!CANCELED! The Demon King(Zatch Bell)

Chapter 20: The Trip

AN

sorry about the false update last night, I realized that  I left something big out.

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Once we arrived, I invited them inside, that's when my mom took over, bringing everyone to the kitchen. She offered us snacks and drinks, and a juice box for Astrid. She also called in Luna who was sitting in the den, drinking one of Astrid's juice boxes while watching tv. She also called over the twins who were reading in a different room. I don't know how the two of them can read the same book simultaneously, but whatever, they do everything together.

My mom had everyone sit down at the table, except for Luna who stood by it, and Kido who was perched on dr. Riddles' shoulder. Li-en and Wonrei, once again, sat insanely close to each other but, then again, so did my partners, but by now I was used to that. Once everyone was situated, my mom left us alone.

A familiar feminine voice appeared in everyone's head, I am Luna, the love birds looked taken back by this. Don't be alarmed, the voice reassured them. I am the demon of the midnight blue book, I cannot communicate through spoken words I can only voice my thoughts into other's heads. She looked at her partner with a mischievous glint in her eyes. And that knucklehead drinking the juice box is my partner, Astrid.

Astrid shot Luna a death glare.

"My name is Li-en."

And I'm Wonrei."

"And everyone knows who we are, right doctor Riddles!" proclaimed Kiddo.

"That is correct Kiddo!"

"Really?!?"

"Yes, actually it is," he laughed, this made the demon unproportionately happy.

"I'm Azoth."

"And I'm Siona."

"So these are the fabled twin demons, two demons, with only one book," Wonrei commented. "I heard rumors about them, that there were two demons that shared one spellbook and one bookkeeper, but I didn't

believe it until just now."

"Yup," I proudly stated, I enjoy being out of the ordinary sometimes, ok, often. I took out my spellbook.

"How do the spells work?" questioned Li-en.

"Well for all except one spell I have three options, one version of the spell for Azoth, that's ice-related, one for Siona, that's fire-related, and one where they both use their individual spells together. I can't have one of them doing two spells at once but I can have each of them doing different spells at the same time, having two spells going especially if they're two different ones, drains my SP quickly," I explained.

"SP?" someone asked, I forgot who.

"STAMINA POINTS! You don't know about SP!?" Astrid exclaimed like not knowing them was some sort of crime, "have you never played video games!" Luna hung her head low with the I wish the world would swallow me up look.

"What's a video game?" quietly asked a confused and startled Wonrei.

"I'll let Astrid explain SP to you I need to repack my bag," with that I grabbed my large school bag and headed upstairs to my room to repack. Once upstairs I realized that I left the spellbook on the kitchen table, I was about to go back down and get it, then I realized that the four new people would be our allies in a series of battles, so I need to be able to trust them.

I had everything laid out the night before, all I had to do was put the things in. I empty the backpack dumping its contents onto the floor of my room. In the bag, I put my ADHD meds which I would not be taking, for ADHD has a lot of benefits on the battlefield, like being able to keep track of all the things going on around me, increased energy, and more SP. I also put in a bottle of Advil and a bottle of Tylenol, and some ace bandages. I also put in protean and granola bars, a change of clothing, my diary,(which I'm using to write this story) an empty composition notebook, a sketch pad, some pencils, the novel I was reading. I'd grab the spellbook and add a water canteen and the book the twins were reading when I went back downstairs. And yes it was very heavy, and bulky.

I came back downstairs and I grabbed the last few things, we left, Astrid carrying the bag that she had prepared the night before.

I hugged my mom goodbye, saying that I'll be safe, which was a lie, but it put her at ease. She watched as we got back into the limo and drove away, airport bound.

Wonrei, Kiddo, what kind of rulers do you strive to be? Luna asked, shocking our new partners by the sudden intensity in her voice.

"I want to be a ruler that protects people," the white-haired demon responded, without hesitation.

Luna nodded approvingly, intend to rule the same way.

"I never really thought about that," Kiddo admitted, "but I think wanna be a ruler that makes everyone happy!" he announced, after a moment of thought.

I knew that it was impossible to please everyone, but he has time to refine his priorities if he wins. Li-en decided to push the question back onto the twins.<br><br>

"We strive to become-"<br><br>

"-Rulers that are kind and fair-"<br><br>

"And will never turn our backs on the misfortunate," the twins answered.

<br><br>That conversation took up the drive to the airport, we didn't go through the main entrance. We went in a different way, to a private jet. The Majestic Twelve were already seated, waiting for us.

The ride was excruciatingly long, while it also went by rather quickly at the same time. The whole time The Majestic Twelve stayed on one part of the plain, leaving the nine of us to converse, and of course, sleep. We needed to be well-rested for what was awaiting us in South America. As to what we talked about? Something that we all had something to contribute: how we all met our demon(s)/human.

So Li-en and Wonrei met at a restaurant, and it was practically love at first sight. Li-en was dumped and was doing some serious emotional eating when Wonrei saw her and went over to talk to her. He let her get out her frustration by physically lashing out at him, then, they found out she could read his book. They have a complicated relationship with her dad, as a result of that, their living with her grandparents on a farm. We also found out that her dad was the head of the Chinese mafia, so that was interesting. Despite that, she was very nice and caring. If I didn't spend an extensive time with her I'd be very wary around her afraid to cross her, just to be safe, as I didn't know how far the mafia's... influence spread.

The story of how Dr. Riddles met Kiddo is uplifting. Dr. Riddles was, in fact, an actual doctor of medicine, that is, a surgeon, to be precise. Then one day, a kid, a relative of his, died on his operating table. That led him spiraling into depression; he stayed locked up in the study in his mansion. That's when Kiddo came along. The demon looked like his dead relative and being able to read the book gave him a new sense of purpose that kicked him out of his funk.

Wonrei had an uneventful upbringing, lived with his parents and both an older brother and two younger brothers, one much younger. There was no deep-rooted rivalry or anything. Kiddo's life in the demon world was equally uneventful.

And that just about summed everything of substance that happened on the plane ride.

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AN

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Yes, I made up Kiddo and Wonrei's backstories, it might come up farther along in the story, or not, I just felt like I needed to give them something.

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