Sorry it took so long to write this chapter. I went camping in the Colorado
mountains for a week, away from a computer. This chapter has an unusual
proposal ritual happening between Bit and Leena. I came up with it because
ZOIDS TAKES PLACE ON ANOTHER PLANET. So they have to have unique marriage
ceremonies and celebrations. I mean, how likely is it that the wedding
procedure would be intact after thousands of years? Anyway, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids. I do own Urdik the Wookiee though
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"Well, here we are. It looks like the Sniper Team is already here," said Doc cheerfully. Four GunSniper Zoids were standing in a group, facing the Hover Cargo. Bit asked, "Who are the members of the Sniper Team? I would at least like to know their names." "The leader is named Ryo, and he pilots the blue GunSniper you see. Sakuya pilots the purple one. Moku is the pilot of the black one, and Rikku controls the pink GunSniper," Jamie said, having looked up the Sniper Team the day before. The origional members of the Blitz Team were all dressed in their usual battle outfits. Terrace was wearing a brown impact vest over a beige long-sleeved shirt. He was also wearing gray pants. Black, full-fingered gloves and knee-high brown boots completed his battle outfit. He had also gotten a haircut, so it was about as long as Bit's hair. Kathalee was wearing a white impact vest over a black, long-sleeved jumpsuit with ankle-high black boots. Her brown hair, which would have reached midway down her back, was braided tightly to her head. Both Terrace and Kathalee were also wearing their lightsabers prominently on their brown leather belts.
"Prepare to mobilize!" At this, the Blitz Team, minus Terrace and Kathalee, got into their Zoids and mobilized.
~Brad here, ready to mobilize the Shadow Fox.~
~Jamie here, ready to mobilize the Raynos.~
~Leena, mobilizing the GunSniper.~
~Gooooo, Jager!~
As expected, the Judge capsule came down, making a small crater. Both teams were suprised when it turned out to be the Dark Judge of the Back Draft Group! [Sorry, kids, but this battle's been taken over by the Neo- Back Draft Group. Battlefield set up. The Blitz and Sniper Teams versus the Neo-Helcat Team! Battle mode...0999. Ready? FIGHT!] Doc was panicking. Wasn't the Back Draft totally disbanded five years and three months ago? Where had this Neo-Back Draft Group come from? He was about to tell the teams to get out of there before the Back Draft team showed up, when shots rang out from no-where, hitting the Zoids. Brad grumbled over the com-link, ~My multi-scanner can't pick them up! They must have a new cloaking technology on their Zoids, because they're totally invisible!~ "Terrace, Kathalee, I need you to stay here, because I don't want you risking your necks! Terrace? Kathalee? WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?" "Oh my. Where could Master Terrace have gone?" "Shut up, Bee-three."
~Terrace here, mobilizing the Simba.~
~Kathalee, mobilizing the Martial Panther.~
It took a moment for Doc to realize what had just been said. "You idiots! You can't see them! How can you expect to fight?" ~The Force will guide us,~ Terrace stated simply.
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As soon as the Simba hit the ground, Terrace reached out with the Force, peering through the cloaking fields to find the Neo-Helcats. The Dark Judge contacted Terrace, throwing a hissy fit. [Hey! You can't do that! It's against the rules!] "Is the Neo-Helcat Team following the rules?" [Uh, no, but...] "Then why should we?" [Uh, because you have to follow the rules!] "Doesn't mode 0999 have no rules?" [{Censored} you!] Terrace proceded to force-feed the info he was collecting into the minds of the other pilots, chuckling to himself. Man, that judge could throw a hissy- hissy when it wanted to.
"Guys, please accept the information that I am sending to your minds. We will be able to beat them this way." Turning his attention to the nearest Neo-Helcat, he sent Simba running towards it. "Strike Laser Claw!" The Neo-Helcat (Hereafter refered to as NH) had it's legs sliced off, totally caught of guard by the manuver.
~C'mon, Liger. We wouldn't wanna let Terrace hog all the glory. Besides, isn't the Back Draft Group after you and me?~ Terrace heard Liger roar over the comlink, as they did their own Strike Laser Claw on two more NHs in quick succession.
The battle continued.
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In Liger's cockpit, Bit was doing Strike Laser Claws like there was no tomorrow. Liger growled. Master, aren't you going to propose to Leena soon? I grow so tired of waiting for you to ask her. When are you going to propose? "Right after the battle, Liger." That was good enough for Liger, who roared happily.
In what seemed like no time, all of the NH Team was disabled. The Dark Judge was throwing the biggest hissy fit in recorded history. When the Sniper Team pointed all of their guns at the Dark Judge, he relented. [Alright, alright. Battle over. The winners are the Blitz and Sniper Teams. Humpf!]
Leena jumped out of her GunSniper just as Bit jumped out of Liger. They ran towards each other, giving each other a big hug. Without breaking stride, Bit went down on one knee, extending his right palm to Leena. Her heart skipped a beat; Bit was proposing to her. She replied in the traditional manner by taking his hand and lifting his face to level with hers. Leena said one word, "Yes," and kissed him. The Blitz Team watched this whole scene grinning.
Two months later...
Bit woke up to a loud roaring, greatly annoyed. "Hey, Urd, keep it down, will ya? Some people are trying to sleep." The target of his ranting, Urdik, was a Wookiee. Tall for his species, Urdik had a brown fur coat with black tips on each hair. They had met during an interstellar adventure Bit was going on a month ago. Bit had saved Urd's life, causing the Wookiee to swear a life-debt to Bit. Communication would have been impossible if the furred being had not implanted a microchip in Bit's head. The chip had allowed Bit to understand the Wookiee's growling, roaring language. Urd rumbled a statement. "Breakfast is ready? Oh boy! I was getting hungry," Bit said happily as he hopped out of bed and walked towards the dining room. He smiled when he saw his fiancé, Leena, was already at the table, munching on her share of breakfast. For two months, the engaged couple had been arranging their wedding. Leena's white robe was complete, as was Bit's gray one. All of the preparations had been made. Now they just had to send invitations to the guests. Urdik walked to the refrigerator, getting a slab of raw meat, then sat down at the table to eat it.
"How was your night, honey?" Bit asked Leena as he sat down to eat. "Just fine." Just then, Leon and Naomi walked in with Naomi's older sister, Ami Flugal. They had met her two weeks ago. When she found out who they were, she immediately joined the team. "Well, look at the lovebirds, have you been practicing your lines?"
The wedding ceremony on the planet Zi traditionaly went like this; the bride and groom knelt in front of each other and recited lines. There was no priest; Zian couples conducted the wedding themselves. Once the recitation was complete, there was a 30-second kiss, followed by a celebration which included, if the couple was lucky enough, a staged sword fight by master swordsmen for at least ten minutes. Terrace and Kathalee had agreed to do a practice session as the fight. In the evening, there was a feast. The marriage wasn't complete until the couple had made love twice using condoms on the wedding night, first the groom on top, then the bride on top.
"Yeah, we've been practicing our lines each night in our rooms. We also decided that we'll share Bit's room after the wedding," Leena said proudly.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids. I do own Urdik the Wookiee though
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"Well, here we are. It looks like the Sniper Team is already here," said Doc cheerfully. Four GunSniper Zoids were standing in a group, facing the Hover Cargo. Bit asked, "Who are the members of the Sniper Team? I would at least like to know their names." "The leader is named Ryo, and he pilots the blue GunSniper you see. Sakuya pilots the purple one. Moku is the pilot of the black one, and Rikku controls the pink GunSniper," Jamie said, having looked up the Sniper Team the day before. The origional members of the Blitz Team were all dressed in their usual battle outfits. Terrace was wearing a brown impact vest over a beige long-sleeved shirt. He was also wearing gray pants. Black, full-fingered gloves and knee-high brown boots completed his battle outfit. He had also gotten a haircut, so it was about as long as Bit's hair. Kathalee was wearing a white impact vest over a black, long-sleeved jumpsuit with ankle-high black boots. Her brown hair, which would have reached midway down her back, was braided tightly to her head. Both Terrace and Kathalee were also wearing their lightsabers prominently on their brown leather belts.
"Prepare to mobilize!" At this, the Blitz Team, minus Terrace and Kathalee, got into their Zoids and mobilized.
~Brad here, ready to mobilize the Shadow Fox.~
~Jamie here, ready to mobilize the Raynos.~
~Leena, mobilizing the GunSniper.~
~Gooooo, Jager!~
As expected, the Judge capsule came down, making a small crater. Both teams were suprised when it turned out to be the Dark Judge of the Back Draft Group! [Sorry, kids, but this battle's been taken over by the Neo- Back Draft Group. Battlefield set up. The Blitz and Sniper Teams versus the Neo-Helcat Team! Battle mode...0999. Ready? FIGHT!] Doc was panicking. Wasn't the Back Draft totally disbanded five years and three months ago? Where had this Neo-Back Draft Group come from? He was about to tell the teams to get out of there before the Back Draft team showed up, when shots rang out from no-where, hitting the Zoids. Brad grumbled over the com-link, ~My multi-scanner can't pick them up! They must have a new cloaking technology on their Zoids, because they're totally invisible!~ "Terrace, Kathalee, I need you to stay here, because I don't want you risking your necks! Terrace? Kathalee? WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?" "Oh my. Where could Master Terrace have gone?" "Shut up, Bee-three."
~Terrace here, mobilizing the Simba.~
~Kathalee, mobilizing the Martial Panther.~
It took a moment for Doc to realize what had just been said. "You idiots! You can't see them! How can you expect to fight?" ~The Force will guide us,~ Terrace stated simply.
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As soon as the Simba hit the ground, Terrace reached out with the Force, peering through the cloaking fields to find the Neo-Helcats. The Dark Judge contacted Terrace, throwing a hissy fit. [Hey! You can't do that! It's against the rules!] "Is the Neo-Helcat Team following the rules?" [Uh, no, but...] "Then why should we?" [Uh, because you have to follow the rules!] "Doesn't mode 0999 have no rules?" [{Censored} you!] Terrace proceded to force-feed the info he was collecting into the minds of the other pilots, chuckling to himself. Man, that judge could throw a hissy- hissy when it wanted to.
"Guys, please accept the information that I am sending to your minds. We will be able to beat them this way." Turning his attention to the nearest Neo-Helcat, he sent Simba running towards it. "Strike Laser Claw!" The Neo-Helcat (Hereafter refered to as NH) had it's legs sliced off, totally caught of guard by the manuver.
~C'mon, Liger. We wouldn't wanna let Terrace hog all the glory. Besides, isn't the Back Draft Group after you and me?~ Terrace heard Liger roar over the comlink, as they did their own Strike Laser Claw on two more NHs in quick succession.
The battle continued.
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In Liger's cockpit, Bit was doing Strike Laser Claws like there was no tomorrow. Liger growled. Master, aren't you going to propose to Leena soon? I grow so tired of waiting for you to ask her. When are you going to propose? "Right after the battle, Liger." That was good enough for Liger, who roared happily.
In what seemed like no time, all of the NH Team was disabled. The Dark Judge was throwing the biggest hissy fit in recorded history. When the Sniper Team pointed all of their guns at the Dark Judge, he relented. [Alright, alright. Battle over. The winners are the Blitz and Sniper Teams. Humpf!]
Leena jumped out of her GunSniper just as Bit jumped out of Liger. They ran towards each other, giving each other a big hug. Without breaking stride, Bit went down on one knee, extending his right palm to Leena. Her heart skipped a beat; Bit was proposing to her. She replied in the traditional manner by taking his hand and lifting his face to level with hers. Leena said one word, "Yes," and kissed him. The Blitz Team watched this whole scene grinning.
Two months later...
Bit woke up to a loud roaring, greatly annoyed. "Hey, Urd, keep it down, will ya? Some people are trying to sleep." The target of his ranting, Urdik, was a Wookiee. Tall for his species, Urdik had a brown fur coat with black tips on each hair. They had met during an interstellar adventure Bit was going on a month ago. Bit had saved Urd's life, causing the Wookiee to swear a life-debt to Bit. Communication would have been impossible if the furred being had not implanted a microchip in Bit's head. The chip had allowed Bit to understand the Wookiee's growling, roaring language. Urd rumbled a statement. "Breakfast is ready? Oh boy! I was getting hungry," Bit said happily as he hopped out of bed and walked towards the dining room. He smiled when he saw his fiancé, Leena, was already at the table, munching on her share of breakfast. For two months, the engaged couple had been arranging their wedding. Leena's white robe was complete, as was Bit's gray one. All of the preparations had been made. Now they just had to send invitations to the guests. Urdik walked to the refrigerator, getting a slab of raw meat, then sat down at the table to eat it.
"How was your night, honey?" Bit asked Leena as he sat down to eat. "Just fine." Just then, Leon and Naomi walked in with Naomi's older sister, Ami Flugal. They had met her two weeks ago. When she found out who they were, she immediately joined the team. "Well, look at the lovebirds, have you been practicing your lines?"
The wedding ceremony on the planet Zi traditionaly went like this; the bride and groom knelt in front of each other and recited lines. There was no priest; Zian couples conducted the wedding themselves. Once the recitation was complete, there was a 30-second kiss, followed by a celebration which included, if the couple was lucky enough, a staged sword fight by master swordsmen for at least ten minutes. Terrace and Kathalee had agreed to do a practice session as the fight. In the evening, there was a feast. The marriage wasn't complete until the couple had made love twice using condoms on the wedding night, first the groom on top, then the bride on top.
"Yeah, we've been practicing our lines each night in our rooms. We also decided that we'll share Bit's room after the wedding," Leena said proudly.