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When Angels Die

Part 7

Garu37

"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Teela must be losing it, Rio! She picked a complete moron to be the new top!" declared Garu.

" Sounds like a loser to me! I can't wait to meet him!" replied Rioroute " But he can't be that stupid if he's Erts' best friend. He's probably really nice." said Rio as an afterthought. Just then, Zero and Erts walked into the room.

"There's the idiot now!" announced Gareas.

"I'LL KILL YOU!!" screamed Zero as he lunged for the older boy again. Unfortunately, Erts was unable to stop the chestnut haired boy this time. Garu laughed as he struck Zero square in the jaw, resulting in a rather large bruise. Not wanting to look defeated, Zero tried his attack again, but kicked it up a gear by using his EX to boost his speed up greatly. With this newfound velocity, Zero punched Garu in the face, knocking him unconscious.

" HA! That's what you get for calling me stupid!" taunted Zero to the unmoving Gareas.

"Hey, are you the new pilot? I'm Rioroute, but call me Rio." said Rioroute, re-entering the scene.

"Oh yeah. I'm the new pilot. My name's Zero Enna, but you can just call me Zero." replied the over-confident boy.

Erts, Zero, and Rio stepped over Gareas' still form, and proceeded to the other side of the mess hall. There, Zero met the ever-so-silent Yu Hikura and his just a quiet sister/repairer Kazuhi. Erts also introduced his own partner, Tune, and Rio's partner, Phil. Zero was then introduced to Leena Fujimura, Gareas' partner, also called the "Universal Mother".

"Oh! I met you before! You were that candidate that fell through the safety rail into Eeva Leena. Wow, you became a pilot quickly." said the long haired blonde woman, who was also the chief repairer. " I think I met your partner? Her name is Kizna? Right? I assume that you met Garu already?"

"Umm, yeah. I met him…." trailed Zero. The normally depressed Erts was trying to stifle a laugh, remembering the two's encounter.

" What's so funny?" inquired Leena.

"Zero knocked Garu out cold!" announced Rio, as Zero's face went pale, and the other two boys laughed.

"That's ok. Garu is usually a real ass!" laughed Leena. " You must have hit him hard, because nothing knocks him out! I'd watch out, though. He'll probably hunt you down like a dog and seriously injure you." said the young woman, getting a little serious.

"You shouldn't worry about Zero! He's really strong." affirmed Erts. "If he had to fight Gareas, I think he would win."

"That's right!" said Zero arrogantly.

You're the strongest person I know thought Erts, as he began to laugh again. " I want to

Show you my room, Zero, let's go." said Erts

As the two young boys walked away, Leena turned to Rioroute and said, " I never heard Erts laugh or seen him smile before. It'll be good for him to have someone his own age to hang out with" Rio nodded in agreement.

The pair walked into Erts' room. The blonde boy had filled it with trinkets and pictures in an attempt to make it seem more like home.

"Wow, your room is cool, Erts!"

"No it isn't. I still think that it's kind of empty. I don't really like it, although I spend most of my free time here."

"Because you're a telepath, and don't want ;people to touch you?"

"Exactly."

Zero glanced around the room, and planted himself onto the bed, where Erts was also sitting,. At that point, he noticed a picture.

"Hey Erts,

The blonde boy turned to look at his friend.

"What's with the picture?"

"It's….umm….to remind me of my best friend!" blurted Erts. "You were the first person to not treat me like I was carrying some sort of deadly and highly contagious disease."

"Oh, yeah. Wow, that was a stupid question." replied Zero.

Erts laughed, Fighting won't be as bad anymore thought Erts. At least as long as Zero is around!