Ack! I'm late again! Sorry, I was busy yesterday, so this chapter's kinda' late. Remember folks, this is the last chapter for a week, okay? So sit tight, and enjoy this chapter! Ta-da!
After the events of last night, Axl and I (with a bit of help from Rush) agreed on our plan to get Alia and X on a date. Soon, Axl went to confront X about how Rush was supposedly going to date Alia. I found a way into the vent, and am now following Axl. I figured out how to activate an eye mode that records things like a camera (all right, maybe Rush helped me figure some of it out, but only a little).
Hey, there's X! And Axl is right on target. Perfect, there's no way this plan can screw up. Most people would say that saying that will jinx me, but I don't believe in all that good luck/bad luck stuff. None of it is going to stop me now! I focus the camera on my two buds, eagerly awaiting the expression on X's face.
"X!" Axl calls out, as the blue reploid turns around. "You won't believe what Rush told me!"
"What is is?" X asks. I zoom the camera in a little on X's confused face.
"Well, you know those rumours about Zero dating Alia?" Axl asks. "Rush said that he's actually going to do it!"
"What!" Ha! Oh X, if only you could see the expression on your face right now. He looks like someone just told him that Axl was a girl! Priceless, I tell you, priceless! Dang, it's hard not to laugh at this. Thing's cannot get any better.
"Sniff?" God no, not that again. I turn around, snout to snout with the same security-dog from last time. I didn't know that they patrolled vents too. I guess it's for security reasons...damn security.
"No sniff," I answer. Instead of bacing off, he looks offended.
"Sniff!" It growls, bearing it's shiny metal teeth. It begins to march around me, walking towards it's goal.
"Get away, you stupid bot." Using my own set of chops, I pick up the guard dog, hurling him out the vent. I watch him fall down, down right on to X's head.
"What the heck?" X cries, the dog's teeth stuck on his helmet as he begins to run around comically. "Get it off me! Axl, give me a hand here!"
"Alright X, hold on a sec," Axl runs after X soon after saying this. Wait a minute, what's that on Axl's back? There's these white things potruding out of his back. It looks so weird, and it wasn't there this morning.
"An enemy got onto Axl!" a voice in my head concludes. "Hold on Axl, I'll get it off ya'!" Knowing of thia threat, I jump down from the vent, tackeling Axl in order to get to the intruders. I sink my teeth into one, ripping part of it off.
"Yeowch!" Axl yells. "Hey, cut it out, that hurts. What are you doing?" Apparently, he doesn't know of this threat, so I just proceed to take out another one. They must have connected themselves to Axl's body, since he screams whenever I rip one off. Don't worry Axl, I'll get them off soon.
"Are you guys okay? Everyone turns their heads to see Alia and Rush.
"Except for this dog on my head, I'm fine," X claims. The little robot unclamps himself from X's helmet, and then jumps off as if nothing happened.
"Zero, what are you doing?" Rush asks.
"I was attacking this thing on Axl's back," I told him. "It keeps following him, so I was getting rid of it." Seeing the confused looks on everyone's faces, Rush translates what I said.
"Uhmm, Zero," Axl says, trying not to laugh, "Those have always been there. I just retract them sometimes, remember?" Oh yeah, now I remember. Those are usually on Axl's armor. How could I have forgotten?
"Don't worry, I know how you feel Zero," Rush says. "Sometimes, I'd chase Tango, which has Megaman's cat. I always thought that he was running from his tail, so I'd try to get it off of him. Then, he'd have to explain how it was supposed to follow him, and that I was not supposed to chase his tail. So I just chased my own instead." Leave it to a dog to be so stupid. Wait...if I just did that, does that mean I'm actually starting to think like a dog? Oh no. Oh god, no.
"What exactly is going on here?" Alia asks. "Zero, since when have you been able to talk to dogs, or chased a cat? Axl, who's that dog next to you? And X...why is your face red?" Indeed, X's face is covered in blush.
"I can explain what happened," X says. "A few days ago, I found a Light Capsule with this dog-reploid in it. His name is Rush. Well, while we were checking him out, Zero crashed into some machinary while Rush was hooked up to it, and they blacked out. Next thing we know, we find out that they switched bodies."
"So, what you're saying is, this isn't Zero next to me, but your dog?"
"I sure am," Rush says happily. "And that dog is really Zero! Say hi Zero!" I groan, waving a paw at Alia.
"Oh my gosh," Alia says. "I wish there was some way I could help. But that still doesn't answer my last question."
"What question?" X asks.
"Why is your face red?" Alia asks. "You're blushing, aren't you?" X is mumbling something uncomprehensible now. X, don't screw this up! He'd better not, 'cause this is as good a time as any.
"Well Alia," X says, "That's because, well, Rush accidentally said he was going to date you, and now everyone thinks he is. But I...well...I'd rather you..."
"Rather I what?" Alia asks. "Just so you know, I won't date Rush. I wouldn't even date Zero, if he asked me."
"That's good, becuse," X continues to fumble for words. "I'd prefer...that you date..."
"You?" Alia asks. "Of course I would X." Bulls-eye for Alia. X's face brightens up at this.
"Rush, Zero, c'mon," Axl whispers to us. "Let's give these guys some time alone, okay?"
"Are they going to kiss?" Rush asks, while I supress a snicker.
"Maybe," Axl replys.
"Then let's get out of here," Rush says, running away from the scene before us. Axl walks away, and I follow.
"Good luck X," I say. I don't care if he doesn't understand me, because the luck's his anyway.
Okay, hope you enjoyed that. I'll be back a week from Monday, got it? Anyway, sayanora!