Adorable Mamodo--Part 3
"Like I was sayin', it's my turn," Haru said and stood up. "Not good! If he tries to get ahold of the book, then it's all over!" I thought as Reikom stood up before me. The wannabe gangsta smirked, as if he knew what I was thinking.
"Juron!" Haru yelled Giant plant roots again came from under the ground, barely missing Reycom and myself. "Yaah!" the tiny Mamodo yelped and jumped onto me. "Get off and fight! Gikor!" I cried. "Say wha--" Haru started before ducking for cover, hitting the ground. "Damn!" he thought and got up, dusting his shirt and pants off. Quickly, I yelled, "Gikor!" "Shi--" Haru began before bending backwards, much like the Matrix.
"This is getting old, like my grandma!" Haru growled. "Juron!" "Freezudo!" The two spells collided with a loud smashing sound. When the dust cleared, the roots were frozen. Both Haru and Sugino gasped in surprise. "Wh-what was that?" "I dunno. But, whatever it is, it's not good new for us," Sugino replied and got to his feet. "Congrats. You're one of the few who's been able to counter that spell." I smiled. "And Reycom and I shall be the last ones to counter it." Sugino froze upon realizing what I meant.
"C'mon, do you really wanna go through with this?" Haru asked. "Afterall, we are friends." "You know, you're right. It's not worth it," I agreed. Well, not really. I was just playing along with it. As Haru stepped closer, I gripped my blue spellbook tighter. At just the right moment, I yelled, "Gikor!" An ice shard pierced the green spellbook that Haru held. He cursed, a word which I shall not repeat, and dropped the book, grasping his bleeding hand. Sure enough, the book caught fire and Sugino disappeared with it. My first battle was over. And I'd taken the victory. Yet, seeing the look on his face before Sugino had entirely faded now saddened me. I felt terrible, guilty in a sense.
Haru grunted and forced himself to look, or rather glare, up at me. His blue eyes were wide and teary. "Oh geez," I muttered and turned, calling for Reycom to follow me. Haru twitched, but just sat still, watching me leave. He took one last look at where the book had burned to nothing and fell to it, sobbing.
"Hey, I think we overdid it," Reycom sighed as we walked down the now-darkening streets. It was sunset, the sky was cloudy and a brilliant bright pink color. "Gosh, I think you're right," I said. "So much for Haru and I being friends. If only he'd told me earlier that he had a Mamodo…"
Unbeknownst to Reycom and I, we were being watched by another human-Mamodo pair. One of them was a young blonde woman with bright sapphire eyes. The other was a Goth with pale, corpse-like skin and blood red eyes. The first was named Sherry, the other named Brago. "There's no mistaking it. It's her. Let's go," Brago whispered. Sherry nodded, and the two leapt down from the nearby tree that they'd been hiding in.
Both Reycom and I stopped in our tracks, and starred in horror at what now stood before us. "It's you," I whispered in shock. "How'd you find me? I thought you promised to leave me alone, Brago." He smiled evilly, sharp fangs dripping with saliva. "Did you honestly think that I'd let one of my precious creations be entirely free to live her own life? You haven't changed a bit, you rebel Yasmina," sighed Brago. I twitched and said, "You have no idea. I have changed. You just refuse to believe it!"
Reycom looked up at me with his blue eyes and said, "What's the emo Goth talking about?" "I'll tell you, so long as he wishes not to battle," I replied, giving Brago a serious glare. "Ok, fine." So, the four of us sat on the sidewalk and I began to explain.
"You see, I'm not really a human. I'm a Mamouman, half human, half Mamodo," I began. "Brago came up with the idea of creating a superior breed of being. Although I'm not as strong as a purebred Mamodo, at the cost of being weaker, I require no spellbook. I'm the first one he created. But, there are others too. They walk among us like normal human beings. But, we all are far from normal." There was silence before Reycom spoke. "Wow. I really had no idea that interbreeding of such two species was even possible."
Brago smiled and said, "Now that I've finally found you again, Yasmina, there's a little something that I must give you." Brago dug his sharp claws into my arm. Instinctively, I pulled away, but he held fast to my arm. I jolted when I felt something attach itself to my bone. With that, he pulled his claws out and licked the blood from them. Slowly, I looked to the hole in my arm and saw the bone. Connected to it was a small, metallic, blinking device. "That, my dear precious, is a tracker. You won't be able to remove it, even if you try. You won't be able to go anywhere without me knowing where it is you're going."
Reycom placed his tiny hands over my bleeding wound and pressed. I gritted my teeth and took several deep breaths. Moments later, he pulled off his shirt and laid it on my arm and again pressed down. Instantly, the blood began to seep through the white shirt and onto the backside of it. "Stop…bleeding…." he whispered. Reycom was pressing with all his tiny might on the bleeding hole.
I had the feeling that there was someone else looking for me. But, I was now too dizzy and ill feeling to think about that. I slowly closed my green-hazel eyes and passed out. I could hear someone yelling Reycom's name. The voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't figure out why. I heard running footsteps, Brago's maniacal laughter, Reycom gently shaking me, trying to wake me.
(I'm a leaving it at that. Next time, we figure out who the person is.)