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Thanks for the tip stevethemime I had no idea that the Japanese didn't put consonants before r's. I appreciate you letting me know so I'll be able to fix any other mistakes I might make. I don't think I'll change the first spell since I already made the chapter but I'll try to keep from doing that with the other spells. : ) Thank you to Iron-Arm-V and MamaLita for the reviews! And thanks to Windraider for the OCs X )

Here's chapter 3 of A Battle To Remember! Hope you guys enjoy it! ^_^

After the fourth bell rang, Haley quietly treaded into the school's library to do some homework during her study period. She wasn't the only one there, but it wasn't very crowded. The redhead continued to walk around the library as she looked for a good place to sit down.

"Maybe I'll sit by the window. There's good lighting over there." The girl pondered as she headed toward the table by the window that overlooked the schoolyard. The library was on the second floor of the building, so the windows there always had a good view.

When she finally spotted the table she wanted, Haley discovered that the table wasn't empty. There was a boy there appearing to be doing his homework like she had planned to do. He looked to be around 16 years old.

As she got closer the girl noticed that the boy seemed to be having trouble with a particular problem in his work. Haley glanced at the table and realized it was math, her specialty. Deciding she wanted to help, the redhead took a seat in front of him.

He had short black hair and a well-muscled figure. "Must be a jock." She thought to herself. When the boy realized he had company, he slowly raised his head, and his brown eyes met with Haley's hazel ones.

She smiled, "Need some help? I noticed you were having a little trouble with your homework."

The black haired teen shook his head. "Nah I'm fine. I've almost got it figured out. Thanks for the offer."

Haley grinned to herself. "Ah the stubborn type. Typical boy, he doesn't wanna ask for help. I don't blame him though." She could tell he was a smart kid because all the other problems on the paper were already completed. He was just having trouble with the last question.

The redhead pulled out her homework and began to work on it. A few minutes passed by in silence as the two teens continued their work before the boy scratched his head and sighed, "I've been working this problem for almost ten minutes! And I still can only get half of it!"

The girl chuckled, "Does that mean you'll accept my help?"

He gave her an inquisitive glance. "How about a hint? I know I can do this. I just need a shove in the right direction."

She nodded, "Alright." Haley gazed at the paper he handed her. "Ah I see where the problem is. My hint is square rooting."

The black haired teen looked at her curiously before his eyes widened. "I get it!" He quickly grabbed the paper and wrote on the paper. In a matter of seconds, the boy had the problem finished. "I can't believe I didn't think of that. I guess I've been in here doing work too long." He grinned, "Thanks for the hint. My name's Derrick Runners."

She returned the grin. "No problem. I'm Haley Storm. Nice to meet ya."

Derrick grabbed both her hands and winked, "Likewise."

Haley blushed slightly before removing her hands from his grasp. His name sounded familiar to her. Where had she heard it? Her eyes widened in realization. "I know that name. You're the captain of the football team and the quarterback right?"

The football player continued to grin. "Yep that's right. You're not only cute. You're smart too. Deadly combination."

She sighed, "And apparently you're a flirt too." The girl laughed despite herself and then another thought came to her. "Wait a minute. Derrick Runners that's an American name right?"

He nodded, "Yeah I moved here when I was little from America. My parents thought I'd get a better education here. But during my last year of middle school, they moved back to America with my little sister. They said they trusted me enough to leave me here, so I decided I stay to finish out high school. What about you? Haley Storm sounds English to me."

The redhead smiled, "That's because it is. I'm from America too. I came at the beginning of the year to spend my last two years of high school here. I was offered a scholarship to come here, and it just sounded too fun to pass up."

Realization dawned Derrick's features. "Now I know where I've heard your name. You're the new transfer student who has the highest grade in the junior class after being here for only two weeks!"

The girl blushed, "I didn't know I was that popular."

The football player smirked, "Even without your good grades, I'm sure you'd still be popular with your pretty face."

She smacked him playfully. "Knock that out, you flirt. It feels weird getting compliments like that."

He looked at her seriously. "You're not used to it?"

Haley shook her head. "Of course not! Boys never flirt with me. They usually stay clear of me."

Derrick cocked his head to the side. "Why?"

The redhead shrugged, "I'm not sure why it is here, but over in America it was because my older brother threatened to kill any boy that got near me."

The black haired teen began looking at his surroundings. "Your brother's not around here is he?"

She chuckled at the apprehensive look on the boy's face. "No, my brother's back in America. My parents sent him to boarding school a while back because he hated moving to different schools."

The football player sighed in relief before giving her a curious look. "What do you mean by moving to different schools?"

Haley's face turned sad . "Because of my parents' jobs, we had to move a lot. I've never been to a school for more than a year. That's another reason why I decided to come here. I wanted to spend the last two years of high school in one place."

Derrick leaned over the table and grabbed her chin. "Well it's a good thing you're here now isn't it?"

The girl's face turn red as she pushed his hand away from her face. "Damn flirt."

The black haired teen smiled when he noticed the sadness in her eyes had vanished. "And proud of it."

Before she could retort, the bell rang signaling the end of her study period. Haley rose from her chair and collected her work. "Well I guess I'll see you around, Derrick."

"Aw no 'Derrick-kun'? I didn't realize we've gotten so close." He winked at the redhead.

The girl punched him in the arm. "Shut up. I've never been a big fan of using honorifics besides we're originally from America anyway. I don't see the harm in calling you by your name. Got a problem with it?"

The football player shook his head. "Not at all. It'll be nice to have someone to talk to without having to worry about stuff like that."

They both headed toward the library's entrance before turning to go their separate ways once they reached the door. Derrick smirked, "See ya later, Haley."

Haley waved as she walked away. "See ya!"

After the final bell rang, Haley found herself walking along the main path surrounded by sakura trees. She quickly discovered Kai in a nearby tree fast asleep.

The girl sighed as she went over to the tree he occupied. "Hey time to wake up!" When she realized he was still asleep, the redhead decided it was time for plan B.

The high school student set her bag on the ground and silently began to climb the tree. Once she reached the branch the black haired mamodo was on, Haley took in a deep breath and shouted, "WAKE UP KAI!"

Kai was so startled by the close proximity of her voice that he fell off the branch. The girl laughed as she jumped down from branch. Luckily for the mamodo, the branch wasn't very high.

The black haired teen scowled, "What the hell was that for? You crazy woman."

She continued to laugh as she offered to help him up. "I'm sorry I couldn't help it. It was the only thing I could think of to wake you up."

He grumbled as he took her hand and pulled himself to stand. "Yeah yeah whatever. Next time try a more reasonable method of waking me."

"I'll try." She giggled as they headed back to her apartment.

On a nearby rooftop, a pair of boys was watching the redhead and her partner head home. The taller of the two scowled, "Come on, let's get them while their guard is down." The smaller boy nodded as they quickly vanished from the rooftop.

After walking for about ten minutes, Haley and Kai had reached the isolated area where they had first met. The girl grinned, "This brings back memories."

The black haired teen scratched his head. "Not exactly very pleasant ones." He froze and held out an arm to prevent Haley from moving forward.

She looked at him curiously. "Kai?"

The mamodo frowned, "There's another mamodo here. Keep your guard up, Haley."

The redhead nodded as she pulled out her book. She tried to locate the mamodo but didn't see anyone in the area. The girl yelled, "Come on out! We know you're there!"

The two watched as a pair of boys jumped down from a nearby rooftop. The taller guy looked to be around 16 years old and close to 5'8 like her. He had short black hair with silver streaks, light grey eyes, and a slim build. The teen wore a dark blue t-shirt, black pants with chains dangling on the sides, and silver sneakers. Overall he would have had a handsome face if it weren't for the permanent scowl which seemed to be aimed at Haley.

The other of the pair looked much younger than the teen. He appeared to be around 10 years old with his small height. The boy had silver hair, icy blue eyes, and very pale skin. He wore a baggy white t-shirt with a purple outline of an eye on it, purple shorts, and white tennis shoes. Unlike his partner, this kid had no expression whatsoever on his face. It remained completely emotionless.

Haley was a little unnerved by the glares sent her way by the younger teen by tried not to show it on her face. "Who are you?"

The black haired teen scowled, "It doesn't matter. I don't have any intention of telling you my name. I'm only here to burn your book and get my revenge. Let's go, Kira." The boy nodded as his partner brought out a grey book and opened it. "Midero!"

Kira raised his hand and gained a white glow as a nearby trash can began to float in the air. With a flick of the boy's wrist, the trash can was sent flying toward Haley and Kai. The black haired mamodo quickly grabbed his partner and leaped out of the way.

The girl's eyes widened as she saw the trash can hit where they were once standing. "Wow it's like telekinesis!"

Kai sighed as he set her down back on her feet. "Instead of gawking at his powers, how about we try to retaliate?"

Haley huffed as she opened the silver book in her hands. "Fine. Kazedron!" The lazy mamodo aimed his hand at the other mamodo as a blast of wind shot straight at the target.

The black haired teen growled, "Miderano!" A large silver dome with a purple outline of an eye surrounded Kira and his book owner blocking the wind attack.

The redhead snapped her fingers. "Damn he's got a defensive spell. Looks like Kazedron won't be much use for a head on attack. Ready for the second spell, Kai?"

He nodded, "Yeah sure. Why not?"

The girl sighed at her partner's lack of enthusiasm. "Whatever. The second spell: Chisokumera!"

A silver glow surrounded Kai's body as he ran toward the other mamodo team. The other teen shouted, "Miderano!"

The silver dome appeared again protecting Kira and his partner from the frontal assault. Haley grinned, "Don't think that'll work a second time!"

The black haired teen raised an eyebrow at the girl before his eyes widened as he saw a crack appear in the silver dome. "What the hell?" He watched as Kai punched the dome in rapid succession until the dome finally broke. "How the hell did he do that?"

She smirked, "Thanks to Chisokumera, Kai's ten times faster than his normal speed. He was able to use that power to increase the strength of his punches as well. Kai may be a slacker, but he's pretty smart."

Before the other book owner could retort, Haley read another spell. "Kazedron!" Another blast of wind was shot aiming for the grey book, but Kira blocked the attack. The human sighed, "Sorry about that Kira. I lost my focus. It won't happen again."

The silver haired mamodo nodded as he got into an offensive position. His partner yelled, "Midero!" This time Kira lifted both his arms causing many trash cans and others random objects on the street to levitate before sending them straight toward Kai who was still close by.

As soon as the spell was read, the lazy mamodo had begun to run trying to get out of the younger mamodo's range. When he realized he couldn't avoid the attack, the black haired mamodo shouted, "Haley! I need a spell!"

The redhead nodded, "Kazedron!" Kai used the wind blast to knock away most of the junk sent flying toward him except for one of the trash cans which knocked him to the ground.

When she saw her partner get hit, the girl quickly ran over to him. "Kai! Are you alright?" She helped him up as he shook his head. "Yeah I'm fine. A mamodo's body is stronger than a human's. I'll be alright."

The owner of the grey book laughed, "Ha! You get what you deserve, punk!"

Haley glared at the younger teen. "What the hell did we do to you? I've never even met you before today."

The other teen returned the glare. "You wanna know? Fine I'll tell you. You ruined my life! Thanks to you the White Wolves are over!" He pointed at Kai. "Because your partner beat up all my friends and left them unconscious on the road, the police were able to get a hold of them. Now my family's gone!"

The redhead felt a slight pang of guilt in her heart, but she immediately dismissed it. The girl continued to glare at him. "You can't blame us for that! It's their fault for always attacking me just because I was in their territory. They had it coming to them!"

He growled, "Shut up! You don't know anything! You should've stayed out of our territory!"

Ignoring the warning look Kai gave her, Haley walked over to the other teen and grabbed him by his shirt. "You shut up! If you actually paid attention to what your so-called family was doing, you wouldn't wanna be involved with them! Those punks harassed me almost every damn day. And you know what? That day that the cops caught them they almost got away with stabbing me. If it wasn't for Kai, they would've killed me!"

The black haired teen appeared stunned at her words before slapping away her hands. "Don't touch me, you stupid woman. I don't care what you say. Why should I believe you?" He took a step back as he opened his grey book. "Miderum!"

Kira's body gave off a silver glow as the surrounding buildings began to shake. Suddenly, bricks began flying from the dilapidated buildings and hovered around the silver haired mamodo. In a matter of seconds, the bricks scattered and flew around the area.

Kai ran towards his partner as he dodged the onslaught of bricks. "Damn they're faster than before!" He shouted, "Haley, get down!" Unfortunately, Kira seemed to have difficulty controlling his spell because some of the bricks flew straight toward Haley and his book owner.

Her eyes widened. "Aw hell!" The redhead looked over at the younger teen who appeared shocked that the spell went wrong. She grabbed him and hit the ground. Right before the bricks hit the two, Haley shouted, "Chisokumera!"

The black haired mamodo appeared in front of the two and attacked every brick that neared them with a flurry of punches. Once the last brick was destroyed, Kai lowered his arms and shook his fists. "Damn that hurt."

Kira ran over to check on his book owner. For the first time since he arrived, the boy spoke. "Are you ok, Katsu? I'm sorry I lost control of the spell."

Katsu put a hand to his head and groaned, "I'm fine, Kira. I only hit my head on the ground." He tried to sit up but noticed his body felt heavier. "Huh?" The black haired teen glanced down to see Haley on top of him. His face turned red. "W-what the hell?"

She lifted her head then looked at her partner. "Did you get them all?"

Her partner sighed, "What do you think?"

The redhead slowly got into a sitting position. "No need to be mean. I was just asking." She watched as the other book owner sat up once she got off of him. "Hey you alright? Sorry about pushing you but that was the first thing that came to mind."

Katsu gazed at her dumbfounded. "Why the hell did you save me? I was trying to hurt you and your mamodo!"

The girl shrugged, "I dunno. It just felt like the right thing to do. Just because you wanted to hurt me doesn't mean I wanted to hurt you."

He continued to gape at her before moving his gaze toward the ground. The black haired teen punched the ground. "Damn I failed them. I promised myself that I'd get revenge for my brothers, and instead, I get saved by the enemy. I'm a failure as a White Wolf."

Haley felt bad for the poor boy. To her, it seemed like he only wanted to find a place to belong. She reached over and put a hand on his shoulder. The redhead felt him tense before he looked up at her. She smiled, "I don't feel sorry about the White Wolves getting arrested, but I'm sorry that you lost your family. But personally, I think you deserve better. You don't seem like a bad person to me just misguided. I know what it feels like not to have any friends so," Haley grinned when she saw the wonder in the other's eyes, "would you like to be my friend?"

A few minutes passed by in complete silence. Kai and Kira wondered what was going to happen between their book owners. When suddenly Katsu grabbed both of Haley's hands.

The gesture caught the girl by surprise, but she didn't pull away when she saw happiness in his eyes. "I'll follow you anywhere, Anego*!"

The redhead nearly fell over in shock. "Anego?"

The black haired teen nodded his head fiercely. "Yes! You saved me, so now I owe you my life. I'll do whatever you ask me too."

Kai began laughing when he saw the look on his partner's face. "This is too good."

Haley glared him before returning her attention to Katsu. "Ok I guess I can understand that reasoning but anego? You can just call me Haley."

He shook his head. "Absolutely not. You deserve more respect than that."

"But I'm not a gang member like you!" She wanted to say her thoughts out loud, but when she saw the earnest look in the younger teen's eyes, the girl decided against it. The redhead sighed, "Alright if it'll make you happy."

Katsu grinned at her as he helped her too her feet. He knelt down in front of his partner. "Sorry Kira but from now on we're gonna pledge allegiance to Anego. I have no interest whatsoever in fighting her."

The silver headed mamodo nodded before walking over to Haley. He bowed his head slightly. "Thank you for saving my partner."

She grinned before patting the boy's head startling him with the contact. "No problem. I'm just glad we cleared up this misunderstanding." The girl shifted her gaze to Kira's partner. "Are you sure about this? What about Kira? Doesn't he want to become king?"

Kira answered the question instead. "Yes, but I see nothing wrong with allying ourselves with you for the time being. You did save Katsu's life after all."

Haley sighed, "Like I said anyone would've done it. You don't owe me anything," she smiled, "but we'd be happy to team up with you guys."

Kai scratched his head. "I guess anything's better than fighting. I'd rather not have any more bricks or trash cans thrown at me."

The redhead chuckled, "I agree." She held out her hand toward Katsu. "I guess I should introduce myself now that we're friends. I'm Haley Storm."

Katsu grabbed her hand. "I'm Arashi Katsu."

Haley smiled, "It's nice to meet you, Katsu. Welcome to the team."

*Anego is another way of saying big sister except it's used for older sister figures in gangs.

Derrick Runners is the awesome creation of Iron-Arm-V. Thanks for the OC! : ) I'll be sure to bring Alice into the picture soon ; )

Hope everyone liked this chapter. Sorry if the ending was lame I wasn't quite sure where to end it. I had Katsu introduce himself in the typical Japanese way so his first name is Katsu. I wasn't sure which way was the best lol Also I apologize if the fight was too short but I didn't want a full out battle. I guess this fight could be like how Zatch met Kanchome haha Please remember to review I love hearing everyone's opinions ^-^