Slayers: X Generation
The Meeting
HW: And YES! The 3rd chapter is finally here!
All characters: -_- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HW: HELLO!!! WAKE UP ALREADY!!!
All characters: -_- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HW: Sean! What's going on here?
Sean: They all died in their sleep while waiting for your update.
HW: ¬_¬ Ha ha. Very funny. Now what really happened?
Sean: Zantos laced the cappuccino supply with pixie sticks last night.
Howling WereWolf groans before shoving more papers in Sean's face.
HW: You just do your job and read the disclaimer. And fetch a bucket of ice on your way back.
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Disclaimer - I do not own Sarito Sanyan, Elayne, Donal, Eyan dal Faili and all their personal belongings. Now give me a minute while I recall who and what else I don't own....
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"...What is love? 'tis not hereafter, Present mirth hath present laughter...."
A large red apple was tossed absentmindedly in the air. Gravity returned it to the waiting hand, after which its owner took a large bite from the white crunchy flesh beneath.
"What's to come is still unsure; In delay there lies no plenty...."
Sarito Sanyan paused in his poem recital to let out a hearty belch.
"Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth's a stuff will not endure........ Ah yes. This is the life. O Mother of Poetry, how great thou art." Chuckling, he helped himself to another mouthful of the fruit.
There was an audible 'bonk' as another apple connected with Sarito's head.
Sarito rubbed the sore spot on his head and looked back at his three traveling companions. "Elayne, that hurt."
"It was supposed to, you nut." Elayne growled back. "You got us lost in the middle of the forest, and you still have the mood to eat and recite poems?"
Sarito took another bite from his apple. "My brain needs sustenance and exercise in order to work properly. Won't you agree that it's pretty pointless to get mad over nothing?"
Veins popped all over Elayne's head. She reached over and yanked Sarito forward by his shirt front. "We've been stuck here for an entire week slap bang in the middle of the rainy season, getting mobbed by random trolls, werewolves and other freakish beings, and you say I'm getting mad over nothing?!"
Her anger streak near its end, Elayne dropped Sarito on his butt and stormed off ahead.
Sarito blinked, then smoothed out his crumpled shirt. "Still in a rotten mood, I see."
"Elayne! Wait!" The ever-protective Donal ran to catch up with his sister.
Eyan sighed and pulled Sarito back onto his feet. "Come on. Before we lose those two in the middle of nowhere."
"Are you sure that won't be a good thing?"
"I heard that, Sanyan!"
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Disclaimer - .....Let's see......I do not own Kyoko Usimo, Sophia Livana, 'Ren' Aiirenai Taro, all their personal belongings.....I think that's about it.
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"You think that's the last of them?"
Sophia Livana kicked an unconscious sorcerer into a clump of bushes. "For now, yeah."
A long waterfall of white flanked by two similarly colored braids dangled from a tree as their owner hung upside down from the branches. "Who needs the thrill of the chase with these nutcases around?" There was a loud sigh followed by the rustle of leaves as the body of another sorcerer fell to the ground. "My life sucks."
"Ren." Sophia addressed the individual in the tree. "These Shodin sorcerers are my enemies, not yours or Kyoko's. If they're really bothering you, I can travel alone."
"Drop the idea, Sophia." Kyoko Usimo joined her under the tree. "The three of us are a team. Your problem is our problem, and your enemies are our enemies. We're not going to walk away just because a couple of Shodin bother us."
There was more rustling or leaves and a rush of air as 'Ren' Aiirenai Taro leapt down from her perch. "Come on. Let's get out of here before more of them come."
"I'm with you."
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Disclaimer - Both the clown's songs from Twelfth Night are not mine!
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"That apple tree up front looks familiar." Donal commented.
"It should." Elayne groaned. "This is probably the fifth time we're gonna walk past it."
"You mean the fourth, Elayne." Eyan corrected her before picking an apple. "At least we don't have to worry about our food supply."
"When I was but a little tiny boy, with a hey ho the wind and the rain *crunch* the foolish thing was but a toy, for the rain it raineth every day."
"Sarito's singing this time." Donal made another comment.
"Alright, enough is enough." Elayne swiped one of Eyan's books ("Hey! My book!") and hurled it at the back of Sarito's head.
Sarito ducked, and the book zoomed into a nearby bush. There was a loud 'whack', a strangled cry plus a rustle of leaves as someone from within the bush plopped into view with blood trickling out his nose.
"Oh, fun." Eyan's eyes widened in shock. "Elayne, I think you just killed somebody."
Sarito turned around and scratched the top of his head. "Oh well, better him than me. Wonder what's with that weird getup he's wearing?"
More leaves rustled. In a flash, at least ten more people dressed in similar attire rose from the bushes, all poised for different spells.
"It looks like he's got friends....."
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"Wait! Listen!"
Kyoko, Ren and Sophia froze in the spot, silently waiting.
"Shodin." Sophia confirmed. "And some travelers caught in the mess."
"Come on!" Kyoko drew her katana. "We have to help!"
"My life seriously sucks big time."
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"What did I ever do to you?!" Sarito shouted as he dodged a flare arrow sent his way.
"ACK!" Donal leapt to one aside as a fireball shot past and set a nearby bush on fire. "Watch where you're casting those things!"
"Can't the lot of you get over a badly aimed book?!" Elayne barely blocked with her dagger as one of the men attempted to fight using physical means.
"Which happened to be mine!" Eyan reminded as he wrestled his opponent away.
"Who asked you?!"
"I'm just about sick of this....." Donal growled as he drew his hands back. "FIREBALL!"
Donal's opponent was finally silenced as he lay in a blackened heap.
Elayne caught on and kicked her own opponent away. "Eat ice you jerk! FREEZE ARROW!"
Eyan blinked as the man he was fighting was suddenly pulled up into a tree. The was a series of muffled thumps before he reappeared battered, bruised and unconscious.
A smirking white-haired girl jumped out of the tree. "Bet he didn't know what hit him."
Eyan looked from the fallen man to the girl that had just appeared. "Err.....T-Thanks."
Elayne watched in surprise as her opponent screamed and clutched at his shoulder. Sticking out of it was an arrow. She looked in the most likely direction it had come from, and saw a girl with dirty-blonde hair clutching a white bow. The girl smiled as she was joined by another female with black hair.
"Need a hand?"
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After what seemed like ages, the last Shodin sorcerer fell into the gathering pile on one side of the forest path.
"Healed or no, that's gonna be sore in the morning." Sarito winced as he rubbed a sore spot on his arm. "Hey. Thanks for the help."
"No problem. We were planning on fighting those guys anyway." The blonde-haired girl grinned. "I'm Kyoko Usimo. These are my friends Sophia Livana and 'Ren' Aiirenai Taro."
"I'm Sarito Sanyan. Behind me are Elayne, Donal and Eyan dal Faili. Where are you headed?"
"New Sairaag." Sophia replied.
"Same here." Sarito brightened visibly. "Say, wanna travel together?"
"Sounds like a good idea. These Shodin here won't attack so frequently if we're in a bigger group." Kyoko commented. "What do you guys think?"
Sophia nodded her agreement. Ren shrugged, believing in the less trouble, the better. As the others muttered approval, a new group was officially formed to set out and leave the forest behind as soon as possible.
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Disclaimer - Oh yes....I also do not own the plot bunnies.
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#BONK#
Sean: Ow......
HW: SAVE THE PLOT BUNNIES!!!!!!!!!
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