Author Notes: n.n Yay update! I am so on a writing spree! …o.0 Am trying to update lots of my fics!

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Filia blinked again. She was very very very very tired… and that was putting it nicely. She wasn't paying attention to the amicable chatter from Xellos… she was more concerned with… not falling asleep on the namagomi mazoku! She wouldn't fall asleep or touch the evil demon more than necessary… even if it was tempting to just lay her head down right on his shoulder and go to sleep…

No she wouldn't do that! Not in a million bagillion years…

"-seems like the weather will hold out for awhile. Those storm clouds do look close; we should reach your home before then Fi-" Xellos blinked when he felt something shift onto his shoulder. Looking over at Filia he saw she had indeed given into her earlier thoughts and was almost asleep from what he could sense.

"…mmmzzzv…" Filia grumbled. "Feather pillow needs fluffing." She thwapped or rather fluffled her pillow on the back and shoulder (earning a few odd looking winces for Xellos) a few times before settling back down.

"Filia…" Xellos whined, "don't do that." It's not like he would actually say out loud why that bothered him so much.

"………zzzzzz………" Filia started to drool a little.

"…" Xellos shrugged and trudged on… and on… and on… and on… and on… and on… and on… and on until he finally got extremely bored from the silence. Giving up on walking, he lifted up from the ground and flew slowly making sure Filia didn't fall off, it was much faster than walking. And so he flew and flew and flew… and flew… and flew…  and flew… and reached Filia's house just as the clouds were just getting really menacing.

Landing on the doorstep he opened the door by just looking at it. (ya magic!)  The violet haired mazoku looked around and dropped Filia on a couch. Dusting his hands off he tsked at the slumbering dragon, ""You are a heavy dragon."

He looked about the room, noticing as always her pottery and book collections. Turning on heel he walked out of the room. Now if he could only find some tealeaves in the kitchen…

Er, that was flour… (Eck, cough cough… oh dear it was messy and spread fast)

And that was sugar… (That tasted good… but it did blend in with the flour quite well)

And, bleck, salt and pepper! (Followed by a sneeze, and a small pepper cloud)

And now maple syrup…? (Sticky sticky, there was an odd paste on the floor and counter)

Xellos scowled… why did kitchens have to be so complicated! Not only was the kitchen a mess, but what did he look like now? Waving off the still present pepper cloud he moved onto cupboard number 5 then…

Filia yawned, rolled to the side a little… and fell right off the couch. "Ow!" she whimpered wincing. That was going to leave a mark next morning.

Getting to her feet a bit unsteadily she heard a muffled thump followed by a crash from the kitchen. She hobbled over to the next room and went wide-eyed at the sight of her kitchen. It was… chaos…

"How much flour does she keep in here?" Xellos growled and pulled a pot off of his head. The second batch of flour was now like a second skin, courtesy of the earlier maple syrup for acting like a tar. Instead of being tarred and feathered, he was maple syruped and floured.

'I will not laugh at this… I have self-control…. I will not laugh at this… I have self control…' Filia mentally chanted this mantra telling herself it would work.

Xellos heard a thump and looked over to the doorway to see a dragon doubled over the counter and looking red in the face.

Burst, or stay quiet…? Filia made her choice. "Ahahahaha!" Filia chortled failing miserably to hide her mirth.

The mazoku frowned and crossed his arms. She couldn't laugh at him like that.

The dragon continued to laugh and gave up all pretenses of trying to hide it.

Xellos glared. Se was laughing at him like that.

Filia coughed and managed to finally stop laughing. "Ahem," she cleared her throat "now what in Cephieed's name are you doing to my kitchen and making a royal mess?"

The violet haired mazoku closed the cupboard lest another pot or pan decided to attack him. "I was just looking for-" And because he closed it a jar from above fell off it, landed on his head, and then clattered to the ground rolling a small distance away.

"If that jar had broken…" Filia looked back up, "it's the last of the tea I have in the house."

"…" Xellos rubbed his now doubly sore head glaring at the jar. "Looking for the tealeaves.

Filia sniggered once more. Just like a mazoku to turn the simplest of tasks into complicated and a state utter pandemonium.

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Xellos groaned and buried further into his hiding spot, under the blankets on his bed. Oh Juu-ou sama was going to be very very very angry with him… Not only had he disobeyed, but something was wrong. Very wrong. The core of he being felt like it was twisting and it hurt. Physically this manifested it self as a sharp stomach pain. After a particularly nasty one, he curled up more.

~Xellos…~

And there she was, she was summoning him. Xellos stuck his head out from under the blankets.

~Xellos!~

Oh, she sounded somewhat calm… that was bad… very bad. The violet haired mazoku rolled out from his bed and teleported outside the main chambers. He knocked.

"Enter."

Xellos pushed the door open and peeked in. Zelas looked as she always did. If there was one thing he knew, a angry calm Zelas was bad… he would rather prefer she threw a fit.

"I said enter." Zelas repeated crossly.

Xellos obeyed, walking inside and bowing.

"What have I told you?"

"That-" Xellos winced slightly and cut himself off, doing his best to stand up straight and ignore the increasingly worsening twisting sensations.

Zelas frowned slightly. She had an idea of what was wrong…

"To avoid-" Xellos felt something twist and snap violently inside of him again. This time having a final sense of… change to it.

Zelas leaned forward, also sensing this and was not surprised when her minion teetered a little and collapsed. She would deal with him later she thought as she hefted her servant up and started trekking back to his room.

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Later that day Xellos fuzzily wondered how he had gotten back to his room. Still a bit muddled mentally, he sat up. First thing he noticed was that he wasn't wearing his cloak, the second thing he noticed was something at the end of the bed… it was a FUZZY thing! Xellos scrambled out of bed, or hoped to rather as he crashed on the floor half in and half out of his bed.

The fuzzy thing was now hovering over him looking spiky! The startled mazoku shuffled away from the bed, and watched the fuzzy thing follow.

…wait just a minute… Xellos looked at the furry thing closer. It was attached to that odd colored skinny thing… Xellos traced the odd thing that ran up too…

Oh L-sama… he had a friggin' tail! The shocked mazoku watched his tail wave back and forth slightly, complete with a furry tip. He didn't notice the door open.

"I did tell you not to spend too long around dragons."

"But – how – it?!" Xellos pointed at the offending tail, and dropped his normally cool attitude in light of this circumstance. Once more, the furry tip poofed and went spiky.

"Do you need to ask?" Zelas said giving a pointed look.

"…" Xellos grabbed a nearby blanket and wrapped himself in it.

"I will not repeat what I said earlier, however if you still fell the need to visit the ryuzoku from now on… You now have a better idea of the consequences." She left the room, wolf tail waving behind her.

After she had left Xellos once more stared at the tail that was and wasn't his and noticed what colors it was. Of course the furry tip matched his hair, bit other than that why a pinkish-purple?

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Filia had recovered quite nicely after a few days. She was still taking it easy. She had mended her bow and polished her mace. Something she had been meaning to do in a while. They were very important to her…

But right now she was reading a book, a very big book. She knew there were Gold Dragons, Lake Dragons, and Ancient Dragons… but she wondered if there were other kinds… Other kinds that were extinct by natural causes or, perhaps even they had met the same fate as the Ancients… she hoped not. Filia patted the Ancient dragon egg sitting next to her.

Mountain Dragons, Sea Dragons, Rainbow Dragons, Shadow Dragons, Forest Dragons, Wind Dragons… there were so many! Filia made a note read the chapter on each and every one of them.

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Author Notes: Yay chapter done! Reviews are welcome… hmmmm… next chapter will be… a bit nostalgic for Filia… ^-^ What do I mean? I can't say yet. *runs off to write more*