The group went out for pizza that night. They all lounged around the parlor, scarfing down endless amounts of pizza and drinks. It was 2:30 in the morning when Brad scooped up Naomi and walked to a corner and sat down, Naomi in his lap. After awhile, Naomi fell asleep.

"Awwww! Isn't that cute?! Where's my camera?

"If you get you're camera you're a dead woman Violet."

"Come on Brad. Lighten up a little bit."

"Hmph!" he laid his head on top of Naomi's and drifted asleep

"Such sleepy heads. Oh well! Can't blame 'em. It is getting late."

"Let them sleep Violet. They're exhausted. Well wake em up when we leave."

Hours later, Brad was shaken awake by Jaime.

"Get up Brad. Carry Naomi out to the Jeep. We're leaving. Its 6 a.m."

"Don't have to tell me twice." Brad easily scooped her up and carried her out to the jeep. He laid her in the back seat then slid in beside her. He set her head in his lap and then fell asleep himself. He woke up when they arrived at the university. He could see dawn peeking from beyond the nearby hills. He carried Naomi to her room and laid her on her bed. He couldn't resist the temptation. He slid into bed beside her. When Kelly walked in, she decided not to say should something happen. She decided to bunk with Jack. She was sure that he wouldn't mind.

(Yes, I was intending that there be a lemon scene for BOTH couples. I just don't like writing 'em out. I don't even want to make an attempt at writing a sex scene. I could if I put some effort into it, but I'm just too damn lazy.)

Back to the zoid battles (yes, I'm terrible at doing battle scenes. Not my kind of thing. Flame me all you want. I enjoy fire. I really do. That's why I'm a pyro)

(Just don't say that you thought I was an innocent teenager cause I'm anything but)

Welcome to the second round of zoids battles at the zoids battle royal here at GFU!! First match will be team 1: Brad Hunter and Naomi Fluegal against team 4: Jack Sisqo and Chris Tasker!

READY?! FIGHT!

Naomi once again resumed her post in the forest. This time, she went deeper n and found a bluff that rose above the canopy of lush green foliage. That's where she made her 'base'. It had a couple dozen full pines as cover, but she wouldn't need to use those. She would be able to see any approaching opponents long before they became a threat to her. Besides, Brad was watching her back, just like she was watching his. She had complete faith in him. He would never let her down.

She suddenly heard a zoid crashing through he forest. It was Chris. Naomi felt a twinge of pity for the young woman as she pulled the trigger. But the pity soon vanished when she remembered what the pair had done after winning yesterdays matched. She was sure that both of them wanted the match to end so they could go back to 'bed'. It didn't take long be cause Brad had already disposed of jack using a smoke screen and a strike laser claw. It looked as though she and Brad had the championship in the bag. But she didn't know the half of it.

Next match:

Welcome to rung to match to of the GFU battle royal! This invigorating match will be team five: Mary Champ and Ray Shobalts against team seven: Steven Fluegal and Lillian Cloud!

READY?! FIGHT!

(I'm not gonna put much effort into the battles. This was going to be a fic where the characters interacted with one another without zoids. But my good friend and fellow writer suggested that I add the zoids battles.)

Mary's zoid was still banged up from the last battle. She was in no condition to battle. Ray had told her to stay put while he did the work. She had happily obliged. She stood far away from the opponents and watched Ray weave his magic. His hellcat moved gracefully. He nimbly jumped for a successful semi-aerial attack against Stevens command wolf. Lily's storm sworder was another matter. She moved gracefully through the skies. Then Ray realized that Mary could take her out. He opened up a comm.-link and asked Mary to use her long range guns o shoot he down. She happily did just that.

They had won another battle and were on to the finals. He couldn't wait to win Naomi back.