Koko's Misadventures; Part 1:Prelude, Chapter 4

Now to get into the fun stuff! And by fun stuff, I mean the actual canon parts that actually happened in the actual Zatch Bell show/manga. Actually. Well at least how I write it/interpet it anyway. I really wanted to highlight the events happening here, because the manga/anime pretty much glossed right over the whole thing, thus why I had to devote a whole chapter to it. Not going to bluh much more, Enjoy guys!

Any comments are appreciated and encouraged, be they positive or negative!

A jolt of giddiness went through her. The sort of ecstatic joy that one only experienced when one had truly found themselves in a time when their existence would otherwise be void, and where that void had been filled with only the most fulfilling and dominating sort of god-given presence. And what a treat that presence was.

Her mind going from naive and lukewarm, to slowly waking up and remembering who 'she' is and what she intended, her vision was clear now. The symptoms faded, head cleared, she felt better than ever,better in every single way, never more hurrisome to want to do anything in her life. She knew who she was now, and the fire surrounding her was a reminder of that.

The heat, the bright lights, the screams and shouts, and all to her command and honor. The feeling excited and thrilled Koko beyond comparison. After 16 years of living without soul or sediment, she felt she had finally come to the height of her life, everything else either building up to that point or being completely meaningless. In her present situation, she could care less. All that mattered was the present, the feelings and emotions satisfying her.

"Random" She shouted, reading the pages off the glowing book, it's writing indescribable to all but her, it's purpose without completion except when in her hands, read by the chorus that was her voice.

A white ball of energy surged out of Zophis's palm, and it splattered against a series of connected apartment houses exploding on impact, sound. As the fire grew around the front, the force quickly found its way through the rest of the complex and all connect buildings, sound after sound as glass crashed apart and the walls crumbled inwards with the foundations destroyed. People stood around and watched, to fearful for their lives to do anything.

The surrounding buildings had already suffered a similar fate, all torched by one spell or another.

"Khakhahahaha! Fun! Its... so much fun! This power. How could I have lived my whole life without this power? Where was it when I needed it, but it's here now isn't it. My powers!"

She hugged her book and snuggled it against her arms, embracing it's corrupting presence and welcoming the savagery that it brought her. The symbols on her bosom glowed a darkish red an black, and a wave of pleasure washed over Koko, feeling intoxicated from the feelings it was giving her.

"Hehehe. Yes my dear, you can enjoy all of that power you wish from now on. You can take revenge on anybody that hurt you or anybody that tries to hurt you, that book is yours. Just remember you are to use for making me king of the demon world as well."

"Of course, Zophis." Koko responded, barely caring in the height of her ecstasy. They strolled through the town, block by block, attacking everything in sight replacing it with the sights of fire and smoke to illuminate the sky.

They had approached the library Koko had been at the other day, and in front of it stood the librarian, Jonathan. His blond hair flowing in the breeze, his white vest tinted red against the light of the omnipresent flames, his glasses showing two opposing figures in their reflection. His face knew only fear.

"KOKO! What.. what are you DOING? When they I heard you had started.. this I didn't believe it, and came to check that you were ok, but Koko... WHAT THE HELL?" He said, his open stance attempting to command attention but only reveling in the fear he couldn't supress.

"I do believe he wants to take away your powers, Koko my dear." Zophis remarked. Koko stopped and put her finger on her chin, looking up in pensive thought. "Ohhh."

"Jon Jon? Do you want to take away my powers?" She said rotating her eyes towards him stilly.

"Koko this is CRAZY! Stop this!" He stood shaking his head with both hands tearing at his hair.

"He really doesn't want you to have powers Koko, he's probably jealous." Zophis said.

"Jealous?"

"Yes Koko, he's Jealous. He wants all that power for himself. Or maybe he wants people to hurt you. He just wants to take from you like every other person in this town." Koko gasped and readied her book upon hearing this comment, taking every word of Zophis's as the absolute truth she couldn't disobey.

"Koko, don't listen to him, just stop! He's trying to control you or something, this isn't you! You would never do this."

" *I* would never do this, hmm Jon? So you're trying to tell me what *I* would never do? "

"Koko..." He treaded, starting to realizing he couldn't reach her.

"Well you seem to be sooo qualified about what *I* would do don't you Jon? Well in that case, why don't you tell me what to do now, and about tomorrow as well. Why don't you tell me how to live my life, or start living my life? After all, since you *you* know sooo much about what I would and wouldn't do, you must have some say in it don't you? If anything, it sounds like YOU'RE THE ONE TRYING TO CONTROL ME JONATHAN!"

"Hehehe. You're most certainly right my dear."

"YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!" Jonathan screamed, pointing at him. "WHAT THE FUCKING HELL DID YOU DO TO HER YOU BASTARD?"

"Hehehe. I just made her more of what she really is. If you have a problem with the *real* her, that's your problem, not mine. Die now please."

"RANDOM" Koko read the spellbook. And as she hoped, another white fireball threw out of Zophis's palms. Speeding towards Jonathan, he quickly rolled over, and the sphere missed and hit the library. It went up in flames within seconds, glass shattering and concrete crackling.

Koko smirked, and tried to walk away and carry about her business. A blond librarian grabbed at her left leg and pleaded one last time, but his efforts were in vain and he understood that by now.

"Koko.. what happened... to you" Koko growled, and kicked him off. He was pushed physically and found his body rolling away. Zophis dusted off his hands afterward.

*What an asshole, trying to control me like that. They're all like that.*

Koko paused and tried to think nothing of it, but as she walked away those words echoed in her head. They brought back memories of similar words being spoken to her by... someone she couldn't remember, at a time she failed to recall. A sharp pain went through her head and her instinctive reaction was to grab her foreface.

"GAAAaahh..ggg."

"Is everything alright, my sweet?" Zophis noticed, walking past her already

"I'm fine. More, let's do more. I wanna have some fun! I want more!" She said enthusiastically, although the pain still lingered somewhat in her head.

*What.. was that?* She shook her head, trying to shake it off. And they carried on. A few blocks on they razed more of the town, trying out more spells much to Koko's delight.

Some cops has come by previously, not many just a few. With Zophis's telekinesis their weapons and vehicles were easily invalidated, and with Koko's book the users of such were terminated as well. They fled after the first wave had gotten some rather nasty 3rd degree burns.

More and more of the town fell to her wrath. She looked around and saw that most of the town was already in flames, minus some buildings on the far south side she had neglected. Figuring they would have long caught fire without her intervention, she disregarded it.

"Haha! That was so much fun! But I'm kinda tired of casting spells, can we go and make you king now!"

"Of course dear." Zophis responded, staring at the hotel the pair had just worked on, as it blazed up and crashed in the other direction. "You are probably running out of *heart power* anyway. With your emotions you were able to power entire hours with of spells and attacks, but even zeal has it's limits. Take a rest, we'll go soon."

Koko thought the concept was rather dumb, but she shrugged and put her book by her side. As they strolled across she put her hands up and felt the intense heat scorning across the air, like a pleasant breeze drifting across her. She just wanted to soak it all up, to embrace and remember the moment as long as possible. It was so enticing, so liberating, she had never felt so free.

"Quite a pretty sight isn't." The voice was mellow and without intent, but it reached Koko the same as it always had when the sort of inflectionless tone was raised.

"Ain't it, Sister?" Hannibal said, standing behind them. Her hands were in her pockets, long sleaves concealing her arms. Her cheap black heart-break hoodie keeping her cozy as she admired the view. Her head up, her dark straight hair tilted down. Another explosion ruptured the top of a tall building, and as it collapsed ash and soot blew about. She took her hand out high and fondled the air, rubbing her fingers. She went licking her lips.

"Yeah, it really is. Little sis." Koko said turning around, tapping Zophis upon seeing immediately that her sister wasn't showing any intimate fear or intimidation. Zophis just sat down. Koko walked slowly towards her.

"I really like what you've done with this place. So much livelier." Hannibal commented.

"You think?" Koko questioned, raising an eyebrow and putting one hand on her hips.

" Yeah I really do. Much nicer. *Sigh* Only one thing."

"Yes, dearest little sister?" Koko said, her sarcasm barely making a difference in the climate.

"You'll take me with you, right?" Hannibal said, staring down at Koko expecting some sort of respect with her answer's return.

"Hmm." Koko closed her eyes and put a hand on her cheek, sticking out her tongue. "How are mom and the other one? I went pretty easy on our place, you lucky bastards. Thought maybe I'd save it for last."

"They're fine, or at least were the last time I left there. The two have already evacuated or whatever."

The two continued to stare, and Koko looked at the blazing scenery fondly, the heat sweating her down. Hannibal clenched her fist and accused.

"Wait, WHA.. You called her MOM! You called that awful bitch 'Mom'? Who the hell are you and what have you done with Koko?"

Koko was somewhat shocked when she heard this, but just laughed. "Later sis" She walked backwards, waving her sister off as Zophis got up as well. "Wait, I don't care, can I go WITH YOU AT LEAST?" She gasped, her voice breaking slightly upon raising it. Koko continued to walk off.

"You didn't answer my QUESTION!"

The younger dark haired girl said, and pulled out a dagger and chucked it flying towards Koko. The knife was stopped by two fingers, and the owner of those fingers slowly turned around and sighed. Zophis stuck his hands out at the small girl, but Koko simply shoved him her book. She walked towards Hannibal who didn't flinch or hesitate to face her older step-sister. As Koko reached her, she bent down and put her hands down on her pale face and pinched her cheeks. Koko rubbed her head down on Hannibal's affectionately and put her arm the young girl's waist.

She took the young girl's dagger and ripped diagonally through her sisters face. Hannibal hissed slightly, but tried to stand still, resisting the pain. As blood purged out of her right cheek, Koko fingered the blood, moving her pointer across the slit. She then put it directly across her forehead. Koko handed back the dagger and got closer to her ear.

"Nope."

She kissed the other cheek, and got up and walked away. Hannibal wiped the flowing blood from her cheeks and observed it stain her fingers, looking up as blood dripped from her forehead. She looked back and slowly watched the two pace off. *Leaving me behind, going it alone as always. As always, sister. You never change, do you* Hannibal lamented, sucking the blood off her hand, stomping her foot slightly.

The air full of heat and swelling fire, Koko continually walked off. Seeing most of the town in ruins by now, a smug sort of satisifaction went across her face. She felt she had truly accomplished something, a thing that took way to long in finally accomplishing. After all these years, after day and day of being caged in it's agony, she was free. Her prison had been ravaged and her keepers foiled. She finally approached near the edge of town again where she had started, seeing her house still amazingly untorched by the surrounding flames. She took out her book and a simple word later, the home was made into a furnace, unliveable by even the most cruel of tyrants. She stopped to watch it burn, it's undoing after all these years. A great burden had been taken off her chest that day, and the burning of her own house felt like it finalized it, sealed the deal on her freedom. Freedom, it was something new to her. Was that truely what freedom felt like she wondered? It must have been, because she couldn't imagine any greater feeling than the relief she felt.

"Koko!"

A familiar voice broke her from her trance and she turned around to face her friend ahead.

Sherry, look what I did! Isn't it all so beautiful?"

The shaken blond female could only gasp at the unbelieabale scene.

"Random!" Koko casted another spell off, sending a white fireball flying past Sherry and destroying a nearby building with it's vicious explosion.

"Isn't it great? I have powers, so now I can finally avenge myself for all the cruelty I suffered." Koko enthusastically exclaimed.

"What are you talking about? You're suppose to be going away to colledge and starting a new life!"

"I don't care."

"Sherry, as long as I have this new power no one in this whole wide world will ever be able to hurt me ever again. Don't you see?"

"This is NOT what we discussed. Pain and destruction wasn't part of your dream,you wanted to be happy, you wanted to be-"

"-Sherry!"

These words frusterated Koko hotter than the heat packen within their spells. Not what they had 'discussed? Not what she 'she' wanted? Another person who was now in liberty to tell her who she was and what she wanted. And all for their own benefit she knew. She hadn't ever recalled spilling her heart out to Sherry, only Sherry looking 'out' for her in the most selfish way possible, being lead to a happiness Sherry thought might be best. Who was she, Koko, to be able to tell what she wanted or who she could be? Obviously she needed her richer and 'superior' friend to tell her such high-up matters. She merely smirked.

"I am happy. Now I'm free."

"Koko..." Sherry could only stare back desperately wondering what could be done.

"Mhahahahahahahaha" a sniveling voice crackled nearby. When Sherry heard it she instantly looked for a target for her fusterations, and the horrifying maniquine next to Koko was the obvious answer.

"This is all your fault! What did you DO to make her like this?"

"Mwahahaha." His voice continued to torrment her, Koko standing faithfully by his side aiding his conquest of Sherry's slowly failing ambition.

"Oh nothing really,I just changed what was inside of her heart. I let the pain she has always felt, take over and control her heart. It wasn't difficult to do with my powers."

These words dawned on Sherry like a sword piercing her flesh, entering her heart, and then penetrating into the very realm of her soul, ripping at her innermost heartstrings, tugging at the most sentimental of emotions she felt, like an essential part of her had just been ripped in half at that moment.

"For I am zophis, and of the 100 demon children, only I will be king!"

These words were lost on the already torn Sherry, who couldn't begin to comprehend the gravity of her situation, the very experience of having to live through such making Sherry want to complement the most desperate of antities and solutions to bypass it. Just to dissolve the suffering, just to make the pain go away. *What.. is he saying?* She grieved.

"This is an enjoyable game, manipulating the human heart. At first, Koko wasn't interested in joining me in my quest for power. That is why I freed her heart. Now the hate she feels will help PROPEL us to victory!"

Sherry simply spiraled and shook in denial, a tactless attempt to confirm her own delusions and deny what she saw right in front of her.

"It's a lie. It's a lie. Tell me it's not true. PLEASE my friend tell me it's not true!" Sherry shouted in agony, failing to reach Koko in anyway beyond the superfical. And not enforcing the reality that Sherry wasn't prepared for either.

"Sherry. I did all of this with my new powers. Now no one can ever hurt me again."

Sherry couldn't bear it. She was already at her mental limits and every single word from Koko's mouth further broke down her will. Her will to hope, her will to believe, her drive to live even. It was as if every single part of her physke was being broken down at once, a shattered little doll that even the like of fruied couldn't fix. She felt she was being robbed of absolutely everything in this short period of time.

"You, why are you doing this?"

"Young lady,I live for only one thing. To become king. In order to do that, I need a human counterpart. With your friend, I'll win the battle." Zophis answered.

"Sherry, you must not stand in my way, because if you do I will destroy you. I'm telling you for the last time, I won't lose this power! Goodbye Sherry."

"Don't do this Koko!"

"Random" Koko said, gathering her hatred into what heart power she had left in that one attack and releasing it. The released emotions took the form of Zophis's trademark 'random' spell, and as the blast hit Sherry smoked seered about.

"hehe hmahaha, come on let's go."

"Yes" Zophis said, hiding his fear of a nearby presense he knew was shortly behind him.

She stormed off, feeling even more satsifed that she'd gotten one more obstacle of her past out of the way, one more shackle to be forgotten. It seemed little still existed to stop her now, she could go off to whatever lay elsewhere in the world, waiting for her to claim. The world was hers to take, it just didn't know it yet.

The world was hers, she just didn't know it yet.

As koko walked out slowly leaving the rural town, another sharp pain entered her head. "Memories... eternal.. don't forget..." These were said by the soft voice of her younger self, agitating the now-warped Koko. Not submissive to these emotions, she tried to resist them but they flashed through.

Images ran through her head, memories, recollections throughout her life. Some about her working or studying, many about her suffering at the hands of her mother and the life she had before.. father. Mostly centered around Sherry and the memories she had with her, the few kind moments in their innocent youth, and many contradicting vain memories as she grew up. And finally memories of the entire day unfolding before her. It happened so fast, it was like a flurry of thoughts being forced through her.

The mark on her bosom glew red as it grew and repressed, until it finally resumed it's original position and stopped with the images.

"Koko? Is, everything alright?" Zophis said, pausing when he noticed her stop.

"Yeah.. yeah I'm fine." She brushed her hair. "Never been better" She looked up and continued walking. Slyly scratching her face, she wiped over below her eyes a small blip of liquid trickeling down. Was it a tear?

*Am I.. crying?*

She broke into laughter, and made some superficial comments about the day,their future, and her power.

Meanwhile Zophis sensed something was off, and reading her thoughts late he got a glimpse of the last few bits of her confusion.

*Is she- no it couldn't be. Probably just a lingering girl still struggling, a heart that doesn't know when to give up, nothing more. That error will be corrected in time.* He considered, thinking of her tibit as nothing more than her previous self giving a vain attempt to make her feel an emotion. Impossible, he knew he hadn't allowed anything other than contempt and misantrophy into her heart, feeling remorse just wasn't in her capability now.

"Yes yes, it's all true. And all in time, my dear." He joined her excitement, or at least feigned it.

Koko and Zophis reached the last of civilization and passed the bounds where people claimed domain, wandering off into a forest and off to make Zophis king. With a smug look on his face and a naieve smile on Koko's, they looked ahead towards the vast, incomprehensible future.

Koko:Yayyy, I burn down my village and stuff!

Zophis: You did great deal, you did great!

Koko:Wooooo! Can I get some icecream now.

Zophis: I don't think that's a good idea.

Koko:Pleeeeeeeeeease.

Me: Just give her some damn icecream Zophis.

Zophis: Fine. Eat this. *Gathers things off the floor* It's a gore sunday, I made it from the flesh, blood, and tears of the corpses we smoked.

Koko: *Sniff* Hmmm, smells good. But, umm *pukes black blood over it* YAY, now THAT is an ice-cream cone!

Me: That's... disgusting.

Koko: Why? What's wrong with it?

Me: You have to resuscitate it first. Here, give it to me. *Eats Ice Cream scoop*

*Pukes it back out onto cone* Here, try this now.

Koko: *nom nom nom* hmm, that's much better, thanks.

*Sherry is reading it on *

Sherry: I think... I'm going to be sick.

Tuba:... 0.0?

Zophis: You just read an entire chapter practically fetishizing arson and murder? What do you have to complain abo- *GUAH!*

*Is strangled by Sherry and am leaving earth for no raison. *

*Koko drops her gore-blood-puke icecream and makes a sad puppy dog face*

Koko:My... icey-cweeeeeeam. I droppied it. *Dawwwwwwwwww noises ensure*

Me: Well this has been absolutely disgusting. Good bye all, til the next chapter!

The next chapter. That is a chapter. Which will be a chapter. Following this one. The chapter you just read. Is followed by another chapter after. Which is the chapter after.

I like Ice-cream.