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.

(Loyalist convoy, enroute to capital.)

Rex poked at the fire while he looked into it. He took off his helmet and set it aside while warming his hands.

He looked at Zero who was quiet. He sighed and crossed his legs under him while he looked into the fire under him.

"Well… I'm planning on taking bets that tomorrow we get ambushed and we all die." Rex said, Zero hummed.

"I doubt their stupid enough to risk another attack when we're like this." She stated, Rex hummed and looked to the side with amusement.

"Maybe, but with the week we've been having? I really doubt that anything is impossible… They were bold enough to attack us at the city hall and you still didn't run." He said, Zero shrugged.

"I'm not scared of them. We've seen rebels since the government started being form… A lot of people were not fond of the princess." She said, Rex tapped his hands on his knees. He looked around and pointed at Zero.

"I know you liked her, you wanted to be a Wolf. You know why we called them that? We saw wolves when we settled here a few hundred years ago and studied them. They were brave, fearless, leaders, hunters." He stated, Zero nodded.

"Yes, and I had to babysit you when we were kids. You tried to stand up for me and all that did was get you in trouble. You tried to be the hero and ended up being the idiot." She said, picking up a strawberry and starting to eat it.

Both Klaxosapiens looked at each other and smiled while Rex drank milk that he had gotten from the humans.

"You always had to be the sarcastic one, Oni. You know how many times you drove people up the wall? You always made people angry. I might have been too stupid to pick fights I couldn't handle… I could at least handle the heat…" He said. Zero snorted and finished her food while she kicked at Rex's arm.

He caught her foot and pushed her back lightly.

"I know your tricks, I'm well aware of what happened when you ran off… We were both hungry." He muttered and looked around. Zero nodded and leaned back on her log before she turned back towards Rex who shrugged.

"We both do stupid things. I've done a lot more then you did. I don't want to think being your friend was one of them… We were brats as kids." He said, tipping his cup and continuing to drink. Zero kicked her feet up.

"We were orphans and you know it. I never saw your parents and you never come back to the fact." She stated while she began to eat candy.

"I didn't know any better. I didn't know much at all as a kid. You know that." He muttered, he turned back to his drink while Carnelian snorted.

"I don't want to hear it from you! You got issued to me in my first year of training and we've never gotten along! You're as stubborn as her." He said and smiled before Zero kicked him in the face before he pried her booted foot off his face and threw it backwards.

Zero gasped as her boot flew over towards the Klaxosaur. She placed her socked foot on the ground.

"Don't kick me if you don't want that to happen… You always used to kick me, you always used to eat… It was funny when I saw you eat a bug that you thought was a piece of candy." He stated and hummed. Zero while he turned to the side he turned to the back where the rest of the soldiers were asleep.

Zero sat next to him while he got up and went to grab her shoe before Rex while he put the boot next to her. He sighed before Zero turned back toward him and grabbed the shoe and then grabbed it from him and put it next to her.

"Do you really plan to retire from the military when you're done? You've wanted to be in the military for years." Zero said, Rex hummed and waved his arm back and forth.

He sighed and brought a hand up to his eyes and then rested his hand on his chin while he sighed.

"I'd not like to serve the military until I'm too old to serve in it. I'm tired and I have no interest in serving in the military at the moment if I can't explore the surface… So yeah, but let's forget that and go back towards work." He hummed while he sighed and smiled with amusement.

Both turned to each other and playfully slugged each other in the shoulder. Rex smiled while he turned back to the sunset at the moment unaware of what would happen tomorrow.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry for the chapter being short, I'm still thinking what to do. Next chapter will be on Saturday or so and will show Rex and Zero arriving at the capital and then meeting the council. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: I do not know if I will be making the 001 story at the moment. I will set up a poll for stories.