Authors note: Thanks for all the great reviews, and Im happy that you
liked it. I hope everyone had a happy halloween and got lots of candy! (I
did! *Pulls a reeses out of thin air and begins to munch*) Anywho, heres
chapter 2!
CHAPTER 2
"You got it?" Cloud asked, his eyes dancing mischievously.
"Yeah." Koh nodded, "But mom hates spiders..."
"I know." Cloud seemed as excited as an eleven year old on the first day of summer vacation. He clapped his hands together and over-dramatically said, "It will be the best gag ever."
"You know, moms gonna be pretty pissed off at you." Koh said, the same look of mischief on his face.
"Nah. Rain's pretty good at taking jokes." Cloud said, "Come-on and i'll show him to you."
Koh followed Cloud down the hall and into the older zoid pilots room. Cloud looked down the hallway and noticed that nobody was coming. He then shut the door and locked it, motioning for Koh to take a seat in the bed. Koh nodded and complied.
Cloud then went to his dresser and opened one of the drawers. He grinned and pulled out a small, clear, glass container, then carried it over to Koh.
Koh gasped. Inside the container had to be the biggest tarantula that he had ever seen. He turned to his uncle and sarcastically said, "Don't you think it's going a bit... oh I dunno... overboard? Even for you?"
Cloud took a seat next to his nephew and said, "Koh, Koh, Koh... haven't I taught you anything? It's called "sibling rivalry" and it lasts until your old and gray. I'm your mom's older brother... Im expected to play mean jokes on her." He grinned, "Plus she deserves it after what she made me do the last time everyone showed up for a little get together. I'll never forget that day 10 years ago."
"Your holding a grudge from 10 years ago!?" Koh exclaimed, "Why?!"
"Your mom made me watch all of you." Cloud said, "All the whiny little brats! You guy's were monsters when you were little. I had to watch ALL of you. It was almost literally hell on earth."
"Hey... I think I remember that..." Koh said, grinning, "Didn't you end up locking us in a closet telling us it was a new version of hide and seek?"
"Yeah..." Cloud scratched the back of his head, "I had enough of all the little cries of "Im hungry" or "im cold" or "I'm tired"... so I told you we were going to play a game called Closet hide and seek." He laughed, "I told you that if you stayed perfectly still and quiet, your mom and the others wouldn't be able to find you..."
Koh laughed and pushed a strand of his long sliver hair behind his ear, "But, still, that is a big spider."
Cloud laughed and said, "I know. You have to keep this quiet Koh, even from Nadia. If she were to find out she'd run strait to your mom."
Cloud got up to put the spider away.... but in his hurry he accidentally dropped the container. It was like slow motion as the two trouble makers watched the glass container fall through the air. Cloud tried to grab it but it slipped from his grasp...
The glass shattered and the spider made a mad dash under Clouds bed. Both Koh and Cloud dove after it, accidentally smacking right into each other. "Damn!" They both cried at the same time, rubbing their heads.
"Help me turn the bed on it's side!" Cloud said.
The two of them lifted the bed onto its side, then gasped in horror as they watched the large, hairy tarantula dash into a hole in the wall.
"Shit." Was the only thing Cloud could manage to get through his lips. He then went into a small cursing fit and said, "My plan is ruined AND we have a huge tarantula running free through the base!" He turned to Koh, "Common we have to find it... the room on the other side of the wall is yours so lets go check it out."
Just then the doorbell rang, and both Cloud and Koh's faces went pail. The guests were already arriving. That meant that they had no time to look for the spider...
Meanwhile...
Rain opened the door and smiled as she saw who it was.
"Hello Rain! Long time no see!" Rei said warmly, "How's it been?" Izumi was standing next to him, and behind them stood Goji and Lavender.
"Hey you guy's. Come on in." Rain let them in and said, "Where are the kids?"
"Trying to drown each other in the waterfall probably." Izumi answered blankly. She smiled and said, "So how's life been treaten ya?"
"Pretty good." Rain said, just as two soaking wet teenagers approached the door. Shiro was scowling and Kristen had a smile on her face.
"Damn it, Kristen!" Shiro said angrily, "That was not cool."
Kristen laughed, "Your right. It was cold."
"That's not what I meant!" Shiro growled, "I didn't mean the water."
Rain grinned and said, "It's been a long time since I saw you two."
Shiro and Kristen stopped arguing and turned their attention to Rain.
"Did you guy's bring your zoids?" Rain asked.
"Yeah." Goji said, "They're at the gustav."
"Then go ahead and take them into the hanger, there's plenty of room in there." Rain instructed, "Then you guy's can come up into the main room. I'll be waiting for you in there."
The others all nodded and left, heading back to the gustav. They each got in their separate cockpits and took them through the waterfall.
Rain watched through the glass wall as they all came into the hanger. She was amazed by both Kristen and Shiro's zoids.
Kristens zoid was a custom built fox type zoid. 'Rei must have built it for her' Rain thought. The fox was dark purple, with three separate tails. It had a laser-canon on it's back, and what seemed to be titanium alloy claws and teeth. On its shoulders were two gatling-guns, and inside it's mouth was a beam laser.
Shiro's zoid was also amazing. It was obviously a human type, and was painted dark blue and black, and had bright orange eyes. On its back was a type of bow, that looked to Rain like it used a type of energy charged arrows. Along its arms it had retractable blades, and what looked like a dagger on the side of its arm.
"Wow." Rain said, "I bet they make one heck of a team." She turned and saw both Cloud and Koh shuffle into the room, their faces pale and a fake look of innocence written on them. Rain couldn't help but smile. Koh reminded her allot of Cloud, not only by how he acted, but how he looked and talked as well.
"What are you two up too?" Rain demanded, a smile still on her face.
"Nothing. Why would you think that sis?" Cloud said innocently.
"Mom, where's dad and Nadia?" Koh asked, noticing neither of them present.
"They went to the store to get some snacks and stuff." Rain said, "Why?"
"I was just curious." Koh said, walking over to look down on the incoming zoids, "Oh wow!"
Cloud came over and looked down, "Those are some pretty unique zoids."
"I know. They look pretty powerful as well." Rain added, "I can't help but admire the fox type one."
Goji and Lavender were the first to enter the room, followed not to far behind by the others. They noticed Koh and Cloud.
"Hello Cloud!" Lavender said giving Cloud a small hug, "It's been awhile!" She then turned to Koh, "And who is this handsome young man. Koh I presume?"
Koh blushed slightly, and shook her hand, "Yeah."
The doorbell rang again and Rain excused herself to go answer it. She walked down the hallways and to the door. Opening it, she saw that it was Zack and his son Jessie.
"Hello Zack." Rain said, "And your Jessie, right?"
Jessie smiled, "Yes. Hi."
"How are you Rain?" Zack asked, stepping inside and following Rain down the hall, Jessie not far behind him.
"Im fine, what about you Zack?"
"Im doing well." Zack said, "April decided to stay at the base, and take care of things."
"All right," Rain said, "You two make yourselves at home. Rei, Izumi, Goji, Lavender, Kristen and Shiro are already here." She paused, "Oh, did you bring your zoids?"
"Yeah," Jessie said.
"Then you may want to put them in the hanger. You know the way Zack, meet us back in the main room when your finished alright?"
"Ok. We'll be back." Zack and Jessie left to put their zoids in the hanger.
Rain walked into the main room and chuckled as Kristen and Shiro were amazed at the glass wall. The two of them were looking down, enjoying the view of all the zoids, and gasping at the bahamut as it entered. Koh joined them, also amazed by the dragon type zoid.
"Jeeze mom. That's the only dragon type zoid I've seen besides yours... and a couple of reddlers." Koh said.
Rain sat on the couch, laughed and said, "That's the bahamut. What is Jessie piloting?"
"A customized Lightning Siax." Koh answered.
"I like the red and black iron kong that's down there." Kristen said, "And the black and teal Konig wolf."
"The iron kong is mine." Koh bragged, "It's got enforced spiked hands, and two beam guns on each one. It's also got other weapons."
"And I take it the Konig wolf is Nadia's?" Goji asked curiously.
"Yeah." Rain said, "It's main weapons are its enforced teeth and claws, and it has a removable beam canon. In it's mouth we installed a EC canon. It's a special type of canon that sends an electrical impulse through the opponent zoid, having a 50/50 chance of freezing it completely. But, it's a hard weapon to use and has only a 75-85% accuracy. We also imputed a shield generator."
"That's a powerful Konig wolf," Zack said, entering the room. "I like the black armor with the teal and blue stripes."
"Yes, Koh and Nadia both chose their zoids." Rain explained, "So they also got to choose the colors."
They chatted a while until the doorbell rang and Rain ran to see who it was.... Koh and Cloud were still worried about the tarantula, and had disappeared to go look for it....
~~~~~~~End of chapter 2~~~~~~
Authors note: Hey, Hope you enjoy it.
Oh and Himeko... I named Kristen after my friend Kristen, It was just a coincidence that it's your name too.... though it is a strange one! lol.
CHAPTER 2
"You got it?" Cloud asked, his eyes dancing mischievously.
"Yeah." Koh nodded, "But mom hates spiders..."
"I know." Cloud seemed as excited as an eleven year old on the first day of summer vacation. He clapped his hands together and over-dramatically said, "It will be the best gag ever."
"You know, moms gonna be pretty pissed off at you." Koh said, the same look of mischief on his face.
"Nah. Rain's pretty good at taking jokes." Cloud said, "Come-on and i'll show him to you."
Koh followed Cloud down the hall and into the older zoid pilots room. Cloud looked down the hallway and noticed that nobody was coming. He then shut the door and locked it, motioning for Koh to take a seat in the bed. Koh nodded and complied.
Cloud then went to his dresser and opened one of the drawers. He grinned and pulled out a small, clear, glass container, then carried it over to Koh.
Koh gasped. Inside the container had to be the biggest tarantula that he had ever seen. He turned to his uncle and sarcastically said, "Don't you think it's going a bit... oh I dunno... overboard? Even for you?"
Cloud took a seat next to his nephew and said, "Koh, Koh, Koh... haven't I taught you anything? It's called "sibling rivalry" and it lasts until your old and gray. I'm your mom's older brother... Im expected to play mean jokes on her." He grinned, "Plus she deserves it after what she made me do the last time everyone showed up for a little get together. I'll never forget that day 10 years ago."
"Your holding a grudge from 10 years ago!?" Koh exclaimed, "Why?!"
"Your mom made me watch all of you." Cloud said, "All the whiny little brats! You guy's were monsters when you were little. I had to watch ALL of you. It was almost literally hell on earth."
"Hey... I think I remember that..." Koh said, grinning, "Didn't you end up locking us in a closet telling us it was a new version of hide and seek?"
"Yeah..." Cloud scratched the back of his head, "I had enough of all the little cries of "Im hungry" or "im cold" or "I'm tired"... so I told you we were going to play a game called Closet hide and seek." He laughed, "I told you that if you stayed perfectly still and quiet, your mom and the others wouldn't be able to find you..."
Koh laughed and pushed a strand of his long sliver hair behind his ear, "But, still, that is a big spider."
Cloud laughed and said, "I know. You have to keep this quiet Koh, even from Nadia. If she were to find out she'd run strait to your mom."
Cloud got up to put the spider away.... but in his hurry he accidentally dropped the container. It was like slow motion as the two trouble makers watched the glass container fall through the air. Cloud tried to grab it but it slipped from his grasp...
The glass shattered and the spider made a mad dash under Clouds bed. Both Koh and Cloud dove after it, accidentally smacking right into each other. "Damn!" They both cried at the same time, rubbing their heads.
"Help me turn the bed on it's side!" Cloud said.
The two of them lifted the bed onto its side, then gasped in horror as they watched the large, hairy tarantula dash into a hole in the wall.
"Shit." Was the only thing Cloud could manage to get through his lips. He then went into a small cursing fit and said, "My plan is ruined AND we have a huge tarantula running free through the base!" He turned to Koh, "Common we have to find it... the room on the other side of the wall is yours so lets go check it out."
Just then the doorbell rang, and both Cloud and Koh's faces went pail. The guests were already arriving. That meant that they had no time to look for the spider...
Meanwhile...
Rain opened the door and smiled as she saw who it was.
"Hello Rain! Long time no see!" Rei said warmly, "How's it been?" Izumi was standing next to him, and behind them stood Goji and Lavender.
"Hey you guy's. Come on in." Rain let them in and said, "Where are the kids?"
"Trying to drown each other in the waterfall probably." Izumi answered blankly. She smiled and said, "So how's life been treaten ya?"
"Pretty good." Rain said, just as two soaking wet teenagers approached the door. Shiro was scowling and Kristen had a smile on her face.
"Damn it, Kristen!" Shiro said angrily, "That was not cool."
Kristen laughed, "Your right. It was cold."
"That's not what I meant!" Shiro growled, "I didn't mean the water."
Rain grinned and said, "It's been a long time since I saw you two."
Shiro and Kristen stopped arguing and turned their attention to Rain.
"Did you guy's bring your zoids?" Rain asked.
"Yeah." Goji said, "They're at the gustav."
"Then go ahead and take them into the hanger, there's plenty of room in there." Rain instructed, "Then you guy's can come up into the main room. I'll be waiting for you in there."
The others all nodded and left, heading back to the gustav. They each got in their separate cockpits and took them through the waterfall.
Rain watched through the glass wall as they all came into the hanger. She was amazed by both Kristen and Shiro's zoids.
Kristens zoid was a custom built fox type zoid. 'Rei must have built it for her' Rain thought. The fox was dark purple, with three separate tails. It had a laser-canon on it's back, and what seemed to be titanium alloy claws and teeth. On its shoulders were two gatling-guns, and inside it's mouth was a beam laser.
Shiro's zoid was also amazing. It was obviously a human type, and was painted dark blue and black, and had bright orange eyes. On its back was a type of bow, that looked to Rain like it used a type of energy charged arrows. Along its arms it had retractable blades, and what looked like a dagger on the side of its arm.
"Wow." Rain said, "I bet they make one heck of a team." She turned and saw both Cloud and Koh shuffle into the room, their faces pale and a fake look of innocence written on them. Rain couldn't help but smile. Koh reminded her allot of Cloud, not only by how he acted, but how he looked and talked as well.
"What are you two up too?" Rain demanded, a smile still on her face.
"Nothing. Why would you think that sis?" Cloud said innocently.
"Mom, where's dad and Nadia?" Koh asked, noticing neither of them present.
"They went to the store to get some snacks and stuff." Rain said, "Why?"
"I was just curious." Koh said, walking over to look down on the incoming zoids, "Oh wow!"
Cloud came over and looked down, "Those are some pretty unique zoids."
"I know. They look pretty powerful as well." Rain added, "I can't help but admire the fox type one."
Goji and Lavender were the first to enter the room, followed not to far behind by the others. They noticed Koh and Cloud.
"Hello Cloud!" Lavender said giving Cloud a small hug, "It's been awhile!" She then turned to Koh, "And who is this handsome young man. Koh I presume?"
Koh blushed slightly, and shook her hand, "Yeah."
The doorbell rang again and Rain excused herself to go answer it. She walked down the hallways and to the door. Opening it, she saw that it was Zack and his son Jessie.
"Hello Zack." Rain said, "And your Jessie, right?"
Jessie smiled, "Yes. Hi."
"How are you Rain?" Zack asked, stepping inside and following Rain down the hall, Jessie not far behind him.
"Im fine, what about you Zack?"
"Im doing well." Zack said, "April decided to stay at the base, and take care of things."
"All right," Rain said, "You two make yourselves at home. Rei, Izumi, Goji, Lavender, Kristen and Shiro are already here." She paused, "Oh, did you bring your zoids?"
"Yeah," Jessie said.
"Then you may want to put them in the hanger. You know the way Zack, meet us back in the main room when your finished alright?"
"Ok. We'll be back." Zack and Jessie left to put their zoids in the hanger.
Rain walked into the main room and chuckled as Kristen and Shiro were amazed at the glass wall. The two of them were looking down, enjoying the view of all the zoids, and gasping at the bahamut as it entered. Koh joined them, also amazed by the dragon type zoid.
"Jeeze mom. That's the only dragon type zoid I've seen besides yours... and a couple of reddlers." Koh said.
Rain sat on the couch, laughed and said, "That's the bahamut. What is Jessie piloting?"
"A customized Lightning Siax." Koh answered.
"I like the red and black iron kong that's down there." Kristen said, "And the black and teal Konig wolf."
"The iron kong is mine." Koh bragged, "It's got enforced spiked hands, and two beam guns on each one. It's also got other weapons."
"And I take it the Konig wolf is Nadia's?" Goji asked curiously.
"Yeah." Rain said, "It's main weapons are its enforced teeth and claws, and it has a removable beam canon. In it's mouth we installed a EC canon. It's a special type of canon that sends an electrical impulse through the opponent zoid, having a 50/50 chance of freezing it completely. But, it's a hard weapon to use and has only a 75-85% accuracy. We also imputed a shield generator."
"That's a powerful Konig wolf," Zack said, entering the room. "I like the black armor with the teal and blue stripes."
"Yes, Koh and Nadia both chose their zoids." Rain explained, "So they also got to choose the colors."
They chatted a while until the doorbell rang and Rain ran to see who it was.... Koh and Cloud were still worried about the tarantula, and had disappeared to go look for it....
~~~~~~~End of chapter 2~~~~~~
Authors note: Hey, Hope you enjoy it.
Oh and Himeko... I named Kristen after my friend Kristen, It was just a coincidence that it's your name too.... though it is a strange one! lol.