Disclaimer: I don't own Eureka Seven or anything copyrighted to it. The plot and new LFOs are however, mine. Also, the unpdates might slow down quite a bit due to exams coming up. I'll still try to continue but don't expect anything, no garrentees here okay?

Chapter 12: Failed three

"Renton… I like you!" Helen yelled. Renton's face smashed into a pole that protruded from the 707 before she said it.

"Ow…Sorry did you say something?" Renton asked as he recovered from the pain he was covering his nose, where his smashed into the pole.

"Um… Yeah…I said watch out" Helen found that she couldn't say it again.

"That would have been useful before I hit the pole…" he said still recovering from the pain.

"You two should get ready okay?" Omega said as he pulled the pole back from the 707.

"Why did you put it there?!" Renton asked angrily.

"Oh, there was a stabilizer that I forgot to put into place so I used the pole to help" he said as he tossed the pole aside. Renton didn't talk much with his sister, Diane for some reason. He seemed to distance himself from her even when he didn't want to, but for now he wanted to do something special for Eureka when he returned. He completely believed that he would return and everything would be alright.

"And that's how you change it" Talho said as she pulled back and stood up.

"I never knew taking acre of a baby would be that hard" Eureka said. She found her reason to be happy in front of everyone again. Up until now Eureka kept her happiness to herself and hid it from others, but now she could use this as a reason to be happy in front of everyone again.

"Eureka, you know that this is going to be a really big responsibility, right?" Talho asked.

"Don't worry, when Renton's a father he'll help out a lot" Eureka said proudly.

"Eureka…" Talho stared at her for a moment. Eureka then left happily, from Talho's point of view it looked like she was dancing a little too.

"Talho, how's Eureka now…?" Holland asked.

"She's seems to be happier but…" Talho stopped.

"If Renton can't come back she'll be crushed" Holland said.

"I just don't want to see that" she said sadly.

"She won't, Renton will come back. When he said he'll do something, he'll do it" Holland sounded confident.

"Hey sis, you think that Eureka would like this dress?" Renton asked as he examined the blue/white dress.

"Wow, that's a really nice dress, Renton" Diane replied. From behind Renton Helen didn't look too happy that Renton was always talking about Eureka.

"What do you think, Helen?" Renton turned to her.

"I think it's really nice" she said with a fake smile. Renton looked quite happy and quickly bought the dress, it seems Renton was out shopping for gifts for Eureka and most of the other Gekko State members.

"Renton, you really miss Eureka a lot don't you" Adrock suddenly asked. Renton had spent the whole time they landed till when they were talking about Eureka.

"I would lie if I said no, but I want her to be really happy when I go back" he said smiling. When he was walking he spotted a reffing contest; a thought shot through his head like a bullet. He raised his hand to the air and closed his eyes for a moment; Adrock, Diane and Helen looked at him like he was crazy. He opened his eyes and turned to them.

"The trappar is good here, let's take on the reffing contest" he said with determination. It's been a while since he reffed and had fun and he wanted the first place prize; the first prize was a trophy, $50 000, and a limited edition hairclip that he thought would look good on Eureka. The hairclip was his true objective; it was a deep blue, slightly transparent clip with a wave decoration at the top. He thought that Eureka already has the flower one that he gave her almost two years and he should get her another one.

"Did Renton just feel the trappar?" Adrock asked Diane slowly.

"I think he did" Diane replied. Renton was really pride that he could feel the trappar; something he learned from Eureka and Nirvash. They made it just in time to sign up for the contest. When they looked around they saw a lot of Holland posters and old RayOut issues; Renton ignored them all because he help proof read them before and because he spent so much time with the Gekko State he got used to them. Omega, Akira and Stella were there waiting for the competition when they saw them.

"Hey, you're in the contest right?" they asked.

"Yeah, but do you have a ref board handy?" Renton asked, he just realized that he didn't bring a ref board with him.

"Heh Heh" Omega snickered.

"Lucky for you I made an easily compressible one" his smile was wide and evil. He reached into his bag and took out ref board parts and put them together easily. It was thinner that most other ref boards but Renton trusted Omega.

"Okay remember this: This ref board had more reflective power then the normal one and I used stronger material to build it. I tested it a few times but it still needs a bit of work" he said.

"What's wrong with it?" Renton asked.

"It goes very fast and the control for it is very difficult" he replied. Renton looked at the thin ref board and turned around and walked to the starting area.

"Thanks Omega, I'll trust you on this board" he said as he walked off. The first event was a maneuver test and the sky was set to be launched with many obstacles. They were all to start at the same time; the contest for this part was to see who could dodge the obstacles with style and grace.

"Start!" the man said. They took off and headed for the finish line which was quite a distance away. Renton pretended to be the Nirvash and took to the skies like they were his. Everyone was impressed by his performance mostly and Adrock even heard people said he was as good as Holland. Renton looked at the incoming disks and blunt objects like missiles coming from KLF units and his job was just to reach the ending. Renton imagined Eureka at the finish line. He performed various moves to dodge the incoming obstacles but he didn't want to use the cut-back drop turn for some reason. The objective was soon in sight and Renton felt something wrong but it slowed him enough to lose the first posistion. Landing in 3rd place to reach the target Renton didn't look disappointed at all. With a little break time, Renton wanted to get a few comments from his friends.

"So how was I?" Renton asked.

"You, were, AMAZING!" Omega shouted.

"I think I messed up with one of the waves" he said recalling his memory.

"Wave?" Adrock asked.

"Oh, I didn't trust that one but I guess I should of" he said sighing.

"You can see waves?" Adrock asked curiously.

"I try to" he replied.

"Next, we have Renton Thurston!" the announcer said.

"Well, time to go" Renton said as he ran off. The next contest was a style in reffing and the judges were looking at the competitors' one at a time. The first event eliminated a lot of people so this event was shorted than expected.

"You may begin" one of the judges said. Renton lifted his hand to the sky and felt the waves and ran to the point where he thought would be the best. He jumped on his board the moment it caught the trappar and lifted into the air. He lined himself up with the waves and pulled off a cut-back drop turn so perfectly that everyone started to cheer. Renton wasn't done yet; he lined himself up again and performed another turn but instead he corkscrewed on the round turn at the every top of the turn. Renton used the ref board's thin edges to his advantage as he spun horizontally and let the board slip out from his legs. He let himself fall for a moment before the board came under him again and he firmly placed his legs back. Renton finished his performance with a last cut-back drop turn.

"That's Renton Thurston everyone!" The announcer yelled. Everyone cheered on Renton as he walked back to the tunnel that he came from. There he saw Adrock and everyone else there waiting for him.

"Renton, when did you learn to ref like that?" Adrock asked in shock.

"I guess when you spend too much time with Holland that happens" Renton replied.

"You know this is risky right?" Omega added. Renton thought about the question for a moment and realized what Omega was saying.

"I know, but as long as you guys stay out of sight we don't have to worry about being caught" Renton added. Soon after Renton was given first place for the second event and all he had to do was get first on the last event to win but to his surprise it was a couple ride. At this point Renton really wished that Eureka was here but he couldn't back out now.

"Hey Helen, you want to ref with me on the last event?" Renton asked.

"Su-sure!" Helen was happy.

"Why Helen?" Stella asked.

"Sis can't really ref, you're with Akira and Sakuya and Norbu don't really do this kind of stuff so I guess Helen is the only person left" Renton said. When they entered the competition area he placed the ref board on his back and he and Helen went on the long board that the competition supplied.

"You ready, Helen?" Renton asked. They were in the air and Helen had never felt like this before. It was like flying with real wings.

"Yeah…" Helen replied. With that Renton started his move with the ling board. It was smaller than the one he used with Eureka but it was still a lot larger than the short boards. Picking up speed Renton shot up to the air and let the board do a full circle in the air. As the board headed downward it gained even more speed and Renton once again aimed the board to the sky but this time he let them fall off and he took out the ref board on his back and placed it on his feet and he spun himself with Helen. They were holding hands in mid-air and their hands completed the line that their bodies made. They spun around more and more until Renton could see the landing mat getting closer. He let Helen go on his right side and let her fall to his left where he pulled her hand and carried her legs. He turned around a few times before he landed. He was the last person to perform and everyone loved his performance with Helen.

"Everyone, we have a winner!" the judges said.

"The first prize winner is Renton Thurston!" they said. Renton and Helen went to the stand to collect their prize and let the people take a few pictures. Renton felt guilty about not doing this with Eureka but he knew that she would understand. More importantly he won the hairclip and didn't care much about anything else. Adrock greeted Renton when he got back.

"Wow, did Holland teach you to ref or something?!" Adrock said in shock.

"Not really, I just got used to piloting the Nirvash like that" he said smiling.

"Oh this is for you" Renton gave the money to Adrock.

"And you can have this Helen" Renton gave Helen the trophy. He quietly pocketed the hairclip with the case.

"I wish I got a few pictures of you and Helen together" Omega said.

"Camera ran out of space" he said. Renton felt relieved for a bit. They returned to the ship soon after.

"Eureka watch out!" Holland yelled. They were in a battle with the military again because one of the cross-over points was in one of its territories. There were two that were near there.

"I have to shake them…" Eureka said as she looked to the 2 squads that were coming up to her. Eureka turned the Exiellenia down and disabled one of the KLFs that followed her.

"I will see Renton" Eureka repeated this sentence to herself over and over again.

"Anemone, we have to cover Eureka; their concentrating their attack on her the most!" Holland yelled to the intercom.

"Got that!" Anemone responded. They stared to group around the Exiellenia and fought them off. Soon however, Holland took a bad hit to the laser that was mounted on his 909.

"I'm hit, I'll return to the Gekko-Go. Mathieu, Hilda cover Eureka we have to get out now!" Holland said as he turned the 909 to the Gekko-Go. Holland had made it back to the Gekko-Go but the KLF squads had placed themselves between them and the Gekko-Go. The Gekko-Go was now locked in a battle itself with four other military ship, because of the upgrades they had from Tresor, the Gekko-Go was easily more maneuverable and faster then the other ships. Eureka was found herself in a bad situation as the KLFs became more and more difficult to fight back. She began to call for her Renton again.

"Renton…Please help me…' she said quietly.

"Eureka…" Renton's thoughts were disturbed. He felt Eureka's feeling and how scared she was. He ran to the Nirvash and sat himself on the seat and thought about his situation for a moment. He stared at the Amita drive for a moment and he pulled on it. For a second he felt nothing but soon he could feel his body lifting away. When he opened his eyes he was the Exiellenia. He saw the missiles come and he dodge them with ease.

"Renton…" Eureka said slowly. She felt the warmness and protective feeling of Renton surround her; she took the controls and together they flew.

"Damn it/Oh no! Holland/Adrock!" both Omega and Dr. Bear said at the same time.

"Three cross-over points activated!" they said. Adrock and Holland headed to their scientists and looked to the screen.

"Adrock, the Nirvash reacted to something and a cross-over point became active 400km away from here" Omega said.

"The energy from the battle activated one of the cross-over points and one is schedule to over load now" Dr. Bear said.

"In total we lost three cross-over points!" they said.

"This is bad; tell everyone we have to leave now! We can't risk over loading the last one" Holland gave his command.

"Roger that!" Gidget responded. Eureka's pilot skills had increased but now she had to retreat and this was a wise idea because the enemy's reinforcements were coming.

"Ow!" Renton felt his head tearing at the seams. He calmed down and thought of Eureka, he let the green jewel with in his forehead come out and he called out to Eureka. He felt her again and felt relieved that she was safe. Renton knew that every time the green jewel appeared in his forehead he could feel what Eureka's feelings were but it only came when really wanted it too and it was a strange feeling to get it to appear. He knew that as long as he could feel Eureka he was fine.

"Damn it… We only have one chance left…" Holland said angrily said.

"Yeah… The seventh point will be our last… If we fail this time then it'll be over" Dr. Bear said.

"We-" Holland was cut off.

"Wait… Holland, we're in the area of the final point!" Dr. Bear stared at the data.

"Two were scheduled to over load at this time; we have to use it now!" Dr. Bear shouted.

"Dad! Nirvash said that the final cross-over point is going to activate" Renton yelled.

"What?!" Adrock and Omega said.

"It's here, the final point will happen here" Renton yelled. Renton then ran to the hanger where he was going to go on the Nirvash when he saw Helen there.

"Sorry Helen I have to go" Renton as he started to climb the Nirvash.

"Renton… I love you!" Helen finally broke out her feelings. Renton stopped and looked at her with confusion in his eyes but he soon caught on to what was happening.

"Sorry Helen… I'm already taken by Eureka" Renton said as he climbed on to the Nirvash. Helen stood there and watched him launch in the Nirvash.

"Nirvash… We have to return to Eureka at this point" Renton said with great determination.

"Everyone, I know that we just fought off the military, but the final point is about to become active and we lost three others… We have to launch again" Holland said.

"Roger that" everyone said. Eureka knew this was her final chance to return to Renton and she could feel her uncertain feelings return. But she chose to believe in Renton and that he'll return to her. Eureka went to the Exiellenia and hopped into it where she waited for the launch signal. Eureka could feel Renton's feelings getting stronger and stronger.

"Renton, the military is here" Adrock yelled to the intercom.

"Why…at a time like this…" Renton almost bit his tongue.

"Eureka, the military tracked us here, we have to hurry to cross-over to the other side or bring Renton here!" Holland yelled into the intercom. Eureka looked around to see the four Exiellenias return as well. Eureka figured out why they came after her.

To be continued…

The girl confesses her love to the young man, the young man refuses and heads out to his last chance to be reunited with the young woman, will the four children and the adults stand in the way? Next time: Great lost.