centerI don't own Zoids, or the wonderful couple at the end. ^^ Or
anything related for that matter.
I know at the end they are a lil' OOC but it has to happen! I mean if we let their characters stay the same then their relationship would go nowhere!
Have fun and please R/R!! Thankies!/center
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Chapter 2: Mystery Shadows
"The Liger Zero is destroyed?" An ominous voice crept from the shadows.
"Yes, sir. The mission went as planned." A young woman stood in front of a large oak desk. Her hands at her side she stared at the back of the chair her boss occupied.
"Good, good. Then you will have your payment when you finish one more task for me."
The girl's eyes widened. "The agreement was for the Chu team to destroy the Liger! My team has done that. I want my payment."
A silence fell in the room. Then, slowly the chair turned around. An older man with a piercing gaze was revealed. "Katana. You signed the contract didn't you?"
She blinked. "Y-yes, sir."
"The contract," he continued "stated that you would be payed when the Liger Zero was *completely* destroyed." The man's fingers were interlocked in front of his face.
"It is! I checked myself. The Zoid is a pile of smoldering ruins." She tried to defend.
He narrowed his eyes and began in a low voice. "But, the boy survived."
Katana looked confused. Why would it matter if the pilot of the machine survived? It was the Zoid that was the threat to the organization . . . wasn't it?
The man watched her closely, and as if reading her mind he began to speak. "The Zoid you battled with was an Ultimate-X."
The girl caught her breath.
"This special type of Zoid creates a bond with its pilot, so as to work more efficiently. The Liger's pilot, Bit Cloud, had a strong bond and knew that. He worked as one with the Zoid." He leaned back in his black leather chair. "So you see, even though the Ultimate-X is destroyed, it still lives on in the pilot."
Katana had put things together by now. "You want us to kill Bit?"
A smile crept across the evil man's face. "Now you've gotten it. I hired your team because your reputation proceeds you. Every battle you face the opposing team loses a Zoid. Now, I want the Blade Assassins to finish the job they started."
"We get rid of Zoids, not humans."
The man's smile disappeared. "Dear, dear . . . I thought you understood. That's what you are doing my dear Katana. This Zoid just has two parts, the machine . . . and the human."
Katana looked away as she grit her teeth. "It will be done." She immediately turned on heel and left the dark office.
Another smile appeared on the man's face. "The Blitz team will cause no more problems for Back Draft." His voice reached to the shadows.
"I still don't think it is necessary to kill him." The shadows responded.
"Dr. Layon, Dr. Layon. It is *quite* necessary for the boy to die."
"But he has no Zoid to pilot! The Liger can't be rebuilt and . . ."
"And what? Bit won't have the will to fight anymore?" He chuckled lowly. "Hardly. That boy has a fire inside of him that is inextinguishable. He would find another Zoid immediately and start to battle again."
Layon looked away. "You said it was the Liger that . . ."
"That bonded with Bit. Yes, yes. Wonderful story, no?"
"But then, you didn't care about the Zoid?"
"Not at all, Mr. Layon. You should well know it is the pilot that makes the Zoid. Bit is a threat to the Back Draft group, so his flame will be extinguished by our hands."
Layon remained silent. He knew all about the pilot making the Zoid. His own creation, the Shadow Fox, was taken by one of the Blitz's very own. Layon understood the direction the organization was going. Destroy the leader and the followers would be powerless.
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Bit came walking groggily into the lounge area of the hover cargo. His head had an incessant ache since he had woken up after the battle. Bit checked the room instinctively for Rinon. He never knew what that girl would be blaming on him next even if he had been injured. He spotted Ballad sitting alone on the couch sipping his tea as usual. A smile crept on Bit's face when he remembered waking up to Ballad's worried begging to open his eyes. Ballad must have stayed with him that whole week, watching over him.
Ballad looked up, alert to the noise coming from the doorway. "Hey, Bit. How-ya feeling?"
The boy responded with a yawn and a scratch behind his head. "My head still hurts, but other than that good, I guess."
Ballad watched Bit sit down opposite him. Something had been different with that boy since the Liger was totaled that unnerved Ballad. Bit seemed to be not as cheerful as he once was, before that battle. "How are you *feeling,* Bit. I mean, what happened was pretty tough . . . for anyone."
A shadow seemed to cover Bit's face. How could Ballad understand what he was feeling? Ballad didn't operate an Ultimate X, he didn't know about the connection he had shared with the Liger. Tears came to Bit's eyes. The Liger had been killed, murdered, in the mind of Bit. The part that was Liger, the always constant reassurance they'll be ok, the warm mind thoughts that constantly streamed through Bit's own mind were all gone. Now there was a black void, a whole seemingly in Bit's soul. A warm touch snapped Bit back into reality. He looked up into worried eyes of the one who had been there for him, with eyes that always held warmth.
"Ballad . . ."
Gentle hands wiped the tears that had won against Bit's struggle to hold them back. "It's ok . . .it's ok, Bit." Ballad held the boy's hands tightly in his. "I know you miss Liger. He was more than just a Zoid." That sounded brilliant. Ballad reprimanded himself.
"S-sometimes . . ."
Was Bit laughing!? Ballad looked up from the whole he had been staring into the blonde's hands. He was! Bit was smiling and everything. "What's so funny, Bit?" Ballad could feel anger creeping up on him. He was actually showing care for Bit and if Bit was going to laugh at him . . .
"I used to pretend . . . that Liger wasn't a Zoid but a real lion." Bit looked Ballad. "And when we were in a battle, Liger and I were equals. Both fighting along side each other for the same goal."
A tiny wet feeling fell on Ballad's hand followed by another soon after. Tears were silently sliding down the boy's cheeks as his shoulders started to shake. Something clinched around Ballad's heart and he quickly moved to hold the fallen warrior closer.
Bit cried into the blue of Ballad's jacket.
The brunet couldn't take it anymore. He knew it was selfish of him but he had to stop the boy crying. Ballad cupped the boy's chin, turning his face towards his own. Ballad gave a soft smile and leaned in. "There's something I need to tell you." He whispered before finally closing the distance.
Their lips met. Bit's eyes were wide with shock but soon relaxed when a reassuring hand was placed gently on his cheek. What was happening? Ballad was actually kissing him . . . him!? Bit's mind raced with all the new sensations of Ballad's touch, no longer remembering what his tears were for. He could feel Ballad's hand slide from his cheek down his neck barely brushing Bit's skin.
Ballad broke the kiss and stared into the blonde's eyes. "That's what I have to tell you." He brought his hand back up and caressed Bit's cheek with the backside of his fingers. "The battle . . . when you didn't respond over the vid-screen. Bit . . ." Ballad leaned in again, kissing Bit more firmly. Ballad pulled the boy close, reveling in the fact his kitten wasn't struggling to get away. "I don't want to lose you. Digging through the remains of Liger, praying for any miracle that you were still alive . . . Bit, I love you."
The emerald eyes of Bit widened slightly. Love? Someone was telling him they loved him? "Ballad . . . I-" He looked away, suddenly tears had started to threaten to overtake his sight again. Ballad was there holding him, kissing him, telling him that he loved him. He, Bit, had caused that beautiful warrior pain. He looked back up into those patient blue eyes of the one that cared so much for him. "I . . . Ballad. I love you too." Bit returned the kiss with full emotion. Secretly he had always wanted this; to wrap his arms around Ballad and have Ballad do the same. Now it was happening and Bit could feel that dark whole starting to be filled.
The suddenness of Bit flinging himself on Ballad knocked the older boy back. He caught himself and smiled through the kiss, wrapping his arms around Bit's waist. Just the feel of Bit's touch excited him to new levels. The kiss became stronger, and more passionate as the moment progressed. Ballad felt the slight parting of Bit's mouth and slid his tongue across the boy's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Ballad made a little sigh as his tongue found its way farther into the Bit's mouth when he had accepted . Ballad's thought's were becoming jumbled has he continued, determined to make the moment last as long as possible. His tongue explored every part of Bit's mouth, committing to memory all the spots that hit Bit right. Bit moaned slightly through the deep kiss, with Ballad seemingly answering with him. They continued on, nipping at each other's lips, caressing each other's faces, running their hands through the other's hair until Ballad pulled the blonde haired boy to his chest and held him there, resting his own head on Bit's soft hair.
"I'll find out who did it, Bit." He slid a hand through the mentioned boy's hair. "They'll pay for hurting you."
Bit's eyes narrowed. They hadn't only hurt him, they had also killed Liger. Bit no longer felt the Zoid's presence, the feeling he had grown so accustomed to. They'll pay alright. He would have something to say as well. The Chu team . . . they had murdered a part of him, now an empty feeling was where Liger use to be.
Ballad hadn't noticed Bit had been crying until the boy had looked up at him. He gently brushed away the tears and offered a warm smile. He had caught his kitten, and now he was going to protect him.
I know at the end they are a lil' OOC but it has to happen! I mean if we let their characters stay the same then their relationship would go nowhere!
Have fun and please R/R!! Thankies!/center
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Chapter 2: Mystery Shadows
"The Liger Zero is destroyed?" An ominous voice crept from the shadows.
"Yes, sir. The mission went as planned." A young woman stood in front of a large oak desk. Her hands at her side she stared at the back of the chair her boss occupied.
"Good, good. Then you will have your payment when you finish one more task for me."
The girl's eyes widened. "The agreement was for the Chu team to destroy the Liger! My team has done that. I want my payment."
A silence fell in the room. Then, slowly the chair turned around. An older man with a piercing gaze was revealed. "Katana. You signed the contract didn't you?"
She blinked. "Y-yes, sir."
"The contract," he continued "stated that you would be payed when the Liger Zero was *completely* destroyed." The man's fingers were interlocked in front of his face.
"It is! I checked myself. The Zoid is a pile of smoldering ruins." She tried to defend.
He narrowed his eyes and began in a low voice. "But, the boy survived."
Katana looked confused. Why would it matter if the pilot of the machine survived? It was the Zoid that was the threat to the organization . . . wasn't it?
The man watched her closely, and as if reading her mind he began to speak. "The Zoid you battled with was an Ultimate-X."
The girl caught her breath.
"This special type of Zoid creates a bond with its pilot, so as to work more efficiently. The Liger's pilot, Bit Cloud, had a strong bond and knew that. He worked as one with the Zoid." He leaned back in his black leather chair. "So you see, even though the Ultimate-X is destroyed, it still lives on in the pilot."
Katana had put things together by now. "You want us to kill Bit?"
A smile crept across the evil man's face. "Now you've gotten it. I hired your team because your reputation proceeds you. Every battle you face the opposing team loses a Zoid. Now, I want the Blade Assassins to finish the job they started."
"We get rid of Zoids, not humans."
The man's smile disappeared. "Dear, dear . . . I thought you understood. That's what you are doing my dear Katana. This Zoid just has two parts, the machine . . . and the human."
Katana looked away as she grit her teeth. "It will be done." She immediately turned on heel and left the dark office.
Another smile appeared on the man's face. "The Blitz team will cause no more problems for Back Draft." His voice reached to the shadows.
"I still don't think it is necessary to kill him." The shadows responded.
"Dr. Layon, Dr. Layon. It is *quite* necessary for the boy to die."
"But he has no Zoid to pilot! The Liger can't be rebuilt and . . ."
"And what? Bit won't have the will to fight anymore?" He chuckled lowly. "Hardly. That boy has a fire inside of him that is inextinguishable. He would find another Zoid immediately and start to battle again."
Layon looked away. "You said it was the Liger that . . ."
"That bonded with Bit. Yes, yes. Wonderful story, no?"
"But then, you didn't care about the Zoid?"
"Not at all, Mr. Layon. You should well know it is the pilot that makes the Zoid. Bit is a threat to the Back Draft group, so his flame will be extinguished by our hands."
Layon remained silent. He knew all about the pilot making the Zoid. His own creation, the Shadow Fox, was taken by one of the Blitz's very own. Layon understood the direction the organization was going. Destroy the leader and the followers would be powerless.
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Bit came walking groggily into the lounge area of the hover cargo. His head had an incessant ache since he had woken up after the battle. Bit checked the room instinctively for Rinon. He never knew what that girl would be blaming on him next even if he had been injured. He spotted Ballad sitting alone on the couch sipping his tea as usual. A smile crept on Bit's face when he remembered waking up to Ballad's worried begging to open his eyes. Ballad must have stayed with him that whole week, watching over him.
Ballad looked up, alert to the noise coming from the doorway. "Hey, Bit. How-ya feeling?"
The boy responded with a yawn and a scratch behind his head. "My head still hurts, but other than that good, I guess."
Ballad watched Bit sit down opposite him. Something had been different with that boy since the Liger was totaled that unnerved Ballad. Bit seemed to be not as cheerful as he once was, before that battle. "How are you *feeling,* Bit. I mean, what happened was pretty tough . . . for anyone."
A shadow seemed to cover Bit's face. How could Ballad understand what he was feeling? Ballad didn't operate an Ultimate X, he didn't know about the connection he had shared with the Liger. Tears came to Bit's eyes. The Liger had been killed, murdered, in the mind of Bit. The part that was Liger, the always constant reassurance they'll be ok, the warm mind thoughts that constantly streamed through Bit's own mind were all gone. Now there was a black void, a whole seemingly in Bit's soul. A warm touch snapped Bit back into reality. He looked up into worried eyes of the one who had been there for him, with eyes that always held warmth.
"Ballad . . ."
Gentle hands wiped the tears that had won against Bit's struggle to hold them back. "It's ok . . .it's ok, Bit." Ballad held the boy's hands tightly in his. "I know you miss Liger. He was more than just a Zoid." That sounded brilliant. Ballad reprimanded himself.
"S-sometimes . . ."
Was Bit laughing!? Ballad looked up from the whole he had been staring into the blonde's hands. He was! Bit was smiling and everything. "What's so funny, Bit?" Ballad could feel anger creeping up on him. He was actually showing care for Bit and if Bit was going to laugh at him . . .
"I used to pretend . . . that Liger wasn't a Zoid but a real lion." Bit looked Ballad. "And when we were in a battle, Liger and I were equals. Both fighting along side each other for the same goal."
A tiny wet feeling fell on Ballad's hand followed by another soon after. Tears were silently sliding down the boy's cheeks as his shoulders started to shake. Something clinched around Ballad's heart and he quickly moved to hold the fallen warrior closer.
Bit cried into the blue of Ballad's jacket.
The brunet couldn't take it anymore. He knew it was selfish of him but he had to stop the boy crying. Ballad cupped the boy's chin, turning his face towards his own. Ballad gave a soft smile and leaned in. "There's something I need to tell you." He whispered before finally closing the distance.
Their lips met. Bit's eyes were wide with shock but soon relaxed when a reassuring hand was placed gently on his cheek. What was happening? Ballad was actually kissing him . . . him!? Bit's mind raced with all the new sensations of Ballad's touch, no longer remembering what his tears were for. He could feel Ballad's hand slide from his cheek down his neck barely brushing Bit's skin.
Ballad broke the kiss and stared into the blonde's eyes. "That's what I have to tell you." He brought his hand back up and caressed Bit's cheek with the backside of his fingers. "The battle . . . when you didn't respond over the vid-screen. Bit . . ." Ballad leaned in again, kissing Bit more firmly. Ballad pulled the boy close, reveling in the fact his kitten wasn't struggling to get away. "I don't want to lose you. Digging through the remains of Liger, praying for any miracle that you were still alive . . . Bit, I love you."
The emerald eyes of Bit widened slightly. Love? Someone was telling him they loved him? "Ballad . . . I-" He looked away, suddenly tears had started to threaten to overtake his sight again. Ballad was there holding him, kissing him, telling him that he loved him. He, Bit, had caused that beautiful warrior pain. He looked back up into those patient blue eyes of the one that cared so much for him. "I . . . Ballad. I love you too." Bit returned the kiss with full emotion. Secretly he had always wanted this; to wrap his arms around Ballad and have Ballad do the same. Now it was happening and Bit could feel that dark whole starting to be filled.
The suddenness of Bit flinging himself on Ballad knocked the older boy back. He caught himself and smiled through the kiss, wrapping his arms around Bit's waist. Just the feel of Bit's touch excited him to new levels. The kiss became stronger, and more passionate as the moment progressed. Ballad felt the slight parting of Bit's mouth and slid his tongue across the boy's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Ballad made a little sigh as his tongue found its way farther into the Bit's mouth when he had accepted . Ballad's thought's were becoming jumbled has he continued, determined to make the moment last as long as possible. His tongue explored every part of Bit's mouth, committing to memory all the spots that hit Bit right. Bit moaned slightly through the deep kiss, with Ballad seemingly answering with him. They continued on, nipping at each other's lips, caressing each other's faces, running their hands through the other's hair until Ballad pulled the blonde haired boy to his chest and held him there, resting his own head on Bit's soft hair.
"I'll find out who did it, Bit." He slid a hand through the mentioned boy's hair. "They'll pay for hurting you."
Bit's eyes narrowed. They hadn't only hurt him, they had also killed Liger. Bit no longer felt the Zoid's presence, the feeling he had grown so accustomed to. They'll pay alright. He would have something to say as well. The Chu team . . . they had murdered a part of him, now an empty feeling was where Liger use to be.
Ballad hadn't noticed Bit had been crying until the boy had looked up at him. He gently brushed away the tears and offered a warm smile. He had caught his kitten, and now he was going to protect him.