The Memory Arc: Chapter 4:

Reunited

Disclaimer: I don't own Konjiki no Gash Bell
Spoilers: here and there, from 1-77. Then it's allme.
Pairings so far: Zeon x Koruru, Gash Bell x Tio, Kiyomaro x Megumi,


Zeon stared into the cave. After opening the portal, he and Dufaux had needed to get out of there fast, lest they be sucked inside.

"Do you think they got through?" asked Dufaux. Zeon frowned and turned to his partner.

"Don't think like that." growled Zeon darkly. "She made it, I know she did."

Zeon looked back at the humans he had captured. Hosokawa, Reikom's old partner, Haruhiko, Sugina's old partner, Steng, Baltro's partner, and Shiori, Koruru's old partner. He had altered the memories of Hosokawa, Haruhiko, and Steng so that they remembered their fights with Gash, and after twisting those memories around, made them develop a hatred of the demon.

Unlike Zofius, Zeon did not actually change the heart of those he used his power on, just their memories. Sometimes, he'd have to experiment to get the human, or demon; just how he wanted.

Zeon had left Shiori alone, so that Koruru could tell him what she wanted done to Shiori, because Koruru was the only person important to Zeon. If he had gone ahead and messed with Shiori's memories and Koruru disliked the result, well, Zeon wouldn't like that at all.

"What about the rest of them?" asked Dufaux, stopping Zeon's thoughts. To the teen's surprise, Zeon actually took a moment to consider.

"It will hurt my plans, but as long as Koruru-hime made it, it won't be too big of a loss. And she did make it, I know it." replied Zeon. If Dufaux had been anyone else, he would have laughed at the insanely powerful demon acting like a child. As Dufaux thought this, he realized Zeon was a child, and had every right to act that way, despite what he'd been through.

"How long should it take?" asked Dufaux. Zeon glanced into the cave.

"If they made it through before it started to close, in a bout a minute. While it was closing, they might not even be here." replied Zeon after a few seconds of thought. "They could be anywhere in the Ningenkai. But as long as they got through, I can find them."

Dufaux chose not to speak again, and decided to ponder on the demon child that normally only gave orders. Zeon knew of Dufaux's intense hatred, and in turn, Dufaux knew of Zeon's, though, as Dufaux only asked elaborations to Zeon's plans, Dufaux was much quieter about his hatred, including to what it was towards.

Dufaux eyed Zeon, who looked tense. Perhaps he was actually worried that his princess, as he called her, hadn't made it. Or maybe that there were complications, such as not getting the others to come.

Dufaux then eyed the other humans. Zeon had simply bound the girl, who was about his age, for reasons the demon had kept to himself, and Dufaux had chosen not to question him.

There was Hosokawa, who they had broken out of jail. Zeon had changed a few things to give Hosokawa the perspective that he should obey Zeon and help make Reikom strong at all costs, seeing as Reikom was very power hungry. However, knowing Reikom simply wanted power, Zeon had also given Hosokawa a loyalty to Reikom. Unknown to Zeon, Hosokawa's newfound loyalty to Reikom was actually greater than the loyalty to Zeon.

There was Steng, who Zeon had "worked with" in the past. In reality, it was a test to see how much stronger Gash had become, and how much he had changed and grown. Manipulating Steng was simple, erase a the bit where Zeon attacked them and add a few things with Gash coming to finish them off, and that was it. And, like Hosokawa, Zeon had added a few things to make Steng loyal to the small demon.

Finally, there was Haruhiko, who by far, was easiest. Haruhiko had agreed to work with Zeon as long as he got revenge on Kiyomaro and Gash. However, Zeon had still changed a few things around, which would make the teen loyal to him.

Dufaux looked again at Zeon, and noticed something had change in the past few moments. Zeon was no longer tense, in fact, he was very relaxed. Then, Dufaux noticed what his thoughts had been distracting him from. Four figures were emerging from the cave…


"So, we all got through?" asked Koruru.

"Fein and Mars…" started Sugina, but Koruru interrupted him.

"Zeon didn't originally want them anyway." replied Koruru, shaking it off. She glanced up and smirked. "We're here."

Reikom looked at the other three demons. His book was at his side. Sugina was clutching his as though his life depended on it, and Baltro was doing the same. Koruru had it in her arms in a careless fashion.

Reikom looked down at his book again, and opened it, flipping through the pages, and smiled inwardly. He didn't have three spells, as he assumed he would. He had four.

"Hello, Koruru-hime…" Reikom looked up to see Koruru running towards and then hugging Zeon. The ice demon only raised an eyebrow, though it's counterpart joined it when Zeon returned the hug, if only slightly.

Zeon then let go and explained what he had done to each human to the demons. All the humans, save Shiori, were eager to help out their partners. Reikom and Hosokawa were talking, getting "reacquainted", as Zeon had put it when he went to take Koruru to Shiori.

"So… Whadya think eh, two new spells?" Reikom smirked, but it was wiped off his face when Hosokawa spoke next.

"I can't read it."


"I will not give you the Shemira Effigy! You'll have to kill me to take it!"

Danny's eyes lit up and he smiled, clutching the book to his chest.

"The nurse is back."

Danny ran as fast as he could and looked in through the open door, analyzing the situation.

There, his old partner, Mr. Gorudo, was clutching the Shemira Effigy to his chest, and a man was six feet away, at least, pointing a gun at him.

'Only one…?' thought Danny dryly, remembering the entire gang, locking up the staff of a museum, just to get their hands on the statuette. And Danny had gotten through that, it had taken the escape of the leader and a gas truck to finish him off.

"Hand it over and you can live…" growled the man with the gun. Gorudo glared. "Fine."

"Oi, Jiji! You can't do anything without me, can you?" yelled Danny, charging into the room. Gorudo was so overtaken with shock he nearly dropped the Shermia Effigy. The man with the gun turned to shoot Danny, but like every time this happened, Danny avoided the bullets as he ran, before delivering a powerful punch to the man, knocking him out cold. And then he heard police sirens. Danny turned to Gorudo. "Just like old times, ne Jiji?"


Gorudo and Danny were sitting inside an ice cream shop. Danny was currently in Hong Kong, which was close to Japan, but not as close as he'd like to be. Kingship was not his concern right now, warning Gash was.

"So, you're telling me some evil demons are after Gash, and you're the only one that made it through the gate that won't try to kill him? And this is the same Gash we met in Japan?" asked Gorudo hurriedly after Danny finished his tale.

"Exactly Jiji! And I plan to do all I can to help him, we're not dealing with gangs here, this is real danger." said Danny. The undertone of what he was implying was not missed by Gorudo, who only laughed.

"Danny boy, I'm not as young as I used to be, that may be so, but I'm not worthless!" laughed Gorudo, ignoring Danny's look.

"I thought you stopped calling me 'boy'!" exclaimed Danny. Gorudo shrugged.

"Changed my mind. Now then, we better go…" Gorudo sighed and rubbed his temples. "We'll have to leave the Effigy here."

Danny froze.

"Jiji…" murmured Danny, but the look in Gorudo's eyes was enough for him. The Effigy was not important anymore, neither was the tournament. Gash had saved Gorudo and the Effigy, and Gorudo obviously wanted to return the favor.

"I'll have to book some plane tickets, so be better go now." Gorudo hopped off the booth and Danny meekly followed.


"You're joking."

"'Fraid not my friend."

Kubozuka Eita sat on a duffel bag, very glad to be out of school and the uniform, leaning against the Megumi billboard that he and Hyde lived on. It was scheduled for repainting in four weeks, so he and Hyde had been checking out other hideouts, and their main non-edible belongings were in the duffel bag.

"You're being tutored by Gash's partner?" asked Hyde, sitting across from Eita and munching on a Buri Burger, as was Eita. "Think he'll attack you?"

"I want to make a deal with him…" muttered Eita. "I'm new to this 'guilt' thing."

"What do you mean?" asked Hyde, glancing up from the apartment ads he had been looking at.

"I feel like, if I had listened to that Dr. Puzzle or whatever his name was, maybe I could have helped… Prevented whatever happened from happening…" replied Eita, meeting Hyde's eyes. Hyde raised an eyebrow.

"Eita, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." replied Hyde calmly. "Look, we didn't know, plus, we're really weak. Nothing we could do besides get in the way."

"I thought you wanted to be king." said Eita dully, taking a bite on his burger. Hyde simply turned the page of the apartment ads.

"I do, but really, we've trained three times since this war began." replied Hyde. He smiled slightly. "You know, if we weren't friends, I would've done something drastic by now…"

Eita, however, had seen an ad next to one of the apartment ads.

"Wow, she's HOT!"

Hyde mentally smacked himself and took another bite of his burger.


"Zeon… Mars and Fein didn't make it…" said Koruru slowly. Zeon reared on her, they were standing away from the rest, their only companion being the bound and gagged Shiori.

"I didn't ask you to bring Mars and Fein. They're not trustworthy." said Zeon.

"Neither is she, get rid of her while you can!" hissed a voice inside Zeon. Zeon shook it off and turned to Koruru.

"So… What shall I do to her?" Zeon jabbed his thumb at Shiori, who was teary eyed. Koruru stared at Shiori, in deep thought.


"Damn it…!" swore Reikom quietly, Hosokawa stared questioningly at him. "Darn… Of course, the shape of my heart is different now… Damn…"

Reikom's eyes blue eyes looked up and stared at Hosokawa, who was looking down at him, confusion evident in the man's eyes.

"Look, tell no one about this. We'll pretend for a while, alright?" asked Reikom. Hosokawa simply nodded.

End Chapter 4