To all you people who reviewed:

Sorry for not posting in like a month. I apologize for the inconvenience because I am lazy and taking college courses which consume a lot of my time. I am especially lazy because I've already written up to chapter 14 and just didn't post it. As compensation, everyone gets free intangible desserts.

Chapter 9: The Curse of the "Mazoku Scum"

Eris sighed as she gazed down the highway at the fifteen miles of blocked traffic. Kopii was in the back of the spiky black Pinto, wearing Rezo's robes and trying his hardest to keep his mouth and eyes shut. Luckily getting out of the lab was easy since Rezo was in the basement and Eris had an IQ of 7.

"I'm so glad you decided to forget about that dumb gay guy on the phone and come with me to Filia's instead!" Eris said, blushing.

"Gay guy?" Kopii wondered.

"Yeah..." Eris said dreamily. "Hey listen! They're playing our song on the radio!" She turned up the volume.

"Yes! Only three easy payments of $19.95 and this lovely Hyper Mop can be yours..." the stupid announcer guy said.

"Uh...this isn't a song; it's an infomercial for a mop." Kopii asked. "When did we get a song, anyway?"

"Honestly Rezo you say that every time this song comes on..." Eris whined. "I'm surprised we've even been going out this long, and don't even START with that 'We're NOT going out' thing you always do..."

"We're NOT going out!" Kopii said, grinning, just to annoy Eris, who scowled in reply. "Are we there yet?" He added as an afterthought for the seventeenth time.

"You know, if you weren't so cute I'd drop you off on the side of the road!" Eris snapped.

"You seem cranky today..." Kopii remarked. "Is it that time of the month or something?" He immediately wished he could take back his words after that, however, since it was clearly NOT something the original Rezo would have said in the situation...

"You don't seem like yourself either..." Eris finally noticed. "I just can't put my finger on it, but somehow you're more blatantly honest and outspoken than usual..."

At this, Kopii heaved a sigh of relief. Eris wouldn't figure out he wasn't really Rezo, but he'd have to be more careful once they got to the party...

Back at the aforementioned party, Sylphiel had just broken out of her bored trance and she snuck away from where Phil and Amelia were ranting about JUSTICE and whatnot. Martina was glaring at Amelia like she was some kind of criminal. Amelia didn't seem to notice though.

Sylphiel found Gourry in the kitchen looking at the vegetable platter. "Hey Sylphiel!" He said, "Isn't this vegetable thing pretty?"

Sylphiel grinned, blushed, and nodded. "The olives really compliment the parsley quite well." She said. "Gourry dear, you mustn't eat anything on that tray! It's too beautiful to eat!"

"Glad you two like it," Filia said. "I worked so hard on it too...too bad that Mazoku scumbag had to go and wreck my good mood..."

"Mazoku scumbag?" Sylphiel asked, "Is Xellos here?"

"I thought he wasn't invited!" Gourry exclaimed.

"So did I," Filia mumbled, collapsing onto a chair. "Now this whole party is RUINED!!!"

"Don't say things like that!" Sylphiel scolded.

"Why shouldn't I?" Filia retorted.

"A party is only as good or bad as you make it out to be!" Sylphiel exclaimed.

"But I've got a strict 'No Mazoku' policy!" Filia tried to explain.

"I thought you studied your Slayers and Next characters!" Sylphiel said. "Don't you know that Gaav and Phibrizzo are Mazoku too?"

Filia passed out right then and there. She woke up in her room, where Sylphiel was busy tending to Lina's wounds.

"What happened to HER?" Filia asked Sylphiel, gesturing towards the scorched sorceress. "Looks like something blew up in her face!"

"Not sure," Sylphiel answered.

"She deserved it though...honestly; it should be illegal to sell dragon meat..." Filia muttered to herself.

"What do you have against the Mazoku anyway?" Sylphiel asked.

"Go watch Slayers Try. I really don't feel like explaining." Filia said. "I can't believe I didn't know they were Mazoku, especially after all that research...I could have guessed it, what with the way Phibrizzo smashed my garden gnomes and Gaav insisted we all listen to the Spice Girls...all I know is whenever a Mazoku shows up at a party, that party is doomed, without question. Think of it as a curse."

Sylphiel just turned around and went back to healing Lina. "Whatever it is, you're just going to have to be a bit more polite to Xellos, or he really WILL ruin the party." She reprimanded. "And if HE doesn't, your attitude just might!"

"Shut up," Filia muttered, "I don't wanna get lectured right now..." She stormed downstairs.

Xellos materialized out back, where Gaav and Phibrizzo were rolling on the ground with laughter.

"Xellos!" Phibrizzo exclaimed, "We...just made Zelgadis...into a...into a..."
"SNOWMAN!!!" Gaav cried, pointing over the fence at the Zel-snowman.

"I must admit, those smashed garden gnomes really do make Miss Filia's home seem much more inhabitable." Xellos commented. "Was that your doing, Phibrizzo?"

"Of course!" Phibrizzo bragged.

"I must ask you, how DID you two sneak in here?" The self-proclaimed "Mysterious Priest" wondered. "You do know about Miss Ul Copt's 'No Mazoku' rule, do you not?"

Phibrizzo put his finger to his lips, closed one eye, and said in a terrible imitation of Xellos's dub voice, "Now thaaaat's a secret!"

Gaav slapped the boy in the face and explained to Xellos, "We were invited."

"But...how?" Xellos wondered.

"She doesn't know we're Mazoku." Gaav explained.

"Wonder how long that'll last..." Phibrizzo added.

Just then, Filia stormed out the back door. "So, are the three of you Mazoku losers plotting some away to ruin my party any further???" She demanded. "GET OUT!!!"

"Now, now Miss Filia, there's no need to yell." Xellos replied, opening one of his eyes and sneering. "Why, it's Christmas Eve! We should at least try and be nice to each other..."

"This is your last warning, Xellos Metallium!" Filia yelled as a vein popped up on her forehead and she grabbed her mace. "Take your stupid friends and LEAVE!!!"

"As you wish," Xellos sighed as he teleported off. Filia retreated back into the kitchen.

"Ahh, peace and quiet at last!" Filia exclaimed, collapsing onto a poofy chair in relief and settling down to watch Phil and Amelia's JUSTICE speech.

Unfortunately for her, Xellos had only teleported into the basement, and Gaav and Phibrizzo were still out back.

Rezo (the real one) hastily pulled yet another book off the shelves of his library and grabbed it by the front and back covers, and then shook it. "Nothing..." he muttered to himself as he tossed the book aside and grabbed another, repeating the process. "I'm surprised Kopii hasn't made a sound since Eris left...usually he'd be annoying the crap out of me by now." The Red Priest commented, noticing for the first time in months that he hadn't stuck Zelgadis's cure in a book at all...he'd only absentmindedly taped it to the fridge. He ran up to the kitchen and grabbed the paper. "Yes...this is it..." he confirmed (somehow), as he went downstairs to review the material before the party.

Yeah, yeah, I know not much happens here...I'm just lazy. Chapter ten is better, but if you want to see it you have to REVIEW!!! I promise if I get a decent number of responses I'll post within a week. Really. Ja ne!