The Lost Memory
That night there was a celebration party in thanks for the rescue. Kiyo explained to his father about the battle for king and where Naruto was from. At the same time Kiyo got a drawn map too where Zatch was found.
The next day they headed to the forest and found it.
"So that's the forest where Zatch was found?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah according to my dad," Kiyo responded as they headed through the forest, "Hey Zatch don't go wander off."
"Ah Kiyo…" Naruto said as Zatch was gone.
Zatch was stopped by a snake. A squirrel landed on Zatch's arm and bit him. He tried the toy Kory gave him but it summoned more snakes and he went running until he ran into someone.
Naruto and Kiyo searched for Zatch after hearing his scream.
"If only Kiba and Akamaru was with us, they can track Zatch's scent," Naruto said, "Or better yet Hinata who can search the forest with her Byakugan."
"You and me both," Kiyo agreed.
Just then the professor they met at the university dressed as a yellow-tail, was swinging on a vine dressed as a fairy carrying Zatch.
Naruto chased after them with Kiyo trying to fallow.
The man was about to jump over a cliff when Naruto stopped him.
"What were you doing?" the professor asked.
"Trying to help my friend," Naruto said, "What were you doing with Zatch?"
"I saved him from snakes that was chasing him," the professor answered, "Long time ago there was an explosion in this forest and I been investigating ever sense."
Kiyo made it and decided to let Naruto ask the questions.
"So the forest fairy people were talking about was you?" Naruto asked.
"Yes," the professor answered.
"And the point of wearing that costume is?" Naruto asked.
The professor didn't answer that question.
"Forget that I asked that," Naruto said.
"Wait you said there was an explosion in this forest, can you tell me where it was?" Kiyo asked.
The professor gave them directions and all three of them fallowed a path there.
When they got there, there was a crater in the middle and burnt.
"You think this is it?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah it make sense," Kiyo said, "Zatch you remember anything?"
Kiyo turned to see Zatch was shaking all over while holding himself.
"Zatch are you okay?" Naruto asked.
"Sorry Kiyo Naruto, but something about this place makes me shake," Zatch said, "I'm scared for some reason."
"Kiyo get him out of here," Naruto said.
Kiyo touch Zatch but his body started glowing a golden color. Kiyo touched Zatch and the red spell book in his bag started glowing the same color just as bright.
Naruto shield his eyes as the glow got bigger and brighter every second before it stopped all of the sudden.
"Zatch," Naruto shouted shaking him as Kiyo got up.
Zatch regained conscious at that moment.
"Naruto, Kiyo," Zatch said.
"Good you're okay," Kiyo said, "Your body was glowing brightly."
"Yeah…um…Kiyo the spell book…" Naruto said.
"I remember what happened here," Zatch interrupted
"What do you remember?" Kiyo asked.
"When I came to this world I didn't go searching for a human partner, instead I made a home in this forest," Zatch said, "I would play in the afternoon but at night I would be to scared to sleep and ended up sleeping in the morning. Then that morning happened.
…Flashback…
Zatch was about to go to sleep when a mamodo and his human partner came.
"Found you," the mamodo said.
Zatch was confuse about the mamodo.
"That face makes me sick," the mamodo said.
"I got some acorns for you," Zatch said offering the acorns but the mamodo just pushed out of Zatch's hands onto the ground.
"I been thinking a lot about you, hating you and your existence," the mamodo said. He gave the command to his human partner and aimed at Zatch.
'Zaker' the human partner shouted.
White lightning fired from the mamodo's hand causing a burst of lightning up to the air. It fried Zatch's body.
The mamodo was about to burn Zatch's book but stopped.
"No if I burn your book you'll just go back to your family. Instead I'll steal your memories, that way you'll be countlessly attack and not know why," the mamodo said.
The sun shined finally and Zatch got a good look of the mamodo's face right as his memories were stolen.
…End of Flashback…
"That guy had the same face as me," Zatch said.
"Anything else you remember like back in the mamodo world?" Naruto asked.
"No that's all I can remember," Zatch responded.
Just then they saw the professor spying on them.
"You guys, what was that light earlier and are you involved with the explosion?" The professor asked after finding out.
"No we weren't," Kiyo said.
"Then let me see that bag, something in there was glowing as well," the professor responded.
"Something in my bag?" Kiyo asked.
"Kiyo that's what I was trying to tell you before Zatch told us what happen to his memories, I think the spell book was glowing," Naruto explained.
Kiyo took out the spell book and sure enough he found the fourth spell.
"The fourth spell, it has appeared," Kiyo responded, 'Bao Zaker…'
"Don't read it right now!" Naruto interrupted.
"Oh yeah, you're right," Kiyo responded.
Meanwhile the mamodo that look like Zatch was watching them. His name was Zeno and he knew something that Zatch didn't as he disappeared.
Next Time: While testing out a new spell Zatch Kiyo and Naruto meets a dancing singing mamodo name Yoppopo and his book owner Djem. It turns out they were trying to summon a team that hurt Djem's family once. But when the team appears Yoppopo went to fight them on his own to protect Djem. What will happened, what is Djem's feelings toward Yoppopo, and what is the power of the fourth spell? Read to Find Out...