A/N: Hey people!!! Sorry for the delay. *Sweat drop* Heh~ this ones for Chichirui and Dragonet … Lol~ Well, here is chapter 20 … it's pretty pointless but oh well …


Disclaimer: (Read Pablo/Cecil's 24th disclaimer to understand this one better …) CrimsonFire has snatched the deed to Escaflowne from the weary Pablo/Cecil and run … but a Bandai helicopter lands and says I get a date with Dallet if I give it to them … I hand them a fake copy so they'll leave … they don't know I already had a date with him. I run off but one of those fuzzy wombats had clinged onto me while I ran and eaten the deed! Don't ask … the only people who'll get this are Pablo/Cecil and my brother …


Chapter 20: A New Character


After about a week in the Vione Ry and Kiran had gotten pretty settled. They were not dragon slayers but they trained and ate with them and other than the Dallet not getting along with Ry thing, were pretty good friends with each other. Kiran and Ry had both mastered the basic training and were now doing special moves and would soon learn to pilot guymelefs … Ry still insisted on trying to do fancy tricks and cutting himself.

Victoria sighed. She and Ry had both gotten up early for the past few days to get in more training. Folken said they were installing new rooms into the Slayers' corridor because Victoria had mentioned their might be more people to come.

Ry threw his sword up and tried to catch it in his sheath. It ended up scratching his hand and stubbing his foot. Victoria face vaulted.

"Ry," she whined but then glowed as an idea came to mind. She lifted a golden chain from around her neck and showed it to Ry. "do you remember this? It's Hitomi's pendant … and it can take you to Earth. I know none of your stuff was brought with you and I think you need a break off of this. I'd like you to try and summon a pillar of light there without going there yourself though. This is how it works …"

Victoria explained that he had to concentrate and use the power of his wishes, to imagine the place or thing that he wanted to bring and use the pillar of light to bring it.

"Watch." she whispered and held the pendant out in front of her.

Victoria's eye brow furrowed in concentration. Suddenly a electric blue pillar of light crashed into the Slayers' gym and surrounded the sword rack on the far side of the wall. It disappeared and re-appeared in front of Ry's feet, leaving a single sword on the floor.

Ry's eyes bugged out as Victoria dropped the chain and pendant in his hand with a smile and told him to do the same but concentrate on Earth.

Ry closed his eyes and held the pendant out in front of him. He stared and was silent for a long time. "I can't do it." he thought. Victoria tried to explain the state of mind he should have … it should be a black void filled with the thought of only his room.

He cleared his mind and focused everything on Earth. Suddenly, a pillar of light crashed through the ceiling, leaving a figure sprawled on the floor.

Victoria cocked and eyebrow at Ry. "Did you bring that person here intentionally?"

Ry sweat dropped. "I actually intended on bringing my guitar …"

She rolled her eyes and walked over to the dazed figure. It was a burly man about 16. He had black hair and was about 6`1, fairly muscular.

She crouched down and the boy blinked open his eyes. He had deep brown eyes, entrancing in a way …

"Who are you?" he asked semi-conscious. (You know, like when you wake up and you're half awake, half asleep.)

"My name is Victoria, and I work for Zaibach."

"Zaibach?!" he shot straight up and looked around. He found himself in a familiar metal room (familiar from watching the series) full of guymelefs.

Luckily enough he was an author otaku so he decided to take it easily and believe what this girl was telling him.

"Victoria," the name sounded familiar to him from some where "do I know you some how?"

"You'd have to tell me who you are first." she rolled her eyes.

The boy blinked and remembered his manners. *COUGH ,what manners, COUGH*

"Oh, yah … heh, my name is Pablo."

Victoria raised her eyes amused. "Pablo slash Cecil?"

"How did you k---" he began to ask but never finished.

Victoria closed her eyes and held her eyes behind her back. A pillar of light crashed into the room and left something in her hands. She pushed Pablo down and grinned mischievously, handing him what she summoned from "Circuit City."

He looked up confused at her. "A laptop computer? … CRIMSONFIRE?!"

"Hehehehehehe!!! I want the next chap of "Zaibach United" this instant!!!" she shouted pointing her sword at his neck. His eyes bugged out as he began typing away, as quickly as he could.

"Grief, she is insane …" he mumbled under his breath.


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He finished writing the chapter after and hour but it turned out he didn't do it to her exact detailed want and she was about to make him redo it for the 67th time that day when Folken came into her mind.

"Look, either die or become a soldier in Zaibach …" she told him.

"I'll work for Zaibach gladly … but I don't want to have anything to do with you …" he said, rubbing his bruised arm.

Ry tapped her shoulder. "Aren't you going to warn him?" he asked.

Victoria smiled. "No."


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Folken, Dilandau, the Slayers, Victoria, Kiran, Ry, and Pablo stood inside the Slayer's Gym.

Pablo was given a sword and Dilandau chose his opponent.

"Slayer Miguel, step forward."

Victoria was surprised … Dilandau was sending his best slayer against Pablo?!

Miguel charged Pablo. Pablo tried to block but Miguel was much stronger and pushed him down. Pablo was knocked down and he was disarmed with in an instant.

"You lose …" Miguel smiled triumphantly.

"So?" said Pablo rudely.

"The death sentence …" said Folken.

"Death?!" Pablo looked bewildered, kicking Miguel to the ground and walked up to Folken, "who made that rule?!"

"Lord Doinkork, of course …" Folken answered calmly.

"Well then … I'd like to see him." Pablo said in a matter-of-factly way.

Folken didn't know what to do. This request had never made before.

"Uhm, what are we supposed to do?" Folken asked to no one specifically.

"We'd have to ask Lord Doinkork ..." Dilandau said.

Pablo rolled his eyes. "If you have to ask Doinkork if I'm allowed to talk to him you might as well take me!!!"

And so it was. Pablo was taken to speak to the emperor.


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2nd A/N: Hey!!! Hehehehe … new characters!!! And their will be more to come … for the time being I'll only be adding vital characters … but anyway … what am I blabbing about? Onto the next chap!!! ~CrimsonFire