Tezuka Fan Stories

[AnimeGirl14]

Hiya! This is a page where you can post your own Tezuka fan story. Don't worry, it's not a contest like the other forum. But I do want you to read my story. It's a fan story of Astro Boy that includes other Tezuka characters as well. Hey, you gotta love the Tezuka Star System! If any of you have an Astro Boy Online account, you may have read this story, but if you haven't, enjoy! Here it is. BTW, I changed the title of it. The original title was "Astro Boy and Jetter Mars vs. The Ghost Doll".

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART ONE

It was a beautiful day in Metro City. It was June 30th, 2017, and the sun was shining, brightening up the beautiful Japan sky. But that was not on Astro's mind at the moment. Dr. Elefun had just called him, telling him that there was trouble at the Ministry of Science and Technology. Without a second to spare, Astro took off like a jet rocket, flying in the air, with his jets trailing behind his fire engine red boots. Finally, he landed at the front entrance of the Ministry of Science, with Dr. Elefun waiting at the front door.

"Oh thank goodness you've come Astro." said the worried scientist. "There is something I need to talk to you about. Quickly, come inside Astro." They both went inside the building to discuss the matter at hand.

"Astro, a huge disaster happened at the Ministry that, if not stopped immediately, could cause total havoc, not only in Japan, but possibly all over the world!" said a very nervous Dr. Elefun.

"What's the trouble Doctor?" asked Astro Boy.

"Well, a huge monster owl, who goes by the name of Hooter, and claims to come from a planet called Owltopia, has stolen an important robot, that wasn't even finished being modified, from the Ministry last night." replied Dr. Elefun.

"Huh, what? Did you say a huge monster owl?" asked Astro, who almost didn't believe that he had heard the professor right.

As if Dr. Elefun was reading his mind, he replied, " I almost didn't believe at first, but everyone saw the same exact thing. A big huge monster owl who had stolen a robot girl, that wasn't even finished being modified yet. And the problem was that the robot had been abandoned after the scientist who made her, died in a traffic accident. The robot had only been a few years old, when a drunk driver and the scientist had a car crash, and both of them died. The scientist who made that robot girl, was like her own father, and she was very heart broken. Later, after her father's funeral, a member of the anti-robot party had thrown a hen-grenade at her, and she was most certainly damaged."

"Oh, the poor little robot girl!" cried Astro, with tears forming in his eyes. Many humans still didn't like the idea of robots having human rights, and they keep trying to prevent it in many ways possible, even if it means killing robots. Sad stories like that have always broken Astro's heart. Humans do such a thing? Astro wondered.

Then Dr. Elefun added, "Someone brought her to the Ministry, in really bad shape. We seriously wanted to fix her, especially for the sake of her father, who used to work here, but at the time, the Ministry had budget troubles, so we had to store her away for a while. We had thought we lost her, until someone recently found her in the storage room, in the back. We were just ready to modify her, but then, all of the sudden, a huge owl had broken into the building, and had stolen the body. Later, someone left us a telegram from him. Here, I'll read it to you Astro." said Dr. Elefun, as he did so.

Dear Earth Losers,

HA HA HA HA HA! I have stolen a robot from you,
right under your noses! You want her back?
Well, you're to late! I had already modified her.
And I even had her name changed to Ghost Doll.
I had given her transformation powers, to become
anything she wants to be. She also has the strength of
75,000 horses, and a pink, translucent, ghost-like
appearance. She is so mad at the people who
killed her and her father, that she wants to get
revenge on all humans. Chew on that, you stupid
Earthlings! HA HA HA HA HA!

Signed Hooter

Astro was really surprised and shocked by what was going on. "Gee Doctor, what can I do?" asked Astro, ready to help.

"I want you to find Ghost Doll," said Dr. Elefun,"But I want you to bring her back alive. I believe she is being controlled by Hooter, so I need her back, so I can change her to normal. But this mission may be tough, so I arranged for you to work with a special partner."

"What, a partner?" asked Astro, wondering what sort of partner did Dr. Elefun choose for him.

Just then another robot boy stepped into the door, and walked into the room.

"Hello Doctor. I came here just like you told me to." said the young robot politely. He almost looked like Astro, except he had a mouse ear-like hair style, he wore blue boots, blue shorts with a black belt, and a red cape.

"Thank you for coming Jetter." said Dr. Elefun to the young robot boy. "Lemme introduce both of you. Astro, this is Jetter Mars. Jetter this is Astro Boy. I asked Jetter Mars to come here, so both of you can work together on this mission."

Jetter Mars and Astro Boy instantly became fast friends. Astro shook hands with Jetter and said, "Hello Jetter. How do you do? Nice to meet you."

Jetter smiled, and replied "Hiya Astro. Nice to meet you too."

Then all of a sudden, someone broke into the walls of the Ministry of Science. It was a young robot. She looked like a young girl, but a ghostly pink light surrounded her. She laughed a wicked laugh.

"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! You'll never catch me Astro or Jetter! I'm gonna get revenge on all the humans, and all the robots that stand in my way too! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!" Surely, the robot was no one other than Ghost Doll.

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART TWO

"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!" laughed Ghost Doll, "All humans are gonna get it!"

Dr. Elefun ran to the phone to call the police. Astro, Jetter, and even Dr. Elefun couldn't believe what they were seeing. Ghost Doll was unlike what any of them had ever seen. She looked like an ordinary robot girl, about the same age as Astro's younger sister Uran in fact, except she was slightly translucent, and glowing as bright as a light bulb. She was entirely a shade of light pink, with glowing lights of many different colors. Her eyes were shining as red as Astro Boy's boots. On her head was a purple headband with many different colored gemstones. The purple one, which sat in the middle of her band, was the biggest and shiniest of them all. In other words, she looked like a small, but super powerful being.

But Astro, who has the power to tell if someone was good or bad, knew that she was not at all bad, but just misunderstood, caught up in something she shouldn't have been in, possibly told to do something against her will.

"Hold it right there! Stop it!" shouted Astro, "Why do you want to destroy humans?"

"Hmph!" said an annoyed Ghost Doll, "Because humans destroyed my Daddy and me. And I didn't do anything that would make them mad. Besides, I can destroy them if I want to, because you're not the boss of me!" she taunted, acting like an immature little kid. This was making Astro upset.

"But you know you're not supposed to hurt humans!" shouted Astro.

Jetter stepped up and said, "And you're outnumbered anyway, because there is two of us, and only one of you!" But Ghost Doll had come prepared for them.

"Oh really, huh?" said Ghost Doll, "BATBOTS ATTACK!" Then four bat-like robot monsters, called BatBots, smashed into the room, with bricks falling everywhere, including on Dr. Elefun.

"Ouch! My nose!" shouted the professor, rubbing his huge, elephant sized snozzle.

"Oh, now you've gone too far!" shouted Astro.

"It's on!" cried Jetter.

Then both of them sprung into action. Astro flew up in the air, and zapped a BatBot with his laser fingers. Jetter punched a BatBot in the face. Astro shot another BatBot with the machine guns deployed from his rear end. Jetter threw a BatBot out of the Ministry building, not knowing that it landed on top of a Hyotantsugi creature that happened to be bouncing by.

Just then, Inspector Tawashi and Police Nacamura burst into the room.

"Stop in the name of the law!" shouted Inspector Tawashi on th bullhorn, "Put your hands up! If you come quietly, we might not dismantle you, but you'll still need to be punished, you little brat!"

Ghost Doll just looked at him and said, "Now you see me, now you don't!" Then she threw something out of her dress pocket onto the ground, and it instantly produced green smoke.

'"Oh no!" shouted Astro.

"Don't worry" reassured Jetter, "It's not poison gas, it's just smoke"

"Oh, rats!" said Inspector Tawashi, "She got away!"

Astro and Jetter were worried.

"Gosh, I wonder where she is now." pondered Astro.

Jetter replied"I don't know Astro, but one thing is for sure, nowhere is safe with her around."

But no one knew that Ghost Doll was running away crying, scared that she would get in trouble by Hooter. She had failed her mission, and she was scared of getting punished, but she didn't want to hurt Astro or Jetter, or any humans. All she ever wanted was some friends.

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART THREE

Ghost Doll ran as fast as she could to Hooter's lair. She didn't know what to tell Hooter, since she didn't get rid of Astro or Jetter. She didn't want to hurt them, or any one at all. All she ever wanted was to make friends, but Hooter was trying to use her to get revenge. And since her dad has been long gone, Hooter is really the only one who is taking care of her. But at the same time, she didn't like being treated like a slave. Finally, she found the door to the underground lair where Hooter lived. Hooter was a creature from outer space that resembled Earth's owls and, like most space creatures, had to live underground. She stepped into the door, which was a teleportation device, and she slid down into Hooter's underground lair. Then she told Hooter the news.

"WHAT!?" screamed an angry Hooter. "Why didn't you get them, and destroyed them? I can't stand it! I made you better than this." Hooter was on a rant. "Not only did I bring you back to life when the humans abandoned you in the Ministry, but I also improved you, and made you better. I gave you super strength, and I gave you the ability to transform into anything you want. You can become any animal, any creature, any body, why you can even make yourself look ten years older. But I expect you to do what I say and do it right! You hear me?" he said threateningly.

"But I don't want to hurt anybody." said Ghost Doll. "I don't like how you fixed me either. I don't even look normal. I'm almost see-through, and my eyes are red. I look ugly. I liked how I looked before, when I was with Daddy." Ghost Doll had tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Like I said, you can transform into anything, so you can make yourself look normal, but not now." said Hooter. "Now do as I say, and destroy those two robot brats. They'll only get in the way of my plans to destroy the human race."

"But I don't want to help you take over Earth!" said Ghost Doll. "I think it's stupid! And besides, humans aren't really that bad, are they? I want to make friends!"

Hooter laughed, "Ha Ha Ha Ha! Oh, you are really funny! You know that a robot can't have friends. Humans are really horrible creatures! Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

"But Daddy was not! Daddy was a good person!" shouted Ghost Doll. This was getting to be too much on her electronic brain.

"Well, your father is dead, so you have no choice." said Hooter "Get some rest, and destroy Astro and Jetter tomorrow. And remember," he said, pointing to the purple jewel on her headband, "This jewel contains a neutron bomb, if activated. And if you don't behave, I will blow it up, also destroying you. I may have made you, but I can also break you, too." And with that, Hooter left the room.

Ghost Doll was really upset. Then she started to think, If Daddy really is in a place called Heaven, he wouldn't want me doing this sort of stuff. All at once she knew what she had to do. She had to run away. It's the only way she would be able to live like a good robot. She dressed herself in an aqua blue tee-shirt with a red heart, a pink skirt, and lavender sneakers. She pressed a special button on her headband, and she went from looking like a see through pink ghost, to a regular human girl. Or at least a robot that looks like a girl. Carrying a small yellow backpack, she snuck out of Hooter's lair, forever she hoped.

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART FOUR

That night, Dr. Elefun, Jetter Mars, and his older sister Miri, came to Astro's house for dinner. Instantly, the conversation turned to Ghost Doll. Dr. Elefun was still worried about what trouble that the mysterious robot could do.

"How could a robot be so evil?" wondered Miri as she twirled her fork around her spaghetti.

"I don't know." admitted Dr. Elefun. "But I know that she wasn't always like that." he said looking upset.

Cobalt, Astro's clumsy younger brother, was confused. "Sir" he said, "How do you know about that robot?"

Uran, Astro's little sister, looked up from her dinner plate and asked, "Was she once a different robot or something? Tell us the truth."

"Well, you see, she once belonged to a robot scientist," Dr. Elefun explained. "He built her for her daughter, who is now deceased. The girl's name was Mimi-chan, and the name of the robot girl is lost to us now since no one knows her name anymore. But after Mimi's death, her father treated the robot girl as another daughter. Things were going perfect between the two, but a drunk driver and her dad got into a car wreck, leaving the robot girl an orphan. Shortly after that, an anti robots party member threw a hen grenade at the poor robot girl and destroyed her. Someone later brought her to the Ministry of Science. She was in really bad shape, but at the time we couldn't fix her. We had thought we lost her, but someone recently found her in the storage closet in the Ministry building. We were about to fix and modify her, but then, something strange happened. The robot girl was taken away by a space monster, and remodeled as an evil ghost-like girl. He made her a transforming robot able to make herself into any shape she wants and she also has the strength of 75,000 horsepower. It's sad but true."

"But sir," said Astro, "I could tell by the look in her eyes that she isn't evil. It's true they were blinking bright red, but they did not look like anything bad. In fact, she looked upset."

"You know what", said Jetter, "I think Astro is on to something."

"Maybe" said Astro's mother "she was told to do bad things against her will."

"Oh, poor thing!" said Miri.

"That could possibly be true" said Dr. Elefun, "But she needs to be found soon, or else the alien monster might do something bad to her."

Uran, who was listening to the whole conversation, was thinking of how lonely that the poor girl must be. Maybe, she thought, she needs someone to be her friend.

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART FIVE

Although Ghost Doll was happy to leave the lair of Hooter, she was very scared. What if Hooter found me? she thought, What if he activated the neutron bomb? But, nevertheless, she knew she would feel better once she left Hooter for good. As she walked on, she realized that this was the first time she actually saw how beautiful the outside was. She hoped that she could make new friends.

She remembered the human girl she used to be friends with. The scientist who made her, Dr. Sasaki, had once had a little girl who was diagnosed with leukemia when she was seven years old. Her name was Mitsuko Soyoko Sasaki, but she was always called Mimi-chan. When Mimi was in the hospital, she made a special request for her dad to do. She wanted a robot twin sister. The hospital wouldn't allow any of her friends to visit her, and she was so lonely. Thus Melmo was created. She was the spitting image of Mimi. The two got along as if they have grown up together their whole lives. Melmo was different from Mimi in many ways, though. Mimi liked lavender, Melmo liked pink. Mimi always wore bows, Melmo has always chosen headbands. Mimi was usually shy, but Melmo had a lot to say.

Finally, Mimi died at age ten. Mimi's dad treated Melmo as another daughter, and grew to love her almost as much as his Mimi. Then came that fateful day, when her dad got into a car crash on his way to work. Melmo was heart broken. She was worried that she would have no place to live. But after the funeral, an anti-robot party member spotted her, and threw a hen grenade at her, for no reason. An old friend of Melmo had brought her to the Ministry of Science, hoping that she could be fixed. But at the time, the Ministry was in danger of going bankrupt, so they stored her away, but then they couldn't find her anymore.

Ten years later, she had been finally found in the storage room of the Ministry building, when a young scientist finally saw her. A few days later, they were ready to modify her. But then Hooter had stolen her, and remodeled her to do Hooter's dirty work. Melmo was afraid that she was becoming a little monster, and might become evil. She was pretending she was somebody she wasn't, and she couldn't take it anymore, so she left. She hoped that she would be herself again.

Melmo stopped at a house down the road. Out side of the house, was a young girl robot, in a pink outfit, kicking a soccer ball. The girl was, of course, Uran, just about ready to go to the park to play ball with her friends.

"Hurry up Uran!" said Astro, "It's time to go to the park!"

"OK!" Uran replied, "I'll be right there. I just need to get my bike."

"We'll meet you at the park." said Miri.

"Don't be too late Uran." said Jetter.

"I'll meet you guys there!" said Uran. Then she stopped and saw Melmo on the sidewalk of the house. "Oh, hello." said Uran. "Who are you?"

"Hello" said Melmo, happy to make a new friend. "My name is Melmo. What's yours?"

"I'm Uran-chan, but many of my friends call me Astro Girl!" said Uran proudly. She has the power to speak to animals and, like her older brother, she has super strength, which for that reason, has earned her the nickname Astro Girl. She is an obvious tomboy and proud of it.

As Melmo looked closer, she noticed something. "Hey, you look almost just like me."

Uran noticed it too "You're right! We almost be sisters. Ha Ha Ha Ha." They indeed, both looked similar, except that Melmo's hair is more browner than Uran's, and she had a couple of springy curls in a few places.

"You wanna go play soccer with me and my friends?" asked Uran.

"Sure, I'd love to." said Melmo, "Are we going to the park?"

"You bet!" said Uran. "Let's go!"

And the two of them walked hand-in hand to go to the park. Melmo was happy that she made a new best friend.

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART SIX

Melmo and Uran finally met every body at the park. It was a beautiful summer day, the sun shinning, the bees buzzing, and the children all over the park were having fun. It couldn't be a more perfect day.

"I'm gonna introduce you to all of my friends." said Uran, "My brothers are here too. You'll love them!" she said excitedly.

"Uran, there you are." said Cobalt, as he rushed towards the girls. "We almost thought we left you at home." Then he looks and notices Melmo. "Hey, who's that cute girl you have with you?" he asked.

Oh boys! thought Uran, as she rolled her eyes. Go figure.

Melmo smiled and blushed, a bit embarrassed. "I'm Melmo, nice to meet you. Are you Uran's older brother?" she asked.

"Yeah, I am, but I'm not as powerful as her or Astro. My name is Cobalt." he said shaking hands with Melmo.

"Hey Astro," shouted Uran, "Come meet my new friend!"

"OK" said Astro, as he walked up to Melmo and Uran. "How do you do? My name is Astro Boy." he said.

"It's very nice to meet you Astro Boy." said Melmo. "You can call me Melmo-chan.

It was right then, that Astro noticed something familiar about that girl. She had a purple headband that had a bunch of different colored gems with a giant purple amethyst right in the middle. Could this be the Ghost Doll in her true appearance? he wondered. And what's the big gem on her headband for? He knew that the gem could be used for something terrible. But he also saw, in her eyes, that she was not a bad person. He knew that Melmo was a good robot.

Anyways, Uran kept introducing her to all of her friends here. "Melmo, this is Cobalt, Astro Boy, Jetter Mars, Miri, Cora, Mari, Sharaku, Pinoko, and Denku." she said. "Everyone, this is Melmo."

"Hiya everyone." said Melmo shyly.

Denku, a little green robot, with the power to become invisible came to get a closer look at Melmo. "Are you a robot, too?" she asked.

"Yup, I sure am." confirmed Melmo.

"Can you do special tricks like I can? I can turn invisible." said Denku, and with a flip of her cape, she did turn invisible, almost as if she disappeared like magic. Then she reappeared again giggling.

"Well", said Melmo,"I can transform into almost anything."

"Really?" said Mari, a little girl, with curly brown hair, "Show us!"

"Well, I press a certain button on my headband, and" Melmo does so, and becomes a dog "Look. I'm a puppy!" She presses the button on her headband (well, coller now) and turns back into herself.

"Amazing!" said Cora, a black haired teenage girl.

"That's nothing." said Melmo, as she presses another button on her headband. " I can also become 10 years older." And indeed she was true. She had gone from looking like a eight-year-old girl, to an eighteen-year-old girl. But unfortunately, her clothes cannot grow with her, so her skirt ended up being too short in the back. "Oops!" she said blushing, as she pressed that button to make her an eight-year-old again .

"Omigewdness!" shouted Pinoko, squeezing her cheeks together.

"How do you do that!?" wondered Sharaku.

"I was just made special. That's all" answered Melmo.

"Wow, you're cool!" said Sharaku. "You wanna play ball now?" he asked.

"You bet!" said a ready Melmo. They played 'til about sunset when Astro's friend Tamao, a skinny boy with glasses and a baseball cap, came running towards Astro and the gang.

"Astro, Astro HELP!" screamed Tamao, in a panic. "Help, Astro, HELP!!!!!"

"Okay, calm down Tamao" said Astro, "and tell me whats happening."

"Well" said Tamao, "A sudden shaking occurred, and a building fell, and a bunch of people are trapped in the building, including my mother!"

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART SEVEN

Meanwhile, Hooter was hopping mad in his underground lair. He had pressed the wrong button on his computer monitor, when he was trying to figure out how to rob the Metro City's First National Bank, and caused a violent shaking right near it.

"Oh, blast it!" he said. "I wanted to check on the bank, not cause a big earthquake near the bank! Stupid machine!" he said as he kicked it. "Oh well. Maybe it would be easier that way for the robot girl to rob it." He tried to call for Ghost Doll, but there was no answer.

"Oh, no! She escaped!" Hooter shouted, enraged with anger. He went back to his computer for Ghost Doll.

"What she doesn't know," he ranted, "Is that she has a GPS implanted in her electro-brain, so I could always find her, whether she likes it or not."

The GPS found Melmo. The picture that showed up on the computer screen was a broken down bank building with many people around it, including children. One little girl looked familiar. She had brown black wavy curly hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. She had a blue tee shirt with a red heart, pink skirt, lavender sneakers, and a yellow backpack with Kimba the White Lion on it. But the most familiar thing about her, was her headband. It was purple, with many gems on it, and a big purple gem in the middle. No doubt about it. Hooter had found the right girl. That girl, was the girl, that called herself Melmo, who to him was Ghost Doll.

"There's the brat!" shouted an angry Hooter. "She tried to make herself like a human girl, and to have human friends. She tried to run away from me! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Oh, what a riot!" laughed Hooter. "BatBots!" he shouted to his assistants, "Kidnap all the children, and bring back that girl! Oh, and while your at it, rob the bank, would ya?"

The BatBots obeyed and went out to carry out his plans. But Hooter was not finished yet.

"I am sick and tired of your shenanigans, you stupid robo-brat!" he yelled at Melmo through the computer screen. "I'll do the only thing that's left to do. I'll activate the neutron bomb in your head. You're no use to me anymore!" Then he pressed a button to activate the bomb in Melmo.

"Have fun exploding in two days!" shouted Hooter laughing evilly.

Meanwhile, the children went to the sight of the accident. Tamao was a nervous wreck. Astro then saw his friends Shibugaki, Kenichi, and Mindi, near the sight. Astro began to give orders to all the robots.

"Jetter, you help lift the steel bars off from the ground. Uran, you help bring the injured people to the ambulance, Cobalt, you go get some people to help us. Denku, you go comfort the victims friends and family. I'll help Jetter with the beams. Let's rocket!" said Astro.

Melmo started to run after Astro.

"Astro wait!" she shouted, "I want to help lift the beams too. I may only have about 75,000 horsepower, but it's not that much less than yours. So what do you say, please?" she asked.

"Well," said Astro, after realizing she has a point, "OK"

Astro, Jetter and Melmo, worked hard to rescue the people trapped in the bank. Tamao's mother miraculously was unharmed, and came rushing out to Tamao as soon as she was out of the building.

"Oh, Mother!" cried Tamao, as he went to hug her, "I'm so glad you're okay."

"We need a doctor!" cried Astro's friend Mindi. Then all of a sudden, as if on cue, a large black car pulled up. Out stepped a tall man, in a black cape, with black hair that was partially white on one side. No doubt about it, that this man was Dr. Black Jack.

"CHENCHEI!" cried Pinoko, as she ran into the doctor's arms, scared. "Oh Doc, there is a whole bunch of people hurt from inside the building. Astro, Jetter, Uran, and Melmo are trying to get them out, but a bunch of them are hurt. Please, help them!" shouted Pinoko, as she started crying.

"Will you help them?" asked a bank manager.

"I have to warn you, my fee is very high." said Black Jack.

"I'll be willing to pay double!" shouted a rich man.

"Just save my little Melinda! PLEASE!" shouted a distressed mother.

"We'll do anything! Anything, we swear!" shouted the bank manager.

"Enough!" said Black Jack. "I'll help all of the victims, if you pay 1000000 yen."

"But sir," stammered the bank manger.

"No 'buts'. 1000000 yen, and that's final." concluded the doctor.

The robots had finished bringing the people out of the building, with Black Jack ready to operate on the injured building collapse victims. Then a bank worker came running to them in a panic.

"Help! Someone stole all the money we kept in the bank." he shouted. "We won't be able to pay for the operation! Wait, HUH!?" he said as he saw something strange. Several robots, that looked like bats, were flying off with several children. Then Astro looked up, and realized the children were Cora, Mari, Pinoko, Sharaku, Tamao, Shibugaki, Kenichi, and Mindi.

"Help! Help! Help!" they all screamed, dangling in terror.

"We'll help you!" said Jetter.

"Let's go!", said Astro.

"But wait!" interrupted Uran, "Where's Melmo?"

When Astro turned around, he found Melmo. But he noticed something weird was going on. Her skin was pale, as if she was scared. Her eyes were blinking red, as if she was in a trance. But the purple amethyst jewel, on her headband, was flashing and beeping loudly. Astro knew that there was something wrong with her.

"MELMO!" shouted Astro. At the mention of her name, Melmo was able to snap out of her trance, but her eyes and headband was still flashing. Melmo had no idea what was going on, and was very scared.

"Astro," said Melmo,"What's wrong with me?"

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART EIGHT

"Astro," said Melmo, scared "Something is wrong with me, but I have no idea whats going on. I feel that something is wrong with my electronic brain." Melmo's eyes were lit up red, and her amethyst jewel on her headband was flashing and beeping. Melmo looked terrible. Astro swore he remembered that this happened before.

Then he remembered. Astro once had a girlfriend, named Nuka. Nuka was a bomb robot made by a scientist named Professor Rindolf. Professor Rindolf had activated the neutron bomb in Nuka's headband, but by the time Astro found out, there was nothing left to do, but for Professor Rindolf to take Nuka apart. Astro didn't want the same thing to happen to Melmo.

"Melmo," said Astro," We may need to take you to Dr. Elefun to fix you. You might have a bomb implanted in your head!"

Then all of the sudden, it all came back to Melmo. Hooter had activated the neutron bomb in her. "Oh no!" she said. Then she started crying. Finally, she realized she had to come clean. She had to tell her friends her true identity.

"There's something I need to tell you guys" said Melmo. She sighed and continued, "I'm really the Ghost Doll. Hooter remodeled me to be bad, but I couldn't take listening to him, so I ran away from him. And now he taking his revenge, all because of me. He robbed the bank, kidnapped the children, and turned on the neutron bomb in my head to blow everybody up, including me. And it's all my fault. I'm sorry Astro. Please forgive me." and then she ran off crying hysterically.

"Wait Melmo!" yelled Astro "Melmo!"

"Melmo, come back!" cried Jetter, "We could help you!"

"Melmo, don't run away!" said Uran, crying, "We're still your friends! We don't want you to die. Come back please! You're my best friend!"

But Melmo kept running, until, a large BatBot swooped down, and carried Melmo off to Hooter's lair.

"Help! Help! Help!" cried Melmo. "Astro Boy, Jetter Mars, police, somebody, HELP ME!"

"OH, NO!" cried Astro. "We gotta save her and the other kids! Let's rocket!" And then, Astro took off like a jet rocket.

"I'm with ya!" replied Jetter Mars, and he took off with him.

"Hey, what about me!" shouted Uran, but it was too late. Astro and Jetter had already taken off, and unfortunately, Uran did not have the power to fly.

"Oh rats!" said Uran disappointed. "They always do this! I wanna help save Melmo too." Then she got an idea. "I could have Mr. Mustachio, Astro's teacher, drive me there." Then she called Mr. Mustachio to come and get her at her house.

Shunsaku Ban, aka Mr. Mustachio, a man with a droopy white mustache, was Astro's teacher. But he was also an armature privet eye, and was always ready to put up a fight, whenever the situation called for it.

A little while later, after Uran called him, he stopped his car at Astro's house and knocked on the door. "Uran, I'm here! Are you ready?" he asked.

But Uran was still up in her room, changing into something. If I'm gonna be a hero, thought Uran, I gotta look like one. "Yeah, just a minute!" she replied, as she slipped on a pair of hot pink boots. That should do it, she thought.

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART NINE

The BatBots flying with the dangeling children, instantly broght them to Hooter's underground lair, bound them and gagged them, and locked them all up in cages. Hooter was right by them,working fast on the computer moniter. Many of the children were yelling and screaming.

"Let us out! Let us out! Let us out!" shouted Pinoko, scared.

"I wouldn't want to escape here, if I were you." said Hooter, with an evil smile. "I'm gonna release a bomb that will hit the Earth, and when it hits the ground, it'll produce an orange smoke that'll exterminate all living thing on Earth. The only reason I didn't let you guys get poisoned, is because I need you children to do all of my work."

"And if we refuse?" asked a stubborn Pinoko.

"Then, you'll get lashed by this electric whip, which is very painful." laughed Hooter.

Everyone gasped. No one could believe how evil and unfair Hooter really was. Many of the little kids started crying.

"Hey that's child abuse!" shouted an angry Sharaku.

"Shut up baldy!" sjouted an angry Hooter,"Or eles I'll rip off that bandage on your forehead."

Sharaku kept quiet. He never liked it when people comment about his bandage. There was always a rumor going around that Sharaku's bandage was covering a third eye. He hated those rumors, and was always embarrased about them.

"So," asked Hooter, "Does anyone have any questions?"

"Yes," said Mari "Where's Melmo?" Melmo had not been in the cage with the other children.

"I had to put the robo-girl deeper underground" answered Hooter "Or else it wouldn't be safe for you guys when she explodes."

"SAY WHAT!?" shouted Kenichi in surprise,"EXPLODE!?"

"But why?" wondered Mindi.

"She didn't do what I told to" answered Hooter, "So I activated the neutron bomb in her electro-brain. But she dosn't deserve to see her friends again, so I locked her up separatly. Now," Hooter continued, "Any last requests?"

"Yes!" said a voice. "Set them all free!"

"Who said that!?" shouted Hooter. "I demand you show yourself!"

Then someone started to crash into the walls. Then, in flew two familiar figures. One of them had black spikey hair, green and black shorts, and red boots. The other one had a black mouse-ear like hairstyle, blue boots, blue shorts with a black belt, and a red cape. The children all cheered, because they knew those two robots, were Astro Boy and Jetter Mars.

"Let them go!" shouted Jetter.

"Okay, I'll let them go." said Hooter."But then they won't survive when the toxic bomb is complete!"

"Well then I won't let you finish it!" shouted Astro, as he used his laser fingers to fry the computer's keyboard. All of the sudden, the machines connected to the computer stoped working, and then the bomb was stopped from being able to work.

"Oh, rats!" shouted Hooter, as he pressed a button that worked "BatBots, destroy Astro and Jetter! NOW!"

The loyal BatBots carried out their master's orders, but Astro and Jetter were ready. Astro glared at a bat, with his bright searchlight eyes. The BatBot's eyes were so sensitive, that his electro-brain couldn't take it, and he blew up. Jetter flew around another batbot so fast, that the BatBot got confused, and fell out of dizziness. Astro was faced with a unusually huge BatBot. He threw the BatBot up in the air, and right out the the underground lair. Throwing that giant BatBot took nearly all of the energy out of Astro. But there was still too many BatBots.

"I can't do it anymore." said a weakened Astro. "I'm almost out of energy!" he said as he colasped to the ground.

Just then, a little voice said, "I can help you brother!" Then, in stepped Uran, in a very interesting costume. She had on what looked like a one piece black swimsuit, with a green band on the waist. She also had bright hot pink boots, to complete the look.

"What are you doing here, you stupid, little Uran" said Hooter in disgust.

"Don't call me Uran. I AM ASTRO GIRL!" she shouted. Then a BatBot swooped her way, but Astro Girl just grabbed it's wing and said "Who cares about your stupid bat people anyway!?". And with a "HIIEE-YAH!" she threw that, and two more bats out the window. Then she walked over to Astro, and gave him a new energy battery.

"Here you go Astro." said Uran, as she put the battery in Astro's chest hatch. Then Astro woke up with a determined gleam in his eyes.

"Oh, thank you very much Uran." said Astro, "You saved me. Now go and help the kids escape from the cages."

"Ok," said Uran. Then she added, "You know what Astro? Today I'm became a hero. Just like you."

Astro stood up, and gave his sister a hug, and went to get rid of more BatBots with Jetter.

Uran walked down the hall, until she found the cage that held Cora, Tamao, Shibugaki, Kenichi, Mindi, Mari, Pinoko, and Saraku. Without a second thought, Uran busted the cage door, leaving a big hole for everyone to get out.

"Don't worry. It's me, Uran" she reassured. "I'm gonna help untie your ropes, and you'll all be free."

"Looks like Cora was trying to get herself out first." said Tamao, and indeed, he was right. Cora had snuck a pocket knife in her jacket sleeve, in case of emergencies like this, and she was attempting to cut the ropes binding her hands together.

"Here, I'll help you with that." offered Uran.

"No thanks, I almost got it." said Cora politley. "You can untie the others, and I'll help you when I'm done."

"I hate this stupid Hooter!" shouted an angry Shibugaki. "After we escape, I'm gonna tear the feathers off of Hooter, and toss them in the trash can!"

"No Shibugaki!" said Uran, "We have to leave without him knowing."

"Oh" said an embarrassed Shibugaki, "Okay then."

Finally all the kids got untied, and Uran led them outside of the lair.

"I'll go drive the kids to their parents" said Cora, "Thanks for rescuing us."

"It was nothing." said Uran. "But where's Melmo?" she asked, remembering her best friend.

"The creepy owl guy said she is underground in a basement!" said Pinoko. "He also said she may have a bomb!"

Uran was so surprised, she used Pinoko's favorite word "Omigewdness! I have to tell Astro and Jetter!" and she ran right back in the underground lair.



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Astro and Jetter had almost finished off all the BatBots, when Mr. Mustachio arrived with the police, and Dr. Elefun. Mr. Mustachio was really mad. He went in face-to-face to Hooter.

"Oh I've been waiting for this." said Mr. Mustachio. "Take this, and that, and that, and that, and that, and some of these!" he shouted as he punched Hooter right in the beak.

"COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS, er, WINGS UP!" shouted Inspecter Tawashi on the bullhorn. "YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR KIDNAPPING, VANDELISM, ROBOT AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT, STEALING, ATEMPTED STEALING, ATTEMPTED MURDER< AND DESTROYING A BANK! IF YOU COME QUIETLY, WE WON'T HURT YOU, BUT YOU'LL STILL BE ARRESTED!"

"No forget about it!" shouted a disstressed Hooter. "I've had enough of Earth's craziness! No wonder most space creatures don't wanna take over Earth! I'm heading back to Owltopia this second. Forget about the toxic bomb, I'm getting out of here!" Then he hopped into a small rocket he came here in, and left Earth, and was never seen again.

Inspecter Tawashi was really confused. "What just happened here?" he asked Chief Nacamora.

"Who knows." replied Chief Nacamora, who was confused himself.

"Well that takes care of him." said Jetter.

"Yeah, but we still don't know where Melmo is." said Astro.

Just then, Uran came running in. "Astro! I know where Melmo is!" she shouted.

"Well where is she Uran?" asked Dr. Elefun.

"She's even deeper into this underground place. We got to help her!" said Uran, and she, Astro, Jetter, Mr. Mustachio, Inspector Tawashi, Chief Nacamura and Dr. Elefun looked, and looked, until finally, they found her in a cage. Her headband was still blinking, and her eyes were closed, as if she was in a deep sleep. Astro broke off the door to the cage, and the robot children started to wake her up.

"Melmo!" said Astro,"Wake up!"

"Melmo!" coaxed Jetter, "You're free!"

"Melmo!" cried Uran, "You've been saved!"

Then Melmo stirred a bit, yawned, and blinked three times. She saw her three most best friends, a man with a droopy white mustache, two police men, and a kind robot scientist. Then all of the sudden, she remember where she was.

"You-you saved me. But why?" she asked.

"Well we're you friends, and want to help you." said Astro.

"You mean you still want to be my friends?" Melmo asked, "Even if I have a bomb in me?"

"Of course!" said Uran, "You're still you."

"We know your a good robot." said Astro.

"Don't worry." reassured Jetter, "We've got your back."

"Thanks a million!" said Melmo. Then she looks at Dr. Elefun. "Who's that?" she asked Astro.

"This is Dr. Elefun" said Astro. "He the head of the Ministry of Science, and he helps robots."

Melmo tuned towards Dr. Elefun and looks at him with her eyes, still blinking red, and wet with tears. "Can I ask you a favor?" she asked.

"Why sure." said Dr. Elefun.

"Could it be possible to remove the bomb in my head? It'll go off in 24 hours if nothing is done to remove it, but if you remove it from my head, it won't go off at all, and I'll be able to live." she said with a tear running down her cheek.

"Well, I can remove the bomb from your head," the scientist said, "But in order to do that, I might have to remove some of your transforming powers, and there may be a posibility you might lose all of them for good."

"I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE TO REMOVE ALL OF MY POWERS!" Melmo shouted, and then she spoke in a softer voice,"I want to live like a regular girl. So could you do it, please?" she said as she made the puppy dog eyes.

"Well, I can't refuse to a face like that." said the Doc, with a smile, "Of course I'll do it."

Melmo's face beamed with happiness "Arigato! Thank you Doctor!" she said as she hugged everyone. She was gonna be able to live after all.

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART TEN

(TWO WEEKS LATER)

It was almost dinner time, when Astro was calling Jetter on the phone.

"Hello, Jetter Mars here." said Jetter on the other end.

"Hiya Jetter. It's me, Astro." he replied

"So what's up?" asked Jetter, starting a conversation.

"Can I ask you a favor?" said Astro.

"Sure Astro." replied Jetter, "What is it?"

"Well," said Astro, " Your older sister Miri wouldn't mind if I stay at your house overnight, would she?"

"Nah, she doesn't care as long as we don't do anything bad or something." answered Jetter, "Why'd you ask?"

"Well you see," answered Astro,"My little sister Uran is having a sleepover party with her friends Mari, Denku, Pinoko, and Melmo, and well, it's been kinda hectic around here." And he wasn't kidding. The girls had already trashed the kitchen after making cookies, cakes, and ice cream sundaes, and Mari got a sugar rush from drinking to much soda pop. At the moment, the girls were playing pretend, with costumes, stuffed animals, and props, such as fairy wands, or funny hats.

"Oh, I see what you mean." said Jetter understandingly. "By the way, how is Melmo?" he asked, remembering her.

"She's doing very well." said Astro, as he looked into the living room and saw her playing Princess Knight with the others. Dr. Elefun was able to extract the bomb from Melmo, and fix her so she was good as new. He also found her a home with a married human couple, who couldn't have children, and adopted her as their daughter. They were the parents that Melmo had always dreamed of, ever since her dad died. When school begins again, she will be enrolled into the Elefun Elementary School, and she will be in the same class as Uran. She was still able to transform into almost anything. The only power that got removed was her ghost vision transparency power, but she didn't care, because she didn't like it, and didn't need it anymore. She has her friends and her family, and to her, that was more than enough.

THE END

[AnimeGirl14]

The Transformation Girl
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

BLOOPERS

SCENE 1: Ministry of Science

CHARACTERS: Melmo/Ghost Doll and Inspecter Tawashi


PINOKO: Karte NG

DIRECTOR: Take one! And action!

MELMO: Now you see me, now you don't! (reaches into skirt pocket and throws something on the ground that produced green smoke)

INSPECTOR TAWASHI: Where'd she go? (bumps into wall)

MELMO: Fail! Epic Fail!

DIRECTOR: Cut! Let's try again!



SCENE 2: At the park

CHARACTERS: Astro, Tamao, and company

PINOKO: Karte NG

TAMAO: Astro, Astro, HELP! WHOA! (trips and falls and loses his glasses)

ALL: (laughes)

DIRECTER: Tamao, you alright down there?

TAMAO: (embarassed chuckle) I"m okay, I just need my glasses.



SCENE 3: At the Ministry of Science

CHARACTERS: Astro, Jetter Dr. Elefun, Uran, and Melmo

PINOKO: Karte NG

DR. ELEFUN: Astro, I want you to work with a partner for this mission.

ASTRO: What, a partner?

JETTER: (opens the door, but as soon as he does, herds and herds of Hyotantsugi come bouncing in with Uran and Melmo trying to catch them)

MELMO: I got one!

URAN: Someone please help us here? They escaped from their cages.

CAMERA MAN: (laughs)

DIRECTER: Cut! Cut! CUT!

[strobe_z]

[AnimeGirl14]

[AnimeGirl14]

Trouble in Hollywood
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART ONE

It was a sunny day in Metro City, a futuristic town in Japan. The sun was shining, flowers were blooming, and many kids were playing outside. But Astro Boy's little sister, Uran, was at home, waiting impatiently on her family's front porch for the mailman to come. She entered a contest for fans of the Princess Knight manga. People who wanted to enter the contest, had to write a fan fiction manga story, mail it to the magazine company, and then the editors had to choose which fan mangas they liked the best. Ten first prize winners get to go on a trip to Hollywood to see the filming of the movie that was being made based off the manga. Uran had entered that contest, and the contest results were supposed to come in the mail today. Uran was anxious to know if she won the trip. Finally, after what seemed like hours, the mailman arrived.

"Excuse me," said the stout mailman, "Does a 'Miss Uran' live here?"

"That's me!" confirmed Uran.

"Well, looks like you have a letter." said the mailman, "Looks important too.' he added,"Well, have a good day, little girl" he said, and then he left and drove away.

"YAY!" shouted Uran, "Maybe I won." she said hopefully. Then she took a minute to open, and read the letter. She was really surprised. She could not believe what she read. Quickly she read it again, to make sure she was reading it right. Just at that momment, Astro just came home from school, thankfully the last day of school of the year. Uran ran to him to show the letter.

"Astro!" shouted Uran,"Look what this letter says!"

"What does it say Astro?" asked Mom, wondering what was going on.

Astro read the letter out loud. It said "Dear Uran, We have read your manga that you've sent to our contest. The editors of Shojo Beat magazine really enjoyed your entry. It was hard to pick just ten winners, but we are happy to say that you are one of our lucky ten, who get to go on a trip to Hollywood, California, USA , to see the filming of the movie Princess Knight, based off of the manga series. In a couple of days, we will send out plane tickets, and backstage passes for your trip. You are allowed to bring two friends, and one adult, only. We hope to see you there in a few days. Signed, The Staft at Shojo Beat magazine."
"Wow!" said Astro, "You get to go on a trrip to Hollywood."

"Who said that you're not going too?" asked Uran, "I'm inviting you, too. And Melmo, and also Mr. Mustachio. If you want to come anyways, Astro." she said, remembering to be considerate.

"Oh boy, sure!" replied Astro,"If it's okay with Mom and Dad, of course."

"I say so." said Dad.

"I guess if you're going with Mr. Mustachio, and if it's okay with Melmo's parents, I don't see why not." replied Mom. Then she called Melmo's Mother and Father, and they said she could go, as long as she behaves and everything.

"Yay! Whoo-hoo!" cheers Astro.

"We're going to Hollywood!" shouts Uran, with her eyes sparkling with stars dancing in her puples, excited and happy.

[AnimeGirl14]

Trouble in Hollywood
an Astro Boy fan story by AnimeGirl14

PART TWO

The next day, Astro, Uran, Cobalt, and Melmo were at the airport, ready to board the airplane that would take them to Hollywood, saying good-bye to their loved ones.

"Good bye Astro, Uran and Cobalt." said Mother, "You be careful."

"Have fun kids. Bye-bye!" said Dad.

"Bye! Love ya!" said all three of the robot siblings.

"Melmo," said her mother,"You behave, and don't forget to refill on energy when you really need it. Listen to Mr. Mustachio, stay with your friends, don't use your transforming powers just to get a bunch of free autographs, and don't forget to wear sunscreen. Oops, I forgot. You're a robot and don't need sunscreen." she said embarrassed. Melmo's parents were a young newly married human couple, who adopted Melmo as their own child, but Melmo's mother wanted to make sure her daughter was safe. This was the first trip Melmo had gone without her parents.

"Don't worry Mother." assured Melmo, "I'll be fine." Melmo loved her Mother, but sometimes she can be a bit overprotected.

"I love you." said Melmo's Mother.

"I love you too." said Melmo, as she hugged her.

"Be good, be careful, and have fun." said her Daddy, "And take lots of pictures." he added.

"Ha Ha," chuckled Melmo,"You can be sure of that Daddy." she said as she held up her camera, and hugged her Daddy. Then she went to join her friends.

"Be good for the sitter" said Mr. Mustachio, to his ten-year old nephew Kenichi, who was also Astro's friend and classmate.

"I will Uncle Mustachio," replied Kenichi, "Be sure not to get into any fights." he added. Mr. Mustachio has been known to get into a fight when he gets angry, and Kenichi didn't want him to get in trouble.

"I'll be okay." laughed Mr. Mustachio," And I'll bring you back a souvenir."

"Oh boy, Thank you" said Kenichi, then he said goodbye to his friends,"Good bye Astro, Uran, Cobalt, and Melmo. Have fun! I sure wish I could go."

"I'll see you later. Bye." said Astro.

"We sure wish you could come too." said Cobalt.

"We'll miss you. Goodbye!" said Uran.

"See ya later Kenichi!" shouted Melmo.

Then Astro, Uran, Cobalt, Melmo, and Mr. Mustachio quickly boarded the airplane. About eight hours later, they landed in an airport in L.A. Uran was especially excited.

"LOOK LOOK LOOK!" she shouted as they almost landed. "There's the Hollywood sign!" she said as she pointed out the window.

"Hold it." said Melmo, as she took Uran's picture of her and the Hollywood sign through the window. Then they landed. As they stepped out of the airplane, they met a thirteen year old girl at the airport. She had a bright green tee-shirt, a fushia jacket, blue jeans, white sneakers, and a highlighter pink sun visor. Her hair was light brown, tied in a sort of ponytail that had four hairbands going down on the tail, and her nails painted a deep purple. She had a special locket neclace that was silvar, heart shaped, and contained tiny jewels, of many different colors. She greated the five newcomers that had just came out of the airplane.

"Hiya!" she said, as she walked down the stairs, "You must be the contest winners that came from Japan." She shook their hands. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Andrea Jillian Genivieve Starlet, but please call me Airon. I'm gonna show you around the studio, where the movie is filming."

Cobalt was a bit confused by the young girl. "You look a bit too young to be a tour guide. aren't ya?"

"Huh? Oh!" said Airon as she laughed, "I'm not a tour guide. My older sister is Barbra Starlet, the actress who's going to play Princess Sapphire in the movie. I was just bored, and wanted to meet the contest winners." she said. "All of my friends went on trips and stuff, so I was hoping to make some new friends."

"Why sure, nice to meet you. My name is Cobalt." he said introducing himself.

"How do you do? My name is Astro." said Astro.

Airon looked surprised, 'Did you say you were Astro?" she asked.

"Um, yes.' said Astro, a bit confused.

"Omigosh!" said Airon, "OMIGOSH OMIGOSH OMIGOSH!" she shouted excited. "You are the real Astro Boy! This is so cool! It's you with the spikey hair, and the laser fingers, and the 100,000 horsepower and your standing right in frount of me!" she shouted excited. Mr. Mustachio thought this girl was strange. What's with her? he thought. Then Airon calmed down. "I'm sorry." she said a bit embarrased. "But I can't help it! I'm just a big fan. You're so cool!" she said with little stars dancing in her puples.

All fangirls are the same. Thought Uran, who was often used to people, who didn't know Astro, going nuts over him.

"It's okay." said Astro, who was a bit embarrassed himself. He was beginning to like to get to know this girl.

Cobalt though, thought that Airon was very beautiful, and began to devolope a crush on her. His electro-heart was so over heated, that steam came out of his ears.

"Is your friend okay?" asked Airon, eyeing Cobalt.

"Oh, he's fine." said Uran. "Let's go have some dinner somewhere, and see the filming!" said an excited Uran.

"Okay, I'll go get my mom." said Airon, as she ran across the street, to her house.