A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! You all rock! You're all helping me to reach my goal for this story! (which is to have more reviews than chapters) And bonus points to Lauren-sama, who correctly guessed Xellos's attacker (hehe). I'm not telling you who it is, since she had a couple guesses, but after this chapter you should probably know (if you've seen that series, that is). Gomen for making this chapter so short! The third one is much longer, I promise! ^_^;;
Disclaimer: I guess I forgot this for the other chapter… Anyway, Slayers doesn't belong to me! If it did I would have more than *looks in her wallet* nine dollars!
SLAYERS: THE FANFIC, Chapter two
"Xellos! Xellos!"
Amelia shook the limp Mazoku. His head lolled from side to side. To recap for all of you who skipped the first chapter, the characters of Slayers were in a fanfic, and they had found Xellos unconscious (or maybe dead, since Mazoku don't really have life signs anyway) in the middle of a very warped forest.
Very slowly, the purple-hair priest came to, blinking in the sunlight. He gave a soft moan, and shifted slightly, as though to find a better position. Suddenly, though, the memory of what had happened came backto him, and he jerked upright with a cry. Gasping, the Mazoku lost no time in attaching himself to the nearest thing he could find, which happened to be Zelgadis's leg. Xellos was trembling, and his eyes were not only open, they were roughly the size of dinner plates. He looked scared out of his wits.
"Agh! Hey! Get off me!" Zelgadis yelled, trying to free himself of Xellos's grip. No luck. The Mazoku, if anything, hugged tighter.
"Xellos, what happened?" Lina asked. She looked a little frightened, herself. If something could scare a virtually indestructible Mazoku that much, what could it do to them?
"It—it was horrible!" Xellos choked out, looking, for the first time since the gang had met him, completely terrified. "There was this little creature, and it was all white, and it was so happy!" He shuddered at that. "And it said 'Pu!'"
Lina blinked, then sniggered. "Let me get this straight," she said, fighting down more laughter. "You were 'attacked' by a small, fluffy white creature. It knocked you out. You, the mighty Mysterious Priest. And it said 'Pu'."
He nodded vigorously. Zelgadis had nearly stuffed a fist in his mouth to keep himself from laughing.
"It makes sense," Amelia said, frowning at the other three, who were now trying not to laugh at Xellos. "I mean, he's a Mazoku, right? That means he feeds off of negative energy. So if this thing was as happy as he said it was, then it's no surprise it knocked him out." It also explained why he looked so skinny. Positive energy must be like negative food for him, the princess reasoned.
Xellos nodded vigorously. Zel had stopped sniggering and was now trying to detach the Mazoku from his leg. "Get—off—of—me!" he growled, hopping on one foot and trying to shove Xellos off the other one. The Mysterious Priest shook his head and held on tighter, for all the world like some child who claimed there was a monster under his bed. Zelgadis lost his balance and fell, slamming into the large orange tree and leaving a small dent in the trunk. Xellos looked up sharply, then darted away. Zel, in a very bad mood, shook a fist at the retreating Mazoku.
"And you keep away from me, you fruitcake!"
He had time for just that before the orange, about the size of a beach ball, landed on him. It had joggled loose of the tree when he had knocked into it.
Amelia gasped and pointed at him. "There are citrus juices on Zelgadis!" (A/N: inside joke)
The chimera's head was entirely enclosed within the orange, making him look like some sort of warped chibi or something with a very large head. He growled low in his throat, clenching his fists so tight they shook. With a snarl he ripped the beach ball-sized orange off his head.
"That's IT!" he screamed. "I have HAD IT with this %$#@ fanfic!" And he stormed off into the forest of bizarre trees.
Lina blinked after him. "What do you think, should we go after him or let him cool down?"
Gourry looked slightly confused. Then again, he usually looked a little confused. "But—but doesn't Zel have the fanfic guidebook?"
They all looked at one another for a moment. Then, as one, Amelia, Lina and Gourry ran into the woods after him.
"Zel! Zel! Where are yoou?"
"Zel, come back!"
"Zel, I swear I'll Dragon Slave this whole forest if you don't show your blue face RIGHT NOW!"
Xellos watched them go, familiar smile back in place. He felt much better now after a meal of Zelgadis's considerable fury. He wondered whether he should follow them. Perhaps they would get up to something interesting.
The Mazoku spun around as a bush behind him rustled. His smile vanished, replaced by a look of wary fear. Suddenly, something in the bush chirped "Pu!" Xellos was off like a shot.
"Liiiiiinnaaaa!! Gourreeeee! Ameliaaaaa! Wait for meeeeeeeeeeeee!"
A/N: And so ends another thrilling chapter of "Slayers: the fanfic!" *gets several tomatos thrown at her* Ah! Sorry! *runs and hides* whatever. I have another chapter written… *several more tomatoes* grr… *takes out a little pad of paper and writes the tomatoes out of her ending notes* Okay, anyway, I promise I'll type up the rest of it soon (yeah, right) and the next chapter IS longer! Much longer!
Quick contest: Okay, if anyone can guess Xellos's attacker NOW, then you get a prize. I have yet to decide what it is. It may be nothing more than a cyber cookie -_-;; Yeah, I know I'm pathetic. Anyway, please review and tell me what you think! I LUV YOU ALL! Fics forever!