**Disclaimer** I dun own Medabots, or any of the characters. I will after I introduce some of my own.

((Anyway! This happens after the end of series, and the group has found out Space Medafight X/Phantom Renegades real identity. He's basically been aquitted of all charges, so he isn't a wanted criminal. That's about all that I've changed, and I'll occasionally recap along the way.))

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"C'mon Miss Erika! We'll miss the limo!"

Erika grumbled as she heard her medabot calling. "I'm coming! I just need to grab my bag!" She pulled open the closet doors and pulled out the purple backpack. Slamming the door shut again, she headed out into the hallway, and bounced down the small flight of stairs. "Did you get my suitcase?"

"Yes, Miss Erika," Brass said, sounding almost like a sigh, "I remembered your suitcase. Karin's butler has already put it in the trunk."

Giving her mom a quick hug and a goodbye, Erika followed her medabot, Brass, out of the front door, and out to the shiny white limo that awaited them, parked by the curb. From inside the windows, she could see Karin's friendly face, along with the somewhat grim look of Samantha. Geeze, she should lighten up once and a while.

As she opened the door for Brass and herself to get inside, she could see Neutranurse and Peppercat seated further inside the body of the car. Brass scrambled over to them, and immeadiately started a friendly conversation.

Erika got in herself, and slid over, sitting beside Samantha and across from Karin. "Oh! I'm so excited!" she exclaimed, holding her hands tightly in her lap. "I can't believe it! I'm going to America!"

Karin smiled as the car lurched into motion, her usual polite way, but held up a hand. "North America actually, Canada to be more precise. I've seen pictures of it, it seems like a beautiful country."

"Heh..." Samantha sighed from beside Erika, "They didn't place very well in the World Robattle Cup, they this is going to be a piece of cake..."

Erika jumped in, not waiting for Karin to say anything. "Hey, we ARE going for a tournament, an invitational tournament. You're lucky Koji's cousin has let us come along, I heard only the best will be there."

Peppercat slid over to sit beside her medafighter. "Cheer up, Boss. You do get out of school, after all."

Samantha lowered her head, but grinned none the less. "Yeah, there is that!"

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Medabee tapped his metal foot against the asphalt landing pad. Where was Karin's limo? He couldn't wait to get out of here, there were robattles waiting! "How long are we going to have to wait?!?"

Koji looked over to Medabee, and shot him a nasty glare. "Just wait, you commoners have no manners. A beautiful lady like Karin has to have time to make a proper entrance."

Medabee glanced over to Ikki, wondering was he was thinking, but he should have known. The medafighter was drooling, started off at the very mention of Karin's name. He sighed, and shook his head, and waited.

Suddenly, as if on cue, the white limo rolled out onto the landing pad. Karin, Erika, and Samantha emerged from the car, their meadbots following. They all walked over to meet the group, and Koji's and Karin's numerous employees loaded the plane with their luggage.

"I'm glad we're all here!" Karin said, enthusiastically, looking over the group. Ikki, Koji, Erika, Samantha. She spotted Spyke and Sloan coming out of a building, stuffing their pockets with candy bars. Apparently they had been visiting the vending machine.

"Uh.. Hey!" Spyke yelled, waving his hand, seeing that the others had arrived. "Thanks for flying us over Koji!"

Koji growled and pushed Spyke away, as he was about to become victim to a hug. "Just don't give me your common germs..."

The crunching of gravel was heard as yet another car pulled up, a shiny black one. The door opened up, and out stepped Dr. Aki, followed by a familiar masked figure....

Ikki nearly jumped out of his skin. "Henry!! What are you doing here...?"

Henry merely smiled. "I couldn't very well let Team Japan go without me, could I? I'm not missing out on this."

"Mr. Koji," A tentative voice asked, from the direction of the aircraft, "We are ready fro you to board sir.."

Koji nodded, in approvement. "Yes, good job. Everyone on."

The whole group of people and medabots milled onto the jet, and spaced themselves out in the seats.

"One things for sure," Sloan said, making himself comftorble across a whole row of 3 seats, "We have lots of room."

"And it's all Koji's doing, offering to fly us over for free!" Karin exclaimed, from where she was stuffing her bag into one of the overhead bins.

Ikki turned crimson, with jealousy. "Well, It's not such a BIG deal..." he mumbled to himself, slouching into one of the seats.

Medabee slapped him on the back. "Dun worry, buddy. You'll forget about her soon enough."

Dr. Aki cleared his voice from the doorway of the plane. "Excuse me, but I'm afraid I'll have to leave you now. I wish you a good trip. Alas I can't come, I have some work to take care of at the Medabot Corporation."

Henry snorted, from where he was sitting near the front, no Arcbeetle in sight. "Yeah right, you probably just want to eat all the pudding form the Hopmart while I'm away.."

Dr. Aki turned red and stuttered, apparently at a loss for words.

Medabee laughed from his seat. "Don't worry, Aki, I'll bring you some maple syrup!!"