Well, for RandyPandy's question. If you're referring to when Prairie said those six, it includes the five reploids and Ciel, otherwise, it would include Phantom.

As for ??, Ciel also has those ears, so it's pretty safe to assume that they could still be human. Even if they are reploids, (Though I'm pretty sure they're not) let's just say that they're human in the story.

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Innerpeace

"Alright, so I'll leave you two alone for now. Meet us back here in three hours." Prairie and the others walk off as Vent looks around the town.

"What do you want to do first, Aile?" Aile looks around and spots an arcade. Aile grabs Vent and drags him to the arcade. She goes up to the counter and buys eight tokens, four for each of them.

"What do you want to do first?" Vent looks around and finds a shooting game.

"How about that?"

"Sure." The two of them walk up to it and insert their coins. They each grab their respective guns and point it at the screen. The go sign appears and they start shooting at every enemy in sight.

Some people gather around as they watch the scores go up. Vent has better accuracy than Aile, but Aile is faster at shooting and reloading. Aile easily takes the lead as the others start to watch them.

The scores go up and none of them even get hit once. Aile has way more points than Vent as they keep on shooting. In the end, they beat the high score in half the time as the tickets start to come out.

"Well, where do you want to go next?" Aile looks around some more.

"Hey, let's go there!" Vent notices two people dancing on a panel with arrows as arrows appear on the screen. They seem to be dancing to the arrows, guess it can't be too hard.

The two of them wait their turn until the other two are finished. They get on and choose a novice song and wait. The song starts to play and the two chosen ones start to dance to it.

At first, it starts off slow and they had no problems after training in combat. The song starts to get faster and they both the first few arrows. After a while, they got the hang of it.

The song starts to get even faster and Vent starts to miss frequently. Aile manages to get a bit more than Vent because of her clothing and height. Vent is wearing pants while Aile wears shorts, giving her more flexibility.

In the end, Vent loses again and sighs. "Well, what should we do now?"

"I don't know, let's just try our luck with those and get some tickets." Vent and Aile manage to get extremely lucky, getting the highest possible number of tickets for each game. They go up to the counter and looks at the different prizes.

"What should we get?" Aile looks around, but finds nothing interesting. Most of these things are for younger kids…

"We'll take that." Aile points to a black stuffed cat.

"That's the last one we have, alright, here you go." The employee gets out the stuff animal and hands it to Aile. The two of them walk out as Vent stares at Aile with the stuffed animal in her arms.

"Why did you decide to get that?"

"To give it to Prairie, she took us in when we needed help and paid for this in the first place." Aile looks forward. "Wait here, Vent, I'm going to get something."

"Alright."

After fifteen minutes, Vent is still standing outside. What's taking her so long? I wondering what she's trying to do.

Aile comes back with two bars of ice cream. "The line-up was pretty long, sorry to keep you waiting. I hope you like chocolate, Vent, because I got that flavor for you."

"Thanks." Vent takes the ice cream and takes the wrapping out as he watches Aile bite down on her vanilla flavored ice cream. Vent eats his and continues staring at Aile blissfully sucking on her ice cream.

They both finish at the same time and Aile looks at Vent. "What are you staring at?" She asks in a very innocent tone of voice. Vent gulps. She noticed me the whole time?

"You got a little bit… of um… vanilla on your lips." Aile playfully raises her hand and uses the tip of her finger to get it off. She raises her finger to her lips and licks the vanilla off.

"Why are you still staring at me like that?" Vent starts to blush as he realizes what he was doing. I just can't keep my eyes off her. She just looks so… Vent's eyes open wide as Aile brings her lips onto his cheeks.

"Wha…"

"Wasn't that the reason you kept staring at my lips?" Vent starts to blush a lot as Aile laughs. They pause for a second as they stare into each others eyes. The sun's reflection makes her eyes seem as green as emeralds.

I wonder if his lips taste like chocolate now. I guess there's only one way to find out. The two of them bring their head a bit closer as they get lost in each other's eyes. Aile puts her hands behind Vent's head as she pulls him towards her.

A few humans run past them as one turns around. "Run away… a reploid… is attacking… the area!" The man continues running as everyone else clears the area.

"Let me take care of it." Vent takes out the biometals.

"I'll go and help you." Vent stops her and shakes his head.

"This shouldn't ruin the vacation for all of us. I'm sure I can take care of it by myself." Vent prepares to leave as Aile stares at him.

"Alright, but please be careful."

"I will." Aile looks at Vent leave as she remembers just how close they were to kissing moments before. I guess I can't deny it any longer. I've been strange around Vent for the last couple of days, and just then, I knew that I had fallen in love with him. The question is, does he feel the same way?

Aile sees an explosion in the area that Vent is going. Please don't die, Vent. I can't imagine losing you as well. Please, don't end up like boss…

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"… and that's how Vent and Aile came to be with us. The two of them didn't have any way of supporting themselves when they were forced to kill Girouette." Prairie sighs as she remembers Girouette, a former Guardian.

"Wait, did you just say Girouette?"

"Yes, why?"

"I was the one who created him…" Ciel thinks back to the discovery of Model W. "Because of me, he had to endure being manipulated by Model W." Ciel starts to cry a bit. "Everything is all my fault, first Copy X, and then Girouette."

"It's not your fault in any way, Ciel. I'm sure that if you hadn't done what you did, the world would be in a worse shape than it is now. Besides, I'm sure Girouette died happily knowing that he didn't cause harm to anyone…"

"Zero's right, sis, you should cheer up a bit." Zero puts a comforting hand on Ciel's shoulder as she wipes the tears off.

"Thanks, you two. That really means a lot to me."

"Hey, Harpy, what's wrong?" Leviathan looks at Harpuia's serious expression as he looks ahead.

"There's some sort of commotion going on in that area, we need to check it out!" Harpuia flies into the air to get a closer look. A small explosion is seen to the others as they start to head for the area.

"Come on, we have to hurry!"

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"Phantom! What are you doing here?" Vent gets out Model X and Z as he prepares for battle. This isn't good I can't take him on by myself! Still, I won't let him hurt anyone!

Phantom charges at Vent with something red in his hand. Vent doesn't get a good look at it before Phantom slams him. Vent gets sent knocked back as Phantom smirks. "If that's the best that you can do, then I suggest you quit now."

"Rock-on!" Vent transforms into Model ZX and charges at Phantom. Phantom disappears before Vent could hit him and reappears to throws a huge shuriken from behind Vent. Vent's armor gets pierced from the attack and Phantom grabs his katana and slashes at him, damaging Vent.

I have to buy some time for everyone to escape! Phantom brings down his katana again, but Vent uses his ZX Saber to block it. He's too strong!

"Do you finally realize what you're lacking, hero?" Phantom brings his katana down, shattering the ZX Saber. "You're weak, and no matter what you do, you cant' change that!"

Phantom grabs onto Vent's neck with his hand. Vent tries to pry Phantom's grip lose with his own hands, but nothing works.

I can't take much more of this… Is this, where I die? Vent reverts back to his human form as he struggles to breath. Phantom throws Vent against a nearby building as he raises his katana.

"Pity you won't live long enough to see when Model W rules the world. Oh well, I guess some things can't be helped." Phantom moves in front of Vent as he tries to bring himself up.

I can't die like this… "NOVA STRIKE!" A large fiery attack gets in front of Vent as Phantom jumps out of the way.

"We won't let you do any more harm here, Phantom, leave immediately!" X raises his buster as the others surround Phantom. Phantom starts to laugh.

"Everything has gone according to Model W's plans after all."

"What do you mean?" Zero tightens his grip on the saber as Phantom continues to laugh.

"Model W has thought everything over already. He knew that one of the chosen ones will try and stop me. That's why he sent Yuriskah to take care of the other one."

"Aile!" Vent coughs out blood as he gets up.

"That's right. All of you made it easier." Phantom looks at X and the others, "The five of you helped by going after me." Phantom turns his gaze to Vent. "If you didn't leave your friend alone and defenseless, she might have survived."

Everyone quickly turns as an explosion is heard in the distance. Phantom laughs at their looks of confusion. "Guess this means Yuriskah finished his job, I'll be leaving now."

"Stop!" Zero tries to go after the ninja reploid, but Ciel stops him. She motions to Vent as Zero stops. Zero motions for Vent to get on his back as all of them go to the area of the explosion.

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"AILE!" Vent rushes up to the unconscious figure of his friend. Cuts are everywhere on her body and the sound of her shallow breathing is the only thing that signals she is still alive. A huge pool of blood is next to her body as Prairie quickly calls a first aid troop from Guardian HQ.

Vent to the body of Aile as a bunch of Guardians put Aile on a stretcher and gets her back to Guardian HQ. Everyone is silent as Vent turns to Ciel and Prairie.

"She's not going to live, is she?"

"Judging from the looks of it, I'd have to say no." Ciel looks down to the ground as the clouds start to darken and thunder strikes the ground.

"I'm sorry… Vent…" Prairie tries to comfort Vent as he turns to leave. She tries to go after him but X and Zero stop her.

"He needs time to think. No one can ever fully recover from a shock like this." Zero looks at Vent leaving. "Believe me. I know what he's going through."

"I guess you're right… Let's go back." All seven of them start to leave to head back to Guardian HQ as they watch Vent walk on. It takes only a few minutes to ruin what would otherwise have been a perfect day…

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So, what do you guys think? Pretty dramatic at the end, huh? Anyways, remember to read and review!