Plasma Rain looked down at the now crumpled armor form.

It read "For regulation and safety reasons you must be fitted with new armor. Please just fill out this simple form."

"Regulation reasons?" Plasma Rain muttered.

Zero looked up and saw Plasma Rain walking to his new quarters. The new hunter had small metal handles in slots of some unknown alloy attached to the chest of his seemingly colorless armor. On his back were two long metal handles of what had to be duel plasma sabres.

"So you're the new recruit X was talking about?" Zero said plainly stating the obvious.

"Yes I am and you would be Zero the newly named Red Demon to all Mavericks and the 0th unit commander." Plasma Rain returned.

"Well most people and reploids do know me as either Zero, or the Red Demon but hell it doesn't matter right now. Tomorrow I expect to see you ready for combat training because it's my shift as being instructor tomorrow." Zero said with anticipation. He always loved to show who was good and who wasn't by sometimes-painful means.

"Looking forward to it, Zero." Plasma Rain said very calmly.

Zero felt a little disappointed because he was hoping to somewhat scare the new recruit, because his reputation as being the roughest instructor period on the H.Q. Hell he was the Red Demon to some hunters as well because of his brutal training exercises on new recruits.

Plasma Rain opened his room, somewhat looking of a collage dorm room. Plasma Rain dropped what little property he had on his bunk. His roommates were all out on assignments at the moment but would return soon.

X looked around for a second in the simulations room. He heard the usual clanks of Maverick sims walking around the warehouse with wooden crates lining the border and the stacks of them strung about the inner area. X stopped walking for a moment and heard no clanking. Odd because they should be using that trying to track him still unless-.

X was interrupted as an orange plasma bolt went flying just centimeters from his head. If this were a real fight that bolt would have singed his face and helmet. X quickly performed a 180 turn around and took aim at the ready Maverick. He fired one shot, which struck the Mavericks chest and left a crater where his chest was supposed to be. Given no time to react the second Maverick fired at the off guard X and succeeded in stunning him but did little else because Zero casually entered the room and sliced the Mavericks head off with no effort.

"You're getting sloppy X." Zero said flatly.

"Well, Zero, some of us have other things to do like paperwork other than practice all the time like you." X shot back bitterly.

"Whoa temper, temper. Just messing around with you. Ya don't gotta be so defensive about it like that. Besides I'm the Trainee instructor today and I'm expecting to have some fun doing it too." Zero said with a wolfish grin on his face.

"Have fun, I've got to go do the most hellish thing for my unit…paperwork."

"You know as the famous quote goes "All work and no play makes X a dull boy".

Plasma Rain had finished the armor form several hours ago now waiting for his delivery.

There was a sudden tap on Plasma Rain's door as two reploids walked in.

"Hey I'm Fire Fox and you must be the new recruit Plasma Rain." Fire Fox smiled somewhat teasingly.

"And I'm Jet Orchid."

Both hunters wore ruby red armor but what set them apart was the vent looking area on the chest of Fire Fox's armor. Jet Orchid's armor also had green streaks in spots and had a spiked whip, which looked like a thorny vine coiled at her side.

"I'll tell you about me when I get back from training with Zero." Plasma Rain acknowledged.

"Did you say "training with Zero"? Jet Orchid said worriedly.

"Uh, yeah he's the instructor today and I was about to go to training."

"Just keep your eyes on Zero and you should be fine." Fire Fox added.

"I "should" be fine? What's to worry, its only training…"

Jet Orchid lounged on her unmade bunk and said, "Training yes, safe…no."

"Well, I'll be careful then. See ya later."

Plasma Rain walked in a brisk pace to the simulations room for his fun day with Zero. As Plasma Rain stepped into the room he heard a voice.

"Where's your new armor Rain?" Zero said as he walked out of the shadows.

"Well, from what the armorists say they are quite busy and need me to wait until they get done so I'm still wearing mine."

"Odd I thought there was going to be more…" Zero said disappointedly.

"You mean they skipped?" Plasma Rain said dumbfounded.

Little did Plasma Rain know is that Zero was one brutal instructor. He started the day off by quickly charging Plasma Rain with a fake plasma sword. Rain found himself off guard as Zero casually smacked him in the back with the wooden sabre copy.

"HEY I WASN'T READY!" Rain yelled angrily.

Zero just cracked his neck and tossed the recruit a wooden sabre.

"Now defend yourself." Zero said plainly.

Meanwhile X was in an office doing his units paperwork. This was something he did after every mission but he usually had help but this time his unit ditched him. Oh how I would love to catch them. X thought.

"Finally finished. I'd better go watch that new recruit to make sure Zero doesn't kill him."

With that said X went to the elevator and went to B1 simulations room. As he entered the room X shook his head at Zero and said.

"What are you doing? Your banging him up on his first training exercise…"

Rain staggered up and looked around.

"I'm alive!" he said hardly believing his luck.

Zero put his wooden sabre away and looked at the recruit.

"Uh, crap. I got carried away again. That's the second time in a row now, but he didn't have to go to the infirmary."

Plasma Rain twitched as Zero said that.

X walked over to Plasma Rain and helped him to his feet. Rain was pretty banged up. It really showed when he quaked when he tried to stand.

"Lord, Zero, you still made him go to the infirmary, you moron!"

X walked Rain to the infirmary. Along the way hunters gawked at the damaged reploid. Having dents in about every area possible and then some. As they neared the infirmary a nurse came out.

"Another one of Zero's victims?" she asked quickly.

"Yeah, he was mauled with a wooden training sabre."

"I'll send for you when he's been treated. Thanks for bringing him X."