Chapter 1 The First Encounter

It's a bright early morning; The Liger Team is going against the Storm team. Like usual the Liger team are using a blue blade liger, a phantom liger, and two shield ligers. The Storm team are using 2 Gun snipers and 2 Dibison. One of the gun sniper is equipped with the weasel unit and the other is equipped with far ranged gun. Both Dibisons are equipped with missiles.

"Battle mode approved, area scanned, battle field set up. Ready... FIGHT!" said the Judge

"Josh use the plan I told you last night," said Ashley

"I don't need that plan to win. The storm team can't win even if we are going 2 on 4 against them."

"Josh listen to me, they are stronger than you think!"

"I don't have to Ash I'm telling you!" said Josh in an annoyed voice

He piloted his liger head on to the Gun snipers and took both of them out. Just then the Dibisons fired some missiles at Josh and 2 of them landed on his Blade Liger.

"Dame it! My system froze!" Yelled Josh

"Should've listened to me," said Ashley as she activated her option shield to block the Dibison's attacks. She got with in 6 meters of the Dibisons. "Activating strike laser claw!" Then the Liger took down both of those zoids.

"Josh's right, we can take them 2 on 4," said Michael

Henry said, "Its nice of you to point out the obvious."

"Just saying."

"Too bad Josh's liger got damaged."

"It wouldn't have if he listened to me!" said Ashley

"Its your fault! You divided my concentration!"

"What? It's your fault; don't blame it on somebody else! Even if you are telling the truth, it wouldn't have happened, if listened to me in the first place!"

"Your plans are a waste of time. It would be better if you just use those time you wasted, on cleaning the house. And it would spare us from your boring lectures!"

"EXCUSE ME! You think my plans are a waste of time! Then I suppose going on line to talk to your fan club isn't! I don't see how that can be more important than updating you zoid! You don't think I keep the house clean enough? I'd pay you a million bucks if you can find a single dust in there. AND WHY DO YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAN THE HOUSE! I'm as good as a zoid pilot as any of you guys, why should I get stuck with cleaning!"

"You are a girl that's why! Girls are the ones in charge of the house and I'm the in charge of the team. That's how things go if you don't like it then leave!"

"Fine, then I quit this team!" said Ashley as she piloted her zoid in the direction of the nearest town.

"Come back! Ash?" said Michael in a worried voice, "how are we suppose to live with out you, Who's going to come up with our plans, who's going to cook for us and keep the house in shape?"

"I don't care! You aren't my responsibility anymore!" said Ashley, but she regretted it immediately. Michael is her best friend they've known each other ever since they were born. His father was a pilot for the Liger's team long ago. He and her father were very close friends; they even grew up together. She knew she shouldn't have taken it out on him, but she just couldn't control her anger any further. Ashley doesn't think taking care of Michael, Henry and Josh are responsibilities, she actually enjoy taking care of them, not because she enjoy cleaning, but because they are her friends and she loves them, in a friend kind of way. "I'm sorry guys, but I just need sometime to my self, to get to know what it feels like to be on my own, and explore the world." She thought to her self, "but I'll be back someday, when I'm ready to settle down."

Ashley stopped at a Zoid Mechanical Shop. "Hey pops, can you change some of my power weapons?" said Ashley as she jumped out of her zoid.

"Sure, but I don't see why? I can't think of any better weapon to put on there than the ones you already have!" answered the old man

"Um, can you change my missiles to a hidden automatic laser Vulcan gun, and can you paint my zoid orange?"

"Sure can, but its going to take some time."

"I'll be looking around the town, but approximately when should I come back?"

"In 3 hours."

"Okay-dokey!" said Ashley as she left the shop

On her way to the coffee shop she saw a beauty salon. And she decided to go in. Thought to her self, "I should change my looks to avoid attention." Later Ashley came out of the salon with brown hair. "Well, my next stop is the mall for some new cloths."

After her shopping spree, she changed her looks completely; she got rid of her super girlish looks. (Like her curly blond hair and tight skirt.) Later, Ashley entered Mary's coffee shop. She walked toward the counter. Close by sat Naomi and Leon.

"Hi, can I have some coffee please?"

"Sure babe, regular of black?" asked the counterman as he looked at the coffee pots.

"Regular," she said as she sat down. "Um, hey do you know any team that are looking for a zoid pilot?"

At that remark Naomi stood up and walked toward Ashley.

Naomi said, "My team is, I'm Naomi Fluegel."

Ashley said, "So you are Naomi the red comet, I've waited a long time to meet you!"

"Now you have," said Naomi

"So what kind of zoid do you have?" asked Leon as he followed Naomi

"I have a Liger."

"What kind of weapons?" asked Naomi

Ashley thought to her self, "I don't want her to know how strong my liger is, so I shouldn't tell her about its hidden powers." (Like its hyper speed, Vulcan gun, and optional shield.)

"A strike laser claw and a machine gun, that's all!" she said innocently, thinking while I'm at it why not hide the fact that I'm an experienced pilot. "I don't know much about piloting zoids? I just finished training school not long ago."

"Don't worry, I'm sure you will learn quickly enough if you stick with us," said Leon kindly

"Really you mean it?" she asked, not believing her luck

"Yeah, we have a 3 on 3 battle tomorrow and we are a pilot short so we don't have much of a choice. Its either you or no battle at all," said Naomi trying hard not to be nice to a stranger

"I AM SO LUCKY TO BE PART OF THE FLUEGEL TEAM!" said Ashley

Leon just laughed at the enthusiasm young girl, thinking, "she's just like Bit when I told him that he'd be taking my place on the Blitz team."

Leon said, "You'll be a great warrior when we are through with you."

"I don't know how I'm ever going to thank you guys!" said Ashley and she meant it. Thinking to her self, "he's nice, really nice not to mention cute! Maybe I'll get to know him better and he'll ask me out someday. Ok, calm down Ash or you are going to be out of your mind soon. Get your facts straight before you go too far. Think! If you go out with him he'd want to know your background and that's going to lead to telling him the truth. Then he's probably going to be mad at me for lying to him now. Okay Ash, just keep your distance."

"Just make sure you don't mess up the next zoid battle! Not that matters since Leon and I can clean it up easily," said Naomi

Ashley thought, "Oh, no I'm not going to mess anything up. This is going to be like taking candy from a baby. I'm a "s" class warrior, I can't mess up if I battle against A class teams, especially when I've never ever lost a match, and the fact that my liger never have even got damaged in a zoid battle before, at least not when I'm its pilot it haven't. But won't they be surprised if I handle my liger too well; they should know no rookie could do that. Boy, god knows how long it took me to get use to my liger. I'd have to remember to tell liger to not use its full power or even half of it at the very least. But I can't let my liger get damaged on purpose either! Well, I suppose I have to trust my "teammates" to watch out for me. God knows the last ones haven't."

Leon noticed her worried face. "Don't worry, everything is going to be alright. We'll be there to watch your back, just tell us if you need help during the battle."

"Thanks!" said Ashley, thinking, "How can he be so kind? I can't like him! If I do I'll get too close and I'll spill my beans!" Ashley lifted her head, and she just happened to meet Leon's gaze.

Leon thought, "She's pretty, not to mention she has a nice smile. That's an understatement! That's got to be the greenest eyes I've ever seen. It seems to go on forever!"

Ashley looked down at her watch to break the eye contact, and then she realized 3 hours are up. "Listen, I have to go and pick up my liger. When should I meet you guys tomorrow?"

Naomi said, "At 10:40 at he north battlefield near Muriba Town."

"I'll see you guys then!" With that Ashley left the coffee shop and went to pick up her liger.

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