Chapter 6:
Placing the Wood Dragon God upon her slender shoulder, the Knight of Ceipheed requested for the whereabouts of the next dragon. The tiny twig cleared his throat (let us just ignore where his throat is) and spoke.
"The next Dragon God, if you consider him a God at all, the pathetic-"
Lina laughed. "You're in no position to call anyone pathetic." She melted under her elder sister's icy glare.
Mokuryuu continued. "Anyways, it is the Wind Dragon, Kazeryuu. He can be found in-"
"Have I missed much?"
Jerking the mazoku up by the collar, the Golden Dragon eyed him face to face. "What happened to you, namagomi?"
Something clicked within the trickster's mind.
"Why, Filia san…you needn't have worried. I can fully take care of-" He was stopped short. Afterall, how can you talk with your face being punched in?
A very pink Dragon stomped away, mumbling to herself. Karyuuou, amazingly grasping the situation, waggled his eyebrows at Xelloss. Being a Dragon God certainly had its uses. For example, his miko would be forced to curb her hands from throttling his flirtatious being thoroughly.
The Wood Dragon grumbled. "May I continue?"
"Go ahead." The Knight's voice was filled with steel. Rest assured, there were to be no interruptions upon the Dragon God's instructions from now on.
"Finally. Kazeryuu can be found in the Atlas City. Closer to the edge of the city I would say."
"What about his miko?" The cursed youth pulled his hood over his features, his narrowed eyes flitting back and forth.
Mokuryuu blinked. "Oh yes yes…she can be found in the realm of the ryuuzokus."
"Two down and four more to go! All right!" Charged onwards by the bandit killer's enthusiasm, the group left to their next destination.
A shadowy figure stood among the trees, a smile of malice on his dark face. One moment he was there, the next second, he was gone.
Flicking aqua eyes towards the forest, Zelgadiss clasped the hilt of his sword. Something was following them…his sixth sense was cutting into him like a sharp knife. This must have something to do with a certain smiling mazoku. Closing his cloak tighter round him, the chimera decided to question Xelloss at the next stop.
The blonde-haired Filia bore a smug smile on her face. In order to prevent any mazokus from entering the forbidden realm of the ryuuzoku, Ceipheed had erected a barrier, powerful enough to halt even Shaburanigdo from stepping within the realm. There was no way the namagomi could ever enter it! Once, just this once, she could celebrate this private victory over the scheming mazoku. Much to her surprise, the trickster priest cheerfully agreed to wait for them outside of the realm.
Before they entered however, Zelgadiss grabbed Xelloss up by the collar, staring at the latter eye-to-eye. "What's your game, fruitcake?"
Looking up at the peaceful azure blue sky dotted with drifting clouds, the mazoku merely smiled in response.
"Answer me!"
"What wonderful weather we have today…"
"Xelloss-"
"Oh, look my friend, doesn't that cloud look like a fluffy white bunny?"
"You son of a bastard-"
The Knight of Ceipheed placed a gentle hand upon the chimera's fist.
"All will be revealed in time, cursed one."
Her red rubies glowing in the sun, Lina observed the enraged Zelgadiss. With his acute sense of hearing and sight, he must have noticed the shadow as well. It sure is a comfort to know that she was not hallucinating. What ever happened to Ryo? Fingering her talismans, the bandit killer pondered silently, as the group slowly went through the barrier, with the cursed youth constantly turning back to throw glares at the smirking trickster priest.
"All will be revealed in time…"
