Chapter 57 Reunion
Authors Note: I'm now giving myself a well-deserved punishment for not editing my chapters. I've started to edit Never Separated, from the beginning. It's not a major remake, but I do add in more content, and fix most of my errors. I believe I'm a stronger writer from 1 year ago. I usually make a chapter 3000 words long, now that I look back. I see that a lot of my chapters range from 1000-2000 words… Well my main message out to my readers is that I'll start editing Never Separated, to make it even greater.
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The rest of the gang that escaped from the ruins and regrouped in the closest town, where Apollo had set up a home base by renting an entire hotel for their duration there.
"Pah!" Rops said happily as he seen his allies walking through the master living room.
"So you're all safe" Apollo said in relief
"And where were you this entire time? You could've helped out!" Sugino yelled at Apollo
Apollo gave out a small smile, "Then where would we go if we didn't set up base first?" Apollo retorted but in a polite manner
"You won't be able to use that excuse the next time we go" Sugino replied
"I have no intention of being left behind." Apollo stated with determination. Apollo looked at Rops, "We believe in freedom, to be able to go will you please, I can't abide by what Zofis is doing" Apollo told Sugino.
"Ok, Ok, you two calm down" Megumi told the two
"Ah, Megumi, Tia, you must be tired, please rest, I will take the first shift" Apollo told Megumi and the group
"With pleasure!" Kanchomé responded while running down the halls to find the kitchen
"So…where's Kiyo, Dufort and the twins?" Apollo asked
"…" Megumi and Tia went silent
"They stayed behind to help us escape" Haru explained
"Well if the both of them are together, they should be fine" Apollo responded calmly.
"That's right, I have Zatch's book…so he can't disappear" Tia said while standing outside on the balcony while holding the red book closely to her chest.
Folgore laid down on the huge yellow couch and started to relax.
"Well, there's no point in just standing around here…I'm going to scan the area" Sugino said as he was getting impatient.
Sugino walked out of the hotel, with a bothered look.
"What's wrong Sugino?" Haru asked, but wasn't worried; he just wanted to pass the time.
"It's that stupid Zeno, is so far ahead, even that stupid Kanchomé has been of more use then me! I don't think I'll get the chance to prove myself" Sugino stated
"Ha, still trying to be Zeno's rival." Haru laughed
"What's so funny? In order for me to be king one day, I must be able to match up with him" Sugino said determinedly.
"Yeah…" Haru said in a low tone voice. (And how exactly are we going to get on par with Zeno?) Haru wondered.
Meanwhile
There was 5 mamodo and 3 human partners were heading towards the base camp where Apollo had rented out an entire hotel.
There was a large dragon mamodo that was carrying 4 mamodo and 3 controlled human partner. The mamodo dragon had purple skin, and a large wingspan.
There was a girl mamodo around the age of 7 that had the element of roses. She had green hair and eyes; she was also wearing a yellow dress. Her name was Kalura.
Another mamodo with armor covering his body, the body armor had spikes coming out from the shoulders. The mamodo also had long horns. His name was Denshin.
A mamodo with the ability to sense other mamodo, the way he did it was with the antenna on top of his head. The child mamodo looked like a half cyborg being, and had darkened eyes. His name was Paramakion.
"We've found them gero. If we attack now we'll have the advantage, gero." Byanko stated while he was overlooking Tia and Megumi who were out on the balcony.
"Bireiron" Denshin's human partner called out.
Denshin unleashed a medium size red laser that headed towards Tia and Megumi.
Apollo quickly sensed danger and pulled out his blue spell book and put energy into it.
"Rignon" Apollo called out
Rops summoned out multiple ropes with hooks, and grabbed Tia and Megumi, and the rest of the gang that was inside of the hotel and pulled them into safety.
Moments later the red laser blew up the balcony.
"Is everyone ok?" Apollo asked
"What…" Tia was slightly dazed; she got up to see the enemy in the sky.
"The enemy" Megumi responded while holding the orange spell book close to her.
"This isn't the place where we should fight, we have to run" Apollo instructed.
Apollo led the way out of the hotel while Megumi, Tia, Kanchomé, Folgore, and Ponygon soon followed behind him.
Sugino was already outside of the hotel and he looked above him when he heard the explosion.
"It's the enemy" Sugino responded
"Yeah, but they're too high for us to attack them. We're going to have to wait until they come down here" Haru explained. "They didn't spot us yet, let's use this to our advantage" Haru told Sugino, he then ran to a ally way.
The duo then waited in a small ally way and hid until they could counterattack.
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"Don't let them get away gero!" Byanko demanded
The large flying mamodo started to circle around hotel waiting for Apollo's group to come running outside.
Apollo soon ran outside to see that the flying dragon was swooping down to attack.
"Oru Rosuruga" Kalura's human partner Marlene called out.
Kalura summoned large multiple roses at Apollo and the gang.
"Rigrosen" Apollo countered.
Rops shot out multiple ropes with blades on the end, and sent them at the incoming spell.
Both of the spells collided and cancelled each other out.
Folgore spotted a car and started to make a run for it.
"Garunesiru" Paramakion's human partner called out.
Paramakion started to spin on the spot, and became a self-spinning tornado and sped towards the car and easily destroyed it, which knocked Folgore down to the ground.
"They can't runaway now, gero. We did it gero" Byanko yelled out in excitement.
The flying mamodo landed down on the ground, and the 3 mamodo and their controlled human partners jumped off of the mamodo and prepared for battle.
"Everyone, get behind me" Apollo instructed while he was putting in more energy into the book.
The group did so.
Byanko jumped off of the flying mamodo as well.
"I see that the humans behind you aren't casting spells, and that must mean they're low on energy" Byanko stated
"I won't let you hurt them" Apollo yelled at his enemy
"Rigron" Apollo shouted out.
Rops used the ropes to rip out large sides of the hotel and threw them at the enemy mamodo
"Bireiron" The human partner countered
Denshin shot out a powerful laser beam at the flying chunks of rubble.
The laser destroyed the rubble and saved the enemy mamodo and humans from harm.
"It's practically 3VS1, you can't possibly protect and save your friends" Byanko laughed at Apollo.
"Add one more to that equation" Sugino responded while walking up behind the enemy forces.
"Raja Jugaro" Haru called out.
Sugino created a gigantic plant that then spat out 3 large boulders the enemy
Apollo then took advantage of the situation and prepared to call out a spell.
"Gigano Rigrosen" Apollo shouted out while pouring energy into the book
Rops shot out 2 strong sturdy ropes that had large blades on them and sent them at the enemy.
Two spells went speeding towards the enemy from 2 different sides.
"Rosushield" Marlene countered
Kalura extended her hands, and quickly vines started to grow out of her hands, moments later the vines created a rose shield that defended her team against Sugino's attack.
"Gigano Bireiron" the human partner shouted without any hesitation of what would happen.
Denshin unleashed a large laser from his two large horns and sent it towards Rop's spell.
The two spells collided and cancelled each other out.
The smoke cleared and another round was soon about to begin…
Meanwhile with Zeno, Zatch, Dufort and Kiyo.
Zeno teleported to a nearby rooftop that was near the hotel and seen Apollo's group fighting 3 mamodo
"Lets go!" Zatch yelled out while nearly jumping off of the roof to aid his friends.
Zeno quickly yanked Zatch back by the mantle and put his butt on the floor.
"Zeno?" Zatch and Kiyo responded
"We're not helping" Zeno told Zatch and Kiyo.
"But why!" Zatch yelled out.
"Better have a good reason for this Zeno" Kiyo responded
"I want to see their strength. If they can't beat those mamodo without our help then I won't work with them" Zeno stated
"What!" Zatch yelled even louder
Zeno glared at his brother
"You want my help, I need to trust those besides me. So far I can only trust you Zatch" Zeno told his brother.
"But…" Zatch said then was cut off
"You trust in your allies don't you? Then they can take care of this bunch without our help" Zeno explained, Zeno then walked to the edge of the roof and sat down to watch the battle ensue.
"If that's what it takes for you to trust in them Zeno, then I'll wait here and watch the fight…but what about Zatch's book? It's down there with Tia" Kiyo told Zeno
"I'll do everything in my power to make sure Zatch's book doesn't get burned" Zeno responded
Dufort kept out the silver book, just in case to prevent the worst case scenario.
Zatch put his hand his heart, he had the feeling of guilt start to overtake him…but he sat down next to his brother and listened to his brother.
"They're strong Zeno, they will win" Zatch told his brother, with the voice of confidence.
Kiyo walked near Zatch, and put his hand on Zatch's head.
"I know you want to help, I do to. But we need Zeno's help" Kiyo told Zatch
"Unu" Zatch agreed.
Meanwhile back with the battle
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"Garunesiru" The human partner called out.
Paramakion became a whirlwind projectile and curved around Apollo and Rops and turned his aim at Megumi and Tia.
"Dang it" Apollo yelled in response, he then had to dodge a laser spell that came from Denshin.
"We have strength for 1 more spell, Tia!" Megumi yelled out while opening the book to a spell.
Tia held out her hands
"Seoshi" Megumi chanted out.
Tia created a dome around Megumi, Folgore, Kanchomé, and herself.
Paramakion hit the shield and bounced off of it, which cancelled out his own spell.
Paramakion then landed on the ground about to go another round.
"Garunesiru" The human partner called again.
Paramakion speed towards Tia who was holding the red book
"That's right! Burn the red book!" Byanko yelled out.
(I must protect the book, at all costs) Tia thought then started to run away from the oncoming spell, while holding the red book closely to her chest. "I won't let Zatch's book burn" Tia yelled while running.
"Go Boren" A voice shouted out.
Wonrei jumped in the middle of the battle, and smashed his powered up fist into Paramakion which sent him flying 30 yards. The mamodo's antenna head nearly smashed into pieces because of the impact.
Tia looked behind her to see that Wonrei and Li-en were protecting her.
"So you are friends of Zatch and Zeno" Wonrei stated
"Umm…yeah" Tia responded, she sat on the ground and was surprised to be saved.
"We are also friends of the princes, I am Li-en, and this here is Wonrei" Li-en introduced herself and Wonrei.
Wonrei took a defensive position in front of Li-en and Tia.
"You're going to be safe now, we're on your side" Wonrei explained
Paramakion slowly struggled to get back up on his feet.
"One more friend won't help you here!" Byanko yelled at them
"Don't forgot about us!" another voice yelled
"Gigano Zegar" Dr. Riddles chanted out.
Kido jumped in front of Dr. Riddles and aimed at Kalura and Denshin who were close to each other due to Apollo/Rops and Sugino/ Haru attacking them from both sides.
A cannon came out of Kido's chest and fired a large beam like vortex, and it went the enemy.
The blast caught the enemy mamodo off guard, and Denshin, Byanko, and Kalura was hit by the blast…but their human partners were spared from any injury.
"It's…" Megumi was cut off by Kiyo
"Dr. Riddles!" Kiyo yelled out while being on top of Dr. Riddles shoulder.
"That's right, I'm the amazing Dr. Riddles, who knows absolutely everything!" Dr. Riddles yelled out in what seemed like victory.
Another loud and perky voice came shouting in from above…
"Don't think that I'll let you hurt my dear Zatchy" A voce shouted
"Akuruga" Another voice shouted out.
Penny landed near the enemy and aimed her hands at Denshin and Kalura
Penny then shot a powerful and pressured water blast at them
"Rosushield" Marlene countered
Kalura protected her and her human partner against the pressured spray of water.
Denshin however was still dazed by Kido's attack and then took Penny's attack head on which sent him flying 20 yards away from the others.
Before Denshin could hit the ground he was kicked high into the sky by another mamodo who had purple spiky hair.
"It's not a real party until I show up" Danny yelled
Denshin was kicked 40 feet into the ground, and he came crashing down into the ground next to his human partner
"We…we're outnumbered" Byanko said frightfully.
"And overpowered" A girlish voice mocked the frog.
"Doremikeru" The voice called out
Yopopo ran around Danny and Mr. Goldo and fired and fired musical notes of energy from his chest, the spell headed towards Denshin and hit him directly.
The battered mamodo didn't stand a chance against the barrage of spells that were hitting him and he was nearly knocked unconscious.
The spell created an explosion that set Denshin's book on fire.
Moments later Denshin returned to the mamodo world and his Human partner was set free.
"Dang it, Dang it! One after another, gero. We must retreat, gero" Byanko ordered the rest of the group.
The dragon like mamodo then got up off the ground and set off into the air.
"But before that, we'll take a hostage, and burn that book!" Byanko responded
Everyone was surprised to see that the flying mamodo had flanked them and quickly snatched Tia up off of the ground and took off into the sky.
"No!" Nearly the entire group yelled.
Meanwhile….
"Zeno!" Zatch screamed out
Zeno sat up and looked at the situation
(Shit, that stupid girl can't even protect my brother's book) Zeno thought to himself while becoming deeply worried for his brother's book. "Dufort?" Zeno said and looked at his partner to see if everything would be alright.
Dufort flipped through the pages
"Zak…" Dufort stopped once he seen that 1 of their allies were missing from the group.
"What is it?" Zeno asked then prepared himself to teleport next to Tia and save both her and the book.
"Wait…" Dufort stated
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(Darn it! I thought I was safe and I got careless…I'm sorry Zatch) Tia thought while raising the red book into the air. (I won't let Zatch's book burn) Tia thought. "Megumi, catch the book!" Tia yelled as she was about to throw the book.
"Shudoruk" a voice shouted out.
A fast speeding figure appeared to be jumping into the sky after Tia.
The figure started to become recognizable for the group to see.
It was Ponygon who had an enhancement spell active, and had greyish armor covering his face and parts of his body. Ponygon was twice his normal size, and was carrying what appeared to be his human partner holding his salmon colored spell book.
The adult male that was riding on top of Ponygon, had blond hair and green eyes. He was wearing a green vest and a white shirt underneath, and was also wearing grey pants.
"Ponygon!" Tia yelled while being overjoyed.
"Meru" Ponygon responded while smashing his armored horn into the flying mamodo's hand, causing the enemy mamodo to let Tia go.
"I got you" Ponygon's partner said as he caught the falling Tia with the red book still in hand.
Ponygon then quickly fell back to down the earth, and had to skid across the ground to slow down.
"So that's Ponygon's book master?" Kanchomé asked
"Ponygon wanted to help fight, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Until he seen that his friend needed his help, did he decide to fight." Ponygon's partner explained
"This man here is Ponygon's book master, and his name is Kafk Sunbeam" Dr. Riddles introduced Sunbeam.
"Umm, couldn't he introduce himself?" Megumi responded
"I was the one that found him, so I thought it was my job to do so." Dr. Riddles explained.
"Don't ignore us, Gero!" Byanko yelled at the group.
Byanko and the enemy mamodo had gotten into formation with the remaining of their members.
"We weren't" Li-en stated while standing behind Byanko's group.
Throughout the chaos, Li-en and Wonrei took advantage of the situation to get behind their enemy unnoticed.
"Ganzu Boren!" Li-en shouted while pouring energy into the book.
Wonrei quickly unleashed a fury of powerful punches with energy surrounding his fist. The impacts of his punches were enough to burn Paramakion book, and Kalura was smashed into the ground by Wonrei's blows; somehow Marlene was able to protect her spell book with her own body.
"Ponygon!" Sunbeam instructed while looking at Ponygon
Somehow Ponygon knew Sunbeam's intentions and went on the attack.
Kalura got back up on her feet and faced Ponygon.
Ponygon was nearly too fast for Kalura to even react, but her experience gave her an advantage and she was able to dodge Ponygon's thrust as he dashed at her.
"Rosuruga" Marlene shouted
Kalura and Ponygon were in a close combat situation, and Kalura was losing by occasionally getting struck by Ponygon's strengthened horn.
Kalura raised her hand and aimed it at Ponygon's face, which at that distance it was point blank range.
Kalura quickly shot out razor sharp rose petals that easily ripped through Ponygon's armor and sent him flying towards Sunbeam.
"Ponygon!" Sunbeam yelled while catching Ponygon in midair.
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Meanwhile with Zatch and Zeno
"This is unfair" Zeno stated with a frown on his face
"Zeno, you said if they win, you'll trust them" Kiyo responded
Zatch was still jumping up and down with joy that Tia was saved by Ponygon.
"Yeah I did…but I thought it would be a fair fight between the enemy mamodo and our allies" Zeno said while slightly complaining.
"Ponygon finally found his partner!" Zatch cheered on like he was watching a football game.
Zeno let out a sigh
"This sucks…I'm going to have to work with them" Zeno said with a disappointed tone.
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"Bazu Agurozesu" Marlene shouted
A huge man eating plant grew underneath Ponygon and Mr. Sunbeam
"Shit!" Mr. Sunbeam yelled as he was about to be eaten alive along with Ponygon
"They have friends to back them up" Wonrei stated while running up toward Kalura's spell.
"Rau Dibauren" Li-en Shouted
Wonrei raised his hand and then brought it down, which summoned a large white tiger with 3 tails.
Wonrei's spell easily destroyed Kalura's spell which saved Ponygon and Mr. Sunbeam.
"Shudoruk" Mr. Sunbeam responded quickly
Ponygon transformed again and quickly went after Marlene
"Rosushield!" Marlene responded
Kalura created the large rose shield and tried to block Ponygon's path toward Marlene.
Yet Ponygon easily sidestepped Kalura with his speed, and accurately attacked Marlene in a way that only the book was damaged, causing it to burn.
Byanko got scared and ran away on his flying mamodo.
"We did it!" around half of the group shouted in joy
"Yes, yes you did" a voice stated, the small footsteps were getting closer to the group.
The group looked in that direction to see Zatch, Zeno, Kiyo and Dufort.
"You guys made it!" Kanchome said excitedly
"Of course you idiot, did you actually think I and my brother would lose?" Zeno retorted
"When did you guys get here?" Dr. Riddles asked
"Near the beginning of the fight." Dufort answered simply
"What?!" Tia responded
A lot of the other members were also surprised.
"Zatch?" Tia said while looking at Zatch
"I…knew you would win" Zatch answered with a guilty looking face.
"I made him watch his friends fight the enemy" Zeno responded then walked past Tia and the group to head to the hotel that Apollo had rented.
"Wait a second" Tia yelled at Zeno
Zeno didn't turn around.
"I trust in our allies, I had to have proof of your strength. That's why I watched the fight. Next time, we'll fight as one" Zeno explained thoroughly
"Unu, Zeno can trust everyone to fight with him now" Zatch stated with a smile on his face.
"Hey Tia…can we have our book?" Kiyo said while stretching out his hand.
Tia smiled and nodded, she handed Kiyo the red spell book.
"Unu, thank you for protecting my book Tia" Zatch said while patting Tia on the shoulder.
"Umm, sure" Tia responded
Zeno all of a sudden ran up to the both of them
"But don't think we owe you one, the Bell family always pay back its due's" Zeno told Tia
"We're friends Zeno, you don't owe us anything" Megumi tried to explain to the boy
Zeno scoffed a little then walked away.
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The silence was broken by a loud screech.
"ZATCHY!" Penny yelled as she tackled the little boy to the ground.
"We should regroup back inside the hotel" Dufort suggested.
"I'm going to rent out a new hotel, that way we don't need to worry about the damaged hotel." Apollo stated while pulling out his wallet.
The newly formed alliance had regrouped inside a newly rented out hotel that had no damage done to it.
And the sun soon set, but the day wasn't over.