Arizda: Mmmhmm... yes... where we left off, Runa and her subconscious had felt something wrong with the little bit of romancing there... hehe yes, behold my stupid pun. And why does Bit consider The Alliance and The Confederation both as "cults", even though The Alliance is community-friendly? Does he see the benefit of the missions that they do? I'll try to answer most questions in this chapter! :) Possible flashbacks, by the way, so be prepared!
Disclaimer: Blah. You know how it goes. I got tired of saying this a long time ago. : p
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"What's wrong?" Bit wondered, feeling as though his heart might break at any moment. Runa gave him a lopsided frown.
"I'm not sure," she replied.
'Fuck you, look at the position I'm in now!'
'Eh, eh, eh, simmah down nah! I'll figure out what's going on, you just try to explain to 'im some... uh, I dunno, stuffk. Let your sixth sense handle it, Runa...'
'...Weellll... okay...'
"Hm..." Runa said, quietly. "I guess The Alliance aura has kinda got me paranoid again..."
"What is it that's so good about The Alliance? I just don't see it," Bit spoke, wondering why she stuck around a place like this.
"Picture it as the Good Guy side, Bit. We do missions and stuff that will benefit the whole Zoid community on Zi. We're community-friendly. That's what we do. Each successful line of missions that we complete brings something new to the people of Zi. We aren't... bad," Runa answered. Bit held her tighter.
"What brought you here, in the first place?" he asked. Runa sighed.
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It was a bright day outside, really. Runa and Kashie were just messing around, as usual, chasing after snakes and rabbits in the garden behind their house. The house that never had guardians around. This day was different from others in the fact that The Alliance was secretly under attack.
"What's that noise!?" Kashie shouted, immediatley after hearing the front door to the house slam. Runa looked up. Her 9-year-old mind at this point hadn't yet understood the fact that her parents were with The Alliance.
"I... I dunno!" Runa replied, worried, being her paranoid self, even at the age of 9. "You stay here, I'll go check it out!" And with that, she ran back into the house through the back door. "D-dad?" she asked, her father srounging up several things from the kitchen counter.
"Runa," he replied, "here, you take these." He handed Runa a file of papers. "Take Daddy's Zoid, and bring Kashie. Let the Command Wolf find The Alliance, and take the papers to Jean Pierre L'Petite."
"Wha? Where are you going?" Runa asked.
"Away. Mommy and I have... we've been sent somewhere else. We have to go. We promise to write to you or call you every once in a while," her father said, trying to make it seem like she would see him again.
"What?! I don't understand! Why are you going?!" Runa shouted.
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"And... yeah, they left. The papers turned out to be papers signifying that Kash and I would be Alliance members as soon as we could. As soon as I was in, which was just a day after Kashie and I had arrived, I started constructing my Zoid... Midnight. A little while later, when I was maybe 13, I asked Jean what had happened to my parents. He said that they had done poorly in The Alliance, and they had been sent away. To where, he wouldn't tell me. And... I... I never heard from them. I never got my letters that I was promised, or my calls... I don't know if they're even alive, anymore..." Runa explained.
'Aw, how sentimental, a sad story and someone to cry on... well, anyway, I've figured it out. There seems to be a tangle in your emotions!'
'What the hell is that supposed to mean...?'
"I... I really don't know what to say. I wouldn't think that they would kill the members who failed, right...?" Bit asked. He frowned when he heard Runa sobbing. She clutched his jacket.
"I miss them," she mumbled.
'I know who you really miss...'
'Oh, shut up! Can't you see I'm a mess, right now?!'
'You were right, when we were conversing in The Confederation... as much as I hate to admit.'
'I'm afraid that I don't understand...!'
'I'll tell you when you aren't *leeched* to this fine man...'
'Shut up...'
"Why do you stay, then? Why don't you take Kashie and go somewhere else? Isn't it a burden to have all of these... 'missions' on your back all the time?" Bit asked.
"I don't know, I don't want to talk about it anymore..." Runa sobbed. "Y-you should really go, now. Won't your friends be worried?"
"I... yeah, I guess. Will you call?" he asked.
"Of course."
'Of course you will, Runa...'
'Why can't you leave me alone!?'
'Hmph, fine, be that way. I see how it is... nyea...'
Runa slid out of Bit's embrace, and stumbled backwards onto her bed. She looked up at him before he silently left her room, without a word.
"I hope I didn't hurt him..." she whispered to herself.
'Oh, I bet you only mildly broke his heart...'
"Why don't you ever stop saying stuff like that?"
'Hey, you're gonna have to deal with it. Anyway, I think you're toggling back and forth between two men, my dear Arunamei-chan.'
"WHAT!?"
'Yeah. You remember the other one, don't you? Mm, handsome guy, has sympathy towards a certain Kirazuna female, namely you, ooooh yes, you fell for him. A 6-foot-deep hole for him, but for this Bit guy... I'd like to say somewhere around a 10-foot-hole. You wuuuuuv him!'
"Knock it off! Leave me alone, I'm going to sleep!"
'Fine... that's just fine with me.'
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It had been a somewhat short, somewhat long walk back to the Blitz Team hover cargo. Bit sighed, walking in through the hangar. He looked up at the Liger 0.
"I'm back," he said, silently. The Liger gave a soft roar in response to this. Nodding, Bit proceeded into the hover cargo.
"BIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Leena shouted, running up to hug the "friend" she thought would never come back. "YOU'RE BACK!" she said happily. Bit was shocked, surprised, and a little amused. Why Leena had been acting so weird over the last few days, he didn't know.
"Leena! I-it's good to see you, too..." he mumbled. Upon hearing Leena's shout, Brad walked in the hangar to see both her and Bit.
"Where have you been?" he asked.
"I went to save Runa, where else?" Bit replied. Brad cocked an eyebrow.
"Where is she, now?" he further questioned.
"She's back at The Alliance--where she belongs. Why, why do you care? You seemed to hate her pretty much..." Bit said. Brad folded his arms.
"Maybe I decided to change my mind on that..." he replied.
"Well, anyway, do you suppose that's the last that we'll see of The Alliance?" Leena asked, letting go of Bit. He shrugged.
"I don't know. I don't know if I want to see it, or if I don't..."
"What do you mean by that!? Isn't The Alliance some kind of group, like the Backdraft?" Brad asked.
"N-no! It's actually the exact opposite! They're a community-friendly organization, it seems. They do missions to benefit the community of Zi! The Confederation tried doing that, and I guess they couldn't, so what they do now is try to take the credit for themselves," Bit explained.
"And how do you know all of this?" Leena asked.
"Runa told me," Bit simply said.
"Well, anyway, there's someone here who came to visit you. Don't ask me why, either, because I won't be able to tell you," Brad replied. He led Bit and Leena to the living room, where the ever-so-familiar face of D-chan greeted Bit.
"Hi-hi!" she said, smiling. Her red eyes intimidated Bit to no end. This, however, was the first time he actually got the chance to mark down D's appearance. Her short black hair and red eyes seemed to give her a scary appearance, while her black dress, just decked out in white lace, seemed to make her more cute-scary. Other than the dress being decked out in lace, it had a fairly good amount of ribbons, too. D-chan had a black headband with four black ribbons tied around it settled neatly in her hair.
"What do you want?" Bit asked. D-chan rested her elbow on the arm of the couch.
"Oh, nothin' much. I'd really thought I'd come by to say hi," she replied. Bit folded his arms.
"No you didn't," he simply said.
"Ooookay, so you're right. That's not what I came over to say. I wanted to tell you that The Alliance is under attack. Will you come help us fight The Confederation? Please?" D-chan pleaded.
"I don't exactly see why I SHOULD," Bit replied, bitterly. D-chan frowned, crossing her legs.
"Fine, if you wanna be that way, do it for Runa. They're still gonna be after her, Bit. None of us ever stopped that. We have a number of things they want: the information, Runa, and The Setsunakute Ii. Why we took it, I don't know. But please say that you'll come fight with us," she pleaded once again.
"If Bit will," Leena began, "then so will I." Bit casted a glance in Leena's direction. She usually stood tall in her words.
"Fine. In that case, I guess I will, too," Brad replied. Bit wasn't quite sure if he wanted to get his friends into this. It was turning into a war, and for all he knew, they could die. But something itched on him to say yes.
"Okay. I will."
"Great. Now, get some sleep. We'll call you when we get sight of them. Thanks, guys," D-chan replied, then began to walk off.
"Wait!" Bit called.
"Yes?" D-chan spoke, inches from the door.
"Why do they call you D-chan instead of Daisuri?" Bit wondered. D-chan smirked.
"Sorry, that's gonna stay Classified until later. Don't worry, though, I'll let you in on it, someday," she said with a wink, walking out of the hover cargo.
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Arizda: *passes out snacks* Hm..... this is beginning to get interesting, even in MY eyes. I wonder what I will make happen, next! :D I see a polygon forming, here... :) hehehehehe... but with who? Well diddly ho dandy, isn't it obvious? Expect to see some real familiar characters pop up in future chapters, too, by the way. Hehe, cos without them, luv polygons just wouldn't be complete... NEway, please continue to read x review! :) *looks at reviews w/ characters* WOW... this means more chapters, and a lengthier story. It's all good though... :)
Disclaimer: Blah. You know how it goes. I got tired of saying this a long time ago. : p
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"What's wrong?" Bit wondered, feeling as though his heart might break at any moment. Runa gave him a lopsided frown.
"I'm not sure," she replied.
'Fuck you, look at the position I'm in now!'
'Eh, eh, eh, simmah down nah! I'll figure out what's going on, you just try to explain to 'im some... uh, I dunno, stuffk. Let your sixth sense handle it, Runa...'
'...Weellll... okay...'
"Hm..." Runa said, quietly. "I guess The Alliance aura has kinda got me paranoid again..."
"What is it that's so good about The Alliance? I just don't see it," Bit spoke, wondering why she stuck around a place like this.
"Picture it as the Good Guy side, Bit. We do missions and stuff that will benefit the whole Zoid community on Zi. We're community-friendly. That's what we do. Each successful line of missions that we complete brings something new to the people of Zi. We aren't... bad," Runa answered. Bit held her tighter.
"What brought you here, in the first place?" he asked. Runa sighed.
~*f*l*a*s*h*b*a*c*k*~
It was a bright day outside, really. Runa and Kashie were just messing around, as usual, chasing after snakes and rabbits in the garden behind their house. The house that never had guardians around. This day was different from others in the fact that The Alliance was secretly under attack.
"What's that noise!?" Kashie shouted, immediatley after hearing the front door to the house slam. Runa looked up. Her 9-year-old mind at this point hadn't yet understood the fact that her parents were with The Alliance.
"I... I dunno!" Runa replied, worried, being her paranoid self, even at the age of 9. "You stay here, I'll go check it out!" And with that, she ran back into the house through the back door. "D-dad?" she asked, her father srounging up several things from the kitchen counter.
"Runa," he replied, "here, you take these." He handed Runa a file of papers. "Take Daddy's Zoid, and bring Kashie. Let the Command Wolf find The Alliance, and take the papers to Jean Pierre L'Petite."
"Wha? Where are you going?" Runa asked.
"Away. Mommy and I have... we've been sent somewhere else. We have to go. We promise to write to you or call you every once in a while," her father said, trying to make it seem like she would see him again.
"What?! I don't understand! Why are you going?!" Runa shouted.
~*e*n*d***f*l*a*s*h*b*a*c*k*~
"And... yeah, they left. The papers turned out to be papers signifying that Kash and I would be Alliance members as soon as we could. As soon as I was in, which was just a day after Kashie and I had arrived, I started constructing my Zoid... Midnight. A little while later, when I was maybe 13, I asked Jean what had happened to my parents. He said that they had done poorly in The Alliance, and they had been sent away. To where, he wouldn't tell me. And... I... I never heard from them. I never got my letters that I was promised, or my calls... I don't know if they're even alive, anymore..." Runa explained.
'Aw, how sentimental, a sad story and someone to cry on... well, anyway, I've figured it out. There seems to be a tangle in your emotions!'
'What the hell is that supposed to mean...?'
"I... I really don't know what to say. I wouldn't think that they would kill the members who failed, right...?" Bit asked. He frowned when he heard Runa sobbing. She clutched his jacket.
"I miss them," she mumbled.
'I know who you really miss...'
'Oh, shut up! Can't you see I'm a mess, right now?!'
'You were right, when we were conversing in The Confederation... as much as I hate to admit.'
'I'm afraid that I don't understand...!'
'I'll tell you when you aren't *leeched* to this fine man...'
'Shut up...'
"Why do you stay, then? Why don't you take Kashie and go somewhere else? Isn't it a burden to have all of these... 'missions' on your back all the time?" Bit asked.
"I don't know, I don't want to talk about it anymore..." Runa sobbed. "Y-you should really go, now. Won't your friends be worried?"
"I... yeah, I guess. Will you call?" he asked.
"Of course."
'Of course you will, Runa...'
'Why can't you leave me alone!?'
'Hmph, fine, be that way. I see how it is... nyea...'
Runa slid out of Bit's embrace, and stumbled backwards onto her bed. She looked up at him before he silently left her room, without a word.
"I hope I didn't hurt him..." she whispered to herself.
'Oh, I bet you only mildly broke his heart...'
"Why don't you ever stop saying stuff like that?"
'Hey, you're gonna have to deal with it. Anyway, I think you're toggling back and forth between two men, my dear Arunamei-chan.'
"WHAT!?"
'Yeah. You remember the other one, don't you? Mm, handsome guy, has sympathy towards a certain Kirazuna female, namely you, ooooh yes, you fell for him. A 6-foot-deep hole for him, but for this Bit guy... I'd like to say somewhere around a 10-foot-hole. You wuuuuuv him!'
"Knock it off! Leave me alone, I'm going to sleep!"
'Fine... that's just fine with me.'
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It had been a somewhat short, somewhat long walk back to the Blitz Team hover cargo. Bit sighed, walking in through the hangar. He looked up at the Liger 0.
"I'm back," he said, silently. The Liger gave a soft roar in response to this. Nodding, Bit proceeded into the hover cargo.
"BIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Leena shouted, running up to hug the "friend" she thought would never come back. "YOU'RE BACK!" she said happily. Bit was shocked, surprised, and a little amused. Why Leena had been acting so weird over the last few days, he didn't know.
"Leena! I-it's good to see you, too..." he mumbled. Upon hearing Leena's shout, Brad walked in the hangar to see both her and Bit.
"Where have you been?" he asked.
"I went to save Runa, where else?" Bit replied. Brad cocked an eyebrow.
"Where is she, now?" he further questioned.
"She's back at The Alliance--where she belongs. Why, why do you care? You seemed to hate her pretty much..." Bit said. Brad folded his arms.
"Maybe I decided to change my mind on that..." he replied.
"Well, anyway, do you suppose that's the last that we'll see of The Alliance?" Leena asked, letting go of Bit. He shrugged.
"I don't know. I don't know if I want to see it, or if I don't..."
"What do you mean by that!? Isn't The Alliance some kind of group, like the Backdraft?" Brad asked.
"N-no! It's actually the exact opposite! They're a community-friendly organization, it seems. They do missions to benefit the community of Zi! The Confederation tried doing that, and I guess they couldn't, so what they do now is try to take the credit for themselves," Bit explained.
"And how do you know all of this?" Leena asked.
"Runa told me," Bit simply said.
"Well, anyway, there's someone here who came to visit you. Don't ask me why, either, because I won't be able to tell you," Brad replied. He led Bit and Leena to the living room, where the ever-so-familiar face of D-chan greeted Bit.
"Hi-hi!" she said, smiling. Her red eyes intimidated Bit to no end. This, however, was the first time he actually got the chance to mark down D's appearance. Her short black hair and red eyes seemed to give her a scary appearance, while her black dress, just decked out in white lace, seemed to make her more cute-scary. Other than the dress being decked out in lace, it had a fairly good amount of ribbons, too. D-chan had a black headband with four black ribbons tied around it settled neatly in her hair.
"What do you want?" Bit asked. D-chan rested her elbow on the arm of the couch.
"Oh, nothin' much. I'd really thought I'd come by to say hi," she replied. Bit folded his arms.
"No you didn't," he simply said.
"Ooookay, so you're right. That's not what I came over to say. I wanted to tell you that The Alliance is under attack. Will you come help us fight The Confederation? Please?" D-chan pleaded.
"I don't exactly see why I SHOULD," Bit replied, bitterly. D-chan frowned, crossing her legs.
"Fine, if you wanna be that way, do it for Runa. They're still gonna be after her, Bit. None of us ever stopped that. We have a number of things they want: the information, Runa, and The Setsunakute Ii. Why we took it, I don't know. But please say that you'll come fight with us," she pleaded once again.
"If Bit will," Leena began, "then so will I." Bit casted a glance in Leena's direction. She usually stood tall in her words.
"Fine. In that case, I guess I will, too," Brad replied. Bit wasn't quite sure if he wanted to get his friends into this. It was turning into a war, and for all he knew, they could die. But something itched on him to say yes.
"Okay. I will."
"Great. Now, get some sleep. We'll call you when we get sight of them. Thanks, guys," D-chan replied, then began to walk off.
"Wait!" Bit called.
"Yes?" D-chan spoke, inches from the door.
"Why do they call you D-chan instead of Daisuri?" Bit wondered. D-chan smirked.
"Sorry, that's gonna stay Classified until later. Don't worry, though, I'll let you in on it, someday," she said with a wink, walking out of the hover cargo.
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Arizda: *passes out snacks* Hm..... this is beginning to get interesting, even in MY eyes. I wonder what I will make happen, next! :D I see a polygon forming, here... :) hehehehehe... but with who? Well diddly ho dandy, isn't it obvious? Expect to see some real familiar characters pop up in future chapters, too, by the way. Hehe, cos without them, luv polygons just wouldn't be complete... NEway, please continue to read x review! :) *looks at reviews w/ characters* WOW... this means more chapters, and a lengthier story. It's all good though... :)
