Memorandum of an Angel
Author note: Grrrrr….this would have been up way sooner, but studying for mid-terms and technical difficulties with my computer effectively kept me from doing that. WHY HAVE I BEEN BESTOWN WITH SUCH A CRUEL FATE??? *screams in rage* Okay, I think I'm done spazzing out now.
Sadly, this is the last chapter of Memorandum of an Angel. I hope you all enjoyed this story, I know I had a blast writing it. I have gotten so many wonderful responses from this story, and I am very glad I decided to put this up. Thank you all for your reviews!
Simpson-Girl: Being crazy is a great thing. I don't think you can be an anime-lover w/o being so.
Keigan Tatar-Blood: About the family thing, I didn't mean you personally and you know it. ~_^ Thanks for sticking with me through this! And I fixed my computer while talking to you! Yay!
Lord Cynic: Sorry to hear about you not being able to have snow ball fights. Before you get too old or "mature" not to, go somewhere where there is snow, and have a snowball fight. It's good for the spirits, and for vengeance on siblings…
ChiBi FeLiX: Those hats can make even someone as freakish as me seem cool. He he.
Dizzydesi: Thanks for the review!
BladesDeath: Would have looked at your story earlier but I had technical difficulties with my computer… as you probably read in the author note…
Midnight Blue Star: You cracked me up with the "funny as crap" line. Thanks so much for reviewing!
Fadeaway Windwaker: Hang in there sister! Your reviews and e-mails make my day! You are like no other! Thanks for sticking with me! Keep on rockin hun…
Shadow39: Wow, aren't you demanding. "More." He he, well here's a heaping helping of "more"!!
Daisy-chan *Mistress of Evil: Interesting dialogue in your last review. Ironically you'll see that part of your review came true. Unfortunately I already had the idea a while ago, and I swear I didn't take your idea!
Blackwind64: You know what you need? A good Beta reader. I'll give you a hint, you happen to know her, and you're reading a message from her right now. Guess who??
Digibaka: People from New York say "wicked" too? Sweet! I didn't know that…
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Disclaimer: Sadly, tragically, unhappily, despairingly…Zoids is not mine. Crap. Double crap. Alas, at least there's FF.Net! Zoids is © 1987-2000 Tomy.
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Christmas Eve. The wind had picked up from earlier that afternoon, and it now screamed and moaned as it playfully ran across the plains of Zi. Brad, Jamie, and Leena were busy doing some last minute gift wrapping in their rooms. Doc and Bit sat at the kitchen table playing Rummy, and sharing what they had bought others for Christmas.
"…so I got that for Leon." Bit picked up a card and added it to his hand, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"I pretty much got everyone what they asked for. Well, except for Leena…" He let the sentence trail off. He hoped Doc wouldn't pry into it, but then again this was Doc we're talking about.
"Oh! What did you get her? A Zoid model?" Bit grimaced, wondering just how Doc had made it this far in life.
"No. I…uhh…well I got her a book." One of the older man's eyebrows rose in question.
"A book. That's nice, I guess." Being that it was once again Bit's turn, he laid down the seven, eight, nine, and ten of hearts.
"It's a really old collection of abstract and modern poetry. I don't know, I thought she would like it." His curiosity now peaked, Doc pressed on.
"Abstract poetry, eh? It wouldn't be called, 'From Me to You', would it?"
"Uh, actually…yes I think it is." Doc let out a chuckle and picked up a card.
"Bit Cloud you will never cease to amaze me."
"Why's that?" Doc smiled and reorganized the cards in his hand.
"That was Leena and her mother's favorite book. They used to read a poem from that every night before Leena went to bed." Bit's face fell.
"Oh. So she already has it?" Doc shook his head, and motioned for Bit to take his turn.
"No, we lost it in the move when we came to live here at the base. I'm sure she'll be thrilled to have a copy of it again." Bit gave his signature goofy grin and laid down the ten, jack, queen, and king of hearts.
"Good, you had me worried there for a second." Having no more cards left in his hand, Bit pretended to dust his hands off. He looked at his own cards, and then Doc's as he laid them down. "And this game is finished. That gives me 137 points, and you my friend, have -212." Doc sighed in defeat.
After a few rounds of eggnog and some Christmas carols, (though some participants were rather reluctant), the Blitz Team said their goodnights and hopped into bed, anxiously awaiting the morning. Leena lay in her bed, covers up to her chin…wide awake. Try as she might, sleep would not come to the poor girl. She stared out the window at the starry sky, and for a fleeting moment felt very, very lonely. She knew that her father and the rest of the team were right down the hall, but that did not provide her with as much comfort as she would have liked. Leena's thoughts wandered to the conversation with Bit a few days ago, wondering if what he said was really true. "But she isn't really gone if you keep her inside,…"
'Even if she is here in my heart, I wish she was here by my side,' Leena thought, squeezing her eyes shut. For the second time in a few days she began to cry, and this time her crying lulled her right to sleep.
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"Ugghhh…" Leena groaned and rolled over onto her side, stretching out across her twin bed. Though she thoroughly protested to herself, her eyes slid open and took in the usual sights of her room. 'Let's see what's today?' Suddenly she gasped, and was very awake.
"It's Christmas!" she squealed, throwing herself out of bed. Taking just enough time to put on a bathrobe she proceeded to her father's bedroom, pounding on the door.
"Dad wake up! It's Christmas!" she cried, for all the world sounding five years old again. She heard her father reply something through the door and knew he was up, Brad was next. She practically skipped into his bedroom.
"Brad! Wake up-"
"Yeah yeah, I know. It' Christmas. I think all of Zi heard you," he growled. His hair was poofed out like a lion's mane, and with the look he was throwing her way Leena thought she had better leave him alone. Jamie was already coming down the hallway, so that saved her the trouble of waking him. All that was left was Bit. The door stood open a little, so she didn't knock and plowed right in. Despite all the racket she had been making, Bit was still sound asleep.
Leena was about to scream in his ear, when she remembered how Brad had reacted. Bit wasn't exactly a morning person either; and it was Christmas after all. Quietly she knelt beside his bed, and brushed away the spiky bangs that constantly obscured his vision. Placing her lips by his ear, she gently blew into it; causing him to flinch. He mumbled something and gave sort of a half-smile and sighed, before he opened his eyes. He was a little surprised to see Leena right there, glancing at the clock.
"Well let's see. It's 7:30 am, and you're in my room. It's gotta be Christmas," he murmured sleepily, closing his eyes again.
"Sure is!" Leena replied cheerfully, cocking her head to the side.
"Okay, I'm up I'm up." Bit pulled back the covers and sat up, rubbing his eyes. Pulling on a pair of jeans over his boxers and a shirt, the two of them left the room.
"I have to admit, I woke you up a little more nicely than the rest of the gang; they might be grouchy." Bit smiled.
"Well ya know what they say, 'Just blow in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere,'." Leena looked quiet confused.
"I've never heard that before." Bit blushed and nervously scratched the back of his head.
"Never mind!"
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"Can we open presents now?" Leena asked, once everyone was gathered in the living room.
"I think we should probably wait until Leon and Naomi get here, it wouldn't be very polite to start without them," Doc said. KNOCK KNOCK. The side door to the base opened and the Fluegel Team entered the room.
"Leon!" Leena cried, crushing her elder brother in a bone-crunching hug. Naomi put her presents underneath the tree and shuffled over to Brad, leaning her head on his shoulder.
"Why is it so early?" she groaned, shoulders slumping.
"I asked myself that same question earlier this morning," Brad chuckled. "It's good to see you Naomi."
"You too Brad."
Leon finally pried himself out of his sister's grip and put down his things.
"I knew Leena wouldn't be able to wait very long so I though we would come over a little before schedule," he explained, giving Leena a wink and hugging his father.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Leena asked, launching herself at the tree.
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Opening presents is always such a magical moment. Getting something you've always wanted, or even something you didn't but still love. Watching someone open a present from you, and seeing their eyes light up as they carefully pull it from the wrapping. Christmas at the Tauros Base was all that and more, a magical moment. Friends and family received personal items, stuff for their Zoids, items and games to play with.
"Hey, there's still one more!" Leena said quietly, reaching towards the back of the tree. She picked up a fairly large, rectangular object, reading the label. "To: Leena, From: Bit." Leena looked up at Bit from behind her red curls, who seemed to be watching her from the corner of his eye and yet listening to Brad and Leon's conversation. She ripped the edges of the wrapping paper, then made a large tear down the middle and removed the wrapping paper.
Whatever it was had a few layers of tissue paper wrapped around, adding to Leena's excitement as she anxiously tried to get at what was inside. She froze as her fingers met a leather-like material, old and slightly softer than it should have been. The last of the paper removed, Leena flipped the book over and gasped. She couldn't believe it. It was the book. THE book she had so deeply cherished many years ago. Quickly she opened to the back of the book, looking for that page. She knew it was the last one, or close to it. She felt her heart drop as she realized there were only credits and blank pages. It wasn't the book.
But putting on a large smile, she looked to Bit, who seemed quite nervous to know her decision. Leena crossed her arms and placed the book against her chest, eyes softened. 'Thank you,' she mouthed. His face broke into a large grin. 'You're welcome.'
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Later that evening Leena was in her room, reading over the long-forgotten poetry of her childhood. She knew it wasn't the book, but it was a copy of it and that was close enough.
"Hmmm. Now where was that poem about the dragon…" Leena absentmindedly flipped through the book for a certain page, when a folded piece of paper fell out. It was the same type of paper the book was published in, and just as old. She opened it carefully, reading the fluid cursive writing on the page.
"My dearest Leena, Happy Birthday! I knew you liked this book so much you would 'borrow' it from my room, but now I would like you to have it. I know you will cherish it as I do, and keep it close to your heart. And that is where you will always be, in my heart.
Love, Mom'
Tears cascaded down Leena's cheeks as she read the page over and over again. It was the book. The exact copy she and her mother had read night after night so many years ago. It was a miracle, plain and simple. How in the world had Bit managed to give her…Bit. She had to thank him. Darting out of her room, she ran down the hallway and into the kitchen.
"Where's Bit?" she asked, causing everyone in the room to look at her.
"Um, I think he's in the living room. Leena dear, are you okay?" Doc asked, putting down his glass of eggnog.
"I need to talk to him!" she called over her shoulder, sprinting to the living room.
Bit was there all right, staring out the window at the starry Zi sky. Bit heard her entrance and turned around, a peaceful look on his face.
"Oh Bit!" she cried, running to the young man and burying her face in his chest.
"Leena, what's wrong?" he asked, concern apparent in his voice. Leena sobbed loudly, unable to hold back her tears. Bit, unsure of what was going on, wrapped his arms around her and let her cry. Leena hated to cry, and cleared her throat to try and tell him what was on her mind.
"Bit?" Her voice was muffled as she spoke into his shoulder, unable to look him in the eye.
"Mm?"
"The book you got me. I don't know how you did it… but you managed to give me the copy my mom gave to me a long time ago. It means so much to me…I just wanted to thank you. It was one of the best Christmas presents ever."
"Ahem." Bit and Leena looked up to see everyone gathered in the living room watching them, most of them smiling in amusement. Brad, the one who had broken the silence, nodded his head upwards. The two looked up to see a conveniently placed sprig of mistletoe hanging above their heads. Both blushed madly, but desire got the best of them and their lips met in the sweetest and most chaste of kisses. Applause and hooting stained the air, as their audience approved their action.
"Now that," Bit murmured, slightly breathless, "Was the best Christmas present ever."
*~Owari~*
So how did ya like it? I thought that was an appropriate ending. Again, thank you to all who have reviewed, your support was a big part of this story. It can never be done without the fans! I don't think there will be a sequel or any side stories, unless for some reason I come up with a really good idea.
I have a few fics in the works, so you guys are sure to hear from me in the near future.
The Masked Instigator
Author note: Grrrrr….this would have been up way sooner, but studying for mid-terms and technical difficulties with my computer effectively kept me from doing that. WHY HAVE I BEEN BESTOWN WITH SUCH A CRUEL FATE??? *screams in rage* Okay, I think I'm done spazzing out now.
Sadly, this is the last chapter of Memorandum of an Angel. I hope you all enjoyed this story, I know I had a blast writing it. I have gotten so many wonderful responses from this story, and I am very glad I decided to put this up. Thank you all for your reviews!
Simpson-Girl: Being crazy is a great thing. I don't think you can be an anime-lover w/o being so.
Keigan Tatar-Blood: About the family thing, I didn't mean you personally and you know it. ~_^ Thanks for sticking with me through this! And I fixed my computer while talking to you! Yay!
Lord Cynic: Sorry to hear about you not being able to have snow ball fights. Before you get too old or "mature" not to, go somewhere where there is snow, and have a snowball fight. It's good for the spirits, and for vengeance on siblings…
ChiBi FeLiX: Those hats can make even someone as freakish as me seem cool. He he.
Dizzydesi: Thanks for the review!
BladesDeath: Would have looked at your story earlier but I had technical difficulties with my computer… as you probably read in the author note…
Midnight Blue Star: You cracked me up with the "funny as crap" line. Thanks so much for reviewing!
Fadeaway Windwaker: Hang in there sister! Your reviews and e-mails make my day! You are like no other! Thanks for sticking with me! Keep on rockin hun…
Shadow39: Wow, aren't you demanding. "More." He he, well here's a heaping helping of "more"!!
Daisy-chan *Mistress of Evil: Interesting dialogue in your last review. Ironically you'll see that part of your review came true. Unfortunately I already had the idea a while ago, and I swear I didn't take your idea!
Blackwind64: You know what you need? A good Beta reader. I'll give you a hint, you happen to know her, and you're reading a message from her right now. Guess who??
Digibaka: People from New York say "wicked" too? Sweet! I didn't know that…
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Disclaimer: Sadly, tragically, unhappily, despairingly…Zoids is not mine. Crap. Double crap. Alas, at least there's FF.Net! Zoids is © 1987-2000 Tomy.
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Christmas Eve. The wind had picked up from earlier that afternoon, and it now screamed and moaned as it playfully ran across the plains of Zi. Brad, Jamie, and Leena were busy doing some last minute gift wrapping in their rooms. Doc and Bit sat at the kitchen table playing Rummy, and sharing what they had bought others for Christmas.
"…so I got that for Leon." Bit picked up a card and added it to his hand, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"I pretty much got everyone what they asked for. Well, except for Leena…" He let the sentence trail off. He hoped Doc wouldn't pry into it, but then again this was Doc we're talking about.
"Oh! What did you get her? A Zoid model?" Bit grimaced, wondering just how Doc had made it this far in life.
"No. I…uhh…well I got her a book." One of the older man's eyebrows rose in question.
"A book. That's nice, I guess." Being that it was once again Bit's turn, he laid down the seven, eight, nine, and ten of hearts.
"It's a really old collection of abstract and modern poetry. I don't know, I thought she would like it." His curiosity now peaked, Doc pressed on.
"Abstract poetry, eh? It wouldn't be called, 'From Me to You', would it?"
"Uh, actually…yes I think it is." Doc let out a chuckle and picked up a card.
"Bit Cloud you will never cease to amaze me."
"Why's that?" Doc smiled and reorganized the cards in his hand.
"That was Leena and her mother's favorite book. They used to read a poem from that every night before Leena went to bed." Bit's face fell.
"Oh. So she already has it?" Doc shook his head, and motioned for Bit to take his turn.
"No, we lost it in the move when we came to live here at the base. I'm sure she'll be thrilled to have a copy of it again." Bit gave his signature goofy grin and laid down the ten, jack, queen, and king of hearts.
"Good, you had me worried there for a second." Having no more cards left in his hand, Bit pretended to dust his hands off. He looked at his own cards, and then Doc's as he laid them down. "And this game is finished. That gives me 137 points, and you my friend, have -212." Doc sighed in defeat.
After a few rounds of eggnog and some Christmas carols, (though some participants were rather reluctant), the Blitz Team said their goodnights and hopped into bed, anxiously awaiting the morning. Leena lay in her bed, covers up to her chin…wide awake. Try as she might, sleep would not come to the poor girl. She stared out the window at the starry sky, and for a fleeting moment felt very, very lonely. She knew that her father and the rest of the team were right down the hall, but that did not provide her with as much comfort as she would have liked. Leena's thoughts wandered to the conversation with Bit a few days ago, wondering if what he said was really true. "But she isn't really gone if you keep her inside,…"
'Even if she is here in my heart, I wish she was here by my side,' Leena thought, squeezing her eyes shut. For the second time in a few days she began to cry, and this time her crying lulled her right to sleep.
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"Ugghhh…" Leena groaned and rolled over onto her side, stretching out across her twin bed. Though she thoroughly protested to herself, her eyes slid open and took in the usual sights of her room. 'Let's see what's today?' Suddenly she gasped, and was very awake.
"It's Christmas!" she squealed, throwing herself out of bed. Taking just enough time to put on a bathrobe she proceeded to her father's bedroom, pounding on the door.
"Dad wake up! It's Christmas!" she cried, for all the world sounding five years old again. She heard her father reply something through the door and knew he was up, Brad was next. She practically skipped into his bedroom.
"Brad! Wake up-"
"Yeah yeah, I know. It' Christmas. I think all of Zi heard you," he growled. His hair was poofed out like a lion's mane, and with the look he was throwing her way Leena thought she had better leave him alone. Jamie was already coming down the hallway, so that saved her the trouble of waking him. All that was left was Bit. The door stood open a little, so she didn't knock and plowed right in. Despite all the racket she had been making, Bit was still sound asleep.
Leena was about to scream in his ear, when she remembered how Brad had reacted. Bit wasn't exactly a morning person either; and it was Christmas after all. Quietly she knelt beside his bed, and brushed away the spiky bangs that constantly obscured his vision. Placing her lips by his ear, she gently blew into it; causing him to flinch. He mumbled something and gave sort of a half-smile and sighed, before he opened his eyes. He was a little surprised to see Leena right there, glancing at the clock.
"Well let's see. It's 7:30 am, and you're in my room. It's gotta be Christmas," he murmured sleepily, closing his eyes again.
"Sure is!" Leena replied cheerfully, cocking her head to the side.
"Okay, I'm up I'm up." Bit pulled back the covers and sat up, rubbing his eyes. Pulling on a pair of jeans over his boxers and a shirt, the two of them left the room.
"I have to admit, I woke you up a little more nicely than the rest of the gang; they might be grouchy." Bit smiled.
"Well ya know what they say, 'Just blow in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere,'." Leena looked quiet confused.
"I've never heard that before." Bit blushed and nervously scratched the back of his head.
"Never mind!"
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"Can we open presents now?" Leena asked, once everyone was gathered in the living room.
"I think we should probably wait until Leon and Naomi get here, it wouldn't be very polite to start without them," Doc said. KNOCK KNOCK. The side door to the base opened and the Fluegel Team entered the room.
"Leon!" Leena cried, crushing her elder brother in a bone-crunching hug. Naomi put her presents underneath the tree and shuffled over to Brad, leaning her head on his shoulder.
"Why is it so early?" she groaned, shoulders slumping.
"I asked myself that same question earlier this morning," Brad chuckled. "It's good to see you Naomi."
"You too Brad."
Leon finally pried himself out of his sister's grip and put down his things.
"I knew Leena wouldn't be able to wait very long so I though we would come over a little before schedule," he explained, giving Leena a wink and hugging his father.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Leena asked, launching herself at the tree.
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Opening presents is always such a magical moment. Getting something you've always wanted, or even something you didn't but still love. Watching someone open a present from you, and seeing their eyes light up as they carefully pull it from the wrapping. Christmas at the Tauros Base was all that and more, a magical moment. Friends and family received personal items, stuff for their Zoids, items and games to play with.
"Hey, there's still one more!" Leena said quietly, reaching towards the back of the tree. She picked up a fairly large, rectangular object, reading the label. "To: Leena, From: Bit." Leena looked up at Bit from behind her red curls, who seemed to be watching her from the corner of his eye and yet listening to Brad and Leon's conversation. She ripped the edges of the wrapping paper, then made a large tear down the middle and removed the wrapping paper.
Whatever it was had a few layers of tissue paper wrapped around, adding to Leena's excitement as she anxiously tried to get at what was inside. She froze as her fingers met a leather-like material, old and slightly softer than it should have been. The last of the paper removed, Leena flipped the book over and gasped. She couldn't believe it. It was the book. THE book she had so deeply cherished many years ago. Quickly she opened to the back of the book, looking for that page. She knew it was the last one, or close to it. She felt her heart drop as she realized there were only credits and blank pages. It wasn't the book.
But putting on a large smile, she looked to Bit, who seemed quite nervous to know her decision. Leena crossed her arms and placed the book against her chest, eyes softened. 'Thank you,' she mouthed. His face broke into a large grin. 'You're welcome.'
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Later that evening Leena was in her room, reading over the long-forgotten poetry of her childhood. She knew it wasn't the book, but it was a copy of it and that was close enough.
"Hmmm. Now where was that poem about the dragon…" Leena absentmindedly flipped through the book for a certain page, when a folded piece of paper fell out. It was the same type of paper the book was published in, and just as old. She opened it carefully, reading the fluid cursive writing on the page.
"My dearest Leena, Happy Birthday! I knew you liked this book so much you would 'borrow' it from my room, but now I would like you to have it. I know you will cherish it as I do, and keep it close to your heart. And that is where you will always be, in my heart.
Love, Mom'
Tears cascaded down Leena's cheeks as she read the page over and over again. It was the book. The exact copy she and her mother had read night after night so many years ago. It was a miracle, plain and simple. How in the world had Bit managed to give her…Bit. She had to thank him. Darting out of her room, she ran down the hallway and into the kitchen.
"Where's Bit?" she asked, causing everyone in the room to look at her.
"Um, I think he's in the living room. Leena dear, are you okay?" Doc asked, putting down his glass of eggnog.
"I need to talk to him!" she called over her shoulder, sprinting to the living room.
Bit was there all right, staring out the window at the starry Zi sky. Bit heard her entrance and turned around, a peaceful look on his face.
"Oh Bit!" she cried, running to the young man and burying her face in his chest.
"Leena, what's wrong?" he asked, concern apparent in his voice. Leena sobbed loudly, unable to hold back her tears. Bit, unsure of what was going on, wrapped his arms around her and let her cry. Leena hated to cry, and cleared her throat to try and tell him what was on her mind.
"Bit?" Her voice was muffled as she spoke into his shoulder, unable to look him in the eye.
"Mm?"
"The book you got me. I don't know how you did it… but you managed to give me the copy my mom gave to me a long time ago. It means so much to me…I just wanted to thank you. It was one of the best Christmas presents ever."
"Ahem." Bit and Leena looked up to see everyone gathered in the living room watching them, most of them smiling in amusement. Brad, the one who had broken the silence, nodded his head upwards. The two looked up to see a conveniently placed sprig of mistletoe hanging above their heads. Both blushed madly, but desire got the best of them and their lips met in the sweetest and most chaste of kisses. Applause and hooting stained the air, as their audience approved their action.
"Now that," Bit murmured, slightly breathless, "Was the best Christmas present ever."
*~Owari~*
So how did ya like it? I thought that was an appropriate ending. Again, thank you to all who have reviewed, your support was a big part of this story. It can never be done without the fans! I don't think there will be a sequel or any side stories, unless for some reason I come up with a really good idea.
I have a few fics in the works, so you guys are sure to hear from me in the near future.
The Masked Instigator