Sorry, that was horrible. Well, I've never done this before, so bear with me.

Chapter 2 Love and War

"Hrrgghhh!" The air in front of Zero crackled as his energy shield sprang to life. As the shots reflected, both figures were knocked out.

"What is this?!" X shouted. "They look just like me!"

"They are previous models," explained Ciel, "the younger one was made by your creator, Dr. Light. The other was made by a friend of Dr. Wily, Zero's creator. The Reploids abducted by the Mavericks are the enemies of these two. That's all we know so far."

"I guess we'd better get to work preparing them," Zero said. "I'll go set up our weapons," X said over his shoulder as he headed to the lab.

"Zero, can I speak to you for a moment?" asked Ciel. "Sure," Zero said curiously. As Ciel came over, he couldn't help but wonder what this was about. "Oh, Zero!" Ciel sobbed as she threw her arms around him.

"Huh…?"

"I was so worried about you that whole time you were fighting for peace. I thought I would lose you for sure," she cried.

"It's okay. I can take care of myself," Zero said as he put his arm around her, reassuringly. "I know, but if something were to happen… I don't know what I'd do. Zero, to tell you the truth, I love you!"

At that moment, Zero understood. This was why she acted so strangely whenever he left. "Ciel…" As she looked deep into his eyes, she saw the truth. As he leaned down to kiss her, X walked in.

"Everything's read…" Suddenly, Zero and Ciel flung apart. Uhhhh… Zero was helping me get a smudge of my nose," Ciel stammered, embarrassed.

As Zero and X walked to the room where the two Mega Man's were being prepared, X couldn't help but comment, "What was that all about?"

"It was nothing," replied Zero, but in his heart, he knew this was not true. Well, this was the least of his troubles, if the situation was half as bad as it sounded.

"Time traveling technology!?" he thought, despairingly.

"Zero!" X snapped his fingers in front of Zero's face. "You sure you're okay?" "Yeah, fine. Let's see these new recruits." X shared these worries as they walked off to the tech room.

I don't have enough time to make these long, but I'm doing my best. I would really, really like suggestions on how to improve, so please review!