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!
Chapter 5: One More To Find
The little group formed of Doctor Aki, his Granddaughter Nae, Ikki, Chidori, Rintaro, Metabee, Kantaroth, Oracle and Kaito was walking toward Ikki's house. The two former humans were walking in the back, they weren't feeling part of the group yet. After all they had just arrived in that world, it's hard enough arriving in a new school or neighborhood, imagine in a new dimension. The sun was very low on the horizon, soon it would be night.
Meanwhile Nae was getting to know her grandfather's friends. "I heard lots of good things about you Ikki, I heard you were a great Medafighter." She commented.
Ikki took the oppotunity to brag. "Well I AM the number 3 Medafighter in Japan. Metabee and I are invincible!" He said, chuckling.
Metabee and his Medafighter then began bragging and retelling their more glorious robattle, 'forgetting' their defeats. Meanwhile, Kaito and Oracle were getting to know each other.
"So... where are you from?" He asked.
"Washington state, what about you?" Oracle inquired back.
"Florida. "He answered, pausing for a few seconds. "What are we gonna do if we can't go back home? Our family must be going completly nuts with worries and we might never see our world again."
"I don't know... if we can't go back home maybe I'll follow Nae back to the US in this world, she is my Medafighter..." She replied, before turning to Kaito, her eyes wide " I think I'm getting already used to this crazy notion of being a Medabot! I just said 'my medafighter' ! Do you think it's a bad sign?"
"Maybe... I'm already used to the idea too, it's hard not to feel welcomed and liked, it seams the bond was almost formed immediatly. It is... disturbing in a good way. It's like Mrs... I mean Chidori immediatly cared about me, that kind of bond is hard to believe. I don't know how but I can tell she wouldn't abandon me." Said Kaito, looking forward to his Medafighter's back.
The Miko nodded "I felt the same from Nae. I just hope the other two are as lucky as we are. Do you think it will be long before we find them?"
"There is many Medabots, and there is no telling they are active right now, it might be hard, or easy, we'll just have to try not to give up on them." Proposed Kaito, that's when he noticed Metabee and Ikki talking about their Robattles. "Do... do you think we'll have to Robattle? I don't know how to fight! I'd probably ceased functionning in five seconds."
Oracle looked nervous for a moment, it was impressive how expressive she could be without a mouth."Uh... I hope not... I doubt Mrs. Tenryo is that interested in Robattles, and Nae told me she wasn't into Robattle either, I think we're in the clear unless WE want to robattle. Altough I don't know why... it sounds like fun!"
"You're right, a Robattle could be cool, if you have any skill. I'd like to know how to use this thing, I have no idea what it is." Said Kaito, taking the little staff strapped to his arm.
Oracle nodded " Nae told me what I can do, but it doesn't tell me HOW to do it you know. I'm a Miko -type, and you?"
"I'm... a gardener... Chidori choose my body to help her in her yard." Explained Kaito, groaning slightly at the end of his sentence.
Oracle chuckled slightly at his dissapointed look."Well in that case you're safe, you won't have to robattle!"
"Haha, very funny."
While they were talking, the two former human hadn't noticed but they had finally reached the Tenryo house. Chidori turned toward her Medabot, smilling.
"We're home!" She said cheerfully.
"Com'on guys, let's play some video games before dinner!" Said Ikki, rushing inside. "Kaito! If you come from the 21st Century I bet you'll be impress by my PlayStation 11!"
The green Medabot shook his head."Don't tell me they haven't changed the name yet."
That's when a familiar squawky voice came calling out from above "IKKI! IKKI! THERRE YOU ARRRE!"
Anyone who knew his name gasped"Baton?!"
"The little birdy wants a new battery?" Asked Chidori.
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Rokusho and I were both in silence, it wasn't an awkward one, more of a meditative ones. Both of us seamed to have a lot on our mind. I was thinking about my family, my friends, either in person or online, that message board I went to, my part time job... a lot of people would probably wonder where I was. My parents would probably be worried sick. I wondered if the people home could see me on the show and I also wondered how my body could fit in a tiny Medal.
That's when I was hit by a chilling possibility... what if my body was back home and it was only my consciousness... my soul... trap in the Medal! Maybe they think I'm dead! I saw it happen on Star-Trek once, and this time no EMH is gonna be able to put my synaptic pattern back into my body!
I sighed slightly, trying not to distrub Rokusho. Maybe if I can't go home, just maybe, it was for the best, at least it would give them a sense of closure if they tought I was dead rather than just gone. They wouldn't waste time searching for me, and they would be just as sad.
I shook my head of all those depressing tought and tried to focus on the present. I would need a place to stay once my knee was repaired. I had met only a few person in this world and it was evident I would NOT go to the Rubberobo Gang. I mused on the idea of becomming a permannet member of Ikki's gang, if they were to accept me off course. Maybe if I do appear on the show back home I would get fans. That cheered me up slightly, even if I would never enjoy those fans, stuck here or not. Then I noticed that according to my inner sense of time, Baton had been gone for more or less an hour. Rokusho seamed to noticed as well.
"Baton has been gone for quite a while, I am concerned something might have happened to him." He commented.
A flashback of when Baton got captured and manipulated by the Robos, and by the concern in Rokusho's voice, he too was thinking back to that event. I wanted to say something to him to make him feel better, after all he had helped me, beside , I always try to be nice to my friends. Okay so Rokusho and I weren't exactly 'friends' yet, since we had only known each other for a short ammount of time, but since I had seen him on TV for much longer, I felt concern for him. I was about to say something when we both heard footsteps in the distance. They were still faint but it seamed like people runnings.
"People... and Medabots... I think Baton is coming back." Declared Rokusho.
I took this as an opportunity to try one of my feature.
"Let me try my built in radar."
I reached up to my front plate and lifted it, activating the system. The view I got of the area was slightly diferent, because of all the objects around, some elements were fuzzy. It was clear enough for me to detect a group of people and Medabots coming our way. I noticed people's hair were registering precisely, I guessed my radar wasn't that precise. There was a form flying ahead of the group, I recognize Baton's shape. I also recognized two slightly similar Medabots and I could barely make who was who, but I knew they were Metabee and Kantaroth! There was two boys, who I guessed were Ikki and Rintaro, two other Medabots of style I didn't recognize, a taller girl with a ponytail and a jumpsuit and in the back, not quite as fast, there seam to be... Dr. Aki? And a woman... I'm not sure who she was, but she seamed familiar. Recognizing a 3D rendition of a character you know only in 2D isn't easy you see, and it was making me dizzy so I shut down the system.
"It is Baton and some of your friends I believe." I stated, as the noise got closer.
Rokusho stood up to greet the little gang. They appeared from behind bushes that were blocking my field of vision and I was right, it was indeed Ikki, Rintaro, Metabee and Kantaroth at the front, following Baton who flew over to Rokusho's shoulder.
"Hey Rokusho!" Called Metabee, apparantly happy to see the wanderer.
Behind them were the two Medabots I didn't recognize. One was female and mostly white, or very pale beige, it was clear in the poorly lit park. She looked nice, and kinda cute, I mean for a Medabot. Then there was some heavy looking green Medabot beside her that looked like he had a straw hat on and with a flower on his shoulder. Directly behind them was the young woman I hadn't recognized at first, but now that I saw her I remembered. She was Nae, I had seen her in the Medabots TCG and in the Medarot manga they say she was Dr. Aki's grand-daughter...I didn't know she was part of the show. Metabee stopped in front of Rokusho and slapped his parrot-free shoulder. That was incredible, after Rokusho, Ikki and Metabee. I was meeting all the main characters! Talk about luck!
"Where have you been pal? We haven't seen you since Giganko!" He asked.
"You know... around." Simply answered Rokusho, destabilized by such friendliness.
The two Medabots, followed by the girl I identified as Nae, altough I could be wrong, walked in front of me, while the others turned toward me as if they had just noticed my prescence.
"Hm... you... you must be Cruise-Gunner." Said the female one with the nicest voice I ever heard acoming from a Medabot.
"Yes...yes that's me." I replied, looking into her eye with curiosity.
"Well my name... or rather they call me... Oracle... and this is Kaito. We heard that you said... you were humans." She then added.
Was it curiosity, interest or... hope I saw in her eyes? Not sure... but she was expressive even without a mouth. Too bad, or maybe thankfully, I don't have visible eyes, only a visor that can't convey emotion.
"Yes..." I answered carefully, as the famous Doctor Aki appeared, alongside none other than Ikki's mom, Chidori Tenryo.
"We used to be humans too, there is four of us and with you we are only missing one." Said Kaito.
If I had visible eyes they would have bulged out. I remembered in the light tunnel, I tought I saw forms but I wasn't sure, but now I was! I wasn't alone in this ordeal! What luck that THEY found me first! I had a thousand questions running through my head and I was gonna ask all of them when the young woman kneeled before me and looked at my knee.
"You knee is in bad shape... what exactly happened? Baton only told us you were attacked by the Robos." She inquired.
"I was hit by a Noctobat Psycho Missile." I answered, lowing my head in shame.
"You got beat up by the grunts of the Rubberobos?" Asked Metabee, almost laughing.
"HEY! It's not funny! I didn't know how to use my guns!" I shouted back, angrily "Atleast I still beat them! Oracle! Kaito! You won't believe this but... I summoned the Medaforce!"
"YOU WHAT?!?" The whole gang exclamed, well not Chidori as she was pretty much clueless as usual.
"Oops... I forrrgot to mention that." Commented Baton.
"DUDE! That's so cool! Think you can teach Kantaroth to do it dude?" Asked Rintaro, in his usual energic tone, wich barely surprised me.
"Huh... I doubt I can." I replied.
That's when the Doctor stepped in. "Then you three cannot be the product of one of Meta-Evil's evil experiments! If he had a Rare Medal in his hand he wouldn't have lost it that easily."
He was right, but it didn't changed much. I turned back to the other two in my situation.
"Kaito, Oracle, I got so much question to ask... how long have you been active as Medabots? Who are your Medafighters? Do you have a Rare Medal too? What do you remember from your human life and are we from the same world? And..." I started, 'gunning' out questions at incredible speed before Kaito raised his hand to stop me.
"Woh woh! Slow down! One question at a time." He said, and he was right. "Beside I think this isn't the place for this right?"
"We've been active only for a few hours, and my Medafighter is Nae here, she's Dr. Aki's grandaughter." Explained Oracle. She seamed nice, I think we'll be good friends "And Kaito is Mrs. Tenryo."
How unusual, Chidori got a Medabot. Altough I was right about Nae.
"Excuse me but what do you mean by same world Cruise-Gunner?" Asked Rokusho.
"Oops... I forgot to tell you about that." I said, sheepishly, feeling bad about it.
The others seam to have explained their origin, but I was a coward as usual and didn't, be fear of being ridiculous. To think I had promised myself to be brave... I would have to try much harder to change my habits I guess.
"It seams everybody got questions for someone." Commented Mrs. Tenryo, with a smile, as usual. "Why don't we talk about it over dinner like we planned. "
"Good idea mom, I'm starting to get starved!" Added Ikki.
"Allright, I'll carry you and if Ikki can lend me some equipement I'll repair your knee." Declared Nae, taking hold of me and lifting me off the ground.
I probably blushed at the situation, but I'm not sure Medabots blush "Are you sure it's okay, I'm not too heavy?" I managed to ask.
"Don't worry, I've lifted heavier robots than you, your a lightweight." She assured.
Guess that explains my 'glass jaw' or rather 'glass legs'.
Oracle looked up "Don't worry Cruise-Gunner, Nae is studying to become engineer! I'm sure she got the skills to repair you."
"I never doubted it." I said, before turning to Rokusho. "Are you coming Rokusho?" I asked, pleadingly.
I think he understood, beside he was curious about the rest of my... or rather OUR story since he nodded in agreement.
"Later on I want to have a look at your Medals." The Doctor told Kaito, Oracle and me as we headed back to the Tenryo house.
Well it seams I was in Ikki's gang, at least for the moment. If people as watching back home, they probably are seeing this. Maybe I'll get to see the WRC live! That would be awesome... but for now I was concerned about the fourth one, the fourth human that was trapped as a Medabot... where could he, or she, be at the moment? Maybe he wasn't active, or not in the best of hands. You never know in a world like this one what kind of crazy thing can happen... altough it seamed luck was shining on us because otherwise we wouldn't have been able to meet in under 24 hours that easily.
To Be Continued...