Never separated

by innovator1

Zatch and Zeno were never seperated at birth, saved by their mother.Both are then put under harsh training, the same Zeno reciceved.The battle for Mamodo king has begun and old freinds comeback.how will this change history read and find out. R&R

54. Chapter 54

Chapter 54 Their Domain

Authors note: Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm lazy! I still got plenty of sweet ideas though, and I haven't given up on any of my stories. Especially since this story is the fan favorite ;-) I learned a few tricks since my last update on Never Separated…you might see those effects next chapter on chapter 55. Oh and this is the second version of chapter 54, the first one got deleted…somehow. Oh and GRRRR I hate Kanchomé! But I have to give that duck boy some credit…right? Oh and I found the freaking Clown mamodo's name like in half way of finishing this chapter…I think I like "Clown" Better than "Alm"…so I'm not changing it…Oh and his partner…I think she has blond hair, doing this off a manga, all I can do is make assumptions.

Disclaimer: Do I really have to do this? I do not own Zatch Bell, or Zeno Bell. The first 10 chapters of this story though are totally mine.

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Kiyo and the gang including Ponygon were in Mochinoki Park waiting for Tia, Megumi, Sugino and Haru to arrive

Zeno was tapping his foot against the ground ready to go with his backpack full of supplies. "We could've been beat ZOFIS BY NOW" Zeno yelled in unrest

"Zeno we're going to do this as a team" Kiyo pointed out

"Unu Zofis won't get away with this" Zatch responded but he too was starting to get impatient

Dufort still kept a calm manner even though he's probably minutes away from a battle

"Sorry we're late!" Megumi yelled while she and Tia ran up to Zeno and Zatch

"Took you long enough, you're five minutes late!" Zeno complained

"At least we got here before Sugino" Tia responded

"Who needs him if he's going to be late, let's go" Zeno said coldly

"HEY IT'S not by fault blame HARU" Sugino shouted as he and Haru ran towards the gang

Dufort gave both Tia and Sugino a cold stare. "Just don't get in our way" Dufort warned them

Kiyo sighed and gave up trying to convince Dufort to work as a team. "Shall we get going?" Kiyo asked everyone

"YEAH" Everyone responded expect for Dufort

Zeno took in a deep breath and focused onto where he wanted to teleport him and his comrades. Zeno's cloak grew huge as it wrapped around everyone and within an instant transported everyone to Zofis's ruins which were somewhere in South America.

Everyone looked around to see that the ruins were made out of the nearby cliff giving it a decretive and fortified look

Zeno sat down on a rock and took a breather

Zatch went over to his brother

"So this is where Zofis has been hiding" Haru said look at the structure

"A mountain strong hold" Kiyo responded

"WE should enter with discretion" Dufort stated

Sugino then walked over to Zeno to see why he was just sitting doing nothing

"What scared already?" Sugino mocked

Zeno looked like he was done resting "Shut up fool, it's harder than it looks to teleport so many people at such a far distance, I have to take a short rest when I teleport too much mass over a long distance" Zeno tried to explain

"Oh? So you DO have a weakness" Sugino mocked again

"Shut up I wouldn't have to take a breather if I had to lug around your fat butt" Zeno remarked

"Zeno, Sugino be quiet already we can't be found out right now" Kiyo warned

"Be quiet? Screw THAT! ROBNOS SHOW Y…" Zeno was cut off by Dufort covering Zeno's mouth

All of a sudden a noise was heard in the brush

"Who's there" Kiyo responded

The human partners pulled out their mamodo books ready to battle

A few seconds later Dufort put down his silver book and just watch and waited for what would happen

Zeno still kept his aim even though he knew who it was because Dufort whispered it into his ear. (Please just cast the spell Dufort, anyone!) Zeno thought

A shadowy figure jumped out of the bushes

"Ready Zatch" Kiyo yelled pointing his finger with the red book glowing at the first spell

"ZATCH, KIYO" Kanchomé and Folgore yelled jumping through the bushes; they then ran over to the gang crying their eyes out.

"We have to babysit even more!" Zeno complained, Tia agreed with Zeno by shaking her head up and down.

"Kanchomé, Folgore?" Kiyo said surprised. "Why are you two here?" Kiyo asked

Zeno whispered into Tia's ear

"I'll give you 5 bucks if you hit him a Saisu" Zeno said

"I'll think about it" Tia responded

"It was this guy called Doctor Riddles" Kanchomé cried out. "He said if everyone came together we could beat the 1000 year old mamodo, but when we came here no one was here" Kanchomé explained while still crying

"Why is still he crying?" Zeno asked his brother

"He's always like that" Zatch explained

"I was so scared….Thank you for coming" Kanchomé cried out while holding tight to Kiyo's legs

Kiyo smiled a little "Folgore…" Kiyo said in low tone

"I'm iron man Folgore, I wasn't scared" Folgore said trying to convince himself.

"Let's go inside" Kiyo stated with the gang of 5 mamodo and their partners behind him. "This place is a stronghold, almost like a maze, it's best if we're not spotted by the enemy" Kiyo explained

"Again I don't CARE, I and my brother can take care of whatever comes our way. Right Zatch!" Zeno proclaimed

"UNU" Zatch responded

Dufort walked toward the twins and punched both of them on the top of the head. "Be quiet" Dufort demanded

"HOW Dare!" Zeno was about to go off on Dufort until Kanchomé started crying AGAIN

"NOOO its strangling Tia" Kanchomé cried out

"SHUT up Crybaby Kanchomé" Tia responded

"Oh yeah" Zatch said remembering what Tia did to Kanchomé

"Meru Meru me" Ponygon said worried about what was going to happen

"Shh Tia Kiyo said to be quiet" Megumi said trying to calm Tia down

"I Parco Folgore will protect you no matter who comes our way" Folgore said to Megumi

Zeno scoffed and put his statement to the test by creating one of his puppets

"Hey Folgore BEHIND YOU" Zeno shouted

Folgore looked behind him to see a scarecrow of a puppet hovering behind him

"AHHHHH" Folgore screamed like a little girl.

Zeno and Sugino were nearly on the ground laughing

"KIYO HELP ME" Folgore cried

"ZENO" Kiyo responded

"ahahah…ok, ok fine" Zeno said and with a simple flick of the wrist he made his puppet disappear into a small piece of silver hair.

Folgore was still freaked out but he didn't want to show it "I knew it was a trick along" Folgore lied

"How did you two survive this long?" Zeno asked

"What're you saying I've gotten strong" Kanchomé responded

"Really?" Zatch said surprised

"Oh yeah, then what spells do you remember?" Tia asked

"I…Umm, I can poop for a whole day straight" Kanchomé said proudly

That statement pretty much grossed all of the mamodo children

"Everyone's so scared, cat got your tongue" Kanchomé said proudly

"Then do it" Zeno and Tia responded

Zeno and Tia pointed at Sugino

"Wait what!" Sugino shouted

"I can't do something that nasty in front of my friends" Kanchomé tried to explain

"Don't worry I'm not your friend" Zeno said coldly with a grin.

"Just do it already! You can can't you?" Tia shouted

Kanchomé started to shake and slowly cry. "Folgore!" Kanchomé cried

"So crybaby Kanchomé was lying after all" Tia stated

Zatch and Sugino gave out a sigh of relieve

"SHUT UP ALREADY" Kiyo shouted in anger. "If we're spotted by the enemy and they call for reinforcements it's over for us!" Kiyo shouted

"Why do" Zeno was cut off again

"SHUT UP AND STICK TO THE PLAN" Kiyo demanded

"I thought we came here to beat Zofis and free the mamodo. The easiest way to do it is to burn their books" Zeno explained

"We're out numbered it's that simple" Kiyo responded

"Fine, but I'm NOT Going in if they're going" Zeno pointed to Folgore and Kanchomé

"What did we do?" Folgore and Kanchomé exclaimed

"Simple. You will get in my way and most likely get me killed" Zeno explained the cold hard facts

"That's not true, we've become stronger" Folgore tried to explain

"It's true Zeno. Kanchomé's spells can be really useful" Kiyo stated

"Fine, I'll see this "usefulness" for myself" Zeno said crossing his arms in defeat.

"Well lets go everyone. Go in quietly" Kiyo reminded everyone as he and Dufort lead the way inside the ruins.

Kiyo and the gang walked inside the ruins and were surprised to see how complex the structure was.

"Are we going to get lost?" Megumi asked

"I read up on these ruins as much as I could, and Dufort can use his answer talker to find the right way. So we should be ok" Kiyo explained

Kiyo and the gang kept walking down the right path. Kanchomé trailed behind and kept looking everywhere to make sure there was no one in the shadows.

Zeno noticed this and the more Kanchomé did it the more it annoyed him. "Would you stop that already? Mamodo aren't going to come jumping out of nowhere. There's such a thing called pride you know" Zeno stated

"You ok Kanchomé" Zatch asked

"Y…Yeah…of course" Kanchomé said while shaking his legs.

"You look like you're going to start crying again. Maybe you shouldn't have come inside" Tia said still trying to tease Kanchomé.

"Be quiet I'm not a crybaby" Kanchomé responded with a scared face.

"Kanchomé what did doctor riddles tell you?" Kiyo asked

"Well he said we should fight together and that there is something here that is able to heal the wounds of the 1000 year old mamodo, something that might even control them…and he said that even I hold power to aid you guys" Kanchomé tried to explain.

(Something that heals wounds…there's something here that can completely control the 1000 year old mamodo) Kiyo thought. "Dufort do you know where this thing is?" Kiyo asked

"It's at the top" Dufort responded, using his answer talker.

"Right so we kill everyone, then destroy the tower…I like that plan more" Zeno stated then raised his hand. "Who's with me?" Zeno asked, no one raised their hand.

"So if we destroy it then we win right?" Zatch said

"Yeah, that'll be our goal for now" Kiyo responded

"Shouldn't be too hard with all of us here nothing stands in our way" Sugino stated

"Like I said before don't get in my way…just watch my back" Zeno said

Sugino smiled a little "Well at least you're giving me a role" Sugino responded

"Unu we'll definitely win" Zatch said confidently

Kiyo all of a sudden heard a noise "Shh quiet everyone! They're here" Kiyo said in a low voice.

The gang went to check it out to see two 1000 year old mamodo raging about and causing chaos inside a large room.

The gang was hiding behind a wall, which was next to the entrance of the large room.

There was a huge serpent like mamodo and a baseball player was standing on his tail, and a floating mamodo that had four spikes coming out of his head and had a red nose, his partner was a woman with blond hair. The mamodo with four spikes looked like a clown and his name was Alm.

Kanchomé nearly screamed in fear and almost gave away their position until Zatch and Tia covered his mouth.

"A big one and a small one" Haru said pulling out his book.

Kiyo looked at the situation and decided on a plan

"Kanchomé it's your turn. You're the only one who can do this" Kiyo said which shocked basically everyone, mostly Kanchomé.

"I want Kanchomé to trick the enemy to follow him into another room" Kiyo explained

"You idiotic moron, you decided that unreasonably" Folgore said in anger

"Kanchomé has the right spells to do this" Kiyo explained

Everyone seemed unsure, even Dufort who used his answer talker and found 5 different ways to do it by himself and Zeno.

"You have to do this Kanchomé, this strategy relies on you" Kiyo stated with a serious look

"What about me? There has to be at least a dozen ways we can do this…other than relying on him" Zeno glared at Kanchomé

"I already know of five different ways, Zeno and I can handle it" Dufort stated while pulling out the silver book

"We're going with this plan" Kiyo retorted, Kiyo then shoved Dufort's book back into his bag.

"I'll…do it" Kanchomé said while still shaking.

"Great now you have gone crazy too!" Folgore shouted in frustration

Megumi and Haru quickly kicked Folgore in the stomach to quiet him down.

"That's right because you're the devious Kanchomé!" Zatch announced

"Devious?" Zeno responded, and raised an eye brow.

Zatch whispered in Zeno's ear, "We can't beat him in hide and go seek" Zatch whispered.

"This isn't a game" Zeno shot back

"Zatch is right! I can do it!" Kanchomé proclaimed, but was still shaking.

Kiyo then explained the plan to Kanchomé and Folgore.

Kanchomé looked carefully at Kiyo's plan that went through a couple passage ways, and ended up in a isolated large room.

"I…I'm not going to die right?" Kanchomé asked hopefully

"…I don't think so" Kiyo responded

"That means your dog food" Zeno laughed

Kanchomé started crying

"Kiyo! Zeno!" Zatch and Tia responded

"Kidding" Kiyo laughed

"I'm not" Zeno grinned then crossed his arms.

"Unu, don't worry Kanchomé, Folgore will go with you right?" Zatch asked

Kanchomé looked at Folgore to see that he was practically crying like a baby. This of course made Kanchomé start crying.

"This is pathetic" Haru sighed

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Minutes later Kanchomé and Folgore go out to meet their foes.

"Yo, old mamodo!" Folgore shouted out regrettably

The two mamodo turned to see Kanchomé and Folgore

"It doesn't matter….if there's two of you…I'll beat you both, all…by MYSELF" Kanchomé yelled but couldn't stop shaking

The two mamodo looked at each other, and then back at Kanchomé.

"RAAAAOORR" The two 1000 year old mamodo roared

Both Kanchomé and Folgore squealed in fear.

"RUN!" Folgore shouted when the two ancient mamodo came charging at them.

Folgore and Kanchomé ran for their lives in the direction Kiyo told them to previously.

"Eshiru" The Blond women called out

The clown looking mamodo shot out a fast, straight beam at Folgore.

Folgore dived to the floor with Kanchomé, in order to dodge the spell.

The beam hit the floor and created a medium size explosion.

"We must run that way Kanchomé!" Folgore pointed out as he grabbed Kanchomé's hand and ran to the passage way that Kiyo had instructed earlier.

Kanchomé and Folgore successfully lured the ancient mamodo out of the room and into the passage ways.

Kiyo and the rest of the group came walking out.

"Maybe one of us should've provided some help" Sugino said as he thought Kanchomé might fail.

"No we can't" Both Kiyo and Dufort responded

Kiyo and Dufort looked at each other

"Why don't you explain?" Kiyo said as he started to walk off in the direction where the trap was to be set.

"If they know we have more allies, then they would call for support" Dufort explained

Meanwhile Kanchomé and Folgore were still running for their lives.

The large serpent was using its head like a hammer, trying to crush Kanchomé and Folgore, but each time they miraculously dodged it every time.

"Folgore!" Kanchomé cried

"We can make it Kanchomé. Kiyo's plan will definitely not fail!" Folgore stated while nearing one of the stages in the plan.

Folgore and Kanchomé neared a flight of stairs.

"Just like Kiyo told us. Poruk!" Folgore shouted

Kanchomé transformed into a wheel, and Folgore got inside.

Kanchomé flew down the flight of stairs, and put a lot of distance between the mamodo who were chasing them.

Kanchomé and Folgore quickly landed on the bottom, which was blocked off by a dead end. But there was another passage way 30 feet above the ground.

"The second stage. Poruk!" Folgore said as his yellow book glowed and Kanchomé transformed into a grappling hook.

Folgore used Kanchomé to grapple onto the cliff, and to get their instantly, he transformed Kanchomé back to normal, which made Folgore reach the top very quickly.

This strategy put even more distance between the two mamodo who were chasing them.

"We're almost their Kanchomé!" Folgore yelled as they kept on running.

The two ancient mamodo weren't far behind.

Folgore ran to what appeared to be a dead end, and Kanchomé was nowhere in sight.

"Oh NO I'ma going to die! I ran in the wrong direction!" Folgore cried

The two ancient mamodo grinned as they thought they finally caught their prey.

The two enemy mamodo then dashed at Folgore with blind rage.

Kanchomé then revealed that he was actually the wall, and the two mamodo and their partners ran right through the trap and fell to the other room below where the rest of the gang waited.

"His plan worked" Haru said looking at Kiyo

"They're still alive?" Zeno said in disbelief

"You did great Kanchomé!" Zatch shouted while waving at Kanchomé

"Never had any doubts" Kanchomé responded while still standing above the floor room.

"Now how about we pick teams" Sugino suggested

Zeno looked at his opponents.

"I'm with Zatch" Zeno announced

"WHAT!" Sugino and Tia responded

"We're TWINS, we're supposed to work together" Zeno explained simply

"Just one of you is stronger than the both of us!" Sugino complained

"Zeno I don't think that's very fair" Zatch agreed.

Zeno glared at his little brother, "Are you saying you don't want to work with me?" Zeno responded

"No, I mean yes!" Zatch responded while feeling guilty.

"Good then it's agreed" Zeno said with a smile

Tia and Sugino looked at each other.

"Don't get in my way" Sugino and Tia said to each other in unison.

"Well Dufort, we can help them out later" Kiyo said while pulling out the red book

"Agreed" Dufort responded then pulled out the silver book.

"Shouldn't Folgore and Kanchomé par take in this fight?" Haru asked Megumi

"NO" Sugino and Tia responded

"Such a drag" Haru complained while pulling out his mamodo book

Right before the battle started

"Thank you Kiyo! You showed that I can actually be of use" Kanchomé said happily

The two ancient mamodo stood back up and prepared to fight, even though numbers weren't their advantage.

The serpent mamodo decided it was better to try and run, so it tried to escape through the passage way it came out from.

"Shit, don't let him through!" Kiyo shouted

"EHH" Kanchomé and Folgore nearly cried as the mamodo was about to crash into them.

"Seoshi" Megumi shouted

Tia created a see-through barrier that blocked off the passage way

The Serpent mamodo crashed into the barrier and was knocked back down.

Zeno thought it was a cowardly action for the mamodo to try and run.

"I want the clown face, he's not a coward" Zeno pointed at the clown looking mamodo

"SO we have to take on the big one?" Tia asked

"It's a coward, it shouldn't be that hard" Zeno explained

"Is everything so simple for you?" Sugino asked

Zeno grinned "Yeah, most of the time" Zeno stated

The raging mamodo and their mindless partners then looked at Kiyo's main group and started their attack

"Finally" Zatch and Zeno said with a determined look

The twins took a perfectly identical stance, which seemed offensive in nature.

Sugino got in front of Tia, and Tia extended her hands.

"Let's finish this quickly" Zeno told everyone

"Neshiruga" The blond woman called out, the clown mamodo unleashed a powerful beam from his hands, but it appeared as if he could control it.

"Garuderuku" the baseball player shouted, the serpent started to spin at a high velocity, and his head appeared to look like an opening of a whirlpool.

"Rashield" Kiyo countered

"Seoshi" Megumi added on.

Tia formed a clear less barrier around the group

Zatch reinforced it by putting a rectangular shield with 3 lightning symbols in front of the Tia's shield.

The Clown mamodo's spell clashed into Zatch's shield. Zatch's spell cancelled out the enemy spell but soon collapsed before it could help deflect the Serpent's spell

"Here it comes!" Sugino yelled

"I got it" Tia responded

The serpent went smashing into Tia's shield and bounced off, the serpent mamodo skidded on the ground like a spinning top losing its rpm's.

"Finish them!" Zeno yelled as he dashed at the clown mamodo at lightning speed and aimed his hand at his face.

In response the clown mamodo seen that his mindless partner was trying to get close to him, the clown mamodo waved off his partner then braced himself.

Both Kiyo and Dufort noticed this.

"Don't go easy on him Zeno" Dufort told Zeno.

"Zakerga!" Dufort yelled

A large powerful and condense blast of lightning came surging out of Zeno's hand, straight and point blank range into the clown mamodo which sent him flying into the wall.

"Done already?" Zeno mocked

"SHUT UP!" The clown mamodo responded

This response took everyone by surprise

"You can talk?" Haru asked

"Stupid human, use stronger spells" The clown mamodo ordered

"Wait! If you have control over yourself why fight?" Zatch asked

"We came here to stop this Milordo Z, if he's making you mamodo fight, then let's stop already" Kiyo shouted

The clown mamodo smiled

"You clearly don't get it!" The Alm shouted

"Ganjyasu Neshiruga" The blond woman called out

Alm started punching the ground multiple times, and was facing Zatch and the gang.

Zeno noticed this and almost instantly kicked Alm in the ribs cutting his attacks in half.

Around 3 energy beams came rushing out of the ground, one hit Zatch, one hit Tia, and the last hit Kiyo indirectly.

The group glared at Alm for that cheap move.

"Don't let your guard down" Zeno warned everyone.

"Don't make me laugh, we actually owe that Milordo Z for freeing us! We can run wild." Alm explained with a large evil smile. "Sure there are some ground rules laid out by Milordo Z, but we're able to vent our anger from being sealed away and paralyzed from ever going back to the mamodo world. And thanks to the power to control the human's hearts, they won't disobey orders. It can't get any better than this!" Alm stated

"Paralyzed? It's better than death isn't it? I will say this, mamodo. My Father, Mr. Bell killed the Goren of Stone, and forced his soul to wander the ends of the mamodo world without a body" Zeno explained, while waving his hands to mean "wander".

"He…was killed?" Alm exclaimed

"Nothing is sweeter then revenge…something that I understand all too well, but your penitence was paid long ago" Zeno stated

Nobody in the group expected Zeno to actually give out that speech.

"Shut up! Why do I care what happened long ago! You say your father had that power! So you must be the princes of the mamodo world, this only makes it better! I can take revenge for me and my comrades, for being FORGOTTEN!" Alm shouted in anger

Alm started to charge Zeno, while the large serpent mamodo charged Kiyo and the rest of the group.

"Zeno fall back!" Zatch yelled

"What?" Zeno turned to his brother

"Now!" Alm shouted

"Eshiru" Alm's partner shouted out

Alm was able to get in close range to Zeno, and shot off his first spell.

Zeno turned around and deflected the spell with his bare hands

"I'm talking to my brother" Zeno growled

"Zeno" Zatch said while now standing beside his brother

"Yeah, what is it?" Zeno responded

Zatch gave Zeno a pitiful look

Zeno looked at Zatch and knew what he meant.

"No, no Zatch! This is a battle!" Zeno complained

"Please!" Zatch responded

Zeno gave in "…fine…but that doesn't mean I have to like it" Zeno responded, and then walked back to the group

Tia and Sugino stared at Zeno for a moment.

"Don't just stand there, back him up" Zeno said then sat on the ground and pouted.

"Kiyo! Please, just let me handle this" Zatch requested

"Fine, I understand…Rauzaruk" Kiyo called out

Zatch started to glow with a rainbow aura.

"I'll finish this quickly, they don't need to fight any longer" Zatch said out loud.

"Is he going to be ok?" Haru asked, while referring to Zeno

"He doesn't like to fight in this sort of…manner" Sugino explained

Dufort copied Zeno and sat beside him, not caring if the enemy even tried to attack him.

"You bastards are underestimating us!" Alm shouted as he called to his partner to unleash a spell.

But Zatch, with lightning quick speed, faster than even Zeno, appeared right in front of his face.

"Don't resist" Zatch demanded

"Neshiruga" The blond woman called out

In point blank range, Alm fired a powerful beam at Zatch.

Within a near second, Zatch sent a crushing blow right into the middle of the beam and split it in half with one punch.

"Impossible!" Alm shouted right before Zatch picked him up.

Zatch held Alm in the air then threw him across the room with great force.

Tumbling through the air, Alm couldn't do anything but smash into the wall and fall to the ground.

Zatch then ran after Alm's partner

"Shit!" Alm shouted as he was too far away to do anything.

"Degaruku" The baseball player shouted

The Serpent mamodo Gelios grew large horns on his head, and then charged at Zatch.

Zatch grabbed the large serpent by the horns and threw him over to Alm.

"He was able to catch him!" Tia said surprised

"Did you expect anything less?" Zeno retorted, while being a little annoyed that Tia actually doubted Zatch for a second.

The large mamodo went crashing into the wall and almost fell on Alm, but Alm managed to dive to the ground and just feet away from being crushed.

Zatch again with lightning speed dashed at the mindless partners.

"Shit, you idiot, cast a spell!" Alm shouted

"Ganjyasu Neshiruga!" The blond woman called out.

"Haru!" Kiyo responded

"Juron!" Haru shouted

Sugino slammed his fists into the ground which summoned a couple roots from underground to travel to Zatch's position

Alm started to furiously punch the ground which caused multiple beams to travel underground, which went toward Zatch.

Zatch was only feet away from Alm's partner until he heard rumbling in the ground below him, but he didn't try to dodge.

Sugino's spell cancelled out Alm's spell, as the roots and the energy beams clashed underground.

"GOT IT!" Zatch yelled as he snatched Alm's mamodo book from his partner, and within a second appeared in front of Kiyo and the rest of the group.

"No!" Alm shouted as he knew he had lost.

"Megumi, Tia, hang on to it" Kiyo requested as he handed Alm's book over to Megumi.

"We should keep the small one, for we can get answers out of him later" Dufort told the group.

"Alright one left" Kiyo said.

Zatch's Rauzaruk then dissipated

"Damn! We won't go down so easy! Gelios! " Alm shouted

"Gigano Dioeruku" the baseball player shouted

The large serpent grew armor plating across it's body, and armored horns came jutting out of the front.

The large serpent charged at Zatch and the rest of the gang, and Alm followed close behind.

"Jiou Renzu Zakeruga!" Kiyo countered and unleashed an ultimate spell.

Zatch unleashed a large lightning snake looking dragon, which had decorated scales, and spikes coming out of its neck.

"GO!" Kiyo shouted

Both the Zatch's ultimate spell, and the large serpent clashed, and both spells cancelled each other out.

Gelios smashed into the floor as his armor was shattered

Kiyo started to breathe heavily but kept his composure.

"Give me back MY BOOK!" Alm shouted as he was able to get in close to Tia and Megumi

Megumi jumped back and flipped through the pages

"The sixth spell, Ganzu Saisu!" Megumi shouted as the orange book glowed brightly

Tia's hands glowed and she started to swing them back and forth, from her back to the front. With each swing created a full circle red disc.

Alm didn't have enough time to brace himself.

Tia kept on swinging her arms back and forth and the red disc Saisu kept on smashing into Alm, each one pushed him back.

"4, 5, 6,…7…8!" Megumi shouted until the book stop glowing.

Tia had unleashed 8 full disc Saisu against Alm and he was pushed back a considerable distance.

"Da…damn it…" Alm said as he barely braced himself against the barrage.

"And we got the last one!" Folgore yelled excitedly as he had knocked the baseball player out cold and took his spell book.

"We…lost" Alm said in defeat as he had to give up.

Alm sat next to a half destroyed pillar, and seen that Zeno was busy burning his book.

Folgore had burned Gelios's book

"Before you go, we need answers" Dufort stated

"Why should I give you any? Can't you figure it out by yourself?" Alm retorted

"I don't like to explain things, you do it" Dufort demanded

The group surrounded Alm and listened

"Well for one we can't even burn each other's books" Alm tried to explain

"Wait…but why?" Tia asked

Alm looked at Dufort and Kiyo

"They know why" Alm stated

"Without the spell users heart, you can't cast spells, Milordo Z controls the human heart" Kiyo explained

"So the power of the mamodo linked to the hearts are also controlled" Dufort continued

"Exactly" Alm responded. "Plus, these mindless idiots would defend the books with their lives if any other mamodo tried to burn it" Alm tried to explain. "But what really keeps us in check is if we try to burn a comrades book, that mamodo would be turned back into stone…I've seen the guys that were turned back into stone….nobody wants to go back their again!" Alm stated

Dufort knew that had to be a lie created by Zofis.

"One more thing, why do you return back to the castle!" Kiyo asked

"I don't know…but when I'm in that light…I feel incredible power" Alm stated

Kiyo and Dufort thought about it for a moment.

"It doesn't matter! If it's destroyed then we can go home" Zeno stated making it a simple matter.

Right before Alm disappeared

"You two…are really strong, so I don't need to worry about you two messing this up right?" Alm asked

"Of course not" Zeno and Zatch responded with a determined look.

"I bet that mamodo was one of the good mamodo…before being sealed" Tia stated while looking at Zatch.

"Unu" Zatch agreed

"Let's keep on beating up more opponents" Zeno demanded

"I just used a ultimate spell Zeno, lets rest for a bit" Kiyo tried to explain

Zeno scuffed, "Don't tell me you're going to slow us down too" Zeno asked with an annoyed tone.

"WH….Where are we?" A voice asked that broke the argument Zeno and Kiyo was about to have.

Everyone looked to see the baseball player and the blond woman had woken up.

"It is me PARCO FOLGORE" Folgore introduced himself while pushing everyone else aside. "I was the one who had saved you from a great evil! I was good, and you were evil, but everything is fine now thanks to Iron man Folgore" Folgore proclaimed

"Is it me, or is he taking all of the credit?" Zeno asked Sugino who was right next to him.

"Can I hit him?" Sugino asked Haru

"No" Haru sighed

"It's really Parco Folgore!" the both of the ex-mindless partners said while being astonished

"He should be here by now" Megumi said while pulling out a map and a picture. "In the closest nearby town there will be a man called Apollo, he will be able to help you get back home" Megumi told them.

Before the two humans walked off, the blond woman turned around to say one final thing.

"Before you people came here, it felt like I was trapped in a painful darkness…and you are the ones who saved me…so…thank you" the blond woman said with a smile

Everyone smiled, maybe not Dufort. But everyone was happy to be able to help out.

"Sure, and be safe on your way out" Megumi said with a smile.

Meanwhile a mamodo with a V shaped head noticed that the patrolling group was wiped out and went to check things out.

Authors note: I'm BACK! I was thinking of having Zeno get eaten by Gelios, and then Zeno would throw a tantrum while inside the serpent's stomach, and have Dufort cast a bunch of Zakers which caused the serpent to vomit. Zeno comes out covered in slime and starts freaking out….but I thought…Zeno is too cool for that.