May
A Torture Xelloss Fanfic brought to you by Amanda Smith
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The day was bright and sunny and the season was a beautiful green spring. Xelloss walked among the remains of the burnt out shell of the city he had just destroyed, looking for a sign of the mage he was supposed to have killed. Unfortunately the mage had been hiding, and when the villagers failed to produce her, he had been forced to kill them. Now it appeared that the mage hadn't been in the city after all, but Xelloss still had to check. He kicked a child's body, burnt so it was unrecognizable, out of the way, and something caught his eye. There was a box at the bottom of this crater, partially blown away. He would have ignored it if not for the strange energy he felt. He picked up the box and pulled an envelope out of its heart. The envelope read: "Do not open!!!" 'Three exclamation points. That is impressive,' he thought as he opened it. And suddenly, he was standing in nothing.
Taking the hint that perhaps the gem wasn't a harmless item, Xelloss dropped it. It sunk into the nothingness. A thought suddenly seemed to form in his mind, an impression of a disturbance. Well, he certainly felt disturbed. He glanced around, knowing very well that looking for an exit out of nothing was as useless as having an intelligent conversation with nasty, temperamental Golden Dragons. Suddenly two more impressions seemed to randomly form in his mind. One was 'punishment,' number two echoed his own thoughts; 'Ryuzoku' almost immediately combined with 'Filia.'
This was bad.