-sigh- Hopefully this chapter is alright... Unfortunately, I rushed in a few sections of this chapter, so sorry if it isn't as good as the first. The next one will be better!
And another note, I'm not going to be making the characters 100 percent IC, but I'll try my best!
... Yeah...
Brago: I hate acting OOC.
Me: You hate a lot of things. The only things that i'd suggest you DON'T hate nowadays is fighting, becoming king, and Sherry.
Brago: -glares at last comment- What's that supposed to mean?
Me: You know I know you know you love Sherry and all those other things!
Brago: I know you know what?
Me: Hehe... poor Brago cannot understand English!
Brago: I can too! You were just babbling about--
Me: Mumbler! I can't hear you!
Brago: Grr...
Me: hehe... Now, ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell. If I did... well... let's just say I don't and end it there.
The Days of the Week
Chapter 2
Miserable Monday
Sherry woke up the next morning feeling very refreshed. It had been a while since she had slept so soundly, even though she had a good night sleep the other day, it wasn't as good as the one she just had.
The girl twisted herself around and slipped on the slippers near her bed, and looked out onto the deck. Brago was out there again, watching the view. The blonde stood up and walked over to the mamodo.
"Morning." she said. Brago paid little attention to her greeting. Sherry smiled and leaned against the railing like the night before, and turned her head around to face the dark mamodo, but said nothing.
Brago's gaze shifted over to the blonde's and she turned her head away. "What?" he asked, but Sherry said nothing.
The two continued to gaze out into the view, and just watched the waves in the ocean from the porch as they tossed over one another.
"What should we do today?" Sherry finally asked after feeling tired of the quietness. The mamodo just gave her an odd look.
"What do you mean by we?" he asked sternly.
"Oh, I don't know. Perhaps we could do something together?" The blonde gave a look of hope.
Brago just gave a snort and shook his head. "I'm not doing anything. It's your vacation, not mine."
"But you did something with me yesterday."
"And what would that be?"
"You enjoyed being at the beach with me, that's what you did."
"…"
"I knew it."
Sherry gave a small laugh, seeing that Brago didn't really have anything to say after that last comment. But after a minute of silence, he retorted.
"I didn't enjoy it."
The blonde just gave him a look and shook her head. "Of course you did."
"I said I didn't enjoy it!"
"But I saw you yesterday, you were enjoying yourself."
"Prove it."
A grin took form on Sherry's face, and she stared at Brago with an odd look in her eyes. Then, she began to speak playfully. "Well… one thing I can recall about is that you were building that sand castle while you thought I was asleep…"
After that comment, Brago was hesitant to speak again. He opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out. Sherry smiled in victory over the argument and turned her head around to continue viewing the landscape.
Brago gave a 'huff' and turned his head around also. Just great! She did see him after all…
More minutes passed by, and eventually Sherry headed inside the hotel room to take a morning shower and change into her well-known pink dress. Ten minutes passed before she finally came out with her hair dry and neatly brushed out.
"Let's go get some breakfast." the blonde announced. Brago came trudging behind her as they walked out of the room.
The two walked downstairs to where the dining hall was, and both sat down in one of the tables with seats like a bench in the far corner. Sherry sat down on the left side and Brago to the right.
Everyone in the room looked over to the odd sight in the corner, and their eyes mainly wandered to Brago, and they noticed his dark characteristics. Of course, Brago just ignored them, but found it rather annoying to have the entire room staring at him, so he just glared back and they looked away.
After a minute a waiter walked up to the table that Sherry and Brago were at, and he gave a smile. "Good morning you two, I'm Greg Wilson. Would you two like the buffet or not?"
Buffet, what was that? Brago thought to himself, but didn't know. He'd wait until this man walked away, and maybe he'd ask Sherry…
"No buffet." was Sherry's response. The waiter nodded and handed the two menus and walked off.
Sherry opened her menu and skimmed through the selections of dishes. The dark mamodo just sat there sulking, wishing that he didn't have to be in the room that he was in. Everything was to orderly and neat…
"I take it you'll just have nothing until you can find something for yourself?" Sherry asked after a minute as she set down her menu.
"I hate human food. What do you think?"
The blonde just shrugged. "You never know…" As she said this, Greg came back just in time to take her order.
"So, what would you like?" he asked.
"I'll just have some pancakes."
"Very well then."
The man took up the menu and walked off. Sherry sighed and lay her hand down next to her side on the cushioned seat. Brago looked down at her hand, and noticed just how close it was to his own.
Eventually Sherry's order came in, and the two sat in silence as the blonde ate.
After awhile of sitting miserably waiting for the time to leave, Brago finally got his wish. He and Sherry left after the blonde finished eating and paid for her food.
"I want to go to a few stores." Sherry announced as the two walked out of the hotel's restaurant. Brago gave a resentful look as the blonde said 'stores'.
"Must we?" he asked with a bitter tone.
"Yes. It'll only be a few stores, and that's it."
With a sigh, the dark mamodo continued to follow Sherry. After a short time, Brago found himself in the large mall that could have been qualified as a zoo. Sherry dragged him around a few places, and he was beginning to feel annoyed.
Today was going to be VERY miserable…
After a long period of time, the two were in another store. Sherry was at the counter paying for what she was buying, while Brago was out near the exit impatiently waiting for the blonde to hurry up.
What was taking her so long?
As the dark mamodo continued waiting for Sherry to finish whatever it was she was doing, a young girl about Brago's age give or take a year crossed his path. She had pale skin and had both black eyes and hair. Her attire was a plain black shirt with a small purple heart on the chest, and a skirt that wasn't too long but not too short. Her shoes were also black, and had purple diamond-like objects on the side.
Turning her head around, the girl spotted Brago and gave a grin as she strode up to him. "Hey, there." she said in an almost sing-along voice.
Brago gave no notice of the girl until she was about a foot away from him. The girl put her hands behind her back and leaned forwards slightly as she shifted her balance on her feet.
"Do I know you?" she asked in the same tone of voice. The mamodo gave her an odd look. Who on Earth was this girl?
"No. And I don't want to, either." he said flatly. Frowning, the girl gave a huff and then put on another smile.
"Come on, I'm quite sure I've seen you somewhere before."
"And I'm quite sure you must have been dreaming."
"Oh, I'm dreaming alright." said the girl as an even bigger grin took over her face. She put on a dreamy look as she moved closer to the mamodo. Brago just looked off to the side. Anytime now, Sherry…
Speaking of Sherry, the blonde was now heading towards the door. The item she purchased was safely secluded in a plastic bag, and she was slightly swinging it back and forth for she was in quite a merry mood. That was, until she saw the sight between Brago and the strange girl.
She nearly dropped the bag to the floor as her mouth hung open. Who was this girl flirting with Brago!
The girl's face became flushed as she saw the other girl move closer to Brago. Why wasn't he moving away from her? The blonde then began stomping over to the two.
"What are you doing?" said Sherry irritably as she walked up to her mamodo colleague. The other just gave her a rude look.
"Um, who the hell are you?" said the girl. She put her hands on her hips and frowned as she stared up at Sherry.
"Who the hell are you?" said Brago to the girl, mimicking what she said, but she ignored his comment and continued staring up at the blonde.
"I'm Sherry Belmond, and I don't think you should be around here." said the blonde.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Well are you anyways? His girlfriend or something?"
"I…" Sherry trailed off as the other said this. A blush took an outbreak on her face, which only made the other laugh.
"You are, aren't you!" she said, pointing up at the other. Brago looked from one girl to the other. What was a girlfriend?
"I… I am not!"
"What are you talking about?" Brago finally said. But the other strange girl just snatched up his arm, and held it close to her. He tried to pull it away, but the girl had an amazingly strong grip.
"C'mon, come with me and dump this looser over here." she said, eyeing Sherry.
"Wha – What?" Sherry's voice increased a little higher. She too, grabbed Brago's hand, and pulled him away from the girl. "Come on Brago, let's go somewhere else."
Managing to free his hand from the other, Brago swiftly pulled his arm back but was now being pulled by Sherry. How strange, she had never done this before. Why was she doing it now of all times? And he still didn't know what a girlfriend was! Oh well, it didn't really matter. But… for some odd reason, of all things, he wanted to know what it meant. This day was not his day…
Sherry dragged the dark mamodo a good ways off from the other, who was standing with a stupid look on her face, and soon she left to go wherever. The blonde ended up pulling Brago outside, where nobody was at, at the moment.
"What was that all about?" the dark mamodo finally asked. He raised his eyes to look into Sherry's azure eyes.
"I uh…" Why had she acted like that? Sherry herself didn't even know why. It was unlike her to act so… protective…
"And what's a girlfriend?" Brago asked. The blonde had been about to speak, but as he asked that question she began choking on her own words. Why was he asking that?
"I… a girlfriend is…" she trailed off. Brago wouldn't understand, and even if he did he wouldn't like the truth. "A girlfriend… it's… Oh, just find out for yourself!
A bright shade of pink scattered across her face. Why was she getting so worked up over this? This wasn't much of her day, either. And this was Brago, for crying out loud, why was she getting so flustered around him all of a sudden?
Deciding that Sherry really wasn't going to tell him, Brago just ignored the question. He didn't really have to know what it was… But still, it was rather odd of him to be asking it in the first place. Why was he suddenly asking strange things? The human world wasn't affecting him to act like this… was it?
So the two soon made up their minds to leave the mall and began walking back to the hotel they were in with an awkward silence. It was getting closer to nightfall, and Sherry knew that her butler was probably back at the hotel waiting for them with the limo.
Soon as the two got back to the inn, Sherry's prediction was correct. She told the old man that she would be ready very shortly, and that she just had to get all of her belongings into the vehicle and to check out of the hotel.
Brago just followed the blonde around as she brought her belongings down the car. And as soon as they were all settled and checked out, he hopped in the back seat with Sherry right behind him.
The entire time, the two still remained in silence. A few hours passed, and they reached the Belmond's mansion. The book reader unpacked all of her things and brought them into the house. Afterwards, she took a hot shower and went to sleep. The dark mamodo just stayed awake all night, either watching Sherry or outside the girl's bedroom window.
What a miserable day not just for Brago, but also a little for Sherry as well. Everything was so hectic and with the strange girl that had flirted with Brago, both got either very or slightly flustered.
Hopefully, tomorrow would be better.
-looks around the room- Was it bad? Was it good? Was it in the middle? Please tell me! --
And... well, there's that. And it's Wednesday... the middle of the week... Today went by WAAAY too slow... And if it wasn't for this evil thunderstorm last night, I wouldn't have been half asleep for part of the day!
Well, anyways, on to my reviewers!
PsychicLunar: Eh... sorry for making Sherry a lil' OOC... I don't know if i'll be trying too hard to be making the characters IC, I'm just making a story with them in it and putting them in different situations... You run around your house at midnight 3 times? In my house, there's like no room to run... Unless it's in the upstairs hallway, but its not very big... XD
Emria: Glad you like it! And here's the next chapter!
Blood of the Wolf: I got the whole strong-challanged thing inspired from an episode from this show on carton network, it was rather weird really... I don't even know if it was 'inspired' but let's just say I took the line and altered it. Basically a character told one other one that they were "cool-challanged" or something. REally weird... Yes, making fun of Brago is fun! (now you know why I do it a lot, but I'm sure you already knew that XP)
BlueWater26: Glad you like it!
Sara: There is 7 chapters because of the whole 'days of the week' thing... And i said that last chapter, didn't I? Ah well. Yes, but like i said there will be one chapter for each day of the week. Hope you like them! Florida is cool, there's just too many lakes there (At least where I was there were)
dog: -puts on a clueless look- Huh...? Um,... yeah, well, anyways, here's the next chapter.
pyro the dark angel: Well, here's the next chappy! And, i'm not going to type in the website I talked about correctly otherwise it wouldn't show up or it would mess something up. Okay? Well, just type in' www dot toonamiarsenal dot com ' I hope it shows up... -- Well, if you DO get there, just go to downloads and scroll down until you see Zatch Bell. There ya go!
Rae: Glad you like it, and here's the next chappy!
Rose Kitsune.EXE: Here's the next chappy!
Hope you peeps thought this chapter was alright, or good, at least liked it enough to keep reading it...
Zatch: Am I going to be in this story? PLease, i want to be in it!
Me: Sorry, nope! You're not going to be in it! At least for what I've planned anyways, but most likely you won't be in it!
Zatch: -pouts- Aw, come on!
Me: No!
Zatch: Please?
Me: No
Zatch: You know you want to
Me: Nope!
Zatch: Are you not putting me in here because you don't like me anymore...? -puts on sad face with watery eyes-
Me: Hey, you're still a favorite character! You just don't really fit into any cute couples!
Zatch: -eyes widen- EW! Couples! Yuck! -runs away-
Me: How immature... -snickers-
Ah well I hope you liked it (I need to stop saying that XP). ANd here's the chapter title for the next chapter! Let's see who can make some predictions on what will happen!
NEXT CHAPTER IS: Tutti-Frutti Tuesday
Toodles!