Arizda: Hihi, it's me, Arizda, again! I'm really sorry about the format of
the last chapter, I have no idea why it did that. -_- Thing is, I don't
know how to fix it either, so of it ends up like that in this chapter, oh
well. I guess I'll figure it out sooner or later. Anyway, here's the next
chapter, and keep the characters coming, they're great, and they're adding
great to the story! Credit will be given at the end of each chapter. And
here's the disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ZOIDS! All but one of the original
characters in this chapter are from other people, and they will get credit
at the end of the chapter. THANK U!!!
*Chapter 2*
Bit felt much better when the girl gave him a bright smile. "Thank you so much!" she said. "I'm Arunamei Kirazuna! You can call me. Runa!" She placed her hand out for him to shake. "I'm Bit Cloud," he simply said, shaking her hand. "I'm so glad that you weren't like everyone else whose been trying to kill me!" Runa said, worried. Bit wanted to ask her a number of things, but only one question came out. "Why are they trying to kill you?" Runa smiled, sighed, and then shrugged, wondering how to start. "Basically," she began, "everyone thinks that I'm D-chan the Cake Bandit." Bit began to lose his trust for Runa. "Umm. why?" he asked. "Because, I just so happen to be at the scenes at the wrong times, y'know? Now I have practically EVERYONE on my tail, even the ones who have no idea who the hell D-chan is! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Runa shouted, her voice getting shaky. Bit had an idea, but felt strange asking about it. "Runa, um. after this, do you have a-I mean, where are you gonna go?" he asked. Runa gave him a strange look. "Why? What's it to ya!?" she asked, feeling as though Bit were invading on her privacy. "I was just wondering, because if you didn't have anywhere to go-" "I'm fine, Bit; my Zoid is just beyond the cavern's mushroom grove. I'm right next to a little freshwater spring, and I'm pretty sure I have enough provisions," Runa insured him. Bit was slightly impressed when he heard "Zoid". "Can I see your Zoid?" he asked. "Umm." Runa began, gnawing on her fingernails. "It doesn't like strangers." "Well, what do you mean, 'It doesn't like strangers'?" Bit asked. He thought that the Liger 0 was the only Zoid that could act like that. "Well, I mean, it. well. um, y'see, this is hard to explain, really." Runa said. Bit sighed. "Well, since everyone's after you, like you said, are you gonna be okay?" he asked. Runa smiled. "Bit, if you're gonna be THAT worried about me, just touch the glyph at the dead end of the cavern to check up on me," Runa replied. "I don't unders-" "I guess I'll see ya some other time!" she said, smiling and running off. There was a brief moment of silence. "Great. I save a chick and this is what I get in return." Bit muttered to himself, beginning to walk out of the cavern.
"So, whadja find?" Jamie asked Bit, who was sprawled out across the couch of the living room in the hover cargo. "Oh, nothing important," he began as Brad and Leena seated themselves. "Just some crazy girl who isn't D-chan the Cake Bandit." "Well then, who was she?" Leena asked. "She was just. I dunno, some girl," Bit answered. Brad gave him a somewhat piercing look. "Do you understand that what she could've told you was PROBABLY A LIE?!" he shouted. Bit gave off a blank look. "Uh. ooh, hey, y'know what's cool? I killed these three guys trying to kill her!" he said. "Bit you just let the Cake Bandit get away!" Jamie wailed. "Sshhh, you guys, my dad is still asleep.!" Leena hushed. "How could you believe what she told you!? I bet you anything that she was the Cake Bandit!" Jamie said. Leena shoved Brad and Jamie out of the room. "Ah, Bit, don't listen to them. I believe you!" she said. That was different. Support from Leena. Bit liked it, though. He was surprised, but grateful that someone thought he did okay.
Runa walked to the dead end of the cavern, water and condensation dripping from the ceiling. At the dead end, there was a large glyph on the wall. It was in the form of a diamond, and was outlined and contained many strange symbols. She just barely touched it, and the wall instantly turned into a block of solid gel. Runa walked through it, coming out on the other end completely dry. "Ah, so I see you're back, Wanted Princess!" Runa quickly scanned the large cavern room she was in to find the captor of the sarcastic voice. "Yeah, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!? I was in a hella big mess a few minutes ago! Where were you!?" she shouted, having found who she was looking for. He was a man in his early twenties with short, dark brown hair, and eyes of a faded brown. His hair was partially covered in grease, however, since he was working on his Zoid-a Lightning Saix, modified with heavy armor, and the black color on the Zoid was replaced with white. "Is that so, Wanted Princess?" he asked, getting ready to get up. "Shut up. Quit calling me that," Runa replied, making her way around her "partner's" Zoid. "Lewis, WHO ARE THEY!?!?" The man sighed heavily. "Uh. y'see, Runa, I was going to tell you about them, sooner or later, honestly!" Lewis said. Runa came running out from behind his Lightning Saix and stopped. She only gave him a sharp look, not daring to mess with someone who was eight and a half years older than she was. "Mr. Carson, YOU CARE TO EXPLAIN!?" Runa shouted as two others stepped out behind her. One was rather short with messy black hair, brown eyes, and a wide smile on his face, while the other one had long black and red hair, and a visor that covered the upper half of her face. "Yeah. yeah, I will," Lewis said. He scratched the back of his head, dropped his wrench, and sighed. By this time, he was standing next to Runa, in front of the other two strangers. "This young one is Ulrich der Ludner. He was kinda clueless as to where to go. I talked him into joining the alliance tomorrow morning," Lewis started. "Hi, I'm Runa," she said, curtly. "Hi! You can call me Ricky!" he replied, his hands on the straps of his overalls. Runa nodded. "What kind of a Zoid do you pilot?" she asked. "A Rev Raptor with a harpoon gun. I saw yours! It's cool!" Ulrich replied, grinning. Runa smirked. "And this is Miyuki Hinasaki," Lewis said. "Hinasaki Miyuki," she cut him off sharply. "Yeah, but y'see, her first name is Miyuki," Lewis told Runa. "I know. It's a name thingy, Lewis, and when you pronounce it, you're SUPPOSED to say the last name first. Like, you would be Carson Lewis." Runa turned to Miyuki. "Anyway, I'm Runa." She was given silence. It was a few moments before Miyuki said anything to her. "My name means 'Red Winter'," she replied. "Good, good, you're speaking. What kind of Zoid do you pilot?" Runa asked. "A custom." "Hm. ooookay. Well, I'm going to eat and go to bed. Who else wants to eat?" Runa asked. Lewis just went silent and went back to working on his Lightning Saix, while Miyuki walked off to find privacy within her own Zoid. "Well, then, Ricky, I suppose a midnight dinner is only for us, eh?" Runa asked. Ulrich came running over by her side as she walked to a little freshwater spring. "Guess so!" he said. He looked up and marveled at the sight that stood in the spring. A beautiful black and shimmering blue Zoid stood on all fours in the water. "This is my Zoid. The Berserker Midnight Land Marlin. I know, it's a long name for a Zoid, but that's what I named her, because I built her. after a long five years! Heh, then I had to make one for my little brother. You remind me of him," Runa replied. Ulrich smiled. "You'd better like fish, because that's all that's on the menu." "Don't worry, I like fish. I'll eat just about anything," Ricky said. "Goodie," Runa responded. She ran into the water and climbed into the cockpit of her Zoid. She fished around for a box under the seat. She opened it to find several fishing spears inside. "Midnight, open the cockpit," Runa said. There was a small roar of approval, and the cockpit opened. Runa scanned the spring for the silhouette of a large fish. She soon saw the perfect fish swimming around her Zoid's tail. The threw the spear at it as hard as she could. "You got it! Wow, that was good aiming!" Ricky shouted to her. Runa smirked as she jumped down from her Zoid, which she called "Midnight". "Thanks, Midnight!" she replied. The Zoid gave a roar in response. Ricky presented the speared fish to Runa. "Great! Now, we just toast it over a fire and then we have dinner. I don't have any condiments on me, though. sorry about that." "That's okay," Ulrich said.
About an hour later, Ulrich and Runa had finished the fish off completely, and were swapping stories to each other. "So, how do you know Lewis?" Ricky asked. "Well, back at the alliance, I was given a partner to protect me when I was sent out on missions away from the alliance. So that's his job. He has to make sure that I'm brought back safely," Runa answered. "Ah, so you ARE like a Wanted Princess!" Ricky laughed. "Princess? Nah. More like a 15-year-old boss-like figure, if I do say so myself. I'm big on the ranks. Each time Lewis becomes a successful bodyguard-like partner, then we'll both move up in rank. When I move up in rank, so does my team. When other members in my team move up in rank, we go along with them," Runa explained. "Oh yeah, and what's the alliance?" Ricky asked.
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Arizda: Yes indeedy! What IS the alliance? And is Runa really D-chan the Cake Bandit? What will happen in the next chapter? And. was there the beginning of romance in this chapter? Is it B/OC or B/L? Or is it NOT the beginning of romance? Lol, I haven't even started the romance, that's still to come in future chapters ^_^ . Keep those reviews coming! And I'm always open for suggestions! E-mail: Quikko@survivormail.com AIM: OCStarbuddy Neopets: quikko Xandorra's Place (forum (dollz rule!)): Orlah Chronoshock Forum: Orlha-chan
~~~Arizda / OCStarbuddy
*Chapter 2*
Bit felt much better when the girl gave him a bright smile. "Thank you so much!" she said. "I'm Arunamei Kirazuna! You can call me. Runa!" She placed her hand out for him to shake. "I'm Bit Cloud," he simply said, shaking her hand. "I'm so glad that you weren't like everyone else whose been trying to kill me!" Runa said, worried. Bit wanted to ask her a number of things, but only one question came out. "Why are they trying to kill you?" Runa smiled, sighed, and then shrugged, wondering how to start. "Basically," she began, "everyone thinks that I'm D-chan the Cake Bandit." Bit began to lose his trust for Runa. "Umm. why?" he asked. "Because, I just so happen to be at the scenes at the wrong times, y'know? Now I have practically EVERYONE on my tail, even the ones who have no idea who the hell D-chan is! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Runa shouted, her voice getting shaky. Bit had an idea, but felt strange asking about it. "Runa, um. after this, do you have a-I mean, where are you gonna go?" he asked. Runa gave him a strange look. "Why? What's it to ya!?" she asked, feeling as though Bit were invading on her privacy. "I was just wondering, because if you didn't have anywhere to go-" "I'm fine, Bit; my Zoid is just beyond the cavern's mushroom grove. I'm right next to a little freshwater spring, and I'm pretty sure I have enough provisions," Runa insured him. Bit was slightly impressed when he heard "Zoid". "Can I see your Zoid?" he asked. "Umm." Runa began, gnawing on her fingernails. "It doesn't like strangers." "Well, what do you mean, 'It doesn't like strangers'?" Bit asked. He thought that the Liger 0 was the only Zoid that could act like that. "Well, I mean, it. well. um, y'see, this is hard to explain, really." Runa said. Bit sighed. "Well, since everyone's after you, like you said, are you gonna be okay?" he asked. Runa smiled. "Bit, if you're gonna be THAT worried about me, just touch the glyph at the dead end of the cavern to check up on me," Runa replied. "I don't unders-" "I guess I'll see ya some other time!" she said, smiling and running off. There was a brief moment of silence. "Great. I save a chick and this is what I get in return." Bit muttered to himself, beginning to walk out of the cavern.
"So, whadja find?" Jamie asked Bit, who was sprawled out across the couch of the living room in the hover cargo. "Oh, nothing important," he began as Brad and Leena seated themselves. "Just some crazy girl who isn't D-chan the Cake Bandit." "Well then, who was she?" Leena asked. "She was just. I dunno, some girl," Bit answered. Brad gave him a somewhat piercing look. "Do you understand that what she could've told you was PROBABLY A LIE?!" he shouted. Bit gave off a blank look. "Uh. ooh, hey, y'know what's cool? I killed these three guys trying to kill her!" he said. "Bit you just let the Cake Bandit get away!" Jamie wailed. "Sshhh, you guys, my dad is still asleep.!" Leena hushed. "How could you believe what she told you!? I bet you anything that she was the Cake Bandit!" Jamie said. Leena shoved Brad and Jamie out of the room. "Ah, Bit, don't listen to them. I believe you!" she said. That was different. Support from Leena. Bit liked it, though. He was surprised, but grateful that someone thought he did okay.
Runa walked to the dead end of the cavern, water and condensation dripping from the ceiling. At the dead end, there was a large glyph on the wall. It was in the form of a diamond, and was outlined and contained many strange symbols. She just barely touched it, and the wall instantly turned into a block of solid gel. Runa walked through it, coming out on the other end completely dry. "Ah, so I see you're back, Wanted Princess!" Runa quickly scanned the large cavern room she was in to find the captor of the sarcastic voice. "Yeah, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!? I was in a hella big mess a few minutes ago! Where were you!?" she shouted, having found who she was looking for. He was a man in his early twenties with short, dark brown hair, and eyes of a faded brown. His hair was partially covered in grease, however, since he was working on his Zoid-a Lightning Saix, modified with heavy armor, and the black color on the Zoid was replaced with white. "Is that so, Wanted Princess?" he asked, getting ready to get up. "Shut up. Quit calling me that," Runa replied, making her way around her "partner's" Zoid. "Lewis, WHO ARE THEY!?!?" The man sighed heavily. "Uh. y'see, Runa, I was going to tell you about them, sooner or later, honestly!" Lewis said. Runa came running out from behind his Lightning Saix and stopped. She only gave him a sharp look, not daring to mess with someone who was eight and a half years older than she was. "Mr. Carson, YOU CARE TO EXPLAIN!?" Runa shouted as two others stepped out behind her. One was rather short with messy black hair, brown eyes, and a wide smile on his face, while the other one had long black and red hair, and a visor that covered the upper half of her face. "Yeah. yeah, I will," Lewis said. He scratched the back of his head, dropped his wrench, and sighed. By this time, he was standing next to Runa, in front of the other two strangers. "This young one is Ulrich der Ludner. He was kinda clueless as to where to go. I talked him into joining the alliance tomorrow morning," Lewis started. "Hi, I'm Runa," she said, curtly. "Hi! You can call me Ricky!" he replied, his hands on the straps of his overalls. Runa nodded. "What kind of a Zoid do you pilot?" she asked. "A Rev Raptor with a harpoon gun. I saw yours! It's cool!" Ulrich replied, grinning. Runa smirked. "And this is Miyuki Hinasaki," Lewis said. "Hinasaki Miyuki," she cut him off sharply. "Yeah, but y'see, her first name is Miyuki," Lewis told Runa. "I know. It's a name thingy, Lewis, and when you pronounce it, you're SUPPOSED to say the last name first. Like, you would be Carson Lewis." Runa turned to Miyuki. "Anyway, I'm Runa." She was given silence. It was a few moments before Miyuki said anything to her. "My name means 'Red Winter'," she replied. "Good, good, you're speaking. What kind of Zoid do you pilot?" Runa asked. "A custom." "Hm. ooookay. Well, I'm going to eat and go to bed. Who else wants to eat?" Runa asked. Lewis just went silent and went back to working on his Lightning Saix, while Miyuki walked off to find privacy within her own Zoid. "Well, then, Ricky, I suppose a midnight dinner is only for us, eh?" Runa asked. Ulrich came running over by her side as she walked to a little freshwater spring. "Guess so!" he said. He looked up and marveled at the sight that stood in the spring. A beautiful black and shimmering blue Zoid stood on all fours in the water. "This is my Zoid. The Berserker Midnight Land Marlin. I know, it's a long name for a Zoid, but that's what I named her, because I built her. after a long five years! Heh, then I had to make one for my little brother. You remind me of him," Runa replied. Ulrich smiled. "You'd better like fish, because that's all that's on the menu." "Don't worry, I like fish. I'll eat just about anything," Ricky said. "Goodie," Runa responded. She ran into the water and climbed into the cockpit of her Zoid. She fished around for a box under the seat. She opened it to find several fishing spears inside. "Midnight, open the cockpit," Runa said. There was a small roar of approval, and the cockpit opened. Runa scanned the spring for the silhouette of a large fish. She soon saw the perfect fish swimming around her Zoid's tail. The threw the spear at it as hard as she could. "You got it! Wow, that was good aiming!" Ricky shouted to her. Runa smirked as she jumped down from her Zoid, which she called "Midnight". "Thanks, Midnight!" she replied. The Zoid gave a roar in response. Ricky presented the speared fish to Runa. "Great! Now, we just toast it over a fire and then we have dinner. I don't have any condiments on me, though. sorry about that." "That's okay," Ulrich said.
About an hour later, Ulrich and Runa had finished the fish off completely, and were swapping stories to each other. "So, how do you know Lewis?" Ricky asked. "Well, back at the alliance, I was given a partner to protect me when I was sent out on missions away from the alliance. So that's his job. He has to make sure that I'm brought back safely," Runa answered. "Ah, so you ARE like a Wanted Princess!" Ricky laughed. "Princess? Nah. More like a 15-year-old boss-like figure, if I do say so myself. I'm big on the ranks. Each time Lewis becomes a successful bodyguard-like partner, then we'll both move up in rank. When I move up in rank, so does my team. When other members in my team move up in rank, we go along with them," Runa explained. "Oh yeah, and what's the alliance?" Ricky asked.
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Arizda: Yes indeedy! What IS the alliance? And is Runa really D-chan the Cake Bandit? What will happen in the next chapter? And. was there the beginning of romance in this chapter? Is it B/OC or B/L? Or is it NOT the beginning of romance? Lol, I haven't even started the romance, that's still to come in future chapters ^_^ . Keep those reviews coming! And I'm always open for suggestions! E-mail: Quikko@survivormail.com AIM: OCStarbuddy Neopets: quikko Xandorra's Place (forum (dollz rule!)): Orlah Chronoshock Forum: Orlha-chan
~~~Arizda / OCStarbuddy
