This is set after the Kouma War and before the timeline with Lina and co.
I just wanted to play around with Garv. Thanks to Rayven for joining in on
my fic! I think the title kinda bites but I couldn't really come up with
anything better ^_^;; This part sorta establishes the plot....wait,there's
a plot?! yaaah,anyways,things will start to pick up soon. Expect poor Garv
to be put through hell....no,he's not gonna visit Fibby but he just might
find himself at the village of Famille,wahahahahaaa! Oh yah,and I like Dynast,
I like him alot......okay,I practically worship him ^_~ so there will be alot
of focus on him,as well as the other mazoku lords popping up from time to
time.
Disclaimer thingie : All the characters are owned by their respective
creators/studios,except for Xel (me) and Rayven. Ya should know not to steal
any of this,ne? *brandishes Garv's huge sword* good ^_^ And we're not
getting anything out of this except for chuckles,so don't sue please.
Traveling with Garv - Part One
The bar was busy as usual,waitresses rushing to serve their customers,people
talking and having a merry time. The stranger walked over and leaned against
the bar,surveying the crowd with his reddish-brown eyes,almost hidden under
thick red eyebrows. "I'll have a beer." he said to the the bartender. Grabbing
the huge mug of beer,he walked over to a table in the back of the room,hoping
to be able to rest a bit. The people nearby stared at him,a big guy about 7
feet tall with long semi-messy red hair,a tan trenchcoat and a huge broadsword.
He didn't mind,after all,he was the mighty mazoku lord Maryuu-Oh Garv,it's
understandable that the humans watched him with awe. Leaning back in his chair,
he thought,{they have no idea how close to death they are...} Garv shook his
head and chuckled. A couple of new arrivals to the bar caught his attention
and he frowned when he reconized them. "Oh great,why me?" he mumbled under
his breath. "Yo Garv! It's us!" Dolphin rushed over,sitting down next to him
and smiling sweetly at everyone,her soft blue hair glowing in the light.
Dynast was alittle slower to follow,prefering not to make a scene. Ofcourse,
that was impossible with the mazoku lords, plus all the females were watching
his every move anyways. Dynast sighed and gracefully sat down,calmly folding
his hands on the table. Back at the bar an anonymous girl xel swooned at his
bishyness. "Garv,we have to talk." Garv snorted,"Why should I listen to you?
In fact,I was just enjoying myself when you showed up." Dolphin smacked him
upside the head. "Hey,what was that for?!" "Silly,this is important,so shut up
and listen for once!" Garv frowned,but decided that it must be something really
big for them to include him in their plans. Dynast politely cleared his throat
to get their attention and began to explain what's going on. After noticing
the blank looks Garv and Dolphin were giving him,he began again,this time
using simpler terms. "Look,we're not doing so good, especially since Zelas
and Fibrizo seem to have their own agendas. Nothing has happened since the
war and the dragons are once again becoming arrogant and overconfident. Now's
the time for us to strike!" That definately caught Garv's attention and he
immediately became interested in what Dynast had to say. "I agree,it's time
we kicked some dragon ass!" Garv roared,bringing out his sword and watching as
the light was reflected off of it. "Oh! Gimmie!" Dolphin made a grab for the
sword as Garv tried to keep it away from her. "No,my sword!" he shouted. For
the next few minutes they fought over the sword while Dynast sat there with a
{why me?} look on his face. After things calmed down and became serious again,
Dynast continued. "Anyways,it's time we finally freed our lord Ruby-Eye again.
There are still 6 pieces hidden somewhere and it's about time we started
looking for one." Garv looked sceptical,"Just how do you plan on doing that?
It's not like we have some kinda thingie to find a piece for us." Dolphin
giggled,"Simple. We do what we always do,we use some humans to do all the
work." Dynast nodded thoughtfully. "Yes,my priest has informed me that there
is a way of tracking down the missing five pieces,unfortunatly,like so many
things,it's offlimits to us mazoku. The dragons would never expect the humans
to work against them,which means they'll be caught totally off-guard when
Ruby-Eye awakens." Garv grinned,"Sounds good to me. So,who are we going to
recruit?" Ignoring shouts of "me! me me mememememe!!!" from the back,Dynast
stood up and before he left,said "That's where you come in. I trust you'll
pick ones that are right for the task." With that,he faded into the shadows.
Garv sat back to think of what he should do when he noticed Dolphin didn't go
yet. "What do you want?" he asked gruffly. "Can I braid your hair?" she asked,
staring at him with big pleading eyes. "No!...........damn.....alright." "Yay!"
Far,far away up north,a castle made entirely of ice sparkled in the sunlight,
a beautiful site to behold....that is,if anyone were there to see it. As it
were,sentries patroled the area. Well,they were supposed to patrol,but most
just took a quick snooze,since noone was stupid enough to go anywhere near
the headquarters of the mazoku lord Ha-Ou. That's why we can see Xel struggling
up over the mounds of snow,planning to sneak in. Xel paused and turned around
to shout out,"Hey Ray,ya still alive?!" "C-c-c-c-cold!!!"
"I know! Damn,why couldn't he have put his base on an island like Zelas?!"
"Tell me again why we're here in the middle of nowhere,freezing our butts off?"
Xel powerposed. "Dynast-sama needs our help! Besides,if he won't come to us,
we'll just have to come to him!" "Yah, we'll volunteer! And we can kick some
butt too! I don't care who's butt we kick,as long as we get to kick it!"
Rayven yelled,giving a victory sign. Xel looked at her with big shiny eyes.
"That was beautiful." Ray grinned," Much better than Amelia's justice speechs,ne?"
Xel nodded vigoressly. With that they started up the last big snowpile,only
to become almost blinded by the sun dazzling off the castle. "Aaaaaaaaaaah!"
They both shrieked,then pulled out their ray-bans. "Ah,much better!"
Ray frowned,"I hope the mazoku didn't hear us." Xel waved it off. "Nah,they
won't notice it. After all,screams are probably common around mazoku. It'll
just blend in......" She trailed off as a huge shadow blocked out the sun.
".............meep!"
Inside the castle,in the throne room to be exact,Dynast nodded vaguely while
Sherra,his general, reported on the activities of certain groups they were
watching. His black hair gleamed and his piercing dark blue eyes sternly
looked out over his minions. Just as the long report was finally winding down,
one of the lower mazoku burst in the room. After he became a popsicle,another
one came in,more cautious this time. "My lord Ha-Ou-sama,there was a disturbance
outside the castle." Dynast arched an eyebrow. "I assume it's been taken care
of,right?" The lower mazoku stuttered, "Well,yes,but you see,we captured two
humans....." That got Dynast's attention and he smiled faintly. "Humans,
you say? My,that must have been quite a tough battle." Other mazoku in the
room snickered at this. But the flustered mazoku just nodded.
"It was! One of them is strong and can really fight,the other is so nutty/chaotic
that we can't predict her moves. The only reason we were able to beat them
was because out of nowhere a plushie of Mei-Oh Hellmaster-sama appeared and
distracted them long enough for us to nab em! We lost a few mazoku in that
fight." Dynast stared at the guy disbelievably, "You would have been defeated
by girls if it wasn't for some toy?!" The mazoku nodded shamefully. At this
point,Sherra chose to speak up. "I wonder who distracted them? Maybe if we
had the toy we could analyze it and find out." "Sorry,it dissappeared during
the fight." "Oh well,I think we should just kill them and avoid this mess
altogether." On the sides of the room,the mazoku whispered among themselves,
"Yah,we know why she wants them dead,she's jealous!" While the mazoku laughed,
Sherra's battle aura blazed and she blasted him. "Anyone else want to make a
comment?" "No ma'am!" She turned triumphantly back to Dynast,only to find him
already on his way to find his new guests. "Nani! Wait for me!" Sherra rushed
after him,determined not to let him outta her sight.
Somewhere in the castle,Ray and Xel were enjoying themselves. "Who knew Dynast
would have an extensive hot spring in his castle." Ray said while leaning back
and relaxing in the heated water. "I did! .......no wait,I didn't......gomen,
ehehehe." Xel sat on the edge of the bath,swishing her legs in the water and
hugging her new Fibby plushie. Ray chuckled,"Fruit. Anyways,it's probably
some weird spell that keeps it hot." "Yeah....." Xel turned her head suddenly
to look towards the enterance,Ray doing the same. Their bishonen insticts were
going wild. Both had huge grins on their faces as Dynast walked in and surveyed
the scene. He had known that they'd go straight for the baths,the difficult
part was trying to get in while Sherra tryed to stop him. Athough when he saw
them he somehow felt like he was being hunted like a piece of meat,but he
shrugged it off as paranoia. Xel continued smiling,eyes turning into hearts
and shoujo hearts,sparkles and bubbles appearing in the backround. Until Ray
reached over and pulled her into the water with a big splash. After a five
minute water fight,Dynast politely coughed to get their attention. They
massively sweatdropped and started to back away,the sight of Dynast totally
soaked with water filling them with dread. "Ehehehehe." They eeped and clung
to each other as Dynast walked over to their side of the bath. With a flicker
of power,his cloths were dry again. "Sugoi!!!" "So,you are the ones that were
caught outside my castle." Jumping out of the bath,they powerposed in their
towels. "Yup,that's us! I'm Rayven and this is the fruit-I mean,Xel." Ray
looked over at Xel,who just shrugged and smiled. Dynast looked alittle
shocked at the display Sherra,who was spying,looked about ready to explode
when his eyes narrowed,"Any connection to Xelloss Mettallium?"
"Sore wa.......well,ya get the hint,ne?" Outwardly Xel was calm,only slightly
hyper,inside she was bursting with excitement and she could tell Rayven was
too. They quickly got dressed and stared adoringly at him. "Would you'd care
to explain what you were doing sneaking around in my territory?" Dynast said,
glaring coldly. "Well....um....look,it's Ruby-Eye!" While Dynast turned to
look,they bolted out of the room and hauled ass down a corrider. "He seemed
kinda mad." Xel said,frowning slightly. "Yah,I guess we should have known
he'd get pissed at us for trespassing." Ray quickly ducked into a room,
dragging Xel inside with her and closing the door. Both of them leaned against
the wall,trying to catch their breath. Outside they could hear mazoku searching
for them,one voice in particular stood out above the rest. Ray gasped,"It's
the hellbrat!" "What? Hellbrat?! Wahoo!" Xel flung open the door and went for
a flying tackle/glomp. ".........oh well..." Ray shrugged and joined in,
happily glomping Fibby.
Mei-Oh Hellmaster Fibrizo had just popped in to disrupt Dynast's plans and to
see if he could stir up some trouble. He walked over to talk to a lower
mazoku,his shoulder length blue-black hair swishing as he moved and his
golden eyes shining mishieviously,when he heard shrieks of "Fibby!" Turning
around,he was just in time to see a faint blur before the impact of someone
running into him almost knocked him over. A couple of seconds later,another
impact was felt. Fibrizo stood there a second in shock, registering the fact
that two humans were currently holding onto him tightly. He heard one of them
say something about "the real thing being better then the plushie" when it
dawned on him. He,the Underworld Lord Mei-Oh,the strongest of the five mazoku
lords,was being glomped! Dynast appeared silently. "Fibrizo...what are you
doing here?" Then the two girls pounced Dynast and zipped off,chuckling about
a drive-by glomping. "Umm....." "I see you too had a run-in with my
unexpected guests." Dynast remarked dryly,rearranging his cape. "They're
chaotic...." "Extremely chaotic." Dynast agreed,while looking thoughtful.
{maybe I can use them.} he thought to himself,then shrugged and kicked Fibby
outta his castle,then headed for his throne room to contact Garv.
Back at the bar,Garv finally got rid of Dolphin and put his hair back to normal.
He picked up his mug and was about to drain it when he felt himself being
summoned. "Aw hell!" He teleported to Dynast,beer mug in hand. "What is it
now?" Dynast looked at him disapprovingly,"Have you gotten any leads yet?"
Garv grunted,"No. I just spent the last couple of hours fending off Dolphin,
I'm lucky I'm not bald!" "Very well,I have a couple of possible choices for
the task,their names are Rayven and Xel." "Oh? Where are they?" Dynast
sweatdropped slightly. "They're running around somewhere in the castle,after
using a weird attack on Fibrizo." Garv quickly drew his sword,"Hellbrat?!
Hmm,maybe they are good for the task." He stomped outta the room,intent on
finding them.
In another part of the castle,Xel and Rayven had stopped,trying to decide on
where to go next. "I think I'll go head for the library,there must be some
cool spells I can learn in there." Ray said,eyes gleaming at the thought.
"Umm,I'll just run around aimlessly some more. ^_^ " They parted,each going
down a different corridor. Xel merrily skipped along,waving to the lower
mazoku as she passed by,even though all they saw was a red blur. This
continued for awhile until a meaty hand reached out and grabbed her by the
cape and suddenly she found herself dangling in the air. "Urk!" "Look what
I caught." Garv grinned. "Garv?! Wow,you're much bigger in person." Xel said
in awe. "Oh?" "Yeah,you're pretty damn tall,and such long red hair too!"
"Right....you must be Xel. Anyways,where's your friend?" "Friend? What friend?"
Xel asked,looking innocent. Garv glared and tightened his hold on her cape.
"I dunno,she went exploring!" He went to put her down. As soon as her feet
touched the floor,Xel ran off down the hall,laughing madly...........or would
have,if Garv didn't grab her arm and started to drag her down the other
direction. "Nope,you're coming with me to find this Rayven." Xel started
squirming and kicking,but he had a strong grip. Garv walked down the hall
towards the library,since Grau would be able to sense where Rayven was and
he usually hanged out there. "So,you're half-human,ne?" Xel said,an idea
forming. "Unfortunately." "Umm,so human to human....gimmie your beer!"
"No!" "Awww maaaan..." Xel whined. Garv paused for a moment and looked
around. "What's up?" "I thought I sensed someone......nah." He shook his
head and continued on his way,Xel occasionally making a grab for his beer.
In the library,Dynast's priest Grau was pouring over one of the many ancient
texts,looking for a way or spell to find the holders of a piece of Shabby.
In the dim light you can faintly make out his long,light gray hair that kept
falling in front of his face,making him pause in his reading to sweep it out
of his silver eyes. Rayven quietly slipped inside,then found herself staring
at him trance-like. "Damn,this is much,much better then finding powerful spells!"
She mumbled under her breath. Just as she was about to mega-glomp,he started
and looked up. Ray quickly hid behind a bookcase,hoping he didn't notice her.
"Who's there?" {ack,what am I gonna do now? hmm} "Uh,it's just me,Sherra,
talking to my sword, eheheheh." She moved around some books,making noise to
make it seem like she was looking for something. Grau looked puzzled,
but he went back to work anyways.
On a island not found on any map,the howling of wolves blended in with the
wind,creating a very creepy atmosphere. A mansion stood in the middle of the
island,doing it's best to look intimidating. For this was the home of
Beastmaster Zelas,who lounged in a comfy chair inside the main room,blowing
smoke rings towards her faithful minions. Zelas calmly looked up as her
priest/general Xelloss entered the chamber. "Report." She commanded.
"Juu-Oh-sama,it's as we thought. Dynast is finally making his move,and he
has Dolphin and Garv helping him." Zelas grinned darkly before quickly going
back to being bored and indifferent....atleast,that was how she seemed to her
minions,since in reality she was actually calculating her next move. "Really.
Well,you know what to do next." Zelas commented,idly flicking her ciggarette
as her long wavy blonde hair fanned out around her deeply tanned shoulders.
"Ofcourse." Xelloss said,smiling wickedly with a gleam in his amethyst eyes,
before teleporting out. He reappeared in a certain familiar hall,just in time
to see Garv and Xel walk by. "Hi fruitcake!" "Get outta my way,fruitcake!"
greeted him as they continued on their way. Xelloss looked at them weirdly
for a sec,before following. Garv glared as he saw Xelloss floating next to him.
"What do you want?" He said. "Sore wa himitsu desu!" was the expected response.
"Grrrrrrr.." "Wait,that's a waste of good beer!" Xel said as Garv was about
to whack Xelloss. "Huh? Oh yeah." Garv quickly drank the beer,then went to
smash the mug over Xelloss's head,who teleported next to Xel. "Oy,what is a
human doing with Garv?" "It's Maryuu-Oh Garv-sama,you dolt!" Xel stuck out her
tongue at him. Garv started laughing and gave her a friendly whack on the back,
"You should listen to her,you might actually learn something." Xel grinned
{that's gonna leave a mark....itaii} and looked smug while Xelloss's eye
twitched,"Gomen Garv-sama,I was just curious." Garv snorted, "You're just
spying for your master." Xel looked up at him curiously,"Hey,I heard a rumor
that Garv and Zelas were a couple..." Both mazoku crashed to the ground and
shouted,"NANI?!"
"Ehehehee,I guess it's not true then?" "Ofcourse not! Like I'd want anything
to do with that bitch. Anyways,I've got stuff to do right now,so buzz off
Xelloss!" Garv grumbled as he pushed Xel into the library. Xelloss stood there
frozen,then teleported back to Wolfpack Island,wondering how he was gonna report
this to Zelas without her freaking. Rayven looked up as Xel stumbled into the
library,followed by a big hairy red guy. "Garv?!" She shouted,forgeting that
she was supposed to be quiet. All the commotion drew Grau away from his studies,
as he came over to see what's going on. "Nani? Maryuu-Oh Garv-sama,what are you
doing here and who are they?" Garv grinned,"These two are our new associates."
"Really?" "Yup. Grau,this nut is Xel and the other one is Rayven. Nuts,this
is Grau,priest of Dynast." Grau and Xel nodded to each other,while it was Ray's
turn to get hearts and sparkles,with some bubbles tossed in for added effect.
"Ohohohoooo,any second now...." Xel said,as Ray started edging towards Grau.
Garv gave her a puzzled look. "Just watch." Ray seemed to gather up her
strength,then went for a flying mega-super-glomp. Grau stood there frozen in
shock as Ray tightly held onto him while grinning,"Victory!" Xel held up a
score of 9.8 while Garv gave a 9.5 and they started clapping. "Hehe,thanks!"
Ray came back over,very proud of herself. Grau pushed the weird feeling of
getting glomped to the back of his mind and concetrated on what Garv had just
said. "So they'll be helping us with our mission?" Garv nodded and started to
teleport back to Dynast,who was waiting for him. "Byeeeeee!" Rayven waved
with all her might as everything quickly faded away. When she blinked,she saw
that they had reappeared in the throne room.
Dynast looked up from a conviently placed table,a huge map spread out before
him. Sherra stood off to the side,talking to a lesser mazoku. "I see you
found them,Garv. Now to discuse strategy..." Garv nodded and took a seat at
the table,Ray looked at Sherra cautiously for a bit before also sitting down.
Observing the serious atmosphere,Xel frowned. {Hmm,maybe he likes serious
people... ^_^ time to go into Treize-mode } Walking over quickly,she studied
the map with an air of command a la Treize. "I assume you already have a way
to accomplish the mission?" Xel casually asked,looking for confirmation from
Dynast. Rayven sweatdropped at the change,then chuckled as Xel made a rude
gesture to Sherra while Dynast wasn't looking. "Yes. There is a magical device
created long ago by the elves and is now guarded by the dragons. You two must
find it and bring it back here. Then we'll go to the second phase of my plan,
which I'll tell you after you retrieve the item. Any questions?" "Yeah,don't
we get some kind of help or back-up?" Ray asked,crossing her arms. "Ofcourse,
you can take a few lower mazoku with you." "And Garv!" Xel quickly added.
"Yes,and Garv." Dynast then frowned,feeling like he'd just missed something.
Garv looked shocked as Xel and Ray dragged him off while laughing.
-To be continued ^_^
I just wanted to play around with Garv. Thanks to Rayven for joining in on
my fic! I think the title kinda bites but I couldn't really come up with
anything better ^_^;; This part sorta establishes the plot....wait,there's
a plot?! yaaah,anyways,things will start to pick up soon. Expect poor Garv
to be put through hell....no,he's not gonna visit Fibby but he just might
find himself at the village of Famille,wahahahahaaa! Oh yah,and I like Dynast,
I like him alot......okay,I practically worship him ^_~ so there will be alot
of focus on him,as well as the other mazoku lords popping up from time to
time.
Disclaimer thingie : All the characters are owned by their respective
creators/studios,except for Xel (me) and Rayven. Ya should know not to steal
any of this,ne? *brandishes Garv's huge sword* good ^_^ And we're not
getting anything out of this except for chuckles,so don't sue please.
Traveling with Garv - Part One
The bar was busy as usual,waitresses rushing to serve their customers,people
talking and having a merry time. The stranger walked over and leaned against
the bar,surveying the crowd with his reddish-brown eyes,almost hidden under
thick red eyebrows. "I'll have a beer." he said to the the bartender. Grabbing
the huge mug of beer,he walked over to a table in the back of the room,hoping
to be able to rest a bit. The people nearby stared at him,a big guy about 7
feet tall with long semi-messy red hair,a tan trenchcoat and a huge broadsword.
He didn't mind,after all,he was the mighty mazoku lord Maryuu-Oh Garv,it's
understandable that the humans watched him with awe. Leaning back in his chair,
he thought,{they have no idea how close to death they are...} Garv shook his
head and chuckled. A couple of new arrivals to the bar caught his attention
and he frowned when he reconized them. "Oh great,why me?" he mumbled under
his breath. "Yo Garv! It's us!" Dolphin rushed over,sitting down next to him
and smiling sweetly at everyone,her soft blue hair glowing in the light.
Dynast was alittle slower to follow,prefering not to make a scene. Ofcourse,
that was impossible with the mazoku lords, plus all the females were watching
his every move anyways. Dynast sighed and gracefully sat down,calmly folding
his hands on the table. Back at the bar an anonymous girl xel swooned at his
bishyness. "Garv,we have to talk." Garv snorted,"Why should I listen to you?
In fact,I was just enjoying myself when you showed up." Dolphin smacked him
upside the head. "Hey,what was that for?!" "Silly,this is important,so shut up
and listen for once!" Garv frowned,but decided that it must be something really
big for them to include him in their plans. Dynast politely cleared his throat
to get their attention and began to explain what's going on. After noticing
the blank looks Garv and Dolphin were giving him,he began again,this time
using simpler terms. "Look,we're not doing so good, especially since Zelas
and Fibrizo seem to have their own agendas. Nothing has happened since the
war and the dragons are once again becoming arrogant and overconfident. Now's
the time for us to strike!" That definately caught Garv's attention and he
immediately became interested in what Dynast had to say. "I agree,it's time
we kicked some dragon ass!" Garv roared,bringing out his sword and watching as
the light was reflected off of it. "Oh! Gimmie!" Dolphin made a grab for the
sword as Garv tried to keep it away from her. "No,my sword!" he shouted. For
the next few minutes they fought over the sword while Dynast sat there with a
{why me?} look on his face. After things calmed down and became serious again,
Dynast continued. "Anyways,it's time we finally freed our lord Ruby-Eye again.
There are still 6 pieces hidden somewhere and it's about time we started
looking for one." Garv looked sceptical,"Just how do you plan on doing that?
It's not like we have some kinda thingie to find a piece for us." Dolphin
giggled,"Simple. We do what we always do,we use some humans to do all the
work." Dynast nodded thoughtfully. "Yes,my priest has informed me that there
is a way of tracking down the missing five pieces,unfortunatly,like so many
things,it's offlimits to us mazoku. The dragons would never expect the humans
to work against them,which means they'll be caught totally off-guard when
Ruby-Eye awakens." Garv grinned,"Sounds good to me. So,who are we going to
recruit?" Ignoring shouts of "me! me me mememememe!!!" from the back,Dynast
stood up and before he left,said "That's where you come in. I trust you'll
pick ones that are right for the task." With that,he faded into the shadows.
Garv sat back to think of what he should do when he noticed Dolphin didn't go
yet. "What do you want?" he asked gruffly. "Can I braid your hair?" she asked,
staring at him with big pleading eyes. "No!...........damn.....alright." "Yay!"
Far,far away up north,a castle made entirely of ice sparkled in the sunlight,
a beautiful site to behold....that is,if anyone were there to see it. As it
were,sentries patroled the area. Well,they were supposed to patrol,but most
just took a quick snooze,since noone was stupid enough to go anywhere near
the headquarters of the mazoku lord Ha-Ou. That's why we can see Xel struggling
up over the mounds of snow,planning to sneak in. Xel paused and turned around
to shout out,"Hey Ray,ya still alive?!" "C-c-c-c-cold!!!"
"I know! Damn,why couldn't he have put his base on an island like Zelas?!"
"Tell me again why we're here in the middle of nowhere,freezing our butts off?"
Xel powerposed. "Dynast-sama needs our help! Besides,if he won't come to us,
we'll just have to come to him!" "Yah, we'll volunteer! And we can kick some
butt too! I don't care who's butt we kick,as long as we get to kick it!"
Rayven yelled,giving a victory sign. Xel looked at her with big shiny eyes.
"That was beautiful." Ray grinned," Much better than Amelia's justice speechs,ne?"
Xel nodded vigoressly. With that they started up the last big snowpile,only
to become almost blinded by the sun dazzling off the castle. "Aaaaaaaaaaah!"
They both shrieked,then pulled out their ray-bans. "Ah,much better!"
Ray frowned,"I hope the mazoku didn't hear us." Xel waved it off. "Nah,they
won't notice it. After all,screams are probably common around mazoku. It'll
just blend in......" She trailed off as a huge shadow blocked out the sun.
".............meep!"
Inside the castle,in the throne room to be exact,Dynast nodded vaguely while
Sherra,his general, reported on the activities of certain groups they were
watching. His black hair gleamed and his piercing dark blue eyes sternly
looked out over his minions. Just as the long report was finally winding down,
one of the lower mazoku burst in the room. After he became a popsicle,another
one came in,more cautious this time. "My lord Ha-Ou-sama,there was a disturbance
outside the castle." Dynast arched an eyebrow. "I assume it's been taken care
of,right?" The lower mazoku stuttered, "Well,yes,but you see,we captured two
humans....." That got Dynast's attention and he smiled faintly. "Humans,
you say? My,that must have been quite a tough battle." Other mazoku in the
room snickered at this. But the flustered mazoku just nodded.
"It was! One of them is strong and can really fight,the other is so nutty/chaotic
that we can't predict her moves. The only reason we were able to beat them
was because out of nowhere a plushie of Mei-Oh Hellmaster-sama appeared and
distracted them long enough for us to nab em! We lost a few mazoku in that
fight." Dynast stared at the guy disbelievably, "You would have been defeated
by girls if it wasn't for some toy?!" The mazoku nodded shamefully. At this
point,Sherra chose to speak up. "I wonder who distracted them? Maybe if we
had the toy we could analyze it and find out." "Sorry,it dissappeared during
the fight." "Oh well,I think we should just kill them and avoid this mess
altogether." On the sides of the room,the mazoku whispered among themselves,
"Yah,we know why she wants them dead,she's jealous!" While the mazoku laughed,
Sherra's battle aura blazed and she blasted him. "Anyone else want to make a
comment?" "No ma'am!" She turned triumphantly back to Dynast,only to find him
already on his way to find his new guests. "Nani! Wait for me!" Sherra rushed
after him,determined not to let him outta her sight.
Somewhere in the castle,Ray and Xel were enjoying themselves. "Who knew Dynast
would have an extensive hot spring in his castle." Ray said while leaning back
and relaxing in the heated water. "I did! .......no wait,I didn't......gomen,
ehehehe." Xel sat on the edge of the bath,swishing her legs in the water and
hugging her new Fibby plushie. Ray chuckled,"Fruit. Anyways,it's probably
some weird spell that keeps it hot." "Yeah....." Xel turned her head suddenly
to look towards the enterance,Ray doing the same. Their bishonen insticts were
going wild. Both had huge grins on their faces as Dynast walked in and surveyed
the scene. He had known that they'd go straight for the baths,the difficult
part was trying to get in while Sherra tryed to stop him. Athough when he saw
them he somehow felt like he was being hunted like a piece of meat,but he
shrugged it off as paranoia. Xel continued smiling,eyes turning into hearts
and shoujo hearts,sparkles and bubbles appearing in the backround. Until Ray
reached over and pulled her into the water with a big splash. After a five
minute water fight,Dynast politely coughed to get their attention. They
massively sweatdropped and started to back away,the sight of Dynast totally
soaked with water filling them with dread. "Ehehehehe." They eeped and clung
to each other as Dynast walked over to their side of the bath. With a flicker
of power,his cloths were dry again. "Sugoi!!!" "So,you are the ones that were
caught outside my castle." Jumping out of the bath,they powerposed in their
towels. "Yup,that's us! I'm Rayven and this is the fruit-I mean,Xel." Ray
looked over at Xel,who just shrugged and smiled. Dynast looked alittle
shocked at the display Sherra,who was spying,looked about ready to explode
when his eyes narrowed,"Any connection to Xelloss Mettallium?"
"Sore wa.......well,ya get the hint,ne?" Outwardly Xel was calm,only slightly
hyper,inside she was bursting with excitement and she could tell Rayven was
too. They quickly got dressed and stared adoringly at him. "Would you'd care
to explain what you were doing sneaking around in my territory?" Dynast said,
glaring coldly. "Well....um....look,it's Ruby-Eye!" While Dynast turned to
look,they bolted out of the room and hauled ass down a corrider. "He seemed
kinda mad." Xel said,frowning slightly. "Yah,I guess we should have known
he'd get pissed at us for trespassing." Ray quickly ducked into a room,
dragging Xel inside with her and closing the door. Both of them leaned against
the wall,trying to catch their breath. Outside they could hear mazoku searching
for them,one voice in particular stood out above the rest. Ray gasped,"It's
the hellbrat!" "What? Hellbrat?! Wahoo!" Xel flung open the door and went for
a flying tackle/glomp. ".........oh well..." Ray shrugged and joined in,
happily glomping Fibby.
Mei-Oh Hellmaster Fibrizo had just popped in to disrupt Dynast's plans and to
see if he could stir up some trouble. He walked over to talk to a lower
mazoku,his shoulder length blue-black hair swishing as he moved and his
golden eyes shining mishieviously,when he heard shrieks of "Fibby!" Turning
around,he was just in time to see a faint blur before the impact of someone
running into him almost knocked him over. A couple of seconds later,another
impact was felt. Fibrizo stood there a second in shock, registering the fact
that two humans were currently holding onto him tightly. He heard one of them
say something about "the real thing being better then the plushie" when it
dawned on him. He,the Underworld Lord Mei-Oh,the strongest of the five mazoku
lords,was being glomped! Dynast appeared silently. "Fibrizo...what are you
doing here?" Then the two girls pounced Dynast and zipped off,chuckling about
a drive-by glomping. "Umm....." "I see you too had a run-in with my
unexpected guests." Dynast remarked dryly,rearranging his cape. "They're
chaotic...." "Extremely chaotic." Dynast agreed,while looking thoughtful.
{maybe I can use them.} he thought to himself,then shrugged and kicked Fibby
outta his castle,then headed for his throne room to contact Garv.
Back at the bar,Garv finally got rid of Dolphin and put his hair back to normal.
He picked up his mug and was about to drain it when he felt himself being
summoned. "Aw hell!" He teleported to Dynast,beer mug in hand. "What is it
now?" Dynast looked at him disapprovingly,"Have you gotten any leads yet?"
Garv grunted,"No. I just spent the last couple of hours fending off Dolphin,
I'm lucky I'm not bald!" "Very well,I have a couple of possible choices for
the task,their names are Rayven and Xel." "Oh? Where are they?" Dynast
sweatdropped slightly. "They're running around somewhere in the castle,after
using a weird attack on Fibrizo." Garv quickly drew his sword,"Hellbrat?!
Hmm,maybe they are good for the task." He stomped outta the room,intent on
finding them.
In another part of the castle,Xel and Rayven had stopped,trying to decide on
where to go next. "I think I'll go head for the library,there must be some
cool spells I can learn in there." Ray said,eyes gleaming at the thought.
"Umm,I'll just run around aimlessly some more. ^_^ " They parted,each going
down a different corridor. Xel merrily skipped along,waving to the lower
mazoku as she passed by,even though all they saw was a red blur. This
continued for awhile until a meaty hand reached out and grabbed her by the
cape and suddenly she found herself dangling in the air. "Urk!" "Look what
I caught." Garv grinned. "Garv?! Wow,you're much bigger in person." Xel said
in awe. "Oh?" "Yeah,you're pretty damn tall,and such long red hair too!"
"Right....you must be Xel. Anyways,where's your friend?" "Friend? What friend?"
Xel asked,looking innocent. Garv glared and tightened his hold on her cape.
"I dunno,she went exploring!" He went to put her down. As soon as her feet
touched the floor,Xel ran off down the hall,laughing madly...........or would
have,if Garv didn't grab her arm and started to drag her down the other
direction. "Nope,you're coming with me to find this Rayven." Xel started
squirming and kicking,but he had a strong grip. Garv walked down the hall
towards the library,since Grau would be able to sense where Rayven was and
he usually hanged out there. "So,you're half-human,ne?" Xel said,an idea
forming. "Unfortunately." "Umm,so human to human....gimmie your beer!"
"No!" "Awww maaaan..." Xel whined. Garv paused for a moment and looked
around. "What's up?" "I thought I sensed someone......nah." He shook his
head and continued on his way,Xel occasionally making a grab for his beer.
In the library,Dynast's priest Grau was pouring over one of the many ancient
texts,looking for a way or spell to find the holders of a piece of Shabby.
In the dim light you can faintly make out his long,light gray hair that kept
falling in front of his face,making him pause in his reading to sweep it out
of his silver eyes. Rayven quietly slipped inside,then found herself staring
at him trance-like. "Damn,this is much,much better then finding powerful spells!"
She mumbled under her breath. Just as she was about to mega-glomp,he started
and looked up. Ray quickly hid behind a bookcase,hoping he didn't notice her.
"Who's there?" {ack,what am I gonna do now? hmm} "Uh,it's just me,Sherra,
talking to my sword, eheheheh." She moved around some books,making noise to
make it seem like she was looking for something. Grau looked puzzled,
but he went back to work anyways.
On a island not found on any map,the howling of wolves blended in with the
wind,creating a very creepy atmosphere. A mansion stood in the middle of the
island,doing it's best to look intimidating. For this was the home of
Beastmaster Zelas,who lounged in a comfy chair inside the main room,blowing
smoke rings towards her faithful minions. Zelas calmly looked up as her
priest/general Xelloss entered the chamber. "Report." She commanded.
"Juu-Oh-sama,it's as we thought. Dynast is finally making his move,and he
has Dolphin and Garv helping him." Zelas grinned darkly before quickly going
back to being bored and indifferent....atleast,that was how she seemed to her
minions,since in reality she was actually calculating her next move. "Really.
Well,you know what to do next." Zelas commented,idly flicking her ciggarette
as her long wavy blonde hair fanned out around her deeply tanned shoulders.
"Ofcourse." Xelloss said,smiling wickedly with a gleam in his amethyst eyes,
before teleporting out. He reappeared in a certain familiar hall,just in time
to see Garv and Xel walk by. "Hi fruitcake!" "Get outta my way,fruitcake!"
greeted him as they continued on their way. Xelloss looked at them weirdly
for a sec,before following. Garv glared as he saw Xelloss floating next to him.
"What do you want?" He said. "Sore wa himitsu desu!" was the expected response.
"Grrrrrrr.." "Wait,that's a waste of good beer!" Xel said as Garv was about
to whack Xelloss. "Huh? Oh yeah." Garv quickly drank the beer,then went to
smash the mug over Xelloss's head,who teleported next to Xel. "Oy,what is a
human doing with Garv?" "It's Maryuu-Oh Garv-sama,you dolt!" Xel stuck out her
tongue at him. Garv started laughing and gave her a friendly whack on the back,
"You should listen to her,you might actually learn something." Xel grinned
{that's gonna leave a mark....itaii} and looked smug while Xelloss's eye
twitched,"Gomen Garv-sama,I was just curious." Garv snorted, "You're just
spying for your master." Xel looked up at him curiously,"Hey,I heard a rumor
that Garv and Zelas were a couple..." Both mazoku crashed to the ground and
shouted,"NANI?!"
"Ehehehee,I guess it's not true then?" "Ofcourse not! Like I'd want anything
to do with that bitch. Anyways,I've got stuff to do right now,so buzz off
Xelloss!" Garv grumbled as he pushed Xel into the library. Xelloss stood there
frozen,then teleported back to Wolfpack Island,wondering how he was gonna report
this to Zelas without her freaking. Rayven looked up as Xel stumbled into the
library,followed by a big hairy red guy. "Garv?!" She shouted,forgeting that
she was supposed to be quiet. All the commotion drew Grau away from his studies,
as he came over to see what's going on. "Nani? Maryuu-Oh Garv-sama,what are you
doing here and who are they?" Garv grinned,"These two are our new associates."
"Really?" "Yup. Grau,this nut is Xel and the other one is Rayven. Nuts,this
is Grau,priest of Dynast." Grau and Xel nodded to each other,while it was Ray's
turn to get hearts and sparkles,with some bubbles tossed in for added effect.
"Ohohohoooo,any second now...." Xel said,as Ray started edging towards Grau.
Garv gave her a puzzled look. "Just watch." Ray seemed to gather up her
strength,then went for a flying mega-super-glomp. Grau stood there frozen in
shock as Ray tightly held onto him while grinning,"Victory!" Xel held up a
score of 9.8 while Garv gave a 9.5 and they started clapping. "Hehe,thanks!"
Ray came back over,very proud of herself. Grau pushed the weird feeling of
getting glomped to the back of his mind and concetrated on what Garv had just
said. "So they'll be helping us with our mission?" Garv nodded and started to
teleport back to Dynast,who was waiting for him. "Byeeeeee!" Rayven waved
with all her might as everything quickly faded away. When she blinked,she saw
that they had reappeared in the throne room.
Dynast looked up from a conviently placed table,a huge map spread out before
him. Sherra stood off to the side,talking to a lesser mazoku. "I see you
found them,Garv. Now to discuse strategy..." Garv nodded and took a seat at
the table,Ray looked at Sherra cautiously for a bit before also sitting down.
Observing the serious atmosphere,Xel frowned. {Hmm,maybe he likes serious
people... ^_^ time to go into Treize-mode } Walking over quickly,she studied
the map with an air of command a la Treize. "I assume you already have a way
to accomplish the mission?" Xel casually asked,looking for confirmation from
Dynast. Rayven sweatdropped at the change,then chuckled as Xel made a rude
gesture to Sherra while Dynast wasn't looking. "Yes. There is a magical device
created long ago by the elves and is now guarded by the dragons. You two must
find it and bring it back here. Then we'll go to the second phase of my plan,
which I'll tell you after you retrieve the item. Any questions?" "Yeah,don't
we get some kind of help or back-up?" Ray asked,crossing her arms. "Ofcourse,
you can take a few lower mazoku with you." "And Garv!" Xel quickly added.
"Yes,and Garv." Dynast then frowned,feeling like he'd just missed something.
Garv looked shocked as Xel and Ray dragged him off while laughing.
-To be continued ^_^
