Morthulhu and Maiko were surprised by the mamodo's friendly introduction and wondered why it hasn't tried to start a fight since it was the time of the tournament.

"Are we going to fight?" Morthulhu asked curious to hear an answer. Maiko would have spoke differently but his partner was more focused on fighting to become the mamodo king.

"I told you to just play Mario Kart or something!" Katie exclaimed, her bookbag slung over her shoulder as Vio clung to her foot and was dragged behind her through the street. It had been two weeks since he had come to live with her and her roommate; two agonizing weeks as she was forced to put up with his hotheaded and irritating personality. "College isn't a place for brats! Go home!"

"But what if another mamodo attacks!?"" Vio cried in response, drawing attention from other pedestrians at the odd scene between them. "We're partners- we need to be together!"

"I told you to stop calling us partners," she snapped back, trying to kick him away, "I'm not involved in that crap! Besides which, there are 7 billion people in the world... our chances of running into 1 of 99 mamodo by coincidence seems abysmally low if you ask me."

"But... but..." Vio replied while stuttering, only to finally be kicked off Katie's leg and left on the ground as she stomped off dismissively. "Well screw you!" he finally called out to her as she walked away, but quickly backtracked uneasily when she showed no response. "Wait no, I didn't mean that!"



"Dezurga!"

A man in a black suit was left wide eyed and jaw agape as he leaned against the far wall of his office in panic as what had just been his desk was now shattered into countless pieces before his very eyes. In the dust kicked up by the spell stood two outlines. "Mr. Hermann, please...! Please don't hurt me!"

One of the two outlines stepped forward and emerged through the dust, wearing the uniform of a construction worker complete with a hardhat and bearing a dark scowl. "Tables have turned, haven't they Mr. big shot lawyer? Just a few years ago, I was the one begging you not to ruin my life. Back then I was a low class nobody... I was helpless..." His scowl turned into a slight, dark smile as held up the glowing, light tan spellbook in his arm in demonstration. "But now... now I have power!"

The lawyer's eyes began to water as he stared up at the book in desperation, and then darted them downwards to a small boy, no older than 6 with spiky sandy brown hair and lines running down his cheeks standing beside the construction worker. With a spark of recognition, a series of connections were made in his head and he began to speak desperately. "Wait! That book - I've seen one like it before! More than a month ago... there was a strange-looking child who visited our building with one, except it was blue..! He tried to get everyone to read it, but no one could!" He was stringing his words rapidly in attempt to probe for a reaction, and saw a silver lining when he saw the young child flash a look of interest. "I can help you find him... I know what he looks like!"

The construction worker's expression, however, had returned to an non-amused scowl. "Mr. Krause..." he said in a low voice, "on that day three years ago, what was it you told me?"

"Wha-?" he stuttered. "I- I don't remember, it was years ago!" Tears began to flow down his cheeks. "Please...!"

"You said 'I don't care'... so why should I? Dezurga!"

Blood splattered about the room as a spell was unleashed from the boy's mouth and collided with the man.

An airplane soared through the sky as the blinding sunlight blinded everyone other the the pilot from looking outside. In this plane Rey Lindell and his mammodo companion Kaishino sat directly in the center of the plane. It was not planned this way it was just how Rey bought the tickets. Rey let out sigh of relief. For some odd reason he felt more calm flying ten thousand feet above the ground. It was odd since running out of fuel would mean certain death for the entire plane but Rey enjoyed soaring in the skies. Kaishino on the other hand was not that kind of person.
"Rey what is that white stuff?"
"Those are clouds. Are you telling me mammodos who have all these crazy spells don't have airplanes?"
"I think we do, but I've never been on one before."
"You don't get out that much, kid."
" Now that I think about it I have never left my family's complex before the mammodo fight." Kai said holding his fist under his head.
Rey chuckled a bit. "So I got partnered with the typical shutout of the mammodo fight." Rey said with banter.
"I guess." Kai said looking away.

"What kind of King do you plan to become, my dear?"

Just as blank and unresponsive as Kali was, Liesl stared ahead with brooding eyes. The only difference was, she had an answer. "It's not that simple. You can't plan to become King. It's not definite." Her eyes drifted to the Doctor's and she jumped down from the sofa arm, staring at the book Dr. Long carried in his arm. "But if fate carries me to become the King, I will do the best I can in making the Mamodo World a safe place for everyone."

"A Kind King?"

Liesl nodded, staring ahead. "Just as you are King of the Medical World, saving people, holding people, carrying people to the end of a dark tunnel, I will do the same." She turned back to face him, and Dr. Long grinned, setting his cigarette pack in his pocket. "Well, we better get to it, then, love."

~

Liesl stood in front of her opponent, her hands confidently in her pockets as she stared at him with boring eyes. A boy quite older than her, with an older, cocky woman to match. Liesl could sense ugliness in their heart, but that was the very thing that strengthened their power from within. "It's useless!" The boy screamed, smiling with sharp fangs. "Just let me burn your book, weakling! Ha!"

"Fureido!" A burst of fire shot towards the two, and Liesl dodged with ease, only having to move her head. Dr. Long smirked, holding his cigarette out towards the fire, having it perfectly lit. He took a drag, sighing heavily. "My, my, they're not very smart at all, aren't they, Liesl?" He grinned, and the mamodo boy's eyes widened when he noticed the girl's disappearance.

"Reisu." The Doctor's book glowed, and the partner and mamodo were immediately hit with a powerful ball of gravity, their book burning instantly. Liesl walked past the fainted body of the woman, shutting her eyes and fixing her curly hair. "We didn't even have to use our strongest attack once." She murmured, stretching her arms. "What's next?" She asked.

Dr. Long frowned. "Well, you do need to think about accepting Kali and Sev's offer, don't you?" He asked, taking another drag. Liesl began walking in the direction towards town, her hands behind her back. "I know. In the meantime, buy me dinner." She commanded, looking up at him. Dr. Long laughed and nodded, hoisting her up and allowing her to sit on his shoulder as they walked.

Mysterion walked through the town, searching for that mamodo that would keep him from becoming king. He floated along the road until about 100 yards in front of him, he saw a bus stop. He could see the distinct figure of two people, one being that dreaded mamodo. He sneaked around and approached from behind, grabbed Kali and threw her toward the pavement.

Jack groaned and woke up, his headache not as bad as it was before. He staggered as he attempted to get up, and when he did, walked toward the town. He wanted to find Mysterion, because without him, Mysterion could not fight, well very well.

"Another death was confirmed last night... a police officer on patrol duty responding to a robbery at a local convenience store. As with other incidents, an as-of-yet unidentified weapon was used on the victim which held the power of a cannon. Witnesses near the scene described two perpetrators... an unknown man in his late thirties and a small child with brown hair, possibly his son. This brings the total number of known casualties to four, with one missing. There have been several unconfirmed sightings of people resembling these profiles around the city for the last week, so we recommend that everyone exercise caution when approached by-"

Katie stood in front of the television, wearing the extra large white t-shirt she had slept in while watching the news and brushing her teeth at the same time - a common routine for her. She turned as she heard her roommate come into the room behind her. "Aren't you running late today?" Velma, a young woman two years her senior with short ginger hair, said in a sharp tone (ironic considering that she rarely went to class herself). "And why do you always watch the news? Turn on something good at least."

Katie threw the remote to her while turning to head to the bathroom - passing by Viorel who was fast asleep in a blanket on the catch as she did so. Within ten minutes, Katie had already changed into her clothes and brushed her hair as she walked out the door with her bookbag in hand. Her campus was merely a twenty minute walk from her apartment, but not wanting to be late she immediately broke into a light jog in attempt to hasten it by a few minutes. Perhaps because of that haste, however, she failed to notice as a man and a small boy passed by her on the opposite sidewalk heading in the direction she had come from.



Katie had arrived in her classroom with a few minutes to spare, and was unpacking her notes as one of her study partners plopped down on the seat beside. "Ah, decided not to skip after all, huh?" he said with a smile, and she raised an eyebrow at him. "I didn't think you'd give up your perfect attendance so easily, but I'm sure your uncle understands."

"Uncle?" she asked, giving him a puzzled look, and he gasped.

"Oh! Did you not meet him? Your uncle came here about an hour ago, saying he wanted to take you out to breakfast but didn't know your schedule. I figured you weren't up yet, so I sent him to your place. Sorry, I should've called, but he wanted to surprise you."

"How did you know it was my uncle?" she asked curiously.

"That's what he said... who else would he be? He was holding the same kind of book you've been carrying around lately, so I thought you had to be-"

Katie stood abruptly, cutting him off as she grabbed her bag and ran out of the classroom just as the lecture was about to start.

"Well to be honest we don't want to fight, but if we will if you force us too." Ryu answered the weird looking Mamodo, placing his hand on his book but not doing anything else.

Kori meanwhile in an attempt to look intimidating copied a fighting pose he had seen on TV, however since the pose was from Super Sentai he just ended up looking silly.

Ryu wondered with his partner was doing but didn't say anything and simply waited to see what would happen.

Kali face planted into the concrete. Sev in response jumped up and away from Mysterion. "You again?" He shouted,"Guess you're just ready for another beating?" Sev pulled out the book as Kali managed to get back on her feet. "Kali are you okay?"

Kali growled, "I'll rip that cloak right off you and choke you with it!" She yelled at Mysterion. She held her arms up in a fighting stance. "C'mon Sev, lets use our new spell on him!"

"The Second Spell!" Sev yelled. Please be an attack. "Viluko Daan."

Kali held her hands out in front, ready to attack. What actually happened surprised both Kali and Sev. A wall that looked as if it had been a piece of the night sky rose up from the ground. "A void shield?" Sev muttered.

Mysterion almost chuckled...almost. He floated around the shield and threw a punch at Sev. He was not too bad at fighting, but knew that Kali would not let him kill Sev.

Jack was extremely sore from the fall he took off the hill. He walked through the town, going up to a counter, where coffee was served. "Yeah I will take a coffee, with cream." He asked, and put money on the counter. He took the coffee and took a sip. It was really refreshing. After he finished his coffee he felt a presence from his book. He took it out, and saw that it was glowing. He raised an eyebrow wondering why it was glowing now? He wasn't really emotionally charged at the moment. His eyes widened as he figured out why it was glowing. He opened to the page where his first 2 spells were. He gasped as he noticed that now...there were 3.

Sev was not the best fighter... Yet, but that didn't mean he couldn't dodge an attack. School had given him quite a bit of practice with that actually. The book closed as He ducked to the left followed by a roll in the same direction. The sheid vanished back into the ground, then Sev opened the book again. Kali turned and saw Sev pointing his two fingers again. Just like before, she pointed a hand in the same direction.

"Vilar."
"Vilar."
"Vilar."

Three consecutive shots fired from Kali's hand, each one stronger than the last. All three were aimed right at Mysterion. "C'mon Kali!" Sev yelled as he grabbed her by the back of her dress. They ran behind a bush and crouched behind.

"Why hasn't he used any spells?" Kali asked.
"I'm not too sure, but that man must be around here somewhere," Sev replied.
Kali frowned, "I'm not too sure Sev."

"If you don't want to fight then how do you plan on becoming the Mamodo king" Morthulhu asked a bit confused at the other mamodo. He thought that the rules of the tournament were to fight one another until one was left.

Jack was more eager to find Mysterion now that his book was glowing. He could sense that Mysterion is in trouble, and that help was needed. Jack ran out of the coffee shop and into the streets continuing to run down the road where he left off. As if by complete luck, he saw a bus stop. There, about to get hit by 3 of that mamodo's spell was Mysterion. Jack scanned the page and found the spell he was looking for. "Shamaroo!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. He did not stop running until he caught up with Mysterion.

Mysterion heard one of his spells being read aloud, and glanced to the side, and in surprise, he saw Jack. He felt energy come to him and knew what to do. He threw up his arms and a wall of black smoke appeared. One of the orbs got through before the shield wall came up, and smacked Mysterion straight on his chest, throwing him back. The shield caught the other two with a boom. He stumbled backward rolling along the ground, the force of that one orb incredibly strong. He staggered to his feet, actually annoyed, knowing what would have happened if he got hit with all three of the orbs.

Jack heaved in air as he struggled to regain his breath. He was very curious as to why Mysterion just left, but that could wait for another time. He found the spell that could possibly keep them alive, the third spell. Jack, after regaining his breath yelled "Darkie!" He hoped this would do something useful.

Mysterion held out his cloaked hands and whipped them forward, 4 orbs of dark energy screaming forward toward Sev. Mysterion knew that this might be blocked or dodged. Even if it is not, they are not going to go down that easily, even with the third spell. Mysterion ran toward them ready to grab that book right after the explosion of the spell.

Shamaroo!

It was obvious to the pair that a Mamodo battle was going on. Liesl re-called that once, in the Mamodo world, she had come across a ginormous demon with dinosaur features. It's tail was the size of a building. She remembered her whole body shaking, her teeth chattering from such enormous power. And this, this, she knew, was the same. A battle between Kali and-- and that other Mamodo from before. An energy so dark that if she touched it, she would surely perish. Nonetheless, Liesl did not want Kali's book destroyed. We're supposed to train. She thought, and watched as her partner grinned down at her.

Darkie!

Liesl could feel her feet pulse forward in front of Kali and Sev, and her body stopped, her arms out as her eyes glowed.

"Gurabirei!"

A pulse of gravity was pulled from the Earth just by the little demon's hands and she attempted to crush the four orbs of darkness that this mysterious mamodo had shot towards her training partners. Something in her chest heated up, and Liesl could feel the book's tremendous glow behind her as the Doctor lit another cigarette. Something was happening. Something she liked was happening. Liesl's eyes grew wide as, unaware of the dark orbs' fate, she focused on the Mamodo of Darkness.

"The third spell: Gigano Reisu!" She heard the Doctor cry out, and a ball, a larger ball of energy than Reisu, shot out of her hand towards the dark Mamodo at a quick pace. So, that was the third spell. She thought, her heart beating quickly, quickly, quicker. Dr. Long crouched behind the bush as well, taking a drag from his cigarette. "Well, I was going to call you, but.. we accept your offer. I take it this is our first training session?" He smiled innocently at Sev.

Kali was very thankful that Liesl and Dr.long showed up when they did. The bush wouldn't have blocked that attack at all, and Kali knew Sev would be depleted of energy if he was hit. Sev chucked at the doctor's joke, "Lets call this Lesson One: Teamwork." He poked his head up then quickly back down. Kali looked as well, trying to be useful to the situation.

What kind of king will you be?

The question bounced around her head still, but suddenly it hit her. Sev looked down at the book which was glowing brightly then at Kali. "...What did you do?" Kali grinned psychotically "I know what kind of king I'll be. I will be strong, Unstoppable! I will truly become the Demoness of the Void." She spoke calmly, so calm actually Sev shuttered a bit.
"Doc, any ideas how to deal with them? I think we have a new spell, but I'm not sure what it does."

Rafaella and Flanoir reached the Blackheart residência after walking for a while. "Home sweet home! I should definitely make the cake!", she said. Then, her book glowed a little and when she opened, 2 more spells were readable. "M-More spells... Why?", Flanoir asked, a little nervous since he doesn't want to battle for now. "I don't know, Flanoir... But that means we're not só weak anymore.", she said. Still, he shaked a little while holding her left leg.

"When did I ever say I wanted to become King? I just want to explore the Human World while making friends, and maybe help prevent someone bad from winning." Kori answered completely honest. Ryu was actually surprised that his partner had given it this much thought as he had had assumed the Mamodo was forcibly send to the Human World.

Now that Ryu understood Kori a little better, the Book in his pocket started to glow as their second Spell became usable.

Morthulhu was surprised by the mamodo's response, what was the purpose of being in the human if you're going to do what is suppose to be done.

"We are in this world for the purpose of fighting in the tournament to determine who will be king, if you're not going to fight then you'll become easy pickings for more vicious mamodo. Me and Maiko are going to fight so that we keep up our strnegth" Morthulhu said with a proud smile. Maiko still didn't say anything and wasn't surprised by his partner's response, he liked the idea of fighting to become king.

Mysterion slowlys sneaked up to Kali and grabbed her, holding his hand inches from her stomach.

Jack smirked as Mysterion grabbed Kali, seeming to know exactly what he wanted him to do, like they were part of the same mind. Jack scanned through the spells, and not having much strength left, said one that he felt would inflict some pain before they would finish her off. "Diadar!" He growled his book glowing and black smoke seeping out of it. He glanced quickly at the other girl who decided to help this guy. She will be delt with next.

Mysterion formed a ball of dark energy in his hand and instead of launching it, he slammed it into the girls stomach, trying to make sure most of the explosion was directed at her. He did not want this to be dodged, nor blocked. He chuckled, a noise that sounded like wheezing. "I know what kind of king you'll be...a dead one" He whispered in his soft raspy voice.

A strong king.

Diadar!

Dr. Long's peace was interrupted as pressed his own book to his chest, slightly being knocked away from the bush from the large explosion. Liesl looked back, her eyes growing wide. No.. But she sensed her partner had not been harmed, only a few scratches, and as for her training partners.. Liesl squinted.

"Reisu!"

Doctor. Liesl could feel her feet move quickly, and her hands shoot out in front of her. An ominous glow in her eyes, a ball of gravity shot from her hand, aiming directly at the human partner of the enemy, who seemed weak. That last spell must have taken a lot of energy. She observed finally. How clever of the Doctor. While the enemy mamodo was busy with Kali, injured or not, she could burn the book quickly. Liesl watched as the gravity ball went flying fast towards the human partner. Dr. Long stood, rushing to Liesl's side.

"Are they alright?" Liesl asked calmly.

"You can sense it, can't you?" The Doctor lit up another cigarette.

Liesl stared ahead, watching the destruction of her spell unfold.

"Yeah fighting will be inevitable, especially since Kori at least wants try and make sure that the winner won't be evil. So how about we have a sparring match to train?" Ryu knew Kori wouldn't be too happy with his suggestion,but on the other hand if the two of them didn't at least get some experience they wouldn't stand a change if some Mamodo was after their book.

Kori wasn't happy indeed, but he trusted Ryu and knew he had to have his reasons for challenging the other human/Mamodo pair.