Author's Notes
This is the next chapter earlier then usual. I got a stroke of inspiration, so I'm going to try and
type faster. ooc, spelling mistakes, technical mistakes, please review, I think I've mention it all
in previous chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own zoids. But I did come up with the idea of the zoid, you'll find out the
name later.
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While Bit was waiting for Leena he inspected the zoid.
It had really long, sharp front claws, like blades.
The armor was heavy, and the zoid seemed to have a great range of motion. It appeared to be
built for more close range combat. Bit couldn't see any guns. What on earth had Doc given
Leena this zoid for?
"Isn't it great?" Doc walked up behind Bit.
"Yeah, but is Leena gonna be able to pilot it? Close range combat isn't her specialty."
"That's what you think Bit."
"Huh?" Bit stared at Doc who was looking at the zoid.
"You're making assumptions about Leena and the zoid, which by the way is called the RaeKuma,
Leena's mother made sure she was well trained in close range combat before she passed away,
she hasn't practiced in a long time but she was quite good. Didn't you ever wonder why she
doesn't usually aim? She was never fully trained in long range combat."
Bit blinked a few times trying to absorb the new information about his team mate.
Just then the RaeKuma lowered its head and Leena stepped out, the tear tracks were still visible
on her face but she was smiling.
She walked over to her dad and Bit.
Bit asked, "Leena... are you going to be okay?" He laid a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at
him and smiled.
"Yeah Bit, I'm going to be fine."
Doc smiled, "Come on Leena, there are some things I need to talk to you about."
Leena turned her head toward her dad. Then she looked back at Bit. She smiled and took his
hand from her shoulder and gave it a squeeze before walking after her dad. Bit smiled as he
looked after the girl he now knew he loved.
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Earlier in the cockpit of the RaeKuma...
Leena sat and looked around at the controls, there were a good amount of them but they didn't
look very complex.
That's when the screen came up.
"Mom..." Leena breathed.
"Oh Leena." The woman on the screen was beautiful and looked somewhat like her daughter.
It was so weird. Leena had seen pictures of her mom but they weren't like this. It seemed to
Leena that she had seen her mom like this many times before, but couldn't place it.
"I know that you're probably upset with me for leaving you, and mad that I had to leave earlier
because of the RaeKuma, but I wanted to leave you something Leena, I wanted you to be proud
of me." Leena and the image of her mother cried simultaneously.
"So please Leena, you can pilot this zoid and bring out its full potential. I've programmed the
computer so that it will only except you or your children as pilots. And I'm not telling you the
password so you can change it." she joked. She looked down a moment and then back at Leena.
"Please Leena, take the RaeKuma and become the zoid pilot I know you dreamed of being. I will
die, but I want you to have this zoid. It's my gift to you, my legacy." She smiled through the
tears that were pouring down her face. "Do this for me Leena." she whispered. "I love you more
then you will ever know, my baby girl, and I'll always be proud of you." She smiled one last time
before the screen cut out.
Leena just sat there with tears streaming down her face until she heard a small, sympathetic roar
from the RaeKuma. She smiled, "Well, we'll made quite the team."
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Author's Notes
Yes, that was short. And I'm kind of a conceited person so now please read how I came up with
the name RaeKuma.
You know how Liger is basically Lion and tIGER squeezed together? Well, I spelled "bear"
backwards, (raeb) and then took Rae as the prefix. Kuma is the japanese word for bear that I
looked up on my english to japanese, japanese to english online dictionary. And viola!