Me: -sigh- I may have lost the tournament but I managed to kick two people's butts. Remember, if you meet someone that says they know and studies Muai Thai... Run.

Sherrice: Doesn't James know Muai Thai?

Me: Well, an exception for him.

Sherrice: Oh well.

Me: In other news, Dr. Riddles has his job back and lost his girlfriend... weird...

Sherrice: Well you can't have everything...

Me: Juice, juice, juice... just drinkin' my juice.

Sherrice: -sighs- On to the story...

"I wonder what's taking them so long?" Ryan asked.

"I don't know, they probably took the long way." Lori smiled.

"That's not funny…"

"I know."

"Where's Rykun?" Kori asked.

"I don't know." Ryan said. They all waited around for Sherrice and Rykun. It was around twelve noon when they heard the phone ring.

"Hello?" Lori answered.

"Hey Lori, how are you?" Sherrice said.

"Fine, where are you?"

"Somewhere with Kiyo and Zatch."

"Everyone worried sick about you especially Ryan."

"I know… open the door."

"What?"

"Open the door please bye." Sherrice hung up.

"Ok…" Lori walked to the door and opened it. Kiyo and Zatch was at the door along with Sherrice but Rykun was alseep on Sherrice's back.

"You could have…nevermind. Hey Kiyo and Zatch."

"Hi." They both said. Everyone walked in and stood around.

"Could have what?" Sherrice asked.

"I was about to say you could have called but you did." Lori smiled. Sherrice laid Rykun on the couch beside Ryan.

"What's wrong with Rykun?" Kori asked.

"Let's just say it was a interesting morning." Sherrice said.

"From the looks of it, you were in a fight." Lori said. Ryan sprung up from the couch and ran to Sherrice.

"Who hit you?!" Ryan said.

"I'm ok Ryan, we already sent him back to the mamodo world." Sherrice smiled.

"Oh… ok then…" Ryan said.

"Protective…" Kiyo said.

"Yep." Sherrice said. Lori, Sherrice, Kiyo and Ryan started talking amongst themselves while Kori, Kolulu, and Zatch watch T.V.

"What happened to my Rykie?" Kori asked.

"Rykie?" Zatch said.

"Rykun."

"Oh nothing happened to him, he just fell asleep after the fight but he was crying for some reason."

"Why was he crying?" Kori asked, worried.

"I don't know, he was saying something about his mom and started crying."

Just then, Kori remember something that Rykun had told her back in the mamodo world:

"You must really love your mom a lot." Kori smiled.

"Yep, my mom and dad are always helping me with the littlest things." Rykun smiled.

"What would you do if you was chosen to be in the next battle?"

"I don't know, my mom told me that she will find away to be there with me but hopefully I won't be chosen, neither will you."

"Why are you so cute…"

"Huh?"

"Nothing!"

Kori let out a deep sigh.

"Yeah, I know Kori." Kolulu said.

"Know what?" Zatch asked.

"Nevermind…"

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"I wonder how many are out there now?" Kiyo asked.

"Probably… I don't know…" Ryan sighed.

"Why us?" Sherrice asked.

"Well, it's something new." Lori said. The group let out a big sigh.

"Oh well, what's done is done, besides in a way, this is kinda fun." Ryan smiled.

"It is."

"Yep."

"Yeah."

"Kiyo, did you meet a old guy named Dr. Riddles?" Sherrice asked.

"Yeah, umm… yesterday I think. He said something about the evil ones are coming." Kiyo said.

"He told me the same thing." Ryan said.

"Huh?" Sherrice was in shock for some reason.

"What?" Ryan said.

"Your eyes… they're blue…" she said. Lori pulled out a mirror and showed it to Ryan.

"No, they're not, are you ok Sherrice?"

"I could have sworn that his eyes were blue…" She questioned.

"That was close…" Ryan sighed.

"Now what?"

"I don't know, maybe the park or something." Sherrice said.

"Sherrice, Rykun woke up." Zatch said.

"Thank you Zatch." Sherrice smiled and walked over to Rykun.

"How do you feel?"

"I'm ok now but I still want to know…" Rykun said.

"I know, but I can't give you an answer right now."

"Rykie…" Kori said.

"Rykie?"

"Never mind…" Kori sighed and gave him a hug.

"I like it…" Rykun smiled.

"Really?"

"Mmm hmm." He nodded.

"Do you want to go to the park?" Sherrice asked them. They all cheered and ran to the door.

"Ok… ready everyone?"

"Yeah." Everyone said. They all got up, walked out the door and headed towards the park. The mamodos ran to go play on the slide while their book owners sat down and talked at a table.

"I wonder who the evil ones are?" Kiyo said.

"Probably my little brother." Ryan laughed.

"Be serious Ryan." Sherrice said.

"Alright, but they are probably evil mamodo or something."

"I thought I was going to have a normal summer but whatever." Kiyo sighed.

"Well, like I said, it's something new." Lori smiled.

"You ever get that feeling that you're been watched?" Ryan said.

"Yeah, I feel it right now." Kiyo said.

"Same here." Sherrice said.

"Me too." Lori said.

"There it is again!" Sherrice shouted.

"What?" Ryan said.

"Your eyes turned blue. Now I know I'm not making that up."

"Your eyes are blue." Lori said.

"Why?" Kiyo asked.

"I don't know…" Ryan sighed, "But it been that way ever since I was born."

"So your eyes change from brown to blue and then back since you was little?" Lori said.

"Yep."

"Does anyone else have that same thing in your family?"

"Yeah, two of my cousins."

"I see…"

"In any case, someone is over there." Ryan said, pointing to the forest area of the park.

"Should we?" Kiyo asked.

"No, I don't feel like fighting." Sherrice said.

"Me either."

"Oh well."

"I wonder… Sherrice can I see your book?" Ryan asked.

"Are you going to try and read it? It won't work." Kiyo said.

"It might… Let's see…" Ryan started flipping through the pages, "See, I told you."

"Then read it." Kiyo said.

"Umm…" Ryan laughed nervously.

"I thought you could read it…" Kiyo sighed.

"Just kidding…" Ryan said.

"Give me that." Sherrice said.

"Fine… I can read it though."

"Prove it."

"Winrusen!"

"What!?" Everyone turned around to see if Rykun grew his wings but nothing happened.

"If you can read it, how come nothing happened?"

"Because I can't, I just remembered that spell." Ryan laughed.

"Grr…" Sherrice growled and started chasing after Ryan.

"Ok, ok stop!" Ryan yelled. Ryan tripped and fell on his back and Sherrice jumped on top of him.

"Umm…" Ryan blushed.

"Uhh…" Sherrice blushed.

"Aww…" Lori smiled.

"Yeah, cute. Whatever." Kiyo said. Ryan and Sherrice both got up slowly and walked back to the table.

"That was so cute." Lori smiled.

"Right…" Kiyo said.

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"I am king of the slide!" Zatch said on top of the slide. Rykun came up behind him and gently pushed him down the slide.

"Now I'm king of the slide and I declare that I want umm…" Kori came up behind Rykun and pushed him down the slide.

"Took to long." She smiled, "Now I'm queen of the slide." Kolulu came up behind her and pushed her down the slide.

"No, I'm queen and I want ice cream." Kolulu smiled.

"Yay!"

"Hmm…"

"What's wrong Rykie?" Kori asked.

"Do you ever get that feeling that you're being watched?"

"Now that you mention it, yeah." Zatch said.

"Do you think it's a mamodo?" Kolulu said, sliding down the slide.

"I don't know but I do know this…"

"Yeah?" Rykun ran to the top of the slide.

"I'm the king now!" He shouted.

"No fair!"

"Fine…" Rykun slid back down.

"What to do now?" Zatch asked.

"I don't know but I'm hungry." Rykun said.

"Me too." Kolulu and Kori said. They all walked over to the table where their bookowners were.

"Kiyo, I'm hungry." Zatch whined.

"Me too Sherrice."

"Me too Ryan."

"Me too Lori."

"Ok, ok. What do you all want?"

"Yellowtail!" (Guess who said this...)

"Seafood!"

"I want what Rykie's having!"

"Yellowtail." (Kolulu didn't want yellowtail because of Zatch, I mean come on if Zatch loves yellowtail, what do you think Zeno loves.)

"Alright, to the umm… supermarket." Lori said.

"I will pay for my share." Ryan announced.

"You better." Lori said.

"Ok…" Lori walked home to get her money and then everyone walked to the supermarket. They each bought what they need and a few extras.

"Can I have that?" Rykun asked.

"No." Sherrice said.

"How about that?"

"No."

"That?"

"No!"

"Ok… what about these?"

"Grr…"

"That will be 129 dollars and 65 cents." The clerk said.

"I got this." Ryan said with confidence and handed the clerk a fifty.

"Sir, it's 129 and you gave me a 50."

"I don't got this." Ryan said with the same voice.

"Here." Sherrice said and handed him a 20 for her stuff.

"Keep it, I got it. Here you go my good sir." Ryan smiled and handed the clerk the exact same amount it cost.

"Thank you come again." The clerk smiled.

"Thank you Ryan." Lori said.

"Yeah thanks." Kiyo said.

Sherrie kissed him on the cheek as a sign of her thanks. Ryan, Rykun, Kiyo and Zatch grabbed a bag and walked back to Lori's house to cook. The girls took there sweet time walking home.

"What took so long? This stuff is heavy." Rykun said.

"All you got is a gallon of milk." Sherrice said.

"Yeah, but it's heavy."

"Weird… but yet you can summon a tornado."

"That's different."

Lori opened the door and the boys dropped the bags in the kitchen and started putting everything up.

"Alright its time to cook!" Ryan yelled and put his fist in the air.

"Yeah!" Everyone soon followed after. Everyone pitched in to cook something he or she wanted. After about an hour or so, the food was cooked and placed on the table.

"All that food?" Kiyo asked.

"Yep." Lori said.

"Let's eat…" Zatch drooled.

"Let's…" Rykun drooled.

"Close your mouth…" Kori sighed.

Everyone sat down at the table and started eating. After dinner, Zatch and Kiyo said their thanks and goodbyes and headed home. Ryan then kissed Sherrice goodbye and headed back to his hotel. Everyone else got ready for bed. Sherrice slept in the guest room, Lori slept in her room, Kori slept with Kolulu in her room, and Rykun slept on the couch downstairs. (He insisted that he wanted to sleep on the couch again.)

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"Tomorrow is the time that we strike." The smaller figure said.

"Yeah, let's go tell the others."

Me: I wonder who that could be... and no it's not Zeno.

Rykun: I know who it is and I don't like him at all...

Kori: All those snakes... -shivers-

Sherrice: I hate snakes...