Chapter 2- Learning
The next day, Akina just went to school normally. She tried to push what had happened the day before out of her mind, but it kept coming back into her head. It was like throwing a boomerang. No matter what, it always came back to you. She finally got rid of the thought at her cross country meet that afternoon. She came in third place against all of the other girls, jogging the whole three miles without stopping. She then took the bus home.
When she got home at about six o'clock in the evening, her parents were still at work. She had a geometry exam, social studies, and life science exams the next day, so she decided to study for all three exams. She put her backpack down on the living room floor and took out her geometry textbook. Just like that, she was in a deep realm of shapes, area of shapes, and circumference for the next two hours. At eight o'clock, there was a knock on the front door.
Thinking it was her parents; Akina got off the couch and started walking, casually, to the front door. When she opened the large, wooden door, Akina was surprised to see the small boy that had dropped the red and white book in front of her yesterday standing there. He had short, spiky brown hair, and golden-brown eyes. His skin was more tan-colored than white, and he had a very good looking smile. "Hi," the boy started, staring at her with his golden-brown eyes. "Hi, please come in," she replied. And with that, Akina and the boy walked into the living room and sat on the couch.
"So I suppose you want the book that you dropped by me, yesterday," Akina said, questioningly. "Sort of," the boy replied. "My name is Kazuki, I am a mamodo," the boy added. His cheeks were now blushing. Akina could not help herself from laughing. She felt bad, but she couldn't help it. "What the heck is a mamodo?" Akina asked, sarcastically. She was still laughing hysterically. "Well, every thousand years or so, many of my kind come down to Earth and battle each other to see which one of us is fit for becoming mamodo king," Kazuki replied. "Oh, really," Akina remarked. "Prove it," she demanded. "Okay, open the red and white book and pronounce the words that are glowing white, only the ones glowing, nothing else," Kazuki instructed her. "Sure, whatever," Akina replied sarcastically. She went to get the book.
When Akina had the book in her hands, she opened it and started looking for the words that were glowing white. "Okay," she started. "Plazeru!" she yelled out. Kazuki pointed his hand upward in the air toward the open sky light and burst of purple material shot out of his hand, up into the heavens. "See," Kazuki said, proving himself right. "Whoa!" Akina yelled. She was so shocked at what she had just seen. She had just seen a little boy shoot plasma from his bare hand, into the sky!
"How does that happen?" Akina asked. "Plasma only forms in temperatures of over a million degrees," Akina told him. "That's because what you read was a spell," Kazuki replied. "It is all a part of battling the other mamodos, our element is obviously plasma," he added. "What do you mean our element?" Akina demanded. "You see, every mamodo needs a human partner when he battles, he can never do it alone," Kazuki replied. "But who said I was your partner?" Akina demanded. "I chose you," Kazuki replied. "You are my partner," He added. Akina began to think that was all a dream. She tried pinching herself to see if she'd wake up, but she didn't. This was all real, all of it.
"I don't know, I'm very busy all the time," Akina said to Kazuki. "But I need your help, Akina," said Kazuki, almost begging. "If an evil mamodo becomes king, your world could be headed toward disaster, that is what we are fighting for," he warned her. "I can't do it without you, Akina, I really can't," he pleaded to her. "Okay, I'll do it, to save the world," she said. "Woohoooooooooooo!" Kazuki yelled. "Party!" he added. "No parties, I need to study for my three exams tomorrow," she said. This disappointed him. "Oh well, you still need to practice that spell I just showed you before we battle," Kazuki told her. "You must master it and use it correctly, and then we can unlock other, more powerful spells," Kazuki said. "Cool," Akina said. "Where do you sleep?" Akina asked Kazuki, curiously. "That's your choice," he started to answer. "On the couch or in your bedroom?" he asked. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" yelled Akina.