I was bored, so I wrote this chapter early. That, and due to the fact that it was requested. So, here's the new chapter, in which Rush does saber training. Wait a minute, that's not good...O.O
Axl and Zero had soon made it to the lobby. The only problem was, Rush was nowhere in sight.
"Aw crud, where could he have gotten too?" Axl muttered. "Hey Zero, maybe you can sniff 'em out." Zero stared at Axl like he was crazy.
"I know where Zero went," a nearby reploid said. "Rax asked him to do saber training with the rookies while he was busy."
"Tell me you're kidding," Axl moaned. Various thoughts raced through his head, mainly involving a burning HQ, scared-to-death rookies, and a Rush accidentally cutting himself to pieces. A look at Zero's face showed that he was probably imagining the same thing.
"Do you know if his date with Alia went well?" the reploid asked.
"Oh...er, fine," Axl said. "How'd you hear about that?"
"Rumours around here spread quickly, m'boy," the reploid said. "Anyway, congratulate him for me!"
"This is getting worse by the minute," Axl mumbled, running out of the lobby with Zero at his heels. "Who'da known that Signas would actually tell people that 'you' were going on a date with Alia? Ooh, X is going to be so mad!" Zero was also thinking of how messed up this was, and also about his little plan, which might be able to fix that.
"Hello Rookies," The young reploids watched as Rush entered the room. "Your teacher's busy today, so I'll be teaching you today! And today, we're doing saber training." Rush was happy that Zero had done this stuff before. Memories of past experiences popped up in Rush's mind.
"Must be 'cause I'm in his body, I'm also getting his memories," Rush thought to himself.
"Do we get the sabers now?" a tall, yellow reploid in the corner asked.
"Not yet," Rush said. "First, I am going to demonstrate how to use a saber." To Rush's right was the training dummy, which was made to look like a maverick. Rush pulled out the Z-saber, watching it glow a bright green. He faced the fake maverick.
"Now, how would Zero do this?" Rush thought to himself. As he concentrated, images of Zero using the saber popped into his head, along with memories of fighting alongside Megaman. "Piece of cake," Rush decided, raising his blade. The students watched as he brought it down upon the training dummy, continuing with a flurry of attacks that were graceful, yet powerful. Some of the students cheered for more, thrilled by the display.
"I could do that," the yellow reploid said. He began to walk over to the sabers, which were located at the other side of the room.
"Swish, swish, sha-wing!" Rush thought, swinging his blade as if he was fighting a real maverick. "If only you could see me now Megaman! I can take out robots like you can!" He continued this, until he heard a loud screech. He stopped in mid-swing, to see the yellow reploid he had accidentally hit.
"MY HAND!" the rookie cried. "YOU NEARLY CUT IT OFF!" the reploid was holding his injured hand, which had a big cut almost all the way through.
"Uhmm...oops," Rush muttered. "Erm, would you like me to escort you to the hospital wing?"
"I can do it myself!" huffed the reploid, walking out of the class.
"If you say so," Rush replied before turning back to the class. "Alright, who want's to try out the sabers now?"
"We made it," Axl said. "Let's hope that no one's dead yet." Zero shot the red-head a glare.
"Hi guys," Axl turned around to see X. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Looking for Rush," Axl replied. "Someone convinced him to do saber training with the rookies."
"You're kidding, right?" X asked. Zero and Axl shook their heads.
"Not kidding," Axl said. "You haven't heard anyone screaming bloody-murder, have you?"
"I think once, but I'm not sure," X said. "Someone was screaming loud in the room next-door to mine." At that moment, Rush emerged out of the said room.
"Hi everybody!" Rush greeted. "How'd you know I was here?"
"A reploid told us," Axl said. "Is anyone dead in there?"
"No, Rush said. "Was someone supposed to die?"
"Er, never mind," X said. "How did the training go?"
"I think it went pretty good," Rush said. "I almost cut one kid's hand off, and he had to go to the hospital wing. But other than that, it was fine." Rush said that as if he was talking about the weather. Both X and Zero were speechless.
"Are you sure that's the only bad thing that happened?" Axl asked.
"I'm pretty sure," Rush replied. "It was easy. I think I did about as good as Zero!" Zero mumbled something undecipherable, when he noticed something was different.
"Arf!" Zero...barked, staring at Rush.
"What is it Zero?" X asked. Zero continued to bark, pointing a paw at Rush.
"What's gone?" Rush asked, since he could understand Zero. "Hair? What?"
"What's he saying?" Axl asked.
"He said my hair's gone..." Rush said, a confused look on his face.
"Oh my...it is gone!" X exclaimed. Both the reploids stared at Rush. The usual golden ponytail Zero had taken so long to grow had been slashed halfway up, so that it was only shoulder length.
"You mean this?" Rush asked. "I thought it was an enemy, until I cut it. My tail does that too. It's so annoying when you try to catch it, and then find out it's just a tail." Rush sighed, while the other Maverick Hunters stared at him.
"Wow, I've never seen Zero with a haircut," Axl said. "Have you X?"
"Nope," X replied. "Have you ever cut your hair Zero?" When no reply came, X and Axl looked over at Zero, who was lying down with his paws over his head. Rush looked at the sad dog for a minute, not knowing why the hair was so important.
"Hehe...sorry Zero," Rush said, decideing to apologize anyway. The only reply he got from Zero was a stream of curses in dog.
OMG! Rush cut Zero's hair! Anyway, I'll try to do the next chapter soon. But for now, I gotta' get out of here before Zero kills me for writing this! Bye!