Me: Weird......noticed FF.net didn't space out my sections how it was supposed to......looks like I have to use boarder things.
N-Blade: Beats having all your sections bunched together like how they were.
Me: True enough. Disclaimer time folks.
Disclaimer: I don't own Medabots. All borrowed characters belong to their respected owners. Like always, I own some stuff but just too lazy to list them.
Me: Onto the reviews.
Sid Kosajaru: Hey cool, new reviewer. One who sent a review via e-mail, but tis all good. Glad that you enjoyed my fics man. But dude...finished Ninja-Wind in a day? Must have been very hooked. So cool! Thanks for the review man!
HFH: Hehe, haven't heard from you in a while. School being a pain my friend? *blinks* What was Henry trying to say? Don't add Warren to the City Robattle Tournament? o.O Or something else? *wonders himself* Well thanks for the review! ^-^
Shadow Girl64: Hehehe. I spent too much time trying to describe Kiono, think I'd forget his tail? Or did I now? I can't remember... x.x;; Well, Kiono will get his rematch with Link, unless he gets teamed up with him in the Tournament. Still need to think of how to pick them. Eh draw them from a hat I will. *jigs* Thanks for the review.
A-chan: Scared of doggies? I know, got the e-mail. Twas false bravado. Mm-hmm. *blinks a bit* Should you be playing with highly flammable stuff like that? x.X;;; Eh, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for reviewing!
Mad-Man: Yes, I'm not dead. I was crazy and not paying attention to stuff when I wrote that chapter, so yeah.....tons of grammar errors. Plus, I was out of practice, so sue me. .;; Er.....that is a figure of speech by the way...and you can't kill me. Cause then the story stops period. So there. Mm-hmm. Thanks for reviewing, dude.
Me: Since, this has been late, let us get this story on with! ^_^
Chapter 4: Hunters or Beach Fun?
Leaping off of the roof with Tarek, Merrick drew his sword from his scabbard in a fluid motion. Eyeing both of the robed figures he sheathe his sword suddenly and crossed his arms. The two seemed surprised by this and almost took a step back, but they kept their footing.
"Alright...I want answers.....and now....." demanded Merrick. He got no response.
"This isn't my day...well night....is it Tarek?" asked the Ninja with a sigh.
Seems not my charge. replied the wolf.
"Ok...how about I get my damn answers before I crack some skulls?" growled Merrick cracking his knuckles. "Haven't had a decent fight in quite some time now..."
"We're not going to fight fool." snorted the shorter of the robed ones.
"Is it me or does it seem your taller companion can't talk?" implored Merrick rolling his eyes. Out nowhere, the taller figure sent a kick flying at Merrick. The Ninja barely had time to raise his arms to defend, but as the foot made contact with his arms he was sent sliding back almost fifteen feet. A look of bewilderment filled Merrick's eyes.
"Not many people could actually do something like that to me....." started Merrick slowly. "And hardly anyone from this temporal realm......."
Narrowing his eyes dangerously, Merrick's sword ripped from its sheathe as he charged at the taller of the two. For some reason, he knew all what was going to happen before it did, but still did nothing to stop it from happening. As he was a sword's length away from the figure, the person grabbed him by the wrists, planting a foot to his stomach and threw him over their head. Merrick twisted about in the air and slid on the ground in a crouch. Getting to his feet, he sheathed his sword.
"Now I know only of one person who would do that to me. Well, two actually.....ok....maybe three or four......but still only a handful would do something like that to me. But.....you can't be her...........or anyone of those femme........it's impossible......isn't it?" questioned Merrick.
It could be actually..... said Tarek. The tall one has a female scent to her. It could just be....you already know the short one is a Medabot.....So anything is possible.....at this rate. Or just plain coincidence.
"Just coincidence." said the femme Medabot all too quickly.
"Hmm.....I think not...." declared Merrick as he hurled a dagger of fire at the Medabot, only to watch it snuff out before it even reached her. "Hmm.....not a coincidence indeed...You're not leaving until I get answers....."
"I disagree." snorted the Medabot as she and her Medafighter fled the scene.
"Seriously not my night....too many damn runners...." groaned Merrick as he leapt onto a building's rooftop with Tarek at his heels. Glancing down beyond the roofs he saw his prey was way ahead of him. He decided it was time to do something he hasn't used in quite awhile. His wolf medallion glowed dimly beneath his suit and his boots were coated in a dim aura.
Merrick was running faster than he ever has before. Leaping into the air, he cut the distance to his prey by half. Leaping once more, he tackled the two femme to the ground. The three of them were rolling in the street before they came to a stop. Tarek slowly trotted to the three and sweatdropped as he saw they were in a dog pile. Merrick pulled himself out from the bottom of the pile and slowly rose to his feet.
"Why must you run from me? Why?!" demanded Merrick.
"You'll find out sooner or later Merrick...." said the femme Medabot as she sent a ball of fire into the ground causing a small explosion. The explosion was small enough to give the two time to leave before Merrick could even react.
"Why....?" asked Merrick softly. "Why can't I get my questions answered? Why?" The Ninja slowly sank to his knees. "Why?"
On the roof of a nearby building, a figure in a black robe stood watching Merrick sink to his knees. The pink haired girl was suddenly at the figure's side.
"You know....you have to reveal yourself sooner or later to him." informed the girl.
"I know....I know..." sighed a woman's voice. "I will.....and it seems sooner than I think."
"Good. Now lets go to sis!" piped the small girl dragging the older woman by the hand. Both vanished in a small gust of wind.
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It was the early in the morning of the next day. The sun has yet to rise but everyone in the Brochette home were up and about. All save for a certain Ninja. The once early bird of the house was now curled up in bed. Twice awaken by the noise of the others moving in and out around the house, but never getting out of bed to investigate the problem. Mr. and Mrs. Brochette checked up on Merrick to see he was still in bed, and had the others not disturb him. Tarek materialized at the side of Merrick's bed and nudged him awake with his nose.
"Hmm?" murmured Merrick softly.
Aren't you curious that the family you are living with are going somewhere? questioned the golden eyed wolf.
"Not really." yawned Merrick as he stretched. Blinking tired eyes he checked the calendar on his night stand. Today's date was circled in red and he yawned again as he rubbed his eyes. "I already know why it is so noisy. The gang is heading toward the beach, and I already told them I'm not going. Need to do some things."
And what are you going to do?
"Take care of the house and so on." replied the Ninja.
Why don't you want to go to the beach anyway? There must be something more to what you are telling me.
"Don't like the beach basically. Besides, I don't like going around without a shirt on comrade. And I don't need the others seeing all my scars either." answered Merrick getting out of bed to fix the blankets.
Would have been a good time for you to relax, you do seem more stressed as of late.
"Always had a stressed life basically, to relax is to let your guard down, and to let your guard down can be quite fatal."
This world seems more safer than your own. It cannot be too fatal to relax around these parts. Unless you are in a fight, then it would be just insane to let your guard down. So just relax and go with them.
"Can't already agreed to watch the house. Besides, I was serious about having to clean the house and such. So just drop it Tarek."
Alright, alright. You win, just be stressed and watch the house.
"If you weren't a wolf or my guardian for that matter, I'd hit you with a rolled up newspaper."
Tarek barked a quiet laugh. Do it, and I'll sink my teeth into you. The golden-eyed Wolf bared his teeth for a moment in a toothy grin before laughing against silently.
"Same old crazy Tarek." chuckled Merrick shaking his head. Checking the time, he decided to wait until the others were gone before taking a shower. So Merrick laid down on his bed with his eyes closed waiting for time to just drift by.
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It was now 7:55 AM, it was a clear day save for a few puffs of clouds here and there. It was quite cool, but the weather report said it was going to be a warm day, perfect for beach weather. The Brochette's car was packed with beach goods. Jonathan Brochette was loading a cooler into the trunk, while his wife, Rose, was putting a few items into the trunk. She put a picnic basket, a few beach towels, and white beach umbrella. Nodding to her husband, Jonathan closed the trunk and called for Alexis and Matt.
The two kids came out of the house laughing. Matt was wearing a tank top and black trunks with red stripes on the side. He was wearing a black wind breaker jacket and black sandals that showed his white socks. Over his left shoulder he had a plastic bag holding a pair of brown shorts, gray shirt, a change of socks, and a towel. Alexis was wearing a navy blue one piece under her white shirt and jeans shorts. She had her hair tied back in a pony tail and had on a pair of white sandals that showed her bare feet. Like Matt, she had a plastic bag with a brush, pocket mirror, towel, and a change of clothes.
"Are you two ready?" asked Jonathan.
"Yes!" replied the two in unison.
"Though, N-Blade doesn't really like to be out of his body though." said Matt.
"Yeah, I don't." added N-Blade's voice from Matt's Medawatch.
"You know N-Blade, Wolfbane, and Link wouldn't fit in the car with all of us if we are taking Amanda." informed Rose.
"I know......explain it to him." sweatdropped Matt pointing to the gray Medawatch.
"I know, I know as well. You guys explained all of this to me and such." said N-Blade's voice.
"Yup, yup. So just sit tight and enjoy the some two hour drive." suddenly came Wolfbane's voice chuckling softly.
"Two hours....don't remind me." groaned N-Blade.
"Actually, might be longer. Never know considering traffic." laughed Link's voice.
"The Medabots have gone crazy." sweatdropped Matt.
"When haven't we been crazy?" cackled the Medabots.
"Now they are working together. Just nice isn't it?" implored Alexis rolling her eyes.
"Can we get going? We do need to pick up Amanda." stated Jonathan.
"Yes we can!" chimed the two cousins and three Medabots.
Rose laughed softly as she got in the passenger side of the car. Jonathan in the driver's side and the two kids in the back. In a short quick drive they were at the Takashi's. Alexis hopped out of the car and rang the doorbell. Amanda was the one to answer and said good-bye to her foreign exchange parents before coming back out again. Amanda had on a green one piece swimsuit under her clothes. She was wearing a red shirt and blue shorts. She wore black sandals without any socks on and was wearing a small black backpack that contained items she needed. With a final wave good-bye to her foreign exchange parents she went into the car with Alexis. She was sitting between the two cousins.
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Brochette." greeted Amanda. "It is nice to see the both of you again."
"It's nice to see you too, Amanda." greeted the Brochettes in return.
"How are your other friends going to get to the beach?" asked Amanda.
"Karin said she was going to pick up the others. Though, Koji might or might not ride with them. Not really sure. Never sure with him in the picture." answered Matt.
"What about this Henry and Warren? Are the coming along?" questioned the verdant eyed girl.
"Henry said he might, but he isn't too sure. It is his day off today though so yeah more than likely. And Warren...he basically follows Henry anywhere so if Henry is there, Warren isn't too far behind." replied Alexis.
"They seem to be good friends then." giggled Amanda.
"They are, though.....it doesn't seem that way considering how Henry told us he keeps hitting Warren with a broom if he sings too much." sweatdropped Matt.
"Other than that they are good friends." added Alexis.
"Well kids, we'll be there in around 2 hours so enjoy the view and think of ways to pass the time." announced Mr. Brochette. Though time does have a way of just going slow when you are waiting to have some fun.
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It was around 8:00 in the morning before Merrick got out of bed to get ready for the day. In just a tank top and dark blue sweats, he slid down the banister before walking into the kitchen. Whipping up a quick breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast, he washed the dishes that managed to pile up over the rim. Shaking his head slightly as he cleaned a frying pan, he started thinking of what he was to do about the future.
Can't just go on fighting forever, can I? thought the Ninja bitterly. No one can just go on forever fighting, even heroes just fade away. Due to his lack of concentration, Merrick cut himself on a knife's blade. Watching the blood and water mix together, he shook his head slightly with a grin on his face. I can go on fighting, I swore to protect the innocent and I will. As long as I am fit to do so. Until then, I'll just go where ever destiny takes me.
Cleaning the plates clean of their dirt, crumbs, and blood he set them in the rack to drive. Watching his small cut healed almost entirely already, he went to the closet under the staircase to get the vacuum. As he vacuumed the house, he saw Tarek materialized on the couch to watch him clean.
From Ninja to butler? smirked the Wolf.
"No....I just clean to help out the Brochettes. With two working parents, and two kids who tend to make a mess, I'm surprised this house isn't even in worse shape. But it nice to clean, Tarek. Gives me much time to think." explained Merrick as he started vacuuming under the coffee table.
Interesting, yet you tend to clean this house more than it needs to be. Ever think what would happen if the Brochettes come to depend on you to do all this work?
"Haven't thought about that. But as I tend to say, 'When the time comes it comes.'" declared Merrick as he finished his vacuuming of the lower floors and started heading upstairs with Tarek in his wake.
Basically when it happens, it happens?
"Pretty much my friend." chuckled the Ninja as he started vacuuming the upper floors and rooms. "So, ever going to show yourself to these people? I mean, they are trustworthy enough to know you exist. Besides, if you keep popping out of nowhere like this, you might slip and just appear when there are people present."
Not going to happen. If I were you, then it might. snorted the lupine.
"Yeah, yeah. So, I basically walked into an ambush that one time when I was an rookie.....so sue me. Rookies get to make mistakes." countered the Ninja as he finished the last room. "Just got to dust and the rest of the day is mine."
Get to dusting then.
"I am, I am....." muttered Merrick as he slid down the banister holding the vacuum. Putting the vacuum back he headed toward the kitchen and damped a rag. As he started dusting the coffee table, he got a prickling feeling between his shoulder blades. Glancing to the window he saw nothing and just shrugged it off to get back to work. Unknown to him, there was someone waiting on the roof for him to come out.
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The sun was high in the sky, yet not high enough to be noon. The time was 11:30 AM, and the Brochettes and Amanda were at the beach. Rose was setting up the large beach umbrella, while Jonathan brought out the cooler along with the giant beach towel. Rose taking the beach towel spread it on the sand as Jonathan put the cooler on top of the towel near the umbrella in the shade.
Jonathan pulled on his sunglasses and stared out at the three children. They left their spare clothing in the car, along with their towels and other belongings. Still with their clothes over their swimsuits. He watched his wife in a floral pattern one piece, light flannel shirt, and straw hat set the picnic basket near the cooler. Glancing at his watch for the time, he stretched a bit in his tank top, brown shorts, and black sandals.
"When are your friends supposed to come?" asked the man to his niece and son.
"They should be here soon enough." stated Matt glancing at his Medawatch. As if just on cue, a pink limo and white carriage entered the beach's parking lot. "Heh, perfect timing."
Out of the pink limo came a mass of people, dog pile style basically. When everyone got out and dusted themselves off did the gang see who was who, and who was wearing what. Ikki was in a tank top, green trunks, and brown sandals. Erika had on a yellow one piece with orange stripes and black sandals. Rintaro had on his red shirt, a pair of orange trunks, and black sandals. Spike was in a blue button shirt that was opened, tank top, blue trunks with white stripes on the sides, and blue sandals. Sloan was in his yellow shirt, black tank top, black trunks, gray sandals, and was still wearing his hat. Samantha was in a yellow one piece, had her hair tied back, hand on her sunglasses, and red sandals. Karin was in a pink one piece that had white stripes going diagonally. Over the one piece she wore a pink shirt, and had on a pair of pink and white sandals. Koji was wearing green trunks with yellow stripes on the sides and black sandals. He had on a green tank top and yellow button shirt that was undone.
"Hey guys!" greeted Matt and Alexis.
"Hey! Hi! Hello!" were the responses back.
"Guys, this is our friend from America, Amanda Seal." announced Alexis pointing to Amanda.
"It's nice to meet all of you." said Amanda waving slightly to the group.
"It's nice to meet you too." responded the others waving as well to the girl.
"So, dudes. Henry and Warren aren't here? Swore they would be." declared Rintaro. Just then Henry pulled up into the beach's parking lot on his motorized scooter, Warren holding onto a piece of rope to the scooter while on a skateboard. They gang sweatdropped heavily at the sight. Henry was wearing a green shirt, red trunks with black stripes on the side, and brown sandals. While, Warren was wearing a gray shirt, black trunks with green stripes on the side, and black sandals. He also had on a pair of sunglasses.
"Hey guys! What we miss?" asked Warren.
"Nothing much, we just got here." replied Ikki.
"We met Matt's and Alexis' new friend, Amanda." added Karin.
"Hmm?" went both males. Karin pointed to the green-eyed blonde girl, so they knew who she meant.
"Hello, I'm Henry. It's nice to meet you."
"Yup, he's Henry, and I'm Warren Yoriuki."
"Hello." grinned Amanda, her smile directed at both males.
"I think it is time we got this beach day started! Who's with me?" questioned Matt.
"We are!" cheered the others as they laughed and ran toward the beach. Unknown to them, Miki and Mitsukai were watching them from a food stand.
~~~~~
It was around noon in the Brochette household and the only two in the house were watching TV. Merrick in a chair, while Tarek was stretched out on the couch. It was just a lazy, lazy day now. Merrick was done cleaning the house and took a shower. He is now wearing a white shirt, black vest, and black pants. His wolf medallion on top of his shirt, the Ninja was starting to think he would go out of his mind if he didn't have anything else to do. He was just changing channels and starring blankly at the television.
"Remind me why I said I wouldn't go patrolling today?"
You said you didn't want to leave the house unattended of all things. answered the Wolf rolling his eyes.
"That's all? Nothing else?" questioned Merrick.
Nothing else.
"What was I thinking?! It's too boring staying in all day!" exclaimed a frustrated Merrick.
Then go out already. smirked Tarek.
"Yeah...I think I will." said Merrick, then heard the mail being put in the mailbox. "But first, I must get the mail."
You must be very bored to hear the mail getting put in over the noise of the thing you call a television.
"Duh..." plainly answered the Ninja as he went outside to get the mail. He never noticed someone slip in quickly. Going back inside and locking the door he started shifting through the mail to see who it was for. Then placed it on top of the small counter near the door. Plopping back down into the chair, he never noticed the woman who was sitting next to Tarek and petting his head.
"Who's your friend, Merrick?" asked the woman as she started scratching Tarek behind his ears.
"Oro?!" yelled Merrick as he leapt to his feet. A katana of shadow energy forming in his right hand quickly as he pointed the tip of the shadowy sword at the intruder. Then he blinked in surprise and the sword faded away. "Isis?"
"Why do you sound so surprised?" grinned the young woman, stilling scratching Tarek behind his ears. The Wolf licked her hand and panted happily.
"Cause....well....you look.....different....." stated the Ninja.
Merrick had a point, Isis did look different from the last time he saw her. A lot more different. Isis had on a pair of black nylon stockings, blinking Merrick looked to where the shoes are kept and saw a pair of black high heel boots. She had on black leather pants that molded to her legs like a second skin, with a white belt and ornate silver star buckle. She had on a snug fitting short sleeved shirt of the darkest shade of blue that it was nearly black. Isis had on light blue eye shadow over her eyes, a bit of blush, and red lipstick. Her brunette hair in a braid that fell a few inches below her shoulders.
"I do? Didn't notice." grinned Isis mischievously.
"Yes, you do." stated Merrick scratching the back of his head. "Mind telling me why....you look so.......?"
"Feminine?" finished Isis. The man nodded. "Eh, just felt like it."
"Interesting." announced Merrick as he tapped his chin. "Um....two other things I'd like to ask. The first is why you are here? The second, why have you been on the roof for the past four hours?" The girl fell anime style off the couch. Then got up.
"You knew I've been up there?!" demanded the girl.
"Yup."
So have I. added Tarek. Isis blinked at Tarek.
"The wolf talks?"
"In a sense, more like mental projection." corrected Merrick.
My name is Tarek, Kunoichi Isis.
"And he knows my name......how?"
"Simple, told him about you. Duh." chuckled the man.
"O...k...."
"Well, you didn't answer my questions. So, answer them."
"I wanted to meet up with you basically. It has been a while." informed Isis. "As for why I was on the roof........wanted to see if I can sneak into the house undetected. It seems I was able too.....though you knew I was here.....so why freak out?"
"Cause it happened so fast that I didn't notice." answered Merrick truthfully.
"So you can get caught off guard. Hehe." giggled Isis.
Technically, you have caught him off guard before.
"I know, just fun to rub it in." grinned the woman.
"One unexpected kick to the face, and a guy can't live it down?" sweatdropped Merrick.
"Nope!" laughed Isis.
"Oy....."
"Hehe. Well, what are we going to do?" asked Isis.
"What do you mean 'we'?" questioned Merrick.
"You, me, and Tarek."
"We aren't doing anything. You will leave, while I go patrolling. Tarek will just disappear like he always does." informed Merrick crossing his arms.
"Come on, why can't I go with you?"
"Cause I doubt you can fight in that. Plus, you'd attract attention dressed like that. Finally, you don't have your ghi and weapons." concluded the Ninja.
"Hmm, you have a point." admitted Isis. "But......" Doing an anime clothes change(you know, pulling off the clothes and the person is wearing something else?), Isis was in her ninja gear, mask and all.
"Fiddle sticks." muttered Merrick as he snapped his fingers.
"Fiddle sticks?" blinked Isis as he arched an eyebrow.
"Eh....heard a few people say it....it just sorta stayed in my head." chuckled Merrick scratching the back of his head. Throwing down a smoke bomb, he was in his clothing and turned off the TV. Tarek looked at the two before vanishing in a flash of silver. "Alright, lets go."
Isis nodded and followed Merrick out of the door. Merrick locked it and the two of them headed out. Unknown to them, three cloaked figures were watching them, before vanishing in a sudden gust.
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The gang was having fun in all their own different ways. Amanda, Alexis, and Warren rented surf boards and road the waves together. Matt, Ikki, and Erika were burying Henry in the sand much to his dismay. Rintaro was gulping down ice cream. Spike and Sloan were building a sand castle around Sam. Karin was collecting seashells as Koji was soaking up rays. The two adults were keeping a watchful eye on everyone. While the Medabots were exploring the beach.
N-Blade went over a sand dune and started poking at some seashells. Blinking suddenly as one gained legs and moved away, he scratched the back of his head embarrassed he got surprised. Some oddly configured gray Medabot was on top of the sand dune to N-Blade's back. The unknown Medabot gained a target locked and fired three missiles at the NON-type. N-Blade turned around to see the missiles flying at him, he was about to react when someone tackled up and lifted him into the air. The missiles connected to the ground spraying sand everywhere into the sky.
"Hey, thanks for saving me Kiono. Though, I could have gotten out of that myself." informed N-Blade, not actually turning to see if it was Kiono. Though, he did know only one of his friends could fly without flying parts.
"I'm not this 'Kiono.'" announced a familiar feminine voice. "But your welcome."
"Mitsukai?!" exclaimed the Ninja-type. "Why are you helping me?"
"Wasn't going to let that punk blow you up. That's my job to do." laughed the Fallen Angel.
"Er..........yeah....right.....only Robattled you once..." sweatdropped N-Blade.
"Details, details. Well, here's your stop." grinned the FLN-type.
"Eh? I'm still high above the ground...." stated the NON-type.
"I know. Here's your stop!" yelled Mitsukai as she threw N-Blade to the floor. The Ninja-type started spinning forward as he fell to the sand. N-Blade fell into the sand in a light crouch. He shot Mitsukai a glare before turning his attention to the sand dune where the gray Medabot still stood. He blinked a few times for he was a strange looking Medabot, and that is saying something considering all the models he has seen.
The Medabot was male and basically gray all over. To N-Blade this male reminded him of a KBT-type, yet it also didn't. The gray Medabot's feet were like the KBT Mark 1 series, yet their were longer talons designed to give the bot better traction. The leg design also seemed to be thinner of that of the Mark 1 series, enabling the bot better agility. He had the pelvic armor slab, as well as the torso side armors. The body seemed liked the Mark 2 series, however there was a major difference. There were no horn coming out of his chest, just two thin long triangular shaped rods side by side on his chest. On his shoulders he had the Mark 2 style cannon type devices, but of a darker gray than the body. His right arm was that of the Mark 2's, yet it only had two barrels and they were pointed straight. His left arm was that of the Mark 3's, with the twin barreled guns. Yet it also had another pair of guns under the hand. The head was like the Mark 1's, but the armor was thicker, and had another horn missile launcher. This one was pointed straight forward, while the other two were at the same angle. Chrome optics shone brightly from the darkness of the helm. (To explain coloring a little better, think the KBT series I named, and replace their colors with dark gray. And the normal light gray in the other places.)
Vital Stats
KBT-11220-H
Shadowblast, Type: Kabuto Hybrid
Medafighter: Dwight Anderson
Specialty: Plasma Burst
"Lets see....unknown Medabot shoots me with missiles.....and someone who kicked my butt badly saves me......then throws me to the floor....interesting." said N-Blade.
"Shadowblast! You missed!" scolded a male voice. Blinking, the NON-type followed the voice and saw a tall and slim young man. He was around 17 years old, and around 6'1. He had on black sandals and white socks. The young man wore brown baggy pants with tons of pockets and a gray shirt with the kanji for "Fighter" in black on his back in a white circle. He had cloudy gray eyes and spiked black hair. His skin was lightly tanned, and something about how he stood showed he wasn't one to mess with.
"You know, it isn't nice to launch sneak attacks on your opponent." chided Miki as she climbed up the sand dune, about 10 to 15 feet from Dwight. She was in a crimson two piece swimsuit. With a light white jacket on. She had on brown sandals and folded her arms under her breasts. Casting a glance from Dwight to N-Blade over her glasses.
"Ha! You're one to talk! You attacked me and Metabee in the same fashion!" snorted the Ninja-type.
"Actually, not totally accurate. Mitsukai grabbed the two of you with her chains and threw you. Not launch some attack against the two of you." corrected the woman.
"That's still considered an attack!" growled Wolfbane as he landed in a crouch near N-Blade.
"If you're looking for another fight, you'll have to mess with more than just them." declared Metabee from a top the sand dune. With Metabee came the rest of the Medabots (Expect for Neutranurse, who won't make an appearance yet).
"Hey, if you all want to do battle with Mitsukai and myself we'll more than happy to accept." smirked Miki.
"Hey! These punks are mine, toots!" shouted Dwight. "Lets go Shadowblast!"
"We're more than ready for you!" growled Kiono.
"This one is mine guys." informed N-Blade. "Been a while since I've had a solo Robattle anyway."
"Well, you aren't doing this without me!" laughed Matt as he finished his run to the top of the sand dune.
"THEN IT'S AGREED!" roared Mr. Referee as he came in riding a surfboard on a rather large tidal wave. He was wearing a yellow and white striped swimsuit, top and bottom. He was riding the wave rather expertly, until suddenly he crashed into the sand. Leaping back to his feet, he threw off his clothes and had his Ref clothing underneath.
"I officially declare this a submission Robattle between Matt's N-Blade and Dwight's Shadowblast. The rules are simple. The first Medabot to make the other from functioning wins. The loser must then submit one Medapart to the winner for keeps. I, Mr. Referee, shall act as referee so no one gets hurt. Medafighters ready?"
"Always."
"Yeah, pops."
"Medabots ROBATTLE!" bellowed Mr. Referee slicing the air with his hand.
The current terrain didn't seem to give anyone the advantage for this fight. Smooth flat sand area that was large enough for a decent match. Yet to the right it curved into the shape of half a bowl, and to the left it was the sea. The gray Kabuto stared down the Ninja, as he returned the stare. As a sudden wave crashed against the rocks, the two leapt at each other.
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Ninja and Kunoichi ran along the roof tops together. Isis was laughing and doing cartwheels and forward hand flips. Merrick shook his head as he continued running and jumping when he needed. The two together already stopped a group of robbers who made a daring attempted robbery of a national bank. To Merrick, it almost seemed as if Isis was here only for fun, not for the need of keeping the city safe.
"You know Isis, I pegged you as a serious person from the moment I met you, but today you don't seem so serious." said Merrick. "I know everyone needs to have fun, but patrolling is a serious task."
"I take this seriously. You saw how I handled those robbers." stated Isis as she did an aerial frontal flip to the next building.
"I know, but you should stay serious when leaping onto the next roof. You could have fell there you know." informed the Ninja.
"True, but I can take care of myself. I know my limits and the possibilities of what I do. But still, I can do whatever stunt I want and be safe about it, Merrick." countered the young woman.
"If you say so, but I don't know how fast I can react if you need your butt saved." snorted the man.
"I don't need my butt saved by you." chuckled Isis as she punched Merrick lightly on the shoulder.
"Yeah, yeah." sighed Merrick softly as he stopped to pause. Scanning the area, he saw a plume of smoke filling the sky. "Come on!"
Fires were one disaster Merrick hated the most above all other things. Images of homes on fire flickered through his head as he raced toward the plumes of smoke with great haste. A sea of black figures charging into the village filled his head briefly. Growling softly he leapt high into the air and landed on top of a building in plain view of where the fire was. Crouching on the ledge, he scanned the streets for fire engines and saw them coming. Glancing at the building, he saw people running out in fear. He knew that even when the firemen came, they wouldn't be able to contain the fire enough to send people in to search.
Death is lighter than a feather, duty is heavier than a mountain. Merrick thought all of a sudden. "Heh, wonder why that saying comes out of nowhere now..." As he stood up, Isis finally caught up to him. "Come on, we got people to save. Transport Freya and take her to explore the bottom floors and try and contain the fire. I'll explore the upper floors and do what I can about the fire."
Nodding in agreement, Isis transported Freya and inserted her medal. The two humans and femme Medabot leapt down from the building and charged into the burning building to help out any who are still in there. They didn't notice three cloaked figures land on the roof after their descent. They turned to one another and nodded before leaping onto the roof of the burning building and entered from the top.
The ground floor of the building seemed the only place not to be filled with smoke. But that was quickly changing as the three saw smoke slowly lining the room. This building have 15 floors counting the ground level, but only 14 floors were filled with apartments. Splitting up from each other on the 2nd floor, Merrick ran up the stairs to the 9th floor.
The air felt a little hotter here, so Merrick touched the door knob before opening the door. It felt alright so he kicked open the door. The smoke was a little thicker here, he expected he was closer to the floor on fire now, if the flames didn't already spread. Breathing lightly through the cloth over his mouth, he wasn't effected by the smoke. Exploring through the rooms in a quick pace, there was no soul in sight. Getting back out to the stairs he knew he had to do something about this smoke. Hurling a bit of shadow magic at a window to shatter it, he quickly channeled bursts of wind to funnel the smoke out of the window. The smoke was a lot less and it was easier to breathe. Even the air felt a little cooler now. He headed for the next floor up.
Again as a precaution he touched the door knob, it still felt cool. Yet the air felt hotter here. The flames must have been getting closer. Opening the door he again examined the rooms to find an unconscious girl of the age of 10. The only person he found so far. Picking up the girl, he channeled more wind to blow the smoke from this floor at a window and shattered it in the process. Running to the window with the girl in his hands, he leapt out of it and took the girl to paramedics outside.
Nodding as a man took the girl, he ran to a fire escape and climbed it to the 11th floor. Here he saw flames in the hall. He glanced back to see firefighters setting up fire hoses to battle the flames. Putting his hands to the glass, they glowed blue before a sudden blast of water broke the glass and filled the hall. Going through the window, he started kicking doors left and right to search for any on this floor. People here seemed to be more lucky in getting out.
He went on to go to the 12th floor. Touching the door knob, he felt heat enter though his gauntlet. The smoke here was thicker and the air hotter. He knew if he opened the door it would create a back-draft explosion. Creating a shield made of shadow energy over the door, he backed up to the wall and braced himself. Then hurled a blast of pressurized water blowing the door out of the wall and dousing the hallway. Sending more and more water into the room he was able to put out what fires he could.
Death is lighter than a feather, duty is heavier than a mountain........ that thought suddenly came back into Merrick's head. Shaking his head, he created an air shield around him to blow the smoke away, then stopped. He would just be fanning the flames. The Ninja started kicking doors down again to search for anyone on this floor. Glancing out the door, he saw someone run by. Raising an eyebrow, he finished his search of the apartment before glancing out the hall.
Seeing nothing, he heard coughing coming from one of the rooms. Punching the door down, the apartment was ablaze. Sending mild blasts of water throughout the room, he saw a man in his middle-years on the floor. Picking him up, he knew he wouldn't be able to get him down without some trouble. Glancing out the window he saw he was on the side that faced the front of the building.
Setting the man down on the ground, he blew the glass out of the window with a ball of shadow energy. Channeling ropes of air, he picked the man up slowly put him out of the window. Then started to set him down on the ground gently where paramedics looked rushed to look after him. The flames were stronger than he thought for suddenly the wall was ablaze again. Growling, he knew he still had a floor left to check. Coughing lightly, he knew the smoke was starting to get to him.
Moving for the hall, the floor crunched under his feet before giving way. The Ninja fell through the floor and landed on his back. He squinted his eyes to try to regain his vision, and tried to get up. Moving to his feet slowly he rubbed the back of his head, then heard more crunching above him. A sudden wooden beam fell on his back pinning him to the ground!
Death is lighter than a feather, duty is heavier than a mountain.........
Trying to push himself back to his feet, he couldn't move or turn so he could try to push the beam off of him. Merrick just started to laugh bitterly. None of his attacks would save him there. Without making him fall to the next floor at least. He doubted the air shield would be able to push the beam off of him, without him having to add enough pressure to maybe weaken the structural integrity of the floor. Unless.......
Creating the air shield again, he started to slowly add more and more pressure to the currents. The wooden beam pushed off of him enough for him to slide away. One problem, Merrick felt like he couldn't move his feet. Growling slightly, then coughing he was starting to lose his focus. The Ninja started to slowly drag himself from the beam, and as the air shield winked out the wooden beam fell to the floor. Panting lightly, he turned himself over and laid down.
Merrick closed his eyes to bring forth inner peace and focus. He ignored the smoke and heat around him. He ignored the fire and sound of burning wood. Ignoring the pain his body was in, he achieved absolute focus. In this state of meditation, he was able to use one of his abilities. Force Healing. With that ability, he was able to speed up his natural regenerative powers on the spot, to work up to a thousand times faster.
Opening his eyes to snap himself back into reality, he leapt back to his feet. Running up to the last floor he knew he had to still check. Glancing at all the rooms he saw they were all open. Blinking, he ran up to the roof and felt as if someone was looking at him. Turning quickly, he saw the three cloaked figures standing on the building from him.
"We helped you here today, Ninja of Shadows!" shouted the newest cloaked figure, by the voice, it was another female.
"We'll meet again!" shouted the femme Medabot as the three of them disappeared in a sudden gust of wind.
"Yes we shall.....and then......I will know if you are, who I think you are...." said Merrick softly. Isis and Freya appeared as his side and dragged him off to a building next to the smoking building.
"We need to put that fire out." stated Merrick suddenly.
"It's basically contained. That smoke is white now, and white smoke means it is put out. I started putting them out as we went up to look for you." informed Freya.
"That's good. Come on, lets go. We're done here."
"Alright." said the two femme. With that said, the three of them headed off.
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The two males leapt at each other as the waved crashed on the rocks. Both of their right fists connecting to one another. Both even brought up their right legs to kick each other as one. Leaping back from one another, the rushed at each other once more. N-Blade grabbed Shadowblast by the shoulders, put his foot to his chest, and flipped him into the sand.
The gray KBT caught himself by the hands and flipped back onto his feet. Raising his left arm, he unleashed the power of his four laser cannons upon the NON. The Ninja-type drew his sword and spun it quickly in front of him to defend himself. Raising his left arm, he unleashed a storm of gray shuriken at the Hybrid.
Shadowblast didn't even try moving, he fired two missiles at the sudden barrage to blow them away then his third missile flew out of the smoke flying toward N-Blade. Narrowing his yellow optics, he snatched his hand out and grabbed the missile! Giving off a smug look in his optics, N-Blade threw the missile back at the KBT. The missile connected with the bot, but as the smoke cleared, it showed that Shadowblast had his right arm up to intercept the missile. His arm was barely marred from the explosion.
Blinking a bit, N-Blade now expected that Shadowblast had thicker armor than previously believed. The NON-type darted left and right to avoid the sudden onslaught of blue lasers coming from the Kabuto Hybrid. Leaping into the air he brought his katana high over his head to bring it down upon Shadowblast. Least, that was the plan, till the KBT's horns suddenly swiveled to point at N-Blade and blow him out of the sky!
The Ninja fell onto the sand hard, but rolled out of the way in time to avoid the sudden barrage of lasers. He scrambled back to his feet to avoid getting pelted as well. Running circles around Shadowblast, he dashed in suddenly to slash his side. Then he came again from behind, and again from the left, then from above, behind again, then in front, finally N-Blade sent him flying toward the sea with one swift kick. As the KBT was falling, N-Blade fired a storm of black shuriken at him and with a shower of explosions made him drop like dead weight into the sea. N-Blade dug his feet into the sand and scanned the sea waters for Shadowblast, he knew he wouldn't win so easily.
As if the answer his doubt, a sudden bluish white blast shot out from the waters at N-Blade. The Ninja threw himself to the side as the blast blew the sand into the air and a chunk out of the sand hill. The area around where the blast was seemed to have been superheated enough to turn into glass! The NON just gaped at how the attack was actually hot enough to turn the sand to glass, when it didn't even to give off any real heat. Narrowing his eyes from where the beam came from he sheathed his sword and started to fire his explosive shuriken at the bank.
Shadowblast seemed to just leap out of the sea like a rocket, and as he descended back to the earth, he unleashed the full might of his lasers upon N-Blade. The NON was ready for him however and ran forward as the lasers shot after him. Leaping into the air like a speeding bullet, he slammed his right fist into the Hybrid's stomach. Grabbing the KBT by the foot, he twisted around so he was behind the Hybrid. Leaping off of the bot, he twisted about and slammed his leg into the back of Shadowblast's sending him flying into the sand dune. Doing a fancy aerial flip, N-Blade landed on his feet.
Not wasting a second, N-Blade unleashed his explosive shuriken upon Shadowblast again and blew him out of the sand. Suddenly white shuriken exploded around the bot's body covering him in gunk. Dashing toward the gunk covered Medabot, he delivered a powerful drop kick to the head of Shadowblast. Then gave him a powerful uppercut, before finishing with another round of explosive shuriken.
Being freed from the gunk prison, Shadowblast quickly landed on the floor in a crouch. Running at N-Blade he lashed out with his left foot, the large talons just skimming across the NON-types chest. Growling at his opponent lightly, N-Blade drew his sword and did a move he hasn't down in a long while. 5 Star Strike! The Ninja was slicing Shadowblast in star pattern over and over and over! His katana suddenly was coated in flames and added their power in harming the KBT. Bringing his sword around, he delivered a powerful horizontal slash that threw the Kabuto Hybrid back.
Shadowblast skidded into the sand and just got back to his feet. He seemed to just keep on coming. He didn't seem to stop ticking. The two thin and long triangular shaped horns suddenly pointed forward as the shoulder cannons split open to gather in energy. Bluish white energy crackled between the horns, before Shadowblast fired the massive bluish white beam of plasma energy at N-Blade.
The Ninja had a smug look in his optics again as he sheathed his sword as he leapt into the air. Pulling his twin daggers from their sheathes, he hurled them both at Shadowblast. The daggers buried themselves deeply into his shoulders and pinned him to the ground. N-Blade ripped his katana out of its sheath and set it ablaze again, and stabbed the Hybrid through the chest. The flames intensified for a moment over his sword as he pulled it out of the gray KBT. The flames winked out at the same time as Shadowblast's optics dimmed.
"FUNCTION CEASED!" announced Mr. Referee loudly. "The winners are Matt and N-Blade!"
"Grr.......you got lucky kid!" growled Dwight as he ran to his Medabot. Pulling the daggers out of Shadowblast, he tossed them to N-Blade. Picking up his bot, he stalked off. "We'll do battle again!"
"Alright! Cool!" chuckled Matt. He blinked at Miki and Mitsukai though. "Hey, thanks for saving N-Blade from the missiles."
"Eh, it was nothing." stated Miki waving it off. "Just get better, or we'll kick your butt again when we do battle again ourselves."
"When we fight again, I will win next time." declared N-Blade.
"Only time will tell on that one." grinned Mitsukai, a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "Come on Miki, there is still fun to be enjoyed." With that, the FLN-type and her Medafighter left to enjoy the beach.
"The Fallen Angel has a point. Come on, tons of sunlight left. Lets enjoy it!" chuckled Matt as he and the Medabots headed back to enjoy the rest of the trip.
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In an abandon building, somewhere downtown the three cloaked femmes stayed for the moment. The Medabot and new femme were talking, while the ever so silent one leaned against the wall.
"We basically confronted Merrick; why can't we just ask him straight out for his help?" asked the Medabot.
"You know why, I'm not going over it again." sighed the new femme. "Besides, he probably won't after that little stunt you pulled last night."
"It's not our fault he followed us! Besides, we needed to do what we had to. You said yourself we had to be discrete. And to be discrete, we wouldn't be able to answer his questions." stated the femme Medabot.
"Too true, so very true." admitted the new woman.
"Well, come on. Lets go on before Merrick decides to try and find us." said the Medabot.
"Yeah, lets go." With that, the three of them left from the building.
To Be Continued...
And here ends another chapter. Who exactly are these three femme? Why is one always quiet? Who is the new one? Who is the Medabot for goodness sake? How will N-Blade and the others fare if they fought Shadowblast again? Or even Mitsukai for that matter? Find out in the next chapter of Flight with Darkness!