Wow, i didn't know how people would handle the last chapter... guess I know now. (hides from everybody)Brago was only trying to stop Kalu's breaking point i didn't do anything!
Well it's late at night and I'm on my mom's laptop computer again, but luckily i managed to load up this document so i could get to it later on viamom's laptop and internet. Well, considering the fact that I don't know how long i have on here, i'm just gonna get this over with!
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 14
Waking Up to New Feelings
Her body ached, it was tired, and she couldn't move. Eyes were shut tight, and it felt like the gravity around her was still forcing them to stay permanently closed. She couldn't speak, but she could hear. There were voices around her, but they were indistinct. All she could hear were voices, not exact words. Mumbling is more like it. She couldn't even make out who the voices belonged to, except that one was for a male and one a female.
Sherry turned her head and glanced down at her daughter, who was currently knocked out. She stroked her daughter's cheek with her hand and gently brushed away a small piece of blue-black hair from her eyes.
With a sigh, she glanced over to Brago, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded, and was facing away from Sherry and Kalu.
"You alright?" Sherry asked, seeing the expression on her husband's face. She had asked this question a few times before, but he didn't answer her. And like all the other times she inquired, he remained silent.
A saddened look was on the blonde's face, and she went back to caressing her daughter's cheek. There were multiple bruises all over the girl's limp body and an especially large one on her forehead, right where Kalu had been pushed against the ground by the two Gravi Rei attacks.
In a way Brago's plan to stop Kalu's breaking point was a success. He had stopped it, that's for sure, but he had also knocked out the little girl and nobody knew when she would reawake. Not only that, but she had been slightly injured from the two powerful forces colliding. Her father's, of course, had been the strongest out of them all but was enough to blend together with her own attack and halt them both.
It had been a few hours since that happened, though. There was a slightly damaged spot in the front yard where the gravity attacks had taken place, but the gardener would take care of that and plant new grass.
Currently Brago, Sherry, and Kalu were in the family room. The two parents were waiting for their daughter to awake, while Kalu was as still as the dead. She was alive, just knocked out.
A sad sigh escaped Sherry's lips as she stared down at her daughter's face. The child's head was placed in her lap, and her clouded eyes were closed. The blonde had cleaned her face from the dirt that had been on it but could do nothing about the bruises.
Turning her head upwards, she looked over at Brago once more. "Aren't you ever going to speak?"
He was still silent. A strange look containing a mix of anger and confusion was placed on his features. The mamodo was staring at the ground and was as silent as Kalu. Finally, after a moment, he spoke. "It's my fault she's like this." he said.
"You mean Kalu?" his wife inquired and he nodded. She was silent after that, and he soon continued.
"But it was the only way… the only way to stop it. So I did what had to be done, but…" he trailed off, and glanced over at his unconscious daughter. His head quickly jerked away. "…Now she's in that condition. It's my damn fault."
"…Brago…"
"What?" snapped the mamodo as he glanced over at his wife. She stared back at him with her cerulean eyes and shook her head.
"Stop it, please." she said. "It's… it's not your entire fault…"
"Not my entire fault?"
"I… You… You couldn't even do the spell without me." responded the blonde. She looked back down at her daughter. "I had to cast the spell for you, so it's not your entire fault. It's our fault."
He shook his head and sighed. "But there was no other way…" Brago gave a blank stare was the blonde's gaze met his. She soon turned back away and continued to trace her hand against the little girl's face.
Slowly, Brago looked down at his daughter as well from where he was standing. The large bruise on her face was easily seen, and a scratch or two from having her face pressed hard into the dirt with a pointed pebble or two there. Her face was blank and emotionless, and the black lines made it look as if she was crying.
Brago noticed this about Kalu. The marks under her eyes made it look as if she was constantly crying. Strangely that's not how it was for him, since he had about the exact same markings. But for Kalu… it was different. In a way, maybe that's how her personality could be described. Unhappy. Her attitude was difficult to describe, and wasn't the same as most people her age. Maybe from this last experience she was crying from the heart.
Taking light steps the father walked over to where the little one lay in Sherry's lap, and he bent down one knee so he could be closer to Kalu. He observed her face, and thought more about her.
Yes… in this situation it definitely looked as if she had been crying. The black marks on her looked as if they were dried, black tears. She didn't have on her normal attire, which was a white long-sleeve shirt with a pale purple dress that normally had a bow tied around the neck. Right now she just had one a short sleeved purple shirt and white pants. Her other clothing was being washed since it got dirt all over it.
Brago noticed her arms, and how Kalu also had the same black markings on them as well. The shape, like his, was somewhat T-shaped but different. Sherry kept Kalu dressed in outfits that covered that design up so nobody would see the design, but right now it really didn't matter.
He gently placed his clawed hand on the girl's face and stroked it while Sherry stopped. She watched him as he studied Kalu's face, and then stood up and walked back to his corner to cross his arms again and go back to his silent mode.
It was not too long afterwards when there was a small murmur sound coming from Kalu. Brago and Sherry both watched with hope as she squeezed her eyes tightly together, continuing to murmur something.
"I think she's coming to." said Sherry, staring down at her daughter. Brago said nothing but nodded his head.
Slowly and steadily, Kalu began to open her eyes. She let them stay half closed to adjust to the bright light in the room, and slowly she opened them about all the way.
"Wha… What…?" She slowly blinked, not quite sure where she was at the moment. Her voice was tired, as if she had just woken up from a long night's sleep.
Her head slightly tilted to the side, and she glanced around the room to see where she was. The family room… yes that was it.
That was when she became aware that her head was in her mother's lap, so she glanced up and gave a weak smile. "Hi Mamma…"
"Kalu!" Sherry gave her daughter a big hug, glad to see that she had finally woken up and was no longer unconscious. "You're alright!"
Brago gave a small grin, seeing that she was awake too. He silently walked over to where the girl was and looked down at her.
When Kalu's gaze met her father's, she had memory relapse. She remembered how she had been controlled by this sudden force of gravity, and how the pain made her scream as she let it out all uncontrolled. How Brago held onto her then let go, saying something about help …But that's when her mother emerged from the house carrying the black book, and he had commanded her to call out a spell. So he did, and directed it on her. He had hurt her… he hurt her!
Kalu's eyes widened and began to shake. She stared up at her father as her strength immediately returned back to her. She frowned, giving him a look of fear and anger.
"Go away!" she cried, tears beginning to form beneath her eyes. Both Brago and Sherry gave confused looks as their daughter proclaimed this. "Get away from me, Daddy!" Kalu yelled.
"Kalu?" The dark mamodo tried to reason with his daughter, but she was being irrational and wouldn't listen.
"No! You hurt me! Go away and leave me alone!" The girl quickly stood up and bolted right out of the room and ran as fast as she could through the hallway.
"Kalu, wait!" Sherry stood up, calling her daughter's name, but stopped as Brago rested his hand on her shoulder.
"Let me find her."
"Brago, don't you dare do anything else to frustrate or hurt her. You hear me?" Sherry said with a warning tone in her voice. The mamodo nodded and began to walk.
"I won't do anything but find her. I promise."
With that, Brago ran off as quickly as he could to catch up with his daughter. He could sense her somewhere in the house. She was somewhere around… the front door!
Knowing where she was, he quickened his pace even more to find the girl. He bolted through the hallways, sensing that he was gaining on her. Brago ran past a few more hallways until he reached where the front door was. It was wide open and he could see that outside Kalu was running as fast as she could.
"Kalu, get back here!" called the mamodo, but the girl didn't respond. She just looked back behind her and frowned again.
"Leave me alone, Daddy!" she cried and continued running. Brago frowned and gritted his teeth. There was no way he was going to just let the girl run away like this!
Soon he caught up with the girl just as she was about to climb up a tree in hopes to loose him. Quickly he snagged the girl around the waist just as she was on the trunk of the tree. He swung her around and she landed on her feet. Turning around, Kalu glared at her father and screamed.
"Daddy, let me go! Let me go!" she cried, trying to set herself free from her father's grasp. She tugged as hard as she could but couldn't get him to let go.
"Kalu, get back to the house, now!" commanded the mamodo but the other continued to not listen.
"No! You hurt me so leave me alone!" Kalu continued to tug. She tried to slap her father's hand away from her arm but his grip tightened. She squeezed her eyes and tears began to trickle down her face. "Stop hurting me!"
Brago's grip lessened, but only a little to make it less painful for his daughter. As soon as it lightened, she went back to pulling.
"Kalu!" hollered Brago. His eyes became white and the girl looked up in fear at her father. It was night, and raining. The shadows on her father's face made him look frightening, and he was baring his teeth in anger – mind you they're like fangs, which didn't help at all.
The girl plopped onto the ground and shook with fear and frustration as she stared up into Brago's blank eyes. More tears fell down Kalu's face and she shook very hard now.
"Daddy… You're scaring me…" Her voice shook, and her eyes continued to water as tears streamed down her cheeks. "Stop it…"
As he stared down at the shaking form of his daughter, Brago softened his grip and sighed. He let go of the girl's arm and bent his knee down to look at her eye-to-eye.
"Kalu… I'm sorry." he said quietly. "I didn't mean to scare you, nor did I mean to hurt you."
"Yes you did!" shouted the girl, tears splashing down her face. "Daddy, you hurt me yesterday! You hurt me now! You meant it all!"
The mamodo frowned and shook his head. "No, Kalu, I did not. Now will you listen to me?" In the distance he could see the silhouette of Sherry coming up to them. She was running as fast as she could, her blonde hair flying back behind her.
"Brago, Kalu!" she called. When she reached them she was panting. "I was… wondering where you two went. I saw… out the window… you two in the background." Sherry spoke as she continued to gasp for air. She looked down at her daughter, who was shaking like a leaf. "Oh, Kalu. Are you alright?" she asked.
Kalu said nothing but wailed as she jumped into her mother's arms. "Just make it all stop! Make it all stop! Stop it now and make him stop!" Kalu continued to blubber out incoherent things as she cried her eyes out.
Sherry embraced the little girl and looked over at Brago. "Did you do anything?"
"No," responded the darker being. "She's just still frustrated about what happened so she's saying that. She also said I hurt her, but I believe she got the wrong picture."
Sherry slowly nodded her head. "Yes… Yesterday she must have thought that we were attacking her purposely, but we were only stopping the breaking point." The blonde glanced down at her daughter and began to say soothing things. "It'll be alright, Kalu… Shh… Stop crying…"
Picking up Kalu, Sherry stood up and held the little girl. Kalu was not crying as hard now, but sniffling softly to herself with her eyes shut tight.
"I'm going to train her tomorrow." Announced Brago after a minute of silence. "I know what you're going to say… But if we want another power surge like earlier, then I think it's best if I train her. The sooner the better."
The other said nothing but stared into the mamodo's eyes, wondering what he could be thinking. "Where are you going to train her?" she asked.
He looked at her in the eye and spoke seriously. "In the mamodo world."
"What!" Sherry stared at Brago hard. "You can't be serious! Why are you taking her there?"
"Because I can use my own powers there." answered Brago. "If I take her there then I'll have an advantage of getting her to learn. Besides, there you can unleash powers more easily. I'm taking her there whether you like it or not."
Sherry sighed and glanced at Kalu. "Alright… Do what you want."
Well, there's the next chappy! Man this story is getting long! I didn't originally plan it to be this long, but i guess it's reaching that way! And it's certainly gonna go past 20... Dunno how long this story will be but i'll find out for sure!
Anyways, on to my reviewers!
Wolf of the Blue Moon: Well that's good knowing that they're alright! Hope they can find a place to live!
angel61991: He was only trying to make the breaking point stop... that's all.
Crying White Wolf: Well...(points to this chapter) She kinda runs away... but not to the figure.
PsychicLunar: Oi...You're the only one who thought of Brago stopping the breaking point and not hurting Kalu! (besides me, of course XD) Ooh... having his powers would be fun! The two characters' powers from two shows that I'd want are Raven's (from Teen Titans) and then Brago's! Kinda odd that all the dark characters get all the cool powers...Oh well:-) Oh school text books...THOSE ARE EVIL! Especially on C-days. My school has this A, B, C day schedual where on A-days we have certain classes and then B-days we have the other classes that we didn't have on the A-day and then C-days (aka Fridays) is when we have ALL the course classes in one day... N' that's when i have to carry a lot of books... ugh... X.x
anonimize: Um... I really don't know what it means... You could always try looking it up on an online dictionary somewhere... I would do that but right now i don't have the time to cuz i'm on my mom's computer at the moment and not mine, so... sorry, dunno what it means... -.-
Sara: Now, now, now... Brago couldn't help it if both he and Sherry wanted to have a child and start a family...O.o Although i do have to admit, maybe they should have thought about what would happen... Maybe the anger management classes for him didn't work. XD Oh dear I'm sure that week WAS torture for Brago. Poor, poor Brago... heheheh...Sherry wasn't there for him to make him happy (starts laughing).Brago: Hey, leave me alone! Me: Why should I? It's the truth, what's so bad about that? Brago: ... Me: I think he's upset, what about you? And he was only trying to stop Kalu's breaking point, he wasn't trying to hurt Kalu.Anyways here is the next chappy!
Blood of the Wolf: (smiles evilyl) Well... I was thinking to have a punishment for Brago that is MUCH worse for him than having to confess his love for Sherry. I was wondering since heate Yuki (since nobody did i ressurected her so she's alive again and Kalu's happier than ever) you should have Brago kiss Sherry... on the lips... right in front of everybody... or something along the line. :-) I think he'd get VERY upset about that... And... gr... Oh no! You ARE going to kill somebody! Gr... Well since i am a reader and cannot do anything i guess i'll just have to let it happen (sighs sadly) Pity... Anyway, i think that that would be a good punishment for Brago! Ta ta!
Tici: Here's the next chapter.
Computerfreak101: He was only stopping her breaking point! I've said this to a lot of people now! Eep! -.- Hmm... One week, eh? Maybe you should take pictures of him and sell it to Sherry. I bet she'd think it was cute knowing her and her feelings for him. And...curently Brago is glaring at me so i better get this over with. Oh, oh.. better idea, you should video tape him trying to get it off while he's not looking! Brago: Twilight... stop it or else. Me: Ah, uh... (sweat) Lke i said he's scaring me. He can be very menacing looking y'know. Brago: ... Me: The glitter room is beginning to annoy me though. I'm not a fan of it it's just it keeps Brago away. (looks back over a glaring Brago) He still scares me even if he can't get me... Yep, Katrina is really causing a lot of havoc for the US. I hope that those who lost homes n' whatnot are alright...
ShadowVixen: Glad you like it! N' here's the next chappy!
OK, there ya go reviewers! I'm terribly sorry if i missed anybody but currently i'm on my mom's laptop and i can't check email to see any new ones. But luckily i could check your reviews n' whatnot by other ways. :-)
And whoah i have ta get to sleep now. Tommorow is a school day and i want to do good! Until next time, i'll see you peeps later...! OK not see but YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!
Late at night and i'm still hyper. Haha... Anyways i'm signing off. BYE!
