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Bit: Strike Laser Claw!!!!!

Heero: Beam sword!!!

Leena: Yay!!! Go Heero! Go Bit!!! Fight for ME!!!

Me: Good god, this is a mess.

Relena: HEERO!!! COME OUT SO YOU CAN KILL ME!!

Me: That's it!!! I'm sick of your whining!!! *Summons Eden and blows away Relena*

Relena: AAAA!!! Help me!!!!!

Heero: Did you hear something?

Bit: Nope.

Me: It was just some Relena bashing, don't worry about it, Keep fighting!!!

Bit: Oh yeah right.

Leena: FIGHT FOR MY LOVE!!! Whoo Hoo!!

Me: Sorry if Introduction is weird or too long, I can't help myself, its too much fun to write! Read and Review Pls!!!



In My Arms

The battle ended in the favor of the Zoid Battle Commission. The few remaining warriors of the Back Draft Group surrendered. Their battered zoids could no longer resist. Commander Altile's ship was destroyed by the Ultrasauruses. The burning Whale King had crashed and erupted into flames. Everyone on board was killed.

News of the attack spread around the world and the Zoid Battle Commission declared to stop the Back Draft Group.

The Base, the Hover Cargo and the Blitz Team Zoids were in horrid shape. But they could be repaired. They could be fixed. They could be brought back as they were.

But Leena couldn't.

And she was buried in the very spot she had died.



In memory of her, the Zoid Battle Commission made the battle site off limits to zoid battles.

The area was cleared. The broken hulls and demolished zoids were melted down. The base was restored. The craters were covered up. The smell of ash and smoke drifted away. All signs of the battle were erased. It was as if nothing had happened.

Except a tombstone in the desert floor that was surrounded with white, delicate flowers. Lillies.

Bit Cloud in his blue sports jacket stood still before the resting place of Leena Touros. His hand clutching tightly. The wind blew softly in the early desert morning. Sand skirted around. A few petals had fallen and lay still on the ground. Stray ones bouncing along the ground like fallen leaves. The air was cool. The sun was barely rising over the desert. His blond, spiky hair gently swaying with the wind. His breathing could barely be heard. He stared at the gray stone that read:

1 Leena Touros

Caring Sister

Loving Daughter

Courageous Warrior



Her funeral was only a day ago. He remembered Harry bawling and Benjamin and Sebastion trying to calm him down. Brad and Jamie were silent. But he knew her death hurt them more then they would show. Doc was devastated. Jamie's father tried to comfort him but nothing he said could help. He just sat there crying. He lost his wife. And now his only daughter was gone.

Leon was there along with Naomi. For Leon, losing his sister was more then he could take. Leon was pale as a ghost. His proud spirit was gone. Only a mourning brother was left.

Dr. Layon came too. He still carried the picture of Leena in the palm of his hand. And for once, he and Doc did not fight. He did not arrive to seek revenge but to say good bye to the daughter of the woman he loved.

Several friends of Leena and zoid teams came to pay their respects.

But no one was hurt more then Bit. No one was more afraid. He had stood like a statue. Unmoving and silent. The only thing that showed life was his eyes. His shining, proud eyes were haunted with guilt. Tormented by regret. And plagued with emptiness.

Several people spoke to him. They tried in vain to speak to him. To offer a few words of comfort and aid. They were unheard to him. He was lost in his own thoughts. The battle, their arguments, her death…everything.

He had barely slept since her death. Despite his weakened body, his mind was ragged. His heart was crushed and wounded beyond repair.

And now. Bit Cloud was alone in the desert.

Finally he spoke.

"You know Leena, I never really saw myself falling in love with anyone. It's always been fighting and zoids that I guess I just never put any thought into a girl friend." He spoke slowly. His eyes never leaving the gray stone.

"I mean, I grew up alone. And I don't really have any real memories of my family or anything so I just kinda put it aside and focused on my dream. My dream of finding the best parts and the best zoid."

He could see his own breath escape from his lips.

"I remember when I first got here. This very same base."

He gave a short chuckle, but there was a lack of humor.

"My truck was shot down and I was the reason you all had to delay the match."

The battle replayed in his mind.

"And I definitely remembered meeting you. You nearly killed me when I called you a babe."

Bit grinned at the memory of the furious red head showing him her famous glare of death.

"At first, I thought you were just another ditzy, spoiled, daddy's girl who went in zoid battles because you had nothing better to do."

He looked away for a second. Leena would've killed him if he had called her that.

If she wasn't gone.

"I kept that impression of you for a while. After the battle when you fired on us, I was almost sure of it."

He paused for a moment and continued.

"But then, I slowly began to realize that it wasn't you at all. It was just a shell. Something you threw up around yourself to defend you. The fighting, the yelling, the ammo consumption, the short temper….all of it..was just a shield."

The wind was blowing stronger now. The air was becoming increasingly warmer.

"I didn't know why, until I heard about your mother's death. How it affected Doc and Leon and…..how it… hurt you."

Bit took a deep breath.

"You didn't want to show any weakness. You wanted to be strong like your mother, so you created that other side of you. An image you put up to protect yourself."

His pale eyes did not hide any emotions. His face reflected his mind.

And his feelings.

"I....I guess I didn't completely understand you until after that accident. Until you cried. And..I was..so confused. I wasn't use to seeing you like that. It surprised me and at the same time…I never felt so…needed. I don't recall anyone reaching out for me, calling out for comfort."

He gazed down at his blue shirt. The very same one Leena had spilled her misery onto. The feeling of her warm body against him, her arms around his neck. Leena's face pressed against his chest. Her quiet sobs echoing in his mind.

"It stunned me. I had never seen you cry. And I knew it was a part of you that was hidden from everyone…except yourself. And it only made me more attracted to you."

Bit glanced at the flowers that were shifting with the wind. Several petals were drying up, a few of them breaking off and floating away.

"You're not like other girls. You're not some damsel in distress."

"You're strong. Much stronger then anyone I know."

"Stronger then me." He whispered.

"I guess that's why you caught my attention so much. You're so different. You can take care of yourself. You're tough, but at the same time you're so…fragile."

His fist tightening. His arms shaking. Bit closed his eyes for a moment.

"I want to be with you so badly…. I want to hold you……even if I have to kill myself."

"But I know you wouldn't forgive me if I died for you. I know you would hate me if I did that."

He reopened his eyes and his body stopped trembling.

"I-I..I don't know how many times I cried for you….I think that's the only way I've gotten any sleep."

Bit gave a grim smile.

"Can you imagine that? Bit Cloud, Ultimate X Partner cries himself to sleep."

"But I have nightmares. I see you dying in front of me. I keep trying to run to you but the faster I go, the farther you drift away. And I scream for you but you still disappear."

Bit looked down at the ground as if ashamed.

"I woke up from those dreams..and I run to your room. Even though I knew it was empty, a part of me kept praying for you to be sitting on your bed. That you would leap up and chase me. I refused to believe you had left us…….that you had left me."

Bit looked up again.

"I wanted to leave. To run away, to forget everything. Leon and Naomi joined our team for a while since Doc is still in bad shape. So we'll do fine with those two on the team."

He swallowed and continued to speak.

"But…..I can't keep running…..I can't try to forget the pain…I can't forget about you."

Bit's grip loosened up and he brought the palm of his hand to his face. He unclenched his dry hands and stared at the single, flower in his hand. The same flower Leena had given to him. The same flowers he had bought for when she was hurt. It was dry and dying.

It wasn't how it looked that mattered.

Only what it stood for. What it symbolized.

"I can't forget when I held you in my arms. It felt so reassuring, so safe but I never felt so helpless and at the same time…..felt so wanted."

Bit bowed his head.

"But I failed you. I let you die. And now I'm alone."

A lone tear slid down his face.

"I'm….so…sorry that I let you down…I failed you..I failed Doc and Leon..and……I failed myself." Bit sobbed.

"Every day I want to hear your voice, your laughter…hell…I'll even take a death threat if I can."

The wind was blowing stronger now. White petals were drifting away faster. The desert heat was making its way in.

"It wasn't just you that needed someone to hold onto."

Bit opened his eyes and held the flower to his chest.

"I need you. I need you more then anything…….because……. I love you."

The sun was shining brightly now. The rays of light rose over Bit and shined upon the desert.

"Please…..wait for me." Bit whispered. "Please forgive me…please….let me hold you in my arms again."



Bit Cloud watched with falling tears as the white flowers were swept up and carried away by the wind.





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