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: Hey guys! Noticed I got my old Digimon story back up? It kept me busy lately so I didn't have much time to work on my Medabots story, I hope you can forgive me. Beside I got some major writer's block issue right now. My pal Shard Medal e-mailed me this awesome 'song' based on the Medabot dodgeball game from my last chapter (that continues in this one off course):
whats you(medabots league mix):
Dash, flash, reflection!
Courageous Me-Me-Me-Medabots!:
brainy doctor Bocshoy,pretty sailor brass,
Jumping Peppercat ... Medabots!
Back, black reactor!
[Make your] attack, Me-Me-Me-Medabots
Selfish, Brash mephis;
Overly self-conscious firebeetle.
Win ... Medabots!
Dash, flash, reflection!
Courageous Me-Me-Me-Medabots!
Crosserdog is a really Brave player
Totalizer accepts danger too.
Shrewdly, swiftly grasping the situation is
Team captian Medabee
Medabots
Back, black reactor!
[Make your] move, Me-Me-Me-Medabots!
Winning is the only interest
Of ever-obedient Mikage
Powerful, terrible, completely cruel
Medabots
(Chorus)
What's you? When you awoke one morning...
What's you? ...it was already decided whom you would fight.
Which side of your feelings will you go with?
Rush, clash, reaction!
And there are way more Me-Me-Me-Medabots!
New and powerful Criuse-gunner
medabots going at full power!
A fire that lasts through all rain and wind!
powerful medabots
Rush, clash, reaction!
And there are -- whoah! -- more Me-Medabots!
On defense is Digmole,
A rather timid Medabot.
Lower than lower-than-low,
acehorn shows his horn of jealousy!
congor plows through shadow.
Ladyjet ... crazy Medabots!
What's you? With the force in their Medals...
What's you? ...that binds the enegry together,
Two different powers clash against each other.
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Now the review replies:
Super Hurricane: Nope, he's not the fourth human. Go back a few chapters and you'll realise I already set the Medafighter for the fourth human.
Rokushofan: Woh...slow down... you should turn off the capslock and turn down the caffeine oO. Rokusho will be back, don't worry. You know how the Wandering Medabot is right?
Medaboy: Strange that you mention it a few days after I read an article about Iron Leaguer. I hope you'll like the ending of this dodgeball game seeing as it's not the last one ;)
Mad-man: Yeah... dodgeball is traumatising XD.
Chapter 9: Having a Ball
Nae and Oracle arrived at the Tenryo house to find a perplexed Kaito at the foot of a tree. The tree was still wraped up in fabric and was ready to be put in the ground.
"Hi Kaito!" Called Oracle "Where is everybody?"
"Oracle!Nae! Hi!"Replied Kaito, turning to greet his new friends. " Metabee and Cruise-Gunner went to the river to train, Cruise-Gunner wanted to know how to shoot with his gun. Guess what? I managed to learn how to use MY weapon! See?" he explain, before taking out his staff and turning it into a shovel and then a rake, a hoe, back into a shovel then returned it to normal.
"You've done some quick progress in just one day." Commented Nae.
"So what are you doing right now?" Asked Oracle, as the two girl walked up to Kaito and his tree.
"Chidori asked me to dig a hole and then get this tree in... but this thing is twice my size, I don't know how I'll carry it to the backyard!" He explained.
"Why don't you just pick it up?" Inquired Nae, petting Salty.
The green Medabot looked even more perplexed and blinked. "Pick it up? That's thing is way too big! Didn't you hear me say it's taller than me?"
"You're still thinking of yourself as a human. You're a gardener -type Medabot now, you are designed for this kind of work. You can lift up to 10 time your own weight, and you're heavy for a bipedal Medabot." Explained the woman.
Kaito looked at Nae, turned toward the tree, then back at Nae "Okay... I'll give it a try... I got nothing to loose anyway."
Kaito went over the tree, bent his knee and grabbed the side of the fabric wrapped base of it. He then proceeded to lift it up. He strained a little but was amazed at how light it felt. As a human he probably would have be in sweat by now, trying to get it off the ground, and probably wouldn't be able to, but now, as a Medabot, he was able to lift up, and I mean really up. All the way above his head!
"Woh..." He softly said, looking up at what he was holding.
"You did it Kaito! Nae was right!" Commented Oracle.
"I did it... I DID IT!!" Cheered the GDN, as he started to dance, still holding the tree.
But then it started to get off balance and threathened to fall! "Woh...woh...it's gonna CRASH! GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Called the male Medabot, racing around trying to balance the tree he was holding.
"Move it to the backyard before it's too late!" Called Nae.
"EASIER SAID THAN DONE!"
Still Kaito managed to run toward the backyard, trying his best not to let the tree fall. Then Oracle and Nae heard a loud thumping noise, and then silence.
"I'M OKAY!" Called Kaito from the backyard.
"How's the tree?" Asked Oracle, as she, Nae and Salty went to see what had happened.
"A tad crooked but I can fix it." Answered the robot, standing in front of the tree. "I managed to throw it into the hole before it fell. It should be okay." He added.
"Great job... I think you'll be good at this." Said Nae, giving the former human a thumb up.
"But I don't wanna be good at gardening!" Complained Kaito.
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You know, when you grow up you think the horrors of Dodgeball are all behind you, that you'll never have to fear that stronger kid in your class that can send people hit the wall behind them because he throws damn too hard for a simple game...It's funny how much being turned into a Medabot can change your perspective on life. At first this dodgeball game even looked fun, but now that we all saw what Mephis could do, it was more like a battle... and let me tell you, I really didn't want to be in a fight right now, especially one where I couldn't find cover. With my light armoring I felt almost naked standing there in the middle of the field. Crosserdog had been hit by the ball, shot by Mephis, and while he was okay he was still damaged! And he's got thicker armor than me! Devil -types are close combat Medabots, and as such they got very powerful arms. Crosserdog was okay now but he was out and stuck on the outside with Dr. Bocshoy. At least we also took out two of them, namely Digmole and Firebeetle.
"Our ball." Simply said Phoenix, flying to where the ball had fallen and then flying back to his part of the field.
He passed it to Mephis who shot it toward us with incredible strength again. This time it was sailing right towards me! In my Medal I saw Crosserdog being thrown backward by the powerful throw. I could see it perfectly as it sped toward me. I'm probably that if I had still been a human I wouldn't have been able to react in time. Not exactly sure what to do I just threw myself on my back, the ball flying a few inches away from me and hitting the school wall far behind. The imact on the ground wasn't as bad as I what I expected, my 'wings' must have protected me. I tought the ball would have damaged the structure but I guess I must see Mephis stronger than he is... or those walls are just reinforced because of robattles. For a moment I wondered how the ball resisted the impact with Crosserdog, but that was not the time to wonder about that. Firebeetle went to recover the ball and return it to his side and once again we were gonna be fired upon by Mephis. It was like we were being shot at with a canon! And to make matter worse he aimed at Peppercat and me! We were the ones with the lightest armor! It suddenly dawned on me that maybe it wasn't a coincidence that he tried to shoot her and me first, maybe he knew our armoring to be ridiculous compared to the others. And the others in his team shot Dr. Bocshoy... he isn't an heavy weight either!
"YOU BASTARD!" I said out loud, surprising everyone. "You're aiming at me and Peppercat because you want to damage us! You know we got the weakest armor!"
"Maybe I do...maybe I just want to get rid of the loser first. " Asked Mephis, with a rather cold tone.
"He does?" Inquired Peppercat, looking at me.
I nodded "YOU BASTARD!" She called, helding her paw up.
I think Mephis likes to crush Medabots in this game, where there is no Medafighter or Mr. Referee to stop the fight. We needed to catch the ball, and the best of us for the job was Totalizer. But without a plan it would be pretty pointless. Mephis shot toward me again! I threw myself to the side, skidding on the ground. The sound of metal griding on the ground was more painful than the actual slide of fall, I probably would have been scraped if I still had skin. I mentally thanked Dr. Aki for this resistent M-Alloy skin. My mind raced as I tried to find a plan or something, I was the closest thing to a MEdafighter in our group, the closest thing to the thinker behind a Medabot's action. I finally got an idea by the time the ball returned to the klder kid's Medabots.
"Time out!" I called, before I gathered everyone ,who wasn't out, around me.
"I got an idea..." I started, whispering.
Now I could tell you what I explained to my team, but it would ruin the fun now would it? I'll let you discover what I planned at the same time as I describe how it all happened. First we took a battle formation, with Metabee, me and Brass at the front, and Totalizer and Peppercat behind us. The CAT type slightly further away than the turtle -type.
"Try to hit us Mephis!" I challenged.
"It's so nicely asked! TAKE THAT!" He shouted, sending the ball my way incredibly fast!
It was so fast! I had no chance to catch it or dodge it! I closed my optics, opened my arms for the catch and hope for the best, trusting the Medabots I knew very well from the show, so much I could consider them friends even if they didn't know me very well. I leapt up just as the ball got closer. The impact threw me backward right into Totalizer's arm. I clutched the ball with all I could as I hit the heavily armored Medabot. It was very painful for my back but I held on. I heard footsteps and knew what was coming. I threw the ball up in the air with all my strength as Peppercat came rushing toward us, using Totalizer as steps she then launched herself from his shoulder, grabbed the ball and sent it flying downward like a bomb. The attack hit Mikage the ninja, sending him to the ground as the red ball bounced off him and went toward the back of the court. Crosserdog was there and took the chance. He caught the ball and quickly threw it back forward, hitting a surprised Congor in the back. The ball then bounced out of the field.
"ALLRIGHT! WE DID IT! TWO OUT AGAIN!" I cheered as I got out of Totalizer's hold.
"And the ball's our!"Added Peppercat, landing nearby.
"It's all thank to you dude, you're pretty smart!" Complimented Metabee.
"Nah, he's just smarter than you." Jokingly said Brass, making Metabee growled.
"She's right, it took me a while to come up with this plan and I have no other strategy now... and my tin-pet is still vibrating from that hit...ohh." I said, feeling a tad dizzy, luckily it quickly passed.
I sure didn't felt smart, I never did as a human for that matter. It's just that Medabots naturally rely on Medafigthers for strategic thinking and I don't need to since I never had a Medafighter... well technically I did but I ran away from him after 30 seconds. For a moment I realised that Kaito and Oracle were very lucky to have Medafighters, they had someone to take care of them, I didn't have anybody and I couldn't squatt at the Tenryo's forever. I was brought back to my most urgent troubles by a voice.
"Don't worry, there's only three of them now! We can handle it!" Promised Metabee.
"Let's be careful tough, there's four of them around us now." Commented Totalizer.
That was true, there was nothing we could do to take these guys out now and it was really making me nervous. I barely escaped the attacks that were aimed at me before, now they could come from every direction. I might be a Medabot but I'm not the quickest one. I decided it was time to use my secret weapon. I reached to my forehead and lifted my front plate, activating my radar. Now if they tried anything I'd be ready! I closed my optics and I could clearly feel the whole courtyard as if I could see it in black and white. It took me a few seconds to get adjusted to it, and I was amazed at how natural it felt, then again it was built into my body. I took a few steps and got into position. I noticed Mephis talking to Firebeetle who then passed whatever message it was. Brass passed the ball to Metabee, who then passed it to Dr. Bocshoy and then it was Crosserdog who caught it and quickly the ball was sent back to Metabee through the same path.
"TAKE THAT! MISSILE LAUNCHED!" Bellowed Metabee, shooting with all his strength toward LadyJet.
The PLN Medabot was hit by the ball and sent back to the ground as the ball bounced on their side of the field and was intercepted by Mephis!
"Great job LadyJet." Chuckled the Devil -type.
LadyJet sacrificed herself so that they could get the ball back! As LadyJet walked to the outside of the court FireBeetle raised his hand.
"Back!" He called, returning to our opponent's side of the field.
Mephis grabbed hold of the ball and passed it to his teamate. All four of the outside players started passing the ball around . We were surrounded on all side and they were passing the ball really fast. We instinctively backed toward the center of the field, each one of the us facing in one direction. Peppercat and I were probably the most nervous, after all we had the weakest armor and I didn't felt like taking a hit at all! Suddenly I detected the ball flying from the side toward Totalizer! They had changed strategy and went for our best catcher!
"LOOK OUT!" I called turning around.
But it was too late and Totalizer was hit in the shoulder. The ball bounced back out of the field and I totally forgot to track it with my radar when I asked my teammate if he was okay. The next thing I knew I was hit in the back by a powerful shot and was sweeped off my feet. It felt incredibly painful. I was hit right on my wing-like structure. The blow was so hard I hit Totalizer and knocked him down! I flipped in mid air and landed right on my head! The hit overloaded my radar and I fainted from the painful backlash.
I came out of it a while later. I was laid down on a bench. My head was still ringing and I realised someone had stopped my radar... I hoped it wasn't offline, I couldn't handle having to get my HEAD repair right on my second day as a Medabot. I slowly reached up, and touched to see my fronthead plate lowered. I slowly opened my optics and saw Metabee, Brass and Totalizer looking down at me, looking somewhat concerned.
"Wha...what happened?" I inquired weakly.
"You got hit on the back by Mephis. We tought we were offline! Your back panel even opened, but your Medal didn't eject. We were worry about you." Explained Brass.
"You okay dude?" Asked Metabee.
"Yeah, a bit of a headache but I'll be okay...what happened with the game." I replied.
"We lost." Added Totalizer.
"After they took you out, Totalizer used our back but only to be taken out too. Without him we didn't have anybody to catch the ball and in the end it was Metabee against Mephis, Firebeetle and Phoenix. It was just too much for him." Explained Peppercat, who I noticed she was sitting at my feet on the bench.
I didn't felt good at all. I was a crummy dodgeball player and a crummier Medabot. I was taken out twice in two days! Even Crosserdog resisted his hit! My little strategy didn't help and in the end even my radar didn't save me. Their strategy was much better than whatever I could improvise. I tought I sucked as much as a Medabot than I did as a human. I quickly mentally slapped myself. I shouldn't be thinking like that.
"I'm sorry." I simply said.
"Hey don't sweat dude... erm I mean don't worry! We'll get 'em next time. I think you just weren't ready for this kind of hard play!" Declared Metabee, putting his hand on my shoulder.
I felt like smiling, Metabee was right, I shouldn't give up that easily. It is because I refused to give up that I could invoke the Medaforce against the Noctobats, this was no diferent.
"Thanks Metabee. "
"Okay... let's go guys and leave the Sap-Squad to their buisness." Said Peppercat, leaping off her seat and walking away with Crosserdog and Totalizer.
"But boss... you were worried about him too!" Commented Crosserdog, before getting a slap on the back of the head.
That made me feel accepted. We weren't exactly friends yet but we had bonded during that game, wich turned out more like a fight. Finally I felt better and could stand up. I didn't received any permanent damage and apparantly most of it was already 'healed' up. Dr. Aki's M-Alloy truly is AMAZING. He deserved his face on the cover of the TIME. I remember seeing it in the first Medarot manga. The old cook was sticking his tongue out on the TIME's cover... oh boy.
"One thing I forgot to tell you." Suddenly started Metabee. "Keep those little games secret okay? It's a Medabot only thing."
"Sure! I will!" I said happily.
Metabee trusted me enough with this secret even tough we barely know each other. I wonder why. Must be some kind of KBT Medal bond or something. Maybe he just wanted me to feel part of the gang. Afterall the humans would consider me a Medabot now, and it would be important for me to fit with the Medabots. Metabee and Brass showed me around the school and I met most of the Medabots that hung around, but none of them seamed to have much of a personality, even Brass was pretty silent most of the time. Metabee couldn't stop talking saying who he defeated when we passed somewhere or when or how he defeated any Medabot we met. I could barely remember all those anecdotes. I could swear I heard Brass sigh at one point. It musn't be the first time he went into one of those rant.
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Meanwhile at the Tenryo house, Nae was having tea with Mrs. Tenryo while Kaito, Salty and Oracle were sitting in front of the TV.
"So how was Dr. Aki's place?" Asked the green Medabot.
"It's a HUGE suite! It got two story! It's really crazy. It's incredibly luxious and really nicely decorated." Explained Oracle "I even had my own bed!"
"Lucky, I slept on the couch... not that it mattered really when you think about how fast we fall asleep." Replied Kaito.
"You're right. When I woke up I realised I hadn't even moved in my sleep. I usually trash a lot in my sleep...that is when I was human."
The two felt silent for a moment before Kaito spoke up again "Let's not think too much about that okay?"
Oracle nodded as she started petting the dog "Yeah, good idea. I wonder how Cruise-Gunner's adapting though. I barely had time to talk with him."
The Gardener seamed to think for a moment."He seams to be coping fine, especially considering he had to run from the Rubberobos and got blasted by two Noctobats. Compared to him we got it easy. I think he's a nice guy. "
The two went silent again, watching the TV show that was on. It was one of those talk show were people argue a lot. Now they were to trying to physically harm each other. Oracle made a disgusted sound and just changed the channel, finding an anime. There was a bunch of explosion and seamed interesting.
"That seams cool." Pointed out Kaito.
"Yeah...better than that other show."
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It was later that day, Henry was sweeping the floor of the Hop-Mart when Sam and Peppercat entered the store.
"Hi Sam! " Greeted the young man. "What brings you here?"
"I'm here..." She slowly started. "TO BUY A MEDABOT!" She declared dramatically.
"You want a new body for Peppercat?" Asked Henry, surprised.
"No! I would never change Peppercat. My dad gave me a Medal! So I'm getting a second Medabot." Answered the girl.
"So...what type you want?" Inquired the clerk, moving behind the counter.
The girl had a mischiefous smirk "A black panther -type!" she said.
To Be Continued...
AN: Here we go, soon the fourth Medal will be put in a body! What will come out of this? It's for me to know and you to find out!