SK - Well this is the third chapter.
Zim - So you felt like you could show your face again after the mix up with the second chapter. FOOLISH HUMAN! -WHAP! -
Naven - Oooo, that has to hurt.
SK (Glaring evilly) - ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COMMENT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Naven - Um, SK doesn't own Slayers or Gundam Wing. And at this point that may be a good thing.
Zim - (rubbing his head) By the way human worm babies * blah * means a spell is being cast.
Chapter 3
Duo floated down the out of the safe house. Floating was becoming easier and easier, and a lot more natural for him. Magic in general was becoming more a part of him and less some fantastical story.
As he left the building his thoughts turned to earlier that day. He now knew why his dad kept his eyes closed most of the time, the sun light hurt. He was told though that as his body adjusted more to the monster blood in his veins he wouldn't need to hide his eyes. He had been in such a hurry to get to the others that he had forgotten his recently ever present sunglasses. He was just glad no one had noticed his eyes.
Duo pulled his thoughts away from his stupidity. He let his mind wander to Heero, his ever-handsome roommate. His skin had been so soft. and sweet. He licked his lips. If only he had enough of a death wish to do that when his partner was awake. However he did not want to find out if he had inherited his fathers regenerative powers by getting shot in the head, even if it was by the most gorgeous of human's he had ever seen. He shook his head to rid his mind of such thoughts and let them fall into his magic.
His favorite teacher was Zelgadiss; the shaman chimera not only did he remind him of Heero, shamanism was fast becoming his favorite magic. It seemed his knack for the spiritual magic had surprised his teachers (Zel, Lina, Goury, Filia, and Sylphiel) who seemed to think that he should have specialized in black magic. He was good at the darker magic, but he totally flopped when it came to white magic. He didn't know why white magic just fell apart in his hands; his teachers, however did seem to know.
Duo snapped out of his musing when he realized he had reached the secluded glade by the secret hanger that he had been using to practice. Duo took off his priest shirt and sat cross-legged on the ground. Closing his eyes he started focusing on the magic he could feel twisting and thriving in side him. It was getting easier and quicker the more he practiced. When he felt that he had a firm grasp on his inner spirit he stood and brought his hands close together.
* Dragon of darkness which sleeps in the inferno Lend me your roar to burn my enemies to ashes Gaav Flare! *
A ray of fire leapt from his hands and incinerated a nearby tree. Duo changed his position.
* Earth below me, Submit to my will! DUG HAUT *
Duo slammed his fist against the ground, which upon immediate contact began to shake and split. Duo stood up and smiled at the several rock spires that now pointed to the sky. Duo looked at a small bruise on his leg, and hovered his hand over it and concentrated hard.
* Blessed, humble hand of God Breath of Mother Earth I pray thee come before me Show your great compassion to this person and deliver them Recovery *
When Duo finished he was breathing hard and sweat was rolling down his forehead, however the bruise was gone.
"Stupid white magic," He grinned largely at the night "At least I managed it this time," He looked at his reflection at a near by pool "I think that might be enough for tonight, I need to wash up." Duo let his feet drift off the ground and with a tiny force of will he started to drift back to the safe house.
Yawning largely he floated up the stairs and into the shower. Landing gently he started himself a warm bath and also added some bubble bath, as he waited for the bath to fill he started to shed his dusty clothes, then suddenly he realized that he had gone all the way to his practice glade and back in pitch darkness without needing a light. He looked at himself in the mirror as he undid his braid, "I guess these eyes really are usefully. They are monster eyes, thanks dad. Where ever you are."
Duo focused again.
* Light of life brighter then crimson flame Let thy power gather in my hand Lighting *
The small ball of light left his hand and hovered obediently above his head. It was white magic, but it was such a simple spell that even demons that had never seen even a speck on sunlight could cast it.
With a happy sigh Duo eased into the hot bubble bliss known as a bath. Washing off the result of his spell casting quickly he finally aloud himself to lay back against tube wall and aloud the water to drain away all the stress of fighting a war and learning magic caused. He was so relaxed that he didn't even noticed when he fell asleep.
SK - (death glaring at the muses) No more dream sequence jokes from anyone or else!
Naven - Um.
Zim - Eek.
Xellos - (hiding) Hehehehehe.
~ Dream Sequence ~
Duo was in a strange place. Usually when he fell asleep he was standing in a courtyard in Saillune, his mother's home, now though he was in an every changing void of colors that had no name or description.
"Where am I?"
"The Astral Plane, young chaos child." Said a voice that just dripped of darkness.
Duo spun around to see a dark cloud with glowing eyes. As he watched the dark cloud gathered into itself and soon took on the form of a child.
"Who are you?" Duo asked eyes wide in surprise
"I am the Hellmaster Phibrizo,"
Duo's eyes widened "B-but you dead, the Lord of Nightmares destroyed you!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I am DEAD, but I am also still a dark god. That is why I brought you here."
"I don't understand."
The Hellmaster's eyes narrowed "As the most powerful of the dark gods I will be reborn. I will be mortal and have no memories or usable power, they will return to me once I die. I have no inclination to die to early and be trapped in the body of a child again and no wish to die in the body of an old man. I have already put some things into motion that will take care of that." Duo tilted his head in confusion "What does all this have to do with me?"
Phibrizo smiled at Duo "You see young Metallium, I want to have some of my old power set up," seeing the look of confusion still on Duo's face he elaborated "My General and Priest where killed in the Kuma Wars, I need new ones. I used Xellos as a errand boy from time to time and when I heard that he had had children I decided that when they where older I would offer one of them a job. I have watched you and am here to offer you the job as General of my armies."
"Me? Why me?"
"I've watched you fight in the recent war and decided that you where the best one for the job. The fact that you are part mazoku and yet can cast Shaman spells also helped sway my opinion."
"Um, I don't know what. Wait you said children."
Phibrizo smiled "You didn't know you had siblings? Anyway you don't have to answer my question now. You ask your teachers about it, I don't need Lina Giga Slaving me." He handed Duo a small gold ball "Before you ask, no that is not a soul orb. It will however allow you to contact me when you have made your decision."
The dream started to fall apart around Duo and the dark god's voice started to fade.
"By the way, a spell that none of your teachers can show you, that has no name and no race can cast it beside mazoku. It just takes a large force of will and you will be able to teleport to where ever you need to go. Practice that skill well young chaos child, it may save your life one day."
~ The screen wobbles and settles the fuzziness around the edges disappears. - THWAK, BANG, WHAP, PAIN -
SK - XELLOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Naven - I don't care if he is immortal that HAS to hurt!
Zim - Return to the story foolish READER HUMANS!!!!!
Duo awoke with a start and looked around. He was still in the bathroom submerged in the rapidly cooling water of the bath. Shaking his head drowsily, almost falling asleep again now that the adrenalin of waking up quickly had worn off.
Getting out of the bath slowly he pulled on a clean pair of boxers and a tank top, which he had been storing in the bathroom since he discovered that learning magic could be dirty work. Floating idly into the bedroom that he was sharing with Heero, he landed and laid down nuzzling happily into the warm bed. Raising his head slight he glared at the small ball of faint light that had followed him.
* Flow Break *
The small ball disappeared and Duo allowed his head to fall back onto the heaven known as a pillow.
"Stupid white magic, always tires me out." He muttered before allowing himself to fall into a deep sleep. He never noticed that in his hand he was clutching a small gold ball.
SK - (Standing victorious over a the unconscious body of Xellos) Its FINISHED!!!
Zim - You just finished the chapter stupid human.
SK - Spoilsport.
Naven - Please review, or I will sick what remains of Xellos on you.
SK - Unless you're a crazed fangirl (Naven holds a large arrow sign behind SK that is also pointing at her, it reads: guilty) then we will be auctioning him off to whoever reviews the most. The winner will get to be his nurse.
Zim - So you felt like you could show your face again after the mix up with the second chapter. FOOLISH HUMAN! -WHAP! -
Naven - Oooo, that has to hurt.
SK (Glaring evilly) - ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COMMENT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Naven - Um, SK doesn't own Slayers or Gundam Wing. And at this point that may be a good thing.
Zim - (rubbing his head) By the way human worm babies * blah * means a spell is being cast.
Chapter 3
Duo floated down the out of the safe house. Floating was becoming easier and easier, and a lot more natural for him. Magic in general was becoming more a part of him and less some fantastical story.
As he left the building his thoughts turned to earlier that day. He now knew why his dad kept his eyes closed most of the time, the sun light hurt. He was told though that as his body adjusted more to the monster blood in his veins he wouldn't need to hide his eyes. He had been in such a hurry to get to the others that he had forgotten his recently ever present sunglasses. He was just glad no one had noticed his eyes.
Duo pulled his thoughts away from his stupidity. He let his mind wander to Heero, his ever-handsome roommate. His skin had been so soft. and sweet. He licked his lips. If only he had enough of a death wish to do that when his partner was awake. However he did not want to find out if he had inherited his fathers regenerative powers by getting shot in the head, even if it was by the most gorgeous of human's he had ever seen. He shook his head to rid his mind of such thoughts and let them fall into his magic.
His favorite teacher was Zelgadiss; the shaman chimera not only did he remind him of Heero, shamanism was fast becoming his favorite magic. It seemed his knack for the spiritual magic had surprised his teachers (Zel, Lina, Goury, Filia, and Sylphiel) who seemed to think that he should have specialized in black magic. He was good at the darker magic, but he totally flopped when it came to white magic. He didn't know why white magic just fell apart in his hands; his teachers, however did seem to know.
Duo snapped out of his musing when he realized he had reached the secluded glade by the secret hanger that he had been using to practice. Duo took off his priest shirt and sat cross-legged on the ground. Closing his eyes he started focusing on the magic he could feel twisting and thriving in side him. It was getting easier and quicker the more he practiced. When he felt that he had a firm grasp on his inner spirit he stood and brought his hands close together.
* Dragon of darkness which sleeps in the inferno Lend me your roar to burn my enemies to ashes Gaav Flare! *
A ray of fire leapt from his hands and incinerated a nearby tree. Duo changed his position.
* Earth below me, Submit to my will! DUG HAUT *
Duo slammed his fist against the ground, which upon immediate contact began to shake and split. Duo stood up and smiled at the several rock spires that now pointed to the sky. Duo looked at a small bruise on his leg, and hovered his hand over it and concentrated hard.
* Blessed, humble hand of God Breath of Mother Earth I pray thee come before me Show your great compassion to this person and deliver them Recovery *
When Duo finished he was breathing hard and sweat was rolling down his forehead, however the bruise was gone.
"Stupid white magic," He grinned largely at the night "At least I managed it this time," He looked at his reflection at a near by pool "I think that might be enough for tonight, I need to wash up." Duo let his feet drift off the ground and with a tiny force of will he started to drift back to the safe house.
Yawning largely he floated up the stairs and into the shower. Landing gently he started himself a warm bath and also added some bubble bath, as he waited for the bath to fill he started to shed his dusty clothes, then suddenly he realized that he had gone all the way to his practice glade and back in pitch darkness without needing a light. He looked at himself in the mirror as he undid his braid, "I guess these eyes really are usefully. They are monster eyes, thanks dad. Where ever you are."
Duo focused again.
* Light of life brighter then crimson flame Let thy power gather in my hand Lighting *
The small ball of light left his hand and hovered obediently above his head. It was white magic, but it was such a simple spell that even demons that had never seen even a speck on sunlight could cast it.
With a happy sigh Duo eased into the hot bubble bliss known as a bath. Washing off the result of his spell casting quickly he finally aloud himself to lay back against tube wall and aloud the water to drain away all the stress of fighting a war and learning magic caused. He was so relaxed that he didn't even noticed when he fell asleep.
SK - (death glaring at the muses) No more dream sequence jokes from anyone or else!
Naven - Um.
Zim - Eek.
Xellos - (hiding) Hehehehehe.
~ Dream Sequence ~
Duo was in a strange place. Usually when he fell asleep he was standing in a courtyard in Saillune, his mother's home, now though he was in an every changing void of colors that had no name or description.
"Where am I?"
"The Astral Plane, young chaos child." Said a voice that just dripped of darkness.
Duo spun around to see a dark cloud with glowing eyes. As he watched the dark cloud gathered into itself and soon took on the form of a child.
"Who are you?" Duo asked eyes wide in surprise
"I am the Hellmaster Phibrizo,"
Duo's eyes widened "B-but you dead, the Lord of Nightmares destroyed you!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I am DEAD, but I am also still a dark god. That is why I brought you here."
"I don't understand."
The Hellmaster's eyes narrowed "As the most powerful of the dark gods I will be reborn. I will be mortal and have no memories or usable power, they will return to me once I die. I have no inclination to die to early and be trapped in the body of a child again and no wish to die in the body of an old man. I have already put some things into motion that will take care of that." Duo tilted his head in confusion "What does all this have to do with me?"
Phibrizo smiled at Duo "You see young Metallium, I want to have some of my old power set up," seeing the look of confusion still on Duo's face he elaborated "My General and Priest where killed in the Kuma Wars, I need new ones. I used Xellos as a errand boy from time to time and when I heard that he had had children I decided that when they where older I would offer one of them a job. I have watched you and am here to offer you the job as General of my armies."
"Me? Why me?"
"I've watched you fight in the recent war and decided that you where the best one for the job. The fact that you are part mazoku and yet can cast Shaman spells also helped sway my opinion."
"Um, I don't know what. Wait you said children."
Phibrizo smiled "You didn't know you had siblings? Anyway you don't have to answer my question now. You ask your teachers about it, I don't need Lina Giga Slaving me." He handed Duo a small gold ball "Before you ask, no that is not a soul orb. It will however allow you to contact me when you have made your decision."
The dream started to fall apart around Duo and the dark god's voice started to fade.
"By the way, a spell that none of your teachers can show you, that has no name and no race can cast it beside mazoku. It just takes a large force of will and you will be able to teleport to where ever you need to go. Practice that skill well young chaos child, it may save your life one day."
~ The screen wobbles and settles the fuzziness around the edges disappears. - THWAK, BANG, WHAP, PAIN -
SK - XELLOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Naven - I don't care if he is immortal that HAS to hurt!
Zim - Return to the story foolish READER HUMANS!!!!!
Duo awoke with a start and looked around. He was still in the bathroom submerged in the rapidly cooling water of the bath. Shaking his head drowsily, almost falling asleep again now that the adrenalin of waking up quickly had worn off.
Getting out of the bath slowly he pulled on a clean pair of boxers and a tank top, which he had been storing in the bathroom since he discovered that learning magic could be dirty work. Floating idly into the bedroom that he was sharing with Heero, he landed and laid down nuzzling happily into the warm bed. Raising his head slight he glared at the small ball of faint light that had followed him.
* Flow Break *
The small ball disappeared and Duo allowed his head to fall back onto the heaven known as a pillow.
"Stupid white magic, always tires me out." He muttered before allowing himself to fall into a deep sleep. He never noticed that in his hand he was clutching a small gold ball.
SK - (Standing victorious over a the unconscious body of Xellos) Its FINISHED!!!
Zim - You just finished the chapter stupid human.
SK - Spoilsport.
Naven - Please review, or I will sick what remains of Xellos on you.
SK - Unless you're a crazed fangirl (Naven holds a large arrow sign behind SK that is also pointing at her, it reads: guilty) then we will be auctioning him off to whoever reviews the most. The winner will get to be his nurse.