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.

(Capital city of Cadon.)

Rex put his helmet next to him while he peeled off his armor. He brushed off his armor while he sighed and rubbed at his eyes.

"I wonder how the others are doing." He stated while he sighed and started to peel off his armor and slowly started to put his armor away. He hummed and then cracked his knuckles before the door was knocked on.

"It's open." He said, he wondered how his Klaxosaur was doing. He couldn't even begin to guess how, when, where and why the war mech was.

He was shaken from his thoughts by Zero walking into the room. She walked up to him and sat on the other bed.

"You always pick the rooms with 2 beds?" Zero asked, Rex turned and looked at her with a shrug.

"I'm usually not given a choice, oni. I'm dealing with a mission… One I don't want to deal with. I'm not going to keep bringing it up." He stated, Rex was well aware that the entire city didn't like them, he had the hotels paid for by humans. He knew the humans didn't like to pay out of their own pocket.

He had no concept of their currency, the Klaxosapiens had only focused on the humans for as long as there was data to gather. He had spied on them before, but he was a soldier, he had taken an oath.

He rubbed at his eyes again and sat up to see Zero in his face.

"GAH!" Rex yelled while he rolled away from the grinning girl.

"You can kill dozens of rebels, but I scare you? I didn't think you'd remain a chicken for as long as you'd live." Zero said, wiggling her toes in the air as the special forces officer looked at her.

"I'm not the one who pranks everyone, oni. You always have to push my buttons. You always have to keep cutting till something breaks." He muttered, he sat on the bed in front of her.

"You're the one who's too serious at times. You were willing to let me do something fun, but you like to hide what you are behind your title and rank and all that crap. You're not some super commando. You're a troublemaking prankster who does nothing but improvise his way through life and never takes anything back, it's why I always liked to hang out with you so much." Zero said, Rex rolled his eyes.

"You act like people don't grow up with time," He stated. Zero leaned closer to him.

"You don't change… And sure, as hell people like us don't change. I don't mean to seem like the crazy guy… but you never find fighting fun? You never get your blood pumping when you get into a tense fight, always wondering if the next moment would be your last? You never wonder about fighting and taking out the enemy? I know you like fighting, you always use to try and wrestle with me. You never got tired of it, even when I was winning, Rex." She said, pushing her finger into his chest while Rex grabbed at her hand.

Her smile didn't fade, it grew if anything, daring him to do something that she could use against him.

He hated her smirk, it always came before she would press one of his buttons, she would drive him up a wall and then back off and lap up the humiliation, the blush and stuttering.

"You always have to make a game out of everything. Zero, I swear if you were…" He started to say before realizing Zero was messing with him, she wanted him to try and push her back. Zero wanted to bite back at him and the only way she could do it is if he pushed at her, gave her a reason to fight back.

He sighed and turned away from her, she rolled her eyes and looked at her nails.

"You can't hide what you are from me, Rex. You can try and bury what you are over and over and over and over… But I'll find it, and I'll cut it loose, because if I can do that? I get to see the real you." Zero said before looking away from Rex, he rolled his eyes and looked at the roof, anything to avoid her smile.

"You act like I don't grow up, oni. I grow up because I can't stay a kid my entire life. I want to be like that kid, but I really can't do that if it means I have to let people die to do so." He stated, zero rolled her eyes.

"Who says you can't be both?" She asked, he could say nothing in reply, unsure what to say.

He focused only on getting things done so he could go home and then retire from his own past.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to apologize for the long update time, I haven't been able to get to all of my stories. Next chapter will be in 2 weeks or so and will show Zero and Rex bonding more and talking to the council as well as some of their past. until Sunday, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: I am making a Dragon Ball Gine or Android 21 story, let me know which one along with the next assassin creed story.