I've decided, sine I'm getting at least one request per chapter, I'm now only going to write five words per chapter, leaving space for requests. So now, you might get five words in a chapter, and I'll even go as high as ten words per chapter.
Antauri: Wouldn't ten words be a rather lengthy chapter?
Yeah, but it won't happen. I've never gotten five requests before, for anything… ever. S'all good.
Otto: You're accent is showing.
Huh! Where!
Otto: No, I mean… never mind. Thanks to Skaternova for the review!
SPRX: And SkullWitch57… you're awesome, too! :D
Hehe… someone called me awesome, I feel special.
Nova: Hm, three requests, too. Nice.
Let's read! 8D
Frenzy:
Oh, here we go. This one's SPRX and Nova. Aw, aren't they so cute together? :D
"Nova, calm yourself!" Antauri shouted.
Nova grabbed Mandarin by the throat and slammed him into a wall, breaking at least six inches of the concrete. He scrambled to escape her infuriated grip, scratching at her hands and kicking.
"Nova!" Chiro yelled, stepping to go stop her.
"Chiro, don't!" Otto warned him, "She might hurt you, too!"
"We can't just let her kill him in cold blood!" Chiro shouted back.
She lifted Mandarin out of the small cave she'd made and threw him across the room. Gibson ducked to avoid getting hit by his former brother. He looked at Nova hesitantly and ran over, standing in front of the broken orange monkey. He activated his drills and shot a freeze ray at the ground by her feet. He quickly built it up, forming a barrier around himself and Mandarin. He quickly turned to mandarin and winced. Just looking at the injuries hurt him.
"No one deserves this pain…"
Nova slammed her fists into the ice barrier, shivering in response to the cold. Yet, despite being cold, her enraged frenzy made no hint of ceasing.
"Nova, calm down… SPRX is alright." Otto smiled, "It's okay… Mandarin didn't hurt him. It was Valeena that did this, remember? You don't need to hurt Mandarin. He didn't do this."
"He's awake." Antauri told her.
"Hey, Nova…" SPRX smiled, "You care about me that much?"
Her eyes widened and she looked over at SPRX. He smiled at her.
"I'm alright, Nova."
She ran over, throwing her arms around him.
"It's okay, Nova." He smiled, "I'm okay."
The ice barrier melted quickly, evaporating away. Mandarin was standing once again, Gibson having helped him as best he could without his medical supplies.
"Why did you help me?"
"Because I'm a good guy." Gibson chuckled, "It's in my job description. I have to help those who are treated unfairly, wrongly hurt, or ask for it rightfully."
Mandarin glared, looking away from the simian helping him stand.
"Don't think this means I like you." He growled.
Gibson rolled his eyes, "I wouldn't dream of it. Traitor."
"Goody-two-shoes."
"Knock it off, you two." Antauri crossed his arms, "Whether we like it or not, we are required to assist Mandarin back to health."
"But don't think that means we're taking you into the Super Robot." Chiro glared, "You're still our enemy and you will not be given an advantage over us."
"I would never dream of betraying your trust." Mandarin smirked.
Nova growled, "Watch it, or I'll actually kill you next time."
"Nova." SPRX chastised.
"And I'm not apologizing." She snapped and dropped the red monkey, letting his head bounce off the ground, "I'm going back to the Super Robot to work off my anger."
"Don't destroy the training room." Otto smiled.
"I'll try not to."
Memento:
"Come on, guys." Otto whined, "Please? It'll be like a memento of how far we've come!"
"I'm busy, Otto." Gibson told him quickly, looking through his book of spells, "I've been told I need to open my mind to the possibility of magic."
SPRX shook his head, "I have to give Chiro his pilot lessons."
Nova smiled, "Sorry, Otto. Jinmay and I have to patrol the city."
Antauri shook his head, "I must finish my new training sequence."
Otto crossed his arms over his chest, "You know, I didn't build this camera, spend two days tracking the weather, and build a device to take the photo just for everyone to be too self-occupied to take five minutes out of what they're doing to pose for one photo."
Chiro stood, "I think it's a good idea!" he smiled, "Come on. We need some fresh air, anyways."
Gibson sighed, "Alright."
"I guess it'd be a good idea." SPRX smiled.
"I don't mind waiting a few minutes before patrolling." Nova chuckled, "Jinmay?"
"I'm all up for a delay." She grinned.
"I suppose that I have been working for too long without a break." Antauri stretched his arms.
"When did you last take a break?" Chiro asked.
Antauri paused, blinking a few times, "Um… yesterday morning… if you count falling asleep at the console as a break. If not, three days ago."
SPRX and Gibson lifted Antauri into the air, laughing.
"Come on, Thingy! We're kidnapping Antauri!" SPRX grinned.
The small creature squeaked and jumped up and down, following them all as they ran outside. Otto quickly set up the camera, strapping his remote control in his tail. Chiro and Jinmay posed together, holding hands and grinning. SPRX and Otto jumped up, onto their backs and grinned. Nova leapt up, holding herself up on Chiro and Jinmay's shoulders with her arms, holding her head in her hands. Gibson and Antauri stood off to either side, laughing at the scene before them. Gibson clutched onto his magic book, watching SPRX and Otto high-five just over their heads. Antauri grinned as Thingy jumped up onto his shoulder. Otto twisted his tail to push the one button on the remote control. The camera flashed, blinding everyone momentarily, making the small pile fall to the ground. Antauri and Gibson jumped to avoid being buried under the pile, laughing.
Otto grinned, standing up, "That'll be perfect!"
"How do you know?" Nova asked.
"Because, for once, everyone was smiling."
Foolproof:
"How… how is this possible! I put every safety procedure in this! It was supposed to be foolproof!" Gibson groaned.
Otto smiled, "Sorry, Gibby, I didn't mean to break your… whatever it is."
"Well, that just goes to prove the saying, Gibson." SPRX smiled, "If you make something idiot proof, someone will just make a better idiot."
Patrol:
Reza was right; she really can't avoid this pairing. Here's another one with Gibby and Antauri!
Antauri and Gibson patrolled the perimeters of the city on foot.
The Super Robot was receiving repairs, so Otto was in his 'Touch-My-Work-And-I'll-Take-Your-Arm-Off' stage of his repair cycle. First, he'd be excited and energetic, then he'd go in the stage he was currently in, third was the 'I'm-Not-Going-To-Be-Able-To-Fix-This-Before-Something-Happens' stage, and then, finally, he finished and was able to show it off and be proud.
Gibson carefully watched Antauri, smiling.
"Is something amusing about me, Gibson?"
"Hm?" He paused.
Antauri chuckled, "Your eyes haven't drifted from my person for the last twenty-seven minutes."
Gibson blushed, "S-sorry."
Antauri paused, "I wasn't chastising you, Gibson… I apologize if I made it seem that way."
The pair walked in silence for a while.
"I just thought you looked rather fascinating with the sunlight reflecting off your metal."
Antauri paused once again, "Gibson?"
The blue monkey refused to look Antauri in the eye, "Your new silver form… it reflects light extremely well and you look rather… rather marvelous in the light."
Antauri smiled, "Thank you."
Gibson smiled back, "Let's finish our patrol."
Antauri reached over quickly and took Gibson's hand, surprising him. Gibson looked at the silver simian, who merely smiled and continued walking.
Knot:
Antauri and Gibson stared up at the flashing red lights and sighed.
"Didn't we just save the city?" Gibson asked.
"I believe so."
"Well, we'll pause this game for the fifteenth time and see what the trouble is now."
The pair walked together, talking calmly. They paused when they saw Mandarin standing at the viewscreen.
"What's wrong, Mandarin?" Otto asked, smiling at the orange monkey, "What is it?"
Mandarin smiled at him, "A small Formless invasion. No major threat. I can take this on my own."
Antauri paused, "Are you sure, Mandarin?"
"Antauri, there's perhaps twelve there. I'll be fine." He slipped on his gloves, "But thank you for the concern."
Otto waved as Mandarin left, grinning. Mandarin waved back and activated his jetpack, flying into the air and finding the Formless quickly. With a flick of his wrist, his weapons were ready, and he was heading towards the invading group.
The group had fourteen Formless, and they took around ten minutes to completely destroy. He looked around at the damage his fight had caused and smiled, deciding to help with repairs.
"Thank you, Mandarin." One of the local store owners patted his head three times, smiling, "Would you like to bring something back for that family of yours?"
He nodded, smiling as she walked back into her store and came out with a small basket of baked goods. He grinned in thanks and tied the last rope in a knot. He took the basket, kissed her hand, and flew off.
"I have food!" He announced as he returned. Not two seconds after he'd spoken, everyone was there. He chuckled and took a cookie for himself, handing Antauri the basket.
"Hey, Mandarin?" Otto paused, "Uh…"
"What's wrong, kiddo?" Mandarin smiled, patting the spot beside him for the green monkey to sit.
Otto sat down and hugged the orange monkey. Mandarin jumped.
"Otto?"
"I'm scared for you! The rest of us are mostly metal, but you're mostly flesh, and I'm scared you'll get hurt!"
Mandarin chuckled and stroked Otto's back, "I'm not going to get hurt, Otto, that's why I have my shield, remember?"
Otto sniffled, "Y-yeah… but anything could go wrong. What if you lose your gloves?"
"I won't lose my gloves, Otto." Mandarin chuckled, "Thank you for your worry, but I'm fine. It'll take a whole lot to kill me."
Otto refused to let go of his older brother, sniffling.
"Hey, how about we go run around the city?" Mandarin whispered.
Otto perked up, "Okay!"
Mandarin stood, "Otto and I are going… patrolling."
The pair ran from the room, laughing. Gibson sighed and shook his head.
"What?" SPRX asked.
"Don't you remember last time Mandarin took Otto 'patrolling'?" Nova asked, "They stripped out of all of their armor and ran around yelling 'I'm naked'. We're lucky the citizens can't understand us."
SPRX smirked, "Oh, yeah. Should we stop them?"
Antauri looked at him, "You want to stop them? Alright, you go track down the naked pair and drag them back here."
SPRX looked from Antauri to the cookie in his hand and shook his head, "Cookies are more important."
DeviantArt:
AH, Reza here. Sort of a pairing warning, but not… this is more Reza's Real Life with the monkey team commenting… like from before. Just clearing that up. It may mention a variety of pairings.
"What cha readin'?" Otto asked.
Reza smiled, "One of my favorite Gibtauri fics on Deviantart. It's so cute."
Otto smiled, "Gibby and Antauri, sitting in a tree."
"A-B-C-D-E-F-G!" Reza grinned.
"Exactly!" Otto laughed, "What else is there?"
"Well, I really like some of the Spova stuff here. There's an entire group dedicated to you and Gibson paired together."
Otto smiled and looked at all the images on the screen.
"Awwwww, look at Gibby being all cute there!" he paused, "What's that group?"
"Hm? Oh, that one has all the pairings that involve two boys in the show."
Otto smiled, "I wanna see!"
Reza clicked the link and opened to the gallery.
"Is that… is that the Alchemist…"
"And Captain Suggazoom, yes." Reza chuckled.
Otto grinned, "What else is there?"
Reza showed him the list of pairings, letting him decide what he wanted to see.
"I only have two pairings…" He whined.
Reza chuckled, pulling the green monkey off the back of the black chair and into her lap, "What do you want to see?"
"I'm not your two-year-old nephew, you know?"
"I haven't called the Shawn yet." She smiled, "How about we look at-"
"Reza?"
She blinked, "Hm?"
"That one says Chiro and Skeleton King."
"It does. Good job, Otto, you can read."
He looked up at her, "How come in one of the Chiro and Antauri ones, Chiro's got a big belly?"
"Ask Gibson." She responded quickly and switched to the home page quickly, "How about we look up kitties?"
"Okay!" he grinned, watching her fingers push the buttons on the keyboard. He looked up and looked at the small cats on the screen, "Hey! That's the other show you like! Hetalia!"
"Yep."
"Can I see it?"
She smiled and clicked the image.
"Tell me who they are?"
She chuckled, "Okay. That one is England, with his thick eyebrows and teacup. Then Canada and America, that one's France, Prussia and the Gilbirds, Switzerland, Russia, and Lithuania… then that one is Japan, that's North Italy, Germany, and China."
"What's that?" Otto pointed at the paint icon at the bottom of the screen.
"You have ADD, don't you?" She clicked it and showed him the meme she was working on.
He read through it, laughing when he saw the image of him and Mandarin streaking through Suggazoom.
"I like it!" He smiled.
"You like what?" Antauri asked, appearing behind them. He paused when he saw the image on the screen, "Reza… why is there a crudely drawn image of Otto and Mandarin without their armor of your screen?"
"I drew it on paint, 'tauri." She grinned, "I'm a artist!"
"Stick to writing."
"I'm still gonna finish it!" She shouted, lifting her fist into the air, "I will not fa-" She fell over and yawned, falling asleep.
"Told you I could wear her out without making her get out of her chair." Otto smiled, "I'm gonna look at the kitties again."
Sun Riders:
"They were my heros… everything I modeled myself after…" Chiro ran a hand through his already messed up hair, "How can I do that if they've been tainted by Skeleton King?"
"Chiro…" Antauri tried to answer, but the words didn't seem to want to come to him. He could comfort the boy if he'd lost a pet, or a girlfriend, but not a hero. He didn't know what to say, so he remained silent.
"Everything I did…" Chiro pulled his knees up and buried his face in them, "Everything was wrong."
"Ultimate power corrupts ultimately…"
Chiro blinked, "Hm?"
Antauri paused, "Ultimate power corrupts ultimately. The Sun Riders may yet have a chance, Chiro… you just need to be their hero."
"Because Skeleton king's power isn't ultimate… or we'd never be able to defeat him." Chiro smiled, "Thanks, Antauri."
The black monkey smiled and left the room, sighing in relief. He took pride in being able to raise everyone's moods.
Perfect:
Pairing warning! And it's back to Otto, because I'm adorable! Okay, this is Antauri and Mister Hal Gibson! Reza was right, that name does make you want to smile. Oh, and a slight hint of SPRX and Nova,
"Well, Antauri, I must admit, this new body of yours is rather impressive." Gibson chuckled.
Antauri smiled, "Thank you, Hal."
Gibson bit down a blush, "That doesn't mean you can call me that…"
Chiro laughed, "Well, I think you totally kick butt, Antauri. And the ghost form is so cool looking!"
SPRX crossed his arms. He was leaning on the wall behind Chiro and Gibson, glaring at Antauri.
'He broke his promise. We had a deal and he broke it.'
Antauri blinked, looking at SPRX, "Oh…"
SPRX paused, "Hm?"
"You are right, SPRX, I did break our deal."
SPRX jumped, "Did… did you just read my thoughts!"
"I suppose there are new powers to this form that even I have yet to discover." Antauri smiled, "Would you prefer if I held up my end of our bargain now?"
"Kinda late, don't you think, seeing as you died." SPRX grumbled, "And we made that deal before we even met Scrapperton."
Chiro smiled, "Uh-oh! Antauri's in trouble with SPRX!"
Gibson chuckled, "Indeed, we met Scrapperton almost ten months ago."
The door slid open and Otto ran over to SPRX, "SPRX! I'm bored and Nova won't play with me! You're fun, can't you play with me!"
"Hey, I can be fun." Nova mumbled.
"In a moment, Otto. Antauri's going to do something for me."
Otto smiled, "Okay!" His eyes landed on Gibson and he frowned, crossing his arms and looking away.
"Oh, dear…" Gibson sighed.
"Just tell him what you told me." SPRX smiled.
Antauri nodded, "Alright."
He turned to Gibson and grabbed his hands. Gibson's heart practically leapt out of his chest at the contact and it took everything he had not to blush.
"I love you."
"What?" Gibson's control fell and a blush spread across his cheeks.
Antauri nodded, "I love you. I died to save Suggazoom and the universe, yes, but my main intention was your protection. I feel… like I have to show off to gain your respect and affections. I want to impress you. I want to protect you from everything and if you get hurt, I feel like it's my fault and that I should have prevented it from having ever occurred… everything I do, I do for you. My entire being revolves around you."
Gibson paused, "My… that's a hard act to follow… but I will give it my best."
Antauri blinked, "Hm?"
Gibson smiled, moving his hands to entwine his fingers with Antauri's, "I love you, too. Your very presence brings up my mood. It seems everything you do, no matter what it i—mmph!"
Antauri easily cut off Gibson's words, pulling him into a kiss.
"Go Gibby!" Otto laughed.
Nova squealed in joy and hugged SPRX, "That's so cute!"
SPRX smirked, 'This makes up for Antauri breaking his promise.' He put an arm around Nova.
The kiss broke and Gibson stared at Antauri for a second.
"You didn't let me finish."
Antauri chuckled, "I apologize… I couldn't control myself. I never believed you would return my feelings…"
Gibson chuckled and kissed Antauri lightly, chuckling.
Chiro still sat in the chair next to Gibson, cpmpletely trapped by the pair.
"Well, this is perfect." He grumbled sarcastically, "Antauri and Gibson get love and I get trapped."
Frenzy- Valeena hurt SPRX, then left. Nova saw SPRX hurt and went crazy. She hadn't seen Valeena hurt him, and Mandarin was the only enemy left… have you ever just thought 'It's at times like these that it sucks to be –insert bad guy's name here-.'? I tend to do that a lot. I'm the kind of person that likes all characters of something, good or bad.
Memento- You know the screencaps in the show? The ones at the end for happy moments? No matter what, there's always one person not smiling… from what I can remember. It's not an actual picture, but you can envision it, right?
Foolproof- Gibson makes something, Otto breaks it, SPRX makes a funny remark. 8D
Patrol- Awwwwwwwwwwww! How cute! Gibby thinks 'tauri is pwetty with his new silver form… 83
Knot- Set before Mandarin was corrupted with power. The Formless would be relatively new, so they wouldn't be as strong as the ones from the show. Se, in the marvelous world of Reza's brain, Mandarin's comment in Soul of Evil that Otto was his closest ally translates to Mandy and Otto were extremely close and went streaking running around town armorless together. 8D
DeviantArt- Request from SkullWitch57… KITTIES! LOL, what I did for this one, was I would say we looked something up, go to DeviantArt, look it up, and use the results I got to continue. It's pretty accurate. 8) And when I finish the meme I'm working on and post it, I'll like you guys so you can see my DA work.
Sun Riders- Request from SkullWitch57… I never was a fan of them. So this is set before they come back and are "good"… meh.
Perfect- Request from SkullWitch57… continuation of Semiconscious and Undertone from chapter 3. -3- KISSY KISSY! 8D
Antauri: Eight words… you must feel so off.
I'm not off.
SPRX: Why are you leaning to the left?
Trying to balance the weird feeling…
Mandarin: Hey, I was the main character for one!
Nova: yeah, and I beat you within an inch of your life in another!
Mandarin: D:
Otto: Kitties…
Gibson: Can't you all grow up? Honestly, you're acting like children.
Gibson, shut up and eat a Snickers. You're always annoying when you're hungry.
SPRX: So he's always hungry?
Ova: Not when he's making out with Otto or Antauri.
Gibson: / NOVA!
Antauri: Well, then… -trying, and failing, to hide a smirk- please review with your words of encouragement, requests, and whatever else you want to put in a review…
Otto: But not flames. Flames are bad. They burn the kitties. D: