Standard Disclaimer: I do not own Medabots or any related names and brand(Who belong to Kodansha, Natsume, Hasbro, Nelvana and a bunch of other people I'm not sure I know),I am writting this fic out of fun and I am not making any profit from it and I'm poor,please don't sue me!
Note: Wow... talk about pressure. It seams you all really this story so I'll do my best not to dissapoint you. Don't be surprise if I take my time to write it, altough when I get the right kind of inspiration I write one chapter in one day, the problem is I rewrite parts often. Especially the Cruise-Gunner part, to make them feel right. Also I reuploaded the 31th chapter of Third Challenge to add a part to Adam's explaination. I can't believe I forgot that part --.
Chapter 3: Awekenings
Nae looked with a smile at the Female Medabot she had quickly assambled in her Grand-father's office. It was a MIK-31320, a Miko type, the traditionnal priestess of Japanese temples. The Medabot had yellow feet that looked like she was wearing traditionnal sandals. Her legs were white, but they were mostly hidden by her long reddish brown metallic skirt with a little black line near the bottom. Her body looked like she was wearing a beige kimono top, her shoulders were shaped like domes with the same black line near the bottom. From the bottom of the domes came her small brown upper arms and her forearms were rectangle shaped with square ends, the end where her brown hand came from were larger. The forearms had the same black line near the bottom, and her right arm had a short canon coming out on top of her hand. Her face was beige and she had large red eyes, while the rest of her head was all dark brown like short hair. On her forehead she had a strange decoration, it was like a small beige dome with three black mark in a fan pattern as the fron with three hexagonal shape coming down toward her eyes, the one in the middle overlapping the other two, and three feather like pronge coming out the back, all that in the same orangey beige as the Medabot's upper body.
"It looks great grandpa... but I tought it was a close combat fighter, why does it has a canon?" Inquired Nae, turning to Dr. Aki who was looking at the Medal with a magnifying glass.
"It's not really a canon, it's her Sealing Spell Weapon, it's a very short range weapon that create a paralyzing force field around the opponent. She's swift on her feet and well armored but she's better at support role than real fighting, altough if you like her it's all that matters. " Replied the Doc, handing out the Medal to his Grand-daughter.
"Well I'm not planning of doing much Robattles... Allright...now a name... " Started the young woman, going over her Medabot's back and opening the Medal hatch "I'll call you... Oracle!" She declared, putting the Medal in place.
Then the red eyes of the Female Medabot came to life.
"Wha...what is..." Started Oracle, looking around the room before she spotted Dr. Aki. "WAAAAAAH!!! DOCTOR AKI?!?" She shouted, pointing at him.
She stopped, lifted her other arm and looked at both her hands, a schocked expression on her face.
"Wha...what...WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!?" She asked, sounding totally panicked.
"What's wrong?" Inquired a worried Nae, crouching in front of the Medabot.
"I... I don't understand...what happened to me... why is my body metal? You're not suppose to exist!" Oracle replied, pointing at the Doctor again.
The Doctor was taken by surprise "What? Me?!?"
"I'm... I'M A MEDABOT?!? It can't be!" Gasped the Medabot.
Nae put her hands gently on Oracle's shoulder"Calm down... what do you mean it can't be?"
"I'm... I'm not a Medabot... I'm... I'm human!" Declared Oracle.
"You're WHAT?!?" Replied the Doc and Nae at the same time, the girl falling back on her butt.
"It's true! I'm not a Medabot, Medabots aren't even suppose to exist! I don't understand what's going on!" Added the Medabot, sounding totally confused and sincere.
"Allright... why don't you calm down and explain to us what you mean by not existing?" Proposed Nae, putting her hand on her new Medabot's shoulder again.
Oracle nodded slowly "O...okay."
The Miko -type looked down at her hands, and the rest of her body, still not sure if she could believe her eyes. She moved her hands slowly, as if to be sure they were her's and tried to pinched her large forearm, not suceeding in pinching metal.
"I'm... I'm not dreaming..." She said softly.
Doctor Aki decided to sit down on a chair while Nae sat beside her Medabot "Why don't you tell us what happened."
the Doctor wasn't sure what to think of this affirmation. After all, Dr. Meta-Evil had managed to trap some of his Memory into a Medal, it wouldn't be impossible to make a Medabot believe he or she was human... but why? And what was that whole thing about him not existing?
"I'm not sure exactly... I was back from school and I was in the living room watching TV... that's when Medabots came on." Oracle took a pause to consider how to explain it all "Where I come from, Medabot is just a TV show... an animated show for that matter! Even there it's based on video games and it's set in the future of where I come from! "
"You want me to believe our lives are just cartoons?" Asked the Doc.
"I don't know! I'm just telling you what I remember!" Protested Oracle, still visibly shaken. "The show started when Ikki found Metabee's medal! Then it followed his adventures and the last episode I saw, "The Mother of All Robattles" is when Ikki and Metabee have to face Giganko..." She continued, hoping she hadn't somehow landed in another spot of the serie and was now telling the future.
"Giganko... that happened only a week ago... Allright we'll return to that animated show matter laters... then what happened?" Asked Doctor Aki.
the female Medabot nodded before continuing her story"It was a rerun, the episode where Ikki goes to save his mother from the Rubberobos. As I recall Metabee had just beaten Gokudo and Gobanko with the Medaforce and there was a Medal that appeared on the screen, landing on the ground. The screen froze and turned white... soon it was so bright it was blinding me and then... I felt falling... I'm not sure I remember correctly, it all hapened so fast but I felt like I was falling, and I was in some sort of...tunnel of light and then I reached this other tunnel of light, but of blue light and it was in another direction... Wait! I just remembered... I saw three other people in there! There must be more like me! "
"Don't worry...we'll look into it later...then what happened?" Asked Nae, still feeling concerned for the shaken Medabot.
"Then... nothing... everything went black... and I woke up here... in this body! It feels like it was only an instant ago but I can't help but feel like I lost a lot of time... I don't remember anything in betweem." She finished, looking down at her metallic body once again.
"Well... Medabots don't remember when they are deactivated, but it's not uncommon for one to know he or she had been offline for a long time." Commented the Doc.
Oracle looked to the Doc then at Nae "Do...do you believe me?"
"Well...as far as being human goes." Added the older man.
"I believe you." Assured Nae. "So... what's your name?"
The Medabot seams tortured for a second"It's...I...I don't remember! All I can think up is 'Oracle' ! I DON'T REMEMBER MY NAME!"
"Oracle? That's the name I gave you! I was supposed to be your Medafighter." Realised Nae.
The MIK grabbed her head with both hand"I don't understand! Why did it happened to me? How did it happen? I'm so confused!"
"Calm down, we'll do everything we can to help you." Said the young woman, hugging her Medabot in a motherly fashion.
"Tha...thank you... I never saw you on the show... what's your name?" Inquired Oracle.
"My name is Nae, I'm Dr. Aki's grand-daughter. "
Oracle looked at the doc with surprise in her eyes, as Nae let go of her."YOU have a grand-daughter? I never saw you on the show."
"Nae lives in America... Why don't you tell us more about this... Medabot anime you've supposedly watched?" Added the Doc.
"Well... I know how Ikki got Metabee's Medal! He found it in the river after the Phantom Renegade drop it there. Talking of the Phantom, I know who he really is, and what he does with all the Rare Medal he steal. I know you know it too, Doctor." If Oracle could have grinned at that moment she would have, apreciating the good Doctor's shocked expression.
"Looks like the cat's out of the bag Grandpa." Chuckled Nae.
"You know too?"
Nae nodded.
"I know that Ikki's dad is a captain in the Select Corps!" Added Oracle. "And most of the fans already knew the secrets of the Rare Medal and that Dr. Meta-Evil was the leader of the Rubberobo Gang before it was officially revealed. Medabot's relatively popular where I come from, there's even fanfictions, good ones too."
The Doctor was rubbing his chin "Well... it might sound far fetched but it is a possiblity you come from an alternate universe... how you became... a Medal, I have no idea at this point. Don't worry Oracle, Nae and I will do what we can to help you, and if we can't, I can assure you that my Grand-daughter is the best Medafighter you could have hoped for and she'll take great care of you."
"Thank you... that's so nice of you...but what about the other three? We have to find them!" Added Oracle.
"Hmm...that...might be a problem." Commented the man, looking out his window at the vast city spreading before the Medacorp Building "They could be anywhere... In the meantime...what else do you know about us?"
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"Here you go Mrs. Tenryo! Assembled and ready to go!" Declared Henry.
The Medabot was male and mostly a lush green color. It's feet looked like big black work boots, and his big muscly looking legs were all green, exept for the yellow plating around his knee. In front of his green lower body was a pale yellow square plate emblazoned by a green leaf, like the bottom part of some sort of work apron . His body was all green as well save for the front wich was painted in the same pale yellow color and design to look like a work apron. It's shoulder were square and the right one had a white flower painted on the front. His arms were both green and looked muscular with black hands. He had a device attached to his left forearm that looked like a bump with a device that looked like a silver shower head with a one of those nozzle you can twist for varying type of water jet. The device was linked by a green hose to the top of a small cylindrical device attached to the Medabot's Medal hatch. To his right arm was strapped a short green staff that seamed to be detachable. His head was mostly green save for the square chinned white face place and the yellow round straw hat looking top. Under the straw hat was the hole for the Medabot's eyes that was not just a black rectangle.
"It's really nice looking Henry." Commented Chidori with a smile.
"This model is not nearly as quick as other close combat Medabots, but it has more brute strength and can lift a lot more than other Medabots. You can plug your garden hose in the device on his back and he can water your plant, there is also a hose that come with it that can be connected to any water tap. The staff here is a very impressive device that can turn into any gardening tool that exist if the Medabot wishes to, and those tools can be used in battle if the needs arise, altough I doubt it will with you. So... what you gonna name him?" Explained the young man.
Chidori seamed to be pondering"Hmm...it's hard to decide...how about Gardener?"
Henry sweatdropped "I think you need to be a little bit more creative..." He said respectively.
"I know! I always told myself that if I ever had a second son I would name him Kaito. Do you think it's a nice name?"
The clerk nodded "It's as good as any. Hand me the Medal and I'll put it in place."
Chidori did so and Henry flipped the Medal hatch open. Before putting it in place he seams to realise he had forgotten something and took something off the counter.
It was a green and yellow Medawatch he handed to Chidori "Don't forget this." He added before turning to the Medabot."Rise and shine Kaito!"
Two rectangular yellow eyes appeared as the Medabot came to life. He blinked and was silent for a moment before he slowly raised his eyes and looked directly at Chidori's face.
"Hello!" She said with a smile.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAH?!??!!" Shouted the Medabot in surprise, falling on his butt, or more precisely, on Henry's foot.
"WAAAAAA OOOWWWWWOOOOO!!!" Screamed the clerk, yanking his foot from under the heavy Medabot, holding it with both hands as he jumped around the room and into Kaito's field of vision.
"AAAAH HENRY!?!" Gasped the Medabot.
"Oh dear." commented Chidori, seeing the two screaming loudly.
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I was home... it was a dream after all... I was laying in my bed. It was summer and I could hear the birds chirp outside the open window. It was a nice morning. I was considering staying in bed for a while when I felt some sort of sting in my left arm. I lifted it out of my cover and... I shouted in surprise... it was not my human arm, it was my metallic arm, back to full power... suddenly I felt a stronger sting and my canon fired a shot that hit my TV, making it explode in a shower of sparks...
...
My optics came to life as I gasped audibly, I was laying and I instinctively raised up before actually realising where I was. My sitting was stoped by a hand on my chest and a soothing and familiar voice was heard.
"Please lay still." Asked Rokusho.
I was confused but only for a split second when everything that had happened came back to me. I layed back, looking to my left where Rokusho was holding my still damaged arm, doing... some sort of repair I guessed. I remembered I had been attacked by the two Noctobats from the Rubberobo hideout and I couldn't fight them off... then I... I did something incredible: I summoned the Medaforce! Not only was I somehow trapped in a Medal, but it was a RARE Medal! Now I was laying on the ground under the branches of a large tree that was to my left. To my right I could see some sort of public park bench and a tall lampost shining light unto us, wich was welcomed seeing as the sun had almost dissapeared. I could feel something smooth beneath me, Rokusho had layed me down on his silk cloak. I estimated I had been assleep for almost two hours. With my free hand I slowly reached to the left side of my chest, only finding a much smaller dent covered by some sort of patch. I tried to moved my right leg, but I realised something was blocking my knee. I managed to lift my leg enough to get a look at it and I saw that someone had strapped two stiff branches on each side of my leg with bandages.
"Wha...how...when...why...?" I stammered, not sure wich question to ask first.
"So you'rrrre awake I see." Interupted another voice.
That's when the robotic parrot, Baton, landed on my chest.
"Baton, it's not polite to land on a damaged Medabot's chest." Complained Rokusho, before turning to me. "We saw the light of your Medaforce and we arrived just in time to see you send those two Medabots flying. You received quite a lot of damaged, it must have been a devasting battle."
"Rrrokusho had to rrremove yourrr chest plate to rrremove the dent in yourrr side. Luckily forrr you, the rrruber use to make you waterrrproof took most of the impact." Added the parrot before hoping to Rokusho's shoulder as the KWG kept working on my arm.
I could feel his tools in my arm, but not all the time, only when he touched certain element. Every once in a while I could feel a little stinging sensation. I wish I could have been home instead of laying there almost powerless. I was thinking I was a failiure as a Medabot, but I quickly mentally slapped myself: I was just inexperienced. I would just have to learn how to use my weapons... beside I did summon the Medaforce, so if bad came to worse I wasn't totally defenseless, but I can't just rely on the Medaforce, it's not a stable strength. I'm still sure to this day it's not THAT easy for Medabots to summon it, even when in desperate situation.
"Some of your arm's circuitry have been fused and I'm trying to repair them. It shouldn't be too difficult but it might take me another half hour." The wanderer explained.
"What.. what about my leg?" I asked.
"Your knee is too damaged for the Regeneration-pads to work. I'm afraid I don't have the right equipement to treat the damage you received. Try not to move your leg too much, your knee could give away at anytime and then you'd need a whole new tin-pet." He answered.
"Thank you for taking care of me. Both of you." I said, letting my head back to the ground.
"It is nothing, I was only doing my duty... Tell me, what is your name?"
"My name... it's Cruise-Gunner." I answered, slowly getting used to calling myself that.
"You don't seam convinced." Noted Baton.
I decided to keep my explaination to a minimum for now "Well... it's... a new name. I just got it today."
"Well my name is Rokusho and this is Baton." He said, not knowing I already knew "Once I'm finished I will help you get to or contact your Medafighter." Told me Rokusho, looking at me in the eyes.
"I...I don't have a Medafighter." I corrected.
Rokusho seamed to make a pause "Did you...lost your Medafighter?"
"No...you see I... I ran away... my Medafighter is supposed to be Squidguts of the Rubberobo Gang but I didn't want to be his Medabot and I ran away... that's why the Noctobats were after me." I explained.
"That is a terrible story...I don't have a Medafighter either, I lost mine in a terrible event. Sadly, when the Rubberobo will learn you have a Rare Medal... they will stop at nothing to get you back. I hope you are a good fighter." I shook my head "I guessed so... but don't worry, I will never let a Rare Medal fall into the hand of evil! I have a few friends we can go to for help with your knee, soon you will be walking again." Declared Rokusho, with a tone that was really reassuring.
For the first time that day I felt like everything was gonna be okay. I had found a friend, someone I knew and trusted and that would protect my apparantly Rare Medal. I knew I could trust Rokusho with my new life, I was safe with the mighty KWG protecting me and helping me. He had already done so much, reparing me and all.
"I owe you so much Rokusho..." I commented " I still can't thank you enough for taking care of me...I'm affraid I'll only be a burden to you... you see... I can't even fire my canon, unless I get a short circuit."
"That's the firrrst time I hearrr of a Medabot that can't use his weapon!" Said Baton, surprised at my statement.
"That...is simply because..." I started, taking a pause before begining what might be a long explaination " I am not a Medabot... I'm a human." I finally admitted.
Both Rokusho and Baton stopped and looked at me with surprised eyes "You'rrre... what?" Asked the parrot.
"I... I don't know how it happened... I was at home watching TV, and then it went nuts, I fell into this tunnel of light and the next thing I knew I was waking up a Medabot! I don't know what I'm going to do, I'm not even from Japan!" I added.
If I could have broken into tears I would have had, but Medabots don't have tear glands, like they don't have sweat ones. Rokusho resumed his work on my arm before talking again.
"I wish I knew how to help you my friend... this must be a frightening experience... but if you are a human, why did you tell me your name was Cruise-Gunner? That's a Medabot name. Why not give me your real name?"
I closed my eyes for a second "I...I can't remember my real name... all I can remember is Cruise-Gunner...the name given by Squidguts. It is so confusing... I wish I knew how and why it happened...You... You believe me right?"
Rokusho seamed to think for a second. "I know of a human who is capable of inserting fragment of his memory into a Medal, so I guess it is possible to trap a human consciousness into one, especially the mysterious Rare Medals. Yes...yes I believe you." He finally said.
My savior then turned to his feathery companion "Baton, go see if you can contact one of our friend. I believe Ikki and Metabee should be home by this time. I believe I might need help moving our new friend. "
"Surrre will do Rrrokusho!" Replied the robotic parrot before flying off.
I suddenly realised what this meant "Wow... I'm gonna meet the famous Ikki and Metabee!"
"I didn't know Ikki and Metabee were known outside of Japan." Commented Rokusho.
I decided not to go into the whole anime thing right now, so I decided to avoid the question "It's a... a long story I don't really feel like telling right now."
"It's allright..."
"OW!!"
"Oops...sorry, wrong wire."
I guess it had been a long time since Rokusho had done any repairs and I couldn't help getting a big sweatdrop on my head, at least that's what I think happened. When I think about it I figure I probably do get a sweatdrop, since Medabot is an anime and it's a classical graphical code, and other people around me probably do, I just don't see them. Off course all that is just details and it probably doesn't change anything to this story.
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A door opened to the roof of the Medacorp building. Two figured emerged, it was Nae and Oracle. The two walked toward the railing on the side. It was a in a bad shape, bent at some parts, a whole section was missing and had only been replaced by a few planks and 'danger' tape. Oracle leaned onto one of the lower part, looking at the city expending before her. It was a nice summer day, the sun was on it's descent and her inner clock was telling her it was around 5 pm or so.
"Are you feeling better now?" Inquired Nae.
"I... I guess... this is just so... overwhelming you know... I have all these new sensations, this new body that doesn't work and feel like a human one. Your grandfather was also driving me crazy with his questions about what fans think of him. I just wish I knew how this all happened. " answered Oracle, resting her chin on her hand. "Being carried to an alternate universe is one thing, I've read about it happening many time in fanfics so it's not that weird, but being turned into a Medabot? That's a first!"
"Well technically you were turned into a Medal, altough trapped into one would be a much more logical explanation" replied the young woman.
Oracle shrugged"Same dif... My family and my friends are probably worried about me at this time... maybe they think I ran away...or worse." she added "What am I gonna do now?"
"Well... I'm supposed to me your Medafighter so I guess you can come live with me at Grandpa's place." Proposed Nae.
"Thank you, you're very nice Nae. Doctor Aki was right, I was lucky getting you as a Medafighter..."Commented the Medabot, looking up to the human who smiled back "For some reason the idea of you being my Medafighter...makes me happy... Hey wait a minute... didn't the Doctor's house burned down when Rokusho tought he was responsible for Professor Hushi's death?"
"Yeah... he lives in a suite at the best hotel in town. It's has two floor and three bedroom! You can have your own bed! My stuff's already been sent there..." Nae took a pause and resume looking toward the horizon before continuing "So... tell me more about you. I know you forgot your name but how old are you and where do you come from?"
"Oh I just turned 16 before it happened... I think you're about Henry's age right?So you're not much older than me... I'm from the United States of America, Washington state if you want me to be precise... and to think I wanted to see Japan... be careful what you wish for." Answered Oracle, with clear sign of melancholy in her voice.
The two were silent for a moment.
"Think I'll ever see my home again?" She then asked her Medafighter.
"Sure... and even if you can't go back to your world we'll visit your home state if you wish!" Replied Nae with a smile.
"What do you do in America? You never told me why you live there." Inquired the MIK.
"My father is an American, so I'm half American, half Japanese. Right now I'm in college studying engineering with a specialty in Medabology." Explained the girl
The robotic priestess looked up to her Medafighter in surprise "Wow... you must be smart."
Nae laughed nervously, rubbing the back of her head "Not that much."
The two looked at each other with a smile, or at least wanting to smile in Oracle's case.
"I don't think my stay here will be that bad after all... just got to get used to the fact I don't have a mouth to smile... oh and that I'm three feet tall or something."
"I could always design a taller body... altough it would take a whi..." started the human before a collumn of light erupted in the distance, intterupting her. "WHAT THE...?!?"
Oracle's optic bulged to twice their normal size "WOW! I know what that is! Someone's invoking the Medaforce! I bet it's Ikki and Metabee!"
"Wow... it's the first time I see that..." Commented Nae as the light dissapeared.
Neither of them noticed the two little spot flying away from the source of the light. The door Oracle and Nae had taken in suddenly burst open, letting a panting and out of breath Doctor Aki out. The two turned to face to the Doc with surprised and quizzical look on their faces.
"Hen...hen...hen...Henry found...another one!" He managed to say. "Another one... like you... Oracle!"
"Oh my God! One of the other three!" Gasped the female Medabot "Let's go... we have to get to the Hop-Mart! Quick! Show us the way Doctor!" Declared the Medabot, dashing passed the doctor and running down the stairs with incredible ease for a Medabot with a big armored skirt.
"Can't I even catch my breath?" Complained the Doctor.
To Be Continued...