A/N Hello people who read this, wherever you may be! I've had a serious case of writers block lately, but I'm starting to get over it. I'd like to thank the people who've reviewed so far: innovator1, CookiesxMilkEXCITEMe, and Mystery99. Sorry it took so long to get this up, but I've had a hectic life and writers block. So, without further ado, here goes nothing!
I don't own Zatch Bell or anything aside my 2/3 characters. I don't even really own the plot, since this sort of thing has been done. Really I took a couple existing plots and mashed them together.
"It can't be another battle for the right to be king, so cross that off the list." It was several hours after the bizarre appearance of the Mamodo, but the answers were still elusive. Aside from the children, several other odd things had happened.
Firstly, the sky had suddenly cleared of all its clouds. Earlier weather reports had predicted heavy storms later in the day, but weathermen were often wrong. The strangest part was the fact that the sun could not be seen. The sky had a strange, almost watery quality. Almost as if someone had taken watered down blue paint and splashed it across the sky, more heavily on the sun than anywhere else. A dull yellow blur was all that could be seen of Earth's brightest star.
The second strange thing was not something that had happened, but that had not happened. The Mamodo children didn't have their books with them. After trying to cast spells without them, it was revealed that it was as it had been on their first trip to Earth. The children couldn't cast spells without books, but the books weren't present.
With nothing better to do, Kiyo, Zatch, Tia, and Megumi had come up with a list of answers. The list was short, having only one –and now no – possibilities on it. The group had decided that someone or something had to have sent them back purposefully, but no one could think of the reason why.
The silence of the room was broken suddenly and sharply by the loud ringing of the phone. Kiyo jumped up and ran to get it.
"Ah, Kiyo, hello! I'm assuming Zatch has reappeared at your house, correct? Look outside."
Kiyo sighed and turned to open the door, half expecting to see Doctor Riddles standing outside with Kido perched on his shoulder. What he actually saw was truly shocking.
Pieces of the cloudy blue film over the sky had pulled away and formed a bubble, in the middle of which were perfectly incased books. Books of many different colors, but always the same exact size and shape, and with the same strange markings across the cover, one book in each bubble.
The bubbles slowly drifted down towards the ground, hovering about 5 feet under the sky, before shooting in the direction of the person who had held it before. The red book settled into Kiyo's hands, and he took in the familiarity of it. He noticed another bubble moving through his window, towards where he knew Megumi would catch it. All across the world, books found their owners, and each wondering the same thing.
Was the fight to begin again?