A Sailor Moon/Slayers Fic
Episode Five: Dynast! Hotaru and Valgarv's
first kiss
By Sakura
Xellos chuckled
as he peered into the snowdrift. Both of the mazoku were asleep curled up
together, covered by Hotaru's cape. The dragon mazoku had his arms wrapped
around the shorter girl who had managed to wrap her own arms around him during
her slumber.
"Yare,
yare," said the trickster priest. "Isn't this an interesting turn of
events. I never thought horn boy had it in him."
At the sound of
her brother's voice, the purple haired girl began to stir, causing her
companion to wake as well. Not remembering where she was, Hotaru started when
she heard a familiar voice.
"Ohayo,
Xylia-chan!"
Looking up she
saw a purple haired man standing at the edge of the snowdrift. Now she
remembered. She and Valgarv had gotten separated from her brother and Lina. The
aqua haired man blushed when he realized where his arms were.
"Don't just
stand there, baka! Get us outta here!" he yelled at Xellos.
"Ohayo to
you too, Val-chan," the priest said cheerfully, smiling as always.
"Really
'niisan! Get us out of here. It's cold," Hotaru said wrapping her cape
around her.
"Now why
would I do that? You two seemed to be quite comfy a few moments ago." The
dragon was about to spout another stream of obscenities and Hotaru, for once in
her life, was about to get angry.
She could see her
brother wanted to enjoy their embarrassment a bit longer, but she didn't want
the handsome mazoku behind her to suffer any more humiliation like she did when
she was growing up on Earth. "Xellos!" she yelled, a pale purple aura
beginning to glow around her. "Shut up for once and get us out of here.
NOW!"
Both men stared
at the shy and timid girl and backed away a bit, both sensing the power she
had. Gulping, Xellos began to rub the back of his head. "Gomen
imouto-chan. Don't get your undies in a bunch. Old Xel'll have you out of there
in a jiffy."
The trickster
priest then reached in to his bag of tricks and pulled out a rope, tossing one
end over the edge. "All righty. Up you go Xylia-chan."
"Nuh-uh! I'm
not gonna fall for that old trick, namagomi," Valgarv said grabbing hold
of the rope. "If she goes up first, you'll just leave me here to
rot."
A look of mock
hurt crossed Xellos' face. "Why Val-chan, I'm shocked. I wouldn't dream of
doing such a thing." The dragon mazoku growled. "Besides, it'd make
my darling little sister unhappy. I would never do that," he added
noticing the glare she was giving him.
"It's all
right, Val-san. Go ahead, I can wait," Hotaru said, blushing.
Nodding, the aqua
haired mazoku climbed out, followed moments later by Xellos' sister.
"Now that
we're all safe and sound, let's get back," the purple haired man said.
"Lina-chan's probably having a fit and I don't want to miss this."
With that the mazoku priest headed back to the cave where he left his redheaded
lover.
Sighing and
shaking her head, Hotaru followed her brother, not noticing the strange and
confused look on Valgarv's face.
*****
Meanwhile, Lina
woke up as she fought off the pleasant dream she'd been having. Reaching beside
her, she felt the spot her lover had occupied was now cold and vacant.
"Xel?"
she called, thinking he might have stepped out for a second. No answer came.
Hearing the rustle of paper, the sorceress picked up a note that had fallen off
her when she sat up. "Leave it to that fruitcake to leave a note in the
weirdest places," she said as she began to read.
'Gone to look for
Xylia-chan and Val. Be right back.
Love,
Xellos'
The petite
sorceress swore. "Just like him to disappear when you least expect it. Now
he'll cause all sorts of trouble with dragon boy and I don't think she'll be
able to stop them. I'd better get going before it gets ugly."
"I don't
think that would be necessary, pet," came her lover's voice as he
materialized in the cave, causing Lina to eep in surprise.
Pouncing on the
mazoku, the redhead had him in a headlock in record time. "Dammit Xel!
Don't do that! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
Chuckling and
enjoying himself a little too much, the priest replied. "I missed you too,
Lina-chan."
"Um, ohayo,
Lina-san," Hotaru said entering the cave with Valgarv.
"Oh, hiya,
Xylia-chan. I'm glad you're o.k. Hiya Val!"
The aqua haired
mazoku grunted then blushed when his stomach rumbled a demand for food.
*****
Elsewhere, Dynast
Grausherra, Lord of the North, paced in his throne room. He had felt the death
of his general Sherra, and was now mildly angry. He knew he had sent her to her
doom, but the actually reality that one of his could be destroyed made him very
concerned. It meant that he too could very possibly die.
"I should
have gone with her. What in L-sama's name were you thinking, Dynast!" the
blue haired mazoku berated himself. "You haven't made a mistake like this
since the Kouma War."
The mazoku lord
sighed then sat on his ice-covered throne to wait for his own impending doom as
it slowly made its way to his fortress.
*****
The tiny group
stood before a pair of massive oak doors. Hotaru shivered, more from fear than
the cold. All of them could feel the power of the mazoku lord of the castle.
Lina, Xellos, and Valgarv however weren't as intimidated as the purple haired
girl, since they all knew that both Xellos and Valgarv were much stronger than
Dynast Grausherra. Placing a hand on his sister's shoulder, the trickster
priest said, "It's best you transform now, Xylia. I'd doubt you'd get a
chance once we get in."
Nodding the
mazoku girl pulled out her transformation pen and called out, "Saturn
Planet Power, make up!"
Purple and black
ribbons glowed around her as the transformation took place, forming a sailor
fuku with a purple and white color scheme. Valgarv stood in awe as he watched
the shy and timid girl he had come to know be replaced by a young woman with
great strength and determination written on her face.
"W-who the
hell are you?!" he asked in shock.
"I'll
explain later, Val-kun," she said turning her attention to the doors.
"I can sense something coming."
As if on cue, the
doors opened.
Lina stood behind
the other two mazoku, since only a tiny bit of her magic had come back as
Dynast Grausherra came through the doors to great them. 'Why is it always me?'
she lamented her fate as she felt Valgarv's power start to build up. She could
tell the dragon mazoku was inching for a fight.
'He definitely
takes after Garv,' Xellos thought, calmly standing nearby and waiting to see
what happens.
"May I ask
what you are doing at my home uninvited?" the blue haired mazoku lord
asked in an icy tone as cold as the snow and ice surrounding them.
"Oh we were
in the neighborhood and decided to pop up for a visit," Xellos said,
smiling cheerfully.
"Bullshit
Metallium! You dare to kill my general then waltz up to my home as if you owned
the place!" shouted Dynast.
"Oh I had NO
idea Sherra was your latest girlfriend Dyn-chan," Xellos said innocently.
"I'm sorry. I guess I shouldn't have destroyed her body then. You must
have wanted to say goodbye." The purple haired mazoku then giggled.
"Kisama!"
Dynast shot a bolt of blue lightning at him, catching the mazoku priest off
guard and knocking him several feet away.
"Xel!"
yelled Lina as she rushed after her lover.
"Oniisan!"
screamed Hotaru.
"Oniisan?"
The young man repeated as he noticed the purple haired girl finally.
"Xylia?" he asked stunned. He heard that Xellos' twin sister had
disappeared toward the end of the Kouma War. In fact it was what had driven him
to remain at the north pole for all these years. When the girl turned at the
sound of her name, he knew he hadn't been mistaken. "I'm glad to see you
are still alive, my dear." He placed a hand under her chin, forcing her to
look at him in the eye.
Slapping him in
the face, she looked back at him angrily. She had come to love the man who was
her brother in the short time they've been together. No one was going to hurt
him if she could help it. "How dare you!"
"Ever the
little spitfire, eh Xyl-chan?" The mazoku lord wiped the blood off his
lips before advancing on the sailor suited mazoku.
"Don't you
touch her!" Valgarv yelled.
Seeing the blue
haired mazoku lord look at Hotaru like she was a scrumptious meal, made the
aqua haired mazoku's blood boil. He was confused as to why he should care about
his enemy's sister, but he didn't want her to be hurt by the cruel mazoku lord
before them. He felt the immense desire to protect the delicate looking mazoku
girl.
Turning to face
him, Dynast smiled cruelly. "Oh is she your mate then, little
half-breed?" Hotaru blushed, thankful for some reason that the mazoku lord
couldn't see. "Too bad you didn't know that Xyl-chan and I had a thing
going a while back. I guess you'll never get to have what she gave me, ne
Val-kun?"
That was the last
straw, Val transformed to his half dragon form and rushed Dynast, talons
extended only to be repelled by an invisible shield. "That," began
the mazoku lord, "was a very foolish thing to do." Another bolt shot
from his hand and sent Valgarv to join Xellos as he was shaking off the impact.
The dragon mazoku hit the snow, unconscious.
"Val!"
Hotaru summoned her glaive and stabbed the blue haired man in the chest,
catching him in surprise. Staring in amazement at the weapon piercing his body,
Dynast coughed up black blood as he chuckled.
"Impressive
as always dear Xylia," he said, "Only you could manage to catch me
off guard like this." He smiled fondly as he remembered their last
sparring session and what occurred afterwards.
"Go to
hell," she spat, the look on her face as deadly as the glaive in her
hands. A feral smile appeared on the girl's face as she focused her power and
sent it to travel along the shaft of her weapon and into Dynast's body. Soon
both mazoku began to glow with a deep purple light.
Knowing his own
death was nearby, the blue haired mazoku lord began to struggle to get the
glaive out of him. "No this can't be happening! I'm so close! So -"
Hotaru's power began to crackle all over his body, slowly tearing him and his
life force apart. Cracks appeared and were widening by the second, the blue
haired man screamed as the final bit that was Dynast Grausherra ceased to
exist.
Lina watched in
shock as the mazoku lord finally burst apart into a thousand pieces then
disappear in a flash of black and purple light. Slumping against her glaive,
the purple haired girl's form reverted back to her normal human one.
Once she could
speak, she asked the redhead, "Are they all right?"
Gathering her jaw
off the ground, the sorceress replied, "Yeah. Xel and Val'll be o.k. in a
bit. They're just stunned." 'I hope,' she added silently not wanting to
incur the wrath of her lover's sister.
"Good."
Placing her hand on her brother's still form, a light purple glow began to
covered the slightly wounded mazoku.
"Oh hello,
'mouto-chan. I assume we're done here," he said getting up with Lina's
help. Hotaru nodded, relieved her brother was o.k.
"Think you
can get us home, niisan?" the purple haired girl asked. "I need to
rest before I can heal Val-san."
"Just give a
moment to get my strength back, Xylia-chan. That blast sure packed one heck of
a punch," replied the mazoku priest.
Once he had fully
recovered, Xellos teleported the group back to Wolf Pack Island.
*****
Valgarv lay on
her bed, sleeping peacefully after Hotaru had healed him. She knew she should
wake him since it had been hours ago, but the confusion she was feeling at the
moment prevented her from thinking straight.
She sat next to
the bed in the very same chair Xellos had sat when he first brought her to the
mazoku island, her glaive leaning against the wall nearby.
What was wrong
with her? Over the past couple weeks of traveling together, she had come to
like the handsome mazoku on her bed. At first he had struck her as nice person,
but he was also arrogant and a little self centered. He didn't even pay her
much attention in the beginning. But when she remembered how he kept her warm
with his body heat the night they got separated and trapped in a snowdrift, she
couldn't help thinking that maybe he really wasn't as bad as he seemed. In fact
her opinion of the mazoku changed when he came to her rescue after Dynast
Grausherra had insulted her. It was like the tales she read of knights of old
who would defend a lady's honor whenever she had been wronged.
'Can it be that
he cares for me?' she thought as she lightly touched the scars on his face.
"Am I falling in love with you?" she asked the silent dragon mazoku.
The purple haired girl blushed when her gaze drifted to the sliver of chest
that was revealed by the short vest he was wearing. She had to admit, Valgarv
was a VERY good looking man, even with the horn jutting from his head.
Deciding to push
away the confusing feelings, she started to try to heal the scars covering
Valgarv's body. Soft purple light glowed around her hands as they gently moved
over the still body, slowly erasing the scars.
'He's beautiful,'
she said to herself, one hand lingering on his cheek.
Valgarv felt
hands moving up and down his body, but instead of the pain he expected, there
was only a gentle warmth. He slowly opened his eyes to see Xellos' sister
sitting beside him, her hand on his cheek.
"Oh! How are
you feeling?" the girl asked, taking her hand away as if she had been
burnt.
The aqua haired
man blushed for a moment then snatched her hand. "You healed me?" he
asked. "Thank you," he murmured, marveling at how soft her hand felt
and how tiny it looked in his. He hadn't seen it, but he could sense she was as
powerful as her brother, maybe even more, but he couldn't help feel a strange
kind of connection to the girl.
As if it had a
mind of its own, Valgarv's hand pulled on hers and the purple haired mazoku
fell forward, her face mere inches away from his.
Before they knew
what was happening, the aqua haired mazoku raised his head and kissed the
astonished Hotaru. Her mouth opened in surprise and the dragon mazoku slipped
his tongue in, exploring inside. They remained like that for several more
moments, then he released her when he realized what he was doing. "Uh,
gomen," he said lowering his head in shame.
"Daijoubu,
Val-kun," she replied blushing a deep red. "It... it was nice."
"You-you're
not mad?" he asked, stunned.
"I, um, like
you too," she said almost too soft to be heard.
He couldn't
believe his ears. The person who should be his enemy had said she liked him.
Blushing he looked at her questioningly. "You do?"
"You don't
believe me?" she said with a hint of mischief. Pouncing on the dragon
mazoku, Hotaru returned the kiss, completely silencing Valgarv.