Author Notes: The thing going on between Zofis and Koko is a sequel to my story "What are they doing over there?"
Reunited
Knock, knock.
"I'll get it, mom." a female's voice called out. The female opened the door, to find a little pink haired girl waiting for her.
"Lori, I've come back."
"Kolulu!"
Both girls cried happily as they embraced each other tightly. "Oh, Kolulu, I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you so much too, Lori. But now we're back together again. I love you, my big sister." Kolulu responded as she rest her head on Lori's shoulder. The sixteen year-old picked the little girl and brought her into her home.
"Mom, we have a guess." Lori spoke as she came into the kitchen. Her mother was making some lunch, but she spot her daughter and the child in her arms.
"Oh, Lori. Is she a friend of yours?"
"Yes, mom. This is Kolulu. I met her in a rain storm once. She was um... uh... separated from her parents, and I took her in. But a like two days after we first met, she um... uh... reunited with her parents. And I so I guess she came here to see me." Lori answered, putting in some fibs to hide the fact that Kolulu was a mamodo.
"Okay, honey. Lunch will be ready in a few minutes, why don't you two just go play in your room a bit." said Lori's mom as she went back to her cooking.
"Thank you, ma'am." Kolulu said kindly and sweetly to Lori's mother as Lori took her upstairs.
"Here, Kolulu. your favorite doll." Lori said to the pink-haired mamodo as she pulled out a familiar doll. Kolulu recognized it by its appearance.
"You still have Tina." Kolulu squealed in joy as she took the doll and cuddled it in her arms.
"But Kolulu. Why are in back here on Earth? Shouldn't you be back in the mamodo world?"
"Well, Zatch has won the mamodo battle, and he's a kind king now, and he decided to give us good mamodos a vacation to be with our book owners here on Earth. So I'm here to spend some time with you." Kolulu answered Lori's question, still eyeing the doll in her hands.
An hour later.
Zatch, Tia, Kiyo, and Megumi were having a wonderful time at the park, with two other mamodo teams reunited; Kanchome and Folgore, and Pony and Kafka Sunbeam.
"It's wonderful to be together with our mamodos again isn't it, guys?" Megumi asked as she leaned next to Kiyo, who had his arm around her.
"Well, I'm glad that Zatch and Tia are back." Kiyo responded. Megumi giggled a bit as Kiyo kissed her on her forehead.
"I'm overjoyed that me, Parco Folgore, is to see my buddy, Kanchome back here with me, along with you guys. Ha, ha, ha, ha." Folgore chuckled out happily, which made Kiyo's eyebrows twitch a bit.
"Oh, Zatch." a familiar evil voice called out. It was Naomi, back to pick on Zatch once again.
"Get lost, Naomi. I'm tired of you picking on me." Zatch said with a bored tone of voice. Naomi got angry and charged at Zatch in her car thing. But then Zatch did something he never thought he would do. He slammed his fist right on the front of Naomi's car thing, which made it stopped right dead in its tracks. Naomi was freaked out by this.
"How did you got so strong?" the weird girl asked.
"I guess it was time I stood up for myself. I don't want to see you around me again, smiley freak." Zatch said. Naomi squealed in fear as she ran off as fast as she can.
"That... felt... good." Zatch said to himself.
"Hey, Zatch, Kiyo!" someone else called out. Everyone turned to see a raven-black haired girl and a pink-haired girl.
"Hey, Kiyo, look! It's Kolulu and Lori." the blond child called out as he pointed at the coming females.
"Zatch!" Kolulu called as she ran up to the blond and gave him a hug. Tia's eyes widen in shock.
"I glad to see you back here with Lori, Kolulu. Let me introduce you to my friends." Zatch said as he brought Kolulu over to his friends. "Everyone, this is Kolulu. Kolulu, these are my friends; Ponygon, Kanchome, and Tia."
"Hi, everyone" said the pink-haired girl. The three said hi back, but Tia said her hi a bit weakly and not much friendly. Inside her, jealously was building up.
Somewhere else.
"It's wicked to see you back here with me again, Hyde." A teenager named Eido said, riding on his skateboard, which happened to be flying in the sky. Next to him was the wind mamodo Hyde.
"Well, somebody has to take care of you, you crazy person." Hyde said playfully as he gave his book owner a noogie on the head.
"You." the teen chuckled happily. Eido has matured a bit, but still goes crazy over girls, just not as much as he use to. Hyde had changed too. Now that the battle was over, he doesn't need to be all serious anymore. He can finally have a more fun with Eido.
"Say, Hyde. When you were sent back, were you able to obtain the rest of your powers?"
"I haven't obtained all ten of them yet. I only learned six, but that's good enough for me. Plus one of them is a summoning spell." the cool wind kid said as he and his former book owner continued flying over the town they were in.
"I forgot, but what's a summoning spell again?" Eido asked confused.
"It's those spells that a mamodo's power takes the form of a kind of animal. Remember when Zatch defeated us, he used that one spell which took the form of a dragon. That's summoning spell. My summoning spell takes the form of either an eagle or a falcon, I'm confused."
"Ha, ha, ha. Even you're confused sometimes." Eido laughed at the part when Hyde said he gets confused. "But other then that, Hyde, that sounds like some really wicked spell."
"Thanks, Eido." Hyde said, but the teen didn't answer. "Eido?" Hyde turned to see what his book owner was doing.
"Hello." Eido said excitedly, looking at a poster of a female model. But suddenly, he crashed right into a water tower.
"Eido. Some things about you never change." Hyde said as he placed his hand on his face and smiled a bit, before flying down to help his friend.
Somewhere else.
A black limo drove up to a college campus. The windshield opened, revealing Sherry. She was searching for someone out on the campus, but all she saw were college students having lunch across the campus.
"Are you sure we'll find him here?" asked Brago who was eyeing the blond, but her long hair was the only thing on her head that was facing him.
"Yes, Brago. Koko told me this is where she's going for college. And I guess she told Zofis she was going here before he showed for the battle. So if Zofis is back and is looking for Koko, then we'll find him here, we just have to find him that's all."
"We don't need to waste our time looking for him, Sherry. My senses will lead us to him. But remember, Sherry. Zatch also wanted me to just keep an eye on him, so as much as we want to do it, we can't go up to him and kick his ass just like that. We can only do that if he tries anything of what he did in the battle." Brago warned his former book owner.
Sherry frowned as she continued to look for the mamodo she despises so much. "He shouldn't be here at all, Brago. That little monster."
"I sense his presence already. Lets go." said Brago as he got out of the limo. Sherry too left, with Brago's spell book in her hands.
On the other side of the college campus.
"Where is she? I'm sure I saw her when she left the building. I knew I shouldn't have taken that short cut through the crowd of humans. I'll never find her like this. Where are you?" the kid who was begging Zatch to be let back said to himself, looking for the girl he's searching for.
The kid looked across several different places, looking for that one girl he needs to find. But still, he only found other college students.
He suddenly heard what it appeared to be the sounds of a boy and a girl kissing. He jumped over a couple of bushes to see two college students kissing, but were interrupted by the 14-year old's presence.
"Do you mind?" both college teens asked angrily at the teen.
"Sorry, but I'm looking for a college student name Koko, do you two know where she is?" the teen asked.
"Oh, we saw her speaking to few of her college buddies over by the main entrance on campus. So there, you'll be sure to find-" the female college student said, but before she could finish, the 14-year old zoomed straight off to the main entrance, yelling out "thank you!"
He ran pass more paths through a few trees and bushes, until he began running across a parking lot, then he came up to the college's main entrance. He began looking like crazy all over the place... until...
"Found you." the kid whispered. There, sitting on the steps of the college, talking to two other students, was a woman with brown hair and brown eyes. It's Koko.
But before, the teen could run straight up to the brunette, he stopped to look at the other studenst Koko was talking to. The first was another woman, who the teen didn't mind much. But the other happens to be a... GUY? there was a guy sitting right next to Koko. And both of them were talking to each other the most. And... what's this freak doing? The teen was wondering. Was he... FLIRTING WITH HER?
The teen frowned at the punk flirting with Koko. What was that? DID HE JUST KISS HER ON THE CHEEK? AND SHE'S GIGGLING ABOUT IT!
The teen's frown quickly turned into a scowl. He growled angrily, bearing his mouthful of scythe-shaped teeth, while his fingers dug into the tree he was hiding behind, with his nails slowly peeling the bark off the tree's trunk in anger. What the hell's he doing, flirting and kissing Koko like that? But then the teen stopped and thought. He has done much worse things to her in past, but now, he wants to make up for it, to make that brunette happy again. Both the woman and the teen have a dark bond inside each other. The teen's not happy right now, because of an emptiness inside, so that means that the woman he cares for has an emptiness as well.
The teen snapped out of his thoughts when he saw the freak and the other girl, leaving Koko and going inside the building. Now's his chance.
After getting himself ready, he slowly and nervously walked towards the brunette who was getting herself ready for her next class. But suddenly Koko dropped one of her books. Before she could pick it up, the kid picked it up for her. He handed to her, but the brunette found something familiar about this kid.
"Thank you. I'm sorry, but... you look in someway familiar, like I know once. Have we met before?" Koko asked in curiosity.
It's now or never. The kid swallowed his pride and spoke. "Actually, you and I have known each other before."
"Oh. I'm sorry again, but my memory has been a bit dull lately. Can you please remind me?" Koko asked.
"Koko, it's been a month since the battle for mamodo king, hasn't it, right?" the kid responded. The fudge head gasped a bit after hearing this.
"How do you know about the mamodo battle? Unless..." Koko couldn't finish her sentence, since she was reminded of the battle. But how can this teenager know of the battle? Unless he's...
"It's me, Koko."
"Z- Zofis?"
The child nodded yes. Koko took a step back in shock. Zofis is completely different then he was in the battle. He doesn't look like an evil cross-dresser anymore. He's completely male now. He still has his orange hair, but it's no longer long nor curly; it's now short and messy. His eyes were still black, but not evil looking anymore, they're now round and normal, almost human like, and not turning red-yellow anymore. His skin isn't white anymore either; it's now normal skin color like Koko's skin. His nails weren't red anymore and they were clipped. His red lines are gone as well, with only two really skinny lines going down his eyes now. And last, that evil look in his eyes and soul are gone forever, replaced with light and purity.
"But...why? How did you come here? Why are you back here? You're-you're not suppose to be here. You lost. You can't be back here. Why? Why, why, why, why? Why are you here again?" the brunette asked questions, herself filled with fear.
"I know what I did back in the battle was unforgivable. I know what I did to you was unforgivable as well. And I deserve to die and go to hell for it. But... I'm deeply... truly... sorry... for what I did to you. Now, I just want to make things better. I want to make you happy again, because I know there's something inside you that's empty and needs to be filled. But I don't want to fill that empty space with evil anymore. I never want to do it again. I want fill that emptiness with light. I want to let you know how sorry I am. I want to let you know how I feel for you. Koko, I'm so sorry. I lo-"
"I'm sorry. But... but... I have to go to my next class now!" Koko said quickly before running off into the college building with her stuff in her arms.
"But Koko!" called out the new psychic mamodo. The brunette heard him, but she kept running, until he turned a corner.
Zofis lowered his head a bit. He placed his hands on his head, still feeling the guilt and shame he should've felt during the battle, but his inner evil wouldn't let it out, the same way his inner evil wouldn't release Koko from its grip. But Zofis blames himself for it. Even though he never meant for it to happen, his inner evil was still part of him, before that evil was destroyed when his book was burned.
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have never cam here at all. I should've said no to the school's counselor about being part of the battle. Why couldn't I say no when I had the chance. It's my mother's fault. She did this to me! But it was my fault as well, because that evil was still part of me." Zofis said to himself. "I must punish myself again, as I have before."
With that, Zofis reached into a pocket in his shorts and pulled out a pocket knife. He flipped it open, to reveal the blade inside. He swallowed a chunk of spit. He experienced the pain a lot of times before, but that was only back in the mamodo world. And after Koko leaving him like that, he can tell this one's gonna hurt more than all the other combined. He looked around to make sure no one was around; he's all alone now by himself. He pulled the sleeve of his black jacket up. His left arm, mostly between the wrist and the elbow, was covered with old slash marks. Zofis tried his best to kill himself many times, but due to his mamodo blood, his wounds healed almost instantly, leaving only scars or marks and his blood regenerated in the single hour. But the wound on his little once black heart is the only wound who wouldn't heal. Because no one can heal that wound, except her.
But before Zofis can bring the knife's blade to his arm, a vision went through his head. It showed Koko smiling at him, holding a small child in her arms. The child had brown hair like Koko. It was wearing a big white night shirt that covered most of his body except his head, neck, hands, feet, and a bit of his arms. The child appeared to be sleeping. But suddenly, when Zofis took a step forward for some reason, the sleeping child's eyes shot wide open, glaring at the psychic mamodo before him. His right eye was brown like Koko's, but his left was unholy purple.
Zofis freaked out as he dropped the pocket knife and tried to balance himself on the steps railing. He hasn't cut himself, he was just freaked out by the vision.
"That vision," Zofis said to himself. "That's the third time I saw that thing in my head. The last two were back in my world. But why is this happening to me?" he asked himself. But then he heard footsteps coming from behind him.
"Well, well, well, Brago. Look who we have here."
