A/N: Once again, I brought the story back on track. It seems its going right so far, hope it keeps that way, I don't know if I should end it soon or keep writing on it, you tell me

Thanks for your great support as always.

Writer EX

Chapter 10,

Bit went into his room and remembered. Liger was not Liger anymore. His face showed a mix of emotions. Zero was gone, how would he fight? He walked into the main hall and bumped into Jamie. "Jamie! Tell me you found a way to help Liger!" Jamie looked at Bit scared. "Y-Yea. I found a way to bypass the serial so you could pilot Liger, but if you're thinking of using it in that match, its useless. The judges check every player's serial and as soon as they know you bypassed yours--" Bit turned around and Jamie didn't have to continue. "Thanks, Jamie. But that doesn't matter, I know how to take care of that. Keep doing your best on it for now. Oh, and tell Doc to get the team on shape. I'll be out for a while."

Bit took a drive into the desert. The sun was at its highest peek but the wind made it feel like nothing. As he pressed on the brakes, he came to a stop ion front of and old parts warehouse. He smiled as he saw someone sitting outside in e the comfy shade. "Well, Bit! Long time no see." Both laughed and bit took something from his pocket. "Here." The man stared with opened eyes. "What you had always wanted." The old bad dressed man smiled and had to hold off the emotions that were rising. "Thanks, Bit." Bit nodded and turned towards his car trying to find a way to ask him what he had to.

"You know, its been kind of lonely since you left. I looked for this part for months then gave up." Bit smiled as his old friend looked at the piece once more before returning it to his pocket. "You know, I need something. A favor, if you will." he laughed and smiled. "I need a Judges Line Cord." The old chap looked at him questioning. "Are you onto Illegal Matches again?" Bit shook his head. "My…Team is ion danger, Jack." Bit frowned. "They need my help." Jack nodded and walked between the piles of miscellaneous Zoid parts. "I'll help you, Bit. Here. A Series 900 cable and code card, don't know if it will work with the newer models." Bit's face relaxed as he took the cable. Thanks, Jack. I'll come see you later!"

Bit looked at the warehouse one last time and waved at Jack who's hand gripped an ultimate X core. Bit returned to the base and saw Leena leaning as if waiting for him. As he neared her, the both locked passionately. "Hey, Love. Where you've been?" Leena smiled and shook her head. "Can't tell you." Both smiled and kissed again. "Eh hem. We got something to take care of, Bit." Both looked at Jamie and parted. "I'll see ya in a few hours!" Bit smiled at her as Jamie and him drove away to Leon's.

"Bit, I'm not sure if I should tell you this, but Zero is missing memory banks. Specific Battle Data Banks, too." Bit felt his rage rise up again but Jamie spoke before he acted. "It isn't over. I noticed a pattern in its drive train. It seems that perhaps, Liger could have been 'Reset' as to say. His command system is completely new, not the one we custom build for it." Bit nodded and took the cable out of his pocket. "Here. it's a Series 900 transfer cable along with its code card. I'm gonna insert this into Liger and access the Judge from it." Jamie looked with aw. "W-Where you get these from!" Bit smiled. "Can't tell ya."

Jamie hit the brakes hard as they arrived at Leon's. To their most hateful surprise, Leon had taken Liger to his other warehouse where a friend of his would do a scan. "I told him it was useless and he still takes off!" Bit laughed. "Bit, do you know why Leon cares so much for this Liger?" Bit stopped his fun and shook his head. "Not really, and he hates me having it messed up, you know." Jamie looked at him wondering if he should continue. "That Liger was a present from Doc Toros to his wife, Leena and Leon's Mother." Bit paid closer attention. "After fiddling with it to no use, she told Doc to leave it, that it was fine the way it was. Just resting peacefully." Bit twitched his lip. "Then why did he give it to me?"

Both thought about it and came to no conclusion. "Well, whatever the reason was, let's catch up to it and give it a helping hand." Bit nodded and headed towards the car. Yet, surprises were still coming. As he climbed in, his cell rang. "Bit? This is Leon. I need your help, Bit! They want--" The call ended without anymore words. "Damn it! What? Who wants what!" He threw the phone into the floor and told Jamie the words. "He's in trouble then. C'mon, let's go!"

Leena from Brad who had just spoken with Leon as well. "Are you sure, Brad?" A quick change in her face showed it all. "On my way!" She bumped into Naomi and just pulled her along for the trip. "Leon is in trouble! Brad called, he said we needed to take our Zoids." Doc had just finished working on Leena's Gun sniper and just in time for both girls to run into the cockpits and blast off into the desert leaving behind the dusted Doc. "Anytime, girls!"

"What do you want from me!" No answer came from the voice speaker. "Answer--" A new sound came through. A familiar one, too. "We want that Liger back. Are you willing to kindly cooperate?" Leon smiled. "Yea. Over my dead body, if you will." Again the line was cut and a blast on his side showed they had gotten a bit mad. "Try all you want. You wont get this Liger!" A battle of two Lightning Sabers vs. a Sleeper hauling a Liger seemed to be an easy out match. But Leon wasn't any near of giving up his machines. Death would have to knock on his side door first.

"Leon! Do you read me!" Bit's hair ran into his face as he stood upon the seat of the high speed jeep. "He doesn't respond!" Instead of Leon's voice coming back, it was Leena's. "Bit! Where are you?" Bit was surprised but answered. "I'm a few hundred feet behind the smoke, Leena. Is Brad with you guys." Before Leena responded, a Shadow Fox went by at high speed spitting its deadly 50mm towards the Sabers. "Yea! " This is what I call fun." Bit looked behind and saw the gray and red Gun Snipers coming fast as well.

"Mange. Company." The left Sabre suddenly twisted around so fast that Brad practically barely made it to stop. "You guys want trouble? I'll take you three on." As the battle between the Zoids began, the jeep sped away following the Sleeper and resting Sabre. "Get me as close as you can to liger, Jamie!" The jeep was at its max. "Its till too slow!" Bit looked back and saw a turbine for from a Z85 Rhino. "No way, Bit!" Bit smiled wickedly. "No!"

The jeep sped above 200 mph and in no time, was running besides the Liger. "Hurry up, it will go off any--" It did. "I need a "The Bypass Card!" Jamie acted fast and got him the component. "Go!" Bit closed his eyes then jumped into the space between the two. But he made it to the carriage and left Jamie behind. "Good Luck!" Bit smiled and continued his way towards the front of the Liger, fighting the deadly speeding winds that seemed to rip his body. "C'mon!" Stretching out his hand, he got a hold of the bar that led to the steps hidden. He climbed and was inside the pit.

"Let's show them how its done, buddy!" He messed with the pilot levers and buttons and then inserted the card. "Let's get this over with, Liger!" The machine responded with a roar and then jumped high enough for the Sleeper carriage to go forward under him. "Bit did it!" Jesse cursed and skid around. "Cloud!" Bit received the first move and fell on the floor. "Its you!" Jesse came on the screen. "Let's end this right now, Cloud!" Bit smiled. "With pleasure, old pal!"

The others had fought to their max but Mange was too skilled a pilot to be taken on. "Later, kiddies." Leena walked away from her Zoid and watched as Bit and the resting Sabre fought. But luck was wrong that day, Bit was alone, and both Mange and Jesse were his adversaries. "Bit! Run!…Bit" She fell to the floor as she watched the Zoids take their shots and tackles on the black Liger. "He's outnumbered, Leena. There is nothing we can do to help him." Tears began falling and Naomi had to do her best to calm her.

"Don't give up, Liger. I know your nor yourself, but trust me, we can take these--" Another hit threw Liger off Balance once more. "Well, who would of thought. Us, IT defeating the legendary Bit Cloud. See, if you would have stayed back there with that old geezer, maybe you would have survived today. But hey, accidents will happen." Bit looked knowing it was the end. The end of Liger and him. But overall, it pained him to have failed Leena twice. "Old Geezer, eh?"

Both Sabers had little time before they knew what was happening. "Say hello to my Zoid, boys. The Berserk Fury." The dinosaur shaped Zoid roared then charged. Bit looked amazed but didn't waste time in helping out. "2 on 2, Mange!" Jesse looked up and began to run. "Coward!" Mange was mad. Angry that defeat was upon decision of Bit. "Never more will I lose, Bit!" Before Bit countered, a flash of light came and Mange was gone. As for Jesse, he had been shot down with the Shadow Fox's 50mm.

Bit jumped of and looked at the power standing before him. The two ultimate X's. "Wait. I destroyed Berserk Fury!" Jack walked out from the side door. "this is the 1st Model ever built, Bit. The Original. There are 3 Copies of each Ultimate X. But the originals were mostly destroyed after the war ended. Zero there and Fury here are pure originals. However, Fury had lost its Core hundreds of years ago and needed a replacement. Of course, you already knew that." Bit smiled. "But Liger is not Liger. He can't go as he could. He now walks like any other Zoid on this planet.

Jack frowned. "Well, have you tried relocating its backup memory?" Bit looked surprised. "Every X has a backup memory system. If it is ever mangled with, just access it and it will return to its previous state." Bit walked towards Liger. "Of course! After an ultimate X wakes, it access its memory back up." Jack laughed. "Well, we're even, kid. If you ever need anything, you know where to find me." Bit shook hands with Jack and soon enough, the old geezer was off.

"Bit!" Leena jumped into his arms losing tears along the way. "Leena…" Both stayed closed and parted only to kiss once more. "I'm happy you're ok, Bit. Those Zoids, they were going kill you. "Yes, but a friend showed up." Leena pondered for a second. "Who was he anyways?" Bit laughed and looked at the stretching desert. "Oh no one, love. No one at all."

Leena smiled. "Someday you'll tell me, Bit. But now, we got to head back to the base." Bit smiled and took a card from his pocket. "I wonder if Liger is really…" Leena looked at him with a cocky look and only got him persuaded into a deep kiss…..

Next time on True Love Always Hurts,

Mange and Jesse, The IT, have disappeared. Bit and Leena re getting ready for their wedding now days off. But someone comes and takes Bit. Will this new person interfere more than IT? And why is it that Leena is acting strangely? All this and more! Until Next time!