AUTHORS NOTE: Sorry about having to cut the last chapter short...
hopefully this one will make up for it. Anyways, thanks for all the cool
reviews and all, I really appreciate them. Now, if only some of my other
stories could get some reviews..........(hint, hint)
CHAPTER 3
"Okay so your name is Izumi, I've learned that much..." Cloud said, they where all seated in the main commons room back at the waterfall base, he looked at each girl in turn, "and your Tyra... but I haven't gotten your name yet."
The third girl, pilot of the Madthunder answered, " My name's Lavender, Im....."
"Good, now we've all introduced ourselves," Izumi cut in, "but we don't know your name."
"Oh yeah, sorry, names Cloud. My sister's Rain." He stated.
"Ok so we all know each other now," Lavender said a bit annoyed, "and as I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted," she shot a glance at Izumi, her dark purple eyes flashed with annoyance, " I wanted to say thanks."
"Don't worry about it." Cloud said getting up and heading toward the kitchen area, "Im going to get me something to eat, do any of you want anything?"
"Sure," Tyra answered before either Izumi or Lavender could state something rude. She knew how suspicious Izumi was with strangers, and how serpent tongued Lavender was with anybody.
Cloud brought back a bowl of chips, and a small plate of cookies for the three girls. Setting them on the table he said, "Well, I don't think any of us are really tired after all that's happened so how bout we get to know each other?"
Izumi looked at Cloud suspiciously, "You first."
"all right," Cloud though for a second, "Well, Im 21.... engaged to a beautiful women named Kacie.... and Im one of the few, if not, only person with an organoid."
"What about your sister?" Tyra asked curiously.
"Well, Rain's 14, and she loves to draw," He said, motioning to a small wall behind them that had some of Rains drawings. The girls looked at them curiously, Izumi and Lavender got up to look, surprised by the skill.
"Wow. For 14 she's one hell of a drawer." Lavender said, eyeing a picture of the waterfall base with the blade Ligar off to the side, "Why does she like to draw so much?"
"She seems to like to draw the base and the zoids allot doesn't she?" Izumi added, she was looking at a picture of what looked like Cloud sitting on the paw of the Blade Ligar, with Lightstrike standing besides.
"Yeah, well there's a reason for that." Cloud said looking a bit sad, "But it's not my right to tell. You can ask her that when she wakes up. If she feels like answering, she'll tell you."
"Because I want to be able to remember." Came a voice from a doorway off to the left. They all turned to see Rain leaning in the doorway, around her head she still wore the bandages, and she had tired eyes. But she still smiled, "I want to be able to remember everything..."
"What do you mean?" Izumi asked, turning to see Rain completely.
"Rain, you should be in bed." Cloud stated, "You got hurt pretty bad,"
"Im ok Cloud." She said confidently, walking to the glass wall, and looking down she said, "When I was 12, I lost all of my memories, only remembering my name, and my brother."
The three girls looked at her, all of their attention was now on the young girl. Rain tucked some of her long silver hair behind one of her ears, then stated, "I draw all the things that I want to remember. You don't know what its like not having any memories of anything... " She smiled and turned to face the group, "Well, to tell the truth, it really sucks."
"So you draw things because you don't want to forget things." Tyra said.
"Yeah, I don't know why I even lost my memory in the first place... I remember waking up in the hospital with Cloud at me bed." She gave a laugh, "He looked awful. He had big bags under his eyes and all...."
"Hey, that's enough, I stayed wake most of the time worrying about you!" Cloud said.
"... and his hair was all messy, he looked as though he hadn't bathed in a week..."
"Ok that's enough they get the picture Rain..." Cloud said a bit annoyed.
"...and he smelled really bad."
That got a laugh from everyone. Rain sat next to Cloud and listened the the girls stories about themselves. Each of them had an interesting story to tell.
Tyra started, she seemed to be the most trusting and optimistic of the group. She had lavender hair and soft purple eyes. She was thin, but strong. They all listened intently.
"Well, Im 16, and I come from a family of Zoid pilots." She stated, "My parents died when I was twelve, so I went to live with my brother for a year, then I went out on my own. I totally love piloting air Zoids, so I got my StormSworder and joined the Fireblazers. I like to swim too."
Next to go was Lavender, who seemed to be the toughest, and most outgoing of the three. She had curly light purple hair and dark purple eyes, "Im 14, and I pilot the MadThunder. I love to take pictures of things, its a hobby... I like to write too.... that's about it." She finished, looking as though she had something else to say, but deciding against it.
Izumi was last... She had waist length black hair and dark violet eyes. Her skin was more tanned than the other two, and she always wore a suspicious look on her face. "Im the leader of the Fireblazers, and Im 16.... I custom built ShadowDancer, and I trust it with my life..." She stopped, obviously not about to say anymore. She then looked strait at Cloud, nodding her head toward Rain, who was asleep on his shoulder. He picked her up gently, and carried her off to her room.
When he returned he said, "Its 2 in the morning, so I suppose I should show you to the guest rooms."
He led them down the hallways and to three separate rooms. The rooms where not at all fancy or flashy. They each had a bed, and a small cabinet with a lamp on top, and Izumi's room had a rug, but that was about it. Yet they where still comfortable. Each of them fell asleep soon after they laid down.
Cloud walked down the hallways, brushing a hand through his spiky silver hair, and into Rains room. He changed her bandages, and motioned for LightStrike to watch over her through the night. LightStrike curled up at the foot of her plenty big enough bed.
Cloud then walked down to his own room, and hung his silver jacket on the wall. He brushed his teeth and laid down. He was asleep before his head even hit the pillow.
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Early that morning...
Goji Kaiji was sitting alone in a small quaint restaurant just outside of town. He always seemed to have an emotionless look, and tone of voice. So most people shunned away from him, which didn't bother him to much... he actually preferred it. He had shot black hair that he always kept spiked, and crimson red eyes.
He had ordered a good breakfast, as he sat waiting for a friend of his, actually he was the only person he truly got along with well.
"Sorry Im late..." Came a voice from behind him, he turned to see a young man with soft gray eyes, and auburn colored hair that was spiked to the side. He looked tiered and worn out.
"Ryuji." Goji nodded, "I ordered the usual, hope you don't mind."
"No that's ok..." He said, he looked worried about something.
"What's wrong?" Goji asked as the waitress served their food. She left with a wink to Goji, who in return only glared at her.
"Well, I blacked out again last night. I was at the shop, it was about 10:30, and I was just about to leave...." He sighed, "The next thing I new, I was in the middle of the park near my house, and it was about 1 o'clock in the morning."
The sat in silence for a while, eating their food, when Goji had finished he said, "Maybe you should go home and get some sleep."
"Yeah... ok... anyways, I got that part you wanted, so you can come by the shop later to pick it up."
"Right."
With that, Ryuji finished his breakfast and left. Goji watched him leave, and thought about what he had said... 'he blacked out again.... he's blacking out more and more lately,' he thought.
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After leaving the restaurant, Ryuji walked down the street to his house. He was surprised to see his friend, Zack, there waiting for him.
"Hey Ryuji..." Zack said, he seemed anxious about something, "What's up?"
"Nothing much... and you?"
"Ahh, nothing, just came for a visit." He answered. Once they got inside he pulled something out of his pocket and said, "Copper we have a job at the Blitz base..."
Instantly Ryuji seemed different. As he gazed at the object, his hair seemed to turn darker, and he closed his eyes.
Copper reopened his eyes, which where now deep red, and looked at Zack, "You said the Blitz Base, right?"
"Yeah."
"all right," Copper pulled on a pair of jet black gloves, followed by a black overcoat from the closet. Out of the pocket he removed a pair of copper tinted glasses, and put them on, "Lets go Zero."
Zack, or Zero, nodded. The two went off to get their Zoids.
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"Whew!" Cloud said after he climbed down from his Blade Ligar. For the past few hours, Izumi, Tyra, Lavender and him had been repairing the Zoids. Rain wanted to help, but Cloud wouldn't let her.
Just then Rain came out with LightStrike, she looked at the Zoids... 'well' she thought, 'at least their better than they where last night...'
"Common, I got lunch inside." Rain said to the group. They all hurried inside, even Izumi, who had dropped most of her suspicion by now (not all of it, but most of it). The sat around the table and Cloud turned on the TV.
They ate and watched the news, something about the Blitz Team was on.
"This morning at approximately 10 AM the blitz Team was attacked by two unidentified Zoids." The reporter said, unrecognizable shots of two Zoids flashed on the screen, all of them where unrecognizable... except one quickly shown picture. The group of five all stopped and stared.
They sat for a few more minuets in silence listening to the Blitz team talk to the reporters... and argue (Bit and Leena of course).
Finally Rain broke the silence, "That was the Zoid that attacked us last night... you know, that GunGyarados..."
"Yeah." Izumi said.
Cloud turned up the volume on the TV.
"The two unknown attackers apparently had almost gotten away with the teams two most valuable zoids the Ligar 0 and the Shadowfox" Continued the reporter, "The two well known pilots, Bit Cloud and Brad Hunter, had gotten to the Zoids in time, and fought back. Apparently the two unknown pilots took off for unknown reasons. A search for them has been confirmed by the ZBC..."
Cloud turned off the TV. They sat in silence. Finally Izumi spoke up, "Apparently we weren't the only ones on their hit-list."
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At the blitz base...
"Man, I would really like to get ahold of one of those pilots!" Bit yelled angrily, he was working on repairs to the Ligar 0. The Ligar Roared in agreement.
"Yeah, but you know as well as I do that they were winning." Brad said, he too was working on repairs to the Shadowfox.
"I want to know why they ran off so suddenly," Bit said, he jumped down from where he was working, "Im gonna go get somthin to eat... want anything Brad?"
"Sure" Brad answered, he was now inside the cockpit, checking all the controls to see which ones were operating correctly.
Bit made his way to the kitchen, making sure he didn't run into Leena on the way. After checking around for the hot headed, red head, Bit opened a small cabinet, and removed a small box of cookies. He then returned to the hanger.
Bit set the box down on a table in the corner, when suddenly he heard, "BIT CLOUD! Those where mine!"
"Oh no..." Bit said, he turned to see Leena in the doorway.
"MY COOKIES!" Leena yelled as she began chasing Bit all throughout the hanger, and then into the hallway.
When both were gone, Brad climbed down from the ShadowFox, and snatched the box of cookies for himself. 'Hmm,' he thought, 'chocolate chip... my favorite.'
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After some repairs to their Zoids, the Fireblazers where ready to take off back to their own base. Though the Zoids weren't in top shape, they where now all mobil enough to make it home.
"Bye Rain, Cloud! I'm hope we get to fight again since our last battle was canceled!" Tyra Called from her Zoid. It took off through the waterfall and into the sky.
"Yeah Bye!" Lavender called, her Zoid trudged through the water.
Izumi and her ShadowDancer followed not saying anything. The where almost through the waterfall when the Zoid turned it's head back to face Cloud and Rain, the cockpit opened and Izumi stood up, the fast water behind her caused her long black hair to sway gently, she looked strait at the two. "Thanks."
Cloud and Rain both nodded, and Izumi and the ShadowDancer left.
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Goji had made his way to Ryuji's shop, only to find it closed. 'that's strange' he thought, 'he wasn't at home either.'
The mercenary shrugged and turned back to his Zoid, Temjin X. He had created this Zoid himself, obviously. It was the only humanoid Zoid in existence.
He climbed onto the Zoids hand, which then lifted him into the cockpit located in the head. He created this Zoid because he hated the fact that animals where the only things that could be Zoids. He grabbed the controls and left town, heading back to his own home.
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"Miss Ori." Zero saluted. He was standing at the doorway to the commanders office.
"Zero, what went wrong?" Orihime asked sternly, "I have come to understand that you failed both last night and this morning.... on both missions."
"Ma'am." Zero said, " Copper is beginning to loose control more and more often. It has not been easy, Ryuji seems to be gaining the upper hand. So far he has not discovered anything about Copper or us for that manner. He thinks he is merely blacking out..."
"I see." Orihime stated. "I think we can fix that... I want you to go home, I will contact you when I have another mission for you. Thank you Zero."
Zero bowed and left the office.
"I hate doing this but..." Ori said to herself, then she pushed the loudspeaker on the phone on her desk, "Bring me Copper."
"Yes ma'am" Came the voice on the other end.
End of chapter three.
Authors note: Well it's not as long as I had hoped, but at least I introduced all the characters. (Finally) Anyways. I'll try and hurry with chapter 4 hopefully it won't take to long. Remember to read and review!
Luna
CHAPTER 3
"Okay so your name is Izumi, I've learned that much..." Cloud said, they where all seated in the main commons room back at the waterfall base, he looked at each girl in turn, "and your Tyra... but I haven't gotten your name yet."
The third girl, pilot of the Madthunder answered, " My name's Lavender, Im....."
"Good, now we've all introduced ourselves," Izumi cut in, "but we don't know your name."
"Oh yeah, sorry, names Cloud. My sister's Rain." He stated.
"Ok so we all know each other now," Lavender said a bit annoyed, "and as I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted," she shot a glance at Izumi, her dark purple eyes flashed with annoyance, " I wanted to say thanks."
"Don't worry about it." Cloud said getting up and heading toward the kitchen area, "Im going to get me something to eat, do any of you want anything?"
"Sure," Tyra answered before either Izumi or Lavender could state something rude. She knew how suspicious Izumi was with strangers, and how serpent tongued Lavender was with anybody.
Cloud brought back a bowl of chips, and a small plate of cookies for the three girls. Setting them on the table he said, "Well, I don't think any of us are really tired after all that's happened so how bout we get to know each other?"
Izumi looked at Cloud suspiciously, "You first."
"all right," Cloud though for a second, "Well, Im 21.... engaged to a beautiful women named Kacie.... and Im one of the few, if not, only person with an organoid."
"What about your sister?" Tyra asked curiously.
"Well, Rain's 14, and she loves to draw," He said, motioning to a small wall behind them that had some of Rains drawings. The girls looked at them curiously, Izumi and Lavender got up to look, surprised by the skill.
"Wow. For 14 she's one hell of a drawer." Lavender said, eyeing a picture of the waterfall base with the blade Ligar off to the side, "Why does she like to draw so much?"
"She seems to like to draw the base and the zoids allot doesn't she?" Izumi added, she was looking at a picture of what looked like Cloud sitting on the paw of the Blade Ligar, with Lightstrike standing besides.
"Yeah, well there's a reason for that." Cloud said looking a bit sad, "But it's not my right to tell. You can ask her that when she wakes up. If she feels like answering, she'll tell you."
"Because I want to be able to remember." Came a voice from a doorway off to the left. They all turned to see Rain leaning in the doorway, around her head she still wore the bandages, and she had tired eyes. But she still smiled, "I want to be able to remember everything..."
"What do you mean?" Izumi asked, turning to see Rain completely.
"Rain, you should be in bed." Cloud stated, "You got hurt pretty bad,"
"Im ok Cloud." She said confidently, walking to the glass wall, and looking down she said, "When I was 12, I lost all of my memories, only remembering my name, and my brother."
The three girls looked at her, all of their attention was now on the young girl. Rain tucked some of her long silver hair behind one of her ears, then stated, "I draw all the things that I want to remember. You don't know what its like not having any memories of anything... " She smiled and turned to face the group, "Well, to tell the truth, it really sucks."
"So you draw things because you don't want to forget things." Tyra said.
"Yeah, I don't know why I even lost my memory in the first place... I remember waking up in the hospital with Cloud at me bed." She gave a laugh, "He looked awful. He had big bags under his eyes and all...."
"Hey, that's enough, I stayed wake most of the time worrying about you!" Cloud said.
"... and his hair was all messy, he looked as though he hadn't bathed in a week..."
"Ok that's enough they get the picture Rain..." Cloud said a bit annoyed.
"...and he smelled really bad."
That got a laugh from everyone. Rain sat next to Cloud and listened the the girls stories about themselves. Each of them had an interesting story to tell.
Tyra started, she seemed to be the most trusting and optimistic of the group. She had lavender hair and soft purple eyes. She was thin, but strong. They all listened intently.
"Well, Im 16, and I come from a family of Zoid pilots." She stated, "My parents died when I was twelve, so I went to live with my brother for a year, then I went out on my own. I totally love piloting air Zoids, so I got my StormSworder and joined the Fireblazers. I like to swim too."
Next to go was Lavender, who seemed to be the toughest, and most outgoing of the three. She had curly light purple hair and dark purple eyes, "Im 14, and I pilot the MadThunder. I love to take pictures of things, its a hobby... I like to write too.... that's about it." She finished, looking as though she had something else to say, but deciding against it.
Izumi was last... She had waist length black hair and dark violet eyes. Her skin was more tanned than the other two, and she always wore a suspicious look on her face. "Im the leader of the Fireblazers, and Im 16.... I custom built ShadowDancer, and I trust it with my life..." She stopped, obviously not about to say anymore. She then looked strait at Cloud, nodding her head toward Rain, who was asleep on his shoulder. He picked her up gently, and carried her off to her room.
When he returned he said, "Its 2 in the morning, so I suppose I should show you to the guest rooms."
He led them down the hallways and to three separate rooms. The rooms where not at all fancy or flashy. They each had a bed, and a small cabinet with a lamp on top, and Izumi's room had a rug, but that was about it. Yet they where still comfortable. Each of them fell asleep soon after they laid down.
Cloud walked down the hallways, brushing a hand through his spiky silver hair, and into Rains room. He changed her bandages, and motioned for LightStrike to watch over her through the night. LightStrike curled up at the foot of her plenty big enough bed.
Cloud then walked down to his own room, and hung his silver jacket on the wall. He brushed his teeth and laid down. He was asleep before his head even hit the pillow.
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Early that morning...
Goji Kaiji was sitting alone in a small quaint restaurant just outside of town. He always seemed to have an emotionless look, and tone of voice. So most people shunned away from him, which didn't bother him to much... he actually preferred it. He had shot black hair that he always kept spiked, and crimson red eyes.
He had ordered a good breakfast, as he sat waiting for a friend of his, actually he was the only person he truly got along with well.
"Sorry Im late..." Came a voice from behind him, he turned to see a young man with soft gray eyes, and auburn colored hair that was spiked to the side. He looked tiered and worn out.
"Ryuji." Goji nodded, "I ordered the usual, hope you don't mind."
"No that's ok..." He said, he looked worried about something.
"What's wrong?" Goji asked as the waitress served their food. She left with a wink to Goji, who in return only glared at her.
"Well, I blacked out again last night. I was at the shop, it was about 10:30, and I was just about to leave...." He sighed, "The next thing I new, I was in the middle of the park near my house, and it was about 1 o'clock in the morning."
The sat in silence for a while, eating their food, when Goji had finished he said, "Maybe you should go home and get some sleep."
"Yeah... ok... anyways, I got that part you wanted, so you can come by the shop later to pick it up."
"Right."
With that, Ryuji finished his breakfast and left. Goji watched him leave, and thought about what he had said... 'he blacked out again.... he's blacking out more and more lately,' he thought.
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After leaving the restaurant, Ryuji walked down the street to his house. He was surprised to see his friend, Zack, there waiting for him.
"Hey Ryuji..." Zack said, he seemed anxious about something, "What's up?"
"Nothing much... and you?"
"Ahh, nothing, just came for a visit." He answered. Once they got inside he pulled something out of his pocket and said, "Copper we have a job at the Blitz base..."
Instantly Ryuji seemed different. As he gazed at the object, his hair seemed to turn darker, and he closed his eyes.
Copper reopened his eyes, which where now deep red, and looked at Zack, "You said the Blitz Base, right?"
"Yeah."
"all right," Copper pulled on a pair of jet black gloves, followed by a black overcoat from the closet. Out of the pocket he removed a pair of copper tinted glasses, and put them on, "Lets go Zero."
Zack, or Zero, nodded. The two went off to get their Zoids.
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"Whew!" Cloud said after he climbed down from his Blade Ligar. For the past few hours, Izumi, Tyra, Lavender and him had been repairing the Zoids. Rain wanted to help, but Cloud wouldn't let her.
Just then Rain came out with LightStrike, she looked at the Zoids... 'well' she thought, 'at least their better than they where last night...'
"Common, I got lunch inside." Rain said to the group. They all hurried inside, even Izumi, who had dropped most of her suspicion by now (not all of it, but most of it). The sat around the table and Cloud turned on the TV.
They ate and watched the news, something about the Blitz Team was on.
"This morning at approximately 10 AM the blitz Team was attacked by two unidentified Zoids." The reporter said, unrecognizable shots of two Zoids flashed on the screen, all of them where unrecognizable... except one quickly shown picture. The group of five all stopped and stared.
They sat for a few more minuets in silence listening to the Blitz team talk to the reporters... and argue (Bit and Leena of course).
Finally Rain broke the silence, "That was the Zoid that attacked us last night... you know, that GunGyarados..."
"Yeah." Izumi said.
Cloud turned up the volume on the TV.
"The two unknown attackers apparently had almost gotten away with the teams two most valuable zoids the Ligar 0 and the Shadowfox" Continued the reporter, "The two well known pilots, Bit Cloud and Brad Hunter, had gotten to the Zoids in time, and fought back. Apparently the two unknown pilots took off for unknown reasons. A search for them has been confirmed by the ZBC..."
Cloud turned off the TV. They sat in silence. Finally Izumi spoke up, "Apparently we weren't the only ones on their hit-list."
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At the blitz base...
"Man, I would really like to get ahold of one of those pilots!" Bit yelled angrily, he was working on repairs to the Ligar 0. The Ligar Roared in agreement.
"Yeah, but you know as well as I do that they were winning." Brad said, he too was working on repairs to the Shadowfox.
"I want to know why they ran off so suddenly," Bit said, he jumped down from where he was working, "Im gonna go get somthin to eat... want anything Brad?"
"Sure" Brad answered, he was now inside the cockpit, checking all the controls to see which ones were operating correctly.
Bit made his way to the kitchen, making sure he didn't run into Leena on the way. After checking around for the hot headed, red head, Bit opened a small cabinet, and removed a small box of cookies. He then returned to the hanger.
Bit set the box down on a table in the corner, when suddenly he heard, "BIT CLOUD! Those where mine!"
"Oh no..." Bit said, he turned to see Leena in the doorway.
"MY COOKIES!" Leena yelled as she began chasing Bit all throughout the hanger, and then into the hallway.
When both were gone, Brad climbed down from the ShadowFox, and snatched the box of cookies for himself. 'Hmm,' he thought, 'chocolate chip... my favorite.'
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After some repairs to their Zoids, the Fireblazers where ready to take off back to their own base. Though the Zoids weren't in top shape, they where now all mobil enough to make it home.
"Bye Rain, Cloud! I'm hope we get to fight again since our last battle was canceled!" Tyra Called from her Zoid. It took off through the waterfall and into the sky.
"Yeah Bye!" Lavender called, her Zoid trudged through the water.
Izumi and her ShadowDancer followed not saying anything. The where almost through the waterfall when the Zoid turned it's head back to face Cloud and Rain, the cockpit opened and Izumi stood up, the fast water behind her caused her long black hair to sway gently, she looked strait at the two. "Thanks."
Cloud and Rain both nodded, and Izumi and the ShadowDancer left.
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Goji had made his way to Ryuji's shop, only to find it closed. 'that's strange' he thought, 'he wasn't at home either.'
The mercenary shrugged and turned back to his Zoid, Temjin X. He had created this Zoid himself, obviously. It was the only humanoid Zoid in existence.
He climbed onto the Zoids hand, which then lifted him into the cockpit located in the head. He created this Zoid because he hated the fact that animals where the only things that could be Zoids. He grabbed the controls and left town, heading back to his own home.
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"Miss Ori." Zero saluted. He was standing at the doorway to the commanders office.
"Zero, what went wrong?" Orihime asked sternly, "I have come to understand that you failed both last night and this morning.... on both missions."
"Ma'am." Zero said, " Copper is beginning to loose control more and more often. It has not been easy, Ryuji seems to be gaining the upper hand. So far he has not discovered anything about Copper or us for that manner. He thinks he is merely blacking out..."
"I see." Orihime stated. "I think we can fix that... I want you to go home, I will contact you when I have another mission for you. Thank you Zero."
Zero bowed and left the office.
"I hate doing this but..." Ori said to herself, then she pushed the loudspeaker on the phone on her desk, "Bring me Copper."
"Yes ma'am" Came the voice on the other end.
End of chapter three.
Authors note: Well it's not as long as I had hoped, but at least I introduced all the characters. (Finally) Anyways. I'll try and hurry with chapter 4 hopefully it won't take to long. Remember to read and review!
Luna