THE CONVENTION
By: Matt Taylor
Disclaimer: All characters here belong to some company in Japan, and I don't make any money from their use. So don't sue.
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"Oh…it's so beautiful." Leena was currently leaning against a large gun turret, crying, and rubbing it.
"Uh, Leena, it's just a gun." Said Bit.
"Just a gun! Just a gun! Bit Cloud this is not just a gun!" Leena yelled, before going back into her crying form. "This is a work of art. Look at the curves of the barrel, and the purely economic size of the main body. And look at the stats! A pressurization system of 500 degrees, and a force of 1000 Kilometers an hour!" Leena finally broke down into crying again. Bit sighed.
"Oh, if only it wasn't so expensive." She said through her tears. Bit looked at his watch. Leena had been dragging him around this display area for over an hour! Bit was not entirely uninterested, he had seen a few new blade weapons, and tactical control systems that looked interesting, and he had wondered how Liger Zero would take to them. Of course, he couldn't get a real good look at them, because Leena had dragged him away before he could.
Right now, Bit could see Leena staring upwards at a large missile launcher that looked like the one that had been on her old Dibison, only (if it were possible) bigger. Her eyes looked glassy enough to not notice if he snuck off. Bit whistled casually, and pretended to look at something behind them, cautiously moving beyond her field of vision. Soon, soon.
Yes!
Bit walked off to the other side of the area, While Leena's gaze remained on the launcher.
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"You sure you saw them go in here?"
"Yes sir, boss."
Harry Champ looked over the display area. It was huge, and absolutely crowded with people. It would take forever to find Leena in here. Harry put his hand to his chin in thought. Think, If he was Leena, where would he go in here?
"I've got it!"
"Boss?"
"Leena likes guns, so we go to wherever the biggest guns are." Shocked that their boss had just said something that made sense, Benjamin, and Sebastian reeled slightly.
"Come on." Harry dragged his robotic teammates over to an area filled to the brim with huge cannons. Sure enough, he saw Leena staring at some huge missile launcher, with a sense of euphoria on her face. Harry straightened out his collar, and walked over to her, leaving Benjamin and Sebastian behind. Harry walked up to her suavely, putting his (self-believed) charm into every step. Leena remained unaware of him even when he put his arm over her shoulder.
"It's is beautiful, but not as beautiful as you." He said, in a low voice.
Leena finally snapped out of her stupor, and looked around.
"Huh? Harry?" Leena looked around quickly, and so no sign of Bit anywhere. Leena tore herself out of Harry's grasp, and turned around. She saw no sign of her Blitz Team partner.
"WHY THAT LOUSY PIECE OF…OF…OOH!" Leena stomped her foot on the ground, and her
face began to turn red with anger. Leena looked around for something that would
be heavy enough to beat him with when she found him. Harry suddenly put his
hand on her shoulder.
"Now, now my dear Leena, Don't worry about Bit Cloud, I Harry Champ shall deal with him, but first allow me to escort you threw this truly exciting diorama." Harry said, using all the charm he could muster.
Somehow, some of his words pierced the red haze which clouded her mind, and mixed together with several other thoughts. Leena got control of her temper and looked at several of the larger (and more expensive for that matter) cannons and armaments around the area. Leena's mouth went from a wicked scowl, to a thoughtful look, to an evil smile. She turned around and put the most sweet expression she could on her face, and put her hands together.
"Oh Harry, I'd love for you to take me, but, I wanted to buy some things here, and everything is so expensive." She said, her expression melting every last ounce of Harry Champ's will. Harry pulled out his credit card in a flash.
"Don't worry my love, Harry Champ is here!"
Perfect! She could deal with Bit later, but for now, it was time for a shopping spree!
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"So how are things nowadays, Wild Eagle?" Pierce asked subtly. Jamie had been sitting across from her for the last several minutes, Darren Solar had disappeared, claiming he had some work to do, and told Pierce to report to the Dr. soon. At the moment, Jamie was sorry to see him go, as his presence would have given him something to focus on other then the girl in front of him, her hair, her face, her smile, her…
"Jamie?" She asked.
"Oh, sorry. I just thought about something."
"Oh…what?" She said, casually, but smiling.
"Uh…nothing…nothing important, heh heh."
"Whatever." She said nonchalantly, "So I hear your team made S-class?"
"Yep. Thanks to Bit." He said.
"Yes, that boy with the Liger Zero, right?"
"That's him."
"You must have improved as well since then. Hhmm?" She asked, her eyes cutting into him like soft flowery drilling bores.
"Oh, I don't really fight that much, I prefer just strategy. It is what I was hired for and all."
"Oh, that's too bad, I was hoping too see you fight while we where here." She said, and he noticed she was moving her hand forward, and it stopped…Yes her hand was now touching his. Jamie reminded himself to remain conscious, and forced himself to remember how to speak.
"Well, I am in the Raynos race." He blurted out suddenly.
"Really? Now that should be interesting."
"So, you'll watch."
"Of course, you can count on me cheering for you." She said, smiling. Pierce looked at her watch, and sighed.
"Well. I have to report back to Dr. Drogan. So I guess I have to cut our talk short."
"Wait, I didn't get to ask how you became part of the Striking Stars?" Jamie said quickly.
"Oh, I'll tell you next time we talk, okay?" She said, hitting him with that same incredibly beautiful drilling look, and squeezed his hand.
"Bye." she said in a (shall we say) seductive way, and walked off. Jamie continued to sit at the table, finally able to relax. Now he had no choice.
He had to compete in the Raynos Race.
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"Let's just hope Liger Zero would accept these new parts." Bit said to himself. He gave a credit slip to the man behind the register, and placed a thin metal box, which had an input/output jack at one end, into a bag.
"Now the parts will be sent to the Blitz team hangar?"
"Yep. Just install the programming after applying the parts." The man said.
"Right, thanks." Bit walked away then. Bit had already made three purchases. A new improved laser energy generator for the Strike Laser Claw attack, a device called a tactical mobility enhancer, and a new scanning system that it's creators said would allow him to scan up to 1000 feet of the battlefield, and find the placement of enemy Zoids easier. He only hoped that Liger Zero wouldn't be as difficult as it had been when he tried out that Heldigunner cannon.
Bit walked over to another setup, and was met with a sound whack in the back of his head. Bit fell face first to the ground, and decided that someone was going to die. He turned his head, but a foot came down on his back.
"BIT CLOUD!" Came a loud angry, female voice. Bit recognized it immediately.
"L…Leena."
"Just what where you thinking, ditching me like that?" She yelled.
"I was getting tired of looking at guns, Leena." He said, angrily.
"I can't believe you'd just dump me after I invited you to come with me!" She said, her voice simultaneously angry and sad.
"Invited me!? You dragged me inside!" He said, finally regaining his footing, for a brief second he noticed that someone was standing behind Leena carrying so many packages that he couldn't make out his face. But Bit turned back to Leena without asking who it was.
"How typical! I try to be nice to you, and this is how you repay me!"
"Nice? Nice!?" With this, the argument turned into random shouting, which few could make out due to its volume. Harry Champ stood behind the giant pile of boxes and programming cards, listening in impotent rage as his dear Leena was besmirched.
"Listen Sebastian, listen to how he besmirches her!"
"Actually boss, she seems to be giving as well as she gets." The robot said.
"Ouch! That sounded like it hurt." Benjamin said, trying to make out what was said in the shouting.
"….AND YOUR FATHER'S ANCESTORS TOO!" Leena yelled as the fight lowered in volume. Bit just shook his head slightly.
"Oh, you are really asking for it this time aren't you?"
"You haven't seen how angry I can get yet!"
"Obviously, I mean, getting angry is about all you can do right!"
"And what do you mean by that?"
"Oh, it's not like you know how to Zoid battle, miss "fire-away!"
"My tactics work just fine, thank you very much!!"
"Yeah, first you fire every bit of ammo you have, and after every shot misses, you yell for help! If that's what your tactics are then they work perfectly!"
"Oh, you are really going to get it for that one, Bit!" Both of them stared daggers at each other for a moment, before Leena spoke up again.
"You know, this would never have happened if you had just told me you didn't want to go!"
"I did." Bit responded.
"No, you said "Why do I have to go?"
"Well I wanted to go, but I didn't want to be dragged away from everything I wanted to see!"
"Well you should have said that!"
"Okay, from now on I will!"
"Okay!"
"Fine!"
"You wanna go get something to eat?"
"Sure!"
With that, both young Zoid warriors stomped out of the showroom, and to the in-hotel restaurant, leaving a very confused young man and two robots. Harry finally shook himself out of his stupor, and followed, still carrying the millions of dollars of equipment he had bought today.
"Wait darling!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Just a quick little reassurance to Bit/Leena fans. I know I told you that this was gonna be partly an B/L fic, and it will, so don't feel put off by how violently they argue in this chapter. It was mainly for comedies sake, and it will probably be the last big fight they have. I thought the ending of their fight was very good, and showed a lot of their relationship, that they just can't really stay mad at each other. Anyway, see you in a bit.