Chaos seemed bothered, X noted. She seemed upset, and troubled. Not only Chaos, but Zero and Tiffany, at least. The Bloodskulls had disbanded, but remained friends. Some became Hunters, some worked around, but there was one who selfishly told the Mavericks all the plans to the base, in hopes that their life would be saved. Jay.
Chaos and Chamberlin had been talking. Chaos sighed, and then walked away. "What's wrong?" X asked, coming up to her.
Chaos's eyes moved in his direction, but the rest of her body stayed still. "The leader of the Hunters is retiring."
X was startled. "But he was good! And besides, it's not his fault the Repliforce left! And he meant well by trying to keep them here-"
Chaos snapped around. "No, I agree with him," she snarled. "The Repliforce was a good group. They were judged as Mavericks wrongly, and then, when they wanted to leave because their pride was wounded, it was judged as a bad action by Cain and you were sent to stop it. It's not going to work that way. They would have been fine in space."
"But Sigma-"
"You fell straight into his plans, X." She disappeared, probably to think things out in her room. X sighed. Tiffany had joined for that reason, probably to get back at Jay. Chamberlin came up to him. "Well, I think she'd make a fine leader." Chamberlin rubbed her neck, where she had once been bitten by a Vampire. "Yessiree, that Chaos can see it all."
X leaned up against the door to his room. "I don't know… If she did, I think Havoc would be in charge, and that's something they both can't do at all."
Chamberlin nodded. "But, until a new leader can be found, she'll be the general." She tossed up some garlic. X involuntarily cringed. Chamberlin laughed.
"Chaos hates war. I can see it, but she's perfect as a general. She's calm, she can take care of herself, and she's brilliant."
"She can also hear when two people talk about her, has lived billions of years, and can blow away this entire universe."
X jumped along with Chamberlin. Chaos appeared through his door, like a ghost, and stood tall, the same uniform she always wore. She had bangs on the side of her face, but stopped right below were a human ear would be, she had two cat-ears, she wore a shoulder pad, and instead of pants she wore a skort. The rest of the uniform was the mandatory stuff, but because she would be a temporary job, she wasn't issued a new uniform. It was a good thing, too, as she would probably give it to her cougars as some sort of chewing toy.
She started walking, and X and Chamberlin followed. "Erif doesn't wish to be disturbed, but he does want me to promote a rookie."
Chamberlin and X stared blankly at Chaos. Chaos shrugged. "I'm supposed to train him. But, I can't. That's interfering with the timeline. I believe that Erif has already spoken to him about it."
"Well, aren't there several people who could-"
Chaos smiled. "No, I think I might, but not even personally. I'd just be running things, but he'd have different teachers."
X stopped. "Teachers?"
Chamberlin hit him. "Do you think he'd just go from Rookie to Top General? Get a reality check."
Chaos opened the training room door. Inside were a bunch of rookies, but one seemed to stand out the most. He held himself high, seemed arrogant, and was giving the teacher hell. Another rookie, dressed in black, (and looked really cute, Chamberlin thought), shook his head at the smart-mouthed kid.
"Kyro," the teacher warned, "Get back to training or you'll be sweeping bathrooms."
"Problem?" Chaos asked, coming up to them. X and Chamberlin stayed where they were; Chaos could handle herself well enough. Kyro didn't salute, but the teacher did. Then, the teacher announced, "This is Chaos, and she will be Top General until the new one is fully ready."
The class turned and saluted. Many were shocked; was this the same Chaos that had given them contraband, helped them sneak out, and was saving their skins from Mavericks 24/7? She smiled at the group and then said, "At ease." The group of rookies looked at each other and began to train some more.
"This is the top class?" she asked, looking around. "They're pretty good."
"Pretty good, nothing," Kyro said, "We're better than the B class."
Chaos's eyes flickered. "Yes, are you better than X?" she asked pointing. Kyro sunk back. Everyone knew X was one of the best Hunters, but because he hated fighting he asked to be in the B class. Kyro knew quite well that he didn't stand a chance against X.
She nodded. "Then train, train, until you are the best," she said, smiling at him. Kyro gave a small sigh of relief and went back to his station. Chaos rolled her eyes. "Any more trouble, tell me about it." The teacher nodded, and then said, "He's right over there."
Chaos's head turned to a rookie dressed in black. According to the files, his CPU still wasn't quite developed, but he kept his head in the calm, was quite brilliant, and had the potential to be one of the best leaders. According to Chaos's files, Signas was going to be the Top General, was brilliant, and sure did keep his head in a calm.
"Signas, come with me," she said in a sharp tone.
Signas nodded, and then walked with her back to X and Chamberlin.
