Van reaches his Lyger and decides to leave the town, hoping that he wouldn't get into any trouble from the law officials. "Zeke!" Zeke jumps in the Lyger, adding his power to its. "Ok, buddy. Lets get going before something happens." "ROAR!" The Lyger takes off, heading westward. "I can't believe I did that. Why did I draw my gun?" Van thinks to himself, he still didn't believe what he did. As they ride, Zeke senses another Zoid. "Grrrrrr." "Great. A Zoid. Zeke, get ready for battle, we might have to." Van smiles wickedly, waiting for the Zoid to come closer to him. "Zeke are you prepared?" "GR!" "Ok. Lets go!" Van pushes the Lyger forward toward the Zoid; he stops abruptly seeing that the Zoid was a Command Wolf, just like Irvine's. "Irvine!" Van grits his teeth at the sight of that Zoid. It hurt him deep inside for what he had taken away from him, Fiona. "I will get you!" Van charges the Zoid, crashing into it; he hears a young kids voice come from the Zoid. "Hey! I wasn't doing anything. Why did you charge me!?" "Heh, kid, you should never be in your zoid unless you want to battle. It's the way of the world." "But this is my fathers Zoid. He'll kill me if anything happened to it." "Fathers!?" "Yes. but." "Who is your father kid!?" "I don't know you. I don't think I should give." "Shut up! Tell me or your Zoid gets crushed!" Van raises his paw over the Zoid. "Fine! It's Irvine." "Irvine! I knew it. I am going to kill him for what he did." Van whispered under his breath. "Hey kid. Can I see your father. I think he should know what you are doing." "No! Please don't, he doesn't know I took it out here." Van grits his teeth with rage, but his voice remains trust worthy and calm. "I wont tell him, if. I get a place to stay. Then I promise I wont tell him." Van lied, smiling to himself at his progress with his journey. "Ok. Um. I'll show you." The kid struggles with turning the Zoid around until he was facing back to where Van had came. "Oh shit. Not that town again." Van sighed as he watched the kid take off toward it. "Having trouble?" "No. I got it." Van followed the kid back toward the town, but instead of going inside of it, he turned and went around to the back. "Mother hasn't been very well, she is sick. But don't worry, you can't catch it, that's what daddy said." The kid opens the cockpit and jumps out, to Van's surprise; he looked just like Irvine, but was much shorter. "Scary." Van shudders at the kid, grinning a little grin so not to show his anger. "Well." "Oh, just follow me." The kid runs off to a small home by a small stream flowing from some rocks. "Here it is. I am sorry, it isn't that big but we have an extra room." The kid runs to the door and opens it. "Come on mister." Van follows, a little uneasy. "Thanks kid." From a room, out popped Irvine, Van recognized him immediately. "Boy!" "Yeah daddy?" "I thought I told you not to touch my Zoid again!?" "Yes daddy but I thought." "Come here." "But daddy." Irvine looks up to see Van, but luckily he didn't recognize him. "Who is this?" "He is a person I met when I was out there. He needed a place to stay, and I thought he could stay the night with us." Irvine still had his eye patch; he lifted it up, the eye under it glared at Van. Van now knew Irvine was trying to remember who he was. "And you are?" Irvine glares at him, his face changed from a mean glare to a hatred smirk. "I thought I would never see you again. I guess I was wrong.Van Flyheight." Irvine laughs aloud, grinning at Van, who was now glaring at Irvine. "Where is she Irvine?!" "Oh, you mean my wife?" Irvine's face turned solemn, he let a tear fall down his cheek, he turns his face, to face Van, and he had a gleam in his eyes. "She isn't doing so good. She caught a desert virus." Van's face turned bright red and he screamed, "She what!? Why don't you do anything?!" Irvine's face turns to hatred, he glares at Van again. "Don't you think I already tried!? I can't do anything! This virus is a new one. They have yet to make fucking cure!" "I thought you wouldn't care about anyone but yourself Irvine." Van's voice dripped with jealousy and hurt. "What's the matter baby Van? Are you still angry about me and Fiona?" "I hate you Irvine. I have always hated you!" "Heh, I don't recall you hating me when I traveled with you." Irvine started to walk towards Van, still glaring at him. There was a sudden fit of coughing coming from the next room, then a yell for Irvine. "Irvine." "I'll be back for you. Right now I have to be with my wife." Irvine left to go to the room, Van heard a short conversation and his name was heard. Shortly after Irvine comes out looking as if he had been beaten. His eyes where very solemn, his arms held a weight. Van looked downward to see a small Fiona, sitting in a wheelchair. "Van. Its so nice to." Fiona stopped abruptly to cough, spitting up a small amount of blood. "Mother?" "I'm alright Lucas." The boy looked sadly down at the floor; Van watched this sad scene with hurt and still some rage. "Fiona..." Fiona smiled and held up a small handkerchief, it was covered in blood, from her coughing. Van sighed and tried to smile back, but he found no will to do so. "I wanted to see you again. I thought I would but not in this condition." Fiona started to cough again. She held her handkerchief to her mouth in order not to get any blood on anything. "I better go." Van sighed as he turned around, he had meant to kill Irvine when he saw him again, but when he saw Irvine's life, he just couldn't. "Van. I wanted to give you something that was yours." Fiona called out, holding something out to him. Van walks over to her, grabbing the item. It turned out to be a small box, Van looked up at Fiona's smiling face. He opens it, it was full of pictures, from throughout there travels. "Thanks." Van walks out of the door and towards his Lyger, laughing to himself. "Wait! Mister!" Van turns around and sees the little boy following him. "What do you want?" "I thought you needed a place to stay?" "Nah, I'm fine." "But." "Here. Take this." Van threw down a small stone at the boy's feet. "Wow. What is it?" "It's called Zoiduim. It helps Zoids revive. I found it when I traveled with your father." "Thank you mister. Um, will you ever return?" "No. I don't think so." Van sighed as he readied himself to jump in the cockpit. "Goodbye." Lucas turns around and walks back to his home, watching Van take off from the area. Irvine had taken Fiona back to the other room and stood beside his son. "Who was that man, daddy?" "He was an old friend." "Oh. is he still yours?" "No son. Not any more." "Why?" "Nothing son. It happened a long time ago. No reason to dwindle on old times." "Well, I think he's mine." Van had left that house not just because of being afraid of Fiona but of his feelings. He had felt like he was going to break down and cry right in front of them. "Zeke? Do you wanna join me?" "GR!" Zeke jumped into the Lyger, combining energy. "Ok." Van made the Lyger face north and headed off. "I hope Irvine and her have a happy life. But if she would have been with me. She wouldn't have caught that virus." Van sighed to himself as he drove the Lyger. A few minutes of silence passed when Zeke growled out. "GR!" "Not a zoid. Man. Alright, maybe a good fight will get my mind off of these matters." The Zoid that stood in front of them wasn't like any other, it was a strange Zoid to Van, but he felt no fear. "Ok! Hey, I challenge you to a fight!" There was no answer from the Zoid's pilot. "Hello!?" "What!?" "Huh. Ok, I challenge you to a fight!" "Hey aren't you that brat back at the town." "Don't tell me you're the guy." Van produces a huge sweat drop on the side of his face. "Heh, maybe." "God damn it. Ok, so fighting?" "Sure. But what is that hunk of junk you're piloting?" "It's called a Shield Lyger! What the hell is yours?" "A Saber Fang." "That sounds familiar." Van remembers deep into his past a young boy named Raven always after his ass. "Raven!" "You know him!?" "He always tried to kick my ass, I thought I destroyed that piece of shit that he piloted." "It's not a piece of shit. and I want to ask you something, do you know where he is?" "No, I haven't seen him in years. I thought he was killed." Van sighed. "He is my brother. I am trying to find him. If you see him." "Come on can we fight now?" Van screamed out, getting very tired of talking. "Sure kid, but don't count on winning." "Yeah right. I know all of that Zoids attacks. And from what it looks like you haven't done anything with it, so there are no new weapons on it. Old man, I have studied every Zoid and attack known to this planet of Zi. I know practically everything." "Ha! That doesn't mean I wont win brat." Van smirked at the cocky old man, laughing a little. He knew he'd win, he could see the whole Zoid from where he stood, from this point of view he could tell already what was the weak point of the Zoid. After the years of fighting and finally the reassemble wore out the legs, so the Zoid wont run very fast. Van readied himself for the attack, he would do the shield and flip him over, and it was all too easy he thought. "Ok. Go!" The man called out launching out ward to run into Van. "Ok, shield on!" Van opened his shield, letting forth a pinkish light around the face of the Lyger. "What the hell? No wonder they call it a shield Lyger." The man sighed. "GO ZEKE!" Van screamed out as he charged it forward, trying to crash into the Saber Fang. "Oh shit." "CHARGE!" Van crashed head first into the Saber Fang, tipping it over. "Damn it!" Van heard the man curse. "Ha old man! Now to finish him Zeke!" Van raised his paw and started to smash the Saber Fang's body. "Ok! Stop! I give!" Van stopped and opened the cockpit. "I won old man!" "Yeah I know." The man stepped out of the cockpit, but to Van's surprise it wasn't the old man he had held his gun to. It looked like an older Raven, but this guy was different. He had dark blue hair, the same marking as Raven but he was much taller and had actual muscle. "Who are you!" "Heh, I guess I was wrong about you Van. Don't you remember me?" Van looked up at him trying to decide if he had seen him before. "No. I don't." "Heh, I should have known it, you don't pay attention to your surroundings." "Just tell me who you are!" "I am Raven's brother. Endo." "Endo? You're the one I fought years ago. But how did you." "I have my ways. Now don't think this battle was fair, I knew about my legs. I just found this damn thing." Endo kicked it and jumped down towards the Lyger's feet. "Nice Zoid Van, I would have thought you would trade it in." "Never. This thing is like a part of me." Van sighed as he hopped down to face Endo. "Nice to see you again Van." "Yeah same here. I would have thought you left this place." "Nah, I was young then. I guess my plans failed." "Same here. I was wondering who you were. You have sure changed Endo." "So have you. You can actually think before you attack." "Hey. Come on, I wasn't that bad." "No, you weren't. But you have gotten a lot better." Endo sighed as he looked up at the Lyger. "What are you up to Van? I know you aren't just traveling for no reason." "I am after a person." "Who?" Endo looked into Van's eyes, seeing pain and despair. "They wiped out my colony. And my sister!" Van's eyes welled up with tears, trying to stop them he turned away from Endo. Endo grabbed his face and turned him around. "A man is never afraid to show his feelings Van." Endo whispered, staring down at Van. Van whimpered and started to cry again, this time not caring that Endo saw. He collapsed into Endo's chest, still crying; Endo wrapped his arms around his body, holding him. Van soon cried himself to sleep, still in Endo's arms. Endo laid him down on a blanket he had spread out, still holding him; he snuggled against him, listening to Van sniffle in his sleep.

!!!!Authors note!!!!

Ok here it is the um.. Third chap I think. Well I hope you like it! YAOI"S ROCK!