*eyes go wide at exactly HOW many people have tried to get the Diamond Tigress's Jager-like
form, and how many got it right* I'm serious! You guys are great!
Now, on to the dedication. *sighs* I don't know how to set this up. I just I'll just do it
like last time, except the person who got the answer right first is in the dedication, all the
other reviewers who got it right are in the noteworthy.
The answer was: Sapphire Tigress. A few of you also guessed for the Schneider, so the correct
answer is Ruby. I don't know I didn't choose Topaz for that; I just liked the way Ruby Tigress
sounds.
This part is dedicated to Alexpuppy.
Noteworthy: Squall Leonhart, Dany Mitchell, animeluvr, Dark Angel Himeko, Rene, PsycoticFox,
Gundam Deathscythe Hell, Teefa85, Exodia Or Like It, Tina, and Naomi Hunter.
With that finished, I don't own Zoids! But I do Harmony Leo, the Zoids Festival, the Songbird,
the Diamond Tigress and it's (well, the Tigress is a girl...) CAS system, and Volume 10, Number
4 or "Animerica", which goes into a lovely description of Zoids, including the transformation
armor of the Liger Zero.
I'd like to thank my "Solitude" candle for getting me through this chapter.
Quote of the Fic: "The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we
are for what we could become." Charles du Bois
Part Four of "Diamond Tigress"
'Meeting You Again'
~~
Leena's back stiffened, but then she relaxed. "I always knew I would have to see them again.
I just didn't know when. I'll talk to them, be a sister, a daughter, and a friend like always,
but at the end of the festival, you and I will be the Damasu team, and they'll be the Blitz
team."
Harmony looked at her friend and grinned, "I never thought you could be so... philosophical."
Leena shrugged, shutting down her laptop. "Anyhow, I suggest we go to bed. We have 13 days to
get that town, and it's going to be a 5 day travel from where we are now."
Harmony shrugged. "Transform the Tigress into Sapphire, and I'll let the Songbird's full
thrusters kick in."
Leena nodded, curling into her bedroll underneath her beloved Tigress. "I could do that...
Anyhow, I want to be to the town as soon as possible. You know they give out the rooms in the
hotels as first come, first serve. Besides, I want to get a look at all the incoming Zoids and
their pilots."
Harmony, who was about to reply, just shut her mouth. It wasn't worth it to talk, Leena was
already asleep, or she had gotten better at playing possum.
~~
"Do you think Leena will be there Dad?" Leon asked his father.
"If I know her, and I do, I think she will." Steve said, sighing.
Brad, Bit, and Jamie had long since gone to bed, leaving father and son in a game of 500 Rummy.
This was their seventh game that night.
"I wonder how much she, and Harmony for that matter, have changed."
"I don't know Leon, but something has been bothering me. Leena now pilots the Diamond Tigress,
but what happened to her Gunsniper? I read over her profile again, and it mentioned nothing on
her old Gunsniper. Brad's old Command Wolf is listed in his profile, and all of the Zoids that
Harry has destroyed are listed, but the Gunsniper isn't."
"Can pilots ask that old Zoid information be withheld?" Leon asked his father.
"I don't know. I never asked, but I guess that's it possible. Maybe I should ask the ZBC..."
Steve said, and went over to the computer and dialed the phone for the ZBC, totally forgetting
about the card game.
"May I help you, member of the Blitz team?" a voice said after a moment of elevator music.
(Authoress: I'm sorry! I just had to say that 'member of the Blitz team' thing!)
"Yes. On the profile of the pilots, is it possible for old Zoid information to be withheld?
Like if my son had a... Gunsniper, and he now piloted a... Blade Liger. Is it possible for the
information on the Gunsniper to be withheld?" Steve asked.
A moment of silence filled the air, and then the voice replied. "Under extreme circumstances,
yes. Information on old Zoids can be withheld if the pilot requests it, and if the reason
they wish it to be withheld is important enough."
Steve and Leon looked at each other, and then the father turned back to the ZBC. "That's all.
Thank you."
"You're welcome," the ZBC member replied, before the line between the two speakers
disconnected.
Leon turned to father. "Why do you think that Leena would wish that information on her old
Gunsniper be withheld?"
Steve shrugged, and then yawned. "I don't know. That's something we'll have to ask Leena when
we see her again. I suggest we go to bed, though, and dream of all that prize money we'll win
in the festival!"
Leon laughed as his father left the room. "Dad will never changed... but why would you want
him to?"
Leon put the cards away and threw the scratch paper in the trash. After a final look around,
Leon turned the room's light switch off, and then quietly walked off towards his bedroom.
~~
Harmony and Leena both got an early start the next morning. After getting their breakfast
stuff put away, the two got ready to leave.
Now, you must be wondering how the girls kept all their items. If you're not, humor me and
say you are. Anyhow, under both the Tigress and the Songbird's (pilot) seats, the girls kept
their belongings. Harmony's Songbird has two seats, so the girls put their duffle bags (filled
with clothes and other necessities) on the second seat in her Zoid. Food was kept under both
of the Songbird's seats, in a cooler like place (the cooking equipment was stored in with the
duffle bags). Leena's Tigress had room for only one pilot, and underneath Leena's seat were
tools for fixing their Zoids. Now, keep in mind that most of the time that Leena and Harmony
ate and slept in a town, but they did have some food for travels like this, and parts that
could fix their Zoids until they got to the next town. Seeing the girl's organization skill
for their supplies was always interesting, especially when one of them needed a tool from the
bottom of the 'tool chest'.
Leena grinned as the Tigress bent her head down a bit so that it would be easier for Leena to
get in. Harmony got into her Zoid by such ease that one could tell how much Harmony was used
to getting in and out of the Songbird. Leena got into her Tigress, and then checked for anyone
coming.
Harmony took off, and then told Leena all was clear for 50 yards (about 45 meters).
"Thanks Harm. Diamond Tigress changing into Sapphire Tigress in: five, four, three, two, one.
Transformation begin."
The same energy field that had surrounded the Zoid in the transformation to Emerald had once
again surrounded the Zoid. When it cleared, the Tigress was a dark blue Zoid. The Zoid had a
large Ion Booster on the back, and one side thruster on each of the sides (Authoress: Thank you
"Animerica"!).
Harmony had watched the transformation as she always had. Not that she didn't know what to
expect, she just wanted to make sure that nothing interfered with the transformation. Last
time someone had interfered, Leena had to be hospitalized for a week. "Ready to go Leena?"
Leena nodded over the COM-link. "Let's go. Boosters reading full power. Tigress, take me
away!"
Harmony quickly set her Zoid at maximum speed, piloting it with ease. The maximum speed of the
Songbird was close to Leena's Sapphire Tigress, but the Sapphire Tigress could still go
faster. The Sapphire Tigress's ultimate speed was about 205 mph (about 330 kph), while the
Songbird's best speed was about 180 mph (about 290 kph).
"Nothing's coming on radar," Harmony told Leena.
"Good. We can keep these speeds for about an hour. After that, I suggest that we slow the
Zoids down a bit, but still keep them at a faster pace than normal. Let me know if you spot
anything, or it Songbird's temperature becomes too warm."
"You don't have to baby me Leena. Just because you might have an Ultimate X, doesn't mean us
lowly pilots can't keep up with you." Harmony said.
"Who are you calling lowly?" Naomi asked, appearing on the COM-link line.
Leena checked her radar; Naomi was a few miles away, but she could hear their conversation on
the COM-link.
"Hey Naomi. What's up?" Leena asked.
"Not much. Just finished up a battle, and thought I would head to the festival." Naomi replied.
"Hoping to see lover boy?" Harmony asked.
Both Leena and Harmony tried to hide their giggles at the shade of red Naomi was turning.
"I do not love Brad!" Naomi said.
Leena, still trying to smother her giggles, nodded. "Sure. Yeah, and next week Harry and I
are getting married."
Harmony's face suddenly had a look of fake sobriety, "You are? I don't have enough time to buy
you guys a gift! What am I going to wear?! Where are we going to put the wedding dress?"
Leena joined in on the fun, "Oh, we'll just stick it under my seat, next to the oil can."
Naomi grinned. "I have room in my Gunsniper."
Harmony was the one who sobered up completely first, "Well, at any rate, I have a feeling the
Blitz team will be there, and then both of you can see your 'boyfriends'."
Leena and Naomi both growled, and the glared at Harmony.
"You think she could live up to her name, but of course not! She has to be the difficult one."
Leena mumbled under her breath.
"Really!" Naomi replied.
~~
"Hey, Brad, do you think Naomi will be there?" Bit asked, his voice a mixture of sarcasm and
slyness.
Brad, who was taking a sip of water, promptly spit it back out. "Well... well..."
Jamie sighed. Bit and Brad had been teasing each other back and forth all day. Bit would
talk about Naomi, and then Brad would retort about Leena. Just when you thought that the
argument was over, someone would start it up again.
Leon, who was also growing tired of the constant quips between the two, looked to his father.
Well, Steve wasn't going to be much help to anybody. He had long since stopped listening to
Bit and Brad, and was now ignoring everybody by reading a magazine, with earplugs in.
~~
That night, the girls were camping out, enjoying the beautiful weather.
"How much longer do you think it'll take to get to the festival?" Naomi asked Leena.
"According to the map, about 2 more days if we keep up the speeds we used today.
We covered a much larger area then I thought we would." Leena said.
"See, us lowly Zoids pilots can keep up with an Ultimate X!" Harmony said.
Naomi frowned, "Anyhow... Harmony, I have a question for you."
"What?"
"How did you get named Harmony?" Naomi asked, her face completely straight.
Harmony shrugged. "I don't know. My parents never told me."
Leena shook her head and sighed, "We should go to bed now, we have a long day ahead of us."
~~
Three Days Later... (Authoress: Did you really want to read about the Brad and Bit arguing, and
the girls just joking around? I didn't think so.)
The Blitz team had just arrived at the festival. Each pilot was amazed by the activity.
"I don't think I've ever seen so many pilots in one place!" Jamie said, amazed.
"Brad!" Naomi called.
"Naomi!" Brad yelled, and turned around to face Naomi.
With Naomi were two girls. One had blonde hair, and the other had red hair.
"Who are you're friends Naomi?" Brad asked.
Naomi looked shocked. "You don't remember your old teammate Leena?"
"Leena?!" Bit asked.
~~
I think I'm getting off the sudden interest in cliffhangers.
Oh yes, I know someone is going to ask this. The reason the Blitz team didn't notice Leena
right away, even though they saw her picture in her profile. The picture is retaken every 2
years, and Leena's picture is when she's 20. She'll have to retake her picture next year.
Anyhow... everyone is at the festival now (well, besides Harry, but he'll come in next
chapter), so what is going to happen?
Anyhow (once again), PLEASE REVIEW!!! I love reviews!!! Reviews make me write faster...
Peace, Love, and the Moon!
Moonfairy2000
P.S.: For those who care, I'm developing the plot for the Van/Fiona fic. I don't know when
it'll be done though...
form, and how many got it right* I'm serious! You guys are great!
Now, on to the dedication. *sighs* I don't know how to set this up. I just I'll just do it
like last time, except the person who got the answer right first is in the dedication, all the
other reviewers who got it right are in the noteworthy.
The answer was: Sapphire Tigress. A few of you also guessed for the Schneider, so the correct
answer is Ruby. I don't know I didn't choose Topaz for that; I just liked the way Ruby Tigress
sounds.
This part is dedicated to Alexpuppy.
Noteworthy: Squall Leonhart, Dany Mitchell, animeluvr, Dark Angel Himeko, Rene, PsycoticFox,
Gundam Deathscythe Hell, Teefa85, Exodia Or Like It, Tina, and Naomi Hunter.
With that finished, I don't own Zoids! But I do Harmony Leo, the Zoids Festival, the Songbird,
the Diamond Tigress and it's (well, the Tigress is a girl...) CAS system, and Volume 10, Number
4 or "Animerica", which goes into a lovely description of Zoids, including the transformation
armor of the Liger Zero.
I'd like to thank my "Solitude" candle for getting me through this chapter.
Quote of the Fic: "The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we
are for what we could become." Charles du Bois
Part Four of "Diamond Tigress"
'Meeting You Again'
~~
Leena's back stiffened, but then she relaxed. "I always knew I would have to see them again.
I just didn't know when. I'll talk to them, be a sister, a daughter, and a friend like always,
but at the end of the festival, you and I will be the Damasu team, and they'll be the Blitz
team."
Harmony looked at her friend and grinned, "I never thought you could be so... philosophical."
Leena shrugged, shutting down her laptop. "Anyhow, I suggest we go to bed. We have 13 days to
get that town, and it's going to be a 5 day travel from where we are now."
Harmony shrugged. "Transform the Tigress into Sapphire, and I'll let the Songbird's full
thrusters kick in."
Leena nodded, curling into her bedroll underneath her beloved Tigress. "I could do that...
Anyhow, I want to be to the town as soon as possible. You know they give out the rooms in the
hotels as first come, first serve. Besides, I want to get a look at all the incoming Zoids and
their pilots."
Harmony, who was about to reply, just shut her mouth. It wasn't worth it to talk, Leena was
already asleep, or she had gotten better at playing possum.
~~
"Do you think Leena will be there Dad?" Leon asked his father.
"If I know her, and I do, I think she will." Steve said, sighing.
Brad, Bit, and Jamie had long since gone to bed, leaving father and son in a game of 500 Rummy.
This was their seventh game that night.
"I wonder how much she, and Harmony for that matter, have changed."
"I don't know Leon, but something has been bothering me. Leena now pilots the Diamond Tigress,
but what happened to her Gunsniper? I read over her profile again, and it mentioned nothing on
her old Gunsniper. Brad's old Command Wolf is listed in his profile, and all of the Zoids that
Harry has destroyed are listed, but the Gunsniper isn't."
"Can pilots ask that old Zoid information be withheld?" Leon asked his father.
"I don't know. I never asked, but I guess that's it possible. Maybe I should ask the ZBC..."
Steve said, and went over to the computer and dialed the phone for the ZBC, totally forgetting
about the card game.
"May I help you, member of the Blitz team?" a voice said after a moment of elevator music.
(Authoress: I'm sorry! I just had to say that 'member of the Blitz team' thing!)
"Yes. On the profile of the pilots, is it possible for old Zoid information to be withheld?
Like if my son had a... Gunsniper, and he now piloted a... Blade Liger. Is it possible for the
information on the Gunsniper to be withheld?" Steve asked.
A moment of silence filled the air, and then the voice replied. "Under extreme circumstances,
yes. Information on old Zoids can be withheld if the pilot requests it, and if the reason
they wish it to be withheld is important enough."
Steve and Leon looked at each other, and then the father turned back to the ZBC. "That's all.
Thank you."
"You're welcome," the ZBC member replied, before the line between the two speakers
disconnected.
Leon turned to father. "Why do you think that Leena would wish that information on her old
Gunsniper be withheld?"
Steve shrugged, and then yawned. "I don't know. That's something we'll have to ask Leena when
we see her again. I suggest we go to bed, though, and dream of all that prize money we'll win
in the festival!"
Leon laughed as his father left the room. "Dad will never changed... but why would you want
him to?"
Leon put the cards away and threw the scratch paper in the trash. After a final look around,
Leon turned the room's light switch off, and then quietly walked off towards his bedroom.
~~
Harmony and Leena both got an early start the next morning. After getting their breakfast
stuff put away, the two got ready to leave.
Now, you must be wondering how the girls kept all their items. If you're not, humor me and
say you are. Anyhow, under both the Tigress and the Songbird's (pilot) seats, the girls kept
their belongings. Harmony's Songbird has two seats, so the girls put their duffle bags (filled
with clothes and other necessities) on the second seat in her Zoid. Food was kept under both
of the Songbird's seats, in a cooler like place (the cooking equipment was stored in with the
duffle bags). Leena's Tigress had room for only one pilot, and underneath Leena's seat were
tools for fixing their Zoids. Now, keep in mind that most of the time that Leena and Harmony
ate and slept in a town, but they did have some food for travels like this, and parts that
could fix their Zoids until they got to the next town. Seeing the girl's organization skill
for their supplies was always interesting, especially when one of them needed a tool from the
bottom of the 'tool chest'.
Leena grinned as the Tigress bent her head down a bit so that it would be easier for Leena to
get in. Harmony got into her Zoid by such ease that one could tell how much Harmony was used
to getting in and out of the Songbird. Leena got into her Tigress, and then checked for anyone
coming.
Harmony took off, and then told Leena all was clear for 50 yards (about 45 meters).
"Thanks Harm. Diamond Tigress changing into Sapphire Tigress in: five, four, three, two, one.
Transformation begin."
The same energy field that had surrounded the Zoid in the transformation to Emerald had once
again surrounded the Zoid. When it cleared, the Tigress was a dark blue Zoid. The Zoid had a
large Ion Booster on the back, and one side thruster on each of the sides (Authoress: Thank you
"Animerica"!).
Harmony had watched the transformation as she always had. Not that she didn't know what to
expect, she just wanted to make sure that nothing interfered with the transformation. Last
time someone had interfered, Leena had to be hospitalized for a week. "Ready to go Leena?"
Leena nodded over the COM-link. "Let's go. Boosters reading full power. Tigress, take me
away!"
Harmony quickly set her Zoid at maximum speed, piloting it with ease. The maximum speed of the
Songbird was close to Leena's Sapphire Tigress, but the Sapphire Tigress could still go
faster. The Sapphire Tigress's ultimate speed was about 205 mph (about 330 kph), while the
Songbird's best speed was about 180 mph (about 290 kph).
"Nothing's coming on radar," Harmony told Leena.
"Good. We can keep these speeds for about an hour. After that, I suggest that we slow the
Zoids down a bit, but still keep them at a faster pace than normal. Let me know if you spot
anything, or it Songbird's temperature becomes too warm."
"You don't have to baby me Leena. Just because you might have an Ultimate X, doesn't mean us
lowly pilots can't keep up with you." Harmony said.
"Who are you calling lowly?" Naomi asked, appearing on the COM-link line.
Leena checked her radar; Naomi was a few miles away, but she could hear their conversation on
the COM-link.
"Hey Naomi. What's up?" Leena asked.
"Not much. Just finished up a battle, and thought I would head to the festival." Naomi replied.
"Hoping to see lover boy?" Harmony asked.
Both Leena and Harmony tried to hide their giggles at the shade of red Naomi was turning.
"I do not love Brad!" Naomi said.
Leena, still trying to smother her giggles, nodded. "Sure. Yeah, and next week Harry and I
are getting married."
Harmony's face suddenly had a look of fake sobriety, "You are? I don't have enough time to buy
you guys a gift! What am I going to wear?! Where are we going to put the wedding dress?"
Leena joined in on the fun, "Oh, we'll just stick it under my seat, next to the oil can."
Naomi grinned. "I have room in my Gunsniper."
Harmony was the one who sobered up completely first, "Well, at any rate, I have a feeling the
Blitz team will be there, and then both of you can see your 'boyfriends'."
Leena and Naomi both growled, and the glared at Harmony.
"You think she could live up to her name, but of course not! She has to be the difficult one."
Leena mumbled under her breath.
"Really!" Naomi replied.
~~
"Hey, Brad, do you think Naomi will be there?" Bit asked, his voice a mixture of sarcasm and
slyness.
Brad, who was taking a sip of water, promptly spit it back out. "Well... well..."
Jamie sighed. Bit and Brad had been teasing each other back and forth all day. Bit would
talk about Naomi, and then Brad would retort about Leena. Just when you thought that the
argument was over, someone would start it up again.
Leon, who was also growing tired of the constant quips between the two, looked to his father.
Well, Steve wasn't going to be much help to anybody. He had long since stopped listening to
Bit and Brad, and was now ignoring everybody by reading a magazine, with earplugs in.
~~
That night, the girls were camping out, enjoying the beautiful weather.
"How much longer do you think it'll take to get to the festival?" Naomi asked Leena.
"According to the map, about 2 more days if we keep up the speeds we used today.
We covered a much larger area then I thought we would." Leena said.
"See, us lowly Zoids pilots can keep up with an Ultimate X!" Harmony said.
Naomi frowned, "Anyhow... Harmony, I have a question for you."
"What?"
"How did you get named Harmony?" Naomi asked, her face completely straight.
Harmony shrugged. "I don't know. My parents never told me."
Leena shook her head and sighed, "We should go to bed now, we have a long day ahead of us."
~~
Three Days Later... (Authoress: Did you really want to read about the Brad and Bit arguing, and
the girls just joking around? I didn't think so.)
The Blitz team had just arrived at the festival. Each pilot was amazed by the activity.
"I don't think I've ever seen so many pilots in one place!" Jamie said, amazed.
"Brad!" Naomi called.
"Naomi!" Brad yelled, and turned around to face Naomi.
With Naomi were two girls. One had blonde hair, and the other had red hair.
"Who are you're friends Naomi?" Brad asked.
Naomi looked shocked. "You don't remember your old teammate Leena?"
"Leena?!" Bit asked.
~~
I think I'm getting off the sudden interest in cliffhangers.
Oh yes, I know someone is going to ask this. The reason the Blitz team didn't notice Leena
right away, even though they saw her picture in her profile. The picture is retaken every 2
years, and Leena's picture is when she's 20. She'll have to retake her picture next year.
Anyhow... everyone is at the festival now (well, besides Harry, but he'll come in next
chapter), so what is going to happen?
Anyhow (once again), PLEASE REVIEW!!! I love reviews!!! Reviews make me write faster...
Peace, Love, and the Moon!
Moonfairy2000
P.S.: For those who care, I'm developing the plot for the Van/Fiona fic. I don't know when
it'll be done though...