Zatch Bell Equestrian Battles!

"The second spell, Rashield?" Kiyo recited as he rubbed his tired eyes.

Once again Kiyo had dedicated an entire night to studying the red book and the new passage that had appeared. After reviewing the book in its entirety it seemed like the only real thing that changed was the new passage.

"It seems like I won't be able to read any more of the book until I learn how to use it. Still I wonder what kind of power this new spell will give Zatch?" Kiyo said only to imagined Zatch unleashing a gigantic electrical blast destroying whole buildings in its wake which sent a chill up his spine.

"On second thought maybe I should try ignoring it."

While Kiyo was studying Zatch was doing his usual morning routine of running around the house and making sure everyone was up. And on his mission, he walked into Kiyo's room and saw him reading from a book.

"Hey Kiyo, Breakfasts ready."

"Not now Zatch."

"Come and get it!"

"Not now Zatch! I'm trying to study here!" Kiyo exclaimed with an annoyed sigh.

Suddenly Zatch pulled out a musical triangle and started ringing it. Kiyo, tired and annoyed, felt his eyebrow begin to twitch and before long he felt his patience snapping altogether.

"ZATCH I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE!"

After breakfast, Kiyo was getting dressed before making his way to the front door only to stop when he saw Zatch putting his shoes on and getting ready to go out as well.

"Ok Kiyo, I'm ready to go!" Zatch exclaimed while putting on his Sports bag.

"To go were small fry!?" Kiyo said with an annoyed look on his face.

"To school of course! Where else!?"

Kiyo felt a migraine begin to form as dealing with Zatch was always a challenge especially in the morning.

"Zatch you can't come to school with me." He explained bluntly while Zatch looked at him with a teary-eyed expression before grabbing his pants leg.

"BUT WHY NOT!? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ALL DAY WHILE YOUR GONE!?" Zatch cried as Kiyo tried to snatch him off his pants leg.

"I don't know! Watch Tv, Eat a bug! I really don't care!"

"How could you treat me like this Kiyo!? I thought you and I were friends! How could you just leave me here all alone all day!!!!" Zatch said while crying his little eyes out.

Kiyo tried to cover his ears while Zatch continued to throw his little temper tantrum, however, after 2 minutes of non-stop whining Kiyo had finally had enough and decided to make something to distract him.

"Fine you want a friend?"

"BEHOLD THE VULCAN 300!" Kiyo exclaimed dramatically while Zatch looked at the Vulcan with excitement.

The Vulcan 300 may look like a simple cardboard box with chopsticks glued onto the sides, however, thats were the Vulcan would fool you! However, it was easily enough to fool Zatch cause he was already playing with it the second Kiyo handed it to him.

"Very cool isn't he? I bet no other kid has a friend like that." Kiyo said with a smug grin knowing that his plan had worked.

"Wow! Kiyo I love it! How old is he?"

"Five minutes."

"What is a Vulcan 300 exactly?"

"A super robot that fires 300 turbo flux missiles! With a body made out of indestructible cardboardium and fully articulated chopstick limbs!" Kiyo explained in an overly exaggerated tone.

It seems like that was just enough for Zatch cause it seems like he didn't question anything Kiyo had said. With that, Zatch started throwing the Vulcan 300 up and down while Kiyo opened the front door and quickly made his escape before Zatch could notice him.

Meanwhile....

In one of the more poorly lit parts of CHS, a certain orange haired girl was on her phone reviewing what she had observed the past two days. Taking videos of both events with the new student, Kiyo Takamine, involving the strange red book and the blond haired boy. Of course, there was another problem she had to contend with but that could wait to later.....She had company.

"SUNSET SHIMMER!"

The girl, now known as Sunset, turned her head to see the large figure of Kane as he stomped his way towards her with a very unhappy expression plastered on his face.

"Can I help you, Kane?" She asked only for Kane to punch the lockers next to her causing it to bend inward.

"Your damn right your gonna help me! What was that shit yesterday!?"

"I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about." Sunset explained bluntly only for Kane to fly off the handle and grab her by the collar and lift her off the ground.

"I got this text the other day. It told me to go to the roof cause somebody wanted to fight, however, all I found was a brat and a coward!" Kane shouted while Sunset stared at him with a bored look.

"Then yesterday that guy somehow manages to sneak in here and hold us hostage. But there's really only one way to get in the building without anyone noticing and you and I know it all too well! Not only that but the cops were already there even though nobody called them. And to top it all off guess who I didn't see at Lunch?"

"Is there a point to this story, Kane?" Sunset asked as Kane felt his blood begin to boil.

"What the hell are you up to Sunset!? You always been a real pain in the ass but this is a whole new level for you! What do you want with Takamine and that kid?" Kane demanded before letting her go.

Sunset straightened out her outfit and looked at Kane with the same bored expression from earlier. However, Kane was smart enough to realize he couldn't actually lay a finger on Sunset. The last person to do that wound up in the hospital! If there was one thing everyone at CHS knew it was to not mess with this girl.

"Let's just say......He's caught my attention. Stay out of my way Kane or else." Sunset said with a sinister tone before walking away.

Kane sneered and stormed off in a fit of rage but he knew what he had to do even if he didn't like it.

Back with Kiyo, he had just managed to get to school before the bell rung. However, as he made his way through the halls he noticed a lot of people were staring at him. As Kiyo made his way past a few groups he heard some faint whispers but he couldn't make out what they were saying.

"This is weird. I wonder what they're all staring at?" Kiyo thought as he passed another group of students.

"Hey Kiyo what's going on? How come everyone's acting so strangely this morning?" Zatch asked as he walked beside Kiyo.

Kiyo suddenly stopped then looked down and felt all his hairs stand on end as his eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE! I THOUGHT YOU WERE PLAYING WITH THE VULCAN 300!" Kiyo exclaimed while Zatch just smiled while holding up the Vulcan 300.

"Oh yeah! Well, I thought I would bring him along! He was so much fun I thought I'd show him to Pinkie." Zatch explained with his usual cheerful attitude.

"Ohh swell~." Kiyo said sarcastically before shoving Zatch in the sports bag and making his way to class.

"KIYO LET ME OUT! IT SMELLS LIKE DIRTY SOCKS IN HERE!"

Once Kiyo had finally made his way to his classroom he noticed that once again everyone was staring at him. It was kinda odd to see everyone staring at him, even Kane was staring at him more intensely than usual.

"Ok it's the same in here." Kiyo thought as he took his seat.

Suddenly Kiyo felt someone pat him on the back and looked up to see a boy with fair colored skin and blue hair wearing a black jacket as he walked past him.

"Hey man that took real guts." He said while giving Kiyo a thumbs up which just seemed to confuse him even more.

Suddenly a pink blur ran up to him and literally shoved a newspaper in his face.

"Kiyo this is super duper amazing! You totally made the front page!" Pinkie explained so quickly that he couldn't understand a word.

Kiyo took the newspaper and saw a picture taken yesterday of both Kiyo and Zatch as everyone was exiting the building. The title of the article was "Young teen saves hostages!" which caught him off guard seeing as he wasn't the only person to help in that situation.

"A story about what happened yesterday. I get it now......That's why everyone was staring at me today." Kiyo thought as he finished reading the article.

"Woah! Look at that were famous!" Zatch said as he looked at the newspaper from behind Kiyo.

"Um did you just say something Kiyo? I thought I heard something." Pinkie asked as Kiyo shoved the newspaper in front of her as he pushed Zatch back into the bag before zipping it up.

"It was nothing! Just talking to myself thats all."

"Anyways you mind if some of the girls come over to say hi! You're suddenly everybody's hero all of a sudden! Convenient huh!?" Pinkie said in a bubble tone as all the girls in the class swarmed him.

"Kiyo was it true that you were risking your life?" A girl with green mint hair asked as everyone stared at Kiyo expectingly.

"Well, I guess....To be honest, I wasn't really thinking about it." Kiyo explained as everyone gasped.

"Weren't you scared?"

"I would have been scared out of my mind!"

"Well, I'm not gonna lie my knee's were knocking a little. But everything happened so quickly that I didn't have much time to think." Kiyo explained bashfully while rubbing the back of his head.

Suddenly everyone heard a chair fall over only to see it was Kane as he made his way over to where Kiyo was, however, just as he was about to get there Zatch suddenly leaped out of the bag and landed in front of Kiyo. However, this didn't seem to bother Kane by much.

"Look you little squirt! Get out of my way or else I'm gonna-" Kane tried to say only to feel someone grab his shoulder.

"Gonna what Kane? Sit down and behave yourself? Perfect." Their teacher Cranky said while Kane sneered.

"Fine....Kiyo let me see you after class is finished." Kane explained as he took his seat which caught Kiyo a little of guard.

"What would Kane want now?"

While Kiyo was pondering this Cranky walked past him and placed his hand oh his shoulder which seemed to snap Kiyo out of his daydream.

"By the way, bravo Kiyo. However, for the time being, if you don't mind I think will have this little guy wait in the nurse's office until our class is over." He explained as Kiyo nodded and watched as Zatch helplessly begged to stay.

After class, Kiyo was making his way to the nurse's office only to be stopped by Kane who signaled him to follow. To be honest, Kiyo would usually just ignore him but he seemed different today. After making a few turns Kane stopped in a dark hallway with a flickering light on the ceiling.

"Why doesn't anyone change the bulb for that?" Kiyo thought while Kane sighed angerly.

"Look don't get me wrong. I REALLY don't like you!" Kane exclaimed as Kiyo just stared at him blankly.

"You brought me over here just to tell me that?"

"No, you smart ass! I brought you here so that I could warn you." Kane explained as he pulled out his cellphone.

This news had managed to catch Kiyo a little off guard. He never expected Kane of all people to be giving him advice! However, it bothered him a little that he was giving him a warning.

"The other day I got a text from someone who wanted to fight on the roof. It had the exact time and everything, but I didn't figure out who sent it till today.....It was Sunset Shimmer."

Kiyo suddenly remembered the girl from that day he had accidently bumped into.

"Does she have orange and yellowish hair?" Kiyo asked as Kane nodded.

"Yeah, and trust me when I say that girl is nasty! She is easily one of the most messed up people I have ever met! She can easily make your life a living hell. If yesterday wasn't a prime example for you." Kane explained as Kiyo's pupils suddenly shrunk to the size of pinpricks.

"You mean she's the one who-"

"Yeah, I don't know how she did it but I have no doubt she's the one who brought that guy here." Kane explained as Kiyo tried to think of what he might have done to make her so angry with him.

"Look I don't know how you managed to do that stuff yesterday or the day before. Frankly, I don't care but my advice to you is to try not to piss her off anymore." Kane said as he walked past Kiyo, who was deep in thought, and turned the corner.

"So she must have given that guy the instructions for the hostage situation. Which means she must know more about the Zatch and the red book which is why she called that Pyscho so she could test us?" Kiyo thought as felt his head begin to spin as the thought of one of his classmates trying to kill him was just too much.

Meanwhile....

In a dark alleyway in town, Sunset was lazily playing with her phone until she heard footsteps coming her way.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU AT!?" A very angry sounding man shouted as he kicked a trash can into the side of the wall.

Sunset looked to see the man from yesterday with the same blue haired boy and grinned as she made her way towards the both of them.

"Hosokawa!" The boy exclaimed while pointing at Sunset as she came into view.

The man turned around to see her and sneered as he rubbed his head in aggravation.

"Don't tell me YOUR the one who gave me these instructions!?" Hosokawa shouted as he pulled out his phone revealing the messages sent by an unknown user.

"Yeah got a problem with that?" Sunset asked as the man just laughed.

"Naw but I'm surprised some kid wanted to help me take her own classmates hostage." He exclaimed as the boy stared at the girl with an icy glare.

"I honesty was just testing you and that boy, Kiyo Takamine." She explained which seemed to make Hosokawa mad.

"Yeah, that brat...."

"You want revenge right?" Sunset asked with a knowing smile as the man glared at her.

"Oh yeah~."

Sunset laughed as she walked over to the man and handed him a phone. He looked at her with a raised brow as she just looked at him with a blank stare.

"When I need you again I'll call you on that phone. When I do you'll get your chance to get your payback." Sunset explained as she began to stroll away.

"Hold on why exactly should we work with you! You're not gaining anything from this and neither will we, so why even bother?" Hosokawa asked as Sunset turned to him and grinned.

"Trust me once my plan gets underway. Will have enough power to take over the entire world."

And with that Sunset walked past a corner and left. Hosokawa tried to chase her down, however, by the time he had turned the corner she was gone. He sighed and looked down at the small flip phone then placed it in his pocket.

"let's go Reycom!" Hosokawa shouted as the blue haired boy followed behind him.

"Looks like things just got a little more interesting."

TO BE CONTINUED!