Disclaimer: I do not own Zatch Bell or anything related to it. I only own my OC's names.

Character thoughts are italicized.

Everyone looked up to the sky, seeing Tia being carried away was a surprise no one expected. All they could do was watch, no one was able to help her.

Tia, knowing that keeping Zatch's book safe was the only thing that mattered began to throw it towards Megumi. "Megumi, catch the book!" Just as she was about to release it, a familiar voice filled the area, causing her to pull the book back.

"Tia!" Zatch's voice rang through the town. He was riding on what seemed to be Ponygon, alongside Kiyo and another man she had never seen before. "Grab my hand!" He yelled as he extended his hand to the mamodo. Tia reached out and grabbed his hand with her's.

"Good. Zatch, climb aboard now." Kiyo told his partner, shocking Tia. Before she could argue, Zatch was already running up their made bridge and stepping on her face. "Tia, the book!" He yelled, trying to get her attention. Tia shook off the surprise of Zatch walking over her and tossed the book to Kiyo. "Thanks for doing a great job of looking after the book."

"You're welcome." She replied.

"Okay, Zatch aim at his back." Zatch did as he was told. "ZAKER!" Zatch shot the lightning into the mamodo's back, inflicting enough pain to release Tia. Zatch acted quickly and caught Tia before she fell. With his free hand he held onto the mamodo and began to swing himself back and forth until he had enough momentum to safely land on Ponygon. Kiyo and Sunbeam caught the two mamodo while Ponygon brought the five of them back onto the ground.

Everyone ran over to the group to make sure everyone was alright. Finally, Potat asked the question everyone wanted the answer to. "Where's Apollo and Rops, they were with you when we left. Are they okay?"

"Yes, they're fine. On our way back we were attacked. They offered to stay behind and stop them. We haven't heard or seen them since." Kiyo answered, ending some of the uneasiness.

"Sunbeam, I see you made it after all, thank you for coming." Dr. Riddles said to the man. "I wish we could do proper introductions, but we are currently being attacked." He said as he pointed to the ancient mamodo being controlled by Zabas and Byonko.

"Ribbit, Zabas, should we retreat and gather more troops? We're out numbered now." Byonko asked

"As if, let them tire themselves out on these ancient mamodo. Then when they can't cast anymore spells, I'll burn every book here." The winged mamodo said confidently. "What are you all waiting for, attack!" Zabas commanded the mamodo. The three then proceeded to attack.

"Well, it looks like they're ready to go. Leave them to Kiddo, Wonrei and myself. You guys have gone through enough today." Danny told the group. "I'll take antenna head over hear. Wonrei can take the golem and that leaves the girl for you Kido." The three pairs then ran to meet the enemy half way. The rest of the group followed, wanting to watch incase they needed help.

"ORU ROZURUGA!" The female's partner called out. A giant rose was shot from her hands as it headed towards Kido.

"ZEBURUK!" Dr. Riddles called out as Kido's body separated into two parts, allowing the rose to go between them. Kido then rejoined his body as he prepared for a counter attack. "RAJA ZERUSEN!" Kido's arms grew in size and became covered in steel as they detached from his body and flew into his opponent, sending her backwards. "Now for the book, GANZU ZEGAR!" Kido's hands now became a machine gun turret that fired off multiple blasts of energy, with one hitting the book causing it to burn.

Elsewhere Danny wasn't having as easy of a time. His opponent was creating cyclones by spinning extremely fast and he was unable to stop it. The enemy just continued to land hit after hit on Danny until he was brought to his knees. "JIORUK!" Mr. Goldo yelled as Danny was healed from his injuries. "This is going to be harder than we thought Danny."

"I know, it might be time to use one of our other spells." Danny told his partner. "We've never needed them before, but there's always a first for everything."

"Okay, if you think it's needed. AMU ZERURUK!" Mr. Goldo read, immediately Danny's arms grew in size. His muscles became larger as well, the mamodo felt stronger than ever before. "So, this one strengthens your arms. I wonder what the other does."

Danny didn't have time to talk as the mamodo was turning back around to attack again. This time Danny reached out and grabbed the mamodo. Thanks to his new strength, he was able to hold the mamodo in place and stop his attack. Danny let go with one arm and then proceeded to punch the ancient mamodo in the stomach, knocking him out cold. "You know, I could get used to this spell." He said, amazed at this new level of strength.

"Ya, well after you burn the book you can spend all the time you want looking at yourself in a mirror." The old man said teasingly. The duo then proceeded to burn the book, leaving only Wonrei to finish his fight.

"This is going just as you planned, isn't it Zabas?" Galliont asked his partner.

"Even better. These three are probably the only ones who can cast spells, and they're being tired out by these weak mamodo." Zabas replied, with a sinister smile on his face.

"GIGANO BIREIDO!" The golem like mamodo began shooting a beam of energy at Wonrei.

"RERUDO!" Li-en read as a shield appeared before Wonrei, stopping the attack. "We're tired of playing around, Wonrei let's end this. RAO DIBOREN!" Wonrei swung his arm towards the opposing mamodo, and out of it appeared the image of a white tiger. The tiger crashed down and caused an explosion that resulted in the mamodo's book burning. The three pairs then rejoined the group of friends who congratulated them on beating the enemy. After talking for about a minute, they were interrupted by the sound of someone clapping. They all turned around to see Zabas standing there applauding.

"I'm impressed, you managed to defeat them all. Unfortunately, it seems you all are unable to cast any spells. And the few who can, can probably only cast about two more if they're lucky. As for me, this won't be much fun. I get to burn all your books without putting up a fight." He said, taking a step back to get ready.

"GARU YURUK!" Galliont read, as Zabas began to spin at an alarmingly fast speed. "Now is where we end this." Zabas then launched himself towards the group. They were all shocked, they had forgotten about Zabas when they were fighting the other mamodo, and he was right. They couldn't cast many more spells even if they tried. All they could do was stand there and watch as Zabas drew closer. As he began to grow close, maybe less than fifteen feet away, a new voice surprised everyone.

"JIKIR!" The voice yelled out. It was followed by a strong gust of wind, which blew Zabas off course and into a nearby building. "See Hyde, just like I've always told you. If you want to impress someone, make a badass entrance." Eido said, as Hyde and himself landed on the ground.

Hyde turned to everyone to speak. "Sorry we're late, Eido kept giving me wrong directions. If he knew how to read a map, we would have been here sooner."

This got Eido going now. "Oh really, you try and read a map while keeping a spell active and riding a skateboard over the ocean!" He yelled at his partner. Everyone just looked at them like they were crazy.

"Uh guys, I hate to interrupt but why didn't you just take a plane with the tickets that Apollo and Dr. Riddles gave everyone?" Potat asked his friend and his book owner.

"Well," Eido began, "we received the tickets with a letter telling us about everything going on. But also written in the letter was advise for some last minute training, Dr. Riddles told us that we should travel here by use of our Jiker spell. The letter said that by doing so we would grow even stronger."

Everyone looked at Dr. Riddles who was now sweating. "I was.. kidding!" He said, repeating his famous catchphrase. This angered Eido even more than what Hyde could do at times.

You're telling me that this was a waste of time. That you expected us to take a plane here!?" Eido was now yelling at the professor, only stopping when he heard noise coming from the rubble that Zabas was in.

Those two really have changed. Dr. Riddles thought to himself.

Flashback

"Come on, time to start your training." Dr. Riddles said, waking the duo up.

"Just five more minutes, it's only 6:30 am." Eido argued while still sleeping.

"No! You both agreed to take this seriously, if you two don't want to get up then I'll find someone else to train." This got the two boys out of bed immediately. "Now that you're up, follow me." The doctor led the two boys to the top of a hill near his house. From this spot you could see the forest extend further out past them, creating a wonderful view.

"So, what are we doing today? Do a little sparing, maybe learn our third spell, no I've got it, it's going to be working on our communication." Hyde said, trying to figure out todays training.

"Nope, its none of that. We are going to sit here, listen to the wind, enjoy this view and relax." Dr. Riddles told him.

Eido stood up now. "What, this isn't training. We could do this at home old man."

"If that is how you see it, you are free to go whenever you feel like it. But let me tell you this, if you two never become one with the wind then you'll never reach your true potential."

This only confused the duo. "What are you talking about old man, you can't be one with the wind. It's impossible." Eido remarked.

"Let me explain better. Your spells are based around the manipulation of wind. If you two can heighten your senses to be able to not only feel the wind, but hear the wind, you will be able to strengthen even your weakest spells. The power of Jiker improved by the strength of an oncoming gust, imagine the possibilities."

This caught their attention and they decided to give it a try.

Zabas was now getting out of the rubble. "It doesn't matter how many more friends you have coming. I'll burn every book that's in front of me." Zabas then charged at the duo standing in front of him.

"Eido, one's coming." Hyde said.

"Right, JIKIR!" Eido yelled, everyone was amazed at the strength of the attack. No one noticed the gust of wind that had come in after the spell was cast, improving it. The attack was enough to send Zabas flying back into his partner.

"Who do these two think they are!" Zabas yelled in frustration.

"Your worst nightmare." Hyde said, raising his hands for the next attack.

"Oh no, Galliont our strongest spell." Zabas demanded

"As you wish. ORU WIGAR!" Galliont read as Zabas raised his hands and launched beams of concentrated wind energy at the duo. They jumped to dodge it, only to see it follow them. "If only you could see your faces, its as if you've never seen a spell that can be controlled after being cast."

The duo continued to dodge, but both knew that they would tire out eventually if they didn't end this. "Hyde, do you think the time is right?"

"Its as good a time as ever. Use the spell." Hyde said as he turned around to face the oncoming attack. He raised his hands and awaited for a spell to be cast.

"The third spell, JIKIRDO!" Eido read, a cyclone of wind formed in front of Hyde. They noticed how it seemed like a mix between Jikir and Jikirga. The beam was concentrated in one direction, but had a larger radius and inside the cyclone were gusts of wind just like Jikir. The blast collided with Zabas as he was sucked into, his body being cut up by the strength of the winds inside of the cyclone tunnel. As the winds grew stronger, Zabas' book was sucked in, getting lit on fire from the attack.

As the attack ended, Zabas faded away returning to the mamodo world. Seeing how badly he was outnumbered, Byonko decided to run away and regroup. He called for the flying mamodo from before, which picked him and his partner up, carrying them away.

Everyone then went over to see how Hyde and Eido were doing. The two said they were fine and everyone decided to head back inside to wait for Apollo. While sitting inside, Hyde couldn't take his eyes off of Tia and now Penny. He now had a crush on both of them which led to some teasing from Eido. "You always give me a hard time when I fall for girls, telling me 'there's more to life than just girls'. Now every female mamodo we meet you end up getting a crush on." He started to laugh at this, causing Hyde to get embarrassed and leave the room.

After about another hour Apollo showed up and he was informed of everything he missed, and he told them everything that happened to him. Especially about Baltro being gone now. The group decided to rest for the night before heading back into the ruins. This way everyone would be back to full strength for the upcoming battle.