"Hey! Wait for me!"
Rylax turned and sighed when he saw that Lina was running after him. What does she want?
You're asking me?
No.
"What do you want?" he asked her when she had caught up to him.
"Want some company?"
"No." Rylax turned to walk away, but Lina put her hand on his arm. He tensed up immediately – he didn't like being touched. "Let. Go."
Her tone was jovial and a little sarcastic. "What? You don't like being touched?"
He whirled around, the golden flecks in his eyes shining faintly. "No!" he growled, "now I suggest you leave me alone!"
Lina stepped back in shock. The thought that this boy was a Mazoku flitted through her mind, but then she realized that his eyes were that of a human, not a Mazoku. "What are you?" she asked, fear evident in her voice.
The golden flecks in his eyes dimmed down, and he turned his back to her again. "You wouldn't understand."
She frowned. Maybe he was right, but now she was really curious. "Try me."
He turned to face her again, and she noticed that the golden flecks were almost completely gone, replaced by a radiant blue as his skin shone faintly with a golden shine. Black stripes flickered on his face.
"I'm not completely human," he said. "Half of me is a dangerous demon named Ilandros."
She blinked. "What…?"
"See?" Rylax said, "I told you that you wouldn't understand!"
He turned and started to walk away, stopping when Lina ran past him and stood in his way, arms across her chest. Her flat chest, Ilandros noted.
Shut up. "What is it now?"
"I don't care what you are, I'm coming with you."
"Why?"
"Curiosity."
Rylax looked at her closely. He could see that she had a powerful aura, and their first meeting had told him that she was a powerful magick user. "…Fine."
"Cool." She grinned. "Lets go!"
He watched her as she walked off. What have I gotten myself into?
A journey with a flat-chested sorceress. Ilandros' tone was flat.
How many times have I told you to shut up?
Only three counting now.
Rylax sighed and followed Lina.
*-*-*-*-*
"Give us all of yer money!"
Rylax blinked and looked at the single man standing in front of them. He's nuts.
He also has about 60 other men surrounding us.
Damn. "Lina? There are about sixty men surrounding us…" he trailed off when the bandit looked at her closely.
"You look familiar," he said. "Red hair…flat chest…"
"WHAT!?" Lina lost her temper. "FIREBALL!"
The man was sent flying, singed by the fireball. Rylax stared at her in shock, silently vowing never to piss her off.
Um…I concur…
Lina glared at the woods that lined the road that they were travelling, an aura of power surrounding her. "Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time... In thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness! Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!!!"
Rylax watched in shock as the blast of black magick hit the bandits, killing them all in one hit. HOLY SHIT!
Ditto. But there are still twenty more of them…
Rylax smirked and raised his hands – he had the ability to just hear the incantation of a spell, memorising the words and mastering the spell in one go. "Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time… In thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness! Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!!!"
Lina had twisted around when she had heard Rylax start the incantation to the Dragon Slave, and now stood wide-eyed as she watched the powerful Black Magick spell obliterate the rest of the bandits. "Whoa…" she said. "I didn't know you knew that spell!"
Rylax shrugged. "I heard you say the incantation and just copied you, that's all."
She stared. "You mean you never used that spell before?!"
"Uh…yeah."
Lina blinked at him before moving on. "Come on, we have a long way to go."
Poor mortal. She can't understand the sheer power we have.
Shut up.
"Hey! Wait!!" Rylax ran after Lina.
*-*-*-*-*
Rylax booked two separate rooms – he didn't want to see if Lina snored or not. But first, I need food.
He went to the dining area and looked at the menu. The roast chicken sounds good… He blinked when he heard Lina order enough food to feed a small army. Uh…
How can somebody so small order so much?!
I have no idea.
Rylax smirked and decided to have some of Lina's food – she had no objections. Once they had eaten the entire meal, they went to their separate rooms and fell asleep. Well, Lina did anyway…
*-*-*-*
Rylax grumbled and got out of bed. He couldn't sleep – he needed to do something.
He went over to the window, opened it, and jumped to the ground, landing in a perfect crouch on the ground – two floors down. I hope nobody saw that… He stood up and started to walk around the town. It was dark – the moon and stars were hidden behind dark clouds.
"Who are you?"
Rylax turned at the sound of the voice and had to look up to find the owner of the voice. What he saw was a male with purple hair wearing black clothing and carrying a staff.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Sore wa himitsu desu!"
I've only just met him and already I don't like him.
Rylax sighed and ignored Ilandros. OK… "All right, O Mysterious One, my name is Rylax Isenglar. Who. Are. You?"
The figure disappeared for a moment before reappearing in front of Rylax; his eyes wide open as he stared at the teen. "What's the matter with your aura? It seems to be a mixture of both light and darkness."
OK, so he can see our aura.
The figure stepped back, and then grinned stupidly. "So you have two beings inside of you." It wasn't a question.
You can hear me. Not a question.
"Hai."
I thought only another demon could hear me. Are you a demon, creature?
"Sore wa himitsu desu!"
That's getting annoying. Rylax, I say we just kill this little pest. I don't think anybody will miss him.
"Look, I've told you before—"
Rylax was cut off by a blast of power that slammed into his chest, sending him backwards. "Ouch." He glared at the creature, which was standing there with a rather disturbing grin on his face. "You're a dead man."
You're letting me out?
Hell yes.
Ilandros laughed evilly as Rylax changed. His hair went jet black as his skin turned gold and black lines appeared on his face. His eyes glowed gold as red-black energy wings appeared on his back. He looked directly at the creature and grinned ferally when it backed away. "Surprised? Don't be. I am merely the demon within the human."
Ilandros drew his two broadswords and leapt at the creature, not fazed when it leapt into the air and flew up. Ilandros followed it and dodged the blast of power that the creature sent down at him. The fact that it made a small crater didn't bother him either. He let loose a fireball made of pure dark flame. The creature loosed a blast of its own black energy and sent the fireball careening down towards the town's largest building.
The building was engulfed in black fire and reduced to ash in seconds.
*-*-*-*
Lina was forced out of her sleep by the sounds of a massive battle going on outside. What amazed her was the fact that she wasn't the one that started it. Grumbling, she got out of bed and looked outside.
"Oh, it's just Xellos…" she yawned and was about to get back into bed when she did a double take at who Xellos was fighting. "Rylax…?"
She got dressed and ran downstairs.
She made it outside of the inn just as the entire second floor exploded. ACK! Was that a black fireball?!
She looked up just as Xellos and the creature that she assumed was Rylax sent out two separate blasts of power, each blast meeting and causing a massive explosion that sent them both flying to the ground. Xellos crashed through a building, causing the entire structure to collapse.
Rylax went through three buildings, each of them collapsing. I thought I could wreak havoc. This is insane!
As the two of them emerged from the rubble of the buildings and attacked each other in mid air again, Lina decided that she didn't feel like getting blamed for wiping this town out as well. She rose her hands and began to chant the incantation to the spell that was her speciality.
"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson
beyond blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time... In thy great name,
I pledge myself to darkness! Let the fools who stand before us be
destroyed by the power you and I possess!
Dragon Slave!"
The massive explosion that erupted from Lina's hands blew what was left of the town to dust, but it stopped the fight too.
Ilandros slammed into the ground, making a nice little crater in the process. Xellos landed a few meters away, getting up moments later and grinning at Lina. "Arigato, Lina-Chan!" he grinned stupidly.
"What are you doing here, Xellos?" Lina glared at him.
"Sore wa himitsu desu!"
Lina groaned. "Forget I asked."
She gasped as Ilandros grabbed her throat and lifted her up. "Why did you do that?"
She stared at him. "…Rylax?"
"No. I am the demon within him. I am Ilandros, son of a powerful Demon Highlord. Why did you use that infernal black magick spell on me?"
"To stop the fight." Lina glared at him. "Now put me down before I fireball you!"
He laughed. "That fireball spell of yours is nothing in comparison to my blackfireball. But…Rylax doesn't want to see you hurt, although I can't see why."
He dropped her like a rock and allowed Rylax to take control again. The teen looked at her sadly. "Sorry you had to meet Rylax like that," he said, helping her up. He turned to Xellos but spoke to her. "You know him?"
"Unfortunately," Lina said. "He's Xellos the Mysterious Priest. We don't know much about him since he answers most questions with 'sore wa himitsu desu.'"
"I noticed." Rylax looked at the ruined inn and sighed. "It'll be dawn soon. We should leave before we get locked up for destroying a town."
"It wouldn't be the first time Lina's done that!" Xellos grinned.
