I am so sorry for not updating in what it seems like forever! 99 I am very sorry, everyone! I hope this next chapter makes it up.
Chapter: 10
Tears of pain streamed down Tsumei's face as Zatch constantly stomps on her feet while they danced together. "Um, Zatch?" She called to him nicely.
"What!" He answered, back rudely and still stomping on her feet.
"I was sort of wondering if you could please stop stepping on my feet so much?"
"You asking me, or telling me, Tsumei?!"
"Well, I just want you to stop. I mean it's not very nice and it hurts so much."
"Whatever!" He yelled at her, and suddenly kicked in the shin, making her yelp in pain.
Tia and Brago just stood from afar and they were completely dumbfounded at what Zatch was just doing to Tsumei. "Wow, I had no idea Zatch had it in him to be so….bad." Tia said in amazement. Brago just nodded in agreement.
Seconds later, Lee came in and joined with Brago and Tia. "Hey, guys. What are you doing?" He asked.
"Oh, just watching Tsumei being tortured by Zatch, why do you ask?" Tia replied.
"Why is Zatch doing that to her?!" Lee asked all freaked out.
"Part of our plan to get her with Brago."
"Well, you better make him stop now!!!"
"Why should we?"
"Remember the phases Cherry said Tsumei had to go through?"
"What of it?"
"One of the phases is going to end any second!"
"Is it bad?"
"Yes, it's bad! You see, the only reason why she was shy and weak was so she could gain the essential traits at becoming a guardian. That was just one of the first phases she had to go through."
"And what happens when this phase ends?"
"She'll no longer be shy or weak anymore. Instead, she'll revert back to her normal self. And believe me, you do not want to make her angry when she turns to her normal self."
"Yeah, right, Lee. How bad could she be in her normal self?"
"You are messing with forces that should left alone!! Get Zatch to stop now!"
"You're just being dramatic. Don't worry; nothing bad will happen."
"That's what Cherry said when I had to leave my pet gerbil with Tsumei, and that was the last time I ever saw my gerbil again."
"Please, quit being such a worry-wart." Tia said, patting him on the back.
Little did they know, they should've listened to him. Tsumei was already beginning to change from the inside. The first of the guardian phases has just ended. Zatch still continued stomping her feet, but she was no longer tearing at the eyes. She gritted her teeth and spoke to him. "Zatch, could you be a dear and read this letter I wrote to you?" She asked, eerily nice. She handed him a letter. He took it and read it. It says: "What's yellow, blue, and red all over?
A) Lee messing around with arts & crafts paints.
B) A lemon painted to look like an Easter egg.
C) None of the above."
After reading it, Zatch crumpled the paper and threw to Tsumei's face. "Why should I answer your dumb question?" He asks, thinking its part of the plan.
Suddenly, Tsumei grabbed him by the collar and lifted him off the floor. "Because the hand that wrote the dumb question makes this, too, you little brat!!" She yelled at him, while showing her clenched fist to him. "You want to know what the answer is, Zatch?"
"W-what?" He asked, nervously.
"It's C, none of the above!!"
"Then what's yellow, blue, and read all over?"
"It's you, Zatch!! You no-good little twerp!!" She yelled at him, and punched him the face, sending him flying into the wall.
Sorry if it's short. See you chapter 11!