Me: Another chapter locked and loaded! Mwuahahahah! XD
N-Blade: He's still recovering from his sleep deprivation...... b.b;
Me: *yawns* Yup, and I'm taking a break from gaming. I wanted to get this fic over before summer ends and start the sequel a few chaps into at least.
Link: You won't get it done man, you don't sleep enough and play too many games.
Me: Didn't you just hear that I said I'm taking a break from gaming?
Link: Yes, but it's not like you'll keep your word..... b.b;
Me: .....
Alexis: Looks like he won.
Me: .....
Freya: While Matt takes time to recover, it's time for the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own Medabots. Any borrowed character that appears in this fic belong to their respected owner. Like always, I do own some stuff, just too lazy to list them.
Isis: *waves her hand in front of My face and gets no response* Um...don't know how, but it looks like we lost him.....
Fic Me: *pokes Me with a stick, still no response* Um.....I think he's somehow sleeping with his eyes open, like a snake.... o.o;;
Me: *snores lightly*
Warren: ROFL!
Dragonite: How is it possible for a human to sleep with their eyes open?
Link: No clue, but since he's out of it, it's time for these review replies.
Phantom Kensai: Hey, what's wrong with NT Warrior? It rocks man! *does a jig* Er....methinks I might have mistaken Meta-Evil's, Meda-Evil's, whoever's bushy eyebrows as hair.... X.x; Though.....he technically might have real hair.... b.b;; You're under stress? From what prattle? *smacked by Isis for prying into other people's business* Ow! .o; Well, thanks for the review none the less man.
Mad-Man: Great, a having to choose one potion or whatever out of the hundreds of bottles out here..... *sees all the potion bottles ranging from all colors, different bottles, bottles of different color, etc.* Hmm.....lets see, must choose something called Water of Time and I have no clue where it is....Crud this, use my instincts here. *grabs a vial containing a clear liquid, pops the cork and drinks half of it* Ok, time to see if I chose correctly.... *awaits the affects of the liquid he just drunk*
Rumorgirl411: Who told you the identity of Kelpgirl and Sharktail? Was it you?! *points a finger at himself* Er.....wrong person.... X.x; *points to no one this round* Another bio update, eh? Send it over whenever you can. You have an older sis? And for that matter Gem has an older sis? More powerful than who knows what? Ooooohhhh........cool man-er girl, whatever. Your big sis wants to be in my fic? o.O; Well, said I'd take anyone who wanted to be in until I finish this, so cool I guess. When I write this sequel, it's going to be one big thing by the looks of it.
Me: *wakes up and blinks his dry eyes* O....k......dozed off there.....
Merrick: *appears in a puff of smoke* Hey, I just noticed something.....
N-Blade: And what's that Past Me?
Merrick: *groans and mutters something* I noticed that even though I'm you in a sense, you aren't 100% me......
N-Blade: How do you figure that?
Merrick: *puts on a Professor looking outfit and pulls out a blackboard* You see here dear readers and N-Blade and others, Matt creates alternate endings to pretty much everything I've faced. *taps the blackboard and three separate pieces of writing appear* See, these separate pieces of writing are of my encounter with Ruby and Cloud. This one here is where I won and went on with my life, the second is where I got turned into a medal, and the third.....is where I um....*cough* died *cough*......
N-Blade: *smacks me* So I'm just a weaker version of the real Merrick since he eventually got to go on with his life? I will kill you! *chases after me*
Me: THANKS ALOT MERRICK! *runs for the hills*
Merrick: *puts away his Professor outfit* Your welcome! ^_^;;
Link: Er....out of curiosity how weak would that make N-Blade compared to you then?
Merrick: Can't tell you, Matt would have my head since I've said too much already..... b.b;
Wolfbane: Hmm, well this was interesting. Think this is the last time I'll enter this weird intro thing, too much oddness. Here's the chapter folks! *gives a grin and wags his tail* ^_^
Chapter 23: The Separation
It has been another three days since the gang fought Sharktail and Kelpgirl and lost horribly to them. That is until the return of the wolf known as Wolfbane made his reappearance in Matt's life. The repair party was another success and the others' Medabots were repaired in no time. Matt was right, his parents were shocked to see the return of Wolfbane, but were glad none the less. Yet, what was our young hero doing at the moment? The answer is.......enjoying a long needed rest.
The Ninja and Wolf were staring at the sleeping boy talking softly to each other, and wondering when Matt would wake up.
"I see he still sleeps like a log..." snickered Wolfbane softly.
"He used to sleep like a log?" asked N-Blade in shock. "As long as I've known him he always woke up early."
"Guess things can never stay the same..." sighed the Wolf.
"No need to be depressed man. Be glad and marry that you are active once again."
"I guess you're right. To get off the subject, the Elf tells me you were human. How is that even possible?"
"Long story, someone that was my nemesis turned me into a medal through magic and technology. What makes things worse is that she's back and has her flunky with her."
"So your nemesis was, er is a woman? She must be a tough opponent to defeat one as you according to Link and Alexis. How did she beat you if you don't mind me asking?"
"Easy, I was hurt and tired after fighting her flunky and partner Cloud, and she just overpowered me then, turning me into a medal."
"So she took the chance to strike while you were weakened? A despicable thing to do, she must be a vile person, or was......is?" said Wolfbane confused.
"She was a person, but I don't know how or who turned her and her flunky into a medal." said N-Blade. "Then again, she and Cloud could have just copied their memories and powers into a medal, though that is just one of my theories."
The Wolf was about to speak again, but was interrupted when the door opened. The two turned to see who came in and it was none other than Alexis. It appeared that she had just woken up, her blonde hair was frazzled, she wasn't wearing her glasses(not that she needs them all the time), and she was still in her sky blue pajamas that had yellow crescent moons all over them. She let out a small yawn and walked towards the two Medabots after slowly closing the door. N-Blade glanced at Matt's clock and saw it was 9:30, this was late for Alexis as well.
"Morning guys," she yawned softly. "I see my cousin is still asleep, though I myself am surprised I slept this late. Normally, am early bird like my cousin. Wonder what's causing him to sleep this late."
"Who knows? But remember the time he slept until one in the afternoon? That was a record for him. So what's up with him now?" wondered the Ninja.
"Um....technically the latest he has ever slept was 3:30, but that was because he was slightly ill." informed the Wolf.
"I remember that day, he wasn't slightly ill. He was really sick Wolfbane, never seen him that sick before." corrected the blonde letting out a tiny yawn.
"Let's just prod him awake." grinned the Wolf.
"You and me are thinking the same thing Wolfie." grinned(well if he could) N-Blade as well.
"'Wolfie?'" repeated Wolfbane slightly amused. "No one has called me that in what? 4 years and such and such months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds."
"Who was the last person to call ya that?" asked N-Blade.
"I was I think." answered Alexis and saw that Wolfbane gave a nod.
"Now, lets wake up Matt." grinned Wolfbane.
The Wolf and Ninja were about to prod their owner, master, Medafighter, and friend awake until he began to stir slightly. He was mumbling things in his sleep, but the others couldn't hear a thing. Matt let out a giant yawn as he sat up in bed as he stretched. He blinked a few times and rubbed his eyes trying to get them to focus. When they finally focused, he raised an eyebrow at the sight.
"Um, what are you guys doing in here?" asked Matt curiously.
"Well, for one we sleep in here," started N-Blade gesturing to himself and Wolfbane. "and Alexis just woke up to check up on ya."
"Oh, that explains why she's still in her pajamas and not wearing her glasses. You know cuz, you look different without your glasses." noted Matt.
"Yeah I know. See a person wearing a certain item, for example glasses, they look strange and different without them." yawned Alexis yet again.
"Yeah, I know. So what we doing today?"
"Meeting up with the others at the 24 HopMart. The gang wants us to show Wolfbane to Henry and the other Medabots who didn't get to see him since he was inside chatting with our parents, while you fixed them." answered N-Blade.
"Glad to see you made so many friends Matt. Get ready so I can make some new friends as well!" chimed the Wolf.
"Fine, dibs on the bathroom! MWUAHAHAHA!" laughed Matt as he ran towards the bathroom.
"Um......doesn't he realize we have two?" asked Alexis.
"Doubt it....." answered N-Blade rolling his optics. Alexis just sighed as she headed out the room and for the other bathroom.
The time was 10:47 AM, the two cousins took a semi-quick shower, got dressed, and had breakfast before heading out towards the 24 HopMart with their three Medabot companions. Wolfbane went back into his silent wolf mode again, and hardly talked as they walked. It took slightly longer than normal for our duo to reach the mini-store, but no one really cared and entered the store to see the whole gang there.
"Hey guys." greeted the group of five(minus Wolfbane).
"Morning." greeted back the others.
"So where is this Wolfbane the others were talking about?" asked Warren.
"Yeah, where is he?" echoed Dragonite.
"What are you a parrot?" Henry asked to Dragonite.
"No, I'm a dragon, so there!" Henry just muttered something.
"So, is that Wolfbane?" asked Henry noticing the Wolf Medabot slightly hidden behind the others.
"Yes, this is Wolfbane. Wolfbane meet the guys, guys meet Wolfbane." said Matt gesturing to Wolfbane to the others and back again.
The Wolf grinned in embarrassment and waved shyly to the others. N-Blade and Link dragged Wolfbane toward the other Medabots and the Medabots got into their own conversation while the humans chatted.
"Hey guys! I just remembered, did you see today's paper?" asked Erika and she saw a collective shake of heads, well one nod from Henry. She dug around in a bag she was carrying and pulled out today's newspaper. "Here we go!" She showed them the cover page that had a picture of the Phantom Renegade, the headline was: Who is the Phantom's Mysterious Partner? There was another photo as well, this one was of the Phantom and some slightly blurred person next to him.
"The Phantom Renegade has a partner in his evil crimes? Who would work with such a loser?" asked Warren with a slight grin on his face as he saw Henry's face contort in rage.
"HEY! The Phantom is not a loser!" roared Henry, with jets of smoke shooting out of his ears, eyes burning with rage, and multiple anime anger symbols on his forehead.
"Oh, if we didn't mention before, Henry here is a giant Phantom Renegade fan." commented Erika after seeing Alexis' and Matt's looks of confusion.
"The Phantom Renegade is the dude with the freaky mask and steals rare medals right?" asked Matt and saw the gang nod. "I've heard of him, he sounds pretty interesting, well as interesting as a thief can get anyway."
"He's still a loser though." chimed in Warren.
"OUT OF MY STORE YORIUKI!" bellowed the store clerk.
"Can't kick me out cause this ain't your store Hi-enry." simply said Warren almost saying Henry's real name. Henry's eye twitched as Warren nearly spilled the beans, but no one noticed, at least he thought no one did. Matt was eyeing Henry and Warren oddly, but turned away and asked Erika if he could see her newspaper.
Matt began reading it aloud so the others could hear: "Two nights ago the Museum of Cultural Arts and Wonders was broken into and priceless objects stolen. One of the objects the museum reports stolen is an ancient medal. Another is a 14th century samurai sword, and finally a broken Westernesse-style sword made of an unknown material. All these priceless artifacts were stolen by the Phantom Renegade. Yet, he wasn't alone in this crime.
"Reports from security guards on duty are that the Phantom Renegade had a female accomplice. She is said to be 5'7" and was wearing clothing similar to that of a ninja. The guards and their security Medabots were about to apprehend them, but were said to be taken out by a big red male Medabot and a navy blue female Medabot. The museum has put out a reward for any information on the whereabouts of the stolen artifacts or the Phantom Renegade and his accomplice."
"Um, what are the chances that it was Isis who was working with the Phantom to steal that stuff?" asked Matt to the others.
"Isis would never do a thing like that!" shouted Alexis.
"Who else do we know that is a ninja and has a navy blue Medabot?" countered Matt.
"Um....er......I don't know." sighed Alexis in defeat.
"Hikaru, did Isis really help you steal that stuff?" whispered Warren to Henry.
"Yeah, she did." whispered back the clerk.
"But why did you steal that stuff? Don't you normally steal just medals?" questioned Warren in a whisper.
"She said she needed that stuff. Why, I have no clue. She said she'll probably need my help again, but when we'll go I have no clue." answered Henry still whispering.
"What are you guys whispering about?" asked Erika startling the two older boys.
"N-nothing!" answered the two.
"Hmm." went the young reporter in training.
"So now what?" asked Sam.
"I have no clue." admitted Matt.
"How about we find Isis and confront her about this thing in the newspaper?" suggested Koji.
"You do realize how hard it is to track down a ninja right?" asked Ikki.
"Oh, yeah..." said Koji slightly down trodden.
"So what else can we do then?" asked Spike.
"Robattle?" suggested Sloan.
"With who?" asked Ikki.
"Um, free-for-all?" suggested Sloan.
"Are you insane? If we went into a free-for-all Robattle we'd probably need a bigger repair party." stated Matt. "Man, I just wish that Dr. Aki hurries up and sends me the results of that echo signal."
Meanwhile at Medabot Corporation
It was all chaos in a division of the Medabot Corp. building. Sirens were blaring, lights flashing, even some computers on fire. Apparently Matt's Echo Signal corrupted the Medabot Corp's systems or it appeared.
"GAH! The Rubberobos must have known that Matt was searching for them via Echo Signal! We got a massive feedback loop that destroyed and compromised some of our systems. What should we do Dr. Aki?" asked a frantic Ms. Caviar.
"Stop broadcasting the signal!" yelled the old man.
"We can't! At this rate the feedback loop will destroy all our computer systems!"
"Fine! I just will have to pull the plug then!"
With that, Dr. Aki really pulled the plug to the computer sending out the Echo Signal and all the chaos stopped, almost. Some computers were still on fire, but were quickly getting put out.
"Grr...it'll take weeks to repair the damages." growled Dr. Aki. "Send Matt an e-mail telling him what happened just now and say that we're sorry that we can't help him in his search."
"We do." said Ms. Caviar.
Back at the 24 HopMart
The gang was bored now, they were hardly talking. The only ones talking were their Medabots. But even their conversation was wearing thin. The HopMart was almost silent until Matt's mini-computer beeped telling him he had mail.
"Wee mail....." said Matt as he flipped the screen and read the mail. "Ahh crud...."
"What is it Matt?" asked Warren.
"It's an e-mail from Dr. Aki. He said that my Echo Signal caused a feedback loop that screwed up all their systems. Wait.....I didn't scroll down all the way. Correction, apparently the Robos knew I was searching for them, and that my device sent out a signal. They then possibly more like did rig a device of their own to corrupt any system sending out the Echo Signal. Dr. Aki said that he can't help with our search anymore too." informed the boy.
"Tough luck man. Guess we just have to wait and see what happens." said Ikki.
"Yeah, but I say I should build some kind of tracer, pant it on a Robo and track them down that way!" declared Matt laughing like a mad scientist.
"Ever think that the Robo HQ would be someplace where it'll block your tracer signal? I mean, a standard tracer doesn't penetrate rock or places built like a fortress." countered Alexis.
"Good point." grumbled Matt.
"Um, how do you guys afford for the stuff to build complicated things like Medaparts and upgraded Medabots?" asked Koji.
"Er.....can't tell you." answered Matt.
"Why? Do you steal your materials or something?" asked Sam.
"No, but still we don't want to talk about it." answered Alexis.
"You dudes are loaded, am I right? And you just don't want to go braggin', right?"
"You've seen our house, do you think we're loaded?!" questioned Matt.
"Then how do you get the money then dude?!"
"Like we said, it's none of your business!" concluded Alexis.
"Hmm, this will make a very interesting story! I must investigate!"
"Great, Erika is in full reporter mode now....." grumbled Ikki only to get smacked by Erika with her rolled up newspaper.
"Oh brother...." sighed the two cousins.
Two explosions shook the building of the little store. The explosion was mild and the shaking wasn't that bad, but it was enough to shake some of the gang off their feet. The group ran out only to be assaulted by a hail of laser fire, missiles, fireballs, and electric blasts. The humans dived back into the store while the Medabots dodge the sudden onslaught.
"Damn it! It's the blasted Robos!" cursed N-Blade.
There was a swarm of Noctobats, the Robo Generals, Ruby, Cloud, and the dreaded Nightshade. The gang's Medabots went into attack position as the Robo's Medabots did the same. No one noticed that there were two Robos on the roof of the building in front of the HopMart. They were hold some sort of device that was a cross between a satellite dish and a bazooka.
"How did the Leader say how to use this again?" asked Robo Grunt #1.
"He just said flipped the switch, turn the dial to 20, aim for N-Blade and press the red button that says 'Fire' on it." answered Robo Grunt #2.
"Oh, ok!"
The first Robo flipped the switch, turned the dial to 20, aimed for the general area N-Blade was in, and hit the fire button. The weapon came to life and sent out an invisible wave that blanketed the area. Down below the two rubber freaks, the fight had just begun.
"Wolfbane, I know you don't like to fight right now, but we really could use your help!" yelled Matt.
"I know, I know." replied the semi-pacifist Wolf as his claws tore a Noctobat in half.
N-Blade ran at his two enemies from his past when he felt slightly strange. He just shook it off and blasted his way through the Noctobats that dared get in his way. Ruby, Cloud, and Nightshade were all just waited on the sidelines as the Noctobat swarm was slowly(more like very slowly) decreasing.
Link's Longshots pierced through two of the Noctobats' chests and he slammed them into two others before slamming them into each other causing them to blow up. He was about to pull out his bow when he was pelted with Psycho Missiles. Link was thrown back, but didn't seem that damaged. He pulled out his boomerang and threw it at the swarm that hit him cleaving off a wing, head, or torso as it flew threw the group. He caught it and put it back into one of his many pouches. He had time to pull out his bow and managed to dodge laser fire(at least I believe Noctobats have lasers as well as missiles) before returning fire with a variety of different colored arrows.
The KBTs and SLR were firing lasers like no tomorrow at the Noctobats, but it looked like for every one they took out three more took their place. Kantaroth was getting fed up with them returning and fired his Seeker Missiles and Micro Missiles at the Noctobats. His attack alone took out over half the swarm his small group was dealing with. Following suit, Metabee fired his own Seeker Missiles and out of no where he fired a pair of Magma Missiles at the swarm as well. Brass fired her Star Cannons at the swarm, with the combined attack it took out the swarm. But more just kept coming and coming, it was like if the Robos let loose all their Noctobats at them!
Peppercat was firing electricity everywhere and slamming her staff on any Noctobat that dared to try and get in closer. Totalizer using his Omni-Cannons blew through the swarm like no tomorrow! Omega Rifles joined the barrage of fire and tearing through the Noctobats' armor. Flames and missiles coming from Dragonite either melted or blew the Noctobats apart. Sumilidon came charging through and slashing and pounding Noctobats left and right. But no matter how many they've taken out more and more kept on coming.
"Good lord man! Too many bats! We need more freakin' help at this rate!" cursed Matt.
"We know Matt!" chorused the group of Medabots fighting the endless swarm.
"I'm getting fed up with this! SHADOW BLASTER!" yelled N-Blade blowing a giant hole in the swarm, but it was filled up just as quickly as it was made. "Good freakin' grief!"
"Let a Master show you how it's done kid." smirked Wolfbane. He threw his head back and let out a ferocious howl at the swarm blowing them apart with his sonic based attack known as Wolf Howl. Yet, even if his hole was bigger, it was filled up just as quickly. "By the words of a good bot, I quote: 'Good freakin' grief!'"
"MWUAHAHAHA! Your bots will be too tired by the time you finish with this swarm to handle the real challenge!" cackled the Robo Generals.
"That's what you think huh?" smirked Sloan.
The Robos were about the question the boy when they saw that the others were protecting four Medabots: Dragonite, Totalizer, Krosserdog, and Kantaroth. All four were charging for one fearsome blast.
"Let it rip dudes!"
"Take cover!" yelled Spike. Like the gang need to be told twice. The other Medabots scrambled to get out of the way, just as the four Medabots were about to unleash their attacks.
"DRAGON FURY!"
"GIGA-CHARGE!"
"PARTICLE CANNON!"
"PARTICLE BURST!"
Each Medabot's attacks were going either north, east, south, or west. Going north was Dragonite's maelstrom of fire and the columns of flames engulfed and ate away at the Noctobats there. To the east was Totalizer's giant ball of energy that blew all the bats there into nothingness. A massive blue beam consumed all the bats that were in the south, while the yellow blast blew all the bats in the west.
The Noctobats didn't have a chance at all, there were melted parts, broken parts, fallen and broken bodies, and medals everywhere. The gang looked west to see if the Particle Burst attack have taken out the Rubberobos as well, but sadly they were protected by Cloud's Electron Shield.
"Ruby's mine guys!" declared N-Blade as his katana glowed slightly with shadow energy. Why do I still feel strange? He shook if off again and led the blitz charge at the three Medabots of evil.
Nightshade faded from existence for a moment and reappeared exactly where he was! The five Medabots(Sumilidon, Dragonite, Kantaroth, Totalizer, and Wolfbane) blinked in surprise wondering what he even did. They then noticed that they were suddenly in a mine field!
"Ha! You this will stop me?" declared Sumilidon as he started running foreword, he didn't get far, Nightshade threw a grenade into the field and all the mines exploded sending the five Medabots flying. The guys took some heavy damage, but they were still functioning enough to fight.
It was Wolfbane's turn to fade from existence and appeared behind Nightshade. He was about to deliver a slash with his Arctic Blade when the KLN caught the blade in his hands. But in this moment of distraction he was hit by an energy disc and a fully charged Giga-Laser. The KLN growled and let go of the blade and with a fluid motion he fired a Dark Shot(a black laser that comes from the power of all four of his Quad-Shot barrels), but the beam went through the Wolf and blew apart the street.
Sumilidon kicked Nightshade from behind sending the King Lion spinning. When the KLN stabled himself he was about to open fire with his Quad-Shots, but the STG grabbed his arms and positioned them so he couldn't fire on him. But this wasn't a problem for the KLN as his headdress all pointed straight and blasted Sumilidon with some explosive rounds. The STG was thrown back taking heavy damage to the head and body.
Nightshade was going to finish Sumilidon off when rockets and missiles flew at him throwing him into the nearby building. Surprisingly the KLN-type shook it off and dusted himself off, he didn't even look like he took damage from the attack!
"Is that all you got?" growled Nightshade.
The KNT-type known as Cloud glared at his opponents(Link, Brass, Metabee, Peppercat, and Krosserdog). Two of them beat him before, but that was because he was careless, this time he planned on being the winner here and exact his revenge.
Cloud drew his crystal blade and had his shield on his arm and ran at the small group that opposed him. Link told the others to stand back and charged at the Vile Knight-type. The Elf's sword clashed with Cloud's sending sparks each time they struck each other. The two were equal in the use of swords. Yet, Link had many more weapons in his arsenal than Cloud did.
Catching Cloud off guard, the Elf delivered a shoulder thrust to the Knight. The KNT crashed to the floor and then tripped the Elf sending him falling as well. Cloud jumped back to his feet and was about to stab Link when the others pelted him with laser fire making him stumble back.
"No foul play here Cloud." declared Metabee his revolver smoking.
"That's what you think Bug." spat Cloud.
"Oh no you didn't call me a bug!" yelled Metabee in anger.
"Er...Metabee, technically you are a bug....." stated Brass.
"I know Brass, but he can't just call me one!" argued Metabee sweatdropping.
"I know, but-" she was cut off because Cloud decided he had enough talk and charged at the group. Peppercat intercepted him first and flipped him over her shoulder. She then sent the blunt end of her staff to bash him with, but the Knight was able to recover in time to defend with his shield. Performing more fancy footwork, Cloud managed to send the speedy cat down on her back. Cloud got to his feet and blocked the sudden onslaught of lasers with his shield.
"You insects annoy me!" declared Cloud his sword crackling with electricity.
"There he goes with the bug remark again!" yelled Metabee.
"Enough! Hope you're insured! Thor's Hammer!"
The electricity surrounding Cloud's sword took the shape of a hammer. He swung his sword down and the electric hammer extended and went crashing down on Metabee! The electricity that coursed through Metabee's body was too much for him and his circuits to handle and his medal ejected so hard it nearly hit Ikki in the head. But Cloud's attack wasn't down yet, after Metabee's body was hit by the hammer the electricity that coursed through him traveled through the ground and shocked the others fighting him!
The four remaining Medabots were on the floor and the electricity could still be seen sparking off their bodies. Link was the first to get to his feet, but was sent back down by what looked like a ball of pressurized air. This small group seemed to be at the mercy of Cloud's feet, but they wouldn't be taken out this quickly, or would they?
Katana and spear clashed with each other sparks flying every now and then as they clashed. N-Blade still felt strange, but kept shaking off the feeling and managed to dodge a swing for his head that nearly hit him thanks to his slight distraction. N-Blade fighting differently than normal, grabbed Ruby's wrist and bashed it with the hilt of his sword forcing Ruby to drop her spear. She gasped in pain and in surprise by N-Blade's sudden tactics.
N-Blade then kicked her in the stomach and winced as she stumbled back. She then planned on diving for her spear, but N-Blade caught her in the jaw with a heel kick. He then sent an overhead slash at her, but Ruby blocked the blade with her gauntlet. As she back away she shook her hand back and forth since it hurt slightly. N-Blade sweatdropped at this action. And she's the woman that beat me....I'm embarrassed now....
Using N-Blade's yet another moment of distraction Ruby dived for her spear and delivered an arc swing. The attack went through N-Blade and he tapped Ruby from behind. Not being dumb like most enemies she executed a perfect 360 spinning slash with her spear. Yet, N-Blade was a step ahead of her and backflipped a safe distance away. He sheathed his sword and drew his daggers.
"Yo Ruby, hope ya like to dance." smirked N-Blade as he just disappeared.
Why are his powers still active? thought Ruby in panic as she scanned the area in vain. A sudden blur appeared out of nowhere and rushed at Ruby. She couldn't mount up any form of defense as she was slashed from every direction. Going into a wild spin with her spear out she caught the blur and threw him into the air and he came crashing back down. N-Blade got back up slightly shaken, but alright. Now I feel even weirder....what's up with that?
"No more games! Huntress Spear!" yelled Ruby as her spear was engulfed in white flames. She thrust her spear forward and a blazing white spear of fire flew at N-Blade. N-Blade's optics widen as the spear was about to hit him.
Nightshade snaps his wrists back and two green flash grenades appear in his hands. He throws them at the group and it unleashes its bright flash, but due to it being daytime it didn't spread very far, but it did blind the group he was fighting. The gang shielded their eyes except for Wolfbane and Sumilidon their upgraded bodies were designed to withstand this sort of trick.
Nightshade ran at his blinded opponents and strapped something onto them, but he didn't get far. Wolfbane and Sumilidon stopped him from strapping a mine onto Totalizer and Dragonite, but Kantaroth wasn't so lucky. As the blinking quickened, the mine exploded causing Kantaroth to eject his medal.
As Dragonite and Totalizer were recovering from their sudden blindness, Sumilidon and Wolfbane ran at Nightshade who was firing lasers at the speedy duo. Sumilidon reached Nightshade first and delivered a Hammer Fist only to have if deflected by the KLN's arm. The KLN then fired his Dark Shot blowing the STG away. But he didn't get away unharmed, Wolfbane let loose a pointblank Lupine Laser to Nightshade's head knocking him back. Still, the King Lion was able to get up from that blow to the head.
He wouldn't be up for long though; Dragonite let loose the maelstrom of fire known as Dragon Fury on him as Totalizer fired an Electron Storm at the KLN. Nightshade just disappeared and the attacks went flying towards Wolfbane! The Wolf was more then ready however, and avoid the blast and went charging at the two Medabots.
Dragonite and Totalizer thought he went insane, but the Wolf ran past them and slammed his blue flame coated foot into Nightshade's side. Summoning the Arctic Blade he went for a stab at the black lion, but he didn't get a chance as the lion's headdress straighten and blasted the Wolf away. Wolfbane was thrown back and hit the ground hard.
Dragonite seeing that their only shot of winning may be down for the count he glared at Nightshade. His claws glinted a darker black than they were, he wasn't sure what he was doing but he planned on taking out the King Lion. The Lion turned his attention onto Dragonite and decided to open fire on the Dragon.
The attacks would have hit home if it weren't for the surprising speed the Dragon now possessed. He ran at the Lion, flipped over him and delivered a powerful slash to his back. He then fired pointblank with his bom-barder at Nightshade, he was thrown back and hurt, but at least he got the Lion, or so he thought.
The Lion dusted himself off as if he didn't take any damage from the sudden attack. Can anything stop this Lion? The answer would be resolved if he survived this attack. Totalizer fired his Giga-Charge at the KLN and the eruption blast consumed him, but they wouldn't know if Nightshade survived or not until the blast died down.
Cloud was about to attack again with his Thor's Hammer attack when Link's Longshots wrapped around his leg and tripped him. The others got back to their feet and took advantage of their fallen foe. Krosserdog began charging his Particle Cannon to possibly finish off the knight while the others kept him distracted.
Peppercat reached Cloud before everyone else and exacted her revenge on the Knight. She grabbed him by the legs and started swinging him round and round and round. She let go throwing him into a nearby lamppost. Cloud crashed head first into the lamppost, but surprisingly his head didn't cave into his body. Brass fired on his fallen body with her Star Cannon while Link fired an arrow of light at him, but their attacks were blocked by his Electron Shield.
"Ok....that was clever......but you shall perish! Thunder Shards!" roared Cloud.
His electric shield shattered and pelted the group of three with shards of electricity. The three were thrown back onto the ground. Wait a second three? Where's the dog? As soon as he thought that, a blue beam sailed right for him, but he wasn't going to let that stop him like last time. His normal shield was bathe in a golden light and the beam was absorbed into it!
"Hope you like my Energy Conversion attack!" roared Cloud as his shield blasted Krosserdog with the force of his own attack! Krosserdog's medal ejected before any more real damage could be done to his body, and as the attack subsided Krosserdog's body was scorched black.
"Can't anything stop this guy?" groaned Link as he stood back up.
"Don't know, but all we can do is try." grumbled Peppercat as she got back up.
"Yeah, trying is all we can do." strained Brass as she wobbled back up.
"Trying will get you nowhere!" laughed Cloud.
The flaming spear was about to strike down our ninja hero until he managed to avoid being skewered by dropping to the floor and rolling away. Get up he realized he felt oddly tired. It was like he was being drained, but that was impossible right? (Puh, yeah right... b.b;) What's up with me?
Shaking off the drained feeling with great effort he sheathed his daggers and drew out his katana. Whatever was making him feel weird he had to end this fight as quickly as he could. Running through an onslaught of flaming arrows he slashed Ruby across the chest as he past her.
Clutching her wound, Ruby wondered how N-Blade was still able to fight. She knew the machine was draining him of his powers at the moment, but he couldn't have been that strong could he? She did notice though that his moments were getting slightly sluggish. Ruby stabbed her spear into the earth and eight lines of fire spread out from her position.
"Here's a move I got off that Dino Knight! Pyro Dragons!" she roared.
From the earth rose dragons of pure fire, these dragons were far larger than the dragons that Caballero produced. The massive fire dragons flew at the Ninja and were going to roast him like no tomorrow. The heat was intense, even when the dragons didn't take form yet he could have felt the heat. The Ninja made no attempt to run, he was going to stand and fight. Just as the dragons hit the Ninja a black aura surrounded him.
No one knew if he could have survived the attack, the area was very smoky. As the smoke finally cleared, the Ninja was standing tall his aura still around him. He was panting heavily, but was still functional none the less. He glared at his opponent with his now icy blue gaze.
(A/N: Something that hasn't happened in awhile. Little explaining is an order I reckon, as N-Blade's powers grew his optics stopped changing from yellow to blue every time he used his powers. Though they do chance when he talks more in-depth about his past.)
On the roof, the two Rubberobos were freaking out. They knew with their machine on that N-Blade wasn't suppose to be able to use one of his stronger powers, but now it looked like he was going to.
"What do we do?!" cried Robo #1.
"I know! Turn up the machine!" answered Robo #2 as he cranked the machine up to it's Max setting(which is surprisingly 300). The machine started to hum violently, but held together. For how long it would hold? Not even Meda-Evil knew.
On the battle field the tides had seemed to have turned in N-Blade's favor. That is until the machine was cranked up to full power. It was like a giant wave hit N-Blade, he felt his powers failing, it was like he was drowning.
N-Blade fell to his hands and knees his aura slowly fading. His optics kept rapidly changing from yellow to blue and back again. He strained his next up and looked at Ruby who seemed almost shocked as he was. Not because of what was happening to him mind you, it was that his aura was still around him that surprised Ruby.
The machine designed for N-Blade had no affect on her or Cloud, but they could still sense its presence. And right now she felt that it was set on it's maximum setting and N-Blade was still holding onto his powers. She was amazed at his persistence, he possibly seemed more powerful now that he ever was when he was human, but that was surely impossible.
The Ninja struggled to his feet desperately trying to shake off what was affecting him. His aura was fading faster now that he was on his feet than on the floor. N-Blade glared at Ruby, she walked back slightly noticing the flashing of his optics.
No matter what happens, I must continue the fight to protect my friends. thought N-Blade. If I fall, nearly no one will be able to stand up to the combined might of the Rubberobo Gang and Ruby and Cloud. I fight for my friends and their well-being! I FIGHT FOR THEM!
On the roof the machine damping N-Blade's powers suddenly short-circuited and exploded! The two Robos were running around wondering what to do. They were in panic.
"What do we do?!" asked Robo #2.
"I know! Run away!" cried Robo #1. The two climbed down the stairs and ran out the back way of the building and ran for their lives.
His aura flared powerfully, but there was something different about it. Instead of its classic black, this one was a radiant white. His optics flashed blue and stayed that way. The earth trembled by N-Blade's sudden power surge. Ruby was walking back as she saw his aura changed, she's seen this happen before, and knew now was not the time to continue.
"FLEE! EVERYONE FLEE NOW!" screeched Ruby in panic.
"You'll not get far." commented N-Blade in a small calm voice.
"We'll just see." she countered and ran off.
The Giga-Charge eruption died down and to everyone's shock that Nightshade had survived. He was going to continue his attack when he heard Ruby to tell him and the others to flee. Noting the panic in her voice, something he never heard with all his training with her, he ran off as fast as he could. The Generals weren't far behind him either.
Cloud was about to finish his small group off when he felt a sudden rise of power. He shifted his attention to Ruby and N-Blade's fight and feared what he saw. The Ninja was flaring with a powerful white aura, something he hadn't seen in a long time. He can't have remembered how to use that could he? His thoughts were interrupted by hearing Ruby's suggest of running. Heeding her suggestion he ran like the wind.
"Radiant Faith of the Heavens!" roared N-Blade in a more human voice.
The sky lit up with light and clouds seemed to be shifting. Beams of holy light shot down from the heavens and struck the earth. Right where the Robos, Nightshade, Ruby and Cloud were, but his attack wasn't aimed for them, they would be spared for the moment. The lights blew apart the street right before their feet. They'd live until it was the time for the final clash between himself and Ruby and Cloud.
N-Blade had his optics closed and when he slowly opened them his aura faded. He was about to say something when he fell to his hands and knees again. A black aura flared violently around him and N-Blade has making coughing noises and such like if he was sick. Matt and the others quickly ran to his side.
"Blade what's wrong?!" asked Matt concern in his voice.
"I...cough.....don't know......cough hack cough cough!" answered N-Blade. The aura suddenly stopped and he seemed fine now.
"Ok.....that was strange...." commented the Ninja.
"GGGGGAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" howled N-Blade in pain as a black shadow erupted from his medal.
He collapsed on to the floor and his optics dimmed as if he was off-line. The shadow startled the gang as it hit the ground and it shifted to the form of a passed out human. At least, the gang thought it was human, they weren't sure, it was garbed as one, well a ninja actually.
Matt was the only one brave enough(more like foolish enough) to flip the ninja over to check if it was really human. To everyone's relief from what they could see of its face, this person was human, and a guy to boot. The fallen ninja opened his deep blue eyes and saw the face of Matt.
"Matt.....that you?" asked the ninja in a voice VERY familiar to the gang.
"N-Blade, that you?" asked Matt in shock.
To Be Continued.....
Mwuahahahaha! A cliffhanger of sorts. Has N-Blade really become human? Or is this just his counterpart Merrick? If it is Merrick, what has happened to N-Blade? What caused this separation? Is N-Blade still in that medal? Can he access any of his powers? On another note, why did Isis steal that stuff? What else will she steal? Find out in the next chapter of Ninja-Wind!
A/N: Wow, I wrote a semi-action packed chapter without using orders or damaged stats. I outdid myself. o.o; Out of curiosity who saw this coming? The truth please people, because I wanted to know if any of you actually saw this coming. What else was I going to say? Dang, can't remember, well see you guys in the next chapter!