*****I DON'T OWN MEDABOTS************************************************

Chapter 7

The Tournament Begins

One month later...

"IKKI! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOKE UP LATE!" Metabee yelled.

Ikki and Metabee were running for what seemed like forever. When they finally arrived at the arena, Ikki was out of breath. Brian and Psychictron along with Koji and Sumilidon were waiting for him.

"Where were you, Ikki?" Koji asked him. "We have to do our team photo in twenty minutes."

"How did you get here, Brian?" Ikki asked him. "Don't you live about as far away from the stadium as I do?"

Looking a little nervous, Brian said, "Well, I got a ride."

"With who?" Ikki asked.

"From me."

Ikki turned around to see Karin and Neutranurse standing behind him. He immediately went into his drooling over Karin mode. A shake from Metabee brought him out of it.

"I called your house, Ikki, but your mom said you were still sleeping and I didn't want to wake you." Karin said. "Plus, I didn't know if Brian knew his way around yet so I picked him up." Karin told him.

***Twenty Minutes Later***

"Okay, Team Japan, you're up." An official said.

Brian, Ikki, and Koji walked to the photo booth where a Japan's Flag was being set as the background.

"Okay, get behind your medabots. You with the sword, take it out and have the point directed at the ground. Yes, like that. You with the horns. Kneel down with those black claws resting on the ground. And you, the KBT type...just like that." The photographer said.

The photo was taken and Team Japan walked away to run into Team Kenya. Ikki and Koji knew whom the black man that walked up to them was.

"Victor, long time no see." Ikki said casually.

"Ikki Tenryou, I wish you luck. I've changed my ways but I still robattle. Since the tournament doesn't officially start for another week, how about a robattle?" The champion asked.

"Sure Victor..." Ikki began to say before Victor cut him off.

"I wasn't asking you, Ikki. I was asking your team mate." Victor said looking at Brian. "From what your sister tells me, you and your medabot have been pretty good. How about that battle?"

Brian thought about for a moment when a reporter saw them and walked over.

"Are you going to have a battle?" She asked.

"Yes, we are if he agrees." Victor said.

"You're on." Brian told him.

"Then, let's go inside the arena." She said.

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"We are broadcasting live from the World Robattle Championship here in Japan. A preliminary match has begun between Victor from Team Kenya and a newcomer to the Championship, Brian James from Team Japan." The announcer said as statistics on both medabots appeared on the screen. "Now as you can see, Brian's medabot is highly powered and very fast. This may be a good combination against Victor and Warbandit. Let's get started." The announcer said in a strong voice.

Mr. Referee said, "This is a Preliminary match between Victor's Warbandit and Brian's Psychictron. Medafighters ready! Medabots! Robattle!"

In the stands, Arika, Brass, Karin, Neutranurse, Samantha, (WHY AM I BOTHERING TO NAME THEM! YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS WHO IS THERE!). They all were anticipating a great battle.

"Psychictron, play with him." Brian whispered into his Meda-Watch.

"With pleasure." Psychictron said.

Psychictron began to run around the ring. From the way Team Japan was laughing, Victor knew something was up. Then, Brian gave a twitch and before Victor or Warbandit could react, Warbandit's head rolled off the arena, propelled by the momentum of the strike. Psychictron placed his katana back into its sheath.

"THE WINNER IS PSYCHICTRON!" Mr. Referee announced.

After gaining Warbandit's left arm, Brian and Psychictron walked out of the stadium to a great swelling of fans. Every team from every country had set up an autograph table and Team Japan had done the same. Metabee didn't like all the attention Psychictron was getting but what could he do. He defeated Warbandit in nothing flat. Then, two tremendous explosions were heard. They saw two very big bots and they didn't look friendly.

NAME: Guillotron

TYPE: NEO-KILLABOT

SPECIALTY: Guillotine Punch

Guillotron looked like a huge black dragon with red wings. It looked very mean.

NAME: Mega Red Run

TYPE: NEO-KILLABOT

SPECIALTY: Destruction

Mega Red Run was a huge version of Red Run.

"Our beautiful Queen has ordered your deaths, humans. We shall be the executioners!" Boomed Guillotron.

"Not if I have anything to say about it. Metabee, you take Mega Red Run. Guillotron is mine." Psychictron ordered.

"Sumilidon, go with Psychictron!" Koji ordered his Medabot.

Metabee ran and fired at Mega Red Run. He was helped by an unlikely source.

"What, you thought that I wouldn't help?" Samantha asked.

"Samantha, you could get Peppercat killed." Ikki said.

"Looks like a chance that we'll have to take that chance." Peppercat told him as she landed a lighting jump on MRR.

"RED RUN BOMB!"

Another huge explosion hit both Medabots.

"ALL SYSTEMS 99% DAMAGE. SYSTEM SHUTDOWN IMMINENT!" Ikki's and Samantha's Medawatches warned.

Then, a yellow glow came over both Metabee and Peppercat. Before either Ikki or Samantha could react, Metabee and Peppercat walked into each other

"METABEE!"

"PEPPERCAT!"

But it wasn't Metabee or Peppercat that walked out. Two medabots did emerge from the glowing sphere but they weren't Metabee or Peppercat. They were Peppercat Red with Metabee's head but had Peppercat's ears. The arms were Metabee's but the legs were Peppercat's. These medabots both had Peppercat's plug-in tail.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY PEPPERCAT?!" Samantha yelled at Ikki.

"They like fused but split in two." Ikki said.

NAME: Metacat

TYPE: Split-Fused Medabot

SPECIALTY: Gravity Missiles and Electro-Cannons

NAME: Pepperbee

TYPE: Split-Fused Medabot

SPECIALTY: Gravity Missiles and Electro-Cannons

Metacat and Pepperbee began to fire what at first they thought were Metabee's laser cannons. Electro-bolts flew and impacted on Mega Red Run's armor. Electricity surged through the Neo-Killabot and it roared with pain. Suddenly, both medabots began to blow red.

"KISS YOUR BOT GOODBYE!" They yelled in unison. "MEDAFORCE!"

All that was left of Mega Red Run was a blackened medal.

"SUMILIDON!" Koji yelled. "Extreme Shadow Sword Attack!"

The attack struck Guillotron but the attack barely phased the monster Neo- Killabot. Guillotron transported in some kind of energy cannon and began to fire it at Sumilidon. However, Psychictron stepped between the two of them and activated his shield protecting Sumilidon from the attack.

"Thanks." Sumilidon said.

"Don't mention it." Psychictron replied.

Guillotron never relented with the firing of this weapon. Brian didn't know how long Psychictron could last under the pressure of this attack. The shield buckled and Brian yelled out as he knew his medabot was a goner. The smoke from the explosion cleared and neither Psychictron nor Sumilidon stood there. It was a new medabot. It had Sumilidon's horns and basic color but Psychictron's arms and head. Sumilidon's legs and body consisted the rest of the medabot and two black katana hung at its waist. Brian saw the look of shock on Koji's face at the sight of this medabot.

NAME: Sumilitron

TYPE: Fused Medabot

MEDAFIGHTERS: Brian and Koji

SPECIALTY: Extreme Shadow Katana Attack

"It happened again." Brian said. "SUMILITRON! LET'S TAKE OUT THE TRASH!"

(Play Medabot Battle Music)

Guillotron raised up and began to try to attack the medabot but its great speed allowed Sumilitron to avoid each of the attacks and lay down its own.

"Sumilitron!" Koji exclaimed. "Extreme Shadow Katana Attack!"

Sumilitron began to attack Guillotron. This time however, Guillotron fell to the ground and roared back at the fused medabot.

"MEDAFORCE!"

"MEDAFORCE!"

Sumilitron's attention went to a rooftop where Metacat and Pepperbee were firing off the best attack they had at Guillotron. The Neo-Killabot roared and began to attack them. Then, a laser bolt struck the mighty Neo- Killabot in the head and Anaroth was forced to come out of hiding as her sniper perch was destroyed by a transported Bombardier.

"Little brother, did you think I wouldn't come for the tournament?" Debbie asked as she shown up. "Looks like you ran into a bit of trouble."

"You can say that again. Guys, we need to end this quickly before innocent people are harmed. Think we can do a quadruple Medaforce attack?" Brian asked the five medafighters.

Without having to answer, the four medabots began to glow as Guillotron fired at them. An invisible barrier seemed to protect them from the blasts.

"MEDAFORCE!" All four medabots attacked in unison.

Brian fell to the ground as the blasts from the powerful combination of all four Medaforces flash-blinded him. He felt someone raise him up and put drops in his eyes. His vision cleared as he felt lips kiss his. Karin smiled at him.

"I was wondering when you'd wake up." Karin said sweetly.

"How long was I out?" Brian asked.

"About a couple of hours. Uncle Aki and his team are examining Psychictron and the rest of the medabots back at his lab. He wanted you to come up once you woke up. Com`n." Karin said.

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"I've been able to find some things out about this fusion process. One, both medals involved in the process gain things from the other. For example, Metabee, Sumilidon, and Peppercat now have immunity to the Dominion virus because Metabee and Sumilidon fused with Psychictron. Also, Psychictron has gained in power as well which makes him stronger and faster with each medabot he fuses with. The same holds true for the other medabots that have fused. My associate, Dr. Chapman has some interesting ideas about Psychictron's own medal." Dr. Aki said.

"Thank you, Doctor Aki. Now, I've done some research and found out that a group of scientists involved in retrieving medals from ancient medabot sites. They came across two ancient medabots. These two medabots appeared to have been locked in battle until their power reserves had ran dry. When they checked the medals of the two medabots, they found that both medals were in pristine condition despite fact that one of them were black." Dr. Chapman said displaying both medals.

"Hey, that's Psychictron's medal." Brian said.

"Exactly. Because both medals were still in their medabot bodies, they were well preserved. Also, I managed to find and download memory from that time period without letting Psychictron know of it." Dr. Chapman said starting a file.

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It was raining as Psychlos fought his way to the temple. It was a grueling ordeal for him and his friends but they knew they had to do it. He turned to see his friends, Metan, Sumil, Archer, Roxy, and Anatros. Their machinery ached from the hard battle but they knew it wasn't over. Not by a long shot.

"Let's go in." Roxy's feminine voice cut in.

"Are you guys ready?" Psychlos asked. "Once we do this, there is no turning back. Dominosis must be stopped."

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"Holy Meda-Rolly!" Ikki exclaimed. "Guys, don't they look familiar?"

"Metabee, Sumilidon, Arcbeetle, Rokusho, and Anaroth." Debbie said. "It could be a complete coincidence."

"But, Debbie," Her brother reminded her. "when have you believed in coincidences?"

"You're right." Debbie said.

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The six heroes continued on deeper into the temple, cutting down any resistance that met them until they came to Queen Dominosis' chamber. Psychlos stepped into the chamber and suddenly, it shut behind him locking out his team. Psychlos turned to see the Dominion Queen.

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Arika gasped, "That's Brass."

Samantha, Spike, and Sloan were lying down on the floor with a bowl of popcorn with smiles on their faces.

"Gee, I never knee Metabee knew how to act." Samantha joked.

"Can I get this on DVD?" Sloan asked.

"Me too." Spike added.

"I can't explain why it's like this but the battle is starting." Dr. Chapman said.

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Psychlos was lifted into the air by Queen Dominosis who utilized a modified gravity arm. She lifted the medabot effortlessly off the ground and he hung in the air.

"Foolish mortal." Queen Dominosis said tossing Psychlos to the ground. "Do you think you can oppose a god?!"

"You are no god." Psychlos said. "Just a deluded diseased medabot."

"I have the strength of millions running into me. I will not be defeated by the likes of you." Dominosis said picking him up again.

Metan, Sumil, Archer, Roxy, and Anatros ran into a large chamber where machines were absorbing the power of captured medals and feeding them through an unknown link to their queen. From the size of it, there were millions.

"We must end the suffering of these poor souls." Metan said. "Missile Launch!"

Seeker missiles impacted on some of the machines and explosions occurred. An explosion overhead allowed Katron to appear.

"If you want something done right, do it yourself." Katron said as he began to plant explosives.

Queen Dominosis screamed as the strength left her body and that is when Psychlos struck. His katana was driven deep into her batteries. Somehow, the Queen produced a sword and it too was deep inside Psychlos's own batteries.

"I....................will..............................return.............. ..............................and.............continue........" She said.

"And I will be there waiting." Psychlos said. "And we shall battle again."

Then, everything went black.

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Brian was quiet when the memory file stopped.

"Psychictron's medal was stolen from a lab by the Rubber Robos. They didn't think it was a rare medal so it was pawned off. The owner threw it away where a beggar picked it up. Five years later, the same beggar died and his friend gave away the medal to Brian who went home and Psychictron was born. Now, we face the Dominion virus." Chapman said.

"Yah, isn't prophecy great?" Brian asked sarcastically.