Chp.7: Two friends meet again

"I'm gonna run the Lightning Saix," Irvine said.

"This early?" Moonbay commented as she sat drinking her coffee. Van probably would have commented, but he wasn't used to getting up early and trainig yet so he couldn't respond.

"Yeah, I wanna take in some stuff, and I can't soak in anything better than when I'm in the zoid," Irvine finished tying the scarf around his head and then put on the eyepatch.

"Whatever," Moonbay said. "See you later, Irvine."

"Bye, Moonbay. See ya' Van," Irvine said back and left.

"Pancakes…." Van murmered sleepily.

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Irvine rode along admiring the desert, so pretty at the sunrise. It calmed him a lot. It was good to be calm and not thinking about what lay ahead of him. "Hmm?" A zoid appeared running in front of the sun. It was a silver Command Wolf.

"A Command Wolf? Never seen it before," Irvine commented to himself. It came running closer.

"You!" He flipped on the comlink. "I dentify yourself!" Irvine said.

"Silverwolf sir! Mercenary!" The voice on the other line seemed slightly startled. He was a rough one though, unafraid and ready to fight just in case. He'd been raised well.

"Silverwolf?" Irvine said. "You're not the Silverwolf that grew up in Marketstown, are you?"

"Yeah? Why?" Silverwolf asked.

"It's me! It's Irvine! You remember, dontcha?" Irvine asked.

"Irvine?! You're kidding!!!" The cockpit opened and the man jumped out. He was tall, not quite as tall as Irvine, but pretty close. Heis hair went to his middle back and was dark brown. It wasn't very noticable, considering how limp it was though. His bangs only covered his right eye and stopped right after that. The rest didn't have bangs.

As for clothes, he had on a tight, black, sleeveless shirt, army green, baggy pants, and brown lace up boots pulled up on them. He also had on brown gloves. His eyes were black, and hiss face was thin, with a red v mark on his forehead.

Irvine jumped out of his zoid, very happy to see his old friend. "I don't believe it! I thought I'd never see you again!"

"Me neither! It's so great to see ya' man!" Silverwolf said. They did a secret handshake that only eleven year olds could come up with and laughed. "I can't believe we remember that!"

"I can," Irvine said. "So, how have you been?" The two made their way over to a rock and sat down.

"Eh, okay I guess. The old man died about four years ago, and I hit the road in his zoid. I think his spirit travels with me. Plus, I've been working on all my musical skills. Hopefully when I'm done doin' what I'm doin' I can get a career."

"I'll be lookin' for ya'. As for me, I haven't done much since I left home six years ago when sis died. I traveled here and there and became a mercenary too,"Irvine said. "I met up with Moonbay about four years ago."

"Yeah, when you left, she decided that she could leave too. You guys were always at competition to see who was stronger. She declared she was just as tough as you and two times prettier, remember?"

"Yeah, how could I forget? She'd tell my sister that all the time," Irvine said. "She knows me better than anyone."

"Yeah, she might talk a lot, but she knows how to keep her mouth shut," Silverwolf laughed. "…..I- well, I've been riding with a rebelist group lately. It's a great place. You could join if you want. I'm one of the three top fighters and the only one of them that's male. With you there, I wouldn't be so alone."

"Well, I'm already in a group. I'd have to be really mad at them to change," Irvinbe lifted his head up and let the wind blow back his hair.

"I can't believe you still have your old man's magnifying patch," Silverwolf smirked. "When he died, that was the first thing you went for to remember him by."

"Yeah, no one else could even touch it," Irvine said. "I rreasure this thing more than anything."

"Anything?" Silverwolf put on a fake sad face.

"Except for our friendship." Silverwolf kept staring intently, now smirking. "…..and Moonbay."

"Hit the nail on the head there, man," Silverwolf laughed and tied his boot. "I still suggest ya think about joining me. Two girls and one guy might sound good right now, but trust me, it's not. One of them is infatuaded with some other dude, and the other one is only fourteen. Sure, there's nothing wrong with that, but she's so smart and quiet that I don't know anything about her."

"Hey, come on, I'll let you come to my place," Irvine said. The two men stood, climbed into their zoids, and made their way back to the base.

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"Hey! I'm back!" Irvine yelled. Moonbay's room door opened, and she walked out.

"Dear god, Moonbay!" Silverwolf yelled out. "You're gorgeous! Very hot."

"Silverwolf?!" Moonbay looked at him, then at Irvine. "Where'd you find him?"

"We met while we were running our zoids. I figured I'd let him come by here," Irvine shrugged. "Is something wrong with that?"

"No, of course not, it's just that I never expected to see him again. I'm kinda surprised," Moonbay said.

"It's nice to see you again, Moonbay," Silverwolf kept looking at her. There was some kind of light in his eyes. He looked away smiling shyly.

"He couldn't be in love with her, they just met again," irvine thought and huffed. "C'mon, man, let's go get some food."

"Grindage, oh, yes!" Silverwolf cheered and ran off behind Irvine. He made sure to look back at Moonbay again, blush, the head around the corner.

Irvine continued to eye him, especially when he'd look back at her. He couldn't love her! Well, maybe he had a crush on her, or maybe there was a little lust in there. No big deal. Silverwolf was always crushing on girls. Irvine figured he'd get over it eventually. Besides, he wouldn't be here long.