Konnichiwa minna-san! I'm finally back! I'm so very extremely sorry it took
so very extremely long, but I've been so very extremely busy (lol) with a
lot of projects for my high school. Thanks to all who are reading and
reviewing this fic and for being so patient! I luv u!!!
Disclaimers: I don't own Zoids, you don't use Kat w/o my permission.
Here's the next chappie! Enjoy! ~Kitsune-san. (I'm so sorry again!!! ~_~;;;)
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"Alright, Kat! Lookin' good!" said Bit from the Gun Sniper.
"Wow! This is just so awesome! Liger! You're actually letting me pilot you!" The Liger Zero ran through the desert with Bit's in the Gun Sniper not too far behind.
"Pay attention, Kat!" Suddenly, Bit opened fire.
"Woah!" Kat exclaimed as the Liger Zero barely dodged. It quickly turned to face the Gun Sniper. "Fire!" The Liger Zero did nothing but move a bit and snort. "Liger! I said fire! Shoot at the Gun Sniper!!" Liger shook its body and roared.
"What's wrong Kat?"
"I don't know! Liger's not listening to me!... Again..."
"Stubborn thing..." Bit opened the cockpit and stood up. "Hey buddy! It's okay! I won't get mad at you for shooting me! Just listen to Kat! She's my daughter for Christ's sake!" Liger shook its head and growled. "Liger!" Bit shouted, with a slight hint of anger.
After a long moment of silence, Kat decided to speak. She hung her head as she sat in Liger's cockpit. "Dad... Maybe I should just.. take the Gun Sniper..."
Bit knew how much the Liger Zero meant to her. She had dreamed of piloting that Zoid alone since before she could remember. Bit could feel the pain in his daughter's heart. "Kat..."
"It's okay... I'm old enough now to realize things when they are the way they are... Liger will still walk with me. Let's just.. go home... We can battle another time, with different Zoids." Kat tried her best to sound calm.
Liger started walking in the direction of the hover cargo. Knowing it best leave this be the end of discussion, Bit followed without another word.
***
Leena had just gotten out of the shower and was only in towels. She walked into the living room and found Bit and Jaime playing video games. Both were completely absorbed in the game. Their faces could almost touch the screen and their mouths were both hanging open. Drool started collecting at the side of Bit's mouth, but he licked it away. "Ugh... men."
"AAAGGHH!! NOO!!! JAIME, DARN YOU!!" Bit shouted. They were playing some weird fighting game, and apparently Bit had lost.
"Hehe, you snooze you lose!" Jaime said making a peace sign and grinning with victory.
"Humph.." Bit's eyes moved towards Leena who was still standing there. He jumped up and swung his arm around her waist and lowered her body like in a tango dance. "Why hello there little lady." He started playfully kissing all around her face. Leena could do nothing but giggle.
Jaime covered one side of his face with a hand. "Ughh.. Get a room."
Leena tried to stop giggling as Bit continued to kiss her. "Hehe... I was just looking for Kat. I wanted to ask her how it went."
Bit suddenly stopped, and stood Leena upright. He looked down. "Hm..."
"Sweety?... Is something wrong? Did the run not go well?" Bit just shook his head. "Oh, I see... The Liger still won't let her pilot it... I wonder why? She is your daughter I mean."
Suddenly, Jamie appeared in their faces. "I can answer that question!" Bit and Leena jumped back, startled. "Well, since you both know the Liger Zero is a very rare Zoid known as an Ultimate X, you know that it wouldn't just let any warrior pilot it, and in this case not even it's own pilot's daughter. So, there's your answer in a nutshell... Or it could be..."
Jamie had Bit and Leena's full attention as they both leaned forward. "Yes?" They said in unison.
"It could be that the Liger Zero...... just doesn't like Kat." The couple feel hard to the floor as Jamie crossed his arms and chuckled.
***
Later, when Leena had changed into her normal clothes, she wandered through the hall which contained her daughter's room. She stopped at the door and knocked. Inside, it was dark, and Kat was lying on her stomach on her bed with her face buried in her pillow, which was now damp with tears. Upon hearing the knocking, Kat quickly sat up, turned her pillow over and wiped her soggy eyes. "Come in." She said, trying her hardest to sound calm, although it still came out a bit shaky.
Leena cautiously opened the door, and for a moment Kat forced her eyes to adjust to the oncoming light. "Kat sweety? Are you alright?"
Kat forced a small smile. "I'm fine Mother, why do you ask?"
Leena walked towards her and sat on the bed beside her daughter. "Because I heard the test run didn't go so well." Leena picked up Kat's small chin a bit. "You look like you've been crying."
Kat quickly turned away. "I wasn't crying... I just had, something that really bothered me in my eye..."
Leena smiled warmly. "Do you want me to help?"
Kat shook her head. "No! It's fine."
"Kat... You have to understand that the Liger Zero is very picky about who pilots it..."
"I know that!... That's why... I'm sad..."
"Kat... come here..." With that, Leena took her daughter in a loving embrace. But as warm as it was, Kat's sadness remained the same.
Just then, there was another knock at the door. There in the doorway stood Jamie. "Uh... sorry if I'm interrupting anything, but, dinner's ready... I thought I'd just let you know..."
Leena let go of Kat, but kept an arm to Kat's back. "Thanks Jamie." Kat could say nothing. The moment she saw Jamie she forgot her mother existed. Then, Leena spoke again. "We'll come down and eat as soon as we can. But right now Kat's a little upset about the whole Liger thing..."
That snapped Kat back to reality. She was almost mad at her mother for saying that, and also embarrassed. She turned, and Jamie was now very close to her, smiling. She blushed furiously, and moved back a bit.
"Don't be upset, Kat. You know, nobody's ever been able to pilot that Liger except your dad. But I'm sure with a little getting used to, the Liger Zero will learn to know and love the sweet girl you are. So have hope, and cheer up, okay?"
Kat was suddenly calmed, but her face was still burning. "O-okay..." She lightly nodded.
Jamie smiled brightly again. "Good. Now come down and eat. It's getting cold and I made your favorite......"
Kat was overwhelmed with happiness. For some reason, all the comfort her parents could give could easily be called nothing compared to a few simple sentences and a smile from the one and only Jamie. She was aware that Jamie was very much older than she was, and chances were he would never fall for her, but she couldn't help the warm sensation that rushed through her body whenever she saw him or heard his voice.
***
The dinner table consisted of everyone this time. Harry had come by for a visit along with Naomi and Leon, so Doc, Brad, Leena, Bit, Jamie, and Kat along with the three all had to be fed. Jamie had planned ahead and prepared extra food, but even that couldn't hold off his hungry friends for long. Soon, Jamie was hustling here and there trying to whip up more food as quick as possible. Kat noticed this and stopped eating to observe the people at the table. Cannibals was a nice term to describe how they were eating. Bit and Leena were practically playing tug-of-war for the last chicken leg, and everyone else were scrambling with their hands to get more of this and that. "Jeez you guys, take it easy... Jamie's over there slaving over the hot oven while you stuff yourselves." Kat said with a pouty expression.
In between gobbling his mashed potatoes and chicken at the same time and grabbing more food, Bit spoke. "Well, Ish not aw fawt. Jamiesha goo cook."
Kat sweatdropped. "Oh Dad... You're hopeless..." Kat got up and walked to the nearby kitchen, without anyone noticing since they were too busy eating everything in sight.
She quietly walked into the kitchen and stared at Jamie while he ran about. Jamie was way too busy to notice anything at the moment, but when he did, he stopped. "Hey Kat, what's wrong? You don't like the food?"
Kat shook her head fast. "No! I mean yes! I mean, I love the food Jamie! You're the greatest cook!"
Jamie smiled. "Well, I'm glad. What'd you want? They send you over here to get on my case?" Jamie joked.
Kat blushed slightly. "Well, no... I... actually came to... help you... If you don't mind that is..."
"Well of course I won't mind! Actually I could use all the help I can get! But... are you sure *you* don't mind?"
"Oh no! I'm alright! I want to help you!"
"Great! Here, you can chop this and add it too the soup while I take care of the rest of the chicken." Jamie said handing Kat a bunch of celery and then heading off towards the oven. Just as Kat was about to start chopping, Jamie turned. "Oh, here, why don't you wear this?" Jamie then took off his apron and put it on Kat for her.
Kat blushed more than ever. "A-are you sure? This is you're apron!..." Kat was melting at the thought of Jamie's arms being around her.
"I'll be alright." Jamie said smiling as he went back to the chicken.
As Kat chopped, she couldn't help her head from floating to the clouds. She was in heaven. Working side by side with Jamie, and wearing his apron... She could smell his scent that was lightly hinted on the apron, despite the delicious smells of the food around her. She breathed deep, taking in as much of it as possible. Then the words repeated in her mind along with the image of Jamie's smiling face... ["But I'm sure with a little getting used to, the Liger Zero will learn to know and love the sweet girl you are. So have hope, and cheer up, okay?"] Kat stood up straight, and stared into nothing with a determined face. "I will have hope... I'll believe in myself... I will pilot you... Liger Zero..." Kat said to herself.
"...Kat?"
"Hm?" Kat looked over to see the soup boiling over. "DAAAH! Oh my god I'm so sorry!!!!"
Jamie quickly turned off the stove, turned to her and laughed. Kat blushed and could do nothing but laugh along.
Suddenly, while they were still laughing, a horrible shaking began underneathe their feet. Kat screamed and collapsed into Jamie's arms. "W-w- w-w-what's g-g-going on????" Jamie exclaimed. In the dining room, everyone was trying desperately to hold their plates of food down. Then, it stopped.
"Wow. I wonder what that was." Doc said with concern.
Then, before anyone could think, a distant explosion could be heard, and the whole hover cargo seemed to jerk. Everyone and their food went flying. As everyone started to get up from the blow, red lights started to flash and a siren was going off. "Red alert warriors! We're under attack!"
"By who?!" Bit shouted, who was still on the floor with Leena on top of him in a rather odd position, but Bit didn't seem to mind. (wink, wink)
"I'm finding that out right now! Just hurry up and mobilize your Zoids!" Doc said running out of the room.
"Aw man, how rude. They could've at least waited until I finished eating." Bit said, getting up, obviously not taking the unknown enemy very seriously.
He would've if he knew what he was about to be up against.
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MWAHAHAHAHAA!!! I actually managed a cliff hanger cuz I'm so evil! Well, I didn't want to keep you waiting forever so I had no choice! Sorry it was kinda short. Expect a lot more out of the next chappie! Plz review review review!!! Later!
~Kitsune-san
Disclaimers: I don't own Zoids, you don't use Kat w/o my permission.
Here's the next chappie! Enjoy! ~Kitsune-san. (I'm so sorry again!!! ~_~;;;)
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"Alright, Kat! Lookin' good!" said Bit from the Gun Sniper.
"Wow! This is just so awesome! Liger! You're actually letting me pilot you!" The Liger Zero ran through the desert with Bit's in the Gun Sniper not too far behind.
"Pay attention, Kat!" Suddenly, Bit opened fire.
"Woah!" Kat exclaimed as the Liger Zero barely dodged. It quickly turned to face the Gun Sniper. "Fire!" The Liger Zero did nothing but move a bit and snort. "Liger! I said fire! Shoot at the Gun Sniper!!" Liger shook its body and roared.
"What's wrong Kat?"
"I don't know! Liger's not listening to me!... Again..."
"Stubborn thing..." Bit opened the cockpit and stood up. "Hey buddy! It's okay! I won't get mad at you for shooting me! Just listen to Kat! She's my daughter for Christ's sake!" Liger shook its head and growled. "Liger!" Bit shouted, with a slight hint of anger.
After a long moment of silence, Kat decided to speak. She hung her head as she sat in Liger's cockpit. "Dad... Maybe I should just.. take the Gun Sniper..."
Bit knew how much the Liger Zero meant to her. She had dreamed of piloting that Zoid alone since before she could remember. Bit could feel the pain in his daughter's heart. "Kat..."
"It's okay... I'm old enough now to realize things when they are the way they are... Liger will still walk with me. Let's just.. go home... We can battle another time, with different Zoids." Kat tried her best to sound calm.
Liger started walking in the direction of the hover cargo. Knowing it best leave this be the end of discussion, Bit followed without another word.
***
Leena had just gotten out of the shower and was only in towels. She walked into the living room and found Bit and Jaime playing video games. Both were completely absorbed in the game. Their faces could almost touch the screen and their mouths were both hanging open. Drool started collecting at the side of Bit's mouth, but he licked it away. "Ugh... men."
"AAAGGHH!! NOO!!! JAIME, DARN YOU!!" Bit shouted. They were playing some weird fighting game, and apparently Bit had lost.
"Hehe, you snooze you lose!" Jaime said making a peace sign and grinning with victory.
"Humph.." Bit's eyes moved towards Leena who was still standing there. He jumped up and swung his arm around her waist and lowered her body like in a tango dance. "Why hello there little lady." He started playfully kissing all around her face. Leena could do nothing but giggle.
Jaime covered one side of his face with a hand. "Ughh.. Get a room."
Leena tried to stop giggling as Bit continued to kiss her. "Hehe... I was just looking for Kat. I wanted to ask her how it went."
Bit suddenly stopped, and stood Leena upright. He looked down. "Hm..."
"Sweety?... Is something wrong? Did the run not go well?" Bit just shook his head. "Oh, I see... The Liger still won't let her pilot it... I wonder why? She is your daughter I mean."
Suddenly, Jamie appeared in their faces. "I can answer that question!" Bit and Leena jumped back, startled. "Well, since you both know the Liger Zero is a very rare Zoid known as an Ultimate X, you know that it wouldn't just let any warrior pilot it, and in this case not even it's own pilot's daughter. So, there's your answer in a nutshell... Or it could be..."
Jamie had Bit and Leena's full attention as they both leaned forward. "Yes?" They said in unison.
"It could be that the Liger Zero...... just doesn't like Kat." The couple feel hard to the floor as Jamie crossed his arms and chuckled.
***
Later, when Leena had changed into her normal clothes, she wandered through the hall which contained her daughter's room. She stopped at the door and knocked. Inside, it was dark, and Kat was lying on her stomach on her bed with her face buried in her pillow, which was now damp with tears. Upon hearing the knocking, Kat quickly sat up, turned her pillow over and wiped her soggy eyes. "Come in." She said, trying her hardest to sound calm, although it still came out a bit shaky.
Leena cautiously opened the door, and for a moment Kat forced her eyes to adjust to the oncoming light. "Kat sweety? Are you alright?"
Kat forced a small smile. "I'm fine Mother, why do you ask?"
Leena walked towards her and sat on the bed beside her daughter. "Because I heard the test run didn't go so well." Leena picked up Kat's small chin a bit. "You look like you've been crying."
Kat quickly turned away. "I wasn't crying... I just had, something that really bothered me in my eye..."
Leena smiled warmly. "Do you want me to help?"
Kat shook her head. "No! It's fine."
"Kat... You have to understand that the Liger Zero is very picky about who pilots it..."
"I know that!... That's why... I'm sad..."
"Kat... come here..." With that, Leena took her daughter in a loving embrace. But as warm as it was, Kat's sadness remained the same.
Just then, there was another knock at the door. There in the doorway stood Jamie. "Uh... sorry if I'm interrupting anything, but, dinner's ready... I thought I'd just let you know..."
Leena let go of Kat, but kept an arm to Kat's back. "Thanks Jamie." Kat could say nothing. The moment she saw Jamie she forgot her mother existed. Then, Leena spoke again. "We'll come down and eat as soon as we can. But right now Kat's a little upset about the whole Liger thing..."
That snapped Kat back to reality. She was almost mad at her mother for saying that, and also embarrassed. She turned, and Jamie was now very close to her, smiling. She blushed furiously, and moved back a bit.
"Don't be upset, Kat. You know, nobody's ever been able to pilot that Liger except your dad. But I'm sure with a little getting used to, the Liger Zero will learn to know and love the sweet girl you are. So have hope, and cheer up, okay?"
Kat was suddenly calmed, but her face was still burning. "O-okay..." She lightly nodded.
Jamie smiled brightly again. "Good. Now come down and eat. It's getting cold and I made your favorite......"
Kat was overwhelmed with happiness. For some reason, all the comfort her parents could give could easily be called nothing compared to a few simple sentences and a smile from the one and only Jamie. She was aware that Jamie was very much older than she was, and chances were he would never fall for her, but she couldn't help the warm sensation that rushed through her body whenever she saw him or heard his voice.
***
The dinner table consisted of everyone this time. Harry had come by for a visit along with Naomi and Leon, so Doc, Brad, Leena, Bit, Jamie, and Kat along with the three all had to be fed. Jamie had planned ahead and prepared extra food, but even that couldn't hold off his hungry friends for long. Soon, Jamie was hustling here and there trying to whip up more food as quick as possible. Kat noticed this and stopped eating to observe the people at the table. Cannibals was a nice term to describe how they were eating. Bit and Leena were practically playing tug-of-war for the last chicken leg, and everyone else were scrambling with their hands to get more of this and that. "Jeez you guys, take it easy... Jamie's over there slaving over the hot oven while you stuff yourselves." Kat said with a pouty expression.
In between gobbling his mashed potatoes and chicken at the same time and grabbing more food, Bit spoke. "Well, Ish not aw fawt. Jamiesha goo cook."
Kat sweatdropped. "Oh Dad... You're hopeless..." Kat got up and walked to the nearby kitchen, without anyone noticing since they were too busy eating everything in sight.
She quietly walked into the kitchen and stared at Jamie while he ran about. Jamie was way too busy to notice anything at the moment, but when he did, he stopped. "Hey Kat, what's wrong? You don't like the food?"
Kat shook her head fast. "No! I mean yes! I mean, I love the food Jamie! You're the greatest cook!"
Jamie smiled. "Well, I'm glad. What'd you want? They send you over here to get on my case?" Jamie joked.
Kat blushed slightly. "Well, no... I... actually came to... help you... If you don't mind that is..."
"Well of course I won't mind! Actually I could use all the help I can get! But... are you sure *you* don't mind?"
"Oh no! I'm alright! I want to help you!"
"Great! Here, you can chop this and add it too the soup while I take care of the rest of the chicken." Jamie said handing Kat a bunch of celery and then heading off towards the oven. Just as Kat was about to start chopping, Jamie turned. "Oh, here, why don't you wear this?" Jamie then took off his apron and put it on Kat for her.
Kat blushed more than ever. "A-are you sure? This is you're apron!..." Kat was melting at the thought of Jamie's arms being around her.
"I'll be alright." Jamie said smiling as he went back to the chicken.
As Kat chopped, she couldn't help her head from floating to the clouds. She was in heaven. Working side by side with Jamie, and wearing his apron... She could smell his scent that was lightly hinted on the apron, despite the delicious smells of the food around her. She breathed deep, taking in as much of it as possible. Then the words repeated in her mind along with the image of Jamie's smiling face... ["But I'm sure with a little getting used to, the Liger Zero will learn to know and love the sweet girl you are. So have hope, and cheer up, okay?"] Kat stood up straight, and stared into nothing with a determined face. "I will have hope... I'll believe in myself... I will pilot you... Liger Zero..." Kat said to herself.
"...Kat?"
"Hm?" Kat looked over to see the soup boiling over. "DAAAH! Oh my god I'm so sorry!!!!"
Jamie quickly turned off the stove, turned to her and laughed. Kat blushed and could do nothing but laugh along.
Suddenly, while they were still laughing, a horrible shaking began underneathe their feet. Kat screamed and collapsed into Jamie's arms. "W-w- w-w-what's g-g-going on????" Jamie exclaimed. In the dining room, everyone was trying desperately to hold their plates of food down. Then, it stopped.
"Wow. I wonder what that was." Doc said with concern.
Then, before anyone could think, a distant explosion could be heard, and the whole hover cargo seemed to jerk. Everyone and their food went flying. As everyone started to get up from the blow, red lights started to flash and a siren was going off. "Red alert warriors! We're under attack!"
"By who?!" Bit shouted, who was still on the floor with Leena on top of him in a rather odd position, but Bit didn't seem to mind. (wink, wink)
"I'm finding that out right now! Just hurry up and mobilize your Zoids!" Doc said running out of the room.
"Aw man, how rude. They could've at least waited until I finished eating." Bit said, getting up, obviously not taking the unknown enemy very seriously.
He would've if he knew what he was about to be up against.
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MWAHAHAHAHAA!!! I actually managed a cliff hanger cuz I'm so evil! Well, I didn't want to keep you waiting forever so I had no choice! Sorry it was kinda short. Expect a lot more out of the next chappie! Plz review review review!!! Later!
~Kitsune-san
