A.N. Yes, yes I know I do this almost every time. Its soooo hot here right now… my rooms the hottest of all so it's really been hard to make myself sit down and type…so you guys better appreciate this and review! And thanks a whole bunch to Pixie, Digi-Riven, and Vivi Laney for reviewing almost every time!! *scratches head* I don't remember why I asked if I could use your city Digi…Oh well
Anyway...for the record! I DON"T OWN SLAYERS!! BUT I WISH I DID!!
Digi! I really loved 'A jingly Staff and A plant Called Verin'!! And Lady Evenstar I really like 'Out of twilight'!! Vivi I love a 'painful mind'! And last but certainly not least PIXIE! I love 'Understandings'!! MORE MORE MORE! FROM ALL OF YOU!! *takes out whip* don't make me use this! *sweatdrops and puts whip away as authors gang up on her* ahhh!! I'm sorry I'm sorry!!
Anyway! On with the story!
Zelgadis walked up to the house and knocked…and knocked…and knocked. Finally he gave up and tried the doorknob. Seeing as it was opening he let himself in. He slowly took in the cozy little house/shop as he walked around looking for people. He looked in every room before he deciding he was alone. Just as he was about to leave some one spoke.
"Hello. What are you doing my house?" the little boy said.
Zelgadis quickly turned around for fear of an ambush…just to find a little boy with aqua hair looking up at him. He seemed to be about 4 years old.
"I'm looking for someone. Perhaps you know her. Her names Filia Ul Copt." He stated.
"Of course I know my mommy!" the little boy giggled thinking it was all a game.
"Your mother?" He had a sneaking suspicion. "And who might you be?"
"I'm Valteria! Famous swordsman and sorcerer. But you can call me Val!" He said while he took out a wooden sword and began beating the air as if fighting an enemy only he could see.
Zelgadis chuckled and shook his head. So it was Valgaav, or Valteria, as he was now known.
He sure is a wild child, He thought as he watched Val jump around the room pretending to kill monsters.
"Well Val. Where's your mother?" Zelgadis asked as politely as he could. He wasn't very good with children as it was.
"I don't know. I was at Duncan's house. Hey do you know Duncan? His brother is sooo cool. His name is Magnus! It means great! Did you know that?" He continuously rattled off questions.
Zelgadis after awhile just ignored him. He decided that he'd better look around the town for them, specifically all local restaurants.
"Come on Valteria. We're going to find your mother." He said as he headed for the door with Val following him, still talking.
"You can call me Val instead okay? All my friends call me that! Mom does too! So does my teacher at school! Hey do you go to school? Do you have a nickname…"
Zelgadis just ignored him and continued to walk.
About half an hour later, Zelgadis was about to die. Or just slap the little kid behind him. He had not stopped talking at all in the last half hour.
Zelgadis finally came up to the last restaurant in town that he hadn't checked. 'The Hungry Human' or so the sign said. He walked in and immediately had to dodge a running waitress. Yep. They were here.
He looked around the room and finally spotted them. He looked to make sure Val was following him and headed toward the table.
"Some mother you are Filia. Leaving you kid home all alone." He joked while motioning toward the little boy.
But Filia didn't take it as a joke and stood up with her mace menacingly.
"And just what is that supposed to mean!" She just about screamed.
"N-nothing! Nothing at all! Only joking!" He sweatdropped.
"Come on Filia take it easy! Yo Zel! Hi Val! I'm Lina Inverse! Beautiful genius extraordinaire!" The fire haired sorceress introduced herself.
Luna just snorted at the 'Beautiful genius extraordinaire' part. Lina glared daggers at her.
"This is Gourry Gabriev, Xellos Metallium, and" she shuddered, "my sister Luna."
"Val come here and take a seat." Filia offered.
Val just kind of waddled over to his mother, still confused as to what was going on. He immediately crawled onto her lap and looked at the table.
Zelgadis couldn't figure out what to do. If he sat next to Lina he would start feeling weird and might even do something really stupid. But when Lina looked at him curiously and patted the seat next to her he couldn't resist. As soon as he was close enough to feel her body heat he started to blush. He tried to hide it behind his coffee as soon as it came. But those few minutes where he was out in the open were heart wrenching. He was almost afraid of what would've happened if she had looked at him right then.
"So Zel. What have you been up to the last couple of years? You never came for the Christmas get tog ethers'." Luckily Gourry brought him out of his thinking.
"Nothing much. Getting leads for my cure that only turn out to be failures."
"Wow that has to be terrible!" Filia exclaimed from across the table.
Zelgadis just shrugged.
"What about you guys?" he asked to change the subject.
"Nothing me and Gourry have just been traveling around beating up bandits, and eating all the best foods! And generally exploring the outer world…." He trailed off when he saw Luna poking Xellos, and Xellos just taking it.
" What's with those two?"
"Oh! That's my big sister Luna. You see, she's best friends with Xellos' Mistress…so she can just tell on him if he misbehaves." Lina smirked an evil sort of smirk.
Zelgadis just smiled back. Trying hard as possible not to blush.
Lina leaned back just as Gourry did and patted her stomach. Boy oh boy was she stuffed.
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After dinner they all went back to Filia's and talked. About new things, old things, things yet to come. Whatever topic was brought up they discussed.
Some time later Lina walked out onto Filia's deck. It was off her back door so that it conveniently was facing the moon when it rose. As Lina was leaning against the rail looking at the stars, her sister walked out and leaned beside her.
"I've been meaning to talk to you Lina." Luna started.
"What for? So you can threaten me?" Lina shot back.
" Just hear me out. Then if you're still mad I'll understand. The past couple of years since you left I've been doing a lot of thinking. I don't even remember what I was mad at you for anymore. And every time the family got together and you weren't there…well I felt guilty, because I knew it was my fault you weren't there."
" So your saying you want me to say 'It's alright I forgive you,' and everything goes back to the way it was."
"No."
"Wha?"
"You have a right not to forgive me and be mad. But I felt I needed to apologize. So here it goes. Lina, I'm really sorry for what I've done to you and I would hope you would start visiting the family more often now knowing I'm not going to kill you."
Lina just stared open mouthed.
Luna looked at the ground and started to walk away.
"Luna, I'm really sorry too. I shouldn't have done what I did. But what DID I do? I can't remember the argument either." She walked up to her sister and looked into her face.
Luna laughed.
" I think it had something to do with blaming me when you fireballed the town hall!"
Lina sweatdropped.
"Oh yea."
"Come 'ere lil' sis!" Luna said as she hugged Lina.
Lina just stared into space for a few moments still excepting an ambush. Then she hugged her sister just as hard, realizing that they were at least on speaking terms again.
"So. What's with you and the blonde swordsman?" Luna said still in the hug.
Lina jumped back and blushed.
"N-nothing at all!"
"Oh. So it's the Chimera!"
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!"
Luna dodged the incoming fireball and laughed.
"You shouldn't play with fire little sis." Luna said as she threw a fireball of her own.
"Quit calling me lil sis!"
"Never!"
They continued that all night till they were too tired and decided to go to bed, approximately an hour and a half.
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Filia sat by the fire long after everybody else had gone to bed. Or so she thought.
She was just sitting there lost in her thoughts when he appeared. She was too mellow to insult him or tell him to get lost. So when he sat next to her he was definitely surprised when she didn't argue.
"What's the matter Fi-chan?" He quietly asked, as though the others might wake up and here them at anytime.
"Hmm? Nothing. Just thinking about the prophecy."
"Then why the look of worry?"
"Because. A lot of stuff could still go wrong. Maybe we weren't even the chosen it mentioned."
"Truthfully I wouldn't worry about it. It will all work out in the end and you know it. Even if we're not the chosen we'll find a way to stick our noses in it. You know Lina and the others. Always doing what they can, most of the time any way."
She just stared him. Why was he being so nice? That was another question that kept popping up in her mind. So, she decided what else to do, but ask.
"Xellos. Why are you being so nice? Is it your orders? Miss Luna? I'm sure she won't tell if you act mean like you usually do to me…"
He just opened his eyes. Mean? I never thought I was too mean. She always started it. I was just getting her back.
"What's the matter Filia? Don't like the new me?"
" Not particularly."
He just closed his eyes and smiled.
" I wouldn't worry too much about the prophecy. At least until Amelia gets here, then you can start worrying."
She just laughed.
He started to walk away but he stopped, and turned around. When she turned around to look at him questioningly he gently kissed her on the cheek. Then he turned around and walked upstairs.
She just stood there staring, and blushing. She lightly touched the place where he had kissed her and shook her head. She was too tired to think about it now. She'd think about it in the morning, and hopefully question him.
She slowly got up and went upstairs to her room. Stopping first to check on Val. He sat there sleeping like an angel, so she lightly bent down and kissed his forehead before continuing her journey to bed. As soon as she was dressed, her hair was brushed, and the candle was out, she laid down on her bed. And almost fell asleep instantly with the comforting feeling that someone was watching over her.
A.N. Hopefully not too many…first things first…was that too wordy? I felt like it was but it might just be me. And second of all I got the Magnus means great thing from my moms Scottish names book. It says that Magnus is the Latin word for great. Close enough for my purpose…I was hoping to find a name that I could use later one as a created character and have it's name means fire or something…but didn't come up with anything good. Wow this was a long chappy! ! I hope to have more out soon! I gotta figure out what to do next! Got any suggestions e-mail them to me!! BYEBYE for now!!