The Spell Book Reborn

It was morning. Kotan woke up wide awake. He tiredly looked down at Zade in his sleeping bag on the floor. He was still exhausted from the battle with that Reaper doppelganger. He got up from his bed and quietly walked over to the red spell book on his desk. He looked inside. The result was same as last time. All the spells except the first spell was unreadable.

"How could this happen," Kotan thought. "All our spells except Zaker are gone. And that other Zade…" He could not forget that other kid Zade turned into. That kid seemed colder, and full of more hate then Zade. He was also stronger and faster then Zade.

Another thing that concerned him was Reaper. The fact that he was three times stronger then that doppelganger worried him, and his partner. That girl Zuma appeared to move the book in midair. Is she is what he thinks she is, then Zade and him were in more trouble then normal.

He needed to figure all this out soon. But right now he had to get the information he had to everyone else. But how is he going to explain all this?

"I guess I have to tell them the truth," Kotan thought. "But who am I kidding, like they will believe us." He looked at his calendar." It's a good thing it's a school holiday for two weeks." For two weeks Kotan was on holiday due to an event that happened in the year two thousand eight hundred ninety one. He had to use this week for serious planning.

"Kotan," he heard Zade's voice. Kotan turned around and saw Zade sitting up awake. "That boy… he took over my body…"

"So I was right," Kotan thought. "It was somebody different." He decided it best to ask. "Do you know him?"

"I do now," Zade said. "His name is Zyris… he's my brother. I don't know the details, but we are cursed. We were born separate, but bad mamodo put a curse on us. I don't know who or why, is he's a part of a really bad family. What I heard from my mother was the words he said before disappearing was this…"

"When the time is right, just wait…"

"So we were cursed," Zade continued. "He wanted us both of us fused together to become one mamodo. Instead, he fused his soul into my mind. We became two minds in the same body, each with separate personalities, one given an all good and timid personality, and the other an all mean and reckless personality. Most the time, I am out, but when I'm under a lot of stress, or in any danger he comes out and battles for me. I barley ever see him. During this entire battle, he lends me his spells, but he took them back."

"His spells," Kotan asked. "So the second through sixth spells?"

"They all belonged to him," Zade explained. "Each of us was given our own separate lightning spells."

"But why tell me this now?" Kotan asked.

"I forgot he existed," Zade said. "I had a concussion when I was alone and got in that fight with Manic. I lost my memory of him. But now I remember him now that he explained it all to me. He's mean, and he enjoys seeing others in pain. He doesn't care for anyone else but himself… he even hates me… especially me… every chance he gets he brings me down."

"Will he talk to you often?" Kotan asked.

"No, it's a rare chance he will." Zade explained. "Like I said, when I'm in mortal danger, or under a lot of stress, he'll appear in my mind." Zade was silent for a while. "And take over my body."

"Zyris," Kotan thought. "If he is what Zade said he is, then there could be trouble for our friends. What is the next time he gets out, he attacks them?"

"Kotan…," Zade said. "I want you do promise me something…"

Meanwhile, there was trouble brewing in the distance. A man in a sombrero, and white clothes came walking down the street. Around his waist was a green sash with zigzag red patterns. The man smiled as he passed down the street. In his hands was a Gamboges Spell Book.

"So Boris, what do you want to do now?" the man asked. "Tell me and good old Jose will provide." He turned to his right. There was a fish monger to his right. "I see," the spell book began to glow. Before he could do anything, he looked down. "What? You want me to pay for it? Don't make me laugh. Knowing how much you eat. Besides, I prefer free." He read the spell.

Salruk…

It was noon back at Kotan's house. Zade and Kotan were on the computer attempting to get information off the memory chip. They were at Kotan's computer getting the information together. There were three files explaining what Zarin is planning.

"Let's open this file first," Kotan said. He clicked on the file that said what Zarin is.

Zarin is a mamodo capable of controlling the human heart. He can change a human so that one who does not have he will to fight are capable of fighting. He can turn a human into the ultimate fighting machine.

"That's horrible," Zade said. "Having one fight against their will, and controlling them like puppets while he hides away safe and sound. That's too cruel."

"There's still more," Kotan said. He opened the second file.

Zarin has a group of followers called the deadly eight. They are Kell who uses fist spells, Zeber who uses axes, Mara that uses Medieval weaponry, Hizoro using sound, Al using stars, Wax N Burn using candles, Tajina using roses, and an Elite mamodo Demos. In addition he has two followers that remain secretive and are to be called upon when need.

"We defeated two of them already," Kotan stated. "So there are still eight more to beat, plus Zarin himself." He opened the third file.

His plan is unknown, his location is known. He is hiding in the Mountains east of the city. How you get to him is enter a cave, go to the end where eight balls of different colors are lined in a platform. You must have eight mamodo to do this. Each one attacks an orb in the order of the colors of the rainbow. He is past that point. Beware, there are two guards waiting to destroy any intruders that wander in.

"This is some vital information." Kotan said. Then he noticed something more. It was another file. "What's this," he asked. He opened it.

There are two other syndicates of mamodo. One is a syndicated ruled by the mamodo Tyrant, the other is ruled by the mamodo Jiro.

"Two more," Kotan thought. "These "We better make a copy of this," He got out another memory chip and within a few minutes made a copy of the information. Now come on," Kotan said. "Let's go,"

"Where are we going?" Zade asked.

"We got to tell everyone about his," Kotan said. He got up from his seat. "Let's go,"

It was noon. Zade and Kotan were walking down the busy city street, on the way to meet with the others. He called Alex and Otto and asked them to meet him at the city recreation center. Mina and Zoki couldn't make it, and he did not want to drag Niki and Flame into something dangerous.

"Zade, how are we going to explain all this to everyone else?" Zade asked.

"I've been thinking about that," Kotan said. "I guess we have to tell them the truth. But they are not going to believe this." Zade stopped all the sudden. "What's wrong," Kotan asked.

"There's a mamodo near by," Zade said. "I just sensed it use a spell book."

"A mamodo," Kotan asked. "No not now, this is probably the worst possible time for a mamodo to appear."

"Salruk…" they heard someone say. The two saw something fly through the air. It was some large pieces of wood that crashed into a building.

"I don't like the looks of this," Zade said. "We have to do something."

"But we only know one spell," Kotan said. "We haven't one any battle with Zaker alone. And besides our wounds from yesterday's battle haven't healed yet."

"Even so," Zade said trying to talk sense into him. "We have to try. Or a lot of people will get hurt." Kotan had a lot of doubt. When Zyris took back his spells, he knew they would be in trouble. He looked down at Zade's determined face. "Please Kotan…"

"But Zade," Kotan doubtfully said. "Yesterday I failed you… I…"

"No," Zade said cutting him off. "Yesterday… I failed you. I felt weak when Zyris stepped in the battle. I don't want to be that weak anymore. Please Kotan… I don't care if we don't have any spells… I still believe in you."

"Zade," Kotan said staring at him mamodo, letting his words sink in. It took him a few seconds to think, and then he heard the sound of people screaming, which made his decision final. "OK… let's go…"

At the location of the chaos, Jose had cleaned out the fish monger's stand. There were no fishes anywhere to be found. The fish monger looked in horror at Jose. "So nice of you to give us all that fish for free," Jose said slyly. "Now go get lost," The fish monger started to run away. "That was fun Boris, let's play some more."

At that moment, something hit him in his head. When such happened, he fell down, flat on his face. When he got up two seconds later, he heard giggling. "Shut up Boris," Jose growled at his mamodo. Jose rubbed the back of his throbbing head. "Who threw that?" Jose yelled. He looked around for a few seconds.

"Hey," Kotan yelled. Jose turned to see Kotan and Zade standing four meters behind him. Kotan and Zade began to run off when he saw them.

"A mamodo," Jose said. "Let's go Boris." He began to run after them.

Zade and Kotan's plan was working. They were leading the two to an isolated place where no people could get hurt. They found an old alley between two buildings. The alley was small, but long. They reached the end of the alley with a wooden fence at the end. They turned to face their opponents. Jose stood meters away from them.

"Here's the deal," Jose yelled angrily. "Leave the book behind, and I'll forgive you for throwing that rock at me, and I'll only break one of your legs."

"No way," Kotan yelled angrily. "The one who deserves to have his legs broken is you."

"Yeah," Zade agreed. "Why did you attack that man?"

"Why," Jose asked. "Because Boris was hungry,"

"Boris," Kotan asked. "Is that your mamodo?"

"Where is he," Zade asked confused. He did not see any mamodo near him.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen it either," Kotan said confused.

"Oh how rude of me," Jose said with a grin. The book began to glow. "Let me introduce you," he read the book. "Salruk," at that, the sash around his waist started to move. In a snake like pattern one end began to extend and attack Zade and Kotan.

"Watch out," Kotan called. The two separated and the sash went past them, and crashed into the fence, breaking a big whole in it. The Sash began to coil back into its original size. "That sash is his mamodo," Kotan thought. He looked at the whole. It was two feet in diameter. "And it lets out a nasty punch. We better stay on our toes for this one." He looked at Zade. "It's time to fight Zade. I want you to get close to him."

"Got it," Zade agreed as he began to run towards him. He started to run towards them.

"No you don't," Jose said. He read the spell book again. "Ganzu-Salruk," Boris began to break apart as it extended to attack Zade in six separate parts.

"Zaker," Kotan read. Zade launched a stream of lightning to attack the six separate sashes. One Sash whipped the Zaker Spell on impact destroying it easily as the other five continued forward. The five attacked Zade multiple wiping him in most of his body repeatedly. Zade let out a cry of pain as he was repeatedly hit.

"Zade," Kotan called. He tried grabbing two of them and fend them off, but to no prevail. He was whipped away, back into one side of the narrow alley and into a wall as Zade was continually hit by the merciless sashes. "This is not good," Kotan thought. "I need to cast a Zaker spell immediately." He read the spell. "Zaker," Zade launched a stream of lightning destroying four sashes. One sash shrank back to Jose.

"Looks like this battle will be quicker then I thought," Jose said confidently. "I warned you to hand over the book." He read another spell. "Salkinoruk," Boris then extended, and became metallic taking the form of a large machete. It went towards Zade in an attempt to slash him.

Kotan grabbed Zade and ducked barley missing the attack. Kotan's should was nipped by the attack.

"How do you like this," Jose asked reading another spell. "Doruk," The Sash went back to its original size, and turned into a large stone fist and extended to attack.

"Zade, look up," Kotan ordered. Zade looked at the stone fist coming towards them. "Zaker," Zade launched a stream of lightning to attack. The two attacks impacted destroying each other.

"Kotan, what do we do?" Zade asked afraid. "All we know is one Spell, how can we beat him with it?"

Kotan got up from where he laid, helping Zade up. "Don't worry Zade," Kotan assured. "We will beat them. All we need is to find a plan."

Jose over heard what Zade just said. When he did, he chuckled, and then laughed out loud. "Are you serious," he asked. "You two only know one spell? How pathetic. Everyone knows that it's the number of spells that determine the mamodo king. The more spells you have, the greater the chance of victory. If all you know is one spell then I'm surprised that you lasted this long."

"Shut up," Kotan ordered. Both Jose and Zade looked at him with surprise. "At least our spell is impressive unlike the spells you shown."

"What did you say," Jose asked.

Zade looked at him with confusion. He looked in his eyes, Kotan stared back and winked. Zade smiled when he figured it out. Kotan had a plan. "Yeah," Zade said looking at Jose. "Your spells are so unimpressive."

"That's right," Kotan said with a sly grin. "Not one of your spells was more impressive then our one. Especially that one Spell Salkinoruk. That spell was lame. It was probably the lamest one of them all."

"Why you," Jose growled angrily. The sash around Jose's waist began to move, and hissed at the two like a snake or an angry cat. "Boris, let's make them eat those words." He read the third spell. "Salkinoruk," Boris once again became metallic and sharp like a machete and attacked.

"Zade, dodge, but look at the attack when you do," Kotan ordered. Zade did as instructed. The two separated and the attack went past them. As Zade looked at the attack, Kotan cast the spell. "Zaker," Zade launched a stream of lightning at the attack. The lightning traveled all the way through the attack, and Shocked both Jose, and Boris. "Got him," Kotan thought. "When he cast that spell, that scarf became metallic. Electricity can travel through metal, and since the book owner had his mamodo around his body, electricity can travel through anything conductible like water, and since the human body is sixty percent water, he got shocked too."

The shock stunned Jose and he landed on his back in pain. Boris morphed back to his original form. "Those little pests," Jose said. "I'm going to so destroy them." He sat up ready to attack again. Before he could, the sight of Zade two feet in front of him stopped him. "Oh no," he said panicking.

"Oh yes," Kotan said with the book glowing. "It's not the number of spells you have, it's how you use them. Remember it." He cast the spell. "Zaker," Zade launched a stream of lightning from his mouth that covered both Jose and Boris. Boris let out a cry of pain as he was blown back, out of the alley, into the empty street. When Zade's attack was finished, Kotan closed the book. "And that's check mate."

Out of the alley, Boris's Spell book was set in a blazing fire. Jose lay on the ground unconscious. The sash Boris spread across Jose's body. It lifted itself up.

Zade and Kotan walked over to it cautiously. "We did it," Zade yelled with excitement.

"We sure did," Kotan agreed proudly.

Both Zade and Kotan looked at the sash. Boris lifted one end of itself up, most likely his head. Zade walked over to the sash and looked at it.

"Boris is it," Zade asked. "You were a really good fighter. I'm sorry for what I said earlier. Your spells are really great ones." Zade frowned and lowered his head. "I have this ability, to sense when a mamodo is sad. You did not like the way Boris was treating you did you?" Boris went up to Zade's eye level when he said this. "He treated you like weapon, and made you to do bad things despite you not wanting to do it, didn't he?" Boris did not move. As his book began to completely burn away, he started to vanish was little orange star like lights appeared around him. "You have no face, I can't see your expression, but I know what I'm saying is true." He put his hand out in front of him. "When we meet again in the mamodo world, I hope we can be friends." Boris hesitated for a while. The other end went on to Zade's hand, wrapping around Zade's hand and shook it.

Much to Zade's surprise, he heard a boy's voice coming from him. "May the next time we meet, we are friends."

"Yeah," Zade agreed with a smile when he over came his surprise. "Friends," As Boris's book burned to ashes, Boris vanished. When Zade looked at his hand, he saw a small bundle of thread in his palm. "He wasn't really bad," Zade said looking at the thread sadly. "He just had a bad partner."

At that, the Red Spell Book began to glow. Kotan noticing it looked inside. He was amazed to discover new spells. "Zade, the second and third spells," Kotan said smiling. "They both appeared."

"They did," Zade asked with joy.

"Yeah," Kotan said with a nod. "They aren't Ma-Ra-Shield, and Zarmonga, they're different. Our new spells."

"Do you think we can make them work," Zade asked.

"You bet we can," Kotan said with a nod. "After this battle, we can handle anything."

Zade looked at the bundle of thread in his hand. "Boris," Zade said with a kind of joyful sadness. "He helped restore my confidence."

"Mine too," Kotan said with a nod. "Mine too,"

To be continued…

Mamodo Introduced...

Boris: A mamodo based of the Yokai Ittan-Momen. Feels guilty for all the bad his book owner made him do. Uses Cloth Spells. Book destroyed by Zade.