What the?

Author note: the crazy girls from the school and the old man are my creations. I don't know Henry's last name so I made one up. If any one would like to correct me, be my guest. Sensei is the Japanese word for teacher mostly used for Martial teachers, I think.

Before they left for the mall every one agreed on if anyone asked who Max or Cyan were. They would say that Cyan was Spyke's cousin and Max was Ikki's new foster brother. The medabots stayed at Aki's because it would be weird to have that many medabots together.

Max and Cyan and the rest of the gang went to the biggest mall anyone, well besides Koji and Karin, have ever seen. Max had on one of Ikki's outfits and it was, a white pair of shoes Ikki never wears anymore, black pants, and a sleeveless white top. His hair clomped in the same way as yesterday with one clump in front of his left eye, but now it was fuller because he washed his hair.

"Max you should cut your hair, I mean it is a bit long," Erika was cut short by Max. "Well Koji's hair is an inch longer than mine and you don't say any thing to him!" Erika put her hands on her hips. Giving him a death glare. She wore a pair of dark blue overall shorts and a turquoise shirt.

"Clam down you two! You're making a scene," Ikki said. Ikki was wearing that red shirt he always wore only it didn't have that neck thing, he also wore a pair of dark blue jeans. "Ikki is right, hush up, or you'll draw attention," added Cyan. Max and every one else, besides Karin, sweatdroped at Cyan when he said 'hush up.' "Dude, Cyan, no one says 'hush up' besides old people and over polite medabots," says Rintaro. "Oh, sorry," blushed Cyan.

The rest of the gang's clothes were almost the same as when they were kids. Sloan's was the exact same thing as his childhood outfit. Samantha's outfit was the same except her hair was in a braid, but her bangs stayed. She wasn't flat chested any more, she had small one's but you know they were there. Both the other girls were the same in that area. Spyke's hair was the same as before but he wore a black muscle shirt, he wasn't buff, but he wasn't thin, but you could tell he worked out. In fact every boy in that group except Sloan was the same in that area. Koji's clothes changed. Now he wore a white long sleeved shirt under a black T-shirt with a pair of jeans. Karin still has that pink shirt but now her skirt is shorter; Rintaro's outfit is the same as when he was a kid. Last but not least is Cyan; his outfit is one of Spyke's long blue sleeved shirts and kaki pants.

Shopping was easy and went to plan, both Max and Cyan each had more than 15 pairs of clothes and all paid for by Dr. Aki's create card. Then 12 girls from both of their schools came by, "Hey Koji!!!" they swooned " who are your two new friends? Tell us their single, even though we still love you!!!" Cyan blushed at the comment and he saw these girls before when he was Crosserdog, so he knew whom they knew. Koji stuttered at first but regained his cool. "Um, these guy's, um the taller one is Cyan, Spyke's cousin, and the other is Max, Ikki's foster brother."

Max didn't pay attention to the girls because he saw what he was really looking for. There just a few yards ahead, was the sign up station for the most renowned martial arts school in the city. But Max stayed because Ikki said it would be rude to go in front of girls who were interested in you. Well after 5 minutes of mindless dribble the girls left. "Man another minute of that and I would have fallen asleep!" growled Max.

Then Max ran up, to the sign up station, there we see an old man there. The rest of the of were left in the dust, none of them thought Max could run so fast. Cyan went after him and caught up pretty easily. As Max ran he thought, 'Cool, Cyan and I kept our old speeds. Hey I think I'm faster now then when I was a medabot, hey mental note, challenge me, I mean Metabee to a race. ' It took a while for the rest to catch up, like five minutes.

When they all reached the sign up station, Max was exited about something. "Oh man I can't believe it's you! You're the guy on TV! Ashikaga!!!!" "Max what are you talking about? Who is he?" asked Cyan. Then Rintaro jumps in, "Dude! He's the best martial artist in Japan! I heard this old man taught Space Meadafighter X how to use the Shadow Sword!" Ikki looks over at Max, "Hey since when do you watch the martial art channel?"

"Really? Man I got to get the scoop on this, would you mind an interview Mr. Ashikaga?" Erika asks as she pulls out her digital camera. The old man had gray red hair that went to his butt that was held together by a ponytail. He wore a white fighting outfit; he was about 4 feet tall, there was something very familiar about him. Just then a familiar voice rang out, "Grandpa, I need your help teaching these students!!!!" Ashikaga answers in a deep clam voice you would expect form a martial artist, "Coming Henry, wait here I'll be with you in a moment."

After the old man left Ikki asked, "Um was that the Henry we know calling Ashikaga his Grandfather????" Every one looked as surprised as Ikki. After a few minutes Ashikaga came back with Henry, yep it was the Henry they knew. He was wearing the same white loose-fitting fighting outfit with a black T-shirt underneath as like Ashikaga. "um, Hey I heard from Grandpa that you were here, so who are these two?" Henry said while pointing to Max and Cyan. "I'm Max Ikki's foster brother, and he's Cyan, um, Spyke's cousin," replied Max in he's usual cocky-self. Henry stared at Max for a second and asked, "Has any one told you, you sound a lot like Metabee?" "Uh…no," Max slowly replied. For once Erika's reporter instincts saved Max from a sticky situation, "Henry is Ashikaga really your grandfather?"

Just then Ashikaga spoke, "Most people call me Sensei young lady. And Henry is my grandson." Cyan stumbled for his words, "um Sensei, Max and I came here to uh...sign up f-f-for your t-t-training, I-I-I-f you don't mind sir." "Not at all that's how I make a living, teaching. But you and your friend need to take a test to see if you're ready for such training," Sensei said in a tone that sent chills down most people's backs. "What type of tests?" asked Samantha. "One to test all the skills of these two young men," replied Sensei.