The Human Emotion Called Love
I guess I'll start my New Year's off with a new fanfic…
DISCLAIMER: Yeah, yeah, I don't own this series…baka.
Chapter 1: Understanding (Zero)
FYI: Italics are for Zero's and Ciel's journal entries
Dear journal, or that's what Ceil told me to write,
Truthfully, I don't know what to write in this thing. Ciel told me that by coming here, I was suppose to keep a record of the events by writing a journal of some sort. As a gift, they gave me one for that such thing. When I asked Ciel about what to do, she just told me to write about my feelings, the events that I took part in, and etc. Ugh, this is getting frustrating. I'll just write about the days I spend in this base, though I do have a memory bank...
Well, anyway, today I went to the forest area to eradicate a Maverick gone wild. Needless to say, it was pretty easy, but I had a hard time concentrating on fighting because of what happened earlier. It all started when I woke up this morning...
In Zero's dream…
Zero stood in a blank spot. Nothing can be heard. Nothing can be seen. It was white all over. Basically, the typical dream where you expect something to happen, but nothing does happen. At least, for the moment. Zero just stood there, looking into a blank empty space far away from his eyesight. For a minute, he didn't say anything, and what seemed like an Earth minute felt like a year to him in the dream. Without thinking, Zero started walking, wondering where his feet would take him.
"Zero…"
He suddenly stopped, as the voice echoed after calling his name.
"Zero…why?"
He looked around, but still remained silent. It seemed that something forbade him to speak, or more like he chose not to speak.
"You…betrayed me, Zero…"
Something in his mind told Zero to turn around, only to see nothing behind him.
"Zero…you traitor…"
Zero merely closed his eyes and bowed his head.
Then…he woke up.
Zero suddenly woke up from his sleep. He gasped as he woke, as if he had a nightmare. But he had a dream, a dream of someone calling him a traitor. In his past, one would say that Zero was, indeed, a traitor. He betrayed Dr. Wily, his creator, and sided with the Maverick Hunters. He teamed up with his creator's enemy's creation, Mega Man X, or "X" as everyone called him. Zero and X became the best of friends after their meeting, becoming partners, supporting each other in rough times. That was in the past, and Zero, being a reploid with a rough past, preferred to put the past behind him, and look to the future. As his first future act for today, he had to get out of bed.
"The same dream, again." He said to himself as he slowly got up. "I should be wondering who that voice is, and why does it keep calling me a traitor." He fully stood up as his long golden hair dropped behind him. He nearly stumbled, trying to keep his composure. After all, he just got out of bed. When he fully came back to his senses, he realized that something was wrong. Not wrong, at least. Just missing…
He then realized that Ciel wasn't there to say good morning to him.
Everyday, Ciel would be at the side of his bed, sitting in his chair, smiling. He'd wake up to her saying good morning to him. Nothing else, just a good morning. She'd smile brightly and then exit his room to resume her duties. Zero would crack a small smile and then get up to start his day. But lately, they've been piling the work load with Maverick attack after Maverick attack, thereby keeping Zero and Ciel on their toes. Ciel is also responsible for filing the completed mission files and making sure that they get to their destined area on time, not to mention she has to navigate Zero through his missions, resulting in her work doubling over. It's to anyone's surprise that she could actually keep up with everything. Not even their best reploid can deal with all that, and Ciel is only human. For some reason, this all happened when they hired that new recruit, Dan…
Zero thought about it and shook it off, and instead walked out of his room when he suddenly bumped into someone, knocking all of the papers that they were carrying out of their hands. The papers flew all over the place. Zero gasped and knelt down to help the poor person up. "I'm sorry. Are you ok?"
The person he knocked down was Ciel, who has just finished filing her papers and was rushing to the Command Room to hand them in when she happened to bump into Zero at that moment.
"Oh no! My papers! Oh no, oh no, oh no! I can't be late!" Ciel said, panicking. From the looks of it, she seemed like she was in a rush. "Wait a…my glasses! Where are my glasses?! Oh, I must've dropped them!"
Zero looked at Ciel panicking and sighed. Ever since the work overloaded, she's been a bit…off edge lately. Also, her eyesight has been going bad as well, so she's been wearing glasses to help her eyesight. Truthfully, she's been wearing them ever since Dan said he thinks glasses are cool…
"Ciel, you need to be more careful." Zero began as he picked up her glasses. "You could get seriously hurt if you don't look where you're going"
"Oh, is that you Zero?" Ciel asked. "Thank you." She took the glasses from him and put them on. "I can't see a darn thing without them, you know. It's embarrassing, but I think my eyesight is getting worse…" She laughed sheepishly. Zero sighed and just picked up her papers.
"The work has been overloading lately, and it seems that I can't even get time to myself to come and say good morning to you anymore like I used to. I'm sorry Zero." Ciel apologized as she went to pick up the remaining papers. Zero merely looked at her and formed a smile on his face.
"Ciel?" He asked.
"Yes, Zero?"
"Good morning." He said as he took the pile of papers that Ciel has picked up and walked to the Command Room.
Ciel looked at Zero walking and just smiled. "Good morning…"
In the Command Room, everyone was busy running around as always. Everywhere you went, someone was running that same direction, or the opposite. Truth be told, it was hectic with people. To get to your destination would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Zero looked at the busy base and merely sighed. "I hope this ends soon…" He said to himself as he went to the reception desk and placed the files on the desk. "Ciel wanted me to hand these in for her. I hope that isn't a problem…Dan."
The man that Zero addressed to looked up at him and smirked. Dan was also a human, much like Ciel, except he wore a male variation of her outfit. It was blue in color, and his hair was a golden brown. He wore glasses that shielded his green eyes, and his body was muscular, but not that muscular. His voice was that of a fair gentleman, but for some reason, it made Zero cringe, like it was annoying to him.
"Heheh, thank you Zero. I'm sure that Ciel's load is lessened thank to you." Dan replied. He smiled at the red hunter, which only made Zero cringe more. But he ignored it and looked at Dan straight in the eyes.
"So, Dan. Is there any missions I need to complete today?" Zero asked. Dan looked up at Zero and was about to say something, but his attention turned toward a running Ciel, who entered the room at a fast pace. She was panting hard, and bent over to catch her breath. Dan immediately got up and put his hand on her back.
"My dear Ciel, are you ok? You shouldn't run, you know. We have everything under control." Dan said with a smirk. Ciel stood up straight and looked up at the male receptionist and smiled, a hint of red going across her cheeks. Zero noticed this and looked away. "You still haven't answered my question, Dan. Do I have any missions today?" the red warrior asked again.
Dan looked at Zero and frowned immediately. "Yes, yes. You need to…do something with…something…and…oh, just get the yellow form from my desk and look at it! It has the mission thing right there!" He yelled. Zero made a sharp glare at Dan and growled. Ciel looked at Dan and Zero glaring at each other and got in between them.
"Please, boys! No fighting!" She yelled as she held Zero back. Zero was about ready to pull out his Z-Saber, but calmed down and looked away. He looked down at Ciel and gently pulled her off of him. "I'm sorry, Ciel." He said as he made one last look at Dan before grabbing the yellow form from his desk and looking at it:
Mission Number: 289NX
Mission area: Forest Area
Maverick: Omega Fox
"There! Happy?!" Dan spat at Zero while Ceil held him back. Zero just put the form down and walked to the teleportation area.
Ciel sighed with relief and held her chest. Dan looked at Ciel and knelt down to hug her. "I apologize my dear. That Zero really needs to work on his people skills." Dan said. At that moment, Ciel pushed him off and walked to her station.
"Maybe you should do the same." She said as she started to put on her headset. Dan merely smirked and went back to his station.
"Soon, Ciel. Soon, you will be mine" He said to himself as he went to work.
Lord Regis: OK, that's Chapter 1! R&R!
Pablo Francisco Benderez Conderez: Or One-Eyed Snake will rape you!
One-Eyed Snake: It's true…