It's Christmas Eve. Blayde's sitting all alone in her dorm, watching Christmas Vacation on
her small TV. She's leaned back against the wall, wearing blue sweat pants, with nothing
on her feet. A bag of Doritos is on the floor and a can of peach tea is set haphazardly on
the night stand.
"What a waste." She mutters out loud, "It's Christmas Eve and I have nothing to look forward to tomorrow. I hope every one else at least is happy."
She flips the TV off and stretches. "I may as well get some work done. I've got nothing better to do. Let's see...I could work on the one with the dragon in it..." She sits down at her desk and pulls out a notebook full of stories and notes scrawled in the margines. Then she switches on her laptop and waits for it to boot up.
She's lost in the fantasy land she created when some one knocks on the door. "Hmm...? What? Oh, just a minute!" She closes the lap top and stands up.
Standing in the hall is Suichi. "Hello." He says plesantly, "I thought you might like a little company."
"Oh, sure, come on in." She holds the door open for him.
They stand there looking at one another for a moment and she thinks about what Xellos had said. He's not quite human....You know, he's got a human body, but he's really a Kitsune...A spirit fox, a demon of sorts, from the Spirit World...Could it be true?
"Can...can I ask you something?" She stammers.
He looks intrigued. "Sure. What?"
"Are you...I mean, Xellos said...You're not...Are you human?" She blurts out.
He blinks his emerald eyes. Looks at her for a moment.
"I...I mean, Xellos says you're a demon and I know it sounds funny but I had to ask."
"Xellos? The Mazoku Priest?"
"Yeah...You know him?"
"I know of him. What he told you, I'm afraid, is very much the truth."
"You aren't human?"
"Well, not really, no. I have a human body, but I'm really a Kitsune."
"So, what are you doing here then?"
"Mother wanted me to get an education. I was reborn to a human mother when I fled the Spirit World and I've become somewhat attached to her."
"Oh. Okay." She can deal with that. Half of the Slayers aren't human either. "So, what do you want to do?"
"Are you hungry, Blayde?"
"Hungry? I'm starving." Now that he mentions it, she realizes that she hasn't eaten all day.
"Let's go down to the diner."
"All right."
The two venture out and down to the diner near the Walmart. It's a nice place and a lot of the kids from their school go there to eat and hang out.
It's around eight o'clock when they leave. Blayde feels almost happy, but something is missing. Then she hears the bells of the Church of Martyrs ringing, drawing in the faithful.
"Suichi, will you come to church with me? I don't want to go alone."
"Okay." He is so agreeable. Anything is fine by him.
He watches Blayde during mass. She seems at peace for the first time since he met her. She's sitting in the pew, her head bowwed, her hands folded in her lap. She looks very at ease, but he notices something. She's crying.
"Are you okay?" He asks as they're leaving. Her face is red and she looks pretty miserable.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She wipes her eyes, "I haven't been to church in so long...I shouldn't have gone. I lost the belief a long time ago. There was nothing for me there."
"Mommy, there's the angel!" They hear from behind them.
Blayde turns, half expecting to see the winged boy behind her. However, the owner of the voice -the poor little boy- is pointing at her.
Suichi smiles to himself as Blayde looks disbelievingly at the boy. "I...I'm no angel, Kid." She stammers.
"Oh, but Mommy says you must be. You saved Christmas for us." The child smiles radiantly up at her, his wide blue eyes shining with happiness, "Only an angel could do that."
"I'm not an angel." She insists.
Suichi looks at the boy. "i'll tell you a secret. I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us, from somewhere up above. The angels, they come to you and me in our darkest hour. They show us how to live; they teach us how to give. Don't believe her. She is an angel in disguise."
"I knew it!"
"Suichi..." She blushes, "Let's go."
As they walk away through the clear night, their breath coming out in little puffs, Blayde looks up at the star-sown sky. A song drifts through her head. Oh Holy night, the stars are brightly shining...
She looks at Suichi. "Thanks." She says.
"For what?"
"Giving me hope."
"You're welcome then."
She smiles and he puts an arm around her. It seems that the world is a little brighter and her heart doesn't feel so weighed down.
Fall on your knees, oh hear the angels voices...A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices...
"Merry Christmas, Blayde." His placid voice breaks trhough the chilled air.
"Merry Christmas, Suichi."
...The weary world rejoices...
*~*~*FIN*~*~*
"What a waste." She mutters out loud, "It's Christmas Eve and I have nothing to look forward to tomorrow. I hope every one else at least is happy."
She flips the TV off and stretches. "I may as well get some work done. I've got nothing better to do. Let's see...I could work on the one with the dragon in it..." She sits down at her desk and pulls out a notebook full of stories and notes scrawled in the margines. Then she switches on her laptop and waits for it to boot up.
She's lost in the fantasy land she created when some one knocks on the door. "Hmm...? What? Oh, just a minute!" She closes the lap top and stands up.
Standing in the hall is Suichi. "Hello." He says plesantly, "I thought you might like a little company."
"Oh, sure, come on in." She holds the door open for him.
They stand there looking at one another for a moment and she thinks about what Xellos had said. He's not quite human....You know, he's got a human body, but he's really a Kitsune...A spirit fox, a demon of sorts, from the Spirit World...Could it be true?
"Can...can I ask you something?" She stammers.
He looks intrigued. "Sure. What?"
"Are you...I mean, Xellos said...You're not...Are you human?" She blurts out.
He blinks his emerald eyes. Looks at her for a moment.
"I...I mean, Xellos says you're a demon and I know it sounds funny but I had to ask."
"Xellos? The Mazoku Priest?"
"Yeah...You know him?"
"I know of him. What he told you, I'm afraid, is very much the truth."
"You aren't human?"
"Well, not really, no. I have a human body, but I'm really a Kitsune."
"So, what are you doing here then?"
"Mother wanted me to get an education. I was reborn to a human mother when I fled the Spirit World and I've become somewhat attached to her."
"Oh. Okay." She can deal with that. Half of the Slayers aren't human either. "So, what do you want to do?"
"Are you hungry, Blayde?"
"Hungry? I'm starving." Now that he mentions it, she realizes that she hasn't eaten all day.
"Let's go down to the diner."
"All right."
The two venture out and down to the diner near the Walmart. It's a nice place and a lot of the kids from their school go there to eat and hang out.
It's around eight o'clock when they leave. Blayde feels almost happy, but something is missing. Then she hears the bells of the Church of Martyrs ringing, drawing in the faithful.
"Suichi, will you come to church with me? I don't want to go alone."
"Okay." He is so agreeable. Anything is fine by him.
He watches Blayde during mass. She seems at peace for the first time since he met her. She's sitting in the pew, her head bowwed, her hands folded in her lap. She looks very at ease, but he notices something. She's crying.
"Are you okay?" He asks as they're leaving. Her face is red and she looks pretty miserable.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She wipes her eyes, "I haven't been to church in so long...I shouldn't have gone. I lost the belief a long time ago. There was nothing for me there."
"Mommy, there's the angel!" They hear from behind them.
Blayde turns, half expecting to see the winged boy behind her. However, the owner of the voice -the poor little boy- is pointing at her.
Suichi smiles to himself as Blayde looks disbelievingly at the boy. "I...I'm no angel, Kid." She stammers.
"Oh, but Mommy says you must be. You saved Christmas for us." The child smiles radiantly up at her, his wide blue eyes shining with happiness, "Only an angel could do that."
"I'm not an angel." She insists.
Suichi looks at the boy. "i'll tell you a secret. I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us, from somewhere up above. The angels, they come to you and me in our darkest hour. They show us how to live; they teach us how to give. Don't believe her. She is an angel in disguise."
"I knew it!"
"Suichi..." She blushes, "Let's go."
As they walk away through the clear night, their breath coming out in little puffs, Blayde looks up at the star-sown sky. A song drifts through her head. Oh Holy night, the stars are brightly shining...
She looks at Suichi. "Thanks." She says.
"For what?"
"Giving me hope."
"You're welcome then."
She smiles and he puts an arm around her. It seems that the world is a little brighter and her heart doesn't feel so weighed down.
Fall on your knees, oh hear the angels voices...A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices...
"Merry Christmas, Blayde." His placid voice breaks trhough the chilled air.
"Merry Christmas, Suichi."
...The weary world rejoices...
*~*~*FIN*~*~*