Zatch Bell Equestrian Battles!

"So is it true?" The rainbow girl asked as she, Zatch, and Kiyo ate lunch in the cafeteria.

"Is what true?" Kiyo asked as he took a bite out of his burger.

"Um duh! The big rumor around school is that you tried to fight Kane! And apparently, it was so epic that Kane wound up looking like a punching bag!"

"Well.....Um, I wouldn't say fought but...." Kiyo tried to explain only for Zatch to suddenly interrupt.

"Kiyo beat that big bully without even breaking a sweat!"

"Zatch!"

While Kiyo and Zatch argued with each other the girl just laughed which caused the both of them to stare at her with confused expressions.

"Oh man! Pinkie was right you really are a hoot Takamine." She exclaimed as she whipped a tear from her eye.

"Your friends with Pinkie to Mrs?" Zatch asked as she nodded.

"The name's Rainbow Dash! It's cool to meet you both." The girl, now known as Rainbow dash, said while she extended her hand.

Kiyo shyly lifted his hand and Dash took it and shook it violently almost to the point where he felt like his arm was gonna fall off. Rainbow laughed as she took a bite out of her sandwich.

"You know it's funny you remind me of a friend of mine." She exclaimed in between chewing her sandwich.

"Oh yeah? Well continuing with our conversation from earlier, who was the one who spread that rumor?" Kiyo asked as Dash just sneered.

"Sunset Shimmer....."

Zatch once again swallowed his burger whole and looked up to dash with a raised brow.

"I've heard her name before! Pinkie told me she was a bully!" Zatch exclaimed while Kiyo looked to Dash for answers.

"Yeah well you're definitely not far from the truth kid. Sunset Shimmer is one of the meanest girls at this school! She always has a stick up her butt and she always has to belittle someone in order for her to feel better!"

Kiyo felt a sense of Déjà Vu. The way Dash was describing her wasn't too far off from the way people described himself. It was pretty evident that whoever this Sunset Shimmer was almost like himself.

"Anyways! Did you hear about the park freezing over? Freaky stuff huh!"

"Yeah.....I've heard of global warming before but global freezing?" Kiyo said as he remembered the events from this morning.

"Hey, Kiyo?" Zatch said while pulling his sleeve.

"What is it Zatch?" Kiyo said looking down at him while Zatch stared at the door to the cafeteria.

"Do people like those guys go to this school too?"

Kiyo looked over to the entrance to the cafeteria and felt his blood run cold when he saw the same man and the child from this morning walk in. And the worst part was.....he was holding a gun.

Suddenly the man raised the rifle into the air and fired causing everyone in the room to freeze. Everyone stayed deadly quiet as the man lowered the gun and laughed as he reloaded.

"Now then everyone! If you all be so kind to move towards this side of the room! I promise if you follow orders and do as I tell you, nobodies, gonna get hurt!"

Everyone slowly got up and walked over to the right side of the cafeteria. Kiyo, Zatch, and Rainbow Dash made their way over to the back of the group as to keep hidden amongst the crowd.

"Now then Can I have some of the boy's move these tables over to the windows?" The man asked as everyone stayed still.

He sneered before lifting the rifle into the air and firing again causing everyone to jump. Suddenly some of the upper-class boys started to push the tables as the man instructed that also included Kiyo and ironically Kane as well.

While Kiyo struggled to push the table Kane walked up beside him and helped push. Kiyo noticed the scared expression on Kane's face and was shocked.

"D-Don't get the wrong idea. I just don't wanna die today, ok?"

As they both pushed the table towards the window Kiyo could see that the police and the Swat teams were already lined up.

"How could they have gotten here that fast?" Kiyo asked silently while Kane just sneered.

"Who cares! Let's just hope they can help us." Kane said with an annoyed tone before slowly walking back to the group of students.

"This doesn't make any sense! How could the police have gotten here so quickly! We should have at least heard the sirens before this guy even got here. And even if they were chasing him the school probably would have sent out an alert to the teachers to stay in class......Unless!"

"Kiyo we gotta do something!" Zatch shouted with fire in his eyes.

Kiyo watched the man carefully making sure to memorize every feature of his face. He looked over to Zatch who looked like he was about ready to explode.

"I understand Zatch but we can't do anything rash." Kiyo explained as he noticed the man pull out a blue book.

"I was right he has one of these books too!" Kiyo thought as a blue light filled the room.

"FREEZUDO!"

Suddenly the room's temperature dropped dramatically as a thick layer of ice covered the windows, thus blocking the view outside. The man closed the book and pulled out his cell phone and made a call.

"Hello? Yeah, I'd like to talk to the person leading the police outside Canterlot Highschool. Why? Oh, nothing much I just want to talk to him about what I'm gonna do to these little brats if I don't get what I want!" The man explained as he shot another round into the ceiling scaring everyone in the cafeteria.

"Yo Kiyo! What should we do?" Dash asked while Zatch looked at his friend expectingly.

"I'm telling you we should stay put!" Kiyo exclaimed only to hear someone crying near the front of the room.

The man turned around to see a girl with pink hair curled up in a ball crying her eyes out. With a devious smile he started walking over to her and in one swift motion, he grabbed her by the hair and yanked her off the ground.

"Perfect. Yes, cheif of police? I'd like you to listen to a few of my demands! And just to show you that I'm serious I'll let you hear what's going to happen if you don't follow through." The man explained as he put the phone next to the sobbing girl.

Kiyo suddenly noticed Dash's expression had changed dramatically with pure hate in her eyes. She was shaking with rage as the man continued to hold onto the sobbing girl. However, before Dash could charge the guy someone who was sitting next to the girl stood up.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" A girl with purple hair shouted as the man turned to her with a devious grin.

"Want to be a hero huh? Sit down! Unless you want this girls blood on your hands."

Suddenly the man placed the barrel of the rifle up to the girls head and made her cry even more. Now thoroughly pissed off Dash was about to charge him but was quickly grabbed by Kiyo.

"LET GO I'M GONNA-!" She tried to shout only to stop when she saw Kiyo's expression.

His expression was a lot more focused now. He was beyond pissed for sure but it was almost scary how calm his face was. The same could be said for Zatch as a few moments ago he looked like he was gonna charge the guy too! But now......It was like they both had the same idea.

"Trust me were gonna save her." Kiyo said confidently which caused Dash to blush slightly as she sat back down.

"So what's the plan?" Zatch asked while Kiyo looked at the thug.

"He has a bolt action rifle, one shot from that and were dead either way. We need a distraction in order for this to work." Kiyo explained while looking a Dash who only nodded.

"Just tell me what to do."

"Ok, Dash will distract the gunner and draw his attention away from me and Zatch. Zatch, I need you to sneak over to the entrance of the cafeteria and then I need you to stare at the guy. Then I'll make my way to the other side of the cafeteria on the opposite side of the hostages then I'll grab his attention."

"But doesn't that mean you'll be the target!" Dash exclaimed which Kiyo only nodded in response.

"Yes, however, if were smart about this we can get that girl out of the way. Dash, once his attentions on me I want you to find the hardest thing you can find an-" Kiyo tried to explain only for someone else to interrupt.

"That ain't gonna work." Kane explained as he made his way over to them.

"She's not got enough strength to knock the guy out! Just leave it to me geek!" Kane explained while Kiyo begrudgingly nodded.

"Ok, Kane will make his way over to him while he's distracted and knock the rifle out of his hands then while he's going for the gun the girl can get out of there! Then leave the rest up to me and Zatch."

Everyone nodded and suddenly the plan had begun. Zatch slowly crawled over towards the entrance while Kiyo went in the opposite direction and finally Kane made his way to the front of the group.

"HEY!" Dash shouted as loud as she could which caused the gunner to turn to her.

"Huh? What another hero?" He asked with a cocky grin.

"Umm......I seriously gotta go to the bathroom." Dash explained as Zatch carefully crawled to the entrance.

"What? do you realize what kind of situation you're in?"

"Well yeah but I don't wanna piss my pants! Especially not in front of all my classmates." Dash explained as Kiyo quickly made his away around.

"Ugh, this is why I hate kids! Look you better hold it you brat! You only got a few more minutes anyways." The man explained as he shot another round into the ceiling which caused Rainbow to take her seat.

"Damn kids toda- HUH!" The man mumbled to himself only to turn around to see Kiyo standing in front of him.

"DAMMIT KID! I'M NOT SCREWING AROUND TAKE A HIKE OR ELSE!" The man exclaimed as he unloaded the barrel.

However, before he could reload he suddenly noticed what Kiyo had in his hands. Kiyo held out the red spell book which caused him to turn and see Zatch waiting by the door.

"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" He exclaimed in a panic.

"HOSOKAWA!" The boy shouted, however, it was too late.

Kane sprung from the group and slammed his fist into the man's face which caused him to lose his grip on the rifle and the girl. Kane suddenly rushed forwards and grabbed the girl and ran for it. Now beaten and confused the man, known as Hosokawa, stared at Kiyo with furry in his eyes.

"Ok let's hope this works! THE FIRST SPELL ZAKER!"

However, instead of a bolt of lighting like last time now there was nothing but empty silence. Kiyo froze as he glared at the red book with fear in his eyes.

"Dammit! One more time, ZAKER!"

Once again there was nothing and now Hosokawa was back to normal. However, now he looked a little more amused than anything else.

"I gotta admit you had me worried their kid." He explained as he pulled out his blue book.

"When you brought out that spell book I gotta admit I was wondering what kind of spell you were gonna use." The boy exclaimed while his partner walked up to Kiyo.

"Seeing as you don't know how to use that spell book it'd be a shame to let you keep it." He explained while he held out his hand.

"Look kid you don't know what you're doing with that thing so just hand it over and we can call it a day."

Kiyo froze as he stared at the man with curiosity.

"Look I'll admit you outsmarted me! Gotta amend you for that one, however, without that spell book your powerless. So hand the book over and I'll leave without hurting another hair on your friend's heads."

Kiyo looked down at the red book as thoughts of getting everyone out of harm's way seemed the most logical, however, he didn't like the idea of just handing it over to him.

"KIYO DON'T HAND HIM THAT BOOK!" Zatch exclaimed which caused Hosokawa to sneer and focus his attention on Zatch.

"I've had enough of you kid! FREEZUDO!"

Suddenly a blue light began to shine from the book Hosokawa was holding as the blue haired boy suddenly unleashed a freezing wave towards Zatch. Without even a pep Zatch was frozen solid by the icy spell.

"Ok, now you got two options. Give me the book and I'll take the kid and go, or would you rather the kid stays on ice?" He asked as everyone looked at Kiyo expectingly.

"If he stay's in there too long his hearts gonna freeze you know?" The boy explained as Kiyo gritted his teeth.

Kiyo for the first time in his life didn't have an answer for what to do. How could he in a situation like this! If he doesn't hand the book over Zatch will die and probably others too, but if he hands the book over there's a chance that he'll leave, free Zatch, and everyone can get out safely.

"W-What do I do!?" Kiyo thought as his heart began to pound in his ears.

"Well, what's your answer kid? Yea or nay?" Hosokawa said with a smug grin.

"KIYO DON'T HAND OVER THAT BOOK!"

Kiyo suddenly heard Zatch's voice shouting at him and he quickly turned his head towards Zatch's frozen state. Even though he couldn't move it was like Zatch was speaking to him telepathically.

"WERE THE HEROS OF JUSTICE!"

Suddenly Kiyo stopped shaking and now he was able to think clearly. The answer was clear as crystal! No matter what!

"I CAN'T BETRAY MY FRIEND!" Kiyo shouted as Hosokawa frowned.

"Oh well! Guess I'll just take out the hostages!" He exclaimed as a blue light began to shine from his book.

"NO WAY WE WON'T LET YOU! RIGHT ZATCH!" Kiyo shouted as a red light began to shine from the book.

Suddenly there was a loud cracking noise and everyone's attention shot towards the entrance as Zatch's icy prison began to melt away as a fierce red aura surrounded his body. Suddenly the room got a lot hotter as steam covered everything in sight blinding almost everyone in the room.

"YOU READY ZATCH!"

"YOU BET I AM!"

"ALRIGHT HERE COMES THE FIRST SPELL!" Kiyo exclaimed as the book shined brighter and brighter.

"ZAKER!"

Zatch's eye's once again vanished as a strong electrical charge began to form in front of him. Then with a thunderous bang, that roared out all over the cafeteria, a giant bolt of lightning shot out causing an explosion that destroyed everything in the cafeteria.

Later....

Kiyo and Zatch stood in front of a large gathering of new's reporters and cameramen as they asked Nemours questions as to what happened. Apparently, he managed to get away but they got the guy on camera so they know his face and thanks to Kiyo's testimony they got his name to. Everyone was congratulating him and thanking him for what he had done.

However, Kiyo tried to explain it wasn't just him. But as he tried to find Kane and Rainbow Dash it seemed pretty evident that they were nowhere to be found.

After the press had left, Kiyo and Zatch made their way back home only to be stopped by Rainbow Dash.

"Hey, guys." She said with a tired sigh.

"Dash! What happened to you!" Zatch said in a worried tone.

"You vanished right after everything happened. Where did you go?" Kiyo asked while Dash rubbed the back of her head.

"I took Fluttershy home. I knew she wouldn't be able to handle all those reporters right now. Heck while I was taking her home she was crying and snotting all over me!" Dash explained while drawing attention to her wet and sticky clothes.

"Oh, so that was the friend." Kiyo said bluntly which caused Dash to raise an eyebrow.

"That friend I reminded you of? Remember from earlier." Kiyo explained while Dash suddenly realized what he was talking about.

"Oh! No way! I was thinking of someone else!" Dash explained rapidly as a blush covered her face.

"Anyways, how did you cause that explosion earlier?"

Kiyo suddenly jumped as he realized he would have to come up with some kind of excuse for what happened earlier.

"They said that you tripped a circuit breaker or something and caused an explosion in the kitchen. But when you screamed that gibberish earlier that's when the explosion happened."

Kiyo felt his heart stop as he realized Dash had such a precise memory. Thinking of a good excuse was gonna be hard seeing as she saw so much. However, before he could think of anything Dash just grunted and started to walk away.

"Well, whatever! It doesn't matter now! Oh, and by the way Kiyo...." Dash exclaimed as she turned towards Kiyo with a cheerful expression plastered on her face.

"THANKS! I OWE YA ONE!"

Later on, that night Kiyo and Zatch watched the news report the story. Kiyo couldn't help but think of how crazy this day had been! Flashbacks to the moment when Kiyo unleashed the Zaker spell played in his head over and over again.

"I can't believe how much you've grown in only four short days Kiyo!" Kiyo's mother said with a sigh of relief.

"Of course! Don't forget I'm training him!" Zatch exclaimed with his usual cheerful grin.

"Zatch your really booming! I think you've grown a lot too!"

"Really? You think so? Maybe now I can lift the box!" Zatch said as he picked up the TV with hardly any effort.

"WOW! I can even hold it one handed!" Zatch exclaimed as he held the TV up with only one hand.

"Maybe you should take the groceries in for me later!" She said with a chuckle as Zatch continued to play with the TV.

Kiyo smiled as he let the thoughts of today vanish as he relaxed on the couch. However, one thing was still bugging him.

"How come that guy knew how to get into CHS without any commotion? And how did the police know to get their so quick? The only way would have to be......No, there's no way someone would help that creep......Right?"

Kiyo reached over and picked up the red book and thought back to the moment he heard Zatch's voice.

"Does this book allow Zatch to hear my thoughts? What is this thing....." Kiyo whispered to himself as a flurry of ideas swarmed inside his head like an angry bee hive.

Before he could become lost in thought Kiyo suddenly noticed the book begin to glow. He opened the book and was shocked to see another passage had been filled in.

"No way! I can read another page! I guess that means that Zatch has a new power." Kiyo said as Zatch continued to goof around.

TO BE CONTINUED!