


A Study In Normality

by The Gray Maze



Category: Zatch Bell
Language: English
Status: Completed
Published: 2010-08-18
Updated: 2010-08-18
Packaged: 2014-04-12 14:50:43
Rating: K
Chapters: 1
Words: 555
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Story URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6249743/1/
Author URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1284780/The-Gray-Maze
Summary: Brago realizes that the world has hardly changed. And neither has Zophis. Really.





	A Study In Normality

**Title **A Study In...**  
Character(s) **Brago, Zophise**  
A/N** Read manga, have yet to finish anime, but felt the need to throw something out... for whatever reason. For the record, I prefer the original names of the characters. Also, this came from that one scene in the epilogue where Brago's lounging around reading with Zophise, trembling, peeking into the room from the doorway.

He did not miss the way that the room, while not previously crowded, became suddenly empty of all other life forms beyond himself. Nor did he care. He simply sat, opened his book to the page assigned, and began reading. Leisurely. The picture of nonchalant intimidation with no willing viewers. It was almost irritating how _normally_ life was progressing since the coronation of their new king. Nevermind the forty sudden new students from last millenium or the crimes that some of the contenders had committed during their stay in the human realm. Or that Gash Bell was now king. The millenium demons were settled in without much issue. The criminals were penitent. Gash was still attending school with everyone else.

He turned a page, skimmed through history, and ignored the quiet squeeking of the study hall door.

He turned another, pretending not to notice the garish white hat and clownish face of the one who had hurt his partner.

Zophise would have to be a great fool to attack him now.

And he didn't. More annoyingly, he was just standing there. Leaning over, peeking through the crack of the large double doors. Brago twitched. Zophise trembled.

Brago thumbed another page. Only, his mind refused to register the characters. The silence was broken by the wimpering and shaking of the one at the door, and with the silence broken, so was his concentration. The thought of simply leaving the room and finding somewhere else to study occured to him. However... his eyes slid over to the figure in the door and narrowed just a fraction. The study hall was a good place to study. It was quiet. Empty. There were plenty of books if this one proved inadequate. He did not want to acknowledge Zophise. Nor did he want to waste time sitting, doing nothing, until the other finally scurried off.

He could scare Zophise off. Regardless of the fact that Zophise played a small role in helping Gash defeat Clear in the end, his misdeeds in the human world were numerous and a source of much irritation. And somewhere deep, deep down inside of him, Brago had to admit that intimidation was amusing.

His lips twitched and, slowly, deliberately, he shifted from his casual position on the bench, mindful of Zophise freezing in terror. He flicked his wrist and snapped his textbook shut with a resounding _clap_ that echoed in the silent chamber. Zophise jumped. Brago stood. His heavy cape flapped loudly as it suddenly fell around his legs. Zophise cringed at every sound.

And Brago, slowly, deliberately, turned around. His feet scraped the stone floor as he did. This, too, echoed.

Crimson eyes languidly came to rest of the white face of his would-be rival. Cold. Displeased. Narrowed.

He allowed himself to smirk, briefly, as the other emitted a squeak and fled, beforing returning to the twenty-fourth page and reentering history.

The world had hardly changed.


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