I DO NOT OWN ZATCH BELL

READ THE ENTIRE CHAPTER, IT LOOKS LIKE I PUT UP THE SAME CHAPTER AT FIRST. TRUST ME, IT'S DIFFERENT!

"Zatch, Zatch," Tia raced through the forest. "Zatch! Zatch where are you?" Tia hit a rough tree. "Owww..."As she slid down the coarse bark, she heard Zatch.

"Tia!" Tia got up and quickly ran to Zatch. "Tia." He caught her and the two embraced each other. As she was closing her eyes, she noticed a change in Zatch.

"Zatch," She looked at him with concern and perplexion. "Your mantle is...white."

"Yeah I know, I got it from Zeno. Cool, huh?"

"Uh..." Pure speechlessness took hold of her.

"Do you like it?"

Her eyes brightened up in the dark, and a lightbulb of enlightenment turning on on her head. Do you like it translates to...DO YOU LIKE ZENO?

"Tia, Tia," Zeno ran, The soft grass clutched him as he ran to help her. She was blasted into a tree by Maruss' spell. He quickly knocked Maruss off of his feet.

"Hey what do you want weakling?" Maruss asked, obviously angered at being interrupted by Zeno. Tia's slumped shoulders and ceased tears cried relief at last. She hoisted herself up.

"Thanks...Zeno..."She painfull spoke, clutching her chest. She was bloody, bruised, and her dress was ripped. "Where's...Zatch...?"

He puzzled at the wall before him, before he got an idea. Oh, it means that I feel...LIKE I HAVE A CRUSH ON TIA!

Both Tia and Zeno were reatly disturbed by this sudden thought. Of course I don't like him, he threw me on the ground punched me, dragged me here, starved me and froze me! Why on earth would I like him? Still, her sub-conscious, she thought, was trying to tell her something. Zatch, after all, did have a white mantle in her dream. But I like Zatch. She thought puzzled. I like Zatch...I like Zatch...I like Zatch... She drifted off to sleep.

Zeno, however, was not in the best of luck. He was now fully awake, and nothing was going to change his mind.

Tia, of course, Tia. The girl he liked liked his brother, that was plain as day by her rescuing him, and she asking about Zatch. Just like everything else. He clutched his blankets tightly. He really didn't know when he began to hate his brother, it just kind of built up over time. When they lived together, he did have kind of like an envy for him being the one the guests fawn over and the girls thought were handsome, but Zatch envied him too for being older, wiser, and more protective. They envied each other, but never hated each other. Zeno sighed and roughly ran his fingers through his hair. I guess it built up over time. Between the abuse and mistreatment I got, I was really only loved by one person. I guess I resented him for leaving me, but I hated him because he wasn't beaten on a daily basis. Child-like sibling jealousy grew intro hate. Zeno smiled. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he finds out I have his little girlfriend.Zeno frowned, wishing it was that Zatch was rescuing just some pitiful little girl, instead of one he wanted but couldn't get, because she was his brother's. He sighed again, got out of bed, and reached for his bedtime stories.

Hey, uhh, XxInvaderXIzzyxX (And all of you that pay attention to these things, thanks!) Thanks for the info. I couldn't find that comic on their website, but do you know anything else about their pasts you could send me in my inbox? Thanks. I just want to make this as accurate as possible, with my own little twist. :) I'm sorry everyone for confusing what happened! It turns out, Zatch was given away at birth.

POOR ZATCH! :( And Zeno thought he had it hard. (which, according to me, he did!) Thanks for being so faithful!