Somewhat Lengthy (although relevent) Author's Note: Hello! This is a parody. It's not based on any sole piece of fanfiction. It's merely a highly exaggerated pun version of a type of fanfiction in general. It's meant to be funny, and not to offend anyone whatsoever, so please don't worry. While I'm here, I might as well mention that both Tails and NiGHTS (yes, that's how it's supposed to be spelled) are exsisting characters in other series... video games, in fact. Tails is from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and NiGHTS hails from the game NiGHTS iNTO Dreams. Check 'em out on Google Image Search if you're unfamiliar with either. Take care, and happy reading:)

Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess named Ma—err, oops, wrong story. Let's start again, shall we?

One day (a Tuesday, in fact), Kiyo was mindlessly ambling through the park with Zatch in tow. It was relatively quiet. There was a teachers' convention at his school today, and thus he was class-free for the day. Lovely. Now he could be prodded at and bothered by Zatch all day. In fact, Kiyo was in such a bad mood on this particular Tuesday that it had taken Zatch a full hour and ten minutes of whining to get him to go anywhere. And so now they were trudging along… or at least Kiyo was.

"Isn't it a nice day, Kiyo?" mused Zatch happily.

"Yeah. Nice. Whatever," mumbled Kiyo, who was far from anything that one might remotely consider a good mood. And of course, this bad mood had come upon him for no actual reason.

"And best of all, no Naomi..!" See, Naomi, who usually prowled the park (and harassed Zatch), had conveniently fallen into a Plot Hole and was nowhere to be seen. Disregard the fact that she could be at school. Zatch stopped and tugged Volcan 300 out of his pocket. "Volcan says that the world is going to be safe from destruction today!" he said cheerily.

"Yeah. Nice. Whatever." Trudge, trudge.

This feeble attempt at conversation might have gone on much longer than it did, except that something decided to happen. Out of nowhere, a strange vortex opened in the air in front of them, swirling with a multitude of colors. This strange vortex was, in fact, Version 1 of the infamous Plot Hole. And from this swirling vortex of holey plotness tumbled two figures and a book. Kiyo stared with disinterest as the two characters scrambled to untangle themselves from each other. In a moment, a sort of purple lanky jester-esque being with long legs and a ridiculous smile got up, hovering a good six inches off the ground. Next to it stood a short critter, probably just over two feet in height. With its orange fur, twin tails and white gloves, this fox looked like it belonged in a video game or cartoon. Kiyo honestly couldn't tell which was supposed to be the mamodo.

Zatch protectively stuck Volcan back into his pocket and looked tentatively at the two strangers. "Hello," he said uncertainly. "I'm Zatch Bell. Are you here to fight? Or will your mamodo be a good king?"

The small fox bent down and picked up the spell book. It was probably the most ridiculous one yet. Instead of being one solid color, it was many. In fact, it was of a rainbow hue. The fox dusted it off and tucked it under his arm before turning to Zatch, who was almost parallel to him in height. "I'm Tails," he started easily. "This is my mamodo, NiGHTS." (Note: No language barrier.)

Zatch looked way up to see the mamodo's face. It was smiling in a warm and kindly way, and sure enough, a vertical line ran down each cheek from the eye. Its soft features made it look female, but the purple outfit looked somehow masculine. The figure was… indeterminate. It sunk to a kneeling position before Zatch and gave him a friendly pat on the head. It seemed nice, anyhow.

"Hello," said Zatch, feeling better about the situation already.

"NiGHTS can't talk," Tails explained calmly. "But… we aren't here to fight, no."

"Well, that's good!" said the blond haired boy brightly. "Then we can be friends! If your mamodo promises to be a kind ruler, we have to reason to fight!"

Suddenly, what appeared to the semi-transparent figure of a balding middle-aged man wearing a suit and bowler hat walked out of nowhere. Kiyo, who was getting annoyed by all the random appearances, scowled. "And who are you?" he asked. "Did you come from that… swirling thing?"

"You mean the Plot Hole?" asked the strange semi-transparent man. "Nope! I came out of you, actually. But I'm here to see that guy." He pointed dramatically at Tails, who blinked in response. "See, I'm the Out Of Character!"

"The Out Of Character," Kiyo repeated flatly. "How does that even make sense?"

"Like this," said the Out of Character. He wandered over to Tails and disappeared into him. The small cartoonish figure gave something of a jolt, and his white gloved hand tightened around his spell book.

"Let's fight," he proposed ominously all of a sudden.

"B- but… you just said you weren't here to fight!" Zatch argued.

"Who cares what I said!" Tails shot threateningly. So that's what the Out of Character did. "Fight! Now!" He looked up at Kiyo. "Ready your spell book, human!" He whipped open the rainbow colored book, flipping through the pages. Before Kiyo even had time to open his book, Tails' book had already been consumed by an inner glow. He was casting a spell..! Zatch darted out in front of Kiyo and flung his arms open to widen his area of defense.

"GLISUDO!"

Kiyo and Zatch both flinched. No pain. No force. No status effects. Kiyo dared to half-open one eye. NiGHTS had extended one hand to them, and from the palm, a jet of rainbow colored sparkles was shooting forward.

"What's it doing?" asked Zatch, who had dared to open his eyes as well.

"It's… sparkling, I think."

"Fear me, infidels!" boomed Tails, who sounded utterly ridiculous on account of the Out of Character lurking in him. "I will defeat you, and my mamodo will be crowned king..! …err, queen. Or… uhm…" The Out of Character half stepped out of him, giving him sufficient time to shoot a desperate somewhat in-character glance at Kiyo. "Help me out, here!"

"Uhm… monarch?" put in Kiyo.

"Yes," replied Tails. "Monarch. Thanks."

"No problem."

The Out of Character fully stepped back in. "BUT NOW WE DUEL. ERR… FIGHT!" Pages turned quickly. "The second spell… Poporuk!" NiGHTS' head popped right off his body, sailed a good ten feet upward, and plunked onto the ground next to Zatch, who looked somewhat disturbed. Kiyo raised his eyebrows. Tails' face went red, and he sheepishly walked over to reclaim his mamodo's head. He handed it back to the floating decapitated body, which promptly replaced it back atop its shoulders.

"NiGHTS doesn't have a neck, does he?" Kiyo asked flatly.

"Nope… no wrists, either." Silence. He cleared his throat. "Back to the fight!"

"Oh yeah," thought Kiyo. "This is actually supposed to be a fight. Somehow." Feeling a tad bit guilty, he pulled out the red spell book and flipped it open. Using zaker against these guys would be like bullying Kanchome. These two were equally as useless. His eyes ran up and down the purple clad jester again. It was tall. Taller than he was, anyhow, and more than twice as tall as its partner. It was still smiling kindly. It didn't strike Kiyo as being very young… wait…

"Aren't the mamodo sent to Earth supposed to be children?" he asked aloud. "Because that really doesn't look much like one."

Tails pouted and hugged the leg of his mamodo of indeterminate gender. "Alright, so it's of indeterminate age, too," he mumbled in NiGHTS' defense. "It's not like it had a choice!"

"This is getting ridiculous," Kiyo sighed, closing the spell book. "Let's go, Zatch."

"B- but.. you haven't cast a single spell in retaliation!" Tails protested.

"I didn't need to," said the other flatly. "Come and find us when you've got some useful spells. I don't like picking on newbies."

"I'm not a newbie!" Tails cried, but Kiyo was already walking in the other direction with Zatch at his heel. "I can fight you! I have other spells! Wait! Please..? Oh come on..!" The Out of Character stepped fully out of him with a yawn.

"Well," he said. "That was boring. You being Out of Character didn't even help you win a battle. Better luck next time!" And off he went, wandering into the sunset with his semi-transparent form. "Another day, another plot hole!"

Tails sighed. "Lovely. Just perfect…" Now how were they supposed to win?

To Be Continued. Possibly. XD