonia's voice.

"Geo! Geo!"

Geo didn't want to see nor hear Sonia's voice after what happened earlier. "Shut up!" he grabbed his Hunter-VG and threw it on the floor.

"What are you doing, Geo?" Omega-Xis flew to his partner's Hunter-VG and picked it up. "Geo, it's Sonia! Can't you answer her?" he pressed the button and showed HarpNote's face on the screen.

"Geo, please! We need your help! We're in danger!" HarpNote pleaded, but Geo refused to look at her. "We can't win without you! Geo! Geo!" she shouted. The boy slowly turned his glance at her.

Beating up by Zain, JackCorvus was on the ground and his transformation was automatically cancelled.

Zain began to step on the boy's back. "I'll crush you under my feet until I hear a snap." he said.

"What do you know? This wasn't my real strength!" Jack provoked him.

Zain kicked him to turn his body around and stepped on his chest before raising his sword in the air. "Disappear!" the golden armored began to strike his blade at Jack as the black-haired boy closed his eyes.

"JACK! ! !" QueenVirgo shouted.

For a second, Zain's sword was stopped by another blade.

Jack opened his eyes to see who stopped Zain. The person who saved him was... Megaman in Blade Armor.

Blade Megaman gave the golden armored a few slashes on his torso with his armed blade.

"ARGGHH!"

"Megaman! ?" Geemel noticed.

"Geo?" HarpNote was speechless to see him here.

"I've been waiting anxiously to fight you instead of these pests!" Geemel got off the fountain edge and walked to him.

"... " Blade Megaman gave no reply.

"Silent type, are you? Well, try this! Ninja Clone!" Geemel created nine copies of himself.

"Let's see if Megaman can defeat them." Cerberus said.

"Zain, let me take care of him in your place." the dark blue armored ninja offered.

"Go ahead."

"Ninja Army! Attack!" Geemel ordered his copies as they all charged towards Blade Megaman.

"Geo, watch out!" TaurusFire shouted.

Blade Megaman turned to the horde of Geemels and charged an energy on his blade. "Giga Wave Slash." he sent out a massive wave of energy slash at the nine Geemels, destroying all of his copies in one strike.

"AAARRRGGGHHH! ! ! ! !" Geemel cried loudly and stumbled.

"How much power does he have?" Zain wondered.

"Ke... ke... ke... What was that... power? Uugh... Uughh... " Geemel questioned before falling to the ground and exploded in defeat.

*BOOM! !* *KA-BOOM! !*

"That's the power of... a broken heart." Blade Megaman answered in a monotone.

"I can't believe this! He took down Geemel just like that!" Zain was frustrated and opened a portal. He quickly made his retreat as the portal closed.

"Geo... " Jack slowly stood on his feet with heavy injuries.

"I believed in you. You are the Geo I thought you were." Acid Ace said.

"You're wrong." Blade Megaman replied and de-transformed. "This is... the last time I fight... with you guys." he said and walked away.

"What do you mean?" Ace asked.

"I mustn't appear any of you guys anymore. It's because of the Nightmare power within me that my friends near me got hurt. That's why I won't involve myself in this world anymore. I came to tell you that."

"Geo... " Ace panted.

"Thank you for everything. And... Sonia... " HarpNote remained silent. "I'm... sorry about... what happened earlier... " Geo finished and left the area.

Ace looked down and couldn't believe Geo left just like that as others cancelled their transformations. They all stayed quiet - including Sonia.

"Geo's heartbroken?" Tia was confused, then realized what he meant. "Sonia, don't tell me... "

Sonia stayed silent without saying a word.

"His power has changed with no feelings at all." Scutum realized.

"Agree. Something bad happened to him." Aquila added.

Geo's house

Geo created a small cage and threw his Hunter-VG inside it, including Omega-Xis, who was in the Hunter-VG, then locked it up.

"Stop it, Geo! Reconsidered it!" Omega-Xis yelled. He tried to materialize, but his friend did something to his Hunter-VG to prevent him from getting out. "OW! Come on, Geo! Let me out!"

Geo tossed a blanket to cover the cage and ignored him before sitting on his bed.

"Stop it, Geo! This isn't you!"

The memory of him almost killing Sonia continued to haunt him.

"Gomen (I'm sorry)... This is so I don't ever fight again."

"Doing this will accomplish nothing, GEO! Let me out, Geo! GEO!"

Zain couldn't believe his partner was defeated by Megaman with just one hit. "Damn it, Geemel. You should've used your head before attacking head-on." he walked until he was in front of Sigma's throne.

"My my~ You've got beat up pretty bad." Moon Destroyer said to the golden armored.

"Master Sigma, my deepest apology. My partner, Geemel, was killed in action. Megaman's power somehow has changed." Zain reported.

"I see... Thanks to Gate, releasing all of Megaman's dark power hidden inside him was the best plan."

"I will not fail you next time." Zain said and left.

"Incentas!" Sigma called.

A large Egyptian Maverick with six arms walked in. "What is it, Master Sigma?" Incentas asked.

"I want you to take care of those brats your ability." Sigma ordered.

"Hahaha! They won't underestimate my ability."

"Geo, for crying out loud! Set me free already!" Omega-Xis demanded.

Geo continued to ignore him.

Harp entered his room from the doorway. "What's all the racket! ? Oh, Omega-Xis... what happened to you?" she asked, seeing him inside the covered cage.

"Geo locked me up inside his Hunter-VG! Plus, he won't fight with us anymore!" Omega-Xis answered.

"What? Why do you mean he won't fight with us anymore?"

"Simple... I'm quitting the StarForce." Geo answered.

To be continued...

"Geo's quitting?" Sonia was shocked to hear the news from Harp.

"You maggots are no match for me!" Incentas shouted.

"What's this power?" Acid Ace's blaster started to glow as it changed new form.

"Minna saraba (Farewell, everyone)." Geo entered the portal by the Three Wise Men.

Geemel, the first Shadow Hunter, is down! Incentas was from Megaman X Command Mission.

So... what do you all think about Geo's new expression? Where will Geo go by the AM-Admins/Three Wise Men? What will Acid Ace's blaster changed into? Please review or comment.