Zero stared at the door in front of him, more then slightly confused. Why had X done that? He was only saying the truth.

Is it the truth though, really? The thought was nagging him, burning into the back of his mind. Was it really the truth, or did it just seem that way? Did he really love X? He had only just found out she was female, so why this sudden feeling? Unless he had unknowingly been in love even when he thought X was male...

He shook his head. Man, now is not the time to be thinking about things like that. Sighing, he started to walk back to his own apartment when he realized he still had X's book in his hand.

He stared at it for a few moments. It was light green with an imprinted design around the side of it. Squinting, he realized that is was a vine of some sort. There was nothing else on it.

He knew he should return the book to her and he started to turn back around when a sudden wave of anger made him stop. She was the one who had thrown the book at him. She should come and get it back! Nodding at this decision, he continued to his apartment.

Upon arriving there, he threw the book carelessly on a counter. It fluttered open, and he could clearly see a picture of him. Frowning, he picked the photo up to get a closer look. It was from awhile ago when he and X had decided to have some fun and go downtown. He was wearing a loose black T-shirt and jeans, and was laughing in the picture. He didn't remember her ever having a camera with her, let alone taking pictures.

What is this book? Curios, he opened to the first page. There, in bold printing, were the words:

This Diary is the property of MegaMan X Yakasa Gamma Light

Do Not Touch

TOUCH AND DIE!!!!!!!

It was obvious that the bottom part of it had been written at a later date. Smiling slightly at that, he turned the page. There was the first entry, something short that barely covered three lines of the paper.

March 17, 2147 AD

Today, Cain gave me this Diary. He says that I should write in this everyday, saying what happened. I do not quite understand the purpose of this. Will I not remember all that has happened to me?

Zero cringed after reading that. Woah, X was seriously lacking in personality back then. Seeing that the next couple pages were of similar entries, he flipped through it until something caught his eye.

September 21, 2147 AD

I WILL KILL CAIN IF IT IS THE LAST THING I DO!

Zero stared at that entry for a while. There was something familiar about that date.... oh, wait. That was when Cain decided it would be good for both of them if they shared a room. He remembered that X had been really pissed, and that she had started a huge fight with Cain later that evening. He couldn't understand it at the time, but now it made sense.

He laughed quietly to himself. X would murder him if she knew that she was reading her diary right now. He picked the diary up from the counted and carried it out into his living room, where he sat down on a large sofa. Making himself comfortable, he opened back up to the same page, and read the next entry.

September 22, 2147 AD

Okay, so maybe I blew up a little in the last entry. But damnit, Cain makes me sooooo mad! I mean, he knows that I can't stand that insensitive little prick! Well, okay, so he's not so little. And he is hot. BUT ALL THE MORE REASON TO MAKE SURE I STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM HIM! And now, I'm living with him! Living with an obnoxious jerk that's hot. Oh man, if he doesn't figure out that I'm a girl before I finally get my own room back, he will easily classified as the worlds most dense ass. Shit, he's coming. g2g before he sees me writing, and wonders what this is.

Insensitive little prick? Did she call him an insensitive little prick? A jerk? That he was hot? Zero didn't know whether to be amused, angry, or afraid right at that moment. So he decided to think about something else: her writing is horrible! I can barely read this! How did it get this bad? The answer was obvious, though. She had gained more personality.

Grinning, he flipped past the next couple entries and picked one at random to read:

October 5, 2147 AD

Okay, some big guy upstairs is out to get me, I swear. See, I just found out who my Commander's going to be. Yeah, you guessed it. Zero. The hottie whom I'm roomed with. Who is the world's most dense guy. He practically caught me undressing, and he didn't notice anything! Dear lords! I'm rather grateful I'm flat chested, or else even dense-ass would have figured it out by now. Shit, he watching me right now. I knew I should have waited until later. Now I hafta make sure he doesn't decided to look at this... should I drool in here? Eww, that'd be gross. Well, if he does, hopefully the first few entries will just bore him to death, and make him close it. Just in case, I better put you under my mattress when he's not looking. Sigh. Crap, now he's really watching me. Should I just put you down and quit writing? Augh! He has no life! Why else would he spend fifteen minutes watching someone writing! ... he's gone now, thank god.

I had seen her undressing? He didn't remember that, although maybe it was the fact that he had thought she was male that made him forget. I am not dense! ... okay, maybe I am. But I can't be that dense, can I? Sighing, he flipped open to another page.

October 24, 2147 AD

Oh no, it's happened. Commander Sigma went Maverick and.... the Mavericks, oh god! This is horrible! Vile went with him, and so did others. Even Chill Penguin followed. Chill, whom I thought was one of my best friends! No, this isn't happening, this can't be!

That entry brought horrible memories back to him. He remember X's face when she had found out what had happened. She had been so mad; she left right then and followed them. Zero had to run as fast as he could to save her sorry little ass from being destroyed by Vile. Even so, she had been badly damaged, both physically and mentally. It took him forever to convince her that it wasn't totally her fault that she had lost, and that she would get stronger, and that she should continue to fight. He hadn't really believed himself when he had said that, but she did. Or maybe she didn't, he didn't know.

The next couple entries had been ripped out. He saw the jagged ends of the paper, and wondered what she had written. And the entry after that was so horrible mutilated that he couldn't make out a single word. All he could see was the date: the 21st of November. What had happened then that made her so upset that ruined whatever she had written? It looked like she had poured a cup of water over that page!

The 21st of November... why couldn't he remember what happened? It had to be near the end of the First Maverick war, so....

He dropped the book from his hands. He was dead. That was why. He couldn't remember what had happened because he hadn't been around when it happened. And he was what had happened. He was dead.

He felt something warm and wet on his cheek, and he wiped it away with his hand. He was crying. Why.... why am I crying? Because it hurts to remember, or because X cared so much? Or... both?

Biting his lower lip, he picked the book up and turned to the next entry.

November 26, 2147 AD

The... the war with the Mavericks is over. I killed Sigma. And Chill, Spark, Sting, Flame, Launch, Storm, Boomer, and Armored.... and Zero. I killed Zero. I don't care what they say, it's my fault he's dead! I could have done something! I. Killed. Zero. I. Killed. Myself.

He swallowed after reading that. She wasn't lying in that letter. She really did feel like part of her died. And she really did care that much... about an insensitive prick. He closed his eyes and felt more tears rolling down his face. This is making me too depressed! Damn, isn't there something happy in here? He flipped to the middle of the diary and read the entry there.

July 7, 2148 AD

I still can't believe that Zero is really back! He really is! I... man, I know I've said this before, but I can't believe it! He's alive!

Not only that, but he doesn't blame me in the slightest. I still blame myself, but atleast he doesn't blame me! Aaand, guess what! He took me out today! No, not like that. Not even close to that. I mean, he still thinks I'm a guy. But it was more to celebrate that fact that he's alive now.

We went out to this restaurant… it was all rather fancy. Scared the crap outa me, I'm not used to stuff like that! The waitress though that we were a couple. That Zero was the girl, and I was the guy. Of course, Zero promptly straightened her out, but it was rather funny. In more then one way. I was really the girl while he was the guy! I wish we were a couple, though. But that's never going to happen. At least I can be happy with how close I am to him.

Zero smiled as he remembered that day. He had felt X was acting too depressed, so to cheer him up, he had taken her out. As he has suspected, she didn't get out much, and was totally shocked when she saw the restaurant. Which actually wasn't that fancy at all. Showed how much she knew. He flipped to another page.

July 27, 2148 AD

I met Alia for the first time today. She's replacing Cain when it comes to repairing me. Guess he got too old for that.

Neeways, I rather happy about that. Alia, well, is female. And is the only other person who knows that I am female. Which is cool, cause I can talk to her. Like a girl. Wow, that was rather redundant. But still, I'm really overly happy. Okay, so I can't express my emotion that well. Sigh. Okay, nothing else important happened today. No wait, Zero's been acting really weird lately. I'll walk into the room, and if he's been talking, he'll shut up. And if I try to talk to him, he'll either walk away or snap at me. Wonder what's eating him.

Nothing in that entry sounded familiar to him. He did remember when Alia came, but she had been rather shy and withdrawn, not talking much to anyone. Too bad she wasn't like that today… Shaking his head, he flipped forward some more.

August 18, 2148 AD

Okay, I really, really hate that known as Sigma. Really, I do. He's died two freaking times already, and yet he's come back! And is trying to kill all of humanity again. Sigh. Really, that's a bugger. This means I have to go fight him AGAIN. And get my butt whooped AGAIN. At least Zero is here this time, and will actually help.

The start of the third Maverick war… Zero paused and put the diary down to think. The third war… he remembered that. The end of it. When he had that feeling… that he would end up destroying X somehow… Without thinking, he began to laugh. Not happy laughter, but more hysterical. Maybe I was right. I mean, I'm destroying X right now, aren't I? Not in the sense you would think, but the same thing.

It took him a few moments to return to a semi-normal state of being. Shutting his eyes, he held his breath for a few moments, then let it out. The laughter stopped; he wished the thoughts did. Picking the book back up, he flipped around some more.

September 27, 2148 AD

Wee! Today was fun. Cain decided that both me and Alia had been working to hard, so he let us have the day off. Alia then introduced me to shopping. Or what she calls real shopping. I never knew malls could be so dangerous… heehee. On a side note, I now also own three new T-shirts, a new pair of pants, and new shoes. Which I needed. I also went to a book story, and was able to get a lot more Piers Anthony novels. I dun care what Alia says, they're good! Naaaah! I also scared the crap out of some poor old ladies when I jumped from the second floor to the first. Almost landed on their heads. Wasn't my fault they were there, was it? Oh… Okay, so I did something wrong. Sue me.

Nothing else of importance, cept Zero's a jerk again. I think dying has finally caught up to him. Heehee… My good mood can't be ruined by anything right now! Cool!

He laughed slightly. It was hard to see X shopping, even as a girl. It was even harder to imagine her all hyper. She just always seemed so… calm. Or sad. A small smile worked its way onto his face. She seemed so happy back then… not at all the way she seemed now. He flipped open to another page.

October 13, 2148 AD

Today was a Friday, making it Friday the 13th. Supposedly, according to human legend, this is the day for bad luck. Hell yeah, bad luck abounds.

First thing, I woke up an hour late today. Which meant I had to run, and I mean run, to make it on time to begin the training of my unit. Then, I had forgotten something, I really can't remember what, back here, which is not even close to the training center. So I had to run all the way back here to grab. And that's when I saw her.

Iris.

GAH! Even thinking about her makes me want to puke. Acting so innocent and nice; anyone can see that that's all just an act. And worst of all, she's pawing my guy! Zero! Okay, so maybe he thinks I'm male right now, but that will change some day! And until then, hands off! Jeeze… Then only reason Zero's probably even remotely interested is because she's the younger sister of Colonel. He might win favors through that.

Zero blushed as he read that. Partly, that was true, although she was rather well, um, endowed. But, that wasn't the only reason I went out with her!… was it? Now that he thought about, Iris had the personality of a grapefruit. Maybe that was why he had gone out with her. Blushing even more, he decided to skip waaay ahead, and read some more there. Oddly enough, most of the pages he passed were blank.

February 14, 2149 AD

Today's Valentines Day. Ya know, the happy day to celebrate the one you love. Well, for me, this day is just totally screwed over. Why? Well, let me count the ways

The one I would like to be celebrating this with isn't interested in me Even if he were, he would think I'm a guy which… ewww He's interested in a snivvling little wench that He just killed so It would not be a good idea to talk to him about anything much right now.

I mean, all he does anymore is mope. SHE WASN'T THAT SPECIAL! GAAAAAAAH! I really, really want to bash his head in about now. Grrr…

Woah… she really didn't like Iris that much, did she? He sighed. X never did seem pleased when she was around, although he never noticed it, and when he did, he always brushed it off as being caused by something else. He was an ass for not noticing it.

The next entry was dated a couple months after that one. In fact… he frowned. It was two days ago. Or maybe three, he wasn't sure. She hadn't written for a while.

May 2, 2149

… I'm falling… no one cares… I cry… they don't here… I'm lost… help me… please… help me… help me….help me….help me…

That entry chilled him more then anything else he had read. Help me… she had been desperate.. and no one had noticed. To a point, no one had cared. It made him sick to think that someone could be that alone, that lost, and no one would see it. Yeah… and we here at the Hunters are supposed to be helping people, and yet we don't notice when one of our own is suffering. Upset, he turned the page to see if there was anything else. To his surprise, there was one. Dated today.

I am not putting that one in again… you can re-read the second chapter… yes, I'm lazy

He came to a decision after reading that. Grabbing a pen, he quickly scrawled something in the next blank page, praying that X would read, and wouldn't just rip it out because it was from him. Grabbing his coat, he left.

Half an hour later, he was back in his own apartment, praying that she would read the note.

AN: Kee! I was being rushed by someone whom's name I shall not mention (Becca…), so the ending may be a tad weak. Sorry! ^-^ Yes, there is a chapter 4. But no more after that! I have too many other stories I wanna write!