A/N: Hey again!!! Hehehehehe~ this one is for Pablo/Cecil … maybe he'll post soon??? Lol~
Disclaimer: Chez, the cannibal, ate my poor dog, Fluffy … she handed me a hanker chief and after I used it, it turned out to be the deed to Escaflowne …
(No, I don't have a dog named Fluffy, and I never did!) Geesh …
Chapter 8: "Tested at last!!! Failure or success?"
Folken turned to Dilandau. "I think it's time to test her." Folken said.
"Do you have the last man who failed?" asked Dilandau.
"I have a better idea …" Folken told him.
"Zhongi …" Folken summoned.
"Yes, Lord Folken ?" he bowed.
"I want you to fight Victoria. You know what happens if she wins and if she looses."
"Yes, Lord Folken … may I request one thing first?"
"Go ahead, Zhongi."
"May I ask the girl a question … no hypnosis?"
"Alright …"
"Thank you, Lord Folken."
"Victoria?"
"Zhongi …" she growled viciously.
"Why do you hate me?"
"You … No, there is no way I'll tell you. DARN IT, LET ME UP!"
"Oh my … this one has an attitude Lord Folken … very well … may I untie her?"
"Please do and … here!" he threw Zhongi Victoria's sword.
Zhongi un-did the binds and threw her the sword, un- sheathing his own … and after Folken whispered something to him, he grinned and transformed into Dallet.
"Draw …" he whispered in a husky voice.
Victoria knew this all too well. She lunged at Zhongi at such speed he never had time to block.
She cut off his head, then his arms, and then his legs … all in a matter of seconds.
Dilandau licked his lips at the bloodshed.
"I guess she passed …" said Folken, a little lost for words and feeling quite sick.
"She's just as bad as Dilandau!!!" Folken thought.
"YES!" she jumped up high.
Because she killed Zhongi she changed fate and saved Miguel's life. Because of the turn of events Miguel would live to see another day. (When I say that I don't mean he's gonna die tomorrow!!! ~ it's just a phrase ya know?!)
"Slayers!" called Dilandau.
Suddenly the metal doors slid open and all six slayers came in dressed in uniform.
"Slayer Miguel step forward."
Miguel stepped forward.
"Victoria Townley of the Mystic Moon has passed the test and shown her skill by killing the doppelganger Zhongi …" Chesta read off a scroll in the back round. "We present her now with a Dragon Slayer uniform and guymelef. May she serve under General Dilandau Albatou of Zaibach loyally."
Miguel handed her a neatly folded stack of clothes and Viole handed her a sword with the Zaibach crest on the hilt.
Victoria didn't know what to say. This had to be the best day of her life! Her … a dragon slayer!!! While Victoria just stood there, holding the uniform and sword, gaping and thinking of how one minute she was on earth and the next she was a dragon slayer, Dilandau walked up to her and tilted her chin up.
"Huh?" she blinked dumbly.
Dilandau smirked and whispered in her ear. "Congratulations, Slayer Victoria … you just sold your soul to me …"
Dilandau walked out cackling, but the slayers stayed in their perfectly straight line.
"You are dismissed …" Folken waved his hand absent mindedly.
The slayers all un-tensed (is that a word?!?!) and made their way toward the door.
"Uh? Folken???" Victoria asked.
"They are leaving to their sleeping quarters …" Folken said simply.
That's when a problem arose.
"Folken? Where do I sleep?"
"UUUHHHH…" Folken sweat dropped.
Victoria had just arrived on in an all male world … he hadn't prepared ant sort of cot for her and the Zaibach Floating Fortress didn't entertain often or anything if you know what I mean.
"I apologize but I'm afraid there are no extra cots and I cannot have anything prepared for you until tomorrow. I'm afraid you'll have to spend tonight on my library's furniture …"
Victoria breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought that Folken was going to suggest sharing a bunk with someone.
"That is alright, Lord Folken. Thank you." she turned to leave but then remembered something and went straight back to her previous position.
Folken looked confused for a minute then remembered. "You're dismissed, Slayer Victoria." he said and with a simple "Thank you, Lord Folken." she was off.
Victoria groaned as she turned the corner to find another long, metal hall just like the last, and the one before that, and the one before that. She woke up in Folken's laboratory and left in such a rush she never found out how to get from the laboratory to the library.
"Oh man …" she thought.
But when she turned the corner this time she ran into Dallet and Guimel. Both had wet hair and the only thing they were wearing were towels wrapped around their lower halves. (IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED THEY BOTH JUST CAME FROM THE SHOWERS!!!)
"Oof …" she grunted and fell on her bottom.
She started laughing but stopped when she saw a sturdy hand held in front of her to help her up.
"Huh?" she looked up to see Guimel.
"Thank you." She said and dusted her pants off and blushed.
Dallet and Guimel didn't seem to notice though.
"What are you doing out here?" asked Dallet with a smile.
Before she got to answer Guimel nudged Dallet with an annoyed expression.
"Oh yah!!!" Dallet remembered and laughed. "I don't believe you've met Guimel?" he asked.
"No, I haven't … but I did knew who he was …" she said shaking Guimel's hand.
"So what were you doing out here?" he asked.
"Actually …" she said and rubbed the back of her head, "I was looking for Folken's library … and failing miserably …" she added.
They all began laughing.
"You could use my bunk and I'd take the floor?" Guimel offered/suggested without thinking.
Victoria turned beat-red … which was most likely evident to Guimel and Dallet.
"You're very kind, but I think on my first day here as a slayer it might be best for me to follow orders …" she said.
"Of course, you're right" said Guimel and courteously pointed to the right "If you go down that way, turn left down the next three, turn right down the next two, left twice, then one more right you'll be there."
"Thanks! I better get going though ... It was nice to meet you Guimel, and to see you again Dallet." she said and waved walking the way Guimel had told her.
"Congratulations!" Guimel waved and walked with Gatti to the corridor where the slayers rooms were.
Victoria blushed again once out of site. She was remembering what Dallet and Guimel looked like without shirts and how well muscled they were …
"SNAP OUT OF IT VICKI!" she scolded herself … still a deep crimson.
Once she got there she punched in "242" (pretty proud of her memory) and watched the metal doors slide open to reveal a dimly-lit room. She walked in and after putting her slayer uniform and sword down, picked up one of the torches and lit the other ones. Victoria's eyes took in her surroundings. It was a cozy room with a couch, three huge arm chairs, many books, and a warm, at-home atmosphere. She sighed and fell onto the sofa. Her eyes closed wearily and she drifted into a deep sleep full of thoughts of Van's death … she smiled and continued dreaming.
Once Dallet and Guimel got back to their rooms', Dallet drifted to sleep but Guimel banged his head on the wall.
"I'm- such- an- idiot- how- could- I- have- been- so- blunt- and- said- that- I'm- so- embarrassed …" he kept banging his head.
2nd A/N: YAY!!! That was pretty long compared to my usual chapters! BUHAHAHAHAHA~ VICTORIA'S A SLAYER!!! ^_^ Be happy! Miguel will live!!! Zhongi is dead … ooh … wasn't that gruesome? …I'm trying to confuse you … is it working??? Is it a Dilandau/Victoria? Folken/Victoria? Dallet/Victoria? Chesta/Victoria? Guimel/Victoria? Miguel/Victoria? Van/Victoria? WHAT IS IT?! Ok~ I admit … if you know me in the slightest you know Van/Victoria will never happen but I don't know where this fic is going!!! … I have no idea what to make it … but at least you should know I feel bad for judging Guimel for his sheep-looking hair and that he's probably a really nice guy … Well~ special thanks to ShadowFox, Chichirui, BlueStarFairy, ElvenChild, TigerWolf, Kae Noel, Kenju-Shin, Thundersenshi17, Navi, Pablo/Cecil, Dragonet, and Chez (mrchezzysnickers) … they've been really great and I think I would have given up this fic with out them!!! ~CrimsonFire
Disclaimer: Chez, the cannibal, ate my poor dog, Fluffy … she handed me a hanker chief and after I used it, it turned out to be the deed to Escaflowne …
(No, I don't have a dog named Fluffy, and I never did!) Geesh …
Chapter 8: "Tested at last!!! Failure or success?"
Folken turned to Dilandau. "I think it's time to test her." Folken said.
"Do you have the last man who failed?" asked Dilandau.
"I have a better idea …" Folken told him.
"Zhongi …" Folken summoned.
"Yes, Lord Folken ?" he bowed.
"I want you to fight Victoria. You know what happens if she wins and if she looses."
"Yes, Lord Folken … may I request one thing first?"
"Go ahead, Zhongi."
"May I ask the girl a question … no hypnosis?"
"Alright …"
"Thank you, Lord Folken."
"Victoria?"
"Zhongi …" she growled viciously.
"Why do you hate me?"
"You … No, there is no way I'll tell you. DARN IT, LET ME UP!"
"Oh my … this one has an attitude Lord Folken … very well … may I untie her?"
"Please do and … here!" he threw Zhongi Victoria's sword.
Zhongi un-did the binds and threw her the sword, un- sheathing his own … and after Folken whispered something to him, he grinned and transformed into Dallet.
"Draw …" he whispered in a husky voice.
Victoria knew this all too well. She lunged at Zhongi at such speed he never had time to block.
She cut off his head, then his arms, and then his legs … all in a matter of seconds.
Dilandau licked his lips at the bloodshed.
"I guess she passed …" said Folken, a little lost for words and feeling quite sick.
"She's just as bad as Dilandau!!!" Folken thought.
"YES!" she jumped up high.
Because she killed Zhongi she changed fate and saved Miguel's life. Because of the turn of events Miguel would live to see another day. (When I say that I don't mean he's gonna die tomorrow!!! ~ it's just a phrase ya know?!)
"Slayers!" called Dilandau.
Suddenly the metal doors slid open and all six slayers came in dressed in uniform.
"Slayer Miguel step forward."
Miguel stepped forward.
"Victoria Townley of the Mystic Moon has passed the test and shown her skill by killing the doppelganger Zhongi …" Chesta read off a scroll in the back round. "We present her now with a Dragon Slayer uniform and guymelef. May she serve under General Dilandau Albatou of Zaibach loyally."
Miguel handed her a neatly folded stack of clothes and Viole handed her a sword with the Zaibach crest on the hilt.
Victoria didn't know what to say. This had to be the best day of her life! Her … a dragon slayer!!! While Victoria just stood there, holding the uniform and sword, gaping and thinking of how one minute she was on earth and the next she was a dragon slayer, Dilandau walked up to her and tilted her chin up.
"Huh?" she blinked dumbly.
Dilandau smirked and whispered in her ear. "Congratulations, Slayer Victoria … you just sold your soul to me …"
Dilandau walked out cackling, but the slayers stayed in their perfectly straight line.
"You are dismissed …" Folken waved his hand absent mindedly.
The slayers all un-tensed (is that a word?!?!) and made their way toward the door.
"Uh? Folken???" Victoria asked.
"They are leaving to their sleeping quarters …" Folken said simply.
That's when a problem arose.
"Folken? Where do I sleep?"
"UUUHHHH…" Folken sweat dropped.
Victoria had just arrived on in an all male world … he hadn't prepared ant sort of cot for her and the Zaibach Floating Fortress didn't entertain often or anything if you know what I mean.
"I apologize but I'm afraid there are no extra cots and I cannot have anything prepared for you until tomorrow. I'm afraid you'll have to spend tonight on my library's furniture …"
Victoria breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought that Folken was going to suggest sharing a bunk with someone.
"That is alright, Lord Folken. Thank you." she turned to leave but then remembered something and went straight back to her previous position.
Folken looked confused for a minute then remembered. "You're dismissed, Slayer Victoria." he said and with a simple "Thank you, Lord Folken." she was off.
Victoria groaned as she turned the corner to find another long, metal hall just like the last, and the one before that, and the one before that. She woke up in Folken's laboratory and left in such a rush she never found out how to get from the laboratory to the library.
"Oh man …" she thought.
But when she turned the corner this time she ran into Dallet and Guimel. Both had wet hair and the only thing they were wearing were towels wrapped around their lower halves. (IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED THEY BOTH JUST CAME FROM THE SHOWERS!!!)
"Oof …" she grunted and fell on her bottom.
She started laughing but stopped when she saw a sturdy hand held in front of her to help her up.
"Huh?" she looked up to see Guimel.
"Thank you." She said and dusted her pants off and blushed.
Dallet and Guimel didn't seem to notice though.
"What are you doing out here?" asked Dallet with a smile.
Before she got to answer Guimel nudged Dallet with an annoyed expression.
"Oh yah!!!" Dallet remembered and laughed. "I don't believe you've met Guimel?" he asked.
"No, I haven't … but I did knew who he was …" she said shaking Guimel's hand.
"So what were you doing out here?" he asked.
"Actually …" she said and rubbed the back of her head, "I was looking for Folken's library … and failing miserably …" she added.
They all began laughing.
"You could use my bunk and I'd take the floor?" Guimel offered/suggested without thinking.
Victoria turned beat-red … which was most likely evident to Guimel and Dallet.
"You're very kind, but I think on my first day here as a slayer it might be best for me to follow orders …" she said.
"Of course, you're right" said Guimel and courteously pointed to the right "If you go down that way, turn left down the next three, turn right down the next two, left twice, then one more right you'll be there."
"Thanks! I better get going though ... It was nice to meet you Guimel, and to see you again Dallet." she said and waved walking the way Guimel had told her.
"Congratulations!" Guimel waved and walked with Gatti to the corridor where the slayers rooms were.
Victoria blushed again once out of site. She was remembering what Dallet and Guimel looked like without shirts and how well muscled they were …
"SNAP OUT OF IT VICKI!" she scolded herself … still a deep crimson.
Once she got there she punched in "242" (pretty proud of her memory) and watched the metal doors slide open to reveal a dimly-lit room. She walked in and after putting her slayer uniform and sword down, picked up one of the torches and lit the other ones. Victoria's eyes took in her surroundings. It was a cozy room with a couch, three huge arm chairs, many books, and a warm, at-home atmosphere. She sighed and fell onto the sofa. Her eyes closed wearily and she drifted into a deep sleep full of thoughts of Van's death … she smiled and continued dreaming.
Once Dallet and Guimel got back to their rooms', Dallet drifted to sleep but Guimel banged his head on the wall.
"I'm- such- an- idiot- how- could- I- have- been- so- blunt- and- said- that- I'm- so- embarrassed …" he kept banging his head.
2nd A/N: YAY!!! That was pretty long compared to my usual chapters! BUHAHAHAHAHA~ VICTORIA'S A SLAYER!!! ^_^ Be happy! Miguel will live!!! Zhongi is dead … ooh … wasn't that gruesome? …I'm trying to confuse you … is it working??? Is it a Dilandau/Victoria? Folken/Victoria? Dallet/Victoria? Chesta/Victoria? Guimel/Victoria? Miguel/Victoria? Van/Victoria? WHAT IS IT?! Ok~ I admit … if you know me in the slightest you know Van/Victoria will never happen but I don't know where this fic is going!!! … I have no idea what to make it … but at least you should know I feel bad for judging Guimel for his sheep-looking hair and that he's probably a really nice guy … Well~ special thanks to ShadowFox, Chichirui, BlueStarFairy, ElvenChild, TigerWolf, Kae Noel, Kenju-Shin, Thundersenshi17, Navi, Pablo/Cecil, Dragonet, and Chez (mrchezzysnickers) … they've been really great and I think I would have given up this fic with out them!!! ~CrimsonFire