Chapter Title : Random Scene Theater! 12

(okay, I'm getting kinda tired of following the story one day at a time, so skip some time. ^_^ )



Grey was bored, he had wandered around the ship for a while before finally ending up back in his room where Wryan was laying on his bed playing his annoying vidgame. He wandered around the room some before finally stopping at the counter on his side of the room and opening a drawer. A frown pulled at his lips as he looked upon a small box that was nestled inside the drawer. He'd certainly never seen it before and he knew it wasn't his. Wryan's vidgame volume was turned low but it was still on the edge of Grey's hearing and it was rather annoying, a human wouldn't have even noticed, but Grey wasn't fully human.

He picked up the box, reading the label carefully before opening it to peer inside. The contents were square packets that seemed to contain some sort of ring that was easy to bend. Wryan glanced over at his room mate for a second, then yelped, sitting up and pressing pause on his game.

"That's personal!" Wryan put his game aside and got off his bed to take the box away from Grey. He carefully closed it and was about to stuff it back into the drawer.

"What ARE they?" Grey asked, holding one of the squares up, about to open it.

"What?! You really don't KNOW?" Wryan asked, reaching out to snatch the packet from Grey's fingers as well. He did seem shocked though and that was why he missed getting it from the Chimera.

"No, I don't."

Wryan gaped, "How? They're essential to any bachelor's life if he wants to STAY a bachelor!" he pondered a moment, "Oh, of COURSE you don't know what they are. AI's don't do that sort of thing."

Grey glared at the shorter man, "I thought we'd settled this long ago... I'M NOT A ROBOT!" He was about to punch Wryan in the head for implying that he wasn't human once more.

Sadly, the redhead wasn't listening, too busy smirking over his little conclusion. He folded his arms on his chest and half turned away from Grey. "I'll tell you, but it's NOT my fault if your circuits fry because of it. It'd be a shame to waste all that money they spent on building you..." Wryan's smile had a glint that Grey recalled seeing before on a redhead, though the one he remembered had been female and could blow up towns whenever she got ticked.

"I - am - not - a - robot!" Grey growled softly, making each word firm and clear.

"How do you explain electrocuting people and throwing fire out of your hands? Your battery on the fritz or something?"

"BOMB DI WIND!"

Wryan slowly slid down the wall from where he'd hit and landed on his bed with a soft groan. "Okay, okay.." he croaked and rubbed the back of his head. "Anyway, they're supposed to keep girls from getting pregnant and transmitting diseases."

Grey eyed his roommate skeptically, "And how does it do that?" He folded his arms on his chest and leaned his weight on one side. He was confused but he wasn't going to let Wryan know that.

The redhead slowly climbed off his bed and snatched the packet Grey was holding still. He carefully opened it and unrolled the ring out to show that it was a tube of supple plastic. "You put it on your wank and it keeps juices from leaking." Wryan stuck his finger into the tube and made gestures with it.

The Chimera stared in horror and finally pronounced his judgment upon the item of contraception. "That's SICK!" He turned and left the room to Wryan once more. He really didn't want to think about things like that.

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He found himself stuck in the galley later that day. The tables had been rearranged so that there was a cleared space in the front of the room in which Amelia XXXIX was singing. There were a bunch of people listening to her, most were on their downshift. She was singing the song Grey had made a deal with her about. It really was a beautiful song and he enjoyed hearing it, he just dreaded having to talk about what little he remembered about his past.

Amelia XXXIX's voice spiraled upwards and finally lit back down upon the final note of the song and she waited while Grey and her other audience members applauded. "And NOW, Grey Wyrs-san is going to tell us a story about long ago!" she announced much to his displeasure. He watched as Jiras pulled out a chair and set it in front of them room, Amelia XXXIX dashing over and grabbing his hands, pulling with all her strength. She had no hope of moving him, but he knew it would just embarrass both of them if he didn't do as told.

"What exactly were you wanting me to tell you about?" Grey asked wearily.

"Tell us how you got to look the way that you do now?" Amelia XXXIX exclaimed gleefully, she was sitting in the seat she uprooted Grey from.

Grey went still, staring at her with fierceness that she was oblivious to. "I'd rather not-" he started to say but Wryan called from the back of the room.

"Pansy! Tell us!"

Amelia XXXIX sniffled, looking at him with wide watery eyes, as if seeing that would really change his mind. "No," he said firmly.

"Coffee?" Jiras offered Grey a mug of it and the Chimera thankfully took it, sipped and thought for a moment. He could hear Wryan still calling him a pansy and some of the other more impressionable members of the crew doing the same.

Grey lifted a hand, "I'll tell you about some of the Mazoku I defeated along side Lina Inverse, Gourry Gabriev and Amelia Wil Tessa De Seyruun."

"Hey! Lina Inverse? Does that mean I'm related to her?" Wryan called loudly.

"You've certainly got the personality for it," Grey said blandly, but I'd say Lina was far easier to get along with then you."

Wryan folded his arms on his chest and glared, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You're abrasive, baka. Now shut up before I blast you for a fourth time." Wryan subsided to mutterings and the people around him prodded him until he shut up. Grey shut his eyes a moment, thinking back, trying to remember a suitable Mazoku. "It was around spring and I was on search for a cure, it had seemed promising, but so had the others and they'd turned out to be dead ends as well. I was in a port in Seyruun, one that happened to be where Seyruun was going to send out a fleet of ships to other countries along the coast that had been cut off to us by the Monster Barrier. During that time far out into the sea there was a pillar of light that could be seen from practically anywhere you went.

"Of course, I knew that Amelia would be there, I'd heard about that long before I'd arrived." A smile touched Grey's lips as he imagined her as he'd seen her that day, his eyes still closed. He didn't see Amelia XXXIX swooning in her seat. "She'd definitely grown up over the last couple years since we'd been together to defeat Phibbrizo and Gaav. In one of the open air restaurants, I found Lina _TRYING_ to explain to Gourry the concept of the Monster Barrier, probably for the fourteenth time that day. He wasn't the brightest of guys but he was pretty good with a sword, not to mention he also had the Sword of Light. That was the only reason Lina hung around him at first, but after the Phibbrizo incident I think she realized how she really felt about him. It was obvious to us anyway.

"Lina had apparently gotten a letter from some person named 'Filia'—" Grey opened his eyes and pondered a moment, "I'll have to find out what happened to her later," he stated then got back to the story, staring at his coffee instead of at the people watching him. Silence rang in the room around his words, weaving a pattern like lace, stringing its way around the attention of everyone in the room. Even Wryan was enraptured by what he could almost see in his mind as Grey spoke about how Filia turned out to be a golden dragon who was after Lina to represent the human race in the battle with the overworld Demon Beast Darkstar, which they found out had combined with the last of the ancient dragon race and another overworld god.

"I'll skip the part about when we got separated after the first battle, that's...just too embarrassing to WANT to remember..." Grey stated and before anyone could protest, he continued, "Once again we met with Jillas who was still bent on killing us because he thought we'd killed Valgaav. Filia went temporarily nuts, I think, she leapt atop the orihalcon tank Jillas had created and told him to kill her because her race was the reason Valgaav had been the only ancient dragon left. Jillas was moved by her little performance and decided that she was going to be his new master..."

Jiras beamed, happy that he'd been named after someone Zelgadis Graywords had once known. "...We attacked in waves as Lina, Filia, and Xelloss worked on gathering their power to send out the arrow that would destroy Darkstar before the other half could rejoin. We were almost too late though, the two halves joined just as Lina let loose the arrow from the Bow of Light..."

Grey took the last gulp of his fifth cup of coffee and swallowed before stating, "That's it."

"But- but- Did you go back to Seyruun with her?! Did you?" Amelia XXXIX bubbled, clasping her hands together and dancing around somewhat.

"If you want to know anything more you'll have to ace the next five tests you have," Grey stated and stood, handing Jiras his empty cup and heading out of the room, aware that no one had left and they were all watching him. Wryan was near the door and stared as well, then the Chimera stepped out the door when it opened.

Grey was aware that Wryan was behind him and sighed, "What is it now?" he didn't look at the redhead but kept walking.

"Well, I was just wondering... do _I_ have the power to cast big spells like that?" Grey glanced back at Wryan to see the man poking his fingers together in a very demure pose.

"You do, but you haven't been learning magic since you were seven like Lina was. She knew full well what some of her spells were capable of, she chose to use them recklessly. You, on the other hand, don't know what the real purpose of a Giga Slave is and wouldn't be able to control it." Grey started walking once his reply was finished and Wryan followed once more.

"Well? What IS the real purpose?" Wryan demanded.

Grey sighed, "It summons the Lord of Nightmares into the caster of the spell. The purpose of chaos is to become order, and order to become chaos. The spell disrupts order and calls upon the creator of Chaos. If the caster looses control of the spell then all order will return to chaos- ALL order."

Wryan went pale. "You mean... if someone casts that spell like... on Gat22 then even out here..." he gulped, "we'd ALL be gone?" his answer was a solemn nod. "And she cast it HOW many times?!"

"Quite a few as I recall," Grey replied and started on his way once more.

"And.. _I_ could do that?" Wryan asked, sounding vaguely hopeful.

"No." Grey stopped and turned to look firmly at Wryan, "Even if I KNEW the spell I wouldn't teach it to you." He turned again and stalked along the corridor.

"Aww! C'mon! It's because I teased you about being a robot isn't it?!" Wryan called down the hall, "You don't have to be embarrassed about it! I've known a lot of AI's-"

"FREEZE ARROW!"

Grey stalked around a corner and out of sight. "C-c-c-o-o-l-l-d-d-d..." Wryan stuttered between clenched teeth as he shivered, his feet frozen to the floor, the ice piled halfway up his body as well.