I don't particularly like this chapter... It feels as if it's missing something. x-x And i know y'all aren't gonna like it, or maybe you will, i don't know, i'm not whoever's reading this. xD

But then again, because of this chapter and how many are left, that's the main reason WHY there's gonna be a sequel. Anyway, uh, read, review, and enjoy?

Disclaimer: This has never been mine, never will, but i own my creativity so leave me alone.


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Chapter 27

True or False?

Fausuto chuckled lowly as he glanced over in my bookkeeper's direction and then to mine, I was stunned when he asked the next question.

"Are you by any chance the demon whose bookkeeper had her memories erased?"

I fell silent as Sherry did too, we both started at him blankly for a moment until the realization that his book was burning dawned on me and I quickly snapped out of my trance and back to reality. My expression turned into a deep frown.

"How do you know about that?" I questioned. To the side, Sherry woke up from her own spell as well and I watched as she slowly strode up closer to where I stood by the disappearing demon on the ground, yet she remained silent.

The large red mamono before me only sighed for a quick second before he spoke, his voice almost echoing now as he slowly began to dissolve back to our world. "I don't know much, but I do remember a couple of millennium demons had journeyed on their own for something. Stupid Byonko went after them to tell them to come back, but turns out that they were traitors. When they came back, I remember them talking about a demon such as you and his bookkeeper. Don't really know what happened, perhaps Lord became upset, and…"

I stared and glanced to the side where Fausuto's book was burning, his now soon to be ex-bookkeeper lying unconscious on the ground. Around the corner, I saw Torowa's book disappear along with the demon. This meant that Fausuto didn't have much time left as I saw the other demon's book slowly disappearing, the blue flame quickly eating away at its cover.

"Who did this to her then!" I shouted in the direction of the demon lying on the ground, he merely stared back at me with his yellow-green eyes. "Tell me who did it, now!"

"Heh, heh, heh… You're never going to find them, even if I did tell you," he said dryly, turning his head away from my gaze. "His book was burned."

His book was burned.

I stared, wide eyed as soon as those words reached my ears. To the side, Sherry looked just as perplexed as I felt. His book was burned… his book was burned… No, his book couldn't have been burned! I hadn't burnt it yet—this was a lie, all a lie, dammit!

"Stop joking with me!" I snarled as I clenched my fists tighter. "Tell the truth, you!"

"I already did," he said, now only a couple of inches of his book remained. Fausuto had become transparent a long time ago and I could barely see his expression due to the light from him disappearing being in the way. "You're never going to find the culprit."

"I will, you just wait and see!" I hissed. "Now tell me more or I'll shred your face to pieces!"

"Too late, I'm gone," Fausuto chuckled lowly, I watched as the flame on the book ate away the very last bit, I growled in frustration and aimed to punch him in the face before he left, but my fist collided in the dirt instead. Fausuto had been sent back to the Makai.

I yelled at the space where the demon had previously laid, punching the air around me and then at the ground, leaving a small crater where my fist collided with the dirt, I stood there, my hand still curled up in a tight ball. To the side, Sherry dropped to her knees and stared at the ground, shocked.

"His book was burned…?" she mumbled out loud in a quiet voice. "Then that means…"

"No, Sherry!" I responded quickly, "His book was not burned! I haven't burned it yet, I haven't even beaten that bastard's face to a pulp!"

Sherry looked up at me with a hollow look and I growled, standing up strait and clenching my fist even tighter. I didn't really care when I felt a piercing sensation on my palm as blood slowly started to trickle down on my hand from where the skin was cut by my claw-like nails.

The woman continued to gaze at me blankly and I turned my head around to look at her though I couldn't do this for long. So I glanced away, turning to look in the other direction. I let my hand unfold and I watched as the crimson liquid in my palm drop down and I hissed again.

"Didn't even get a chance to look at him," I muttered lowly, still watching my blood trickle down my palm. "After coming all this way, after putting up with this damn chaos, all for nothing. It can't be true, I don't believe it!"

"Brago?"

"What?"

Turning around, I watched as Sherry sighed and glanced to the ground, fiddling with her thumbs somewhat, afterwards looking up at me once again. "I don't… I don't think it's the truth," she said quietly while I remained silent. "How would that demon know?"

"How the hell should I know?" I spat lowly, "Demons have their ways."

"But what I mean is that there's got to be someone else out there responsible for this!"

"I know that, Sherry," I argued, "They're back in the demon world!"

"Brago…" The woman sighed before she stood u and walked right in front of m, she didn't even remove eye contact at all as she stood where I was, clutching onto my book tightly. "That demon said there was more than one responsible for my situation, so I'm quite sure that there are others still out there who know about it. Like this 'Lord' character."

"There is no Lord in this battle, Sherry," I said angrily. "He's not in this fight."

Sherry blinked. "Then… Who could it be?" she questioned. "There isn't anyone else that I could think of, and honestly, right now I don't know who to think of!"

I sighed lowly, shaking my head. To the side, I glanced to where the three demons used to lay ad where the ashes of their books remained, some of the bits started to drift away with the slight wind that was blowing. Around us in a circle lay their bookkeepers, blissfully unaware of their surroundings.

After that, I pointed to the three unconscious men. "You see those humans? Their minds were controlled." Sherry blinked yet again.

"How can that be?" the woman inquired slowly. "The only one that I know of that could do that is…"

"Precisely."

The blonde's eyes widened and she stared at me blankly, taking in what I said. "That can't be…." she whispered. "Zophise? He's the one responsible for this?"

"The only one that I know of," I retorted, "It's too obvious, Sherry, there's no one else who could do this." I shook my head, afterwards turning to look up at the sky. A thunderstorm was arriving and I could feel the small bits of rain that were starting to fall beat against my face, I closed my eyes with a sigh.

Sherry was quiet, I knew for her that this was a shock to take in. Ever since the beginning of the battle, she hated that creature that had taken hold of her friend. And now that she realized there were more victims… Well, I was positive she was even more furious than before.

"But you're right, Sherry," I spoke after a minute. The rain was starting to pour down just a little harder now. "There's probably some other demon out there and they're the ones responsible."

Knowing this, I knew that I had to discover who it was—I had to figure this problem out and solve this dilemma. I'd get revenge for whoever did this to Sherry and I…

"Yeah," agreed Sherry quietly. "Do you… think that Zophise was the one who started this?"

I was silent for moment as I pondered over her question. "…I don't know," I answered slowly. "It's possible, but we're just going to have to ask him ourselves, now aren't we?" When Sherry didn't answer I decided to continue. "In the meanwhile, if it is him, we're going to have to train harder than before. He'll be our toughest opponent yet."

"I know," spoke the woman quietly. She averted her gaze to the ground. "But whoever did this… I know that there's got to be someone else behind it. There has to be, it can't all be over!" I turned my own attention to the woman and noticed the determined look in her eyes. Yet… She still had that gloomy air to her, a saddened expression was hidden somewhere, but I couldn't find it. It wasn't quite distinct, but I knew it existed.

Shaking the thought off, I decided that it was time to leave, the rain was getting heavier now and thunder started to boom off in the distance.

"Well… come on," I said, "We should get out of here."

"But what about the humans?" my bookkeeper questioned, "We should do something about them!"

I sighed, "Fine, do what you want."

"They'll be waking up soon," responded Sherry, "Let's just wait a few until they come to, then we can lead them back to the reserve."

"Whatever," I muttered and began to walk around, stopping once I was by Sherry to stare at her in the eye. I was about her height now. We were silent, but Sherry nodded her head solemnly as she sat down on a small rock that hadn't been destroyed and she flattened out her dress.

Even though we weren't aware of who had done this to Sherry, I knew that we would still continue fighting, even if we were put up against Zophise this very second. We would fight and we would win, because we were the ultimate team.