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Another Friend

"HELL NO," Zero yelled.

"And why not," a flustered Max asked, after yet another failed attempt at explaining that MD was a good guy.

"He's an enemy."

"When you knew him yes. But not now."

"And I'm supposed to believe that?"

"Yes. Look, just give 'im a chance."

"Again, hell no."

Everyone just gave a sigh, except for X. "Listen, Max, we get what you're saying. But it's kinda hard to just trust an old enemy right away," X said, much more calm than Zero.

"Alright, that's enough," MD said, deciding to defend himself instead of letting Max take the yelling. "What I did in the past is over. I have no grudge against either of you, nor have I ever held a grudge. Any bad blood between us is gone."

"Maybe to you, but not to us," Zero said. "You killed our comrades."

"And you destroyed my body. I think that's fair. Yet still, you try to make excuses as to why I shouldn't stay."

"Because of-"

"No, I don't wanna hear it. I don't wanna hear any more of your damned excuses. None of them are good enough and they never will be."

"You son of a-"

"ENOUGH," X shouted at the two of them. "Zero, apologize to MD."

"What the?! What the hell for?"

"Because he's right. Zero, if he was still the same, he wouldn't have tried reasoning with you. He would have attacked you, even though he doesn't have a body. That's proof enough for me."

"…….Fine…………. I'm sorry."

"More specific, Zero."

Zero shot X a dirty look. "I'm sorry for being an……..asshole."

"Good Zero. MD, do you have anything to say to this?"

"Not really. Other than that I hope we can be friends at some point in time."

"Good. Now that that's settled, I'm heading to Beamer's. Anyone wanna come," Will asked.

Kass got up off the couch seat that she had been occupying during the argument. "I will. I've never been anyways and now's as good a time as any. Anyone else?"

Everyone else just shook their heads. "Alright then," Will said. "How bout you MD? Wanna check out some of the local color?"

"Naw. I'd rather look around this place," MD answered.

"Alright. See you all later." Will and Kass left, leaving everyone else to their own business.

"Those two certainly seem close," Z said when Will and Kass were out the door.

"Yes they do. Almost like they've been friends forever," MD said.

"Perhaps they've found their true love," Alia suggested.

"That's what I think. I've never seen Kass warm up to someone so quickly. It's kind of strange seeing her like that."

"How long have you known Kass anyways," Axl-R asked.

"Kinda hard to tell. If I were to guess, it'd probably have been about a year since we first met. About, oh say, three or four months after, we became 'fugitives', according to the organization."

"What is the organization's name anyways," Max asked.

"No one knows. Not even the top dogs. It's just known as the organization."

"Ok then. So, it's an organization known as the organization? What kind of idiot doesn't name an organization?"

***

"See ya later Beamer," Will said, walking out the front door and holding it open for Kass.

"It was nice meeting you, Beamer," Kass said, waving bye.

"You too. Come by whenever you want," Beamer answered, watching the two leave. "I've never seen such a perfect pair before," he said to himself. "Well, actually I have, but they're not gonna figure it out anytime soon."

Will and Kass began the walk back to HQ, talking about the recent events of the past two days. Kass tripped on a large crack in the walk, knocking into Will, who tried to keep his balance while catching Kass, but failed miserably. They both crashed to the ground. When they looked up, they found their faces only an inch apart and quickly turned to different directions, trying to hide the blushing that they both had on their face. "Need help," Will offered.

"Please," Kass answered. Will got up and held his hand out to her, helping her up. They began walking once more to HQ.

***

MD was watching Zero train with his Z Saber. "Your form's gotten sloppy," MD said to Zero.

"So? What does it matter to you," Zero said, a hint of anger in his voice.

"It's a shame to see a talented fighter lose skill over time. What happened?"

"To be honest, every enemy we've had after you, other than Sigma, was a walk in the park."

"I'm flattered. But, still, it's painfully obvious you haven't been training very much anymore."

"Oh, and I suppose you can do better."

"Low blow, man, low blow. I can't since I don't have arms."

"Oh well. Not my problem."

"Ok, seriously, what happened the past is done and over. Why can't you just get over it?"

"It's not that easy. Not when you lose comrades."

"You know, I lost comrades during that as well. Some of them were my best friends. But I don't hold it against you. But I guess the only way to prove that I've changed, at least to you, is to save your life. But unfortunately that's impossible."

"Yeah, I guess it is." Zero went back to training, no longer saying anything. MD gave a sigh and floated out of the training room that they were in.

***

When Will and Kass got back from Beamer's, Max had called everyone into the main living room. "Everyone, I think it's time you all knew why J and I transferred you here."

"Yeah, I've kinda been wondering that myself," Lan said.

"We need help. In the Prime Zone, we have three villains, masterminds really, who threaten all the zones. They are all similar to enemies you have each face in your own zones. Dr. Wily, who is most similar to the Wily you have faced, Lan and Megaman. Sigma for X and Zero. And finally Andromeda, whom you are most familiar with, Geo and Omega-xis."

"Wait, hold on a sec. You're telling us that all of our most dangerous enemies are here?"

"No, just that our enemies are most similar to yours. Anyways, on to the second reason I called you all here."

"Which is," Maylu said, waiting for him to explain.

"Tomorrow, we go on our first mission. The team will be Zero, Kass and MD, Lan and Megaman, Maylu and Roll, Chaud and Protoman, and myself. Alia, Layer, and Palette, Will is going to show you three how to use our teleporter. Any questions?" Chaud raised his hand. "Yes, Chaud?"

"What time do we leave?"

And so ends another chapter. Next chapter will be their first mission. Just a heads up, most, if not all, of the missions will probably come in two to three parts. Please review and comment.