*Angel~In~Disguise~3*
Kali entered the training room, trying to steady her rapid breathing. She looked around the room, watching the other Slayers spar with each other, ignoring the stares she got as she past some of them on her way to where Dilandau was talking with Dalet; they seemed to be arguing about something, and she had a strange feeling she knew what it was.
Dilandau turned, smirking, which gave her the feeeling he'd won the argument.
"Ah, Kali. I see you've managed to find the training room easily."
"Wasn't hard. These so called Slayers battle so noisely that I could hear them from the other side of the Vione." She detected an angry blush rise up over Dalet's face, and grinned evily.
"Dalet, why the hell are you still standing here?! I told you, Kali is your opponent. Get out there!!" Dalet glared at her as they walked over to the middle of the room.
"You'll pay for embarrassing me in front of Lord Dilandau, girl." He hissed as they took their starting positions.
"Yeah? Well, if you fight as well as you complain, you're gonna be a good opponent. Doesn't mean that you'll beat me though." Dalet's eyes flashed, and he attacked her instantly, barely giving her time to react. But that was how she liked it; she thrived on impulses.
Kali blocked three attacks in a row, then took a swing at him. He blocked her blade, but wasn't able to block her fist as it rammed into his waist. Stumbling back slightly, he looked over at Dilandau.
"She's not allowed to that is she?!" Dilandau shrugged.
"Never said it was banned. Uh, Dalet, watch your back." Dalet turned around in time to recieve a powerful punch in the jaw. He held a hand to his mouth, looked up at Kali, then, swearing, tossed his sword across the room and threw a punch at her. She ducked under it, then hit him in the back of the neck with the side of her hand. He fell to his knees, then grabbed her by the calf and tripped her. Turning, she slammed her foot into the side of his head, stunning him, then backflipped to her feet. He looked up at her.
"You b-" Before he could finish, she drop-kicked him in the mouth, shutting him up very quickly.
"You were NOT just about to call me what I think you were." She looked up at the stunned group. "Any other challengers?" Dilandau looked around at the group as well, smirking when no one said anything.
"Looks like I found a perfect recruit." He said smugly. "Even if it is a woman." Kali closed her eyes, blowing out a long breath, then turned to Dilandau.
"You're saying. That 'cause I'm a woman. I can't fight? Is that right?" Several Dragon Slayers backed away from the two of them, but Dilandau didn't move.
"That's right. After all, women are meant to stay at home takin' care of the house and family, while the men battle. You got a problem about that?"
"No, but I got a problem with men like you!!" They both pulled their swords out at the same time and a huge fight began.
Folken entered the room in time to witness Kali dodging Dilandau's blade as he swung at her waist, and their swords connected, sending a shower of sparks everywhere. Folken walked over to the Dragon Slayers, standing beside a stunned Gatti.
"What's going on in here?"
"Lord Dilandau told Kali that he felt women are meant to stay at home takin' care of the house and family, while the men battle, and she wasn't pleased with it." Folken watched as Dilandau managed to knock her sword away and trip her, but before he could pin his sword against her throat, she rolled out of the way, grasped her sword and gained her feet. Dilandau glared at her, gripped his sword tighter, and didn't move as she swung her sword towards him. Sparks rained down around them as they strained against each other, pulled away, and swung their swords at each other's waist. The swords clashed again, sending more sparks into the air, then Kali pushed Dilandau away and glared at him, sword raised, ready for him. Dilandau stood there for a moment, panting, then raised his sword as well. Dilandau and Kali both looked up as Folken cleard his throat rather disapprovingly.
"Are you quite through?" He asked as the two of them both lowered their swords. Kali rolled her eyes and layed her sword across her shoulders and behind her neck, then draped her arms over the blade, glaring at Dilandau.
"Why don't you ask Albino? After all, it's his fault." Dilandau hunched his shoulders at the albino comment, and turned to glare at her.
"You'd better take that back." She laughed.
"And what if I don't?" He threw his sword aside and and slapped her across the face. She stood there, her head turned to the side, then looked at Dilandau. Kali tightened her hand into a fist, then slapped him back with the other hand. She was about to hit Dilandau again when she felt someone holding her back. She twisted in his strong grip, then looked behind her, glaring at Miguel. "Let go of me!!" Miguel just ignored her, watching as Dilandau walked over, glaring at her. She stared him in the eye, gritting her teeth as Miguel tightened his grip in her upper arms, and was shocked when Dilandau didn't slap her. Instead, he told Miguel to, "escort her back to her room. Her training is done for today." Kali fought for a moment, then gave up after a while and let Miguel drag her down the hall to her room. Miguel shoved her in, causing her to stumble. He slammed the door shut, muttering about females.
Kali rubbed her reddening cheek, sighing. "Dilandau is such an jerk." She muttered, laying down on her bed.
*1 hour later*
Kali paced back and forth in her room.
"The nerve of Dilandau. I don't care if he IS the General of the Dragon Slayers! He has NO RIGHT to say that to me." Her tail bristled in anger and she sighed, sitting down on her bed to smooth out the black fur. This helped her calm down and she was able to focus on a different problem. "I can not believe this. After 4 years with no problems, it decides to come back now." She muttered, then glanced out the window to see the sun was setting. "I've been in here that long?!" Kali got up and walked over to the window. She could see the Mystic Moon was starting to glow slightly. "Damn it!!" She glanced around. "Kay. Where's the best place? The hanger is still stained with blood, it'd go crazy. Someone might still be in the training room, and I can't stay here, it'd rip the room apart because of all the red." She sighed. "I'll take my chances with the training room. And if anyone's in there...I'll have to kill them." She opened her door. "Like last time."
Kali managed to get to the training room undetected, and closed the door quietly. Thanking the gods, she walked over to the window, unwrapping her tail from around her waist. The sun finished setting, and the Mystic Moon cast it's glow on her. "Showtime." She muttered as black fur rippled over her.
*3~hours~later*
Dilandau stormed intot he training room, determind to get everything off his mind.
"I can't believe Kali had the guts to-" He was cut off by a growl, and turned to see a sleek black panther coming towards him, growling low. "Shit." He reached for his sword, but this just angered the big cat, and it ran at him. Dilandau pulled his sword out and sliced at the beast, but it slid to a stop, growling loudly now, and lunged at him, pinning him down. "Now I know what happened to my men." He gasped as he held back the snarling creature. He pushed the huge beast off of him, and the panther stood there, growling. "What the hell is going on?!" Then, without warning, the panther walked away into the shadows. Dilandau walked over to where the cat had disappeard, and was startled to find it gone. He shook his head, torn between confusion and relief, then headed back to his own room.
The panther jumped down from it's hiding place on the rafters and followed Dilandau out of the room, stalking it's prey.
Dilandau slid into his bed, sighing, and just layed there, thinking about what had just happened. "How did a panther get onboard undetected?" Shrugging, he tuned onto his back and fell into a light sleep.
*20~minutes~before~dawn*
Dilandau woke up to a heavy weight on his chest, and, swallowing hard, opened his eyes to see a familiar face, and hear a very familiar sound.
The panther growled, and opened its jaws slightly, showing off it's lower teeth. Instinct kicked in instantly, and Dilandau managed to grab his sword after pushing off the beast and got off the bed. The panther came at him and Dilandau instantly swung his sword at it. To his shock, the moment his sword came into contact, the blade snapped off. "Damn it." He hissed, tossing it aside. The panther pushed him down onto the bed, practically grinning, and was about to rip his throat out when it looked out the window.
Dilandau watched as sunlight hit the beast and it cried out before backing off the bed onto the floor. Sitting up, he watched as more sunlight lit up the entire room, and the creature slowly began to change shape.
Soon, the beast was gone, and a naked Kali was on her hands and knees, holding her forehead with one head, shaking. Dilandau didn't hesitate; he grabbed a blanket and got up, walked over and covered her with it, then picked her up. She didn't even respond.
Dilandau carried her back to her room, laying her on her bed and pulling her blankets over her. Turning to move, he found her clothes in tatters. Picking them up and throwing them out, he glanced at her one more time before leaving.
Kali woke up to the feeling of a damp cloth on her forhead. Opening her eyes, she saw Dilandau sitting on a chair, shining his sword and sat up with a groan.
"Please tell me that was all a dream."
"Hardly." He muttered, pulling his chair closer to the bed and studying her. He took ahold of her tail, startling her, and ran his hand over it. "How long?" He asked without looking up at her.
"What?" He looked up at her, a hint of annoyance in his eyes.
"How long have you been able to change like that? As your General, I do have a right to know." She yanked her tail out of his hand again and sighed with defeat.
"It's a genetic curse. My entire family has it. Some find it a gift, but I hate it."
"How does it work?"
"Basically, as you've witnessed, I transform into that panther at night time until the sun comes up whether I like it or not, and I have no control over it. But in the daytime, I can willingly transform whenever I want, and I have complete control then." Dilandau's eyes flickered with excitment, and she felt she knew what he was going to say.
"I think I've found a new war toy."
"What if I don't want to be a war toy?"
"You do realize that I can charge you with attempted assassination?" She held her head in her hands.
"Fine." Dilandau grinned.
"This is going to be fun."
Kali entered the training room, trying to steady her rapid breathing. She looked around the room, watching the other Slayers spar with each other, ignoring the stares she got as she past some of them on her way to where Dilandau was talking with Dalet; they seemed to be arguing about something, and she had a strange feeling she knew what it was.
Dilandau turned, smirking, which gave her the feeeling he'd won the argument.
"Ah, Kali. I see you've managed to find the training room easily."
"Wasn't hard. These so called Slayers battle so noisely that I could hear them from the other side of the Vione." She detected an angry blush rise up over Dalet's face, and grinned evily.
"Dalet, why the hell are you still standing here?! I told you, Kali is your opponent. Get out there!!" Dalet glared at her as they walked over to the middle of the room.
"You'll pay for embarrassing me in front of Lord Dilandau, girl." He hissed as they took their starting positions.
"Yeah? Well, if you fight as well as you complain, you're gonna be a good opponent. Doesn't mean that you'll beat me though." Dalet's eyes flashed, and he attacked her instantly, barely giving her time to react. But that was how she liked it; she thrived on impulses.
Kali blocked three attacks in a row, then took a swing at him. He blocked her blade, but wasn't able to block her fist as it rammed into his waist. Stumbling back slightly, he looked over at Dilandau.
"She's not allowed to that is she?!" Dilandau shrugged.
"Never said it was banned. Uh, Dalet, watch your back." Dalet turned around in time to recieve a powerful punch in the jaw. He held a hand to his mouth, looked up at Kali, then, swearing, tossed his sword across the room and threw a punch at her. She ducked under it, then hit him in the back of the neck with the side of her hand. He fell to his knees, then grabbed her by the calf and tripped her. Turning, she slammed her foot into the side of his head, stunning him, then backflipped to her feet. He looked up at her.
"You b-" Before he could finish, she drop-kicked him in the mouth, shutting him up very quickly.
"You were NOT just about to call me what I think you were." She looked up at the stunned group. "Any other challengers?" Dilandau looked around at the group as well, smirking when no one said anything.
"Looks like I found a perfect recruit." He said smugly. "Even if it is a woman." Kali closed her eyes, blowing out a long breath, then turned to Dilandau.
"You're saying. That 'cause I'm a woman. I can't fight? Is that right?" Several Dragon Slayers backed away from the two of them, but Dilandau didn't move.
"That's right. After all, women are meant to stay at home takin' care of the house and family, while the men battle. You got a problem about that?"
"No, but I got a problem with men like you!!" They both pulled their swords out at the same time and a huge fight began.
Folken entered the room in time to witness Kali dodging Dilandau's blade as he swung at her waist, and their swords connected, sending a shower of sparks everywhere. Folken walked over to the Dragon Slayers, standing beside a stunned Gatti.
"What's going on in here?"
"Lord Dilandau told Kali that he felt women are meant to stay at home takin' care of the house and family, while the men battle, and she wasn't pleased with it." Folken watched as Dilandau managed to knock her sword away and trip her, but before he could pin his sword against her throat, she rolled out of the way, grasped her sword and gained her feet. Dilandau glared at her, gripped his sword tighter, and didn't move as she swung her sword towards him. Sparks rained down around them as they strained against each other, pulled away, and swung their swords at each other's waist. The swords clashed again, sending more sparks into the air, then Kali pushed Dilandau away and glared at him, sword raised, ready for him. Dilandau stood there for a moment, panting, then raised his sword as well. Dilandau and Kali both looked up as Folken cleard his throat rather disapprovingly.
"Are you quite through?" He asked as the two of them both lowered their swords. Kali rolled her eyes and layed her sword across her shoulders and behind her neck, then draped her arms over the blade, glaring at Dilandau.
"Why don't you ask Albino? After all, it's his fault." Dilandau hunched his shoulders at the albino comment, and turned to glare at her.
"You'd better take that back." She laughed.
"And what if I don't?" He threw his sword aside and and slapped her across the face. She stood there, her head turned to the side, then looked at Dilandau. Kali tightened her hand into a fist, then slapped him back with the other hand. She was about to hit Dilandau again when she felt someone holding her back. She twisted in his strong grip, then looked behind her, glaring at Miguel. "Let go of me!!" Miguel just ignored her, watching as Dilandau walked over, glaring at her. She stared him in the eye, gritting her teeth as Miguel tightened his grip in her upper arms, and was shocked when Dilandau didn't slap her. Instead, he told Miguel to, "escort her back to her room. Her training is done for today." Kali fought for a moment, then gave up after a while and let Miguel drag her down the hall to her room. Miguel shoved her in, causing her to stumble. He slammed the door shut, muttering about females.
Kali rubbed her reddening cheek, sighing. "Dilandau is such an jerk." She muttered, laying down on her bed.
*1 hour later*
Kali paced back and forth in her room.
"The nerve of Dilandau. I don't care if he IS the General of the Dragon Slayers! He has NO RIGHT to say that to me." Her tail bristled in anger and she sighed, sitting down on her bed to smooth out the black fur. This helped her calm down and she was able to focus on a different problem. "I can not believe this. After 4 years with no problems, it decides to come back now." She muttered, then glanced out the window to see the sun was setting. "I've been in here that long?!" Kali got up and walked over to the window. She could see the Mystic Moon was starting to glow slightly. "Damn it!!" She glanced around. "Kay. Where's the best place? The hanger is still stained with blood, it'd go crazy. Someone might still be in the training room, and I can't stay here, it'd rip the room apart because of all the red." She sighed. "I'll take my chances with the training room. And if anyone's in there...I'll have to kill them." She opened her door. "Like last time."
Kali managed to get to the training room undetected, and closed the door quietly. Thanking the gods, she walked over to the window, unwrapping her tail from around her waist. The sun finished setting, and the Mystic Moon cast it's glow on her. "Showtime." She muttered as black fur rippled over her.
*3~hours~later*
Dilandau stormed intot he training room, determind to get everything off his mind.
"I can't believe Kali had the guts to-" He was cut off by a growl, and turned to see a sleek black panther coming towards him, growling low. "Shit." He reached for his sword, but this just angered the big cat, and it ran at him. Dilandau pulled his sword out and sliced at the beast, but it slid to a stop, growling loudly now, and lunged at him, pinning him down. "Now I know what happened to my men." He gasped as he held back the snarling creature. He pushed the huge beast off of him, and the panther stood there, growling. "What the hell is going on?!" Then, without warning, the panther walked away into the shadows. Dilandau walked over to where the cat had disappeard, and was startled to find it gone. He shook his head, torn between confusion and relief, then headed back to his own room.
The panther jumped down from it's hiding place on the rafters and followed Dilandau out of the room, stalking it's prey.
Dilandau slid into his bed, sighing, and just layed there, thinking about what had just happened. "How did a panther get onboard undetected?" Shrugging, he tuned onto his back and fell into a light sleep.
*20~minutes~before~dawn*
Dilandau woke up to a heavy weight on his chest, and, swallowing hard, opened his eyes to see a familiar face, and hear a very familiar sound.
The panther growled, and opened its jaws slightly, showing off it's lower teeth. Instinct kicked in instantly, and Dilandau managed to grab his sword after pushing off the beast and got off the bed. The panther came at him and Dilandau instantly swung his sword at it. To his shock, the moment his sword came into contact, the blade snapped off. "Damn it." He hissed, tossing it aside. The panther pushed him down onto the bed, practically grinning, and was about to rip his throat out when it looked out the window.
Dilandau watched as sunlight hit the beast and it cried out before backing off the bed onto the floor. Sitting up, he watched as more sunlight lit up the entire room, and the creature slowly began to change shape.
Soon, the beast was gone, and a naked Kali was on her hands and knees, holding her forehead with one head, shaking. Dilandau didn't hesitate; he grabbed a blanket and got up, walked over and covered her with it, then picked her up. She didn't even respond.
Dilandau carried her back to her room, laying her on her bed and pulling her blankets over her. Turning to move, he found her clothes in tatters. Picking them up and throwing them out, he glanced at her one more time before leaving.
Kali woke up to the feeling of a damp cloth on her forhead. Opening her eyes, she saw Dilandau sitting on a chair, shining his sword and sat up with a groan.
"Please tell me that was all a dream."
"Hardly." He muttered, pulling his chair closer to the bed and studying her. He took ahold of her tail, startling her, and ran his hand over it. "How long?" He asked without looking up at her.
"What?" He looked up at her, a hint of annoyance in his eyes.
"How long have you been able to change like that? As your General, I do have a right to know." She yanked her tail out of his hand again and sighed with defeat.
"It's a genetic curse. My entire family has it. Some find it a gift, but I hate it."
"How does it work?"
"Basically, as you've witnessed, I transform into that panther at night time until the sun comes up whether I like it or not, and I have no control over it. But in the daytime, I can willingly transform whenever I want, and I have complete control then." Dilandau's eyes flickered with excitment, and she felt she knew what he was going to say.
"I think I've found a new war toy."
"What if I don't want to be a war toy?"
"You do realize that I can charge you with attempted assassination?" She held her head in her hands.
"Fine." Dilandau grinned.
"This is going to be fun."