A.N. So I'm here with the original chapter three, now chapter four. This one is far shorter than the last, sorry about that. But at least it was uploaded ten times faster compared to the previous one! If this chapter's wording seems different, it is because I just switched back to third-person writing after doing nothing but first-person writing for the past month. I'll explain why in the ending Author's Notes.
Kanchomé dove.
Kiees' spring-like arms stretched to absurd lengths as they flew over the duck-boy's body.
Kanchomé opened one eye and peeked around hastily. He saw Kiees standing a distance from him, Kiees' springy arms stretched out towards him; but he didn't see the hands. The duck-boy let his other eye open and he boldly stood up with fake courage.
"Aha!" Kanchomé yelled a short, nervous yet prideful laugh. Just as he was about to say something cunning, the duck-boy was hit in his back. He felt a tiny pinch on both sides of his lower back, as well as the world whooshing around him. He was being swiftly pulled towards Kiees as the springy arms retracted.
"Wh-what? No!" Kiees shouted as he watched the duck-boy unwillingly being pulled towards him. The speed of retraction increased. "Stay away!" Kiees yelled, his head shaking frantically as he spoke. But it was futile. There was a violent collision between the two screaming Mamodo, and a thick cloud of dust was thrown up as Kiees was decked to the ground.
Some of the rebellious Mamodo stopped their run of carnage on the town and tuned in on the events conspiring between Kiees and Kanchomé.
The duck-boy rose holding his head. He stood fully, and peered down at the dazed Kiees at his feet. Kanchome hastily backed away nervously and peered around at the aggressive Mamodo watching him. He gulped fearfully as his eyes shifted between the Mamodo glaring at him.
"Why you little…!"
Kanchomé jumped at these words; Kiees was getting up!
Kiees now stood fully, sort of. It seemed that he had sustained an injury in his leg from the collision. He was now limping.
"Gigano Ginisu!" Kiees spell was filled with fury. Arrows appeared behind his body and bent around his torso, head, and legs, all of them pointing towards Kanchomé. The arrow tips all touched and created an aura of energy that blew forth from the spot. The blast hit Kanchomé and sent him flying backwards, right through the window of a nearby building.
Kiees lowered his stance and let his weight fall onto his uninjured leg. "Hmph." He grunted. "Bravo!" He shouted enthusiastically. There was a moment of silence.
What's that sound?
Kiees put his hand to his ear as he thought this. He leaned forward slightly.
"Iron man…"
Kiees stood straight—as straight as he could with his limping leg—and became alarmed.
"What?" He shouted furiously.
The door to the building opened violently, the backside of it being smashed into the wall so hard that is fell off of its hinges afterwards. Kiees watched in disbelief as Kanchomé dramatically walked out of the doorway that was shrouded in a cloud of dust. Kanchomé's bangs were covering his eyes, and his head was tilted down. Suddenly, his head rose and fiery eyes met Kiees.
"Kanchomé~! Invincible Kanchomé~! Iron man Kanchomé~!"
Kiees began to back up fearfully as Kanchomé sang.
"He alwaaays saves the day~!" Kanchomé screamed the last line, and then he burst forth from his spot with his arms flailing in the air as he dashed towards Kiees. "Waaaaaaah~!" The duck-boy cried. Kanchomé collided with Kiees for a second time. The two Mamodo rolled on the ground before Kiees was able to pry and throw the duck-boy off of him.
Kiees rose, limping. "Enough of that blasted song!" He shouted as he watched Kanchomé lay on the ground. He extended his arms out in front of him, readying himself to use a spell, but before he could do so, Kanchomé rose and used one himself.
"Dima Buruk!" With his words, a cloud of white smoke surrounded Kanchomé's body.
"Ganzu Ginisu!" Kiees shouted his spell and fired multiple tiny arrows of energy into the white cloud that had appeared. He let his onslaught continue for a few seconds before ceasing. There was a short pause. Kiees kept his eyes fixated on the ever-growing cloud of white smoke. His eyes widened as eight Kanchomés burst forth from the smoke that then dissipated.
"Aha!" All the Kanchomés laughed in unison.
Kiees face scrunched up in anger. "Not this time!" Kiees yelled as he placed his hands on the ground beneath him, "Bravo!" He shouted. He pushed off of the ground with his hands, his arms extending and pushing the rest of his body skyward. His arms retracted to his body, and he held them in front of his body. All nine Kanchomés stood motionless and gazing upwards at the airborne Kiees. "Ganzu Ginisu!" Kiees let loose his spell once more, the tiny arrows of energy falling down towards the group of Kanchomés like a barrage.
"Run!" One of the Kanchomés hollered. The group dispersed into different directions, but two of them were caught in the barrage. Their bodies seemed to be spazzing as the energy arrows nicked at their body. One of the clones vanished in a poof of white smoke during the barrage, and the second fell to its knees after the attack stopped; it then fell forward and also vanished in a poof of white smoke as its body collided with the ground.
"Bravo!" Kiees shouted his redundant line, "That's two of you brats!"
Kiees body began to fall. He was about to extend his arms to break his drop when he heard a loud scream.
"Yaaaaaahh~!"
He heard the sound of a window shattering, and turned his head to the side to see one of the clones soaring through the air towards him. The clone had scaled the inside of a nearby building during Kiees attack, and had jumped through the top floor window in an insane attempt to attack Kiees.
"Stay away!" Kiees pleaded in distress. He shot out one of his spring-like arms. The palm of his hand smashed into the face of the airborne clone and sent it back through the window from which it came. The clone disappeared like the others had as its body was brutally slammed into the inside-wall of the building.
Kiees retracted his spring-like arm and smirked, although his joy was short-lived. As his hand came into view, he saw yet another clone of Kanchomé grasping it. There was nothing Kiees could do now.
"I said, stay away!" Kiees screamed as the clone of Kanchomé inevitably drew closer. When his arm was fully retracted, he was hit in the face by a nasty headbutt from the clone. Both of them began falling, their bodies picking up momentum as they did, until both crashed into the ground like a meteorite.
The clone had went away with a poof, and the cloud of white smoke momentarily made Kiees blind. Before Kiees was able to stand, he was pounced upon by one of the Kanchomé clones.
"Get off of me!" Kiees demanded. His demands were met with the opposite as another clone jumped on top of him. "Stop that!" He screeched. Another clone had joined in, followed by another, and finally by the fifth remaining Kanchomé who completed the dog-pile.
Kiees could feel his body being punished by kicks and punches and even biting from the Kanchomés. He squirmed and tried to break free without any success. His anger built up inside of him, and he let it out in the form of a spell.
"Dioga Ginisudon!"
Light began to emit from the small openings in the dog-pile. The light grew brighter and brighter until it finally exploded violently, sending all five Kanchomés hurdling into the air. The four remaining clones had taken the blunt of the attack and began vanishing into clouds of white smoke, one-by-one. The real Kanchomé hit the ground and skidded a few feet. He sat up, his fear-filled eyes fixated on the vehement Kiees.
Kiees broke into a mad dash towards Kanchomé, who began to panic. Kanchomé's hand scraped at the ground. Kiees was fast approaching.
"Shin...!" Kanchomé began loudly. Kiees hit the brakes; his feet skidded along the ground, kicking up dirt and dust. His arms were stretched out above his head, and his eyes were wide with shock as he stopped dead in front of Kanchomé. The duck-boy tightened his hand on the ground like a fist, and then launched the contents within it at Kiees' face. "...Dirt Throw! Aha!"
The grimy dirt flew into Kiees eyes and blinded him.
"My eyes, my eyes!" Kiees repeated over and over again. He clasped his hand over his eyes and his face cringed in pain from the burning sensation. Kanchomé took this opportunity to run.
Kiees squinted and caught glimpse of the the retreating duck-boy. "I won't let you get away with this!" He shouted in anger. "Amu Garuginisu!" With the words of his spell, Kiees shot his spring-like arms outward as a green aura surrounded his hands.
Kanchomé looked back and saw the hands coming right for him. He continued to run in panic as he screamed.
Suddenly, a thunderous roar drowned out everything else, followed by a earthshaking boom that caused Kanchomé to trip and fall. The hands flew over Kanchomé and missed like they had in the beginning.
Kiees opened his red and irritated eyes fully in complete and utter horror. Standing before him was an enormous blue bear creature with massive fangs and even more massive claws. The bear creature rose his thick and muscle-bound arms into the air, and came down with its claws unto Kiees' extended spring-like arms, severing them from the rest of Kiees' body.
Kiees couldn't move; he was frozen in fear with his mouth agape. The bear-like creature leaned forward face-to-face with Kiees and gave out a deafening roar so powerful that it carried with it a gust. The bear-like creature rose one hand into the air and clenched it, forming a gigantic fist that it then pounded into Kiees' puny body. The ground around Kiees cratered and split. The bear-like creature rose the same hand into the air above Kiees' now ground-imprinted body. This time, however, the bear-like creature released its fist and let its claws straight out. Everything seemed to fall deathly silent as the bear-like creature plunged its claws forcefully into the Mamodo body lying before it.
All of the rampaging Mamodo had become frozen in either fear or shock—some were even suffering from both.
The bear-like creature pulled up its clawed hand and let it fall to its side. Blood was dripping down its claws all the way to their tips, falling slowly to the ground.
There was a dramatic silence.
Nobody moved.
Nobody said a word.
Until the loud battle cries of the Royal Guard shattered it. The guards swarmed into the scene...
...and Kanchomé fainted.
A.N. With this chapter, I also uploaded another story. While it isn't based on Zatch Bell, I would love it if you'd take a look at it as I have spent a lot of time and hard work on it. For those of you interested, take a gander at my profile page to find it. It is based on the Star Ocean series, and is titled: "Star Ocean: Ashton's Story." Don't fret, though! Even if you have no clue what the Star Ocean genre is about, you can still read it as the story is a novelization! Hopefully some of you will read it. I consider it my best work to date, but I suppose I'll let the community decide that. Chapter one is all that is up of it now, although I have six more chapters spanning over 30,000+ words done, which will be uploaded one-by-one over a period of time. It is written in a form of first-person.
As for this story, "Rebellious," chapter five will be up eventually. It's the chapter you've all been waiting for...the final fight between Brago and Zatch!
...Too bad you'll have to wait a little longer.