Chapter IV: The Gul Tiger

Unfortunately, Damion, I probably won't be able to talk my parents out of it. Nice suggestion though. Also.... the cable goes on Wednesday. My parents have been thinking about getting rid of it for a while now, so they thought, "Hey! Why not get rid of both things at once?" A good thing, we have to keep AOL for the rest of the month... yay. And argh at the same time. The only hting ZOIDS taht willl still be in my life is the model kits (speaking of which, I got a Raynos yesterday at Walmart. Doesn't walk very well, but still... cool.) and a once every two weeks trip to the library. Also, since my brother is so nice he'll probably get the DVD with the last four episodes of Chaotic Century if it ever comes out... And I can still watch Malcolm in the Middle, at least. Woohoo. Remind me to get a Gameboy ROM- besides Pokemon- while I still can...

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Dive into the mind...

A tiger-type Zoid ran across the desert, weaving back and forth out of pure boredom. It was yellow, orange, and black with gray caps and a fairly thick and long black tail.

I'm such an idiot, thought its pilot. I don't know anything about women!

The Zoid's red eyes glowed as it skidded to a halt and starting shooting at a large boulder with a beam gun. Much-needed target practice.

*"Hey, Sylv! Could you throw me that wrench thing?" shouted Sephiroth Adrian Donovan, looking over the edge of his new Gul Tiger.

"For the last time, Adrian, STOP CALLING ME SYLVIA!!!" shouted his assistant, throwing up the wrench. It didn't make it up all the way; Sephiroth grabbed for it and lost his balance.

"I know," she continued, "You miss her a lot and my name sounds like Sylvia. But PLEASE!!! It's so darn annoying!"

Unfortunately for Sephiroth he tottered on the edge of his new Zoid and fell off; but thankfully, he was able to grab the edge of it. "Vivian?" he asked helplessly, hanging from the edge of his Gul Tiger. "I don't really want to drop eight meters to the ground! A little help, please?!!"

Vivian laughed and shook her head, blue eyes looking very amused. She simply walked out of the little hangar, still laughing at Sephiroth.

"VIVIAN!!!" shouted Sephiroth. "Come back! Please?"

No response.*

"You know what?" Sephiroth asked his Zoid. "I think I need to get a life." It roared.

The Gul Tiger jumped on top of the boulder and looked forward. There it was; New Helic City, his destination, across a deep gap in the terrain. Sephiroth had no where better to go. Life wasn't going very well. He had decided to go to the ZBC's office their, as it was the closest to Sephiroth's hangar, and quit his job of developing new weapons for them. Somehow he missed fighting Zoid battles, and he was getting a little rusty. The Gul Tiger roared, and Sephiroth smiled fondly at his X. Yes, his X. Not his Ultimate X. If it had been like in the old days he would have called it an Ultimate X, but there was only one Ultimate X: Bit Cloud's Liger Zero X. All other Zoids were either X's or just normal Zoids.

"Sephiroth! There you are!" shouted a voice. Sephiroth recognized it immediately.

"Once again, Viv, I'm sorry for accidentally calling you Sylvia; and I might as well take you out to dinner or something to make up for it," answered Sephiroth as the Gul Tiger turned around to look at Vivian's Zoid. "Though I STILL don't understand why it's such a big deal."

Unfortunately for Sephiroth- he was having a very, very bad day- the Tiger's front paw slipped while turning around, and the Gul Tiger started to fall down the chasm. Vivian's red and black Zoid ran forward and grabbed onto the Gul Tiger's tail by its mouth. She laughed as she lugged the Gul Tiger back up. "Are you okay?"

Sephiroth didn't answer. His face was frozen with a look of shock, fright, and nervousness.

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Poor Sephy.... I mean, Sephiroth. Adrian. Whatever he goes by. I'm so mean to him! Oh well, no more rants today! must write as much as I can before the internet goes out the window! This is the end of the chapter... because I say so... and because I want to upload it. Nicely short. Next one will be longer. I will spend every moment I can this month trying to finish this!!!!! Hopefully!!! The Gul Tiger and Vivian's Zoid were both found on a Japanese Zoids site, http://www.zoidshokanko.com/