Love Alia!
Chapter 12
"Aw Crap!"
By MEGAMANX411

Morning had come pretty quickly for Mega Man X. The morning sunlight gently cascaded through the window and greeted his waking, and his face was warmed due to the presence of the beautiful light. As he slowly rose, thoughts of the previous night came flooding back into him. He remembered the events of yesterday vividly, and as such, it brought a smile to his face. However, his face did get a little red when he remembered his time at the fireworks show. However, his supposedly pleasant morning was interrupteddue to the presence of somone from his work.

"Hey X! Get up!" shouteda voice.

"Oh my God! I swear Alia, I didn't do anything!" X screamed, shielding his head.

X then realized that the voice obviously didn't belong to Alia, let alone a female. He slowly removed his hands and looked up to see Signas smiling back at him.

Uh oh, he thought.

Signas looked back at X, his expression not changing at all. A smile remained plastered on his face, and it looked a bit on the creepy side actually. But more importantly, X got the feeling he knew what this meant. He was going to have to go back! This was the moment that he thought would never come at the start of the trip...but as he got further into his vacation, it was a moment he began to dread. This couldn't be happening already. Not after what happened last night. X didn't know what to do, all he knew was that he had to get out of there.

"See ya!" he shouted, jumping out the nearby window.

Signas just stood there with a confused look emerging on his face. He thought X would be ecstatic to get back to work. Why X would do something as rash as jumping out the window to escape was beyond Signas. He scratched his head and looked around the room.

"Well...I guess I'll just inform the others first," he muttered, walking out the room.

Meanwhile, X was running around the back of the resort, frantically thinking of a plan. He thought maybe he could get the others and formulate some way to refuse Signas. He didn't know what to do. Part of him was saying it would be better to submit and just go back to work. The other side was saying that he should spend some more time with his friends. All of this was giving him a splitting headache, mostly because it was so sudden and nearly unreal. But before X knew it, he ran smack into Zero.

"Owwww!"

"X, what the--" Zero stammered.

"Zero, what are you--" X replied.

"You saw Signas too?" they both asked simultaneously.

"Crap."

It turned out that Zero had the same idea X did. He jumped out the window to avoid Signas as well, and then began running frantically running around the resort. Both hunters had no idea what to do. And little did they know that Axl's window was just above where they were standing.

"Look out below!" shouted the young hunter.

Unfortunately for X and Zero, they failed to hear Axl's warning. By the time they looked up, they noticed the rookie hunter falling down on them both. A flurry of anime-like expression ensued, complete with sweat-drops and swirly-eyes. After the dust cloud cleared away, the three hunters were knocked out cold in a pretzel formation. They quickly regained composure and got back up.

"Axl...you saw him too?" Zero asked.

"Yeah. I got so freaked out, I just decided to jump out the window..." Axl muttered, his voice trailing.

"Now that you mention it, maybe we should stand under one of the girl's windows to see if they have the same idea..." offered Zero.

"Hehehe..." Axl replied, rubbing his hands together.

"Aw, come on you two!" X shouted. "This is no time for thinking like that!"

"X, don't you want to be like Alia's knight in shining blue armor?" Zero teased.

X immediately blushed and turned away. He began to formulate various scenarios in his head, and started thinking about the possible consequences for his actions. On one hand, she might regard his attempt as noble...on the other hand, she might think of him as a pervert.

"Ah, I have no time for this! I'll go get Alia, you two, get the others!" X shouted, running to Alia's window.

Just as X arrived, he noticed that Alia was about to jump out the window.

Huh...kind of funny howmy timing was exactly right...nevermind that I guess, he thought.

"Alia!" he shouted, "jump down, I'll catch you!"

Alia then jumped out of her window, obviously to avoid Signas. X caught her and tried to have a valiant look appear on his face, but much to his dismay, he lost his balance and fell over.

"Oof...you're actually a bit heavier than I thought..." X muttered, accidentally narrating his thoughts out loud.

"What was that?" Alia shouted, giving X a hard glare.

"N-n-n-nothing!" he replied, rubbing the back of his head.

"So, how did you know that I would jump out the window?" Alia asked, changing the subject.

"It was a hunch. You saw Signas too, didn't you?" X asked.

"Yeah, I did. Scared me nearly to death," she replied.

"Well, Zero and Axl are getting the others. Not sure what we'll do after that," X answered.

"I can't believe he's already back here to get us..." Alia replied.

X knew exactly how Alia was feeling. Now that he had finally accepted the idea of taking a vacation, he had to go back...that was really uncalled for. The very description of irony was running through his mind. At the very least, he thought that Signas could've given him some form of warning. He didn't know how long he could evade his superior officer, however. At that time, Zero, Axl, Pallette, and Layer showed up all looking a bit distressed.

"Hey X. We have everyone here...what now?" Axl asked.

"Um...well, let's head for the train station. Maybe we can lose him there," X offered.

"But where do we go from there?" Layer asked.

"I don't know, but we better get going if we want to avoid him," X replied.

The entire group started dashing towards the local train station, going as fast as they possibly could.Soon enough, the group reached the train station, and they all boarded the nearest train. Apparently, it was bound for the city of Tokyo (assuming that Tokyo still exists in that time, and that it is close to the place where Maverick Hunter HQ is located).

"Whew...finally..." Pallette huffed, looking out the window.

All of the sudden, a voice came over the loudspeaker. A voice that filled the 6 reploids with dread.

"Well, I thought you might try to escape. If you don't want to come back, then that must mean you've been having a good trip. And if you have had a good trip, that must mean you've relaxed a little...which in turn means you can go back to work. Don't worry, we're on our way back to Maverick Hunter HQ right now," Signas announced.

"Aw crap!" X shouted.

"I'm gonna kill him. I swear I'm gonna kill him!" Zero screamed, running for the door.

Pallette, Axl, and Layer then barred Zero's way and tried to hold him back.

"Zero, calm down," Alia began, "we need to think of a way out of this..."

"I think I have a plan. I've never used a vacation day once in my life..." X replied.

"So? What good does that do us?" Axl asked.

"Well...I have roughly 100+ days of vacation time still. I'll try and allow Signas to divide that time amongst us so we can continue our vacation!" X shouted, his eyes gleaming with the light of victory.

"Excellent idea X!" Alia shouted, smiling brightly.

X took a deep breath, looked to his friends for support, and walked towards the front of the train where Signas was supposedly at. He ran his plan through his mind over and over, trying to get it straight. As soon as he reached Signas, he saw his boss sitting down in one of those swivel chairs.

"So...you've come," Signas began.

"Yes. I wanted to make a deal with you," X answered.

"I know. I already know what it's about. Your precious vacation time..." Signas answered.

X's face grew pale. He didn't care for Signas' tone, and he was a bit worried that his plan would be shot down. He needed a trump card, something to make things go his way. That's whenhe rememberedhis contract! X's face instantly lit up, and his eyes beamed with pride. He knew that with this, he would be able to continue things the way they were going...for at least a little while longer.

"OK Signas. Take a look at this," X replied, pulling out a piece of paper.

"What is that?" Signas asked.

"This is my contract. In it, it is stated that you must honor my own vacation days. You assumed that I was so uptight I'd never use them, but not this time!" X shouted, sticking out his tongue.

Signas' face faulted.

"Crap."

And thus, X had won. Victory was his. He, Alia, Zero, Axl, Layer, and Pallette could continue their vacation for a bit longer. They would have some more time together. Not only that, they all felt a little changed from their experiences. X, especially. He felt a bit more impulsive now, and he felt more attuned to his emotions than before. He truly valued his friends before, but now, he had a newfound appreciation of them due to seeing them in a new light. Zero had also dealt with some of his own emotions, mostly regarding his past. Alia had also battled her own feelings, and finally admitted that she did feel something for X. Layer finally admitted her own feelings, Pallette admitted her wrongs, and Axl...well, he had fun. That was the important part.

So...they would continue to have fun just a little while longer. And they'd probably carry some of this fun back over to their work once it was finally time to go back home. Signas had achieved his goal. His staff was no longer too uptight. They all realized the true value of spending some quality time together. They still knew they'd be needed back at Maverick Hunter HQ eventually, obviously, so they kept up a watch of any important events toknow when they needed to return. They'd just have fun in the meantime.

The End.


Well...that's it. I'm not sure if this ending is the very best way to end it, but I just felt it was right. For this fanfic, I kind of wanted to give a Love Hina feel to some aspects of Mega Man X, but still integrate other elements to it. Some parts were more serious, others were funny...anyway, I sincerely hope you guys liked it. I really appreciate all of the reviews that you guys have written into me thus far, you've helped me to write more. Perhaps I will write a story similar to this one day, or something like it. Thank you all again!