The 4 Groups Reunited
Zatch Kiyo, Tia Megumi, Zack Kimi, Schneider and Sunbeam were already at Lien and Wanrei's house. Tia was looking at some of the photos in the living room; one was the photo of when Lien and Wanrei reunited after Zatch opened the portal. Another was a photo from the reunion Zatch had after the door was created. The third one was taken when Rei and Padma was only 1 year old.
Zack and Schneider were looking out the window for any sign from the others. Finally Sherry's group's car stopped. "Someone's here," Zack called out. They headed outside to greet the group. The first one out was Leon and Sam, "Anything happened at your adventure?" Zack asked. "No, Sherry kept us outside while she talks to her friend. What about you?" Leon asked. "Not as much either, we'll tell you when the others arrive," Zack told him. Kiyo asked Palmoon and Byanko if they had any sign of an enemy, which was no. Sherry and Brago was the last one to come in as she was carrying bags of Brago's alligators. Arguing over the fact Brago made them stopped just to get them. "Have they been arguing the whole entire trip?" Zatch asked Leon. "I guess I was so bored that I fell asleep in the car and the plane ride home. So where's my mom dad and kid brother?" Leon asked. "They haven't arrived yet, but we got a call from them a few days ago," Kiyo told them.
Hours passed and everyone manage to entertain themselves until the 2nd vehicle arrived. Everyone came out to see it was Leila's and Zeno's group. Rei and Arrow was the first ones in. "Hey Leon Zack, you won't believe it, but I took part in my first battle," Arrow shouted. Zack and Leon groaned as they weren't. Penny and Uri came in and were relieve to be in a cool room. Then Victoreem and Mohawk Ace. Then Zeno and Leila came in with their human partners. "I see that Lien and Wanrei's group hasn't returned," Zeno replied. "Well they are at the old ruins," Megumi told them.
They waited the whole day and no sign. By night fall, Zack was fast asleep on the couch. "Pore Zack, he must be exhausted from all of the excitement," Tia said watching him sleep soundlessly. "Shouldn't someone wake him?" Megumi asked. "If you want to see the part of his personality he got from Tia, go ahead," Zatch told them. They decided to let him sleep there, considering the warning.
The Next day there was still no sign of the 4th group, and everyone was growing worried, especially Rei. By lunch time Rei took Zack's post watching out for any sign of his parents. Kimi have been comforting him when ever Zack off somewhere else. When finally the last group arrived. "Mom and Dad's group is here," Rei shouted as the group headed in. Padma and Daisy came in relief to be in the cool house, Daisy ran toward her mother. Alm and his human partner came in looking like they were just in a oven. Kanchome Falgore, Dr. Riddles and Kiddo sighed with relief. Lien and Wanrei came in to exhausted, but happy to see that everyone else made it safely.
"What's going on?" Rei asked Padma. "Well considering the humidity we have to go through in the rainforest. Along with the fact its 100 degrees outside here and the AC of our vehicle is broken. And to make things worst Daisy had been crying most of the way missing her mother, apparently she gets homesickness if she is separated from everyone for a few days," Padma answered looking at Daisy. Zack and Leon leaned on the wall while saying hello to the last group.
After everyone was rested and cooled off, Kiyo got up. "Ok everyone gathered around the living room. We need to discuss of what we found out. And yes Victoreem that means you and Mohawk Ace. If your going to be part of this group, you have to," Kiyo announced. Everyone gathered in the living room sitting any where they can find. "Zatch if you please?" Kiyo asked Zatch who nodded. "Our group went to the mamodo world to find records on the escaped mamodos, but when we went there we found the prison demolished and all of the records missing as well," Zatch told everyone. "Wait I thought there was someone watching over the prison," Penny said. "There was which lead to another problem. The mamodo Zatch left in charge was Bari. And apparently he had gone missing," Tia told them. "Wait wasn't Bari the second mamodo ever beat Zatch during the battle for king?" Wanrei asked. "He was, and that's what makes me worried. Bari wouldn't give up with out a fight, no matter how many enemies attack him," Kiyo remembered.
At that moment Falgore remembered something. "Zatch, wasn't one of those mamodos that was in prison Bari's number one rival?" Falgore asked. "You mean Berun, he didn't escape the first time," Zatch told Falgore, which made everyone else in the room except for Tia confuse. "Kiyo I told you about it in the first letter I sent you. Right after the first group escaped I went to check on the damages, and to see if anyone we knew that was in their escaped. After I check Dalmos' room which he's now in the human world now…" "Not any more," Alm told him. "We had the honor of beating him at the ruins and Padma was the one who burned the book since she and Daisy wasn't able to fight," Lien explained.
"Well that's good to hear," Zatch told them, "now back to what I was saying, Berun's cell was next door to his, and to another mamodo that escaped. When I asked him why he didn't go with the others, he said 'My sentence is almost over, I don't need to escape just so it can grow. Plus now I can listen to my music in peace'," Zatch told them. "Well the only problem is when we were at the demolish prison, there was no sign of injured or dead mamodos," Sunbeam told him. "Yeah but that doesn't mean he escaped into the human world," Megumi reminded him. "Well it sounded to me that Berun had learn his lesson about messing with the human world," Kiyo told them.
After a while they came to conclusion that there might be a chance some of those that didn't want to escape the first time, probably were forced into Zophis side or escaped into the mamodo world with out a reason. "So now that we got that out of the way, Sherry what did you find out about your friend Koko?" Dr. Riddles asked. "Koko said she wasn't attack by the enemy," Sherry announced which was a relief to Lien Wanrei, Kiddo Dr. Riddles, Padma Daisy, Kanchome Falgore, Alm and his human partner, but not to everyone else that know about Didra Maruk's ability.
Kiyo was unsure about something. "Sherry, not to offend your trust, but are you a hundred percent sure it was Koko?" Kiyo asked. "Don't worry it was her, when I asked about any familiar visitors before I came here, she had a confuse look on her face, showing sign that she had no idea of what I was talking about. Why?" Sherry asked. "Well while at the mamodo world we came across Didra Maruk, after she try to impersonate a friend of ours Kolulu, and tried to trick us into joining us," Kiyo explained, "which was the mistake she made by impersonating Kolulu," Kiyo told them. "How can that be her biggest mistake?" Brago asked.
"Because she doesn't like fighting, Kolulu is to kind," Zatch reminded Brago, "Infact if it wasn't been for that day she asked me to burn her book during the battle for king, there would probably be a chance that all we have and doing now wouldn't be possible," Zatch told them. Zatch hardly talked about that day unless the subject wined up coming up. "Anyway, I gave Koko my cellphone number so if she run into any problems, or into someone familiar that she can't remember she can call me," Sherry finished up with her report.
After awhile they manage to settle down. "Lien Wanrei what about you guys? Did you have better luck than us on finding Zophis' hideout," Kiyo asked. "Alm has something," Kanchome told them. Everyone turned to Alm. "I just want to informed you, I got this from Dalmos in return of his sentence being shortened for good deed," Alm told them. "If it wined up the information we need then I'll consider it," Zatch said. Alm passed out the photo to Kiyo and Dr. Riddles while saying, "He didn't tell us where exactly Zophis was hiding but he did say that there is only one place in the human world with that," Alm told them, "but I don't know what kind of writing this is, or if its writing at all." Kiyo looked at it and recognize the writing, "Its Hieroglyphs, ancient writing used by the egyptions 1000s of years ago. You can still find them in pryimids and tombs, there today," Kiyo explained, "I'm guessing if we can translate this we can find out which one he's hiding at." "Alright Dad," Kimi shouted with excitement. Megumi kissed him to show her appreciation.
"Now that we have a clue on where Zophis is hiding, and that Victoreem has no more information we need. All is left is to wait," Sunbeam sugested. "Yes," Dr. Riddles said in agreement. "Zatch you been quiet a lot," Tia noticed. "I was thinking about if we had to separate in groups of 4 again, who we're still uneven," Zatch mentioned. "So what about it?" Brago asked. "I was thinking that with the increase of our enemy size, that we could recruit some more mamodos, that way we can also even the groups out," Zatch suguested. "Zatch Bell, that's…that's actually a good idea," Palmoon suguested. "Lets have a vote, to make it fair among the group," Dr. Riddles sugested.
"Ok, those who want to add more to the groups raise your hands," Kiyo shouted. Everyone raised their hands including Zeno and Brago who mostly prefered working alone unless have to. "Those who opposed," Kiyo shouted. Everyone dropped their hands and no one oposed. "Ok Zatch who do you have in mind?" Kiyo asked. "Well I was thinking to go over those who helped us fight against Faudo those who were trying to bring back Faudo, or at least help us try to stop him," Zatch said. "I'll make a list of them, then we'll discussed which ones should it be," Dr. Riddles said.
Meanwhile Zack Kimi, Daisy Padma, Arrow Rei, Leon and Sam gave themselves something else to do since they weren't even born durring that battle either, but stayed in the room, Kiddo also joined them since his book was burned long before that battle. "Well there was Ted, Earth," Kiyo started, "Karudio as well," Sunbeam reminded them of Schneider's rival durring the battle. "Cherish, and Momon," Tia finished. "That's 5, one more and we'll have an even set," Kiyo mentioned. "Kiyo what about Rein?" Zatch asked, "I'm sure Kyle is brave enough now to help us. Plus they did help stop one of the mamodos from making Rein join their cult." Zatch reminded him. "Yeah why not," Kiyo responded. After they talked about their choices, mainly about Momo's habit and the fact that his human partner is a nun they decided to stick to them, and decided to have Rops as back up just incase.
The next day, Dr. Riddles send word through the Majestic 12 to those on the list. And with in days they got their responses. "Momo in, as long as we can keep his human partner out of danger," Tia shouted. "Same here for Karudio," Sunbeam shouted. "Rein said he'll be here by tomorrow," Zatch announced, "and apparently Ted and Cherrish are together so they're in." "Earth said he'll be honor to help the king of the mamodo world in what ever they can," Kanchome shouted. The rest of the day they prepared for 12 more guest.
The rest of the day, while Kiyo try to desipher the message, everyone prepared for more guest. Not knowing they were spied on by the same mamodo that was spying on Sherry's group earlier.
Next time: the 6 mamodos and their human partners came and was tested to see if they are the friends they asked. Read to find out…