Hello again! Well, here's a nice chapter for all to see. And guess what...

Kiyo makes an appearance!

Kiyo: It's about time I'm in one of your stories.

Zatch: Hey, Kiyo! I was in this story before you were! Hahahahahaha!

Kiyo: -to Twilight Memories- What's up with that anyways?

Me: Um... I like Zatch's character better than you? And... you're not a main character in this story?

Kiyo: I feel so unloved.

Me: Whatever.

Oh, I also snooped around on the internet for trailers for Zatch Bell, but I ended up with a Japanese site for it (its aka Konjiki no Gash Bell), and I watched a bunch of trailers for the movies... everybody's voices sound so different!It was kinda weird... Ah well. Nonetheless it was cool:D

Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell. If I did... well... let's just say I don't and end it there.

Come Back To Me

Chapter 7

An Unexpected Secret

It had been one day since Brago encountered the mamodo king in the human world. In the meantime, the dark mamodo was just sitting against the trunk of a tree in the forest. He gave a sigh and closed his eyes.

How long was this going to take? He couldn't just let Richard take Sherry away from him like he had. But he couldn't do anything about it, really. The way Sherry had fallen in love with Richard... she'd probably never forgive him.

The dark mamodo clenched his fists. If only that worthless human hadn't taken Sherry from him, then he'd still be with her. But now, that thought of him being with her again was slowly fading away.

Reopening his eyes, Brago looked at his surroundings. He was still somewhere deep in the forests behind Sherry's home. He could sense where the blonde was, but didn't bother to go talk to her.

Then, Brago sensed something else. His eyes wandered off and looked around the corner. He didn't see anybody there, but he knew they were coming.

The mamodo could now sense that there were two beings. One was human… and the other… a mamodo?

Thinking back to what Zatch Bell had told him, Brago thought that it'd be just joke. But now he wasn't so sure. Was it Zatch? It could be… but it was hard to tell.

After about twenty more seconds, the two figures emerged. Brago didn't bother to do anything, for he finally realized it indeed was the lightning mamodo.

"Hi again, Brago!" Zatch Bell said cheerfully. He gave his gleeful laugh and began to hop up and down. The lightning mamodo turned around to face the one next to him. "See, Kiyo? I told you he'd be here!"

"OK then, I guess you were right." the one named Kiyo spoke. Brago's ears perked up when he heard that name.

That name... where had he heard it from again...? Of course! He first met this 'Kiyo' when he and Sherry came to the boy's house about four years ago. That's when Sherry explained to the human who and what Zatch Bell was, and why so many other children like him were there. Now he remembered...

Brago slightly turned his head to look up at the human. From his memory, he remembered him as a younger boy, but now he seemed to have grown a good few inches taller than before. He also looked older.

But he didn't care. Turning his head around, Brago took his attention off of the human and back to Zatch.

"Now what are you doing?" Brago said gruffly. "Come to annoy me more, have you? Figures."

Zatch didn't seem to notice Brago's comment, for he was too busy hopping around and acting like the strange boy he was. Kiyo just looked down at the dark mamodo.

"I see that you haven't changed much." he said, crossing his arms. "What're you doing here, anyways? Aren't you supposed to be in the mamodo world?"

"Aren't you supposed to mind your own business?" the dark mamodo shot back, but he still kept his composure.

Kiyo just raised his eyebrows and gave a laugh. "Fine, you win." He waved his hand in a 'whatever' gesture. Zatch just continued to hop about.

"Aw, come on Kiyo. He's just in love with Sherry, that's all. So I let him come back here to see her." the lightning mamodo said giddily. He jumped into the air and did a hand stand. The mamodo was beginning to feel very energetic.

The young brunet just raised his eyebrows even higher. "Really?" he said in a surprised voice. He turned his head to face the dark mamodo, who just faced the other direction.

Stupid Zatch, thought Brago. Now why's he telling this human about my secret? I told him not to tell anybody!

The dark mamodo began to feel a little agitated about the lightning mamodo breaking the deal. He clenched his fist even tighter. And Kiyo, whom was oblivious of this action, just gave a hearty laugh as Brago began cursing under his breath.

"Wow! I never knew!" Kiyo said. He was about to say something else, when he was suddenly stopped by the intrusion of Zatch standing on his head.

"Hey, Kiyo! Look at me! Hahahaha!" The mamodo began to wave his arms in the air, imitating either a plane or a bird.

The young brunet gave an annoyed growl. "Zatch, will you knock it off!" He began to pull on the young mamodo's foot in an attempt to get him off his head. Unfortunately, the mamodo fought back and continued to wave his arms about.

Brago just stared at the two, almost feeling sorry for them for how stupid they looked.

Idiots…

After about a minute of struggling, Kiyo managed to pull off the blonde from his head, and he dropped him to the ground. But as soon as the feet of the lightning mamodo touched to soft surface of the grass, he immediately began to climb up a tree.

Giving a sigh of relief, the brunet turned his attention back to Brago. "So, it's true then? You're in love with that girl, Sherry?" he asked.

The dark mamodo still said nothing. He just gave a sigh and closed his eyes again, trying his best to ignore the two that were next to him. "Why does it concern you?" he finally asked.

The other just stuttered for a moment, and then rubbed his back. "Well, I guess it doesn't concern me. But it's just that Zatch told me about how you were looking depressed here lately. So I wanted to see for myself."

"Stupid human…" Brago mumbled under his breath.

"What's that?" Kiyo's voice rang out, his tone rising a little.

"Nothing."

The lightning mamodo then hopped down from his perch in the tree and landed between Brago and Kiyo. "Look what I've found!" he exclaimed as he held a red object.

"Zatch… that's an apple." The brunet gave a sigh and shook his head. "Honestly, after all these years you still haven't changed a bit."

Brago smirked to himself. At least he didn't have to deal with that miniature king too often like he had to do sometimes. There had been moments when Zatch would follow Brago around the entire day, just for no reason at all. He even almost felt sorry for Kiyo for having to be his book reader during the battle for king.

"So... anyways," continued Kiyo. He turned around to face the dark mamodo once more. "If you're supposed to be in love with Sherry, why aren't you with her?"

Hearing this, Zatch Bell also piped up. "Yeah, why aren't you?"

The two stared down intently at the dark mamodo, hoping for an answer. He just sighed, and shook his head some more. "Because she's with somebody else right now. So just shut the hell up and leave me alone."

The brunet put on a taken aback look and raised his eyebrows even more. "Well geez, somebody's in a bad mood." He turned his head to the side, and looked at the depressed figure of Brago. "Have you tried talking to her?"

"Have you tried shutting up?" Brago turned his gaze back up to the human in front of him. "Listen, I don't need any worthless pity from you. I can handle myself."

"Hey, stop being a rude mouth and be nice to him!" Zatch said angrily. "He's just a little concerned about you, that's all!"

"'Concerned' might be pushing it, Zatch." Kiyo mumbled. "But I do want to know why you're so upset."

"I said it's none of your concern!" shouted Brago, who was now on his feet. Kiyo, who didn't expect this rash behavior, jumped back a little.

"Whoa! Take it easy!" Kiyo said with his arms out in front. He really hadn't expected Brago to jump like that.

"Brago, stop it!" the lightning mamodo said, getting in between the two. "You don't have to argue like this! Now stop it!" The young mamodo frowned, and looked up at the dark one.

Brago, now very angry and annoyed at the moment, gave a frown. His eyes red orbs were no longer visible, and he was also clenching his teeth.

Kiyo stared back at the dark mamodo. Brago gave a glare at the brunet, and then turned his back to him.

"Come on Zatch," the brunet began to speak. "Let's go somewhere else."

"No, Kiyo."

"Huh?"

Kiyo turned his head around to face the blonde mamodo, who just looked up at him.

"We should help Brago." Zatch turned his head around to face the dark mamodo. "Brago, I want to help you."

"And I don't need your help." said Brago flatly. He turned his head around, and his red eyes returned to the cloudiness of his eyes.

The young human just shook his head, and looked at Brago. "You know, you may not need our help, but at least try to talk to Sherry. I'm sure you haven't in a while. So just give it a chance, and we'll leave you alone." At this he turned his head around to face Zatch. "Come on, let's go."

The brunet began to walk off as Zatch gave a final glance at Brago. The dark mamodo gave a "humph" and began to walk the other way. At this cue, Zatch Bell began to follow Kiyo again.

How annoying this was, to have to listen to somebody like him… thought Brago. If only I had ended up king… I wouldn't have to obey that puny pest.

Walking far enough into the woods, Brago finally stopped to consider what the other two had previously said. Should he try to talk to Sherry again? It had been about four or five days since he last talked to the girl. He guessed that it wouldn't hurt to at least have a small discussion with her…

Turning around, the dark mamodo began to walk in another direction in the woods. How good it would be to at least talk to her, he thought, to at least see her charming sapphire eyes and smile.

But what would she think of him coming to see her? Would she send him away? Or would something else happen? Brago wondered, but decided to think about it until he actually saw the girl.

He sighed, and looked around. The woods were becoming more and more familiar as he remembered wandering through them four years ago. The memories came back to him slowly, and he began to remember all the things in the woods.

But of course, there were some things that changed; such as a few more trees growing here and there, and maybe some other kinds of shrubs. Or a few plants had gone missing. Minor changes, but they didn't matter very much.

Then, Brago heard voices, and he stopped in his tracks.

Where were they coming from? Turning his head and closing his eyes, Brago listened intently. There were two voices, and they didn't belong to Kiyo or Zatch Bell.

As he reopened his eyes, he realized that one of them belonged to Richard. The other… he couldn't tell who it belonged to.

Clenching his fists, the dark mamodo made his way through the forest, trying to find out where the voices were coming from. Eventually, he came to a stop as he heard a little of the conversation.

"Is the plan in action?" asked the unfamiliar voice.

"Yes, all we need is a little more time." said Richard's voice.

Brago's eyes widened as he heard the two voices begin to cackle mischievously. What was this 'plan' that they were talking about? And what did Richard mean by "a little more time"?

The dark mamodo leaned closer to try and make out more of the words being spoken. He managed to get a couple of more lines.

"Excellent," continued the voice. "Soon we will both get what we want."

"Sherry will never know." said Richard. The two voices continued to cackle as Brago cautiously listened.

The dark mamodo frowned, and began to walk forward. As he reached the spot where the two voices originally were, he saw that they were gone.

What was that supposed to mean? Something was up, and Brag knew that it couldn't be good.

The dark mamodo then began to run into the forest. He ran as fast as he could as he headed toward where he sensed Sherry. Something was going to happen to her… but what?

Brago frowned even more as he thought about the previous conversation he heard. He knew that that Richard didn't mean any good. There had always been something about that human that he didn't trust…

If only he knew who that second voice was… he'd never heard it before. It was obviously a male's voice. The voice was quiet, but very harsh and stern.

After about another minute of running, the mamodo finally came across where Sherry's mansion was. The dark mamodo sensed that the blonde was not in her home, so he stopped and looked around the open yard.

He saw two… no, three figures standing in the yard some ways off. He could make out two of them as Sherry and Richard, the other he had never seen before. Frowning, the mamodo began to walk up to the trio, hoping to be unnoticed for a few minutes.

"Sherry, are you feeling any better?" asked Richard. He watched as the blonde shook her head.

"No… I just feel worse, really. I haven't been this sick in years."

"Could it be the flu?"

"No…"

The blonde and the brunet continued to talk as Brago slowly made his way up the lawn. He watched with anger as the man continued to talk to Sherry.

"Well, I hope you feel better soon." Richard said, giving off a pleasant smile. The blonde nodded and gave a thank you to him.

Then, he leaned forward and kissed the girl on the lips, and she returned the kiss.

Feeling with rage, the dark mamodo went in a full sprint. The three of the people in front of him didn't even notice him coming.

And with all his strength, Brago pulled back his hand, and swung it down on Richard who gave a cry of pain and surprise. There was a loud shriek as Sherry watched Brago jump over and attack the brunet. Noru, who was also there, gave a gasp of shock.

And then there was silence.

-in a sing-song voice- Cliffhanger! Cliffhanger! I put in a cliffhanger!

Muwahahahaha...! Now... what will happen next! Oh, and that reminds me...

Me: Hey, Brago! I have some news for you!

Brago: -slowly walks over- Nani?

Me: Remember that time where I said that I was going to punish you, and for your punishment you will be tortured even more?

Brago: -stares and says nothing-

Me: Well... I've got something stored for you next chapter! Nyahahahaha!

Sherry: What are you going to do to him? I promise I won't tell! -crosses fingers behind back-

Me: Um... Okay! -tells Sherry about secret plan-

Sherry: WHAT! Why would you make me do that to poor Brago? -starts rushing to Brago, but is caught by Twilight Memories-

Me: -shakes finger- Tsk, tsk, tsk. You're not supposed to tell him!

Sherry: Brago! Twilight is going to--

-Sherry get's duck-tape over mouth-

Brago: What?

Me: Oh, it's nothing! You'll just have to wait for the next chappy! -gives evil laugh-

Zatch: OOH! What's going to happen?

Me: Hm... How can I trust you? Oh, I have an idea! I'll give you three Yellow Tail for free if you don't tell anybody!

Zatch: -drools- DEAL!

-I tell him 'bout secret-

Zatch: You're mean... I just had to say yes...

Me: -ignores last comment- Anyways, onto my reviewers!

wolfgirl116: Haha... welcome back! Glad you like them! And, I realized that you seemed to have reviewed the other chapter right when I published the next... eh. Oh well.

PsychicLunar: Yup. The two evils. Ha... yeah, kind of obvious isn't it? -.- And which "he" are you reffering to as the "voice"? And nope. I am not spoiling anything. :-)

Computerfreak101: You'll see why the new mamodos are there. And, I guess they aren't "new", but the same ones from the TV series, or whatever. Yes, yes, Noru and Richard. The voice is also connected to the evil, actually, the voice is very important. And yes, do tell,why are you asking me? lol. Anyways, hahaha... let you suffer from suspension! Richard won't be able to be... hurt... by you reviewers until I'm done using him for my story. I've told all you that before. :-) ANd... where'd you get those dummies?

SilverMoons BlackWings: Sherry's not evil. She's just confused. Or something like that. XD The fish would eat Richard? Richard: Give me back my leg! Me: You can keep the leg. Haha... And speaking of Brago suffering... wait till you find out what happens next chapter! -evil laugh- Speaking of Richard... I think that's the name of my mom's (old?) boss. 0.o

anonimize: What giant space worm thingy? Call me crazy (or insane), but I haven't seen a star wars movie in like, what? Forever? -.- Sorry for the short chapter, this one's longer though! What's up with flamethrowers? Don't you peoples know of any other weapon?

Alison: Well... I really don't want to share email 'cuz... well... a lot of reasons. And if you were to use it (and I'm not saying that you were if you weren't going to) to help you sign on, I don't really think that this website would allow that... I don't know. But anyways, why can't you get your own email? It's not that hard... Anyways, here' the next chapter!

Sara: -sigh- Ok, this'll probably be the last time I say this. Have a nice trip... XD I'm not helping Amber. You think Sherry belong's to Richard? How dare you! And I'm only hiding from Brago because his punches hurt the most... and he's violent... but cool... but doesn't like being tortured... XD

MadisonMohawks JD: I wonder how much stress people go through in the cartoon when they have to deal with Zatch? -shrugs- Oh well. He's a funny character. And i have no need to ask the last question because you should know your answe from this chapter. XD

Enula: Are you people purposly (sp?) trying to figure out my story! Can't you just be patient and find out when the time comes? XP Anwyays, you're idea is close. But it's not accurate. And don't worry, Sherry and Brago are going to meet up again next chapter. They (briefly) met in this chapter, but that was at the very end.

WHY IS EVERYBODY TRYING TO FIND OUT MY STORY'S PLOT!

Brago: Because they want to.

Me: Shut your mouth.

Brago: No.

Me: Fine!

Brago: Where'd Sherry go?

Me: Um... -thinks back to the ducktape and me hiding her in a closet until next chapter- The bathroom?

Brago: -eyes Twilight-

Me: Eheheh... yeah. Well, there's da next chappy! Read and review! Did I make Kiyo OOC or not? Please tell me!

And if you are going to flame... be nice!