The Memory Arc

Disclaimer: I do not own Konjiki no Gash Bell.
Pairings: (thus far) Zeon x Koruru, Gash x Tio, Kiyomaro x Megumi
Note: I don't have Microsoft Word, but I got Memory Arc back. So here's the new chappie:


Chapter 2: Vengeance Seekers

Mizuno Suzume, Kaneyama Tsuyoshi, Yamanaka Hiro, and Iwashima Mori, Takamine Kiyomaro's close friends from his school, all stared at the empty seat in the classroom. It was lunch time, and the 4 teens had been worried about their friend, who had been out of school for two weeks.

"Sensei, anything about Takamine-kun?" questioned Suzume, looking over at the teacher.

"His mother called, today actually…" said Nakada Hidekazu, the teacher, darkly. "He's in South America and he needs to have surgery due to an accident he had while he was there."

"Honto?" exclaimed Suzume, standing up, the three males previously mentioned doing likewise.

"Un…" Hidekazu nodded sadly. "He's being transferred to a hospital here in a week, so his regular doctors can have a look at him before anything else. Actually…"

Hidekazu looked through some papers on his desk.

"We're getting a new student around the time of Takamine-kun's transfer…" said the teacher thoughtfully. "A young man by the name of Kubozuka Eita… He has very low grades… Perhaps I can ask Takamine-kun to tutor him…"

Koruru smirked as she stared in the mirror. Certain demons could change their looks, but only during the war. Koruru happened to be one of them. She had planned not to use that skill of hers, and only had used it because Zeon had asked.

Her family had been murdered before her eyes, because she had been close to Zeon. Zeon saved her and tried to erase it from her mind. Instead, it formed a bond between them.

Koruru had the "cute" form and the "adult-like" form to transform into. What she really looked like was a cross between both. She was a child, wore the pink dress, and nice shoes. But the shoes were dark purple, and her hair was a plain purple, slightly spiky. She had markings around her eyes like her "adult-form". She wore purple gloves/gauntlets, and her mouth was completely full of fangs.

What she did during the war, was when Shiori had uttered a spell, she quickly transformed. She faked the entire "being controlled" act. She gave him a goal to work towards, so he would get stronger, so he would live longer and experience more pain during the war.

However, Zeon needn't know that part of her loved more than anything the feeling of Shiori being her sister, and if it came down to it, Zeon was more important.

Koruru rolled her neck, listening to the cracks and pops as it circled her shoulders. She walked out of her small cabin and surveyed her home village, a place by the waterfalls.

She would locate Sugina and Baltro first, since they lived together in the forest. Reikom lived in the same village, but he was off training. Since his defeat, he had developed some strange sense of pride and honor, that, while not actually very honorable, was better than just getting strong.

Koruru was impressed by Zeon's choices for minions. All three would definitely have something against Gash, as he was the one who defeated them all. Reikom had gotten especially strong, with his constant training. In fact, he had discovered a third ability, a new spell. Doing that without a partner and being younger than 18, that was quite a feat.

"Come on Baltro, you can do it!" came Sugina's voice from a clearing up ahead. Barks from Baltro were heard, and Koruru was some trees life up from the ground. Obviously, Baltro had put his flowers on them. There was a boom following that. "ITAI!"

Koruru arrived in the clearing and saw the leaf-garbed demon Sugina panting, looking at his best friend, a polar bear-dragon looking creature, Baltro. A few trees were scattered across the clearing with pink flowers sticking out of them.

"Ohayo." Said Koruru brightly, her fang-filled mouth opening in a wide smirk.

"Eh?" Sugina looked up, and frowned, before standing up, Baltro at his heels. "Koruru. What now, want to 'train' again?"

"Oh, I have no interest in pummeling you two into the ground today…" replied Koruru lightly. "Would you like a chance at revenge…"

"Against who?" said Sugina blankly.

"Gash Bell, of course…" stated Koruru, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She waited while the shock and appeal sunk in to the two demons. "And yes, it's very possible. All thanks to Zeon… When we arrive at the portal, as soon as it opens and we step through, our books will be recreated. We'll be back in the war, since there's no rule against this, seeing as it's never happened before…"

"Zeon…" Sugina trailed off and Baltro barked up at him. Sugina nodded and turned to Koruru. "What's in it for us?"

"Whatever you want, if you help Zeon become king and torture Gash…" Koruru smirked. They said yes with their eyes, they needn't speak. "I see you want in."

"You bet!" exclaimed Sugina, and Baltro barked and nodded.

"Good. All we have to do is pick up Reikom and we'll head off to the portal." Koruru turned and headed towards the village by the waterfalls. Reikom was sure to be back. However, none of the three vengeful and aspiring demons noticed a tall demon in purple and white with tall hair, and a small one in blue with glasses spying on them. On thetall one's shoulder was a small red one.


Megumi was staring blankly at the ceiling. Everyone was going back to Japan, where Kiyomaro's surgery would take place. Sherrie had called in the doctors and they were on the way as well.

Tio was sleeping in the chair next to Megumi. Each set of two seats was occupied by a human and demon, except for Sherrie, who was sitting next to Koko and talking with the teenager, who's mind had been controlled for months by Zofius.

Megumi had felt dead to the world when Tio looked up with those wide innocent eyes and asked her who she was. It had broken her heart to hear her best friend, her demon partner, her sister, say that. Megumi had collapsed and Tio had merely tilted her head and asked where she was.

Tio had no idea who anyone was, and after a few moments, Gash had joined Megumi in crying, and eventually, almost everyone was brought to tears, though they stopped when Tio ran off, in tears as well, apologizing.

In the end, they had calmed Tio down and decided to wait until they were back at Megumi and Tio's apartment before they explained what Tio was to the confused girl. A familiar surrounding might bring Tio's memories back, like when Gash went back to where Zeon attacked him a year or so earlier.

Kiyomaro wanted to help Megumi, to comfort her very badly. Unfortunately, Gash, already filled with guilt over Kiyomaro's injury, was further hurt when Tio's memory was lost. Tio played with Gash almost every other day, and Gash had developed something for Tio. Gash felt it was his fault for not attacking Zeon or… Anything!

The teen normally knew everything. He had comforted Megumi at always the right time, he knew more than his class, he knew about demons, he was an overall genius!

Kiyomaro did not know one thing however. Megumi's blank eyes were hiding something, and it wasn't just sadness. It was a deep anger and hatred towards one person. And that person was the demon that hurt Kiyomaro. That demon was the one who took away Gash and Tio's memories.

That demon was one who went by the name of Zeon.


Reikom smirked as icy mist came from his mouth as he finished his attack.

"Now, for the big one…" Reikom concentrated and then… "Goru Garudo!"

Reikom breathed an icy trail over the ground. Not a second passed, and then giant icicles came from where he breathed. Tired from training all night, Reikom turned to head back to his small cabin by the waterfall. He'd probably catch a fish to eat on the way…

Reikom had changed a lot since his defeat. He had beaten himself up for a while, for not telling Hosokawa of the fight until another demon came along. He had been foolish, and lost his chance for kingship.

Reikom frowned as he left his private training spot. He felt someone close by. Someone strong, and someone familiar… but who was it…?

Reikom raised an eyebrow when he saw Koruru. Most of the village demons were scared of her, or respected her for her strength. She didn't know that, because she was usually lying in the grass, seemingly plotting. Reikom, however, saw her as a possible opponent. If he defeated her, stronger demons might want to fight him.

He would get strong, and eventually, when the king was decided, he could challenge him or her, and become the new king. It had never happened before, but if he did it early…

"What do you want?" asked Reikom, putting his hands in his pockets. He had new clothes now, they were the same as his old ones, just… New.

"I can get you back into the Ningenkai…" said Koruru, smirking lightly. Reikom frowned inwardly.

'I don't trust this…' thought the ice demon darkly as he walked over to the female demon. Behind her, were Sugina and Baltro. "How?"

"Zeon…" Koruru trailed off, a semi-dreamy look taking over her face. It was gone very fast. "He can get us back there, with books too. He'll then bring us our partners, maybe after messing with them a bit, and we'll be set!"

"How is this allowed?" questioned Reikom untrustingly. Koruru smirked.

"Since it's never happened, there's nothing against it. All you have to do is whatever Zeon asks and you'll have revenge against Gash…" Koruru trailed off, waiting for the appeal of revenge to sink in as it had with Sugina and Baltro.

Unfortunately, Reikom didn't see it.

'Why the hell would I want revenge… He beat me, and if it was anyone's fault, it was Hosokawa's or my own…' thought Reikom darkly. 'But… If I go along with this, I could have a chance for good fights, and becoming king without any possible way to fail… Hmm…'

Koruru eyed Reikom suspiciously. Why wasn't the appeal of revenge sinking in? It should.

"Well…" Reikom cleared his throat and his ice blue eyes lit up. He had decided. "I'll do it."

"Good." Koruru grinned to herself. 'But first… I think I'll ask Fein and Mars is they want to help too…'


Fein grinned to himself as he ran circles around Mars.

"Hello boys."

Fein tripped and skidded on the ground, stopping before Mars, who stepped on Fein's head.

"Who's there?" asked Mars, and then he saw them. Koruru, followed by two eager looking demons and one in deep thought. The eager looking ones were Sugina and Baltro, and the one in thought was Reikom.

"Would you like revenge on Gash Bell?" questioned Koruru. Fein and Mars nodded and they set off towards the portal. After an hour or so of walking, they arrived at what seemed to be a glowing hole in a large tree. This tree was in a clearing.

The four demons stared questioningly at Koruru.

"This is how it works." said Koruru. "When it starts glowing only one color, the portal is open. We'll have about five minutes and we'll end up nearby a place called 'Mt. Fuji'. If we don't make it or get stuck in the middle, we'll either be tossed back out or end up someone else in the Ningenkai. So… Shall we?"

"Let's do it…" said Sugina, cracking his knuckles.

"KO KO KO! KOOOOO!" The five demons turned in time to be knocked back by bladed whips.

"Good work, Ropes." said a voice.

"Ko!" replied the other.

Koruru glared at the two newcomers. A very small demon that couldn't talk and looked somewhat like a ladybug, Ropes; and a teenage demon with tall silver hair, Danny; and a small puppet-like demon, Kito.All threehad been close to Gash while in the war.

"You're not going through there." growled Danny, cracking his knuckles. "I won't let you."

"We'll see…" replied Koruru, her claws growing.

End Chapter 2