Disclaimer: I don't own medabots the people who created it did for the love of cheese!! You think I'd actually own the show? I own this story though!

AN: HI people!! Okay I just wanted to say: I gave Erika a last name…Matsuna!!! ^_^ I just made it up…sorry if you think it sucks.

Ikki: 14 Karin: 14 (She just turned 14)

Rintaro: 14 Erika: 13 Koji: 14

Why am I even trying?
I'm crying out
I'm crying out
I cannot seem to keep
From freaking out

-Adema, Freaking Out

Chapter One: Ignorant Blurs

"Hey guys…" Erika said as she and Brass approached Ikki, Karin, Koji, and their respective medabots.

"Hello Erika…" Koji replied with a forlorn expression on his face. He watched Ikki and Karin with an almost longing expression. It had been a week since Ikki had finally had enough guts to ask Karin out, and she accepted full heartedly.

Brass looked to the ground, finding it much more interesting than the two pairs before her. A could be called sad look came to her pink colored opticals. Metabee, now hung around Neutranurse, so Brass never got to talk to Metabee in the longest time without him running off to be with Karin's medabot.

"What are they to good to say Hi to us?!!" Raved Erika, her hands were clenched at her side. Koji just shrugged. She stomped up to Ikki and smacked the back of his head.

"Hey! What's the big idea?! Erika!!" Ikki rubbed the back of his head.

Erika looked like she was about to blow, she felt angry, sad, and hurt. Hurt because her good friend who she made sure she was always there for was forgetting about her.

Karin, with her usual blank face asked Ikki, "Ikki are you alright?"

"Yea…just fine…"

"Ikki you've been ignoring me since we've got out of school!! It's been a week and you haven't even acknowledged I even exist!!" Erika's vision began to blur, she was seeing blobs veiled in red light. "If you can't as much stand my presence you could have at least said it to my face!"

Ikki's dark eyes widened, "Erika…that's not…I've just been busy…I mean with Karin…and robattles and stuff…you know…" He took a step near the angered brunette, who immediately took a step back.

Long dark chocolate locks hid Erika's face from view, in a low voice she gritted out, "Coward…" Then she turned in the other direction and ran leaving Brass to follow.

"Miss Erika…" Brass tried to call out, a weird feeling was surging through her metal body. With a longing glance at the gold Hercules type medabot Brass chased after her medafighters- fighter. Brass snickered through her CPU as she made it look like an accident when she stomped down on Ikki's foot.

"OW!!"

****At Erika's House****

"Erika is that you?" Erika's mother called out as she came to the loft where the girl mentioned was sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Yea Mom it's me." Next channel. That sucks. Ooh…gut wrenching dramas…nah… not my type thing next. Erika kept flipping channels half listening to her mother talk to her.

"So…you're going to stay with your aunt to take care of her for awhile…she's been a mess lately."

That statement made Erika gives her mom full attention. "What?!! How long? Which aunt?!! Why?!"

Erika's mother made a face of annoyance, "Haven't you been listening to me at all?"

"No…" Erika said sheepishly.

"You're uncle Jin has been tested for leukemia…it seems that he has it…and your aunt Mai isn't taking it so well…she's been a mess lately."

A distant worried look came over the woman's face when she mentioned her sister. "And since I have to take care of the house here…I'm sending you…please be as helpful towards your Aunt Mai as best as you can Erika Dear. She's going through a lot right now."

"But for how long Mama?" Sadness swirled into Erika's eyes for her mother, uncle, and aunt.

"Please don't be mad but I want you to stay for the whole summer."

"What?! THE WHOLE SUMMER?!!" Erika shot up from her seat, her dark chasms narrowing.

Erika's mother pursed her lips. "Erika please! I can't believe how selfish you are acting!! This is you're aunt and uncle, your own blood!" She clenched her skirt beneath her hands.

"And you have a large chance of losing your uncle! Goddammit stop thinking about yourself!"

Erika slowly sat down as her mother's words crashed down to process through her mind. She bowed her head in shame and guilt, "Mom…I'm sorry…alright I'll go. You're right I am too selfish…"

Erika's mother nodded resolutely. "It's alright sweetie…I already have your clothes packed in your room. You're going to ride the subway to your aunt's city. She'll pick you up from there."

She slowly stood up and smoothed out her skirt, "If there's anything else you want to bring I suggest you pack it in your book bag now."

Erika slowly got up and walked to her room.

It was going to be a long night.

*****

"Why didn't you say good bye to Ikki, Miss Erika?" Brass asked as she swung her metal legs back and forth over the edge of her seat. She looked out the window to see blurred lights inside the tunnel their subway was going.

Erika closed her eyes as she laid her head back against the subway car window. "He wouldn't care he has Karin. He doesn't need to know where I am." Her tone of voice was scathing as if was the bitter truth.

It probably is…Ikki probably won't notice I'm gone 'til someone smacks him in the face with the information.

"Is there something wrong Miss Erika?" Brass glanced over at Erika in a curious manner.

"No Brass…nothing's wrong."

The rest of the ride was in companionable silence.

****

"Erika!! ERIKA!!" A woman, known to Erika as Aunt Mai called out. Aunt Mai was a petite woman. She had dark hair and even darker almond eyes, a trademark of their Asian heritage.

Erika gripped onto the handle of her bag as she walked towards her aunt with Brass trailing beside her. She bowed formally (so did Brass) and greeted, "Hello Aunt Mai thank you for accepting me to stay with you over the summer…"

Aunt Mai smiled, a sad yet comforting smile. "It's a pleasure to have you Erika. I hope you'll like your room for the time being."

Erika managed a smile, "I'm sure anything will do Aunt Mai. Brass and I don't want to be a bother to you…"

Aunt Mai hugged her niece in a sign of affection, "No! You're no problem at all! There's plenty of space in your uncle's and my place."

"If you're sure…"

"Positive sweetheart."

***********

Erika sat idly on the porch steps of her aunt and uncle's home. It was a comfy townhouse connected with others making a neighborhood.

"Hey…aren't you that dudette who used to follow Ikki Tenryo around with a camera and a notepad?" A deep voice asked with a surfer's lingo.

Erika looked up from fiddling with her hands to see a tall, lanky, and slightly muscular boy a few feet away from her. He had red bangs that gently fell over his violet chasms his tan face seemed to stand out against his unkempt raven locks. He wore a red muscle shirt and loose baggy khaki shorts.

Erika squinted her eyes slightly as if trying to pull out any memory of this boy before her. "Um…I guess…who are you?"

"I guess we haven't formally met since I was always after Ikki for a robattle…Rintaro Satsuma…" He held out his hand slowly towards Erika. (AN: I made up the last name since I don't know!! If any of you guys know please tell me in a review!)

Erika felt sparks of heat rise to her cheeks, that's Rintaro??! He…grew!! And not too badly eith-WHAT THE HECK AM I SAYING??!!

"Erika Matsuna…"

"And Brass!" Brass came out of the house and skipped to sit beside Erika. Erika smiled, "Yeah…and Brass too."

Ikki sure has nice taste in friends…she's nice…and her smile is more than nice… "Well Kantaroth is off somewhere."

Brass looked around, "Kantaroth…oh yes…I remember…the medabot that has a resemblance to Metabee…"

His violet eyes sparkled mischievously as he glanced at Brass then looked at Erika, "Do you robattle? I mean you hang around with Ikki you must have picked something up."

Erika scrunched up her face slightly, "Only a little…I don't really robattle much because…I would feel inferior compared to Ikki and Metabee."

"That's not true…he might and I say might be better than you only because he's actually been robattles and you haven't had as much experience. You're both equal." He smiled in an assuring manner.

"Well…Brass…are you up to it?" Erika turned to the medabot that was searching intently for something (or someone).

"Whatever you want Erika." Brass replied.

Erika smiled, "Good, I hate it when you call me Miss Erika…it makes me feel all bad."

"Great Dudette! I'll see ya in a minute I have to go on a search for Kantaroth!" With that he ran off.

Erika sighed as she turned to Brass, "Well bringing those medaparts were a good idea after all Brass. It's about time we used that new part I got anyways…"

"Erika…do you think I stand a chance?"

"Of course with all the training I've been giving you in private!!"

"If you say so Erika…"

"You need to sound more confident Brass!" With that Erika ran into the small town home and up the stairs to her room.

"Confidence is not a strong point in my medal…" Then Brass went upstairs also.

Yay!! That's all I have right now!! I'll put up the next one soon!

I NEED HELP…WHAT ARE KANTAROTH'S ATTACKS/SPECIALTY?? Oh and that medapart I'm having Brass use is made up from my mind so don't get mad!!

Bye!!

Sage!