I've got to say, this has got to be one of my best battle scenes i've done that has spells involved in it... although its kinda short, but oh well! I'm still happy about what i did. :)
OK, i'm sure y'all wanna read the chapter now, so i'm just gonna let you do that. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own ANYTHING related to Zatch Bell whatsoever! And i never will, either...
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Chapter 4
Sounds of Battle
My eyes widened. How… how did those two get in here? Why was there a mamodo team in Sherry's mansion? Damn, this was not my day! I didn't even know if Sherry would be willing to go through this battle… She was the only one who could read the Black Book.
The human walked out from the shadows and was revealed to be a short man with somewhat spiked brown hair and was carrying a teal spell book. His dark tanned skin helped him hide in the darkness of the shadows while his mamodo easily stuck out. The mamodo was dressed in white and bright baby blue with quite normal looking eyes, except for the fact that they were neon blue; no human had those colored eyes, but I could sense he was a mamodo.
"Ha, you were right, Mareo," spoke the human. "There is a mamodo here."
"I told you so, Conner," The mamodo identified as Mareo looked in my direction and smirked. "Now, my fellow mamodo, where's your book? We don't want to cause too much trouble here… We've already killed all of the slaves here, and Conner and I don't want to do any more destruction than we've already done."
I could tell he didn't give a damn whether he killed off Sherry's slaves or not. To tell the truth, I could care less, either; except for one thing… it would mean that I would have to take care of her all by myself!
But this was just great; there were more dead bodies I had to deal with? Damn Mareo…
"I'm not telling you anything," I said, taking a step back. All I had to do was run up to Sherry's room quickly and get us out of here… Maybe she could read the book. I would just have to force her…
"You don't have to tell us…" said Mareo, "We can just go and find your bookkeeper. Then maybe we can kill them, too, right after we demolish your book!"
Before the other team could do anything, I quickly darted out of the room. I knew this mansion like the back of my hand now, so it'd take them longer to catch up to me. Right now I had to go get Sherry.
Taking a right corner I dashed down the hallway. There was Sherry's room. I made to unlock the door but as soon as I opened the door, the blonde fell right on top of me and we both tumbled to the ground. What the hell was she doing?
"Oh, hi Braggadocio!" she said happily. "I was wondering when you'd let me out. I had been trying to open the door so I began to push it but then you suddenly appeared, and here we are with me on top of you!" Sherry let out a giggle.
Glaring, I pushed the human off of me and stood up. "First off, my name is NOT Braggadocio, it's Brago. Second, you're going to read from my book right now or else!"
"…What Black Book?" I swear I could just yell at her right now. Actually…I think I would do just that.
Suddenly, though, before I could yell at her, Mareo appeared on the other side of the hallway. Sherry and I jerked our heads to the side only to see the mamodo walk up to us and spot something to the side.
"Aha, there it is!" he cried, pointing over across the room. My own head spun around only to see my book sitting on a desk. Damn, I should have known where it was!
Both Mareo and I jumped to grab the book. Thank Kami that I got it first… Quickly I spun around and tossed the book over to Sherry. "Catch it!" I yelled as it flew in her direction. With ease, the human grabbed it and looked at me with puzzlement.
"What do I do now?" she asked, but I had already started running towards her.
"Just follow my lead," I ordered, "and stay behind me!" Both of us darted out of her room when suddenly I heard the other team call out one of their own spells…
"Gigano Gemorokime!"
Next thing I knew the other mamodo slapped his hands together creating a large shockwave. The blast of energy reached Sherry and I and knocked us off of our feet. "Dammit!" I cursed, glaring over to the mamodo. Over to the side, Sherry was on the ground shaking with fear, Black Book safely tucked under her arms.
"What was that?" she asked, turning her head to the side to get a good look at Mareo. If only she knew and was back to her old self…
"Something that'll kill you if you don't get a move on!" I said irritably. Truthfully I just said that so she'd be more aware of things and start moving and listening to me. There was always the risk with her new personalities that she'd just want to stare at the other team and just patiently await for her end.
Wouldn't be surprised.
"Sherry, now!" The ningen was now back on her feet and so was I. We ran into a hallway and down the steps. I could sense the other team not too far off…
As soon as we turned another corner I stopped and snatched Sherry's hand as I pulled her next to me. I peered around the corner to make sure the other team wasn't there and turned to face the blonde.
"What's going on?" she asked me and I sighed.
"Listen, you need to open that book and see what you can read."
"But…"
"Just do as I say!"
"Fine," As she opened the book her eyes skimmed through the different pages. "Hey, what's this? I can't read a single thing! Ooh, but this is in a different color, much prettier too, and—"
"—What does it say?" I asked and she stared down at it. "Is that the only thing?"
She nodded. "Yeah, it says… Rei—"
"Save it for later," I interrupted and she glared.
"Well that was very nice of you."
"Just come on," I grabbed her arm and led her down the hallway. She continued to pester me about why the other team was here, so I sighed and began speaking as we continued our way through her home. I explained to her everything about the Battle for Mamodo King and why we demons had to find bookkeepers to read out our spells. She seemed to understand (at least a little, I assumed) and stayed silent.
We were heading down the last hallway to reach the front door when suddenly…
"Gemorokime!"
Another sound wave, a little weaker than the last one, was sent hurtling our way. As quick as I could I jumped in front of Sherry since she didn't bother to protect herself from the blast – plus I needed to save my book. We were sent flying to the side and crashed through a window. Fragments of the glass flew through the air and cut our skin as we landed onto the soft grass outside. I saw the dead gardener some yards off. How many little slaves did Sherry have again?
I didn't bother to try to answer the question, for I had jumped back on my feet and was looking down at Sherry, who had a cut right on her cheek.
"Are you alright?" I asked, making sure that she could still go on. She nodded as I helped her onto her own feet. At least she was still physically strong.
Mareo and Conner appeared on the other side of the window. I glared and directed my attention to Sherry. She looked from me to the other team and then down to my book.
"Sherry," I said, "you need to cast a spell for me NOW!"
The human was hesitant, her azure orbs wandered over to the other team who decided to attack us once again.
"Gemorokime!"
Once again, Mareo slapped his hands together sending that shockwave swooping towards us. Before it could hit us, however, I snatched Sherry by the arm and pulled her to the side with me. The energy blast barely missed her…
The other team then hopped through the window and stared at us. I quickly shot a glance to Sherry and hissed, "Are you going to read the spell or not?"
She was hesitant again. I could tell that she was trying to solve in her mind what to do next. Finally, as the other team was about to attack us head on again, she screeched out my first spell.
"R-Reis!"
My hand flew up into the air and a ball of gravity was quickly sent hurtling towards the other team. They were caught off guard and the attack smacked them head on, knocking them to the ground.
But Mareo quickly stood up, wiped away a bit of blood that was trickling down from his mouth, and yelled at his bookkeeper to call out a new spell. Conner nodded his head and shouted out a spell I hadn't heard yet.
"Gomekimoso!"
This attack was unexpected. The Sound Mamodo took in a deep breath and soon exhaled it, releasing a loud, horrifying screech. Sherry and I winced at the booming sound and tried to block out the sound with our hands over our ears. Unfortunately Sherry dropped the book as she lifted her hands into the air. The other mamodo stopped shrieking and quickly darted towards our book. It took me just a second to realize this, but as soon as I did I leaped for my only ways of staying in the human world and rights to become the king.
Again, I snatched the Black Book before Mareo did and rolled across the ground. "Sherry," I yelled as my head spun around. The human glanced at me and realized that she dropped my book.
"Did I do something wrong?" she asked, staring at me oddly. I decided to ignore her and hopped back up.
"Just shut up and help me finish this battle," My voice was full of annoyance as I bared my fangs at the other team. Mareo had decided to launch a physical attack on us and was darting towards Sherry, his fist outstretched. Like hell I'd let him get to her!
Just as his own fist was about to collide with Sherry, whom was now on the ground shaking with fear of being hit, I smacked my own balled up fist right into Mareo's face. Yelling, the mamodo was sent flying about a foot away. I kicked him with my shin and he let out a moan as he flew even farther away from my attacks. Mareo rolled to the side and grumbled. He looked up at me and began to stand up.
"Sherry, call out another spell!" I ordered. Sherry only shook her head. "What?"
"I'm done fighting! I don't want to do this anymore!" she wailed, sitting on the ground with her legs curled up to her, Black Book still tucked under her arms. "I hate violence! MAKE IT ALL END! NOOO!"
"SHERRY!" I roared. Without thinking I smacked the woman across the back of her head, which only made her cry further. "Stop acting like a child and do something! If you want the battle to end you're going to have to help me, now do call the damn spell!"
The woman stood still suddenly, her blue eyes wide with shock. Perhaps I went a little too far when I hit her… but she had to shut up somehow. Over to the side I saw Mareo laughing as he watched the little bickering go on with Sherry and me.
Slowly, Sherry turned to look up to me, her eyes shaking. Her right hand slowly rose up to the place where I hit her and she blinked. "You… you hit me…" she whispered, now staring down at the ground.
Yes so I hit you. Now just read the freaking spell already!
Sherry then stood up, taking her time. Mareo and his bookkeeper were now laughing at use, their eyes filled with amusement. I turned my head to the side and asked in a calmer voice, "So are you going to read it? Or are you going to let them win?"
She opened the Black Book, her eyes beginning to water, and murmured, "Reis…"
The other team was caught off guard from their laughing, and my attack surprised them alright. They let out screams and the attack blew them off their feet. That's when I noticed a familiar blue flame take hold of their book.
Mareo was now shrieking for two reasons: one, the surprise attack and two, his book.
It was up in flames… the blue fire eating away at the Teal Book. Mareo was now disappearing, and now his no longer needed bookkeeper was speaking angrily at him.
"You promised me that we'd win!" shouted the short man. "After that other guy told us about these two supposed weaklings over here, we'd win, and then I'd be able to get my dream! You promised!"
"Shut your trap, Conner," Mareo screeched back. He was slowly dissolving away, and I watched as their own argument continued. "We didn't win, and you'll just have to live through your damn life with no purpose." He began to snicker. "Ha-ha, I never liked you anyway." The Sound Mamodo continued to laugh until he fully disappeared along with his book, his laughter slowly drifting behind…
Conner let out an irritated scream and pretended to punch something in the air. I then remembered one of Conner's words: After that guy told us about these two supposed weaklings…
This caught my attention. I walked over to the guy and grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt. "Alright, talk ningen," I began, "Who told you about us?"
The human only scoffed and rolled his eyes. "I'm not telling you squat!" he said, "I have no more purpose in life, so just let it end!" Suddenly he pushed himself away from me and pulled out a small dagger from inside his boots. I stared as he took the blade and lunged it into his chest. My eyes widened. He was the only one left who knew about that one person!
"Wait!" I said, but it was too late. Blood trickled down from where the dagger made contact. He was dead.
Yeah... lots of death in that chapter. Meh. Oh well. Hope it was alright. I just watched an episode of a new favorite show of mine... twas really sad. I even started to cry in it... this lil' girl's dad is a butt head. -.- I don't like him. He basically killed off his family... Well, i'm gonna respond to your reviews now!
Crying White Wolf: Here's an update!
Dragon and Sword Master: I doubt you were expecting these people. n.n I didn't want to have characters from the show take part in this 'cause that would mean the bookkeeper would commit suicide... didn't want that so i just made up a character. Hope it was alright!
Computerfreak101: You're right, that IS a long time. Heh. n.n You were half right on the new team... they werent the people who took away Sherry's memory but they don't exactly work for the ones who did it, either... they were just told that Brago and Sherry were 'weak' and came into the mansion lookin' for a battle. Yee-ep...There's gonna be more mood swings to come, but the next chapter will probably be a lil' more angsty... at least i'll try to make it like that. n.n I wonder how many times you HAVE said 'update soon'... Let's not go count. XD
Hiei's ice angel: This chapter's not as funny, but there's a battle scene in it. n.n
PsychicLunar: Well... i wasn't thinking much on what Brago would say about death. 'Kick the bucket' was the first thing that came to mind and i didn't bother thinking about something else. n.n Yeah... Here's an update!
Blood of the Wolf: Braggadocio was actually a vocabulary word i had in Language Arts a few months ago... Doesn't it sound like Brago's name? XD
anonimize: Maybe he's bi-sexual. I don't know, really. I still like the ZB game.
Oh yeah! I forgot to say this, but in this story Sherry can now only read the 'Reis' spell until she works up the list like she had to do from the start. n.n Hope ya don't mind, but i have something planned later on, not too big of a deal but it's still something.
Well i hope i managed to respond to everybody! I'm on my mom's laptop yet again and can't check email, so i'm still relying on the 'view reviews' thing to see your responses to the story. Eheheheh.. yeah... n.n
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