Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Measure of Soul. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own DITF, Code:000, Cloverworks, Trigger and a few others do.

Rex and the rest of the group emerged at the building they wanted near night fall and a nice but terrified family paid for them to stay on a hotel Zero brought them to.

Rex sat on a bed without his armor, he looked over his pistol before he heard a knock on the door. He walked over as his bare feet traced over the floor before he opened it.

Zero stood there in a white tank top and blue shorts, he blinked as she pushed him and he toppled to the ground. Zero walked into the room and Rex stared at her as she turned to look at him.

"Ow." He said, he climbed to his feet before Zero crossed her arms.

"We need to talk more…" Zero said, Rex hated how she sounded, monotone, broken. She sounded like she had been destroyed by her decision to visit the surface.

"I know your still mad at the decision for me to join the wolves, Oni… You wanted to be a wolf at one point or another…" He said while Zero looked at her feet and then sat on the bed. She crossed her legs before Rex slowly sat on the bed next to her.

"You also know you promised to come with me if I decided to go to the surface… That was our dream… To go to the surface…" She said.

"You know they needed me… You know how our people are… Did you want me to step away from the war? I don't know what I'm doing, you want me to apologize for fighting for our people? Oni… I'd do get what you want…. But you know your also mad that I didn't come to the surface… But now I'm here… And it seems like your mad here… I'd get why you hate me." He said, she glared at him, but it died out a second later.

"I don't hate you… I'm mad about a lot of things… And you never talked to me after I went to the surface… Do you know how much that hurts? I was bullied and only had a few friends… And then I get one like you…" She said, she went to grab at him and then lowered her hands.

"After this war ends, I'll gladly go with you… But the loyalists need me right now… And trust me… I can't abandon them…" He stated, he turned to look behind him and then he looked at her.

"You would have been a better wolf then me… Your smarter, your faster… You would have flown through the tests…" Rex said and Zero hummed.

"Will you be free to talk during the peace meeting?" She asked, he turned to look at her.

"I'm providing security for the diplomats but that's it… Are you still going to make me feel like garbage and I should jump off a cliff because of that?" He asked, Oni hummed again and looked around.

If Zero was anything, it was good at keeping herself and her thoughts close to her chest… Even he couldn't concern what she wanted… If Zero wanted something, she would keep it to herself.

"We're see… If the rebels are willing to go after deposits of Magma Energy…" Zero said, Rex nodded.

"The other wolves and Carnelian will watch the outside… If you want to talk, we can talk during the peace talks… soldiers aren't going to be more then security… Trust me, you'd be better than me at being a wolf, Oni… Anyway…" He said as he looked over his gear and then back to her.

"How's the surface world been for you? You've been here for a while…" Rex asked, any attempt to talk to his friend he would take… If she was willing to talk to him, he wouldn't neglect it.

"We're talk about it tomorrow… But thank you for explaining some things." Zero said, Rex turned to look at her.

"That's not a complete apology, but I'll take what I can, Oni… I know I broke the promise, but I won't break it again." He said and looked at the gear.

He picked up one of the 4 knives he had, they always had backups.

"Here, if you're going to be there and the rebels attack, you should be able to fight back… We might be stronger than Humans, but against other Klaxo Sapiens…" He muttered before he looked at Zero and then slowly looked over his pistol and put it in a holster on his leg.

"You might not be a wolf, but I know your better at hand to hand then me… Unless you want to keep talking, we're going to need rest." He said before he turned to look at her again.

"I'd really like to talk… But now isn't the time, and it makes me hate my duty right now." He said and walked towards the window.

He turned to Zero and smiled sadly.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Zero being monotone and such isn't entirely because of Rex. I do want to point out their history isn't supposed to make Rex a Gary sue. Next chapter will be on Sunday or so, until then, Lighting Wolf out!