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!
AN: Not much to say this time around save apologizing for not writting in so long. Sorry! Review replies!:
TJ and Rikumon: Sorry it took me a while ^^;; I also got two other fics to take care of, maybe a fourth one soon @.@ I hope you like this chapter.
Phantom Kansai: Yeah well, you can expect a LOT of references to random things in the first person part. I just think it's a fun thing to do XD. And actually, in the French version they use 'Sensei' and that was the version I saw last ^^;. Simonw2000: Nah I don't watch the japanese version. You're not the only one who'd like to be a Medabot.
Chapter 8: Everyday Life
I had to fight to stay standing as Metabee dragged me forward at incredible speed. Even running away from the Robos I hadn't ran that fast! I had to keep running or Metabee would end up draging me across the ground, and the pavement didn't seam very kind.
"Let go of my hand Metabee! I can run for myself!" I called in betweem two sharp intake of air.
I think last evening's oil had already been all burned out because I felt my legs heating up.
"I told you to call me sensei!" He replied, altough letting go of my wrist, allowing me to regain my balance.
What was the rush anyway? I was stuck here and had nothing else to do beside training, I had all the time in this world and one other! Metabee dissapeared behind a corner and followed but as I turned he had suddenly stopped dead in his track and I was unable to stop in time. I ram into him and felt backward on the ground while he stood undisturbed.
"Ow... why'd you stopped Metabee?" I asked, getting up.
"Hello Metabee... oh hello there, what's your name?" Asked a gentle voice that sounded awefully familiar.
I looked up and saw Brass, standing in front of Metabee and looking at me with curious optics. I was surprised, I wasn't sure how to react. We already Rokusho, Henry, Nae, Dr. Aki, Ikki, Ms. Tenryo, Mr. Tenryo, Rintaro, Metabee and Kantaroth in on the secret, so one more person wouldn't hurt, then again she might tell Erika who might write an article on us and turn us into freak shows. Off course I might just be paranoid, Brass and Erika are smart, and kind, they wouldn't reveal a secret like that. As far as I know she never revealed to anyone that Metabee has a Rare Medal. All that went through my head, or Medal if you prefer, as I stood up. In the end I decided the wisest course of action was to ask the others first, and see if they had any objections. Sadly Metabee hadn't considered all the implication...
"His name's Cruise-Gunner.. and you know what? He's actually a hu..." He started, before leapt to him and clamped my hand on his mouthplate, not really sure if it would silence him, but recalling Ikki doing so before.
I chuckled nervously, sweatdropping as I did my best to 'smile' "Ahaha... Metabee... let me tell my own story." I said, before letting go of him.
"I told you to call me Sensei!" He complained, but didn't pursue.
"My name's Cruise-Gunner, Hi." I said, extending an hand to the SLR.
"Hi, I'm Brass." She replied, unaware I already knew her name, and took my hand.
After shaking hand it was time for me to explain my prescence, I tought that, just like with Rokusho, telling partial truth wouldn't hurt.
"You see..." I began "I'm a runaway Medabot... I ran away from my Medafighter because he wanted me to do evil thing. My Medafighter is...well...an evil Rubberobo Gang member! Two of their Noctobats chased me and engaged me in battle... and I ended up using the Medaforce, Rokusho found me and lead me to Metabee and now I want to learn how to fight from him." I explained, adapting my tale as I went along.
I never knew I had the knack for improvisation, then again I could come up with excuses and lie as to why I hadn't done an homework or something quite fast when I was a kid. Beside it wasn't much of an improv, considering most of it is true, just not the entire truth.
"So that explains the weird get up." Brass commented, looking at Metabee's Martial Art instructor costume.
I chuckled at the comment. Brass is the quiet kind of Medabot, a common trait of non-rare Medal, but when she speaks it's worth it.
"It's not weird... what are doing around here anyway?" Asked the KBT, shifting the focus away from his costume.
"I was... looking for you actually. You weren't at school this morning so I was heading to your house. You forgot we had a dodgeball game against the older kid's Medabots today?"
"Oh yeah... the dodgeball game... I completly forgot about that!" He replied, slapping his forehead. He did a pause and suddenly turned toward me " Com'on Cruise-Gunner! You'll be part of our team! It'll count as training for today!" He finally said, grabbing hold of my hand and pulling me at full speed down the street once again.
"I wanted to learn how to shoot!" I complained.
"Hey! Wait for me!" I heard Brass call from behind.
I don't even like dodgeball.
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Kaito looked at the patch of lawn in front of him. Chidori had asked him to make a round hole to put a small tree. That seamed simple, until he realised he couldn't use any of the human sized gardening tool... at least not the shovels. He could go for the small hand-one but it would be too short to use effectively.
"I had no other choice but to learn fast." He said, giving a glance to Salty who was observing him with curious eyes.
Sighing, Kaito took out the staff strapped to his arm and held it in front of himself.
"Okay... I will you to turn into a shovel!"
Nothing.
"Drats... okay... Turn into a shovel! I order you!" still nothing. "Huh... SHOVEL!"
Kaito plumped down , defeated "Aww man, how am I ever gonna pull this off? Chidori is gonna be dissapointed..."
The tough of Ms. Tenryo looking saddened and dissapointed sent a shock through Kaito's system. He couldn't let that happen! He stood back up, flames appearing in his eyes as he made grandiose movement and took a fighting stance, his staff held in front of him.
"SHOVEL! COME FORTH!" He called in an over-the-top manner, trying to sound heroic and mighty.
Nothing happened this time either.
"DAMMIT!" He shouted, startling Salty.
"Hmm... maybe I'm going at it all wrong, maybe it's not voiced activated, Henry did say I had to will it into transforming... " Commented the Gardener, rubbing his chin.
"I bet once I know how to use it it'll be so darn easy too!" He shook his head "Why did I get stuck as the gardener anyway?" He asked, sitting on the ground beside Salty.
The Sun suddenly reappeared from behind the clouds and a sun ray hit the freshly watered flower, making them sparkle in the light. A light wind picked up ,making the leafs in the tree dance. A bird started singing somewhere, unseen by the Medabot and dog. Kaito suddenly realised how calm it was right here behind the house. He was so use to the sound of a busy city, the never ending roam of cars, the chatter and foot steps of people on the street, the sound of large ventilation systems in nearby office building and sometime the sound of a wailing siren. This little futuristic suburb was quite calm, even if there was cars going around on the street. The whole back yard seamed to reflect that sense of calm.
"I'll try a different approach." Added Kaito, scratching behind Salty's ear.
He held his staff up, closed his optic and imagined a shovel. He had seen the GDN -type Medabot of the catalog using a rake that looked like it was made out of laser, kind like a lightrake. He imagined the shovel made of light, coming out of his little staff, while concentrating on that imagine he repeated the word 'shovel' over and over. When he opened his eyes, he was in for a surprise.
It had worked this time. Right in his hand was a perfect size shovel made out of green energy coming out of his staff.
"YOOHOO!" He cheared, jumping up to his feet, startling the dog once again as he began dancing in victory. "I DID IT!"
As if to calm him down and remind him of his work Salty barked, then sniffed at the spot he had to dig a hole.
Kaito stopped dancing and sweatdropped "Right... now to get to work. Hehehe."
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I was introduced to the rest of the school's Medabot as a runaway from the Rubberobo, and friend of Metabee. Most details were left out, beside the game was all that mattered. The rules reminded me of the game in the HunterXHunter manga, where eliminated players are allowed to play on the outside zone and each team is allowed one 'back'. I was on one side of the field with Metabee, Brass, Peppercat, Crosserdog, Totalizer and, out of all thing, Doctor Bocshoy. I wondered how he could play without hand before I saw him remove those ballpoint like thing off his hand. The other team was lead by a DVL -type, like BlackRam, named Mephis, there was also Acehorn the Unicorn -type, Firebeetle who was a red coloured KBT mark III, like Kantaroth, MiKage a Ninja, Congor a Monkey -type with a hand at the end of his tail, a Phoenix with a pair of arms with hands I didn't recognized, Lady Jet a plane type (like FemJet) and to balance my late arrival, Coach Mountain's Digmole.
"Allright, everybody ready?" Asked Metabee, juggling with the bright red ball.
"Whenever you want, your ball." Answered Mephis.
"Allright then...Let's kick bot guys!" Said Metabee, reeling for the launch."YAAA!!!" he shouted as he shot the ball like a missile.
The ball flew right toward MiKage who dodged to the side, leaving a clear path for an unprepared AceHorn who gasped before he was hit in the face. The ball bouced away from him and was about to hit the ground when MiKage slided on the ground, giving it a kick and sending it flying upward. Suddenly the Phoenix shot up in the air, grabbed the ball and sent it, divebomb style, right toward the Doc. It bounced off his head and landed out of the court.
"Doctor Bocshoy is out!" Declared Mephis.
"Wha...wha..what just happened?" I asked, confused.
"Did someone noted the liscence plate of the truck that hit me?" Asked Doc as he was helped up by Crosserdog.
"Phoenix grabbed the ball, saving Acehorn and MiKage, since it never hit the ground, then he smashed Doc." Explained Metabee.
"Since the ball landed outside the field... it's our ball." Added Mephis.
Those guys were serious, I felt like I really was in HunterXHunter now, at least Doctor Bocshoy wasn't knocked out. Thinking of ceasing functioning sent a shiver down my M-Alloy spine, I would have to be careful. Doc moved to the outside zone on the further side of the field behind Mephis's team.
"This is so unfair! You have two flyer!" Complained Peppercat, pointing an acusing claw at the other team.
"Allright then, I won't fly." Proposed LadyJet.
"Let's play now!" Said Phoenix, flying in with the ball he passed to FireBeetle.
"Take that!" He called, shooting it at Totalizer.
The turtle didn't move and faced the ball. He grabbed it with both hand and managed to hold it. He passed it to Crosserdog, who passed it to Brass who then passed it to Peppercat who was running across the field. She lept up in the air as she grabbed the ball and launched it at the surprised Digmole. The ball hit him, bounced on the ground and headed my way. I caught it and acted quickly by reeling for the launch. I wasn't stupid tough and at the last minute I twisted around, calling 'CATCH!" as I sent the ball toward Doctor Bocshoy who was now at the side of the field. He quickly caught FireBeetle offguard. He had a better arm than I expected. this time tough, the ball landed on Mephis's side of the field.
"WOOHOO! We got two out!" I cheered.
"Great job Cruise-gunner!" Called Metabee.
"What about me?" Complained Peppercat.
"You were awesome!" Replied Crosserdog.
Maybe dodgeball wasn't so bad, and it was already teaching me how to think fast. Metabee wasn't exagerating when he said this would make good battle practice. Digmole and FireBeetle walked to the outside zone. I didn't like to feel there prescence around us, for a moment I wish I had eyes in the back of my head when I recalled I DID! Well not really eyes, but I have a radar. It might prove useful.
"Settle down kids, things are just begining." Said Mephis, as Congor passed him the ball.
I didn't like his tone and I was right. He reeled his large paw, holding the ball and shot it forward with incredible speed! I bet he was stronger than Samurai or Metabee! The ball sliced the air aiming toward a scared Peppercat.
"PEPPERCAT!" Shouted Crosserdog, tackling her away.
It was heroic but he was caught to the side by the ball and he was sent flying by the impact landing outside the field, rolling on the ground. He didn't looked in good shape.
That guy Mephis started to look more and more like Rieza (or Laser) from HunterXHunter. What have I gotten myself into now? At least it wasn't an actual Robattle. I would have been trashed in a real fight, but still. It's as if someone was toying with my fate, or something, but that's just being paranoid.
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Kaito had finally done digging his hole, just in time for the store to deliver the tree. It was standing on the frontyard, those lazy delivery guy didn't even brought it in the back. Kaito and Salty were standing in front of it, looking rather perplexed.
"Okay... now what?" Asked the Medabot, looking up at the tree that was twice his size.
To Be Continued...
AN: Yeah it's a bit of a copy of vol 16-17 of HunterXHunter, but it's such a cool use of a simple game I decided to reuse it XD. Hope you don't mind.