I'm definitely going on an updating spree. Please read this. I put a lot of thought into this fic and I'm hoping it does well. I've been busy lately, otherwise I would have done this sooner.
And another thing. I changed the rating of this fic to PG-13 for a reason and I wanna know if you guys think I made the right choice. Remember, I don't curse in my fics. Please tell me if I should keep it at PG-13 or change it back to PG, okay?
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids.
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They arrived at the city and tried to find a shop to leave their zoids at while they were there. Luckily, there was one close by the entrance. They all began to get out of their zoids. Leon opened the cockpit and then turned to Star, who was still sleeping.
"We're here," he said. "Wake up." When she didn't wake up, he began to shake her lightly.
"Wake up, we're here." Star's eyes slowly opened and she stretched her arms while yawning.
"Already?" she asked.
"Yeah, come on." He turned and was about to jump down.
"Hey Leon?" He turned to look at her. "What about you? Do you have a girlfriend?" He just smiled.
"Nope. I never thought much about it. Guess I'm like you."
"Yeah." They both jumped down from the cockpit and joined the rest of the Blitz team. Together, they walked through the city. They stopped in front of a restaurant.
"Alright," said Leena. "How about we meet back here in an hour or so and then grab some lunch?"
"Sounds good to me," said Bit.
"Alright then. Well, we'll see you guys later!" said Leena as she walked off with Naomi and Star. She was waving.
"Bye!" shouted Bit and Leon as they waved as well. The two groups walked off to go do their own things.
"So, where are we going first?" asked Star.
"We'll go to a clothing store, of course," responded Leena.
"I think there's one not far from here," said Naomi.
"Then let's go." They walked a little further and came to the shop. They went in and began to look around.
"Okay Star, now let's find something for you. What's your favorite color?" asked Leena.
"Red," answered Star.
"Alright then, let's find something for you." They all looked around, but it was Naomi that found something.
"What about this?" she asked. Star and Leena walked over. Naomi had found a red, sort of low cut, long-sleeved shirt. Leena looked around a little more and found a pair of blue jean shorts that were also a skirt. Naomi and Leena gave the outfit to Star and then shoved her into a changing room. They waited for a while for her to change. She soon walked out of the changing room and spun around once. It fit comfortably. The red shirt was tight fitting and left the middle part of her stomach open. (A/N you know what I mean. It leaves the area, where the belly button is, open.)
"It looks great," said Naomi.
"I agree," said Leena. "Now you need some shoes."
"Okay," said Star. She followed them to the shoe section of the shop. They walked around and then found some black boots that laced up. They didn't have a heel though.
"Try these," said Leena.
"Okay." Star put on the boots. They were a perfect fit.
"There. Now your outfit is perfect."
"Do you think they'd let me wear it out?" asked Star.
"As long as you pay for it," answered Naomi. They walked to the front desk and purchased the items. Star carried her other outfit in a bag.
"Where to next?" she asked.
"How about over there? They have all kinds of stores down in that area," said Leena as she pointed to where she meant.
"That's sort of far off from here," said Naomi.
"It's fine. We can take this shortcut." Leena pointed to an alley that was in between two very tall buildings.
"Alright." They turned the corner and began to walk down the alley. They had just turned another corner and then stopped when they saw what was ahead of them. A group of 5 men stood there, all of them dressed in black leather jackets and black pants. Some wore sunglasses, some didn't, others wore bandanas and others didn't. Whoever they were, they looked like a gang.
"Well, looks like we got visitors," said the one who looked like their leader. He wore a bandanna, but no sunglasses. Leena, Naomi and Star turned around and were going to run, but 5 more men were blocking their exit. They were trapped.
"What should we do?" asked Star.
"Well, we don't have much of a choice," said Naomi. They stood in a group, back to back. They were whispering to each other.
"I say we take them out," said Leena with a smirk.
"You got it."
"Let's do it," said Star. They all nodded and then began to attack. Naomi punched one in the face and Leena kicked one in the gut. Star was fighting as well, but she was also watching Naomi and Leena. 'They're pretty good at this,' she thought to herself as she punched one guy and back kicked another. They were doing fine on their own. Leena and Naomi took out the same guy, both punching him in the face.
"Alright, we're winning!" cheered Leena.
"You got that right," agreed Naomi. Just then both of them felt something hard hit them in the back of the head. Star spun around and looked to them.
"Leena! Naomi!" She was going to run to her friends, but she was grabbed from behind. The man had hooked her arms with his and placed his hands against the back of her head, guaranteeing that she wouldn't be able to get free. Leena and Naoim had been put in the same situation and both of them had come to now. Leena and Naomi were facing the same direction and Star was facing them.
"What do you want with us?" asked Leena.
"Just to have a little fun," answered the boss. He gave a grin that sent shivers up their spines. Star quickly moved her foot back and stepped on the foot of the guy who was holding onto her. He loosened his grip and she got away. She tried to punch the boss, but two more men quickly grabbed her from behind and made sure that she wouldn't be able to pull the same trick twice. They each grabbed onto one of her arms and pulled her away from their boss. He smirked. He then turned around towards Naomi and Leena.
"All of you are all so pretty," he said. "I don't know where to begin." They all looked disgusted. 'I have to do something,' thought Star.
"Ain! Leave them alone!" she yelled. For some reason he stopped advancing towards them and looked to her.
"Leave them alone, huh? Then maybe I should start with you, Taki," said Ain. Star seemed afraid now.
"You know him?" asked Leena. Ain smirked and turned back towards Leena and Naomi. He punched both of them in the gut at the same time. Their expressions were of pain.
"Please, don't!" shouted Star. He punched them again. "Stop it!" And again. "Leave them alone!" Star now had tears in her eyes. She was afraid now and a little angry. She closed her eyes tightly. 'Someone help us,' she thought to herself.
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The guys were walking around, going nowhere in particular.
"I wonder what the girls are doing right now," said Bit as he walked with his arms behind his head.
"I'll give you one guess," said Brad.
"Where should we go?" asked Leon.
"I don't know. It's not like we have that much money," said Bit. "And we can't get anything to eat cause we promised the girls to meet them for lunch."
"Maybe we should just go find them," said Brad.
"That'd be sort of hard."
"At least it'd be something to do," responded Brad. Leon just laughed a little as they kept walking. He didn't really care what they did. They walked along a little more, until for some reason, Leon stopped. Brad and Bit nearly ran into him, since he was walking ahead of them.
"What's wrong? Why'd you stop?" asked Bit.
"I don't know. I just had this really weird feeling," responded Leon.
"A strange feeling?" asked Brad, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah," answered Leon. He didn't know what it was, but something wasn't right. 'Someone help us,' a voice echoed through his mind. He didn't know what it was. In his mind, a picture of the clothing store flashed in his head. He wasn't sure what it meant, but he began to run in that direction. Of course, Bit and Brad followed.
"What's going on?" asked Bit.
"I don't know. I just have this feeling that something bad is happening and I think it involves the girls." This interested Bit and Brad, so they just followed Leon as they ran through the city.
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Ain had stopped punching Naomi and Leena after about 5 times. He then turned to Star. He grinned menacingly, which sent chills down her spine.
"You've always been a pretty one, Taki." He had a sick tone to his voice as he began to approach her. She tried to pull away and even pull back. He was now right in front of her. She had to look up at him, since he was a little taller than she was. She had first thought that he would beat her up, since that's what he did to Naomi and Leena, but the look in his eyes suggested something different. He reached out towards her and placed his hands on the bare section of her stomach. She winced at his touch.
"Leave her alone!" yelled Leena.
"Stop it!" yelled Naomi. Star closed her eyes as she felt him rubbing his hands up and down. She was shaking slightly from fear. His hands began to move upwards. 'Please help me,' she thought to herself. Just then, she felt something push her forwards, causing Ain to jump back. Star then noticed that no one was holding her in place anymore. She turned around to see what happened and found Leon standing behind her.
"Leon?" she asked.
"Yep," he answered. Just then, the people who were holding onto Leena and Naomi fell back as well, releasing them. Behind them stood Bit and Brad.
"You guys came to help us," said Leena in more of a statement than a question.
"Of course," said Bit.
"Do you think we'd just leave you?" asked Brad.
"Thanks for the help," said Star.
"Yeah, you guys really came through," said Naomi.
"Darn it!" said Ain angrily. He whistled and about 10 more men came out from the nearby buildings.
"Looks like we're not through yet," said Leon.
"I say we take these guys," said Leena.
"I second that," said Bit. They all began to fight off the men who were rushing at them. The ones who had been knocked out the first time had gotten back up, adding to the already attacking group. Each of them were doing a good job, knocking out a lot of the men. 'All of them are really good at this,' thought Star. Ain seemed to have disappeared, leaving the fight to his men. They eventually had knocked them all out.
"That was easy," said Leena.
"I agree," said Bit.
"Where'd, uh, what was his name again?" asked Naomi.
"It's Ain," responded Star. "Let's just go. He probably left already." They were all facing Star, who was standing near a door on the side of the building. The door quickly opened and Ain came behind Star.
"Look out!" yelled Naomi. Star didn't have time to react. She felt something hit her against the back of her head. It made a cracking sound and she fell to the ground.
"You jerk!" yelled Leena. She sent a kick right to his face, causing him to fall backwards, completely knocked out. They all ran to Star.
"Hey Star, wake up," said Naomi. She touched the back of her head where she'd been hit and noticed that she was bleeding.
"That had to hurt," said Bit. Leena walked over to one of the guys and removed a bandanna. She quickly tied it around Star's forehead.
"You think she'll be okay?" asked Leena.
"Yeah. It was just a hit to the head. She'll wake up in a while, but we shouldn't stay here," said Naomi.
"We can walk around the city until she wakes up," suggested Leon.
"Sounds good to me," said Bit.
"Alright then, let's go," said Leena. Leon picked Star up and they all left the alley.
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They walked around for a while. They had to make sure that they were all far away from the alley.
"Maybe we should just head back to our zoids," suggested Bit.
"Alright. I'm not that hungry anyway," said Leena.
"Me either," said Brad.
"Then lets go," said Naomi. They all began to walk back to the shop where they had left their zoids. Star began to stir and soon she opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry at first but she soon focused. She looked up and saw that Leon was carrying her. He felt her shift in his arms and looked down to her. He stopped walking and so did everyone else.
"Feeling better?" he asked. He let his arm that was under her legs drop so that she could stand. She looked around a little.
"What happened?" she asked.
"Ain knocked you out, but we took care of him," said Leena.
"Oh…"
"So, Star? Who were those people?" asked Naomi.
"They were the pilots of those black Storm Sworders that you guys saw when you found me. I'm not sure who some of the others were."
"Well, it doesn't matter now. We took care of them," boasted Leena.
"You guys are all really good at fighting. I was kind of surprised."
"You're good too Star. Who taught you?" asked Bit.
"My dad. He was good at martial arts, so he taught me some stuff, but not much."
"Interesting."
"Well, we should get going now. We'll eat once we're back at the Hover Cargo," said Leena.
"Okay." They all walked back towards the shop where they left their zoids. When they arrived there, something strange happened. Stray fire came their way, but luckily, they were all able to get out of the way.
"What's going on?" asked Leena. They were all wondering the same thing. They saw some stray zoids approaching quickly. Most of them were Rev Raptors and Helcats, but the one leading them was a Genosaurer.
"No way," said Bit. "It's a Genosaurer. Are they with the Backdraft?"
"Probably," said Naomi.
"It looks like we have a fight on our hands," said Brad. They all ran to their zoids and climbed in.
"Hey, what about me?" asked Star.
"It's too dangerous. You wait here," said Leon. "We'll take care of them."
"O…kay," said Star hesitantly. She ran over to an area near the shop and watched as the two teams went out to meet their enemy.
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Well, that's a rap. I still want an answer from you about the PG vs. PG-13 thing. So please tell me. I hope you guys like this. I'm having fun right now. Pleaz read and review, but don't flame pleaz. Well, I hope you like this. I gotta go now.
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