~Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers, so don't sue.
Author's Notes: THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS!! I have a new Slayers manga!! In English! Zelgadis is in it!! My first Slayers manga with more than just Lina and Gourry!! ::huggles manga:: Oh, and there's slight Valgarv language in this, so don't say I didn't warn you!!
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"Well?" Xelloss asked, "What is your ingenious idea?" Valgarv smiled evilly. Saygram sweatdropped, having a good idea of what Val was going to say. Even little Sherra had stopped trying to lift her sword up and was listening intently to the conversation. "Well, if you noticed when we went downstairs there was a kitchen-" "There's ALWAYS a kitchen," Val was cut off by Saygram, who was beginning to become a bit irritated. Val glared at Saygram before continuing his sentence. "As I was saying, the kitchen had absolutely NO sugary things in it!" Valgarv finished, lowering his voice dramatically as he completed his statement.
"W-what do you mean, 'no sugary things?' As in, absolutely no dessert- y things? As in, we can't get a sugar high?" Xelloss asked. "Exactly. We need sugar," Valgarv said, his voice low with determination. "We don't have any money," Saygram blandly pointed out. "We don't need money," Valgarv huffed. "He does have a point," Xelloss said, smirking. "Besides, I'm hungry for more than just candy," Valgarv added.
There was another scraping sound as Sherra toddled over, dragging Dolgoufa along with effort. The Oryhalcon metal that bound Dolgoufa in that form made the sword heavier than it had any right to be, not to mention that the ivory scabbard was also laced with intricate designs in Oryhalcon. It was a very pretty, incredibly heavy sword. The long, dark green tassel hanging from the top of the hilt was dragged along the ground as Sherra walked over.
"Sherra-chan, perhaps it would be best to leave Dolgoufa here for now," Xelloss hurriedly said, "after all, the humans might get suspicious if you bring him." Xelloss quickly continued in a very convincing tone when Sherra's eyes welled up with tears, "You can bring him with when we go out tonight, okay?" Sherra calmed immediately. She turned toward little Val and stretched her arms toward him. "What the hell does she want?" Valgarv demanded, dodging a toy thrown at him by Xelloss. "I think she wants you to pick her up," Saygram said. "NO! Absolutely not! I am NOT going to carry this little brat around!!" Valgarv yelled.
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` (Barely five minutes later.)
"I CAN'T believe that I'm carrying her," Valgarv muttered to himself. Xelloss was leading the little troupe, with Valgarv behind him, with Sherra on piggyback. Saygram was bringing up the rear, earning more than a few stares because of the paper bag on his head. He sulked; he didn't like his "mask." Sherra, however, was having fun. She had the stuffed penguin grasped in one of her little hands, and took great joy in bopping Valgarv in the head with it every time he swore. They were searching for a candy store. They weren't about to stoop to asking the -humans- for directions, so they were basically just wandering aimlessly about, hoping to stumble across a candy store purely by luck.
As the four little mazoku walked, many people were staring and there were quite a few hushed conversations concerning them as they walked by. Most conversations involved mentionings of Luna-san and how Xelloss was the little boy she'd had with her earlier. Saygram's "dodgy" appearance was another favorite topic of discussion. "Valgarv," Saygram whined. "What?" the irritated little mazoku asked as he whirled around to face Saygram, almost dropping Sherra in the process. "I don't think that this bag is working," Saygram said. Valgarv glared at Saygram. It wasn't so much that he was mad at Saygram, but he was mad because he had to carry Sherra. He would just drop her, but then Lord Dynast would skin him alive. Literally. And that would be just the prelude to the actual torture. After all, Lord Dynast was the most morbid of the Dark Lords, and was extraordinarily protective over his servants. Valgarv didn't want to be killed by Lord Dynast, and he couldn't stand the fact that the little brat was getting her way.
Of course, Sherra wasn't as bad as Valgarv was making her out to be. To be put simply, she was a lot younger than Xelloss, Saygram, or Valgarv, and needed more attention than they did. And so she was constantly demanding it. At the Chaos Dragon's stronghold, Valgarv was the youngest, and wasn't used to little mazoku's constant demands. Xelloss was older than Valgarv and Saygram, and had been on many visits to the Northern Footholds with Lord Beastmaster. She has a....slight crush on Lord Dynast and likes to hit on him, much to his annoyance. And so, Xelloss is left with Grau, Grou, Sherra, and Norst. Needless to say, he was used to Sherra, and knew how to deal with her. Xelloss didn't know Norst that well. His human form was older than Grau and Grou's, even though the twins are older than him. Norst kept on changing it, too. The only constant was that it was invariably male.
Xelloss was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a loud whoop from Valgarv. He saw a blur of aqua green and white, and then found himself suddenly holding a very startled Sherra. A blur of black, brown and red followed the first blur into a building. Absently, Xelloss bounced the upset toddler in his arms a few times as he headed into the candy store. The store owner brushed past him, obviously very upset about something. Xelloss used his powers to teleport the man into the store's cellar, and to keep him there while they raided his store. Xelloss almost felt bad. Almost.
He put Sherra down and walked over to where Valgarv was elbow-deep in gummy bears. He had grabbed a bag and was stuffing the little bears into it as quickly as he could. Saygram was in another corner of the store, doing likewise with various chocolate treats. After seven silent minutes of candy-grabbing, the little mazoku decided that this was enough for now. Xelloss tore open a portal into a pocket dimension, and the bags were placed inside. They teleported back to Luna's house, but not before erasing the shopkeeper's memories. Normally, they would have killed him, but Lord Beastmaster's orders echoed strongly in Xelloss' mind, and he wouldn't let Valgarv or Saygram kill him. Sherra was too engrossed in the very idea of a little piece of candy shaped like a bear to care. She had never seen a gummy bear before; in the Northern Footholds, they just had ice cream, sherbet, snow cones, and the like for dessert when it was wanted. Lord Dynast probably didn't let her have a lot of candy, either.
Within a few minutes, the four mazoku were back in the White Room, and were busily cleaning it up. The bed was a king-size, so Valgarv, Xelloss, and Saygram could all fit on it, and Sherra had her crib. It was all frilly and pink and yellow with white frame, a typical little girl's crib, and Xelloss thought that it probably clashed with the décor of her room at Lord Dynast's stronghold. The citadel was black, black, black, with a little blue thrown in and white curtains. Xelloss figured that the crib looked out of place in her room; it was probably the only pink or yellow in that whole citadel.
Soon, the room was clean, and the little mazoku were happily munching on candy. Dolgoufa advised that they not mention the candy to Grau and Grou, and Xelloss wholeheartedly agreed. Those two had an obsession with anything sweet, and would probably take the candy away. "Grau...?" Sherra repeated, looking around the room. "No, he's not here," Xelloss told her. "How well can she speak?" Saygram asked. "Well, I'm not sure," Xelloss said, "I've never heard her speak a full sentence, but Norst said that she can speak just fine. He said that she just doesn't like to talk that much. According to him, she only really carries on a conversation with Lord Dynast, and occasionally with the twins or Norst. I don't think she likes the human language much." "Neither do I," Valgarv said from behind a chocolate-covered graham cracker. Mazoku speak primarily through telepathy. It's sort of like their "language." "You sure talk enough," Xelloss muttered.
As they were saying this, Sherra had walked over to the door. Just as she reached it, it swung open, revealing Luna. Sherra stretched her arms toward the Ceipheed Knight, obviously wanting to be carried. After a moment, Luna picked the little girl up. "My little sister and her little friends are coming over. I -don't- want you killing -any- of them, nor do I want you to teach my sister any magic. They'll be staying a few days, and I want all four of you on your absolutely best behavior, got it?"
Luna paused, and actually looked at the room. "Where did all these toys come from?" she asked, "And where did you get all this candy?" A few bags of the candy, such as chocolate-covered graham crackers, had found their way out of Xelloss' pocket dimension. "Well, Luna-san," Xelloss began, putting on his most innocent face, "Sherra's brothers dropped all the toys and the crib off when they brought Sherra here. And this candy is from a pocket dimension." That was the truth, not the whole truth, but Xelloss wasn't lying, either. Luna frowned, saying, "Don't let Lina or any of her friends have any. They're noisy and hyper enough without candy to stimulate them." "Okay!" Xelloss said, grinning hugely.
Sherra had buried her face in Luna's shoulder, and was very comfortable in her arms. It looked like the little one wanted to sleep. Suddenly, Luna heard knocking on her front door, and someone calling her, sounding angry. Luna's temper flared at the insolence of this fool, and went downstairs to beat whoever it was who dared to disturb her. It was a neighbor, of course. They had moved into Zephelia recently, and were pious to a fault. They devoutly served Cepheid's temples, but took all the preachings too literally. The man had heard that Luna was harboring Mazoku in her home. He didn't know what Luna was, and wanted her to hand the Mazoku over to the town to be killed.
Luna flung the door open. The irate woman glowered at the man. He glared back at her, but was taken aback by her aura of authority. He was also surprised to see her holding a very young child in her arms. He knew she had a little sister, but this little one wasn't her. She was too little, and didn't even look like Lina. She had shiny blue hair and green eyes, pale and bright. The child was blinking sleepily at the man, the pacifier in her mouth moving slightly as she sucked on it. She looked to be two, maybe three. Her skin was very pale, as though she had never been out into the sun.
"What do you want?" Luna's demand brought the man's attention back to the matter at hand. "Luna, I heard that you are harboring Mazoku in your home! Hand them over to the town, so we can destroy these horrible monsters." Luna just stared at the man. 'What a moron,' she thought, 'as if these people had an inkling of a chance of killing one of the mazoku that I'm babysitting. Even if they did manage to kill one, they'd do just that. Kill it. It would just come back to life (1).' "Who are you to order me around?" Luna demanded. "I'll do as I please; besides I have no -monsters- here." It was true; the little ones had been fairly good, especially for young Mazoku. It was hard for them not to kill people; after all, they fed on the pain and anguish. The man prepared to enter by force, but Luna just fireballed him and put a barrier around the house. Luna slammed the door shut.
"My, my, what maniacs there are in this world," Xelloss said from behind Luna. She turned around. The other three Mazoku had come downstairs, curious about the yelling. Sherra had curled up in Luna's arms again and was fast asleep. "She sleeps a lot," Xelloss said offhandedly. Luna shifted the sleeping girl slightly in her arms, saying, "Lina and her little friends are going to be here in an hour or so, get cleaned up." "What?" Valgarv demanded. "You know," Luna snapped, "go take a bath, get cleaned up." Xelloss sighed and dragged the cursing Valgarv upstairs. "I'll go first," he said. Luna watched the retreating mazoku and sighed. What had she done to deserve this?
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` (1) When a mazoku is "killed," it can come back. "Killing" it is just destroying its physical form. In order to get rid of a mazoku for good, one must ruin it. To ruin a mazoku is to obliterate it completely, to eradicate its thoughts. Technically, all a mazoku is is thought, because the Astral Plane is a mental plane. Phibrizzo was ruined by L-sama, for example. She completely destroyed him, and he retreated into the Sea of Chaos.
And that ends Chapter 3! As for the pictures...my scanner person is ill, so she hasn't scanned them yet. If worst comes to worst, I suppose I could go to a copy store and scan them...for money...;.; But I WILL send them as soon as I can. So, what do you think? Yes, the Lina-tachi is coming in next chapter! Remember, I only update if I get reviews, so review it!!
You know you want to...
Author's Notes: THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS!! I have a new Slayers manga!! In English! Zelgadis is in it!! My first Slayers manga with more than just Lina and Gourry!! ::huggles manga:: Oh, and there's slight Valgarv language in this, so don't say I didn't warn you!!
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"Well?" Xelloss asked, "What is your ingenious idea?" Valgarv smiled evilly. Saygram sweatdropped, having a good idea of what Val was going to say. Even little Sherra had stopped trying to lift her sword up and was listening intently to the conversation. "Well, if you noticed when we went downstairs there was a kitchen-" "There's ALWAYS a kitchen," Val was cut off by Saygram, who was beginning to become a bit irritated. Val glared at Saygram before continuing his sentence. "As I was saying, the kitchen had absolutely NO sugary things in it!" Valgarv finished, lowering his voice dramatically as he completed his statement.
"W-what do you mean, 'no sugary things?' As in, absolutely no dessert- y things? As in, we can't get a sugar high?" Xelloss asked. "Exactly. We need sugar," Valgarv said, his voice low with determination. "We don't have any money," Saygram blandly pointed out. "We don't need money," Valgarv huffed. "He does have a point," Xelloss said, smirking. "Besides, I'm hungry for more than just candy," Valgarv added.
There was another scraping sound as Sherra toddled over, dragging Dolgoufa along with effort. The Oryhalcon metal that bound Dolgoufa in that form made the sword heavier than it had any right to be, not to mention that the ivory scabbard was also laced with intricate designs in Oryhalcon. It was a very pretty, incredibly heavy sword. The long, dark green tassel hanging from the top of the hilt was dragged along the ground as Sherra walked over.
"Sherra-chan, perhaps it would be best to leave Dolgoufa here for now," Xelloss hurriedly said, "after all, the humans might get suspicious if you bring him." Xelloss quickly continued in a very convincing tone when Sherra's eyes welled up with tears, "You can bring him with when we go out tonight, okay?" Sherra calmed immediately. She turned toward little Val and stretched her arms toward him. "What the hell does she want?" Valgarv demanded, dodging a toy thrown at him by Xelloss. "I think she wants you to pick her up," Saygram said. "NO! Absolutely not! I am NOT going to carry this little brat around!!" Valgarv yelled.
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` (Barely five minutes later.)
"I CAN'T believe that I'm carrying her," Valgarv muttered to himself. Xelloss was leading the little troupe, with Valgarv behind him, with Sherra on piggyback. Saygram was bringing up the rear, earning more than a few stares because of the paper bag on his head. He sulked; he didn't like his "mask." Sherra, however, was having fun. She had the stuffed penguin grasped in one of her little hands, and took great joy in bopping Valgarv in the head with it every time he swore. They were searching for a candy store. They weren't about to stoop to asking the -humans- for directions, so they were basically just wandering aimlessly about, hoping to stumble across a candy store purely by luck.
As the four little mazoku walked, many people were staring and there were quite a few hushed conversations concerning them as they walked by. Most conversations involved mentionings of Luna-san and how Xelloss was the little boy she'd had with her earlier. Saygram's "dodgy" appearance was another favorite topic of discussion. "Valgarv," Saygram whined. "What?" the irritated little mazoku asked as he whirled around to face Saygram, almost dropping Sherra in the process. "I don't think that this bag is working," Saygram said. Valgarv glared at Saygram. It wasn't so much that he was mad at Saygram, but he was mad because he had to carry Sherra. He would just drop her, but then Lord Dynast would skin him alive. Literally. And that would be just the prelude to the actual torture. After all, Lord Dynast was the most morbid of the Dark Lords, and was extraordinarily protective over his servants. Valgarv didn't want to be killed by Lord Dynast, and he couldn't stand the fact that the little brat was getting her way.
Of course, Sherra wasn't as bad as Valgarv was making her out to be. To be put simply, she was a lot younger than Xelloss, Saygram, or Valgarv, and needed more attention than they did. And so she was constantly demanding it. At the Chaos Dragon's stronghold, Valgarv was the youngest, and wasn't used to little mazoku's constant demands. Xelloss was older than Valgarv and Saygram, and had been on many visits to the Northern Footholds with Lord Beastmaster. She has a....slight crush on Lord Dynast and likes to hit on him, much to his annoyance. And so, Xelloss is left with Grau, Grou, Sherra, and Norst. Needless to say, he was used to Sherra, and knew how to deal with her. Xelloss didn't know Norst that well. His human form was older than Grau and Grou's, even though the twins are older than him. Norst kept on changing it, too. The only constant was that it was invariably male.
Xelloss was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a loud whoop from Valgarv. He saw a blur of aqua green and white, and then found himself suddenly holding a very startled Sherra. A blur of black, brown and red followed the first blur into a building. Absently, Xelloss bounced the upset toddler in his arms a few times as he headed into the candy store. The store owner brushed past him, obviously very upset about something. Xelloss used his powers to teleport the man into the store's cellar, and to keep him there while they raided his store. Xelloss almost felt bad. Almost.
He put Sherra down and walked over to where Valgarv was elbow-deep in gummy bears. He had grabbed a bag and was stuffing the little bears into it as quickly as he could. Saygram was in another corner of the store, doing likewise with various chocolate treats. After seven silent minutes of candy-grabbing, the little mazoku decided that this was enough for now. Xelloss tore open a portal into a pocket dimension, and the bags were placed inside. They teleported back to Luna's house, but not before erasing the shopkeeper's memories. Normally, they would have killed him, but Lord Beastmaster's orders echoed strongly in Xelloss' mind, and he wouldn't let Valgarv or Saygram kill him. Sherra was too engrossed in the very idea of a little piece of candy shaped like a bear to care. She had never seen a gummy bear before; in the Northern Footholds, they just had ice cream, sherbet, snow cones, and the like for dessert when it was wanted. Lord Dynast probably didn't let her have a lot of candy, either.
Within a few minutes, the four mazoku were back in the White Room, and were busily cleaning it up. The bed was a king-size, so Valgarv, Xelloss, and Saygram could all fit on it, and Sherra had her crib. It was all frilly and pink and yellow with white frame, a typical little girl's crib, and Xelloss thought that it probably clashed with the décor of her room at Lord Dynast's stronghold. The citadel was black, black, black, with a little blue thrown in and white curtains. Xelloss figured that the crib looked out of place in her room; it was probably the only pink or yellow in that whole citadel.
Soon, the room was clean, and the little mazoku were happily munching on candy. Dolgoufa advised that they not mention the candy to Grau and Grou, and Xelloss wholeheartedly agreed. Those two had an obsession with anything sweet, and would probably take the candy away. "Grau...?" Sherra repeated, looking around the room. "No, he's not here," Xelloss told her. "How well can she speak?" Saygram asked. "Well, I'm not sure," Xelloss said, "I've never heard her speak a full sentence, but Norst said that she can speak just fine. He said that she just doesn't like to talk that much. According to him, she only really carries on a conversation with Lord Dynast, and occasionally with the twins or Norst. I don't think she likes the human language much." "Neither do I," Valgarv said from behind a chocolate-covered graham cracker. Mazoku speak primarily through telepathy. It's sort of like their "language." "You sure talk enough," Xelloss muttered.
As they were saying this, Sherra had walked over to the door. Just as she reached it, it swung open, revealing Luna. Sherra stretched her arms toward the Ceipheed Knight, obviously wanting to be carried. After a moment, Luna picked the little girl up. "My little sister and her little friends are coming over. I -don't- want you killing -any- of them, nor do I want you to teach my sister any magic. They'll be staying a few days, and I want all four of you on your absolutely best behavior, got it?"
Luna paused, and actually looked at the room. "Where did all these toys come from?" she asked, "And where did you get all this candy?" A few bags of the candy, such as chocolate-covered graham crackers, had found their way out of Xelloss' pocket dimension. "Well, Luna-san," Xelloss began, putting on his most innocent face, "Sherra's brothers dropped all the toys and the crib off when they brought Sherra here. And this candy is from a pocket dimension." That was the truth, not the whole truth, but Xelloss wasn't lying, either. Luna frowned, saying, "Don't let Lina or any of her friends have any. They're noisy and hyper enough without candy to stimulate them." "Okay!" Xelloss said, grinning hugely.
Sherra had buried her face in Luna's shoulder, and was very comfortable in her arms. It looked like the little one wanted to sleep. Suddenly, Luna heard knocking on her front door, and someone calling her, sounding angry. Luna's temper flared at the insolence of this fool, and went downstairs to beat whoever it was who dared to disturb her. It was a neighbor, of course. They had moved into Zephelia recently, and were pious to a fault. They devoutly served Cepheid's temples, but took all the preachings too literally. The man had heard that Luna was harboring Mazoku in her home. He didn't know what Luna was, and wanted her to hand the Mazoku over to the town to be killed.
Luna flung the door open. The irate woman glowered at the man. He glared back at her, but was taken aback by her aura of authority. He was also surprised to see her holding a very young child in her arms. He knew she had a little sister, but this little one wasn't her. She was too little, and didn't even look like Lina. She had shiny blue hair and green eyes, pale and bright. The child was blinking sleepily at the man, the pacifier in her mouth moving slightly as she sucked on it. She looked to be two, maybe three. Her skin was very pale, as though she had never been out into the sun.
"What do you want?" Luna's demand brought the man's attention back to the matter at hand. "Luna, I heard that you are harboring Mazoku in your home! Hand them over to the town, so we can destroy these horrible monsters." Luna just stared at the man. 'What a moron,' she thought, 'as if these people had an inkling of a chance of killing one of the mazoku that I'm babysitting. Even if they did manage to kill one, they'd do just that. Kill it. It would just come back to life (1).' "Who are you to order me around?" Luna demanded. "I'll do as I please; besides I have no -monsters- here." It was true; the little ones had been fairly good, especially for young Mazoku. It was hard for them not to kill people; after all, they fed on the pain and anguish. The man prepared to enter by force, but Luna just fireballed him and put a barrier around the house. Luna slammed the door shut.
"My, my, what maniacs there are in this world," Xelloss said from behind Luna. She turned around. The other three Mazoku had come downstairs, curious about the yelling. Sherra had curled up in Luna's arms again and was fast asleep. "She sleeps a lot," Xelloss said offhandedly. Luna shifted the sleeping girl slightly in her arms, saying, "Lina and her little friends are going to be here in an hour or so, get cleaned up." "What?" Valgarv demanded. "You know," Luna snapped, "go take a bath, get cleaned up." Xelloss sighed and dragged the cursing Valgarv upstairs. "I'll go first," he said. Luna watched the retreating mazoku and sighed. What had she done to deserve this?
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` (1) When a mazoku is "killed," it can come back. "Killing" it is just destroying its physical form. In order to get rid of a mazoku for good, one must ruin it. To ruin a mazoku is to obliterate it completely, to eradicate its thoughts. Technically, all a mazoku is is thought, because the Astral Plane is a mental plane. Phibrizzo was ruined by L-sama, for example. She completely destroyed him, and he retreated into the Sea of Chaos.
And that ends Chapter 3! As for the pictures...my scanner person is ill, so she hasn't scanned them yet. If worst comes to worst, I suppose I could go to a copy store and scan them...for money...;.; But I WILL send them as soon as I can. So, what do you think? Yes, the Lina-tachi is coming in next chapter! Remember, I only update if I get reviews, so review it!!
You know you want to...