Chapter 13: He's a moocher
Axl had a nightmare… the worst one, but the shortest.
BEGIN NIGHTMARE
Zero: Axl… I know you made this mess…
Axl: Wa… wha?
Zero: YOU TOLD THEM, DIDN'T YOU? I DON'T WANT YOU IN MY SIGHT EVER AGAIN! DIE!
Axl: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
END NIGHTMARE
Axl woke up in horror, and he was relieved I was just a dream…
But why did these nightmares haunt him?
He decided to have a walk outside, and just looked at the sky and ponder what's right and what's wrong. Was it guilt?
He sighed. Maybe X was right.
"Axl?" A familiar voice called.
It was Pallette.
"P-P-Pallette!" Axl called, "Whatcha doin'?"
"Walking."
"I see… sigh."
"Is something wrong, Axl?"
"No, nothing really."
Next morning….
'Okay, lets get it over with… I'm going to confess… I'm going to confess…" Axl thought as he went to Zero's room.
"Er- Zero? Can I talk to ya?" Axl asked.
"Fine, if its nothing to piss me off." Zero replied.
Axl was shocked.
Oh my god.
Thinking of possible outcomes of what Zero might do, Axl just said nevermind to him, and ran away.
However, he accidentally ran to Layer.
"Oh sorry."
"Axl… were you trying to cheer me up all this time…?" Layer asked.
"Well… yeah."
"You didn't have to…"
"What? But…"
"I lost. That's all."
Oh my god.
OH MY GOD!
OH MY GOD!
O-H-M-Y-G-O-D!
Axl wasn't shocked either.
"Maybe you should talk to X about that." Axl suggested.
"Okay…"
Well, she did.
"X, I'll just tell you something…" Layer said.
"Sure. What is it?"
"That girl… Iris. She won… Zero's not my man for me. Maybe not for me. He's too god for me." Layer stuttered.
"No way! You're good for anyone, especially Zero! Hey, Zero has lots of girlfriends, not just Iris! Even his Fortune Teller said something about it!"
-Begin Flashback-
Fortune Teller: You will have a girl in your heart… named Ciel in the future…
Zero: Future? I can't wait that long!
FT: Yes, I believe you can.
(Zero puzzles)
FT: She looks like this…
(Shows Ciel)
Zero: Whoa, baby! She's hot!
-End flashback-
"Well, I guess… he's good for anyone…" Layer whispered.
"Heh heh… whichever girl he will choose will be shown in the future, not today."
But Axl came out of nowhere.
"Yo, Layer, ask Zero for a daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate… WHOOOOO YEAH!" Axl exclaimed.
"Hey, that's a good idea!" X said.
"Well, okay… why not…" Layer stammered.
Later that night…
"OOOOOHHHH, X, AXL! THANK YOU!" Layer thanked and hugged them both at the same time.
Whoops, I guess I went too far.
Layer asked Zero for a date. The thing was, Zero was locked, he couldn't go anywhere outside, remember? She asked Signas to let Zero go, because she was going to DATE HIM.
Signas was shocked.
But to grant her wish, he unlocked his room door.
"I'm ready… I think." Layer said.
"Actually…"
Alia helped her friend to look better.
"Thanks, Alia! I owe you something!" Layer thanked.
"A million dollars… Just kidding!" Alia laughed.
And Zero was ready, too.
"Good luck…" X said.
"See ya tonight. I hope this date is good." Zero said.
Zero and Layer went to the garage, starting the car, and Zero was driving, while Layer was on the back seat so he couldn't see her blushing face.
But Zero was nervous about having a date.
He found a nearby phone booth while he told Layer to find a restaurant.
He called the HQ to talk to X, who did have dates with Alia. He wouldn't ask Axl, because he only dated Pallette twice.
And this is Zero's FIRST DATE WITH A NAVIGATOR!
Riing…
"Hello?" Axl answered.
"Yo, Axl, can I talk to X?" Zero requested.
"Whoa, hold the phone, aren't you suppose to be dating right now?" Axl asked.
"I am! I need some advise from X." Zero replied.
"Hey, I dated, too, how come you aren't ask me?" Axl questioned.
"Hey, X dated more than you did, so let me talk to him."
It was a good reason, so he let X on the line.
"Zero?"
"X, listen, I need some advise! Dating! I need some advise!"
"Well, for starters, go to a plain restaurant… well not a crummy one, of course, but still not a big and romantic one." X advised.
"You mean like a Chinese Restaurant?" Zero asked.
"Hey, that's a good one. But speaking of date, ask Layer where she wants to go, unless she says anywhere is okay. And…Bzzzt…."
He already used all the time on the phone.
He wet to Layer, who was actually waiting in the car.
"Layer, where do you want to go, personally?" Zero asked.
"Anywhere's good, really." Layer answered.
Zero shrugged, and Chinese Restaurant is definitely good.
Meanwhile, in the HQ…
RIIIIIIIIIIIING…
The phone ran in Zero's room, but once again it was Axl who answered.
"Hello?"
"Excuse me, is this the Maverick Hunter HQ?" A girl like voice asked.
"Yes, this Maverick Hunter HQ." Axl replied.
"May I speak to Maverick Hunter Zero?"
Oh my god.
The voice was exactly the voice of the girl Zero had sex with.
IRIS!
"Um… who is this?" Axl asked just to make sure.
"My name is Iris."
Oh my god.
"Um… he's uh…" Axl muttered, "He's uh da… I mean, he's training right now, so he's pretty much busy! Yeah… so… please call back later."
Axl hung up before Iris could say anything else.
( He was accidentally about to say dating)
Zero and Layer ate, and tried to look away from each other because they got nervous.
But if things get more nervous, then Zero had to do something more than taking Layer to a restaurant. Maybe a movie. A romantic one, even if it was his first date?
Well, there was no other choice.
He drove to the theater, but the snow was all covered around the tires, so he tried to move the car with even more force. But it didn't help.
"Dammit." Zero swore.
But the snow was all out thanks to the snow plows, but unfortunately, while they got lucky, another car ran by, and it crashed Zero's. What was worse, wherever they were, it was VERY far away from the HQ!
Layer "thanked" Zero for the evening. Now Layer was gone crazy.
And when Zero and Layer came back…
"OHHHHHHHHH! X, AXL, THANK YOU!"
That's better, now its in the right place, but unexpecting that she did that of crazinessism.
And Zero walked to them, too.
"X, Axl, I'm going to kill you." Zero threatened.
Could it be that Zero had a bad time?
"You made me drive on all that snowy place!" Zero yelled.
"Hey, that's not our problem, that's your nature." Axl complained.
"Well, how was the dinner?" X asked.
"It went well, and the movie…"
"Well, keep dating, you two." Axl interrupted.
"Well, he's right. I'm going to date Alia tomorrow… MAYBE." X said.
X went to his own room, but Axl didn't.
"Hey, Zero, that girly friend of yours called." Axl said.
Zero tried to call, but Axl stopped him.
"Don't. Forget about her, only go with Layer!" Axl said.
Zero sighed.
To be continued…
So far, this is the longest chapter of this story.