SZ: We own jack! Part three of 'In the day of' miniarc beings now! GT! Z0! Start us off!
Z0: *steals the remote from GT* Banzai! *pushes button causing giant anime explosion visible from space*
GT: *on Mars' moon, seeing the explosion* Wow. They're excited if SZ approved of that…
Noel hummed as she walked through Plumber HQ. They had all taken most of a week off after the events on Galvan Prime. Most all of them had tomorrow off, minus Tsubaki whom had yet to reach the point where she was forced to take vacation time. Right now, she was more concerned with the endless amounts of work Kajun and Jenny had been doing. She really didn't want to get involved, but the Resources Department wanted someone who could…'handle' Kajun to ask why she was using their computers to track down a civilian scientist and his history...and whereabouts...and literally everything else which bordered on creepy stalking.
"Ah...might as well get it over with..." Noel sighed as she tapped on the door to the lab of their resident mad scientists, "Kajun...Jenny...are you in there?"
After a while, the door opened as the two greeted her, "Hello Noel, what do we owe this sudden visit?" Kajun asked.
"Why are you stalking some poor man?" Noel asked.
"Stalking?" Jenny asked.
"Why whatever do you mean?" Kajun asked.
"Mmm-hmm…" Noel replied in a slightly sassy tone.
"I honestly have no idea what you refer to," Kajun continued.
"...Didn't have something you wanted to ask Makoto?" Noel simply asked.
"...AHH! YOU'RE RIGHT!" Kajun realized before turning towards Jenny, "I apologize, but something more important just came up!"
"Wait, wh-" Jenny began before Kajun bolted out of there, "Hey! But what about…?!"
"You can handle it!"
"...Oh dear…" Noel whispered, realizing the mistake she just did before taking in a breath to calm down, "Now...Jenny?"
"Yes?"
"What were you and Kajun doing exactly?"
"Well...where do I begin…" she muttered, dragging her inside.
"Eh? Wh...oh..oh my…" Noel whispered with wide eyes..seeing article after article taped to walls and white boards with a few pictures showing shadowed a male-sized robot flying around.
"So, you see...it began simple. I was following my mom's work files, and then we found she wrote her work down and left it with a trusted student," Jenny stretched her arms to a point on the wall, "Though given mom's track record...no name, no picture, no nothing!" she complained, "She's real good at hiding things. I never could find things on Christmas…"
"A student?" Noel asked.
"Yeah. Mom, for a long time, tried to teach folks in her brand of robot making magic. To...limited success…" Jenny rambled, going over files that had a lot of redacted information, "But one of these students was the most secret...as in we don't even know who they are. We figure they might have taken Mom's work and went into hiding."
"It's a good thing you don't breathe because I feel like a normal person would have needed to stop at some point," Noel noted.
"Yeah...oh! But me and Kajun think we might've found out where he is," Jenny added before pointing to a nearby globe, "One of his last two possible locations were in Japan or San Francisco given the sighting of a super fighting robot were last seen in these two locations."
"Super fighting robot? Like you?" Noel asked.
"Yep." she smiled, "But it's just a best guess. We'd need to go see for ourselves...but with Kajun…"
"Being Kajun?" Noel finished.
"Yeah," Jenny agreed, "With her being herself, that plan's all zozzled up."
"Well...what if I came with you?"
"Hmm?"
"I mean...I wanted to go out with Ben when he mentioned he was going to go to Upchuck's planet, but…" Noel paused before pouting, "I wasn't allowed to go…"
"Not our fault we can't help but hug cute things," Jenny huffed.
"Agreed," Noel nodded, "So..maybe I can help you in your search? And who knows...maybe we can find something really cute along the way."
"That sounds great!" Jenny beamed, "Plus, a good chance to really try this ID Bracelet."
"Hai!" Noel nodded, "Demo..where should we start?"
"...Japan?"
"Oh, I've always wanted to go there since we came to this time!" Noel beamed.
"Excited, eh?"
"Oh very much so!" Noel replied, nodding eagerly with stars glittering in her eyes, "From old internet files Kajun dug up back in the academy, I've always wondered what it was like in the past! Especially with such cute things like Hello Kitty!"
"Well I guess the only thing we need is a ride," Jenny noted how only one of them could really fly.
"...Good point," Noel muttered, "How are we gonna get there then?"
"Mmm...Oh! We could ask Ben to borrow his car!" Noel noted.
"Huh?"
"Well, we'd have a vehicle while in Japan and your strength could easily carry it to Japan," Noel noted, "...Unless Kevin-san made it capable of flight."
"Let's get the keys." Jenny simply replied, "Wait...can either of us drive?"
"..." Noel held up her license with her name and picture.
"Nice!" Jenny beamed, "Then let's go!"
"Hai," Noel nodded, 'Just hope things will be okay here without me and Jenny…'
"No...It should be...no...GAH!" a voice snapped from inside what looked like a volcano lair, "Where are you hiding your creation, Moshimo?!" the now very enraged voice snapped as a figure paced about, "How could you have hidden it so well...who could you trust to hide such a thing? Who?!"
"Now boss, please calm down. It does you no good if you stress yourself like this," another voice noted, this one seemingly calm as a large figure began to approach the shorter one, "Here, I made you some tea."
"I do not need tea! I want Moshimo's creation!" the shorter figure snapped before looking back at a large computer screen, "Just where are you hiding…?!"
"Well, we haven't found it in Japan and last we tried in San Francisco, it just vanished. Maybe he's hiding it in some secret island lair," the large figure replied.
"What? Don't be stupid! Only Super villains live on island lairs! What world would this be if good guys began having them!? Just...go to your room and stop being an idiot, Constantine!" he snapped, "Good guys with island lairs...bah…" he marched off as he began angrily grumbling in Japanese to himself.
"I thought it was a good idea..." the now named Constantine muttered.
"Sil-…!" the shorter figure began before something blurred by on one of the opened windows shown on the screen, "?! Was that…" he quickly typed away as the scene on the window rewound itself before stopping, showing a certain female robot, "?!"
"Oh look! It's a cute little robot girl," Constantine spoke, "That's sweet."
"BAKA!" the shorter figure snapped as they smacked the larger figure, "That is no ordinary robot… That is Dr. Wakeman's greatest creation: XJ-9! Wait...wait...oh ho ho! I just thought of something brilliant! No doubt Moshimo's creation would notice it and register it as a possible threat...and when they tire themselves out in the eventual fight, I swoop in and claim them both as my own!"
"I don't know, boss…" Constantine muttered.
"Of course you don't know, because you know nothing! Like a henchmen should! I am the evil genius! So I do all the knowing! And I know this will work! Now get the war jet!" he snapped.
"Oh boss, you know we don't have a war jet anymore...you broke it," Constantine sighed in a tone as if he were a caretaker dealing with their elderly charge.
"Curses...but it was worth it. That'll show UPS to ignore fragile warnings on my packages…" he rambled.
"Yes boss...yes…"
"In that case, get the stealth vehicle out of the garage!" He shouted.
"Oh, but I just started a new recipe I found...spinach puffs."
"NO EXCUSES!"
"But Boss I just got them right…"
"NOW!"
"Yes Boss…"
"I think I see Japan up ahead," Noel noted, sitting in the front seat of Ben's car as Jenny carried it over her head while she flew.
"Ooh great! I can't wait to look around!" Jenny cheered, "..Just hope I don't lose my language program like last time."
"Hmm?"
"I fought a Kaiju here once and just as I was leaving? I lost the CD that helped me speak different languages, so I was stuck speaking Japanese the entire day," Jenny explained.
"Oh my...Oh when you returned to America, huh?" Noel guessed.
"Yep..." Jenny sighed.
"That must have been very difficult," Noel sympathised.
"You have no idea… No one could tell what I was saying, or kept making wrong guesses," Jenny sighed.
"Well..maybe…" Noel began before something zoomed past them, "?!"
"What was that?!" Jenny gasped
"I think I saw it land near the city!" Noel stated, noticing the blur shooting into the city up ahead.
"Hang on, Noel!" Jenny advised, "It's going to be a bumpy ride!"
"Hoo boy," Noel meeeped, holding onto her seat as Jenyn speed up, following after the blur into the city, "KYA!"
"I see it!" Jenny spoke, "Wow! It's fast!"
"I'm so happy I skipped breakfast!" Noel shouted as Jenny zoomed through the skies over the city, making sure not to hit any buildings as she kept following the blur as best she could.
"Mm...may need to ask Kajun for an upgrade later…" Jenny whispered as she could barely catch up with the blur, "...Wait...what if…" she noticed the blur zipping right into an empty warehouse near the pier, "...Noel hang on!"
"Oh not ag-KYA!" Noel screamed as Jenny flew down to the building, landing before it as she put Ben's care down, "Ohh…really glad I didn't eat breakfast…"
"Better armor up, Noel," Jenny advised, one of her arms shifting into a blaster as she stared at the building, "Who knows what could be waiting for us in there…"
"Just...give...I need a minute…" she groaned, stumbling out as her uniform covered her body, "Okay...I'm good." she pulled out her guns, "Oh just one trip without us needing to have weapons out and ready."
"I know…" Jenny muttered as the two cautiously approached the building, the two unaware of a pair of figures watching them from the shadows.
"Look, Constantine...look at how advanced XJ-9 is even after ninety years...how combat ready it is...I deserve it! Along with Moshimo's creation!"
"Are you sure, Boss? I mean that girl with her looked rather scary if she were provoked."
"...That is a girl? I thought they were a really skinny boy." he spoke before paling as a bullet went past his head. He slowly turned to Noel who shot without even turning her head.
"Oops...sorry...finger slipped...weird...I felt so angry when it happened." Noel spoke.
"Maybe someone said something you mentally didn't like," Jenny guessed as they stood at the door leading inside.
"...Maybe," Noel muttered before carefully opening the door, sneaking inside before closing the door behind them.
"...Boss? Are you okay?" Constantine asked.
"...Y-yes! Yes I am!" the smaller figure snapped, "On the bright side, I no longer have to go to the bathroom."
"Oh boss...you make boomboom?" Constantine asked.
"..."
*SMACK!*
"SILENCE!"
"...It seems quiet…" Jenny whispered, her back against Noel's as the two walked around the darkened warehouse, "...And that worries me…"
"M...maybe it's just an empty warehouse," Noel suggested, taking a deep breath as she tried to remain calm.
Jenny blinked and her optics changed to red. In her head, her perception changed from normal to thermal. At first, everything seemed normal...but she quickly noticed a heat signature from behind one of the walls within the building.
"...There's someone in here. They seem human," Jenny noted quietly, "Keep close and be ready. For all we know, it may look human but it isn't."
"H-hai," Noel nodded, "It could be an alien...which given our lives...is no longer the strangest possibility ever."
Jenny nodded, "Still...be cautious. Who knows wh-"
"Who is there?" a voice spoke as what sounded like a metal panel sliding was heard, "If that is you, Dr. Kamikaze...I keep telling you no. I will not turn him over."
"...Dr. Kamikaze?" the two girls blinked at that.
"A...ano, sir? We...don't know who that is," Noel answered.
"Hmm?" the man blinked as he stepped into better light, "Oh yes. Terribly sorry, dear girl...wait…" he squinted through his glasses, his voice softening to a much kinder and polite tone upon realizing it was not his nemesis, but was replaced by shock, "Impossible...XJ-9…"
"Huh?" Jenny blinked.
The man became fully visible to both girls, revealing a tall, slender, elderly Japanese man. His thinning hairline was leaving him bald at the top with white hair which spiked up along the sides of his head. He wore an all white lab coat centric attire with yellow gloves. He adjusted his circular glasses as he got a better look.
"I'll be...It truly is you, Sensei's greatest work," he spoke in awe, "I never thought I'd get the chance to meet you in person."
"Sensei?" Jenny repeated, "...Wait...does the name Nora Wakeman sound familiar to you?"
"Of course it does. I was her student after all," he smiled, "Oh, how fondly your mother spoke of you all the time." he mused happily as he walked forward, "Oh how rude of myself. Please, you may call me Moshimo…" he bowed.
"Wow...uh, don't misunderstand but...finding you was easy!" Jenny cheered.
"Mysteries tend to take longer than this…" Noel muttered.
"Hmm?"
"We ended up following this blur to this warehouse here," Jenny explained, "We...never expected to find you here."
"A blur?" Moshimo repeated, "...Ahh. I believe I know who you are talking about. Please...follow me."
"Hm?" the two blinked, following him.
"I believe what you saw was my invention," he explained, "You see, XJ-9...is it okay to call you Jenny?" Jenny nodded, "Arigatou. You see, Jenny-san, I have worked for years to try and recreate my Mentor's greatest work: a robot who has a soul. A robot that by all accounts is a true living person. Such a wonderful and amazing creation born of love and dedication, was something I hoped to replicate in memory of her."
"Another Jenny?" Noel blinked.
"In concept, yes," Moshimo nodded as they walked into a fairly large lab, "But while Sensei created the perfect daughter, my goal was to make a perfect son." he mused, "I guess, in a sense, I am a modern day Geppetto, and that 'blur' as you call it...was my Pinocchio." he stopped and turned to a lab table as a shadow moved around behind it, "It is okay. You're not in trouble," he spoke gently in Japanese as a figure slowly walked out, "Girls, I would like you to meet RobotBoy." he introduced.
Out walked a small child sized robot. He, at best, came up to their knees. He was all silver with blue hands and cylindrical legs ending in blue colored feet. His head was a little big with two curved cylinder horns. His eyes shone blue as he blinked a few times before looking up at Moshimo.
"Robotboy really not in trouble?" he asked back in Japanese.
"No my boy, you're not in trouble. You inadvertently brought someone amazing to us," he replied while crouching down and patting his head.
"Ah…." Noel awed silently with sparkles in her eyes as she stared at Robotboy, 'KAWAII~!'
"He's so...small…" Jenny noted.
"Yes, his name is a little on the nose, isn't it?" Moshimo smiled, "While I am a master of engineering and robotics...I am not the world's most creative person when it comes to names."
"My mom named me XJ-9...at least 'Robotboy' sounds cute," Jenny argued.
"Hello," Noel greeted, kneeling down to be closer to Robotboy's height.
"He-llo? What is he-llo?" Robotbot asked, tilting his head.
"Robotboy is not wired for English just yet," Moshimo explained, "I built him to learn like a human does; over time and through experience. It will take him a while to learn how to pronounce things properly in a language outside of Japanese."
"Oh," Noel nodded, "It means hello. I am Vermillion Noel."
"Noel," Robotboy repeated, "It is a nice name."
"Quite fluent," Moshimo noted.
"Thank you, sir," Noel thanked with a bow, "The nation I'm from grew up with a language made of several put together, so learning each one they were from was kind of easy."
"It's a long story," Jenny added.
"Yes. I am rather aware," he mused earning their attention, "I dabbled in time travel in my youth." he laughed, "But no, sorry. After meeting a good friend, I dropped that work altogether. Ah, my apologies once more. Would you care for some tea and oil, Noel-san, Jenny-san?"
"Sure," Jenny smiled.
"That sounds very nice," Noel nodded, standing back up.
The four made their way to a section of the building more resembling a living quarters for Moshimo. He worked on preparing the refreshments as the girls sat down at a table, Robotboy joining them.
"So Profesor, you made Robotboy based off me?" Jenny asked.
"Well...Off the many lessons I got from your mother, the plans for her XJ series were locked away in her secret laboratory. Robotboy is a much more original frame from you," Moshimo explained as he walked back with everyone's drinks, "While you were designed with a one of a kind polymorphic frame that can change and alter at a whim, Robotboy has a stage based form system. This is his regular Active Mode which saves energy by keeping him in this small child-like build. While he can't drastically alter his form, he can grow and shrink to various sizes."
"Robotboy go...BIG!" he held his arms up before stopping as Moshimo patted his head.
"He refers to his Superactivated Mode, or Combat Mode," Moshimo explained, "Only when becoming this form do his weapon systems unlock. But it's also a massive drain on his internal batteries."
"Oh...soka," Noel noted as she took a sip of her drink, "Oh! Umashi…"
"Thank you, Noel-san," Moshimo smiled, "Robotboy is my greatest invention. I made him to become a real boy in a sense, but I have to go into hiding, as far too many people want him for his power."
"You mean this Kamikaze guy?" Jenny asked.
"Yes," Moshimo sighed, "He's stolen and continued to attempt and steal my work for ages, wanting to use them to conquer and steal the world."
"...He does know about Ben, right?" Jenny asked, "Or the Autobots in Detroit?"
"The man was always one who could never see the forest for the trees," Moshimo noted before chuckling, "Also for a rather clever bio-engineer...he's incredbly stupid."
"Wait...bio-engineer?" Noel repeated.
"He would experiment and clone animals to try and steal Robotboy for himself," Moshimo explained.
"...He didn't go to the same school as Dr. Animo, did he?" Noel asked.
"That name oddly rings a bell…" Moshimo muttered, "But irregardless, I have slowly run out of safe places to hide Robotboy here in Japan with all his endless attempts."
"Robotboy misses the deer living in the park. They were very nice," Robotboy sighed.
"Oh…" Noel softly cooed at that, wanting to give him a hug, "...I got it. I'll take care of him for you, Moshimo-hakase."
"Hmm?"
"Noel?" Jenny blinked.
"I can take care of him," Noel offered as she picked Robotboy up and sat him in her lap, "I mean, I live with Ben Tennyson, and Jenny, and my friends, whom are masters with weapons and have superhuman strength. And one...over eager scientists who works with alien technology so someone who can take care of him should anything happen. Of course, we'll have to make sure she signs several agreements on confidentiality when it comes to Robotboy and to not try to 'tinker' with him without your approval."
"Well...you make a very solid argument, Noel-san," Moshimo chuckled unable to argue her logic.
"She tends to do that," Jenny giggled, "One day we found a small litter of kittens in the park, and Noel refused to leave them until we found their mother."
"I'm just relieved they got a home," Noel noted, her cheeks turning pink as she remembered how adorable the kittens were, "But yes...I-I'll do everything I can to make sure Robotboy stays safe, Moshimo-hakase."
"...You truly have a big heart, Noel-san," Moshimo noted with a soft smile, "Maybe you are right. Maybe Robotboy going to stay with you truly is for the best."
"Huh?" Jenny blinked.
"I'm an old man…" he sighed, "I might not be able to always be there and teach him the right things. Maybe someone as kind as Noel can help him become a real boy." he explained, "I never thought that the perfect caretaker for my Robotboy would literally land their car in front of my house." he laughed as he walked off and picked up an orange watch shaped like Robotboy's head, "This is a controller of sorts that can awaken Robotboy from his Deactivated mode. As well as a means to communicate with me." he explained, handing the watch to Noel, "I'd still like for Robotboy to not be an overly public figure, so he has a small doll-like deactivated mode to fool the regular person into thinking he is a simple toy."
"Soka," Noel noted, strapping the watch to her wrist, "I'll be sure to keep you updated, Moshimo-san."
"And we can help teach him, too," Jenny added, patting Robotboy's head.
"That would be excellent," Moshimo noted before kneeling down to Robotboy, "Robotboy, with Kamikaze's continued attacks, it saddens me to say that staying in Japan is no longer an option."
"But what do we do?"
"Noel-san and Jenny-san are offering you sanctuary with them," Moshimo explained, "I'll be making sure to check up on you as often and as polite as I will be able to, but my main importance is that you are safe."
"You are not coming?" Robotboy asked.
"Sadly, I cannot. But remember, I am just a simple call away. You can trust these two, especially Jenny-san."
"Jenny-san?"
"Yes. Remember the stories about my teacher, Wakeman Nora? This is her daughter, XJ-9 or 'Jenny' for short."
"Short? But Jenny-san is tall. Taller than when I get big," Robotboy noted, tilting his head, earning a chuckle from Moshimo.
"Only by a little. But what I mean by 'short' is that is what she prefers to go by."
"Oh...I do not get it."
"It will take time to understand, but that is what they shall teach you, teach you how to be a true boy, how to be kind and caring, and how to use your amazing power for the sake of others."
"Ahh...okay p-" Robotboy began before an explosion was heard from outside, "?!"
"...oh no…" Moshimo sighed.
"Moshimo! I know you are in there!" a voice shouted as another explosion was heard, "Give me your creation and XJ-9!"
"Kamikaze?" the girls asked.
"Ah...yes...and it seems he wants you as well, Jenny-san."
"...Well," Jenny began with a frown as she stood up, "He's gonna be in for a rude awakening thinking I'd go with him."
"Yes. Maybe a taste of the new friends Robotboy has...will finally make him think twice about hair brained schemes," Moshimo smiled.
"You can only hope," Jenny replied.
"Moshimo, I know you can hear me!" Kamikaze shouted, the light of the rising sun revealing him to be a short bald man in a red robe as he sat on top of a large growling bear, a few others nearby as they hard rocket launchers on their backs, "I demand you give me your and Wakeman's creations! They rightfully belong to me!"
"Boss, I am unsure that is a wise thing to say," Constantine spoke up, "The robot girl seems to be the very willful type."
"Silence! It will come with me whether it wants to or not!"
"I am not an 'it'," a voice spoke before one of the fired missiles were deflected as it landed in the ocean, "I am a girl."
"...Ahh. Perfect timing, XJ-9," Kamikaze noted as he looked up, seeing Jenny hovering in the air.
"Boss...I don't like that look…" Constantine spoke, "It looks like she's really gonna hurt you."
"Non...wait, why just me!?" Kamikaze demanded.
"Cause your goon looks nice enough to leave off with a warning," Jenny replied.
"Oh thank you," Constantine smiled.
"Don't thank her, you idiot!" Kamikaze snapped.
"Also the fact you claimed I 'rightfully' belong to you? Yeah...no. I was created by my mother, Nora Wakeman, and I'm my own person," Jenny continued, the serious look never leaving her face, "Also you so much as touch Moshimo's creation with evil intent, I am going to -as my friend Makoto would say- give you the boot...right out of Japan."
"Haha! Shows what you know...the whole country has a restraining order on me!" Kamikaze laughed.
"How did that happen!?" Jenny had to question the impossibility of a country having that against a single person.
"He tried to recreate Godzilla," Constantine answered.
"Wait, the movie monster?" Jenny asked.
"It was a dare...and pride...and many many mistakes made in college," Kamikaze explained.
"...Dr. Animo ring any bells?"
"Do you mean Aloysius?" Kamikaze blinked, "He was my old lab partner. It's been ages. Is he still in prison?"
"Sir, you met last year after he broke out…" Constantine reminded.
"Yes, and I was hoping to exchange notes with him, but he never showed up because of that Ben Tennyson!" Kamikaze snapped, "...Nevermind! XJ-9! You are coming with me whether you like it or not, along with Moshimo's creation!"
"...No," Jenny bluntly replied, making him fall right off of his seat, "Oh look...I knocked you off your high horse...or in this case, high bear."
"How dare you!" Kamikaze snapped.
"Let's skip this part and get to the blasty-blasty," Jenny smirked, holding her arms out as her palms began to glow.
"Uh-oh…" Constantine muttered, grabbing his boss and running as soon as she began shooting, "Ahhh!" he cried in panic.
"Bear Clones, attack!" Kamikaze ordered.
"Bring it o-wait. Did he say Bear Clones?" Jenny asked before the bears stood up, their claws growing as the rocket launchers moved onto their shoulders, "Wow...that's not something you see everyday." she spoke as she dodged a rocket and punched one of the bears, sending them flying.
Jenny jumped back as she formed blasters over her shoulders and morphed her arms into similar blasters. She landed and began opening fire peppering the Bear Clones with energy bullets.
"Yes, yes! Swarm her, my beasts! Swarm her!" Kamikaze decreed.
"Ha!" Jenny yelled as she deployed her giant fist as she swung and punched several of the Bear Clones away.
She swung her hand back and backhanded several more of the Clones clearing more room for herself. She jumped back before reforming her left hand into a blaster of some sort, it opened up into two sections before firing a cable which wrapped around several Clones and shocked them into submission. Jenny swung her her right as her hand was folded in and replaced by a long sword that began glowing blue. She rocketed forward and slashed multiple clones down, letting them all fall over.
"Ooh…" Robotboy awed watching Jenny fight, "Robotboy...fight too?" he asked.
"No, I think Jenny can handle this," Noel spoke, patting his head, making him look down in disappointment, "But you can learn from what she's doing, ne?"
"Learn…?" he spoke, "Learn!" he smiled, watching her kick and punch the clones, sending them flying and falling to the floor, "Oh~!"
"No no! What are you doing?! Fight back, you stupid ursine!" Kamikaze snapped at the Bear Clones before yelping when one growled at him, "AHH!"
"I'm gonna guess animals don't like you very much," Jenny said as she smacked some Bear Clones away, one of her hands converted into an oversized tennis racket.
"Nonsense! They love me!" Kamikaze snapped.
"Uh-huh…" Jenny replied before stretching her arm out and punching several out of her path, clearing a path through the army of clones.
"GH!" Kamikaze tnesed, "Constantine, fetch me the KEMPB!"
"The KEMPB, Boss?" Constantine blinked before he was smacked upside the head.
"DID I STUTTER!? Get it for me now!"
"Ahh! Y-yes Boss!"
"KEMPB?" Noel blinked, pondering for a moment before her eyes widened, "EMP…Jenny, wait stop!"
"Huh?" Jenny blinked, stopping as she turned to look at her.
"He's gonna hit you with an EMP!"
"An EM…" Jenny began before a small ball with Kamikaze's face on it hit her in the back, making her tense before an electric shock coursed through her body, a silent scream escaping her mouth before it stopped, her eyes blank as she fell to the ground.
"JENNY!"
"YES! XJ-9 IS MINE!" Kamikaze beamed as one of the Bear Clones grabbed the downed Jenny and carried her over to him, "I may not have Moshimo's creation, but I have something just as good, if not better!"
"Um boss? What about her friend?" Constantine asked.
"Nonsense! As if I am scared of a little flat g-" Kamikazy began before a shot grazed his cheek, "?!"
"Get away from my friend!" Noel demanded, spinning Bolverk before assuming a fighting stance.
"You mean my robot!" Kamikaze argued, "Bear Clones, A-" he tensed when Noel spun her guns for a moment...and a rocket launcher was in their place, "...What the…?!"
"ZERO GUN: THOR!" Noel shouted as she pulled the trigger.
The Bear Clones blinked as a rocket headed their way..only it looked more like something out of World War 2 before it impacted the ground...and resulted in a large explosion that blew a majority of them away. Robotboy awed as he watched the explosion.
"...Ahh…." Kamikaze wheezed, his glasses slipping down his paling face.
"I'll say it once more…" Noel began with a frown, her rocket launcher smoking as she aimed right at him, "Let go of my friend!"
"Here you go!" Constantine declared, tossing Jenny over to Noel.
"Huh?" she blinked, returning to normal as she fumbled to catch her friend...only forgetting one slight detail, "Kya!" she cried while falling over, forgetting she wasn't strong enough to lift Jenny.
"CONSTANTINE!" Kamikaze snapped.
"I am sorry, Boss, but did you not see the glint in her eyes?" Constantine asked with a gulp.
"You absolute idiot! Why did you give her back the robot!? You should have acted as a shield!" Kamikaze shook his fist.
"I am pretty sure both of us would've been vaporized!" Constantine argued before he picked his boss up.
"What the…?!" Kamikaze began before Constantine carried him off, "Oi! OI! PUT ME DOWN, YOU BAKA!"
"No can do, Boss!"
"Bear Clones, get the robots!" he ordered before the clones thought to follow them.
"Uh-oh…" Noel realized as the clones growled at them. She then blinked as Robotboy landed in front of her.
"No hurt No-el!" he declared as his eyes began glowing red, "No-el friend!" he declared before bashing his fists together.
He flew up as his body began growing, sections opened, such as his waist making him taller. His legs extended and transformed into larger armored boots as his hands folded in while his armor expanded and enlarged. He landed as he now stood almost four times his original height, easily taller than Noel now. His horns grew and extended up drastically to add a more intimidating design. His cute face was gone; replaced by a blue mask with red lines around the edges and red eyes. Blue spiked shoulder pads extended out as his arms lengthened, and his forearms grew larger with a section allowing his hands to rotate. His legs now longer formed into thick blue boots.
"Oh…" Noel awed as Robotboy pumped the armor on his right hand and morphed it into a multi barreled vulcan gun.
Robotboy aimed as he began unleashing explosive shells that blasted the clones and sent them flying. The clones stopped their charge only to be tackled by Robotboy as he began punching them, sending them flying into the horizon. Robotboy turned as one clone got past him and neared Noel. His already angry eyes seemed to grow even angrier as he held his hand out and shot a grappling hook that snared the clone. He pulled and swung the clone around over his head before slamming him like a wrecking ball into the other clones. The remaining clones looked up as Robotboy floated up via his rocket boots. His two arms morphed into Vulcan guns as two more deployed from his back over his shoulders. His chest plate opened to reveal a glowing plasma cannon as his eyes shot out multiple red targeting lasers. The clones, realizing the amount of artillery within the robot, all gulped in fear at that.
Noel blinked as the clones roared and ran away in terror; many jumping into the ocean to run to safety. Robotboy landed next to her as his weapons retracted. He looked down to her as his red eyes softened to tell her it was all safe now.
"...k...Kakui…." Noel whispered in awe, "Jenny..Jenny, you should see this ...Jenny? Jenny?" she turned to the downed robot girl and shook her a bit, earning no response from her, "...Oh no...Jenny, please wake up!"
=Is everything okay?= Moshimo's voice asked from the device on Noel's wrist.
"Eh...oh!" Noel realized before looking at the device, "It's Jenny! She...she got hit with some sort of EMP bomb and isn't waking up!"
=Oh dear...Please bring her inside and I shall see what I can do=
Robotboy quickly picked up Jenny and flew back inside as Noel followed.
"Please be okay," Noel whispered, worry heavy in her voice as she followed Robotboy into Moshimo's lab.
"Hm...thankfully nothing bad has happened to her major internal memory unit. So she'll awaken with all her memories," Moshimo spoke as he worked, "All the EMP did was fry this one circuit that controls her sleep mode."
"Phew…" Noel sighed as she held Robotboy back in his smaller normal form in her arms.
"To prevent such an event again, I have insulated her major internal system parts," Moshimo explained, as he put his tools down, "Now to turn her back on." he mused, pushing the belly button bolt.
"AH!" Jenny gasped sitting up and forming her arms into cannons, "What happened? Where's the super angry little Japanese guy!?"
"Jenny!" Noel cheered, jumping and hugging her friend, "Oh thank god you're okay!"
"It...it's fine, Noel," Jenny whispered as she returned the hug "Still...Where is Kamikaze? And what did he do to me?!"
"He hit you with an EMP bomb."
"Oh...wait. HE WHAT?!" Jenny exclaimed, her arms changing back to normal as she patted herself, "He didn't do anything weird to my body, did he?!"
"Oh no no. You're perfectly safe, Jenny-san," Moshimo assured, "In fact, you can thank Robotboy for rescuing you in time before Kamikaze could take you away."
"Robotboy...do good?" he asked.
"More than good," Moshimo added, "Maybe going with Noel-san and Jenny-san will be good for you."
"Rea-lly?"
"Yes, I think they can show you many things about protecting the things that need your protection, and how to be kind like a real boy," Moshimo spoke, "We will only be able to see each other now and again so Kamikaze doesn't find me or my work. But I know you'll be more than safe with Noel and Jenny. Just meeting them today, you did the most heroic act I've ever seen."
"It's true," Noel spoke, earning Robotboy's attention, "You protected me and Jenny when we couldn't protect ourselves when the Bear Clones attack."
"Robotboy do good?" he smiled.
"Very good." Noel nodded.
"Noel-san, I shall leave him in your hands," Moshimo smiled, earning her attention, "I know you will be able to take good care of my boy and help him learn right and wrong."
"...H-hai," Noel nodded as she bowed, "I'll do my best, Moshimo-hakase."
"I know you will," Moshimo smiled, "Should you ever need my help, or should Robtoboy needs my help, I am but a call away." he smirked, walking over and grabbing a backpack colored in grey with two tubes like Robotboy's horns, "I created this to carry Robotboy around in public. I figured this way you can always keep him with you."
"Oh! A-arigatou," Noel smiled as she accepted the backpack.
"And Jenny-san…" Moshimo began as he looked at the robot girl before bowing, "Arigatou."
"Hmm?"
"Meeting you fills me with hope that one day Robotboy will be as real of a person as you," Moshimo spoke, "That the wonderful miracle my Teacher created...can happen again."
"Ah...Thank you for saying that, Moshimo-hakase," Jenny thanked, bowing in return, "I promise that I'll help Robotboy as much as I can just as I'm sure Noel will."
"I know you will," he smiled, "Now Robotboy, promise to be good for them. Okay?"
"O-K!" Robotboy cheered, "Goodbye, Professor…" he spoke, hugging Moshimo.
"Oh, it's not forever, my Robotboy. We will see each other often, of that you can be sure." Moshimo returned the hug as he stood up and motioned Robotboy to go over with Noel and Jenny.
"Where will you go?" Noel asked.
"I have a hidden sanctuary in the arctic where I can hide and stay safe," Moshimo noted, "It will be nice to stay somewhere I know won't be invaded by a short angry man." he laughed, "Maybe I can finally start a social life as well." he mused with a laugh as he pulled out a remote and pushed a button as his lab equipment and machines began moving on their own and folding in and shrinking until eventually his entire lab now fit inside of a large briefcase, "It's so hard to meet people when you have the fear of a little egomaniac bargaining in and ruining the mood."
"Good luck, professor," Jenny noted.
"Thank you, Jenny-san," Moshimo replied, "And good luck you all of you as well."
"Can all car go fly?" Robotboy asked as the sun began to set over Bellwood, looking out the passenger window in his backpack.
"Not all of them. Just when Jenny carries them or if they're made to fly," Noel noted as Jenny landed the car in the driveway.
"Ahh."
"You'll get used to it," Jenny replied as she opened the door for them.
"Ready to meet everyone, Robotboy?" Noel asked.
"Yes," Robotboy replied as he closed the top of his backpack and Noel put it on while Jenny pulled out several dozen bags from the trunk and back seat.
"I think we broke our budget," Jenny noted, "But with all the cute things...It was worth it."
"Hai!" Noel beamed, "Hopefully, the others will like the gifts we got them."
"I hope so," Jenny nodded just as Noel opened the front door.
"Tadaima!" Noel greeted as the two walked in.
"Ahh Noel. Welcome home a-" Kajun began before noticing the backpack, "...You bought a backpack?"
"Hmm?" Noel blinked, "Oh! Well...actually he's a gift from a nice old man we met."
"Yup. And said nice old man actually followed in my mother's footsteps," Jenny added.
"...Beg pardon?" Kajun blinked, her Science Mode starting to flare up...which Mai quickly took notice, '...Oh don't tell me...did...did they meet him?!'
"Hai," Noel nodded as she took her backpack off and put it down on the floor, "Come say hello, Robotboy."
Robotboy shook the backpack before opening the top, "He-llo..." he greeted before looking up at Noel, "Nice ladies?"
"Hai. These are my friends, Mai and Kajun," Noel replied with a soft smile.
"Ahh…" Robotboy nodded as he looked back at the two, "He-llo Ma-i, Ka-jun."
"Oh my god, it's adorable…" Mai and Kajun gawked.
"Isn't he just precious?" Jenny giggled, "And while he may not look like it, he also has a combat mode."
"Combat...mode?" Kajun slowly repeated as Mai made motions of telling them to stay quiet and not explain further.
Before anyone could continue, the door swung open, revealing Makoto...wearing a Kaka Clan outfit instead of the one she had gone out in. Jenny blinked several times in confusion.
'...I KNEW SHE'D LOOK ADORABLE IN ONE!' Noel mentally squealed as she quickly took a few discreet pictures.
"...Uh...Ma…" Mai began.
"Don't ask. Just...Just don't," Makoto replied, her ears twitching in annoyance.
"He-llo," Robotboy greeted, earning her attention, "No-el, nice lady?"
"...Noellie, who is this adorable little robot?" Makoto asked.
"Robotboy," Noel answered, "Robotboy, this is Makoto."
"Ahh...He-llo, Ma-ko-to," Robotboy greeted with a smile.
"She's taking care of him for a nice doctor that's following in my mother's footsteps," Jenny explained before Makoto could ask her next question.
"Alright," Makoto replied before tugging at her jacket, "And if you'll excuse me, I need to go get outta this. Also, good news is that Ben no longer has to fear for getting a harem of feline gals." she walked by, patting Robotboy on the head with her tail, "And welcome to our little group, little guy."
Robotboy giggled as he watched the nice squirrel lady walk away, "No-el, she was a ve-ry nice squir-rel lady."
"...Wait. What did she mean by that?" Mai asked.
"Hmm?"
"About Ben not having to fear of getting a harem of feline girls...which most likely is the Kaka Clan," Mai clarified.
"...M-Maybe…" Noel began in an excited tone, 'Romance! I need my notebook! I need many notebooks! ROMANCE!'
"Taidaima," Tsubaki greeted once she opened the door, "Well, today was certainly...something…" she looked down at Robotboy, "...Jenny?"
'Uh oh...Oh, please let her let Robotboy stay…' Noel pleaded.
"A scientist is taking up Mom's profession and this is his first one that's working," Jenny replied as she picked up Robotboy, "Tsubaki, meet Robotboy. RB, this is Tsubaki."
"He-llo, Tsu-ba-ki," Robotboy greeted, "Pro-fess-or is let-ting me stay with No-el and Jen-ny to learn many things."
"...Oh my god, you are just precious…" Tsubaki faintly squealed before quickly clearing her throat, "I...I see. Well...I can assure we will do our best to help you in your pursuit of learning…" she instantly pointed towards Kajun, "And don't you even think about it, Kajun Faycott."
"Eh?"
"I mean it. You even think about 'examining' this precious little boy, I will lock you in your room until you burn through Science Mode," Tsubaki warned.
"Oh like I could be l…" Kajun began before Tsubaki tossed a black and green ball at her that opened up into a net and engulfed Kajun.
*BZZZZRT!*
"Blaaaarg…" Kajun groaned from the net as she fell over.
"First lesson, if she has a glint in her eye that makes everyone else feel uncomfortable, throw that ball I just threw at her," Tsubaki informed.
"Okay, Tsu-ba-ki," Robotboy nodded, earning another soft squeal from her before she cleared her throat.
'...We need to keep her away from Robotboy,' Jenny thought as Noel blink owlishly at Tsubaki's surprise attack.
"We're good here," Mai gulped as Tsubaki gave her a glare.
"We better be," Tsubaki warned before giving Robotboy back to Noel, "Now if you need me, I need a shower after today."
"Oh...okay," Noel nodded as Tsubaki walked off, brushing a bit of her hair out of her face.
"No-el, she was a nice lady," Robotboy noted with a smile.
"...h-hai. She is," Noel nodded, 'I love the past.'
GT: Well, we now have a new resident. And it's a boy this time.
SZ: Eeyup...an adorable little boy you do not wanna anger...or harm when Noel and Jenny are nearby…and Makoto…and Tsubaki...ESPECIALLY Tsubaki.
GT: She be the momma bear in the house. Which is why she did that to Kajun.
SZ: Eeyup...speaking of Tsubaki, it's her turn as we end this little mini arc with her.
GT: Yep. We all know what happened with Ben and Rook on Peptos XI, so we'll be avoiding that since it'll play out as it did. Meaning that Tsubaki is up next.
SZ: Yup, so onwards!