Author's Note: Thank you, my readers, for your reviews. Without them, I would have abandoned this fic at the end of the first chapter. And I'm sorry this took a while, but other, more important things caught my attention.
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So here I am, staring death right in the eye. I never would have guessed that the Grim Reaper was a red-headed sorceress with a chest as flat as cardboard. But here I am, the reincarnated form of Hellmaster Phibrizo, staring down Lina Inverse one more time.
I conclude that there is too much power around at the moment for me to deal with at this time. As I am still in a human form (and I've taken Phibrizo to be a part of me now, thus I will refer to both of us as I), I decide to just take a hostage and get the hell out of Dodge. Now, who will it be? Lina is out of the question, and so is Zelgadis. That leaves Gourry and Amelia. Amelia would drive me nuts, so...
I Raywing over to Gourry, grab him, and begin an upward ascent. Gourry gives up trying to hurt me and just hangs on to my waist. "Don't worry Gourry-san, I'll save you with the hammer of justice!" And with that, Amelia leaps from her tree, grabbing onto his leg and slowly climbing up. Oh well, looks like I'll have to take a second hostage. As she's about to belt me, I grab her, toss her over to the other side, and grab her clothes, letting her hang upside-down.
I continue my flight to a nearby forest, where I pick up the smiling form of Xellos, perched in a tree. After burying Gourry and Amelia up to their necks, my ears prick up as I hear Xellos clapping, shortly followed by explosions. Lina's following me.
It would appear, however, that no deaths are on the schedule today. Xellos teleports down to the ground. He is standing in between the Slayers and I, right in the crossfire. "Oh my, what a hostile situation we have here! Gomen nasai, Lina-chan, but you cannot kill him yet. My master wants to catch up with her 'brother.'" And with that, we teleported.
I was expecting that Wolf Pack Island looked this dismal. We appeared in the middle of a dark, dense forest, at the entrance to a massive keep. We went inside and, as of now, are traveling down a very long hallway. The floor, ceiling, and walls of this hallway are bare stone, and cold. Apparently, Juu-ou has very particular tastes about how she wants her domain to look. Wolves seem to be following us all over the place. I feel as if they are going to pounce me, though I know they won't.
This, obviously, doesn't happen, especially since I am with Xellos, and the wolves seem to have great respect for him. Not surprising. After all, he is the most powerful mazoku under Ruby-Eye-sama's subordinates, one of those being, apparently, me. Xellos stops at the end of the hallway and gives me a slight bow, signalling me to enter the door there. The door almost seems to be solid gold, with silver handles to it.
I open the door and find exactly what I expected on the other side. There, in the very slight illumination emanating from an unknown source above, sat the Greater Beast herself, Xelas. Xellos introduced us and then proceeded to get the hell out of there. Experience has been a great teacher, and eavesdropping on one of Juu-ou's conversations can be very dangerous.
Juu-ou gives me a predatory grin. She's always been like that. I shouldn't be so nervous. "So," she begins, "you've finally come back to us, Phibrizo...though not entirely. It seems that Okaasama wasn't done teaching you a lesson." She smiles (and god it's creepy when she does), and lights a cigarette. "Would you mind not doing that? I'm still in a human body, you know." She frowns, but respects my suggestion. Well, I am above her, sort of, so...
"Was there anything you wanted to talk to me about?" Juu-ou orders one of her servants to get her a drink, and she has it seconds later. Well trained, I suppose. "No, no, just wanted to see you." I frown now. "Then, in that case, you've seen me, and I'm going. I've got to get back to work on destroying the world." And with that, I teleport (on my own now, my powers must be reawakening). I reappear within my temple. I can still hear the souls trapped in my crystals, writhing and screaming in unending agony.
It's good to be home.
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Author's note: This is NOT the end of the story! I'm going to write more, but only if I get reviews, so get to it!
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So here I am, staring death right in the eye. I never would have guessed that the Grim Reaper was a red-headed sorceress with a chest as flat as cardboard. But here I am, the reincarnated form of Hellmaster Phibrizo, staring down Lina Inverse one more time.
I conclude that there is too much power around at the moment for me to deal with at this time. As I am still in a human form (and I've taken Phibrizo to be a part of me now, thus I will refer to both of us as I), I decide to just take a hostage and get the hell out of Dodge. Now, who will it be? Lina is out of the question, and so is Zelgadis. That leaves Gourry and Amelia. Amelia would drive me nuts, so...
I Raywing over to Gourry, grab him, and begin an upward ascent. Gourry gives up trying to hurt me and just hangs on to my waist. "Don't worry Gourry-san, I'll save you with the hammer of justice!" And with that, Amelia leaps from her tree, grabbing onto his leg and slowly climbing up. Oh well, looks like I'll have to take a second hostage. As she's about to belt me, I grab her, toss her over to the other side, and grab her clothes, letting her hang upside-down.
I continue my flight to a nearby forest, where I pick up the smiling form of Xellos, perched in a tree. After burying Gourry and Amelia up to their necks, my ears prick up as I hear Xellos clapping, shortly followed by explosions. Lina's following me.
It would appear, however, that no deaths are on the schedule today. Xellos teleports down to the ground. He is standing in between the Slayers and I, right in the crossfire. "Oh my, what a hostile situation we have here! Gomen nasai, Lina-chan, but you cannot kill him yet. My master wants to catch up with her 'brother.'" And with that, we teleported.
I was expecting that Wolf Pack Island looked this dismal. We appeared in the middle of a dark, dense forest, at the entrance to a massive keep. We went inside and, as of now, are traveling down a very long hallway. The floor, ceiling, and walls of this hallway are bare stone, and cold. Apparently, Juu-ou has very particular tastes about how she wants her domain to look. Wolves seem to be following us all over the place. I feel as if they are going to pounce me, though I know they won't.
This, obviously, doesn't happen, especially since I am with Xellos, and the wolves seem to have great respect for him. Not surprising. After all, he is the most powerful mazoku under Ruby-Eye-sama's subordinates, one of those being, apparently, me. Xellos stops at the end of the hallway and gives me a slight bow, signalling me to enter the door there. The door almost seems to be solid gold, with silver handles to it.
I open the door and find exactly what I expected on the other side. There, in the very slight illumination emanating from an unknown source above, sat the Greater Beast herself, Xelas. Xellos introduced us and then proceeded to get the hell out of there. Experience has been a great teacher, and eavesdropping on one of Juu-ou's conversations can be very dangerous.
Juu-ou gives me a predatory grin. She's always been like that. I shouldn't be so nervous. "So," she begins, "you've finally come back to us, Phibrizo...though not entirely. It seems that Okaasama wasn't done teaching you a lesson." She smiles (and god it's creepy when she does), and lights a cigarette. "Would you mind not doing that? I'm still in a human body, you know." She frowns, but respects my suggestion. Well, I am above her, sort of, so...
"Was there anything you wanted to talk to me about?" Juu-ou orders one of her servants to get her a drink, and she has it seconds later. Well trained, I suppose. "No, no, just wanted to see you." I frown now. "Then, in that case, you've seen me, and I'm going. I've got to get back to work on destroying the world." And with that, I teleport (on my own now, my powers must be reawakening). I reappear within my temple. I can still hear the souls trapped in my crystals, writhing and screaming in unending agony.
It's good to be home.
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Author's note: This is NOT the end of the story! I'm going to write more, but only if I get reviews, so get to it!
