Chaotic Century Zoids fic. This is about the Shubaltz brothers when they're kids and their relationship to each other. Being the series doesn't go into detail things in this story may be OOC. My theory of the Shubaltz brothers' life as kids.

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A/N: A lot of this story is flashbacks so you will see normal text a lot, if I'm writing in present tense, the writing will be in italics. This Chapter begins their childhood life. 3rd chapter will continue with their childhood but to get there I need 20 reviews to continue so please Review! My thanks go out to all the reviewers that have reviewed. Those reviews are what keep me going. Special thanks to Kaiba-lover (You better have that infant story up.) and to Anime Queen for their constant support. Anime Queen thanks for the 3 reviews and could you email me or leave your email address next time you review.^_~ This story happens during the War after Karl met Van. Enjoy reading!! ^_^

Chap.2

Thomas POV: (Sara here is more of the two different point of views! ^_~)

It was late in the afternoon when I began to wake up. Slowly my eyes opened to see the room a blur. I blinked trying to clear my vision. When the room came into view, I was confused. I didn't remember coming here. It was then I heard the sound of gentle breathing. The sound was that of peaceful slumber.

I looked toward the noise. There was Karl, asleep. Then the memories of this morning came back to me. The thought that Karl did care put a smile on my face. I turned onto my side so that I could watch him sleep. Rarely would I get a chance to watch him sleep peacefully. Normally as a kid I was the first to bed only to be woken by him the next morning. Whenever I did get to see him sleep it was because he had woke me up due to his nightmarish dreams.

Karl looked unbelievable, the way his hair was falling on his face combined with the light of the setting sun made him stunning. Suddenly, Karl started to shift tucking his head under his arm to block out the sun. I almost laughed at his movement for that was what I had always done as a kid. He continued to sleep like that for a few more minutes before he finally began to wake up. Finally, he opened his vibrant green eyes and gave me the hugest grin imaginable and said...

" For once I'm the one that is being lazy. I'm surprised you're not asleep still. You were always so hard to wake up." He just kept looking at me with one of his rare smiles. I couldn't help but laugh at his comment. " What time is it?"

I looked over at the clock, still laughing. " Nineteen hundred hours." He glared at me. " What?"

" I just woke up. I can't comprehend military time so soon after I wake up. Basically saying, in layman's terms if you please." I stared at him. He was serious not pulling my leg or anything.

" It is seven at night." All of sudden a shocked look covered his face. " Karl, what's wrong?" Karl got up off the bed and proceeded to change from his military finery to some civilian clothing. He looked amazing with a black shirt and army green pants. The colors really brought out his hair and eyes. He was running a brush through his hair when he finally answered me.

" Crap, I was supposed to meet Andrew fifteen minutes ago." I looked over at him with a surprised and confused look on my face, Karl rarely sweared. He turned around to see my expression and said, " Andrew is one of my lieutenants and a good friend of mine. He and I were going to meet at six forty-five to work on a project. The two of us work on it whenever we can when off duty together."

" What kind of project?" As I asked this Karl picked up a gold chain with a small pendant on it and put it on around his neck. I wasn't sure but I could have sworn I saw a claw shape on the chain.

" It is a database of all the Zoids ever to exist and their abilities. Call it a little hobby of Andrew's and mine. I'm just going to see him real quick and tell him I can't do it tonight and I'll be back. Kay?" With that Karl walked out of the room and took off at a run for where Andrew was. I couldn't help but laugh really hard at my brother for his 'hobby' was so him. He had always had a fascination with Zoids while with me it was electronics.

I looked at the bookshelf in the room that was filled with rows upon rows of books. I walked over to it and started scanning the titles. I figured while I waited for Karl to come back I could always read to entertain myself. As I was skimming the titles a certain book caught my eyes. It looked like it was rarely opened but yet looked worn. Almost like someone had kept it out opened up for a long time but only on special occasions. I took the book off the shelf and sat down on the bed. I looked at the book. It was a scrapbook filled with pictures, newspaper clippings and other things.

I didn't see Karl come back in. He walked over to where I was sitting on the bed looking at a picture of him and me on our first day of school. By this time I had flipped through baby pictures of the two of us together. Most of those were of Karl and I sleeping together in the same crib, snuggled closely to each other.

" We were a couple of characters when we were kids weren't we?" As he said this Karl sat down next to me and pulled the scrapbook over to him a little bit making it sit in between the two of us.

" Yes, that we were. It feels like it was only yesterday when we were teenagers going to school. One of the things I remember so well is the two of us being almost a full ten months apart, in the same grade, looking a like because you would use a henna tattoo that looked like my mark, and me wearing your hair style, and always confusing the hell out of our teachers. In the eyes of our teachers we were twins." At this Karl got a dreamy look on his face.

" It seems only yesterday that we were in kindergarten causing trouble among other things…"

(Karl and Thomas when five and four years old)

It was early in the morning when Karl was jarred out of sleep by a constant shaking and a voice saying it was time to get up. " Karl wake up and get ready. Today is your first day of school. Get dressed while I wake up Thomas."

" Yes, mommy." A five-year-old Karl said as he plopped down onto the floor from rolling out of bed.

As usual his mother had left the clothes he was to wear out. Slowly, Karl pulled on a green shirt that was the color of his eyes. By the time he had the shirt on his mother had woken up Thomas. He was just finishing struggling to put on the blue pants when his dad walked in and gave Karl a helping hand. Thomas was getting the same treatment from his mom. With his dad's help Karl managed to get his socks and shoes on. The two brothers were then taken into the bathroom to have their hair brushed and their teeth cleaned.

Once the brothers were cleaned up and dressed, they were herded downstairs to the dining room to eat. There they had breakfast with their parents. After breakfast servants cleared the table off.

The Shubaltz family was rich. The boys' dad received money from his parents, even though he received his own pay as a soldier, while their mom earned her money as the owner of her company. Even though the Shubaltz lived in a mansion and were very wealthy, Mark and Tiffany refused to let the servants take care of Karl and Thomas in the morning and night. They wanted to treat the boys like any normal parents would instead of leaving them to nannies and servants all day. Like normal parents on the first day of school for their children they took them to school.

It had only been twenty minutes since breakfast when Karl and Thomas arrived at the school. The family went inside. There they were greeted by the teacher Mrs. Gratton. Both boys shyly said hi to the teacher. Then their parents kneeled down and looked into both Karl and Thomas's green eyes.

" We have to go now. We want you to be on your best behavior for the teacher and to be nice to the other children. Is that understood?"

Karl and Thomas answered simultaneously, " Yes, mommy. Yes, Daddy." With that their parents stood and started to leave. The two brothers watched their parents leave and the turned to face the room. No crying or wailing would have made their parents take them back home and they knew that. The brothers looked at each other and put a smile on their faces, at least they had each other.

The two of them started to play together with some Zoid models that were lying on the floor. Karl was playing with a Saber Tiger while Thomas was playing with a D-Bison. Another boy walked over with brown hair and purple eyes and asked if he could play with them. Karl and Thomas agreed, with that the other boy told them he was Irvine. The two brothers also told Irvine who they were. Irvine then picked up a Command Wolf and started to play with them.

The three boys instantly became friends and were sorry when the teacher said they had to put the toys away and sit down at the tables. There was enough room to seat six to a table, though they only had to sit three to a table being there were more than enough seats. Thomas and Karl sat next to each other with Irvine across from them.

The time flew fast for the three friends. Soon it was time to leave. As Lisa, the boys' nanny, showed up, the two brothers said good-bye to their new friend, promising to meet tomorrow, and left.

On the way home from their first day of school with Lisa, the boys couldn't stop talking about how their day was. Lisa was amazed most kids on their first day of school said they hated it and never wanted to go back. When the boys finally were home, Lisa took them upstairs for a nap.

While the boys slept their parents came home. Seeing Lisa they walked over and asked how the boys were. Lisa told them they were sleeping in their rooms. Mark and Tiffany enquired about Karl and Thomas' day at school. Lisa told them everything that the siblings had said on the way home. Mark and Tiffany were amazed that the two had gained friends so fast and easily.

While their parents were talking to Lisa the two brothers woke up from their nap. Hearing voices coming from the area of the family sitting room that was on the backside of the boys' room wall, they decided to investigate. They entered the room to see their parents talking to Lisa. Running over to Mark and Tiffany, Karl and Thomas climbed into their laps and started telling them everything about their day.

Lisa seeing the incident produced a camera from somewhere and got a picture of the two boys sitting on top of their parents lap. " Now this one is for the scrapbook." After looking at the picture, the family started to play together. During their romping, Michael the butler walked in to tell them dinner was ready.

Mark and Tiffany thanked Michael and took Karl and Thomas to go eat dinner.

 (1st grade – Ages: 5 and 6)

 It was a sunny day and Karl and Thomas were upset that they would have to spend the majority of it inside because of school. It was only early morning and they had yet to see their friend Irvine.

" I hate being inside. Where's Irvine?" Thomas whined. Karl was just as mad at being inside as his brother was. It was worse because Irvine wasn't there yet so they could play.

" I don't know, Thom." Thomas just plopped down on the ground and started to pout. It was then that Karl spotted Irvine. " Look Thom, It's Irvine."

Sure enough it was Irvine with his mother and another little girl in tow. " Hi Thom, Karl, sorry I'm late. My little sis held us up. It's her first day of Kindergarten."

" It's okay. Let's just play before school starts." With that the three friends united after spending the entire summer away from each other ran off into their classroom to play with the toys that were there.

Finally the teacher walked in. It was time to start school. The friends tried sitting together but the teacher seemed to have other plans. " Being I don't know who you all are yet, I am going to seat you in alphabetical order." Irvine was seated on the left side of the room due to his last name starting early on in the alphabet. When the teacher Ms. Morisato got to Karl and Thomas she paused, " You two are brothers correct?" Both boys nodded. " Do you both get along or are you always fighting?"

The boys nodded that they got along, Karl to clear up any misunderstanding that could have occurred said, " Please maam," Karl said politely, " We gets along pretty good. We promise not to be trouble."

" If I let you sit together you won't cause a problems?"

" No maam." The brothers both said. The teacher was amazed for kids their age they were extremely well mannered.

" Very well you may sit together. Karl, I want you to sit in front of Thomas."

" Thank you." The two brothers said simultaneously. They looked at each other and grinned as they sat down in their respective seats.

The boys learned their addition and subtraction tables. They also learned phonics so that they could read. Finally the teacher, Ms. Morisato said it was story time and that they could sit with anyone they wanted. Karl and Thomas sat down next to Irvine. The three friends were entranced with the story and were really sorry that it ended when it did. Ms. Morisato spoke up about what they were going to do next.

" For the last part of the day we are going outside to play. You may play anywhere inside the playground but you may not go outside of it. Is that understood?" Everyone nodded their heads in understanding.

Outside on the playground the three friends took off for the slide. They were having fun enjoying each other's company. Next they went over to the swings. They took turns pushing each other. Thomas went first with Karl and Irvine pushing him. Next was Irvine laughing the entire time. Karl went last. The friends were having so much fun that they didn't want to go in when it was time to leave.

Grudgingly the three boys went in to get their stuff. They then went outside to wait for their parents. Irvine's mom showed up first with his sister who had already been picked up. Irvine said goodbye to his friends and started to leave. Karl and Thomas waved goodbye all the way until he was out of site. Finally they sat down to wait for Lisa.

A/N: I need to know what you think before I continue with this story. Their younger years will be a lot shorter than their 6th grade on up. That is because many people can't remember that much that far back. I need at least 20 reviews. So if you want to see what the two were like in the past please review. FLAMES ARE ACCEPTED!! BUT PLEASE GIVE ME THE REASONING BEHIND THE FLAMES!!!!! Once again special thanks to Kaiba-lover and Anime Queen for their wonderful reviews and ideas. Next chapter will continue on about their childhood. Till next time… Ja'ne and Sayonara ^_~