Hello again all you peoples! I'm back with a new story, only because I cannot think of a new idea for one of my others, so I started on a new one until I can think of an idea for the next chapter.
Just in case you want to know the story I am having difficulty on, it is 'Oh, the Joys of Being King!' I need a new idea for the next chapter in that story, and I want it to be a funny one. But, seeing that I can nly get funny ideas in the most random of times and very unexpectedly, which can take a while, I am just going to put it on hold for a short while.
And, yes, I am doing another BragoSherry story. I can't help it! They're such an awesome couple and you can think of so many ideas for a story to put them in! Then you can't help but make the story, and then come up with MORE ideas, and then more and more and more and so on... you get the idea... XD
I have planned out about how many chapters I want to do. It will be seven chapters, due to the title of this story, 'The Days of the Week'. Speaking of the story, here's the full summary:
Brago has allowed Sherry one week of freedom from fighting in the mamodo battles. So now, the two are going to have strange week for a vacation. Many random things are sure to happen, such things including an odd picnic, a late-night party, and a stay in an empty hotel. And as the week goes by, Brago and Sherry begin to realize just how much they love each other.
Well, hope its interesting an all! Here's the first chappy!
And this is rated T (PG-13) just to be safe for now... (I've said something like this in just about every one of my stories... but its true!)
Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell. If I did... well... let's just say I don't and end it there.
The Days of the Week
Chapter 1
Sunny Sunday
It was morning. There were birds outside singing the songs they sing as they flew from tree to tree and branch to branch or other places. Dawn's colors were seen all around as the sun's bright colors lit up the sky.
Brago looked out the window, observing the view. It was a new day, a fresh new start, and perhaps he'd get some good training that day as well. Alas, he knew he wouldn't be able to get it. He had promised Sherry the night before that he would allow her to have one full week of vacation from fighting in the mamodo battles. She had been getting tired and he didn't want her collapsing in the heat of battle again.
The dark mamodo turned his head around to gaze at the sleeping figure of Sherry. She was sprawled out over her bed, her head tilted to the side a little and her right arm was spread out to its full length, while her left was slightly curved towards her head. She was sleeping soundly and peacefully, something she didn't do very much anymore since Brago entered her life.
But that wasn't his problem. What was his problem was the fact that he was not king yet, and that he had to pair up with a weak being such as Sherry. Suddenly, as Brago thought of calling Sherry weak, a tinge of guilt sprang up inside him. No… no… Sherry wasn't weak. She was just… being-strong-challenged.
Of course, if Brago had said that aloud to Sherry she would have done something very unlike her, and would have thrown some sort of rude comment right back in his face. And if that happened, he would have said something right back at her, and then the two would be arguing for a very long time. At least an hour or two give or take a few minutes.
His attention was brought to the girl's clock and he saw that it now said 10:01. OK, that should have been a long enough sleep. Besides, he hated waiting for Sherry to wake up in mornings. Brago was never very patient.
So he walked over to the blonde's bedside and stared down at her. The sun's rays from the window shone on the girl's face, giving her a peaceful look. Nobody would ever suspect of her as a person who could be very merciless at times. But that must have been something she picked up from Brago… or it was just her.
"Sherry, wake up." Brago said as he shook her shoulder slightly. The girl mumbled to herself as she shook her head in her sleep. Sherry rolled over to her side, facing Brago, and continued to sleep unaware of his presence.
Sighing, Brago shook the girl's shoulder again, a little harder this time. But Sherry continued to sleep. He leaned forward and continued to shake the girl's shoulder.
"Sherry!" Brago raised his voice, and the blonde woke up with a start. Her eyes shot open and she jumped up in bed. Unfortunately this came unexpectedly for Brago, and the blonde ended up smashing her head right into his face. This sent him falling to the ground with a grunt of pain.
"Wha – what?" Sherry looked around, confused. And then she saw Brago sitting on the ground, and she calmed down. "Brago… what are you doing?"
"Waking you up." he responded. The mamodo stood up and rubbed his face, trying not to get too worked up from being hit unexpectedly. That's when Sherry started to speak again.
"You didn't have to startle me like that. Why couldn't I sleep in?"
Startle her? She's the one who startled him!
Brago didn't respond to her question, but as he turned his head around to face her he answered it. "You did sleep in. It's five minutes passed ten."
"It – it is?"
The dark mamodo sighed and shook his head. Finally she figured it out. How hard was it to tell time? And why did she have to sleep in, anyways? He would have liked to have been doing at least something by now… and it wouldn't be sleeping.
After Sherry got up, dressed herself, and ate breakfast, she met up with Brago in the hallway near her bedroom.
"Now what are you doing?" asked Brago as he watched Sherry walk into her room again. "Don't tell me you're going back to sleep."
"I'm not." Sherry said from her room. "I'm packing."
"For what?"
"We're going to the beach today!"
Brago stood where he was. What was this beach she spoke of? He had heard of it before among humans, but didn't exactly know what it was. "The what?" he asked.
"The beach! I've been planning this since yesterday when you said that I could have a week of vacation." Sherry said.
After a while, Sherry had packed everything she needed, while Brago packed nothing (He didn't exactly have things he needed around with him at all times besides his black book.). Sherry called her butler to drive her and Brago to the beach, and the two climbed in the back of the blonde's limo.
"What is this beach?" Brago asked as the car sped along the road. Sherry just laughed and answered his question.
"It's a great place where you can see the side of the ocean. There's really warm sand that feels good to walk in – just as long as it's not too hot, and the water normally gets really cold." Sherry explained. "A lot of people like to play in the waters because of all the waves. In some places the waves get so big people can do what is called surfing."
Brago listened as the other explained to him more about the beach. The place sounded alright, although it also sounded as if nothing exciting ever happened there.
After an hour or two, Sherry and Brago found themselves at the seaside. They quickly rented a hotel near the sea-side where you could see the waves from the outdoor deck.
"Be right back," Sherry said as she walked into the hotel room's bathroom carrying odd looking clothes. "I have to change really quick."
For what? Brago thought. He shrugged, and walked out onto the deck and stared at the waves. He had to admit it, but it was a nice view. You could see the waves being tossed over one another onto the sandy shore, over and over again. There were hardly any people out on the shore today, but there was a group that could be seen far off into the distance.
The dark mamodo gazed out beyond the blue sea. How far did it go, he wondered. As he continued to stare out into the distance, he heard Sherry call his name.
"Brago, what do you think? Do I look alright?"
Closing his eyes, Brago gave a sigh before turning his head around. "Sherry, why bother asking that type of question when you al – what the hell!"
Brago stared wide-eyed at Sherry as she stood before him dressed in a soft pink bikini swimsuit with a cloth covered in pink flowers tied around her hips, making a skirt.
"What the hell are you doing dressed like that!" Brago exclaimed, eyeing Sherry. The blonde only laughed at him as he gave her another odd look.
"Well, I take it you don't like it. Sorry to disappoint you but I think it's cute." Sherry said as she examined herself in a mirror next to her.
Brago continued to gape at Sherry as she made her way to him. Since when did somebody like her dress so skimpy? It made her look so… different.
Sherry stared at Brago, and he stared back. "Brago?" Sherry asked, tilting her head to the side.
Hearing his name snapped the dark mamodo back to reality. He grumbled a 'what' and ceased staring at the other.
"Aren't you coming down with me?" Sherry asked, pointing over to the sandy edge of the beach from the deck.
"To where?"
"Down at the beach, of course! Come on!" The blonde turned around and headed towards the door right after grabbing a towel and a bottle of sunscreen along with a few others things. Brago followed the girl out of their room and into the hallway, where she led him out the door and soon out into the sandy edges of the beach.
Taking her sandals off and throwing them to the side, Sherry let her bare feet slide into the warm, gritty sand. She smiled and turned her head upwards and closed her eyes, letting the sun's warm rays beat against her face.
"I love the beach…" said the girl quietly. She reopened her eyes and turned her attention back to Brago. "Why don't you take your shoes off? It's a lot more fun to walk around without them."
"I don't do fun."
Sherry only shook her head at that comment. "Then you have no idea what you're missing." Brago mumbled to himself as the blonde said that.
"I do too. I know that I am missing out on looking dumb."
He received a look from Sherry that told him he better shut up then or else. Not that she would be able to do anything… he was stronger than her anyways so she couldn't hurt him. Besides, since she was human, she was 'weaker' than him, as Brago put it.
That tinge of guilt then arose again as Brago thought of Sherry as weak human.
Setting down the towel in her arms that could easily allow two people two lay on; Sherry laid it out smoothly onto the sandy surface of the beach. After Sherry layed that down, she put up the umbrella, and then she sat down on the towel and began putting sunscreen on her arms, and then looked over at Brago.
"Aren't you hot?" she asked, pointing to his furry black outfit.
Brago glanced down at his attire. He hadn't really noticed it until now, but it was a lot warmer than he was used to. And the fact that there was a blazing sun hovering up above and he was wearing black fur didn't help any at all. So he shrugged, and took off his black shirt and cape and threw them on the sandy ground.
The blonde stared at the mamodo as he sat down next to her. Brago was facing away from the sun, so his front side was shadowed, giving him a strange look with him being shirtless.
The dark mamodo turned his head around to face Sherry, who quickly turned her own away as a blush crept upon her features. She then started back to rubbing on the special lotion.
After Sherry finished putting on her sunscreen, she began to play with the sand next to her. The dark mamodo stared curiously at her as she pushed the sand into a small pile.
"What are you doing?" he asked. Normally, he wouldn't have asked something like that, but for some reason he wanted to know.
"I'm building a sand castle."
"Sand castle?"
Sherry nodded her head and turned it around to face Brago. "It's just something a lot of people do for fun. You just gather a lot of sand together and put it in a pile, and then shape it like a castle." Standing up, the girl walked over to where the tide was beginning to come up, and where all the wet sand was. She gathered a handful and brought it back to her pile of dry sand and added it to the mix. "Wet sand helps build the structure better." she said.
Brago watched as Sherry began to build and add to the small mound of sand. After about five minutes she made a shape that looked somewhat like a castle. He thought back to the castle that belonged to the mamodo king back in his own world, and how its structures went very high up, and how Sherry's miniature one was only a few inches high.
"I'm not good with this." Sherry laughed to herself as she stared down at the pile of sand. "There are a lot of people who can do much better than I can. But they also use tools to help them build their castles."
She laughed again and shook her head. Then she leaned back on the towel and sighed as she put on a pair of sunglasses and began to rest under the shade of the umbrella.
After that there was silence, and soon it looked like Sherry had fallen asleep. Brago watched as the girl's breathing became a little steadier as the minutes went by. Yep, she was asleep alright.
He gazed down at the girl's relaxed face, and saw a few strings of golden hair in her eyes. Carefully he brushed them away, his hand coming closer to the blonde's face. Then he became aware of what he was doing, and pulled his hand away.
Why had he done that? It was just hair for crying out loud…
Brago shrugged to himself again, and layed back down under the shade beside Sherry, and put his hands behind his head. This wasn't so bad…
The dark mamodo closed his eyes, not planning to go to sleep but to just relax. Both Brago and Sherry stayed like that for quite a while.
-o-o-o-o-o-
It was now late afternoon, and Sherry and Brago were now heading back to the apartment. Sherry laughed to herself as she looked at Brago. Surprisingly he actually looked a tad bit less pale from staying out in the sun… but it wasn't too noticeable. Perhaps it was just that his skin was different from hers.
A small smile took place on her face as she thought back to something she had seen earlier that day. Brago had been trying to make his own sand castle while he thought that she was still asleep. He still wasn't aware of her watching him, but that was OK. Who knows what Brago would have done if he found out… he would have probably denied it.
Back up in the hotel room, Sherry changed into her nightgown right after taking a shower. Brago just stood outside the deck and continued to gaze out into the view.
Sherry then opened the door to the bathroom and walked out into the room in her nightgown. She saw the dark mamodo standing out on the deck, so she walked up next to him. He had his shirt and cape back on now.
"Well, today was fun." said Sherry as she walked up to the mamodo. She leaned her arms against the railing. "Did you have fun?" she asked. Brago said nothing, but shrugged his shoulders.
Sherry laughed, and then turned her attention back to the view, and just enjoying Brago's company. The two stayed in silence for a while as they stared out into the view. After a few minutes, Sherry broke the silence.
"I'm going to go to bed now." she said, turning around. "Goodnight." She slightly waved her hand as she headed for the small bed that was in the middle of the hotel room.
Brago didn't turn his head to look at her until he sensed that she was asleep. Turning his head around, he watched as Sherry lay motionless as she slept. He walked back into the room and closed the slide glass door behind him, and wandered over to the blonde's bedside and sat down next to her.
Strange how Sherry had gotten Brago to lighten up on more than one occasion, for he would normally be silent and always serious all the time.
He tilted his head to the side, staring at Sherry from an angle. What was this sensation he had towards her? It used to just be a feeling of a mere alliance, but now it seemed something a little more…
Well, whatever it was he wouldn't worry about it now. He had all the time in the world. Brago sat up from the girl's bedside and walked back over to the window.
What wonders and surprises would await him tomorrow, he wondered.
There's chapter 1! And just to let all of you know, there will be one chapter for each day of the week! Such as this one, which is 'Sunny Sunday'! I would have started out with a Monday, but technically the first day of the week is Sunday, so that's how i started it off.
Hehehe, i just discovered a lil' thing ona website where you can watch the beginning intro to the real Zatch Bell (Konjiki no Gash Bell) and stuff... it was cool! -Goes back to wesbsite and drools over it as I watch it again and again and again and again...- Hehehe... I also saw the original ending for it... it was kinda weird... but I'm not going into discussion of that right now.
Well, like I said, there's chapter one! And if there are others who want me to continue 'Oh, the Joys of Being King' really soon... give me some ideas for what i could do on the next chapter, and I just might happen to update it quicker if I can decide on what to do next.
Now, since this is the end of chapter one, i'm signing off. Read and review! Flames are welcome, but please be nice!