Two crazy weeks by:DarkKnightSephiroth
Chapter1: the enemy of my friend is..my lover? It's a normal day in the world of Zi. Van and Fiona were traveling along a path through a forest with not much purpose anymore since the war was over and the deathsaurer destroyed. Raven though still obsessed with the idea of beating Van one day Hadn't been seen for awhile Reese had also disappeared with him. It made Van Nervous to think that Raven could be out there somewhere waiting to Ambush him at any moment but what could he do besides keep going? He thought to himself as he continued on the sky was covered in thick clouds and it was apparent that a heavy storm was going to break soon so he decided to find a good place to camp. Then he spotted a cave not too far off and decided to head for it. "Hey Fiona we're gonna make camp in that cave over there for awhile till the storm passes okay?" He said "Sure I don't mind not like we have anywhere in particular to go to anyway." She said. He stopped the Blade liger near the Cave entrance and hopped out "come on" he said waiting on Fiona to hop down. First Zeik popped out of the liger and landed next to Van and then Fiona hopped down. As they headed into the cave Suddenly Van had a strange feeling but he shook it off and when they got a little deeper they saw a fire was already going "looks like someone's already here" he whispered to Fiona. As he stopped not sure whether to go on or to turn around and find another place to camp "Well don't just stand there" She said "Come on lets see who it is." She said walk ahead of him. "but Fi.." He started but it was too late se was already halfway there "Hello there." She started then she realized who it was "Oh my goodness! You!" Fiona said restraining herself from pouncing on the person sitting by the fire. Van ran up beside her and saw who it was. "Well we meet again Van." Reese said strangely cheerful and friendly. "Oh no if she's here then." Van started but Reese cut him off "He's asleep see?" She said pointing to a sleeping bag not too far away. "Uh huh well we'll just be going.." Van said starting to turn around and walk away as Reese frowned but before she could say anything the storm broke and it was the mother of all storms The rain could be heard echoing all the way to where they were in the cave and the sounds of lightning and thunder were actually louder than they really were but it was enough to convince him to stay there. "Uh.on second thought guess we're stuck." He said. "I guess you are." Reese said grinning slightly with an idea forming in her head since they'd be stuck together she could really talk to him for the first time since they first met. There was a lot she wanted to talk to him about like why he saved her that one time she never got to get an answer because specular came swooping down and carried her off All she needed now was for Fiona to go somewhere or go to sleep but then there were things she wanted to ask her to. 'hm there must be a way to get what I want to know out of both of them without a whole lot of hassle.and I have to do it before Raven wakes up.' She thought and suddenly had an idea. "Would you like a drink? Or something to eat?" She said trying to sound as friendly as possible. "Why on earth would we trust YOU to give us food or drink? Knowing you it'll probably be poisoned!" Fiona said trying to contain her anger being stuck with her of all people she didn't mind raven just Reese.
"Fiona!" Van Started then lowered his voice to a whisper so Reese couldn't hear him "Don't give her any ideas." He said "Oh don't be ridiculous" Reese said having still heard him anyway. "There's not a whole lot of food here and I wouldn't poison what's already prepared how could I? I 'd have to eat it too ya know and Raven." She was right and Van Knew it so he decided to go ahead and take advantage of her hospitality while it lasted he was sure once raven woke up she'd be back to her old self again. "okay sure I'll have some thing." Van said and Reese grinned now was her chance she said she wouldn't poison them she didn't say anything about drugging them with a truth serum. She had intended on using it on Raven to find out how he felt about her and Fiona but now she had much better opportunities. "Here you are" She said handing Van a plate with some chicken on it and a drink that looked like lemonade. Van sat down with the plate and was hesitant at first but after the first bite he starting chowing down. "mmm Reese you made this yourself?" He asked talking in between bites "Yes" She said simply and nodded. "Fiona how bout you?" She said looking up at Fiona who was still standing "Just a drink for me I'm not really hungry." Fiona replied and Reese handed her another cup of lemonade. Which she began sipping at this point Raven woke up almost on cue and saw them sitting there. "WHAT THE HELL?!?!" He yelled jumping up "Oh Raven your up they showed up while you were sleeping they were looking for a place to wait out the storm and wandered in here and now that the storms started we're pretty much stuck with them" Reese explained. Raven just growled and sat next to Reese and taking a plate of food and then Reese got one for herself to avoid raising suspicion from Fiona or Van she didn't care if she was going to have to tell the truth too hell she was probably going to whether she was drugged or not before the night was over now that Reese was eating Fiona deemed it safe to eat and got herself a plate a well. Now finally everyone was eating the drugged food and Reese could put her plan into action soon...she didn't know what to expect but she had an idea of what not to expect. Though soon enough all that would go right out the window.
After they'd all finished eating Raven had half a mind to go back to sleep he didn't want to sit there and stare at Van all night or make small talk he couldn't challenge him now because of the storm and he knew Van wouldn't accept it so if he couldn't beat Van now why not at least do it in a dream? The only thing wrong with his grand plan was he had just woken up and eaten basically he was set to stay of for at least 8 hours so what to do for the time being? It was simple keep his mouth shut and be bored and listen to them talk if they wanted to. "So van are you and Fiona officially together yet?" Reese asked suddenly "huh? Uh.I uh well.." Van stuttered "No we're not we're just good friends." Fiona answered seeing as how he was making a fool of himself. "Uh Yea that's right really close friends." Van seconded "Oh by close you mean you've slept together?" Reese was really pushing it here and she knew it but she figured the serum would have kicked in by now and they'd answer "No! Of course not its not like that with me and her!" Van answered quickly "Hey whats that supposed to mean? You were so quick to answer its like you wouldn't want to ever." Fiona asked looking at him with a look that told him he'd better come up with a good answer. "Uh What I meant was." Van started "He didn't mean any harm Fiona he just didn't want any doubt about his answer because of hesitation am I right Van?" Reese said looking at van figuring he just say yea "Exactly Reese! . See Fiona? She understands what I meant." Van said happy to have gotten out of that one. "So Reese what about you and Raven? You two have been awfully friendly since the war ended and have been since a little before then now that I think about it." Fiona asked trying to turn things around but Raen Quickly opened his mouth before Reese could blurt out some joking answer "Theres NOTHING going o between me and her and there won't be EVER understand?" He said and then went back to being silent. "Geez Raven you didn't have to be so harsh and you could've at least let me have some fun with the question before you ruined it." Reese said a bit hurt. "Could have but didn't." Was Ravens only reply. "Hey here's a question for ya How come your being so friendly all of a sudden Reese?" Van asked raising a eyebrow Fiona perked a bit since she was curious as well and this she had to hear Reese had been hoping that question wouldn't come up since they ALL had truth serum in them but she managed to answer in a way that didn't reveal too much "I just thought I should be I mean I want to get to know you better we never really had a chance and besides the wars over now right? So we're not enemies any more well I can say that much for myself at least I don't know about Raven." Reese was having her own little celebration in her head at that answer she couldn't believe she'd answered it and left out the parts about her plan. But Van wasn't done yet "So why travel with Raven then? Why not come with us?" He said and at that one Fiona nudged him in the Ribs she didn't want Reese around it was bad enough they were spending time together now but if she were around everyday Eventually they would have a problem. "Well I didn't think it was a good idea before and I figured if I just showed up one day on your doorstep I'd probably get shot or something so I was pretty sure I was stuck with raven for awhile." She answered. "But if that's a invitation I'll gladly take it" She added "good she's going." Raven mumbled to himself. "Oh yea I'll bet you'll be real glad to be rid of me won't you raven? But lemme ask you this Who's gonna Cook your food now? Because you surely can't cook." She said laughing. And Van laughed along with her but Fiona didn't think it was very funny because she knew raven would probably let himself starve or go to work at some shady place. Suddenly Fiona had an idea she couldn't stand Reese but she could stand Raven and Van couldn't Stand Rave but he could Stand Reese. "How about we switch off for awhile?" Fiona asked finally speaking up after thinking of her idea. "Switch off?" Everyone asked. "Yea Reese will travel with Van from now on and I'll travel with Raven and if we don't like it we can switch back. Sound good?" She asked looking hopeful She REALLY did not want to end up traveling with Reese even if Van was there. "I don't care" Raven said "Fine by me." Reese said "Sure why not?" Van said and so it was settled they'd switch once the storm was over Reese would be with van and Fiona would be with Raven. Now a whole other plan was forming in Reeses' head and Fiona was making one too. For the rest of their time together they were all pretty much silent mainly because they were all thinking about what would happen once they left the cave Raven had already decided he'd made a mistake in saying he didn't care but he didn't want to look bad by being the one to back out. He was hoping Van had enough sense to change his mind. But Van was waiting on Raven to do the same thing and Fiona had only just thought about the fact that traveling with raven might mean fighting against Van. Reese was the only one who had absolute confidence nothing bad would happen boy was she Naive..Finally the storm ended and it was time to go and Van signaled Zeik and headed for the blade liger. "Come on woevers coming" Van said not sure if Reese would really come with him or not. Fiona waited a moment and almost got up but before she could Reese stood up "Oh sorry geuss that means me huh?" She said started to walk behind Van "Come on Specular lets go" And specular trotted off behind her master. "Well geuss we'd better get going too." Raven said looking at Fiona. "unless you wanna hang around here a while or changed your mind." Raven was hoping she'd say she had but she didn't she just got up and said "Alright lets go then ." Once everyone had gotten back to the Zoids and had all their stuff packed in Fiona and Van said their goodbyes and Raven and Reese just kinda looked at each other knowing what they each wanted to say but wouldn't or couldn't for some reason. Van hopped into the liger and Zeik went into the liger and they were off followed by reese and her Genosaurer. Raven and Fiona got into the GenoBreaker and headed in the opposite direction and so the switch had happened no one knew how long it would last or even if it would end but it had been done.
Raven and Fiona have headed due west and aren't really going anywhere in particular at the moment when it occurs to them that having just camped they need to get more food however Raven of course is broke. Fiona: "What do you mean you don't have any money?!"
Raven:"I mean I don't have any I've never needed to carry money around I just take what I need when I need it."
Fiona:"Hmph.Theif."
Raven:"What did you call me?!"
Fiona: "You heard me THEIF"
Raven"Grrrr I knew bringing you was a bad idea You quit your omplaining or I'll kick you out right this instant!"
Fiona: "Fine like I care I'd be happy to get away from a thieving liar like you anyway."
Raven:"WHAT WAS THAT?! FIRST I'm a thief And now I'm a Liar?! I not either for your information! I Take what I need from the people I beat!"
Fiona: "Okay so that makes you what? A mugger? A Murderer? Oh and Still a thief?"
Raven gave up he knew he couldn't win this argument seeing as how it was her opinion but if he was going to be stuck with her he had to change her opinion one way or another she'd either learn to deal with the things he did or he'd learn to do things her way he didn't care which as long as she'd just shut up.
Meanwhile Reese and Van are traveling in silence towards a village where Van was supposed to meet Irvine and moon bay.
Van: "Hey Reese your kinda quiet back there what's the deal? You were miss talkative only a little while ago."
Reese: "Huh? You mean you actually WANT to talk to me?"
Van: "Well if your gonna be hanging around it'd be nice if you spoke Silence makes me uneasy."
Reese: "Oh I didn't know.Sorry it just I'm used to traveling with Raven you know Raven everythings always gotta be quiet unless your fighting." She saidand then laughed a bit.
Van laughed with her "Yea that sounds like Raven ."
Reese: "So Van where we headed?"
Van: "Oh We're headed to this town I know Irvine and moon bay are supposed to meet us there." And then he thought about it and realized they still had no idea about the swap. "uh oh"
Reese: "What you just realized they won't have a clue about me?"
Van: "Yea.it could cause some problems maybe you shouldn't show up right away at least gimme some time to explain it to them."
Reese: "Nah lets just walk right up to them together and I'll be like "Hey how are ya?" and they'll freak out it'll be funny"
Van: "You know you remind me of me coming up with ideas like that. Alright I'll go with it but if they come after you it's not my fault."
Reese: "oh you wouldn't let them hurt me now would you van?"
He got silent thinking for as if thinking for a moment
Reese: " VAN!" Van: "Alright alright I'm kidding Sure I'll protect ya."
Reese: "that's what I thought."
"gee she sure does get mad easy" Van thought.
Finally they'd reached the town Van could see Irvine's Command wolf and Moonbays Gyzack.
Van "We're here" He said stopping the liger just outside town and hopping out. A second Later Zeik was beside him. And Reese did the same "Hey Reese" "What?" "How bout we add a twist to that idea of yours?" "what kind of twist?"Reese asked curious and interested "A twist like we'll say we're going out with each other that'll really get em." He answered And reese laughed "Oh that's a good one I like it." She said clinging to him and walking with him "But be warned I just may start to really like you" She teased. "hm geuss I'll just have to wait and see." Van said chuckling. Then he spotted Irvine on the street standing outside a clothing store and Van figured he was probably waiting on moon bay. Then he saw her pop out of the store with a couple of bags and hand them directly to Irvine. "HEY Irvine! Moon Bay! Over here!" Van yelled trying to get their attention. "huh?" Invine said looking in the direction of the voice he Moonbay it's Van. And they both went to greet him and then saw he was with reese andshe was clinging to him this prompted both to look at one another and then say "Uh Van.WHY THE HELL IS REESE WITH YOU?!". "oh I forgot to tell you guys she's my girlfriend now. We were stuck in a cave together for awhile and well.we just hooked up." Van explained trying to keep a straight face. Irvine and Moonbay were in shock then another question came to moonbays mind "Van..Where's Fiona?" "Oh she took off with Raven." He answered "No really where is she?" Irvine asked. "Seriously she's with Raven if you were to go find him she'd be sitting in the back of his Genobreaker." Resse said backing Van up. And the two just stood there in disbelief. "Wait if you two are going out then let me see you kiss." Irvine said figuring that it may have been possible for reese and van to get along but become boyfriend and girlfriend? Now that was a strectch. Van had been afraid Irvine would ask that. "Uh okay." He said and turned to Reese. Who had been actually Hoping he'd ask that to see what Van would do and seeing as how he was willing to she didn't mind it either as he leaned down a bit to kiss her she wraped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for the kiss before he could back out of it. Now Irvine and Moon Bay were convinced but still shocked and in disbelief for the third time in a row. Now Van was surprised Reese had actually done it' maybe she really did like him? Nah she couldn't..could she?' he thought while he was still kissing her and when he realized he was STILL doing it he broke the kiss. Reese took a breath and went back to clinging to him having forgotten all about their joke. "Believe us now?" Van asked And All they could do was Nod because their ability to speak had suddenly left them. Then Van started laughing "SYKE Reese and I aren't really going out though after a kiss like that I just might consider it." Said laughing and Reese suddenly remembered the joke and laughed with him "you should have seen the looks on your faces!" She said ad laughed some more. Now Irvine was mad he'd been tricked "What?! So then why are you two together then?" He asked and Van explained the whole story about the cave and the storm and finding Reese and Raven there and how they decided to switch off. "Well that's quite a story but how do we know your not lying again?" Moon bay asked. "Oh come on guys when have I ever played more than one trick at a time? And besides Reese is here and Fiona isn't that's proof enough right?" Van answered. "I geuss so."Ivine said "well look I've still got a bit more shopping to do you coming along?" Moon bay asked. "No thanks I'll see you guys at the Inn." Ban said already heading off to the Inn "um I guess I'll go" Reese answered "Alright while we're shopping How bout we get you something too?" Moonbay asked trying to be friendly "Really? That'd be great. I haven't bought anything new in awhile.hey wait why so friendly all ofa sudden? A second ago you looked like you were ready to bash my head in when I showed up with Van." Reese asked "well you've obviously become pretty good friends with Van and I'm guessing you like him if you can fake a kiss like that." Moon bay answered heading into the next clothes store while Reese followed.
A hour later
Reese came into Vans' room wearing a ligt blue skirt and a light blue tank top. "wow Reese you look great." Van said looking at her. As she entered he'd been thinking about her all day since that Kiss and it didn't help that he didn't have anything to do to occupy himself. " so I take it you like the new look?" She asked. "Definitely." He answered. Still staring at her she looked way better than she had before and it made him wonder why she would ever hide sucha thing? She was a lot better looking than she wanted people to know for some reason. "Um.Van we need to talk.." "About what?" "About that kiss today.I'm not sure but I think I felt something when we kissed and.." He got up and walked over to her. "You want to do it again?" He finished her sentence for her and she just nodded she was lying she knew she had feelings for Van now after that kiss how could she not? On top of that it'd been the first time she'd kissed anybody and then she'd thought about him all day since then. She just wanted an excuse to kiss him again and she knew it. And in the back of his mind Van knew it too but he needed to do it again because he really wasn't sure it was odd to think of him and Reese together . "Alright" he said and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her she was a little overwhelmed at first but soon she had her arms around his neck and was kissing back. And then Van broke the kiss he had his answer he did want to be with her especially now. "Well?" Reese asked snuggling into him "Well I think we'd better go tell Irvine and Moon bay we really are going out now." he said laughing. "oh you." She said chuckling "I wonder if they'll believe us this time?" "probably. I usually don't pull the same trick twice so they'll believe us" He answered.
That night Van and Reese slept together and kept moonbay and Irvine awake most of the night.
End Chapter 1 Ooooookay so We've got Reese and Van together! Wow that's a odd couple..now lets see what'll happen when Fiona finds out! And what about the odds of her and Raven? Also a 2 new comers find their way into the mix who are they? Where did they come from? And what's their purpose? Find out next Chapter!
Chapter1: the enemy of my friend is..my lover? It's a normal day in the world of Zi. Van and Fiona were traveling along a path through a forest with not much purpose anymore since the war was over and the deathsaurer destroyed. Raven though still obsessed with the idea of beating Van one day Hadn't been seen for awhile Reese had also disappeared with him. It made Van Nervous to think that Raven could be out there somewhere waiting to Ambush him at any moment but what could he do besides keep going? He thought to himself as he continued on the sky was covered in thick clouds and it was apparent that a heavy storm was going to break soon so he decided to find a good place to camp. Then he spotted a cave not too far off and decided to head for it. "Hey Fiona we're gonna make camp in that cave over there for awhile till the storm passes okay?" He said "Sure I don't mind not like we have anywhere in particular to go to anyway." She said. He stopped the Blade liger near the Cave entrance and hopped out "come on" he said waiting on Fiona to hop down. First Zeik popped out of the liger and landed next to Van and then Fiona hopped down. As they headed into the cave Suddenly Van had a strange feeling but he shook it off and when they got a little deeper they saw a fire was already going "looks like someone's already here" he whispered to Fiona. As he stopped not sure whether to go on or to turn around and find another place to camp "Well don't just stand there" She said "Come on lets see who it is." She said walk ahead of him. "but Fi.." He started but it was too late se was already halfway there "Hello there." She started then she realized who it was "Oh my goodness! You!" Fiona said restraining herself from pouncing on the person sitting by the fire. Van ran up beside her and saw who it was. "Well we meet again Van." Reese said strangely cheerful and friendly. "Oh no if she's here then." Van started but Reese cut him off "He's asleep see?" She said pointing to a sleeping bag not too far away. "Uh huh well we'll just be going.." Van said starting to turn around and walk away as Reese frowned but before she could say anything the storm broke and it was the mother of all storms The rain could be heard echoing all the way to where they were in the cave and the sounds of lightning and thunder were actually louder than they really were but it was enough to convince him to stay there. "Uh.on second thought guess we're stuck." He said. "I guess you are." Reese said grinning slightly with an idea forming in her head since they'd be stuck together she could really talk to him for the first time since they first met. There was a lot she wanted to talk to him about like why he saved her that one time she never got to get an answer because specular came swooping down and carried her off All she needed now was for Fiona to go somewhere or go to sleep but then there were things she wanted to ask her to. 'hm there must be a way to get what I want to know out of both of them without a whole lot of hassle.and I have to do it before Raven wakes up.' She thought and suddenly had an idea. "Would you like a drink? Or something to eat?" She said trying to sound as friendly as possible. "Why on earth would we trust YOU to give us food or drink? Knowing you it'll probably be poisoned!" Fiona said trying to contain her anger being stuck with her of all people she didn't mind raven just Reese.
"Fiona!" Van Started then lowered his voice to a whisper so Reese couldn't hear him "Don't give her any ideas." He said "Oh don't be ridiculous" Reese said having still heard him anyway. "There's not a whole lot of food here and I wouldn't poison what's already prepared how could I? I 'd have to eat it too ya know and Raven." She was right and Van Knew it so he decided to go ahead and take advantage of her hospitality while it lasted he was sure once raven woke up she'd be back to her old self again. "okay sure I'll have some thing." Van said and Reese grinned now was her chance she said she wouldn't poison them she didn't say anything about drugging them with a truth serum. She had intended on using it on Raven to find out how he felt about her and Fiona but now she had much better opportunities. "Here you are" She said handing Van a plate with some chicken on it and a drink that looked like lemonade. Van sat down with the plate and was hesitant at first but after the first bite he starting chowing down. "mmm Reese you made this yourself?" He asked talking in between bites "Yes" She said simply and nodded. "Fiona how bout you?" She said looking up at Fiona who was still standing "Just a drink for me I'm not really hungry." Fiona replied and Reese handed her another cup of lemonade. Which she began sipping at this point Raven woke up almost on cue and saw them sitting there. "WHAT THE HELL?!?!" He yelled jumping up "Oh Raven your up they showed up while you were sleeping they were looking for a place to wait out the storm and wandered in here and now that the storms started we're pretty much stuck with them" Reese explained. Raven just growled and sat next to Reese and taking a plate of food and then Reese got one for herself to avoid raising suspicion from Fiona or Van she didn't care if she was going to have to tell the truth too hell she was probably going to whether she was drugged or not before the night was over now that Reese was eating Fiona deemed it safe to eat and got herself a plate a well. Now finally everyone was eating the drugged food and Reese could put her plan into action soon...she didn't know what to expect but she had an idea of what not to expect. Though soon enough all that would go right out the window.
After they'd all finished eating Raven had half a mind to go back to sleep he didn't want to sit there and stare at Van all night or make small talk he couldn't challenge him now because of the storm and he knew Van wouldn't accept it so if he couldn't beat Van now why not at least do it in a dream? The only thing wrong with his grand plan was he had just woken up and eaten basically he was set to stay of for at least 8 hours so what to do for the time being? It was simple keep his mouth shut and be bored and listen to them talk if they wanted to. "So van are you and Fiona officially together yet?" Reese asked suddenly "huh? Uh.I uh well.." Van stuttered "No we're not we're just good friends." Fiona answered seeing as how he was making a fool of himself. "Uh Yea that's right really close friends." Van seconded "Oh by close you mean you've slept together?" Reese was really pushing it here and she knew it but she figured the serum would have kicked in by now and they'd answer "No! Of course not its not like that with me and her!" Van answered quickly "Hey whats that supposed to mean? You were so quick to answer its like you wouldn't want to ever." Fiona asked looking at him with a look that told him he'd better come up with a good answer. "Uh What I meant was." Van started "He didn't mean any harm Fiona he just didn't want any doubt about his answer because of hesitation am I right Van?" Reese said looking at van figuring he just say yea "Exactly Reese! . See Fiona? She understands what I meant." Van said happy to have gotten out of that one. "So Reese what about you and Raven? You two have been awfully friendly since the war ended and have been since a little before then now that I think about it." Fiona asked trying to turn things around but Raen Quickly opened his mouth before Reese could blurt out some joking answer "Theres NOTHING going o between me and her and there won't be EVER understand?" He said and then went back to being silent. "Geez Raven you didn't have to be so harsh and you could've at least let me have some fun with the question before you ruined it." Reese said a bit hurt. "Could have but didn't." Was Ravens only reply. "Hey here's a question for ya How come your being so friendly all of a sudden Reese?" Van asked raising a eyebrow Fiona perked a bit since she was curious as well and this she had to hear Reese had been hoping that question wouldn't come up since they ALL had truth serum in them but she managed to answer in a way that didn't reveal too much "I just thought I should be I mean I want to get to know you better we never really had a chance and besides the wars over now right? So we're not enemies any more well I can say that much for myself at least I don't know about Raven." Reese was having her own little celebration in her head at that answer she couldn't believe she'd answered it and left out the parts about her plan. But Van wasn't done yet "So why travel with Raven then? Why not come with us?" He said and at that one Fiona nudged him in the Ribs she didn't want Reese around it was bad enough they were spending time together now but if she were around everyday Eventually they would have a problem. "Well I didn't think it was a good idea before and I figured if I just showed up one day on your doorstep I'd probably get shot or something so I was pretty sure I was stuck with raven for awhile." She answered. "But if that's a invitation I'll gladly take it" She added "good she's going." Raven mumbled to himself. "Oh yea I'll bet you'll be real glad to be rid of me won't you raven? But lemme ask you this Who's gonna Cook your food now? Because you surely can't cook." She said laughing. And Van laughed along with her but Fiona didn't think it was very funny because she knew raven would probably let himself starve or go to work at some shady place. Suddenly Fiona had an idea she couldn't stand Reese but she could stand Raven and Van couldn't Stand Rave but he could Stand Reese. "How about we switch off for awhile?" Fiona asked finally speaking up after thinking of her idea. "Switch off?" Everyone asked. "Yea Reese will travel with Van from now on and I'll travel with Raven and if we don't like it we can switch back. Sound good?" She asked looking hopeful She REALLY did not want to end up traveling with Reese even if Van was there. "I don't care" Raven said "Fine by me." Reese said "Sure why not?" Van said and so it was settled they'd switch once the storm was over Reese would be with van and Fiona would be with Raven. Now a whole other plan was forming in Reeses' head and Fiona was making one too. For the rest of their time together they were all pretty much silent mainly because they were all thinking about what would happen once they left the cave Raven had already decided he'd made a mistake in saying he didn't care but he didn't want to look bad by being the one to back out. He was hoping Van had enough sense to change his mind. But Van was waiting on Raven to do the same thing and Fiona had only just thought about the fact that traveling with raven might mean fighting against Van. Reese was the only one who had absolute confidence nothing bad would happen boy was she Naive..Finally the storm ended and it was time to go and Van signaled Zeik and headed for the blade liger. "Come on woevers coming" Van said not sure if Reese would really come with him or not. Fiona waited a moment and almost got up but before she could Reese stood up "Oh sorry geuss that means me huh?" She said started to walk behind Van "Come on Specular lets go" And specular trotted off behind her master. "Well geuss we'd better get going too." Raven said looking at Fiona. "unless you wanna hang around here a while or changed your mind." Raven was hoping she'd say she had but she didn't she just got up and said "Alright lets go then ." Once everyone had gotten back to the Zoids and had all their stuff packed in Fiona and Van said their goodbyes and Raven and Reese just kinda looked at each other knowing what they each wanted to say but wouldn't or couldn't for some reason. Van hopped into the liger and Zeik went into the liger and they were off followed by reese and her Genosaurer. Raven and Fiona got into the GenoBreaker and headed in the opposite direction and so the switch had happened no one knew how long it would last or even if it would end but it had been done.
Raven and Fiona have headed due west and aren't really going anywhere in particular at the moment when it occurs to them that having just camped they need to get more food however Raven of course is broke. Fiona: "What do you mean you don't have any money?!"
Raven:"I mean I don't have any I've never needed to carry money around I just take what I need when I need it."
Fiona:"Hmph.Theif."
Raven:"What did you call me?!"
Fiona: "You heard me THEIF"
Raven"Grrrr I knew bringing you was a bad idea You quit your omplaining or I'll kick you out right this instant!"
Fiona: "Fine like I care I'd be happy to get away from a thieving liar like you anyway."
Raven:"WHAT WAS THAT?! FIRST I'm a thief And now I'm a Liar?! I not either for your information! I Take what I need from the people I beat!"
Fiona: "Okay so that makes you what? A mugger? A Murderer? Oh and Still a thief?"
Raven gave up he knew he couldn't win this argument seeing as how it was her opinion but if he was going to be stuck with her he had to change her opinion one way or another she'd either learn to deal with the things he did or he'd learn to do things her way he didn't care which as long as she'd just shut up.
Meanwhile Reese and Van are traveling in silence towards a village where Van was supposed to meet Irvine and moon bay.
Van: "Hey Reese your kinda quiet back there what's the deal? You were miss talkative only a little while ago."
Reese: "Huh? You mean you actually WANT to talk to me?"
Van: "Well if your gonna be hanging around it'd be nice if you spoke Silence makes me uneasy."
Reese: "Oh I didn't know.Sorry it just I'm used to traveling with Raven you know Raven everythings always gotta be quiet unless your fighting." She saidand then laughed a bit.
Van laughed with her "Yea that sounds like Raven ."
Reese: "So Van where we headed?"
Van: "Oh We're headed to this town I know Irvine and moon bay are supposed to meet us there." And then he thought about it and realized they still had no idea about the swap. "uh oh"
Reese: "What you just realized they won't have a clue about me?"
Van: "Yea.it could cause some problems maybe you shouldn't show up right away at least gimme some time to explain it to them."
Reese: "Nah lets just walk right up to them together and I'll be like "Hey how are ya?" and they'll freak out it'll be funny"
Van: "You know you remind me of me coming up with ideas like that. Alright I'll go with it but if they come after you it's not my fault."
Reese: "oh you wouldn't let them hurt me now would you van?"
He got silent thinking for as if thinking for a moment
Reese: " VAN!" Van: "Alright alright I'm kidding Sure I'll protect ya."
Reese: "that's what I thought."
"gee she sure does get mad easy" Van thought.
Finally they'd reached the town Van could see Irvine's Command wolf and Moonbays Gyzack.
Van "We're here" He said stopping the liger just outside town and hopping out. A second Later Zeik was beside him. And Reese did the same "Hey Reese" "What?" "How bout we add a twist to that idea of yours?" "what kind of twist?"Reese asked curious and interested "A twist like we'll say we're going out with each other that'll really get em." He answered And reese laughed "Oh that's a good one I like it." She said clinging to him and walking with him "But be warned I just may start to really like you" She teased. "hm geuss I'll just have to wait and see." Van said chuckling. Then he spotted Irvine on the street standing outside a clothing store and Van figured he was probably waiting on moon bay. Then he saw her pop out of the store with a couple of bags and hand them directly to Irvine. "HEY Irvine! Moon Bay! Over here!" Van yelled trying to get their attention. "huh?" Invine said looking in the direction of the voice he Moonbay it's Van. And they both went to greet him and then saw he was with reese andshe was clinging to him this prompted both to look at one another and then say "Uh Van.WHY THE HELL IS REESE WITH YOU?!". "oh I forgot to tell you guys she's my girlfriend now. We were stuck in a cave together for awhile and well.we just hooked up." Van explained trying to keep a straight face. Irvine and Moonbay were in shock then another question came to moonbays mind "Van..Where's Fiona?" "Oh she took off with Raven." He answered "No really where is she?" Irvine asked. "Seriously she's with Raven if you were to go find him she'd be sitting in the back of his Genobreaker." Resse said backing Van up. And the two just stood there in disbelief. "Wait if you two are going out then let me see you kiss." Irvine said figuring that it may have been possible for reese and van to get along but become boyfriend and girlfriend? Now that was a strectch. Van had been afraid Irvine would ask that. "Uh okay." He said and turned to Reese. Who had been actually Hoping he'd ask that to see what Van would do and seeing as how he was willing to she didn't mind it either as he leaned down a bit to kiss her she wraped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for the kiss before he could back out of it. Now Irvine and Moon Bay were convinced but still shocked and in disbelief for the third time in a row. Now Van was surprised Reese had actually done it' maybe she really did like him? Nah she couldn't..could she?' he thought while he was still kissing her and when he realized he was STILL doing it he broke the kiss. Reese took a breath and went back to clinging to him having forgotten all about their joke. "Believe us now?" Van asked And All they could do was Nod because their ability to speak had suddenly left them. Then Van started laughing "SYKE Reese and I aren't really going out though after a kiss like that I just might consider it." Said laughing and Reese suddenly remembered the joke and laughed with him "you should have seen the looks on your faces!" She said ad laughed some more. Now Irvine was mad he'd been tricked "What?! So then why are you two together then?" He asked and Van explained the whole story about the cave and the storm and finding Reese and Raven there and how they decided to switch off. "Well that's quite a story but how do we know your not lying again?" Moon bay asked. "Oh come on guys when have I ever played more than one trick at a time? And besides Reese is here and Fiona isn't that's proof enough right?" Van answered. "I geuss so."Ivine said "well look I've still got a bit more shopping to do you coming along?" Moon bay asked. "No thanks I'll see you guys at the Inn." Ban said already heading off to the Inn "um I guess I'll go" Reese answered "Alright while we're shopping How bout we get you something too?" Moonbay asked trying to be friendly "Really? That'd be great. I haven't bought anything new in awhile.hey wait why so friendly all ofa sudden? A second ago you looked like you were ready to bash my head in when I showed up with Van." Reese asked "well you've obviously become pretty good friends with Van and I'm guessing you like him if you can fake a kiss like that." Moon bay answered heading into the next clothes store while Reese followed.
A hour later
Reese came into Vans' room wearing a ligt blue skirt and a light blue tank top. "wow Reese you look great." Van said looking at her. As she entered he'd been thinking about her all day since that Kiss and it didn't help that he didn't have anything to do to occupy himself. " so I take it you like the new look?" She asked. "Definitely." He answered. Still staring at her she looked way better than she had before and it made him wonder why she would ever hide sucha thing? She was a lot better looking than she wanted people to know for some reason. "Um.Van we need to talk.." "About what?" "About that kiss today.I'm not sure but I think I felt something when we kissed and.." He got up and walked over to her. "You want to do it again?" He finished her sentence for her and she just nodded she was lying she knew she had feelings for Van now after that kiss how could she not? On top of that it'd been the first time she'd kissed anybody and then she'd thought about him all day since then. She just wanted an excuse to kiss him again and she knew it. And in the back of his mind Van knew it too but he needed to do it again because he really wasn't sure it was odd to think of him and Reese together . "Alright" he said and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her she was a little overwhelmed at first but soon she had her arms around his neck and was kissing back. And then Van broke the kiss he had his answer he did want to be with her especially now. "Well?" Reese asked snuggling into him "Well I think we'd better go tell Irvine and Moon bay we really are going out now." he said laughing. "oh you." She said chuckling "I wonder if they'll believe us this time?" "probably. I usually don't pull the same trick twice so they'll believe us" He answered.
That night Van and Reese slept together and kept moonbay and Irvine awake most of the night.
End Chapter 1 Ooooookay so We've got Reese and Van together! Wow that's a odd couple..now lets see what'll happen when Fiona finds out! And what about the odds of her and Raven? Also a 2 new comers find their way into the mix who are they? Where did they come from? And what's their purpose? Find out next Chapter!