Chapter 44 Two coins
Authors note: For those who don't like gore please don't read this chapter. This chapter has nothing to do with Zatch and Zeno. Warning this chapter might be close to an M rated chapter. SO once again please consider my warning for those who like the character Danny. I'm doing this chapter to increase the tension between Zatch and Brago. Of course Zatch and Zeno will find out this happens in Chapter 45 and I will give a summary of what happened. I will be referring to Greek mythology often in this chapter also, since I'm depicting a certain event in Greek mythology, I'm sort of twisting it a little though. If anybody can guess what Greek story I'm biasing this off of then I will do any bonus chapter that you want me to do, which will be chapter 45, if nobody knows then I will just get back on track with the prime story.
Narration: Good versus Evil they've been in endless conflict with one another in Greek mythology. Zeus versus Hades, one is God of all gods and the other is the god of the underworld. Hades keeps a tight grip on all those to who enter his domain but to enter, thy must have one coin placed on each eye to receive passage by the ferry man of the River Styx. But to those who defile Hades grasp what is the Punishment and or outcome? (Note: this is also a hint)
Somewhere in Europe
"Hey Old man when are we going to finish up the transfer of this Greek artwork?" Danny asked Mr. Goldo
"After all of the artwork is secure in bullet proof glass then we'll be done" Mr. Goldo explained
The Duo was in an Art Gallery storage unit waiting for bullet proof glass to be delivered to protect the ancient artworks of Greece
"Hey can someone give me a hand?" a delivery man asked carting in a huge bullet proof glass case
"Get on it Danny" Mr. Goldo demanded
"Yeah I got it" Danny responded, and then helped carry in the bullet proof glass inside the large storage unit.
"Set it over there" Mr. Goldo ordered pointing at some of the art works
Danny did as he was told and put the bullet proof glass in that location, after he and the delivery man set the priceless artworks in the bullet proof glass which still had enough room to fit a full grown human the delivery man left
"See yah" the human delivery man said leaving in his truck
When the truck left it showed two figures approaching the garage doors
"Mr. Goldo" Danny yelled responding to the appearance of a blond haired woman wearing a white dress and wielding a mace with a green jewel on the top with her left hand and holding a black book with her right, besides her was a mamodo with black hair with a death like glare.
"We don't want any trouble" Mr. Goldo told the two standing in front of the only way out
"Then hand over the book" the blond haired women demanded
"I can't do that he's on duty" Mr. Goldo retorted, while lighting a cigar
"Told you it wouldn't work Sherry" Brago stated with a glare that could turn his opponent into stone
"I guess we have no choice then Brago, let's crush them" Sherry yelled
"Brago? Old man we can't underestimate them one bit, get inside the bullet proof glass now" Danny demanded, Mr. Goldo did as he was told and Danny locked Mr. Goldo inside.
"Don't leave me in here for long Danny boy" Mr. Goldo stated while taking out his spell book
"Back to saying that?" Danny asked then charged his opponents
"Reis" Sherry yelled
Brago aimed his and shot a gravity ball of energy into Danny stomach sending him into the 5 inch bullet proof glass.
"…Is that all you got?" Danny asked as he struggled to get up then charged Brago who was about 25 feet away
"Fighting without spells, Bold but stupid, Reis" Sherry yelled with the black book glowing
"Trash" Brago said as the Reis impacted into Danny's chest
"Ahh" Danny gasped then fell to the floor on his stomach. "You won't win…" Danny said on the ground.
"Stay put" Brago ordered now standing right next to Danny
"Reis" Sherry recited
Brago stretched out his hand and shot Danny in the back
The spell crushed a few of Danny's ribs and in return Danny coughed up blood all over the floor.
"Now hand over the book" Brago demanded as he walked the bullet proof case that was protecting Mr. Goldo
"Jioruk" Mr. Goldo called out, Danny's body began to glow and his injuries healed instantly
Danny charged the wide open Sherry
"Sherry!" Brago shouted out in surprise
"Reis" Sherry countered
Brago shot Reis at Danny but it couldn't stop him
Danny punched Sherry in the gut sending her into a few wooden crates
"Game set and match" Danny said but then was smashed into the wall by Brago
"Don't underestimate us" Brago warned
"Your human partner isn't getting up any time soon, so I've already won" Danny proclaimed as he started close courter combat with Brago
"Sherry Wake UP" Brago demanded as he blocked a few of Danny's kicks
"You fight well" Danny complimented as he tried to uppercut Brago but failed
"Sherry if we can't beat him. How will we ever face our true opponent?" Brago asked Sherry who was in a daze
"That's right… I have someone that I fight for…I must become stronger" Sherry yelled now standing upright.
"N..No way" Danny said in amazement
"Reis" Sherry yelled
Brago aimed at Danny's rib cage and shot a Reis at Danny sending him into the wall
"Now for the human, Gravirei" Sherry recited out
Brago pointed his hand at Mr. Goldo, and with an instant Mr. Goldo was sent to the ground and was being slowly crushed due to the gravity
"Mr. Goldo" Danny yelled then charged Brago
"Reis" Sherry called out
"It won't be that easy" Brago said as he aimed his hand at Danny and fired the spell sending Danny smashing into the wall, the force created a crater in the wall.
"Jioruk" Mr. Goldo called out as the gravity continued to crush him from within the bullet proof glass case.
"Leave Him ALONE" Danny shouted and went after Brago again at full strength
"Then hand over the book or burn it" Sherry demanded. "Reis" Sherry called out before Danny could reach Brago
"AHH" Danny yelled as the spell slammed into his chest causing on of his lungs to collapse
Mr. Goldo started to cough up blood from the endless gravity
"Mr… Goldo" Danny said in deep breathes
"I will not lose my SON, Jioruk" Mr. Goldo shouted with determination
"Beat on my body all you want just don't hurt my Old man. Bastards!" Danny shouted while charging Brago
"Reis" Sherry sighed
"Eat this" Danny said as he was able to duck and dodge the spell landing an ax kick to Brago's head sending Brago into the ground and ending the Gravirei on Mr. Goldo
Mr. Goldo's book started to glow with a new spell "Danny a new spell" Mr. Goldo said with full of hope
"Don't just stand there USE IT" Danny demanded as he went after Brago again
"Reis" Sherry shouted
Brago aimed at Danny again with the send him smashing back into the ground
"Gigano Jioruk" Mr. Goldo shouted, but nothing happened
"AHH" Danny shouted as he was hit by the spell and sent into the bullet proof glass
"What's going on? Why didn't it work?" Mr. Goldo wondered. "Gigano Jioruk" Mr. Goldo yelled again putting more energy into the book but nothing happened
"What you doing old man? We can't keep on fighting like this" Danny warned then got up to attack Brago head on once again.
"We can't keep wasting our time… lets end it" Brago proclaimed then went to meet Danny head on
"Right" Sherry responded
Brago managed to grab Danny's face
"Gigano Reis" Sherry yelled putting in most of her strength from within
From point blank range Brago fired a Gigano Reis into Danny's face, the force alone was strong enough to rip off Danny's head and incinerate it into nothing.
"DANNY" Mr. Goldo cried as Danny's headless body fell to the floor still pumping out blood onto the ground
"Let's go Sherry" Brago said and started to leave
"Their book hasn't burned yet" Sherry said in confusion
"What?" Brago glared back to see that Mr. Goldo was crying but was still firmly holding onto the spell book.
"Y..NOOO…Shit… Why won't this stupid book work? Damn it bring him back, Bring him back damn it" Mr. Goldo shouted and cursed at the sight of the lifeless body. "Gigano Jioruk" Mr. Goldo shouted out one more time with the spell book glowing immensely.
Danny's body began to glow as the nerve endings began to regenerate first then the spinal cord along with the back bone, the brain within a matter of seconds appeared attached to the cerebrum, the bone structure of the skull regenerated around the entire brain. 5 seconds later Danny's hair and facial skin regenerated.
"What happened?" Danny asked still lying on the ground and was confused into what was going on.
"Danny Boy get back up and fight!" Mr. Goldo shouted
"He's still alive?" Sherry asked and was also disgusted by what she just witnessed
"If he wants to be my punching bag then I'm fine with that" Brago stated as he cracked his knuckles and walked over to Danny
"Where the hell am I?" Danny asked not knowing his surroundings
Brago then lifted Danny up and started beating him and surprisingly Danny didn't fight back.
"Why are you doing this?" Danny cried as he was beat into the floor by Brago
"He doesn't remember what's going on?" Mr. Goldo asked. "Danny get up and fight" Mr. Goldo demanded from the confused boy
"Don't encourage him" Danny shouted as he basically huddled into a ball to defend himself
(He lost his memory!) Mr. Goldo thought to himself in despair
"It doesn't look like he'll be much of a threat" Brago stated then set his eyes on Mr. Goldo once more
"Reis" Sherry yelled
Brago aimed at the bullet proof windows and shot the spell at the case breaking it apart easily and sending Mr. Goldo into the wood crates
"What's going on here? Who are these people? Who the hell am I?" Danny asked as he started at the old man lying on the floor badly injured
"Your name Is Danny and you're in the middle of a fight" Mr. Goldo shouted standing up and was surrounded by burned and wreaked Greek artwork
"Hand over the book, I wish to not create any further pain" Sherry explained and demanded
"Gravirei" Sherry recited
Brago aimed at the old man and once again the force of the gravity started to crush him
"Stop it, why, why are you doing this?" Danny shouted then he started to have flashbacks
Flashback
"Almost got, this is a big one" Danny said to himself as he wielded in a large fish from the ocean with a fishing rod. "GOT it, I'm eating good tonight" Danny said in a proud manner
"Wow that's impressive boy" an old man said walking up to Danny with a lit cigar
"Yep I'm one of the best fishermen you'll meet" Danny said as he held up the large fish
"What's you name boy?" the old man asked
"Danny" Danny introduced himself
"Well Danny Boy my name is Mr. Goldo" Mr. Goldo introduced himself
"It's just Danny" Danny said sitting down next to his book
"Well Danny Boy will you run an errand for me?" Mr. Goldo asked as he sat next to Danny and placed his hand on Danny's purplish book and it started glowing
"Wh..what? No way! An old man for my partner!" Danny said in disappointment
"Why is this book glowing?" Mr. Goldo asked
"Well you see I'm a mamodo and with that book glowing like that… it means your my partner" Danny explained
"Partner you say? Well then I guess you have to finish this errand of mine" Mr. Goldo said laughing
"Wait WHAT" Danny shouted
End of flashback
"I said don't touch him" Danny shouted as he punched Brago into the wall.
"Danny… are you… Alright" Mr. Goldo asked through painful pants
"He's back to normal" Brago stated
"Bastards HOW many times do I have to tell you to leave the old man alone" Danny shouted. "Old man you alright" Danny asked not looking back and not looking away from his opponent
"We have to burn the book" Sherry explained
"Well… I can't let you do that… I made a promise to someone to make it to the end and become a kind king" Danny responded in a serious tone
Mr. Goldo's book started to glow again with a new spell
"The new spell Rau Jioguru" Mr. Goldo shouted flipping through the pages
On Danny's palm started to form a medium sized purplish ball of energy
(Is it possible that we have an attack spell?) Mr. Goldo thought and hoped then collapsed onto the ground.
"Take this" Danny shouted trying to throw the ball of energy but it held firm onto his hand.
"Reis" Sherry shouted
Brago shot the spell sending Danny flying but Danny was able to stand up
"Old man" Danny gasped
"This is the last of my energy, Jioruk" Mr. Goldo recited
Danny's wounds healed and the purple ball on Danny's hand grew a little larger
"I get it now" Danny said to himself then charged Brago with the purple ball in his right hand
"Reis" Sherry countered.
Brago aimed but Danny was able to dodge and swung downward at Brago with the purple ball
Brago dodged just barely and Danny hit the ground with the purple mass of energy creating a large explosion that spread outwards toward Brago and Sherry bringing with it shrapnel of wooden crates and artifacts.
"Ion Gravirei" Sherry countered in defense and jumped into the air as high as she possibly could
Brago carved out a path of safety with the intense gravity
The entire storage unit collapsed with Danny carrying Mr. Goldo away to safety
"They got away" Brago said in an irritated voice
"Just be glad that you're still alive, that was the strongest spell I've ever seen" Sherry said impressed and exhausted.
"You're out of energy aren't you?" Brago asked looking at his human partner
"Be quite I used up the rest of my energy defending us from that blast, since I still have one or two spells left" Sherry explained
Meanwhile
"I'm sorry Mr. Goldo I know how important that artwork was to you" Danny apologized
"Please don't remind me Danny boy" Mr. Goldo said in disappointment
"We're back to that now?" Danny asked
"All of it was destroyed with that spell; of course you're still a boy! Danny Boy" Mr. Goldo shouted in anger then grasped his broken rib cage
"Ok, ok just calm down" Danny said while walking to the nearest hospital