*****The Generation Of The Liger: Liger Zero, Released*****

Disclaimer: Zoids isn't mine!! If it was, I would've shot a certain baka who said he hates it. [Look, Drew! I mentioned you in one of my fics again!]

Author's Note: I haven't seen too much of the series, but I've seen a few shows, so this isn't following story line *exactly*, but it's going to be very similar at many parts most likely.

Story Gender: Action/Adventure/Romance
Rated: PG-13
Rated For: Some language, that's about it!
Creation Date: 12/10/01
Length: I can only guess now, since I haven't completed it yet ::*no duh!!* but I think it's going to be a few chapters.
Key:
::*[message]*:: = Character's Thoughts
[message] = Change of scenary, time, etc.

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"The area within an 15 mile radius is a designated Zoid Battlefield. This zone is now restricted. Only competitors and personnel have authorized entry. Danger! All others must leave the area at once. Area scanned. Battlefield set up. The Toxin Team versus the Blitz Team. Battle Mode 0982. Ready...FIGHT!"

"Let's GO!!"

Leon charged his Shield Liger forward, Leena's Dibison and Brad's Command Wolf following behind. The three green GunSnipers in front of them split into different directions, only one remaining in the center for several seconds to fire off several shots, then turning around to begin a run up a long hill.

The Command Wolf bounded after the Gun Sniper that trekked up the rocky mountain while Leena and Leon each went their own way, pursuing after the remaining opponents.

"Brad! You won't reach the Gun Sniper in time, they'll get you too quickly. Just go assist Leena with the Gun Sniper, then you three can regroup to go after the one of the mountain!" shouted Jamie's voice over the radio in Brad's Zoid as a small frame of his face popped up on the window.

The man nodded in response and spun his Zoid around, running past Leena's slower Dibison to curve around, lunging for the Gun Sniper's side.

The Sniper spun, dodging easily, and fired off several rounds at the Command Wolf. A stray shot came close to hitting the Dibison, but it moved as it whizzed past. The Wolf was hit twice, but the rest were evaded.

"Brad! Move!" yelled Leena as she had the Dibison stance itself. The Zoid leaned back and jerked forward, ten missiles exploding from its shoulders to spiral towards the Sniper. The Gun Sniper turned and opened its mouth in a shocked roar as it was hit; the Zoid flew backwards and smashed through several trees.

"Good job, Leena."

[One mile to the West of Leena and Brad.]

Leon charged at the Gun Sniper who occasionally spun to fire a mini-missile at his Shield Liger, who dodged with ease. Slowly, the Zoid powered up from a jog to a sprint, coming up behind the Gun Sniper to run beside it. With a roar, it jetted forward with an extra burst of speed and spun around to leap at the Gun Sniper, claws raised. The opponent's Zoid jerked back and tried to turn but couldn't; blades connected with steel and sliced through it, an arm of the Gun Sniper slowly slipping off as the rest of the Zoid collapsed, crashing on the ground with a deafening impact.

Leon Torros pumped his fist in the air as two windows of Brad and Leena appeared on his screen.

"Awesome, bro!! Now let's go for that other one!"

The three Zoids all turned to head for the center of the field, where the mountain stood. They soon met up, a distance away from the mountain itself, and ran back into a wood that would hopefully cover them from enemy fire.

"Leena, stay here and cover us. Me and Brad will go after the Gun Sniper," commanded Leon as his Zoid surged forward, out of the clearing, to charge towards the hill.

"Roger that!" yelled Leena as her Zoid ran behind Brad's and stopped at the edge of the forest, as Brad's Command Wolf continued on to run behind Leon.

A shot erupted from the top of the mountain, narrowly missing Leon's Shield Liger who dodged to the side, a growl escaping from its jaws. The Dibison turned to look up. Leena grabbed the gun controls of her Zoid and launched round after round of missiles, all the while smirking as she laughed.

The missiles came into impact with the top of the steep cliff, dust barreling up after each hit. After several seconds, the smoke cleared; the Gun Sniper still stood tall on the edge of the mountain.

"What?!? No way!! I used up almost all my ammo for that attack!!!!" Leena wailed as she slammed her fist down on the control panel.

Brad rolled his eyes as he spurned his Zoid on, running up one side of the cliff while Leon's sprinted up the other. Suddenly, the Gun Sniper on his radar blinked out.

"What the...? *Leon!* Watch your back!!"

The Sniper stood on the ground, looking up at the Shield Liger as it fired off a single missile which hit the Zoid powerfully in the back. With a deafening roar, the Liger toppled over backwards, sliding down the hill to crash on the ground, pieces of the machinery blasting off its main body as it hit.

Leena stared at the near-destruction of her brother's Zoid then fired off another volley of shots at the opposing Gun Sniper, all the while cursing angrily. The Sniper easily spun around the wild firings and shot off a missile of its own, hitting Leena's Dibison in the shoulder.

The Dibison toppled over, leaving only the Command Wolf standing.

Brad could hear the frustrated screams of Leena and the beeping of her Zoid as its control panel stated in a robotic voice, over and over again; "Command System Frozen."

He turned and felt his Zoid surge to the side as a missile flew past, slamming into a large boulder and exploding. His Command Wolf growled, deep in his throat as the Sniper turned to run up towards the hill again. That's where it made its mistake; it should've known that it wouldn't be fast enough to escape the jaws of a infuriated Zoid with its owner. The Zoid sped forward and leapt, its jaws snapping as it bit into the tail of the Gun Sniper. The Sniper was yanked down and the tail started to strain with the pressure, until a claw came up to slash it, the metal getting cut.

The Command Wolf roared its victory as the robotic voice of the judge echoed throughout the field.

"The battle is over! The battle is over! The winner is... The Blitz Team!"

*****

"Is he okay?"

Leena leaned over the bed slightly as she stared at Leon, his right arm in a sling and his forehead wrapped with a bandage.

"Yes, he broke an arm and got some cuts in the forehead, that's about it. The injuries should be healed in maybe a month or two."

Jamie turned back to the screen, watching the Zoids carefully as the rest of the Blitz team hovered around Leon Torros, each fairly upset. A door slid open and Doc Torros strode in, immediately walking up to his son's bed. He looked down at Leon's face, then looked up again, sighing.

"He always pushes himself too far," he stated simply, shaking his head.

Jamie suddenly jumped up from the control panel of the Hover Cargo, pointing to one of the screens as he pushed back several strands of black hair from his eyes.

"What the heck is *that*!?"

Brad stood from his chair by Leon's bed, which was occupied by Leena after he walked forward to stand next to Jamie, resting his hands on the panel as he eyed the screen on the damaged Dibison carefully. His eyebrow arched as a large truck blinked into visibility as a form shuffled through the damaged parts of the Zoid, stopping every once in awhile to pick up and piece and throw it into the back of the vehicle.

Doc Torros came up beside the two confused boys, his eyes widening as he saw the picture.

"Brad, get out there on your Command Wolf! If you're not there soon, we can say goodbye to several hundred dollars of Zoid parts," the man muttered, annoyed.

The man nodded in response and sprinted out of the control room to the hanger, climbing up the side of the Command Wolf to crawl into its cockpit. Steel creaked and metal turned as a large door slid open, the Command Wolf lunging out.

"Better be ready for some ass kicking, kid."

*****

Bit Cloud slowly lugged a large gun launcher towards the back of his truck. Suddenly, the piece of equipment slipped and hit him on the foot. He howled, hopping around as he held his foot with both hands, then stopped, sighing irritably as he glared at the Dibison.

"What's with you and your equipment?! Don't like me?"

Bit picked up the gun launcher again and started to push it into the truck when a shadow appeared to loom over him. He blinked, then continued working, thinking it was just a cloud over the sun. When it didn't move, he rolled his eyes and turned.

The Command Wolf Zoid stood over him, glaring down from its height. A voice spoke loudly to him from within it.

"Drop it!! Start walking towards that Hover Cargo, and don't stop unless you want me to test out some of this Zoid's weaponry."

The golden-haired teenager gaped at the Zoid, a sweatdrop coursing down the side of his head as he whacked himself in the forehead with the palm of his hand as he shuffled towards the Blitz Team's Cargo.

::*You wait until the Hover Cargo leaves, *then* you take the stuff! Damn, busted!!*::

[Inside the Hover Cargo...]

Brad pushed Bit roughly into the room, pointing to a chair, commanding him to sit. Bit complied reluctantly, a look of confusion on his face. Leena turned, his fiery red hair whipping into her face as she brushed it away, and stomped up to the blonde-haired teen.

"What you were doing with *my* Zoid??!! If you messed it up or took anything I'm gonna punch you!!" she shouted as she made a fist and shook it in his face.

Bit reddened, then retorted angrily "Not like it had anything worth taking! That Zoid is a piece of crap!!"

"Why, you!!"

Leena tackled Bit and started punching him furiously with her fists as she pinned him down by sitting on his chest. He yelped and tried to block several of the attacks, but still ended up getting hit in the face several times.

Brad stepped forward and pried Leena off of the injured adolescent, yanking her arms behind her as she screamed for him to let go. Doc and Jamie paled slightly, shaking their heads as the two continued arguing.

"Yeah well, at least I know how win a Zoid battle!!"

"You know how, but you always get out of the match before you do anything helpful because you never watch what you are doing!!"

After several minutes of this, Doc Torros stepped between the two, shoving them apart.

"Enough of this. I didn't call him in here for you to insult him, Leena," he spoke, glancing at his daughter, sternly. He turned, nodding to the newcomer, who was scratching the back of his head nervously. "What's your name, anyways?"

"Bit Cloud, at your service! Could I interest you in some Zoid parts? I have everything from Shoulder Blades to Gun Launchers!"

"That's because you stole the Gun Launchers off of *my* Dibison!!" shrieked Leena shrilly, straining to escape Brad's hold as she glared at Bit, who glared back, sticking his tongue out.

Jamie sighed, and stood, sitting on a couch a short distance away.

Doc turned to Bit again.

"Well, I don't really know what we can do with you, considering you almost stole some of Leena's Zoid parts--"

"That's right!!"

"--so you'll just have to stay in the garage for the night while I think it over."

The fiery-haired girl let out a whoop and stuck her tongue out back at Bit Cloud, who's face fell at the mention of where he was to stay the night. Brad stepped up behind him and lightly tied both of his hands together, saying it was an extra security measure, then led him down to the Zoid's hanger.

[Later that night...]

Leena wandered quietly into the hanger, holding the tray of food with both hands as she glanced around. Her Dad had decided that she'd be the one to take the food to the new kid, and she didn't really care to do it, but did, understanding that Brad and Jamie were busy, and that Leon wasn't able to.

A small snore echoed through the dark hanger, and the girl turned, looking for its source. Laying on the ground, on his stomach, was Bit, his face turned to the side. A second snore escaped his mouth and he twitched, the ropes around his wrists straining. Leena sighed and walked over to him, bending down next to his ear.

"*Wake up*!!!!!!!!" she yelled.

The blonde adolescent jolted up, yelling, and toppled over backwards as Leena shoved the food tray towards him. He blinked, looking at the food, then back up at the person who'd brought them.

"Thanks, but... Can't you at least untie my hands so I can eat?"

Leena crossed her arms and shook her head quickly, smirking slightly as she heard his barely audible sigh. He leaned forward and grabbed a carrot stick between his teeth and gulped it down, as Leena turned to leave the hanger to Bit and his food.

The teen was almost finished with the plate of food that had been given him when Leon strode in to stand in front of him, looking down at the youth from his height. Bit looked up to mumble at him, his mouth full, then turned back to his food.

"So I see Leena didn't feel too happy about giving you the food," he stated, a half-smile appearing on his lips.

Bit looked up again and swallowed, then nodded. "She hates me, I'm sure of it. But that's okay, not everyone is going to love me."

The blonde adolescent turned down and grabbed another piece of food between his teeth, flipping it up into his mouth while Leon looked on in amusement.

Bit finished chewing and gulped down the food, then turned slightly, looking at the Zoids that stood around him. Leon shifted his right arm in the sling as he watched the younger teen examine the Zoids, then spoke.

"So, what were you doing out there. You were going for our parts, but why?"

"I'm a traveler. and a junk-dealer. I make my way by going places, sellin' the parts I pick up from busted Zoids off battlefields. I thought the Dibison had been abandoned, and I knew it was still good so I went after its parts, knowing the pay off in the end would be pretty good."

"A traveling junk-dealer, huh. Sounds like an interesting profession."

Bit flashed a white-toothed grin as he bent his head down, nodding slightly.

"It is. I wasn't going to wander forever, though. After I got some good parts, I was going to make a partner for fighting, my own Zoid. It'd be perfect, and would have all the works. We'd be an unbeatable team," he answered, a flush of excitement rising in his cheeks as he envisioned the Zoid.

Leon Torros laughed quietly, raising his head as he leaned back a wall of boxes filled with equipment. He lowered his head once again to look directly at Bit.

"A perfect Zoid, huh? That'd be pretty tough to make, and even more to handle. I'd like to see it sometime, if you ever make one. Or if you ever found one," he added thoughtfully, his eyes unfocusing from the younger teen's form to look at the Zoids that stood in the hanger.

"All of the Zoids we have have their own strong points, which are either displayed or held back, depending on their pilot's abilities. The Zoid performs its best when it can connect with its human, and when they each understand each other..." Leon's voice faded off as he noticed Bit watching him strangely.

Bit Cloud shrugged slightly, then turned his head to motion towards a large Zoid that stood silently in a far corner of the hanger. The Zoid, a pure white lion, stood taller than the Command Wolf, fangs and claws also longer.

"Just wonderin'.. What Zoid is that, it's a beauty."

Leon shook his head, a half-smile appearing across his lips.

"That's the Liger Zero. It may look great, but it's pretty much useless in battle. We've had it around forever, and everytime one of us tries to use it, it disobeys us entirely. We can't even get it to do a simple command. What's more, the thing is one of the rarer Zoids out there, it's an Ultimate, so it's almost impossible to get parts for unless we want to spend a hefty amount of money."

Throwing back blonde locks with a flip of his head, Bit continued to stare at the Zoid, obvious interest in his gaze.

The son of Doc Torros sighed, then turned, walking out of the hanger.

"I have to go talk with the others about our next fight. Have a nice sleep, see you tomorrow."

The sound of his boots clicking on the ground faded out into the distance as the boy walked down the hall, out of the garage. Bit looked after him for several minutes, then turned, bending his head down as his mind argued within. Shrugging, he leaned back, looking around him, then noticed the sharp edge of a steel support that stood, only several feet away. He crawled backwards until the rope was against the edge, then started pushing it back until the rope finally snapped, releasing his hands. Bit looked at both of his hands and stretched them, then stood, shaking out his legs as he walked towards the Liger Zero.

He soon came to a stop by an unmoving paw of the Zoid, and climbed up its side, until he stood on its head. The boy stared at it for several seconds, then spoke, sheepishly.

"So, you've been in here for a pretty long time, huh? Pretty boring, I guess."

A voice seemed to echo within him as he thought he heard a response, but wasn't sure. Bit continued talking anyways, making sound to fill the void of silence.

"I wouldn't be able to stand it if I was locked up all the time, I'm not the type who'd be able to just deal with the small old crap all the time, I need action," he commented.

There was a rumble beneath his feet as the Zoid slowly shifted. Bit held out both arms, trying to steady himself as he turned his head quickly to glance at the cockpit. The window of the cockpit had risen, and the control panel of the Zoid was now open to him.

He stepped forward, hesitant, then continued on, crawling into the seat of the controls. The window slowly fell towards him, closing, and the lights flashed on the controls. Bit grabbed the seatbelt and slowly buckled it on, then placed his hands on the two controls that allowed him to control the Zoid.

::*This is too good...*::

With a roar, the Liger suddenly bounded forward, and Bit was thrown back in his seat, yelping. The Zoid shot forward and slammed through the metal walls of the hanger, out into the open as it leapt furiously, letting out snarls.

"Woah, Liger!! *Slow it down*!!" shouted Bit as he hung onto the controls for dear life, his head whiplashing back with each step of the gigantic Zoid.

"Liiiiiiiiiiger!!"

*****

Leena quickly finished off the remnants of her cup of noodles and ran for another, leaving the rest of the gang in the control room, as they discussed what to do with Bit.

"I talked to him, and he doesn't seem that bad. I don't think we really have anything to worry about."

Brad shook his head, eyes closed as he leaned back on the couch.

"No. We can't trust someone who almost stole hundreds of dollars worth of parts. If he's willing to do it to us, why not some other Zoids?"

A loud beep began to echo through the room as a red light flashed from its seat on the wall. Jamie jumped up and ran to the controls as Doc also stood, following after.

The black-haired boy sat down in the control seat and began typing quickly on the panel as several screens popped up, giving them a visual as the rest of the team (all but Leena, that is) crowded around.

"What the..? Why isn't Liger Zero inside the hanger!" muttered Jamie under his breath as he switched to the visual of the Zoid.

"No way!!"

A screen of Bit's face popped up on the window, yelling as he grabbed more tightly onto the controls.

At this time, Leena stepped out of the kitchen with her second cup of soup, and walked over to the rest of the team, standing behind them. She leaned forward over Jamie's head, spilling some of the hot water on him as he yelped, and then shrieked at the sight she saw.

"Why in the *hell* is that stupid kid in the Liger Zero!!!!" she yelped, turning around to slam the cup of noodles down on the table.

Bit's face turned as he suddenly noticed the screen and the several eyes watching him. He grinned warily as a sweatdrop slowly slipped down the side of his head, him raising a hand to wave.

"Hey guys! So happy that you're so glad to see me, babe,"

Leena yanked Jamie's head back as she shoved her face to the front of the monitor.

"Don't call me babe!!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, infuriated.

"Right, right," he mumbled, turning his attention back to the Liger as he whooped.

Leon shook his head, grinning slightly.

::*I should've known....*::

"Bit! Try to get that Zoid back in here, will you?" Doc Torros spoke after getting Leena away from the screen.

Bit nodded in response and the screen clicked off, the last sound being heard being the yelling of the blonde teen as he tried to stop the rampaging Zoid.

Leon walked back to the couch and sat down, a smile still partially visible on his face. Brad eyed him skeptically, walking forward.

"What're you smiling about?"

Leon Torros looked up as his father and younger sister came over to stand behind Brad, each watching him as Jamie continued to mess with the controls.

"Nothing... nothing at all."

*****

To be continued...

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Okay, first chapter done, I think! Please review, 'caause.. Reviews are just good!! Also, feedback is helpful with the fic. If I totally screwed up anything, as in typos or just... I dunno.. stuff? Tell me in a review, because my email is a stoopidass. Thank yaz fer readin'!

Note: Thanks to... umm.. the person that noticed the Shadow Fox thing, heh.. I changed it on one draft on here, but I guess I forgot to post it. My bad again, woohoo! Anywho, thank yaz again.