Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Zatch Bell. The only thing I own is my OCs names Potat
and Nick as their designs are from other shows. You should be able to pick up on Potat fairly
easily.
Character thoughts are italicized.
A/N: The problem with the paragraphs have been fixed with chapter 3 on. Enjoy
"Look at the time it's already 4:30, practice starts in 30 minutes. Neither of my parents are
home yet so looks like I'll have to run across the city and hope I make it on time"yelled Nick
as he woke up from an afternoon nap.
He didn't get much sleep the night before as he was up all night studying for a big test in
school in the next. He figured he could get a few minutes of sleep, but his alarm never went
off to wake him up to gett ready for practice at 4:00.
Nick rushed out the front door and booked it down the street as fast as his leg would move. He
glanced at his watch and saw that it was almost 4:45.
As long as there are no distractions I should have plenty of time, the gym is only about five
minutes from where I am now. That's when he noticed a crowd in the park.
"You think you can really stand up to me?" Questioned a child who seemed to be at least 14
years old.
"I don't want to fight you, but if you continue to pick on these smaller children then you leave
me no choice." Responded a child who had the strangest looking hair.
When Nick reached the front of the crowd he finally had a clear shot of the kid. He seemed to
be no older than maybe 6 years old dressed in what seemed to be a purple training gi of
some sorts. His hair was jagged and shot out towards the front of his face. Both his eyes and
hair were black and the boy seemed fairly fit. But Nick noticed not only the age difference, but the difference of size between them. I can't let this kid fight, he will only get hurt, I know I'm going to be late but I have to help him, he reminds me of my younger brother.
"Hey, why don't you pick on someone your own size" asked Nick as he walked infront of
the young boy.
"If you want to be beat up instead be my guess" replied the bully. Within a few seconds he
was already in front of Nick and beating him until some adults came over to break it up.
Nick noticed the young boy walking towards him and and asked "are you alright, you shouldn't
be picking fights with older people, they'll hurt you. By the way what is your name, I've never
seen you around?"
My name is Potat Lasaro, I' m new around here, would you mind-"
"It''s already 4:52, sorry to run but I'm going to be late." Said Nick cutting off Potat as he
spoke. With that Nick was moving as fast as his now sore body would allow him to. What
Nick didn't notice in his rush was two things, one a strange glow coming from the back of
Potat's gi and that the boy was now following him.
Out of every day that something strange could happen to me it just had to be today , Nick
thought as he rushed through the streets of Boston on his way to basketball practice. That
strange kid is going to make me late for practice and coach will probably have me run
suicides for however long I was late for. Its bad enough that coach yelled at me for skipping
practices before as well. I don't even want to play anyways. I would rather be spending my
time studying, but my parents think it's best to be active as well.
As Nick was getting deeper into his thoughts he didn't notice an older gentleman turning the
corner and collided with him.
"Ah" yelled Nick as he ran right into the man. "I'm sorry for not paying attention you see I'm in
a rush and now I'm late…"
As Nick was ramblings on he never noticed that the man had already left shortly after they
collided. The only trace of the man was a pin that had a lightning bolt on it.
"That's strange, usually I'm yelled at by someone for running into them, he must of been in a
rush as well" Nick wondered as he picked up the pin and continued towards practice.
A/N: Sorry about the spacing. I am typing this on a tablet as my computer is broken and I am trying to figure out how to fix the spacing. It shows the spaces when I type but when I post there are none. Please review with any ideas you may have to have the characters from the manga be more in character if they seem off. Thank you.