Chapter 7:
The realm of the ryuuzoku: peaceful and elegant. A waterfall flowed, its sparkling water and soft gurgling sounds dazzling any who saw its wonder. The sky itself appeared to glow ever so gently. Black and gold dragons soared majestically, like black and gold glitters in the baby blue sky.
Lina and company tromped through the realm, exhausted and hungry. Cut that, extremely hungry. And no one likes to face Lina Inverse the bandit killer when she's hungry. In fact, just to release her pent-up frustration for missing lunch, the fiery girl blew up an entire forest area, causing Karyuuou's miko and Mokuryuu to blow up themselves. Literally.
Finally, they arrived at their destination. Before them stood the miko of the great Wind Dragon. Before Filia could open her mouth to greet her fellow miko, the midnight-haired girl began first.
The entire area went dark, save only for a single spotlight focused upon Kazeryuu's miko. Posing dramatically with a slender hand upon her forehead, the miko released a sigh. "Aaah…at last after a torturous and weary search, you have found me…the miko of…" Another pose. "The great…" And another. "the WONDERFUL…" The miko flashed a vigorous "V" sign". "KAZERYUU!!!" Thunder cracked and lightning flashed upon that glorious statement!
Zelgadiss rubbed his temples. "I'm surrounded by idiots…God help me."
"Why, but of course! How may I assist you?"
The reaction to that simple question was explosive, save for perhaps Luna Inverse, who merely smiled knowingly and two rather confused people, one a blonde, the other a red-head. Upon recognising the voice, several dragons in the sky flew rapidly away, with frightened "yipe yipe yipe" squeaks filling the air. Others fell to earth in a dead faint. Filia herself rocketed high into the sky screeching blue murder, with a terrified Wood Dragon hanging on to a strand of her hair. Amelia gave out a piercing scream whereupon she received a painful boot on the posterior by an enraged (and quite deafened) chimera, while Lina's eyes bulged and her jaw unhinged. Staying in her victory position with her mouth open gave the miko of the Wind Dragon quite a hilarious look.
Xelloss smirked. "Did you miss me?"
Nobody bothered asking how the trickster priest got past the barrier. They all knew what his cryptic answer would be.
Needless to say, the procedure was repeated. So as not to bore you, let's just skip right to the arrival of the great Wind Dragon, shall we?
In a burst of glory, Kazeryuu rose to the sky, roaring. The Fire Dragon and Gourry applauded with great fervour, while Mokuryuu, Lina and Filia smacked their foreheads simultaneously. Of course, the Wood Dragon didn't exactly have a forehead to speak of. But let's not worry about technicalities.
"Thank you, thank you!" A translucent stairway appeared from the sky, as the Wind Dragon descended on his hind legs, bowing extravagantly to his audience.
Who promptly collapsed. Except for his insanely happy miko, who was clapping with utmost joy and wonder.
"Not another loon," the fiery-haired Lina groaned.
The eyes of the Princess of Seryuun were reduced to little dots. "Our saviours are all a bunch of idiots?"
Sylphiel's eyes softened. "Oh, I wouldn't go that far…"
Slapping Sylphiel across the shoulder, Lina snorted. "For someone who likes the king idiot of them all, I'm not surprised you said that."
The gentle girl blushed sweetly.
An exclamation from Kazeryuu caused everyone to snap back to their senses.
"XELLOSS?!"
The Trickster Priest gave a friendly wave.
The enraged Wind Dragon bounded off the stairway in a gigantic leap, heaping curses upon the mazoku. The Dragon God did not even realise that the pull of gravity reacts a lot faster on a bulk as heavy as his. As such, Kazeryuu was speeding rapidly to earth. The group and even the ground sprouted several sweatdrops at the sight.
"I know I'm stupid, but whoa…" The Fire Dragon looked up at the still-bellowing Wind Dragon.
"We're all comrades," Gourry stated rather cheerfully.
"Incredible. The 3 musketeers of sheer stupidity are meeting each other. This event must be recorded in history! What's the date today?"
"You're a riot Lina."
"I'll take that as a compliment, Zel."
Once again, Luna Inverse saved the day. Conjuring a bubble, she aimed it beneath the falling Wind Dragon, thus saving his life and the poor mother earth which he was about to fall several feet deep into.
Clapping his hands, Xelloss beamed. "Such a magnificent performance!" The Wind Dragon's miko nodded rigorously at the remark.
Kazeryuu perked up. "Do you really think so?"
Thumping sounds could be heard as Karyuuou's miko knocked her head upon the Wind Dragon's temple.
