A girl in a thick fighting gi was in a doing pushups in her garage, clapping her hands together as she came up. The garage itself was full of training equipment which she used in every instant of her spare time. A boxing bag in the corner, training weights on the wall, a shelf laden with books on many different martial arts. She stopped her exercise and took a big gulp from a nearby water bottle. "A hundred and forty pushups" she said with a gasp taking another drink from the bottle. With that she stood up and brought two white incense candles down from the bookshelf and lighting them with a match. She placed the candles on either side of her, folded her legs, inhaled the sweet aroma of the candles which soothed her body and her spirit. "Meditation clears and calms the mind" she thought
Her usually calm thoughts were almost instantly twisted into thoughts of rage and hatred. Though she tried to stay calm, she couldn't help but fall prey to the feeling she had unintentionally brought to the surface.
"Andrea" she thought "Oracle changed you"
She stood up and blew out the candles, unable to keep herself calm.
"Xiora" a voice rang out "Are you thinking about Andrea and Oracle"
She turned to see a boy with short brown hair and dark red eyes. He was wearing a wearing a long-sleeved black shirt, and an unbuttoned, short-sleeved, red button up shirt over it with a pair of black pants.
"Yeah" she admitted "Something wrong, Rosces?" she asked
"No, but just keep this in mind, Xiora" he said "When we find them you just worry about your friend, Oracle is mine"
"Fair enough" she said standing up "Do you want to practice spells"
"Sure" he answered
She opened a red book and stood in a battle stance in front of her mamodo, "Get ready Rosces" The book began to shine brightly "Firuzo"
Rosces hands were engulfed in flames "Here I come" he said charging at her. He began to throw punches at an alarming speed, which she just narrowly dodged. Rosces threw a punch, but stopped inches away from her face. He immediately delivered a kick to her abdomen which sent her flying into a wall.
She stood up massaging her stomach "You sneaky little...since when do you feint your attacks?" she asked with a smile on her face.
"I decided to try something that's out of the ordinary for me" he said with a smirk "I don't want Oracle to think I've gotten predictable"
Xiora regained her stance "Well you sure surprised me" she said "You ready to go all out, kid"
The smirk on his face became a cocky grin "Come get me"
She charged at him at full force, and they continued sparring.
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In a clearing in a junkyard were two boys. One sitting down the other leaning against a pile of scrap metal. The standing boy had brown hair, green eyes, and was wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and converse shoes. A backpack containing a violet book was slung over his shoulder
The other had silver, shoulder length hair pulled back in a ponytail.
Deimon-Whoa, Whoa, Whoa hang on a second makokashi)
Me-What's the problem)
Deimon-It's not a ponytail, it's a warrior's wolf-tail)
Me-Well Deimon, I have to admit it certainly tells all the other warriors that you're fun and perky)
Deimon-Come on, do it right)
Me-Fine, Fine I'll do it your way)(thinking: ya' whiny little baby)
Deimon-I heard that, remember my profile I can read minds)
Me-Well read this-$!&?:)
Deimon-Okay...now that's just mean)
Me-Would you please just get back to the story, I'm not getting any younger and I'd like to finish this chapter before I leave for college)
Deimon-Yeah, Yeah alright)
The other had silver, shoulder length hair pulled back in a warrior's wolf tail. He was wearing a white shirt with a thick black stripe going vertically up the left side, and loose black pants. Around his neck was a thick black choker necklace with a white pentagram. His eyes were closed, and he was obviously in a moment of focus and concentration.
"Hmm...I see music, light, clouds, and water" the mamodo said
"Anything else, Deimon" Arc asked
" Darkness, flowers, smoke and wind, a flame and...Oh no" he said
"What's wrong" Arc asked
"I see a shadow" Deimon said "A shadow whose soul is kind and warm, but has been polluted by a foul and toxic black aura"
Arc looked concerned "What kind of mamodo is that" he asked
"That isn't the mamodo" Deimon said firmly "It's the human, I can recognize the mamodo, her name is Oracle"
Arc got a sour look on his face "Yeah, you warned me about her" the sour look became one of contemplation "So you're saying she's manipulated her partners' heart"
"Yes" Deimon said "But what I don't understand is why I'm getting these visions, does it mean that we're going to fight them all?"
"Who knows" Arc said "But we should be prepared If we are" he picked up a violet book a began to thumb through it. "Do you think we should get some practice in"
"Not unless you want to get blown into the street and hit by a truck" Deimon said
"What makes you think that..." a look of understanding crossed over his face "Oh yeah, you can see the future"
"Yep" Deimon said "If we leave now we can get home before your parents do"
"Let's move then" Arc said walking away with Deimon following closely behind him.
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Astra was staring into the sky, her pale blue eyes glazed over, her mind blocking out everything else. All her thoughts were focused on the stars, moon and indigo-colored sky above her. "The stars look so pretty tonight" she thought "Like fireflies that never move so you don't have to follow them with your eyes to enjoy their glow".
Suddenly she felt something on her head, she looked up to see a pair of dark brown eyes "Back already, Hiroshi?" she asked
"Yeah" he said ruffling her curly gold hair in a brotherly manner"Still staring at the night sky I see"
She smiled and continued staring "It's just so vast and fascinating" she said turning her attention to the moon "But the moon is the best part, The mamodo world has three moons, one red, one green and one blue, But I really like the white moon that earth has"."It just seems so pure an untouched, like a giant pearl, or big white ball of innocence"
Hiroshi smiled "Pure yes, untouched no, Neil Armstrong landed on it in 1969"
She jerked her head to face her partner "WHAT, humans have walked on the moon" Her eyes were the size of saucers "That can't be, how could somebody get from down here to up there"
Hiroshi grinned "You have NASA to thank for that little feat"
Astra looked puzzled "What's a NASA"
He walked toward his bed "Close the window and I'll tell you" he said, amused by her shock and surprise. He spent the next hour explaining the details of the American space program to an amazed and wide-eyed Astra. She kept asking question after question which only led to more topics. He started out explaining Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, now he was talking about the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
"Look Astra" Hiroshi said "It's getting late so let's go to bed"
Reluctantly, Astra did as she was told. As her partner slept, she crept over to the window, opened it at stared longingly at the luminous orb in the sky "How beautiful"she thought
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Serion was not a mamodo someone would want to cross. He wore a green vest with a green t-shirt underneath, on which was a picture of a snake. He was wearing army pants and boots, and a silver earring stud on his left ear. His spiky green hair and hazel eyes hid a truly destructive power. A power that both human and mamodo feared. The power of poison.
His partner, Lex, had the same aura around him. Quiet but threatening, like a shark right before he sinks his teeth into his prey. He had straight black hair and was wearing a black t-shirt marked with a skull and crossbones. Despite his wild and threatening appearance, he was actually a very complex person. He was very intelligent and very patient. Today he had decided to test the full strength of the poison of his mamodo's spells
"Hey Serion" asked his partner "How do you want to do this"
Serion looked up in a tree and grinned as he saw a bird "Lex, The bird...now"
Lex took out a light green book and read from its' first page "Baru". Serion fired a green ball of poison at the bird. It fell to the ground, completely motionless. The two of them stood over the bird, whose feathers were becoming a sickly green color. After a while, the green color vanished and the bird flew back into the tree. Serion looked at his partner "So, how long was it" he asked
"Forty seconds" Lex answered
Serion smiled "So the first spells' poison lasts for forty seconds, I guess that's enough time to win a battle"
"Don't get cocky kid" Lex advised "It's not smart to rely solely on one spell"
"Yeah whatever" he said rolling his eyes. He walked over to a tree, rubbed the bark with his hand and said "Let's try the fourth spell"
Lex turned a page and a read from it "Baruk". Serion's teeth grew longer and sharper, he sank them into the thick tree trunk. The bark changed to a darker brown and broke off in his mouth and crumbled like a cookie. He spat it out, disgusted with the taste in his mouth "So it looks like the poison in this spell is permanent" Lex said "Good to know if we get in over our heads".
Picking bits of bark out of his teeth, Serion ran his fingers in the space where the bark was and smiled "That'll do for today" he said.
Lex closed the book and walked next to his mamodo "So Serion, do you think you'll actually become king" he asked
"What the hell kind of question is that" he asked "Of course I do" his eyes narrowed "Do you doubt it, Lex"
"Maybe" he said "Maybe not, all I'm saying is that you should keep on guard, like it or not there are some mamodo out there that are stronger than you"
"I don't care how strong they are" he said sharply "I'll rip through every one of them until I sit on the throne of the mamodo world" He clenched his fist tightly "I'll burn every single book until I am the mamodo king"
And there you have it. Here's a challenge to anyone who has a deviantart account and art skills. Draw any one of the mamodo from each chapter. No tricks or deals, I think it would just be cool to do. (Plus I can't draw worth anything).Certain things have seriously slowed down my writing process, but I'm still going strong(though I will change the title to 2007-2008). Good bye, Aloha, Adios, Buenos Noches, Sayonara, in other words, see you next chapter.