RockMan Zero
Makenai Ai ga Kitto Aru
Saiko Zero

Wow, I know that it's been a while since I've posted the next chapter to this fanfiction, but I've been rather busy. Just when I thought that summer would give me the chance to sit back in my cool room and type fanfiction, I have to go out and work. Anyways, here's the next chapter to "Makenai Ai ga Kitto Aru". Thank you all for coming back and reading! I'm out then…

Disclaimer: Hmm… I don't anything related to RockMan and if there are any likenesses to any story or character, it is purely coincidental, unless otherwise specified.


Makenai Ai ga Kitto Aru
Chapter: Fragile Heart

T'was a day like any other in the Resistance Base and as usual, Ciel was sitting at her desk with her transparent visor over his eyes doing research. Raising her hand up to the floating clear screen, she dragged it to the side placing it on hold and opened up another screen in front of her with a simple snap of her fingers. Typing a bit more here, and then moving to another screen typing some more there, and then she was finished!

Hearing the door to her room slide open, Ciel pushed the button on the side of her visor causing the clear cerulean tinted lens over her eyes to slide back into place. Turning around on her comfy spinning chair, she found Zero leaning against the side of the door to the entrance, arms folded across his armored chest.

"You've been researching for the past two hours, aren't you going to take a break, Ciel?" Zero asked.

"…I was just finishing up just now, Zero. Don't worry. The only way that I can help you during battle is through the research I do. Take a look at this…" Ciel stated.

The young girl slid four transparent-blinking screens in front of Zero placing them next to each other in a side-by-side fashion. Nodding a bit, she activated her visor letting the lens slide over her vision once more. Sliding her chair over to the controls, she flipped a switch and the lights went out leaving the blinking screens on in front of Zero. As he adjusted his vision to the darkness of the room, he focused his attention on the four familiar figures.

"The four generals under the command of Copy X." Zero stated.

"Right."

Ciel spun her chair around and then faced Zero, gazing at him through the glowing lens. Folding her arms across her chest, she called out a command for the computer to follow and then the image of a sapphire and pearl armored female general moved forward causing Zero to avert his attention from the others… Luckily for Zero, the lights were out and Ciel wouldn't really be able to see that he was fixed mostly upon the picture of the girl he met earlier on.

"This is Leviathan…" Ciel paused for a moment.

She remembered about a week back that when Zero met her, he was quite… Dazed by her. The young girl's expression showed irritation. This was when she finally noticed that he was a bit spaced out once more looking only at the picture of the tempting female general instead of looking at the data. Poofing one side of her cheek for a moment, she felt ignored.

"Are you listening to me, Zero?" Ciel asked.

"…Hnnmm…?"

"Zero…!" she exclaimed.

"Aah! S-Sorry, y-yes… Of course I'm listening Ciel…" he replied.

Feeling irritated somewhat, she regretted starting out with giving Zero the info to Leviathan. But since she already started, she might as well have finished it and get it over with. Sitting back on her chair, her body remained tense the whole time she briefed Zero about her.

"She joined up with Copy X after she was unable to defeat him. There was no reason that I could find why she was fighting with the replica, but I think that she was someone that supported the resistance cause secretly or had a different agenda… She commands the force of water and ice, so take caution if you fight her…"

"Mmhmm…" Zero nodded.

Spacing out once again, Zero stared at the image of Leviathan more carefully. It seemed that he was gazing the curves and… Well, to be put decently, her chest. Ciel noticed this after she finished speaking, sighed. There was no point in getting upset, as it would only repeat again. She didn't know what Leviathan had that she didn't. For a moment, it was actually quiet between the two of them.

Ciel really cared for Zero and even though she got upset or frustrated for Zero showing interest in another girl, she couldn't really tell Zero whom to like. What right did she have to tell her whom he could like…? Rather, love? A small pang of pain struck her in the heart as she faltered in speaking anymore at the moment. Getting up slowly, she turned away from Zero and then turned on the lights once more dragging the screens back to its rightful place.

"I think we're finished for now…" Ciel sighed.

The young girl took her short sleeved jacket and then her white gloves putting them on.

"H-Huh…?"

Zero seemed to snap out of it finally and then looked to Ciel with obvious confusion. He tilted his head to the side expressing curiosity. Blinking his eyes a few times, he kept a steady gaze on Ciel. She didn't really say anything much else as she headed for the door.

"We can continue later, Zero… Excuse me, I'll take that little break you were worrying so much for me to take…" she whispered.

As she walked up to him, she gazed up to him with a smile. However, Zero knew that she wasn't really smiling sincerely, rather, there was something wrong. He already knew what it was, but he felt too bad to even say anything to her. She nodded a bit and then walked past the crimson warrior without so much as a word.

"I'll see you later, okay?"

Zero nodded. There was nothing he could do now that he had upset her. It was different from other times when she was frustrated with him and threw items like her shoe or even hit him with a fan for being insensitive. He knew that he screwed up this time, but somehow, even he began to feel in his heart that he had to be more careful with her fragile heart…

When he realized that he had been there alone for quite some time, he just slumped to the ground leaning his back against the wall. Zero didn't know why, but he felt tired… Perhaps it was partially physical exhaustion, but for the most part, it was mentally and emotionally. Gazing up at the ceiling that was now a shade of a warm mixture of orange and white, the exhausted crimson fighter sighed.

"…I'm such a screw-up…"

Meanwhile outside…

Ciel gazed about as she took a walk along the outskirts of the Resistance Base. She knew that it was a little far off from the sight of others, but the young girl wanted to be alone at the moment. Arriving at a little secluded forest of cherry blossom trees, she found solace sitting on the soft ground leaning back against a tree. As she closed her lavender tinted eyes; she exhaled for a moment feeling another pang in her heart.

(I know that he doesn't do this on purpose, he can't help it. Leviathan is just so… Alluring.) Ciel thought.

Opening her eyes, she stood up slowly and then gazed about once more. Finding that it was getting late, she felt that she should be heading back now before it got dark. Taking one final gaze at the setting sun, she turned around and then stopped all of a sudden as her eyes widened.

"…N-No…" Ciel whispered as she stepped back.

A familiar black and white armored figure stood in front of Ciel with a blank expression for a second. Following the next second, a grin played on his expression as he began to make a run to her. Ciel turned around quickly and then began to run away as fast as possible from the enemy reploid. However, her efforts were futile as the ninja-like reploid caught up to her and then wrapped his arms around her firmly placing a cloth soaked in a sleeping medicine over her nose and mouth. The young girl struggled as best she could to break free, but she knew already that it was hopeless…

A feeling of sleepiness followed and her whole body began to feel heavy and her mind floating. She struggled a few more moments and then gave up as her body gave in to the feeling of just wanting to sleep. The young girl's vision began to blur as tears formed in her eyes. As she closed her eyes, the teardrops fell to the ground amongst the array of cherry blossoms.

"Ze…ro…"

End Chapter: Fragile Heart

So sorry everyone that it's taking me so long to post up the following chapters, but I'll try to find some time soon enough to post more and more chapters to this fanfiction you all have come to know and love (or hate, hopefully not). Well, till next time everyone…
"Koko ni ite… Koko ni… Iru yo…"
("Please be here with me… I am here with you…")