Ameria walked out on stage to varied reactions from the crowd, but waved
and smiled cheerfully in typical Ameria-fashion. She had no idea what she
would be up against. It soon appeared on stage…
"HIIII!" it screeched, the high-pitched sound waves piercing straight into the center of everyone's brain. About half of the audience members moaned in distress. Ameria stood frozen in place, wide-eyed. She shook her head to try to clear her mind of the screech-induced shock and made an effort to optimistically decide that she must have, well, heard wrong. She leveled her gaze back on the little monster, observing its jumpy movements as it was looking around…for something. "There's no tree-" and suddenly its eyes landed on Zelgadiss.
"MR. ZELGAAAADISS!" In a motion so fast only the fastest cameras could have recorded it, ffAmeria leaped off the stage and latched herself onto Zelgadiss. He was still staring in shock at the stage where she had been for a moment before he registered that she was attached to him. Then he looked down and proceeded to stare in shock at her…until her hand began to try to slip up his shirt. He gasped and began to try to wrestle her off, but her clinging abilities were beyond measure.
Ameria stared at Zelgadiss wrestling the uber-leech, and then looked up to try to locate Zellas. "She is supposed to be controlling this fight after all, and it is not just that an innocent…" Ameria looked back at Zelgadiss, reconsidering her statement. "It is not just that a bystander should be attacked by one of the contestants!" she amended, looking about. Zellas was nowhere to be seen. "I guess I will have to take this into my own hands…" she muttered, searching the area one last time. Many members of the crowd were melting into puddles of distress as their desire to throw objects at ffAmeria battled with their desire not to take any action that may injure Zelgadiss, if only mentally.
Suppressing a sudden urge to laugh at Zelgadiss's expression, Ameria trotted over to the struggling pair and put her hands on her hips, glaring ffAmeria. "You are here to fight me, Ameria-san, not to scare Zelgadiss."
"I'm not /scared/," Zelgadiss proclaimed, in typical obstinacy. His distraction gave ffAmeria her chance, and she planted a kiss on Zelgadiss's mouth. "Help!" he said weakly, voice muffled by ffAmeria's enthusiastic love. Ameria bravely gripped ffAmeria, trying to pull her off. Suddenly, ffAmeria let go. Violent pulling is detrimental to balance in a case like this, and both Amerias landed in a heap on the ground. Zelgadiss nearly collapsed with relief, and then backed off a considerable distance, finally hiding behind a pillar. He cautiously peeked out to watch Ameria's progress.
"It is UNJUST to come between two people in love!!!!!!" ffAmeria cried, pointing accusatively at Ameria.
"Is it over?" Zellas asked. Zelgadiss, jumpy already, nearly smashed into the pole in the process of whipping around. "They are fighting now," Zellas observed. "Much better." She walked to the side of the stage to wait out yet another ridiculous fight.
"Zelgadiss-san…is not in love with you," Ameria said, mystified as to how ffAmeria's conclusion had been drawn.
"I will smash you, evil villain who goes against loveness, with the Hammer of Justice!" FfAmeria yowled. She started forward, and promptly tripped over her feet, falling on her face. Ameria blinked down at her, wondering if she should offer her some help up. Suddenly, using her inhuman speed, ffAmeria jumped up and right into Ameria's face. Ameria's eyes went wide as ffAmeria began spouting her words again. "You are the evilest creature I have ever fought! I will strike you down with the—"
"YOU'RE SCARING ME!" Ameria hollered, smashing her fist into ffAmeria's face. FfAmeria went skittering across the stage, finally slamming into the wall. She lay unconscious, little pink hammers of Justice floating about her head. The crowd cheered, Zelgadiss came out from behind the pillar, and Zellas began her journey to the center of the stage to announce the next contestant- when a small, sharp dagger suddenly whizzed by Ameria's head.
"Damn! I missed!" someone cursed. Ameria turned towards the voice. She didn't think she could take any more strangeness. A figure dropped into the middle of the stage, landing on two feet and one hand. It slowly stood up, causing every guy in the audience to look at the same place, and leveled its gaze at Ameria. She found herself staring at herself…in a tight black leather cat suit.
"Who are you…?" Ameria asked, feeling faint, and looking from the woman's stilleto heels up past her low neckline and bright red painted lips to her accusing eyes.
"You are trying to steal my Zelgadiss!" ffAmeriaII proclaimed, pointing another little sharp dagger at her.
"I am?" Ameria blinked, confused.
"If I have to kill you…" ffAmeriaII swung her dagger around to point at the pillar Zelgadiss was now hiding behind again between stealing glimpses at that wonderful tightly-clad bust "…or him… Even if I have to become a Mazoku…I will!" She let out a laugh that screamed of insanity. Ameria shivered.
"Maybe you should go to a psychol—"
"No!" ffAmeriaII said, pointing her dagger back at Ameria. "This is all your fault! YOU stole MY Zelgadiss!"
"Nobody belongs to anybody else!" Ameria said, pointing at ffAmeriaII. FfAmeriaII balled up her unencumbered fist, incensed at the selfishness of this child. Zellas smiled thinly, thoroughly enjoying the feelings emanating from ffAmeriaII.
"Zelgadiss, don't you think this is getting a little dangerous?" Gourry asked, appearing behind Zelgadiss and his safety pillar.
"Huh? Dangerous? Oh. I suppose. But I'm not going out there."
"Wimp," Gourry said, and began to walk out there.
"I am /not/ a wimp!" Zelgadiss said, following. Gourry stopped, and Zelgadiss walked past him, on his way to Zellas.
"You!"
Zelgadiss froze.
"You decided to come out of hiding, did you?" FfAmeriaII smiled thinly, looking upon Zelgadiss as if he were a Barbie doll that she wanted to melt. "If I can't have you, no one will!" she cried, opening her arms dramatically to the sky.
"Zellas! End this now!" Zelgadiss screamed.
"Zellas? My title is Greater Beast, you realize," she said, unwilling to end this so quickly. Zelgadiss growled.
"Greater BEAST."
"Hm… I suppose I do want to end this before anybody gets killed. I would get in trouble." Zellas snapped her fingers and ffAmeriaII disappeared. All was quiet.
"Where did she go?" Ameria asked, still staring in horror at the spot she had been standing.
"Oh, I transported her into an alternate plane of existence. She will be hanging out with fuzzy purple bunnies for a while," Zellas said with a thin smile, imagining the woman's horror. The half of the audience that recovers from shock quickly began to howl with laughter. "Next time we will get to see my faithful servant Xelloss pitted against his fanfiction counterpart. I hope it will not take him out of action for too long…"
"I hope it doesn't either!" one Xelloss fangirl hollered from the audience, taking the ending of this chapter neatly away from the Greater Beast.
*
To the Reviewers:
Thank you all for your reviews!
Rowan Seven- I went ahead and read Slayers True (whew, that was long). Good story. It was not as blatantly ooc as usual, but it was still not in character. Lina and Zelgadiss…Lina especially, were too patient with each other. Of course, that was to make the story work.
Cynical Angel- That would clear the audience of even the fanboys! ::rethinks about Naga:: Well, maybe not every fanboy…
"HIIII!" it screeched, the high-pitched sound waves piercing straight into the center of everyone's brain. About half of the audience members moaned in distress. Ameria stood frozen in place, wide-eyed. She shook her head to try to clear her mind of the screech-induced shock and made an effort to optimistically decide that she must have, well, heard wrong. She leveled her gaze back on the little monster, observing its jumpy movements as it was looking around…for something. "There's no tree-" and suddenly its eyes landed on Zelgadiss.
"MR. ZELGAAAADISS!" In a motion so fast only the fastest cameras could have recorded it, ffAmeria leaped off the stage and latched herself onto Zelgadiss. He was still staring in shock at the stage where she had been for a moment before he registered that she was attached to him. Then he looked down and proceeded to stare in shock at her…until her hand began to try to slip up his shirt. He gasped and began to try to wrestle her off, but her clinging abilities were beyond measure.
Ameria stared at Zelgadiss wrestling the uber-leech, and then looked up to try to locate Zellas. "She is supposed to be controlling this fight after all, and it is not just that an innocent…" Ameria looked back at Zelgadiss, reconsidering her statement. "It is not just that a bystander should be attacked by one of the contestants!" she amended, looking about. Zellas was nowhere to be seen. "I guess I will have to take this into my own hands…" she muttered, searching the area one last time. Many members of the crowd were melting into puddles of distress as their desire to throw objects at ffAmeria battled with their desire not to take any action that may injure Zelgadiss, if only mentally.
Suppressing a sudden urge to laugh at Zelgadiss's expression, Ameria trotted over to the struggling pair and put her hands on her hips, glaring ffAmeria. "You are here to fight me, Ameria-san, not to scare Zelgadiss."
"I'm not /scared/," Zelgadiss proclaimed, in typical obstinacy. His distraction gave ffAmeria her chance, and she planted a kiss on Zelgadiss's mouth. "Help!" he said weakly, voice muffled by ffAmeria's enthusiastic love. Ameria bravely gripped ffAmeria, trying to pull her off. Suddenly, ffAmeria let go. Violent pulling is detrimental to balance in a case like this, and both Amerias landed in a heap on the ground. Zelgadiss nearly collapsed with relief, and then backed off a considerable distance, finally hiding behind a pillar. He cautiously peeked out to watch Ameria's progress.
"It is UNJUST to come between two people in love!!!!!!" ffAmeria cried, pointing accusatively at Ameria.
"Is it over?" Zellas asked. Zelgadiss, jumpy already, nearly smashed into the pole in the process of whipping around. "They are fighting now," Zellas observed. "Much better." She walked to the side of the stage to wait out yet another ridiculous fight.
"Zelgadiss-san…is not in love with you," Ameria said, mystified as to how ffAmeria's conclusion had been drawn.
"I will smash you, evil villain who goes against loveness, with the Hammer of Justice!" FfAmeria yowled. She started forward, and promptly tripped over her feet, falling on her face. Ameria blinked down at her, wondering if she should offer her some help up. Suddenly, using her inhuman speed, ffAmeria jumped up and right into Ameria's face. Ameria's eyes went wide as ffAmeria began spouting her words again. "You are the evilest creature I have ever fought! I will strike you down with the—"
"YOU'RE SCARING ME!" Ameria hollered, smashing her fist into ffAmeria's face. FfAmeria went skittering across the stage, finally slamming into the wall. She lay unconscious, little pink hammers of Justice floating about her head. The crowd cheered, Zelgadiss came out from behind the pillar, and Zellas began her journey to the center of the stage to announce the next contestant- when a small, sharp dagger suddenly whizzed by Ameria's head.
"Damn! I missed!" someone cursed. Ameria turned towards the voice. She didn't think she could take any more strangeness. A figure dropped into the middle of the stage, landing on two feet and one hand. It slowly stood up, causing every guy in the audience to look at the same place, and leveled its gaze at Ameria. She found herself staring at herself…in a tight black leather cat suit.
"Who are you…?" Ameria asked, feeling faint, and looking from the woman's stilleto heels up past her low neckline and bright red painted lips to her accusing eyes.
"You are trying to steal my Zelgadiss!" ffAmeriaII proclaimed, pointing another little sharp dagger at her.
"I am?" Ameria blinked, confused.
"If I have to kill you…" ffAmeriaII swung her dagger around to point at the pillar Zelgadiss was now hiding behind again between stealing glimpses at that wonderful tightly-clad bust "…or him… Even if I have to become a Mazoku…I will!" She let out a laugh that screamed of insanity. Ameria shivered.
"Maybe you should go to a psychol—"
"No!" ffAmeriaII said, pointing her dagger back at Ameria. "This is all your fault! YOU stole MY Zelgadiss!"
"Nobody belongs to anybody else!" Ameria said, pointing at ffAmeriaII. FfAmeriaII balled up her unencumbered fist, incensed at the selfishness of this child. Zellas smiled thinly, thoroughly enjoying the feelings emanating from ffAmeriaII.
"Zelgadiss, don't you think this is getting a little dangerous?" Gourry asked, appearing behind Zelgadiss and his safety pillar.
"Huh? Dangerous? Oh. I suppose. But I'm not going out there."
"Wimp," Gourry said, and began to walk out there.
"I am /not/ a wimp!" Zelgadiss said, following. Gourry stopped, and Zelgadiss walked past him, on his way to Zellas.
"You!"
Zelgadiss froze.
"You decided to come out of hiding, did you?" FfAmeriaII smiled thinly, looking upon Zelgadiss as if he were a Barbie doll that she wanted to melt. "If I can't have you, no one will!" she cried, opening her arms dramatically to the sky.
"Zellas! End this now!" Zelgadiss screamed.
"Zellas? My title is Greater Beast, you realize," she said, unwilling to end this so quickly. Zelgadiss growled.
"Greater BEAST."
"Hm… I suppose I do want to end this before anybody gets killed. I would get in trouble." Zellas snapped her fingers and ffAmeriaII disappeared. All was quiet.
"Where did she go?" Ameria asked, still staring in horror at the spot she had been standing.
"Oh, I transported her into an alternate plane of existence. She will be hanging out with fuzzy purple bunnies for a while," Zellas said with a thin smile, imagining the woman's horror. The half of the audience that recovers from shock quickly began to howl with laughter. "Next time we will get to see my faithful servant Xelloss pitted against his fanfiction counterpart. I hope it will not take him out of action for too long…"
"I hope it doesn't either!" one Xelloss fangirl hollered from the audience, taking the ending of this chapter neatly away from the Greater Beast.
*
To the Reviewers:
Thank you all for your reviews!
Rowan Seven- I went ahead and read Slayers True (whew, that was long). Good story. It was not as blatantly ooc as usual, but it was still not in character. Lina and Zelgadiss…Lina especially, were too patient with each other. Of course, that was to make the story work.
Cynical Angel- That would clear the audience of even the fanboys! ::rethinks about Naga:: Well, maybe not every fanboy…