Chapter 1 - At Dusk
"Bye Kiyo! Have a nice weekend!"
What seemed to be a polite goodbye was not as polite as it seemed. For it was full of sarcasm and hatred. Runaiko was a bully, and Kiyo was his main target. Every day after school,Runaiko would force the genius into submission until he was able to obtain answers to the nightly assignments, allowing him to have a break from homework. Although after befriending Zatch, Kiyo was used to this abuse, and took it lightly, he did not fight back. Kiyo never told Zatch of this, of fear that the mamodo would interveene, and create a new "Operation Hero of Justice". Kiyo walked home that night limping, and Runaiko was once again victorious with his task.
The roads Runaiko usually took were closed off today. There some construction going on, and he needed to go around, the road home was going to be longer tonight.
Dusk fell, and still he walked. The detour was fatiguing.
"Aw man...This is nuts!"
Runaiko sighed but still he continued. He reached a bridge. Suddenly, he could hear noises below it. He got down on his knees, and peered his head through the railings of the bridge to see what was underneath. He saw a black wolf eating...yellowtail?
The wolf paused, and quickly looked up at Runaiko.
Runaiko swiftly got up, and backed up, he tripped over a nail sticking out of one of the boards of wood on the bridge and tripped. He tried getting up, but his pant leg was caught to the nail.
The wolf slowly inched up the hill from the river below, and started crawling onto the bridge. This was the strangest wolf Runaiko had ever seen. It had puffy black fur, silver streaks running down its back, a large red spot on his chest.
"Get away!" Runaiko screamed.
The wolf stood on his two back paws, and stared at the human vaguely. He then fell over on his back and started rolling back and forth. Runaiko eyed him carefully. Suddenly, a book emerged from the wolf's thick fur. The wolf looked at the book, then looked at Runaiko, then looked at the book once more.
"Take it," The wolf said.
"You can talk!" Runaiko gasped.
"Yes, now take it! Pick up the book!" The wolf commanded.
Runaiko nodded slowly. He ripped his pant leg out from the nail and stood up. He walked over to the wolf, and picked up the book.
"Geez, for somebody who has a tough attitude around smaller people, you seem to be a real whimp in front of me!" The wolf snapped.
"Well I'm sorry I'm not a custom to talking wolves! Now back off before I tear your head off!" Runaiko defended.
"Thats the attitude I like..." The wolf said cooly.
"Who...what exactly are you?" Runaiko asked.
"I am Synaku, and you...are my partner."