[IC] Zatch Bell: The Battle for Mamodo King

[WestwoodOmega]

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Kali sat on the windowsill of Sev's bedroom. They were two floors up, and Sev had removed the window so she could sit and watch the sun rise. Sev had been sleeping for the past few hours, after wasting all night trying to read something else in the book she had given him. Mamodos. The battle. It was all still new, but it was starting to make sense. Around Nine, Sev sat up and scratched the back of his head. "So," Sev said as he rubbed sleep out of his eyes, "It begins soon, right?"

"Yes," Kali smiled, "The battle will soon begin. All that happens now is we wait for someone to use their spells."

[Duthguy]

Kori was watching TV in Ryu's room, while his human partner was still trying to wrap his head around everything.'If I didn't see that strange pillar come from Kori's hand I wouldn't believe it." After meeting the strange little Mamado listening to his story and finally being convinced it was al true he had to find more info online, but so far had found nothing.

"Sorry Kori, but if there are any other Mamado's out there they don't advertise themselves." Kori had to laugh at that idea. "Of course they don't silly, they aren't for sale."

[Rika]

"You eat like you've never seen food before, kid," Lina Brown observed, her nose poking out from the spellbook she was reading at the breakfast table. Meanwhile, Bavol was scarfing down fish, eggs, and toast with demonic, sharp teeth. Lina's eyes slowly drifted to the first spell, and she grinned a bit. "Well, keep eating. It will give you strength for this.. battle." Her eyebrows furrowed and she shut the book, placing it in her bag. Bavol peered up at the red-haired woman, setting five plates aside and clearing his throat. "Thanks." He softly spoke, and Lina reclined in her chair, propping her feet on the table. She smirked. "When do you figure it will begin?" She asked, but Bavol could only manage a shrug. "Beats me. Soon, I'm sure. Mamodo tend to be.. impatient and thirsty."

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This was the third cigarette he had lit. Liesl had counted in her head. The young mamodo ignored his habit, however, and stared out the window with calculating grey eyes. "You seem calm," The Doctor observed, his eyebrows raised as he watched the back of his partner, noting the curly waves of hair that rested on her back. "You're not interested in becoming King, love?" The British Doctor tipped his head in curiosity, his mamodo not moving in an inch.

"No," She finally replied. "I'm interested in making sure it does not fall in the wrong hands. I'm interested in keeping the Human World safe during this battle." Liesl's sharp eyes turned to meet Dr. Long's, and she gripped the windowsill.

"And you will be sure to play your part well, Doctor."

[United]

Jack was walking around a dark forest with Mysterion, thinking about the incoming battles he would have to fight. He climbed a high tree peering out into the neighborhood. He spotted a girl on a windowsill of a house, and called down to Mysterion.

Mysterion heard his name, and climbed up the tree, his limbs hidden in his cloak. He too looked out and saw what Jack was talking about. That girl, that mamodo. He has seen her in the mamodo world before, but couldn't quite recall her name. He remembered her to be crazy, but strong. Mysterion was not intimidated though, knowing that her crazy side would get her killed. He huffed a big breath saying nothing.

"Well what do you think?" He asked, and not surprisingly he didn't get a response from his hooded friend. Jack climbed back down, walking out of the forest and toward the house, Mysterion lingering behind him. He sure wasn't going to come out guns blazing, but he had an idea.

[WestwoodOmega]

Sev flipped back to the one spell he could read. "I can't read anything else, Kali." She smiled and kicked her legs around, bumping into the side of the house with the back of her heels. "Well... I'm bored," Kali pouted, "Can you say the spell again? Please? Pretty please? I want to destroy something!" Sev jumped out of bed and joined her at his bedroom window. "We don't want to harm anyone yet, so just aim for the forest," he pointed across the neighborhood at the trees with two fingers. "Yeah, yeah, just say the spell!" Kali yelled through her massive grin.

"Vilar."

Nothing happened. Kali turned around and frowned,"You need to put some emotion behind it! The more intensity, the more power!" She turned around again and held a hand out, "C'mon Sev! Try again! Try again!"

Sev rolled his eyes and opened the book again.

"Vilar!"

Kali grinned again as a ball of void energy launched from the palm of her hand. In mere seconds crashed into a tree, that toppled over, taking one more tree with it. Kali clapped joyfully and turned to Sev, "Now we wait."

[GrandzHelios]

"Are you really charging that much?" Rey shouted at the merchant.
"Come on its a fair deal, man" The sleazy looking gun merchant bantered. " Besides it is well worth it"
"Why, I could go across town and buy the same product at a reasonable price."
The merchant chuckled. "Maybe but this one makes things burn." The sleaze said rubbing his hands together.

Rey walked back into his car with the package. "I cannot believe I spend that much on this little toy." The man said out loud in frustration.
"Whatcha got there?" The small child in the back asked.
"Oh its nothing." He said as he started driving. "Hey Kai, When is this battle of yours suppose to start?"
"It should be pretty soon."
"If that is so then we better keep on our guard. I'm going to have an alarm set up at the house tomorrow." He said as he continued to drive straight through town.

[United]

Jack saw a ball of void energy fly by him and slam into a tree, then obliterating the ones around it. He looked to see a girl hands raise, with a spell that was just released. "Are you really that eager to fight? There is going to be one less mamodo to battle though, so seeing as you want to play chicken, lets begin" He said softly, with a blank face. Jack flipped through the pages, landing on the first spell "Diadar!" He said barely below a whisper. The book shined dimly

Mysterion made eye contact with the other mamodo, knowing she wouldn't be able to see his face, as it was covered by black smoke. He raised one of his hooded hands, a ball of dark energy forming. He shot it out, the ball propelling itself toward the house, and slammed into the front wall of the house. A light dent was left, as the smoke from the ball dissipated leaving a small black scar barely visible. Mysterion knew the boy isn't very emotional, but they would need it if they were to battle. He took a step back, hoping they could possibly run for it, and hide again.

Jack raised an eyebrow at the spells damage, or lack of. He wasn't too surprised though, as he always forgot that he had to have emotion to increase the power of the book. He sighed, and closed the book. "Well it seems that we are evenly matched" He said, again, below a whisper. He clenched his fist as he did not want to lose this early. The book started to shine, then quickly sputtered out, as Jack took some deep breaths. He gazed at the other mamodo, and her human partner. They were full of emotion, which made their spells so powerful. He contemplated something in his mind..

Mysterion had a feeling of what Jack must of been thinking. He went up past Jack, and toward the mamodo. "Let us not fight" He rasped, his voice cold and soft. As he walked he had the appearance that he was floating, his cloak dragging behind him. He moved away from that mamodo, and toward Jack, standing next to him once more. He knew they would have compassion, for with emotion comes idiocy.

[Rika]

Dr. Long stared over at the mamodo criss-crossing her legs on his bed, her eyes shut as she seemed to be meditating. After a couple of seconds, they snapped open and she felt an undeniable pulse in her chest and ears. Even in the tiny horns her head was growing. "What's wrong?" He asked, setting his lighter on his desk. Liesl did not reply for a long amount of time. That power she sensed.. There was no mistaking it. Kali. A famed, powerful psychopath in the mamodo world. She had never talked with her directly nor indirectly, and she was sure she had never even made eye contact--a wise decision--but that power and fame was doubtless.

And another power.. one she wasn't so sure of, and one that was not subtle enough for her to remember. But it was dark, very dark, maybe even darker than the whole concept of the mamodo battle. She bit the inside of her cheek. "It has begun." She stood, holding her book tightly to her beating chest. "We must constantly be on our toes." But, as she sensed it, something had.. ceased.

[WestwoodOmega]

Kali grinned for a few seconds, then realized an attack had replied to her strike on the trees. "Get down!" She yelled, pulling Sev with her. He popped his head up, and stood at the window with the book behind his back. The blast hit the side of his house, causing no damage and only a short moment of shaking. "Pfft," Kali scoffed, "Not only did they miss, but it wouldn't have even scratched me."

"Don't get cocky," Sev snapped, "We're being watched. They know where we are, what we look like." He looked at where the shot came from and saw no one. "Whoever they are, they're gone. Want to go find them?" He suggested calmly. Kali smiled again, "Grab your bag so you can hide the book." Sev quickly got dressed, threw on his bag, tossed their white spell book in and walked outside.

"They were over in the forest last, so lets check there." Sev said, leading the charge to their objective.

[United]

Jack was not so sure he could provide enough emotion for the spells to really pack a punch. He narrowed his eyes at the incoming opponents, trying to get himself emotionally charged. He gripped his book tightly, thinking of his crappy life, and how his only friend is the most 'talkative' mamodo ever. His book shined this time with black light, blinding to others but to him, the spells were still readable. His heart pounded as he read the spell once more "Diadar!" He screamed.

Mysterions head snapped toward Jack never seeing this kind of emotion in the boy before. Much more emotion that he could say for himself, however. He could feel that Jack was ready to fight, which again completely took him by surprise. He raised up his hands feeling the ball of dark smoke form in his hands. This time, it wouldn't be so weak. Mysterion smirked behind the misty black smoke covering his face. He released the ball with a swish and it flew toward the mamodo.

[WestwoodOmega]

Finally they reached the forest, but Kali was already getting antsy. "Sev, how much longer?" He had climbed up a tree to see if he could find anything. While sliding down, branches were snapping in the distance, and quickly getting closer. "Kali!" The mamodo looked up at him, then forward just in time to see the ball of dark power slam into her body. Kali flew back, crashing into a tree. She wobbled to her feet and growled, "THIS WAS MY FAVORITE DRESS!" Kali held up her hand and Sev followed with the spell. "Vilar." She fired back in response, exactly where she saw the ball come from.

Sev, after their attack, picked Kali up off the ground and ran behind a large tree. "Keep it down," he whispered to her, "Lets see how they respond." For once, she obeyed and carefully listened for any clue to their opponents location.

[Weird Tales]

Maiko was walking in the park with Morthulhu and enjoying the sunshine when they heard the sound of a blast.

"Maiko let's go check it out!" The mamodo said excitedly and began to run in the direction of the blast. Maiko wanted to object, but Morthulhu was already sprinting to where the explosion happened.

"Here we go" the teenager said to himself, it was probably going to be a battle and he wasn't sure if the little green guy would be ready.

[United]

Jack breathed heavily for it was tough for him to actually use that much energy. He has always been a quite person, keeping to himself. He rarely even talked to Mysterion. He chuckled when he heard that the mamodo got hurt. His chuckling ceased when he heard a spell being shouted near the front of the forest. He saw a ball of energy sail toward them, and this time he did not hesitate, adrenaline pumping through his veins. "Shamaroo!" he read aloud.

Mysterion remained blank faced as his spell slammed into the other mamodo. His gaze fell upon the caster, then the book. That is the source, and it needed to be destroyed. He glanced at Jack, again surprised by his sudden change. He never was eager to do anything before, much less battle. Mysterion made note of this as Jack read another spell, with emotion once again."Shamaroo!" Mysterion threw up his hands as he formed a wall of black smoke, thick enough where you could not see through it. Their spell rammed into the shield, held, then broke through. Mysterion stumbled backwards his arms pinwheeling as he caught his footing.

Jack saw mysterion make the shield wall and the spell hit it with a boom. The shield broke and Jack flew back, him being weaker than his mamodo. His back hit a tree, and he gasped for air, the wind knocked out of him. Jack knew that his lack of emotion definitely played into the spell not having a huge help in blocking the opponents' one. He would have to gain more experience and control over his, well, lack of emotions to get stronger. Maybe this was a battle he should put off until later.... "Hey stop!" He yelled waving his hand frantically as he stepped out into the open.

[WestwoodOmega]

The words pierced through the sounds of branches clacking together in the wind. "Stop?" Sev muttered, "This guy must be a lunatic." Kali looked at Sev, "No!" She stomped into the ground, "I want to burn their book, I want to burn it now!" He put one hand over her mouth, and quickly shushed her. "I want to see what they want." He slid the book into his bag and walked out into the open, carefully keeping a good but of distance between them. "Quite a bit of noise you've made, you're going to attract some unwanted company by just attacking like that."

Kali growled and poked her head from behind the tree. They were talking, but she didn't see the man's partner. A sly grin came across her face as an evil idea imbedded itself into her brain. The book was ripe for the taking. Sev was distracted, so was the book owner. Kali slowly began to slyther her way around to the man...

[Arrow]

Katie stared down at the stony blue skinned boy standing in front of her desk, looking up at her with an audacious grin. "Mamodo?" she asked unenthusiastically while flipping through the cyan-hued book that he had handed her and raised an eyebrow at the strange writing within it. She paused briefly and flashed a look of interest as she came upon a glowing page that she seemed to inexplicably understand, but shook her head and shut it dismissively soon after. "Shouldn't you be in school? I can't help you, kid."

The mamodo child chuckled as she bent over the desk to hand the spellbook to him, refusing to accept it and pushing it back into her hands. "Don't lie, miss," he said, his smile growing broader, "you can read it, can't you? You're in this with me now whether you believe it or not." She rolled her eyes as he pushed the book onto her desk, unconvinced, and he went on. "Hang onto this book then... and I'll meet you after work and show you the truth."

With that said, Vio turned and exited the college office where Katie was on duty as a student assistant; drawing a few eyes from the adults walking through the hallway from his young age and strange appearance. After watching him leave through the glass wall, Katie soon turned her attention back to the book and opened it to the glowing page with a slight spark of curiosity. She read it in silence. Koneshu...?

[Duthguy]

Kori suddenly felt the energy of spells being used. "Hey Ryu, there is a fight going on." Ryu looked up from his computer. "You sure?" The Mamodo looked a bit upset at this question. "Of course I'm sure. Wanna check it out?" Without saying anything Ryu got up and grabbed their book.

A bit later the two of them arrived at the woods."We're getting close." It wasn't after Kori said that, that they could hear the sounds of battle."Remember Kori, we're just going to watch for now, so don't let them see you." After giving his partner that warning once more Ryu quietly walked on, hoping it would go according to plan.

[United]

Jack stopped within 10 feet of the other person. "As much as I would like to see that book be turned into a pile of ash, I think it would be in the best interest of both of us to work together. Yes I know I caused quite a disturbance before, firing spells at you, but lets let bygones be bygones." He said with a normal voice. He really did not feel comfortable with himself talking this much, but to make this plan work, he was going to get them on their good side.

Mysterion was keeping his eye on the other mamodo, for he had no interest in someone holding a lousy book. The mamodo was the one with the true power. He saw her begin to sneak toward Jack, very stealthily that neither of the humans would be able to see. Mysterion walked, but again his cloak gave him the appearance of him hovering, around the mamodo, keeping quite, not even breathing. He placed a hooded hand over the mamodo's shoulder and whispered with a quite low airy voice. "Not the best idea"

[WestwoodOmega]

Sev stared blankly at the man, "Alliance? As in I help you?" He pondered the idea for a minute. I could help him, that's for sure. Channeling emotions into the spells are basic techniques. What could he possibly do for me is the real question.

Before Sev could reply, a loud shriek came from Kali. She darted out of the bushes and latched onto Sev's leg. "Kali, what did you do?" Sev hissed. She slowly moved her eyes up to meet his and softly spoke, "Kill them." Sev only sighed then looked up at Jack, "I don't see how I could benefit from that. You'd only keep Kali from winning battles." He pulled the book out of his bag and carried it under his arm. "And I will not let you get in her way."

The book under his arm began to glow, as Kali detached herself from Sev's leg. "Yes!" She exclaimed, "The second spell!"

[Arrow]

"Koneshu!"

It took a moment for the supernatural sight to fully register in Katie's mind, causing her to step backwards with her mouth agape for lack of speech. A thick concrete fence that the strange child who called himself Viorel had dragged her to after her shift ended immediately had a hole blown through it before her very eyes as a blast of bright blue energy was released from the boy's palm the moment she had said the spellword. It was a moment before she realized the drain of stamina that had accompanied it and fell to one knee, panting while processing what had occurred.

"I... yo-... we did that?" she asked, stuttering between pants while Vio turned back to her with a broad grin.

"Your heart power provides the energy, I release the spell, and the book is the medium," he said, continuing to smile in delight at having finally found his bookmaster. "Now will you believe me?"

Slightly regaining composure, Katie shook her head and looked back at him as more questions flooded her mind. "And there are other... mamodo that can do this?"

"99 more," he replied, his smile changing form into more of a determined smirk, "and 99 spellcasters like you. The last team remaining will be crowned the king of our world."

"Monsters from another world... spellcasters... battle for king... what is this, a fantasy book?" Katie thought aloud while closing her eyes and rubbing her temples, only to open them and realize she was still holding tightly onto the cyan book with the same hand and flinched. "This is too weird..."

"So maybe its unexpected," Vio replied cheerfully, walking up to pat her on the thigh, "but it's not like you don't get anything out of this. This power is at your disposal! Revenge on your enemies, the respect of others, immense riches! And all you have to do is help me become king."

"I'd rather not go to jail either," Katie replied blankly, instantly negating his excited speech. "This battle stuff sounds dangerous - I don't want anything to do with it." She looked down at Vio, to find that his smile had turned into a pitiful, puppy dog look.

"But..." he mumbled woefully, "my kinghood..." She turned to walk away dismissively, but was stopped as she felt him bear hugging her leg with tears flowing out his eyes. "You're not supposed to refuse! What about the powah..."

"I said no! Let go!" she said while trying to shake him off of her, only to stop as she noticed his disheveled look and dirty clothing. She paused for a moment, her leg in the air with Vio holding onto it, and then spoke under hear breath. "Earlier you said you'd been looking for someone to read your book for weeks... have you been living on the streets all this time?" He looked up at her with a soft nod, and she let out a tch from her lips as she lowered her leg.

"I guess you can stay at my apartment for now, then," Katie said under her breath, and Vio's look became one of joy. "But I'm not doing this battle crap, got it!"

[Rika]

The second spell!

Kali's voice echoed in Liesl's ears as she sensed a warring battle go on and on. The other two, the pair that Liesl couldn't quite put her finger on, didn't seem interested in battling. They're so close. A couple of miles from the Doctor's house in that woods. Liesl walked over to the window and opened it, standing outside the sill and jumping on to the roof. Her pupils dilated to become larger, and she could see that distinguishing head of white hair and merciless red eyes. And Kali's partner.. Liesl's eyebrows furrowed. He seemed to not get involved in the mamodo's sadistic nonsense.

And as for the other pair.. Liesl's eyes locked on a simple floating black cloak. She couldn't tell if he was peaceful or not. Same for the partner. Brushing off her dress, Liesl's boots padded on the roof to get a better view of the sky. She could practically taste the battle from up there, and hopefully see either mamodos' destruction.