Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell.
I decided to separate this chapter from ZBZ2 and make it it's own story, since my head is full of creative thoughts for this story now. Enjoy!
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CHAPTER 1: MAKAI
Koruru was standing near a large stone monument. It looked like a much larger version of Stonehenge, with an added stone altair in the middle. Like the Stonehenge in the Ningenkai, it was ancient and mystical feel about it. In fact, it was very mystical. It was what linked the Makai to the Ningenkai.
The point of the Stonhenges was to have an eternal gateway between the two worlds. Originally, the mamonos had to make their own gateway between the two worlds. They had to start 100 years before each battle, and continue working on it so that when the mamonos got their books burnt, they'd return to the Makai. One of the older kings finally had the idea to create a permanent gateway between the two worlds. The easy part was figuring out the design. They modeled it after Stonehenge in the Ningenkai, then bound the two together by magic. Sure, it took 900 years, but it was worth it.
Koruru was mesmerized by it. She had always liked archaeology. In fact, it was her goal in life to visit all the ruins and structures like this in the Makai. She went to this one because it was a short walk from where she lived. She then noticed something pecular about the ruin. There were no guards around it. There were always guards around it to check up on the mamono returning from the Ningenkai during battles, and to make sure no one tampered with or vandalized the monument. She then saw someone. She was of about average height. She had pink hair, gray colored skin, and wore a tight black jumpsuit. She also saw that the gray colored girl had blood splattered on her. It was mainly on her hands and chest, but also on other places. Koruru then put one and two together. This strange girl had apparently killed the guards. Koruru then noticed that there were red markings on the stone altair in the middle of the ruins. They were apparently symbols. Koruru noticed that she was rubbing her hands on the guard's bodies before she wrote the symbols. She hoped that she wasn't using their blood to write the runes, but it was obvious she was. Realising this, she quetly ran home, hoping not to alert the strange girl.
After arriving at her home town, which wasn't too far off from Stonehenge, she wondered who she should tell. She figured out that Rosereim, the guard captain of the village. So she headed off in that direction.
Arriving at the guard station, Koruru said to the guard "I need to talk to Captain Rosereim! It's an emergency!"
The guard, who has never met Koruru in his life, thought she was talking about something unimportant with and said pompausly "Oh really? Is your emergency sooooooo important that you have to meet Captain Rosereim? Well lemme tell ya something! Just because your kitten is stuck in a tree doesn't mean you have to come all down here to tell him! Just go tell your mommy or daddy or whatever it is that takes care of you!"
Koruru was quite hurt by what the guard had said, but she realized this wasn't the time to be a baby, so she stood defiantly there and told him her problem. "Mr. Guard, I saw a weird, pink-haired girl in a black suit down by Stonehenge. She had killed all the guards there and was using their blood to write runes on the center altair. It's true!"
The guard said "Heh! Yeah right! You're probably, no, obviously trying to get me away from here so you can steal something!"
"I've heard enough, Koruru. Thank you," said a tall, armored man who was carrying a spear as he walked out of the guard house.
"Ca, Captain Rosereim, sir, you don't believe her do you!?" said the guard.
"Yes, I do. The girl she described is a fugitive who escaped from Grand Guard. Anyone who could do that is dangerous, so it would be unwise for me not to check it out."
The guard was supprised at what he had said. He only thought the story about a girl escaping from Grand Guard was a rumor. He then asked Rosereim "Do you need any backup, sir?"
Rosereim said "No, I don't. Now you apoligize to this girl. I'm heading off to Stonehenge and I may not be back for a while, so look after the place.
The guard nodded yes as the captain walked off. He then turned and said to Koruru "Err, I'm sorry about earlier. I overslept so I didn't get any breakfast, so I was kinda hungry."
Koruru then said "S'okay, I'm cranky if I don't get any breakfast, too," cutely.
Sorry about the long wait. I couldn't come up with any good ideas. :p Anywho, the next chapter might not be up in a while, so be patient my one or two readers!
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