The Royal palace was abuzz with activity. Members of the Mage Guards patrolled the area in front of the Royal Palace gates atop their magical steeds. The rumor that war was looming had begun spreading through the town two or three days ago. It was said that "Reconquista", the aristocrat faction that had conquered Albion, was poised to invade Tristain.
As a result, the mood of the soldiers who guarded the surroundings grew tense. In the skies above the Royal Palace, magical beasts and ships alike were banned from flying, and people who passed the gates were thoroughly checked.
Even tailors, confectionery shop employers, and traders were stopped and inspected thoroughly at the gates in order to prevent mages disguised through illusion or people under the control of charming magic from getting through.
Due to such circumstances, when a wind dragon appeared in the skies above the Royal Palace, the garrison of Mage Guards grew alarmed. The Mage Guards was composed of three corps, and each guarded the Royal Palace, one at a time. While one was on duty, the other two either rested or trained. Today, the Manticore Corps was on duty. Riding atop their manticores, the nobles flew up and headed towards the wind dragon that had appeared above the Royal Palace. There were five figures on the wind dragon's back, as well as a huge mole that was held in between the dragon's mouth.
The Mage Guards warned them that this was a prohibited flight zone, yet the wind dragon, ignoring the warning, landed in the palace courtyards.
Atop the dragon was a beautiful pink-haired girl, a tall lady with burning red hair, a blond boy, a small, petite girl with glasses and a young man with long blond hair, wearing unusual armor. The boy carried a long sword over his shoulder.
The manticore guardsmen quickly surrounded the wind dragon and drew their rapier-shaped wands, assuming a stance with spells at the ready. A strongly-built, rough-mustached commander bellowed a warning at the suspicious intruders.
"Drop your wands!"
Instantly, the expressions of the intruders grew hostile, but the short blue-haired girl amongst them shook her head.
"Royal Palace."
The party nodded reluctantly and, as ordered, threw their wands on the ground.
"Flying above the Royal Palace is currently prohibited. Didn't you know that?"
The girl with pink hair lightly jumped off the dragon, and introduced herself in a firm voice:
"I am Duke de la Vallière's third daughter, Louise Françoise. I request an audience with her Highness, the princess."
The commander twisted his moustache as he watched the girl intently. He knew about the Vallière Duchy. After all, they were a very renowned noble family. The commander lowered his wand."You are Duke de la Vallière's third daughter?"
"Indeed." Louise raised herself and stared straight into the commander's eyes.
"I see... you have your mother's eyes. Well, what is your purpose here?"
"I'm afraid I cannot tell you. It's a secret."
"Then I'll have to deny your request. I cannot grant you an audience with her Highness without knowing your purpose. I could lose my head over something like that!" the commander replied worriedly.
"It's not like we can reveal our purpose. The only person who is authorized to know is the princess," Zero said simply. As he jumped off the dragon.
As Zero interjected, the commander glanced over at him. He had a young face. Though it wasn't clear what country he was from, one thing was certain – he wasn't a noble. "What a rude commoner. That's not how a servant should speak to a noble. Stay silent."
Zero narrowed his eyes, and turned to Louise who shook her head. It was too much for him. It was the commander's disdainful tone that infuriated him. Gripping the handle of Derflinger over his shoulder, Zero looked at the commander and said, "Commoner? Seems you're just like all the other nobles. Picking fights you know you can't win."
"Quit boasting. Just because you beat Wardes doesn't mean you can act so arrogantly."
Overhearing their conversation, the commander's eyes widened. Wardes? Wardes, as in Viscount Wardes, the commander of the Griffin Corps? Defeated? What's the meaning of this?
"Excuse me, but I took his whole arm off. That's not even counting that I also slaughtered that entire army that came to invade Newcastle thank you. That took more doing than beating that grey haired traitorous prick who had entirely too high of an opinion of his skills." Zero said.
Army? On closer inspection, he noticed that there was blood dried on to the black and red armor. The commander raised his magic wand again. "Who the hell are you people? Regardless, I cannot allow such people to see Her Highness."The commander spoke in a stern tone. The situation was quickly getting out of hand. Louise stared at Zero.
"What?"
"It's because of you and your arrogance that they think we're suspicious!"
"I figured it was more closely the fact that I haven't had a chance to wash off since the battle. Besides, if its arrogant to insist that I'm not some sort of subhuman animal, then I guess I am," Zero responded.
"Shut up. You should have just kept your mouth shut! He probably wouldn't have looked too hard at you if you hadn't said anything!"
Watching the strange scene ahead of him, the commander quickly seized opportunity of the situation. The Mage Guards that had surrounded the party quickly raised their wands. "Arrest them!"
Under the commander's order, the mage guardsmen were about to begin their incantations when suddenly...
A person clad in a purple mantle appeared from the palace gates. Seeing Louise surrounded by the Mage Guards, she frantically ran over. "Louise!"
Seeing the figure of Henrietta rushing over, Louise's face shined like a rose.
"Princess!"
Under the gazes of the Mage guards, the two embraced one another in a hug.
"Aah, you came back safely. I'm glad. Louise, Louise Françoise…"
"Princess..." Louise's eyes began watering with tears.
"We failed to protect the letter...I'm so sorry."
"What has happened? Where is Wardes?" She asked.
"Wardes was a traitor your majesty. He took the letter without my knowledge. We did everything we could to get it back. Please forgive me"
The princess's eyes filled with tears. She looked at Louise and stated gently,"You really are my best friend."
"Your words are too kind, Princess."
However, upon noticing the absence of Wales in the midst of the party, Henrietta said sullenly, "As I thought... Prince Wales sacrificed himself for his kingdom."
Louise closed her eyes and nodded quietly. Louise's face turned grim. With much difficulty, Zero explained to Henrietta.
A shadow crept upon Henrietta's face. Then, noticing the intent stares of the Mage Guards around them, Henrietta quickly explained. "They are my guests, commander."
"I see."
Upon hearing this, the commander withdrew his wand, somewhat unwillingly, and told his troops to do the same.
Henrietta turned to Louise again.
"What exactly happened on your trip? ... Anyway, let's withdraw to my room before we continue. The rest of you, please get some rest in the other rooms."
Leaving Kirche, Tabitha and Guiche in the waiting room, Henrietta brought Zero and Louise to her own room. Henrietta sat down on a small and delicate chair, her elbows placed upon the desk.
Louise explained the entire situation to Henrietta.
How Kirche and the others joined them en route, after Zero had killed the first group of mercenaries, and how they were forced to separate by Wardes after the second attack of mercenaries. How they took a ship to Albion and were subsequently attacked by pirates. How they found out that the pirate leader was Crown Prince Wales. How Prince Wales refused to escape, even when he had the chance. How they missed the ship because of the wedding with Wardes. How Wardes suddenly showed his true colors in the middle of the wedding...killing Prince Wales... And how the 'Reconquista' had vast ambitions...from uniting all of Halkeginia, to the use of Louise and the legendary familiar. How Zero had single handedly slaughtered the army sent to Newcastle.
"That Viscount was a traitor… How can that be? To have a traitor within the midst of the Mage Guards..." Tears streamed down the cheeks of the princess.
"Princess…" Louise held Henrietta's hands.
"It was I who took away Prince Wale's life. No matter how you look at it, it was I who chose the traitor to be the messenger…"
Zero shook his head."The Prince had already planned on staying in his kingdom. It was not your Highness's fault."
"Louise, did he, at the very least, read my letter?"
Louise nodded. "Yes, princess. Prince Wales read Your Highness's letter."
"Then, Prince Wales didn't love me." Henrietta sorrowfully shook her head.
"Then... even after you urged the Prince to escape?"
Henrietta nodded whilst gazing at the letter in sorrow.
Louise recalled Wales' words. He kept stubbornly telling her that "Henrietta didn't tell me to escape". It was just as Louise had thought - a lie.
"Ahh, with your death, there is no longer any hope. What about me, my lost love?" Henrietta muttered softly in her daze. "Was honor more important than I?"
"You're not looking at this the way he did, ya know," Zero stated flatly.
"What do you mean," She asked, her voice choked with emotion.
"He knew the repercussions of running. Of coming here. If he came here, it would make you more of a target. It would take away your security. He didn't stay because he didn't love you. He stayed because he loved you more than he loved his own life. To him, staying and dying for you were the only things he had left in his life. A man can show no greater love, than when he is willing to sacrifice themselves for that same love. Don't you agree? He did not want to give you any trouble."
Henrietta looked up at Zero blankly. "To not give me any trouble?"
"His escape, as the Prince said, would only have given a perfect excuse for the traitors to invade. Even if Prince Wales didn't flee here, they would still invade here given the chance. But, without a reason to invade, peace can be kept. At the cost of his life, he prevented the rise of war. At least, that was his hope."
"... Even then, he still didn't want to give me trouble. Surely..." Henrietta, sighing deeply, looked outwards from the window.
Zero slowly repeated the words he had remembered. "To fight with bravery, to die with courage. That... was what he asked me to say. But it wasn't the truth."
Henrietta looked at him, puzzled, then her face flushed in anger,"What do you mean. You would dare speak ill of him, even now!"
"He was scared. He didn't want to die. If anything, I'm certain he wanted to come here. But he couldn't. He faced his fear, his death head on. Not for glory, not for bravery. Not even for the mission," he said sadly. "Wales faced his death head on with the simple thought of protecting the one person he loved most."
Henrietta replied with a cheerless smile. When a princess, as beautiful as a delicate rose, became like this, even the air itself grew heavy. Zero's heart, or what he had as an equivalent anyhow, ached at the sight. Henrietta, resting her elbows on the table beside a beautifully engraved marble statue, questioned sadly. "But what of those who are left behind, what are they supposed to do?"
"Use the knowledge that you can go on. He's given you the ability to live on. To find happiness. To find revenge if you choose. He has given up everything he had. Everything he was. Don't step on his last act, his last declaration of love, princess," Zero said sadly.
"Princess… If only I had tried harder to convince Prince Wales..." Louise said quietly.
Henrietta stood up and clasped the hand of the muttering Louise."It's all right, Louise. You should not have to be worried about anything because I didn't ask you to tell him to escape."Henrietta laughed with a smile. "It is only a matter of time before the letter gets to the Germanian royal family. We must make preparations. I wish it had never come to this, Louise Françoise."
Louise took out from her pocket the Water Ruby that Henrietta had given her. "Princess, here, I return this to you."
Henrietta shook her head. "Please hold on to it. It's the least I can do to express my gratitude."
"I cannot dare to accept such a treasure."
"For such loyalty, an appropriate reward should be bestowed. It is all right, put it on."
Louise nodded and put it on her finger.
Upon seeing this, Zero remembered the ring he had removed from Prince Wales' hands. Taking it from the rear pocket of his pants, he placed it onto Henrietta's hands.
"Princess, this, is a keepsake from the Prince Wales."
Accepting the ring, Henrietta gasped in astonishment. "Isn't this the wind ruby? Did you get it from Prince Wales?"
"Yes. In his dying moments, he passed the ring to me; he said to give it to Your Highness. So that he'd always be with you." In truth, Wales was already dead when he pulled it off his finger... but Zero had said it anyways. He had said it like that, believing that it would help heal the ache Henrietta held in her heart, however little that may be.
Henrietta put the Wind Ruby on her finger. Because it was for Wales, it was too large for Henrietta's fingers… But when Henrietta muttered the 'decreasing' spell, the ring became narrower and narrower, and soon it fit the finger snugly.
Henrietta lovingly stroked the Wind Ruby. Turning towards Zero, she gave a shy smile.
"Thank you, kind familiar." she smiled a sad smile, filled with grief, yet also a smile of gratefulness towards Zero.
"Your majesty. I would like to talk candidly. Because I feel I can trust you." Zero said as he looked into her eyes.
"What is it you wish to say," the princess asked.
"Your enemies, these people. If there are any missions involving them. I demand you leave them to me. I may not be in my world any longer, I may not be a part of the maverick hunters anymore. They don't even exist, and haven't for a long time. That doesn't mean anything to me now. These mavericks, these nobles will pay. I killed nearly fifty thousand of them. I swore I would destroy them in their entirety. I don't care if I have to destroy Albion itself to do it. But I will end them. As time has gone on, more and more of my true power have been unlocked, perhaps because of this rune."
"True power?" she said puzzled.
"Princess, I was built as a weapon. I've looked like this for over three hundred years. I'm a thinking, feeling weapon with the capability to destroy the world. And right now, the only thing i want to do is end them all. This is the only way i can atone for not acting sooner."
"But, you fought against an army. You are a hero, you tried your best to save everyone. Nobody can say that you didn't do enough!" the princess said, unsure why he was apologizing, why he felt he had to atone for anything. It had been her fault that Wales had died, not his.
Zero looked sad for a moment,then he looked the princess in the eyes, and said in a cold hard voice as he recalled words spoken shortly before he came to this world,"Princess...I never cared about justice before, and I don't recall ever calling myself a hero. I have always only fought for the people I believe in. I won't hesitate... If an enemy appears in front of me, I will destroy it. I think I forgot that somewhere along the way. Princess, you are someone I believe in. You, Louise, Kirche, Tabitha. And if he matures a bit, even that little bastard Guiche. To protect you all, I'll do whatever is required. Those fifty-thousand or so that I killed, including the twenty dragons were meaningless to me. They were people simply following orders to slaughter and kill for no reason other than delusion, or the promise of power. They would destroy what is good in this world for nothing more than a dream or greed. Even one of you are worth more than all of them."
"Zero..." The princess said, shocked by the familiar's statement. "I don't know what to say..."
"Don't say anything. Just give me any information that comes up on this organization." Zero said.
"Don't just make up your decisions on your own! You're still my familiar! You can't leave me like that!" Louise said, sounding worried. "What if you don't come back? What will I do?" Louise asked.
Zero looked at her, and smiled,"Find your true power, and make everyone recognize you of course. I believe you could do it even without me"
Louise looked at Zero. Why didn't he understand!
"That man, he had died bravely. Is that right?" Princess Henrietta interrupted them.
Zero nodded."Yes."
Henrietta, whilst staring at the shining Wind Ruby, declared softly.
"Then I… I will live bravely as well."
"Live bravely if you want Princess. But remember, you don't have to live alone. If you ever need a weapon, I'll be there," Zero told her, as he looked her in the eyes.
***Break***
On the flight from the Royal Palace to the Academy of Magic, Louise remained silent. No matter how much Kirche asked Louise and Zero what was contained in the contents of the letter Wales had written, the two kept their lips sealed.
"Oi, c'mon, won't you at least tell me what the mission was? And the fact that the Viscount was a traitor, it's all so shocking."Guiche questioned annoyingly.
Kirche looked at Zero with a feverish glance."However, darling attacked him? And an army all on your own."
"Yes. But he escaped. Some of the army also managed to get away. "Zero, having glimpsed Louise's face, nodded.
"Still, that's quite an achievement! I mean, how many people can say they've faced an army by themselves before! Hey, what was that mission exactly?" Zero lowered his head. Louise was even more silent, and neither spoke.
Kirche puckered up her brows and turned to Guiche."Hey, Guiche!"
"What?" With an artificial rose in his mouth, Guiche, who was spacing out, turned around.
"Do you know what was in the letter Princess Henrietta sent us to retrieve?"
Guiche closed his eyes saying,"I do not know well. Only Louise knows."
"Louise the Zero! Why don't you tell me? Hey, Tabitha! What do you think? Well, I think that I am being held for an idiot!"
Kirche shook Tabitha, who was reading a book. As she was being shaken, her head followed suit and shook as well.
Because of all the shaking by Kirche, the wind dragon lost balance and suddenly slowed down. Guiche, who was sitting on its back, lost his balance and fell down. He screamed as he fell, but since it was Guiche, no one noticed. Mid-way, he pulled out his wand, and using "Levitation", floated down slowly, avoiding a near fatal collision with the ground.
Louise lost her balance as well, but Zero softly reached out and held her waist with his hand, supporting her body. Seeing the hand on her waist, Lousie blushed. This morning, when flying away from Albion, Zero kissed me. That time I was pretending to be asleep. It was only on the forehead... but...But why? Why was I pretending to be asleep? It might be love However, I do not want to admit this thought, because Zero is my familiar; moreover, he is not a noble. He might not even be human. Loving a person who is not a noble was hard enough to even imagine. "Nobles and commoners are different kinds of people"… As Louise grew up with such beliefs, her uneasiness turned into puzzlement. Anyway, whether these feelings were true or not wasn't really a matter of importance right now.
As her body rocked on the dragon, she felt Zero's hand move around her waist, Louise shouted in an angry voice: "To be so bold, I'm going to get angry!"
"You looked like you were going to fall over. Like Guiche. I suppose next time I should let you fall?" Zero replied.
"It's all right, even if Guiche falls - it's just Guiche." stated Louise, still bewildered from before.
"That's alright, even if he falls he will be all right. It would be troublesome if you fell though. Unless you're like X and use an explosion to break your fall, I don't see it ending that well," Zero said, laughing.
"You're just a familiar and you dare insult your master?" Louise drew a sharp breath and quickly averted her gaze. However, she didn't seem angry.
"You are being too daring." Though Louise grumbled and complained, she didn't try to shake off Zero's steadying hand. On the contrary, she leaned closer, snuggling against him. Yet, her face still remained averted. Her white cheeks were faintly dyed with pink and she was slightly biting her lower lip. Although Henrietta was beautiful... Louise was also incredibly cute, she knew. She pulled the hand on her waist closer as she pressed her waist and thighs further into his body. She wondered how his hands could be so gentle, so strong, but still be able to hurt so many people. She smiled, knowing that these hands would never hurt her. He had risked his life to save her when he could have just left. After everything, he'd still kept his promise. He protected her. No matter the cost.
It was just when this was happening that Kirche spun around and muttered softly. "Since when did you become like this, you two?"
Louise, suddenly realizing how things looked, blushed a furious red and sent the surprised Zero flying with a shove."Nothing happened! You idiot!"
Zero's moved his body so that it cut through the air. With a twist of his body, he landed with a resounding crash, alerting all but Tabitha to the sudden gravity of the situation. He looked up at the Dragon and its occupants and making a rather rude gesture started running towards the academy. Tabitha, who was reading a book smiled slightly and said,"Killing your familiar? I'll take him if you do not want him."
Kirche could barely believe what she heard. That was probably the most she'd heard Tabitha say in one sentence. And for it to be that? Her eye twitched for a moment.
"Stupid dog, you can have him for all I care!" She turned her head up attempting to hide her own feelings.
***Break***
The Fortress of Newcastle, once known as a great stronghold, was now a tragic ruin. Though it withstood the onslaught, it became a disastrous scene.
The castle walls, which were repeatedly attacked by spells and cannon fire, turned into a pile of rubble, and corpses burnt beyond recognition littered the ground.
Although the siege was short, the rebels - no, since Albion had lost its king, 'Reconquista' was the new government in Albion - suffered unimaginable damage. For the three hundred royal army soldiers, two thousand rebels were killed. This was not counting the over fourty thousand that had been killed by that damnable familiar. It was hard to call the battle a victory, given these statistics.
Because the fortress was located on the very edge of the floating continent, it was possible to attack it only from one direction. Before the 'Reconquista' forces managed to get past the guards, they were repeatedly shot with magic and cannon fire and received huge casualties.
However,in the end, they won through their sheer force of numbers. Once behind the castle walls, the king's defense was fragile. The king's army mages were left to guard against soldiers. But the mages' numbers were incomparable to the 'Reconquista' soldiers; they were gradually killed off, one by one, until all fell. Then, when they found themselves in the last of the contested areas, about to take the Prince, he had shown up. Those few who saw him and lived to tell, said that he was like a demon, glowing unnaturally, with no purpose other than destruction and death. That the royalists had such a member was amazing, and puzzling. None could say why they had not used such a resource sooner. Though it caused unrest in the ranks of the men, and though the damage dealt to their own army was great… the price was annihilation of the king's army. Literal annihilation because the royalists had fought up to the last soldier.
In other words, the final decisive battle of the civil war in Albion: the siege of Newcastle's fortress, where the royalists were outnumbered over one-hundred to one and inflicted damage that was worth one-hundred such armies… became a legend.
***Break***
A female in a cloak stood behind Wardes, who wielding a large white staff. After a few moments, she spoke,"So it appears you have taken to wearing that mask of yours. It improves your looks. Especially now," she murmured, an amused tone in her voice.
"You," he said, annoyed that the woman was here. She'd always unnerved him, even if she was just a commoner.
"I'm surprised you're alive. Apparently, you made him quite cross with you. I've only known a few people willing to be quite that brave. And you don't measure up to any of them," she said, giggling.
"What is it that you want?"
"I am merely here to give you the news on your newly delivered 'weapons'. It was just lucky that I happened to see him. You'd be wise not provoke him any further."
Wardes glared at her through his mask,"Provoke him! He took my arm. he scarred me. I will have my revenge!"
"You'll be dead. Its okay though. I'm sure he'll make it a beautiful death. He's finally stopped holding back. That battle he had with your army was so beautiful. I never knew Zero could fight quite like that." she said, sounding wistful, regretful.
"You dare-" Wardes started in a threatening tone, only to be cut off by what appeared to be a lance with the same properties as the saber that Zero had. His eyes widened. Her staff was the same!
"I was amused by you, but you're boring me. You know what you have to do, you know what is at stake. Lose your focus and I'll do what Zero should have," The woman said.
"How do you even know his name?" Wardes demanded.
"Oh, one could say... We have a past," the cloaked female said, as she turned and walked off, a soft laughter trailing behind her.
Wardes watched her go, wondering just who the hell Zero really was, and what he and this bitch were.
***Break***
Three days after Zero and company had returned to the Academy of Magic, the marriage between Tristainian princess Henrietta and Germanian emperor Albrecht III was officially canceled, as was the alliance. The preparations for war had begun in earnest.
***Author's notes***
For the people who don't know the history of Zero, I'm going to explain a few things. This is also for the people who think Zero is an even somewhat stable individual.
Zero history lesson time!
Zero has between 3 and 4 personalities, depending on how you view the way things happened in the series. You have his normal MMX personality. You have his true personality that fought Sigma originally. This personality would have known the differences between the two bodies (The limiter difference) because he knew the power he was created with. I thought that would be a dead give away on it. You have The nightmare, which was created by gate who assisted in creating High Max. This is followed by his MMZ personality. The problem with the Nightmare is, the person who was working with Gate to create the nightmare virus, which was made by a reploid who has been hinted heavily by capcom that it is in fact Wily(Yes, THAT Wily). This gives it a very good likelihood that the nightmare virus was actually a part of Zero on at least some level. The reploid hated X, and would be happy if Zero defeated High Max(Also his creation). He also knew Zero inside and out. In my opinion, this was simply supported by his black armor upgrade matching his colors more closely to Hi Max and Bass. In the last few chapters, these personalities were all floating at the surface because they were no longer locked in the encrypted data. Zero was essentially running his four personalities the last few chapters, slowing him down as most computers would, if trying to run multiple operating systems. It also caused some problems with his reasoning. Even if reploids are advanced, having multiple different personalities all trying to control things will slow them down. More on this will be covered next chapter. This is just to clear up the confusion a number of people have expressed.
Small warning. Next chapter has a lot of back story for the Mega Man game, and some things to explain just because I'm getting a lot of messages about people being confused by things. I was not intending to confuse people, so I'll just have to do some more exposition. My apologies for the poor writing that makes it required, but I'm having trouble getting all of the information into the story, since a decent bit of the stuff I'm using is often overlooked, or only supported by hidden or lesser known parts of the series.
As a massive number of people said, individual people can't push Zero past a certain line. I would like to point out he can be pushed to exhaustion by such simple things as the pantheon reploids in MMX2, at the start. He can't be outmatched easily, but there is always the chance of outnumbering him. This is brought upon by lack of energy and maintenance put together with constant fighting. He's nowhere's near that point, but he understands this time along that he can't go full tilt. Zero makes mistakes, but he rarely makes the same mistake twice. He knows there is no Harpuia to take him to the resistance base. He has his capability to convert Sunlight into energy, his micro fusion fuel, and his ability to convert food into chemical energy. The previous two I'm taking from Megaman X Command Mission directly from the specs I recall. So in the sun light he's fine unless he goes too far on energy. He's not really able to replace his fusion fuel, and food isn't really the optimal power source for him. If Zero was automatically at "full power" all the time as some readers want, he'd accomplish a few things. 1) This story would be over and would have been boring from the start. 2) He'd have run out of power eventually, or would become limited to sunlight/food power within a short period of time, because as i see it he can only store so much of the energy from the sun. Zero will have challenges in this series. He's not going to walk through everything with pure ease, especially now that things are going to divert.
If you want a story about there being a god character or demolishing everything this is not it. The first 10ish chapters weren't focused for battles, although there were some very onesided. They were focused on a combat veteran adapting to an arguably more peaceful environment, for the first time in hundreds of years. Now its going to be a bit of both. The story is going to branch quite a bit. It might not be how you envision things, but just because I view things differently than you, does not mean that I'm wrong. This is technically my story, and no offense, I'm writing it for me. I'm having fun with it. I'm trying to keep things accurate to both series. The mages in this particular world are going to be slightly more powerful than canon FoZ. And as you saw, we have a familiar face. I do not mean offense by saying these things, but I've gotten a fairly good number of private messages telling me I need to learn about just what Zero can do. I will take constructive criticism. If i mess up, I'll own up to that. But honestly, I'm getting kind of annoyed with some of the things people are saying when it comes to what "they" want to happen with what "they" think is a totally unstoppable character who can kill everyone in the world in a few seconds. If my representation of your favorite character isn't to your liking, please show me how its done. Okay I'm done with the rant.
Rant aside, i hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I'm sorry I if I happened to offend anyone. Next update should be Wednesday. Ish.