I'm With You chap 7: Enter Harry

Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I may not own Zoids, but neither do you! :P

"Good to be here," said Mr. Champ. "And I brought my son along for you to meet." He gestured towards the Whaleking, where a very depressed looking Harry Champ was emerging from the mouth. He looked up and went pale. Suddenly he started running.

"LLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed.

Leena paled. "Oh no, not Harry," she moaned.

"You know that guy?" asked Yolanda.

"Yeah," said Leena. "Unfortunately."

"He has a huge crush on Leena, and can't accept the fact that she and Bit are together," Jamie whispered to Yolanda.

By this time, Harry had reached them. He stood with his hands on his knees, panting hard. His father and Angela were staring at him quizzically, as were most of the Chaos employees. Bit put a protective arm around Leena's shoulders and stared at Harry, almost as if challenging him to do something about it. Harry, of course, didn't notice at first.

"Leena darling!" he cried. "How good it is to find you here!"

"Umm, hey, Harry," Leena said weakly, turning red as she felt everyone's eyes on her.

"BIT CLOUD! Get your hands off my Leena!" Harry yelled, finally noticing Bit's presence.

Leena's temper flared, and she stood up, almost knocking Bit over. "I am NOT your Leena, Harry! I'm with Bit, so get over it!"

"NNNOOOO!!!!!" Harry wailed. "It can't be true! He's brainwashed you, Leena darling! But don't worry," he said, throwing his arms suddenly around Leena, "I'll find the best doctors to fix you."

A second later, Harry was flying through the air, courtesy of Leena. He landed about twenty feet away, and Leena stomped over to him, eyebrows twitching. "I am not brainwashed!" she yelled. "I am perfectly fine, so leave me ALONE!" There were some giggles all around at the sight of Harry twitching on the ground, along with some "You tell him, girl!"'s.

"Bit Cloud!" Harry yelled. He got up and ran over to Bit, halting in front of him and pointing his finger in his face. "I challenge you to a one-on- one Zoid battle for Leena's heart!"

Before Bit could answer, Mr. Champ stepped in. "Now, now, Harry," he said, "that is NOT how you court a young lady."

"But Dad," Harry whined, "he stole my girl from me!" Mr. Champ glanced over at Bit, who shook his head.

"I was never your girl!" Leena said.

Harry's chin began to quiver. He drooped to his knees and began to bawl. "Leena darling, I love you so much! Why do you reject me so! What does he have that I don't?! I've got money and wit and charm and good looks and money and personality and money and intelligence, and did I mention that I have lots of money?"

During Harry's speech, Angela had begun to frown and dig around in her multiple pockets. Finally, she found what she was looking for. Her trusty wrench. She walked up behind Harry and brought it down swiftly on his head, knocking him out instantly. He never knew what hit him.

"I hope you don't mind, Mr. Champ," she said, putting her wrench away. "He was starting to get on my nerves."

"Umm, right..." Mr. Champ said. "I'll agree that his behavior was most displeasing, but did you really have to do that?"

Angela shrugged. "I've seen worse," she said, totally ignoring his question. "So," she said, changing the subject, "what can I do for you?"

"Oh yes, I almost forgot! I was wondering if you had a long-range gattling pistol. Mary managed to break mine trying to mount it on her Iron Kong."

"Really? The one I sold you last year? The one that you put in your museum? Didn't she know that we reconfigured it so that it couldn't be used as a weapon?"

Mr. Champ sighed. "Well, I told her, but she doesn't listen very well."

"Why don't you just bring it in so we can fix it?"

"She broke it in half, lengthwise."

Angela whistled, obviously impressed. "Wow. I guess that's pretty much unreparable. Don't ever let anyone tell you that girl doesn't have any talents. Well, it just so happens that we have a long-range sniper pistol in the back. Will that do instead?"

"Yeah, that'd be great," Mr. Champ said, smiling.

"Okay then. It'll probably be done in an hour. All we have to do is mess with the wiring and compatibility to Zoids so that it can't be shot, and then it'll be done. You're welcome to hang around until it's done."

"Why thank you, Ms. Angela," said Mr. Champ. "We'd love to."

By this time, Harry was beginning to regain consciousness. He moaned groggily and raised a hand to his head, touching the good-sized lump that was growing. "Owwwww..." he whined. "What happened?"

"You ran into a low tree branch," Angela said.

"Hey! You used that excuse on me, remember?" Jamie said.

"Oh yes..." Angela paused to think. "Well," she said, "the sky was falling, and a chunk of it fell on your head. But it's not falling anymore. The angels caught it and put it back."

"Oh," said Harry. He frowned. "Hey, wait a minute..." before he could finish thinking, Angela had run to the other side of the hangar, a few of her employees following her. They could be seen working on a large gun, presumably the long-range sniper pistol for Mr. Champ. "She was lying, wasn't she?" Harry asked, looking around. There was a mass giggle from the Chaos employees, sighs from the Blitz Team, and a sweatdrop from Mr. Cloud.

Harry staggered to his feet, swayed slightly, but maintained his balance. He looked at Leena and opened his mouth.

"Don't say it!" Bit warned, drawing Leena closer to him. "She's mine and I love her!" With that, he pulled Leena up to him and kissed her, on the lips, nice and long. (A/N: Thanks to Dracoinfinity for reminding me that this was supposed to be a ROMANCE fic, and not whatever else I was making it!) There were hoots and cheers from the Chaos employees, and Harry wailed. Bit broke away from Leena, who was blushing bright red, and smirked at Harry. "Get the picture?" Bit asked smugly.

Harry stopped wailing and stared at them, his chin quivering rapidly. "W-w- what am I s'posed to do without m-m-my L-l-leena?" he asked, trying not to cry.

Leena sighed. "For the last time, Harry, I'm not yours. Why don't you get a life and girlfriend? I'm sure there's someone out there who will love you."

"Hear, hear," said a voice from behind Harry. They all turned to see a girl, about seventeen years old, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She walked up to Harry and put a hand on his shoulder, despite the fact that he was a good six inches taller than she was. "There's always someone for someone," she said. "Whether or not you actually find that someone is a completely different story. But you can at least look. Don't mope all your life. It's unappealing."

"Who the heck are you?" Harry asked.

"Harry!" Mr. Champ hissed. "Manners!"

"Aww, don't worry 'bout it," the girl said to Mr. Champ, waving her hand dismissively. "My name is Malissa Telger, and I'm training to become a guidance counselor for adults. If you'd like, I'll give you a session here."

"Don't need sessions..." Harry muttered.

"Oh, but I think you do," Malissa said, leading him away. Harry was too shocked and depressed to resist. She tossed a quick look at Bit and Leena and winked. Bit waved gratefully in return. "Now, we're just going to a private room so we can talk," Malissa said to Harry. "And didn't you mention something earlier about having a lot of money?"

"Yeah..." they heard Harry say, before he and Malissa left the hangar.

There was a five second silence, disrupted by the Chaos employees and Bit breaking into almost uncontrollable laughter.

"What's so funny?" Leena asked, confusion written on her face. "I think it was nice of her to offer him free counseling sessions." Harry's father nodded in agreement.

"The thing is," Bit managed to gasp out, "Malissa's not really a counselor in training!"

"Really?" Mr. Champ asked.

"Really," said Cheryl. "She's actually an actress who works here part-time to get her exercise in. She hates going to public gyms."

"An actress...?" Mr. Champ echoed.

"Yeah, but I doubt Harry will ever know the difference. She's pretty talented," said Lisa.

"Pretty devious is more like it," said Curt. Vera rolled her eyes at him, and he stuck his tongue out at her. Vera reddened slightly in anger, but said nothing. Curt smirked in satisfaction. Leena raised her eyebrows, and Cheryl leaned in close to whisper in her ear.

"Curt's main goal in life is to annoy Vera," she whispered. "I think it's kinda cute."

"Oh," Leena muttered back, nodding slightly.

"Hey, what are you two whispering about?" Bit asked.

"Oh, nothing," Leena and Cheryl said in unison. Bit narrowed his eyes, but said nothing.

There was a brief silence.

Then, "I'm so BORED!" was heard from Yolanda.

"Yeah, we should find something to do," Jamie said.

"Let's go shopping!" Nicole yelled.

"SHOPPING!" all the girls yelled. Across the hangar, Angela looked up and narrowed her eyes. She was unnoticed by the group, though.

"NO!" all the boys chorused. "Shopping is evil!"

The girls proceeded to beat the boys up, and then a vote was taken: go shopping or experience severe pain. Shopping won unanimously.

And so, the whole group left, leaving behind Mr. Champ, Doc Toros, Angela, and few employees.

"I hope we don't get in trouble for this," Vera muttered.

"Oh, come on, live a little," Curt said, flicking her nose.

Vera growled and jumped him, to the surprise of Leena, Jamie, and Brad. To put it in Brad's words, "She just didn't seem the type."

And so, new wardrobes were bought by the girls, with the boys acting as donkeys, carrying everything. There was much teasing and good times had by all. All girls, that is. The boys were kinda...tortured.

They returned to Chaos at almost dusk, where Angela was waiting for them. After a long lecture, in which Angela promised to reduce their paychecks and kill them slowly (neither of which taken seriously), the group was free to return to their homes. It was amazing at how quickly the place emptied out.

"We gotta go, too," Doc said.

"Aww, Daaaaaaaadddddddddd," Leena whined.

"I know, honey, but we have a battle the day after tomorrow so we have to leave now," Doc said.

"Okay," Leena grumbled.

"I, too, must be going," Mr. Champ said. "Thank you so much for the pistol."

"No prob; thanks for the business," Angela said.

"Do you have any idea where my son is?" Mr. Champ asked.

"Probably still with Malissa," Vera answered.

"Speak of the devil," Bit muttered.

Malissa and Harry had just entered the hangar. Harry looked as if he had been crying, and Malissa was patting his shoulder comfortingly. As they drew closer, everyone could hear what they were saying.

"...you really think so?" Harry was saying.

"Oh, I know so," Malissa answered. "You are very close to a breakthrough. Here..." -she dug around in her pocket, produced a pen and scrap of paper, and scribbled on it- "this is my home number. Call me sometime so that we can schedule another session."

"Okay," Harry nodded. He walked past the group and into the Whaleking, purposely not looking at either Bit or Leena. Mr. Champ said a final goodbye and entered the Whaleking, which took off and flew into the horizon.

"We should be going, too," Doc said. Everyone said goodbye and Bit hugged his mother and two of his sisters. Veatrise wasn't present.

As the Blitz Team was walking out of Chaos, they heard a shout. "Hey, wait!" They turned around to see Cheryl running toward them, waving a piece of paper.

"Here!" she exclaimed, shoving the paper into Jamie's hands. "That has my personal phone number and email address. Keep in touch!" She winked at Jamie, who blushed.

"Thanks," Jamie said, folding the paper and stuffing it into his pocket. Cheryl flashed him a grin and ran back into the building.

The Blitz Team entered the Hover Cargo. Doc entered the coordinates into the computer, and they were off.

Bit sat alone in a room, staring out a window at Chaos, which was quickly disappearing. Leena poked her head in and smiled at his peaceful expression. She entered the room silently and sat next to Bit, causing him to jump slightly. He smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her waist bringing her in for a short, sweet kiss. She rested her head on his shoulder and stared out the window. Chaos was now only a small bump on the horizon.

"You were right," she said softly. Bit glanced at her quizzically. "I do like your family."

AN- Okay, y'all, this is the last chapter. I mean it, no more. Okay, so there IS going to be an epilogue. It'll be up super-short, and will most likely be up next week at the latest. I hope you all enjoyed this story, and if you didn't, I don't blame you. There wasn't much of a plot...and updates took me forever...I'm a bad authoress! Bad ShadowSpinner, Bad!