Author's Note: And now that the first chapter is out of the way... I can finally bring in Xellos and Filia. :)

Disclaimer: I own like nothing.

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Chapter Two.

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A week had passed since Amelia won the contest and the city of Seiryuun was all abuzz with talk on Namagomi by AoS. The story became so popular, that not only citizens of Seiryuun went on and on about it, but other cities and towns were talking about it. Amelia had no clue how incredibly popular her work of fiction was though. Apparently, the story was so popular that word outside of the human race had heard of it and were intrigued to find out what it was all about.

Xellos was thrilled that his master finally called him. It had been an extremely long time since he was called for a task. His entire being was craving some sort of mission and finally, Zelas had called him. Intensely smiling, Xellos knelt before the Lord Beastmaster, "You called?"

Zelas' features were hidden in the shadows and a puff of smoke flew into the air, "Xellos. The humans are all talking about it." Xellos was eager to find out what important mission he was going to be sent on, "Humans again? Oh my. Seems that I end up getting involved with them a lot." Zelas allowed another smokey breath to let out, "Silence for now. You're not really getting too involved. All I require you to do is pick up a novel." Xellos frowned, "A human novel?" Zelas nodded and continued, "An extremely popular novel has been released. Normally, I'm not interested in these sorts of things but... the popularity of this specific title is insane. Not only that, but there's rumor going around that there are secrets about the monsters in there. Obviously, I must read this novel to make sure that none of our secrets are out in the open to the humans." Xellos immediately realized the importance of this mission, "So, you're saying that the humans may have important monster facts in that novel?" Zelas sat up and smirked, "That's exactly what I'm saying. So, I need you to get this novel quickly. That way, I can read it." Xellos nodded, "Of course, though... may I inquire as to the name of the novel?" Zelas let out some smoke again, "Namagomi by AoS." Xellos' face turned a blueish color hearing the title of the book, "A novel by that awful name is actually popular?" Zelas nodded, "If it wasn't, I wouldn't be forcing you to retrieve a copy! So, get me that book NOW!" "Yes ma'am!" Xellos then phased away and into a city.

While walking in the random city that he phased to, he made his way to the local bookstore. It didn't take much to locate the popular novel. Half of the store was stocked with it. Xellos twitched as he picked up one of the copies and observed it.

First, the cover page had a large moon with the silhoutte of two lovers embracing in it. The photo in itself was cringe-worthy. Then, he turned the book around and began to read the backside: The forbidden love between a beautiful dragon priestess and a vicious monster. Namagomi proves that love conquers all! It's a stunning masterpiece where two completely different species come to realize that even though they're different, a joyful blooming of love can happen!

Xellos couldn't believe the crap written on the back cover. Just reading that, made him wonder how Zelas could even come to the idea that this crap would have information on the monsters. Yet, he wasn't one to question his master. Though, he knew for a fact that this novel will be distasteful for his master. Shrugging to himself, he phased back to Zelas, "Mission accomplished!" Zelas smirked, "Hand me the novel." Xellos nodded, "Of course!" He handed the novel over to his master and then bowed again, "So... is there anything else that you need me to do for you?" Zelas waved her hand towards him, "Nothing right now. Go enjoy yourself." Xellos sighed, "As you wish." He then phased out of there and laid down on his bed. He looked up at the ceiling of his room and sighed, "Everything's so boring as of late."

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Filia was walking throughout the town. She needed to run many errands today and the most important one was obviously getting food. Since she hadn't been to the stores in weeks, she was extremely low in the food department. She looked at her small list of things to get and smiled.

Once she found the freshest fruits and vegetables, she realized that she had gathered everything on her grocery list. She made her way over to the merchant and smiled. "Hello Filia. Lovely weather today, isn't it?" Filia nodded, "Oh yes. It's indeed lovely, but I hear that a storm is suppose to come in later..." The merchant continued, "Have you been reading at all lately?" Filia cocked her head to the side, "Actually, I haven't been reading much. I've been so busy with repairing my house from the damage done when I last had company over that I haven't gotten any time to really relax. But, now that I've finished the repairs, it might be good for me to read something." The merchant smiled, "Well, I don't know much about it, but everyone in town is talking about some new best-seller. It won some sort of contest in Seiryuun." Filia smiled, "I have a friend who lives there. I wonder if she knows anything about the novel."

Before the merchant could say anything else, an elderly woman touched Filia's shoulder. Filia turned around, "Oh, Miss Risa, how are you today?" The woman smiled, "Doing well, doing well. Say, you have a friend who lives in Seiryuun?" Filia nodded, "Yup! I haven't spoken to her in awhile though." Risa smiled, "Isn't that nice. Well, I've got a question for you." Filia nodded, "Yes?" "How has Xellos been?"

Filia's eyes widened with a look of horror, "E... Excuse me?" The woman continued, "I want to know how Xellos is doing." Filia was completely shocked. She had no clue how this elderly woman knew Xellos' name nor did she know that Filia was acquainted with someone by that name. "Umm... have you met Xellos?" Filia wasn't really sure what else to say. She was extremely curious as to the relationship between Xellos and Risa. The lady smiled, "Oh, I know all about you two!" Filia blinked a few times. Her face turned a bit red with anger, "You... You do?" The woman smiled happily, "Oh! You must introduce me to him the next time he visits!" Filia forced herself to calm down. She knew that it wasn't a good idea to get angry about this, "Of course." Filia figured that there was no harm in agreeing, since she hadn't seen Xellos since the Dark Star incident.

After picking up other very much needed supplies, Filia decided that she would pick up a novel. It had been awhile since she could relax with a novel. That and, she needed something to keep her mind off of Valgaav's egg. Dragon eggs were unpredictable when it came to hatching time. Yet, she knew that the egg was no where near time for hatching. Since dragons lived extremely long lives to begin with, dragon eggs took a long time to fully develop. So, it wasn't uncommon for the egg to hatch after anywhere between 5-10 years.

The second that Filia walked into the book store, everyone browsing the store stopped what they were doing and stared at her. Filia was extremely confused with all the attention, but decided not to say anything. A teenage girl, who bought a vase from her last week, approached Filia, "Ah Filia! How is Xellos these days?" Filia twitched hearing the name again, "Excuse me?" "How is Xellos doing? I'm curious." Filia was really starting to get suspicious, "How do you know Xellos?" The teenager giggled, "Oh! Who doesn't know about that sexy hunk of monster meat?" Filia couldn't believe what she was hearing. Either this was a strange dream or the whole world flipped on her, "Ehhh? Sexy hunk of monster meat? What the heck are you talking about? There's nothing remotely attractive of that namagomi!"

When Filia said 'namagomi', the entire place errupted with cheers. "Ah! She said it!" "I can die happy now!" Several really strange remarks were said by the customers. Filia decided to try her best to ignore the insanity going on in the shop. So, she went over to the best sellers table and picked up the first book she could, "This please." The merchant happily placed the novel in a bag and smiled, "Enjoy!" Filia smiled, "Thank you." She then made her way back to her house. She placed the groceries away and placed the book on a small table. She then walked to the shop and smiled, "Mr. Jillas, thank you for taking over while I ran my errands." The fox man shook his head, "I'd do 'nythang fer ya boss!" Filia smiled, "Well, I'll finish up the shift." Jillas nodded, "See ya soon boss!"

After a few hours of managing the shop, Filia finally closed it down for the day. She then, took a nice long shower and cooked herself a small dinner. Once done with dinner, she turned on a single lamp and sat down in her comfortable chair that was next to a small table. She picked up the novel that she bought. Without observing the cover or title, she immediately began on chapter one.

Filia, a gorgeous golden dragon from the Temple of the Fire Dragon King, fell to the ground in tears. It was the first time that she had ever learned anything so dark, so terrifying... she learned the truth about her race. She learned that the golden dragons weren't as pure and loving as she knew them.

Filia couldn't believe this. The first paragraph of the first chapter seemed all too real to her. And, she wasn't thrilled with how everything was worded. She figured that she misread it all. So, she re-read the first paragraph. She frowned, "This is ridiculous! I mean, first of all, whoever wrote this is obviously making me the main character! Secondly, who the hell knows all this information? Thirdly, WHAT THE HECK?"

She took a few deep breaths and continued to read. The first chapter wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. It just spoke about the disbelief of her race and small tibits about the character Filia. Yet, she was more than anything, confused as to why this novel would take the time to mention such things. Yet, she wasn't sure if someone was writing a bibliography on her or something. So, she decided to look at the cover. She never had heard of the author AoS. Next, she opened up to the first few pages before chapter one. There it was: This book is purely fiction. If there are similarities between you or someone you know and this novel that's quite a coincidence.

Filia sighed, "Alright. This is a ficticious novel. It says so... so that just means that I'm thinking about this too much. So... let's try to enjoy this novel..." She then began to read chapter two.

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Zelas burst out laughing, "Xellos!" Xellos immediately phazed infront of his master and bowed, "You called?" Zelas threw the book down towards him, "I have spent the past week reading this novel." Xellos looked up at her, "And?" A huge smirk appeared on the Beastmaster's face, "And I want you to read it." Xellos wasn't thrilled, but an order was an order. So, he grudgingly picked up the novel, "As you wish Lord Beastmaster." He then phased out to his comfortable room. He spawned a cup of tea, sipped it and carefully took a look at the table of contents.

Frowning at the lame titles, he took a deep breath, "Well, here goes nothing... obviously there must be some important information if Lord Beastmaster wishes me to read this junk."

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After three weeks, Filia finally finished the novel. She then grabbed her mace, placed the novel on the nightstand, and started to pound the living daylights out of the novel, "YOU STUPID PEACE OF JUNK! WHEN I FIND WHO THE HELL CREATED THIS MESS-"

At this point in time Xellos phased in, "Oh Filia, taking out your anger on a book, now aren't we?"

Filia's immediately turned towards the voice, "XELLOS!" She threw her mace towards him, which hit him in the head, "Geez Filia... what a way to greet an old friend." The female dragon frowned, "And since when did we become friends?" Xellos frowned, "Such a temper... Anyways, I have something serious to discuss with you." Filia walked to the other side of the room and picked up her mace, which was now on the ground, "I have nothing to say to a monster like you."

Xellos ignored her comment and sat down on her sofa. He then spawned a cup of tea, "Well Filia. All I want to know is why you decided to create some sappy romance novel." Filia's eyes widened, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU-" Before she could finish Xellos continued, "Granted, I do know that I'm extremely attractive, but seriously. My standards are a lot higher than a mere golden dragon." Filia bit the bottom of her lip and threw her mace towards Xellos again, yet this time, she missed and it broke the nearby lamp, "I WOULD NEVER WRITE SUCH GARBARGE!"

Xellos took out the copy of the romance novel from his cloak, "Now... who do you know besides yourself that uses the term 'namagomi'?" Filia twitched, "A LOT OF PEOPLE!" Xellos shook his finger, "Boo! You're wrong! Well Filia, if you don't find any proof as to you creating this disgusting novel, I will just assume that it's you."

Filia frowned, "You should know that I wouldn't write anything like that. I mean, just read chapter 23! That was beyond gross!"

Xellos smirked, "Ah, chapter 23. Interesting how you know what's 'gross' without looking at the book." He opened up the book to chapter 23 and began to read aloud:

It was a year after the battle of Darkstar and Filia was busy working on her business. She was now considered a completely mature dragon and wanted nothing more than a suitable mate. While watching over the small dragon egg that contained the last ancient dragon she sighed, "Ah, if only I could see Xellos again." At that moment she felt her shoulders get grabbed by two gloved hands. The gloved hands began to slip her dress off of her shoulders. She immediately was petrified, yet excited by the sudden movement.

"!" Filia screamed as she covered up her ears, "I can't hear a thing! I can't hear anything!"

Xellos found her frustrations annoying, yet satisfying, so he decided to raise his voice and continue:

"Long time no see!" an attractive voice said aloud as Filia was then moved towards the man. Filia's face flushed and she eyed the man. It was Xellos, "Ah... Xellos... you're back..." Xellos smirked, "Well of course I'd come back to my favorite pet dragon!" Filia frowned, "Will you stop calling me your pet dragon?" He placed a single kiss on her neck, "What would you prefer me to call you?" Filia let out a small gasp of air, "Just take me." Xellos was confused, "What did you say?" "I want you to make me yours." "But Filia... what about your principles? Don't golden dragons wait until they're married?" Filia's heart was racing, "I don't care about the golden dragon rules and regulations. Before we battled Darkstar, I left the temple... I left my race. Even though I detested you... even during the battle, something happened to me afterwards. I felt that I couldn't be without you... I knew that there was something incomplete. I missed our fights... I missed your annoying presence... it only recently dawned to me... I need you in my life." Xellos cocked his head to the side, "And why exactly?" Filia stared into his dark eyes, "Do you need to question that? Isn't it obvious?" Xellos shook his head, and then pushed her to the wall. He then kissed her lips. He made sure to passionately stick his tongue inside of her mouth. As he did this, he pulled her close into his grasp. As he ended the kiss he spoke up, "Filia..." Filia was breathing strongly. Xellos watched as her breast lifted up and down with every breath. He then slowly took his gloves off, dropping them to the floor. He observed her pink dress and happily took his hands and ripped the dress beyond repair, exposing her matching pink bra and thong. Xellos licked his lips, then took his tongue and pressed it against the top of her breasts all the way up her neck and found his way back into her tongue. Filia was beginning to get moist.

Filia was screaming at this point in time, "XELLOS STOP READING THAT!" Xellos smiled as he looked at Filia, "You know Filia... maybe we should re-enact his scene!" Filia's face turned crimson and she screamed, "NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Xellos walked over to Filia and pushed her against the wall. He eyed her up and down, then moved his lips right next to her ear, "If you didn't write this, then we need to figure out who wrote this... it was ridiculous when I was in Atlas City the other day and everyone thought of me to be some crazy sex god. Though, I'm sure that part of the novel is obviously true. But getting propositioned for sex by a twelve-year-old girl is quite disturbing." Filia slapped his face, "You're too close!" She then walked over to the couch and sat down, "But I do understand what you mean. it's hard to even show our faces around without being a celebrity."

Xellos nodded, "Exactly, which is why I'm going to need your help." Filia frowned, "I'm not into helping monsters but... I think that I agree with you here." Xellos smirked, "Excellent. Because, I think that we should give the writer some payback." Filia nodded, "I agree."