-Twilight Memories jumps up for joy-
Huzzah! I have finally figured out a -good- plot for this story! Ha-ha! -smiles happily-
Well, at least i HOPE it's good. Heh heh... yeah. I finally managed to get my lil' brain to think of something, at least I am happy! And now that i've thought of something, I'm sure you might notice that I've changed the summary a little. That's because what I have in mind doesn't entirely fit the summary i put up. Okay? Okay!
Now, on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell. If I did... well... let's just say I don't and end it there.
Gift From the Dark
Chapter 3
An Attempt
Brago continued walking through the streets of the town with Kalu on top of his shoulders. The little girl had fallen asleep as he carried her.
Kalu had her head turned around to the side lying atop of Brago's. Her arms hung to the side and wavered to the dark mamodo's footsteps.
Closing his eyes, the dark mamodo began to concentrate on where Sherry was. She was somewhere to the north of him…
So he kept walking, and he kept an eye out for the blonde. After a few minutes of walking, Brago found the woman. And surprisingly she looked a little annoyed.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked dryly. Sherry gave a "huff" and shook her head.
"That store was horrible!" Sherry said. She put her hand on her hip and let out an irritated sigh. "Everyone claims that it has good things, while in fact it doesn't. Sure, the items look nice, but they're too costly! It's not even worth buying them! And the service, it's horrible! And…"
Brago began to tune out as his wife babbled on about the store she had gone to. He never paid attention to those sort of human products… he just lived with what he had and that was that. If he needed something, he didn't go to these so called 'stores' and buy it.
The blonde then noticed that Brago wasn't entirely paying attention to her. So she sighed, and decided to change the subject.
"So, what did you and Kalu do?" she asked.
Brago, now very thankful that this store Sherry had gone to was no longer the subject, just shrugged. "Nothing in particular. Kalu wanted to go to the forest, so we did."
"Well OK then." Sherry smiled. The woman observed the view in front of her. Kalu sleeping atop of Brago's shoulders, it was something alright.
She remembered back to when her relationship with Brago wasn't very much. It would be uncanny to even think about something such as Brago being a father. In those days, he didn't even seem like the type that could even be a father.
And today, it seems like it would almost be the perfect thing. How strange it all was… to think that the dark mamodo could become a father. Funny.
Sherry smiled again and brushed a bit of hair from her daughter's eyes. And then she turned her attention to Brago.
"I guess we should go home now, since there's nothing else to do." she said. Brago only shrugged again as the two began to walk back to the mansion.
They didn't talk very much as they walked through the town. Kalu still slept on top of her father's shoulders. And after a while, the family came across the entrance to the mansion's grounds.
But that's when it happened.
The three were suddenly stopped by a loud explosion. Kalu woke up and let out a surprised scream. They all toppled forward as the explosion knocked them over.
When the dust died down, two beings could be seen. One of them was short while the other stood at least a foot taller. And while the short one held an attacking position, the other held a strange orange book.
The book was immediately recognized by the two parents, and they stood up quickly. Kalu sat on the ground, shaking with fear. Sherry bent down to comfort her daughter.
"It's going to be alright, Kalu." she whispered in the little girl's ear. "It's going to be alright."
Kalu grasped onto her mother's leg, and she looked up at the other team. "Mamma, those two are scaring me." She closed her eyes tightly and let out another whine.
The other team laughed as they saw this. The shorter being let out the most sinister laugh of the two.
"Wow, I can't believe It." he said, still laughing. "I guess the rumors were true!"
Brago glared daggers at the other team. Why was there a mamodo in town? What did he want from him? And… what were these rumors he was talking about?
"What is a mamodo doing here?" asked Sherry as she looked up from her daughter to Brago. The dark mamodo said nothing, but continued to stare down at the other team.
Laughing, the other mamodo looked from Brago to Sherry to Kalu, and then back to Brago.
"This is too rich." he said, smiling. The mamodo looked over at Kalu as she opened her eyes and looked at him. Their eyes met, and the little girl let out a scared cry as she closed her eyes again. Brago looked down at his daughter.
"Don't look at him." he commanded Kalu. The little girl just shook a little more, still holding onto her mother.
"Make him go away." murmured Kalu. "He's too scary."
"We'll make him go away." reassured Brago. He turned his attention back to the opposing team, with the other mamodo laughing even more.
"Brago, Brago, Brago…" the other mamodo chuckled. He looked back up at the dark mamodo with an evil grin. "You've grown too soft. Now you're sentimental. Who would have thought that a mamodo like you would have become a father!" He continued to howl with laughter.
The dark mamodo's ruby red orbs then vanished into the depths of his cloudy eyes. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist even tighter. He turned his head around then to face the blonde next to him.
"Get Kalu out of here." he said and Sherry nodded. He turned his attention back to the other team as Sherry took her daughter's hand and began to run off.
The other human from the opposing team then flipped a page in the orange spell book, and called out a spell.
"Kioshi!"
The mamodo beside him stood still suddenly, and his eyes shot backwards as he opened his mouth and sent a large energy wave out of his mouth. The energy was sent flying towards Sherry and Kalu. Brago leapt in the way just in time to take the hit in order to keep the girls safe.
Kalu turned her head around only to see her father get hit by the wave. "Daddy!" she shrieked. She stood still gawking at what just happened when Sherry turned around and told her to keep moving.
"Come on, Kalu. Your father will be alright, Brago can handle it." Sherry continued to coax her daughter to follow her, and after a while she listened. They continued to run away from the scene.
Brago stood up, and glared at the other team. "Leave them out of this." he said bitterly. The other team just laughed again.
The other human then called out another spell, and his mamodo began to run forwards at a high speed. He ran, avoiding Brago, and headed towards Sherry and Kalu. When he reached them, he snagged the little girl around the waist.
Sherry jumped forward in time before the mamodo ran off with her daughter, and she grabbed onto his leg. This sent all three of them tumbling to the ground with a loud 'thud'.
Kalu began crying as she managed to free herself from the dizzy mamodo, and she quickly crawled towards her mother, who held onto her tightly.
Brago ran over to where the two girls were and bent down to see if they were alright.
"I'm fine, but Kalu's a little shaken up." Sherry spoke, still holding onto her daughter. She brushed a lock of black hair from Kalu's tear-stained eyes.
The dark mamodo turned his head around to face the other team's book reader. Oh, if only Sherry had his book with her at the moment, then they could read out spells and burn the other team's book…
Brago then noticed that the other team's mamodo had suddenly returned to his human counterpart's side. At least he wasn't near Kalu and Sherry anymore…
As Brago began to think about other things, he suddenly heard a shriek coming from Kalu. He turned around, and his eyes widened at what he saw.
Cliffhanger! Muwahahahaha...
Now, I DO have something planned for the next chapter. But I thought I'd keep this a little short and put up a cliffy! -smiles-
Haha, yeah. Now, on to my reviewers!
Blood of the Wolf:Here's the next chappy:-)
PsychicLunar: Y'know... we really ARE all friendly in this category! Unlike some other ones where all the stories are... just all... eh, I'm not going to say. But yes, we're all friendly! And now I've updated this story and my brain has finally figured out something for this story! -smiles- Ha-ha...
SilverMoons BlackWings: I'm trying to keep Brago himself. And I'm glad you think he still is. I mean, really, it's not like we're going to actually SEE a father-Brago in the Zatch Bell (or the Japanese Konjiki no Gash Bell) series! So... yeah. Ha. Glad you likes it!
pyro the dark angel: I have drawn Kalu, but all I have to do is draw her on the computer where I can add color and whatnot to it. That way I wont have to constantly redo a drawing of Kalu, and that there wouldn't be so many erase marks (I tend to erase a lot sometimes when I draw) on the picture. And as soon as I'm done with the picture on the computer, I'll try to figure out a way to put it up in my profile.
Crying White Wolf: Here's the next chappy!
And this reminds me... PEOPLE! I AM drawing a picture of Kalu, and it is on the computer on my Paint Program. Yep. I could draw her a lot faster on paper, but I don't want to deal with erasing a lot (which would mean lots of erase marks on picture which ruins it) or having to think of colors to put on there, and then mess up because I don't like a color. So that's why I'm drawing Kalu on Paint. And I'm also trying to make her look really similar to the Zatch Bell style... so that way she'd look more like as if she was Brago's and Sherry's. Okay? Okay! I'll try to put her up in my profile when I'm done with her. Just thought I'd let you all know!
Yes, now, CLIFFHANGER! Ha-ha! You all are just going to have to wait for the next chapter!
Eh... I hope that my other story (Take Your Pick) doesn't turn out like this one. Hm... Oh well. I'll just have to think of ways to keep them different! -smiles again-
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