Hello again, peoples! Sorry it took me so long to update this story, I had originally planned to start working on it again right when I completed 'Come Back To Me', but seeing that it only has one chapter left to go, I decided, why not just go ahead and work on this story?

So, yeah. I got an idea for chapter 2 and now I'm posting it up. Hope you all like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell. If I did... well... let's just say I don't and end it there.

Oh, the Joys of Being King!

Chapter 2

Night's Frights

A figure of Zatch Bell could be seen sleeping on a branch in a tree. He let out big, loud, and annoying snores as he slept peacefully in the tree. Zatch had had a long day earlier, with all the frozen fish

He was dreaming that he was swimming, swimming in a pool that had millions of yellow tail swimming along with him. The boy (in the dream) would jump up in the air and the fish would too, and as he collided with the water he would snatch a fish and eat it. He would repeat the process over and over again until there was no more fish left.

That's when he woke up.

Zatch Bell found himself starting to try and eat his arm (for his hand was shoved in his mouth). He spat it out and wiped away the drool from his arm.

"That's not yellow tail…" he mumbled. Ah well, now that he was wide awake and full of energy, it was time to go have some fun!

With a giddy laugh Zatch hopped down from the tree and continued to walk. Now, what could he do now? A lot of mamodos would be asleep… and he wasn't exactly supposed to be out here, he was supposed to be back at the mansion where the king was supposed to live…

Zatch hated that mansion! It was so stifling all the time! Didn't they know that they needed to put air conditioner in there? The human world had them, so why couldn't the mamodo world?

But unaware to Zatch (for he never paid attention to these things) the mamodo world did not have the kind of technology the human world did. Therefore, no AC's.

Anyways, he had to do something now that he was awake. And complaining wasn't exactly fun, so the lightning mamodo decided what kind of pranks could he pull off tonight…

After a while he soon encountered Kanchome. He was still awake, and was munching on a few suckers… actually... make that a lot of suckers. His duck-like beak thingamajig for a mouth seemed to work like a machine as he constantly stuffed sweets in it.

Zatch Bell noticed that Kanchome was the only one around at the moment, and he got an idea. A mischievous smile crept upon his lips, and he started snickering.

The little blonde imp then began to climb up a tree that was near the other mamodo. He crawled onto a branch that was directly above Kanchome and was a good ways above him.

The lightning mamodo took a deep breath, and then started to whisper in a sing song sort of voice.

"Kanchome… Kanchome… where are you?"

The other mamodo seemed to notice the strange noise. Turning his head around, he looked for whoever was calling his voice.

"Kanchome… Kanchome… I have a fishy for you…"

"Fish?" Kanchome turned his head around this way and that, but couldn't seem to figure out where the voice was coming from. "What kind of fish?"

"Kanchome… Oh Kanchome… You've got something to do for me…"

"Something to do?" echoed Kanchome. He stood up on his feet and looked around. "But what about the fish?"

Zatch, who seemed to have forgotten about mentioning fish, continued with his strange talk to Kanchome.

"Kanchome… Kanchome… You've got some explaining to do…"

The mamodo's eyes then widened, and, thinking that the 'voice' was referring to something he had done earlier (he stole candy when nobody was looking) began to cry.

"I'm sorry for taking the candy! I won't do it again, I swear!" wept the crybaby. He put his hands over his eyes and made strange gurgling noises.

Zatch began to laugh at the odd noises the other mamodo made. He never knew Kanchome could make such weird sounds… ha-ha, this was funny.

"Kanchome… Kanchome… time to play peek-a-boo…"

The mamodo stopped crying, and put on an odd look. "What's peek-a-boo?"

The lightning mamodo then decided that this would be the time where he made his move, while Kanchome was confused. The blonde put on the oddest expression he could think of (his eyes bulging a little, mouth grinning in a very odd way…), and hopped down from the tree.

Zatch made yelling noises as he landed onto the ground; he then stood up quickly with his hands over his head.

"Ha-ha! Praying Mantis Joe will solve the mystery of the peek-a-boo monster!" Zatch said in a weird voice. He began laughing maniacally as Kanchome freaked out and began screaming.

"AAAAHHH!" cried the other mamodo. He began running around in circles (Zatch was still laughing) and then headed in a different way through the forest, still screaming. "It's the peek-a-boo monster! Run for your lives!"

Zatch Bell then fell over onto his back, laughing. Oh, that was the funniest prank he had ever pulled since he got into the mamodo world! Even though he was king and not supposed to do things like this, it was still fun!

The mamodo wiped a tear away from his eyes and then looked off in a different direction. He heard voices, and then he gulped. Uh oh, he shouldn't be here… he could get caught…

Forgetting how he was king and could make up excuses to why he was out here, Zatch ran up another tree to hide.

He watched as a few mamodos he had never seen before walked by, he could even hear a few fragments of their conversation.

"Do you know where that scream came from?" asked a male mamodo.

"It kinda sounded like Kanchome." said a female mamodo.

"…" said a dog-like mamodo.

"If it was Kanchome, then there's nothing to worry about." said the male mamodo.

"Yeah, I agree." said the female mamodo.

"…" spoke the dog-like mamodo.

They all agreed, and then headed back into a different direction into the woods. Zatch watched them as they walked off, and then he hopped down from the tree.

"Phew… that was close." He sighed, and turned his head around. Now what should he do? Zatch could still hear Kanchome screaming off from somewhere in the woods… So it wouldn't be as fun to scare him again since he was busy screaming.

Zatch Bell shrugged and then continued on his way. Hmm… where to go now…?

As he began to walk deeper into the woods, everything became quieter and darker. There were no signs of any mamodos at all, and the woods seemed to be getting gloomier.

The silence was beginning to freak him out a little… Where was he, anyways?

Zatch looked around. The trees rose tall up into the air, and there was moss and vines covering the base of them. The sounds of bugs or crickets were absent, and the silence had an eerie feel to it.

The lightning mamodo turned around to look behind him. Where was he…? Oh, no… now he's lost… Just great!

As the mamodo began to walk backwards, he stepped on a twig. He gave a yelp of surprise and his hair stood on end.

When he realized it was just a stick, Zatch gave a sigh and wiped away some sweat off his forehead with his arms.

"Well, that scared me." He laughed, and continued on his way. Now all he needed to do was to find a way out of the forest.

As Zatch Bell turned the corner, he didn't notice a figure lurking in the shadows. The figure looked over at the blonde mamodo, wondering what he was doing here in the forest… but it didn't matter to him.

Zatch began to whistle an odd tune as he walked along. Actually, the tune was just there to calm his nerves a little. He then thought he heard footsteps, and so he turned around.

But nobody was there.

Zatch eyed the area where he thought he heard the sound, and then he heard a snap of a twig right behind him.

The lightning mamodo gave a gulp and slowly turned his head around to face whatever it was that was there.

When he looked up, he saw a figure dressed in black with a pale look to his skin. The other mamodo's eyes stared blankly down at Zatch, and this scared him.

Not exactly knowing who this was, and thinking it was something out to get him, Zatch Bell screamed even louder than Kanchome and ran off, mimicking what he said.

"The peek-a-boo monster! Run for your lives!" shrieked the lightning mamodo as he ran off into the woods.

As he left, the figure was revealed to be Brago. He had come out from his spot under the tree when he heard yelling a few minutes ago, and then he found Zatch.

Brago stared blankly as the mamodo king ran off. What in blazes was that all about? And what was this… "Peek-a-boo monster"…?

Strange…

The dark mamodo shrugged, and then went back to his spot under the tree. Yup… he sure had a strange king all right… Why was he king again anyways? Why couldn't it have been him? After all he went through with Sherry…

He shrugged again as he sat down. It was just an ordinary night in the mamodo world…

So, tell me, was chapter 2 good? Was it bad? Or do you not have an opinion about it? Ah well, nonetheless, PLEASE REVIEW!

And, yay, people actually like this story! -smiles- Thank you all reviewers!

PsychicLunar: It's frozen popsicles? Ah, well, that one episode where Zatch called those frozen sticks with fish in them something, was a long time ago. So I don't remember what he called them. Yeah... and I think the different-stories-all-at-once thing will just help me get my mind off things. That way if I'm bored with one story or just can't think of something for the next chapter, I'll have something else to work on. That sort of thing...

StaticShock28: They do know Zatch is king, they just don't care about him... or something like that... XD

Alison: Glad you like it!

Enula: Yes! It was you! You gave me the idea for this story! Thank you! Haha, yes, sometimes pointless things are just funny! But if they're too pointless and don't have a plot... then that might be a different story... ah well. Glad you like it!

llppoo33: Glad you like it!

ravester16: Again the same line, Glad you like it!

Yes! People like this story! I'm happy! -hops up and down like crazy- Ok, i'm probably scaring you now, aren't I? Ah well, thank you to all who review!