A/N: Some notes I will like to go over with Orihime during Arc 2, she will fight our heroes three times (The first one is this chapter, the second one is after the fight with the second X-Hunter, and finally, the third one is after the battle with the third X-Hunter. She will be brainwashed until after the third X-Hunter battle and she will join our heroes after that. Enough spoilers from me, here is Chapter 25 and the second Interlude of MegaMan X IS.

Chapter 25: Interlude: Arc 2: Episode 2: The Leader of Underside of Kitten Paw

Back at the missile base, Momoko and the Celestial Maidens were clashing with Orihime. Ringo clashed blades with Orihime. "Orihime! What's gotten into you?! Have you forgotten about us, your friends?!" Ringo shouted.

"I said I don't know any of you lot!" Orihime snarled as she back flipped and slams her kunai sword down on the ground, making an energy shockwave, forcing Momoko and the Celestial Maidens to leap up from the attack.

"Momoko-san!" Sarugami called out to her. "I don't know what's going on, but I think your twin sister is under the X-Hunters' mind control! Let's try Momokyun Possession to set her straight!"

Momoko nodded and she and Sarugami shouted out "Momokyun Possession!" And Sarugami fused with Momoko.

"Whoa! Is that another of Momoko's forms?" Manami gasped in awe as she and her friends looked on.

When the light cleared, her hair turns blonde, she uses two clawed gauntlets, has a short fured cape on her neck, fur on her shoulders, waist, and knees, an armor plated top that, again, shows her cleavage.

X, the IS girls and Overdrive Ostrich arrived just in time. "Whoa, is that another of Momoko's forms?" Ling gasped as she rubbed her eyes to make sure they weren't fooling her.

"I think so…" Houki nodded with a guess.

"Orihime, my twin sister! Try to remember who you are!" Momoko/Sarugami reasoned as she and Orihime clashed weapons. Orihime managed to give Momoko a few slashes, but Momoko retaliated by punching her three times in the gut.

"I told you, I am a powerful servant to the mighty X-Hunters!" Orihime snarled as she did a leg sweep, knocking Momoko to the ground. Momoko quickly kicked Orihime in the chest, making the latter recoil for a bit before Momoko leaped up and dashed towards Orihime and punched and kicked her five times.

"Why you little!" Orihime growled as she turned her kunai sword into a chain sword and she wrapped it around Momoko. Momoko know how to deal with this attack before as she broke free and she leaped up and dropped kick Orihime in the face.

"We have to help her out!" Maron shouted out to her fellow Celestial Maidens. They nodded in agreement as they charged in. Karin fired her beads at Orihime who deflected them with her kunai sword's chain mode. Maron swung her mallet at Orihime, but she dodged every swing.

"Take this and hope it will set your head straight!" Suika yelled out in fury as she fired wind bullets at Orihime who did some acrobatic moves to dodge them. She clashed with Ringo for about a minute with Orihime getting the upper hand and slashing Ringo five times with her sword, making the Celestial Maiden of Fire winced before Orihime kicked her in the chest.

"We have to help our friends!" Charlotte yelled out as she flew in and jabbed Orihime five times with her spear.

"Pretty slick moves for a IS pilot!" Orihime commented before adding in "But not good enough to face me!" She spins like a tornado and knocked Charlotte and Karin back. Houki swoop in and slashed Orihime four times with her katanas. Orihime retaliated by wrapping her chain sword around Houki. "Gotcha!" Orihime smirked, but she was hit in the back by Ling's kick and that freed Houki from the chain sword.

"You were saying?" Ling smirked as she and Momoko double teamed on Orihime, giving her some big amounts of damage.

"Ugh!" Orihime snarled as she swung her kunai sword rapidly at our heroes, they dodged every quick slash. Suika slashed Orihime three times with her weapon. Laura charged in and clashed blades with Orihime.

"What's gotten into your stupid head?!" Laura snarled as she and Orihime were locked in a power struggle with their blades. "Have you forgotten about your twin sister and friends?!"

"D-Don't call me stupid!" Orihime snarled as she and Laura got their blades out of the lock and back flipped away from each other. Cecilia fired Buster shots at Orihime, but she leaped away from them. X charged up two charged shots and fired them at Orihime, giving her some decent amounts of hurt.

Orihime snarled as she sees X-Squad and Overdrive Ostrich aiming their weapons at her. Spitting on the ground, she mustered up to say "This isn't over…" She warped out of sight for now.

Momoko reverted back to normal with a desponded look. "Orihime…" She whispered sadly.

"We'll save her next time…" Overdrive Ostrich reassured everyone. "She is brainwashed by the X-Hunters and put under their control. We need to give her a good whack in the head to get her memory back."

"You're right." X nodded in agreement with Overdrive Ostrich. "Right now, the most important thing is that we shut down the missile base and saved all of Egypt." He turned to Momoko and her friends. "I want you to tell me everything you know about Orihime when we get back home." Momoko and her friends nodded in agreement as everyone head back to Hunter Base with Overdrive Ostrich as their newest recruit.

(X Estate, 7:00 PM)

X and the gang sat in the living room and began to listen to Momoko's story of Orihime, her twin sister.

"Orihime, is my twin sister. She was born from the same peach as me." Momoko began.

"So the only thing that confirms you and this Orihime person are twins is the hair and eye color." Durel figured as she took in some notes.

"Yes, when we were born, Jyakio, the fiendish Ogre King kidnapped Orihime and took her in as his daughter, filling her mind that ogres were supposed to be the most powerful force in our world…" Momoko nodded solemnly. "Jyakio wanted to use the power of the shards of the same peach me and Orihime were born from to use to restore his clan to power. However, there are those who wished to use the peach shards for their own evil ends."

"So, how did you and Orihime realized you were twin sisters?" Ling asked, feeling a bit desponded.

"Before we collected the last peach shard, me and Orihime suddenly realized that we were twin sisters. We work together to defeat Jyakio and those who wished to use the peach shards for the evil ends. Me, Orihime, Inugami, Sarugami and Kijigami lived together in peace until we were brought to your world by this Project Uni you spoke of." Momoko finished her tale.

"Wow, I didn't know that…" Aoi looked away, despondently.

"I think I understand what's going on." X stood up from his seat. "The X-Hunters must have used Project Uni to bring your twin sister to our dimension and they got to her first and they have brainwashed her to do their evil bidding. Well, we will save Momoko's twin sister no matter what. Even if we have to knock some sense into her, we will save her."

"That's the spirit, X!" Ling cheered.

"W-Well, worrying about Orihime won't do us any good for now." Melwin smiled slightly. "We should be glad that we got the first set of parts of your friend, Zero."

"Yeah, but somehow, these parts looked different than the one we remembered Zero with." X stated as he materialized Zero's leg parts. The gang got a good look at them.

"Indeed, they looked different from the ones we remembered…" Cecilia murmured as she inspected Zero's leg parts.

"They seem, bulkier for some reason." Kio adjusted his glasses to get a better look at them.

'Wait… I remember Sigma encountering Zero in the lab he was found in. Could that lab also have a different body for Zero and the X-Hunters somehow got ahold of them?' Ling began to pondered about how the X-Hunters got ahold of parts for Zero's new body.

"Well, we'll discuss this later. Right now, we need to rest and enjoy some R and R until Dr. Cain has some new info for us." Houki suggested.

"I agree with Houki's decision as well. We'll enjoy some peace and quiet until the next mission and next duel with those fiendish X-Hunters." Qoone smiled.

(Meanwhile, at the X-Hunters' secret base…)

"So you failed, huh, Orihime?" Agile smirked darkly as Orihime sat there, fuming.

"S-Shut up! You also failed and lost the first of Zero's parts, you dummy!" Orihime snapped as she crossed her arms and pouted whenever a girl loses an argument with someone.

"It doesn't matter… The plan is proceeding along smoothly." Serges, who is still in the shadows commented. "We may have lost the first set of Zero's parts, but they're only delaying the inevitable."

"In the case, I'll go." Violen stepped out of the shadows. He was a big gorilla looking Maverick who still looks like a human, he was red and yellow and has blue eyes without the ires. "I'll wager Zero's torso this time. And I will bring in the heads of X and those IS pilots!"

(The next day… At Macy's…)

Cecilia was walking down the store with X holding her bags. "Say, Cecilia, you have enough clothes to last you for a year?" X asked her.

"Why, yes. Of course, X. But you can't be too careful about clothes." Cecilia giggled cheerfully.

"Well, yeah, of course…" X muttered as he looked up to the ceiling.

"Say X…" Cecilia stopped and looked at him.

"Yes?" X asked, looking at her.

"…Have you ever thought about how we're going to restore my family's fortune in 21XX?" Cecilia looked slightly away, blushing.

"Hmm…" X put the bags down and began to think about it. "Well… What if we invest in some food making? We can open a restaurant chain line and I can provide some recipes, but you need to cook them on your own. I can't cook food all the time, you know."

"You're right… Ichika-san used to teach me how to cook before he…" Cecilia doesn't want to say it as she looked down sadly.

"…I can teach you how to cook. With the right training, you can learn from both what Ichika and me taught you. I'm sure you can do it." X smiled slightly.

"Thank you, X." Cecilia looked up with a soft smile. "You're right, I shouldn't dwell on the past. We will restore the Alcott Fortune. I just know we will." Suddenly, they heard a girl's scream.

"Sounds like someone is in trouble!" X gasped as he placed the bags in his subspace pocket.

"Let's go check it out!" Cecilia nodded as she and X rushed towards the scene.

Outside of Macy's, they see a 12 year old girl who wore a rich girl's outfit, but the odd thing about her are the cat hairclips on her head and two maids surrounded by 10 Mavericks. But the first maid has short blond hair and an eyepatch over her right eye and the second maid has longish red hair and a small scar on her lower left cheek.

"Mavericks!" X growled as he readies his X-Buster.

"And look at their symbols on their shoulders! They're part of the X-Hunters!" Cecilia frowned as she switched to her RepArmor and got her Cecilia-Buster to fire at one of the 10 Mavericks, destroying one. "I'll get those three people to safety! You take care of the Mavericks, X!" She flew in and got the three people to safety.

"Roger!" X nodded as the nine remaining Maverick Soldiers opened fire on him. He switched to Overdrive Ostrich's weapon and fired it, the attacks sliced through them and destroyed them.

X walked up to the three people. "Everyone alright?" X asked, checking for any wounds.

"We sure are! Thanks to you, mister blue hero!" The little girl smiled brightly. "I haven't introduced myself. My name is Antonia Lirimonie Norfedras Papanorgas Arecroteles Cnorses Morfenoss." Antonia bowed lightly.

'That's a really long last name…' X sighed.

"My name is Sara. One of Miss Antonia's maids. You have my thanks, blue hero." Sara bowed lightly in gratitude.

"My name is Maya, also one of Miss Antonia's maids. You too have my thanks, mystery heroes." Maya also did the same.

'The same first name as our substitute teacher at IS Academy…' Cecilia thought to herself as images of Maya Yamada smiling flashed back in her head.

"it's not safe if you encounter these Mavericks. Shall we escort you home?" X offered, Cecilia nodded in agreement.

"That's the thing. This place doesn't look familiar to us. It's called Neo Tokyo, right? It's nothing like the Tokyo I know back home." Antonia placed her hands on her hips and looked around with a sad frown.

'Wait, could she and her maids come from another universe?' X thought to himself.

"Can you tell us more about yourself, Antonia?" Cecilia asked in a motherly tone.

"I'm the leader of the Underside of Kitten Paw! We worship cats because they're sooooooo cute!" Antonia drooled as hearts appeared around her.

"Cats are sooooooo cute?" X titled his head in confusion. "Well, anyway, why don't you come with us back to our home?"

"You sure you don't mind?" Sara questioned.

"I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is MegaMan X, but call me X." X smiled.

"I'm Cecilia Alcott, nice to meet you Antonia and friends." Cecilia closed her eyes and smiled.

"It's nice to meet you two!" Antonia closed her eyes and smiled. "Okay, lead us to your place, Sir X and Lady Cecilia."

"Alright." X nodded with a smile as he escorted Antonia and her maids to X Estate.

(X Estate, 10:00 AM)

"We're home!" X called out. "And we brought some more guests for the household!""

"Welcome back, X and Cecilia-chan!" Eris greeted as she finished watching TV and walked up to them. "…Hmm?" She noticed Antonia and her maids.

Antonia gasped happily as she ran up to Eris and hugged her. "Queen Eris! I missed you so much! We meet again, my favorite cat person!" She squealed.

"What the?" X blinked. "You two know each other?"

"Err… Yeah, she and I go way back when we first met." Eris chuckled nervously.

"I see… Why don't you explain it to us when everyone gets here?" Cecilia smiled nervously with a sweat drop.

To be continued…

Next chapter: Bubble Crab: The Second Zero Part and Second Duel with Orihime

A/N: How was the chapter? Anyway, next up is Bubble Crab and the duel with Violen and Orihime to win back the second part of Zero. So stay tuned for more Mega updates.