**Yawn** it's time to wake up.



Xellos ran back to the area where the bones were. He gasped as a swirl of wind had entered the area, swirling around the bones. He stepped back noticing the bones were starting to gain flesh on them. "What the hell..." he gasped as the wind circled around it creating a barrier. Xellos found it hard to see, with all the rock and dust flying in his face and took his gaze off the bones. A loud roar erupted through the cave and the wind died down. Xellos blinked at what he saw.

"This is impossible." He exclaimed. He saw a large yet not fully grown golden dragon peering at him with blue eyes. The dragon blinked and snarled as it snapped its mouth at Xellos. Being a very smart person, Xellos did the only thing he could think of which was run. The dragon watched the boy run away, it snarled and opened its mouth to burst out large fireballs. Creating the rocks to fall down a little bit, yet the dragon raced after the boy as fast as it could. Xellos ran as fast as his legs could go, still holding the blade.

"I can't believe it. A real live, dragon. The possibilities." Xellos thought. But soon came back to reality when a fireball was shot near his head. Xellos panicked when he reached a dead end. The dragon towered over him and growled once more. Xellos smiled, when a thought ran across his mind.

"Why didn't I do this before?" he asked himself as he teleported to a different part of the cave. Xellos listened for the angry roar of the dragon. He noticed that it could not get out, because the entrance was too small. Xellos smiled.

"Great it's trapped." He yelled, before seeing a great golden light coming from the crack. "What the..Ahhhhh! It transformed." Xellos yelled as he saw the transformed dragon come after him. Except its wings and tail was still out. The tattered cloak was wrapped around it. Xellos gasped as it charged toward him swinging its fist and kicking its leg in his face. Xellos quickly dodged and backed up.

"Hey, can't we talk about this." Xellos yelled while evading the attacks. The dragon growled and continued its assault. The dragon jumped back and opened its mouth. A blue beam started to emerge. Xellos gasped and dodged out of the way when the laser shot at him. The laser missed the mazoku and hit the wall, making the cave shake and crumble. The dragon shrieked and tried to get out of the way when piles of rocks started to fall upon her head, but she couldn't dodge in time and soon the boulders made contact. Xellos coughed and swatted the dust away. He looked for the dragon and saw a tail sticking out from a under a pile of rocks. Xellos sighed and walked to the pile.

"Guess, I can't leave her here." He said as he put down the sword and lifted up a few rocks and found the unconscious dragon. He placed his clock on her and lifted her up. Her wings had retracted and soon disappeared, but the tail remained. Xellos wrapped the sword around his waist and concentrated. He teleported them to a nearby pond outside.

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The dragon fluttered her eyes open, in slight cracks. Xellos looked over to the shifting dragon. He scooted over to her and smiled down at her when her eyes finally opened. The dragon growled and was about to attack when she squinted and pulled Xellos' cloak over her face. Xellos chuckled realizing she wasn't used to the light. The dragon squeaked when Xellos pulled the cloak from her face. She blinked and awed at the sight around her. She sniffed the air and clutched the grass beneath her. She turned around and noticed the pond. She splashed her hands in it. She giggled. Xellos smiled at her.

"Enjoying yourself?" he asked as the dragon whirled around to face him. Xellos took a closer look at her features. She had long blonde hair with two bangs at the side of her of her face. She had big blue eyes, which were quite confused, and her ears were long and pointy. She blinked at him and only stared. Xellos tilted his head.

"You can't talk, can you?" He said. The dragon tilted her head and turned her attention to the bee buzzing to a nearby flower. She wanted to touch it so she reached her arm toward the bee. The dragon yelped as the bee stung her and flew away. Xellos smirked and grabbed her hand. He placed her stung finger in the pond. She soon relaxed and grinned at the mazoku. She pulled his cheek and smiled again. Xellos blinked at her reaction and patted her head.

"What am I going to do with you um....you don't have a name. Well maybe I'll name you. But first my name is, Xellos Metallium." He said as he pointed to himself. The dragon blinked and watched his gesture. "Xellos" he said slower and pointed to himself. Xellos pointed to her, hoping she'd speak. She only blinked and tilted her head. Xellos pointed his hand again to himself and repeated his name. The dragon grinned and slowly nodded her head. Xellos pointed to her. The dragon slowly opened her mouth. She stayed in silence for a few seconds before speaking.

"Fi...Fili..Filia." she squeaked in a hoarse voice. Xellos smiled and pointed to himself. "Xe.Xell..Namagomi." she yelled. Xellos sweatdropped.

"No, no, not garbage. Xellos, my name is Xellos, Filia." He pouted. Filia clapped her hands.

"Namagomi. Namagomi." She chanted. Xellos sighed and stood up.

"I give up." He muttered lending his hand out to Filia still sitting on the ground. Filia blinked and bit his hand. Xellos yelped and shook her mouth off. "No stupid. Give me your hand.' He yelled as he grabbed her hand and stood her up. Xellos and Filia both felt a feeling of electricity go through them. They looked down at their hands, then each other. They both grinned and Xellos pulled her closer to him, not knowing why.

"Oh man, how am I going to take care of dragon?" he sighed as he walked her back to the cabin. "Filia, hide your tail. I can pass you off as an elf. I think. Do elves have pointy teeth?" Xellos piped while Filia only titled her head.

~***~

"What was that?" a man asked shrouded in darkness. A woman approached him.

"What was what, my lord?" She questioned. The man growled.

"The same disturbance on the astral plain, 490 years ago. It's back and stronger than before." He hissed while he clenched his fists.



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