Flight with Darkness

by Shadow Knight4

Sequel to NinjaWind. It's the Fourth Round of the City Tournament and the beginning of the Singles Competition. See who the last round winners take on this round and who advances to the SemiFinals. Also, prepare for a more than little insanity. R&R

5. The City Robattle Tournament

Me: I AM SO SORRY THIS IS LATE! But consider this a late Christmas present and an early New Years Gift! Won't go into details why this is so late. Writer's Block big time though played a major role though.

N-Blade: We characters probably shouldn't talk since no chat like stuff is allowed. But…just this once before going quiet perhaps? So onto the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I do not own Medabots, or Custom Robo. Borrowed Medabots belong to their respected owners. Who will all be listed whenever I finish this fic. Hehe!

Merrick: Lets move onto the reviews!

A-Chan: Hmm, interesting review. Get some sleep despite this review being some 8 months late. Sleep nice and long and such. Thanks for the review too.

Mad-Man: Interesting, is it? Hehe. Thanks for the review.

ShadowGirl64: No complaining Kiono! Peppercat can't be in every chapter. And yeah, Merrick didn't have such a great day. Hehe, but more are bound to come. Whenever I can think of them anyway. How is this for soon? (whistles innocently) hehehe. Domo arigato for the review!

Nightblade-Advance: Again, sorry for the wait. Writer's block must die. Thanks for the review.

HFH: Once more, sorry for the lateness. But thanks for calling the last chapter good!

Sacred Stone: New reviewer? Eh? Gay? No they are not. Just tight friends. And got Warren from HFH. Thanks for the review.

ControlFreak 300: Hey, another new reviewer! Coolio. Yeah, lets drop the 4. Hmm? I've motivated you? Wow, cool. Never thought, I'd be inspiration for someone. Thanks for the review man!

Me: Considering how long this been since an update. Let's get onto the chapter!

Chapter 5: The City Robattle Tournament

It was the day Matt has been waiting for, it was the first day of the City Robattle Tournament. Matt almost regretted that he went to the beach yesterday, yet it was fun for to hang out with everyone. When he and the others departed from one another to go home, when he finally reached home and got ready for bed; he wasn't able to sleep. It was 6:00 in the morning, and the City Robattle Tournament would start in just three hours.

Rubbing his eyes, Matt got out of bed and stretched as he let out a yawn. Fixing his blankets, he paced a bit before heading out his room. After taking a quick shower, and getting dressed in a gray shirt and black shorts, he headed downstairs to meet up with the other members of the Brochette residence. Glancing at his Medawatch, he saw only fifteen minutes has passed. Looking towards the TV he saw the Medabots were watching the morning news.

From what Matt was seeing, it seemed there was a fire yesterday in a small apartment complex of the downtown district. He suddenly blinked as he saw a familiar black clad ninja handed an unconscious girl to the paramedics before return to the building. Heading to the kitchen, he decided to confront the Ninja. But when he entered the room, he found his mom there instead of Merrick. Perplexed, he asked his mother where Merrick was.

"He said he was going out for a walk to clear his head." informed Rose Brochette.

"Perhaps, he doesn't like being in the spotlight. I mean, the news has been talking about how the Ninja of Shadows helped rescue people from a raging fire. As well say he stopped a robbery at a national bank with the help of a female ninja. Probably just doesn't want us pestering him. At least for now."

"He probably doesn't." said Matt. Female ninja? Has to be Isis. "Did he say when he would be back?"

"No he didn't. Probably soon though."

"If he doesn't come back by 8, tell him me and Alexis left for the tournament."

"Alright, Sweetie."

Walking out to the living room, Matt plopped himself into the couch next to Link. He watched the morning news along with them until his cousin came down sleepy and still in her sleeping clothes. Alexis was rubbing her eyes without her glasses and took a seat in a chair looking tired.

"You ok, cuz?" questioned Matt.

"Tired." yawned Alexis. "Very tired."

"Join the club." chuckled the boy lightly. "Couldn't sleep either?"

"Not really." answered his cousin rubbing her eyes. "So who are you entering into the tournament? You know you can only enter one."

"You already know the answer. N-Blade is coming with me. Besides, Wolfbane is staying home to protect the house. Least, that is what he said."

"Protect the house, stay in and mess with everything in the house. Same difference." grinned the WLF-type.

"You aren't serious about the latter, are you?" implored the EHT-type.

"I'm just kidding." laughed Wolfbane. "Might catch up on some reading."

"So, when did Merrick leave?" asked Matt to the Medabots.

"Around 5:30 or so when he heard the news was talking about what he did." informed N-Blade. "Surprised he teamed up with Isis though, but good he did to help those people."

"Yep. Now, come on. The Tournament starts in three hours, we should get ready and head over their by 8:30 at least." stated Link.

"He has a point. Who knows how these rules will effect us? Got to be prepared." added N-Blade.

"Can't be prepared unless we know what the rules are. For all I know, you'd might have to fight without using your weapons. Which would be an advantage for some, disadvantage for others." countered Matt.

"Good point. So, we'll just have to be ready for anything!" stated N-Blade.

"Yeah, just get ready to lose to us." laughed Alexis.

"Never! I won't lose to you!" yelled N-Blade.

"We might, never know ya know." informed Matt.

"Then again, for all we know. We might lose before we face each other." added Link.

"Yeah, anything is possible. So, lets go and get ready." concluded Alexis. The others agreed and went to go get ready. Well, the cousins anyway. The Medabots went back to watching the early morning news till something better came on.

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Merrick walked around in the early morning air. He just continued walking to clear his head from what happened yesterday. It seemed odd how people kept wearing cloaks around in summer. Why not wear something cooler? Like normal clothing? At least, then he would be able to see their faces. Anything without a deep hood would have done nicely. But oddly, the mysterious people he run into tend to wear cloaks.

He had a feeling he knew who the people were, he just can't believe it is them. It is odd how one's life can just be turned upside-down in an instant. What could they want? Or do they want anything? Why be so secretive? So, many questions ran through his head, while he had no answers. A few theories, but no hard answers.

Merrick was never one to like being left in the dark. Especially when it came down to things that might involve him. But from how his life progressed, he just made due with facing what came at him. Just, would he be able to deal with what faced him all the time? Shrugging his shoulders, Merrick continued on his way walking aimlessly in the early morning light.

Merrick began thinking about why he was thinking the thoughts he was while at the fire. Something didn't seem right how he did. It seemed he was thinking it, yet not actually. Then again, no one who make him think that now would they? What would be the point? what purpose would they have in doing that? Shaking his head trying to clear the questions forming in his head.

He noticed he was at a signal light without realizing it. He rubbing his temples trying to relieve the pressure coming from them. Sighing lightly, he waited for the light to change green, then walked across thinking with his thoughts. He just continued walking, not really having much notice what was around him. He was to into his thoughts till, he stumbled and nearly fell because of something. Blinking, he turned back to see it was a thick stick, which didn't make any sense. He wasn't near the park, so what would a stick be doing out there?

Shrugging his shoulders again, he picked up the stick and threw it into a trash can. Glancing at the sun he estimated it was nearly 7. He always marveled how quickly time passes when one has their head in the clouds. He glanced at a building's roof seeing a cloak swish slightly.

"Something is up. I'm going to get my answers. Even if I have to beat it out of them." declared Merrick clenching his hands into fists before jogging home.

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The time, 8:30 AM. The place, Downtown Riverview. The event, the Citywide Robattle Tournament. It was only half an hour till the Tournament took place, but it seemed that a lot of people were already here. Alexis and Matt weren't sure if they were competitors or just the audience. This seemed a whole lot different then what Ikki and the gang told them how it was. Amanda came over to them wearing some sort of pin on her shirt. As she got closer, they saw the pin was shaped like a medal with a number 20 on it.

"Hey guys." greeted the teen. "If you are in the tournament, you have to go to the registry desk and tell them your name. They'll give ya a pin with your registry number. Your partner will have the same number as you. Eventually, they'll display who you are up against on the screens over there." Amanda pointed to the large series of screens hanged up on the buildings.

"Cool. Have any clue how many people are in this?" asked Matt.

"None at all. Better hurry up over to the registry desk before it gets crowded." said Amanda pointing to the row of three desks put together with three people at each desk.

The cousins sweatdropped at her, cause it was pretty empty. Not all the people were taken. Then again, best to get things done quickly when they still could. The two went to the workers that were empty, conveniently next to each other. The worker in front of Alexis was a middle-aged woman with black hair and hazel colored eyes, while the man in front of Matt was an elderly man with tuffs of black in his white hair and had gray eyes.

"I'm Alexis Brochette, and that's my cousin Matt Brochette."

"Thank you for participating in the tournament Alexis. You are number 30." stated the woman as she handed her the pin.

"Welcome to the tournament, try and do your best Matt. You are number 22." informed the elderly man as he handed Matt his pin.

"Sir, when will the tournament begin?" asked Matt.

"In 30 minutes if everyone gets registered. But it is always expected to have some minor delays for the late comers. But shouldn't be too much more than a 10 minute delay at most." answered the man.

"Thank you, sir."

"Your welcome, Matt."

The two cousins walked back to where they left Amanda and found out she was chatting with Merrick who came with Mrs. Brochette, who in turn is off trying to get a good seat in the stands.

"So, you are Merrick, eh? Nice to meet you. I'm Alexis and Matt's friend, Amanda Seal." introduced Amanda.

"Er…I know who you are….just probably not the way ya think I do." laughed Merrick slightly scratching the back of his head.

"What do you mean?" asked Amanda curiously.

"Er….Amanda…Merrick is...was...N-Blade." answered Matt.

"WWWWAAAAAHHHH!" went Amanda.

"Yeah, I was. I'm N-Blade's true self and the reason why he can do all that he can. Sorta. Merrick, Merrick Baida." grinned Merrick slightly as he shook the still confused Amanda's hand.

"You never told us your last name Merrick..." sweatdropped Alexis.

"You never asked." countered the Ninja sticking his tongue out at the younger girl.

"Hey, shouldn't we find the others?" implored N-Blade's voice from Matt's Medawatch.

"I agree with the Robo Ninja. We should find the others." urged Kiono's voice.

"Yeah, we need to see if any of them have our numbers." added Link's voice.

"The Medabots make a good point." said Merrick, then sweatdropped as Amanda was still out of it. He snapped his fingers in front of her face bringing her back to the world of reality.

"Huh?" blinked Amanda. "Oh, yes. Lets go find the others. Thought I saw Ikki and Erika somewhere."

"Ok, lets go. Lead the way, Amanda!" exclaimed Matt.

"No need to yell…" sweatdropped Amanda and lead the others through the crowd slowly.

Matt was checking out the competition. He figured there were at least 60 people here if Alexis was number 30, but there were probably more. Glancing left and right, he saw multiple different models of Medabots. Some with mismatched parts, others with their original parts. Glancing around, he spotted two Medabots that were very familiar. MegaMan and Roll! He nudged Alexis in the ribs and pointed to MegaMan and Roll, then got a good look at their Medafighters.

The boy in front of MegaMan was around 12 years old and around 4'10. He had on orange sneakers that were edged with white, black at the tips, and black where the laces were. He had on black shorts with yellow stripes on the sides. He has on an orange vest and long white sleeved shirt. His skin is a pale tan and his eyes a chocolate brown. He has on a blue headband with the gem like on the center of MegaMan's chest that covers his forehead and keeps his spiky brown hair back.

The girl in front of Roll was around 12 and about 4'8. She wore red shoes with a buckle flap. She had on dark blue, nearly black, socks that went up to mid-thigh and a pink skirt that came down to where her socks were. She has on a dark blue vest, and a light blue green long sleeved shirt. She has a pale tan and hazel colored eyes. She has short red hair with a pink round pink on the right side.

"That has to be Sharktail and Kelpgirl! But...they look like Lan and Maylu from the show they showed us..." said Alexis.

"I know...so weird...we got to kick their butts now and throw them in jail!" yelled Matt.

"Agreed." added their Medabots. The cousins were about to advance on them when the Author suddenly appeared.

"Oro?" blinked the cousins.

"Ok, lets see...got to do a little mind warping." declared Shadow Knight4(will be known as SK4) as he rubbed his hands together. The author pulls out a circle with a black and white swirl and spins it in front of all those who are reading this. "You all will forget about Kelpgirl and Sharktail. They never appeared before. MegaMan was not a show or game in the Medabot timeline. You will obey and listen!" The spinning thing flashes white and SK4 vanishes. The cousins started blinking.

"What were we going to do?" asked Matt.

"Don't know..." answered Alexis.

"Go find the others!" informed N-Blade's voice.

"Yeah." said Link's voice.

With that, the cousins started following Amanda and Merrick again who got ahead of them. The group of four met up with Erika and Ikki. Both were partners it seemed since they both were number 3. Koji was there as well teamed up with Karin, both were number 2. Even SMX was there and he was number 1 being paired up with Woren. Sam and Spike were teamed up each being number 24. Sloan was paired up with Rintaro the two of them being number 27.

"Hey, guys." greeted Matt.

"Hey." replied the others.

"What's Space doing here? I mean, why would he participate in this tournament? People here are probably not even close to his level." remarked Alexis.

"With the new rules in place, anyone might be able to take me and Arcbeetle out of the tournament. Especially it if turns into a two-on-one." explained SMX.

"Only thing I know is that it is two-on-two. And this seems way different than what you explained Ikki." declared Matt.

"It is. Last year it was one-on-one. This year two-on-two. Who knows what else changed?" implored Ikki.

"The people who organized the tournament." smirked Amanda.

"Besides them..." sweatdropped Ikki.

"The announcer? If there is one?" said Spike.

"Besides the announcer..."

"ME! MR. REFEREE!" announced Mr. Referee jumping out from behind the group.

"WAH!" went the group freaking out from Mr. Referee appearing out of nowhere.

"Why did you do that!" demanded Warren.

"To tell you, while you all been chattering away. The layout of the tournament has been listed on the screens for first round." answered the Ref.

"Ahh...thanks then." the group said before heading to one of the screens to check what team they would fight and when.

Looking at the giant big screen, Matt searched for his number to see who he was up against and saw he was facing Sloan and Rintaro in the first round. He decided to see who was up against his cousin and Amanda. But they were teams not within the group.

"It is a big competition out here. There are 32 teams here, meaning 64 people." announced Alexis next to Matt. "Seeing how the matches are charted out. It seems that each team just needs one win to advance. Meaning..."

"Meaning that half the competition is going to be taken out in Round 1." finished Matt.

"Correct. There are 8 teams of us in this, and we're in it to win it. So we just need to win our matches to secure the 8 spots of 16." stated Amanda.

"Er...my first match is against Sloan and Rintaro...and no way am I losing to them." sweatdropped Matt.

"Ok, that means 7 of us can secure the spots. The rest, we'll just find out ourselves." nodded Alexis.

"That's interesting," started Merrick behind the three causing them to jump slightly with surprise. "it appears that these special rules will take effect only on certain rounds."

"Where did you learn that?" inquired X.

"Simple, says so under the battle listings." announced Merrick, causing tons of sweatdrops.

"So, who ya fighting, Ikki?" asked Merrick.

"The Student Body President, Ken Kejigo. Least, he is the Student Body President, till he loses an election." answered Ikki. "And one of his council members, what's her name. Ami Sataigo."

"Um…..how do ya know those are the people you are fighting?" implored N-Blade's voice.

"Cause we saw them earlier when we registered." answered Erika.

"Me and Erika should be able to take them out in less than a minute." laughed Ikki.

"You do know that overconfidence can lead to a downfall, right?" questioned Link's voice.

"Er...it can. But they shouldn't be to hard. Seriously." sweatdropped Ikki.

"Whatever ya say. So who's up first?" inquired Alexis.

"Team 5 against Team 10." informed Erika as she walked next to Ikki.

"Well, the teams seemed to be all highlighted. Meaning everyone is here." declared Matt as he glanced at his Medawatch. "Round 1 is about to start right on time it seems. Lets get some seats."

The gang went to find some seats on the bleachers before Round 1 of the tournament began. And just their luck, Matt's mom saved them some seats. When the gang sat down, Mr. Referee came up to welcome the crowd.

"I'd like to welcome you all to the City Wide Robattle Tournament!" boomed Mr. Referee. "The rules this year are different from last year, but for further explanation, I will direct you to our lovely announcer, Holly Clark!"

There was a light applause as Mr. Referee directed his hand to the announcing table where a short girl of 18 stood and waved to the crowd. She had raven colored hair in an intricate braid that fell beyond her shoulders. She had a white blouse and red vest as well as a white skirt. Around her neck was a gold choker and she had on gold armlets as well.

"Hello, and I welcome you to the Tournament as well. As Mr. Referee said, my name is Holly Clark and I'll be your announcer for this thrilling tournament! The rules this year are different than last year. As you already know, this is a 2-on-2 tournament, however what you do realize is that this tournament will soon break down to a 1-on-1 when there are only 4 teams remaining. The rules are interesting to say the least, but the same basic concept of a Robattle remains, to make your opponents cease their functions. However, during certain rounds, Medafighters will not be allowed to ordered to give their Medabots advice, during others not allowed to switch Medaparts before a match. There are also may be a few special ways of battle that may be put into effect during the Tournament, so look out contestants!"

"Hey, that's the girl from the pawn shop where I got my sword from. Wonder what she doing here." stated Merrick.

"Who knows?" remarked Ikki. "But it seems she is a pretty good announcer. Or knows what she is doing to say the least."

"Guys, be quiet, the first round is going to start." shushed Erika.

"It's time for the first match of Round 1 to begin!" announced Holly as she spoke into her mike. She glanced at her clipboard. "It's Team 5 consisting of Hiro Matashi and Marcia Tankashi with their Medabots Ray 01 aka Ray and Milky Way against Team 10 consisting of Millard Fillmore and Helga Orion with their Dragon Medabots Alargarse and Sorinato!"

The Ray 01 was an interesting sight. He was around 4 feet tall, with a slightly more human quality to him than the average Medabot. He was mainly white but his armor still had trims of color on the edges. His armor was unique, not heavily armored but not too thinly either. A perfect balance for both ground and aerial confrontation. His feet were white with red trims around the edges to give them the appearance of boots, however blue shin and knee armor encased around the sides to give them extra protection. His legs were sleek and unhindered by his shin-knee guards. He had on a torso skirt guard that was white, edged with blue and red in the pelvic area. His chest armor was intriguing for its coloration, it was similar to an upside down red triangle with the southern tip and end tips green. His shoulder guards spiked out over his shoulders, the guards white trimmed with blue. His arms were white with blue along the arms like vambraces. In his hands he had two guns. In his right he had an orange laser gun, while in his left he had what appeared to be a red blaster cannon with a yellow spiked fin in the back and a white barrel. On his pack was an interesting device, it appeared to be a jetpack, yet overly sized. He had on a red, green, and blue helmet, that was in the design of spikes. The upper trim of the armor was red along the head and ended in extra red spikes. The brow was blue, and where his mouth plate hooked with his helmet was green with their own spikes jutted from behind. His face was pale tan and eyes blue.

Vital Stats

SNF-54120

Ray 01, Type: Shining Fighter

Medafighter: Hiro Matashi

Specialty: Customizing

Milky Way was just as interesting as her partner. She was 4 feet tall was well and mainly a light blue. Her body was sleek and aerodynamic for quick agility and acrobatics. Her legs were long and slim and mainly the light blue that she is. Her shins and feet formed together for a lightly armored style of knee high boots. Around her ankles and parts of her shins and the side of her feet were red and black leg armor. Milky Way's upper thighs and stomach region were silver and she had a torso skirt guard on as well. That was blue at the pelvic area but pink everywhere else. Her chest plate was a sky blue that melded to her body, her shoulder guards round and a dark blue like the night sky. Her arms were silver till they reach her forearms where her blue sky blue arm guards are. In her right hand was an odd weapon. The design looks like a metallic pincer, however the design doesn't appear it allow it to open and closed. The ends are gold, the metal red before it slightly, then silver, stripped with red. It is gold down the middle back and has two green rods out, sticking out at a 30 degree angle. In her left hand she held a yellow cannon with wings at the end. On her back was what appeared to be wings held by a gold device at her shoulder blades. Her helmet was sky blue, with pink wings on the side and above her brow smaller pink wings. Her faceplate was silverish white, the rest of her face a peach while her eyes a calm serene blue.

Vital Stats

ARB-31695

Milky Way, Type: Aerial Beauty

Medafighter: Marcia Tankashi

Specialty: Evasiveness

Personal Specialty: Homing Star

The Medafighter behind Ray 01 was a young man of the age of 22. He's 5'11 with an athletic build and light tan. On his feet were blue and gray sneakers. He wore red pants with a dark blue stripes down the front of his pant sleeves. He wore a gray belt with a pouch over his right hip. He had on a dark blue short sleeved jacket with wide gray collars spread out. He had on a black shirt under his jacket. He wore long black fingerless gloves that went to his elbows and on his arms he wore gray forearm guards. On his right wrist he had on a large gray device configured into a watch, while on his other he had on a black Medawatch. Around his neck was a pendant with a blue gem. His hair was gray, shaggy and went below his ears. He wore a dark blue headband to keep the hair out of his sapphire eyes.

Milky Way's Medafighter was a beautiful young woman of the age of 21. She's 5'9 with an hourglass figure and pale skin. She had on a pair of black rubber boots that went all the to mid-thigh and melded to her long slim legs. She had on a black dress with a skirt that stopped about 3 inches from the ends of her boots. She had on an odd transparent-like coat that had only a light white hue. Around the cuffs of the coat and the neck were a bluish white fur. She had on an aquamarine colored Medawatch her left wrist. Around her neck was a silver pendant with a sapphire in the center. Her aqua hair was very long despite it being in pigtails held by pink ribbons. The ends of her pigtails reaching about mid-thigh. If her hair was not held by the ribbons it would perhaps go all the way down to knees if not further. The only make-up she wore was a lip gloss that enhanced the color of her rose colored lips. Her eyes were a sky blue.

"Millard" and "Helga" were just Seaslug and Gillgirl in disguise. Seaslug was wearing an ordinary black shirt and a pair of gray jeans. His hair was combed back, and his eyes covered by a pair of star shaped sunglasses. Gillgirl was in a red shirt and normal blue jeans. Her hair was brushed back and her eyes covered by her normal sunglasses.

"Alargarse and Sorinato?" blinked Alexis.

"Those are Rubberobo bots!" exclaimed Matt. "Stop the match!"

Everyone in the audience all turned their attention to Matt. The boy blushed lightly in embarrassment. "Helga" and "Millard" didn't seem to be looking too great at the moment though. Hiro and Marcia glanced at Matt then back at their opponents. The boy's cousin took up for him.

"These people, Helga and Millard are the Rubberobos Seaslug and Gillgirl. Criminals. And should be arrested and disqualified." calmly stated Alexis.

"They raise an interesting point folks, but it is up to Hiro and Marcia if they wish to Robattle their opponents or not. So what do you decide?" asked Holly.

"We'll battle them and win too." declared Hiro. "You ready, Ray?"

"Been made ready." declared the Shining Fighter-type.

"Kid, you don't know who you are messing with!" laughed Seaslug.

"And it seems we have ourselves a match! This is the first match of the tournament and no special rules are in effect. Let's have our referee take it from here. The stage is yours Mr. Referee." announced Holly.

"I officially declare this a tournament Robattle between Team 5 and Team 10! The rules are simples. The first team to make the other from functioning wins. I, Mr. Referee, shall act as referee to make sure no one gets hurt. Medafighters, ready?"

"Yes." replied the contestants.

"Medabots, Robattle!" bellowed Mr. Referee slicing the air with his hand.

Alargarse and Sorinato were the first ones to start the match off by firing their needle claws at their opponents. Milky Way and Ray were not worried at all and leaped out of the way of the claws. Ray's feet had thrusters on them and he Air Dashed in the air towards Alargarse to deliver a hard shoulder thrust to the Dragon, sending the larger bot staggering to the side. Milky Way dashed along the ground and aimed her yellow cannon at Sorinato and fired a rocket propelled bomb at her.

The Red Dragon just defended with her wings and retaliated with a breath of flames. The ARB-type brought up her right arm and defended herself with the odd weapon. Throwing back the flames from her arm she moved with grace to the side and brought up the weapon. The center of the weapon glowed yellow before firing a laser at the Femme Dragon, the laser split into five smaller lasers and all homed into her causing her to move back slightly. Milky Way brought up her left arm quickly and fired another rocket propelled bomb at Sorinato the explosive finding its mark dead center on her chest. The Aerial Beauty took no chances and from her back two robotic birds took flight and flew at the fallen DRG-type and exploded on contact, she brought up her Homing Star weapon and fired laser after laser after laser at her, each of the lasers splitting into five before striking the DRG. Deciding to give Sorinato no quarter to retaliate, Milky Way decided to unleash all her weapons upon her. Firing her Homing Star Gun, Crescent P Bomb Launcher, and Float Pods upon the Dragon. Lasers, bombs, and explosive birds sailed at the Femme Dragon taking her out after the explosions subsided.

Ray 01 flipped off the larger bot and top of his weird jetpack like device glowed before firing two energy blasts, striking the flying lizard. He landed on his feet in a crouch before raising his red cannon and launching a bomb at Alargarse's head as he raised it. The bomb forced the Dragon's head to fall back into the ground with a hard thump. But the winged lizard managed to catch Ray off guard with a powerful smash with his tail to his side. The force of the blow knocked his weapons out his hands. Alargarse took advantage by shooting a barrage of missiles at the Shining Fighter, but the bot flipped back to his feet and Air Dashed backwards to avoid the missiles.

The SNF-type's weird jetpack looking device launched two large missiles out from the side before they flew at the White Dragon. But the fanged beast caught the missiles and threw them back at Ray. Ray jumped and used one of his Air Dashing thrusters to hover for a moment before kicking the missiles into the air. He quickly Air Dashed to grab his gun and bomb launcher. He rolled and aimed for the base of Alargarse's neck with his laser gun, firing yellow lasers at the neck, quickly following up with a bomb. The lasers chinked at the Dragon's thick armor but the bomb caused it to split open. Exposing some of his neck and chest circuitry.

"Finish it off! Collision Attack!" ordered Hiro.

Ray nodded and glowed slightly before suddenly dashing at Alargarse at wicked speeds. He was surrounded by a reddish purple aura before colliding into the White Dragon hard, forcing the beast to go flying. Alargarse tried to spread its wings, but the joints sparked suddenly and was sent flying out off the large stage, sliding hard into the gravel. It struggled to get up, but crashed to the ground once again.

"Function ceased! The winners are Hiro and Marcia!" declared Mr. Referee.

"What an exciting match! Team 10 couldn't hold their own against the awesome power of Team 5. This match was clocked at a 1:25:00 on the dot. That's one minute and twenty-five seconds folks! Give Hiro and Marcia a round of applause!"

The crowd was off their feet clapping at the stunning performance of Ray and Milky Way. The crowd was still going strong before the applause slowly came to an end. Matt stared in wonder, the two Dragons alone have given him and his friends trouble before. But these people were able to defeat them. These two have experience, and a lot of it. They'll be ones to look out for in the upcoming rounds to take out those two powerhouse dragons so quickly. This tournament is going to be fun.

"Will teams 22 and 27 please take center stage? The second match will begin shortly." announced Holly.

"Looks like I'm up guys. Come on Rintaro and Sloan. Time to show me what you two got." grinned Matt as he climbed down the stairs of the bleachers with his two friends.

Matt stood on one end of the stage while his two comrades stood on the other. The boy patiently waited for his partner to arrive and was surprised to find it was a familiar face. It was none other than Ms. Caviar with Kenoi. The technician was wearing the same thing the day he met her. Yellow blouse, brown skirt, her lab coat, and of course her large round glasses.

"Ms. Caviar, nice to see ya again." greeted Matt as he shook the technician's hand.

"It's nice to see you again as well." smiled Ms. Caviar.

"Out of curiosity, why is Kenoi here? Isn't he still a prototype?"

"He is, but he's been downgraded a bit. The Medabot Corporation wanted him in some field action to see how he does. And I gave the idea of putting him in the tournament to test him and now here I am."

"Hmm, even if he is downgraded. It he still fights as half as well as he did when I was against him, we have a chance to go far enough to be in the singles match."

"You'll have your chance since the match is just about to begin."

"Well, folks it's time for the second match to commence." informed Holly. "It's Team 22 consisting of Matthew Brochette and, well apparently she just wants to go by her last name, Ms. Caviar with their Medabots Ninja-Blade and Kenoi against Team 27 consisting of Sloan and Rintaro with their Medabots Totalizer and Kantaroth!"

"You know the rules, no special rules are in effect on this match. Medafighters, ready?" asked the ref.

"Yes!" cried the Medafighters.

"Medabots, ROBATTLE!"

Neither side made a move to start his match out. They just stared at each other not making a single move. Then suddenly, Kenoi and N-Blade moved as one dashing at their opponents. Panicked, Kantaroth shot out a pair of his Seeker Missiles, the missiles oddly appeared to hit home causing a smoke to gather. Swords ripping from sheathes echoed throughout the smoke as the SAM and NON leapt out of the smoke to slice and dice their opponents.

Only to be driven off by a hail of lasers from Totalizer's Omni-Cannons. Kenoi dashed around to the left as N-Blade dashed around to the right. The Ninja-type fired a barrage of shuriken flying at the TOT-type trying to get his attention. But at the last moment, he brought up his katana to block the Pulse Blade. Sliding under the attack with his momentum, N-Blade fired a few explosive shuriken close up at the body of the KBT as he slid away.

The bladed stars bounced off the Tortoise-type without doing too much besides a few scrapes and scratches, but they served their purpose as the distraction. The Samurai-type in his normal battle mode slashed the heavy armored bot before moving back. Kenoi held his sword horizontally in both hands as if giving Totalizer a chance to strike back. Totalizer raised his arms and fired two fully charged Giga-Lasers at the Samurai.

Kantaroth was pushed back from the explosive shuriken and landed on his back. He pushed himself back to his feet quickly and he glanced quickly for N-Blade. He spotted the Ninja to his right and lashed out at him by firing twin Pulse Beams from his repeaters at him. The NON-type raised his sword flat side out horizontally to block the twin lasers and was surprisingly pushed back a bit. He threw his sword out and continued deflecting the beams to the end as he leapt to the side. He ran at the Kabuto with his sword out and slashed at him only to have his sword deflected by the Pulse Blade once more. But that is what he wanted because he spun a dagger in his hand before stabbing it deeply into Kantaroth's right shoulder causing the arm to cease functioning and the Pulse Blade winking out.

With the energy sword gone, N-Blade brought down his sword hard on the KBT's left arm between the repeaters forcing the repeaters to cease functioning. He brings his leg around to kick Kantaroth across the side of the head, then delivers a powerful punch to the chest, then kicks the feet of the Beetle out from under him. He jumps back and sheathes his weapons before firing a barrage of explosive shuriken at the bug to cause him to cease his functions. Just as the twin laser blasts sailed at his partner Kenoi.

"Samurai-Mode!" bellowed Kenoi shifting from normal battle-mode to his true battle-mode. With his longer blade he swung horizontally slicing the twin lasers in half. He ran at Totalizer with his sword poised for a diagonal slash attack. He swung his blade rapidly at the TOT-type and sheathed his sword as he was mere steps away from him. The second when hilt met scabbard, multiple slash wounds appeared over Totalizer and he fell over, his medal ejecting.

"Function ceased! The winners are Matt and Ms. Caviar!"

"What a stellar match! Goes to show you that swords can beat guns when in the right hands folks. And I don't know any better hands than in the hands of a Samurai and Ninja Medabot. Team 22 won this match in 2:35:05. Not bad, not bad at all. Not every great match can be done in pure speed folks! Show the Medafighters your appreciation."

The crowd applauded loudly with cheers and woops going through the stands. Matt grinned a bit as he started heading back for his seat when he noticed Ms. Caviar was going another way.

"Not going to sit with your partner, Ms. Caviar?"

"I'm sorry, but I can't. Have to analyze the data from the Robattle. I'll sit with you after our second match. So save me a seat." smiled Ms. Caviar.

"Ok, cool. Hope Kenoi is running as well as ya want him too." grinned Matt as he and his two friends went back up to take their seats. He was greeted with congratulations from his friends, even from Rintaro and Sloan. He grinned and told them they put up a good match all in all.

"Teams 8 and 25 take to the stage, the third match is about to start."

"These matches seem to be getting closer and closer together." said Matt.

"What do ya mean, Matt?" asked Alexis.

"Don't know. They just seem to be happening a lot closer together." explained the boy gaining many sweatdrops.

"Our contestants are here! So it is time to start!" informed Holly. "It is Team 8 consisting of Chaud Blaze and Dex Ooyama with their Medabots Protoman and Gutsman against Team 25 consisting of Joe Tolan and Eric Lawson with their Medabots Cyandog and Punisher."

"A Cyandog and Punisher? This is going to be over quick." commented Ikki.

"Got to agree with that." added Koji.

"Guys, be quiet and enjoy the match." chided Sam.

Protoman was a Medabot of about 4'6 and something about the way he stood showed he was deadly, despite the fact he has no visible weaponry and had no armor either. He was more human in appearance than Medabot. He wore red boots that went up to just below his knees, however red triangles coming from the rounded cuffs of his boots covered his knees. His boots were mainly red, yet they were white at the tips and black on the soles. He had on a purple skin suit that was purple on the inside and black on the outside. His legs and torso bare save for the skin suit. On his chest, shoulders, and neck his skin suit was red instead of the combination of purple and black. Directly in the center of the red part of the skin suit, he had an emblem encased in gold with two points on the bottom at where southwest and southeast would be. Then emblem was of the yin-yang symbol, but instead of a sinus line it was a jagged line like a lightning bolt. On his hands he has on a pair of red fingerless gloves that goes up to his elbows and were rounded out, the same emblems on his chest over his hands. He has on a red helmet in the design of a fighter pilot, however the visors were pointed instead of round. Over the visors it was white and within that circle of whiteness there was a red spot with a red fin coming from the helm. From behind his helmet he had long silver hair with a spiky look fell beyond the small of his back. His mouth was bare and he had a bored expression on his lips.

Vital Stats

NET-24173

Protoman, Type: Net Swordsman

Medafighter: Chaud Blaze

Specialty: Sword

Gutsman was a large and bulky Medabot of around 5'5 and that was at his crouched gorilla like position. Unlike his partner, Gutsman wasn't so humanoid and stood pretty close to the robotic design of Medabots. His feet were large and flat with the design of him wearing boots. The soles of the boots cushioned by gray metal and at the toes he had two bolts each at the ends of his yellowish orange boots that went to his knees with their rounded cuffs. He had on a black skin suit with a light cyan blue on the sides however, from their design they could have been more like a pants substitute. Upper body was large and bulky. Either to be the design of armor or perhaps muscle. Either way, it was red with yellow cuffs at the shoulders. Center on his chest was a gray circle with a green cross gem in the middle. On his back he had a double yellow tank looking thing. He had large thick arms that had the coil black look to them. He had large hands, the back of them plated with yellow metal and his forearms were protected by the same plated metal. Around his neck was like a thick gray collar. His head was large and angular. He had on like a wrecker crew hat with a green gem on the center of it. He had a large jaw mouth, that looked just like a scoop shovel. Green eyes shone with the desire to fight and crush with his large hands.

Vital Stats

NET-24173

Gutsman, Type: Net Hammer

Medafighter: Dex Ooyama

Specialty: Guts Hammer

Chaud Blaze was a boy around the age of 14 and 5 feet even. He has a pale tan skin complexion. He has on a pair of brown boots and green camouflage pants. Around his waist is a brass belt. He wears a black long sleeved shirt and a red sleeveless vest over that. In his right hand is a red and black PET instead of a Medawatch. He has blue eyes and white and black hair. Black on the sides and white on top.

Dex Ooyama was a boy of 12 yet stood taller than his partner by at least 6 inches. His skin was lightly tanned. Like his Medabot, he was a large boy like a small mountain. He wore a pair of blue and white tennis shoes and large blue shorts that went to his knees. He had on a green short sleeved shirt and over his heart was the same green cross that was on Gutsman's chest. He had large lips, blue eyes, and only had a spike-like fin of brown hair a bit above his forehead.

Their opponents oddly looked alike, despite them having different last names. Both were 15 and around the same height. Somewhere between 5'6 and 5'8. Both wore black tennis shoes and jeans. Only difference between them besides their height was that Joe wore a green shirt and Eric wore a blue one. Both had brown eyes and black hair.

"Time for the third match to commence!" declared Mr. Referee. "Medafighters, ready?"

"Been ready." announced Chaud sounding slightly bored. The others merely nodded.

"Medabots, ROBATTLE!"

"Get them Protoman."

"Yes, Chaud." nodded Protoman as a silverish white mask covered his mouth completing his helmet. The NET-type ran at his two opponents in a flash not giving his partner a time to come help him out, his silver hair flowing behind him. He threw out his right arm and it converted into a reddish purple energy sword. He ran past his opponents and swung his sword as he was a few steps behind them, his sword converted back to his arm as the Cyandog and Punisher were cut cleanly in two.

"Function ceased! The winners are Chaud and Dex!"

"Time……..ladies and gentlemen this match has been the quickest yet at a time of 10 seconds." announced astonished Holly. "Give the speedsters a round of applause."

The crowd was stunned and their was scattered applause throughout the bleachers. Chaud didn't seem to notice. He and Protoman just walked off. Dex and Gutsman walked off for their seats too, disappointed they were not able to even get to land an attack.

"Teams 3 and 11 take to the stage. The match will shortly commence."

Ikki and Erika got off from the bleachers their friends wishing them luck. But the overconfident Metabee said he didn't need any. When they took to the stage, their opponents were already there waiting for them. The Student Body President or former or perhaps still current till they next student election was still wearing his crazy spiral eyed glasses, black pants and white t-shirt. But his partner seemed different to the duo. Considering all the student council members wore spiraled glasses as well, she wore half-moon glasses in thin gold frame. She was shorter than her partner and had on black shoes and blue jeans. She had on a red shirt and her hair was black and shoulder-length.

"Well, it is time for the fourth match of the first round to commence. With Teams 3 and 11. Team 3 consists of Ikki Tenryou and Erika Amazake (A/N: Thanks again HFH) with their Medabots Metabee and Sailor-Multi aka Brass. Their opponents Ken Kejigo and Ami Sataigo with their Medabots Dr. Bokchoy and Rock Ogre."

Rock Ogre was a male Medabot of average height. The color of gray stone all over save in a few places. He had thick feet in the design of boot made out of red stone. Thick bulky legs of gray stone while his pelvic area was covered by a green moss colored skirt plate. Around his waist was a belt of stones and his chest bare showing the planes and lines of his rocky body. His arms were thick bulging masses and at his shoulders their were multiple small jags. Over his thick hands he had gold plating over his knuckles and the backs of his hands. His face was cylindrical with jagged spikes on top as if the design for hair, and a single red optic was his eyes.

Vital Stats

STN-20953

Rock Ogre, Type: Stone Beast

Medafighter: Ami Sataigo

Specialty: Rock Smash

"You lot know the rules. Medafighters, ready?"

"Not just yet Mr. Referee." declared Erika. "Transport Weapon Attachment: Energy Lance!" Erika hit her Medawatch and a belt form around Brass' waist with a loop holding a cylindrical device. "Now we're ready."

"We've been ready." stated Team 11.

"MEDABOTS, ROBATTLE!" bellowed Mr. Referee slicing the air with his hand.

"Erika, go after Dr. Bokchoy and help Metabee and me out as soon as you can." ordered Ikki. Erika nodded and ordered Brass to attack the scholar-like Medabot.

Metabee ran to the side shooting his repeaters over and over on Rock Ogre, but they seemed to do little to faze him. Blinking as he noticed the STN-type didn't move at all, he was beginning to wonder if it even knew it was in a Robattle. The KBT raised his revolver and fired a lone laser for the head of his opponent. The last thing in the world did he expected happened. Rock Ogre quickly raised his hand up and blocked the blow. He roared and smashed his chest before running at Metabee!

Brass shot her lasers over and over at Dr. Bokchoy, but the goofy-looking Medabot on wheels kept dodging side to side with impressive speed. The Professor suddenly changed course and charged at the Sailor-type. Brass raised her lasers at him and fired, but the speedster kept dodging side to side while charging in. Dr. Bokchoy raised one of his arms and smashed it into Sailor-Multi dragging her with him as he charged before the blow forced her to slide away. Erika gawked at what happened with astonishment as Brass slowly got back to her feet only to get a left hook across the jaw forcing to back to the ground.

The Kabuto was surprised at the impressive speed the Stone Beast possessed for someone of his girth. He only had a few moments to dodge Rock Ogre's giant fist that smashed into the ground with tremendous force causing cracks in the stage. Metabee fired his repeaters at the STN's face blinding it for a moment and got behind him. He fired his Seeker Missiles into its back and smirked or would have as they landed a direct blow. He moved back as he noticed his missiles didn't even make a scratch on the Stone Beast's back.

Brass narrowed her optics and got up only to get smashed back down once more. She grabbed the cylindrical device and got up again and blocked Dr. Bokchoy's arm with the energy blade that formed in the shape of a lance. She moved all the wait up and blocked the Professor's other arm quickly and leapt back away and fired her lasers into the chest of Bokchoy. The lasers forced the bot back and he rolled backwards to get away from a further onslaught. His eyes seemed to glow though.

"Dr. Bokchoy! Maelstrom of Books!" cried Ken.

"Maelstrom of Books?" blinked Erika.

Dr. Bokchoy raised his arms and they glowed blue as well before firing a barrage of energy in the shape of textbooks at Brass! The Sailor moved left and right avoiding the hail of textbooks the best she could and sliced any that came too close. But she couldn't keep dodging forever. A few of the books collided into her then she kept getting pelted over and over after the few hit her. She was forced back and her medal ejected.

"Brass……..lost…..to Dr. Bokchoy…..?" questioned Erika.

"METABEE! SEEKER MISSILES!" demanded Ikki.

The Kabuto swiveled around from Rock Ogre and fired his missiles at Dr. Bokchoy then another pair guiding all four missiles to collide into him. His medal ejected after the explosions. Metabee leapt forward in time to dodge the STN's smashing punch again. This was now a 1-on-1 match. Metabee fired his lasers at Rock Ogre, the lasers still doing no sign of damage upon him.

The Stone Beast took another charge despite Metabee firing his lasers on his chest. He reared back his hand and punched the KBT hard in the chest, sending him flying. He gained a large dent as he slid across the ground. Metabee struggled back to his feet and raised his arm and started concentrating on Rock Ogre's knee. He fired his missiles at the knee only to have them be blocked by the Stone Beast's massive arms.

"Finish it, Rock Ogre. Rock Smash!" ordered Ami. Rock Ogre's optic seemed to glow and raised a fist, smashing it into the ground that cracked the stage and sent a shockwave of air flying at Metabee pelting him with both the force of the air as well as pieces of the stage. Metabee laid on the ground trying to get up due to his stubborn streak. He managed to get back onto his feet just barely, then slumped over the floor with his medal ejecting.

"Function ceased! The winners are Ken and Ami!"

"That was an amazing match folks! Let it go to show that just because something looks heavyset that it can't move quickly. This match took 4:23:01 the longest match of the day. But still a great match! Give these contestants a loud round of applause."

Ikki and Erika were still stunned at the outcome and hardly heard the loud applause that was coming from the audience. They picked up their Medabots and headed back to the stands, the repair pit not going to be open till before Round 2. Ken and Ami went back to their seats, Rock Ogre picking up Dr. Bokchoy for the Student Body President.

"Folks it seems the fifth match is going to be our first special match!" announced Holly. "This is going to be a 4 way tag team match. The last two teams remaining will advance to the next round. For those who don't know the rules of a tag match, if your opponent is battling and has ceased their function you lose. Teams that are participating in this event are Teams 2, 20, 24, and 19. The match will start in 2 minutes, so teams please come to the stage within that time."

"Three teams with our friends in it. This should be interesting. And only two of you can snag a place." commented Alexis.

"Either way, we'll still be friends no matter what when the match is over and the whole tournament." said Amanda.

"Amanda is right. It's just a tournament, and people can always be stronger than us and such out there." added Koji.

"Well watch out! I plan on winning to match sure the screws are still in this!" laughed Sam.

"You know…Koji you seem to be at the disadvantage if Neutranurse can't heal you while she is waiting to be tagged in." remarked Merrick.

"Can always tag in to heal Sumilidon then tag back out." stated Karin.

"The second you go in though, all the teams will be gunning for Neutranurse since she's the healer. Even with her waiting to go in she still might be gunned for. It's what wrestlers tend to do. So, just make sure Neutranurse is ready to defend."

"Will do." chirped the redhead.

"Come on guys. We spent enough time talking. Time to see who my partner is and the other team." declared Amanda standing up and heading to the stage that has been freshly setup due to the damages to the old one. Amanda and Kiono stood at the corner of the stage they were supposed to waiting for their partners. To the surprise of Matt from the stands, Amanda's partner was Miki and Mitsukai!

"Hello, looks like we're partners. Name is Amanda, Amanda Seal." greeted the teen.

"My name is Miki Yamaguchi, and this is Mitsukai." greeted the woman back.

"Those names sorta ring a bell." commented Amanda as she tapped her chin. "Hey…you're that woman who beat Matt and Ikki."

"That I am, is anything wrong with that?"

"Not really. So you want first ups or should I have the honor?"

"You can go first if you wish."

"Ok, I will. You heard her Kiono, lets see what our opponents got."

"Alright folks! Time for the fifth match to begin! And as I said before it is a special 4 way tag team match! The Teams consist of Koji Karakuchi and Karen Joumi with their Medabots Sumilidon and Neutranurse, Amanda Seal and Miki Yamaguchi with their Medabots Kiono and Mitsukai, Samantha Tulmay and Spike Funjima with their Medabots Peppercat and Krosserdog, finally our last team consisting of Axel Drowman and Yuna Kanayushi with their Medabots Taka and Trinity."

Taka was a male Medabot of slightly above average height and appeared to be a cross between a hawk and human. He wore black boots with a gold trim on the sides and the cuffs. His legs were sleek and aerodynamic as he wore what appeared to be brown feathery pants. Around his waist he had a black belt with a brass buckle of three feathers fanned out. On his chest he wore a grayish white tunic and a green sleeveless vest over the tunic. His arms were bare and tanned with the appearance of human skin. His hands however lost that look with the silver gloves he wore that were pointy for claws. His face was covered in brown feathers with reddish-brown eyes for optics and a sharp curved grayish beak.

Vital Stats

HFT-56532

Taka, Type: Avian Fighter

Medafighter: Axel Drowman

Specialty: Kaizen

Trinity was a sleek and aerodynamic femme Medabot of 4.5 feet that looked human. She had on a pair of black leather boots that were steel-toed. Her legs were slim yet muscled, her shins protected by black metal shin guards that went up to her knees and were covered in spikes. She had on tight black leather mini-skirt and a white belt around her waist. On the sides of the belt, there were twin sabers in reddish black scabbards. The hilts of the sabers were a dull gray. She wore form fitting black harden leather armor that left her sides bare showing silverish white skin. The armor had silver studs along the seams and small spikes around the collar. The armor covered most of her front save a V that went low that showed more silverish white skin and part of her ample bust. It covered her back at the small of it with leather straps in X pattern across the exposed skin holding the armor to the front. Her shoulder guards were covered in tiny spikes then even larger ones in the middle. Her arms were lightly muscled but bare till her wrists where she wore black metal spiked bracelets and black leather fingerless gloves over her hands. Slanted across her back she had a long bladed katana in a bluish black scabbard. The hilt of the sword white lined with a dull gold. She wore eyeliner, black eye shadow as well as black lipstick and had silver studs in her ears. Her eyes were a deep blue as her hair was gray and tied in a braid that fell mid-back.

Vital Stats

SFF-15772

Trinity, Type: Sword Mistress

Medafighter: Yuna Kanayushi

Specialty: Tri-Blade Assault

Axel Drowman was a man of 25 and around 6'1 that was tanned. He wore a pair of black and red tennis shoes that had black laces with red edges. He wore light brown pants and a white belt around his waist. He had on a gray shirt with random kanji across the front meaning things like "river" and "forest". He wore a white gold sword pendant with a silver chain. On his right wrist he had on a black Medawatch. He had a scar across his right cheek that looked like it came from years ago. His eyes were gray and his hair was red and shaggy.

Yuna Kanayushi was a girl of 17 with a light tan standing at height of 5'4 and wore an unusual outfit. She wore a slim lime green sleeveless dress with white embroidery designs at the hem of it. Over her shoulders and to her ribs was a loose fitted white net-like vest with short sleeves buttoned up at the front with round pearl buttons. She wore white high heels with white straps wrapping around her ankles giving her a sophisticated look. On her slim right wrist she wore a green Medawatch. Her dark reddish brown hair was cut short but styled thick and wave falling just past her ears. One lock of the hair fell over her face and over her white and yellow lens sunglasses over freckled cheeks. She took off the sunglasses to swipe the lock of hair out of her face and away from her light brown eyes before smiling pleasantly and slipping the glasses back on.

"Mr. Referee, please explain to our contestants and the audience the rules in detail for this special match."

"The rules for this match are simple. Only one Medabot per team is allowed to be out to battle. The stand-by Medabots are not allowed to interfere in anyway at risk of disqualification. Medabots in play are allowed to attack any Medabot also in play, and must tag their partner in if they need to switch. The last two Medabots standing will advance to the second round. However, if by some twist of fate and only one Medabot remains standing or none. The last of the Medabots that ejected their Medals will advance. Now that you have heard the rules, Medafighters, ready?"

"Yes." answered Koji, Amanda, Sam, and Axel. The four to start the match.

"Medabots, ROBATTLE!"

The match started off with the grapplers from each team, then again the teams were mainly complied of grapplers. No matter, Sumilidon charged in at Kiono as the WCG-type dashed at him. Hammer Fist met Sonic Punch, both power punch moves deflecting one another. Saber Tooth danced the dance of battle with the Winged Guardian.

Peppercat spun her staff and narrowed her eyes at the humanoid hawk. She aimed her staff at the HFT-type and fired a bolt of lightning at him. Taka just sidestepped from the lightning. The KAT blinked and then went in for a charge and slammed her staff as hard as she could into the Avian Fighter. The Hawk just rose his arm and blocked the blow expertly. Before Peppercat even had time to recover, Taka delivered a quick palm thrust to her stomach. Not leaving anything to chance he delivered a swift roundhouse to her side that sent her stumbling.

The Hawk flipped around before leaping into the air and came down with one leg out to kick Sumilidon in the side sending him tumbling. Turning his attention to Kiono he quickly grabbed his fist then gave a swipe across his chest with his talons. The WCG leapt back a bit to gain some distance but Taka quickly closed that gap to deliver a punch to the Cat's chest. The Hawk was about to swipe at his face when a staff came crashing down on his back.

Kiono didn't even get much of a break as Sumilidon slashed as his back with his Flexor Sword. Swiveling around the Winged Guardian kicked the Saber-Tooth in the gut as Taka grabbed him around the shoulders. The Avian Fighter flipped the STG-type over his shoulders into the ground. All three of warriors got pelted by a sudden onslaught of lasers from Krosserdog's Omega Rifles and side-cannons. Kiono's shield integrated with his gauntlet and he used it to block the lasers. Getting annoyed, Kiono's shield gauntlet glowed blue then brighter as he fired a blue beam of energy at the DOG-type forcing it to fall on its back.

Kiono ended up getting a double punch across the sides of his head from Hawk and Saber-Tooth. The WCG moved back rubbing his head, slumping to the floor. Sumilidon slashed at Taka with his Flexor Swords over and over, but the Hawk kept dodging each slash and swipe. The HFT was about to go on the offensive when twin proton blasts hit him hard in the back forcing it to go into the slashes of Sumilidon. As the Hawk fell, Sumilidon got pelted hard by Krosserdog's Proton Cannons.

Krosserdog fired his Proton Cannons again at the STG-type forcing him to get knocked down to his partner's corner. Neutranurse tagged in to heal Sumilidon and the DOG-type was about to fire when he noticed a shadow coming down on him. He looked up to see Kiono coming down upon him with his golden gauntlet raised back glowing a reddish gold. Then the glow coated his body as he came down on Krosserdog using the Meteor Crash move. The golden shockwave covered the stage making it shake along with the entire area for a small radius. When the smoke subsided, the crater from this impact was a lot smaller than the first pervious display of Meteor Crash, but it did the job since Krosserdog was imbedded into the stage.

Kiono suddenly got punched hard away from Krosserdog by Sumilidon. His optics widened as he saw the DOG-type's battered body come out of the crater slowly. He crawled the best he could to Peppercat and was about to tag her in when Taka hit him and dragged the DOG away. Growling, Kiono grabbed a hold of Sumilidon and spun him rapidly throwing the healed Saber-Tooth into the Hawk. Krosserdog struggled to Peppercat and tagged her in. The Woren gave Kiono a somewhat grateful look then turned her attention to the Avian Fighter.

"Nice display. But I'm going to finish this up. Tag me in, Kiono." commanded Mitsukai.

"You just want me to let you in now? I'm having too much fun." smirked Kiono.

"You stopped the Dog from taking out the Nurse and then helped him tag his partner in. Just let me in so I can secure our place, alright?"

"Fine, fine."

Kiono tagged Mitsukai in and the Fallen Angel ran into the fray and smashed her staff rapidly into the backs of the three opponents. She forced the three away and spun her staff again. She lashed out with one of her chains at the Woren and moved her staff to block a sword swipe from Sumilidon. The FLN ducked a flying kick from Taka, moving light on her feet she spun around using her chain to strike Sumilidon hard in the side causing him to fall back.

Putting her staff back in its loop, she went hand-to-hand with the Avian Fighter matching him blow for blow. She grinned at him and threw the Hawk out of the way and brought her staff back out to block Peppercat's. She threw the staff off hers and then struck the Woren rapidly across the body. She sidestepped a sudden Hammer Fist from Sumilidon and smashed her staff into his back. Taka came at her for another go but she just smashed him into the corner where his partner was. Trinity caught Taka easily, then tagged herself in.

Drawing out her two sabers she ran into the battle with her swords behind her to give the impression of her being an arrow. The Sword Mistress ran at her target, the STG-type as it was just getting back to its feet. She leapt into the air and held her swords out spinning like a bladed tornado, slicing and dicing Saber-Tooth. When the SFF-type stopped spinning, Sumilidon's body exploded with slashes and gashes all over him. He fell to the floor his medal ejecting.

Trinity ran at the two staff wielding femme and swiped her two swords at them. Her blades meeting staves. With an impressive show of strength, she picked herself up still holding onto her sword and flips in the air to land a few yards behind them. She deflected a chain and sliced through a blast of lightning. Sheathing her two sabers, Trinity drew out katana. With a glint in her air, she swung her katana hard sending a blade of air flying at the two femme.

The blade of air caught the Woren and Fallen Angel hard and caused them to skid back. Mitsukai slammed her staff hard enough into Peppercat hard enough to cause her medal to eject. Mr. Referee was about to declare the winning teams when the FLN rose her hand up. Bringing her staff up she flew at Trinity and brought her staff hard down on the Sword Mistress. But the SFF blocked with her sword, kicking Mitsukai in the stomach she sheathed her katana and drew out her sabers again.

Trinity's swords met Mitsukai's staff over and over. Neither side really making too much of an edge. Moving back, the FLN lashed out with one of her chains and it wrapped around the SFF's saber pulling it from her grip. Putting her staff back into its loop she gripped the saber and flew at Trinity. Their blades sparking from the clash. With clash of steel over and over, neither end giving the other any room to retaliate. The two femme Medabots jump back from each other, then go back in for another dash. A shuriken flew through the air and crashed just between them exploding. The femme leaping back in time to avoid the explosion looked up at the stands to see N-Blade standing from his seat.

"Stop this!" demanded N-Blade. "You two won already. And spent enough time on this match. If you wish to battle, just hope you get paired up in the next round."

"Yeah, he's right. And you aren't half bad, Trinity." commented Mitsukai handing back the saber.

"Not too bad yourself." stated Trinity as she sheathed her saber.

"This match has officially ended! Teams 20 and 19 advance to the next round!"

"This was one of the best matches folks yet! Perhaps a rivalry has developed between Trinity and Mitsukai? We'll just have to see which is the better in later rounds if the two are not knocked out in the second round. And the rounds to come. This match lasted 12:24:32, and action packed. Give all the contestants a hand!"

The crowd roared with applause for the stellar performance. Everyone was clapping loudly, save a few of the gang. They glanced at Trinity and Mitsukai with surprise more than anything else. The two were powerful, extremely powerful. Mitsukai was strong and skilled enough to defeat N-Blade. Yet, she appeared even with Trinity without using any powers. If that was so, would Trinity be able to defeat N-Blade without too much difficulty?

The Medafighter is a complete opposite from her Medabot. Strange, something very strange about that. thought Matt. Yuna looks like a delicate flower type of girl while Trinity is a ready to kick butt type of Medabot. Odd pair. Truly an odd one.

"Time for the sixth match to commence. Teams 1 and 17 please come to the stage."

"Warren, Space. Good luck, no telling what could happen now. Considering other top contenders got knocked out." said Alexis.

"We'd probably need it." sweatdropped Warren.

"Not unless you luck out and got someone easy who'd just frag in one hit." pointed out Matt.

"True, true. But lets just see what happens." affirmed SMX. "Come on Warren, lets go."

SMX and Warren walked to the stage receiving an applause from the crowd considering their reputations. Warren waved to the crowd and bowed laughing lightly to himself. SMX just shook his head at how his partner was behaving. Then again, he was no better striking his famous poses.

"Well folks, it appears our contestants have reached the newly set up stage. Folks, please don't try to destroy these stages. Previous stages are in repair, but if this continues the Tournament can be postponed till stages are repaired." informed Holly. "Now it is Team 1 consisting of Space Medafighter X and Warren Yoriuki with their Medabots Arcbeetle and Dragonite against Team 17 made up of James Tikae and Arnold Tambai with their Medabots Nin-Ninja and Nin-Ninja!"

James was 20 and 5'8 with a light tan. He wore some black sneakers, and blue jeans. A black shirt and a blue Medawatch on his left wrist. He had brown eyes and black sleeked hair. Arnold was around 18 and 5'10 with a dark tan. He wore white tennis shoes and black jeans. He wore a light green shirt and had a black Medawatch on his right wrist. He had reddish brown eyes and hazel hair.

"Standard Robattle rules are in effect. Medafighter, ready?"

"Yes." announced the four contestants.

"Medabots, ROBATTLE!"

Arcbeetle made the first move firing his Tri-Cannon on the Nin-Ninja on the left. It crossed its arms across its chest swords first blocking the laser. Both NIN-types used multiplication and surrounded Arcbeetle and Dragonite. The DGO-type fired his Bom-barder into the circle of Ninjas, his missiles just going through them. One of them suddenly dashed from the circle slashing Arcbeetle across the side as he went back into the circle. Then another or the same one suddenly came out of the circle striking lightning quick attacks. One of the Ninjas started continuing slicing and dicing at Dragonite and Arcbeetle.

Getting an idea, both KBT and DGO got back to back and raised their projectile arms. They spun in a circle together shooting a barrage of missiles and lasers at the enemies. The missiles and lasers going through the NIN-types before suddenly striking home. The dual Ninjas slid on their backs before suddenly leaping back to their feet. They dashed as one suddenly at the two. But got pounded back by a punch and slash.

"Arcbeetle! Gather the Power of the Sun! The Pillar of Fire! The Prominence!" ordered SMX striking a pose in front of a picture of the blazing sun.

"Dragonite! Gather the Power of the Inner Flames! The Blazing Fury of Conflagration! The Column of Pyrotechnics! Dragon Fury!" ordered Warren striking a pose in front of a picture of a great red dragon spewing flames.

Arcbeetle's shoulder devices split in half to gather energy as his horns gave a small crackle of power. Ports opened along Dragonite's body and puffs of white flames escaped from them, before they started burning from them. He began spinning causing a tornado of white flames to commence. The flames engulfed the two Nin-Ninja's carrying them in the maelstrom of fire off the ground. Arcbeetle aimed and fired a fully charged reddish gold heat beam into the flames that charred the two bots once the tornado died. The two were scorched all over, but the parts still salvageable, their medals hitting the floor roughly the same time.

"Function ceased! The winners are Space Medafighter X and Warren!"

"A stunning performance from one of the top Medafighters of Japan and one of the best known vocalists. They stomped their opponents in 2:30:00 with those powerful finishers. Give the contestants your support!"

The crowd thundered with applause ate the display of pyrotechnics. The conflagration of the attacks. SMX and Warren shook hands with James and Arnold before heading back up to their seats. The applause still following them as they sat down.

"Folks! Time for yet another match. Teams 17 and 30 take to the stage."

"Looks like I'm up. Come on Link!" laughed Alexis as she hurried down the bleachers with the Elf Hero in tow. When Alexis reached the stage she was surprised to see who her partner was. It was her idol, Isis in her kunoichi gear.

"Isis!" grinned the girl as she shook the woman's hand. "We're partners! Cool! Partnered up with my idol!"

"Stop…you're making me blush." said Isis, her cheeks slightly red.

"Hehehe, ok. But still! It's so cool!"

"Well folks, its time for the seventh match to start! It's Team 17 consisting of Allen Gordon and Nicolas Berry with their Medabots Spitfire and SnowBro against Team 30 consisting of Kunoichi Isis and Alexis Brochette with their Medabots Freya and Link!"

Allen and Nicolas were men of 22 and roughly the same height of 5'11. Both wore bluish black sneakers and black jeans held up with a black belt. Allen wore a tanned shirt and Nicolas wore a bronze shirt. They both had red Medawatches on their left wrist. They both had black spiky hair and brown eyes.

"Standard rules still apply. Medafighters, ready?"

"We've been ready." announced Team 17.

"So have we." added Team 30.

"Medabots, ROBATTLE!"

"Let's end this quick." declared Isis.

"Agreed." nodded Alexis.

Freya fired a barrage of her explosive shuriken as Link fired a hail of fiery arrows at their two opponents. The attacks struck home or so our femme Medafighters thought. When the smoke cleared, the attacks just struck a wall of ice created by SnowBro. This took the two Medabots by surprised since they never encountered a SnowBro that could do this.

Elf and Kunoichi leapt to the sides as a freeze beam flew their way only to get surrounded by Nano Trap Mines.

Optics widened as the mines opened with their blasters aimed to fire. Freya rolled out of the way of the lasers as Link drew out his sword and spun using the powers of Farore's Wind to blow the mines away just as they fired. Then began to destroy them just in case they could be redirected later. Another freeze beam flew Link's way but he reacted quickly and deflected the beam at Spitfire encasing the Medabot in ice.

Link's sword glinted in the sunlight before he went into a sword spin towards the frozen bot. The ice exploded into multiple chunks as Spitfire fell to the ground his medal ejecting from the four deep slashes he received. Freya's sais were out as she ran at SnowBro. She dodged the freeze beams and slashed the bot. She swiveled back and sheathed her sais only to fire a storm of explosive shuriken at him. Not even waiting for the explosions to finish, she ran towards SnowBro and kick slammed him out of the smoke. His medal ejecting.

"Function ceased! The winners are Isis and Alexis!"

"There we have it folks! Girl power won this match, never underestimate the power of women. Isis and Alexis cleared this match in 2:15:03! Give them a round of applause for the stellar performance."

The crowd ripped with excitement at the performance by the EHT and KOS-types. Everything seemed to go fast forward to Matt. Team 26 crushed Team 6 literally, Team 7 was blown to bits by Team 12, Team 26 sliced and diced their opponents of Team 6, Team 14 blew the competition away from Team 15, Team 29 fell to pieces to Team 28, Team 18 fried Team 13, Team 31 decimated Team 9, and time seemed to slow back down to the match of Team 4 versus Team 21.

"Battle Chip, Shotgun, Slot-in!" ordered Lan Hikari inserting a chip into his PET.

"Battle Chip, Aqua Tower, Slot-in!" followed up Maylu Sakurai also inserting a chip into her PET.

Megaman's right arm transformed into a sleek cannon with a semi-wide barrel before he fired a barrage of blue lasers at his Landmotor opponent. Roll swirled around then pressed her hand to the ground causing a tower of water to form before flowing towards a Noctobat. The Landmotor's right wheel burst and it was struck by the onslaught of lasers over and over till it's medal ejected. For some reason, the Noctobat didn't try to move and just fired its lasers and missiles at the water not really doing anything to it and got struck by the water, then thrown sky high then crashing back to the ground, its medal ejecting.

"Function ceased! The winners are Lan and Maylu!"

"Team 4 has picked up the victory from Team 21's clutches. They finished this match in 1:45:33. Give them a round of applause and prepare for the final match of the day."

"It's finally the last match of the round. Felt like it would never come, didn't it?" inquired Matt.

"Almost, considering some of us had earlier matches than the rest." commented Koji.

"True true. But still, didn't it feel like this match would never come to start the next round?" pressed the boy.

"Perhaps, you are just excited to be in a match with powerful contenders. And want to show them your stuff." reasoned Merrick.

"Probably!"

"Well, lets see who wins the last match. Teams 16 and 32 are the last ones up." stated Alexis.

"Seems the teams are heading to the stage." declared Ikki.

The gang turned their heads back to the match, and Ikki was correct. The teams were gathering to the center stage. However, there was something amiss. Team 16 was missing a person. The sole contestant was one Dwight Anderson with his bot Shadowblast. He tapped his foot with impatience waiting for his partner to show up.

"Folks it seems there will be a small delay." informed Holly. "But I will announce the teams none the less. It's Team 16 consisting of Dwight Anderson and…what the…? Information about the second team member of Team 16 is missing. How strange. Medabot's name is still listed, however. Team 16's Medabots are Shadowblast and Rikorsha. They'll be facing Team 32 consisting of Yamato Tishie and Caleb Mitshuyu with their Medabots Octoclam and Fem-Jet!"

Yamato was a man of 26 and stood at a height of 6'0. He was pale of skin and dark of hair. He wore brown leather boots and gray pants. He wore a black belt around his waist. He had on a long sleeved white shirt and a bronze vest over that. He had on a black Medawatch over his right wrist. He wore round glasses, had black eyes and hair. His partner Caleb was a boy of 14 and was 5'4. The boy had a bit of a tan but not much of one. He wore black sneakers and blue jean shorts that went to his knees. He wore a green shirt and had a gray Medawatch on his left wrist. He had dark brown almost black spiky hair and gray eyes.

"Folks, this is the first time a contestant is late. If Rikorsha with or without her Medafighter is not here in the next two minutes, Shadowblast will have to fight alone in our first unscheduled Handicap Match." explained the announcer. On the screen that usually displayed the tournament layout and matches for those who left their seats was a counter starting at two minutes and counting down.

"Strange…everyone was here. Weird for a contestant to be missing." said Merrick.

"Well, we know someone is missing. But what is harder to comprehend is how information about a person just vanishes from the announcer." added Koji.

"Time is drifting away. And it seems this might just end up being 2-on-1 if Dwight doesn't get his partner quickly." stated Matt. "But he should be able to handle the two. He seems to have the skill required to take on two people. Those missiles would come in handy."

"Time is running out and quickly." pointed out Karen. The group turned to the clock on the screen and indeed time was running out fast. There was around a minute remaining.

"They better hurry their butts up or they will be forcing their partner to fight alone." said N-Blade. The clock was at 30 seconds.

"We know Blade, we know." nodded his Medafighter staring at the clock as it was at 22 seconds now.

The clock hit its final 10 seconds. It appeared that Dwight was going to fight alone as the clock was at 5. Dwight and Shadowblast took a stance to prepare their fight when at the final second, a cloaked Medabot landed on the stage, hitting the ground at the 0:00:01 mark.

The cloaked Medabot threw the clothing off itself to reveal itself to be a femme. She was 4'10 and looked quite like a young woman. She wore knee high white boots, rimmed with pink. She didn't wear armor, but a one piece dress of cloth. The skirt of the dress stopped a bit before her knees revealing light pink skin, a shade so light it looked almost white. The dress itself was a blend of pink and magenta, rimmed with purple. The skirt was a design of silver and red flames depicting those of an inferno. Red flames edged with silver was sewn into where her bust is, as gentle swirls of silver and red danced across itself on the upper body of the dress. She wore long silver armlets that nearly reached to her elbows. At the wrist of the armlets, there started the base of blades that went along the length of the armlets. Around her waist was a silver belt with a short sword at her left hip, the hilt silver etched with a flame, a metal cylindrical device on her right hip, and two sais behind her. Her eye-like optics were a deep purple and she had pink hair in multiple braids that fell to the small of her back.

Vital Stats

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Rikorsha, Type: Sailor

Medafighter: Unknown

Specialty: Unknown

"And it seems Rikorsha has came in just the knick of time folks! What an entrance! Time for this match to start! Floor's yours Mr. Referee!"

"Standard rules are in effect! Medafighters and Medabot, ready?" asked the Ref. He saw both sides nod. "MEDABOTS, ROBATTLE!"

Everything happened so fast. None of the Medabots even appeared to have moved but Rikorsha who once was just standing was standing in her original place with her diamond sword drawn and sheathing it, her opponents on the floor medals ejected. Everyone in the stands were shocked at the speed of the match.

"Time…at 2 seconds…folks, this set the new record. Give these powerful contenders an applause."

The crowd was still stunned at how quickly the match ended. The match with Protoman ended quickly, but at least they were able to see what happened. This match ended in nearly in the blink of an eye. Their was scattered applause that broke the silence. Rikorsha dawned on her cloak again and walked off. Dwight and Shadowblast stunned as well stood their gapping. The Hybrid didn't even have time to raise his repeaters and the match was already over. It took them a few moments to regain their senses and walk off to their seats.

"That was insane!" exclaimed Matt breaking the silence of his group. "No way could that bot knock them out that quickly. Only if she possessed hyper time speed, could she do that, but hyper time is only a theory!"

"Either way, it seems she is fast. Very fast. Won't mind trying to take her on. Along with that Trinity." declared N-Blade.

"Guys, be quiet. Holly is about to say something." shushed Erika.

"Sorry." went the two males.

"Folks, Round 1 has ceased and Round 2 will begin in 30 minutes. The repair pit will be open to the Medafighters in need of repairing their bots. Relax and talk about the matches you have witnessed. From the 1st Round, it appears it will be an exciting tournament!"

"Come on guys. We got bots to repair and strategies to go over." declared Alexis standing up.

"Yep, yep. Lets go." agreed Spike. He and the others stood up as well and followed Alexis to the repair pit to get their bots repaired as well as chat over the matches they watched.

To Be Continued…

Well, this has been one exciting chapter, hasn't it? Sorry again for the lateness of this chapter, will try to have Round 2 out before my Winter break is over. Now for the standard ending. What Medabots will the gang still in the tournament face? Will they face even stronger foes? Or will they be wiped out in the 2nd Round? Find out in the next chapter of Flight with Darkness!

Winning Teams:

1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31