Mosaku slowly opened his eyes. He saw Maka leaning over him. "Mosaku! You're awake!" He said. "How….how long was I out?" Mosaku asked. He tried to sit up. He ended up squealing in pain for that move. "For about two days. They took you straight to the emergency room. They said you were internally bleeding with four broken ribs. They had to operate. Your parents and I were so worried."
"How did you say I got hit?" Mosaku said. "I said we were playing tag and you weren't looking where you were going and ran into a tree. It explained the splinters, the broken armor, and the broken ribs."
Pretty good one. Mosaku thought. But I am getting tired of lying in my parents faces.
"Did they mention how long I had to stay in bed?" Mosaku asked. Maka nodded. "They said who were going to have to lie in bed for three more days. After that, you need a wheel chair for about a month."
Mosaku put his pillow on his face and moaned. "I'm sorry I got hurt Maka. This injury is going to interfere with the battle." Maka lifted his hand to stop Mosaku from talking. "Don't worry about it. It wasn't your fault." Maka left.
A few minutes passed when two other people walked in. Mosaku was sleeping. "Mosaku? Mosaku? Are you feeling alright?" Mosaku awakened to the faces of Liz and Kairi. "You two? What are you doing here?" Mosaku said, surprised. "We saw Maka drag you to the hospital and they brought you inside, so we figured something was wrong. We decided to bring you a flower and a card." Liz said. She handed him the card and put the single flower they had in a vase. It was a charming rose.
Liz and Kairi walked to the door. "Feel better soon." Liz said, walking out. If he didn't know better, Mosaku would have thought Liz actually cared.
Mosaku tore open the envelope. Inside was his card. It was homemade, it seemed, made by Kairi. It showed childish drawings of Mosaku and Maka getting struck by lightening while Liz and Kairi stood nearby. Mosaku laughed softly. He opened it.
"We are waiting for a rematch! Kairi."
Mosaku closed the card and put it on the nightstand, next to the vase and rose.
About an hour past. Somebody with fiery wings flew next to Mosaku's window. It opened the window and flew in. Its fiery wings disappeared. It walked to Mosaku. It went to Mosaku, opened his mouth a bit, leaned over, and softly kissed him on the lips. It then opened his palm. On it, the shape of a Z started to appear. The figure smiled. "The stage is set. Let the battle begin." Someone outside could be heard screaming "Legeruk!" The figure sprouted wings of fire.
A little boy walked by the door then. He looked in Mosaku's room and saw someone with a pair of fiery wings. The figure smiled and waved. The little boy whispered something and walked off. The figure sighed and jumped out the window.
Three days past and Mosaku could go from bed to wheelchair. He wheeled around the hospital with Maka. It had been more than half a week since he went out doors. He went to the elevator to go to the roof top. He brought his spell book, just in case.
Maka and the broken Mosaku breathed in some fresh air. Mosaku half expected what happened next, so he opened his spell book.
"Vidom!" A voice called out. From no where, a feather struck next to Maka. "Huh?" he said.
Wait, give me a second here. You know on television and Mission Impossible movies, those one second moments where the character is just realizing something and it happens a second later. Well, Maka had one of those when he said "Uh oh". After that, only one word could be used to describe what happened next.
Boom.
The feather exploded. Maka was thrown back far.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Yelled a voice from above. Someone landed on the other side of the building. She was obviously female. She had red spiky hair, brown eyes, tan skin, and was maybe a foot taller than Maka. She wore a shirt that showed her stomach, but still covered…areas. She also wore very short shorts that were brown. She was carrying her book reader, who was tall, had short brown hair, wore a suit and had a pencil thin mustache. The book he carried was gold.
"My name is Zoa." said the girl. "And mine is Sebastian." said the book reader. "And let this battle begin!"
A mamodo battle! I am still recovering from the last one we had! Mosaku thought.
Maka stood up and got ready. "Moinaro!" Mosaku cried. Maka's gems turned immediately pink. Maka's fist turned to lightening balls and flew off.
"Legenshield!" Sebastian cast. Zoa put her hands to the ground and when she lifted them up, a huge shield, much like Zatch's Rashield, emerged from the ground. The only different difference with this shield was that instead of the Rashield's gem, there was a phoenix face. The lightening balls hit it and vaporized in bursts of flames.
Zoa and Sebastian struck back as soon as the shield vanished. "Rond Vidom!" Sebastian screamed. Zoa put her fists together. When she separated them, a long chain made of feather's appeared from between them. She whipped it like a, well, whip! She whipped it forward. "Mikaruka!" Mosaku yelled.
The chain of feathers wrapped around the glowing Maka. Smoke rose from the whip. Suddenly, Maka began to absorb the feather whip. Zoa let go of it, and the whole thing disappeared into Maka. "Mikaruka Rond Vidom!" Mosaku cried. Right then, the red Z on Mosaku's hand turned a deep red and pulsed from deep red to red. A pain shot through Mosaku's arms. He screamed out in pain.
Maka repeated Zoa's whip summoning ceremony. He whipped it forward like he knew how to use it his entire life. "Legenshield!" Sebastian shouted. Zoa brought forth the shield. The whip wrapped around it. The shield began to smoke. Maka constricted it, and the shield broke in half. The whip disappeared as well.
"You are strong, using our own moves against us." Sebastian said. "But that won't help you win! Ganzu Vidom!"
A screech was heard from above Maka and Mosaku, like that of a peregrine falcon. Mosaku and Maka looked up. A single red dot was far above their heads. "Uh oh." Maka whispered. Mosaku grabbed him and lifted him up. "Mikaruka!"
The single red dot turned too many. The dots came into view. They were all phoenixes!
The rain of phoenixes pelted the ground all around Mosaku and Maka. When they hit the ground, they disappeared in bursts of flames. All the ones that would have hit Mosaku hit Maka. He absorbed the attack.
"Let's go! Mikaruka Ganzu Vidom!" Mosaku yelled. He felt another pain and cried out. Maka threw his hands up. The rain of phoenixes struck Zoa and Sebastian.
After it ended, Zoa and Sebastian were beat. Sebastian had protected his book with his body. "Let's give them our most powerful spell!" Zoa yelled. Sebastian nodded. "Gigano Legeruk!"
Zoa started to float. She curled herself in a ball. She emerged with a flash, and she was surrounded by a red aura. She inhaled deeply and when she exhaled, she breathed fire! The flame was headed for Mosaku!
"Mikaruka!" he yelled. Maka glowed and jumped in front of the flame. It hit him square on. Now would be the time to try out that new spell. Mosaku thought. "Eoda Mazka!" Mosaku yelled. Maka lifted his hands and his gems shined very brightly. A ball of light went from the gems and circled Maka until it hit the ground and disappeared. Maka glowed very little. Mosaku shrugged. "Mikaruka Gigano Legeruk!" Mosaku felt another great pain in the arm where the red Z was.
Maka rose into the air. He had an aura like Zoa now, only his was blue. He shot a flame at Zoa. She fired one back. The two flames collided. Mosaku noticed something. Maka's flame was a little bit stronger! He was pushing the attack back!
Now Mosaku understood what the spell did. It powered up any captured spell, but only by a little.
The attack was very close to Zoa. "Oh no." Sebastian whispered. The attack lunged into Zoa. She fell back, and almost of the building. Maka flew up to Sebastian. He pried the book from his grasp. "Moinaro!" Mosaku cast. He felt yet another huge pain in his arm. Maka shot a pink Zaker at it. It burned to the ground. Zoa disappeared. Sebastian leaned over the ashes and weeped.
Mosaku and Maka left him to grovel.
When Mosaku and Maka left, something happened. The ashes of the book caught fire. Parts of it began to reform. It…was being reborn from the ashes. Soon, the whole book was back, and so was Zoa.
"Reborn from the ashes, like the phoenix." She said. "And soon, vengeance will be ours."
