Well, I guess I got this chapter up quicker than expected.
NOTE: Oh, and there is an appearance of a certain mamodo in my story that has sort of revealed himself in the Zatch Bell series... but a lot of people probably don't know he's a mamodo. I found out that he is a mamodo from spoilers... but just to give a fair warning to people, if they can recognize which character I'm talking about, they'll have found the spoiler... And since I don't really know his attacks and whatnot (I know the spell names, but before I ever use him using his spells in my story I would like to see them personally in an episode. Y'know, that way I can understand better how it works and all...) I'm not going to have him use any of his spells. Okay? Okay!
Anywho, THE BATTLE SCENE STARTS!
Brago: Finally.
Me: Hey, you finally get to battle Richard in this chapter! OK, not really, you don't hurt him quite yet... I had to get some extra stuff put in here!Wouldn't want to rush on a good story, now would I?
Brago: How the heck should I know?
Me: Um...
Brago: Just get on with it already, would you? You've been torturing me for weeks now!
Me: YUP! And it's been fun, too:-)
Brago: -glare- You're lucky I haven't hurt you yet.
Me: But you hurt me in the other chapter where you punched me!
Brago: Yes, yes, I know. And then you put your "revenge" on me by torturing me even more! And even if I did hurt you again, you'd torture me... AGAIN.
Me: Actually... I don't really have anything planned that involves torturing you.
Brago: -raises brow- Oh, really? Then I guess I've got nothing to worry about then! Now, hold still, this won't hurt... too badly anyways...
-Brago raises fist-
Me: Ah, well... Got to go! On with the chapter!
-Runs away from Brago's wrath-
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 10
A Beginning: Brago vs. Noru
Sherry stood paralyzed as she watched the brunet draw the knife ever so closer to her neck. She let out a fearful gasp as she felt the cold metal touch her soft skin.
"Now…" began Richard. "Since I'm going to be taking your money, and that lil' old butler of yours won't be hard to get rid of, I think I'll be getting rid of the trash right about now…" His voice was taunting and smooth. He brought his face up right next to the blonde's, and whispered those words in her ear.
A shiver ran down the girl's spine as the man's slick voice danced about in her ears. Brago let out a nasty growl and a few other nasty words escape his mouth.
"Damn you…" muttered the dark mamodo. Why did he have to be paralyzed at a time like this? Brago cursed again under his breath, and Richard only sneered at him.
Then the brunet turned his attention back to Sherry. He rested his hand on her shoulder, brought his face up closer to hers, and then prepared to take a slice her skin with the neck…
Then all of a sudden, a strange yelling noise of a younger boy could be heard. Everyone jerked their heads around (besides Brago and Sherry, they were frozen) to see a blonde boy with a strange navy blue robe come falling out of nowhere.
The boy fell on top of Richard, who came crashing down onto the ground. Richard dropped the knife, but it came awfully close to her neck. It only scratched her hand as it dropped to the ground.
When the dust died down, the boy could be seen on top of Richard's back, dancing.
"Whoohoo! I did it! Haha! cried the blonde as he danced about on the brunet's back. Brago looked over at the boy, and let out a sigh.
"Great. Now we have Zatch's help." he muttered. He was thankful that Zatch had saved Sherry, but he knew something would go wrong if he was around…
Zatch stood dancing happily on top of the man's back, who just regained consciousness and gave a groan of pain.
"Ouch… what the…?" Richard muttered. He twisted his head around to see the jolly boy atop his back. "Get off!"
Zatch hopped off of Richard's back, but not before he kicked him hard in the head. Richard gave another groan as the boy's shoe collided with his head.
The lightning mamodo gave a laugh as he watched the brunet stand up. Noru, who was now holding onto his book since it flew a few feet in the air away from Richard when he dropped it, walked up closer to the two. He gave a scowl, and stared down at Zatch Bell.
"Well, well, well… if it isn't the puny mamodo Zatch, who somehow ended up king." Noru gave a mean look at the lightning mamodo, who only frowned back.
"At least I did and not somebody like you!" he shot back. "And since when did I give you permission to come back to the human world?"
Noru scoffed and shook his head. "Dear Zatch, I've been in the human world for four years! You were not the one who gave me permission to come here, nor was there anybody who did! I stole a book and came here myself!"
Zatch's eyes widened. He gave a frown and clenched his fists together. It was at this point when the paralyzing spell wore off, and Brago and Sherry could finally move again.
The young blonde fell down to the ground and put her hand on her head. Not another headache… She began to shake a little, but mostly shook of fear. Richard almost killed her… he almost killed her with that knife…
Sherry eyed the blade that was now lying next to her. Thank goodness Zatch came… and in the nick of time too.
Then there were sounds of footsteps coming. Everyone turned their heads around to see who it was. A few figures appeared, and the first recognized was Kiyomaru Takamine.
The 18 year old stood on the border of the tree lines. He looked around and saw Zatch. "Good job! You got 'em!" he called to him. The other figures were friends of Zatch's and Kiyo's. There were four female mamodos, and four males. Each of them were carrying a book similar to Richard's. Kiyo was even holding onto a red book.
Zatch just raised his hand and waved it back at Kiyo. "Yep!"
Brago and Sherry looked over at the others beside Kiyo. "What are the mamodo spell books doing here?" asked Sherry. She looked around, and saw Zatch Bell walking up to her.
The blonde smiled and looked up at the blonde. "Well, back in the mamodo world I heard some rumors that there were two evils in the human world." At this, the lightning mamodo pointed over to Richard and Noru. "So I came back here with a few friends."
Sherry looked over at the others that Zatch had brought with him. One of them had short blonde hair, and his mamodo looked somewhat like a horse but smaller. The human was holding onto a light orange book, and was standing next do a different human that was holding onto a reddish colored book; and her mamodo had long red hair. There was another group of girls, the human had a soft smile like her mamodo who had short pink hair; and their book was also pink. The last mamodo was busy munching on a candy, while his book reader was standing tall and proud. He carried a yellow book.
The dark mamodo turned his head and recognized the mamodo that was chewing on some candy. "Oh hell." he muttered. "Not him…"
The mamodo who was munching on his candy looked up, and revealed that he had a duck-like mouth. Kanchome.
We're doomed… thought Brago. If that mamodo was here, then everything is sure to go wrong… Brago grumbled again, trying to get the thoughts of defeat from Kanchome out of his head.
Sherry looked around. She didn't recognize any of these people, except for one that she knew as a famous singer, and that was Megumi. She even slightly recognized one other, who was also a singer. But she forgot his name…
Zatch then smiled again, and looked up at Sherry. "And I have something for you." he said. Out of nowhere, the lightning mamodo pulled out a black book, and raised it up into the blonde's reach. "Here, I think this is what you should have."
Brago's and Sherry's eyes widened as they saw the black book in Zatch's arms. The dark mamodo looked at it from where he was, and he remembered the last time he ever saw it. It seemed like yesterday… the feeling of him being teleported to a different world as a blue flame ate the cover of his book… And he thought about his last moments in the human world.
Sherry's eyes scanned over the black book. It looked as if it never been touched or partially eaten by a flame that would destroy it, it looked bran new. Her hand trembled as the blonde reached out and took the book from the lightning mamodo.
And as soon as her skin touched the book, she felt different. Her headache immediately went away and she no longer felt sick. Sherry stared down at the book, and blinked a few times, and then her gaze landed on Brago.
His face was almost as perplexed as hers, which was something rare to see. Apparently, this was something both of them had really unexpected.
The young woman stood up, grasping onto the cover of the black book. She then opened the page, almost not knowing what to expect.
The inscriptions. They were still there, and Sherry could read a few of them too. It wasn't just the first spell that she could read, but all the way up to the fourth one; right where she and Brago left off.
A sudden feeling of determination and confidence took root in Sherry, and she turned around to face Richard and Noru, who also had a strange look on their faces. The expressions quickly vanished as they saw the girl turn around to face them.
"OK, so you now have a new toy. Big deal." said Richard with a growl. He raised his book, ready for a fight and Noru got in a defensive position.
The others that Zatch and Kiyo had brought along walked up closer to the scene. "So, are we a going to a fight now?" asked the male singer with his Italian voice. Folgore looked around and held up his fist and placed it over his heart. "For I am, the invincible Folgore!"
Everyone was about to agree (not to the invincible Folgore part) and step in, but Sherry rose her hand in the air to block them.
"No," she said quietly, still eying Richard and Noru. "You're not fighting."
"Huh?" Zatch gave a confused look. "What do you mean we're not fighting? I brought everybody over here just for that purpose!" he exclaimed. But the blonde merely shook her head.
"No." she repeated. "You're not fighting."
At this point, Brago had already walked up to the blonde. He into her cerulean eyes, and she looked back.
"Sherry," he began. He felt something change inside of the girl right when she picked up his book. She seemed… like the Sherry he knew and loved four years ago…
The dark mamodo nodded his head, and turned to face Richard and Noru as well. "You aren't fighting." he said, agreeing with Sherry. Everyone put on a confused look, until he spoke again. "Sherry and I will handle this."
Kiyo looked at the two. He then nodded his head and took a step backwards to keep out of their way. "Right. Zatch, everyone, we should let these two handle this."
Everybody else looked at him confused. "What? What's wrong?" asked Tia.
Kiyo turned his head to face the younger mamodo. "This is something Brago and Sherry need to take care of themselves. Not us."
The red-head thought about what Kiyo said for a minute. Then she realized what he meant, and nodded her head. "Right."
"I may not like fighting, but if you need help I'll be there!" said Kolulu. She clutched her fists together. She truly hated fighting, but she wanted to help maintain peace throughout the mamodo and human world.
"We don't need your help." Brago said shortly. He still didn't turn to face the others behind him.
The young blonde held up the black book close to her. She wasn't going to let the book out of her sight this time. Not at all…
But before the fight even started, or even a hint of it, Zatch Bell made an announcement. "Since Noru has been in the mamodo world before I came back to the mamodo world as king, the only way he can be sent back is if his book gets burned. Everybody else here was brought to this place by me, and since there is no battle going on, all mamodos will not go back to our world even if their book gets burned." He turned around to face his friends to make sure they knew they were safe from being teleported back to the mamodo world. The lightning mamodo then turned his head back to Brago and Sherry and nodded his head.
Zatch ran back to where Kiyo and the rest of the group were, while Brago and Sherry prepared themselves.
The young blonde opened the black book and turned her head to face the dark mamodo beside her. "Are you ready?"
Brago just smirked at this question. "Why ask stupid questions when you already know the answer." He turned his head around to face the girl. It had been so long since he fought side by side with her… four years… and now, he would be able to fight with her again.
The other team just laughed. Then Richard held up the blood-red book, and called out the first spell of the battle.
"Telekon!" shouted the brunet. Noru ran forwards at full speed and swung his hands in front of him. A bright light emitted from them, and a beam of energy shot out at the dark mamodo and Sherry.
"Reis!" Sherry shouted out the first spell from the black book. The dark mamodo lifted his hand up and released a purple energy that was sent flying at Noru's energy beam.
The two forces clashed together and a bright light was sent off from the energies. A small explosion was created as the two powers ended.
The light died down, and Noru was nowhere to be seen. Brago and Sherry looked around, but couldn't see the mamodo anywhere.
Then Brago was sent staggering a few feet backwards as a sudden form of Noru appeared in front of him and punched him in the face. He took a few steps toward the back, and then stood up and tried to slash the other with his claw-like nails.
"Telkir!"
Another spell from the other team was called out, and Noru disappeared again, leaving a confused Brago and Sherry.
"Where'd he…?" the blonde turned her head around, but didn't see the psychic mamodo anywhere. Then all of a sudden, Noru appeared right behind her and punched her in the back.
Sherry was sent flying forwards as she lost her balance. The dark mamodo ran forward and caught the girl from falling to the ground. He looked over and saw Noru standing right in front of him.
Noru gave a laugh and shook his head. "I'll give you a clue. Ever heard of teleportation?" he gave another laugh, and then ran forward again punching the dark mamodo in the face.
Brago fell backwards. It was not as easy to defend himself when he was holding onto Sherry. He toppled over onto the ground with a thud with Sherry on top of him.
The two quickly got up, ready to continue the fight. The blonde reopened the book, ready to call out another spell.
"Giganoreis!" she shouted.
The dark mamodo lifted up his hand as an even powerful ball of energy emerged. It shot out towards the enemy, and then Sherry quickly called another spell so the other team couldn't run away.
"Gravirei!"
Before Richard and Noru could react, they were sent crashing to the ground as the sudden force of gravity began to push against them.
The large ball of energy that Brago had previously released collided with the two. The energy burnt their skin and left a few scratches as it ran into the team. It soon faded away, and the gravity wore off.
Noru stood up, putting his hand on his knee. "This isn't over yet…" He said angrily. He stood up and turned to face Richard. "We need another spell!"
"Got it!" Richard flipped a page, and then looked down into the book he was holding. "Psykino!"
Instead of shooting out some sort of beam from his hands, Noru's eyes began to glow instead. His entire body began to glow as energy poured out from him.
Sherry's vision seemed to blur out suddenly, and she couldn't see anything. She was even unable to see her hand in front of her face.
The girl started to walk unevenly in different directions as her vision became worse. Everything seemed to be swirling around her… it was moving to fast for her to see, and it was almost beginning to hurt her eyes from staring at it.
She tried closing her eyes and reopening them, but that didn't work. The young woman turned her head around as she looked for something that she could see.
Brago looked at the girl as she turned her head this way and that. What was wrong with her? It must have been the spell Noru placed on Sherry… it was confusing her! A confusion spell!
The dark mamodo ran forward to try and get the girl to settle down. He grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her to him.
"Sherry!" he called out her name. The girl's eyes stared out in front of her, unfocused on anything.
"I can't see!" she exclaimed. The girl grasped onto the black book in her hands and held it tightly. "How am I going to read the spells?"
Brago turned his head away from the girl for a moment to catch a glimpse of where Richard and Noru were. They were not too far; he'd better keep an eye on them. The dark mamodo turned his attention back to Sherry and spoke to her. "You'll find a way."
Both of them stood up again, turning towards the other team (Sherry tried her best, but it was hard since the spell was blurring her vision).
"Call out a spell!" commanded Brago. Sherry nodded her head and closed her eyes. At least with them closed she wouldn't be as confused. The girl tried to think of a spell she could read, and then she thought of a good one.
"Everyone, use a defensive spell!" she called back to the others behind her. Everyone else just stood, wondering what she was going to do next. Sherry concentrated hard, hoping that the spell would work. "Ion Gravirei!" she yelled.
Brago's hand shot forward in front of him while a very large amount of energy gathered at his palm. Then he suddenly shot it forward, and a massive amount of gravity ran down upon a massive amount of land.
The others behind the two saw what Sherry meant, and Megumi called out a defensive spell.
"Seoshi!" she called. Tia then created a large hemisphere-shaped shield that covered everyone but the two fighting teams from the massive amount of gravity crashing down all around them.
The dark mamodo took a few steps around him, clearing out the area with his attack so the other team wouldn't be able to escape.
But then suddenly, Richard yelled out yet another spell. It was not a teleportation spell, but something a little stronger.
"Tao-Shield!"
Noru threw his hands in the air above him, and an oval shield surrounded both him and his book reader.
The gravity attack passed right over them, not harming them one bit. But when the two forces clashed, the shields almost gave way from the gravity.
Dust scattered everywhere, and when it finally died down, everyone was slightly shocked to see that the other team had a defensive spell.
Brago clutched his fist tightly. How long this battle would take, he did not know. Sherry stepped beside him and looked strait ahead at the opposing team.
How long this battle would last, the two did not know. But no matter how long, how tiring, or how hard, they would make sure that they won.
Eh... another long chapter. I didn't fit the entire battle scene on one chapter for two good reasons...
1. It would make the chapter WAAAAAY too long.
2. I have something planned... -cackles evily-
Well, that's chapter 10. See people, I told you this story would reach over 10 chapters! Haha! My longest story so far!
Now... on to my reviewers!
PsychicLunar: Hey, hey, I signed back on. I have the new chappy up and Zatch saved Sherry from Richard's knife.Hm... how'd you know that Zatch would save them? Was it obvious? -.- Ah, anyways, don't know when the next chapter will be up, so enjoy the chapter!
Computerfreak101: Ah, well, the chapter got the battle scene started, but it's not over yet... anyhow, I hope it will be a little better in the next chapter, but until then... I'm just going to think about other chapters I havein store:-)
MadisonMohawksJD: Yup. That's exactly what they are: Trouble makers.
Alison: Don't worry, Sherry's alright. For now... -evil cackling heard in background-
kittyluver: Brago will get to hit Richard pretty hard soon enough. But that's going to be like... next chapter... XP
Enula: Why don't I like the other chapter? Hm... well, this is from my opinion, but I just think that it went a little too fast, and... it just bored me really. Don't know why, but it did... And... how'd you know that that would happen? You're the 2nd person to think about something like that! I swear... you peoples are becoming mind readers or something... XP
Blood of the Wolf: Well, look who's back. Hahaha... cliffhangers. I like them yet I don't like them. Doesn't make sense? Well, I don't understand that too much either. I like them because then I get reviewers all mad whenever I put them in a story (laughs) but I don't like them when others put them in their story because then it gets ME mad. XPPink bunnies... it would be the end of the world... haha...
Well, I've got to sign off now. Hopefully Brago won't find me...
Brago: You called? -cracks knuckes- I think we have some unfinished business...
Me: Yikes! Well, That's it for today! I'm signing off! -runs away/signs off-
Brago: GET BACK HERE!