Chapter 10: The Saviors

Zatch suddenly jerked Kiyo awake. Kiyo yawned and turned away. "No, Zatch, I don't want to buy you any fish Popsicles right now…"

'Kiyo! Someone called!'

"Tell Suzy I do not feel like going anywhere," Kiyo answered lazily. Zatch ripped the blankets of Kiyo's body. Kiyo jumped up and glared at Zatch. "I'm telling you—"

'It was Natsuki, Kiyo!" Zatch interrupted. 'She sounded desperate! She said she needed help! We need to help Kanta-kun!'

Suddenly, Kiyo came into focus. He seriously stared at Zatch. "When did we get that call?"

'6:14 AM, so we gotta hurry!' Zatch answered. Kiyo stared at the clock. He cursed under his breath.

"It's 9 AM," Kiyo muttered angrily. He quickly changed and ran out the door with Zatch following close behind. Quickly, he tried to think where she could've been. Not at her house, she'd escape there trying not to cause any harm. "Zatch, what did you hear in the background?"

'A few ruffles of bushes and Kanta saying he'd come back as soon as he could!' Zatch answered. Kiyo quickly veered to the right. He was sure she was at the park.

'Hang on, Natsuki—we're almost there,' Kiyo thought, running faster than he ever had before. Zatch muttered the same thing aloud. They reached the park and when they entered, they realized there was no way to tell where she was.

'Kiyo! There!' Zatch exclaimed. They rushed over to see the smallest piece of fabric matted into the branches. But, Natsuki was nowhere in sight. Kiyo frowned and quickly calculated what could've happened.

"I think she ran after him," Kiyo said quickly, examining the way the grass was flattened. "You can see that she struggled to get up and managed too, only after she injured herself in some way."

Zatch noticed the blood stain on the bright green grass. There was silence.

KABOOM!

An explosion was heard overhead and the two zapped into focus. Quickly, they followed the sound. Kiyo quickly provided a plan to save the girl. "We'll have to distract the others, alright?"

'Got it, Kiyo!' Zatch answered with a nod. They entered a clearing to see Natsuki in her pajamas and Kanta doing his best to help her stand. Also, they managed to make out a Mamodo and his partner. Kiyo nodded to have Zatch run behind the clearing to get a better shot at their enemy.

"Well, well… it took you long enough to get here," the opponent stated to Natsuki. She grimaced in pain and doubled-over. Kanta helped her back to her feet. He glared at the boy.

'You're so low,' Kanta said angrily. The boy grinned and scratched the bridge of his nose. His Mamodo laughed and pointed at Kanta.

'You're the low one! Lookit you, goin' around and helping your partner, even know you know she won't help you back!' mocked the other Mamodo. 'Oh, right… name's Kin, what's yours?'

'Kanta—and she has helped me, you pitiful excuse for a Mamodo,' Kanta sneered back. Kin growled and ran ahead.

'You won't be saying that when I'm done with you!' Kin screamed. The boy shouted out his spell.

"TAWOK!"

A huge bolder appeared and darted straight to Natsuki and Kanta and the two had nowhere to hide. Natsuki muttered something and before Kanta could do anything, she jumped right into the boulder's path.

"ZAKER!" Kiyo screamed. Lightning burst out and shattered the rock before it could hit Natsuki. Kanta looked behind to see Kiyo. The two smiled slightly at each other. Kiyo quickly approached Natsuki to find she was covered in cuts and bruises. Blood trickled from her arms and face and there was a purple bruise on her neck. When Kiyo looked closer, Kanta almost smacked him, but this wasn't a time for that. Her entire backside was blue, purple, and black under her pajamas—most likely from the attacks from this boy and his Mamodo.

"Kiyo…" she muttered. "Save… Kanta-kun…"

Quickly, she fell into an unconscious state again and Kiyo scowled at the two. "You two are so reckless and unforgiving, huh?"

"Yep, and I totally forgot to tell my name!" the boy answered with a slight laugh. "Name's Garin… nice meetin' ya."

"Name's Kiyo and this is the last time you'll ever fight with that Mamodo of yours again," Kiyo stated, glaring at the boys.

End of Chapter 9: The Saviors

Author's Notes: Well... there will be no KiyoxSammy. Yup, I just don't like Kiyo-kun that way. Although, it took me FOREVER to realize that they were saying 'Kyo', but 'Kiyo.' When I found that out, I was already to chapter 10-11. Oh man, you have NO idea how long and tedious it was just to fix it all! Oh, and the spells too. I didn't know how in the world to spell them, so I spelled them my way. For example, I wrote "Za'kaer" instead of "Zaker". I think my way is WAYYY cooler, but then again, I shouldn't mess up the mangaka's writing. So yeah, that's why I have 'Ha'rouk' instead of 'Haruk' and 'An'kar' instead of 'Ankar'. I love apostrophes.

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Sammy