Origin One- Well, after getting more good reviews I'm feeling confident in
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Ushi-Sama- Heh, right, well I'M glad to here that you all liked the last chapter. This one will hopefully prove to be just as good. And as Origin said, Thanks you all for you wonderful support.
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Alia ran down the hall after X, quickly catching up to him. She slowed to a stop and walked next to him.
"X." She said, still feeling bad about not telling him. X ignored her, obviously off in his own world. One Alia knew must be filled with grief and hurt. "I just came to tell you that." She stopped, noticing X wasn't listening to her. She sighed and stopped trying to talk to him. She had seen him like this before. Whenever someone in his squad died he would mourn them for days, always blaming himself for the death. He would even go as far as to ignore orders and seek out whoever was responsible. Knowing it was no use to talk to X, Alia just walked along side him. Eventually she found her self in the old command room, deep in the underground section of the base. It was used for storage now and not many people visited it. Alia stood outside the door as X walked in. The door closed in front of Alia. From inside she could hear the sounds of X hitting walls. Daring not to enter Alia waited for the noise to stop before entering. She looked around the now half wrecked room for X. He was sitting on a box toward the back of the room with his hands in his head. As Alia approached him she could hear the soft sobs of X. Never before had Alia witnessed X cry in person. She had heard him cry through her headset but never in person. She walked over and sat on a crate next to him. Quietly and gently she put her arms around him. X looked at her.
"Oh, Alia." He said, trying to wipe the tears from his eyes. "I didn't realize you were here." X looked away and put on his best 'I wasn't crying, there was something in my eye' face as he turned his face forward.
Alia smiled, "Yeah, I'm still here. Now why don't you tell me why this is bugging you so much?"
X didn't look at her as he tried to keep from crying in front of her. "Can't you guess? I lost some of my division and some of the 8th division because I wasn't told. Because of me those men are dead."
Alia frowned. "And just how is it your fault? It was Signis and the rest of the hunters that refused to tell you. We made a point not to so you wouldn't worry about it while you were on brake. If it's anyones fault, its ours."
X stood up. "No, as the 17th squadrons leader it's my job to ensure the safety of my men. Because I didn't follow through on my instinct I lost men to an unknown replied."
"You weren't on duty X, there wasn't anything you could have done!" Alia commented.
"No, I could have overstepped my boundaries and gone with my division anyway. I've done it before." X replied.
Alia stood up and looked up at X. "And you really think the 17th would have let you go with them? They knew had badly damaged you had been. They wouldn't have let you go if you had paid them. And what could you have done? You still weren't ready to fight anything at that point. There was nothing you could have done!"
"I COULD HAVE STOPPED IT!" X yelled.
"YOU WOULD HAVE DIED WITH THEM!" Alia screamed back. "THEN WHAT? THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN! WHAT WOULD THE HUNTERS DO WITHOUT YOU?! WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU?"
X looked down, "I could have helped."
Alia looked into his eyes. "No X, you couldn't have. And as much as you tell yourself that it's not true." She looked at X, his eyes so full of pain and anger. Full of the want, the need, to know he could have helped yet at the same time knowing he couldn't have. Alia smiled at him. "But its ok X." she said. She continued took look at his eyes suddenly realizing he was now looking back. X smiled as bent down, kissing Alia. Alia was caught off guard by this, almost pulling away before realizing what had happened. She closed her eyes just enjoying the moment, enjoying the first real kiss they had ever shared. Finely, X broke the kiss.
"Alia, I have to go now. There is something I have to do." X said.
Alia looked up at him, his face was a good 6 inches from her but it seemed like nothing. X smiled at her before walking around her toward the door. Alia stood for a minute in disbelief of what had just happened. "Did we really.just kiss like that?" she asked herself, unsure if it had been reality or not. She stood until she heard the door slide closed behind her. She thought for a minute about what X had just said. It had been something about having other things to do. "But what could X have to do? He just got back on duty."
Suddenly it hit Alia. "No, he wouldn't have." She turned and ran to the door, desperately trying to open it. "He locked it!" Alia yelled out load to the empty room. Slamming her fists on the wall she started to cry. "X.. you dummy. How could you do this to me. And I can't even use my communicator this deep in the base." She put her back to the wall and slid down.
Zero looked down at a screen in disbelief. "Signis, come look at this!" Zero called to a distressed Signis.
Signis walked over to Zero. "What is it Zero? Have you found something on the reploid?"
Zero shook his head. "No, something you'll really be surprised to hear."
Signis nodded. "Well, go on."
"Well sir," Zero said, pointing to the computer screen, "I know all the men in X's squad and I know there's go Capt. Erk. So I checked the members of the 8th division and."
"And what Zero." Signis said, looking at the screen.
"Well, there is no such person in the Maverick Hunters sir."
End Chapter
Ushi-Sama- Heh, right, well I'M glad to here that you all liked the last chapter. This one will hopefully prove to be just as good. And as Origin said, Thanks you all for you wonderful support.
Begin Chapter
Alia ran down the hall after X, quickly catching up to him. She slowed to a stop and walked next to him.
"X." She said, still feeling bad about not telling him. X ignored her, obviously off in his own world. One Alia knew must be filled with grief and hurt. "I just came to tell you that." She stopped, noticing X wasn't listening to her. She sighed and stopped trying to talk to him. She had seen him like this before. Whenever someone in his squad died he would mourn them for days, always blaming himself for the death. He would even go as far as to ignore orders and seek out whoever was responsible. Knowing it was no use to talk to X, Alia just walked along side him. Eventually she found her self in the old command room, deep in the underground section of the base. It was used for storage now and not many people visited it. Alia stood outside the door as X walked in. The door closed in front of Alia. From inside she could hear the sounds of X hitting walls. Daring not to enter Alia waited for the noise to stop before entering. She looked around the now half wrecked room for X. He was sitting on a box toward the back of the room with his hands in his head. As Alia approached him she could hear the soft sobs of X. Never before had Alia witnessed X cry in person. She had heard him cry through her headset but never in person. She walked over and sat on a crate next to him. Quietly and gently she put her arms around him. X looked at her.
"Oh, Alia." He said, trying to wipe the tears from his eyes. "I didn't realize you were here." X looked away and put on his best 'I wasn't crying, there was something in my eye' face as he turned his face forward.
Alia smiled, "Yeah, I'm still here. Now why don't you tell me why this is bugging you so much?"
X didn't look at her as he tried to keep from crying in front of her. "Can't you guess? I lost some of my division and some of the 8th division because I wasn't told. Because of me those men are dead."
Alia frowned. "And just how is it your fault? It was Signis and the rest of the hunters that refused to tell you. We made a point not to so you wouldn't worry about it while you were on brake. If it's anyones fault, its ours."
X stood up. "No, as the 17th squadrons leader it's my job to ensure the safety of my men. Because I didn't follow through on my instinct I lost men to an unknown replied."
"You weren't on duty X, there wasn't anything you could have done!" Alia commented.
"No, I could have overstepped my boundaries and gone with my division anyway. I've done it before." X replied.
Alia stood up and looked up at X. "And you really think the 17th would have let you go with them? They knew had badly damaged you had been. They wouldn't have let you go if you had paid them. And what could you have done? You still weren't ready to fight anything at that point. There was nothing you could have done!"
"I COULD HAVE STOPPED IT!" X yelled.
"YOU WOULD HAVE DIED WITH THEM!" Alia screamed back. "THEN WHAT? THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN! WHAT WOULD THE HUNTERS DO WITHOUT YOU?! WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU?"
X looked down, "I could have helped."
Alia looked into his eyes. "No X, you couldn't have. And as much as you tell yourself that it's not true." She looked at X, his eyes so full of pain and anger. Full of the want, the need, to know he could have helped yet at the same time knowing he couldn't have. Alia smiled at him. "But its ok X." she said. She continued took look at his eyes suddenly realizing he was now looking back. X smiled as bent down, kissing Alia. Alia was caught off guard by this, almost pulling away before realizing what had happened. She closed her eyes just enjoying the moment, enjoying the first real kiss they had ever shared. Finely, X broke the kiss.
"Alia, I have to go now. There is something I have to do." X said.
Alia looked up at him, his face was a good 6 inches from her but it seemed like nothing. X smiled at her before walking around her toward the door. Alia stood for a minute in disbelief of what had just happened. "Did we really.just kiss like that?" she asked herself, unsure if it had been reality or not. She stood until she heard the door slide closed behind her. She thought for a minute about what X had just said. It had been something about having other things to do. "But what could X have to do? He just got back on duty."
Suddenly it hit Alia. "No, he wouldn't have." She turned and ran to the door, desperately trying to open it. "He locked it!" Alia yelled out load to the empty room. Slamming her fists on the wall she started to cry. "X.. you dummy. How could you do this to me. And I can't even use my communicator this deep in the base." She put her back to the wall and slid down.
Zero looked down at a screen in disbelief. "Signis, come look at this!" Zero called to a distressed Signis.
Signis walked over to Zero. "What is it Zero? Have you found something on the reploid?"
Zero shook his head. "No, something you'll really be surprised to hear."
Signis nodded. "Well, go on."
"Well sir," Zero said, pointing to the computer screen, "I know all the men in X's squad and I know there's go Capt. Erk. So I checked the members of the 8th division and."
"And what Zero." Signis said, looking at the screen.
"Well, there is no such person in the Maverick Hunters sir."
End Chapter