Rebellious

Chapter Nine - Face to Face

She had to glare at the zoid because he had cut off the communication link. She watched the red Zaber Fang lower onto its stomach so that the pilot could come out safely. The hatch opened and out emerged the male pilot that had got on Sapphire's nerves. The boy stood in between his and her zoid with a smirk. His right hand rested on his hip as he looked up at the gold Energy Liger. She sighed as she lowered her zoid onto its stomach also. She took off the straps that bound her to the seat for safety. The hatch opened as she then jumped out of her zoid.

The black organoid called Shadow was already at his master's side. He stood behind defensively as he was sure that they would attack them. Mai ran over to her master's side instantly and still gave Shadow an evil and deadly look. They both walked over to the two males that stood in between the two zoids. She mentally sighed as she didn't have the time for this; she knew this completely. When she stood a few inches away from him; she could see that he was shocked. She lifted an eyebrow up at him with confusion written all over her face.

"On the communication link; you looked older than me. So how come you're actually younger than I am?" he asked as confusion was present in his voice.

"Try thinking that maybe I messed around with the settings. After all I guarantee that it would be more humiliating if a young female kicked all the males butts; so I set the image in the link to make me look in my twenties" she replied to him with a smug smirk.

His eyes were wide with his mouth slightly agape; soon after he began to chuckle with his eyes closed before laughing as if he had been amused. Mai took that offensively as if she had thought that he was laughing at them. She growled dangerously at him but Sapphire placed her arm in front of her to hush her. All the while Sapphire kept her eyes upon the laughing Raven. Her eyes were showing that she wasn't enjoying herself as he seemed to be… delaying?

"Changing your appearance for others pride? That is quite foolish since you've already destroyed it since they already know you were a female. So changing the image on the communication link was pretty stupid" he spoke in mockery.

"Unlike you Raven; at least I have feelings, and at least I can show them" she said whilst raising her voice.

"Why should I care for others when I'm only going to kill them in the end? Besides; feelings for others only makes you weak" he replied.

She grew quiet as she thought of what he had said. She wasn't sure on why she was thinking it through; but the dream she had, she felt connected to it entirely. She wasn't sure how she was connected to it; but she felt that his words had told her something else, something that was related to that dream. When she was having that dream; she felt the emotions of the girl called Aleera; it was all as if she had gone through the exact same thing.

"Anyway; that isn't why we came out of our zoids. Also; if you do say it, I might let you go by. So… got anything to say?" he asked with amusement.

She clenched her fists as her previous downcast eyes were now fuelled with anger. Flames of anger burned through her being which wanted her to just retaliate by hitting something. She knew that he was enjoying this; enjoying to see the never-use-manners-female, to actually receive manners from the never-use-manners-female. Mai could sense the burning anger course through her body; she knew that her master was going to attack. She mentally smirked as she knew that Shadow would attack to defend his master.

"Yeah; I do have something to say…" she replied as she then looked directly into the males eyes. "Can you…"

Raven still stood with his right hand on his hip waiting for her to speak. A smirk still was tugging at his lips as he definitely was enjoying this. However; he was totally oblivious to what was truly going to happen. Deep within her eyes; they were burning with glee as she knew that she was about to attack the oblivious male.

"Can you… just go to hell and stay there" she said as she ducked and took Raven's feet out from under him.

He came crashing to the floor on his back with total shock. Sapphire stood and towered over the fallen Raven. Shadow swung his tail but Mai gripped it in her jaws which gripped tighter before swinging him away. Shadow hit the sand with a crash which caused sand to rise up from the impact. Raven wasn't happy with her assault. He swung his right leg in attempt to trip her; but she already knew that he would do that, so she jumped into the air. Raven scrambled to his feet but only to have to immediately grab; out of instant reaction, a fist that went to strike his face.

The fist actually hurt his hand as it had come at him with tremendous force. However; he wouldn't let her know that she had made him feel pain in his hand. He glared directly into the eyes of the two inch smaller female. However; it wasn't the sapphire eyes he was looking into, it was the sinister amethyst ones, that even made Prozen cringe in fear. Even though inside he was shocked to see her eyes change colour; but outside he only glared harder. She realised that the change of eye colour hadn't affected him; which caused her to go completely shocked.

Her eyes had widened which gave an opening in her defence. He went to the ground and swung his right leg; which made her tumble backwards. Her back came in contact with the sand's ground which almost knocked the wind out of her. Raven immediately climbed on top of her being; rendering her from any movements. His legs were either side of her and he had some force onto her so that it was harder to move. Her purple eyes glaring more evilly at him; but he didn't cringe under the gaze like she wanted.

She clenched her right fist and gave it more force as she struck at him with more speed; but only to have failed as he caught her wrist firmly in his right hand. Her eyes were showing that she was totally shocked; however, before she had the chance to move her other hand, his hand had gripped her wrist just as firmly as the other. He forced both wrists on the ground on either side of her head. Her eyes changed back to the gentler colour that he had first seen her eyes as.

"Your little surprises have just caused me to become more interested in you" he spoke causing the silence to drift away.

"What do you plan on doing with me?" she demanded from him.

"You're not really in the position to demand from me. However; Prozen has requested me to keep an eye upon the pilot of the gold Energy Liger" he spoke.

"Aw; can't Prozen keep me under control? Oh well; not my problem that he's such a big baby" she mocked. "Besides; that wasn't what I asked. What do YOU plan on doing with me?"

"That information doesn't require for you to know" he spoke with a smirk. "We just have to stick together from now on; since it's an order from Prozen"

"I don't obey that dipshit; I only obey the emperor" she said with anger.

He looked at her surprised that she would actually dare mock Prozen. He soon then closed his eyes with a smirk on his features before reopening them. He noticed that her eyes had not once left his; so he knew that she would be difficult. He let go off her as he stood up and looked to Shadow that was being towered over by the gold organoid. He looked to the female pilot that had just propped herself on her elbows. Her blood red tank top fell all the way to her waist; but was tight against her, which showed her perfect curves. Her blue denim shorts stopped at three-quarters of her thighs which showed her smooth legs.

He soon knelt down as he grabbed her right bicep with his strong grip. He stood up as he forced; but slightly helped, her to stand up on her own feet. She looked over to her gold organoid that towered over the black one. She ripped her arm out of Raven's grip before placing two fingers in her mouth and blowing. Mai looked her direction and began to walk over to her. Mai approached but gave the boy beside her master a deathly glare. She then looked to her master as her master placed a hand upon her gold snout which eased her.

"Get in your zoid; we're leaving" Raven commanded which caused him to received two glares from both human female and gold organoid.

Sapphire smacked the back of his head with quite some force which caused him to turn around whilst rubbing his now hurting head. He glared at the human female that had a smirk on her features. She turned away from him which caused her white hair; which was tied into a low pony tail, to swirl around her. It then began to swish backwards and forwards as it moved with the rhythm of her body. Raven held a smirk on his lips as he studied her being; he knew that he was going to have some fun with his new partner.

He then turned towards his zoid with Shadow right beside him. Both pilots entered their zoids at the exact same time. Both zoids stood up a while later before heading in the exact same direction. Sapphire was annoyed that she was now being babysat by a pilot that irritated her completely. The Zaber Fang was right beside her with the black organoid right in between them both. Mai was on the right of the gold Liger. Both organoids knew that this partner thing wouldn't work out well at all.