(Disclaimer: I don't own Medabots or any of its affiliated characters, but I own Minotaurus, Phyrexian, and Atari. (Not the Company)



Metabee slammed down his cards on the concrete inside the small

storage shed on the School grounds. "Straight Flush!" Metabee crowed

triumphantly. Sitting around him were Crosserdog, Totalizer, Peppercat,

Brass, DigMole, and Kantaroth. They, at the suggestion of Coach Mountain,

they would hang out in the storage shed so they could be near their

Medafighters and not seem to be breaking School rules. "Damn it!"

Totalizer, Peppercat, Crosserdog, DigMole, and Brass said in unison as they

slammed their cards down. Kantaroth let out a deep, throaty laugh and with a

snapping noise, laid down his cards. "Royal Flush, I win again!" Kantaroth

yelled. "WHAT?! You're cheating!" Metabee yelled. "YEAH!" the rest of

them yelled. The inside of the storage shed exploded in gunfire, crackling

electricity, and smashing fists. Suddenly the door to the storage area was

thrown wide open, bathing the feuding Medabots in white light. It

silhouetted two figures of small stature, and then as the Medabots inside

adjusted, they realized it was Sumillodon and NeutraNurse. "We came to

join your poker game." NeutraNurse said. Almost instantly everyone was

sitting down again, and Metabee started dealing the cards again. "The name

of the game is Poker, if you win, you get the pot o' gold." Metabee

explained in a fake Irish accent. The "pot o' gold" as Metabee called it, was

a heaping pile of change collected from everywhere a person could imagine.

"That's chump change." Sumillodon said shortly and lay at least 20 1000

yen bills on top of the pile. "Holy!" Peppercat exulted. "Royal Flush!"

Kantaroth yelled and began scraping his winnings towards him. "No." a

voice said out of the darkness. A golden claw shot out of the shadows in the

corner and grabbed Kantaroth's right arm. The golden claw was attached to

a silver arm, and that arm was attached in turn to a silver body, which

belonged to…."Rokusho!" Metabee yelled in surprise. "Kantaroth cheats."

Rokusho said and twisted his claw-arm. Kantaroth dropped a bunch of cards,

all face cards. "You cheating-" Metabee was cut off when Brass said, "It

looks like Metabee wins." Metabee looked down in surprise at his hand, then

slammed it down triumphantly. "Four nines and an ace!" he yelled. He

shoved the money into a burlap sack and heaved it over one shoulder and

walked out. After depositing the money in his secret stash at the Tenryo

home, he returned just in time for the end of school. Ikki, Erika, Samantha,

Spike, Sloan, and Rintaro walked out of school together. Erika (and Ikki)

had found the Screws to be a good source of information, and Ikki had

found, with the right training, the Screws made very good backup in a pinch,

at the very least a good distraction. Rintaro was also a pretty good

Medafighter. Their Medabots fell into step behind them, talking amongst

themselves. Koji and Karin pulled up in Karin's pink limo and stepped out.

"Hi Karin…." Ikki said, his eyes glazed over as he stared obsessively at

Karin. "Snap out of it, dude!" Rintaro gave Ikki a firm slap across the cheek

to wake him up, and Ikki shook his head as if to clear it of the feeling.

"Thanks Rintaro." Ikki said. "No problem-o dude!" Rintaro said, making a

V-sign with his fingers. Koji and Ikki instantly got into a shouting match

over Karin, who just looked on with an amused smile. The Screws waved

goodbye as they and their Medabots left to go home.





"Hey, Short Stack!" an angry male voice yelled from across the street.

Ikki and Koji stopped their shouting match to gaze at Rintaro, who looked

incredibly pissed off, then at the guy who was shouting. He looked to be

about 15, stood at approximately 5'9" and looked to weigh about 130

pounds. He wore black sweatpants and a light blue long-sleeved shirt. His

cold, chameleon-green eyes glared out at the group of kids from beneath his

dishwater-blond bangs. "I'm coming for you, Shrimp!" The guy shouted

before a passing bus blocked his line-of-sight. When the bus passed, the guy

was gone. "Who WAS that guy, Rintaro?" Karin asked, turning to look at

him. "His name is Atari Hiyamoto, he's one of the best Medafighters I

know. He's ranked Number five in the National rankings. He's obsessed

with winning. You remember the Specter Gang?" Rintaro said. "Sure,

everybody does." Ikki said, remembering the small army of incredibly tough

Medafighters that had been forcibly disbanded due to an assault on their

main elements around a year ago. Facing just one of them was near

impossible, but a small army? It was just plain impossible. "Yeah, well, he

was the guy who took them out. Around four months ago, I defeated him

using my Kantaroth, mainly due to the fact he used really old Medabots

because his family was always strapped for cash." Rintaro said. "He now has

two brand-new Medabots that he helped design. He's out for revenge against

me." Rintaro finished. "If he's so great, how come he's just ranked Number

5?" Erika asked. "Because of the time he spent training! Do I have to do

ALL the thinking?" Koji shouted. He immediately shut up as Erika glared at

him with murder in her eyes. "Well, speak of the snob." Atari was suddenly

sitting on the front right fender of Karin's limo. "I challenge you to a

rematch from our battle four months ago, and to make the battle even

remotely fair, you can fight with all of them on your team. I just need my

two Medabots." Atari said. "Then its agreed!" a familiar voice shouted.

Karin's chauffeur climbed out of the car, then threw off his disguise to

reveal himself to be none other than Mr. Referee. "I declare this to be a

submission match! The first Medabot to stop the other from functioning

wins! Medafighters ready? Medabots…ROBATTLE!" Mr. Referee declared

with a slice of his hand. Atari rolled up his sleeves to the elbow to reveal his

twin black Meda-coms, one on each wrist. He tapped the 'Transport' button

his left Meda-com first and yelled, "Transport Minotaurus!" a blue glow

appeared high in the air and formed into a Medabot which dropped rapidly,

creating a massive crater in the sidewalk. It resembled a tall knight in black

and silver armor. It had a pair of long, titanium Bull's Horns atop its helmet

and a sword like Sumillodon's projected over the right hand. A Laser

Cannon projected over the left hand.

Vital Stats

Name: Minotaurus

Medafighter: Atari Hiyamoto

Special Weapon: Sword



"Nice!" Ikki said, before Erika slapped him over the head. "Now,

Transport Phyrexian!" Atari shouted. A Medabot resembling a knight in

black and bronze armor, each arm ending in a three-pointed claw, appeared

in the air and landed on Karin's limo, crushing the passenger area.

Thankfully nobody was inside.



Vital States

Name: Phyrexian

Medafighter: Atari Hiyamoto

Special Weapon: Chain Claw



(To be continued)