Disclaimer: I do not own Medabots or any of its characters. I do however; own Foxfire and Akura.



Three days later Ikki, Erika, and Metabee walked down the street to Henry's store, hoping to catch a bite.

Metabee hadn't told anyone about how he had met Foxfire three nights before and didn't plan on anytime soon. Unfortunately, Metabee hadn't seen FoxFire since that faithful night. He was beginning to lose hope in ever seeing her again.

"Wait, so you're saying that Metabee actually just left your house when you yelled at him?" pressed Erika, her eyes widening.

"For the fifth time Erika, yes he actually left the house when I yelled at him. Now will you stop asking me that?" growled Ikki impatiently.

"Sorry, but it's just that I've never heard of anybody's Medabot walking out on them!" Explained Erika. There was a pause from her for a few seconds, then finally, " So he actually-

"YES!" yelled Ikki and Metabee in unison.

"By the way Metabee, who were you talking to when you had left the house?" asked Ikki curiously.

Flashback

Ikki kept running and running on the sidewalk, crying out into his Meda- watch. "Metabee? Metabee, where are you?"

Suddenly, Ikki came to a stop in front on the park gates. There stood Metabee with his back to Ikki while another Medabot jumped over the brick wall.

"Metabee!"

End Of Flashback

Metabee looked up from the pavement, not sure how to answer.

"Well, I-" Metabee was soon cut off when a gleaming red fire truck zipped past the trio and went off to Main Street. They all ran ahead and heard it screech to a halt when it came to an apartment completely engulfed in flames.

"Oh man, look at that! Let's go check it out! This is exactly what us journalists crave for!" yelled Erika as she ran down the road to the fire truck. Ikki ran with her to the fire truck as well.

Metabee was just about to run after them, when he saw a Medabot leap from lamppost to roof and roof to lamppost. Her agility was amazing and her movements were swift and smooth.

She had thin red armor and a long foxtail trailed behind her. She was a fox Medabot and her eyes glinted with determination.

Metabee only saw her for a few seconds, but that was all the time he needed to realize that Foxfire was heading towards the flaming apartment.

"Foxfire.?" Metabee raced along with Foxfire, hoping he might be able to keep up with her. But it was hard; her fox legs gave her the advantage because she was able to leap not only so high but also at controlled speed.

Foxfire beat Metabee, Ikki, and even Erika the journalist to the fire. She used her tail to grab on to a lamppost and swing her self on to the roof of the flaming apartment.

"Woh! Who's that Medabot? And what's it doing on the building?" questioned Erika.

" I don't know, but I hope she knows what she's doing!" answered Ikki just as amazed as Erika. Metabee ran up to Ikki and then looked up to see Foxfire on the roof.

" No. I've got to go help her!" At that, Metabee ran under the safety ribbons and into the building. Ikki noticed this and nearly fell back in surprise. "Metabee! Come back!"

Metabee didn't hear him; he was already in the building and had started up the stairs. Maybe if he were lucky, he'd be able to reach Foxfire and help her out.

Foxfire ran to the edge of the roof and looked along the wall. A window not so far from where Foxfire was standing was open. Inside she could hear a faint cry from the window. A child must've still been in the building.

Foxfire jumped down to a nearby balcony and stood on the railing. As soon as she got a good balance, she jumped to the window. Unfortunately, her hands missed the window.

Metabee was in the room where the balcony had been and stared wide eyed from where Foxfire had been standing.

" Foxfire!" Metabee sprinted to the balcony, ignoring the flames that licked his metal tin pet. Once he got there he looked down to the ground. Nothing but people staring up from the ground. No Foxfire. No Foxfire?

Metabee looked over to the window Foxfire had been aiming for and there she was. Her tail clutched on to the sill tightly, but it didn't look like she would be able to hold on much longer.

"Don't worry! I'll pull you up!" yelled Metabee. Foxfire looked up and only saw Metabee run back into the flaming apartment.

"Metabee?"

"Metabee!? GET DOWN FROM THERE!" screamed Ikki from the ground. He'd tried getting in before but one of the Firemen had stopped him and had told him to stay back.

Erika began tiptoeing near the red fire truck with camera in hand until she was stopped by one of the firemen like Ikki.

"I'm sorry miss but you can't go in any farther," he explained pushing her back to Ikki.

"But I'm a reporter!"

Back up, Metabee ran into the room where Foxfire still hung from the window. Metabee was just about to when he heard a cry beside him. Metabee looked in surprise and found a small child no older than five years.

"HELP MEEEEEEEEEE!" screamed the child. Tears were streaming down his face as he cried. "MOMMA!"

"Hey, hey. It's okay I'm going to get you down in a minute just hold on would yeah?" coaxed Metabee. But a minute was too late, flames were now spreading along the floor and began to lick the walls and engulf the furniture.

Suddenly, almost as if the flames knew exactly where the toddler was, the flames glided on the floor to the child's direction. Just when the child was about to be struck by the fire, Metabee held him up and ran over to the window.

" Don't worry Foxfire! I got yeah!" Metabee slid his metal hand along Foxfire's long tail until it reached the metal cord that held it in and clutched it tightly. "C'mon, up you get!" Metabee struggled to pull her up with his one hand, but one hand wouldn't do.

"What is Metabee doing?" thought Ikki curiously.

"Metabee, it's okay! Get the kid out; I'll be fine! Let go!" commanded Foxfire. But Metabee wouldn't let go. He let his stubborn personality get the best of him and held on more tightly to the tail. "Metabee, let go!" Foxfire didn't have a choice. She began squirming her tail around and wriggling it about to get out of Metabee's grip.

Metabee was beginning to lose his grip. The tail was starting to slide through his fingers. Metabee grunted and tried to get another grab at Foxfire's tail, but it was too late. Foxfire's tail fell through Metabee's hand and she fell to the ground below.

Metabee didn't have time to yell because the fire was now out stretching to him and the child as if it were a hand.

"Uh.oh." at first, Metabee thought that this might have been the end. The flames were now only a few inches away. Beside Metabee, the child cried more loudly now and was still calling for his mother. "Well, I guess this is the end. I guess I'm never gonna get to go to the World Robattling Championship. I'm sorry for everything I said to you Ikki. I'm sorry I'll never be able to say that to you-,"

"Don't be saying your prayers yet Metabee,"

Metabee looked up and saw Foxfire at the door and couldn't believe his eyes. There wasn't a scratch on her, as if there weren't even any flames and as if she hadn't even fallen through Metabee's hands. But it was impossible; then again maybe her armor was immune to fire or something.

" Foxfire?"

" C'mon, I'll help you out!" Foxfire ran over to Metabee and the child but Metabee grabbed her hand instead.

" Oh no you don't! This time, I'm gonna help you whether you like it or not!" at that, Metabee ran over to the window again. "Ikki!"

Ikki was still on the ground, worried sick about Metabee. Why wasn't he out yet? Why had he gone in the first place? And who was that Medabot he had been trying to help?

Ikki asked these questions over and over again until he heard Metabee's voice come out of his Medawatch.

"Ikki!"

"Metabee? Are you okay?" asked Ikki worriedly.

"I'm fine! But I won't be if you don't help me!"

" What do I have to do?"

"I need you to transport me some legs! I'm gonna jump and I've got some stuff with me!" explained Metabee. Ikki's eyes went wide

" WHAT?!!" "Don't worry I know what I'm doing," kinda but not really. Ikki was still a little worried but tried the idea anyway.

"Transport legs!" Ikki aimed his Medawatch up into the building and a beam of light traced itself to Metabee's lower half.

Now instead of having yellow and silver legs, Metabee had brown and white and it looked like he might be wearing a dress.

" Aw man, he just HAD to transport these legs," Metabee looked over to Foxfire and decided to just go with the flow. "Hang on tight!" Metabee held Foxfire in his arms while Foxfire held the child tightly. Metabee stepped onto the windowsill and took a big breath.

"Are you okay?" asked Foxfire. Metabee looked down into Foxfire's beautiful mauve eyes.

" The question is, are you ready for the ride of your life?"

" You bet I am!" Metabee's eyes went wide. How could she be so calm?

Metabee turned back to the front of him and closed his eyes. He then bent his legs and allowed his feet to spring off of the sill and leave the ground. Metabee could hear the child still crying and the buzz of the crowds below. He could hear gasps from the ground and yells to be careful. He even heard Ikki half-yelling and half-crying to tell him to stop and go back. But even if Metabee had wanted to go back, he was much too far to just turn around and go back to the windowsill.

Finally, Metabee opened his brilliant green eyes again and yelled out as the ground started getting closer. He bent his legs again, ready to land and come back to the Earth.

"YEAH YEAH!"

His feet touched the ground. It was hard. When jumping from such a high distance, it was hard enough to just stand.

"OW OW OW-," Metabee then realized that not only are there tons of people watching him and looking at, but also notices that Foxfire was looking at him as well. Metabee silenced him self and strained to smile.

"Metabee, are you okay?" Metabee looked up to see Ikki who had ran over to him with Erika following him.

"My baby! Thank you so much! How can I ever repay you?" A woman who looked like she had been crying for the last half hour and with singe marks all over her clothes ran over to Metabee who was still holding Foxfire who was still holding the child. Foxfire looked at the child and lifted her arms up for the woman to take him. "Oh thank you! Really, how can I repay you?"

" Well, how about-," Metabee looked and saw the crowd and Foxfire staring at him again. Metabee sighed before saying, "No thanks necessary ma'am."

" Metabee! What did you think you were doing?! You' could've been scrap metal!" yelled Ikki who was right in front Metabee.

"You don't have to yell!"

"Sorry, but still! It's not like you to run off like. okay so maybe it is like you but STILL! You had no right to!"

"Can't I just help crying children and beautiful Medabots when they're in need?!" Ikki blinked while Foxfire's cheeks flushed.

"'Beautiful Medabots'?"

"Uh, yeah! 'Beautiful Medabots'! You got a problem with that?" stuttered Metabee while going just as red as Foxfire.

"Sounds like Metabee's got a girl friend," commented Erika slyly.

"What? That's impossible! Medabots can't have girlfriends," claims Ikki.

"Oh yeah? Then what do you call that?" Erika then dramatically points at Foxfire who is still in Metabee's arms. Foxfire looks in surprise at the finger.

"Oh no, I'm not Metabee's girlfriend. Just an acquaintance," Foxfire explained. Unfortunately, Metabee groaned. Foxfire then realized that Metabee must've really had feelings for her. Her guilt crossed her and then she finished off by saying, "Though I must admit, I did enjoy the comment about 'beautiful Medabots'," Metabee then looked happy again.

"What? There's no way Metabee can have a girlfriend!" Comments Ikki.

"Excuse me? And why is it so hard to believe that I could have a girlfriend?" yelled Metabee angrily.

"But I'm not-" Foxfire tried to interrupt but got cut off by Ikki.

"You're stubborn, insensitive, mean, and not to mention a clunker!"

"What?! Why I oughta knock you out and take you to the scrap heap right now and then we would see whose the clunker!" Metabee took a step forward and is about a foot away from Ikki. But since Metabee was still holding Foxfire, her head was pushed into Ikki's stomach.

"Hey, aren't you that Medabot we saw earlier who raced to the fire, fell out of the window and landed perfectly then went back inside? Are you?" piped up Erika earnestly.

" What?!" Said Ikki and Metabee in perfect unison. The whole crowd heard what Erika had said and turned to stare at Foxfire.

"Well, actually. Uh, he he," Foxfire laughed nervously and held one side of her head.