Chapter 31 a Promising Day
Authors note: I'm thinking of re editing my story, not the plot line but just how it's written. I have looked over at my story and seen that most of the chapters are fewer than 2000 words, that and I don't describe the setting as much as I should. My goal is to get this story up to 60000 words without adding chapters as much as I possibly can, so whoever was a fan of the first 3-10 chapters, I'm thinking of adding in a lot more, this way the readers can also get a more detailed experience of their childhood. When I do re edit my chapters I will add the numbers to my profile so the readers can find out if I have redid or improved upon any chapters. Please review.
After getting out of the airport Kiyo and the gang boarded a train to London city where Kiyo's father lived, while Zatch enjoyed the scenery, Zeno fell asleep during the ride, and Dufort was being Dufort.
(That's weird even though he promised us that he would meet us at the airport did he sleep in?) Kiyo thought to himself.
"It's good to be back" Zatch said in a happy mood
"You enjoyed your time here?" Kiyo asked
"Yep I saw Big Ben and Britain's capital building" Zatch said remembering where Kiyo's father took him sightseeing. "Although the castle that I lived in is much more magnificent" Zatch explained
"Is that so?" Kiyo responded wondering just how huge their castle must've been.
After about half an hour the train arrived at its destination and Seitarou Takamine was waiting for them at the stop.
"Hey pops" Kiyo yelled walking towards his father
"Father" Zatch yelled and rammed onto Seitarou's stomach forcing both of them onto the ground
"Z…Zatch it's good to see you" Seitarou said while trying to get back to his feet.
Zeno and Dufort then got out of the train
"Oh dad this is Dufort and Zatch's brother Zeno" Kiyo introduced Zeno and Dufort
"Of course I know who the little one is you idiot, there twins" Seitarou responded, this statement of course pissed Kiyo off. Seitarou lowered himself to near to Zeno's height "nice to meet you Zeno, I heard a lot about you from Zatch" Seitarou said politely
Zeno was still waking up "uhh yeah nice to meet you too" Zeno responded
"Well we better be going" Kiyo stated then started to walk ahead
"Hey Kiyo" Kiyo's father called out
Kiyo turned around "what?" Kiyo responded
"You've grown taller since the last time I saw you" Kiyo's father stated
After that Kiyo was put in a good mood
While the gang was walking down the streets of England
"Father Can we go sightseeing again? I want Zeno to see Big Ben" Zatch asked
"Sure why not" Seitarou responded then lead the way for Big Ben and everyone followed
(Father?) Zeno thought to himself then glared at Seitarou
"Zeno, Zeno look a statue of a horse" Zatch said while riding the horse statue, people started staring at Zatch.
"Zatch get down from there" Kiyo yelled putting down his bag to go get Zatch; Seitarou couldn't help but laugh.
"Aw you're no fun Kiyo" Zatch pouted as Kiyo was holding him, preventing Zatch from causing any trouble.
"Shut up, were in England so behave" Kiyo yelled
"Put my brother down" Zeno ordered while glaring at Kiyo
"And let him run off I don't think so" Kiyo responded then went to make a grab for his bag and found a ragged kid holding it.
The gang stared at the kid for a few moments until the kid made a mad dash away from them with the bag
"Thief" most of the gang yelled
"Go get him Zatch" Kiyo yelled as he and Zatch ran after the kid
"The red book is inside that bag" Dufort said plainly to Zeno who was watching.
"Shit why didn't you tell me sooner!" Zeno yelled then joined the chase along with Kiyo's father
"You're Japanese aren't you, you're so rich don't be stingy" the kid yelled as he managed to dodge Zatch from leaping on him.
"You brat get over here" Seitarou yelled as he caught up to Kiyo
(I've never seen my father run so fast) Kiyo thought to himself
"You weak Japanese guys can't catch me" the kid shouted still running like hell
"What did you say" both Kiyo and Kiyo's father yelled with both of them having equally scary oni faces.
Zatch then made another jump for the kid and so did Zeno.
"Like I will lose to you" the kid amazing dodged both Zatch and Zeno and he started running even faster.
"Bastard" Zeno yelled catch back up to the kid
"Rahhh" Zatch yelled keeping in pace with the insanely fast human child
"Shit I can't lose them" the kid shouted then released the stolen bag which contained Zatch's red book
"Zeno" Zatch said looking at his brother
"Right" Zeno said realizing Zatch's plan
Zeno disappeared and Zatch kept on chasing the kid.
After about a block of running Zeno cut the kid off and held him down and Zatch joined in the fray
"Get off me" the kid yelled
Zeno grabbed the kids injured arm
The kid screamed on the top of his lungs in pure agony.
"That's enough Zeno" Zatch said pulling Zeno off the kid.
Kiyo and Kiyo's father caught up to the boys.
"Explain yourself" Kiyo demanded of the kid
"Why should I, I don't know you" the kid responded
"Can we at least know your name?" Zatch asked
The kid looked at Zatch and knew Zatch didn't mean any harm.
"My name is Kory" Kory introduced himself
Seitarou then noticed the boy's injured arm and grabbed hold of it.
"What are you doing let me go" Kory demanded trying to get loose.
Seitarou undid the ragged bandages of the kids arm and seen that it was infected wound. Kiyo's father then tended to Kory's wound.
Kiyo calmed down "Why did you let it get so bad?" Kiyo asked and sat down while his father took care of Kory.
"The question is why did his parents let it get so bad?" Seitarou asked which irritated Kory.
"This has nothing to do with my parents" Kory responded
"Oh so you are an orphan, we will bring you to the hospital" Seitarou stated
"I'm not an orphan, and I'm not going with you" Kory shouted with anger
Seitarou then flicked Kory's injured arm
Once again Kory shouted at the top of his lungs in pain.
"We're going" Kiyo's father demanded
"Okay" Kory admitted defeat while holding his arm
While the gang was escorting Kory down a fancy clean England road that led to the hospital
"So Kory where are your parents?" Zatch asked
Kory got upset and looked down at the ground "I don't want to talk about it" Kory responded
"Oh ok… Father, Big Ben is pretty close can we go see it" Zatch asked looking up at Kiyo's dad
Zeno once again started to stare at Seitarou yet Zeno remained silent.
"No Zatch we have to get Kory to the hospital, after that we can go sightseeing" Seitarou explained
"Unu ok" Zatch agreed
Kiyo and Dufort were lagging behind the group "Hey Dufort, what's the kid story, how did he get injured?" Kiyo asked Dufort hoping that he would know.
Dufort used his answer talker "he got hit by a knight" Dufort responded
"A knight what do you mean?" Kiyo asked confused
Dufort remained silent
"Fine I'll squeeze it out of Kory later" Kiyo responded
Along the way Kiyo and the gang was nearly trampled by fans
"What the hell" Zeno yelled and jumped out of the way along with everyone else.
"Now, now there is enough of me to go around" An Italian voice responded to the fans surrounding him.
"Our luck cannot be that bad" Kiyo said then got up off the ground to see Kanchomé trying to squeeze through the crowd.
"It's me Parco Folgore" Folgore stated while being surrounded by fan girls
Kanchomé ran up to the group "hey Zatch what are you doing in England?" Kanchomé asked, by now the gang was back on their feet.
"I came here to see Kiyo's father again" Zatch responded
"I'm really glad that you are here" Kanchomé said and started to cry for no apparent reason.
"We didn't even do anything" Zeno yelled then started to pick on Kanchomé
"Alright calm down Kanchomé, are you crying because Folgore is being mugged?" Zatch asked with a worried look; Zatch didn't know why people were surrounding Folgore.
"No it's because we lost a fight with a Mamodo" Kanchomé cried out.
"That's nothing to cry about, you're still here" Kiyo responded now listening in on the conversation.
"He's holding our book for ransom" Kanchomé explained still crying.
"What?" part of the gang shouted.
"That's why Folgore can't leave England, he has to pay money to this huge Mamodo named Baltro who attacks with armored knights" Kanchomé kept on explaining
Folgore managed to lose the fan girls, "that's why we need your help" Folgore asked now beside Kanchomé.
"It's not our problem if your book gets burned or not" Zeno stated coldly
Folgore and Kanchomé turned into stone anime style
"That's not true Zeno, we still owe them one" Zatch reminded his brother.
Folgore and Kanchomé started to jump up and down from happiness
"You fool you weren't supposed to remind them" Zeno shouted in anger then soon succumbed to defeat.
"I guess Zatch is right, for right now though we have to bring this kid to the hospital" Kiyo explained then pointed at Kory who was trying hold in his fear.
"Fine the boy comes first, but we must hurry I'm running low on money from the bank" Folgore cried out.
As Kiyo and the larger gang walked inside the hospital and checked Kory in
"So how did you lose your book" Zatch asked Kanchomé
"It was horrible, they sent waves after waves of knights against us, no matter how much damage Folgore did they kept on getting back up" Kanchomé explain while sitting next to Kory.
"So they attacked you because they knew Folgore had money" Kiyo said
"The demon of the castle… all he cares about is money" Kory yelled
"You know them" Folgore asked
"Th… There the ones who took my parents" Kory explained now crying
This shocked most of the gang
"Then it's simple what we must do… We will get Kanchomé book and rescue your parents" Kiyo announced
"You can't not even the police were a match" Kory responded
"Don't underestimate us human" Zeno spoke up. "We are not as weak as humans or the duck face, we can handle a legion of knights with both hands tied behind our back and blind folded" Zeno stated in an egotistic way.
(This is one of the first times I've seen Zeno pumped for battle… he must be anger at something) Kiyo thought to himself looking at the silver haired Mamodo who had his hands behind his back.
"A doctor will be with you shortly" a nurse said coming in the room then leaving.
"Hey dad can you stay with Kory for right now" Kiyo asked looking at his father who was staring out of a window.
"Sure" Seitarou responded. (He really has grown, helping people with no selfish interest; it's all thanks to you Zatch Bell) Seitarou thought to himself then gave out a smile.
"I'll be back with your parents Kory, that's a promise" Kiyo promised
"Just don't die" Kory begged, this statement made Zeno punch Kory in the head.
"You fool didn't I tell you this will be a walk in the park" Zeno shouted at Kory who was holding the lump on his head.
"Y..yea" Kory responded
"Then shut up already" Zeno shouted
"Folgore lead the way" Kiyo ordered forcing Folgore to take the lead
"Why do we have to go?" Folgore asked
"How else are we supposed to know where we are going" Kiyo responded
"Oh that's all we have to do? Ok come on Kanchomé time to get your book back" Folgore yelled in a "cool way".
"Yeah" Kanchomé yelled and followed Folgore who was running out of the hospital.
"They do know they have to wait for us" Zatch said wondering how to get to the castle.
"I know the way" Dufort stated then started to lead the way.
"See you later father" Zatch yelled then ran out of the room.
A vein popped out of Zeno's head but he decided to hold in his anger until he got to Baltro…
"Good luck" Kiyo's father said outside the room
No one noticed Zeno's change in attitude or mood the only person that noticed was Dufort who was keeping an eye on him.
"Zeno" Dufort said looking down at the boy who was at his side.
"What is it Dufort" Zeno said in a low voice and was looking at the ground.
Dufort and Zeno were about 10 feet in front of Zatch and Kiyo
"Don't do anything reckless" Dufort said plainly looking forward
"Mind your business" Zeno retorted then remained silent until the whole way to the castle.