Disclaimer:  I don't own Zoids or any of it's characters. Nor do I own Fatal Fury… well, I do own the movies and games, but not the publisher or anything, or it's characters.  I do own Megumi, and Mia, Bogard, and whoever else I decide to make up.

Authors note:  Hahaha!  I'm writing again and I'm almost done! =) 

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French Toast

            Leena dreamed of terrible things that night.  She dreamed she was abandoned by her team, by her family, and left alone in an abysmal darkness.  No one would talk to her, no one would help her.  She was completely alone.  In the distance she saw Harry.  She called to him for help, but he just looked at her sadly.

            "Harry, please help me!"  She tried to run to him, but for some reason her legs didn't work properly, it was like she was trying to walk without friction.  No matter what she did, her feet slipped out from under her and she fell hard.  Leena reached for him, pleading for help.

            "I can't help you anymore Leena."  Harry's voice sounded hallow and sad.  "I loved you Leena, more than I loved anything else.  I would have given you everything, I gave you everything."

            "Harry…"

            "But you wouldn't take it, you wouldn't take any of it.  I needed you Leena!  I needed you, but you betrayed me!"

            "Harry I didn't mean to hurt you.  I-"

            "You used me!  You used me and threw me away, and that's what happened to you.  And now you know how I felt Leena.  Now you know what it's like to be left alone."  With that Harry turned away from her, and left her there, sitting in the cold, lonely… So alone.

            Leena bolted out of bed, sending her mini Zoid with a clatter to the floor.  It was dark in the room.  So dark she didn't know whether she was still alone or not.  The thought terrified her.  Her heart beat ferociously against her ribcage.  She was shaking uncontrollably.  Her thoughts raced as she tried to figure out where she was and what she was doing there.

            A squeal pierced her panicked thoughts, bringing her back to reality.  The little Dark Horn tugged at the blankets, wanting back up.  Leena leaned over and lifted him onto the bed.  He rustled around inspecting the territory before settling down next to Leena.  And curling into a ball.  Leena had often wondered agout the little machine… It seemed to have a personality of its own, something like a dog would have.  It was loyal, seemed pretty intelligent, and was very… energetic.  It liked to play, and though it didn't eat, it seemed to sleep when she did.

            She ran her fingers along the back of the mini Zoid, and it perked up, making a little questioning sound.  "I wonder what time it is,"  She said allowed, and the little Zoid shifted and suggled closer to Leena.  She continued to stoke it along its face and sides, thinking about what she was going to do.

            She was in a red Whale King, she remembered that much.  She and Bit had gotten into a fight, and she had run away.  Now she was lost, had no money, and no cloths.  She would have to somehow find the Hover Cargo, and get her things and leave.  She was sure she couldn't stick around the team anymore, even if they let her.  She sighed, and the little Zoid sighed with her.

            She slipped out of bed and took a shower, then putting her old cloths back on, she decided to read until Mia came in to wake her for breakfast.  She didn't know how she was going to repay her for her kindness, not having any money and all.

            Just as Leena sat down, Mia knocked and entered.  "Oh!  You're already awake huh?  Well that works out.  Breakfast is ready."  She left and Leena followed her out.  She still wasn't sure where everything was in the Whale King, or how to get there.  Mia led her to a huge dinning room.  There were other people there, and she wondered if this reaffirmed her idea that this might be a flying hotel.

            Mia gestured to a seat, but Leena was hesitant to take it.  If this was a hotel, then she didn't have the money to pay for her night's stay, let alone breakfast.  "I'm sorry," She said a little sheepishly.  "I don't have any money with me.  Ya see I kinda got lost and-"

            "Oh don't worry about it," Mia waved off her concern.  "We'll take you wherever you want to go from here."

            "Really?"  Leena stared in disbelief.  

            "Sure, you looked like you had a hard day," Mia winked at her.  "Consider this on the house."

            "I… I don't know how to thank you."

            "Hey like I said don't worry about it.  Now sit down and eat up."  Mia blushed, "I'm afraid we don't have a menu really.  We only have the one cook, and he doesn't usually feel like cooking more than one breakfast."

            "That's fine with me," said Leena.  I'm starving!…  Hey,"

            "Is something wrong?"  Mia looked puzzled.

            "I… You didn't see a little Zoid follow me out of my room did you?"  Leena looked around suddenly realizing Harry was missing.

            "Yeah, is he not there?"  Mia got up and looked over Leena. "Oh dear… I'll-"

            "Don't worry about it."  A familiar female voice called.  A young girl, about 5 feet 3 entered the room with little Harry under her arm.  Harry protested noisily, drawing the attention of the other guests.  "I found this little guy snooping around by the kitchen."

            "Megumi!"  Leena stared.  It was no other than Megumi Bogard, who had joined the team for a short while, due to a bet her father had lost.  That's where she had heard the name Bogard before.

            "Great timing," said Mia.  It was only now that Mia was much, taller than she had first thought.  She must be 5 foot 8. 

            "Are you… sisters?"

            They both laughed.  "Naw," said Megumi, "This is my first cousin, she's a pain in the ass, along with her brother Andy."

            Mia shook her head, "This one holds a grudge."  She said pointing to Megumi who retaliated by sticking her tongue out.  "Though I can't believe she didn't already tell you what a holy terror her family is."

            "That's because everyone but you and Andy are cool."

            Leena took Harry who still protested being passed around.  "Stop it Harry!"  Leena was beginning to blush at all the attention she was getting.  The little Dark Horn ceased reluctantly, and everyone turned back to their meals.

            Mia and Megumi both looked at Leena stunned.  "Did you just call that thing 'Harry'?" 

            "Well, yes."  Said Leena, sitting down to her breakfast.  Harry  swiveled his rifle around to shoot at the other guests.  "No Harry!  You just sit there and be good.  Understand?"  The little Zoid  plopped, or rather clattered down to the floor with a peeved noise, muttering to itself.  Leena picked up the knife and fork and sighed.  Megumi and Mia sat on either side of here.  "It's a rather long story…"

            "Well do tell," said Megumi picking up her utensils as well.

            "Yeah."  Mia had already eaten, and sat attentively on Leena's right.

            "Well ya see… I might as well start at the beginning, when I first met Harry Champ."  Leena sighed and took a bit out of her toast. 

~-~-~-~-Flash Back-~-~-~-~-~-~

=)

Leon and Leena's mother had just passed away after being very sick.  Their father hadn't taken it very well, and so they were often looked after by Oscar, Jamie's father.  Everyday, Oscar would take them to a park in the middle of the city.  It was an enormous park, especially for little kids.  The park had swings, a merry-go-round, and a big toy that was sort of like a castle… Well, it had a steering wheel on it by the slides, though no one was quite sure why.

One day, when Leena and Jamie, and Leon went to play on the big toy, kids were already there.  It wasn't normally a big deal, none of the kids were any bigger than them, except maybe the girl, who didn't seem to care for the big toy that much.  But as They went to get on the big toy, two boys jumped in their way.

"What's the big deal?"  Asked Leon, though only a few years older, he was appreciably bigger than the two boys.

"This is the Champ space ship, no aliens aloud on board!"

"What makes us aliens?"  Jamie asked.

"Uh… You weren't here first!"

"Yeah!"  A third voice piped in.  A little boy with sandy brown hair and green-blue eyes jumped down to join his comrades.  "I'm Harry Champ, and this is my ship so get off!"

"It's not your ship!"  Leena yelled pushing past the boys so she was at eye level with Harry.  "It's not like your king of the world ya know you have to share!"

"Oh yeah, well… uh… I'm gonna be king someday, so there, and then I'll own everything."  Harry retorted.

"Well 'prince Harry' you're not king yet, so you have to share!"  Leena said back waving her little arms around.

"Oh yeah… well then this is my castle!"  Harry said backing up a little.

"I thought you said it's a space ship," said Jamie from the back.  Leon sniggered.

"It's… A spaceship castle so there!  And it's mine so get off!"

"Well I guess it's ok for a prince to have a castle," Jamie conceded, and Leon nodded.  Leena however wasn't going to be defeated that easily.

"Alright if You're a prince then I'm a princess, and this is my brother which makes him a prince so now you have to share."

Harry balked, the pink haired girl was way to competitive.  "So?  Why do you have to stay here!  This is my castle… spaceship!"

"So she can marry you and you can be king."  The older girl, about Leon's age finally spoke.  So, you have to let her play or you'll never be king and rule everything like you said." 

"Shut up Marry!"  Harry yowled.

"Suit yourself," with a self-satisfied grin, Marry slid down the slide and headed for the merry-go-round… ironic yes?

"Ha!"  Said Leena triumphantly, "Now we can play!"

Harry groaned, his sister had ruined everything.  Now he'd have to let the other kids play.

"Hey, you have to be nice to her now Harry," said one of his friends.

"Yeah," piped in the other, "'cause ya have to bring her flowers and stuff."

"And you have to kiss and hold hands and stuff," Leon sniggered.

"EWWW!"  Cried Harry and Leena in unison, then all the kids started to chase them around the big toy, which quickly turned into a game of tag.

Thus began every day at the park, The Champs and the Torros' met at the same time and the same place.  Though the games varied, they still teased Leena and Harry about being prince and princess. Until…

"So you're leaving tomorrow?"  Leena was about to cry.  She didn't want to lose a good friend like him.

"Yeah…"   Harry wouldn't look at her.  They'd known each other for two years, and now they'd never see each other again.  It wasn't fair.  He picked up a big box that was at his feet.  He liked to fiddle with things, especially toys, and he'd been working on a special toy.  Now that he was going away though…

"Here," he said holding out the box to Leena.  She took it, and nearly dropped it 'cause it was so heavy… and it moved.  She unwrapped the peasant, holding back tears.

"Oh…"  It was a little model toy Zoid.  A Dark Horn, and it moved all on its own. 

"I want you to be good for Leena, and do as she says.  The little zoid made a cute cry and jumped into Leena's waiting arms.  She started crying then.  "Leena… what?"

"I didn't bring anything for you…"

"That's ok."  He knew her family was poor, so he didn't mind.

"No!"  Leena pulled a small wreath of flowers from her head.  It was a fake crown Marry had made for her.  She gave it to him, and kissed him on the lips.  She surprised herself so much, she couldn't do anything but say good-bye, and run away.

Which left Harry standing alone with a flower wreath in his hand.  They were forget-me-nots.

~-~-~-~-~-~-End Flashback-~-~-~-~-~-~

The dinning room had cleared except for three girls.  Leena's face was buried in her hands.  Megumi gaped at her, and Mia was crying.

"How horrible!"  Mia said shaking, "And to think you never saw each other again.  So you named the Zoid Harry in honor of your first love…."  She started sobbing again, and Leena was blushing, desperately making panicked gestures. 

"He… He wasn't my first love… We were just good friends that's all!"

"So then why would you name that thing after Harry?"  Megumi sounded not at all convinced.

"Because I was eight years old, and I wasn't all that creative ok?"  Leena was getting no help, "And besides I missed him.  But that was it!"

"But, but, you never saw him again!"  Mia was drying her bleary eyes.

"Yeah she did," Megumi put in before Leena could say anything.

It was Megumi's turn to get gaped ate.  "She was the one he rambled on about being his true love and everything."  Megumi didn't look at them, but her voice sounded odd, and Mia looked away.

"Anyways," Leena said, trying to clear the tension, "What was I gonna call him?  Cupcake?"  The all laughed, and Leena looked down for her little pet.  Only to find he was missing again.  "Gah!"

"He probably went to the kitchen again, it's straight down the hall, last door on the left."  Megumi and Mia also got up.

"We'll look everywhere else for him, he couldn't have gotten far."  Mia said nodding to Megumi.  They took off in opposite directions with Leena running down the hall.  She wasn't worried about Harry really, he was well equipped to defend himself, it was whoever found it she was worried about.  All the doors were locked except for the last one on the left, which she could see light coming out of.  She could also see Harry's tail disappearing through the door.

            "HARRY!!  You come back here this instant!"  The little Zoid stopped and turned to look at her, then whirled around and was on his way again.  "You are in SO much trouble!"  She screamed at it, though she didn't know what exactly she could do to punish the little robot.

Leena ran around the corner, and almost over the little Zoid, as he had slowed to a sort of creep in the kitchen.  It was a fair kitchen, not as big as she would have expected, but with all the other big rooms she supposed it made sense.  Harry slowly walked up behind someone who was washing dishes.  Leena had been so distracted she'd forgotten about him.

"Harry no!"  Leena was afraid Harry would fire on the man, but instead, he just pounced on the shoe and gnawed on his ankle.  This didn't surprise the man any less however as he made a yelp and jumped away from the sink.  Leena Gasped.  It took a moment to register the identity of the man, but fairly soon a light clicked in Leena's head, and she recognized him.

"Harry?"