Disclaimer: I do own Zoids. The Hasbro plastic toys that is.



Chapter 1 – The Present

Bit Cloud walked into the kitchen as always, early in the morning. He opened a cabinet and noticed that his box of cookies was now empty. "Aw man," he said with a sigh, "Oh well, there's always some good chocolate chip cookies in Leena's box!"

"Haven't you learned anything?" Bit turned around. Brad just came into the kitchen with a newspaper and was getting himself a cup of coffee. "If you steal any more of Leena's stuff, I wouldn't be surprised if you end up missing an arm."

"Cut her some slack, would ya Bit, her birthday is coming up." Jamie was now up as well. Bit at that time has already stuffed a cookie into his mouth.

"Fer virfday?" asked Bit with cookie crumbs falling out of his mouth.

"It's her sweet sixteen." (AN: when Leena went to pick up her new gunsniper, she asked Brad to drive her. When she went shopping [episode when Layon kidnaps her], she took her gunsniper. I've never seen her drive a car in the show, so I'm assuming that she can't and therefore is under 16.)

Bit swallowed the cookie "Wow! Think of all the cake there'll be!"

"Hey guys." Leena waved as she entered the room. She noted her box of chocolate chip cookies in Bit's hand. Her soft lavender eyes turned into a bright violet. She leered Bit down.

"Say goodbye to your arm Bit!" Brad snickered.

~20 minutes late~

"Are those two ever going to give it a rest?" Jamie looked out the window and noticed Bit and Leena doing their second lap around the Tauros Base.

"It's just a theory but I think they enjoy chasing each other around like that, in fact I think they really like each other." Brad thought out loud.

"You're not serious right?" Jamie turned to face Brad.

"Come on! All they do is flirt!" Brad went on.

Jamie was young, and just started high school. He really didn't know everything there is about romance. He was puzzled at how insulting and killing could be interpreted as flirting. He averted his attention back to the window. A huge shipment had just come in. "Aw Doc, I wish you'd stop wasting the team's money like that."

Bit and Leena has finally made a third lap around the base. Both of them had been running at a speed of 20miles/hr non-stop and are completely out of breath. "What…the [gasp]…hell[pant]…is…THAT?!" Leena managed.

"Oh just a new zoid." Steve Tauros walked out to meet the shipment.

"Man! This is going to put us in dept AGAIN!" Jamie announced as he slapped his forehead.

"This had better not have come out of MY account." Brad joined the others outside.

"Well let's see what it is." Bit was curious and excited.

"You'll all get the chance to see it. But first, I have to get it all set up." Doc shooed the pilots back into the base.

~Later~

Everyone (except Leena) was thinking of what presents to give to Leena. Jamie was thinking of something useful that will help Leena. Brad was thinking of the least expensive gift. Doc already got her a gift, so he thought of what new zoid models to buy for himself. Bit needed a present that he won't have to put too much effort into.

Just then, Bit received a brilliant idea. He was a high school senior, and he just happened to have two invitations to a senior's dance. He knew that Leena being a junior would give anything to attend a senior's dance. There were two problems. Leena was not a senior and the dance was not on the same day as her birthday. 'Shouldn't be a problem,' Bit thought to himself, 'Leena doesn't go to my school so no one would know her. And the dates are only one-and-a-half weeks apart, no sweat.'

~Two days later~

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIIIIIIIIIIIRTHDAY DEAR LEENA…"

"Alright, enough with the singing! Stop before you shatter every window!" Leena said frustrated with her hands covering her ears. "Let's just get to the cake already!"

After everyone ate his or her full, Leena was ready to open her presents. Jamie got her a weird, black and white eyepiece. "I know how much you hate using you're sights, so I got you this, it fits easily over you're left eye and helps you aim. It's so simple yet effective, you'll hardly notice it's there." Jamie smiled as he finished. Leena desperately needed one of those. She gave him a big hug.

Brad's gift was a very small box. Leena quickly tore it open. Inside was a receipt acknowledging her first driving lesson. Brad smirked, "What did you expect? Keys to a brand new car?" Leena thanked Brad. She couldn't wait to drive. Piloting zoids is fun, but there are many places cars can go that zoids cannot.

"Leena, my gift isn't in a box, and you won't be able to receive it for more that a week." Bit apologetically said to Leena.

"What do you mean Bit?" Leena sounded disappointed.

"What I mean is that in one and a half week from now, there's going to be a senior's dance, I'm allowed to bring anyone I like, and want you to come with me!"

Leena gasped, it was too good to be true. To her, being a senior was like being a sovereign. If a senior wanted you're lunch money, It was usually wise to not argue. Suddenly, Bit didn't seem so obnoxious. "BIT, YOU'RE AWSOME!!!!!" She leaped at him and gave him a hug (AN: what did you think? That I was going to make her kiss him or something?).

Just then, the video-phone (or whatever) rang. Leena answered it. It was Leon. "Hey there! How're ya doing Leena?" Leon's kind voice spoke.

"Leon!" said everyone in unison.

"What did you think? That I was going to forget about my little baby sister's birthday?"

"So what didja get me?" Leena said with a smirk.

"Aren't WE impatient." Leon rolled his eyes. "I just wanted to tell you that we're really not siblings and you were adopted."

"WHAAAAAAAAAT????!!!!"

"Just JOKING!!!" (AN: Sorry! I needed Leon to punish Leena!)

"I will mutilate you now."

"Anyways, I will let you have my old car until you get yourself a new one. Since I've got a new car, I don't care what you do to it, run it over the edge of a cliff if your heart desires."

"Thanks Leon, but I still hate your guts."

They both hanged up (or whatever they do to shut off the screen). "Hey Leena, come see what I got you." Doc Tauros said casually to Leena. Leena put away her hatred for Leon and brushed away a strand of rusty hair from in front of her eyes. Everyone followed Doc to the hanger where a new zoid stood.

"No way. It's a HADES' BEAST!!!" Jamie shouted in disbelief.



So whadja think of my very first fic, EVER? Please review. Flames accepted. Guess what zoid a Hades' Beast is. Tell me the animal it's modeled after and what weapons you think it has, along with other features such as boosters or wings, whatever. The one with the closest guess will have his/her name mentioned in the next chapter.

Also, I need some way to fit school into the story, or maybe a sequel to the story. My idea is that zoid battling is a summer sport from the end of May to the beginning of October. And to make up for the two months of school that were lost, students who participate in battles would have to go to school on Saturdays and give up winter break. Tell me in the reviews if you've got a better idea.

Uses final flash to blind the enemy and exits at the speed of mach 5.