"Get rid of the boy as fast as you can!" Kokoro's mother yelled at the back of the door.

Out side Kokoro glanced at Bijutsu, that had not gone according to plan.

Pocket Notebook

Chapter 6

Kokoro and Bijutsu walked down the road. Yuki had gotten up from his dog hose and walked with the two. Kokoro could go back home as soon as she got rid of the boy, but this boy had helped her. She felt obliged to help him find a place to stay and fight with him if that was what he wished.

Kokoro with her eyes on the ground sighed, "Well, maybe sis would let us stay the night, till we can convince mom to let you stay with me."

Bijutsu looked at his shoulder and asked, "is your mom always like that?"

Kokoro sighed again, "No, she just… well she prefers girls to boys. She has two boys your age, my big brother is married and I'm the only girl. She has a theory that if I had a little sister I'd be the type of daughter that she always dreamed about. I'm good in always except I'm not the cheer leader type. If you had been a girl she would have squealed happily."

Bijutsu looked up at the cloudless, star filled sky, "Ha your mom's strange. My mom was fine with me being the only boy in the family out of seven kids."

"SEVEN kids? That's um, a lot."

The two talked walking down the road, starting to learn about each other. Soon the two where talking about dreams and hopes.

"I want to see the world!" Kokoro exclaimed, she was much more relaxed then she had been at the start of the day, "I'll probably never get to leave Japan thanks to dad, but still I hang on to my dream."

"I've only wanted to be better then one of my sisters. She's been the pride of the family sense she was little. She's worked in the palace most her life, she's in the fight for king here."

Kokoro gasped lightly and starred at Bijutsu, "You mean you want to fight your sister?"

"sure, she always handed me my butt on a palter when we fought, I'd like to show her that I've grown."

Kokoro thought about all the times she had competed with all her brothers, she had always won the mom battles, but.. "Alright I see where you're coming from…"

The three finally made it to Mina's house. Kokoro politely knocked on the door and waited for Hino or Mina to come to the door Yuki rolled on the grass, happy as a dog could be. Katori answered the door.

"Yay! Koro here! Koro here!" Katori happily shouted to the rest of the house. Katori was thigh high; she and Bijutsu were eye level. Hino, Kokoro's big brother, walked to the door from the kitchen and picked Katori up and through her over his shoulder.

"Sorry Kokoro, Mina's upstairs and I didn't hear the door, even though I keep telling Katori not answer the door."

"Don't worry about it," Kokoro waved her hands in front of her face, "anyway I was wondering if Bijutsu and I could sleep here tonight?"

"Sure you can, but mom didn't like him though, she called us and told us to stop you from staying with him at any cost. I figure you know what you're up to, and you don't want mom in the middle of it."

"Wow, you're good."

"Kay, hey can you put Katori to bed?"

Hino handed Kokoro Katori, "No problem."

Kokoro walked down the hall past the kitchen into Katori's room and put her too bed. When Kokoro walked out of the room she found her self face to face with Mina. Actually more like, running over Mina, but details don't matter.

"Sorry, Mina," Kokoro said.

"Hey Kokoro, why don't we talk in the kitchen. I think we need a good girl talk." Kokoro knew this couldn't be good, but she walked over to the kitchen with Mina.

They both sat opposite each other at the table. A clock some where in the house ticked loudly echoing in Kokoro's head. She was neverous to what her sister had to say.

Mina was the first to speak, "What is the deal with the 'cursed devil boy,' as mom puts it."

Kokoro looked at her lap, the story she tried on mom was the best she had so she would aim for that, "He's an orphan that was being beat up on the street and I just…"

"Kokoro," Mina interjected, "Please don't lie. Tell me the real story, I want to know what is going on."

"I just don't think I should though, maybe you'll get tied up in this, and…" Kokoro still sat starring at her lap, she sounded like a kid afraid of a lecture.

"If you tell the truth, I swear not to deem you crazy, help you when I can, and not get in the middle," Mina said, finally making Kokoro look up. Mina's face wasn't that of a person angry, but soft with a gentle smile. Kokoro caved and old the whole tale.

"Bijutsu is something called a Mamodo he's here fighting to become king of his world. I just happen to be able to release his power. I fought along side him to day against the person that hurt me yesterday, Sai with a Mamodo that was controlling her. Thanks to Bijutsu Sai's back to normal, and I really want to thank him for helping me." Kokoro said to her lap, clenching her fists so tight it began to hurt.

"oh, so that's the story," Mina said, making Kokoro look up to Mina's arms resting causally on the table, Mina was smiling, "See, reality is always much more fascinating then fiction."

"Does that mean you believe me?"

Mina nodded and then said, "I'll let you keep the boy here on a few conditions. One, baby-sit Katori when I have work. Two, help out around the house when I need help. Three, you must stay with the boy."

"But I already do those," Kokoro stated a little confused and cross-eyed.

"so do you agree to my terms?"

Kokoro catching on nodded.

"okay then, it's a deal. You and the boy move in for real tomorrow." Mina happily stated getting up from her chair.

Kokoro also getting up asked, "Mina? Why are you okay with keeping Bijutsu?"

Mina lost a bit of her happy aura to her, but she smiled as she spoke, "I love kids."

Kokoro knew the sensitive subject had to do with the mishaps that happened during Katori's birth. Mina lost Katori's twin and lost the ability to have anymore children. Mina hates apologies so Kokoro questioned, not expecting an answer. "It still hurts?"

Kokoro was right not to expect an answer and the two walked out of the kitchen. Kokoro did her best to find Bijutsu, it took some time but she found him sleeping in her bed.

She growled at herself and pushed Bijutsu over enough for he to sleep. Tomorrow he would have his own bed.

Tomorrow came and so did the fun. Mina told Kokoro's mother that both Bijutsu and Kokoro would be staying with her. Kokoro's mother threw a fit over this to say the least but non the less Kokoro's books, computer, spare bed, other outfits, and her wooden door sign reading: "Hiyotaka Kokoro."

Kokoro and Bijutsu walked into Mina's house doing their best to carry a computer together; the high difference was a bit of a problem.

"ah, oh no we might drop it!" Kokoro cried doing their best not to drop it. A third set of hands saved the day and lifted the computer to more of Kokoro's height making life much easier. The third set of hands belonged to a girl with blond hair wearing a red bow. At least that was all Kokoro could see over the box.

"Kokoro you lead," it was Sai's voice. Her voice still wasn't as strong as normal, but it was much closer.

"Thanks Sai," Kokoro said walking into the house, "what brought you over?"

"I was going to your house and I saw you carrying this ting with the kung-pow eater. You looked like you needed help."

"Okay now we go up stairs," Kokoro said looking behind herself with dread.

Sai looked around the box, normally stairs didn't look so evil, "okay."

Bijutsu slowly walked up behind the two girls going up slowly, he was carrying all of Kokoro's clothes.

Once all the stuff was in Kokoro's room, all three of them laid on the floor and panted. This was hard work.

"Hey Kokoro?" Sai questioned uncertainly.

"Yeah?"

"I remembered what happened yesterday."

Oh no. Kokoro bolted upright to sit and look at Sai.

"I'm so sorry, it is all my fault and you knew it all along. A human controls the spell and the way the spell responds. A slashed you with strings and destroyed that arm. It's bleeding again because the wounds I caused are so deep."

Kokoro just sat and starred as Sai told her version of the story.

"I was in control all a long. So I attacked you, and I really hurt you. You never even hit me back to make it fair. I hate it. My best friend and I went around trying to kill you." Sai stopped her speech now and just laid with tears pouring down her face. It was clear she was making n effort to stop and just couldn't.

Kokoro felt so much pain for Sai. She was suffering so much, and Kokoro had no clue what the pain felt like. "There is one thing I blame you for," Kokoro said downcast, "because of what happened, you and I are the only ones that haven't seen "Love my Heart" yet. Let's go see that tomorrow and everything else. Has been repaid in double."

Sai just sat up and cried into her knees.

Sunday, Sai and Kokoro went to the earliest move on Sunday, the four 'o clock.

Sai is acting pretty happy; crying out all her problems has always made her feel so much better.

"I hate movie popcorn, it makes me so thirsty. I guess I'll get some candy instead," Kokoro sighed walking next to Sai up to the snack bar, "how 'bout you?"

"I don't know, I think I'll have the popcorn. I mean that's why people go to the movies right?"

"Maybe, but still if you hate it you ha-yah!" Kokoro had forgotten the basic rules of walking, look forward once every now and then. She had crashed right into a guy way taller then her. He had black hair grown to his shoulders.

"Sorry, you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine thank you. I'm sorry I wasn't watching where I was going."

With out anymore words the two parted. Sai and Kokoro quietly squealed he was hot.

A/N:

Sorry it took so long. I really shouldn't try to excuse my self on taking so long for this chappy. Sorry. (not that people notice)

I don't own Zatch Bell.

On my profile I have a glimpse of the next chapter.