Disclaimer: I do not own zatch bell or any of its characters.
Funny thing is the other day I remembered there was another mamodo in the actual manga named Leo. Just so everyone knows this was not planned and my mamodo will not be like the one from the show/manga. Anyway, keep reading, reviewing and sending in your own mamodos. They will appear in time. NOTE: If a character is speaking in italics it means they are thinking not saying it out loud.
Chapter 2: School Daze
Kyo opened the book to the page with their first and only spell. "The first spell, LEOGA!" He tried to use as much emotion as possible hoping that whatever effect the spell had, it would be big. A moment after calling the spell he could tell something was happening to Leo. His hair seemed to grow even longer and wilder-if that was even possible-and began to resemble that of a lion's mane. His toes and fingers began to grow long sharp claws he also began to grow fangs. His body in general also began to look more lion like, he even had a tail. By the end of the short transformation Leo resembled some kind of half human, half lion beast. Kyo was surprised by this new form; it even frightened him a little. "Leo, is that you?"
Like his partner, Leo had not been expecting this transformation. As he turned around to answer Kyo's question he could hear the enemy call out another spell.
"Reido!" The mamodo who seemed to go by the name Katsu held his hand out towards Kyo, causing the same effect as the last time. In what seemed like an instant however Leo was able to dash towards Kyo, pick him up and carry him out of the spells range.
Leo dropped him onto the ground and faced towards the enemy. "You stay here out of range of their attacks. I can finish this up myself." With those words Leo dashed towards the enemy, his movements so fast they were nearly a blur. Within no time at all he closed the distance between them and aimed a punch at the mamodo's face.
"FUREIDO!" Without warning the mamodo held his hands out towards Leo's torso and launched a torrent of flames. Leo hadn't been expecting them to have a second spell, and knew he was too close to dodge even with his speed boost. He protected his self with his arms and was pushed a few feet back from the enemy. As he inspected his arm for any kind of severe burns he noticed there was nothing there but smoke rising from his arms.
Leo began to think of his other options. "If I stay too far away they'll use the heat spell, but if I try to get close they'll blast me with fire and push me back. It seems like this new body of mines has increased strength, defense, and speed; so their fire spell still won't affect me much, but if they had a second spell it possible they could have a third or fourth." While Leo was deep in thought something else seemed to catch his attention. Kyo, who he had ordered to stay back, was now at his side.
"Hey I thought this battle was supposed to be a team thing. I can't let you do this all on your own." Kyo had said earlier that that he would help Leo become the king and he was determined to stand true to that. "I have an idea, just get close to the guy and I'll handle it."
Leo wasn't sure that he could trust this plan of his, but when he looked Kyo in the eyes he saw something he had never seen in any of the humans he had met so far. He once again charged at the opponent at full speed as he got close enough he could hear them call out their second spell again. He was too close to dodge the attack again so he decided to put all of his trust into his partner's plan.
"The first spell, LEOGA!" As he called out the spell again Leo's body began to spin like a small cyclone and collided with the blast of flames. Leo's body didn't seem to be affected by the flames at all as he flew straight through them and hit the mamodo, slashing him several times with his claws and launching his body across the jogging path. Katsu had lost this battle. His body had been slashed multiple times ripping apart the jacket which had been concealing his face. Leo also had large amount of blood on his claws. When they waited for him to get back up, he didn't even move.
Leo walked up to the partner made his "evil face." "Now hand over the book before you make me do something I really don't want to." He opened his mouth to show the book master his new fangs and held his hand out towards him, as if he were really going to kill the man.
The book holder decided not to take any chances and ran. Leo sniffed at the air and yelled while the man was running. "And go change your pants!" He picked up the book and threw it into one of the fires that had been started by the spells, and Katsu began to disappear. He of course put out the fire afterwards. As he turned back to Kyo he could tell that he wasn't doing well, shortly after he passed out and collapsed.
The next day
Leo kicked Kyo out of the bed and woke him up. "Are you doing any better kid?"
As Kyo opened his eyes he saw something more surprising than Leo's transformation the day before. He was in a school uniform. "Why are you wearing that?"
"I have to go to school, duh." Leo answered as if it were nothing. "I'll explain on the way, just get dressed, we're gonna be late."
On the way to school.
When he felt it was good time Leo explained what happened after Kyo passed out. "It seems like you used up a lot of energy in that fight yesterday, I guess you're just going to have to get used to battles. Anyway after you passed out I had to carry your ass all the way home. I told your mom how I saved your life and carried you home after you passed out afterwards, and sshe said i could live with you guys. Of course I didn't tell her about the battle, as far as she knows I'm a regular human boy."
"So explain the school uniform." Kyo still wasn't used to Leo wearing those clothes.
"Well before I met you I had signed up for school so that I could meet other potential book masters, and to be honest I was kind of bored and like a good challenge. Now that I have my true book master the search ends and the battle for king begins."
"Why weren't you at school yesterday though?"
"I was actually looking for a place to live yesterday, which was unsuccessful until after i carried you home. Took me forever to find your house without you able to tell me though. Now I have a question for you though. How did you know the leoga spell would have that affect when used again?" This question had been bothering him since the end of the fight.
Kyo took a minute to think about it, but couldn't come up with anything. He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, the book just began to glow brighter and something told me to do it."
Leo decided to answer his next question without asking. He walked in front of Kyo and looked him in the eye. As he did he noticed nothing but Kyo's usual goofy expression. Kyo was wondering what he was doing, but Leo just ignored him. "What happed to that expression from yesterday? It was so full of strength and determination. Eyes I have never seen in those of a human."
Kyo and Leo's first period class
Leo looked down at his schedule for all of his classes. It seemed like out of seven classes he had four with Kyo, and lunch. Leo was seated on the far right side of the class in between the mid and back rows. Kyo was at the back of the classroom with his head down. Leo guessed that he was either tired from the battle or sleeping through class which hadn't even started yet. As he looked towards the back of the class he noticed one large student walk near Kyo's desk and smack him across the head. The teacher was currently out of the room so there was no one in the class who really took control of the situation.
"Hey, wake up. You got my English homework I told you to do!"
Kyo woke up and immediately realized that he didn't get a chance to do the homework due to him passing out. "I'm sorry I don't have it. I-"
Kyo was immediately interrupted by the larger boy and two other students that were considered his posse. "Damn it, Kyo. I ask you two do one simple thing and you can't get that done." The boy pushed Kyo out of his seat and onto the floor.
Thats when Leo could take no more of it. He immediately placed himself in between Kyo and the other group of boys. "You want to fight someone, how about you go one on one against me!"
The other two boys pulled Leo out of the way as the larger one threw a punch directly at Kyo.
Leo broke free of their hold and stopped the punch with his forehead. "What's the matter, you afraid I'll kick your ass big guy?"
"This does not involve you new kid. Get out of the way!"
"A guy like Kyo doesn't need to take crap from low lives like you! He's not the smartest guy in the world, definitely not the smartest, but if he became a bit more confident in himself I know he could do great things and standup to people like you."
Kyo didn't expect Leo to say something like that. He actually thought that he would just be interested in becoming king and nothing else.
The large boy's face began to turn red with anger. "Just get the hell out of the way!" He threw another punch; this one was aimed at Leo. Leo was too fast and ducked below the punch and hit the boy with an uppercut, knocking him down to the ground; unconscious. Leo turned back to Kyo and looked at him with a serious expression on his face.
"Don't expect me to come save you every time you have a problem. You need to learn to stand up on you own two feet like a real man or you'll never make it through the battles to come." Leo was referring to both the battle for king and problems that may show up in Kyo's everyday life. Unfortunately the teacher walked in to the class shortly after the fight and suspended Leo and the other boy for a few days. Due to all of the events that took place in the classroom no one seemed to notice that Kyo's backpack had a weird glow emitting from it.
Kyo's House after school
"Kyo unlocked the door and walked into the house to find Leo sitting on the couch watching an anime show. "You know they don't have these "things" in the demon world right?" Leo said, referring to the TV.
"Thanks for what you did earlier. I know your right, but whenever I tried to stand up to guys like them I just couldn't do it. But thanks to your words from earlier I think I can now. I think you would make a great king of your world. This reminds me. You never told me why you wanted to become king."
Leo was wondering when Kyo would finally ask this. "I….."
Chapter 2, END
