CHAPTER 31

-"THE HUNTERS WITH THE SECRET MISSION: ARRIVAL OF THE FUTURE WARRIORS!"-

The Mavericks Hunters from the future, Megaman X and Zero have landed in present-day Japan. When they get out of the car; they begin to look at the place:

"So where are we…?" Zero says. He begins to look around. "Did we land in the right time?"

X replies, "I hope so Zero, or else our future's screwed."

Zero's thinking. "Hmm…One way to find out X is to go out and investigate."

"Roger."

Suddenly, a piece of newspaper lands in Zero's face by the wind. He picks it up and begins to read into it. He sees the headlines…and, the date of the paper…13 June 20XX.

Happy, Zero says, "X, I guess we did land in the right time and place."

"Really? That's great! Now what do we do, Zero?"

"First things first is to hide the car. Then, to investigate about this world, so we can start with our mission."

"Understood."

"Before we go, I suggest that we change our clothes so we can blend in without any problems."

"Right…good thing that the guys back at HQ gave us these new clothes."

Zero agrees. "That's right, and also this money from the Museum of Money, which we'll have to be very careful not to spend it all, only if extremely necessary."

"Affirmative."

"Okay, now, we'll split up, look around this place, and meet up here in five hours, okay X?"

"You got it Zero."

"In that case, good luck X."

"You too buddy."

Then, they change from their combat armors, to some normal clothes –(thanks to Douglas's machine)-. Zero was covered in a blue trench coat –(similar to Heidern's in the KOF series)- with brown tennis shoes, he didn't have his helmet on, so his long, blonde ponytail was hanging loose, and had red sunglasses. X's clothes were blue jeans, white shoes, and a brown leather bomber jacket –(almost like Terry Bogard's in GAROU Mark of the Wolves)- his helmet was gone and his black hair looks cool, along with his dark sunglasses. Then, they part away to investigate the place.

X:

X was walking around the city, admiring the view before him. Normal people with their friends, family, blue sky, birds flying in the sky…he was impressed. Man, the 21st century is kinda cool. No Reploid attacks, no extreme pollution, no command posts everywhere…so nice.

X thoughts were stopped when he looks at a store before him. –"Akihabara Store"- was the name of the store. So X, out of curiosity, decides to enter… Once inside, he looks at all the stuff the store has. X has never seen anything like this in his time…

"Fried pudding rice, Salmon, Tofu…I wonder what are these things…"

"Can I help you Nyo?" a girl's voice asks.

Then, X turns around and sees before him a small girl, dress in a black and white maid-like costume, with a bell on her chest, two on her ears, has green hair, and the weirdest part in X's opinion was the hat on her head is in the shape of a cat.

What is this girl? Out loud, X says politely, "Um, hello, um, I was just looking around, and all… Um, what's your name little girl?"

The girl cheerfully replies, "My name is Dejiko Nyo. Welcome to Akihabara Store Nyo! What can I help you with Nyo?"

X sweatdrops, "He he he he… No, nothing much, like I said, just looking around hehehe…"

"Okay Nyo, but if you want help Nyo, ask Dejiko Nyo, and I'll help you Nyo."

"Ooookay."

Then Dejiko leaves; X was kinda surprised at the girl. Man, who is that girl, is she a cat-like person? Oh well, no matter"…X thinks and begins looking around at the stuff the store has. He was on his way out, walking to the door, when he was stopped by another little girl. X looks down and sees that this little girl dresses the same as the other older girl, the only difference is that she's wearing a little school uniform.

"Um…hello little girl."

"…"

"I said, hello little girl."

"…"

"Um…are you alright? Did you lose your mommy?"

The Little Girl finally says, "…You're funny nyu."

X blinks, "Funny! Me…why do you say that little…um."

The Little Girl gives her name. "Puchiko."

X is like, "Ooookay, Puchiko…Why do you say that I'm funny?"
"Puchiko thinks you're funny Nyo"

"Why do you always say that 'nyo' part?"

"What 'nyo' part Nyo?"

X sighs, "Never mind, but tell me, are you lost?"

"Puchiko's not lost Nyo, Puchiko lives here with Dejiko Nyo"

"Dejiko…oh well, I must be going now, nice meeting you, Puchiko and…"

X couldn't finish it because he heard loud screams. When X goes to investigate he sees that Dejiko girl fighting with another girl. The other girl is a little bigger and taller then Dejiko, with similar maid's clothes, has red hair, with 2 long pigtails, and, two white rabbit ears on her head –(Rabi-en-Rose)-.

X is confused, thinking, Man…do all girls wear those weird clothes and animal hats or something-… X hears them yelling…

Dejiko taunts, "Not fast enough Usada!"

Rabi-en-Rose, mad, yells, "Don't call me Usada! It's Rabi en Rose!"

"Usada, Usada!"

"GYAAAAH!"

X sweatdrops. "I think I must be going now, before I get stuck in their little fight."

Puchiko says, "Okay Nyu, please come back again Nyu."

When X exits the store, he was impressed by the display of that little fight…-"Oh boy, the girls of the 21st century sure dress funny. Well, I must continue to look. I hope Zero's doing much better than I am".

Zero:

Zero was walking in the streets of Tokyo. Like X, he too was impressed with the 21st century…

Looking around, Zero says, "What a cool place the 21st century is. Look at all these people, all of them human, no Reploids, no Mavericks around, this could be relaxing."

A little boy's voice yells, "Prepare to be destroyed! BAM BAM BAM!"

Then Zero turns around and gets into a defensive position, ready to take out his Z-Saber …what he sees in front of him were a couple of little children playing with their toy guns. Zero sighs in relief… "Just a couple of kids playing. That's a relief…I guess I'm just being too paranoid."

Zero begins to walk. 20 minutes later he was at shopping mall, when he saw in front of him…a Mime. Zero was confused with this Mime. He didn't know what it was, for the Mime was doing all sort of tricks…

Zero blinks. "What's with this person? Why is he dressed like that, and his face is painted in white?"

The Mime began to imitate as if he was inside a box, wanting to get out:

"What's he doing? It looks like if he's…trapped by something, but I cannot see what…" Zero then gasps, "Oh no, he must be trapped inside a force field! That would explain why he's trying to get out…I must help him before he suffocates!"

Then Zero closes in front of him…then raises his fist back…and WHAM…he hits only the air, and knocks down the poor Mime.

"That's funny! I didn't feel any force field around him…must have been a weak one…" Zero notices the Mime who was down on the ground, "Hey, are you all right? Hello?"

The Mime was knocked down –(anime style)-, so he couldn't answer him… "_"

Zero shrugs, "What a weird person…I'd better keep investigating."

Zero begins to look around, still impressed by the scenes before him. When he was in the center of Tokyo, he heard loud screams from a boy coming not so far away…-"Huh? Those screams, they're coming from that corner! I better look into this!"-…Zero says as he dashes to the place...when he arrives, he sees something interesting…

He sees a boy with short black hair, running away from what would seem to be …a girl whit Blue Spiked Cyan Hair, she was floating, and chasing the boy…

Zero's intrigued. "That girl is floating! How can she do that? And she's after that boy! I'd better help him before that girl hurts him!"

Or so he thought…and he went to help the boy.

Tenchi was running away from Ryoko, cause she was bugging him. "Leave me alone Ryoko!"

"Oh come on Tenchi, let's go out on a date!"

Tenchi whines, "I don't wanna!"

"Come to mama Tenchi!"

"HEY! Leave him alone!" Ryoko and Tenchi turn around and see Zero…

"Um…can I help you sir?" Tenchi asks.

"You leave the boy alone girly!" Zero says to Ryoko.

Ryoko's annoyed. "Hey, who do you think you are?"

"My name is not important…now leave him alone…or else!"

Ryoko snarls, "Or else what pretty boy?"

"Or else I'll have to teach you some manners!"

"YOU TEACH ME? IF YOU DON'T LEAVE RIGHT NOW…IT IS I WHO WILL TEACH YOU SOME MANNERS BUB!"

Tenchi tries to calm her down, "Come on Ryoko, don't fight!"

Ryoko says, "Not now Tenchi…that guy will get a lesson not to interfere with us!"

Then Ryoko floats and stands before Zero, with a mean look. "Buddy, you're gonna get a lesson in not butting into other people's business…the hard way!"

Zero smirks, "Oh, really?"

"I'll have you know that I'm Ryoko…the Galaxy's most wanted pirate and the strongest!"

Zero's un-interested. "So what?"

Ryoko gasps "WHA…you never heard of me?"

"I haven't…and I don't care."

Ryoko's angry now. "WHY YOU…THAT'S IT, YOU'RE HISTORY PAL…DIEEE!"

Then Ryoko dashes toward Zero and launches an energy ball at him. Zero sees it coming and moves fast. Ryoko's impressed. Wow…that guy moves fast! How'd he do that?"

Zero's thinking, That girl can launch energy attacks! I think this will get interesting!

"Okay buster, I don't know how you evaded my attack…but now…" Ryoko charges her energy and forms a sword. "…I'll beat you up good!"

Now she can form an energy sword…kinda like that Maverick Slash Beast… Aloud , Zero says, "So you want to play rough? Yery well, then. Attack me if you dare!"

"And I will…DIEEEEEEE!"

Ryoko tries to strike Zero with her Energy sword. But Zero, with all his experience in hand to hand combat with many Mavericks, dodges them all, he moves faster then Ryoko…she began to lose her cool, Tenchi however, one eyebrow twitching, thinks, That guy moves really fast. Ryoko can't even touch him! Who is he?"

Ryoko angrily thinks, Damn! What is this guy made of? He moves faster then me!

Then, Ryoko was gonna strike Zero with her sword…when Zero immediately takes out his Z-Saber and blocks it…Ryoko as well as Tenchi, was shocked by the power that Zero's sword has:

Tenchi's shocked. No way! That guy's sword looks pretty strong…kinda like my Light Hawk Wings."

Ryoko's equally shocked. WHAT…the sword this guy has, I sense a lot of power from it…it almost matches Tenchi's "Light Hawk Wings"…how is that possible?"

Zero says, "As you can see…you're not the only one with a energy sword."

Ryoko snaps out, "Oh yeah? So what! I'm still gonna beat you!"

Zero's chuckling, "Be my guest."

Ryoko began to throw many sword strikes at Zero. But Zero blocks them all without any problems. His skills were far better then her and Tenchi…

"Man…this guy's better then Tenchi, how is that possible?"

"Look, lady, I have no time to waste…so, I'll just have to finish this fight now."

"And how are you gonna do that, hmm?"

"Like this…RAIJINGEKI!"

Then Zero dashes toward Ryoko with unbelievable speed. Ryoko was too scared and impressed to move. When close, Zero's Saber turned into an electric sword and strikes Ryoko with it. Ryoko felt as if 10,000 volts of electricity charge through her. Later…she fell to the ground, twitching from all that electricity that she receives. Tenchi's jaw was wide open. This guy beat Ryoko in an instant, and his sword was even greater then his.

Zero turns in Tenchi's direction. "Are you all right boy? Did that girl hurt you or anything?"

Tenchi replies, "Um no…and, you made a mistake, she wasn't attacking me. Her name is Ryoko, and she lives with me and some other friends in my house."

"She is?" Zero then blushes, embarrassed. "…Oh! Sorry about that! Tell her that I was sorry…well…I must go boy, see you."

"I will, mister…?"

"Zero…just Zero."

"I'm Tenchi. Nice to meet you, Zero."

"Likewise, Tenchi…well, I must be going now. It was nice knowing you, good bye."

Then Zero began to walk away…

Man, I just hope that 'I' don't have to fight against him, he's very skilled, and that sword of his… Tenchi thinks, shivering. Brrrrrrr, it could match my Light Hawk Wings. I'd better pick up Ryoko and take her to Washu for healing.

So Tenchi picks up Ryoko and walks toward his home.

X:

X was now in Domino City, still looking at the street and admiring the view…

"You know, I could get used to this world, and it's so peaceful. A little STRANGE, but good."

Then X heard some shouting from not too far away from him…-"Hurry up Serenity, those Rare Hunters are behind us!"-…it was the voice of a guy…-"Oh, I'm running, Tristan! I'm running!"-…it was the voice of a girl. When X was about to check it out, two people bump into him and fell to the ground. When X's vision cleared, he saw 2 people in front of him, one was a boy with short black hair, whit a black jacket, and a young girl, with long brown hair, she had some bandages covering her eyes…

"Hey you two…are you alright?"

Tristan's rubbing his head. "Ouch, yeah, we're fine…" He's getting up. "Now if you'll excuse us we need to get out of here."

"Why?" X wanted to know.

"Cause those Rare Hunters are after us!"

X blinks, confused. "Rare…Hunters?"

"Yeah, we better go before…"

Then, 5 Rare Hunters appeared and block their path…

Rare Hunter 1 says, "There they are!"

Tristan shouts, "Oh no!"

"What the heck?" X wonders.

Rare Hunter 2 says, "Okay, you're coming with us!"

"Never!"

Serenity's clutching Tristan's arm. "Tristan, I'm scared!"

"Don't worry Serenity, I won't let them take you."

Rare Hunter 1 threatens, "Now come with us and you won't get hurt!"

X decides to intervene. "Listen here, I don't know what's going on…but I won't allow you to take them!"

The Rare Hunter gasps, "WHAT! Who the hell are you buster…don't you know what we are?"

"My name is just X…and you're gonna be in big trouble if you don't leave them alone!"

Rare Hunter 2 says, "Is that so…? Okay buster, you asked for it…GET HIM RARE HUNTERS!"

Tristan, worried says to X, "Hey dude, what do you think you're doing?"

X smiles, "Just lending a hand…don't worry, I'll be fine."

The 5 Rare Hunters charge against X. One of the hunters throws a punch at X, but X ducks and grabs his arm and does a powerful over the shoulder throw and slam him hard against 2 hunters. Another one grabs him from behind, but, unfortunately for the hunter, X's robotic strength lets him just break out of the enemy's grip easily and knocks the hunter down. When all the Hunters are down, he approached Tristan and Serenity. "Are you guys all right?"

Tristan replies, "Uh! Yeah…thanks."

Serenity thanks X, "Thank you very much…whoever you are."

X tells them, "My name is X, young lady…but, why were those 'Rare Hunters' after you?"

Tristan just says, "Long story…now if you'll excuse us, we need to get to Domino Pier."

"Why?"

"One of our friends is in great danger, and we need to get there."

"I see…listen, while I'm here, I'll go with you."

"Oh we couldn't ask for that." Serenity says.

X nobly tells her, "No, I insist."

Serenity smiles. "Thank you kind mister"

Tristan, glad to have to some extra help, says, "Then let's go!"

Then they began their journey…they meet Mai Valentine and hop into her car. When they got to the pier…X saw a strange group…he saw two people –(Joey & Yugi)- battling, when he saw some monsters –(Duel Monsters)- he flips, but when he scans them, he saw that they were just holograms, he gave a sigh of relief. When they arrived with the others:

-(Note: If you've seen the Episode of Yu-Gi-Oh: -"Joey's Betrayal"-…then you'll know what happens…so let's skip the long part)-

Tristan asks, "What's going on"?

Mokuba tells him, "Joey's being controlled by Marik…and they have Tea trapped in that chair, and we can't do anything!"

X remarks, "That seems unfair…I will free her."

"No you can't! If you try, that Rare Hunter will drop that huge crate on top of her head!"

X gives him a thumbs up. "No problem kiddo, leave it to me!"

Kaiba, Mokuba's brother –and Yugi's longtime rival! -, says in an icy voice, "Listen here, bub…this is not the time to play hero! This is serious!"

X faces Kaiba. "I know, and that's why I must do it!"

Then X dashes fast to the chair where Tea was being held. The others were in awe by the speed that X displays. X arrives with Tea.

Tea asks her rescuer, " Hey, who are you?"

"Call me X, and I'm here to set you free."

"That's nice…but you won't be able to break these things!"

"Oh, no problem!"

Then X snaps the locks that were keeping Tea. Tea was impressed by X's strength –(of course Tea didn't know what X was)-.

Tea's in awe. "Wow…how'd you do that?"

The Hunter was in awe…but then woke up and…-(angry)- I warned you all what would happen if you interfered…now they'll die!"-…the Hunter said and presses the button, releasing the crate. Everyone gasps in horror as the crate was about to fall on them. X saw the crate coming toward them…then he changes his right arm into his X-Buster, raises it up and with a fully charged shot, blasts it. The Hunter gasped big at the scene before him…Tea and the rest were shocked too at X's actions. Then X charges his buster again, then aimed at the machine where the Hunter was in. He throws another blast to the machine, and the machine explodes. Later, X carries Tea in his arms to her friends. –(At this point, Serenity can see now)-

"Here you go." X says, gently putting Tea down. "All safe."

Tea blushes. " Um…thanks again mister…for saving me."

"No problem, Miss Tea."

Joey's excited. "WOW! How did you do that? Your arm changed into a gun and blasted that Rare Hunter to the sky!"

X blushes. "Um…It's a secret hehehehe."

Serenity says, "Tea's right…you were very brave Mister X." She blushes. "Kinda like, a knight in shining armor."

"Thanks Miss. Serenity…I'd better go, nice to meet you all."

"Mister X…" Serenity's a little nervous. "Can I…could I…have your…phone number…I mean…so that I can call you?"

X gets nervous. "My…my….phone number? Well, you see…it's kinda like this…I'm not from around here…I'm visiting."

Tea then says, "Well…can you at least tell us what hotel are you staying?"

"Hotel…?" X gulps, thinking Oh man, what can I tell them? Out loud, he tries, "Err.. Listen…why don't you give me your phone number and I'll call you? …Yeah, that's it! What do you say?"

"Yeah! That's a great idea…" Serenity writes a couple of phone numbers down and hands it over to X. "Here, this is my home number." She's blushing again. "And this is my cell phone number…you can call me anytime you want."

Tea winks. "Yeah…me too."

X laughs nervously, "Heheheee…thanks…I'll do that…Well, would you look at the time, I must go, farewell!"

Then X walks away…fast…running for the hills!

Yugi wonders, "Who was he?"

Joey says, "He calls himself just X."

Kaiba, with a mean look on his face, is thinking, I don't know who that X is…but that thing that he did with his arm was pretty amazing…I must find out everything about him!

Serenity sighs in awe, "I hope that I can see him again…he was so cool!"

Tea nods, agreeing, "Tell me about it Serenity, he was so brave!"

"…and handsome."

Serenity & Tea both squeal, "He's so cute!"

Joey, Tristan, and Duke facefault, insulted, "HEEEEEEEEEY"!

It seems that Serenity and Tea have a big crush on X.

Later…X and Zero meet up at the place for information on what they found:

Zero asks, "X, what did you find out? Did you have any troubles?"

X replies, " Not much…although, I rescued a girl on a pier in Domino City…and this store where I met some weird little girls…dressed like cats…you?"

Zero shrugs, "Not much…had a little battle with a weird woman who could float, launch energy balls and produce energy swords like that Maverick Slash Beast."

"Really…this 21st century sure is weird."

Zero chuckles, "Yeah…Hey, I did find out some very interesting news though."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. Seems that there's some chaos going down in a place called Nerima."

"Nerima…?"

"Yes…I suggest that we go there and investigate…it could be a clue for what we're here for."

X decides, "Alright…so let's go to Nerima."

Zero nods in agreement, "To Nerima."

TO BE CONTINUED...