A/N: Alright everyone I hope you all enjoy the chapter because I wrote it today. Spelling probably isn't that great because I wrote it in the timeframe of an hour but I hope all of you enjoy it nonetheless.

Ryuko looked at the male in front of her. "Are you sure about this? I mean your still kind of hurt," The female said looking at Zero.

"I may be frail but I'm not going to stand by and watch as others fight my battles. I'm not going to make that mistake again. That Zero may be stronger than me and have my decay ring but I think we can beat him," Zero said looking at Ryuko.

"What makes you think that?" Ryuko asked looking at the male in front of her.

"He's nothing but a copy of me a simple fake. It's only a matter of time before the decay ring figures that out as well. He may have the decay ring for now and thus he has the ability to see multiple possibilities. However he only has that ability when the ring is off. He's only smart when the ring is off I however am a natural born genius and he's nothing more than my reflection," Zero said looking at Ryuko.

"What makes you think he's wearing the ring?" Ryuko asked looking at Zero.

"He'd be an idiot not to wear it. Well a bigger idiot than he already is. If he takes off the ring it will admit a special energy that we could use to track it and put an end to their plans. He won't take it off because he knows that the majority of realities are in his favor. However I've also seen those realities and know what we need to do to beat them," Zero said looking at Ryuko.

"Alright well what do we need to do?" Ryuko asked looking at Zero.

"We plan in advance, all you need to do is going to the park," Zero said looking at the female in front of him.

"The park? Why?" Ryuko asked looking at Zero.

"I have my reasons, now go to the park," Zero said looking at Ryuko. The female sighed hearing this and turned around to see two blonde males sitting on a desk.

"Why are you two here?" Ryuko asked looking them.

"Don't know Zero just texted us and told him to meet him here," The two said in unison. Ryuko became a little irritated hearing this and turned towards the male.

"You know there are times when you could let people in on your plans. I'm not stupid! I'm sure if you told me something that I could help," Ryuko said looking at the male.

"You are going to help. Ryuko weather you know it or not and weather you chose to believe me or not, you are the key for us winning this. Do you want to know how slim our chances of winning are? There are 3,424,867 timelines that we are following the same route we are. There are only three paths where we win and only one where all of us are alive," Zero said looking at Ryuko.

"W-wow," Ryuko said looking at him.

"That means," Ryuko heard a blonde say. She then turned her attention to the two males and saw that they were both looking at the ground. "Our chances," Xerxes said finishing his brothers thought. "Aren't that good," The two blonde males said looking down.

"Ryuko I understand that you care about winning. But the reason I'm not telling everyone is because of how slim our chances are. I don't want everyone to know this because our circumstance is so grim. There are so many realities that I've seen, one where you die, ones where we never meet, hell there are even some realities, where myself, the twins, Hideo, and [Name] never exist. The same can be said for you and the others." Zero said looking at Ryuko.

"What?" Ryuko said looking at him.

"Ryuko I don't want the others to know what I know. Do you know how many times I saw the ones I care about die when I took my ring off while fighting myself? Do you have any idea how many times I saw them killed by not only themselves but by me?" Zero asked looking at the female in front of him. Ryuko was about to say something until she noticed that there were tears in Zero's eyes.

"I SAW THEM DIE MORE THAN THREE MILLION GOD DAMN TIMES! I'M NOT KEEPING SECRETS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEEM MYSTERIOUS I'M DOING IT BECAUSE I FUCKING CARE! IT'S TRUE THAT YOU'RE THE KEY TO WINNING THIS BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THE ONE PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HELL WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE SURVIVES. WHICH IS WHY WHEN I SAY GO TO THE DAMN PARK IT'S GREAT FUCKING ADVICE!" Zero said looking at Ryuko.

"Alright, I guess I see your point," Ryuko said looking at Zero. Not wanting to argue with him anymore after seeing him both snap and cry. "I'll see you later then," Ryuko said as she walked out of the room. After Ryuko left the room the twins looked at Zero. When they did Zero wiped his eyes and turned around.

The two opened their mouth to say something but before they could Zero said something. "Before either or both of you ask I'm fine. I'll talk about it later when all this is said and done," Zero said looking at the two.

"Okay but before we get started," Xerxes said looking at Zero gaining the males attention.

"We just want to say that," His brother continued looking at Zero.

"We believe in you," The two said giving Zero a smile. When the two of them said this Zero smiled and turned around.

"Alright then let's get to work," Zero said looking at the two.

With [Name]

When [Name] awoke he looked around and saw who he guessed was the copy of Zero reading a book. "What are you doing and where are the others?" [Name] asked looking at the male in front of him.

"The others all left a while ago to get some stuff that they thought we would need for tomorrow," Zero said as he looked at the book in front of him.

"Tomorrow?" [Name] questioned looking at the male in front of him.

"Yes, Ragyo decided that the others will make their own move in time so we need to move first so that they're unprepared. In all the confusion she's sure that we'll win for sure," Zero said looking at [Name].

"I see, what are you reading?" [Name] asked looking at Zero.

"A book named Romeo and Juliet. I heard that it was a good book. I must say the premise is interesting, but these humans executed the idea horribly," Zero said looking at the male in front of him.

"What's the idea behind the book?" [Name] asked looking at Zero.

"About two humans that aren't supposed to like each other but end up falling in love. An intriguing idea is it not?" Zero said looking at the male in front of him.

"Yeah, a real page turner," [Name] said as he stood up. "I think I'll go for a walk until Ragyo and the others return. Where should I go?" [Name] asked looking at the male in front of him.

"Feel free to wonder, I'm sure that the others are at their base licking their wounds from that small beating that you gave them," Zero said looking at the male in front of him.

"I see, well if Ragyo returns before I do. Please tell her that I will return shortly," [Name] said looking at Zero.

"Of course," Zero said as he watched [Name] walk out of the room.

With Mako

Mako was walking through the house. When she walked into the room that Zero had declared his "temporary workshop," she saw that there were two males in the room however neither of them were the male that she was looking for.

"Finally your here," the two said in unison.

"Where's Zero?" Mako asked looking at the male.

"Don't know, but Zero said we could leave when you came in here," One of the males said looking at Mako.

"Come on bro let's go see if we can find Nonon," Xerxes said looking at the identical blonde that was beside him. When the two of them walked out Mako smiled and watched them walk away.

"It's nice that they found someone they like although I doubt that Nonon will return their feelings. She is like four or five years older than them after all," Mako said aloud more to herself than anyone.

"I wouldn't worry about that," Zero said as he walked into the room. When he did Mako looked at him a little upset.

"Where were you?" Mako asked looking at the male in front of her. When she asked this Zero smiled and held up his hand revealing a decay ring on one of his fingers.

"I was making sure that we're one step closer to winning," Zero said with a smile.