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Now :: bla bla bla what the hell are ff.n playing at?:: thoughts - FF.N won't allow me to upload anything other than basic punctuation now. Soo...yeah.

Guess what?

I DON'T OWN MEDABOTS!

Ishiteki is MINE. ::blows a raspberry, looking around to realise that nobody's listening::

You know it.

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"Hey?! You gonna stay up there all day?! I thought you said you'd found the ball!"

The all too familiar sound of Henry's voice drifted in through the window.

"I did find it!" he shouted back, picking up the smooth leather sphere.

"Then hurry up and get down here! My boss just called – I gotta be back at the Hop Mart by five or he'll kill me! What time is it now, anyway?"

"I dunno"

"Ishiteki! This is a matter of life or DEATH! If I'm late, you can bet it's gonna be slow and painful."

"Henry. The guy's 5 foot 4…what's he gonna do? Shout at your ankles?" he looked down before adding "Whoa…I am SO the king of wit! Who da man? WHO DA MAN?!" he grinned, waving his arms around.

"YOU DON'T KNOW THE GUY! Look, isn't there a clock or something in there?!" he sounded exasperated, and muttered something that seemed to sound a lot like 'you really are the most stupid person I've ever met…'

Ishiteki glanced around the room, seeing nothing more than junk, dust and cobwebs. He stopped – something seemed to have caught his eye. This was probably more so because it was shiny than the actual fact that it was what he was looking for. He wandered over and picked it up, the 'it' being a watch. The old thing was still working too.

::Hey…maybe I could use this thing. I mean, it's not like the old guy's gonna need it where he is right now…::

Rolling up his ridiculously long sleeve, he put the watch on. Upside down of course…but he probably wouldn't notice for at least another five hours or so.

"You see anything?"

"Uhhh…no"

"Then hurry up and get out of there!"

"Okay, okay…geez." He climbed out of the window, the shards of glass yet again scraping his butt. "OW!"

"You'd think you'd have learned your lesson by now…"

"What?! What about the purple stripy cow?!"

Henry blinked "I think you need you hearing testing…"

"Okay then! Stilton cheese it is!"

"Okay…whatever you say, cheese boy…"

"CHEESE BOY?!?" he jumped down from the ivy

"Do you have selective hearing or something…? Look, we gotta go!" he grabbed Ishiteki's arm, running all the way to the Hop Mart, dragging the young teen along with him.

The two ran inside the automatic doors of the Hop Mart, panting and red-faced.

"I…I think…I think I'm gonna pass…p…pass out…" complained Ishiteki between breaths.

"Ah. Henry…you're early…?"

"H…hey there b…boss…" he panted

"That's MISTER boss to you" he narrowed his eyes at the employee "and I'm not going to pay you overtime for this…"

He shot a look at his boss, then turned back to Ishiteki, who was looking at his new watch with a look of somewhat displeasure.

"This thing's all broken…the numbers and stuff are all the wrong way up"

"That's because you've got it on backwards, idiot. WAIT?! YOU HAD A WATCH?!" he sighed "…never mind…it's too late now…" he sighed, pulling the watch off his wrist "…and put it on the RIGHT way this time…"

Ishiteki fiddled with the strap until it fastened.

"What time is it, anyway?"

After staring at the display for a good few minutes, he finally came out with "Three minutes past sixteen o' clock!"

"Wha-oh DAMN! FOUR?! I'm an hour early!" he sighed, heading for the door "Come on, baka. We've missed at least twenty good minutes of football time…"

"And just where do you think YOU'RE going?! Hmmm?"

"Well…I was early…and…I…uhh…I just…"

"You just NOTHING!" he threw an apron at him "You get here early, you start work here early! UNDERSTOOD?"

"But…I…uhh…"

"UNDERSTOOD?!?!"

"Y…yes…"

"Good. NOW GET TO WORK!"

Henry looked at his friend "This is all yourfault…"

"Is not!"

"You know it is!"

"IS N-ARGH!!" his eyes widened, staring at the watch "It's alive! POSSESSED!!! HELP ME HENRY!"

"Wha…?"

"THE WATCH! IT…IT'S TALKING!!"

And that was when he heard it – the monotonous metallic voice that he knew all too well; 'Legs: 90 percent damage, Right arm: 100 percent damage FUNCTION CEASED, Left arm: 50 percent damage, Head: 10 percent damage.' After this, it cut to what was apparently on-location audio, and now it was Ishiteki's turn for the Dei-Ja-Vu – once again, he heard the agonizing scream of a scrambled vocal transceiver, but this time, it didn't last for long. This strange Medabot, or whatever it was, seemed to have finally figured out its communication skills – the audio on the watch wasn't exactly what you would call top quality, but it was clear enough to hear her voice.

She laughed slowly – almost seductively. Her voice was neither soft nor harsh – it was smooth, not unlike the soft flow of a woodland brook. "Do you have any idea what you're up against?" she asked, mocking, an undertone of playfulness in her voice "…no? Then I'm afraid I'll just have to show you…"

There was a loud crash, not unlike the sound of metal on metal, and the watch informed them yet again; 'FUNCTION CEASED'

Henry looked at Ishiteki, wide-eyed "…you have a Medabot?!"

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Okay…well, the next chapter happens at the same time as this one, except it's in the mystery Medabot's POV…so…uh…yeah.

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