Hey guys, Steam here with my THIRD published fanfic for you guys to enjoy. Unlike my previous two, this one is not a crossover. It's just a plain Medabots fic with no canon characters. Hope you enjoy.

Credit to Natsume for Medabots, me for everyone else, and I greatly appreciate reviews- so please leave one.

One more note- I would like to thank Omegaxis1 for temporarily providing his services as a Beta Reader, and I also want to thank AproposFool89 for Beta Reading as well. Hope to work with ya in the future with this fic. :D

Chapter 1 is told from Marcus's Point of View by the way.

Chapter 1

I honestly can't believe it. I made it to College. There have been times where I thought this would never happen, yet here I am, coming up to the gates of Shotown University. It wasn't necessarily the IT College I wanted to go to, but it was one in the list of ones that I sent my scores to; plus getting the full-ride scholarship as a benefit. So long story short, I graduated High School, though barely, moved out of the house, and getting ready to move into one of the dorms on campus. Mom and Dad were especially upset when I moved out, but thankfully I'm not alone. I got my partner and best pal in the world, Aimflash, coming with me. Aim and I have been partners since I was eight years old; where Mom and Dad gave him to me as a birthday present. Since then we've been best pals in the world. Technically medabots weren't allowed on the Shotown U campus grounds, but after enough students protested against that rule last year, they eventually lifted the ban and said that medabots were allowed, as long as they stayed out of trouble and refrained from robattling on the campus grounds. Honestly that last part kinda sucked, because I've been really looking forward to meeting any new potential opponents for me and Aim. Ah well, at least Aim was still able to come here with me in the end.

Aimflash and I were ones of the last to get off the bus, as we had a little trouble getting my luggage out of the seat that held it in place. But after we entered the campus grounds, we followed everyone else towards the main building.

"Gotta say Chief," Aimflash started as he looked around, "This place is huge."

"Got that right," I chuckled, "But it'll definitely be a new start and a new chapter in life."

"For sure. So you have any idea on where we're moving into?"

I looked at the paper in my hand that held most of the last-minute notes I scribbled before I headed out the door this morning.

"Uhh…" I answered, "Not that I can see. Maybe they'll tell us when we get inside."

"Possible."

As we neared the main entrance, both Aim and I looked around to see countless students sitting around and chatting casually; along with an almost equal amount of medabots to be seen everywhere else. This was good. This meant more challengers for me and Aim to beat. Back in our home neighborhood we were known as the Untouchables since no one could match our awesome strategies or outdo them. When the word that Aim and I were leaving spread throughout the neighborhood, almost all the little kid's hearts broke since their 'guardians' were going away. Heh… Guardians… Yup, that's what Aim and I were called by all the little kids we stood up for.

When Aim and I entered the doors, this really cute girl walked up to us from outta nowhere.

"Hi," She greeted, "Welcome to Shotown University."

"Uh, thanks." I returned.

"Can I get your name please?"

"Marcus Coleman."

She looked through the list of names on a clipboard she was carrying.

"Let's see… Coleman… Coleman… Aha! Here you are."

She looked back at me as she handed me a green hexagonal patch.

"You're in the Theodra Beryl Dorms." She said.

"Theodra Beryl," Aimflash repeated, "As in the Emerald type Medabot?"

"That's right," She nodded, "See after the Dean lifted the ban on medabots here on campus, he decided to try a new format for assigning students to dorms and categorizing them with the names of the Gem Medabots series; figuring that it he couldn't beat 'em he'd join 'em."

"So there would also be a Pigeon Blood, Hardness Ten, Almandine, and Blue Corundum Dorms?" I asked.

"Aren't you the smart one," She teased, "But yes, that would be correct."

"Alright then, so what's the number on this patch for?"

She glimpsed at the number forty-seven sewn on it in black.

"That's your dorm number. So anyone else that has a Theodra Beryl patch with a forty-seven on it are the people you'll be sharing rooms with."

"I see," I nodded, "Thank you."

"No problem," She smiled, "And don't forget, all students have an orientation meeting in two hours in the main assembly hall."

I said thank you once again as Aim and I started off for the Theodra Beryl dorms. Thankfully there were signs every so often with floor maps that made everything easier, and Aimflash's photographic memory and viewfinder made it even easier to make it to the dorms. Looking at the patch again to check what number room we were in, we climbed the stairs to the fourth floor, with all our luggage in tow, and searched the hallway for the our room number. After finding it a couple minutes later, we stopped to take a breath.

"Well, this is it Chief," Aimflash told me, "Whoever's behind this door is who we're going to be paired with for the next few years."

"I know," I shrugged, "So let's keep our fingers crossed for good roommates."

Taking another breath, I knocked on the door. A duo of "it's open" called back through the door as we went ahead and entered. As we closed the door behind us, two heads popped from around the corner to see who it was. Both were guys, who seemed so much like clones it was scary. Twins perhaps? Both were dressed in a white button-down with denim jeans and brown vest and boots. What set them apart however was that one wore a red bandana around his neck, while the other wore a blue one.

"Hi!" The one wearing the blue bandana greeted happily, "You our roommate?"

"That I am," I returned, "And you two are mine?"

"Got that right," The other answered, "Who might you be?"

"I'm Marcus. Marcus Coleman. And this is my partner, Aimflash."

Aimflash waved his left arm in a friendly manner.

"Nice to meet ya Marcus," The first one replied, "I'm Inyo Truckee, and this is my twin brother, Reno Truckee."

I knew I thought right when I guessed they were twins.

"Glad to see we have a fellow medafighter to share a room with." Reno grinned as he looked back around the corner, "RANGER, TONTO, COME ON DOWN AND MEET OUR NEW ROOMMATES."

Two pairs of mechanical feet walked down the short hallway to meet us. Much like Inyo and Reno were twins, their medabots were twins as well, Ragna6 LF and Ragna6 RF.

"The white one's Ranger," Reno explained, "He's my bot. The black one's Tonto, and he belongs to Inyo."

"Guys," Inyo took over, "This is Marcus and Aimflash, they're our roommates."

"Pleasured to make your acquaintance." Ranger said.

"Likewise Kemosabe." Tonto added.

"Uhh…" I started, though couldn't help but grin, "You two wouldn't be fans of the Lone Ranger by any chance, would you?"

Inyo laughed, "Not very obvious is it?"

We all then laughed.

"But yeah, Inyo and I are huge fans; and as such named out twin medabots after the famous duo when we were little, and the names stuck ever since."

"But hey, it fits." Ranger, who was the white-on-black Right Form of Ragna6, shrugged, "And you won't get any complaints from me."

"Neither from here," Tonto, who was the black-on-white Left Form of Ragna6, added, "And Ranger is right, it fits well."

Inyo looked at our bags.

"You need a hand moving in?"

"If you don't mind."

"Not at all," He laughed as he took one from me, "Lemme take this one and show ya to your room."

I suddenly had a double-take moment.

"Wait, MY room?"

"Yup." Reno nodded, "Each dorm has two rooms, a bathroom, a living room/kitchenette mix, and a smaller bonus room; all to do with whatever we please, under certain guidelines of course."

"Sweeet!" I said, "This is gonna be awesome."

"You said it Chief." Aimflash added as Inyo show us to our room.

It was largely empty, with a single bed, desk, nightstand, and dresser being the only pieces of furniture in the room. After Aim and I were finished renovating though, it was going to be the most epic room in the history of rooms in College dorms. Well, not really, but I can dream can't I?

"Hold on a sec," I started, thinking of my twin roommates, "What about you and your brother?"

"We share one room." Inyo explained, "Always have since we were little. We alternate who gets the bed, and the other sleeps on the floor with a sleeping bag."

"Makes sense if you think about it." Aimflash agreed, "So Marcus, what say we get unpacked so we can relax before the orientation meeting?"

"Hate to break it to you Kemosabe," Tonto started as he entered the room and joined us, "But we medabots don't have to attend the orientation."

"Ah, well in that case let's get unpacked so MARCUS can relax before the meeting."

"Hey," I nagged, "Whatever happened to sticking together?"

"You know I was kidding, right?"

"And you know I was giving you a hard time, right?"

Inyo couldn't help but laugh.

"You two are like brothers." He chuckled, "Sorry, it was just too funny right there."

We all shared a laugh as I looked around the place I would be calling home for the next four years.

"Well I'll leave ya alone to unpack," Inyo finished, "If you need anything feel free to holler."

"Will do, thanks Reno."

"Um… I'm Inyo."

D'oh… Not even ten minutes after meeting them and I already have their names confused. It should be a law or something that even identical twins should have different faces; because I suck at remembering names, let alone putting faces to names.

"Sorry Inyo."

"Ah don't worry about it," He laughed, "Happens all the time."

He and Tonto left us alone and closed the door behind them.

"Not even ten minutes." Aimflash chuckled, reading my mind.

"The two are like clones!" I retorted, "Gimme a break."

"What a nice way to finish a first impression."

"Will you just shut it?"

"This is just too funny of a scoop to pass up."

"I mean it!"

"Just wait 'til Mom hears about this."

"AIMFLASH!"

"Ok ok, I'm only kidding…Jeez…"

Yeah, sure you're kidding Aim. Cuz I know that the first time I open up Skype to talk to my folks, you're gonna open your voice circuits and tell 'em all about this and everything else embarrassing that happened while we're here. Yeah, I have such a dependable and trustworthy partner to tell all my secrets and screw-ups to, ain't he the best? And I was being sarcastic in case you didn't realize. Either way, we both shrugged it off like the laid-back guys we were and started unpacking the suitcases. Thankfully all my clothes fit into the dresser and closet with a little room left over, plus I was able to display some of my awesome knickknacks I brought just to make it feel more like home. The last thing I pulled out was a portrait Mom snuck into my suitcase at the last minute. It was a picture of me, Aimflash, and my folks from summer of last year. That was a good summer though, until my supposed best friend next to Aim stabbed me in the back. Aimflash caught 'em doing… things of the illegal nature… and had photographic proof to back up his claim, being a camera type. I confronted him about it and found that he had been doin' that stuff for years and didn't tell me about it. So we fought, exchanged a few punches, and never saw each other's faces again. Yeah it hurt to have that happen and lose who I thought was a friend, but I thankfully had Aim there to stand up with me. So yeah, story of my life. About forty-five minutes passed before everything was unpacked and the suitcases were stowed away in the closet and out of the way. Aim and I left the room to find Inyo and Reno relaxing in the living area playing cards. Reno looked up to see me walking down the short hallway.

"All unpacked?" He asked.

"Yup." I answered as I headed for the kitchenette.

"That's good," Inyo added, "So I figure that we should head down to the main assembly hall early to get good seats. Anyone second the notion?"

"Sound good to me." Reno shrugged.

"Same here." I agreed as I closed the fridge door, "And thankfully we have a few days before classes start, cuz we need to stock up on supplies."

"We already planned to do that tomorrow."

"Ah, alright. So we gonna head out?"

"Don't see why not." Inyo replied as he put his cards down on the table.

Reno put his cards down and looked at what was in Inyo's hand as he got up.

"Alright now," He said, "Tell me how you got those four aces and I not know about it?"

Inyo, apparently being the funny one of the duo, simply waved his hands in the air.

"Magic." He said.

"You guys take care." Aimflash said as the twins and I started for the door.

Reno closed the door behind him as we headed down the hall and flight of stairs to the first floor. We stopped and looked at a map a couple times just to make sure we were going the right way, but ya know you can easily lose your way when fighting through a crowd of other students going in the same and opposite directions at the same time. Eventually we found the main assembly hall to already find many of the seats full. We quickly made our way to some seats about midway into the middle section. Of course, we just happened to find the section that was just above all the noisy jocks. I mean don't get me wrong there's nothin' wrong with jocks, cuz if robattling was a sport I'd be one too, but it's the way they act that bugs me. They act like they're all that and a bag of chips, and they make sure that EVERYONE in the school knows it. They hoot and holler and act like the bunch of monkeys they are. I honestly don't know what most girls see in guys like that, but if all girls want is a sports yahoo that knows nothing outside of Tackle, Flagged, and Touchdown, then I highly doubt a girl's ever gonna find me interesting. So this whole horde of jocks takes all the sections from the one in front of me and the twins all the way down to the front row. In the section next to them were all the cheerleaders. Now please don't get me started on the cheerleaders, cuz most of my opinions on them, if said aloud, would get me slapped silly. But to keep it simple, kinda like the jocks, but only female and with pretty faces. Over on the other side of the assembly hall seemed to be where all the nerds gathered; or at least the smart ones that figure that they had no chance with the cheerleaders. Then there were all the rest that sat scattered in the remaining seats. Eventually the hall quieted down as the Dean approached the stage and podium. He was a fairly tall guy dressed in a very nice navy blue suit with a red tie.

"Hello," He called though the mic, "I would first like to say how pleased I am to see all the new faces here at Shotown U, as well as several returning ones. To those of you that don't know me, I am Professor Bobby Carlisle, the Dean of this University. So with that said, I want to go over a few rules regarding conduct on campus grounds. The first and foremost rule, is under no circumstances are there to be any robattles taking place on campus grounds or outside of designated areas. There is a gymnasium designated for anyone that must robattle on the grounds, but otherwise please wait until you leave campus grounds to battle. You and your opponent can certainly wait five minutes to find a park or empty road to battle on. The other rule, on the topic of medabots and robattling, is that no medabots are allowed to be left alone or roam freely without proper consent and reason for doing so."

Dean Carlisle continued farther on about rules like curfew being at 11:00pm on weekdays and midnight on weekends, no one being allowed to roam campus grounds outside of curfew, et cetera. The basic rules of how to be a Good College Student and Not Get in Trouble, nothing special. The meeting ended about an hour and a half later as everyone started piling out and filling the hallways once again. Reno suggested we wait a few minutes to let the chaos in the corridors calm down a bit before they started back for our dorm. I gotta say, if Inyo's the funny and outgoing twin, Reno seems to be the cool and laid-back one. Nothin' wrong with that if you ask me, just makes it easier to tell the two apart for later reference. Eventually the crowds thinned out enough that we could make a good pace back to our dorm without being stopped in the middle of traffic. As I stood up to leave however, the Dean called out to me. Oh great, I haven't even started classes and I'm already in trouble. Whatever he thinks I did, I'm tellin' ya I didn't do it. So taking a breath I turned around and met the Dean next to the front row chairs.

"Whatever you think I did," I started, "I didn't do it."

"Don't be silly Mr. Coleman," Dean Carlisle laughed, "I only wanted to ask you something."

Whew, so I'm not in trouble. But what could he want to ask me? And how did he know who I am? Oh yeah, we're all wearing nametags.

"Alright," I said, "So what's up?"

"See I'm getting ready to set up an extra-curricular class for anyone interested, but I wanted to have a trial-run of the class this semester, you understand?"

I nodded. Great, and he's gonna ask me if I'm up for doing more homework than what I already will have assigned. Well if that be the case then I'll just respectfully decline. Nothing wrong with that, right? No shame in saying no.

"Excellent." The Dean continued, "So this class is going to be a workshop on medabot mechanics and robattle strategies. Would you be interested in attending the trial-semester?"

Whoa… Hold on a second. Did I hear him right? Was he offering me to get in on a class I didn't sign up for? One that ACTUALLY will be interesting? Didn't see that one coming.

"As a benefit," He continued, "Since it is a science class of sorts, I will count this class as official credit hours even though it's still not an official class yet."

This deal's getting better and better. I actually wasn't able to enroll in a science class here this term since they all were full at the time, but the Dean here is offering me a free pass into a, quote, 'science' course with not having to pay a cent! Plus this class will be the easiest A I will have ever received in my life. This deal is just TOO good to pass up, there's no way I'm gonna let this one slide right by me.

"Well if that be the case," I said at last, "Then sign me up."

"I had a feeling you would say that," He grinned, "I will ask one thing of you however."

"And what's that?"

"Please keep this hush hush. This class is still in the trail-run period and I want to ensure that all works well and smoothly before I officially announce the class next semester."

"You got it." I smirked, "My lips are sealed. I will ask though, are there any other students in on this class?"

"A few so far, yes, but I don't want to go over twenty or so students at this point."

"Understandable."

"Well, thank you very much for your participation, and I'll be sure to have a message sent to your email regarding the official start date of this class."

"Got it, I'll keep an eye out."

"Much appreciated. And remember."

He held a finger to his lips.

I nodded back as I started up the stairs and for the hallway. Holy…stinkin'…cow… I just got offered a class by the Dean himself that I can ace with my eyes closed! This may be a great first year after all. I had a feeling it was going to be, but it certainly got better. I quickly made my way to the Theodra Beryl dorms and to my room. Either of the twins must have locked the door, because Inyo unlocked it for me and let me in.

"Where'd you disappear to?" He asked jovially, "Reno and I thought we lost ya in the crowds."

"Nah, the Dean just wanted to talk to me about something."

"Ah, and how'd that go?"

The excitement in me started bubbling, and it became hard to keep subdued.

"It went alright," I said, "Just wanted to reiterate on a couple rules is all."

"Alrighty then. Well tomorrow we're headin' into town to stock up on food and whatnot so we can get started and get comfortable before classes start. Sound like a plan?"

"Sure thing, what time are we gonna head out?"

"Figure no later than noon."

That should work fine by me; I'm somewhat of an early waker, though just not fully functional until about 10:30 in the morning.

"Sounds like a plan to me."

"Great," Inyo grinned, "Well I just wanted to let ya in on what'll be goin' on is all."

"Glad you did, thanks."

"No prob Marcus."

I headed to my room to find Aimflash sitting on the bed waiting for me.

"So how'd it go?" He greeted.

I was careful to close the door before I answered him.

"What's with all the suspicion?" He asked, "Did you murder somebody or something?"

"No, just got the greatest news on the planet." I responded.

"And that would be?"

"A class with an easy A."

"Ah, ok. What class?"

"That's the best part. The Dean personally called me aside and asked if I wanted to be in the class, and he said that it counted for official credit hours; even though it's a trial-run class that'll officially start next semester."

"Dude, you still haven't told me what class it is yet."

"It's a workshop on medabot mechanics and robattle strategies."

"WHOA!" He wailed in awe, "Sweeeet!"

I quickly hushed him and made sure no one was listening outside the door.

"The Dean only asked that we keep it quiet until he officially announces the class next semester."

"Ok, makes sense. So you got in the trial-semester?"

"Yup."

"Awesome-ness."

"I know, right? Just remember."

I help up a finger to my lips.

He held one of the legs of the tripod that was his left arm to just below his optical visor to show that we agreed. We then left the room to go relax for the evening with the twins and their medabots. I gotta say, it still feels weird that I'm staying in a dorm here on campus and I'm far from home, but I'm sure I'll get used to it with time. About two hours passed as we played cards. Gotta say, those twins know like fifty different ways to play cards and win at all of 'em; even the ones that they say they're not good at. So after my millionth loss, they decided to play mercy rule and call it a night. Really? You choose to do mercy rule now and not like thirty minutes ago? Ah well, such is life. Both Inyo and Reno bid me and Aim goodnight as their medabots followed them into their room. Feeling a little tired myself from the long day of traveling and unpacking in a new place, I decided to call it a night myself. Aim followed me as I closed the door behind him and then changed into some sleep shorts. After making my bed real quick and tossing my pillow on it, I collapsed on it and sighed heavily. The bed wasn't as comfy as mine at home, but it'll do.

"Interesting first day," Aim started as he sat in a corner and got comfortable, "Huh Chief?"

"I'll say," I responded, "And it's a good thing classes don't start until next week."

"Give you time to prepare."

"Sure does."

I looked at the alarm clock I brought with me to find the time being around a quarter 'til ten at night. Meh, still necessarily early for me to be hittin' the sack, but it WAS a long day. See I'm one of those guys that don't actually get to sleep until around midnight, but I'm also usually up and moving by around seven or eight in the morning. And here's another thing, I have an opinion about alarm clocks alright? Am I the only one that fails to use the 'alarm' in the alarm clock? No? Good, then I'm not alone. So yeah, I have a pretty good sleep schedule; and thankfully it shouldn't interfere with any of my classes since all my scheduled classes are either around noon or sometime after. And with one to two classes a day from Monday to Friday, I should have plenty of time to balance life, school, and robattling. That's something else I wanna check tomorrow- where this 'robattle designated' gymnasium is and how to get to it. If I'm gonna keep with Aim and I's training, it'll be important to know in the case we can't leave campus grounds. Ah well, such is life. I grabbed my phone from the charger and sent a quick text to my folks to let them know that Aim and I made it fine and we're all unpacked. Mom responded a minute later as I checked the message and put my phone back on the nightstand. It wasn't much longer before I took a deep breath and eventually drifted to sleep. Well day one at College was a success, now only to wonder about how day two will be. Ya know what? Scratch that, I'm not gonna worry about it cuz I know that it'll be just fine.

Ahh, the first day of College under the belt. So far been a pretty good day for Marcus and Aimflash, especially meeting their twin roommates, Inyo and Reno. With this said, and knowing all that took place, what'll happen tomorrow? The only way would be to read on and find out for yourself.

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