Chapter 36 Return to Japan
Authors note: I'm kind of rushing this England thing. Oh and another thing Zatch, Zeno and Kiyo went sightseeing with Kiyo's father.
Kiyo's father examined Zatch's stone tablet and along with another one found in some England ruins and found the material not be from earth. Kiyo's father couldn't help Zatch and the gang. The school break was over and the gang returned to Japan without seeing Kanchomé or Folgore.
While the plane was landing Zatch was keeping himself busy by peeling off Zeno's dead skin revealing a Zeno with some color, yet more white than an Irish man that spends most of his time indoors.
Kiyo and Dufort were sitting together and Zatch and Zeno were sitting together
"Would you stop that" Zeno begged but didn't stop Zatch from doing it
Zatch then peeled off another piece of skin and started waving it in front of Zeno's face.
"You've been doing this all the way to Japan" Zeno reminded Zatch with an annoyed face, he then looked out the window to see the cities of Japan. "It's good to be back" Zeno stated
"Huh you don't like England?" Zatch asked peeling off more dead skin on Zeno's neck.
"Heck No, I got sunburn, I got attacked and accused for no reason, and people were constantly staring at me" Zeno exclaimed in anger. "I hate England" Zeno stated then looked out the small windows being glad to be back.
The plane landed and everyone got off and went to retrieve their bags.
"Ah Japanese people, Japanese air" Kiyo said to himself then took a big breathe. "Right let's get home at once" Kiyo stated then started to search for his bags, Dufort did the same.
"Kiyo something is tied to your bag" Zatch pointed out
(If I remember correctly this thing became fond of Zatch, but we were late for the plane and had to hurry) Kiyo thought to himself.
"Ponygon" Zatch said happily grabbing onto Ponygon's hoofs.
"Meru meru mey" Ponygon said happily
"I have no idea what you're saying" Zatch said bluntly
"Meru" Ponygon was a little upset.
"A friend of yours Zatch" Kiyo said picking up his luggage
"I know him from the mamodo world" Zatch responded
"Is that Ponygon?" Zeno squeezed his way through the crowd to get to Dufort and the gang.
Ponygon jumped on the twins and started licking them.
"Why is his name Ponygon?" Kiyo asked watching the three
"I gave him that nick name, but since we've used it for so long we forgot his real name" Zeno responded pushing Ponygon off of him
(He even likes Zeno? That's one friendly mamodo) Kiyo thought as he went to pet Ponygon, Ponygon started to chomp down on Kiyo's hand multiple times. "AHhhhh" Kiyo shouted in pain, Zatch pulled Ponygon off of Kiyo's hand.
"Bad Ponygon, Kiyo is nice" Zatch stated pulling Ponygon off of Kiyo
Later when the gang returned home and Kiyo bandaged his hand.
"Get that monster off my bed" Kiyo yelled at Zatch because Ponygon was jumping up and down on Kiyo's bed.
Zeno joined in on the fun and started jumping too
"That half breed of a horse is not staying in this house" Kiyo stated pointing at Ponygon hurting Ponygon's feelings.
Zeno stopped jumping "now that was harsh" Zeno responded then started jumping again as if nothing was wrong.
"You're in a happy mood" Zatch said getting on the bed.
"It feels good to be back in Japan" Zeno explained
"Oh no you three don't" Kiyo responded and started to walk toward them
"Kiyo, Zatch, Zeno I'm home" Kiyo's mom shouted up the stairs.
"Mother Hana" Zatch yelled out running out of the room
"Wait for me Zatch" Zeno followed his brother out the door
"Go ahead and sweet talk Mom, this Mutt isn't staying inside this house" Kiyo shouted then started to go through his bag. Kiyo ended up pulling out a mamodo's book that wasn't Zeno's or Zatch's, Kiyo looked at Ponygon "This must be yours" Kiyo said plainly and Ponygon gave him a mean look.
Ponygon snatched his book that had rope around it and Ponygon used it as a book bag and started showing it off. "meru meru mey" Ponygon stated
"It's not that cool" Kiyo stated
Ponygon then tried to untie the book and failed.
"I'll cut it for you" Kiyo offered by cutting the rope with succors.
Ponygon started crying hysterically and shouting "meru meru me"
Kiyo stared at Ponygon trying to put the cut rope back together and of course Ponygon failed
Ponygon started to shout "Meru meru meru mey me" Ponygon was trying to explain that his mother made that rope book bag for him and Kiyo ruined it.
Kiyo stared at Ponygon with a blank expression "Maybe I should get Dufort in here to be a translator because I have no idea what you're saying" Kiyo sort of laughed
From downstairs Zatch, Zeno and Hana and some other people could hear noise from upstairs.
"It's great that Kiyo came back" Suzy said with a happy voice and she and the others started to walk upstairs.
"Make yourselves at home" Hana stated and went into another part of the house.
"Hey Kiyo welcome back" Suzy yelled in excitement while rushing through Kiyo's room followed by Iwashima and Yamanaka, all of them were wearing summer outfits.
"How was England" Yamanaka asked, and then the group looked at Kiyo on the floor being beat up by Ponygon.
Zeno pointed his finger and started laughing while Kiyo's friends debated if the creature is a horse or a donkey.
"Stop arguing and help me" Kiyo pleaded
"Unu Ponygon what wrong" Zatch asked getting Ponygon off of Kiyo
"Merumeru me" Ponygon responded waving his hoof in the air.
Zatch just took a guess "unu Kiyo started the fight" Zatch guessed
"So it's Kiyo's fault" Yamanaka stated prosecuting Kiyo
"Making a donkey cry is just low" Iwashima said with disapproval
"Can't you people tell who the victim is" Kiyo asked pointing at his face.
"A very easy way to stop a mamodo from attacking you is to throw his book out the window" Zeno gave out advice
"What's a mamodo?" Kiyo's friends asked
Kiyo covered Zeno's mouth "It's just slang for a horse from… England" Kiyo explained
"Get your hand out of my face" Zeno responded and ripped away from Kiyo's grip.
"Don't worry about them Kiyo we're just glad that you came back safely" Suzy explained with a warm tone voice.
The other two put their two cents in
"Now help us with our homework" Kiyo's friends said in unison
(They couldn't make it any less oblivious) Kiyo thought to himself. "Fine let me go get the desk" Kiyo agreed.
Kiyo left and came back to see that Ponygon was being nice to everyone by licking them. Kiyo stood there with a blank expression (Why does this creature hate me?) Kiyo thought to himself while watching Ponygon win over his friends' loyalties.
"Zatch, Kiyo, Zeno" A girl yelled coming upstairs.
"Tia" Zatch yelled before Tia came into the room
"I came to play so how was England" Tia asked while wearing a straw hat.
"It was fun I got to go sightseeing with my brother" Zatch explained with a smile glad to see Tia
"I hated it" Zeno responded while sitting on the bed
"I'm glad you came over Tia" Zatch stated
"Well Megumi had a lot of work to do and so I was free" Tia explained
"Merumeru mey" Ponygon stated jumping on Tia and started licking her on the face.
Kiyo stared with a blank expression (Why does he only attack me?) Kiyo thought
"Zatch get him to stop already" Tia said while laughing
Everyone started playing with Ponygon "This donkey is so cute" Iwashima said while holding Ponygon
Ponygon then gave a dirty look to Kiyo bearing its teeth.
(Why does he only hate me? He even licked Dufort which even surprised Zeno) Kiyo thought to himself and remembering that time while walking home.
"So what did you get us from England" Kiyo's friends asked, Zatch was playing with Ponygon.
Kiyo kept the blank expression "do your homework already" Kiyo responded
After that Kiyo and his friends started their homework, Zatch, Zeno and Tia played with Ponygon, Kiyo's mom was cutting watermelon.
"Kiyo I cut up a watermelon send me a helper" Kiyo's mom yelled upstairs
"Unu Kiyo I'll go" Zatch offered and ran out the room
"Don't drop them" Kiyo warned Zatch
"I'll go too" Tia offered as well and followed Zatch out of the room.
Zeno sat on the bed waiting for Zatch and Tia to come back.
Ponygon then got Kiyo's friends attention and showed them his mamodo book
"What a nice book" Suzy responded
"meru meru me" Ponygon yelled out dancing about with his book.
"None of them can read that book so be quite we're studying" Kiyo shouted at Ponygon.
Ponygon started growling at Kiyo
"Kiyo you can't become friends if you treat him that way" Suzy explained giving Ponygon a hug, Ponygon started licking Suzy.
"He's has grown to like us so that means it's possible for you too, say this and see what happens" Iwashima explained. "meru meru mey" Iwashima said cueing Kiyo to say the same.
"Meru meru me" Kiyo repeated
"More smile" Iwashima instructed
Zeno started to smirk a little
"MERUMERUME" Kiyo responded and tried his best.
Both Zeno and Ponygon start laughing, while with Zeno was laughing harder and a red blush started to appear on his face.
Kiyo's anger nearly reached a boiling point. "You mongrel even though I tried being kind and friendly you still mock me" Kiyo shouted and pointed his finger at Ponygon.
Ponygon once again started to chomp down on Kiyo's injured hand, Kiyo's anger then reached new heights.
"Ahhhh that's it GET OUT I can't take it anymore" Kiyo shouted and everyone in the house heard it. "Being an uninvited guest and wounding me this much why would I let you stay here any longer" Kiyo yelled in anger. "You don't belong here or anywhere for that matter, take your book and leave right now" Kiyo shouted at Ponygon
Zeno sat on the bed and weighed judgment on both accounts "It was bound to happen" Zeno remarked while laying on Kiyo's bed in a relaxed mood.
Ponygon picked up his book and cut rope and ran away.
"Ponygon" Kiyo's friends said in unison while feeling bad for Ponygon
Ponygon ran by Tia and Zatch who were carrying up the watermelon
"You want to add something" Kiyo asked looking at Zeno
Zeno shrugged his shoulders "There isn't much that can make me mad today" Zeno said in a mellow mood not caring about the conflict between Kiyo and Ponygon.
"Is that so" Kiyo whispered then Zatch entered the room wanting to know what happened.
"Kiyo what's wrong why did he leave" Zatch asked while setting down the watermelon.
"Your friend is lucky that I didn't throw him out the window, he acted like he owned this house. More importantly I never wanted him to stay in the house anyway" Kiyo stated bluntly
"That's horrible to say, why would you arbitrary" Zatch was cut off.
"Zatch can we have a moment in the hallway" Kiyo interrupted Zatch. "Zeno, Tia you two" Kiyo ordered the two; Zeno didn't listen and didn't move an inch until Kiyo picked him up by the back of his mantle.
"What the hell human I said I didn't care" Zeno shouted in slight anger of the inconvenience.
"Zatch I can't take that Mamodo staying inside this house any longer" Kiyo stated
"So you kicked him out, you can't just kick all of my friends out Kiyo" Zatch responded in anger
"We're also not a shelter for lost mamodo" Kiyo retorted
"Hey I'm not lost or homeless" Zeno shot back at Kiyo
"This isn't about you" Kiyo stated looking at the silver haired boy
"Then why bring me out here into this conversation" Zeno asked
"You're right, go back inside the room" Kiyo pointed his finger to his room.
"It's filled with humans" Zeno replied, he then walked away to enter Dufort's and his room.
"You don't need to worry about space, I'll take care of that" Zatch exclaimed almost begging at the teenager.
Kiyo stared at the blond haired mamodo "What if he tries to burn our book Zatch" Kiyo asked
Zatch was shocked by this question "That's like asking how do I know Zeno won't burn my book" Zatch yelled in anger. "I know Ponygon would never do anything that dirty and the same goes for my brother, I trust Ponygon and he is my friend" Zatch explained then gave chase to Ponygon
(When did this become a debate of Zeno's trust?) Kiyo thought to himself.
Zeno poked his head out of the door "Why was my name mentioned?" Zeno asked thinking that he did something wrong.
"You not helping your brother" Tia retorted and ran after Zatch.
"Not helping my brother! I wasn't sticking up for Ponygon that has nothing to do with my brother you witch" Zeno shouted then slammed his door so hard that the hinges nearly fell off.
"…Whatever" Kiyo said to himself, and then he walked back into his room.
Kiyo found that his friends were crying
"I misjudged you Kiyo, how could be so cold to that horse" Yamanaka cried while gripping Kiyo's shoulders.
"You're awful that's too much" Suzy cried.
"Ok, Ok I'll go search for him" Kiyo caved into his friend's feelings, while Kiyo ran out of his room he nearly crashed into Zeno.
"Watch where you're going you fool" Zeno said then pushed Kiyo away.
"Not now Zeno, I have to go find Ponygon" Kiyo explained then ran around the annoyed Zeno.
"Wait" Zeno yelled while looking down at the floor.
"What is it?" Kiyo asked turning around still in a rush.
"I'm coming with you" Zeno demanded, Kiyo agreed and the two bolted off to find Zatch and Ponygon. (Damn it can I have one relaxing day) Zeno thought to himself.
Kiyo and Zeno caught up to Tia
"Tia which way did Zatch go?" Kiyo asked running along with Tia with Zeno following behind.
"Those two went that way" Tia pointed out. "Kiyo I have a request, can Ponygon stay with you" Tia asked
Kiyo ran in silence
"If that mamodo is still on his own then I understand his feelings" Tia explained
"The first rule is to find your human partner, that's what father taught us" Zeno responded
"Haven't you ever been alone" Tia asked
Zeno thought about it "during training yes I have been alone, but since me and Zatch have the ability to sense out our Human partners we didn't stay alone for long" Zeno explained.
"Is that so…" Tia said in a low voice
"Merumeru me" Ponygon's voice rang out
"We're close" Kiyo responded
Kiyo and the gang found Ponygon showing his book to everyone trying to see if they could read it.
"Does he want his book to burn that badly?" Zeno asked confused on Ponygon's behavior
"He's desperately trying to find his book reader Zeno" Zatch said sitting down and was keeping an eye on Ponygon.
"Isn't it strange to find a mamodo that hasn't found their partner yet" Kiyo responded
"Kiyo before I met Megumi I spent months alone just wandering" Tia explained
"I can relate to Ponygon as well, I was lost in that forest for months until Kiyo's father saved me" Zatch stated
"I was so scared, anxious and lonely" Tia said in a soft voice.
"I was confused into why I couldn't find my way out of the forest, even when I walked in a straight line for hours I would end up in the same exact spot; I thought I was going to lose my mind" Zatch stated in a low voice.
(So that's how you two feel…) Kiyo thought looking at the two small kids. Kiyo started walking home "Bring that mutt back to the house later" Kiyo stated
The sun started to set and Zatch was surprised by Kiyo's change in attitude
"Are you positive" Zatch asked
"I will have to get moms permission first, only until he finds a book master" Kiyo explained walking home alone.
Tia, Zatch and Zeno got pretty happy and excited
"Unu of course, my apologies Kiyo and Thank you" Zatch thanked Kiyo while waving him off
"We did it Zatch" Tia said over joyed for Ponygon.
Later on everyone celebrated that Ponygon was able to stay.