"Are you sure this is ok, Zii?"
Zii smiled and tried to get an innocent look on
her face.
"Why on Ktarl-Ktarl would it be wrong, Ziki?
Besides, we Ktarl-Ktarl hafta claim everything
for ourselves!!"
Ziki got a skeptical look on her face.
"At 2 in the morning in an empty warehouse?
C'mon, ll thats here is a broken ship and-"
Zii whirled around to face her twin and started
bouncing up and down.
"Where's a ship?! We can fix it if its broken!
Sarra would help us!"
"For one, Zii, the ship computer wouldn't let
us in. For two....SARRA IS TOO OBSESSED
WITH HER DAD'S SHIP!!!"
Zii squealed and rubbed her long ears. "Ziki!
Not so loud! 5 Wong says someone heard you!"
"But nobody's here!"
"What makes you so sure?!"
"ITS 2 IN THE MORNING!!!"
"You there! How did you get in here?!"
Both girls shrieked and took off in opposite
directions.
"You owe me 5 Wong!"
~*~ Ziki's POV
My heart was pounding in my ears. I hope the
guards in this barren warehouse couldn't hear
it. I searched around frantically for a hiding
place. Why was this place so empty? It was
spacious, well built, it would seem like more
people would store stuff here. My eyes finally
settled on a large door not far from me. I
snickered gleefully and pulled the latch.
Locked. I growled and looked at the lock of the
large metal door. I glanced around to make
sure no one had found me yet as I extended one
of my claws into the lock. Within seconds, I
had picked it and the door slid open with a
small hum. I scrambled in and locked the door
shut again.
"'nothin a Ktarl-Ktarl can't do.."
I sat down on a metal box and looked around
the room. Nothing. Why was the door locked
to an empty room? I drummed my fingers on
the box while pondering. Nothing was here
except this box...was it full of wong or
something? Suddnely, it beeped.
"AAAAH!!!!"
I scrambled off and crouched in front of it. It
continued to beep.
"Wait...I was hittin dat little colorful bar of
numbers.."
I watched the box curiously as the top popped
off and mist filled the room. I waved some of
the mist away so I could see the contents of
the box.
"What the..."
~*~ Zii's POV
I ran. I jumped. I screeched. I punched. I bit.
I was doing everything in my will to get away
from this mob of guards that were chasing me
after Ziki just abandoned me! I picked up some
speed and leaped, grabbing ahold of the ship. I
hardened my grip and looked for a hole in the
hull of the ship to hide in, because the guards
were starting to take out they're guns.
"Dun shoot Zii! I was booored!"
I finally spooted a hole and shimmied(a/n:this is
like working your way across on monkey bars;its
called shimmying) up into it as a bullet grazed
my arm.
"Ow! Your gunna pay for dat! When I get the
nerve.."
I clinged to the side of the hole with my claws,
squinting around at the other walls, and the top
of it. There was a hatch right above
me...apparently, this must have been a storage
space that hadn't been finished yet. clinging to
the smooth metal with one hand, I pushed open
the door with the other hand. I jumped up and
shut the hatch down again. Taking a deep
breath, I looked around...it was the normal
inside of a ship, nothing out of character. But
what WAS different, was that the inside looked
alot like the Outlaw Star. Sarra had given us
many tours of it, for we pretended that we
were the crew when we were young. Although
we were always missing the navigation computer
and a brain like Uncle Jim. It was always just
Sarra, me, and Ziki.
I walked through the quiet ship, finally
coming to the main room. It was large and
spacious like the Outlaw Star. What surprised
me most was a hatch like what Aunt Mel would
go down into. Wasn't she the only bio-android
that had a navigational system inside of her?
At least, thats what she told me. The Main
Computer ofthe ship flickered on and stared
talking.
"Testing..Testing one, testing two..Ahem.
Welcome to the T-L3. I am Willow V, the
ship's computer. Am I addressing a crew
member?"
I blinked at the screen, and hoping it was stupid
enough to believe I was, replied,
"Yes you are."
"...I don't see you in my databanks. The names
in my banks are: Pilot, Rick Shmink. Backup
Pilot, Marie Wont. Grappler Cotroller, Adam
Zukito. Grappler Two Controller, Adella
Zukito. Navagational System, Kushikumo Umi."
Kuso…I had to think fast.
"Uhhh…Those were tests! Yeah! To see…if..you
could record them!!!"
"I see. So who are you?"
"Zii Kiri-Kiri. Grappler Controller! But for da
moment, I need to be the pilot. Can ya fly?"
"..Engines show green. Out-thrusts show green.
Food storage full…seems like everything is
perfect for flying."
I sighed in relief. And Ziki thought it was a
broken ship!!!!
~*~ Kushikumo's POV
I suddenly felt cold air wash over my body as
it felt like I was waking up from a squished and
long sleep. I sat up slowly and hugged my
body. I was glad to see I wasn't faced with
lights again, or several people staring at me. I
was in a dark room with a whimpering girl
huddled in the corner. I almost said something
to her, but it felt like some force took over my
body. I felt myself stand up, and say,
"Navigational System functioning."
The girl stood up and looked at me for a
moment before speaking.
"…You're a navigational system? Like Aunt
Melfina?"
Melfina….where had I heard that name before?
I gazed at the girl before me. She was my
height, ivory white spikey hair, and bright green
eyes. And something I envied..wearing clothes.
"Um…I don't know who..Melfina..is..all I know
is my name…"
The girl half walked, half bounced over to me.
"So what's your name?"
"Kushikumo Umi."
She smiled at me. A smile of friendliness, not
greediness, as I had seen before on the
scientists.
"My name's Ziki Kiri-Kiri! My sister's name is—
ZII! I forgot about her!!"
Ziki grabbed my hand roughly and pulled me to
the door, punching it down. For someone my
size…she was strong.
"Your name's really long! How about
shortening it?? Ziki likes Kush! Or Umi,
that's cool too!!"
I ran with her as she pulled me, thinking about
what she said…my name WAS really long..
"I like Umi—Whats that?"
Ziki yelped and started pulling me back to the
room.
"Zii found the fricken ship! She's going to run
over us! SHIMMATTA ZII!!!"
Suddenly, the ship screeched to a stop and a
ladder came down. A head popped over the edge
of the hole where it came from. I assumed it was
Zii, since she looked exactly like Ziki, except
with cerulean hair in a less spiked style.
"Grab hold and da ship's compy will pull ya up!
We're bustin' out! Oh, and Ziki. Don't cuss me
again, otay?"
She ducked back into the ship as a bullet pinged
two inches from her head.
"Don't harm Kushikumo Umi! Try to restrain
the Ktarl-Ktarl without getting close, the
females are especially vicious!"
One of the guards called out to the others.
Why wouldn't they harm me? Ziki pulled my
hand again and grabbed ahold of the ladder.
"Pull us up NOW!!"
I grabbed ahold of it myself, trusting this girl
for some reason. At least, I trusted her more
than the guards. The ladder shot up and into
the ship. As soon as Ziki closed the hatch, the
ship gave a hard lurch and shot out of the
building. I was currently clueless as to what
would happen now, but I WAS sure it wouldn't
be what I was made for…
~*~
So sue me, it sucked!^_^* And if the ktarl-ktarl
girls confuse you, this is da thingy here..
Ziki and Zii are twins. They're Aisha's
daughters. Sarra is Gene and Melfina's
daughter. So why is Gwen Khan still
alive("Perhaps Peach!") in the first chapter?" I
dunno.^_^**** Commentz,Critism*winces*, or
ideas, e-mail me or review! Tanks and Jaa
Minna!
-Okibi Chan
JP Translations-
Kuso-Sh*t
Shimmatta-D*mn you
Jaa-Bye
Minna-everyone
Zii smiled and tried to get an innocent look on
her face.
"Why on Ktarl-Ktarl would it be wrong, Ziki?
Besides, we Ktarl-Ktarl hafta claim everything
for ourselves!!"
Ziki got a skeptical look on her face.
"At 2 in the morning in an empty warehouse?
C'mon, ll thats here is a broken ship and-"
Zii whirled around to face her twin and started
bouncing up and down.
"Where's a ship?! We can fix it if its broken!
Sarra would help us!"
"For one, Zii, the ship computer wouldn't let
us in. For two....SARRA IS TOO OBSESSED
WITH HER DAD'S SHIP!!!"
Zii squealed and rubbed her long ears. "Ziki!
Not so loud! 5 Wong says someone heard you!"
"But nobody's here!"
"What makes you so sure?!"
"ITS 2 IN THE MORNING!!!"
"You there! How did you get in here?!"
Both girls shrieked and took off in opposite
directions.
"You owe me 5 Wong!"
~*~ Ziki's POV
My heart was pounding in my ears. I hope the
guards in this barren warehouse couldn't hear
it. I searched around frantically for a hiding
place. Why was this place so empty? It was
spacious, well built, it would seem like more
people would store stuff here. My eyes finally
settled on a large door not far from me. I
snickered gleefully and pulled the latch.
Locked. I growled and looked at the lock of the
large metal door. I glanced around to make
sure no one had found me yet as I extended one
of my claws into the lock. Within seconds, I
had picked it and the door slid open with a
small hum. I scrambled in and locked the door
shut again.
"'nothin a Ktarl-Ktarl can't do.."
I sat down on a metal box and looked around
the room. Nothing. Why was the door locked
to an empty room? I drummed my fingers on
the box while pondering. Nothing was here
except this box...was it full of wong or
something? Suddnely, it beeped.
"AAAAH!!!!"
I scrambled off and crouched in front of it. It
continued to beep.
"Wait...I was hittin dat little colorful bar of
numbers.."
I watched the box curiously as the top popped
off and mist filled the room. I waved some of
the mist away so I could see the contents of
the box.
"What the..."
~*~ Zii's POV
I ran. I jumped. I screeched. I punched. I bit.
I was doing everything in my will to get away
from this mob of guards that were chasing me
after Ziki just abandoned me! I picked up some
speed and leaped, grabbing ahold of the ship. I
hardened my grip and looked for a hole in the
hull of the ship to hide in, because the guards
were starting to take out they're guns.
"Dun shoot Zii! I was booored!"
I finally spooted a hole and shimmied(a/n:this is
like working your way across on monkey bars;its
called shimmying) up into it as a bullet grazed
my arm.
"Ow! Your gunna pay for dat! When I get the
nerve.."
I clinged to the side of the hole with my claws,
squinting around at the other walls, and the top
of it. There was a hatch right above
me...apparently, this must have been a storage
space that hadn't been finished yet. clinging to
the smooth metal with one hand, I pushed open
the door with the other hand. I jumped up and
shut the hatch down again. Taking a deep
breath, I looked around...it was the normal
inside of a ship, nothing out of character. But
what WAS different, was that the inside looked
alot like the Outlaw Star. Sarra had given us
many tours of it, for we pretended that we
were the crew when we were young. Although
we were always missing the navigation computer
and a brain like Uncle Jim. It was always just
Sarra, me, and Ziki.
I walked through the quiet ship, finally
coming to the main room. It was large and
spacious like the Outlaw Star. What surprised
me most was a hatch like what Aunt Mel would
go down into. Wasn't she the only bio-android
that had a navigational system inside of her?
At least, thats what she told me. The Main
Computer ofthe ship flickered on and stared
talking.
"Testing..Testing one, testing two..Ahem.
Welcome to the T-L3. I am Willow V, the
ship's computer. Am I addressing a crew
member?"
I blinked at the screen, and hoping it was stupid
enough to believe I was, replied,
"Yes you are."
"...I don't see you in my databanks. The names
in my banks are: Pilot, Rick Shmink. Backup
Pilot, Marie Wont. Grappler Cotroller, Adam
Zukito. Grappler Two Controller, Adella
Zukito. Navagational System, Kushikumo Umi."
Kuso…I had to think fast.
"Uhhh…Those were tests! Yeah! To see…if..you
could record them!!!"
"I see. So who are you?"
"Zii Kiri-Kiri. Grappler Controller! But for da
moment, I need to be the pilot. Can ya fly?"
"..Engines show green. Out-thrusts show green.
Food storage full…seems like everything is
perfect for flying."
I sighed in relief. And Ziki thought it was a
broken ship!!!!
~*~ Kushikumo's POV
I suddenly felt cold air wash over my body as
it felt like I was waking up from a squished and
long sleep. I sat up slowly and hugged my
body. I was glad to see I wasn't faced with
lights again, or several people staring at me. I
was in a dark room with a whimpering girl
huddled in the corner. I almost said something
to her, but it felt like some force took over my
body. I felt myself stand up, and say,
"Navigational System functioning."
The girl stood up and looked at me for a
moment before speaking.
"…You're a navigational system? Like Aunt
Melfina?"
Melfina….where had I heard that name before?
I gazed at the girl before me. She was my
height, ivory white spikey hair, and bright green
eyes. And something I envied..wearing clothes.
"Um…I don't know who..Melfina..is..all I know
is my name…"
The girl half walked, half bounced over to me.
"So what's your name?"
"Kushikumo Umi."
She smiled at me. A smile of friendliness, not
greediness, as I had seen before on the
scientists.
"My name's Ziki Kiri-Kiri! My sister's name is—
ZII! I forgot about her!!"
Ziki grabbed my hand roughly and pulled me to
the door, punching it down. For someone my
size…she was strong.
"Your name's really long! How about
shortening it?? Ziki likes Kush! Or Umi,
that's cool too!!"
I ran with her as she pulled me, thinking about
what she said…my name WAS really long..
"I like Umi—Whats that?"
Ziki yelped and started pulling me back to the
room.
"Zii found the fricken ship! She's going to run
over us! SHIMMATTA ZII!!!"
Suddenly, the ship screeched to a stop and a
ladder came down. A head popped over the edge
of the hole where it came from. I assumed it was
Zii, since she looked exactly like Ziki, except
with cerulean hair in a less spiked style.
"Grab hold and da ship's compy will pull ya up!
We're bustin' out! Oh, and Ziki. Don't cuss me
again, otay?"
She ducked back into the ship as a bullet pinged
two inches from her head.
"Don't harm Kushikumo Umi! Try to restrain
the Ktarl-Ktarl without getting close, the
females are especially vicious!"
One of the guards called out to the others.
Why wouldn't they harm me? Ziki pulled my
hand again and grabbed ahold of the ladder.
"Pull us up NOW!!"
I grabbed ahold of it myself, trusting this girl
for some reason. At least, I trusted her more
than the guards. The ladder shot up and into
the ship. As soon as Ziki closed the hatch, the
ship gave a hard lurch and shot out of the
building. I was currently clueless as to what
would happen now, but I WAS sure it wouldn't
be what I was made for…
~*~
So sue me, it sucked!^_^* And if the ktarl-ktarl
girls confuse you, this is da thingy here..
Ziki and Zii are twins. They're Aisha's
daughters. Sarra is Gene and Melfina's
daughter. So why is Gwen Khan still
alive("Perhaps Peach!") in the first chapter?" I
dunno.^_^**** Commentz,Critism*winces*, or
ideas, e-mail me or review! Tanks and Jaa
Minna!
-Okibi Chan
JP Translations-
Kuso-Sh*t
Shimmatta-D*mn you
Jaa-Bye
Minna-everyone