Chapter 2 - Shadow Swap

The next day, after the night Runaiko and Synaku met, the two had befriended each other almost simoultaneously. The two were in Runaiko's room. The boy had thought this was really cool, a talking wolf, he thought this wolf could help him with his bidding. Runaiko's perception of the strange talking wolf immediately changed in contrast, upon hearing these words:

"Runaiko. I am a mamodo. I come from another world. Every thousand years a battle erupts, and we all come together and clash in the ultimate tournament to be crowned the king and ruler of our world. I have chosen you to help me on this quest to be named the King. Now open the book, I need to teach you something!"

Runaiko blindly obeyed. He opened the book, and flipped through the pages silver writing of which he could not understand. He stopped on a black line he could clearly read.

"Read it. Read it loudly!" Synaku ordered.

"SIRAIKU!" Runaiko shouted.

Synaku's eyes glowed black, as he opened his mouth. A large cloud of black smoke accumulated in his open jaw, then fired forward, breaking one of Runaiko's windows.

"Excellent, the first spell..." Synaku whispered.

"The power..." Runaiko whispered, as he shifted into a faint cold laugh. The boy stared at his shattered window in awe and disbelief.

"Yes, Runaiko. I hold great powers. But you may only use them on one condition!" Synaku snapped.

Runaiko sat paying attention.

"I came to this battle to become king. You are who I have chosen to fufil that wish. If you fail, and my throne becomes userped, I will make sure that you will regret the day you picked up that book and saw my face, understand?"

Runaiko nodded.

"So what do I have to do?" He asked.

"Your task is simple, soon you will be able to read more lines in that book. The more you read, the stronger I become. The stronger I become, the power you get to use. What you need to do, is make sure that you keep that book with you at all times, and even if I'm in trouble and seem to be dying of a mortal wound, do not save me, protect the book at all costs. With our journey we will meet others like me. Your job in this matter is to make sure I destroy them, by reading that book and allowing me to unleash my almighty power upon the weak fools who oppose me! Your duty is to destroy every other book like the one you hold in your hand," Synaku's eyes focused on the book, "For that book, is the key that determines weither we win...or weither we lose..."

The next day Runaiko and Synaku went to an open space in a deserted construction site to practice their skills.

"SIRAIKU!"

With every shout of the spell, Synaku's blasts seemed to increase in power. Suddenly, they heard a noise comming from the distance.

Iron man Folgore...Incivible Folgore...
It sounded somewhat like...a song.

The pair were confused, but decided to peer into the nearby trees where they found a grown man dancing along to a song being sung by what seemed to be a half-duck half-human. Runaiko looked over on the ground near the stereo playing the melody, and found a yellow book similar to his own.

"Synaku, look! Should I destroy it?" He whispered to his mamodo.

Synaku looked over and saw it, then focused his eyes on the duck-like child.

"Kanchomé...I'm surprised he's still here. Runaiko! Do not burn his book yet, he can be of use to us." The mamodo said holding back his partner who had just removed from his pocket a lighter.

Synaku jumped through the bushes.

"Kanchomé, nice to see you again," He said sarcastically.

"Synaku! What are you doing here! Well, it seems you don't even have a partner yet! Hah! Well the invincible Folgore and I are a unbeatable team!" Kanchomé said proudly.

"We'll see about that. Runaiko! Appear!" Synaku ordered.

Runaiko walked through the bushes, Synaku's book his hand.

"Oh...never mind..." Kanchomé whispered.

"SIRAIKU!"

Synaku blasted Kanchomé.

"Runaiko stop, I need all the concentration I can have!"

Synaku closed his eyes. Fologre issued aKoPoruk spell, shrinking his mamodo, but it was no concern for Synaku. Runaiko watched as slowly the shadow his mamodo cast detached from his body, as well as the opposing mamodo's shadow, which suddenly grew back to normal size despite the fact the mamodo had shrunk. Both shadow's switched position, attaching themselved to the opposing mamodo. Synaku cast Kanchomé's shadow, and Kanchomé cast Synaku's.

"Now, we attack!"

""SIRAIKU!"

Synaku's blast was nearly an inch away from the mini Kanchomé, when Folgore lept in front, taking the blast.

"FOLGORE!" Shouted Kanchomé

"Eh...Kanchomé..I am a so sorry! I dropped the book and was eating a snack so I a had to defend you a myself!" Folgore explained.

The following a moment a green light issued from Folgore's spell book, but nobody was paying attention, nobody except Synaku.

"Well it appears we have done our task at the right now. Come Runaiko, the deed is complete. We have no other use here!" The wolf explained

Runaiko nodded and the two parted. Folgore went to pick up his spell book. He examined the strange green aura that it was emiting. He began to turn the pages, and suddenly landed on a page containing green ink, issuing the strange light. He also noticed he could read the line, this line read: Incarus