Kousuke opened Hikari's book and tried shouting "REONTREE" but the Mamodo moved too fast and kicked Kousuke and Hikari in an instant. The book fell out of Kousuke's hands and into Eshere's hands. Eshere waved the book back and forth wondering if he should burn it now.
" Nah," Eshere said dropping the book off in the grass. " Where's the fun in an easy win? I want to really show them what a Mamodo can do without spells."
Kousuke noticed a familiar large smile on Eshere's face. He looked like Orshie. They looked completely the same because they both were after the same thing: burning Mamodo books and hurting people.
" Is that all you care about? Burning books and going after Mamodo with little spells? Don't you care about the humans who just want to keep us as friends? Do you want to burn every book?"
" Yes," Eshere answered simply. " Not just me. Ninety percent of the three hundred Mamodo who arrived on Earth think the same way. We all want to start by taking out weak little crybaby's like you because it's easy. You all think we'll stop burning your books for a last second realization and stop. But we won't. We all want to be the last one. We all want to be king; I want to be king. Zatchbell lied to all of us. The only person to be king is the Mamodo who fight alone."
" That's your own lie. King Zatchbell would never want the next king to be selfish and malicious like you. Your just stupid. A stupid Mamodo who only cares about himself." Hikari's shouting caused Eshere to falter. She had no idea how deceived she really was. Why should she believe the king? It wasn't like she was his own flesh and blood or anything. Seeing her so dedicated to their kind made him angry.
In the blink of an eye, Eshere landed a punch in her stomach. Eshere picked Hikari by her legs, lifting her up and slamming her into the floor. Watching her fall to the floor made Eshere smile.
" Where." Eshere slammed her into the ground. " Is." Eshere slammed her into the ground again. " Your." Lifting her off the ground he punched her in the stomach. " King." Finishing his move he twirled around. " Now?"
Eshere grabbed her neck before throwing her into a person's house. A normal human being would have all his bones broken just from the collision or worse. It was a good thing Mamodo were durable and recovered very quickly ( X-men Wolverine thing) but Hikari was in great pain and it was making it hard for her to move.
" You're brave but foolish." Eshere continued striding towards Hikari. " You should have given up the moment I came." Eshere looked at the sky thinking to himself. "Nah. I would still beat you up all the same. First I would keep the book away from you, leaving you with nothing, and then I would keep beating you until I got bored. Unfortunately for you, I'm still very excited."
Eshere was stopped not by Kousuke but by his own partner. " Eshere, stop. Hurting this Mamodo is overreacting. It's excessive. Can't you dodge hurting this Mamodo and just burn her...ach..." Eshere gripped Jamira by the neck of his shirt. He flipped him over and continued walking to Hikari.
" Things have...changed. I was taught never to misjudge my opponents. I have seen what Mamodo can do in the Mamodo world. I have seen Mamodo's create balls of gravity that weigh twenty million tons. I have seen fire Mamodo's create giant fire balls. And of course I've seen Boau Zakeruga almost destroy entire planets. Compared to them my power is trifled. That's why I make sure my opponents never get to use their spells."
Eshere was six steps away from gripping Hikari and throwing her into space.
Five steps.
Four steps.
Three, two, and one. He was standing over her and then he lifted her off the ground. " You're such a pretty Mamodo. I promise you after I take care of you that little sponge who calls himself your human partner will be next—"
" REONTREE!"
Hikari's eyes opened wide green and he mouth opened. Eshere was fast but couldn't dodge a point-blank tree hitting him in the face and pushing him back. It was lucky for him Jamira ran in the direction where he was falling and caught him. Eshere opened his eyes and saw Kousuke on the roof, his book open and glowing green from the inside. Eshere smiled.
" So you didn't ditch your Mamodo. Your working together. Jamira, beat him."
" What?"
" You heard me. He's shorter than you, slower than you, and weaker than you. It's about time you made yourself useful and beat him up."
" I can't. This wasn't part of the deal? We were suppose to be friends and take care of bad Mamodo. Humans have nothing to do with this."
" I'm in charge. I will be king. Either beat that boy or I'll beat you."
Jamira acted out of fear. Jumping on the tree and running on it to the roof. He jumped on the ledge and climbed on the roof. Kousuke tried backing away from Jamira but there was no place he could go without falling. Jamira raised his right hand, cocked his fingers back into a fist, hesitated. " Sorry."
Jamira punched Kousuke in his face. That one punch to the face knocked Kousuke out cold. The poor boy was unconscious on the roof. His Mamodo was unconscious against the house. Eshere shook his head.
" Pathetic Mamodo and partner. Oh well. Jamira, give me your lighter so I can burn this losers book."
" I don't have a lighter."
" What? Than read my book so I can burn it myself."
" I would...but...I have a very sore throat."
" You can't rely on anyone. All right, let's just leave. These two won't be moving for a while. The next time we see them we're only going to hurt them...a lot."
Hikari and Kousuke were defeated. The first loss in the battle for Mamodo King where no one was sent back to the Mamodo world. Hikari and Kousuke had it rough. Another Mamodo had it rough as well. They were both boys. One was a boy like Kousuke, misunderstood and treated like an outcast. The other was a mature Mamodo who would help that boy overcome his problems with society.