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Have Faith in me...

By Black Fury

Author's note: Look I know that at this point it's kinda...well, not particularly interesting, but that's because it's gonna take awhile, the major stuff will start later. But this is no reason not to review!!!! I done care if all you write is ' I have read this story' or if your not a member of fanfiction I just really want to hear from you people to see how I'm doing . Anywhodoodle a massive thanks to Ran, Wassupbeee, Glowing Chick, Mad Chick on the loose and Summer Stalker you've been a great!!! I dedicate this chapter to you guys! ( Sorry if it ain't that good..)

Chapter Three: Meetings

Bit picked up his pace. The sooner he got this done, the sooner he could leave. He still couldn't believe that he had to do it. Was there anything worse, in the world, to do? Of all people they just had to send him down to pick up some groceries!!! He'd collected the water and now he had to get groceries....life just wasn't fair.

Bit sighed as he moved from stall to stall searching for the items on his list, suddenly he stopped just in front of his favourite fruit stand.

" Yummmmm! Watermelon!" Bit reached out for one as someone moved to the stall next door.

The action of this movement made Bit look away from the watermelon and look up at the person. It was a tall young girl, his age or younger, with blacky, brown hair. Not knowing who it was he turned his focus back to the watermelon.

" Just a couple thanks..." The young girl said.

Bit's eye's widened.

That voice....it's sounds..familiar... Bit stood up straight again and turned to get a better look at that girl, but she was gone.

" What?!" Bit looked left and right frantically, he turned to the old lady who was the owner of that stall, " Which way did your last customer go?"

" I'm sorry...I wasn't watching...." She looked rather taken aback.

" Arr....okay....," Bit looked back into the crowd of hundreds of people, " Could you have a rough guess, from anything she said?"

" Um....she only said that she wanted only a couple piece of my fruit....she had a long journey or something..." The old woman eyed Bit carefully.

" Right....thanks." Bit walked off in the first direction he thought of.

Damn, He thought angrily, That sounds like the mystery pilot I met before! And I just let her pass without even thinking!!!

Bit looked up again. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he saw her. She was walking quickly, eyeing her watch as if there wasn't a minute to spare. Bit's heart skipped a beat. What luck! Bit charged forward through the crowded, trying to keep her in his sight. He pushed through the crowd as quickly as he could but she just seemed to far in front.

" Excuse me....excuse me....sorry...coming though.." Bit mumbled continually as he continued through the mass of people.

Why had everyone decided to come out to shop today?? Bit thought bitterly as became further and further away from his target. Suddenly up ahead the mystery lady dropped something, and stopped walking.

"Yes!" Bit smiled, but in his excitement he bumped into someone, causing them to drop them luggage.

" Oh I'm so sorry!" Bit gabbled as he bent down to help pick it up.

" Oh that's okay...," It was a young girl, with short hair, she hurried to pick everything up, " Thanks for helping."

" That's okay..." Bit looked over at the spot the mystery pilot had last been, but she had gone again, " Darn."

" Pardon?" Asked the short haired girl, cocking her head slightly.

" Oh, it's nothing..." Bit sighed and stood up, handing her things back to her, " Are you okay then?"

" Yeah, I'm fine.."

" Oh, good...well I got to go...sorry for that.."

" It's okay.."

Bit nodded then left quickly, hoping he might still have a chance to find her.

The short hair girl blushed.

" What a hunk..."

Bit had only been searching for five minutes, but he was already beginning to give up hope, if she was still in the market place why hadn't he spotted her yet?

Bit continued along the row of shops, but he soon stopped outside a cafe, dimly thinking of getting a drink. He turned his head and looked in the cafe window. Bit's eyes widened. There right in the cafe, siting down with a milkshake was the mystery pilot. Bit blinked in disbelief twice before making up his mind to go in.

Bit stood up straight again walked towards the door. With only a moments hesitation he pushed the door open and walked inside. She didn't lift her head to the sound of the bell ringing as the door open, she appeared otherwise occupied. Bit walked quietly over to the counter and sat himself on a stool where he could see the mystery pilot best.

She no longer looked like she was in a hurry, she was calmly sipping her milkshake and reading the paper. Bit was impressed to see what that page had on it. It had big picture of his Liger and the Shadow Fox followed by, in thick, black, bold letters underneath was: Blitz Team Beats Sand Dune Team with Ease. He couldn't help but smirk. She was reading about his team and him! Bit suddenly became aware of how obviously he was looking at her. He picked up one of the papers available nearby and turned to the first page, all the while looking over the top of his paper.

" Excuse me sir, what would you like?"

Bit jumped slightly at the sudden question

" Arr..I'll have a...soda thanks." Bit answered the waiter.

The waiter nodded and disappeared. Bit quickly looked back over at the table she had been at, she'd escape that way before, but she was still there sipping away. Bit sighed, relieved.

" If I don't talk to her I know I'm going to regret it." He muttered to himself, as he eyed her table.

Bit took a deep breath and placed down his paper. He stood up and headed toward her table.

" Arr.....hi." Bit mumbled as he reached the table.

The mystery pilot lifted her head and looked at him strangely.

" I'm sorry, but do I know you?" She asked in a questioning yet polite manner.

" Well kinda...I think, but I might have confused you with some one else.." Bit stammered.

" Oh, your that Liger Zero pilot aren't you?" She smiled at him.

" Yeah that's me," Bit pulled out the chair opposite her, " May I?"

She nodded and Bit sat quickly.

" I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself back then...I'm Bit." He answered.

" You must get some puns cracked at that one." She laughed.

" Yeah...but not as much as you think."

" Yeah well, I can't talk. My name's Faith." She answered. ( Author's note: There you are now! You all know what she is doing in my disclaimer!)

" Faith? Okay," Bit smiled, " Any way, thank you for the water."

" Oh that was okay..." She waving it aside with her hand.

" So...I though you were leaving. How come you stayed?"

" Oh so you want me to leave eh?" Faith smiled evilly.

" No!" Bit exclaimed a bit louder than he had intended to, " It's not that, I was just...wondering, that's all."

" Yeah well this place makes killer milkshakes...so I decided to stay a bit longer, but don't worry, I'm going later today."

" Is that the real reason?"

Faith hesitated for a moment as if thinking it out.

" Yeah..."

" Well the milkshake must be good then I should try it sometime."

She smiled back and then it fell silent and Faith's eyes turned back to the paper. Bit leaned back on his chair thinking of a source of convocation and half wanting his soda to hurry up.

" Are you a member of the Blitz team? Is this your Liger?" She suddenly spoke up, pointing to the picture.

" Yeah that's my Liger all right and that's my team too."

Faith nodded, eyes still on the paper.

" I've heard a lot about your team, reached class S not too long ago.."

" Yeah that's right...beat the Bezerk Fury and all!" Bit proudly stated.

Faith smiled at him then read on. She frown slightly.

" I hate Dark Horns." She announced bitterly.

" Really?" Bit was quite amazed, " You hate Dark Horns too? Why?"

" Glad that Shadow Fox dealt with it," Faith looked at Bit directly in the eye, " I just do..I can't explain it, I just feel hatred toward them. I'm not even sure why, I've never fought one or had one do anything to me...I just hate them..do you hate them too?"

" Yeah, I....." But Bit wasn't sure if he should tell her, how could he tell a complete stranger about his nightmares when he didn't even want his friends to know? Bit looked at her carefully. Yet he felt so calm and relaxed around her now for some reason, like they had been best friends for years.....like he had always known her.

Faith cocked her head slightly. She was eager to hear what Bit had to say, but she had know need to rush him.

" Well, any way...," Bit continued, deciding to brush the comment aside, " So where are you from?"

Faith sighed slightly disappointed.

" Even if I could be bothered to tell you, you wouldn't know, it's really far away from here, two months travel to be precise, I was walking though."

" Oh, so why aren't you...there?"

" Because I don't want to be." She said it so firmly and decidedly that Bit pushed the point no further.

" So how did you get your zoid?"

" It was my father's creation."

" Oh...doesn't he miss yo-"

" He's dead." She interrupted quickly.

" Oh...I'm sorry."

" No, it's okay I didn't really know him, so I can't miss him very much...he was always away and he died back when I was three..."

" What about your mum?"

" She caught a disease, she died a week after I was born, giving birth to me had sped up the virus inside her...she was too weak to fight it anymore."

Bit was speechless. She had was orphaned at the age of three.

" W-who looked after you?"

" I looked after myself most part but my mums best friend, Arida, taught me how to survive and gave me food..and before you ask my mum gave her the disease but it affected her much later she died when I was twelve..."

" Wow...you've had a tough life.."

" Yeah and it has only gotten worse...."

Bit lifted his head.

" What do you mean..."

" I don't want to talk about it. Let's change this topic to something more interesting..."

" Okay...what?"

" It can be my turn to question you."

" Not a lot of good stuff there, I'm an orphan too you know."

" Oh really? Well then how about later then...how did you meet the Blitz Team?"

" I was a zoids parts dealer, they needed some parts and that's when I meet them, my truck then blew up and they gave me a crack with the Liger and I was so good they let me stay!"

" Good for you...is Liger an Ultimate X.?"

" Yeah, is Night Slasher?"

" I thought so," Faith smiled, " No she's an Ultimate XZ."

" What's that?"

" Well it's just like an Ultimate X only they bond with the pilot becomes much, much stronger."

" Oh, an Ultimate XZ eh? I've got to say that I've ever heard of it."

" That's because my dad created it, only two exist or existed, that is...the other one was destroyed with my dad."

" So what's so good about the bond?"

" It enables me to become her and her to become me so we move and think as one. For example in a really tough battle I can just let my spirit become absorbed by Night Slasher so that I become the zoids cord, giving Night Slasher human flexibly and reaction. I can also absorb her spirit, let's say you were really bugging me, no matter where Night Slasher is I can call upon her and I will receive her strength, power and abilities e.g. invisibility and attach you like a zoid. Cool eh?"

" That's amazing I'd like to see you in action!"

" Yeah, but like all good things there's a downer, who ever gets absorbed loses energy with each attack so I only use it in really tough matches."

" I know somebody who would like to learn about your zoid."

" Oh, who?"

" Dr Toros, he's the organizer for my team. He loves to learn and hear about new types of zoids!"

" Yeah....but...." Faith's smile dropped.

" But what? You can stay here a bit longer can't you?"

" Well I don't really know..."

" Why do you have to leave so soon? Can't you stay here for a bit?"

" I don't like to stay anywhere too long that reminds me of my home town, but...," Faith looked away for a minute, this place wasn't anything like her home town, not nearly as many rules and laws, " But I guess I could stay a little bit longer..."

Bit didn't know how happy he was, she was staying! He could get to know better now and even had a chance of persuading her to stay even longer....

" Cool! Then you want to come and meet my team?"

" What now? Today??"

" Yeah! They'd love to met you I'm sure...though just between you and me we don't need to mention anything about the water okay?"

" Oh, I see.." She smiled, knowingly.

" Yeah well..any way! You and your zoid would be welcome if you want to come."

" Well, I don't know..."

" What is there to not know?"

" Hmm...tell me about everyone on the team.."

" Well, there's me, Brad, the shadow fox pilot-"

" I do want to met him, I owe him one for that Dark Horn."

" Yeah...then there's Leena and she owns a Gun Sniper, a bit trigger happy sometimes and Jamie who pilot's a Raynos, he doesn't fight too often though and lastly there's Dr Toros, Leena's dad."

" Okay.."

" Hey! You could try out of the team you know!" Bit suddenly said.

" What?? I doubt that, your class S, I'd only get in the way!!"

" No, you wouldn't and besides all you have to do is beat us single handily."

" What do you mean that's 'all I have to do??' That's seems like a lot to me!"

" Yeah well, I'm sure you'll manage, you probably will only have to actually beat one of us."

" Oh well that will be easy then." Her cheeky, mocking smile returned on her face.

" I don't know about that! You might have to beat me and I know a few of your tricks."

" That don't mean that you know how to stop them." She added pointedly.

" Yeah, well...we'll see."

" I will take that test, not necessarily because I plan to join the team, but just to show you that I can."

" Right, so it's settled, your coming back with me."

" For the moment, yes."

Bit nodded and stood up.

" Shall we go now?"

" Okay." She took a last sip of her milkshake, tossed some coins out and stood up.

" So where's your zoid?" Bit asked.

" Oh a wee walk in that direction," She stated pointing, " Where's Liger?"

" I walked here on foot, the Hover cargo isn't too far away now."

" Oh so your back this area and not in the desert?"

" Yeah, that's right."

She nodded, and walked in the direction she had pointed, Bit followed quickly.

The walk wasn't a 'wee' walk after all, it was quite a long walk, right away from the shops and far into a forest like place.

" Are we going to be reaching it before sundown?" He inquired.

" Yeah," She laughed, " We're here."

She stopped abruptly and looked up.

" Hey girl, you missed me?" Faith asked quietly to a large patch of nothingness.

Bit looked around, there wasn't a large blue, silver zoid in sight. Who was she talking to? Suddenly, in all her glory, Night Slasher appeared, right in front of him. Her head appeared exactly where Faith had directed the comment. Night Slasher had been invisible, how had she known?

Faith smiled up at her.

" I've found us some butt's to kick so let's get going!" Faith jumped up and into the cockpit as Night Slasher lowered her head.

" Hey! What about me!" Bit whined.

" What about you?" She smiled as she extended a hand to help him in.

Bit smiled back and pulled himself in. Night Slasher lifted her head with a roar. She was eager for some action. In a matter of seconds they were off. Bit watched how flexible Faith's zoid really was. It's back arched like a cheetah as it ran and it could turn with ease. Faith appeared a topnotch pilot also, judging corners and distance as easily and as naturally as a duck took to water. Bit smiled, with skills like that and a zoid like this, Dr Toros was going to have a tough time refusing her...

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" Bit certainly takes his time with these things." Leena sighed. She and the rest of the Blitz team ( except Jamie) were sitting in that circular lounge area.

" Hey guys! I unidentified zoid is closing in on the Hover cargo, fast!" Jamie came running in from the control room.

" What??" Brad jumped to his feet.

" Hmm, unidentified you say?" Dr Toros cocked his head as everyone one rushed passed him to mobilize there zoids.

" Gun Sniper mobilize!!"

" Shadow Fox mobilize!!"

" Raynos mobilize!!"

All three of the zoid came rushing out to attack the 'enemy'. The large blue, black and silver zoid stopped at once and surveyed they zoids.

~ Oh so this is the whole gang excepting Liger then. ~ Came a females voice over the comlink.

~ And how would you know??~ Came Leena's voice from the Gun Sniper.

~ Your Leena aren't you? Glad to meet you. ~

" Just let me talk to them!" Bit exclaimed to Faith.

" Aww...I was having fun! Okay, I'm opening a link for you...now..." She answered fiddling with some buttons.

~ Guys it's me! Bit. I've found some one to try for the team! ~ Bit's voice now came out of the Night Slasher.

~ Hey! That's Bit's voice!! ~ Jamie cried from the Raynos.

~ Bit, we don't need any more people on the team ~ Leena fumed, Especially females, She thought.

~ Yeah, but I know you'll change your mind when you see her in action! ~ Bit added.

Faith opened the cockpit and Bit jumped out. After a minute silence the rest of the Blitz followed his example and gathered together.

" Hey guys, meet Faith." Bit gestured toward her as she too, jumped out of the cockpit.

" Nice to meet you I'm sure.." She begun politely.

The rest of the Blitz team murmured similar comments just as Dr Toro's came out. He looked up at the Night Slasher.

" What kind of zoid is that?" He asked.

" I'm not sure, all I know is that it's an Ultimate XZ and I call it Night Slasher." Faith answered quickly.

" Sorry, Faith this is Dr Toros, Dr Toros this is Faith." Bit added hastily.

Dr Toros nodded: " What's an Ultimate XZ?"

"Just like an ultimate X only the bond between zoid and pilot becomes stronger." She sighed.

Dr Toros nodded again, keeping his eyes on her zoid.

" She want's to try out for a place in the team, but we don't need any more do we daddy?" Leena said firmly.

Dr Toros turned his gaze towards Faith, in disbelieve, " You want to join the team?"

" Well at least see if I can." She added.

Dr Toros face lit up. This is perfect, he thought, Now I can see this beauty in action. " Of cause you can try out!"

" What?!?!?" Leena fumed.

" Well why not?" Dr Toros shrugged, " That zoid is a beauty."

" Fine then, but the test is this. She has to beat Brad, Bit and myself or she doesn't qualify. Get it?" She demanded.

" Now that's a bit unfair! let's say, if she beats one of us she can help with Jamie's job, if she beats two she can become back up and if she beats all three of us she's in the direct team, mostly." Bit put forward.

" That sounds good to me." Dr Toros agreed.

" Yeah, well I'm going first!" Leena snorted.

" That's fine with me." Faith smiled and secret and knowing smile.

Black Fury: How was it?? Is it turning out to be more interesting? Please review!!!! It's not hard all you have to do is click the "go" at the bottom of this screen and type sommat!!! Any ways, thanks again to those who reviewed last time. The next chapter won't be up soon as I can only get about one chapter done a weekend and I have at least two chapters left on my other one to do, so who knows! Thanks for taking the time to read this, please take that step further and review. Toodles!!