Neko-chan: Konnichi wa! I'm so glad that you guys, the readers, decided to click on my story. There is no excuse about how late this update is.
Axl's voice: Neko-chan, I think you're in the wrong story.
Neko-chan: Huh? (looks around and sees Axl's face through a computer screen) Looks like I am, oh well. Anyways, I'm sorry for the late update. Thank you for all the reviews! Oh, Axl, have you seen Zero?
Axl's voice: Sorry, Neko-chan, haven't seen him.
Neko-chan: Thanks anyway.
Axl's voice: Neko-chan does not own Rockman or Rockman X. She does however wish to own a PSP and a DS.
(Axl leaves)
Unknown person: Neko-chan.
Neko-chan (turns around): AHHHHHHHHHHH! ZERO-VIRUS!
NEKO-CHAN LOGGING OUT
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Chapter 4: Memories of an Old Light
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After the all the papers were done, Zero decided that X should give the Light bots a personal tour of the base. X tried to reason with his best friend that he also had things to do, like his paperwork. X then realized that it was Zero he tried to reason with, in which Zero does not listen to anyone's reasons, well except for Iris' but that's another story. But of course X dragged Zero and Axl along for the ride.
It took about three hours to completely cover the entire base from front to back, and everything in between. Roll was really impress with the technology, Rock was amazed with the humans and Reploids interacting, and Blues…was just Blues, although he did keep his eyes on Zero, not that you could notice. It was something about the blonde haired Reploid that bugged him, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
At the end of the tour, Zero got fed up with Blues staring at him. "Quit staring at me!"
"Staring at you?" questioned Axl. "I thought he was staring at me."
"You can't really tell who he's staring at, but I'm pretty sure he's staring at Zero." Rock stared into his brother's visor.
Blues, annoyed by Rock, shoved him away, "This is pointless."
"Blues!" Roll was shocked at his behavior.
"We're all ready back at the 17th Rec. Room," stated X.
"Well, look at the time!" Zero exclaimed. "I'm sorry but Axl and I have a previous engagement and must go."
"We do?"
Zero gave Axl "the look" and Axl got the hint.
"Oh yeah! How could I forget!" Axl pretended to remembered. "We gotta hurry, or we'll be late! It was nice meeting you guys!"
Axl and Zero headed out the door.
Roll blinked, "What was that about?"
"Don't worry about them," reassured X. "Their like that."
"I know you have a lot of questions, X," Blues said.
X nodded, "I don't know where to start, bro-"
"You can say it, we are family," Blues urged.
"Let's start at the beginning, ne Roll-chan?" stated a cheerful Rock.
"Sounds good," Roll agreed. "You start, Blues."
"It was the year 20XX, a time where Dr. Albert Wily and Dr. Thomas Right were partners…" When he go to the part where Wily started to turn evil, Rock jumped in.
"I volunteered myself to be transformed into a battle robot to combat Wily's Robot Masters. Wile had taken control of our other brothers, Cutman, Gutsman, Iceman, Fireman, Bomberman, and Elecman. I defeated them and Papa reprogram them to be good again." He continued.
After Rock finished talking about Duo, Roll took over. "It was quite peaceful after Duo left. We assumed that Will had died in the accident, so we continued with our lives. It was about a few months after Duo left that Dr. Right started on you, X. He didn't tell us about you until you were half-way done. He activated you twice, one to see if you were functional and the second was for us to meet you. We were still debating on what to name you, Doc told us that you have countless possibilities. Then Rock suggested the name X. Of course, we were all stunned. We were all expecting a name like Bebop from Rock. Apparently, Rock was studying variables at the time. The variable "X" had lots of meaning, not to mention it was the first letter to the doctor's middle name, Xavier. So it was decided that you were going to be name after Dr. Right. X, which is short for Xavier."
"But the peace didn't last long. Wily was alive after all; he reprogram Forte, without Forte's consent. Forte was berserk. It took both Rock and I to take him down. The Doc fixed him afterwards, but we never heard from him or his wolf, Gospel, again. Afterwards, I decided to sneak into Wily's hideout after we located it, Rock tagged with me to see what that old man was planning." Blues continued.
"There, we saw Wily building this red robot with a blue gem on the helmet. It looked like a girl. Now that I really think about it, it kinda looks like Zero," Rock commented.
"We went back home to tell the Doc about it. A week later, he gave us this chip, and said that we were to install it into the new robot Wily was building." Blues explained. "I snuck out that night, without anyone knowing to install the chip. It was a success to my knowledge."
"Papa had finished constructing you. But he was afraid that you and the world weren't ready for each other; that you maybe unstable. He decided to put you in stasis for at least 30 years to analyze your system and function. But all did not go as plan, about two months after you were in stasis, something attacked our lab."
"It caught us by surprised and broke through our lab's defense system. The second impact destroyed the walls, and caused them to collapse. Dr. Right rushed us all down into the basement, even with his declining health, and shoved us into the capsules…" Roll started to cry.
X knew what happened next. Their creator, no their father, had given up his life to ensure their safety. Tango jumped onto Roll's lap and tried to cheer her up. Rock had also started to cry, he tried to keep it in.
"Are you ok, Rock?" X asked.
"Yeah.."
Blues decided to change the subject. "X, you should watch yourself around that Zero guy. Rock's right, he does resemble the robot Wily was building. Even though that chip the Doc had me install, it might have not worked."
"Zero? He's not a robot. He's a Reploid." A while ago, X had explained to his siblings what a Reploid was. "I've known him since I joined the Hunter. Besides, granted he's a menace, he's a true friend."
"I suppose, but just be careful, X."
"Blues, are you being a caring older brother?" Roll asked.
"Is it a crime?" he responded.
They all laughed.
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The reason it's Dr. Right is because there is no "L" in the Japanese language. It's a pun for Light, so to say I think…?
Neko-chan: This was sad for me to type. (cries)
Unknown person grabs Neko-chan: Neko-chan.
Neko-chan: AHHHHHH! ZERO VIRUS! LET ME GO LET ME GO!
Person takes off helmet: Neko-chan, it's me Zero.
: Zero-kun?
Zero: Remember, in the EXE universe, I'm still the Zero Virus.
Neko-chan: Zero-kun! (gets out Zero's hammer from X8)
Zero: Why are you looking at me with my hammer in your hand? (nervously starts to run away)
Neko-chan: Don't ever do that to me again! (chases Zero)
Alia: (sweatdrops) I guess it I'll announce the Review Response while our author is busy killing Zero.
To:
Found Him & jhvh777: Apparently Zero was over in the EXE universe playing the Zero Virus.
Ciel the Hedgehog: Nice Zero toy.
Nakori Maverick huntress (): I hope Zero's gonna be ok, that is after I clobber him too. :3 Rose Kitsune.EXE, can I call u kitsune-chan?
Everyone else: Thanks a bunch for the reviews! Please check, my forum in the EXE section for future updates for both of my stories. The name is "Author Help" Also, I'm thinking of renaming this story, care to any suggestion? Just post it in the Author Help, under renaming. For those waiting for Rock n' Roll, Rhythm n' Blues update, please wait a while longer cause I'm gonna type it later this week.
- Neko-chan