Author Notes: I'm sorry but Zatch and his friends aren't in this chapter. They will be in the next chapter. And if anyone's wondering if there's a villain in this story, you're right. But it's not Zofis. So if you read carefully during the present part of the chapter, you'll just find out who the villain/villainess in this story is story.
Reunited
"Well, well, well, Brago. Look who we have here?"
Zofis turned around in fear to see the Brago and Sherry, the two who beat him in the battle for king. The very people who he knows is gonna ruin everything, like he ruined everything back in the battle, but that's when his inner evil was in control. But Brago and Sherry don't know that, and even if he tried his best to explain the truth to them, they wouldn't believe him anyway.
"Still living in guilt, Zofis?" Brago asked with an emotionless glare at the psychic mamodo. Zofis took a step back, but the dark mamodo and the blond took a step forward, with cold glares on their faces. Zofis was now backed up against the wall of the college building, surrounded by the two very people who defeated him, but at the same time, saved him from his inner evil.
"What are you doing back here?" Sherry asked coldly.
"I begged Zatch to let me come back here-"
"For what? So you can manipulate my best friend's mind again?" the blond snapped.
"No not this time? I came back here to apologize to her. For everything I've done."
"Apologize? What you did is unforgivable! No matter how many times you're gonna apologize, it's not gonna make up for what you did!" Sherry yelled in the psychic mamodo's face. Zofis closed his eyes in fear and made a small quiet whimper.
Zofis is not a wuss, but what Sherry said was right, even if he was controlled by his inner evil, it was still partly his fault.
Sherry saw the how scared Zofis has become. When they first met, he was an evil creature with no heart and always used others to get what he want. But now, he's just a scared little teen who has been free from his inner evil and all he wants is to be forgiven. Sherry smirked at this.
"Look at yourself, Zofis. Look how vulnerable and scared you are. Just months ago we were enemies, but now... you're so... weak. And I like it that way, Zofis. You now know how I felt when you manipulated Koko's feelings. When you made her try to kill me! When you abused her! When you took her away from me!" Sherry yelled again, grasping Zofis' neck with her hand, slowly choking him. Zofis didn't fought back, for he knew he deserved this. But then Sherry noticed the pocket knife on the ground that Zofis dropped earlier. She grabbed it and brought it up to the psychic mamodo's face.
"Vengeance is so, so, so , sweet, that you just want to drink it all in, huh, Zofis? And I would enjoy every single minute of it as I ram this knife's blade through your heart. But as much as I want to enjoy seeing you die, you're very, very, very damn lucky. King Zatch doesn't want us to immediately kill you. And maybe me and Brago will listen to him, but maybe we'll not, and we'll wait and see if you even think of doing what you did back in the battle for king. I no longer hold hatred towards all mamodos, but I still hold ever-lasting hatred towards you and your very existence."
Sherry then put the pocket knife away and released her hand off Zofis' neck. The psychic mamodo took in a deep breath as he was able to breath again. But then he heard the familiar sound of a mamodo spell book glowing.
"Reis"
A dark energy orb was fired from Brago's hands and it hit Zofis in the stomach and sent back to the wall. Zofis grunted as he hit the ground in pain. What's happening to him? Back in the battle, even if he wasn't controlled by his inner evil, he can still take an attack like that without breaking a sweat like Brago. But how come he's so weak now? Was it because that his inner evil drained a lot of his strength for itself back in the battle, or was it something else?
"If you ever die, Zofis, I hope that you will go and burn in hell, where you belong." the blond spoke once again, before she and the dark mamodo left with her.
With Brago and Sherry.
Sherry still had a pissed look on her face while Brago still has his usual emotionless look. But before they go any further, Brago stopped and turned towards the shadows of the trees and giant bushes.
"Sherry." the dark mamodo said to his partner.
"What is it, Brago?" the blond asked in a rather rude tone of voice.
"There's something in those bushes and shrubs."
"Oh please, Brago. It's just some stupid animal and whatnot! I'm really pissed right now, and I don't want to be anymore mad then I need to-"
"Whatever's in there isn't of this world, Sherry." Brago cut Sherry off as he approached the large bushes. For once today, Sherry quit her fowl talking and brought out Brago's black spell book.
Brago pushed some of the large bushes' branches away. There was nothing but shadows. But how can that be? He was sure he sensed something in these bushes that were as tall as trees. But unfortunately... he was right.
He heard deep breathing coming from inside the shadows inside the bushes. He followed where it was coming from; up. He raised his head and saw the only thing he can see in the shadows; two eyes, which are blood red on the irises, but the pupils are disgusting yellow.
"Zofis!" Brago snapped at the eyes.
"Not exactly." a feminine voice so cold and raspy spoke from the shadows. Brago's eyes widen after he felt the powerful aura coming from whatever was hiding in the shadows. Brago backed away toward Sherry.
"What's the matter?" Sherry asked her mamodo partner in concern on what's going on.
"I felt and sensed a power coming from whoever is in those bushes. It's similar to Zofis' power, but..."
"But what, Brago?"
"But this one's more powerful than Zofis', and more evil." Brago finished. They both heard a low chuckling as whatever is hiding in those bushes began to make its appearance in the sunlight.
The figure came into full view; It was a woman. But the dark mamodo and the blond can tell that this woman is a mamodo; An adult mamodo. This is the first time Sherry has ever seen a full grown adult mamodo. Sherry and the female adult mamodo were the same height and their chest size are the same as well. The woman was wearing a dress similar to Sherry's, except it's white with red and dark purple patterns and markings. Her skin was snow white, her clawed nails are red. Her hair is orange, and believe me when I say this, her orange hair is so long, that part of it is being dragged along the ground. And last, her eyes are red in the irises and yellow in the pupils.
"Brago and Sherry. We meet at last," the female adult mamodo said in a cold raspy female voice as she chuckled a bit under her breath. "So you're the mamodo team who defeated Zofis in the battle for king."
"You. You look so similar to Zofis," Sherry spoke in shock. "You're... I mean... are you... Zofis' m-" but then the female cut Sherry off.
"You probably think that I would congratulate you for this? But instead, I'm rather disappointed. Because after you burned his book, you freed him from his inner evil, and from my control."
"WHAT?" the blond snapped back to her angry self she was a few moments ago. "First Koko tells me this stuff, then that monster tells me, and now you!"
"You stupid girl. You're so stupid, you can't see the real truth, and you even can't see the real enemy standing right in front of you." the female chuckled again, and then laughed evilly.
"And you honestly expect me to believe this stuff?" Sherry snapped.
"Duh, of course."
"I don't believe you and I won't believe you. Zofis is my enemy!"
"Ha! Stop blaming him. Just blame me. You may believe what you want, human, but what you believe is a big fat lie. It was me from the beginning. Zofis never wanted to hurt your friend in the first place. In fact, he never even wanted to be in the battle for king, but he did, because I made him do it! Yes, I did it! I made Zofis into what you fought during the battle. I made him into a monster. Whether you believe it or not, you'll see the real truth soon."
The female spoke. Upon her finishing words, she turned around and began to walk back into the shadows, with her really long orange hair being dragged behind on the ground. But she stopped and turned to see the other two again.
"And if you must know who I am; my name is Zenaida. And I'm pretty sure you know what connection I have with Zofis. But remember, Zofis is just an innocent little failure, while I'm the real evil behind everything what happen in the war for king. We'll meet again." then the female turned around again and disappeared into the shadows.
Back with Zofis.
The pain soon left Zofis' body. He was able to get back up now. But after he did, he reached into his jacket and pulled something out. It was his spell book. Yes, since he's still a mamodo, that spell book is the only thing that keeps him on Earth. But now he promises to never force Koko to use this book. Zofis even promised himself to never even open it again. This book is evil incarnate, he knows this, but it's still the only thing that keeps him here on Earth. Zofis couldn't bare to look at it anymore, not after all he has done using it. He placed it back in his jacket and just laid against the wall to rest.
But then it happened again. Another vision went through his mind again. But this time it was a bit different. Koko wasn't in this one this time. But he was still there. That child, with the brown hair and the right eye that is brown, and the left eye that is purple. 'Who is this child? Why does he haunt me in my mind?' Zofis said in his thoughts.
Then the vision came again. Zofis was just there on the ground, lying against the wall, but everything was bright white. But he can something. A figure was running towards him. It was the child Zofis kept seeing in his thoughts. The child was running towards him, with the same smile that Koko always gives in Sherry's flashbacks of her in that burning town. He had his arms spread out while he was slowly running towards Zofis. But as he was about to do what he wanted to do, the vision ended just like that. What was that all about? Who is this child? And what does he have to do with Zofis and Koko?
The Future.
In a desert in Africa, a mamodo's spell book was being burned. The mamodo who the book belonged to was disappearing back to the mamodo world. The mamodo's book owner was a man staring in fear at the mamodo who destroyed their book, but the mamodo's book owner was no where to be found.
"Your powers are evil. And who are you? Why do you hide your true face behind that mask?" the book owner asked all scared-like as he continued to look at the mamodo who defeated him and his mamodo.
The mamodo who defeated them is a male mamodo who's height was probably up to the man's stomach. His brown messy hair made him look a bit more like a girl, because his hair went down to covering the sides and back of his neck, leaving only the front of his neck exposed. The teen mamodo child has normal human skin color that his mother has and was wearing a purple cloak with yellow spines around the collar, and was wearing Koko's mask, which covered only his eyes and his nose.
"My powers are not evil, only misunderstood. And tell your friends that if they meet a mamodo named Pandora, tell her that I'm coming fo her. And tell her to remember my name; Milordo-H."
The teen mamodo spoke, as his eyes shined through the mask that covered his eyes and nose. When the man's mamodo's spell book was completely destroyed, the man took off running.
The mamodo then shrugged and took off the mask, revealing his eyes. His right eye was brown, but his left eye was purple. And he sounds a lot like Edward Elrich from Full Metal Alchemist.
"I hate deserts," the mamodo complained. "It's nothing but sand, sand, and more sand." he then looked at the mask he was wearing a second ago. "And how in the world was mom able to see through this thing. I couldn't see a damn thing in front of my face."
The mamodo complained some more before realizing that he was all alone.
"Uh? Hey, Akira, where'd you do?" he called out, but there was no answer.
"Akira! Hey!" but still no answer. Until a large shadow was hovering over him. He looked up and...
"BOO!"
"AAH!"
The mamodo's book owner snuck up behind him and scared him, making him fall flat on his stomach.
"Scared you, didn't I?" the mamodo's book owner said, followed by a cheerful laugh. The mamodo's book owner is a female at the age of 18, with short red hair that goes to her shoulders, but it was longer a few days ago before she got it cut. She also had green eyes. She was wearing a light blue dress with purple patterns on it. In her left hand was a dark red-purple spell book.
"Now there's a number 2 why I hate the desert; you don't know what's gonna sneak up on you until it bites you in the ass." the mamodo said as he got back up and glared at his bookowner. "I don't understand why you keep sneaking up on me!" he snapped at his book owner.
"I was just playing." she respond.
"Playing with what?" the mamodo teen snapped again as he was about to kick the woman in the shin, but he lost his balance and fell on his back. The woman chuckled a bit and began to move away from her mamodo partner very fast.
Then the teen mamodo child jumped back on his feet, screaming angrily anime style, and then began to chase his book owner.
They were now running around really fast in a big circle, with the mamodo chasing his book owner as they both run anime style in the circle over and over and over and over and etc.
"Get back here!"
"What're you gonna do?"
"Nothing!"
"Then why are you chasing me?"
"Just stop and you'll find out!"
"I promise I won't tease around anymore!"
"Not unless it's by me!"
"Horiko!"
"GYARRGH!"
They continue to run in a circle, unaware that they were just only about two miles away from a nearby town.
In the town.
Horiko the mamodo and his book owner Akira stopped their little chase a while ago and reached the town. But Horiko is still mad at the red-head.
"You alright, Horiko?" Akira asked the brunette, who glared at her, baring his sharp teeth.
"It's your fault for not stopping like I said." he responded a bit rudely.
"Well you wouldn't stop either if someone was chasing you."
"Shut up, Akira, I'm too tired to fight."
The town was boring the mamodo to death. But then he heard something.
"What is it?"
"I hear some liquid-like noise." Horiko spoke. They both spotted a bar nearby. At least they can get something to eat and drink. They came over.
"Well, what I can get for you two." the man who works here asked. Horiko was too tired to speak, so Akira spoke for him.
"I'll have some apple juice and my friend will have some water."
The man got Akira a glass of apple juice and Horiko a glass of water. They both began to drink their drinks happily.
"So I take it you're both new here, right?" the man ask.
"Yes we are." Akira answered.
"What's with your buddy here, lady? Why is he wearing that funny outfit?" the man asked.
Akira looked at her mamodo to see that Horiko was still wearing the Milordo-H outfit. The same outfit that his father wore a long time ago, but back then, it was called the Milordo-Z outfit.
"So are you a street performer or something there, pal?" the man asked Horiko.
The mamodo freaked a bit and did the spit gag with his glass of water, and then turn to face the man a bit upset.
"I don't think so, old man! Do I look like a clown to you?" he snapped all of a sudden.
"Horiko, don't be rude." Akira said concerned.
"You want some of this too, Orikasa?" Horiko snapped at Akira as he called her by her last name.
"I apologize, sir. He's really cranky right now."
"I am not!"
But then two guys came up to Akira and said "Hey there, pretty lady. You wanna ditch this place and hang with us?" one of the men said.
"Yeah, come and let us date you." the other man said.
"Sorry, but I'm already taken, by him." Akira said with show-offy pride as she pointed at Horiko who was drinking his water again. The two men gave a weird look at the mamodo.
"You mean that little shorty right there?" the first man spoke.
"Man, weird for a pretty girl like you to be the girlfriend of this shorty." the second agreed.
Horiko did the spit gag thing with his water again and got really, really, REALLY mad. He grabbed the two guys buy the back of their shirts and began swinging them around really fast in a circle. The two guys were screaminga nd begging for mercy but Horiko didn't care.
"SHORTY! CAN A SHORTY DO THIS? WHAT ELSE DO YOU FREAKS WANT TO CALL ME? A HALF-PINT PEACH PAL MIDGET? I'M STILL A TEEN AND I'M STILL GROWING YOU BACKWATER DESERT IDIOTS!"
