Raven's Legacy

Disclaimer I do not own anything in this story.

Authers note: Ok I changed this chapter AGAIN, because I just wasn't happy with it before. I think I'm finally satisfied with it now, but anyway, the first part was taken from the episode: "The distant stars" Best episode ever! cause it was about RAVEN! yeah and I do not in any way own that content, just wanted to make sure I don't get sue'd. Enjoy:)

Italic's are thinking.

Chapter Two

"The stars look amazing tonight." A raven haired boy exclaimed.

"They really are beautiful arn't they. Far across the milky way lies our home. The blue planet." A man next to the boy replied.

"hmm father, are there zoids on that planet too?"

"I don't know, I guess there might be."

"I hope there arn't any."

"Hm? why?"

"I don't like Zoids and I've never liked them, that's why." The boy said with a scowl.

"Listen to me son. You know my work is very important and I know that sometimes it takes more time than it should. I'm sorry that I haven't been able to spend as much time with you as I would have liked." The boy's father stated and placed a hand on the boy's head.

"Honey! you should come quickly! The organoid capsule is beginning to stir!" A woman shouted from a door, behind the two.

"I'm coming! just a minute." The man replied and turned back to his son. "Oh by the way, how about when we finish working on this organoid. Us all going on a holiday together?"

"Ha! yeah!"

And with a laugh and a wink the father left the boy to rejoice over the thought.

The piercing memory of his mother screaming, shook the dark warrior from his nightmare and sent him into a sitting position. As he examined his surroundings, a fire flickered lightly a few feet away. It was still dark, but not far from sunrise, as there was a cool desert breeze blowing through the pilot's camp.

Raven felt like he had just fell asleep, but then-. "That same dream." He whispered, putting a hand to his head. Then looking to his left, he noticed Ryss stir slightly in her sleeping bag; as she faced her blue organoid resting beside her. "For Zoid Eve's sake, why does she insist on sleeping so close to me?" He thought before sighing and returning his head to the ground; in an attempt to sleep without interruption.

Shadow raised his head and hummed softly, from the other side of the fire: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Raven replied, slightly irritated. "Go to sleep Shadow."

Shadow grumbled but obeyed, laying his head back down.

"What dream?" Questioned Ryss, still facing opposite of the maverick.

"The one with my parents." A moment had passed before he'd finally decided to answer her, something she had gotten use to; since Raven never really was one to be verbal. So she'd learned to be patient with him when it came to his responses.

"You mean. When Ambient-" The zoidian started.

"Yeah that one." Raven answered flatly, before she could continue.

"I'm sorry." She said, putting a hand to her sleeping organoid's snout. "For what?" Raven asked and sighed, feeling even more fatigued.

"For making you relive your past."

"Don't worry about it Ryss. It's in the past." Raven applied a hand to his eyes, trying to relieve the sudden pressure in his head.

"Whats wrong?" Ryss wanted to know, as she sat erect looking down at the dark pilot.

He sighed again. "I can't sleep, not after that blasted dream again."

She smiled warmly at him. "I can help with that."

He just glared at her. "No thanks, I don't need any help with my headaches."

She frowned and looked away. "I have the ability to relieve the pressure Raven, why won't you let me help you?"

Raven growled and rolled to his right side. "Go to sleep Ryss."

She moaned in defeat, and settled back into her sleeping bag. "Are you that afraid of my powers Raven?" She asked quietly; hoping to get the last word in.

"I am afraid of nothing Ryss." He retorted within a second.

"I think you are afraid Raven."

With that, the maverick rolled to face the zoidian that had her back to him. "I'm not scared of you or your powers and I never have been." He spoke with acid right above her head, making her look up to meet his eyes, that seemed to glow blood red in the light of the fire.

"But you are. Your scared something will happen to me, the same as your parents. And that's why you refuse to get close to anyone. To me."

This caused him to narrowed his eyes, as he tried to think of a come back, but when nothing came, "Fine. Do what you will." He said finally as he laid back resting his head on his hands; as if waiting for something amazing to happen.

Ryss grinned at this, she had finally won an argument with him, and it felt pretty good! "So do you want the full treatment?" She mocked.

When she got no response, she figured it would be smarter and 'healthier' if she just get it over with. After all, Raven didn't seem to be in the mood for jokes at the moment.

Closing her eyes Ryss began probing the warriors consciousness. After a few seconds the zoidian found herself struggling with the barrier Raven had set up around his mind. She scoffed. "Raven your going to have to let me in. If you want me to help you."

He said nothing, merely stared at her with an unreadable expression on his face. "What's wrong? Don't you trust me?" She questioned in a playful manner.

Raven's emotionless gaze went from her to the stars, as he kept silent. The clear sky and light wind seemed to calm him the most at the moment, since Ryss sure wasn't helping; she only seemed to make his head hurt worse.

Ryss sighed looking away from him. "Why?" She whispered.

"They look the same." He said finally.

"What?" She turned to see his eyes still searching upward.

"The stars." He looked at her. "Their the same as my dream. The only thing the same, it seems." He stated calmly, as his gaze went from her to his scared right hand.

She smiled. "If you don't want me to help you, then I won't." Ryss said sadly.

"It's not that Ryss I jus-"

"It's fine." She replied quickly cutting him off. "Just forget it." The woman said and returned to her former position in her bed roll.

"Ryss," moaned Raven as he traded positions with her yet again. As often as the two were sitting up and down again, it was a miracle that the dark organoid watching both of them, wasn't getting dizzy!

Raven sat for a long moment, thinking out his next course of action. "Ryss if you only knew how confused I am right now..." He stared at her, never looking away as he spoke. "Ryss. Do you remember when we first met?" He stopped, hoping she would at least look at him as a response. "I imagine you do." He stood. "Do you remember giving me a scar?" She still showed no movement, even as he kneeled behind her. "In any rate. I doubt you know what I vowed that day." This caught her attention as she tipped her head to look over her shoulder. He smirked as he placed his scared hand on her cheek making her look strait up at him. "I said you would never get that close to me again." She stared at him for moment, wondering why he just told her that.

"Y-yeah I remember. And I only slashed you because you struck first." The raven laughed slightly and softly, as Ryss smiled finally.

"True but you shouldn't have snuck up on me." She fought his hand to look away. Knowing he was right.

Raven smiled at her reaction as he continued to stare at her. "I was curious. That's all." The zoidian muttered.

His eyes softened as she continued to look away from him. "I'll tell you something." He said as he pulled her to a sitting position in his arms, grasped her with one arm around her waste, the other gripping her shoulder firmly.

"R-Raven?" Ryss swore. She did not expect that! in fact this was the farthest thing from her mind at the moment.

She was about to protest, but as she opened her mouth to speak, the warrior had already locked his lips to hers; in a not-so-tender kiss. "Damn! he's like a vise!" She thought, trying her best to survive his 'embrace'.

Raven pulled away after the small heated moment, wondering why in hell he just did what he did. He soon found his answer at the blue orbed woman's reaction. "Raven have you any idea how long I waited for that? And then you suddenly ju-" He put a finger to her mouth.

"Are you going to let me tell you, or are you going to keep talking?" She kept silent as he lowered his hand and laid her on her back. "I'd say your closer this time. Ancient zoidian." His voice almost a whisper as he spoke and began kissing her with more intensity.

Both Organoids, now completely disgusted with their masters, tried their hardest to ignore them. Specula somehow having more success than the dark one, not a whole lot more though, as her master made a strange noise and pushed Raven from his subduing activity. He looked at her, a hint of confusion in his eyes. Ryss smiled mischievously as she somehow set him off balance and switched positions, with her now sitting atop.

He raised an eyebrow and stared up at her for a moment. "I may be new at this, but I don't think this is how it works."

"Why, whatever do you mean Raven? This is a brand new game, anything goes." The woman said and pinned him down with both hand on his shoulders.

"New game?" Raven replied with skeptical look.

"Oh that's right, that must be a foreign word to him." Ryss smiled after seeing his confused expression. "What's wrong Raven, don't you know how?"

A few seconds passed, as he cracked a small smile. "Anything goes?"

She barely got to nod, when he easily overpowered, and tipped her, again switching positions with her. This caused her to growl as she hit him on the chest. "You jerk, you were playing to begin with!"

He smirked playfully at her. "You said anything goes." Raven retorted with a calm, cool voice.

Ryss scowled and struggled a bit, trying to break his balance again, but not much success this time, as she soon gave up. "It's your turn to make a rule." She muttered under her breath.

"Hm, fine. I win." He declared simply.

"What?" Ryss asked feeling cheated somehow.

"After ten seconds on top you win, so I win." He explained and had a confident smirk on his face as he leaned down only inches from her's. "Does that work for you?"

She smiled in spite of her slight agitation and closed the small gap between them.

Before they could progress any further, Shadow stood with imence speed, Specula following right after. Both of them stared off toward the east, growling uneasily.

Raven and Ryss shot glares to their respective zoids, both having a look of surprise and annoyance. "Shadow what's wrong?" Asked Raven as he sat up and pulled Ryss onto his lap.

A zoid was on it's way. A zoid any normal person wouldn't be able to make out, but for Raven, someone trained and taught to study a zoid's movements, it was easy. "Damn, it's some type of liger." He swore and stood, forcibly making Ryss stand with him. "Get to a safe distance. This shouldn't take long."

She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Great. The one time I get you-"

"Now Ryss!" He barked and cut her off, before opening his cockpit and stepping in.

"Right away," she mocked with a fakish salute and started walking, as the Geno Breaker powered up with glowing eyes that soon looked to the incoming zoid. "He's a completely different person when there's a fight to be fought." She thought and sighed, while making her way somewhere out of range.

It's movements were strange for a liger, it moved almost like a Lightning Saix, but had more of a jump to it's pace. "Wing Liger," Raven uttered when the info popped on the status screen.

It didn't look like any liger he'd ever seen, not as bulky as the Shield liger or the Blade liger, infact to put it simply, it looked like a Blade liger's skeletal if it had one.

Not thirty seconds passed and it was standing right before the maverick.

The pilot opened a link to the Geno Breaker. "500 Zi, if you don't have it, then your zoid is the ante." The mysterious pilot said.

"Works for me." Raven said, and pushed a few buttons, preparing for the battle.

The battle started when the strange liger made a fast jump to the GB's head. "Ha! take that!" The liger pilot said before landing, which never came, as the Geno breaker shot it's claw and threw the liger to the ground.

It was about to stand when the GB's right foot forced it back down. "Give up." Raven said and held the red dragon's head aimed at the liger's cockpit, with small particles gathering near it's mouth.

"What? Your not actually going to shoot that are you?" The panic stricken pilot shouted and tried to break free.

"Last warning." The dark one said.

"Fine! Yes I give up!" He said and threw a tube from his cockpit containing the money before Raven let his zoid up and watched him take off in a dead run.

He jumped from his zoid and picked the tube of prize money from the ground. "400, damn fool." He muttered and tossed the money in the back as he foot locking the GB, preparing for a CPG aimed at the retreating zoid. If he didn't want to pay up, he sure the hell had a long walk ahead of him.


Authors Note: Well...huuuuh...don't ask me I just write the stuff...heh was that bad or was that bad? tell me what you think.:)