Chapter 1: The Explanation

"Kanta-kun…?" I piped, waiting for my friend to answer.

'What now?' he asked, turning to me. I smiled at him and he shook his head. Before he turned away, I answered.

"W-wait! I do have a question!"

'About what?'

"How come… you're here?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. He sat upright and looked to the sky. I sat upright too. I had met the boy a few days ago and we hadn't used the spell since. The small bell around his neck jingled.

'The battle to become King has come. I want to become the Mamodo King, Sammy…' he answered softly. I looked at him determined. 'Every Mamodo does…'

"I want to help you—since we're partners!" I stated so seriously that Kanta-kun laughed at me. I frowned. I took him here to the park because he wanted fresh air and now he's laughing at me!

'Okay, here's the lowdown,' Kanta-kun started. 'We used the spells in that book you have to attack, shield, et cetera. To become King, we need to be the strongest and the more we use the spells, the stronger we get. There are more spells than that one spell you have and each one can help us in a different way.'

"So, we'll have to hurt others?"

'Somewhat,' Kanta-kun answered with a frown. I knew he felt hopeless because I really couldn't hurt others if it had to come to it. 'But it's okay, we'll just have to protect ourselves if anyone attacks. If I disappear, then that one person is a step closer to becoming King.'

"You can die?" I asked shocked. Kanta-kun angrily glared at me.

'I'm not immortal.'

"That's sad…" I answered getting up. He looked at me questionably. Looking down at him, I knew what I had to say. "So I guess, if I don't want you to die, we'll have to train."

He smiled, admiringly I hoped. Although one question came out of my mouth… "How do we train?"

Kanta-kun fell to the ground anime-shly. He had an anger mark on his forehead and a steaming brain at that. 'We have to fight, Sammy!'

"Oh, right, right…"

I walked forward and he followed beside me. "You know, Kanta-kun… I'll try not to fail you. I'll try really hard not to… so you won't die."

"That's good, maybe we ARE getting somewhere," Kanta-kun answered, sounding slightly sarcastic. Suddenly, there was a crack of a twig behind us. Swirling around, we found a guy with slick black hair and a small boy next to him. Kanta-kun ran ahead of me protectively and I got into a battle position myself.

"Finally, a Mamodo! Kerro, this is our lucky day…" the man stated with a grin. Eww, it's called a TOOTHBRUSH, Mister. "Hello girl… I'm Gournai and this is Kerro here. Let's fight."

End of Chapter 1: The Explanation

Author's Note: I should draw a picture of Kanta-kun for you all. He doesn't look a thing like Zatch (that's what I'm thinking). He's actually a lot cuter! -nods- Maybe I'm getting alittle ahead of myself, but that's not too bad... is it? Either way, this story is a lot of fun to write, and it didn't take me too long to figure out a unique power for Kanta-kun! I'm starting to like this more and more!

SMILE,

Sammy