All We Wanna Do
by The Unseen Watcher
This is a Slayers Songfic
featuring a song from the Pokemon 3 soundtrack.
Neither Slayers nor Pokemon are mine, no matter what
the pink people try to tell me.
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[ Never know what's round the bend ]
Xellos knelt before the Greater
Beast, his expression screened from view by his hair. It had finally come. The
final fate of the Slayers had been decided.
Xellos fought to control his roiling emotions, using
the hard-earned control he had learned to survive among the Mazoku
to shield his innermost feelings, even at times from himself.
[ We go up
the hill and down again ]
He had known that following the little human band was a temporary job, a mere
flicker of time in his long existence.
[ And when
there's trouble we'll get through ]
So why did he feel his stomach tighten in anticipation of this verdict?
As he waited patiently for Zelas-sama to speak, his
calculating mind tried to analyze the source of his disquiet.
[ We
always have and we always do! ]
"We know you're behind this you crazy priest!!"
"So, um....*choke*...figured it out did you?"
"Now repeat after me...'Life is Wonderful, Life is Wonderful!'"
"Man, you're a really really Really old man aren't you?" Gourry
said.
"Mr. Xellos, how could you?!" Amelia
wailed.
[ Nothing
in this world ]
"You can't have Miss Lina, I saw her
first!"
"Oh Xellos, how great to see
you again!" Lina's voice dripped false
cheer.
[ Can
bring us down, not us ]
"No monster is going to fool me that easily!" Filia
said haughtily.
"What are you up to this time, Xellos?" Zelgadis demanded.
[ Spread
our little sunshine all around ]
Xellos' head lowered even further, his thoughts in
unaccustomed chaos. What was wrong with him? Why was it so important…
[ It's
never enough! ]
"Xellos, what are you scheming this time?" Lina Inverse demanded, her hands
fisted on her hips as she glared at the Mazoku
Priest. Xellos grinned his
fruitcake grin, eyes closed and his hand rubbing the back of his head ruefully.
"Why Lina-chan, whatever do you mean?" He asked, all innocence.
The headlock that followed was quite enjoyable.
[ All my
friends are here with me ]
"So, Xellos, you're a really high ranking
monster aren't you?"
"Well, yeah...uh.. SO figured it out did you?..."
"Mr. Xellos, why don't you join us at the
table?"
[ And
things are good, as they can be ]
"Miss Lina! How can you take
this so calmly?!"
"Well, Xellos is a monster and I expect
this of him. In return, I get to use him as a convenience item, right Xellos?"
"Um, I guess."
[ Travel
places near and far ]
"Amelia, that would affect anyone, not just monsters."
"I couldn't care less about this."
[ But home
is always where we are ]
"Well, he did save us after all."
"You don't have to sound so upset about it."
"All I know is that I'm going to do whatever I want and nobody better get
in my way!"
[ Traveling
the world is what we do ]
As a future without that chaotic group suddenly loomed before him Xellos' non-existent heart lurched in loss. In all the
millennia he lived he had never had quite as much fun as that group could
provide just by hanging around them. More chaos, torture, and destruction
happened to them in one day than in a week of the great war
1,000 years ago. The sheer levels of pain, anger, greed, and depression were
even worth the occasional flashes of optimism and speeches from the Sugar
Princess. They were a walking disaster area and buffet all in one. The rest of
his existence seemed a boring wasteland in comparison to adventuring with that
group.
[ Because
everywhere we go there's something new ]
He felt as though his favorite toy was about to be snatched away. He felt like
he would....actually miss them.
He would be as he was before, apart from the action and....alone, forever alone
and...bored out of his skull.
[ For us!
]
"XELLOS."
"Yes, Zelas-sama?" Xellos said, his cheerful mask
quickly in place as he looked up at his master.
"An order from high up came through." Zelas
said, her voice irritated as she took a drag from her
cigarette, staring at her servant. "We are to take no permanent action
against the group known as the Slayers."
Xellos wasn't sure he had heard right. "Master?"
Zelas smiled, her lips twisting as if tasting
something bitter. "You heard me. We've been ordered not to kill that
annoying group off. The consequences for ignoring that order were clearly
stated." Despite herself, Zelas shuddered.
Elation warred with apprehension in Xellos'
throat. Anything that could get that kind of reaction from his master made even
his inventive mind cringe back from the possibilities. He had a sneaking
suspicion about just how high up the command originated.
But he would at least get a little more time with them. Nothing had been said
about not playing with them after all.
"You are dismissed, Xellos." Zelas said, drawing his attention immediately back to her. Zelas smiled faintly, carefully studying him. Xellos smiled cheerily back, go up and bowed. As he turned
to leave she added. "I don't think I will require your services for some
time. Do as you wish."
Xellos froze mid-step, his head turning back to her,
one eyebrow raised in surprise. He had just been given the equivalent of
setting a kid down in the middle of a theme park, filling his hands with cash
and telling him to 'go play.' He had never been given such freedom before. His
suspicion rose. Just what was going on here?
Zelas met his inquiring gaze with a smirk and a
dismissive wave. "Go already. Just remember that the order was for all
five Slayers." She looked away, clearly done with him. As he made his way
out he thought he heard her mumble. "See you around Xellos."
[All we wanna
do, is have a good time ]
Xellos appeared at the Inn he
knew the group was staying at, his thoughts still in a whirl. There they were,
as usual at the dinner table. Zelgadis, the only
piece of calm, was sipping at his mug and relaxing, ignoring the free for all
among the food combatants.
[ Having
lots of fun with all these friends of mine ]
"Hey Gourry, you stay away from that! I've
already claimed it!" Lina threatened.
"But Lina you've claimed everything else I've
wanted too." Gourry complained.
"That's because its all MINE!" Lina said between mouthfuls, a gleeful expression on her
face.
Lina and Gourry commenced a
tug of war with a particular haunch of meat, shouting and threatening. Amelia
took the opportunity to snatch from everything else while they were distracted.
[ All we
want to do, is celebrate ]
Xellos found himself smiling, genuinely, as he
watched them. Realizing what anyone seeing it would do to his image, he quickly
plastered on a fake one just as Zelgadis looked up
and spotted him.
"Xellos is back." He said, looking as
though the drink had suddenly burned his tongue. Amelia looked up and smiled. "Hi Mr. Xellos!" She
called cheerfully as she snatched more food. Xellos
smiled and waved as he came toward them, enjoying the Chimera's animosity far
more than the Princess' greeting. Lina and Gourry barely glanced around,
afraid to take their eyes off the other for fear that their share would get
snatched.
[ Every time we've been together ]
"Hey Xellos, take a seat." Lina said, her eyes never leaving Gourry
and, more importantly, the meat.
Xellos slid into a seat next to Zelgadis,
much to the Chimera's discomfort and his own hidden amusement. Suddenly his
head came up and his grin widened just before the door to the inn burst open
and a dozen toughs crowded in.
Xellos sat back as the inevitable happened. They
threatened Lina. Lina
taunted them. Gourry made the usual brainless
remarks. Amelia made a speech. The thugs got around to insulting Lina's chest, and then Lina blew
up them and the inn.
[ It's
been great! ]
Still sitting on his chair and slightly singed, Xellos
grinned. It may be slightly repetitious, but he liked it. Besides, he was there
to liven it up if things got boring. He couldn't image a place he'd rather be.
Idly, he wondered how he had ever gotten along without it.
Running with the rest of the group to get out of town before
the angry mob caught up, his mind turned once again to the strange talk with
the Beastmaster. He frowned slightly.
Something wasn't adding up.
[ We can
find adventure big and small ]
So concentrated was he on whatever was nagging at him that he didn't register the
tree he was rushing toward until he came to on the ground in the pleasurable
state of total pain. While his body recovered, his mind suddenly seemed to
focus with almost crystal clarity.
* "The order was for all five Slayers"*
*All 5 Slayers*
Wait a minute.
Shaking away the mace wielding dragon-girls that were flocking around his skull
he silently counted. Lina, Gourry,
Zelgadis, Amelia, and......? Filia? That
Sylphiel girl? No, they were brief visitors at
best. They didn't seem able to take the lifestyle for long. Then...?
[ Just
being with our friends like you ]
"Hey Xellos!" Lina's
voice called from the distance, sounding exasperated. "Get your mazoku butt in gear and move it! You're holding up the rest
of the group!"
Xellos' breath caught, his eyes snapping open and
widening as realization hit him like a Dragon Slave. He gaped like a landed
fish for a moment, then, slowly, began to laugh. It was not his usual giggle at
the expense of others. This one was directed completely at himself, and whatever
powers seemed to control his destiny. This was a true laugh, one that made his
sides hurt and tears run from his eyes.
[ Is all .
. . ]
He laughed so hard he doubled over, still shaking with mirth. He laughed until
someone rolled him over and started to slap him silly. He looked up to see the
whole group gathered around him, with expressions clearly stating that they
thought he had fallen off the sanity wagon and gotten run over in the process.
He gave one last chuckle, then rose and dusted himself off.
"Um, you Ok there Xel?" Lina
asked hesitantly, wondering if she needed to do more than slap the obviously
unstable Mazoku.
Grinning from ear to ear, Xellos opened his eyes to
look at them. He opened his mouth and the group leaned close.
"Sore wa himitsu desu!" he said cheerily.
The group face-faulted. Even Zelgadis
was too exasperated to be angry with him.
Before Lina could get up and inflict some serious
damage he took off at a run, absently noting how exhilarating it was to do so
using only his own strength. "Are you just going to lie there all day? The
road awaits!" He called over his shoulder,
putting some healthy distance between himself and the irate group.
He had a feeling that Zelas-sama wouldn't be calling
him anytime soon.
He KNEW that tonight was going to be painful.
With that lovely thought in mind he hurried down the path, the other four in
close pursuit.
[ . . .we
want to do! ]
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Review, Onegai! Constructive criticism always
welcome! Compliments are even nicer.
Slight corrections to make it better. Hope you like!
