Chapter 47 A Foggy Resolve
Authors note: I'm not going to do the chapter where Kanchomé gets a new spell and beats his first opponent. If you readers didn't figure it out by now… I'm NOT a fan of Kanchomé or Folgore.
Somewhere in Russia
"Zonis" Gustav shouted, a Russian man wearing a heavy winter coat and was smoking a cigarette
Bari launched a vortex blast creating an explosion on a roof of a building
Bari's opponent cried in pain
"Spare me, spare me" a green mamodo cried
"This is a battle to decide King, you really think you can beg for your life" Bari shouted charging his opponent, a blue mamodo with hair like spikes coming out of his head and had yellowish armor around his chest and stomach.
The beaten up green mamodo turned around and started to runaway
"Don't turn your back on an enemy in the middle of a fight" Bari shouted
"Gigano Zonis" Gustav shouted with the blue book glowing brightly
Bari launched a large powered up version of Zonis toward the green mamodo and hit him directly. The spells power was too much for the green mamodo to bear and his book burned automatically.
"Such a coward" Bari growled with a disappointed tone
Gustav and Bari walked away from the scene of the half destroyed building
"That shitty bastard, why are there so many weak pieces of trash in the battle to decide king?" Bari asked in a displeased mood
"Stop whining, what is it that you want Bari?" Gustav asked
"What did you say…?" Bari responded
"I'm asking you what you want, you've been acting like this a lot lately" Gustav explained. "Even when we win you're still unsatisfied and moody" Gustav stated. "It's like you aren't getting what you want and you whine about it like a little kid" Gustav said in a clam manner
"There's nothing I want, I'm always pissed off" Bari responded in an irritated fashion while crossing his arms. "When I can fight strong guys and break them into pieces, it makes me feel a little better" Bari explained with a grin.
"So that's what you want, Bari?" Gustav said while smoking his cigarette
"I already told you there's nothing that I want" Bari shouted
"In that case, you want to try fighting stronger people" Gustav stated. "It's something one of the guys we beat said before said." Gustav announced. "When people challenge this duo of mamodo in Japan called Zatch and Zeno none of them return" Gustav stated in a cold tone. "Would you like to fight against them?" Gustav asked
"Interesting…you want to go to Japan Gustav?" Bari asked
"Fine by me Bari" Gustav responded
Meanwhile Zatch and Zeno were sparring at the park
"Block this" Zatch yelled trying to kick his brother in the stomach
"Gladly" Zeno responded and grabbed Zatch's foot and spun Zatch in the air like a corkscrew
Zatch ended up landing on his feet but a little dizzy
"Since when were there two Zeno's?" Zatch asked seeing double
"Zatch wait, I sense someone…" Zeno responded and looked around then seen a Blue mamodo with yellow armor walking out of a car.
"You must be the twin princes Zatch and Zeno" Bari called out
"What of it?" Zeno responded
Bari then charged the two boys head on
Zeno grabbed his dizzy brother and jumped back and attacked with his cloak, Bari dodged it then took a confident stance
"Brave of you to attack us with without your human partner" Zeno stated
"So are you here to challenge us?" Zatch asked now in a defensive stance
"I'm here to fight the strongest mamodo. We'll meet at an abandoned mine outside of the town. If you runaway then I'll just won't burn your book, I'll hurt everyone that you care about" Bari explained in a towering stance
Zatch and Zeno's eyes then had a serious look in them, Zatch's was determined, Zeno's was glowing with anger
"If I can beat you two my mood would improve a little, I'll give you two five hours" Bari stated, this statement of course enraged the twins even more.
"We won't run" Zatch and Zeno growled
"Don't get anyone else involved in this battle" Zatch warned
Bari then walked away not caring what Zatch just said
"Zatch… Who's going to fight him first?" Zeno asked
"Let's go warn Kiyo and Dufort" Zatch stated then started walking back to Kiyo's house with Zeno following
Zatch and Zeno arrived at Kiyo's house to find Kiyo and Dufort talking in Kiyo's room
"Kiyo we got to talk" Zatch announced
"It's a mamodo right?" Kiyo responded
"…Dufort told you" Zatch said
"Yeah" Dufort said plainly
"He said he'll come after everyone that we care about if we don't fight him" Zatch explained
"Since when did we ever runaway?" Kiyo asked
"That guy… I won't let him get away" Zeno proclaimed
"No one threatens US" Zatch and Zeno said in unison
Kiyo smiled a little "Well who's going up first?" Kiyo asked
Zatch and Zeno looked at one another
"I thought you knew?" the twins said
"Kiyo and Zatch can have the fight, we'll take the next one" Dufort stated
"Hey I want to fight him too" Zeno said disappointed
"Don't worry Zeno, I'll beat him up for the both of us" Zatch said, while patting his brother on the back.
"…Then I guess it's decided" Kiyo said getting up while grabbing the red book
"Let's go" Dufort said with his eyes turning on the answer talker and grabbing the silver book
"We'll win no matter what" Kiyo said getting everyone pumped up.
Meanwhile with Bari and Gustav arriving at a broken down warehouse
Bari busted down the huge doors to find around 5 thugs inside
"Who the hell are you?" a thug shouted
"Doesn't matter this is our turf" another thug yelled
"Move out of the way" Bari yelled
"Get him" the thugs yelled
"Zonis" Gustav yelled with the blue book glowing
Bari shot a powerful energy vortex at the humans blasting them all out of the warehouse
"Yes this is a good spot" Bari said looking around to find another human girl wearing a middle school uniform
"P…please wait…" the girl cried
"Get out" Bari shouted
"My… friends are…" the girl was cut off
"Insolent human leave" Bari warned
"n…please" the girl said
Bari took aim
"Zonis" Gustav said
"Rashield" Kiyo countered
A large square shield popped out of the with three lightning symbols protecting the girl and rebounding the Zonis spell added with electricity back at Bari
Bari blocked the attack with both hands taking very little damage "So the spell comes back at you…" Bari said looking at the spell
"Please help me…" the girl cried
"Unu what's wrong" Zatch asked while turning around
"My friends are still up there" the Girl said pointing at the second floor with a small office
"Don't worry I'll get them out of here" Zatch said reinsuring the girl
"Thank you I'll go get help" the girl said running out of the door to see Zeno and Dufort also walking inside the warehouse
"That won't be necessary" Dufort replied
"We'll get the humans out of here, just focus on the battle Zatch" Zeno warned, Zeno's cloak then wrapped around Dufort teleporting them inside the office
"So you two won't be fighting me at the same time?" Bari asked
"You said you wouldn't get people involved in this fight" Zatch shouted at Bari with a determined look on his face.
"Why is it that the princes of the mamodo world treat humans so kindly?" Bari wondered
"I won't forgive what you've done today" Zatch said taking a fighting stance
"It seems as if you underestimate my power" Bari said with a gloatingly
"Me and Zatch have come across our share fair of strong mamodo, when the number of mamodo dropped to 40, we were already prepared for this" Kiyo stated
(That boy) Gustav thought
"So you're serous, I wonder if you can beat me with just that" Bari said taking a lean low back position
"We got to buy my brother some time to get those people out of their" Zatch stated
"We'll have to be synchronized Zatch, we'll keep the fighting mostly in the middle to keep Zeno from being hit by any cross fire" Kiyo explained
"Let's Go" Zatch and Kiyo yelled
"Bring it" Bari responded taking position
"Zakerga" Kiyo yelled
Zatch unleashed a large concentrated lightning blast toward Bari
"Gara Zonis" Gustav countered
Bari stated spinning like a top in midair surrounded with a powerful vortex
Bari and Zakerga met head on and created a large explosion ringing throughout the old building breaking all of the windows.
Zatch's Zakerga managed to stop Bari's rotation and send him flying backwards toward Gustav
"Did we do i.." Kiyo was cut off when he looked through the smoke to see Bari standing back up with blood dripping down his face
"That hurt quite a bit, looks like you got some good spells" Bari said with a bloodthirsty smile
"KIYO we got them OUT" Zeno yelled outside of the old warehouse
(Well that's some good news, but I can't believe Zakerga didn't get through) Kiyo thought
"Kiyo, we don't have to hold back anymore" Zatch said getting ready
"Right, no more fooling around" Kiyo stated with the red book glowing
"What you waiting for?" Bari shouted taking aim
"Zonis" Gustav yelled with his blue book glowing slightly brighter
"Zaker" Kiyo countered
Both spells met head on cancelling each other out creating an explosion
"Doruzonis" Gustav yelled
Bari charged Zatch and Kiyo with a drill like hand that was covered with a strong purplish vortex
"Zakerga" Kiyo responded using full strength
The full blast of Zatch's Zakerga easily cancelled out Bari's spell sending him flying outside of the warehouse
"Game set and…"Kiyo stopped to look at the huge hole that was created and found Bari struggling to stand back up
"You two were holding back…on me" Bari said with a grin, but had scorch marks all over the chest plate armor.
"We couldn't afford for innocent bystanders to get caught in a battle that has nothing to do with them" Kiyo explained while walking out of the warehouse to meet Bari, Zatch followed up front.
"This is the battle I've been waiting for, FIGHT ME" Bari shouted. "Gustav" Bari yelled
"Gara Zonis" Gustav yelled
Bari started to spin rapidly and veered off to the right of Zatch and Kiyo
"What's he doing?" Kiyo shouted taking him with his finger
"Doruzonis" Gustav said combining Doruzonis with Gara Zonis
Bari's arm covered with a powerful vortex combined with the momentum of Gara Zonis headed straight toward Zatch and Kiyo
"Shit! Zakerga" Kiyo countered
Bari's combined spell and Zatch's full blast Zakerga clashed creating a large sonic boom that could be heard a mile away
"I didn't expect that" Zeno said looking at the duo fight from the sidelines
"They were able to combine a spell making just as strong as Zatch's Zakerga" Dufort explained watching Zatch's and Bari's spell's which seemed like a stalemate
"The enemy still had to use two spells to handle with one, which means the enemy is using more energy" Zeno stated
"ARRR" Kiyo shouted pouring more energy into the book causing Zatch's Zakerga spell to become slightly larger
"Die" Bari shouted as the two spell cancelled out resulting in a large explosion and with it a large smoke screen.
"He was able to withstand it?" Zatch asked trying to spot his foe through the smoke
"Got you" Bari shouted charging through the smoke and was going after Kiyo
"Don't you touch him" Zatch yelled giving Bari a roundhouse kick in the gut sending him back into the smoke
"Take this, Ganreizu Zaker" Kiyo shouted
Multiple cylinders formed in front of Zatch all having the lightning symbol on them, they then started shooting multiple Zakers into the smoke
"Zorushield" Gustav responded
Bari blocked the 4 out of 7 Zakers that hit the shield taking very little damage
"Zakerga" Kiyo responded quickly before Bari's shield disappeared
Zatch took aim at the middle of the shield and fired a strong controlled burst of lightning
Zakerga rammed into the shield breaking through it
"Gahhh" Bari let out a cry of pain as the lightning slammed into his chest cracking his body armor and sending him back to Gustav
"Give up already" Zatch stated
Bari struggled to get back up "…This… fight has just BEGUN" Bari shouted with an evil yet frustrated grin
"Crush them with your power Bari. Gigano Zonis" Gustav shouted
Bari aimed and shot his strongest spell letting out a huge vortex of energy that headed right toward Zatch and Kiyo
"Rashield" Kiyo countered putting up forth a strong square shield with three lightning symbols on it
Gigano Zonis smashed into Rashield, and Zatch's defensive spell held firm sending part of the Gigano spell back at Bari
"Damn YOU" Bari shouted while taking a defensive stance to protect his human partner
Bari was able to withstand his own spell with added effects
"Time to finish this… Jiou Renzu Zakerga" Kiyo shouted at the blue colored mamodo that now had his guard down
"Zorushield" Gustav countered while pouring in most of his energy from within
Bari formed a huge shield as Zatch formed a large snake with four spikes and was decorated with diamonds
"GOOOOO" Kiyo ordered the spell.
The large lightning snake went towards Bari and rammed into him creating a large explosion and enveloping Bari in lightning.
Kiyo almost lost his balance due to the effects of the ultimate spell
"Kiyo we did it" Zatch said with a smile of relief
"That'll show…not to underestimate us" Kiyo said panting
"…It's …not over yet" Bari said through the smoke. Bari walked out of the smoke with clear injures around his body and blood was dripping down in a rapid speed. "What is it that you have that I don't?" Bari shouted in anger
"Zatch, I don't have much energy from within left" Kiyo explained
"We'll have to…" Zatch was cut off by Bari charging them
"Zaker" Kiyo recited the spell draining him of all of his energy
Zatch shot out a powerful Zaker towards Bari who was only 25 feet away.
"Zonis" Gustav shouted while he too was reaching his limit
The two spells collided in equal strength and cancelled each other out
"Damn brat" Bari shouted as he got closer to Zatch and Kiyo
"Zonis" Gustav yelled out with the last bit of his energy from within.
"Zaker" Kiyo countered but nothing happened. (Shit, I'm all out)Kiyo thought and held the red book tightly
Zatch used his cloak to block the head on Zonis to protect Kiyo and himself.
"Hand over the Book" Bari shouted as he went after Kiyo
Zatch jumped in the way and blocked Bari's path and stared him down with his golden eyes
Bari went to throw a punch "You think…" Bari stopped in midway of the attack. (Why did my hand stop?) Bari thought and looked into Zatch's eyes
(Now!)Zatch thought and landed a crushing front kick to Bari's stomach sending him flying towards Gustav
"Where does their strength come from?" Bari asked while breathing heavily
(So you don't understand Bari?) Gustav thought while he too had lost his composure.
"I get it NOW" Bari shouted with a large grin on his face
"And what would that be?" Kiyo asked
"Why that midget is so strong, why his presence struck fear into my heart." Bari stated. "It's because of that Baou, isn't It. You're the prince that inherited Baou" Bari stated
Zatch became shocked at this statement "…How do you know about it?" Zatch asked hesitantly
"Who doesn't know about the Baou that nearly wiped out the mamodo capital? It could be seen for miles in the sky, tearing the earth to shreds" Bari explained
Zatch lowered his head and stared at the ground "…Was it…really that bad? That evil?" Zatch asked
"What nobody ever told you about it?" Bari asked
"I knew it happened, but no one ever explained what happened exactly" Zatch explained still not lifting his head
"I know what it is that I want now… I want to beat that power… I WANT to become stronger… I need to BEAT YOU" Bari shouted with a madding look and then charged Zatch and Kiyo once again. "A monster like you should be put to sleep FOREVER" Bari shouted, this statement clearly hit Zatch where it hurt most for he couldn't move any longer.
"Zatch what you doing! Fight him!" Kiyo yelled, yet Zatch didn't move.
"Zatch don't listen to him, this isn't the place nor time to be dwelling in the past" Zeno yelled, Yet Zatch still didn't move.
"He won't move from that spot" Dufort declared while waiting for the signal from Zeno.
"Shit Dufort we have to go help" Zeno shouted while running towards his brother which was a decent distance away
Bari reached the defenseless Zatch and smashed him into the ground then kicked him into Kiyo.
Yet Zatch didn't make a noise of pain
"Damn it Zatch at least look at him" Kiyo shouted then forced Zatch's head to face Bari
"Zaker" Kiyo shouted but nothing happened
Bari started charging Kiyo and Zatch again
"I will win!" Bari shouted
"You fool are you really going to go out like this?" Kiyo shouted while holding Zatch
"He's…right though…what I am…" Zatch mumbled while having flashbacks to the devastation that he accidently caused in the mamodo world, Zatch's eyes then began to become dull.
"Pathetic, giving up so soon?" Bari asked as he nearly reached Zatch and Kiyo but stopped.
Kiyo was standing in front of Zatch glaring at Bari with determined eyes.
(Again? I can't move?)Bari thought
"Kiyo" Zatch said looking up finally giving out a rational reaction
"ZATCH! Who cares what people might think about you! You're a good kid and you'll make a great king, a kind king. Prove to everyone that YOU are ZATCH BELL, that you're not the monster that your father created" Kiyo shouted while still taking a defensive stance over Zatch.
"Kiyo…" Zatch said softly and was about to cry but he held it in.
"I'll make you king Zatch so fight with me" Kiyo requested
"What is this? A kind king? Don't make me laugh. A kind king is a weak king that has no place this world of the strong" Bari responded then went to punch Kiyo but was stopped by Zatch's cloak
"He snapped out of it…" Zeno said only 10 feet away from his brother
"We should go back to the sidelines" Dufort stated
"Sorry to worry you guys, I won't let that happen again I swear" Zatch proclaimed
Kiyo's book started to glow with a new spell
"You think you can stop me?" Bari asked sarcastically and went to throw a punch towards Zatch.
Zatch blocked it with one hand and then threw Bari over his shoulder into a bunch of steel pipes .
"Zatch…" Kiyo said flipping the pages
"I know… read the new spell" Zatch said in a calm manner
"The seventh SPELL Rauzaruk" Kiyo chanted out using his stored energy
A lightning bolt from the sky came down and hit Zatch in the head making him have a glowing aura to his body
"Gustav!" Bari yelled
Gustav was storing his energy as well "Doruzonis" Gustav called out and once again used up all of his energy
Bari's hand formed a drill like vortex around his hand
"I've decided not to lose here" Zatch stated taking a fighting stance.
"I won't lose to a mamodo who uses destruction as a fear tactic" Bari shouted while charging Zatch with all of his might.
Zatch was able to keep his composure
"You don't know anything about Zatch, his power doesn't come from Baou it come from his determination and the will to make his goal a reality" Kiyo responded trying to stick up for Zatch
Zatch then charged Bari in the head on fight
Bari made the first move by trying to punch Zatch with the drill like arm, Zatch blocked it with his forearm and tried to land a kick to Bari's ribcage. Bari ended up grabbing Zatch's leg and tried throwing him but Zatch's cloak wrapped around Bari and didn't let go.
"Persistent brat" Bari shouted
"I made a promise to someone, a promise that I'll keep to the very end" Zatch shouted while ripping off part of his cloak to keep Bari's left arm tied up
"You think this can STOP ME" Bari shouted as he tried to punch Zatch with his right drill arm
Zatch went to block it but made eye contact with Bari first knowing what his reaction would be.
Once again Bari's hand stopped and he wasn't able to hit Zatch with the spell
(Thought so) Zatch thought as he threw all of his strength and his new spell into a single punch that smashed into Bari's chest armor creating multiple cracks and sending him flying into the nearly destroyed warehouse.
This time Bari didn't get up so easily as he laid there nearly unconscious
Zatch's Rauzaruk wore off
"Hey Zatch how did you know what Rauzaruk would do?" Kiyo asked
"I didn't, I just really wanted to punch him for mocking me" Zatch explained then started to walk over to Gustav, Kiyo followed behind.
Zatch and Kiyo reached Gustav who was trying to get Bari to stand up
"I guess this means Bari has lost" Gustav sighed.
"Hand over the book" Kiyo demanded
"It's sad… Bari never got what he came after" Gustav said looking at Bari who was barely breathing but still had his eyes open.
Gustav was about to hand over his blue book
"….I….can't…..go….like…this" Bari said then slowly got up while holding his ribs
(Bari…you still strive to find that what you are missing?) Gustav thought while looking at the injured Bari. "Zatch can I ask you this?" Gustav asked Zatch who had a much determined face
"Unu" Zatch responded
"What kind of king do you want to become?" Gustav asked Zatch
Zatch then had a serous posture "I want to become a kind king that will protect his people" Zatch said determinedly
"So you have a goal and a purpose, you see Bari that's why you weren't able to hit Zatch, a person with no goal or purpose has no right to hit those who has one" Gustav stated. "So Bari what kind of king do you want to become?" Gustav asked Bari
Bari looked at Zatch with hateful eyes
"I would become a strong king, a king who would squash any who dear oppose me" Bari stated. "Yes that's what I will become, not a kind king, not a protective king but a strong king" Bari proclaimed with a smile.
Zatch started glaring at Bari
"Zatch I know I have no right to ask this of you but will you allow Bari to explore this idea a little while longer?" Gustav asked Zatch
"What hell NO, not after what he said to Zatch" Kiyo shouted
Zatch thought about it for a few moments "….fine….but he'd better not get any more innocent humans involved or I'll burn his book as soon as I find out" Zatch explained
"So you're letting me go?" Bari asked with his pride now completely collapsing
"You really do have the potential of becoming a kind king" Gustav complemented Zatch and then helped carry Bari away.
"Zatch why are you letting them leave? The things that guy said to you. It really bothered the both of us you know." Kiyo stated
"Zatch!" Zeno yelled coming over to his brother and seen the enemy duo slowly leaving
"Zeno, I got a new spell" Zatch said happily
"Looks like you're getting too soft little brother, how about I burn their book?" Zeno offered
"It's fine Zeno…Besides…I'll like to fight him when he becomes stronger, a kind king versus a strong king" Zatch explained
"Have it your way" Dufort spoke up then started walking home
"You two coming?" Kiyo asked as he started to follow Dufort
"I'll be right there… I just need to talk to Zatch" Zeno explained while putting his arm around Zatch's shoulder
"o…ok" Kiyo responded then started to walk ahead at a slow pace
"Zeno what is it?" Zatch asked in a worried tone
"Zatch… You do know that you're NOT a monster right?" Zeno asked with a very worried yet serous facial expression.
"Of course I do" Zatch said with a smile which seemed somewhat fake in Zeno's eyes
"…Just don't let something like that happen to you again… if his partner had any energy from within, you would have been in serious trouble" Zeno stated in a worried manner.
"I'll be fine" Zatch said still smiling
Zeno still thought Zatch was lying but knew Zatch wouldn't admit it.
"Well it looks like I'm going to have to train so I'm not to fall behind in the spells" Zeno said with a smile trying to reinsure himself and his brother about the issues of Baou.