OK... I have one thing to say... this has got to be a strange chapter. Not that i think it is bad or anything, just a lil' odd... (Maybe that's why its called 'Wacky Wednesday').
And... HEY! IT IS WEDNESDAY! That's funny... haha...
Oh, and sorry for not updating ina while. It's just that when i have no idea what to write for something and have a guest from Japan here to keep company, and can't always get on the computer, it's not that easy to figure something out.
And I'd like to thank my best friend (not saying who) for helping me with this chapter! Just in case she's reading... But I thought i'd put this up anyways.
Well, might as well hurry up! Don't have too much time to type here, and sorry if this chapter seemed a lil' bit rushed. I'll admit, i was trying to type quickly to post it up. Please inform me of errors so that way i'll make sure to avoid them in the future! THANK YOU!
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 4
Wacky Wednesday
It was late morning. Sherry was lying on a couch reading a book that she had been reading for a while. The blonde had not seen Brago at all that day, but didn't really think too much about it. She knew that he was off somewhere doing something, and could take care of himself. And, hopefully, stay out of trouble.
She flipped through a page in her book and continued reading. A smile took place on her features as she read something her book. "How funny..." she spoke quietly to herself, and continued to read.
Soon her mind began to wander off into different topics, and she started to stare out into nowhere as she left her book slightly open. Her mind wandered off to yesterday's events and the odd picnic she had with Brago.
A small blush scattered across her face as she remembered toppling over the dark mamodo as both of them were chasing after a piece of paper. Mentally, she shook her head.
What was wrong with her, anyways? Why was she suddenly feeling and acting so strange around Brago? What was this sensation she was feeling!
The blonde then shook her head physically and sighed. Turning her head, she glanced at the clock beside her. It was 1:38 pm.
Her stomach let out a loud rumble and the blonde sighed again. Well, might as well go find Brago and go out to eat. She wasn't in the mood to eat at her home anyways.
So she got off the couch and stood up, looked around, and headed towards the front door right after grabbing her coat. It was a little cloudy outside, and it could possible rain sometime that day. Better safe than sorry.
After a minute Sherry reached the front door and opened it as she walked outside. She turned her head around to the side and saw Brago sitting under a tree not too far away.
He spotted her, and stood up. Brago then began walking over to the blonde and folded his arms across his chest.
"Now what is it we're doing?" he asked dully.
"I want to go out to eat today." the blonde replied. Brago just rolled his eyes.
"So we're going on another food quest?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You can't possibly think of anything else to do besides go out to eat?" the dark mamodo inquired. Sherry just gave an exasperated sigh and shook her head.
"It's my vacations so I can do what I want."
"Yes, and I'm the one who granted you this vacation."
"Brago, shut up."
The dark mamodo shot the blonde a look as she said that. Did she just command him to do something! He gave a growl and stared menacingly at Sherry, who saw this look and turned her head away.
"Let's just go find a place to eat already." Brago muttered finally after a minute of silence. The blonde nodded her head and began to walk.
The two didn't drive off to a restaurant like they normally did. Sherry wanted to walk for a change, so they did just that. Surprisingly though, every eatery they stopped at, was closed or too crowded.
After awhile, Sherry let out an annoyed sigh and looked around. "Isn't there a place to eat around here?"
Brago remained silent, but couldn't help admit to himself that this was slightly odd. For every time Sherry had taken him out to eat, there was always a place open. This time, however, every place was closed.
Soon the blonde turned her head around and spotted a restaurant that said 'open'. The name of the restaurant was 'Wacky Wednesday'.
"How strange…" she mumbled to herself. Brago just looked up at her with his red eyes and questioned what she said. She replied, "This is strange because today no dining halls have been available, yet this is the only one that is. And the name of it is Wacky Wednesday. And today is Wednesday, and it has been wacky enough as it is."
That is strange, Brago thought. He followed Sherry into the building, since it was open, and was surprised to see that they were the only ones in there.
"Hello? Excuse me?" Sherry called out, looking around. There was nobody in there but Brago and her. What was going on?
Suddenly, right as the mamodo and human were about to turn away and walk out the door, two people popped up out of nowhere and walked over to them.
"Hello, we're so sorry to make you wait!" said the waiter quickly. The waitress beside him walked up to the two and smiled.
"Yes, we're so sorry, we had to take care of something!" she said in the same tone as the waiter. "Please, take a seat!"
Before Brago or Sherry could do anything, the two strange people pushed them over to a booth over in the corner. The waitress pushed Brago down onto the cushioned seat right next to Sherry who was shoved into the seat by the waiter.
The mamodo tried to swat at the waitress's hand for touching him, but she was already away from his reach. The blonde next to the mamodo turned her attention to him and shook her head.
"Don't do that, Brago." she said quietly.
"She touched me." he spoke angrily.
"She was only showing you to your seat."
"I can find my own seat without the help of that pathetic human." The mamodo gave an annoyed growl and turned his attention to the waiter and waitress in front of him.
"We're really glad you came today!" said the waitress. "My name is Sue, and I'll be your waitress!"
"And my name's Todd, I'll be your waiter!" said the other. Sherry gave the two an odd look as they said this.
"Aren't we only supposed to have one person serving us?" she inquired. Todd and Sue exchange looks, and stammered.
"Uh… then I'll be the cook." stated Sue. She ran off to the kitchen and Todd walked over to a desk to grab some menus.
This time it was Brago and Sherry who exchanged looks, and they looked over as Todd ran back to where they were and handed them two paper menus.
"So, what'll you have?" he asked hurriedly.
"Er… Can we have a little more time to think about that?" Sherry asked.
At this statement the man's eyes widened. "Oh! Yes! Sure, yes you may! I shall be back soon for your order! But is there anything you'd like to drink?"
"Water will be fine, thank you." replied Sherry. She turned her head to motion the dark mamodo beside her. "He'll have water as well."
The man nodded and rushed off to go tell Sue what the order was.
As soon as he left, the dark mamodo glared at Sherry. "Why did you bring me here?" he asked.
"Because this is the only place that is open, or isn't too crowded." The dark mamodo just sighed as she answered him, and he turned his head around to look around the room.
It was a small place, really. There weren't too many decorations, but there were quite a few seats for people to be seated at. The walls were painted yellow, which made Brago feel agitated, but he had no idea why. He had seen Sherry reading something about how colors can affect people's moods before... Maybe it was true after all.
"Brago, you're going to eat something here. OK?"
Hearing his name being called out, Brago snapped out of his thoughts and looked over to the blonde. "What was that?"
"I said you're going to eat something here."
"Whatever." He rolled his eyes and continued to look around. He wasn't quite in the mood to argue at the moment, so might as well let Sherry get what she wanted.
Todd came back with the drinks and set the two glasses of water down on the table in front of Brago and Sherry. The blonde looked up at him after she finished reading the menu in front of her.
"Have you two figured out what you would like?" asked the waiter, tilting his head to the side. A pencil was seen in his hand along with a notepad.
"Um, yes." Sherry showed the man the orders. She ordered a bagel for herself and a type of fish for Brago. After doing so, the man nodded his head and hurried off.
"This place is too strange." mumbled the dark mamodo. He glared over at Sue as he saw her pop her head from the corner to watch him and Sherry. When she saw his gaze reach hers she disappeared again behind the door.
"Well, it's better than nothing." said Sherry as she reached to take a sip from her glass.
"I prefer nothing than this."
"Brago, there's a lot of things you would prefer than this."
"Hn." His eyes continued to wander around the room, and he saw Todd walk out from the room and began looking outside for more people that might be heading their way. Then after he was finished with that, he walked over to where a table was and took a cloth from the counter and began wiping down the table.
He folded his arms and gave an annoyed sigh. The mamodo continued to wander around the room, and then his gaze fell upon Sherry. That's when he realized that he was very close to her, and he could feel the heat from her body beating against his own.
Brago swallowed and then turned his eyes to look upon something else. After awhile, Sue came out from the kitchen, carrying one of the plates. Todd came out seconds later carrying the other.
"Here you are!" cried the woman as she set down Brago's fish in front of him. It gave a loud clatter as she set it down, and Todd placed Sherry's dish in front of her as well.
"We dearly do hope you like it! Not too many people come here, y'know." stated the waiter.
"I can see why." Sherry muttered to herself quietly so that the others could not hear. Brago may have heard it, but that wasn't the point.
The blonde began to eat her late breakfast, and Brago slowly began to eat his. He found that it was alright, but he would have to go get some raw meat later on if he was going to get something he enjoyed.
As the two ate, Todd and Sue stood in front of them, watching them with hope and anticipation that they would like their cooking.
"Is there something wrong?" Sherry finally asked after a minute. She really didn't enjoy those two staring down at her and Brago like that… it was very annoying.
"Oh, nothing!" said the other man. He looked off to the side, and waited another minute before speaking again. "Say, would you like to go out with me later on?"
Sherry almost began to choke on the food in her mouth as the other said that. She began coughing, and put her hand up to her mouth. Brago couldn't help but place his hand on her back, and lean forward to look at her to see if she was alright.
"What… what did you… huh?" the blonde said between coughs.
"Would you like to go out with me later on?" Todd repeated.
Hearing him say that one more time made Brago frown. A strange sensation welled up inside of him, and he couldn't make out what it was. But whatever it was, he knew that it meant that was not a good thing from this man.
He stared up at him with his blank stare and growled, "Why are you asking that stupid question you pathetic human?"
The man didn't understand why the mamodo said 'you pathetic human', and took it the wrong way. "Huh? Hey, what's that supposed to mean? You're human too!"
That wasn't a good thing to say.
Brago bared his teeth a little with annoyance, and was about to stand up and give the man a piece of his mind when Sherry stopped him by grabbing his hand.
"Brago, no." The blonde had finally stopped coughing, and she was looking up at the mamodo with an odd look. "Don't you hurt him. It's not right."
He growled as an answer, and sat back down again right after folding his arms. Sue gave Todd an odd look as well, and then just let out a laugh.
"Todd, how can you be asking this girl that?" she asked with a laugh. "You can clearly see that she is this young man's girlfriend! No need to ask her, she's taken!"
"Wha – What!" Sherry raised her voice a little. A blush took an outbreak on her face and she stared at Brago in a strange way. Then she stared back up at Sue. "I… I'm not going out with Brago!" Her blush deepened.
At this remark, Brago then finally understood what a girlfriend was. He stared at Sherry with an odd look as well and then back up to the others.
"What the hell are you thinking?" he said aloud. Sue backed away as she saw the look in Brago's eyes.
"Um, well, it sure does look like you two are boyfriend and girlfriend!" she said quickly in a panicky voice. "I'm sorry if I made a mistake!"
"Idiotic human." the mamodo muttered. He stood up, and felt something tugging at his hand. That was when he realized Sherry was still holding onto his hand. Sherry realized this as well and let go quickly as her blush deepened even more.
"Sorry."
This was enough, Brago thought to himself. He had had enough of this strange place. He wanted out.
"Sherry, we're leaving." he finally stated. Quickly he grabbed the girl's hand again and pulled her away from the table and out the door. Sherry managed to leave a small bit of money behind to pay for the food right before the dark mamodo pulled her away. She could also hear Todd and Sue calling back to them.
"Come again anytime now!" they called.
After he led Sherry a good distance away, Brago stopped tugging at the blonde's arm and let go. She rubbed it with her other hand, for the mamodo had an amazingly tight grip. Her blush was still slightly there, and she was looking off to the side to avoid Brago's gaze.
They stood in silence for a moment, and neither of them could even think of anything to say. So after about five more minutes of silence, Sherry broke the quietness.
"That… was an odd place." she said.
Her mamodo companion said nothing, but continued to stare off into space. Soon afterwards, a drop of rain fell onto the pavement. Then another, and another, and another… Soon it was pouring down rain.
Sherry remembered that she had a coat on, so she pulled it closer to her body and pulled up the hood to block the rain from falling on her face.
She glanced down at the watch on her wrist. It was 3:10 pm.
Sighing, the girl turned her head around only to meet Brago's gaze. He had been watching her for a minute, and hadn't turned his head away.
"Something on your mind?" she asked.
"Nothing in particular."
He had responded to her like that for a while. Whenever she asked that question, he would answer it just about the same way with the same answer.
"Let's go back home." the blonde stated. Brago only slightly nodded his head, and followed her through the rain back to the Belmond estate.
After about an hour, when they finally reached the home, Sherry pulled off her coat and hung it on the rack.
"What a day…" she mumbled. So she and Brago spent the rest of the day doing different things around the house. The mamodo had gone out to go hunting again, while Sherry ordered her cooks to prepare something that was actually good to eat. The bagel from the Wacky Wednesday restaurant wasn't that great…
At the end of the day, around nightfall, Sherry was preparing to go to bed. Her nightgown was on, and she had brushed her teeth and combed out her hair. She climbed on her bed, crawled onto the middle, and pulled up the covers. Her attention was drawn to the black book that was beside her, and she picked it up.
Minutes passed and the blonde continued to study the book. She looked pass the Reis spell and all the other charms, even the ones she couldn't read.
Soon Brago walked into the room. The girl greeted the mamodo as he walked up to her bedside.
To her surprise, he sat down on the bed next to her. He crossed his legs and leaned his back against the wall beside the bed. Sherry tried to ignore this, but couldn't help thinking about how strange it was for Brago to sit down on her bed with her.
Then she continued to study the black book. Brago watched with little interest as the book-reader gracefully brushed her fingers against his book. An odd sensation swam through his body like before. Somehow he could feel the blonde's touch on the book, and he gripped the sheets under him.
What was this damn feeling!
Sherry noticed Brago's movements and she stopped tracing the black book to watch him. As soon as she stopped, Brago did as well.
"Are you alright?" she asked quietly.
Brago didn't respond right away, but after a few more seconds he nodded his head. "I'm fine."
The blonde gave a yawn and slid down on the bed to lie down. "Well, I'm going to sleep. Good night Brago." With that, she closed her eyes and began to sleep.
The dark mamodo watched as his book-reader began to drift into unconsciousness. Her arms were tightly wrapped around his book, and her head was slightly tilted in his direction.
Unknowingly, he was about to brush his hand against her face, but then he caught himself. What the hell was he thinking? He shook his head. Why was it that here lately he had been acting so strange around the girl?
The mamodo shrugged, and just continued to sit on the bed and watch the blonde sleep. What wonders would await him tomorrow, he wondered.
So tell me, was this wacky enough for you? HA, well, hope you enjoyed the chapter!
NOW TO MY REVIEWERS!
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WELL PEOPLES, there is the next chapter! I do hope it was alright! I have a friend who gave me the idea for this, so thank her if you like it! (Still not saying any names!)
I have to go like... really soon... so i'm trying as hard as I can to type all this stuff and whatnot up. I have to go to my school and help my friend get home here in about twenty to twenty five minutes, and time flies by really quickly when you're on the computer... yeah...
Well, here's the name for the next chapter!
NEXT CHAPTER: "Thrilling Thursday"
And like i've said before, I REALLY hope this chapter wasn't too bad! Well, i'm signing off.
TA TA! (signing off)