Disclaimer:I do NOT own Mega Man X or Sailor Moon.
They are the property of there respective owners and
creators.

Author's Notes: This story is unique in that it runs
on the format of alternating chapters. Meaning that
every other chapter will focus mainly on either Mega
Man X or Sailor Moon. This chapter focuses mainly on
Sailor Moon so the next chapter will focus on Mega Man
X.Also any unknown or mysterious occurences in this
chapter, being Sailor Moon, will be explained in the
next Mega Man chapter.

Year: 2000

Location: Tokyo, Japan
A city bustling with peope. Some for work, some for
pleasure, and some who just have nothing better to do.
A city with a number of possibilities some good, some
bad. A city whose future is about to be questioned,
whether that future be one filled with hope and magic
or one in the midst of a war for all time. 

"Hmmmmmmmmm" Rei Hino sighed suddenly. She had been
submerged in thought for some time now. What exactly
she was thinking about was beyond her, all she knew
was that ever since she got up this morning she'd had
this feeling in the back of her mind that something
was out of place. That there was something here that
shouldn't be. And she was just as in the dark as to
what that something was.

"Hey. Earth to Rei. You in there girl?" came a
familiar voice.
Rei snapped back to reality as she felt something
knocking on the top of her head. "Oh Mina. Sorry. I
spaced out again didnt I......"

"Third time today. And lemme guess. If I were to ask
if something was wrong you'd just say it was nothing
important right?"

"Honestly........ I would tell you whats wrong, if I
knew what it was that was wrong......"

"Well maybe you can start by just telling me whats on
your mind?"

She took a deep breath and attempted to try to express
what was running through her head in words. 

"Something just isn't right. I feel something that
shouldn't be here but I don't know what it is. I try
to block it out but its always there in the back of my
brain..........Its like the feeling you get when you
think theres someone in the room with you but when you
check theres no one there. If that makes any kind of
sense........."

"Oh it makes perfect sense.............I
think........."

Rei laughed a little at that. But at that same moment
a man in a red shirt and white slacks who looked to be
in his late teens ran past them at full speed nearly
knocking them over. He had long blonde hair that had
been tied back in a ponytail. He was immediately
followed by another man who looked to be the same age
he had short black spikey hair and was dressed the
same way expect for in the colors of blue and black.

"Thank you for watching where you were going!!!!" Mina
yelled. Obviously not enjoying nearly being knocked
over twice in a row.

The man in blue and black suddenly stopped in his
tracks and looked back at the two giving a look they
couldn't quite interpret. The man in red and white
ahead of him had apparently noticed his sudden stop
and yelled something to the extent of 'hurry up'. With
that he took off again at full sprint.

"Jeez what are they in such a hurry
about.............." 

Rei didnt answer. Or more precisely couldn't answer.
The feeling she had been having all day, the feeling
of something in the world being out of place had
heightned to a degree she had never felt before when
those two passed by them. 

"Hey Rei you don't look so hot. Is something
wrong.....?"

"We.........I need to get back home. Now."

It wasn't before they were back at the temple with Rei
deep in the meditation with the sacred fire and Mina
more confused than she was two hours ago. She had
since alerted the other scouts and they were already
gathered outside the temple trying to piece together
what they could.

"So she's been acting like this all day?" Ami asked.

"From what I could tell, yes. But it was only about
two hours ago when she really started acting weird."
Minako explained.

"Anything strange or unusual happen while you were
out? " Ami asked again.

"No. Well two guys nearly ran us over but thats about
it.........."

"And she said she felt like something was out of the
ordinary?"

"Yeah. At least thats all she told me. She really
hasn't gotten used to confiding in me yet. At least
not fully.........I just wish she'd start to trust me
more."

"So she's been in there ever since you got back?"
Makoto asked.

"Yeah. I knocked on the door but she didnt even answer
and when I went in it was like she didnt even know I
was there. She's really in it deep this time."

"If I know Rei theres really nothing we can until
she's done. If theres one thing she's good it's
blocking out the rest of the world." Usagi explained.

"Yeah I guess so............I just wish I knew what
was running through her head right now." Minako
sighed.

She had always come to the sacred fire when she found
a question too difficult to answer on her own. She
admitted that sometimes the answers the fire gave her
were more vague and open ended than the question
itself. But either through determination or just luck
she was always able to find some semblance of meaning
in the visions that came to her. But this time what
the fire was telling her quite simply made absolutely
no sense. She continued to focus on the image of the
black haired man who ran by them that afternoon. To
try to see into his heart, to see who or what he is.
But everytime she saw nothing, she didnt feel the
swirling emotions that are always unconsciously
present in a persons heart. She felt something cold
inside him, everything about him was so precise, so
rigidly structred. The equivalent of a souless
machine.

"Is that even possible............." she thought to
herself. "Yet for some reason. Despite what I felt
when he and partner passed us..............I don't
think he's the exact source of what I've been feeling.
What I felt was much darker. And despite his lack of
emotion I can still feel some semblance of good in
him...........I just don't know." 

Rei's thoughts were suddenly broken to pieces as the
entire temple shook violently threatening to bring the
entire structure down on her. Needless to say she ran
out side as fast as she possibly could.

"WHAT'S HAPPENING!!!" she screamed over the rumbling. 

Makoto pointed over to the high rise buildings that
marked the center of Tokyo. Only it wasn't the
buildings she was pointing at, it was massive mushroom
cloud rising into the sky.

To Be Continued..................



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