It was the end of the third week of school at Reploid High. X's leg had gotten better, and Zero had become well known among his fellow first-years. Today, the school was having an outdoor event for the school clubs to set up stands and recruit members. Zero and X had decided to browse the stands together. They saw many different clubs, though Zero kept in mind the club that Coach Sigma had recommended he look into.
"Repliforce club, eh? What kind of sports do you think they do, X?" Zero turned to find the brunette reploid staring at him. "X?" With that, he came to senses. "Zero! I... uh, don't know. It's weird that the name doesn't really say much. Hehe." X chuckled to his friend. Zero shrugged and kept walking, making sure that X was following. 'it's getting bad,' X thought to himself. 'I keep staring at him like an idiot. what's the matter with me? Am I really that infatuated with him?' It had only been a week since the dodge-ball incident, but X had already begun to feel different around Zero. How different, he couldn't quite say. to distract himself, he looked over at a few of the stalls. Then, he saw a familiar face.
"Alia! It's you." X called over to one of the rooms that had a stall. Zero looked over to see who X had called. It was a blonde female reploid sporting a lab coat and goggles. She had blue eyes and her hair in a bun rather low on her head. She came over and shook X's hand. "Zero, this is Alia. She's in one of the classes I have that we don't share, so you probably haven't seen her." As X introduced her, she moved to shake Zero's hand as well. "It's a pleasure to meet you Zero. I've heard some stories about you and X." Zero grinned. "It's good to meet you too, Alia. Any friend of X is friend of mine. What kind of stories are you hearing?" X began to look at Alia nervously as she answered. "I heard about how you carried X to the nurse after Vava hit him. The other's are saying that you're like X's prin..." "So what brings you around this hallway, Alia? are you part of a club?" X cut her off before she could say to much, a red blush forming on his face. "Oh, me?" Alia asked. Her attention immediately shifted. "I'm a member of the Science Club. Why don't you come to our room?" "Sure, might as well. How about it, X?" Zero turned to his friend. "ha ha. Sounds great." X replied quickly, regaining his original composure. With that, the three entered the Science room.
It was a wide biology lab, with a few tables equipped with sinks, and a supply closet in the back. by the teacher's desk in the front, there stood two other reploids. One was a tall reploid, an upperclassman by the looks of it, with black hair and light blue eyes that looked almost gray. He stood proud and moved to greet the visitors. "Welcome to the Science club. I am Gate, President of the club and pioneer of engineering." X shook his hand. "I see Alia brought in some potential recruits. Are these friends of yours?" "I've known X since the first day, but I just met Zero over here." Alia explained. "My, aren't they fine?" said the second reploid behind Gate. She was tall for a femme Reploid, standing a few inches above Gate. She was blonde like Alia, but her hair was longer and she had purple eyes. She also seemed to have more of a figure, which could be seen under her buttoned up lab coat. She walked up and shook both X and Zero's hands. "You two look cute. I'm Berkana, the Public Relations officer. You should join our club." "Berkana," Gate interrupted as he put a hand on Berkana to pull her back. She had gone so far as to hug the two, which made them rather uncomfortable."You're a Junior already, for goodness sake. Don't prey on the first-years like that." "You can't stop me every time, Gate." She replied, to which Gate gave a disgruntled sigh. "Well, we'll consider joining. It was good to see you, Alia." X said they began to leave, a small sweat going down his face. "See you later X" Alia called as Zero and X walked back out and down the hallway.
After some walking, Zero spotted the Repliforce clubs' sign. He and X ran up to the club room to see a student at the entrance. "Welcome the Repliforce club. My name is Colonel." The reploid before X and Zero was a rather taller than both of them he was a red haired reploid with a good amount of stubble forming on his chin and towards his sideburns. he wore a black outfit with white shoulder pads and a vest. on his head was a police like hat that resembled Signas'. Zero shook is hand."Glad to meet you, Colonel. I'm Zero, and this is X. do you have any other members?" To that, Colonel turned back into the room."Iris. Where are you?"
Zeros' eyes widened as he saw the reploid walk out from an open closet. Before them stood a girl reploid with brunette hair. she wore a red school shirt with a blue and white bow tie, a blue skirt going down just over her knees. She gave a warm smile to X and Zero as she walked up to them. "sorry, brother. I was organizing the closet and... oh" She returned Zeros gaze as she got closer, and he saw that Iris had dazzling emerald eyes. she was quite beautiful in Zeros' eyes. As for Iris, she herself was stopped when she saw the two reploids who stood beside her brother. particularly with the blonde Zero. She felt a strong energy in Zero, and she gazed at him as they walked closer to greet each other. The two both regained their composure and moved to shake hands. "hello there. I'm Iris. It's nice to meet you." "Pleasure's all mine, Iris. I'm Zero." the two reploids smiled at each other. Whatever it was they felt in that moment, it was a good first impression.
After a second or two, Zero felt a firm hand on his shoulder. He looked over to see Colonel staring him down. "Yes, that is my sister, Iris." Perhaps Zero had gotten a little too friendly, or maybe Colonel was just defensive of his sister. Either way, Zero turned his attention to the taller Reploid as X was giving his introductions. "so you would like to join our club, is that correct?" Colonel asked. "Yep, Sigma recommended I join this club. this is a sports club, isn't it?". "Well, officially we are a running club. Though, I do wish we could make a fencing club. But the higher ups will not allow that" Colonel chuckled out as strode across the club room. Iris took this opportunity to make her say. "We have lots of plans on our calendar, but if you join up with us, we can modify it as needed." Zero smiled "Well, I'll take you up on that. I'll join your club." At that, Iris took Zero's hand with a laugh. "Thank you, Zero! You won't regret this, I'll make sure of it" The two reploids smiled at each other and chuckled before letting go. X saw this and rubbed his arm. 'They sure seem to get along pretty well'. Colonel patted Zero on the back. "We're glad to have you. What about you, X?" X scratched his head. "I'm not to sure. I would still like to see the other clubs". He pulls Zero over and heads towards the door. "Thanks for having us." As the two leave, Iris waves at them. "Take care, X. Bye, Zero. See you soon." Zero turned and waved back with a smile. X gave a sigh.
The two were walking home from school after the event, X with his hands together and Zero with his arms behind his back. X looked over at Zero, thinking about the repliforce girl. 'I should probably say something to him before that girl Iris does something with Zero' he struggled to muster words however. "H...hey Zero?" The blonde reploid turned his head. "What's up?" X was about to say something, but then he looked into Zeros eyes. A sudden nervousness took over him. "So...what do you think of that club you joined?" 'gah! come on, X! what are you doing?' Zero looked up."I've got a good feeling about that club. Colonel seems like a cool guy, and Iris..."He chuckles "She seems like a real nice girl" X gritted his teeth sligthly, before saying, "she sure does"
(hello there, Aladar here. Sorry this chapter took so long to complete. For now I'm trying to set up events for the future, and I needed to figure out how to introduce some players for the MMX3-5 line. I will be continuing this fanfic. I saw some of your suggestions regarding a pet and the nurse, and I'm drafting some ideas. If you would like to suggest how your favorite MMX character shows up in this high school setting or what they do, please leave a comment. Til all are one.)
