*Re-reads the last note in part two* I guess I did promise you guys the more reviews you gave
me; the faster I would write this part.
A lot of you guessed in the challenge I had at the end of part two. Most of you guessed
correctly, and one of you guessed exactly right. That's why I decided to do a dedication and a
noteworthy. If you got part of it right, than you're in the noteworthy, if you got it exactly
right, you're in the dedication. And, since I got so many replies (I never thought I would get
this many!), you had to get it exactly right to get the dedication.
The answer was: The Emerald is the like the Liger's Panzer system.
This is dedicated to Teefa85.
Noteworthy: Vitani the steamed bun, cleopatra, Gundam Deathscythe Hell, animeluvr, B.K.ROCS,
Raven, Naomi Hunter, riderfan, Jay Cloud*, and Johad.
Thanks for reviewing and guessing you guys, it means a lot to me!
For those of you who wanted Naomi... don't worry, her appearance will be in the next part.
Oh yes, Parasite Death, you may have a fork, but I have THE Magic Spoon of Death!
By the way, for the next two or three chapters, the reasonableness of "Class A", "Class B",
"Class S", and so on and so forth, has been thrown out of my second story window. When it
comes back from the hospital, I'll let you know. Taking the place of "Class " is its sister, "Division ". So, all teams will be referred by
solo, double, triple, and quadruple (meaning the number of pilots in the team).
Anyhow, I don't own Zoids, but I do own Harmony, the Songbird, and the Diamond/Emerald Tigress.
Quote of the Fic: "Blood is thicker than water, oh, but love is thicker than blood." Garth
Brooks, "Thicker than Blood"
Part Three of "Diamond Tigress"
'Invitations'
~~
"Thanks," Leena said, before taking a deep breath, "Diamond Tigress, changing to Emerald
Tigress in: five, four, three, two, one. Transformation begin."
Courtney and Brandon stopped in their tracks, totally mystified, as the white Tigress Zoid,
suddenly became surrounded in a green energy field. The field enclosed on the Zoid, and when
the energy field vanished, the Tigress was all green, with a heavy arsenal (much like that of
the Wild Weasel Unit that Leena had on her Gunsniper) had appeared.
"Transformation from Diamond to Emerald is complete!" Leena quipped.
Harmony grinned and suddenly attacked the Blade Ligers, making their pilots come back to the
real world.
~~
"Did you guys see that?" Jamie asked, awestruck.
"That Zoid did a complete transformation without retreating to a base. The pilot managed
to do it in an open battle!" Bit said eyes wide.
"That Zoid has to be an Ultimate X!" Leon said, his eyes wider than Bit's.
"I have to have that Zoid! It's so rare!" Steve cried out.
~~
"Leena, don't go overboard!" Harmony warned her friend as she dodged some fire.
"I won't!" Leena replied, as she attacked Courtney Blade Liger. Courtney was able to dodge
most of the fire, but a shot still made contact with the left back leg.
"Urghh!" Courtney yelled as Leena fired again on the Blade Liger. With the injured leg, and
the added missiles that just came at her, the Blade Liger went down.
"Courtney!" Brandon yelled as he turned to fire on Leena, before suddenly getting fired on
from the sky.
"Forget about me?" Harmony asked, as she fired another round on the Blade Liger.
"No fair!" Brandon said as the words "System Freeze" appeared on his view screen.
"The battle is over! The battle is over! The winner is the Damasu team!" the Judge announced.
~~
"Jamie, see if the ZBC has any information on their database about the Damasu team. They
should." Doc said.
Jamie, still a bit startled from seeing a Zoid change it's battle armor in battle, quickly
got over to the main computer.
"Well?" Brad asked, after a few minutes of typing had filled the silence.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Jamie said, his voice held so even it surprised the
others. Leon got up and went to see why.
Leon began to read the bio aloud. "Leena Taurus, age twenty-one, main pilot of the Damasu
team. Leena pilots the Ultimate X Zoid: Diamond Tigress..."
Bit interrupted Leon. "Leena pilots an Ultimate X?!"
Brad smirked. "I guess we know what Leena has been doing these past three years. Piloting an
Ultimate X."
Leon turned around and nodded. "Let me continue. The Diamond Tigress is one of the few Zoids
who have the ability to change their armor during a battle. The Tigress has the extra ability
to change in the middle of a battle. It doesn't list the transformations though... instead it
just states that the information on what the Tigress transforms into was withheld by Leena."
The information suddenly made sense to Steve. "I don't blame Leena for making sure the
transformations stays a secret. It's a good reason to call the team the Damasu team.
The opposing doesn't know what to expect from whatever Leena changes into to. Who was piloting
the other Zoid?"
Jamie typed for a few seconds. "Her name is Harmony Leo, age twenty."
Steve interrupted Jamie. "It figures Leena would team up with Harmony. They were best friends
growing up."
Jamie continued reading. "Pilot of the Songbird. Harmony is the team's strategist, but she
almost always fights in the battles with Leena. Her Zoid isn't an Ultimate X, just rare."
~~
"That team wasn't that tough." Harmony remarked before Leena changed the Emerald Tigress back
into the Diamond Tigress.
Leena reopened the COM-link, and smiled. "I agree. There is a reason we chose the team name
of Damasu. It should set off a warning to their minds to be after careful, shouldn't it?"
Harmony nodded, and then took off, "Alright, let's get to the town. The Zoids festival is
coming up, and you know we were invited."
"If you give me a minute to check with the Commission I could show you the actual invitation."
Leena mumbled, before letting the Tigress run on it's own.
Harmony glared at Leena. "Did you say something, Lee?"
"No, of course not. Run, Tigress, run!" Leena said, laughing, as the Tigress picked up speed.
Harmony sighed, and followed her best friend, hidden well by the cloud cover.
~~
"Hey, Doc! The invitation for the Zoids festival just came!" Jamie yelled, sitting at the
computer.
"Really?" Doc said as he looked over Jamie's shoulder.
Leon noticed something when he began to read it. "Let's see... Hey! In the corner, you can
click and see who else received an invitation."
Jamie clicked on the icon. "Let's see... here we are... the Damasu team was invited, and so was
Naomi."
Brad almost choked on his water. "Naomi is going to be there?!"
Jamie nodded. "And Harry got invited."
Bit chucked. "Harry had to have paid somebody off to get an invitation. Wait, you said the
Damasu team was invited. That means Leena will be there!"
Steve grinned. "Jamie, set the course for the town where the Zoids festival is!"
Once a year, the ZBC held the Zoids festival. Teams from each division (solos, doubles,
triples, and quadruples) were invited to participate in the activities. The only requirement
to get an invitation was you had to win 70% of your battles (which explains the Harry joke).
The festival was a place for the teams to have fun and enjoy the various things, like the
carnival, food, games, and a nice hotel room, all for free. It was a place to make new
friends, and, occasionally, combine teams or to join new teams. There were, of course, battles
held in each of your division (solos, doubles, triples, or quadruples) to see which team was
the best of their division. Now, the battles meant nothing outside of the festival, but you
did get a trophy and some prize money if you made it in the top five of your division.
The invitations were given out two weeks before the festival began. The festival generally
lasted two weeks to three weeks (Authoress: Or as long as I need it to last...), with battles
beginning on the seventh day. You had the first week to enjoy the sights and games, but the
next week (or weeks) was battling. Other teams were welcome to watch the battles, or go out
and enjoy more of the merriment. On the last night, a dance was held. There was always a
theme for the dance, and this year was no different. The theme for the dance would be
announced three days before the dance took place. If you wanted to skip the dance, it was your
choice, but there was the extra-added fun of karaoke no matter what the theme was. Can you
count the cameras?
"So, Dad, we are going to the festival?" Leon asked.
Steve nodded. "Of course we are. Think of the prize money if we win our division."
Everyone sweatdropped.
~~
The two pilots of the Damasu team had stopped to take time to rest for the night. The team
didn't have a Zoid carrier, so they rested whenever they felt like it. Tonight, they were
sleeping out under the stars. Both Harmony and Leena realized that the Tigress was as good
as a guard dog. Instead of the normal giant computer that was in most carriers, the girls had
all their data saved on Leena's laptop computer. Harmony was getting her own laptop soon, so
Leena's didn't have to hold all the battle information.
"So, we did get an invitation." Harmony said.
Leena raised an eyebrow. "This from the girl who a few hours was so confident. Yes, we did.
So did the Blitz team, Naomi, and Harry."
Harmony had to laugh when she heard the disgust that had crept into Leena's voice over the fact
Harry got an invitation. Naomi had met Leena and Harmony a few times, and the three girls were
in constant connections with one another.
"So, do you look forward to seeing the Blitz team again?" Harmony asked, her voice gentle.
~~
*Giggles* I guess you can consider this a cliffhanger, I don't know.
Anyhow, since the last little questionnaire I did went over SO well, I'd thought I do another
one. Okay, since this fic is entitled "Diamond Tigress", and when the Diamond Tigress
transforms into the system like Liger's Panzer, it becomes Emerald, what do you think the
Tigress will be called when it transforms into the blue Jager-type system? Leave it in your
review!
Deadline: When I submit part four.
PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW! The more reviews, the faster I write!
Oh yeah, that Van/Fiona fic, I PROMISE I'LL WORK ON ONE! Anyhow, THEY KISSED! VAN AND FIONA
KISSED!!! *Moonfairy giggles* By the way, if you watched today's Zoids: Chaotic Century eppy,
VAN GREW! Geez, he grew like four feet!
Peace, Love, and the Moon!
Moonfairy2000
me; the faster I would write this part.
A lot of you guessed in the challenge I had at the end of part two. Most of you guessed
correctly, and one of you guessed exactly right. That's why I decided to do a dedication and a
noteworthy. If you got part of it right, than you're in the noteworthy, if you got it exactly
right, you're in the dedication. And, since I got so many replies (I never thought I would get
this many!), you had to get it exactly right to get the dedication.
The answer was: The Emerald is the like the Liger's Panzer system.
This is dedicated to Teefa85.
Noteworthy: Vitani the steamed bun, cleopatra, Gundam Deathscythe Hell, animeluvr, B.K.ROCS,
Raven, Naomi Hunter, riderfan, Jay Cloud*, and Johad.
Thanks for reviewing and guessing you guys, it means a lot to me!
For those of you who wanted Naomi... don't worry, her appearance will be in the next part.
Oh yes, Parasite Death, you may have a fork, but I have THE Magic Spoon of Death!
By the way, for the next two or three chapters, the reasonableness of "Class A", "Class B",
"Class S", and so on and so forth, has been thrown out of my second story window. When it
comes back from the hospital, I'll let you know. Taking the place of "Class " is its sister, "Division ". So, all teams will be referred by
solo, double, triple, and quadruple (meaning the number of pilots in the team).
Anyhow, I don't own Zoids, but I do own Harmony, the Songbird, and the Diamond/Emerald Tigress.
Quote of the Fic: "Blood is thicker than water, oh, but love is thicker than blood." Garth
Brooks, "Thicker than Blood"
Part Three of "Diamond Tigress"
'Invitations'
~~
"Thanks," Leena said, before taking a deep breath, "Diamond Tigress, changing to Emerald
Tigress in: five, four, three, two, one. Transformation begin."
Courtney and Brandon stopped in their tracks, totally mystified, as the white Tigress Zoid,
suddenly became surrounded in a green energy field. The field enclosed on the Zoid, and when
the energy field vanished, the Tigress was all green, with a heavy arsenal (much like that of
the Wild Weasel Unit that Leena had on her Gunsniper) had appeared.
"Transformation from Diamond to Emerald is complete!" Leena quipped.
Harmony grinned and suddenly attacked the Blade Ligers, making their pilots come back to the
real world.
~~
"Did you guys see that?" Jamie asked, awestruck.
"That Zoid did a complete transformation without retreating to a base. The pilot managed
to do it in an open battle!" Bit said eyes wide.
"That Zoid has to be an Ultimate X!" Leon said, his eyes wider than Bit's.
"I have to have that Zoid! It's so rare!" Steve cried out.
~~
"Leena, don't go overboard!" Harmony warned her friend as she dodged some fire.
"I won't!" Leena replied, as she attacked Courtney Blade Liger. Courtney was able to dodge
most of the fire, but a shot still made contact with the left back leg.
"Urghh!" Courtney yelled as Leena fired again on the Blade Liger. With the injured leg, and
the added missiles that just came at her, the Blade Liger went down.
"Courtney!" Brandon yelled as he turned to fire on Leena, before suddenly getting fired on
from the sky.
"Forget about me?" Harmony asked, as she fired another round on the Blade Liger.
"No fair!" Brandon said as the words "System Freeze" appeared on his view screen.
"The battle is over! The battle is over! The winner is the Damasu team!" the Judge announced.
~~
"Jamie, see if the ZBC has any information on their database about the Damasu team. They
should." Doc said.
Jamie, still a bit startled from seeing a Zoid change it's battle armor in battle, quickly
got over to the main computer.
"Well?" Brad asked, after a few minutes of typing had filled the silence.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Jamie said, his voice held so even it surprised the
others. Leon got up and went to see why.
Leon began to read the bio aloud. "Leena Taurus, age twenty-one, main pilot of the Damasu
team. Leena pilots the Ultimate X Zoid: Diamond Tigress..."
Bit interrupted Leon. "Leena pilots an Ultimate X?!"
Brad smirked. "I guess we know what Leena has been doing these past three years. Piloting an
Ultimate X."
Leon turned around and nodded. "Let me continue. The Diamond Tigress is one of the few Zoids
who have the ability to change their armor during a battle. The Tigress has the extra ability
to change in the middle of a battle. It doesn't list the transformations though... instead it
just states that the information on what the Tigress transforms into was withheld by Leena."
The information suddenly made sense to Steve. "I don't blame Leena for making sure the
transformations stays a secret. It's a good reason to call the team the Damasu team.
The opposing doesn't know what to expect from whatever Leena changes into to. Who was piloting
the other Zoid?"
Jamie typed for a few seconds. "Her name is Harmony Leo, age twenty."
Steve interrupted Jamie. "It figures Leena would team up with Harmony. They were best friends
growing up."
Jamie continued reading. "Pilot of the Songbird. Harmony is the team's strategist, but she
almost always fights in the battles with Leena. Her Zoid isn't an Ultimate X, just rare."
~~
"That team wasn't that tough." Harmony remarked before Leena changed the Emerald Tigress back
into the Diamond Tigress.
Leena reopened the COM-link, and smiled. "I agree. There is a reason we chose the team name
of Damasu. It should set off a warning to their minds to be after careful, shouldn't it?"
Harmony nodded, and then took off, "Alright, let's get to the town. The Zoids festival is
coming up, and you know we were invited."
"If you give me a minute to check with the Commission I could show you the actual invitation."
Leena mumbled, before letting the Tigress run on it's own.
Harmony glared at Leena. "Did you say something, Lee?"
"No, of course not. Run, Tigress, run!" Leena said, laughing, as the Tigress picked up speed.
Harmony sighed, and followed her best friend, hidden well by the cloud cover.
~~
"Hey, Doc! The invitation for the Zoids festival just came!" Jamie yelled, sitting at the
computer.
"Really?" Doc said as he looked over Jamie's shoulder.
Leon noticed something when he began to read it. "Let's see... Hey! In the corner, you can
click and see who else received an invitation."
Jamie clicked on the icon. "Let's see... here we are... the Damasu team was invited, and so was
Naomi."
Brad almost choked on his water. "Naomi is going to be there?!"
Jamie nodded. "And Harry got invited."
Bit chucked. "Harry had to have paid somebody off to get an invitation. Wait, you said the
Damasu team was invited. That means Leena will be there!"
Steve grinned. "Jamie, set the course for the town where the Zoids festival is!"
Once a year, the ZBC held the Zoids festival. Teams from each division (solos, doubles,
triples, and quadruples) were invited to participate in the activities. The only requirement
to get an invitation was you had to win 70% of your battles (which explains the Harry joke).
The festival was a place for the teams to have fun and enjoy the various things, like the
carnival, food, games, and a nice hotel room, all for free. It was a place to make new
friends, and, occasionally, combine teams or to join new teams. There were, of course, battles
held in each of your division (solos, doubles, triples, or quadruples) to see which team was
the best of their division. Now, the battles meant nothing outside of the festival, but you
did get a trophy and some prize money if you made it in the top five of your division.
The invitations were given out two weeks before the festival began. The festival generally
lasted two weeks to three weeks (Authoress: Or as long as I need it to last...), with battles
beginning on the seventh day. You had the first week to enjoy the sights and games, but the
next week (or weeks) was battling. Other teams were welcome to watch the battles, or go out
and enjoy more of the merriment. On the last night, a dance was held. There was always a
theme for the dance, and this year was no different. The theme for the dance would be
announced three days before the dance took place. If you wanted to skip the dance, it was your
choice, but there was the extra-added fun of karaoke no matter what the theme was. Can you
count the cameras?
"So, Dad, we are going to the festival?" Leon asked.
Steve nodded. "Of course we are. Think of the prize money if we win our division."
Everyone sweatdropped.
~~
The two pilots of the Damasu team had stopped to take time to rest for the night. The team
didn't have a Zoid carrier, so they rested whenever they felt like it. Tonight, they were
sleeping out under the stars. Both Harmony and Leena realized that the Tigress was as good
as a guard dog. Instead of the normal giant computer that was in most carriers, the girls had
all their data saved on Leena's laptop computer. Harmony was getting her own laptop soon, so
Leena's didn't have to hold all the battle information.
"So, we did get an invitation." Harmony said.
Leena raised an eyebrow. "This from the girl who a few hours was so confident. Yes, we did.
So did the Blitz team, Naomi, and Harry."
Harmony had to laugh when she heard the disgust that had crept into Leena's voice over the fact
Harry got an invitation. Naomi had met Leena and Harmony a few times, and the three girls were
in constant connections with one another.
"So, do you look forward to seeing the Blitz team again?" Harmony asked, her voice gentle.
~~
*Giggles* I guess you can consider this a cliffhanger, I don't know.
Anyhow, since the last little questionnaire I did went over SO well, I'd thought I do another
one. Okay, since this fic is entitled "Diamond Tigress", and when the Diamond Tigress
transforms into the system like Liger's Panzer, it becomes Emerald, what do you think the
Tigress will be called when it transforms into the blue Jager-type system? Leave it in your
review!
Deadline: When I submit part four.
PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW! The more reviews, the faster I write!
Oh yeah, that Van/Fiona fic, I PROMISE I'LL WORK ON ONE! Anyhow, THEY KISSED! VAN AND FIONA
KISSED!!! *Moonfairy giggles* By the way, if you watched today's Zoids: Chaotic Century eppy,
VAN GREW! Geez, he grew like four feet!
Peace, Love, and the Moon!
Moonfairy2000