I'm back! Wow, this has to be the shortest update yet for this story. Ha!

And now I'm happy that I actually figured out a -small- plot for this story! He-he! Well, responses to reviewers are at the bottom as usual! Enjoy!

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 4

After All These Years…

The dark mamodo turned his head around to face his daughter, and his eyes widened at what he saw.

Kalu was standing up now, and her eyes were wide with fear. Her right hand slowly rose up into the air with a strange purple aura surrounding it. She looked as if she had no control whatsoever of what she was doing, and the fear in her eyes gave away that answer.

The other team was staring at this as well. Both the mamodo and human had shocked expressions on their faces as they watched energy gather in Kalu's palm.

Then the little girl shrieked as a purple ball of energy was released from her hand. It was sent flying at the opposing team, who were caught off-guard. The ball of energy swooped past the mamodo and shot right at the orange book in the human's arms.

It came in contact with the orange spell book, and then the other mamodo let out a surprised cry as a blue flame took hold of the book. The fire began to eat away the cover of the book, and it began to disappear with its owner.

Dropping the book, the human ran away from the scene, and the mamodo yelled back at him to come back. But he ignored the cries and just continued to run.

Kalu fell down to the ground, shaking very hard now. She closed her eyes tightly and began to whimper. Sherry just held onto her daughter tightly as tears began falling down the little girl's face.

Brago looked from his daughter to the other mamodo and then back to his daughter. Did… did that just… did his daughter just do what he thought she just did…?

The dark mamodo then heard the other mamodo yell back at him. He turned his head around and brought his attention to the mamodo of the orange book.

"There'll be more!" he cried as be continued to disappear. "With all the rumors going on back in the mamodo world, there's going to be more!" There's going to be…"

But the mamodo was cut off as he completely disappeared. Ashes were all that remained of his book, and Brago was left wondering.

More of what?

As he kept wondering, his attention was drawn back to Kalu. Brago turned around to face the little girl as she continued to cry and shake with fear.

Sherry was rubbing the back of the distressed girl, and she was whispering soothing things in her ear. She then brought her head to face upwards to look in Brago's face. The two did not speak right away, and were left to ponder about what just happened.

"Did… did Kalu just do a…?" Sherry's voice trailed off, leaving Brago to finish the sentence.

"A Reis spell."

Silence fell upon the two again, and Sherry turned her attention back to Kalu. The little girl just continued to weep and shake with fear and confusion. Brago then bent down and put a hand on Kalu's shoulder.

"Kalu?"

The little girl raised her head to look up at her father. Her face was tear-stained and had a slight pinkish look to her skin, making it look less pale. But that was just with her face, for her hands seemed a little paler than usual.

"Dad…" The little girl looked up into her father's cloudy eyes as his red orbs returned. Kalu then jumped up and landed into the dark mamodo's arms. She buried her face in his chest as she began to cry louder.

Brago hugged his daughter tightly, and he looked down at her. "It's alright Kalu." he whispered to her. "It's alright."

The little girl began to speak, but her voice was slightly muffled due to the fact that her face was buried. "I don o what appened, what was at addy?" She sniffed and held onto Brago tighter.

Brago and Sherry looked at each other and then back to Kalu. The dark mamodo then picked up the upset girl and carried her back to their home, Sherry began to follow.

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It was night, and Kalu was asleep in her room with a teddy bear tight in her arms. Sherry and Brago were right outside her door, watching her.

"That… That spell, from earlier… It was your spell." Sherry looked at her husband as he silently watched his daughter.

"I know."

Sherry sighed and looked back over to her sleeping daughter. After all these years, she finally performed a spell. But she didn't even have somebody read out a spell book to make her do that. Did Kalu even need a spell book? Or did she not have the ability to control her powers and needed a book to do so? What was it?

After all these years…

"I assume that her powers have finally been unlocked." stated Brago flatly. Sherry looked at him as he said this. "I suppose that all she needed was a small battle to unleash the strength inside her. Now all she needs to do is to control her abilities."

"But Kalu doesn't even understand that it was a spell, and that she was the one who created it." Sherry responded.

"I know, but…" Brago trailed off as he began to think about the other mamodo's words from earlier.

"With all the rumors going on back in the mamodo world, there's going to be more!"

"That mamodo said that there were rumors going on in the mamodo world." said Brago. He sighed and continued to stare at his sleeping daughter. "I don't know what he meant by that, but I'm going to have to take a visit back to my world in order to find out."

Sherry slowly nodded her head. She turned around and gave Brago a goodnight kiss. "I'm going to bed. It's been an eventful day." And with that, Sherry walked off, heading to her room.

Brago watched the blonde walk off, and then turned his attention back to Kalu. That Reis spell… his own spell… Kalu created one. After all these years, her powers were finally released…

The dark mamodo then slowly began to walk off. He'd worry more about this in the morning, but as for now, he had a trip to plan.


Ta Da...! There's the next chappy! Hope you all like it!

And now to my reviewers!

PsychicLunar: Muahahaha... I think I like cliffhangers now more than I used to. They make reviewers mad... -laughs- Here's the next chappy!

Crying White Wolf: Here's the next chappy!

MadisonMohawksJD: Glad you like it! And here's the next chappy!

FennFeatherDragon: Suspense is your friend? Huh... it's not mine. I always tend to get mad at it for creating cliffies and all... XP

Rae: Na... You don't have to color in Kalu. You wouldn't get all the colors I wanted right! XP Ha, yeah. Well, anyways, that reminds me... I completed the pic yesterday... haha. I just remembered. Yeah, now all I need to do is figure out a way to post it up on my profile. -grins- I'm not a bad artist myself, not to brag. Brago: Did you call? Me: I said "brag" not "Brago". Stupid... Brago: What did you call me? Me: Nothing!

Sara: Yeah, look who's back:-) Yeah, Florida is fun. But I've only been there once in my life and that was like a month or two ago... i forget. XD Oh, and um... if Kalu's half human/mamodo, then she can't be the most powerful mamodo, because she's got human in her. And even if she was full mamodo, I wouldn't make her the most powerful, that's not exactly what I have in mind... but o well. :-)

Suki-n-Mushra-Sittin-in-a-Tree: No I don't know you. Ha.. XP here's the next chappy.

YAHOO! More reviewers! -smiles really big- Glad you all like my story!

Oh, and another thing, I did finish the picture of Kalu. All I need to do is figure out a way to put it up on my profile. Just thought I'd let you know! I spent the whole day yesterday working on it! OK... not the "whole day" but a good portion of it!

Twilight Memories is now signing off.