Reiki: Konichiwa, minna-san! I'm glad I started updating so soon…so I promise this chapter to be long!

Zero: Liar. They always seem shorter these days…

Reiki: Oh stuff it! Anyway, ) here I go!

Lumine: :D

Axl: Not again...

X: The Authoress does not own Rockman X...(I'd be a little worried if she did own me. uu;) (-- Someone's taking things too seriously here.

A/N: Sometimes…the chapter names may have nothing to do with the story and I kinda pick them 'cause they sound cool…Shot This whole chapter is completely rewritten…oo I think Starlight Ninja kinda encouraged me to write longer than usual for some reason…thank you! I'll try to improve my grammar…xD;; And Dark Closure…XDDD that's very kind of you… TAThe Sun Twin…thank you for your wonderful support! Anyway, thank you all my faithful reviewers!

Ok, this is after certain events…XD After Rockman X8 I mean…but it is still an AU if ya know what I mean, lawls.

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Capítulo ocho: La Octava Legión

Chapter eight: The Eighth Legion

He could hear it.

Lumine's laughter.

It was mocking him.

Axl turned around in his bed to only end up with his face in his pillow. The orange-haired Maverick Hunter heard the alarm clock on the desk right near his bed go off—he had timed it at exactly 9:00 AM, but quite frankly, he did NOT want to be getting up right now. He just placed his right hand on top of the clock to turn the alarm off…and go back to sleep.

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Blue eyes snapped open before closing once again.

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It was a deserted wasteland, where Axl seemed to stand in this dream. His eyes looking apprehensively—he seemed to be wearing the same clothes as he was wearing before he went to bed…his Pajamas. These Pajamas had little pictures of guns on them, unsurprisingly. It was completely silent…something Axl did not like whenever in any area—including whenever he heard a random lecture going on.

His green eyes narrowed as he saw a figure approaching in the distance—his hands tightened their grip on his…pistols? Axl blinked, looking down to see he had both in his hands, of which he had not noticed before. He was quite sure they weren't in his possession when he was asleep…despite the rumors that had gone around the Maverick Hunter base, saying he slept with his guns. A sandstorm then blew, causing him to raise his left arm to block any sand particles from getting in his eyes. Then when it had stopped moments later, he saw that the figure had completely disappeared.

"Eh…?"

Axl blinked once and there was no mistake of the person that had appeared standing directly in front of him now…it is…

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X mumbled something under his breath about listening to hour-long lectures that were sure to make him rust and decompose one day from the boredom. Sure it was for mostly peace lectures and whatnot about the peace between humans and reploids…but he believed that maybe it was time for people to get straight to the point. It didn't help when the people made summaries of the last topic they were on. Blech! Well, at least it is for the good of humankind and reploids…

Unlike other times though, he decided to go out—Zero was being typically lazy and would not budge from his room…nor his bed—for some fresh air. It wasn't like it was a sin to take a breather from all the tension and stress, right? The blue bomber was already heading towards an ice cream shop when he detected—even without his armor—that someone was indeed following him. He turned around to find a cloaked figure watching him, from a building across the street he was, from afar. A fan? No, it looked too suspicious…

Couldn't he/she at least TRY not to look suspicious?

X sweat-dropped as he decided that it was not time for confrontation. The brown-haired reploid walked right in the door and was surprised at the many people and reploids around…including the New Generation Reploids. X smiled. Well, at least it seems everything is going well these days…not counting the incident days ago; the people seem to be getting along just fine with the reploids…even the New Generation ones. For once it seemed like the world was embracing a new concept of reploids.

He sat down on the stool which—if it were many years before—he would be spinning aro…why is he thinking about that right now?

"I'll have a quadruple-layered bubble-gum ice cream with the sugar cone."

X smiled at one of the person that is in charge of fixing up the ice cream. But the person just stared.

"…Ummm…ok…"

If X looked through the windows of the ice cream shop, he would have noticed that the figure had not moved one bit. Infact, the cloaked figure seemed to be examining X.

"…It's him alright."

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Long blonde hair swirled around. Blue eyes looked down into green ones.

"Zero…?"

Axl blinked, surprised a little to find him in one of his dreams. So…it was him after all. There was a bright light and he found himself on some sort of space station or something…no wait, The Jakob Project. He then saw himself facing forward—wearing his armor—standing right beside X. He looked up but he saw no one but rubble.

Then another flash of light and he saw himself standing in front of Zero again—but this time in Monsteropolis…he had one of his pistols pointed at the blonde's head. He looked down to see that the Z-Saber was at his neck and Axl nearly panicked. Calm down…this is a dream…

"Can you kill me?"

"W-What're you talking about Zero…?"

Zero smirked, lowering his Z-Saber and Axl lowered his gun.

"Even now, there is something within you…soon, after events it is going to be awakened—only you havethe power to stop yourself."

Axl made a face. What? Do I have to do this all by myself or something? Plus…The orange-haired hunter's facial expression shifted to that of one that represented confusion. Zero patted him on his head with a smile and grinned saying,

"Don't strain your brain too much."

Before he knew it, Zero's lips met his own. Axl blushed deeply; the blonde pulled away and turned around.

"Of course you'll need help—that is why you have X and I…"

Then he heard him whisper something under his breath—Axl arched an eyebrow…although it was heard to tell because of his hair that nearly covered them completely when he wasn't wearing his helmet. Even so, Axl managed to hear the rest of what Zero was saying.

"…and maybe someone else."

Then as Zero proceeded to walk away into the distance—darkness seemed to fall as he took one step towards the blonde. In a blink, he was gone, although he saw Zero turn around and try to reach out to him before that second; the words were unheard, though they were read from the blonde's lips:

"Be careful."

Axl was looking at a mirror that was in front of him—he saw Lumine. He saw him smile, he saw him reach out to him, and saw him laugh. Once his hand grabbed the front of Axl's shirt—he was wearing his Pajamas again apparently—he pulled him towards him—and the mirror—and said,

"You're mine."

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Axl woke up with a gasp. His alarm clock went off and he shot it.

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Omake!

Spider: I win again! (Shows a royal flush) Now undress...all of you!

Everyone: OO;;

Unfortunately this one is discontinued due to unforeseen events that...shall remain unforeseen to others. XD;;;