~Disclaimer #2032248: I do not own Slayers, nor am I claiming to. I own
this version of Grau and Grou. Don't steal them. I know that this is
killing the timeline and breaking numerous rules, but this isn't my serious
fic. My only serious fic is Frozen Summer. If you like to flame for
discrepancies, then go and weed through that, but I don't think there are
any that I don't know about.
Author's Notes: I wrote this before finishing chapter 7 for Frozen Summer. O.o If you have any questions or comments, ask away. E-mail me, or ask in a review. Either way, it gets to my E-mail Box. ^^; Feedback is most welcome and encouraged! I can't think of anything else to say, so here's Chapter 2!
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Xelloss was sitting in a corner of the room, polishing his staff, as he waited for the person he called to come. Suddenly, the space in front of him blurred, and two figures teleported in. "Why do I have to wear this thing?" a mournful voice was saying as its form solidified. "Because you're too weak to take on a human form, and you'll make the humans suspicious if you prance around in your normal form!" A second voice snapped, as though it had explained that way too many times today. As the second voice ended its statement, its form solidified, revealing.....chibi Valgarv. Behind him, the first voice turned out to be a little Saygram, who had a paper bag crammed over his head. There was a smiley face scrawled on the bag with black crayon. Saygram's eye was visible through the thin brown paper due to its glowing.
Xelloss unsuccessfully tried to stifle a laugh when he saw Saygram. "What's with the bag?" he giggled. Valgarv smirked. "Saygram's really ugly, so I made him a mask. I even drew a face on it." Valgarv frowned, thoughtfully. "There aren't any air holes, though. Rashart and Raltark said that if I was gonna go out, I had to take -him- with," he continued, jerking a thumb at Saygram. Little Valgarv was decked out in his normal outfit, and his flail (cherry toy) was sticking out of his pocket. Saygram was in a gloomy haze in another corner of the room.
"What do you want, Xelloss?" Valgarv demanded. He and Xelloss got along fairly well, but Valgarv's manners often got on Xelloss' nerves, and Xelloss' saying, "Sore wa himitsu desu," drove little Val insane. "You know why; our Masters are out, and I'm stuck here all alone with nothing to do," Xelloss said, looking as sad as possible. Valgarv frowned, not falling for Xelloss' look of utter misery. "Where are we?" Saygram suddenly spoke up, paper crinkling as he looked around the pristine white room. "We are in Luna's house. She's a good friend of Lord Beastmaster. She's a Cephied Knight. Don't ask me how that works out. I'm stuck here, seeing as I'm the only servant Lord Beastmaster has," Xelloss explained.
"And you want us to do you a favor- to stay here, am I right?" Valgarv said as he folded his arms. Xelloss smirked. Although Val was right, it wasn't as if he had a choice-Rashart and Raltark probably told them to stay with Xelloss until the Chaos Dragon returned. "I figured as much," Valgarv continued, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "You know how much I just -love- doing favors."
"Is that so?" A new voice chimed in. The three little Mazoku spun around as two, no three new forms materialized. It was the Dynast's priests, Grau and Grou, and the little General, Sherra. Grau and Grou were identical twins looking to be about 10 years of age. Grau was holding little Sherra, who was a toddler, about 2, maybe 3 years of age by appearance. Sherra was looking at little Xelloss, Valgarv, and Saygram with interest as she sucked on her pacifier. She was clutching a stuffed penguin. "Then you can do a favor for us," Grau said. "Something's up in Dilss, and we need to go there and smooth things out before Grausherra-sama gets back, but we can't bring Sherra with," Grou explained. "So you all get to watch Sherra for a while!" Grau said happily as he held Sherra out to Xelloss. She stretched her arms toward him as he stepped forward to take her.
"What if we don't want to?" Valgarv demanded, glaring at the twins. Xelloss sweatdropped and backed away from Valgarv. The twins' demeanor changed in an instant. The happy, innocent air about them dissipated as they frowned at Valgarv. "We aren't giving you a choice," Grou said flatly. Valgarv realized that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to refuse them. He backed away and averted his gaze. The tension in the room disappeared as Grau teleported in all the baby stuff they'd need for Sherra. "Here's everything we could think of," Grou said happily. The twins then teleported away, in a hurry to fix whatever problem had arisen in Dilss before Grausherra returned. As far as they were concerned, the Dynast didn't need to know about this.
Everyone was silent for a few seconds before Valgarv said, "I don't like those two." Xelloss smiled wryly as he readjusted Sherra's position in his arms. "They're okay, just so long as you do what they tell you to do," Xelloss explained, "They really can't bring Sherra to Dilss; Lord Dynast forbade it." "How do you know that?" Saygram asked. "If they could bring Sherra, they would have. You know how protective Lord Dynast is. Grau and Grou will probably get into trouble for this. Crossing Lord Dynast is not something you want to do. He's crueler than Lord Hellmaster if he gets angry enough." This last comment left an uncomfortable silence as Valgarv and Saygram explored the implications of this.
Luna's irritated voice suddenly shot up from downstairs, demanding that Xelloss and his guests come downstairs -right now-. "How the hell did she know we were up here?" Valgarv grumbled. Xelloss and Sherra simultaneously glared at him because of his language. In a minute, the four little mazoku were sitting on the couch in the sitting room. Luna was giving them an overview of the rules if they were to stay with her. She obviously didn't mind Valgarv, Saygram, and Sherra's presence, just so long as they didn't start any trouble. She had made a point of making it clear to Xelloss (and his little friends) that if they wanted any more company, they had to ask.
After sleeping arrangements were made, (they were all going to sleep in the "white room") and it had been determined that Sherra could indeed eat solid food, Luna left them to their own devices as she left to do something very important that most likely involved being a Cephied Knight, sleeping on a sofa, that is. The little Mazoku had wandered back into the White Room and were sorting through Sherra's stuff. Or rather, Saygram was organizing the stuff while Valgarv and Xelloss ordered him around and Sherra played with her penguin, whose name was "Pen-pen" due to her inability to pronounce "penguin."
"Look at all that stuff. They didn't skip a beat," Valgarv said, gazing at the stuff that Grau dropped off before the two had left. There was a crib, a little dresser with clothes, toys, toys, and toys. Various other baby things that have no names were in the room as well. "My, my, what do we have here?" Xelloss mused as he picked up a sword. Its hilt was black and white, with a very dark green tassel hanging down from the top. Its scabbard was black and white as well. "Why does she get a sword?" Valgarv demanded. Garv wouldn't let little Val within fifteen feet of a steak knife, let alone a sword. But who in their right mind would let that little terror near any instrument that has a blade? "Because she's a general. This is Dolgoufa, I believe." Xelloss said as he inspected the sword.
Suddenly Dolgoufa flew out of Xelloss' hands, scabbard and all. It flew across the room, hitting little Val on the head. It slowed and lightly landed next to little Sherra. Valgarv rubbed his head, cursing softly. He blinked at the little girl. He couldn't help but get the feeling that she wasn't a young as she looked, even for a Mazoku. As if she was using the same trick as Lord Hellmaster. Sherra blinked back at Valgarv. She was the epitome of everything cute. She definitely had learned a thing or two from Lord Hellmaster, Valgarv decided.
"D'gufa," she said, unable to pronounce Dolgoufa's name properly. 'It must get on the Dynast's nerves,' Xelloss thought. "Anyway," Xelloss asked happily, "what fun time thing do we want to do today?"
Xelloss, Valgarv and Saygram were silent as they thought. The only noise in the room was the scrapes of Dolgoufa's scabbard on the floor as Sherra vainly tried to pick it up. "Hey, I have a great idea," Valgarv said, grinning evilly.
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` I'm sorry; it took a while to update. So in compensation, I have updated two fics in one day. I have some fanart for this!! If you want them, say so in an E-mail, and I'll send them to you in a few days' time. If it takes longer, look in my bio. I'll post an explanation. I don't have a scanner; they are being scanned by my friends, soo...^^;
I'm stopping here!! ^^ Did you love it? Abhor it? Please review it and tell me what you think! I thrive on reviews, and as always, constructive criticism is most welcome.
Author's Notes: I wrote this before finishing chapter 7 for Frozen Summer. O.o If you have any questions or comments, ask away. E-mail me, or ask in a review. Either way, it gets to my E-mail Box. ^^; Feedback is most welcome and encouraged! I can't think of anything else to say, so here's Chapter 2!
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Xelloss was sitting in a corner of the room, polishing his staff, as he waited for the person he called to come. Suddenly, the space in front of him blurred, and two figures teleported in. "Why do I have to wear this thing?" a mournful voice was saying as its form solidified. "Because you're too weak to take on a human form, and you'll make the humans suspicious if you prance around in your normal form!" A second voice snapped, as though it had explained that way too many times today. As the second voice ended its statement, its form solidified, revealing.....chibi Valgarv. Behind him, the first voice turned out to be a little Saygram, who had a paper bag crammed over his head. There was a smiley face scrawled on the bag with black crayon. Saygram's eye was visible through the thin brown paper due to its glowing.
Xelloss unsuccessfully tried to stifle a laugh when he saw Saygram. "What's with the bag?" he giggled. Valgarv smirked. "Saygram's really ugly, so I made him a mask. I even drew a face on it." Valgarv frowned, thoughtfully. "There aren't any air holes, though. Rashart and Raltark said that if I was gonna go out, I had to take -him- with," he continued, jerking a thumb at Saygram. Little Valgarv was decked out in his normal outfit, and his flail (cherry toy) was sticking out of his pocket. Saygram was in a gloomy haze in another corner of the room.
"What do you want, Xelloss?" Valgarv demanded. He and Xelloss got along fairly well, but Valgarv's manners often got on Xelloss' nerves, and Xelloss' saying, "Sore wa himitsu desu," drove little Val insane. "You know why; our Masters are out, and I'm stuck here all alone with nothing to do," Xelloss said, looking as sad as possible. Valgarv frowned, not falling for Xelloss' look of utter misery. "Where are we?" Saygram suddenly spoke up, paper crinkling as he looked around the pristine white room. "We are in Luna's house. She's a good friend of Lord Beastmaster. She's a Cephied Knight. Don't ask me how that works out. I'm stuck here, seeing as I'm the only servant Lord Beastmaster has," Xelloss explained.
"And you want us to do you a favor- to stay here, am I right?" Valgarv said as he folded his arms. Xelloss smirked. Although Val was right, it wasn't as if he had a choice-Rashart and Raltark probably told them to stay with Xelloss until the Chaos Dragon returned. "I figured as much," Valgarv continued, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "You know how much I just -love- doing favors."
"Is that so?" A new voice chimed in. The three little Mazoku spun around as two, no three new forms materialized. It was the Dynast's priests, Grau and Grou, and the little General, Sherra. Grau and Grou were identical twins looking to be about 10 years of age. Grau was holding little Sherra, who was a toddler, about 2, maybe 3 years of age by appearance. Sherra was looking at little Xelloss, Valgarv, and Saygram with interest as she sucked on her pacifier. She was clutching a stuffed penguin. "Then you can do a favor for us," Grau said. "Something's up in Dilss, and we need to go there and smooth things out before Grausherra-sama gets back, but we can't bring Sherra with," Grou explained. "So you all get to watch Sherra for a while!" Grau said happily as he held Sherra out to Xelloss. She stretched her arms toward him as he stepped forward to take her.
"What if we don't want to?" Valgarv demanded, glaring at the twins. Xelloss sweatdropped and backed away from Valgarv. The twins' demeanor changed in an instant. The happy, innocent air about them dissipated as they frowned at Valgarv. "We aren't giving you a choice," Grou said flatly. Valgarv realized that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to refuse them. He backed away and averted his gaze. The tension in the room disappeared as Grau teleported in all the baby stuff they'd need for Sherra. "Here's everything we could think of," Grou said happily. The twins then teleported away, in a hurry to fix whatever problem had arisen in Dilss before Grausherra returned. As far as they were concerned, the Dynast didn't need to know about this.
Everyone was silent for a few seconds before Valgarv said, "I don't like those two." Xelloss smiled wryly as he readjusted Sherra's position in his arms. "They're okay, just so long as you do what they tell you to do," Xelloss explained, "They really can't bring Sherra to Dilss; Lord Dynast forbade it." "How do you know that?" Saygram asked. "If they could bring Sherra, they would have. You know how protective Lord Dynast is. Grau and Grou will probably get into trouble for this. Crossing Lord Dynast is not something you want to do. He's crueler than Lord Hellmaster if he gets angry enough." This last comment left an uncomfortable silence as Valgarv and Saygram explored the implications of this.
Luna's irritated voice suddenly shot up from downstairs, demanding that Xelloss and his guests come downstairs -right now-. "How the hell did she know we were up here?" Valgarv grumbled. Xelloss and Sherra simultaneously glared at him because of his language. In a minute, the four little mazoku were sitting on the couch in the sitting room. Luna was giving them an overview of the rules if they were to stay with her. She obviously didn't mind Valgarv, Saygram, and Sherra's presence, just so long as they didn't start any trouble. She had made a point of making it clear to Xelloss (and his little friends) that if they wanted any more company, they had to ask.
After sleeping arrangements were made, (they were all going to sleep in the "white room") and it had been determined that Sherra could indeed eat solid food, Luna left them to their own devices as she left to do something very important that most likely involved being a Cephied Knight, sleeping on a sofa, that is. The little Mazoku had wandered back into the White Room and were sorting through Sherra's stuff. Or rather, Saygram was organizing the stuff while Valgarv and Xelloss ordered him around and Sherra played with her penguin, whose name was "Pen-pen" due to her inability to pronounce "penguin."
"Look at all that stuff. They didn't skip a beat," Valgarv said, gazing at the stuff that Grau dropped off before the two had left. There was a crib, a little dresser with clothes, toys, toys, and toys. Various other baby things that have no names were in the room as well. "My, my, what do we have here?" Xelloss mused as he picked up a sword. Its hilt was black and white, with a very dark green tassel hanging down from the top. Its scabbard was black and white as well. "Why does she get a sword?" Valgarv demanded. Garv wouldn't let little Val within fifteen feet of a steak knife, let alone a sword. But who in their right mind would let that little terror near any instrument that has a blade? "Because she's a general. This is Dolgoufa, I believe." Xelloss said as he inspected the sword.
Suddenly Dolgoufa flew out of Xelloss' hands, scabbard and all. It flew across the room, hitting little Val on the head. It slowed and lightly landed next to little Sherra. Valgarv rubbed his head, cursing softly. He blinked at the little girl. He couldn't help but get the feeling that she wasn't a young as she looked, even for a Mazoku. As if she was using the same trick as Lord Hellmaster. Sherra blinked back at Valgarv. She was the epitome of everything cute. She definitely had learned a thing or two from Lord Hellmaster, Valgarv decided.
"D'gufa," she said, unable to pronounce Dolgoufa's name properly. 'It must get on the Dynast's nerves,' Xelloss thought. "Anyway," Xelloss asked happily, "what fun time thing do we want to do today?"
Xelloss, Valgarv and Saygram were silent as they thought. The only noise in the room was the scrapes of Dolgoufa's scabbard on the floor as Sherra vainly tried to pick it up. "Hey, I have a great idea," Valgarv said, grinning evilly.
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` I'm sorry; it took a while to update. So in compensation, I have updated two fics in one day. I have some fanart for this!! If you want them, say so in an E-mail, and I'll send them to you in a few days' time. If it takes longer, look in my bio. I'll post an explanation. I don't have a scanner; they are being scanned by my friends, soo...^^;
I'm stopping here!! ^^ Did you love it? Abhor it? Please review it and tell me what you think! I thrive on reviews, and as always, constructive criticism is most welcome.