Disclaimer: This songfic is to a song from Revolutionary Girl
Utena (Shoujo Kakumei Utena) – "Fujingenkon Gattaijutsu" ("Inhuman Illusory
Soul Fusion Magic"). It's the duel song for Episode 14. I don't own Slayers, or
Utena, etc., etc., etc., C&C appreciated VERY much, as this fic is
suffering from first-Slayers-fic sickness. ^_^
-Kitsune no Miko
Shinrei ni mo are They can be divine spirits
Aki ni mo are They can be evil spirits
Xellos watched
Lina and company, his usual happy-go-lucky self masking his true nature. He
toyed with the idea of telling them that they were doing much of HIS work, but
quickly dismissed it. After all, it simply wasn't fun to be direct –
that was
not how one played the game.
Ah ten
no houki Ah, even
if
Mochi kuru tomo Heaven's vapors were brought
here…
Naraku no sokoi
wa Secret thoughts
Zen ni mo are! Can also be virtue!
Aku ni mo are! They can also be vice!
He had
power beyond other mazoku at his rank. Dragons, the race of the gods, gave him
respect mixed with fear. The reason? He knew the rules. Once one knew the
rules, the rules could be manipulated, twisted, and even broken.
Xellos
knew he held the cards of Lina Inverse, Gourry Gabriev, Zelgadis Graywords, and
even that justice-ranting twit Amelia Wil Tesla Seiryuun in his gloved hands.
They went, unknowingly, wherever he wanted them to go.
And,
since he knew how they acted, they would do whatever he wanted them to do.
Ah jigoku no enbun Ah, even if Hell's bewitching atmosphere
Tazusa e kuru tomo were carried here…
Kakaru ibukashii As long as such suspicious forms do
come,
Sugata nite kitaru ue wa they shall have
Mondou sen! A dialogue!
He had
been human, once. All those years ago, before he was turned into a mazoku.
He knew
the behavior of humans. Most mazoku underestimated them, but his knowledge had
helped him attain his high position.
Xellos winced,
inwardly, as much as a mazoku could inwardly wince. He had nearly forgotten
that night, so long ago it was, but a tiny whisper buried within his small
black heart jumped at the chance to remind him.
It had
been cold in the shrine the copy manuscript of the Claire Bible was stored in.
He was an ambitious spellcaster, and the information he sought was how to
defeat the highest ranking monsters. (Lina never did ask why he knew about the
tricks of the manuscript, and Xellos preferred to keep his secrets.) He had
spent the day trying to decode the code that sealed the manuscript's knowledge
away from him, and wondered if he would find the answer while he still lived.
"If only
I had more time! If I could live longer, I could find out the knowledge the Claire
Bible holds!"
Sarademo
sugoki On a moonlit night
Tsuki no yo ni Already severely cold,
Akugare idetamai zo ya might a spirit leave its body!
Jinchi
no oyobanu kono fushigi A mystery
beyond the ken of humans,
Zouke no
shuju taru ningen wo and humanity,
dwarfed by their Creator,
Osore wo
ononokasen sono sugata is made to
tremble in fear at the sight!
The
elegant-looking Mazoku Lord had come to him soon afterward, a scheming smile on
her lips.
"I am
Zelas Metallium, but most call me the Beast Master of the Mazoku. You say,
human, that your greatest desire is to be immortal?"
He had
no choice but to answer, so scared was he.
"Y-yes,
to discover the knowledge of… the reason why the Gods and Monsters fight."
"Why
would you be here otherwise?" Zelas waved a hand airily. "I am offering you a
life in which you would not die unless killed off – power beyond what little
you have now – a chance, little man, to play tricks on those who once tricked
you. In return, I ask that you become my servant."
Xellos
had accepted. After all, what could he say? He was now second in command to the
Mazoku Lord, marked as Zelas' servant by his last name, ordered to follow Lina
and her crew in their travels and "assist" them.
And yet…
in their faces, he could see fragments of how he had been. He wouldn't tell
them; it simply wasn't fun to be direct.
That was
not how one played the game.
