Hello again, bet you can't guess who Zatch is going to ask without reading this! Enjoy Chapter 2 of The Truth of the Mamodo Battle.
Chapter 2. The Only Human Who Knows
Megumi was singing when Zatch thought of the perfect person to tell him how the battle restarted. When Megumi finished her song, Zatch told her about his idea.
" There's only one person I know who can know the truth about the battle! " shouted Zatch.
" Yeah, but Zeno wouldn't tell us anything. " said Megumi.
" Not him. Someone else. The perfect person! " said Zatch, but then stopped. " There's just one problem. " said Zatch.
" What? " asked Megumi.
" I don't know where he lives. " said Zatch. Megumi just smiled.
" That's it? Zatch with a little reverse-searching, anything is possible! " said Megumi. " Now, what do you know about him? " asked Megumi.
" He's old. " said Zatch.
" Zatch, that's rude! Oh well, what else? " asked Megumi.
" Ummm... " thought Zatch. " That's it. " said Zatch. Megumi hardly believed it, but didn't say anything.
" Wait! I know his last name!' said Zatch.
" Great! What is it?" asked Megumi with some hope.
" It's..." Zatch was cut-off by a crash through the door.
" Zatch Bell!" shouted a mamodo girl. "Do you remeber me this time?" asked the same mamodo, her voice level greatly eased.
" Uh... AAAHHH! It's Penny!" shouted Zatch, getting the girl angry again. "I mean, yes, I know who you are" said Zatch calming her down.
" Yup! Your one true love!" shouted Penny happily. Megumi smiled.
" Aww. Is this true Zatch?" asked Megumi. Zatch scratched his head.
" To her, I guess...' said Zatch. Penny was glowing a green aura.
" WWWHHHHAAAATTTT!" screamed Penny. Megumi got a bit freaked out.
" Uhh... Zatch, then who do you love?" asked Megumi.
" Stop fooling around, Megumi, I'll bet she wants to fight us!" shouted Zatch ready for battle. Megumi did also.
" No silly! I don't want to battle you. Besides I'd cream you anway!" said Penny happily. " By the way Zatch, how many spells do you have now?" asked Penny. Zatch didn't want to tell her how far behind he was with the other mamodo.
" Uhh... I don't... know?" lied Zatch. Penny didn't buy it for a second.
" How can you not know how many spells are in the book so far? Are you lying to me?" screamed Penny. Zatch got a bit scared.
" Uhh... Wait! Uhh... Eight..." lied Zatch again. Penny took that answer more easily.
" Wow. I thought you'd still have your first spell by now!" said Penny amazed. Zatch didn't take that lightly.
" Hey, I'm not that weak! After all, who became king of the Mamodo World one thousand years ago!" shouted Zatch.
" Good point. But rumor has it that your partner Kiyo had the strongest bond for you. Which was what kept you in the fight." said Penny. Zatch thought of something.
" Hey, Penny?" said Zatch.
" Yeah?" asked Penny.
" Do you have any idea how the battle for the Mamodo King started again?" asked Zatch seriously. Penny scratched her head.
" No clue... I always thought you did it accidentally." replied Penny. Zatch thought for a moment.
" Maybe I did..." whispered Zatch. " But will never know for sure until we get the precise answer!" shouted Zatch.
" By the way, who's your partner?" asked Zatch. Penny called to her partner. Revealing who it was.
" Lori! Long time no see!" shouted Zatch.
" Zatch! It has been a while hasn't it!" shouted Lori." Lori suddenly saddened. " Why did you restart the battle again? I thought it was your goal to prevent it." asked Lori. Zatch sighed.
" I didn't. I don't exactly know how, but I will find out! I wasn't able to stop the battle, but I was able to rule as the benevolent king I swore to become." answered Zatch. Lori understood.
" Alright then. Best of luck to try it once again!" shouted Lori.
" Thanks!" shouted Zatch.
Somewhere on the far opposite side of the world.
" Saisu! " shouted Djem. Which caused Tia to created an exploding, non-returning, boomerang from her hands. Which was heading straight for a frightening, vicious-looking mamodo. Who simply put his hand up.
" Chagir Saifodon! " shouted the evil being. Creating a gigantic, demonic, looking sword directly above himself. It was larger than a castle! He then threw it at the opponent.
" Giga La Seoshi! " shouted Djem which created a greenish capsule-like shield around the enemy along with the spell. However, almost as soon as the shield was created, it burst into many pieces with the strength of the unstoppable spell. Tia and Djem gasped in horror as the spell was merely two feet away from them! The spell was so devestating that it actually killed Tia and Djem. Along with Tia's vermillionspellbook burning. She then disappeared back to the Mamodo World where she rest in peace, forever. The heartless mamodo simply left as if the death of the mamodo was merely a weak battle victory.
" It was nice to see Penny and Lori again. But now back to our focusing. Megumi suddenly clutched her heart in pain.
" AAHH!" she shouted. Zatch was quite worried.
" Uhh! What's the matter! Oh, please be okay!" shouted Zatch. Megumi then stood back up.
" I-I... felt something terrible... as if something very bad happened to Tia..." whispered Megumi.
" Oh no..." whispered Zatch. " Are you sure Megumi?" asked Zatch.
" Positive..." said Megumi.
" But who could..." thought Zatch. Zatch then had his memory shot right back at him.
FLASHBACK
Zatch and Tia were running into a field.
" Faster!" shouted Tia. Zatch than ran faster.
" Merumerume!" shouted Ponygon. Tia than started throwing rocks at the Zatch.
" Ahh!" shouted Zatch in pain.
" Dah!" shouted Zatch again.
" Ahh!" shouted Zatch for the final time. Tia temporarily stopped after the third hit. " Gimme a break. That hurt!" shouted Zatch.
" Of course, you never know when or where an enemy is going to attack you, or what kind of spell they're going to be using." Tia instructed Zatch.
" Yeah, I know that may be true, but..." Zatch was cut-off by Tia. She then started throwing a rock in her hand up in the air and catching it.
" This is training to protect yourself from an enemy's brutal attack." Tia said coldly.
" Oh! All right, give it your best shot!" shouted Zatch. Tia started throwing the rocks once again. "Ah-ah-ah-ah!" shouted Zatch dodging the rocks.
(Zatch's POV)
" Compared to Brago's attacks, this is nothing!"
(End Zatch's POV)
Zatch then started breaking the rocks that were coming his way.
Now Zatch, Tia and Ponygon are right next to a stream.
" Okay, for the next phase of our training we'll improve our footwork." said Tia.
" Lead the way." said Zatch.
"Meru Merumerume." said Ponygon.
" Here it goes!" said Tia as she began jumping on the rocks as stepping stones.
" I can do that too!" shouted Zatch as he began jumping on the rocks.
" Meru Me!" shouted Ponygon as he started jumping on the rocks as well. However he stumpled on one of them as the current swept him down stream.
(Zatch's POV)
" Faster! Wonrei was much speedier, and much more powerful!"
(End Zatch's POV)
Zatch then began to run much faster than Tia.
Now the three are tired out on the field again.
" Okay, next is one-on-one sparring!" shouted Tia.
" One-on-one?" asked Zatch.
" Merume?" asked Ponygon.
" We'll fight each other now using punches and kicks! Here it goes!" shouted Tia trying a jump kick on Zatch, in the process accidentally stepping on Ponygon. Tia began quickly punching Zatch while, Zatch just blocked them.
" Cmon' fight! What are you holding back for!" shouted Tia.
" Not a bad attack ,Tia, but compared to Bari... it's..." Zatch was cut-off by a punch by Tia.
" Aahhh!" shouted Zatch getting hit.
(Zatch's POV)
" Never again!"
SECOND FLASHBACK
Bari is swift punching Zatch, who is just barely dodging.
END SECOND FLASHBACK
(End Zatch's POV)
" Never again." said Zatch. " I've had enough, I'm never going to lose a battle again! To anyone!" shouted Zatch, who started swift punching Tia. Who was barely dodging.
(Tia's POV)
" He's fast, and I've never seen him with so much power!"
(End Tia's POV)
" Aahhh!" shouted Zatch making a head-on assault. Tia then slant grabbed him.
( Tia's POV)
" If I hadn't studied aikido with Megumi, I wouldn't have lasted a second with him!"
(End Tia's POV)
Tia then threw him over her shoulders. However Zatch then landed on his feet.
" Huh?" said Megumi surprised.
" Not yet!" shouted Zatch making another assault.
" Oh yeah!" shouted Tia doing the same. They then punched each other in the face at the same time.
END FLASHBACK
" Wait! Now I remember everything!" shouted Zatch.
" What do you mean?" asked Megumi.
" Right after I did some training with Tia, I fought the person who must know!" shouted Zatch. Megumi looked surprised.
" Awsome! Who is it?" asked Megumi.
" His name... is Dr. Riddles." replied Zatch.
There you go. That will probably be the longest flashback I will ever make! R&R Please.
