Author's Note: Eep! So very very sorry this took so long! I was gone on a trip and I couldn't write when my favorite actor's on the T.V screen as well. *sigh* I'm pretty pathetic, being distracted by a lot of colored dots, but oh well, that's life. Here's the next chapter. When we left off Lina and the others were holding a staring contest with Naga. Now its time to be afraid...be VERY afraid. *wanders off to go glomp the T.V. screen again*
Disclaimer: *rushes back* Oops! Almost forgot about this darn thing...Oh well, I'm only saying this because to protest would take to much time away from my movie. I don't own Slayers...whatever you may thing... I don't...really...OTHERWISE I WOULD BE OFF TO L.A TO GO SEE THE PREMIERE OF THE TWO TOWERS BUT 'NOOOOO' *pant pant* Heh heh heh...got a bit too excited I think... BYE-BYEEEEE. *goes back to staring at HER Elf Boy*
WHAT happened to YOU?!
As the staring contest went on and on, Lina finally snapped out of it. To scream.
'BY THE GODS! IT'S NAGA! AND SHE'S POSSESSED! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!' were the words uttered ('screamed' is more likely) by Lina's voice.
'Brilliant deduction, Lina...Inverse...But not quite true...' A cold, slithery, hissing voice came from between Naga's lips. Lina did the only thing worthwhile. She readied her hands for a Dragon Slave.
'Ms. Lina!' cried Amelia. 'No, please don't! That's Gracia!'
Naga's head whipped around. 'Foolish girl! I am NOT Gracia, or Naga! I am Ariena! But I do not deny that I am possessed.'
Amelia stood there shocked. 'B-b-but you ARE Gracia. Your face, your height, your...figure!'
Naga/Gracia/Ariena (or whoever the hell she is) said, 'All the names you have called me are not my name. I am no longer those people. I am ARIENA, and now you shall DIE!'
Naga whipped her hands into the back of the dress and brought out a whip that was glowing with a blue light.
Xellos teleported back to the group just in time to hear the threat.
'Not good, I sense strange power coming from that woman...if she could be called that. What should I do? I don't want to destroy her, though it would be easy enough. She holds the key to much power...but still, what should I do?' thought Xellos.
Meanwhile, Lina scoffed. 'Well, Ariena, or whoever the hell you are (A/N: HEY! That's MY line!), I don't care what you say. You were never powerful before, why should we think you are now? I'm beginning to think that you just got bit by some wild animal in that forest, now you've got rabies, and heard us and are now trying to get revenge for me frying your ass!'
(A/N: OK, for the ease of typing it this freak is going to go by the name of Ariena for now) Ariena was getting redder and redder by the second. 'You little twerp! You have no idea of my power! Simply watch and learn!' Ariena flicked the whip at a huge tree that was three times as wide as Lina (A/N: If you were using her height) The tree disintegrated on contact with the whip. The group stared horrified at the hissing and burning stump. Xellos looked closer at the whip and noticed it seemed to be made up not of regular leather with a spell on it, but it looked as though the whip was made with blue flames. Xellos decided that this may be a good time to use some well placed teleporting.
He grabbed Filia and whispered in her ear, 'Grab Lina and Amelia and then grab onto me. We can teleport the rest of the group out of here. Just follow my astral presence and we'll be all right.'
'But where are we going?' asked Filia.
Xellos debated with himself for a brief second if Filia would scream at him if he told her they were going to Wolf Pack Island. 'Probably' he thought cynically. He was thankfully spared the pain of answering when Ariena's whip flashed between them. Just then he grabbed onto Zelgadiss and Gourry, and watched Filia do the same to Lina and Amelia. She then put her back to his and whispered 'Go'.
They phased out and heard the frustrated scream Ariena gave. But Ariena was not done yet, before their physical presences had left, she lashed out with the whip one last time. The very tip caught Filia high in the leg. Filia gave a scream of absolute pain. But somehow she managed to get into the Astral Plane before Ariena had a chance to do something else. She checked to make sure that both Lina and Amelia were all right, and then began to move. She looked up through tearing eyes and saw Xellos' black presence fading out she rushed after it, through the pain. All of a sudden she saw where his form was going through. Some sort of portal...was it safe? Filia didn't care, the agony was driving her mad. She lunged through the portal and fell into a heap onto the stone cold floor of Lord Beastmaster's throne room.
She knew only fire.
Xellos watched in horror as Filia crumpled in a pile on the floor. True, there was a royal banquet with her pain, but Filia's pain did NOT taste good.
Lord Beastmaster blinked with the sudden appearance of the Slayers in her throne room, and especially the one on the floor. The Golden Dragon. Oh my, this would be perfect. All of her general's pets were at her command. This would be a possibility to find out how much Xellos really cared for the foolish dragon priestess and the others. And guessing from the worry emanating from him, it was more than he realized...or more than he said.
'Well, well, well, Xellos. What have you brought me?' drawled Zellas.
Lina blanched as she realized who she was in front of, Amelia looked as though she were about to pass out, Zelgadiss gave a small growl, and Gourry (being Gourry) wondered whether the lady in front of him served chicken or beef sandwiches.
Xellos kneeled and gestured for the others to follow his example. They all complied, except Filia who was still limp on the floor. 'I brought Lina Inverse and the others here to escape a threat.'
Zellas raised an eyebrow. 'Why did you not destroy the threat?'
Xellos hesitated. 'The threat was a possessed human with strange powers. She was very powerful and yet I don't recognize the source of her magic. I thought you may not want to destroy something that has such power, or that at least has a clue to where the woman got her power from. And,' Xellos waved his hand, 'The woman is the sister of the girl, Amelia.' He motioned to Amelia who was quivering from her spot on the floor.
Zellas' eyebrow went down...and then came back up as she realized that Filia was trying her best to get to her feet. Or at least that's what Zellas thought. But when Filia finally struggled to her feet, whimpering all the while, she sank to one knee like the rest of them were doing.
'Lord Beastmaster, I forgive our rude presence, but we wanted to keep the woman alive to find out where her power is coming from. So, we were pressed to come here. Once again, I beg your pardon.'
Xellos' eyes opened slightly in surprise. Filia? Being nice to Zellas? This didn't make sense.
However, Lord Beastmaster was impressed. A Gold, who knew where she was, to whom she was speaking with, and with half her leg gone, was still trying to be courteous. Zellas laughed with a sound like small silver bells ringing.
'YOU are welcome here, Filia, it appears you have as quick a tongue as my general says you do.'
Filia looked up with glazing eyes and said, 'Thank you, Lord Beastmaster.'
Xellos squirmed uncomfortably as he watched Filia grit her teeth in an attempt not to scream.
'Mistress,' said Xellos, approaching the throne, 'Would it not be wise to heal the Ryuzokuu and let her rest?' He added mentally, 'It will not do any good to our plan if she is dead.'
Zellas made it look as though she were thinking about what to do while she sent back, 'I do not know...one with such will power may endanger our plan...maybe it would be better to let her die...'
She mentally smirked as she tasted Xellos' horror at the idea.
'Mistress?' asked Xellos aloud and everyone was shocked to hear the almost pleading tone in his voice, including Xellos.
'Fine, fine...take her to the room you see fit.' Said Zellas, sighing as though it had been a terribly hard decision to make.
'Yes, Mistress. At once.' And with that Xellos walked over to Filia, grabbed her and teleported her to a room. One which happened to be his own.
~~~In Xellos' Room~~~
Filia had only the slightest awareness of being picked up. Everything had gone blurry. She knew when they were in the Astral Plane, and knew when they came out of it. She realized she was being place upon a bed and then there were hands on her wounds. She was barely conscious enough to gasp with the pain of the pressure being applied on her wounds. Then she felt a dark sea of power that seemed to consume her pain, and as the flow went on longer and longer, the pain lessened. Finally, as her sight returned, she realized it was Xellos standing next to her, Xellos healing her, Xellos with his hands rather high on her leg.
Filia's reaction was only logical, 'EEP! ECHHI!' Filia flung her hand out, but Xellos caught it with his own. He opened his eyes, and slowly pulled her hand up to his mouth all the while staring into Filia's eyes. His lips made contact with the palm of her hand. Both of them felt an electric shock race along their nerves and make contact with a center of fire.
Fire flooded Xellos' senses, the natural scent of Filia, her shivering tingling against his lips, the view of her eyes, glowing with some internal fire, the beat of her heart, the rush of longing and resistance coming from her. The lust was beginning to make him feel as though he was going to do something crazy.
Filia was going mad with passion. She could feel every touch Xellos' lips made against her hand. The sight of him staring at her, those endless violet eyes, the sound of his panting. Filia lost all resolve she had against the Mazoku priest. She slowly pulled him onto the bed, and claimed his lips as a prize of sweet victory.
Author's Note: *sweatdropping at what Filia and Xellos are currently doing* Umm...let me put it this way...I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN...*starts bashing head against post* MUST remember this is a PG fic...No wait! I can change it to PG-13! AHA! I must not get hentai...must not get hentai...must not get hentai *has calmed down enough to not freak about where that was going* Allllllllllll righty then! So, how did you like? Good? Bad? Should I keep on with Xellos and Filia or should I go back to throne room, where the rest of the Slayers have been left with Lord Beastmaster? TELL ME! So, its time for the endless line of: please review it. I wanna make this as good as possible so tell me what you think I should do...Anyway, *starts jumping up and down* I gotta go keep watching my Elf Boy...go ahead and review it! BUH BYE EVERYONE! *rushes back to the T.V. screen to scar her friends for life with the awfulness of watching her glomp the poor Elf Boy*
~Dragon Demon~
Disclaimer: *rushes back* Oops! Almost forgot about this darn thing...Oh well, I'm only saying this because to protest would take to much time away from my movie. I don't own Slayers...whatever you may thing... I don't...really...OTHERWISE I WOULD BE OFF TO L.A TO GO SEE THE PREMIERE OF THE TWO TOWERS BUT 'NOOOOO' *pant pant* Heh heh heh...got a bit too excited I think... BYE-BYEEEEE. *goes back to staring at HER Elf Boy*
WHAT happened to YOU?!
As the staring contest went on and on, Lina finally snapped out of it. To scream.
'BY THE GODS! IT'S NAGA! AND SHE'S POSSESSED! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!' were the words uttered ('screamed' is more likely) by Lina's voice.
'Brilliant deduction, Lina...Inverse...But not quite true...' A cold, slithery, hissing voice came from between Naga's lips. Lina did the only thing worthwhile. She readied her hands for a Dragon Slave.
'Ms. Lina!' cried Amelia. 'No, please don't! That's Gracia!'
Naga's head whipped around. 'Foolish girl! I am NOT Gracia, or Naga! I am Ariena! But I do not deny that I am possessed.'
Amelia stood there shocked. 'B-b-but you ARE Gracia. Your face, your height, your...figure!'
Naga/Gracia/Ariena (or whoever the hell she is) said, 'All the names you have called me are not my name. I am no longer those people. I am ARIENA, and now you shall DIE!'
Naga whipped her hands into the back of the dress and brought out a whip that was glowing with a blue light.
Xellos teleported back to the group just in time to hear the threat.
'Not good, I sense strange power coming from that woman...if she could be called that. What should I do? I don't want to destroy her, though it would be easy enough. She holds the key to much power...but still, what should I do?' thought Xellos.
Meanwhile, Lina scoffed. 'Well, Ariena, or whoever the hell you are (A/N: HEY! That's MY line!), I don't care what you say. You were never powerful before, why should we think you are now? I'm beginning to think that you just got bit by some wild animal in that forest, now you've got rabies, and heard us and are now trying to get revenge for me frying your ass!'
(A/N: OK, for the ease of typing it this freak is going to go by the name of Ariena for now) Ariena was getting redder and redder by the second. 'You little twerp! You have no idea of my power! Simply watch and learn!' Ariena flicked the whip at a huge tree that was three times as wide as Lina (A/N: If you were using her height) The tree disintegrated on contact with the whip. The group stared horrified at the hissing and burning stump. Xellos looked closer at the whip and noticed it seemed to be made up not of regular leather with a spell on it, but it looked as though the whip was made with blue flames. Xellos decided that this may be a good time to use some well placed teleporting.
He grabbed Filia and whispered in her ear, 'Grab Lina and Amelia and then grab onto me. We can teleport the rest of the group out of here. Just follow my astral presence and we'll be all right.'
'But where are we going?' asked Filia.
Xellos debated with himself for a brief second if Filia would scream at him if he told her they were going to Wolf Pack Island. 'Probably' he thought cynically. He was thankfully spared the pain of answering when Ariena's whip flashed between them. Just then he grabbed onto Zelgadiss and Gourry, and watched Filia do the same to Lina and Amelia. She then put her back to his and whispered 'Go'.
They phased out and heard the frustrated scream Ariena gave. But Ariena was not done yet, before their physical presences had left, she lashed out with the whip one last time. The very tip caught Filia high in the leg. Filia gave a scream of absolute pain. But somehow she managed to get into the Astral Plane before Ariena had a chance to do something else. She checked to make sure that both Lina and Amelia were all right, and then began to move. She looked up through tearing eyes and saw Xellos' black presence fading out she rushed after it, through the pain. All of a sudden she saw where his form was going through. Some sort of portal...was it safe? Filia didn't care, the agony was driving her mad. She lunged through the portal and fell into a heap onto the stone cold floor of Lord Beastmaster's throne room.
She knew only fire.
Xellos watched in horror as Filia crumpled in a pile on the floor. True, there was a royal banquet with her pain, but Filia's pain did NOT taste good.
Lord Beastmaster blinked with the sudden appearance of the Slayers in her throne room, and especially the one on the floor. The Golden Dragon. Oh my, this would be perfect. All of her general's pets were at her command. This would be a possibility to find out how much Xellos really cared for the foolish dragon priestess and the others. And guessing from the worry emanating from him, it was more than he realized...or more than he said.
'Well, well, well, Xellos. What have you brought me?' drawled Zellas.
Lina blanched as she realized who she was in front of, Amelia looked as though she were about to pass out, Zelgadiss gave a small growl, and Gourry (being Gourry) wondered whether the lady in front of him served chicken or beef sandwiches.
Xellos kneeled and gestured for the others to follow his example. They all complied, except Filia who was still limp on the floor. 'I brought Lina Inverse and the others here to escape a threat.'
Zellas raised an eyebrow. 'Why did you not destroy the threat?'
Xellos hesitated. 'The threat was a possessed human with strange powers. She was very powerful and yet I don't recognize the source of her magic. I thought you may not want to destroy something that has such power, or that at least has a clue to where the woman got her power from. And,' Xellos waved his hand, 'The woman is the sister of the girl, Amelia.' He motioned to Amelia who was quivering from her spot on the floor.
Zellas' eyebrow went down...and then came back up as she realized that Filia was trying her best to get to her feet. Or at least that's what Zellas thought. But when Filia finally struggled to her feet, whimpering all the while, she sank to one knee like the rest of them were doing.
'Lord Beastmaster, I forgive our rude presence, but we wanted to keep the woman alive to find out where her power is coming from. So, we were pressed to come here. Once again, I beg your pardon.'
Xellos' eyes opened slightly in surprise. Filia? Being nice to Zellas? This didn't make sense.
However, Lord Beastmaster was impressed. A Gold, who knew where she was, to whom she was speaking with, and with half her leg gone, was still trying to be courteous. Zellas laughed with a sound like small silver bells ringing.
'YOU are welcome here, Filia, it appears you have as quick a tongue as my general says you do.'
Filia looked up with glazing eyes and said, 'Thank you, Lord Beastmaster.'
Xellos squirmed uncomfortably as he watched Filia grit her teeth in an attempt not to scream.
'Mistress,' said Xellos, approaching the throne, 'Would it not be wise to heal the Ryuzokuu and let her rest?' He added mentally, 'It will not do any good to our plan if she is dead.'
Zellas made it look as though she were thinking about what to do while she sent back, 'I do not know...one with such will power may endanger our plan...maybe it would be better to let her die...'
She mentally smirked as she tasted Xellos' horror at the idea.
'Mistress?' asked Xellos aloud and everyone was shocked to hear the almost pleading tone in his voice, including Xellos.
'Fine, fine...take her to the room you see fit.' Said Zellas, sighing as though it had been a terribly hard decision to make.
'Yes, Mistress. At once.' And with that Xellos walked over to Filia, grabbed her and teleported her to a room. One which happened to be his own.
~~~In Xellos' Room~~~
Filia had only the slightest awareness of being picked up. Everything had gone blurry. She knew when they were in the Astral Plane, and knew when they came out of it. She realized she was being place upon a bed and then there were hands on her wounds. She was barely conscious enough to gasp with the pain of the pressure being applied on her wounds. Then she felt a dark sea of power that seemed to consume her pain, and as the flow went on longer and longer, the pain lessened. Finally, as her sight returned, she realized it was Xellos standing next to her, Xellos healing her, Xellos with his hands rather high on her leg.
Filia's reaction was only logical, 'EEP! ECHHI!' Filia flung her hand out, but Xellos caught it with his own. He opened his eyes, and slowly pulled her hand up to his mouth all the while staring into Filia's eyes. His lips made contact with the palm of her hand. Both of them felt an electric shock race along their nerves and make contact with a center of fire.
Fire flooded Xellos' senses, the natural scent of Filia, her shivering tingling against his lips, the view of her eyes, glowing with some internal fire, the beat of her heart, the rush of longing and resistance coming from her. The lust was beginning to make him feel as though he was going to do something crazy.
Filia was going mad with passion. She could feel every touch Xellos' lips made against her hand. The sight of him staring at her, those endless violet eyes, the sound of his panting. Filia lost all resolve she had against the Mazoku priest. She slowly pulled him onto the bed, and claimed his lips as a prize of sweet victory.
Author's Note: *sweatdropping at what Filia and Xellos are currently doing* Umm...let me put it this way...I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN...*starts bashing head against post* MUST remember this is a PG fic...No wait! I can change it to PG-13! AHA! I must not get hentai...must not get hentai...must not get hentai *has calmed down enough to not freak about where that was going* Allllllllllll righty then! So, how did you like? Good? Bad? Should I keep on with Xellos and Filia or should I go back to throne room, where the rest of the Slayers have been left with Lord Beastmaster? TELL ME! So, its time for the endless line of: please review it. I wanna make this as good as possible so tell me what you think I should do...Anyway, *starts jumping up and down* I gotta go keep watching my Elf Boy...go ahead and review it! BUH BYE EVERYONE! *rushes back to the T.V. screen to scar her friends for life with the awfulness of watching her glomp the poor Elf Boy*
~Dragon Demon~