Chapter 39 Danny Boy
Authors note: hmm, just like one of the reader said I think I'm going to "doodle". Even during this chapter I'm still debating to whether or not I have Danny's book burn or to let it survive… Well when it's finished I guess I'm going to be surprised as well. Oh and another thing, Zatch has his yellow tail as his favorite, but what about Zeno? I'm thinking… either baseball or Swordfish or octopus. I will let the readers decide. Should Zeno's favorites be baseball or Swordfish or octopus? Please vote and you can pick more than one. Vote by reviewing
Everyone was eating breakfast at the kitchen table
"This sculpture is finally coming to Japan" Kiyo said holding a newspaper that contained a picture of a mermaid like maiden sketch into stone.
"What's coming?" Zatch asked Kiyo, he was already finished with his meal.
"It's called the Shemira, it's an 18th century's master artwork, and it's really popular now and days" Kiyo explained
"Some human's artwork, who cares, mamodo's artwork would put human's artwork to shame" Zeno proclaimed
"It isn't a competition Zeno… When you see this stuff in person then you really become moved" Kiyo tried to explain to the twins.
"How moved?" the twins asked
Kiyo was getting ready to go to school but before he walked out. "If I were you Zatch it would be about as moving as a yellow tail that is 100 times more taster and 10 times bigger" Kiyo stated
Zatch's eyes lit up and he started to daydream of a perfect yellow tail of that size. "Unu that would be amazing" Zatch mumbled
Kiyo walked out to go to school
"What about me?" Zeno asked wondering
"For you it would be finding all of the dark secrets the mamodo world has to offer" Dufort responded, he then got up and left the house for an unknown reason leaving the twins in a trance like state
Meanwhile the transportation of the statue of Shemira was arriving to Japan in a limbo
"Danny boy" a voice called out. "Talk to me Danny boy" the old man said to a teenage mamodo with purple spiky hair.
Danny then vomited out of the window.
"What a shameful punk" the old man mocked Danny while lighting a cigar
"shut up, how long do I have to be on Airplanes, trains, cars and whatever else you got?" Danny shouted putting his hand up to his chest in an out spoken manner.
"We'll be there in 20 minutes" Mr. Goldo responded
"And old man I'm Danny there's no need for "boy"" Danny explained
"What's wrong with calling a punk a boy" Mr. Goldo asked
"You old" Danny was cut off
"You have no respect for the elderly, I can just throw this book away you know" Mr. Goldo stated about to throw the book out of the window.
"Wait please Mr. Goldo don't do it" Danny begged
"I'll let you off this time" Mr. Goldo said putting the book back inside the car and lighting another cigar. "Your job is to protect the Shemira" Mr. Goldo ordered
"I know, for us Mamodo it doesn't matter how many humans attack us" Danny explained
"Why would something stupid as this be worth a couple billion Yen" Danny asked Mr. Goldo
"It's true that one of mankind's faults is trying to put a price on fabulous things" Mr. Goldo admitted while smoking the cigar. "But don't you dare mock art that can strike at people's hearts" Mr. Goldo. "You job is to protect those things, have more pride" Mr. Goldo demanded pointing his cigar at Danny.
"Hah what pride is there for something like this" Danny asked
"That's why you're still a boy" Mr. Goldo retorted
20 minutes later Mr. Goldo and Danny arrived at Mochinoki
"Thank you for coming the owner is waiting" the staff worker said
"Danny boy I'll be talking for a little bit" Mr. Goldo explained. "I have a chore for you" Mr. Goldo said reaching into his pocket
"Let me rest, let me play, let me be free" Danny yelled
"Shut up I just want you to buy a snack called taiyaki, it's like a donut but in a shape of a fish" Mr. Goldo explained
"A fish donut" Danny responded annoyed
"You can have some so go buy it" Mr. Goldo demanded while holding out the money
"I guess I'll go since there's no helping it" Danny responded while accepting the money
Danny went to the cart and bought the snack called Taiyaki and was about to eat about six of them.
"I think I'll have mine now" Danny stated about to eat all six of them
Zatch spotted the teenager not noticing that he was a mamodo since he was so hungry he didn't care. "You sure have a lot, can I have one please" Zatch asked Danny
Danny stared at Zatch noticing that he was a mamodo and then ate all of the Taiyaki in front of Zatch which disappointed Zatch greatly. "Stupid I'm not giving you any" Danny stated.
Zatch snapped out of his trance for food and noticed that Danny was a Mamodo
"You're a mamodo aren't you" Danny asked then went to attack Zatch
Meanwhile with Zeno
"Where did he go this time?" Zeno asked walking around a crowd of people and trying to sense Zatch's aura until he didn't need to since he heard fighting and Zeno went running in the general area.
"Don't you think you can trick me" Danny shouted trying to grapple Zatch, Zatch dodged his charge with ease.
"Where is your book master" Zatch asked while kicking Danny in the gut, Danny ended up taking the blow and grabbing Zatch leg to throw him into the ground
"He's not here but I won't be easy to take down even without my book" Danny yelled going after Zatch
"Listen I don't have my book reader with me also, I was just lost" Zatch explained not wanting to fight on an empty stomach.
"Lair" Danny responded taking another swing at Zatch, that's when Zeno came out of nowhere and dropped kick Danny in the face sending him into a tree.
"You should have listened to my brother" Zeno yelled standing beside his brother
"I was just hungry, we're late for lunch, and you teased me by eating the taiyaki in front of me" Zatch explained
"You're going to pay for that" Danny retorted going after the twins
Zatch held his stomach which started to hurt "great" Zatch sighed then took a defensive position
"He's going to get a beating of a life time" Zeno responded with his cloak wavering in the air
When Danny reach the twin, both twins used their cloaks to tie Danny up completely and stopped his movements
"What the" Danny mumbled while trying to get a breath of air.
"Just rest there until you calm down" Zeno told Danny
"Don't… tell me… what to do…" Danny muffled through the cloaks of white and blue. Danny struggled but found it useless to get free "let me go you cowards" Danny yelled
"Coward?" Zeno repeated then smashed Danny into the cement with his cloak.
Danny grunted in pain
"Don't call me a coward" Zeno yelled in anger
Meanwhile with Mr. Goldo, there were 7 staff workers in the room where the transaction was taking place
"That's it for our transaction, you must be tired from the travel" The staff insisted
"Please relax in the hotel room" another staff worker said
"No, I'll be here for a little while longer" Mr. Goldo explained
"But we've already called a taxi" the staff worker responded with what appeared to be a nice gesture
"My feet have fallen asleep, let me rest until I can walk again" Mr. Goldo responded then took a look around the room. (They can't fool me, those stagnate. Everyone in here is a thief, where are you Danny boy) Mr. Goldo thought
Meanwhile with Zatch, Zeno and Danny
"Well Zatch what do we do now?" Zeno asked sitting down on a patch of grass with Zatch following him, both of them still having Danny wrapped up in the cloaks for Danny couldn't move and found hard to breathe. "I want to see it but we have no idea how to find it, plus we have to baby sit this dead weight" Zeno explained
Zatch sat down and placed Danny between him and Zeno, Danny looked almost like a mummy. "We could just start asking people" Zatch responded
"And how do we explain the mummy floating in the air" Zeno retorted. "Zatch let me find somewhere very high up for I can just drop this mamodo, then I'll come back and figure this out" Zeno explained
Danny upon hearing this started to freak out but couldn't move a finger.
"Don't do that Zeno, we only came to see the Shemira" Zatch reminded Zeno.
Upon hearing this Danny tried speaking up but found it difficult "I… know" Danny mumbled
"I know what, how we're going to burn your book, attacking my brother for no reason. You should have seen this coming" Zeno retorted
"Let me speak" Danny yelled through the cloaks
Zatch let a piece of the cloak covering Danny's mouth to come off "fine but don't yell ok, I don't want the humans to get involved" Zatch explained
Danny took in a big breath of air "I was trying to say that I know where the Shemira is" Danny explained
"Really" Zatch said excited
"Lair" Zeno retorted
"Let me go and I show it to you" Danny offered
"He's lying" Zeno stated
"Aww but I really wanted to see something that's 100 times more yummy and 10 times bigger than a yellow tail" Zatch said disappointed
"I'm not lying, you're talking about a small statue with a girl in the front right" Danny yelled
"It's Coincidence that you know about it" Zeno retorted
"I'm the one who brought here to town, I can prove it" Danny responded
"Unu lets give him a chance Zeno" Zatch said
"Are you kidding me, do you know what the chances are of meeting someone as cool like to knowing every secret to the mamodo world… Next to none" Zeno responded
Danny just wondered what the twins were talking about but couldn't decipher between the lines
"Well we must be close to the Shemira lets at least give him a chance" Zatch stated believing in Danny, Zatch released Danny from his blue cloak leaving only Zeno's white cloak restraining Danny.
"Well…" Danny said still trying to get loose and found it a lot easier but couldn't manage to do it.
"Fine, but you have to show us the Shemira if you don't I won't burn you book, I will just hurt you to the point that your book burns automatically" Zeno explained, then let Danny loose from his cloak
"That would be pretty hard for you to do" Danny whispered then got up to get his bag of donut fish
"What was that" Zeno retorted
"I think it's great for someone to protect the thing that can move people" Zatch explained
"It's not that great, so what you two got lost on your way to see it" Danny asked
"Yeah" the twins said in unison
"You know ordinary people can't see it until tomorrow" Danny explained which surprised both the twins
"What that can't be" the twins exclaimed in unison
Danny looked dumbfounded looking at the two then started laughing hectically. "This is hilarious, it's been a while since I've seen somebody so simple minded" Danny said between laughs of hysteria.
Zatch and Zeno felt like they were casted in stone
Zatch was near tears "You don't have to laugh so hard" Zatch pouted
Zeno was twitching with anger "he's laughing at me" Zeno growled while wanting to kill the person laughing at him.
"Sorry did I laugh a little bit too much" Danny apologized then picked up a bag. "Here you two can have one" Danny said giving Zatch and Zeno both a fish donut.
"Really? Thanks" Zatch accepted the offer and ate the fish donut
Zeno was still trying to calm down but accepted the donut anyhow "I guess it's a start" Zeno said in a calm manner and ate his donut at a human rate.
"Well what are your names" Danny asked
"My name is Zatch Bell" Zatch introduced himself
"My name is Zeno Bell" Zeno introduced himself
"The Bells? You mean the Princes of Mr. Bell" Danny asked
"Yeah that's our father" Zeno responded
"Wow no wonder why just one of you were hard to fight" Danny responded
"Unu, so what's your name?" Zatch asked
"My name is Danny Boy" Danny responded then realized his mistake. "No it's just Danny" Danny introduced himself
"Unu Danny" Zatch repeated
"Danny Boy" Zeno teased while knowing there was some reason why he said that.
"It's just Danny you midget" Danny retorted
"I was just kidding" Zeno pushed off the argument
"Well then come with me Zatch, Zeno, I'll show you the Shemira" Danny stated
"So you're going to fulfill your promise" Zeno asked while finishing his fish donut
"Yep" Danny responded
"Yeah" The twins yelled at the same time
"As moving as a perfect Yellow tail" Zatch mumbled in a happy way. "Danny you're really nice, you don't even know us and you're going to show it to us" Zatch stated
"Is it really that great" Danny responded while rubbing the back of his head
"Zatch he also made us a promise, he shows us the Shemira and I don't kill him" Zeno explained
"You can say that all you want Zeno, but your brother thinks I'm pretty cool" Danny retorted
"I'm much cooler than you" Zeno shot back
"Well let's just see about that, follow me" Danny said and showed them the way to the art gallery
Danny, Zatch and Zeno arrived to the art gallery to find an old man lying on the floor and the place was ransacked.
"Old man what happened in here" Danny yelled rushing to his book reader
"You're too late Danny Boy they stole the Shemira" Mr. Goldo shouted with an angry face, while Danny untied Mr. Goldo
"What?" Everyone in the room said except Zeno.
"We have to get it back" Mr. Goldo responded
Danny ran over to the case where the statue was being held "They took off the tracking device" Danny stated
"Then start looking for clues we must get it back" Mr. Goldo exclaimed
"We can find it" the twins said in unison
"If I can get a scent of one of the robbers then I can find it" Zatch explained pointing to his nose.
"I can just get Dufort to use his answer talker to find out the clues and find its location, he's also my book reader" Zeno explained
"Then you two should split up and Zeno can get his book master" Mr. Goldo ordered around then gave Zatch a card that the robber was carrying.
"Zatch I'll bring Dufort and Kiyo you find the statue" Zeno explained
"Unu hurry up" Zatch said in a rush, with that statement Zeno teleported out of the building to find Kiyo and Dufort.
Zatch lead Mr. Goldo and Danny to a harbor with a cargo boat that carried the scent of the robber
"That's defiantly one of the culprits" Mr. Goldo said looking through binoculars, the group was hiding behind a huge crate
"Good job Zatch, the statue must be inside that ship" Danny stated
"These aren't amateurs, we have to go in" Mr. Goldo said with a determination and a cigar lit in his mouth
"Then it's decided we'll take the statue back ourselves" Danny responded getting up ready to make his move.
Meanwhile Zeno was trying to find Dufort and Kiyo, he found Dufort first
"Dufort come on we have to do something" Zeno shouted rushing inside a library
"I'm getting a job" Dufort responded while waiting at a desk to be interviewed
"That can wait later" Zeno retorted and had his cloak surround Dufort and in an instant teleported out of the library without anybody noticing
"Dufort? Hmm he must've not wanted the job" A staff worker said coming out of a room while looking around a little bit for Dufort.
Zeno and Dufort teleported into Kiyo's house to find him just getting home
"Don't have time go to go" Zeno yelled then heard the recording machine
[Kiyo, Zeno if you get this message we're at the Harbor] Zatch said over the recording machine
"We have to go" Zeno yelled and wrapped Kiyo with the white cloth to teleport with him
Meanwhile with Mr. Goldo, Danny and Zatch entering the cargo ship
"It's through that door" Zatch pointed at a metal door
"I'm sorry Zatch for getting you involved" Mr. Goldo said
"Are you kidding me, I want to see the Shemira to" Zatch explained.
"He's also a prince of the Mamodo world and he can handle himself" Danny complimented. "So prince Zatch how about I show you my power" Danny said in a confident manner
"Is your power strong?" Zatch asked
"You will see soon enough" Danny stated
The robbers heard Zatch and Danny on the other side of the metal door and took up defensive positions aiming at the door.
"Ready" Danny said
"Set" Zatch said
"Go" Danny yelled smashing through the door using it as a weapon and knocking some of the robbers out.
"Let's teach these thieves a lesson" Zatch yelled going in front until Danny grabbed him and put Zatch behind him.
"Protect Mr. Goldo for me Zatch" Danny said while about 12 robbers with submachine guns and hand guns dressed in suits came up to take out Zatch and the group
Zatch thought about it for a second "leave it to me, Mr. Goldo won't get hurt" Zatch stated and went to Mr. Goldo
"We can't let them live now that they've seen us" The robber said and the entire group started firing at Danny, who just picked up the metal steel door to protect himself.
Zatch pulled Mr. Goldo into a corner and used his cloak to protect them both
"Zatch here" Danny yelled throwing Zatch the metal door to protect themselves, Zatch used his cloak to help fortify themselves . "The rest is my job" Danny stated
"I'm leaving the rest to you Danny Boy" Mr. Goldo said not picking up the mamodo book
"It's just Danny" Danny responded smashing his fists together. "There's no need for Boy" Danny responded charging after the robber with guns
"Finish him" one of the robbers shouted shooting at Danny, Danny dodged all the bullets at lightning speed then smashed the robber in the face sending him flying.
"This kid" a robber said trying to shoot Danny but failed and got knocked out by a blow to the head
"He's too fast" the robber yelled then got kicked in the face by Danny
"Finish him" one of the robbers yelled and started shooting at Danny but once again missed and got dealt a blow by a Danny.
(Danny is able to fight them off without spells)Zatch thought in amazement until he noticed someone was aiming at them from a high point. "Watch out" Zatch yelled grabbing Mr. Goldo and running out of the way of gunfire but ditching the safety of the steel door.
"There the others are, finish them off" a greedy robber shouted and the rest of the gang to aim and shot at Zatch and Mr. Goldo, Danny managed to jump in front of the attack and take the blow of countless bullets.
Danny coughed up some blood as he was riddled with bullet holes "you two ok" Danny asked in a daze like motion
"Why would you do that, we weren't in danger" Zatch yelled holding Danny up
"Don't do anything" Danny mumbled and fell to the ground, Zatch's eyes lit on fire as he seen the robbers take aim at them, Mr. Goldo opened up his book.
"You're going to pay" Zatch yelled in anger with his cloak wavering in the air
As the robbers start shooting
"Jioruk" Mr. Goldo recited, Danny jumped up and took the bullets one more time. After they stopped firing the bullets came out of his skin and all of Danny's wounds were healed.
"So that's your power" Zatch said happy that Danny was alright.
"You shitheads that hurt" Danny said rolling his shoulders around then charged at the remaining robbers, he did a high front kick to a robbers face sending him flying into a crate.
"That's his power, no matter how much he is hurt, as long as we have this book I can heal him" Mr. Goldo explained
"Is that so then make him stop" A robber stated who sneaked up behind Zatch and Mr. Goldo, holding a gun to the old man's head
"Zaker" Dufort said in response while running into the room
Zeno appeared to the side of the robber and launched a Zaker that nearly fried the human (yes he is still alive)
"Zeno… What took you so long?" Zatch asked
"I had to find Dufort and Kiyo" Zeno responded
Danny finished off the last of the robbers and every human criminal was knocked out cold.
"Well I hope it was worth it, just lost a job" Dufort stated with a cold aura
"Shut up about all that now and go ask the thieves about the Statue" Mr. Goldo demanded
Danny did what he was told and took a thieve into a corner
"If you need any help with persuasion I would be happy to help" Zeno offered with a grin
"Hurry it up Danny Boy" Mr. Goldo demanded
"It's just Danny" Danny retorted
Mr. Goldo and the gang later retrieved the Shemira statue and made their way back to the art gallery, Dufort went back his own way to try and receive the job at the library. They were in a car following behind a truck carrying a huge cement pillar
"Anyway it's good to have the statue in safe hands" Mr. Goldo. "And it's all thanks to you two" Mr. Goldo said to the twins
"Hey come on old man I played my part too" Danny stated
"That's right Danny Boy you did, after the fact it was stolen" Mr. Goldo retorted, this statement pissed Danny off.
"Oh, me and Zatch wants to see the Shemira" Zeno requested
"Oh you two are interested in art?" Mr. Goldo responded
"Unu it's 100 time yummy and 10 times bigger than a yellow tail" Zatch explained
"He means it's very moving" Zeno responded
"Well here it is" Mr. Goldo said showing Zatch, Zeno and Kiyo the statue of Shemira in all of its glory.
Zatch and Zeno stared at it for a few moments happy to see it but expected a little more.
"Well do you two like it?" Danny asked while driving the car
"Unu but yellow tail is better" Zatch explained
"I've seen better art in the mamodo world" Zeno retorted
Danny laughed a little "see old man" Danny mocked Mr. Goldo
"Shut up, Zatch is still a child and Zeno doesn't apprentices human art" Mr. Goldo retorted. "When we get to the art gallery I'll show these boy arts that would truly understand" Mr. Goldo proclaimed
"I like art to a certain degree, Mamodo art is way more detailed" Zeno stated
"How would a child truly understand art?" Mr. Goldo retorted
"Well Zeno likes making sand castles" Zatch said supporting his brother
"Shhh Zatch don't tell them that" Zeno whispered
Both Mr. Goldo and Danny laughed
"Shut up" Zeno yelled but had no results
"Wow the prince…" Danny kept on laughing until Kiyo cut him off
"Watch out" Kiyo yelled pointing at the big rig truck that had a few tires pop.
Danny tried to swerve but ended up hitting the truck causing it's cargo to tip near the car.
"Everyone get out" Kiyo yelled pushing everyone in the backseats out of the car
Danny noticed that the statue Shemira and his book was still in the car, but remembered how important the Shemira was to Mr. Goldo.
"Why is Danny still in there" Zatch asked still seeing Danny in the car
The huge cement pillar fell onto the car but was lifted up by Danny
"Danny hold on we're coming" Zatch yelled and ran after Danny with Zeno following in toe.
"Don't come over here, I don't know how long I can lift it for" Danny yelled
Zatch and Zeno helped anyways and used the full power of their cloaks and muscle to help slowly lift the cement pillar off of Danny and the car.
"This thing is heavy" Zeno said between breaths
"Danny get you book and statue" Zatch yelled with his eyes starting to bug out.
"Right" Danny responded and quickly threw his book to Mr. Goldo and hand Kiyo the case which was holding the statue.
"Zatch look up" Kiyo ordered, Zatch did so.
"Zakerga" Kiyo yelled, Zatch's condensed lightning cut the cement pillar in half releasing the weight Zatch and Zeno had to lift.
"I'm glad you're alright Danny" Mr. Goldo said picking up the book and statue
"Hey you didn't say boy" Danny responded
"That's right you were able to protect the Shemira and your job is done Danny" Mr. Goldo explained
"Heh I don't think I've ever been so happy" Danny said with a smile and couldn't stop crying.
"So heavy" Zatch said in a sigh of relieve and sat down on the remaining part of the crushed car.
(Why did I just do that now? I could've lost my brother, why, why, Damn IT, Why did I do that?) Zeno thought to himself in anger of his reaction, that he should have stopped Zatch.
"Looks like everything turned out alright right Zeno… Zeno?" Zatch said looking at brother who had a tense face on
"Yeah… everything is fine Zatch" Zeno responded looking at Zatch with almost a fake smile.
Zatch didn't notice he was just glad that everyone was safe… for now.