In the Principal's Office
"I can't believe you, you miscreants would do something like this!" the principal said, under the weight of his giant, furry mustache. AS he talked, Kitty kept picturing a giant walrus. "Now, when I return with the papers, we willdiscuss your punishment" he said as he walked out of the room. "Man, I can't believe how evil that Shelby is!" Kitty whined as she flopped down on one of the leather couches in the office, still dripping wet from Mezool's attack. "Why does she hate you so much?" Kitty asked, looking quizzically at Scott. "I-I'd prefer not to talk about it" Austin said, as he suddenly got a flashback
A ten year old Austin was lying on the side of a cliff, tears streaming down his eyes. He heard the faint sound of policecars. In his small hand was a bracelet, blood smeared on it. Voices were drawing closer..."
"No, NO!" Austin thought, forcing the memories from his mind. He noticed that he had broken out in a cold sweat, and was holding the bracelet on his right arm, the same one from the flashback. "Dude, are you ok?" Kitty asked as she got up, crossing to his side. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine." He said, sitting down on the floor, holding his head his hands. Kitty decided not to press further, worried of losing her new friend. The door knob turned and both of them jumped to their feet. The principal walked in, holding official looking papers in his hands. "Now, for this serious attack against the spirit of our school," the principal said as he filled the papers out "...Will be the maximum punishment, expulsion." The two teen's eyes widened as much as possible, they couldn't believe it, their first day of Senior Year, and both were about to be expelled.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" a booming voice yelled as the door burst open once again. Scott recognized this new comer to be the man who had given him his sword and Tako medal. But what was he doing here? And in person! "Sir I do beg your pardon!" the principal stammered, taken as off guard as was, who had jumped onto a book case. "Sir, I do believe you are about to make a costly mistake!" Kougami said as Ms. Satonaka entered. She crossed to the principal's desk, took the expulsion papers, and dropped them into the fish tank behind him. "Wha-what is the meaning of this?" he said, clearly flustered. "And who are you?" "I, I am Kosei Kougami, CEO of Kougami Industries." He said, standing in front of the principal. "But, but why are you here?" the principal asked, quivering, with what Scott guessed to be fear. "Mr. Kougami does not want his two newest employees to miss out on their education because of a minor incident such as this" Ms. Satonaka said as she sat on another couch in the office, folding her legs.
"But, these two, ruffians, they attacked a star athlete, just to sabotage our chances at state!" the principal said, pointing a finger at the two accused. "Now sir, I don't feel that to be a suitable reason behind your decision for expelling these two." Kougami said, sitting on the arm of a couch. "There is no evidence against Ms. O'Shaughnessy, and according to Mr. Ericson's records, you seem to have a habit for blaming him for every little problem the football team or the cheer leading team has" Kougami said, crossing his arms. "Fine, the girl can stay." The principal said, looking defeated. "But Austin must be expelled" "No, that's not happening, for you see, in the contracts for these two, it is required that they receive an education until the point they graduate." Kougami said, a sly grin appearing on his face. The principal looked stunned. He had never been placed in this kind of situation before. The one thing he kept asking himself, who was he more afraid of, this man or him?
The door burst open for a third time, and Shelby marched into the room, her face positively scarletwith rage. "Why haven't you expelled these two yet? /!" She demanded. "We have been waiting in the lobby with cameras and popcorn for two HOURS!" She screamed, not even noticing Kougami. "And who are these people?" She demanded, pointing over her shoulder. "Mr. Kougami and Ms. Satonaka, who are employers for Austin and Kitty, and require they remain in school, and that this argument is null and void" he said, pointing to the papers crumbling in his fish tank. "This is bull!" she shrieked, "My father is the mayor, and you haveto do what he says!" "True, but Mr. Kougami has more authority than your father, so Austin and Kitty are to remain in school." Shelby then emitted a sound that seemed a cross between a bat ping and a pig squeal, with a pitch high enough to cause all the dogs in the surrounding 50 miles to go deaf.
Outside
Ankh was sitting in the tree, waiting for Austin to leave school. He was still drying off from the water attack. He had heard the most interesting sound come from the building, sounding like a tea kettle being strangled while boiling, when he noticed a man in a black jump suit standing next to a limo he had seen the man from earlier get out of with a woman. He watched as they left, and the man got on one of the Ride Vendors, as he learned they were called. He suddenly remembered where he had seen that man before. He had seen him in the shadows when the bird robots stole the cell medals from Austin's first fight. He was about to pursue them when he heard the same shrieking bell he had heard six hours ago, thought this time he did fall out of the tree, and when he regained his balance, he saw Austin walking up, a look of utter amusement on his face.
"Not. One. Word." He said as Austin and the girl from earlier had reached him. "So what's our next adventure, team?" Kitty asked, putting her arms over the two men's shoulders. "Uh, I'm sorry, but I don't need dead weight dragging us down." Ankh hissed, shoving her arm away. "Wait, Ankh, she did save the driver." Austin protested, not wanting to have to fight by himself. "No, don't worry, it's cool" Kitty said, walking away from them. "My rides here anyways" she said as she got into a pick-up truck that had just driven up. "So what isour next move?" Austin asked as he watched Ankh hop back into the tree. "You go about your business, and I search for that Yummy" he said as his energy wings sprouted and he took flight.
"Great, some partnership" Austin thought, as he grabbed his cell phone and proceeded to call his girlfriend. Hola, you've reached Samantha Rodriguez, leave a message at the beep,said the familiar, rich voice Austin heard whenever he was with Sam. "Hey Sam, it's me, Austin, schools out, and well, we're going to go out tonight, so, I'm just waiting for you." He said. Turns out, Austin was left waiting 45 minutes, when he got a text from Sam, saying he couldn't get away from work. Depressed, Austin resolved to walk home, as he removed his black vest, the Missouri heat setting in.
1 hour later
Austin lay in his bed, looking up at the ceiling. He couldn't figure out what was up with Sam. This wasn't the first time she had backed out of a date. Over the course of their dating history, Sam had seemed to miss out on almost half of them. She always seemed to be busy at work, which Austin had debunked once. On day, he had decided to surprise his girlfriend at work, but when he went to the address Sam had given him, he had found an abandoned factory, which hadn't been used in decades. Sam hadn't even let him see her house. Austin was about to text him again, when he heard a rapping at his window. He pulled the curtains open to see one of the robotic birds there. It seemed to be waiting for him to follow it.
"D-Did Ankh send you?" he asked, and the bird seemed to node in agreement. "Guess he found the Yummy" Austin thought, racing outside. As he was racing after the bird-bot on a ride vendor, he saw a familiar Harley Chopper on the freeway. "Where was Sam going now?" he thought, realizing he had to worry about stopping the yummy first when the bird squawked at him. He drove up to the local sports dome where he saw a giant fireball erupt from inside. He raced inside, and as he emerged at the top of the bleachers, he saw the Cheetah Yummy fighting Ankh in his true form, and Ankh wasn't doing so hot. "Couldn't wait to start the party without me?" Austin yelled, placing the belt on his waist. "Finally, thought that Candroid got lost" Ankh snarled as he tossed a trio of medals to Austin. "Huh, so those are what they're called" Austin thought as he placed the medals and scanned them. "TAKA! UNAGI! ZOU!" the scanner cried, locking the red, blue and dark grey rings together, forming the armor.
"Let's rock!" Austin said as he dropped down onto the field, charging his legs. He struck the ground, but the Yummy jumped! "Crap!" Austin cried, brandishing the Unagi Whips, trying to catch it. However, it managed to enter super speed mode again, dodging the whips, and even managed to tie Austin up in them. "I wonder if this partnership is really working out." Ankh said, sitting on the sidelines, back in his human form. Austin heard a girl screaming suddenly. He managed to untangle himself to see the yummy harassing a school girl. "Hey, leave her alone!" Austin yelled, running up to the scene. He grabbed the Yummy and managed to throw it off. "Are you ok?" he asked the girl. "Yeah, I'm fine" she said, placing a hand on Austin's arm "But you, not so much!" she laughed, sending an electric pulse straight through Austin. Austin fell to the ground, and he saw the girl stand up, and reform into a Greeed. "Mezool?" he said, not really asking a question. "But of course, OOOs Boy" she said, advancing on him.
Meanwhile, not far away
Kitty had seen the Fire ball from where she was working at her father's diner, and was making her way through the inner maze of the sports dome. "Geez, who is this designed for, people or lab mice?" she asked to no one in particular. When she finally emerged into the arena, she saw that Ankh was sitting on one of the bleachers, watching OOO saving a random girl from the creature from earlier. Just as he had thrown the creature off, the girl transformed into a monster too, and attacked him. "Shit!" Kitty yelled as she started running back down the stairs. "I have to get help!" she thought, bursting into the fresh air. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a motor cycle approaching. She ran out into the street, attempting to flag down the incomer. "Help please!" she cried as the bike came to a halt in front of her.
Back in the Sports Dome
Mezool was advancing on OOO, as the Yummy was keeping Ankh busy, who had attempted to save Austin. "Well, well, well," she said, looking at the OOO Driver. "Looks like I get a toofer today" she said as she plucked the Unagi and Zou medals, returning Austin to normal. "Ha-ha!" she cried, as she seemed to eat the medals, "Now, to finish you off and we never have to worry about OOO again!" she chuckled, raising her fist, ready to strike. Austin prepared for the final blow, when the sound of a shot gun blast filled the stadium. When Austin opened his eyes, he saw that a whole had been made in Mezool (which was slowly being healed by cell medals) and on the other side, holding the shot gun in question, was a woman. Standing at 6' 7'', her slender muscles covered with a tight, sleeveless t-shirt. Her tan was glistening in the sun. Austin's face lit up when he saw his girlfriend standing there, having saved his life. "What, but, my Medals!" Mezool screamed, still holding her wound. Her legs seemed to shimmer, as the armor on them broke away, reveling her to look more like a blank yummy. Austin looked down to see that in a pile of cell medals were three blue medals; two Unagi medals, and a navy blue medal Austin hadn't seen before. As Austin held the three medals in his hand, he had just enough time to see that the new medal had the engraving of an orca on it when Ankh's right hand swooped over and grabbed them. "Nice kid, we got a good payout today!' Ankh said as he reattached himself to his body. "This isn't over OOO, I will be back!" Mezool cried as she turned into a cloud of cell medals and flew away. Before any of them had a chance to breathe, the Cheetah Yummy jumped over their heads and hissed, baring its fangs.
"Finish it off kid" Ankh commanded, flicking the main medals to Austin. "You're gonna see something, baby" he said, smiling at Sam, who smiled back. "Henshin!" "TAKA! TORA! BATTA!" "TATOBA, TA-T-T-T-T-TATOBA!" the scanner sang as the armor appeared over him "Dios Mio" Sam gasped, marveling the armor her boyfriend was now wearing. However, as Austin charged the Yummy, it started running in circles, creating a dust storm from the dirt track it was running. "How's Austin going to find that thing in that dust Diablo" Sam asked, lost as to what was going on. "Maybe, this one...?" Ankh wondered aloud, holding up the new medal. "Austin! Use this!" he yelled, tossing the new medal to him. Austin was surprised when he caught it. "A single stripe? That means it's a head medal!" he thought as he swapped out the Taka medal for this new one. The scanner sang something new "SHACHI! TORA! BATTA!" as a new, blue ring locked with the yellow and green one. Austin felt his new helmet, feeling what appeared to be fins sticking out of it. He looked to the side and saw its reflection in the chrome. The new helmet had a streamlined design, with yellow eyes instead of green ones. "Alright, quit checking yourself out and fight it!" Kitty said, pushing Austin toward the dust storm.
"Let's see what this can do" he thought, when suddenly his eyes switched to a thermal vision-type view. He saw the Yummy spinning in the center, and he saw a high pressure stream of water shoot out the crystal on his helmet, hitting the Yummy square in the chest. The dust storm began to subside as the yummy was drenching, when the scanner sang out "SCANNING CHARGE!" as OOO leapt through the wall of dust, still spraying the Yummy with water, his legs in the shape of grasshopper legs. The Tora claws where glowing and generating wind, as Austin sliced through the Yummy. The yummy staggered as the claw marks glowed for a few seconds, before exploding into a shower of cell medals.
"Well, who's the man?" Austin asked as he reverted to normal. "Yeah buddy!" Kitty said as she got ready to high five him as Ankh was busy with the cell medals. However, Sam suddenly wrapped Austin in his arms, and their lips connected. Kitty was stunned, she hadn't seen this coming. "Hey uh, buddy?" she asked, getting Austin's attention "that's a littleforward" "Kitty, it's cool, this is Sam, my girlfriend." He said, as her face turned slightly red.
Meanwhile, in an abandoned Bar
Mezool staggered into the room, junk cluttered the floor as she fell into one of the booths and turned into her human form. "So, how did it go?" a smug voice asked, and she turned to see Kazari standing over her in his human form. "Shut it Kazari, I'm not in the mood" "MEZOOL!" a panicked voice yelled as a man wearing a grey muscle shirt ran over, pushing Kazari out of his way. "Gamel, my brother" she said, stroking his face "Mezool, did he do this? Did OOO do this?" he asked, through his tears. "Yes" she said, catching her breath. "I will smash him!" Gamel yelled, transforming into his Greeed form. "Please, that's the lamest idea I've heard" Kazari said, hopping onto the bar changing into his true form. "No, it may actually work." A new character said. The man was wearing a green jacket. "Uva, thank you" Gamel said, bowing. "Gamel, dear" Mezool said sitting up. "I managed to get one of yours back" she said, holding up his Zou medal. "No, you keep it, you need all the strength you can get" he said, putting the medal back in her hand.
"Yeah, this may just work" Uva thought as he transformed back into his Greeed form. "And this time, I'll be ready" he smirked as he crushed a fist full of cell medals, breaking them in half.
Count the Medals:
Taka X2, Kujaku X2, Kondoru X3
Batta
Tora
Shachi, Unagi X2, Tako
All credit of this story goes to LiamX315