Chapter 3: XZActly (pronounced like "exactly")

X and the gang were really thinking that the break they were having is just worse than fighting in war so far. But now it was the THIRD day, they hoped at least this would be the last day of bad break days, or the first day of break that's been good. But still, so far, things were just going ugly.

X woke up with a big yawn, and looked at the window. Snow was covered all over. He looked up the roof as well, and it was covered all in snow. Maybe Alia wouldn't let X and the others go shop today.

But on the other hand, how would they get out if they want to have a snowball fight? They can't fight in the HQ!

Zero and Axl also woke up, and asked if they had to go shopping again today.

"You don't have to! The HQ is covered all in snow." X happily exclaimed.

"Really! Ohh yeaaaah baby!" Axl exclaimed with even more happiness.

The three chatted for the entire morning. How hapy they were without shopping, how happy it would be if Alia wouldn't scold them. However, things were going to be ugly anyway.

"X! I need you to go shopping again." Alia requested.

"We can't. The HQ is buried in snow." X explained.

"Um… the other Hunters here already shoveled them." She said.

They all looked outside. She was right, the buried snow was shoveled.

"Aw crap, so we have to go now!" Axl groaned.

"Yes. Here is the list." Alia said as she gave a paper of list.

"Ohh…" X, Zero, and Axl moaned at the same time.

They got their Ride Chasers, but while they were trying to…

"Oh, crap. Mine is out of gas!" X complained.

"Lucky you, you don't have to go." Zero said in jealousy.

X rejoiced back to the HQ, but Alia asked why he came back.

"My Ride Chaser is out of gas. Why else?" X explained with pride.

"You're still going. Use the Sirius Ride armor." Alia commanded.

Well, X had to go. He hoped at least this time they can make it on time.

Fortunately, for them, it was still 11:45 AM in the morning, they bought things REALLY quickly, but they got so hasty that they accidentally picked the wrong groceries. But they put them back, and got what they were suppose to get, and etc.., X paid again, Zero and Axl carried the bags, and they hurried to the HQ.

"Axl, do you have a watch?" X asked.

"Yeah, we have FIVE more minutes left! Let's hurry!" Axl replied.

They hurried to the HQ. And they had only thirty seconds left to get to the HQ before they are grounded again. Axl looked at his watch. They had twenty seconds now… They hurried and put their engines even faster. Now they were in the entrance of the HQ, but they had ten seconds left!

The three hurried. Five seconds… four… three… two… one…

They barely made it at the last second; 12:29:59 PM.

"You're on time today, barely. Okay, have some rest." Alia said as she smiled.

The boys smiled along with relief, and went to their own rooms.

After lunch, X and Zero were arm wrestling. Zero was about to win, and X tried to resist, but his hand went down to the table.

"Me next, me!" Axl said as his turn came.

Zero won again.

Then X and Axl did an arm wrestling. X won this time… barely. Axl nearly had him, but X won, and Axl groaned, but was honored too.

"Axl! AXL!" Pallette screamed.

"What is it, Pallette?" Axl asked.

"There is a spider in my r-r-room!" She yelped.

"Oh, jeez. I'll get it." Axl sighed.

After one sider catching later…

"I can't believe THAT scared her. Really, it was this small!" Axl said to X and Zero as he showed expression with his finger about the size of the spider.

"Ha ha, I remember the time when I had to catch one for Alia." X laughed.

-Begin Flash back-

Alia: AIEEEEEEEEEE! X, HELP ME!

(X comes to the room to catch the spider, and kills it)

X: Here, I caught it… ack!

(The paper with the dead spider that X has accidentally gets dropped to the floor as he trips and the paper goes near Alia)

Alia: AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

-End Flashback-

X laughed so hard after thinking about it that he fell to the floor. Zero and Axl looked at him, then looked at each other, and backed away as X continued laughing hard. He almost lost his breath. But he stopped anyway.

"Phew… that was funny." X stopped laughing.

"Still, what was I laughing about again? Wait, oh yeah… ha ha ha ha!" X chuckled again even harder.

But he stopped again, he was going to lose his breath.

"Phew…. Okay, back to my room." X said to himself.

So far, the day was going perfectly, except one thing, which made the rest of the day even worse.

X and Zero were having another snowball fight, while Axl was making a snowman, but they started throwing theirs at him, and started even more snowball fight. When it was time to come back, they headed back to the entrance, and tried to opened the door… tried. The door was LOCKED.

"Crap! How can we get in!" X paniced.

"Um… don't you have the key?" Zero asked.

"They're in my room…" X replied.

The three knocked the door hard, and shouted for help, but no one answered, everybody was deep asleep (everybody…? Heh heh heh….)

"Damn it, so we're suppose to sleep outside or something! Crap…" Axl complained.

Well, and they did while catching cold.

MISSING SCENE #1

While X was laughing the first time…

Zero was in his own room, and go the phone to order something. Yes, a pizza. But then again, he thought about Alia, she never ordered any, and would blame him. 'Wait, she would only blame X, right? Hee hee hee… huh? I'm laughing in my own mind?" Zero pondered.

'Nah, that's too much. I have to ask.' Zero had second thoughts.

'But… aw for get it! I don't wanna cause anymore trouble already!' Zero thought to his mind, which was just killing him.

MISSING SCENE #2.

While the Hunters were having a snowball fight, inside the HQ, Alia was drinking a coffee, pondering if she is pushing the hunters too hard about them being late after shopping for lunch. She decided to stop, and buy them herself.

"Alia, did you tell them that…"

It was Layer who asked from behind, and Alia got surprised when she came out of nowhere and she spilled her coffee.

"Layer? What is it?" Alia asked.

"Did you tell Zero…? I am quite nervous right now…" She replied.

"Now now, Layer, we promised… don't worry, we won't tell him." She said.

"Because I don't want to humiliate myself by just saying it in front of him. I can't tell anyone about it." Said Layer.

"Don't worry, Layer." Alia consoled.

PLZ R&R! Oh, and I wrote a winter story because I couldn't think of any ideas in the summer. Second, a lot of people write fan fiction about X and the crew having summer vacation, and I don't want to upset anyone by copying them, so I decided to make a winter story, even if its weird.