Chapter 10: Everyone's Sanity Goes Round and Round

Disclaimer: Hajime Kanzaka(I finally got his name) owns Slayers and I do not(reality stinks)



Luna's POV

'The wheels of the bus go round and round.' I winced as the song played in my head over and over again. Lina and co. with the exception of Zelgadis had been singing this for the last half hour non-stop. You must be wondering why I didn't kick them out of the van. Well, my little sister seemed very happy so I merely told them to shut up. You can't blame them, The Slayers had finally reunited and are going on a n adventure for the first time this lifetime. Zelgadis is driving and Phibby is sitting beside him, yelling at Zelgadis because he was going to slow. Actually we're going at 120 kilometres per hour, but you know how immature some brats are. He even wanted to warp the van a few times so that we'll reach San Francisco in minuites. Our next stop is San Francisco, then Seattle. I wonder how the others are doing. Zelas is beside me, smoking like a chimney. I've told her that if she continues smoking the way she does, she might not live to see her next birthday, but she did not care. It's quite amazing that we're best friends even though we served different masters. Then, loud rumbles jerked me out from my thoughts.

"Lina, Gourry, how hungry can the both of you get?" Zelgadis sighed from the driver's seat.

"It's been better lately. I've seen worse." I snorted. Phibrizzo snickered. The brat finally quietened down after I threatened to throw him out of the car. So he took to writing down all the stuffs he's going to buy when we get to San Francisco. I didn't expect him to join us, he hated L-sama. Which wasn't surprising, considering the fact that she killed him. But Zelas, Garv and Dolphin had agreed to fight Shabby, so I guess he doesn't have much of a choice. Phibrizzo is quite a loner. Not in that sense. It's just that he prefers to do things on his own. So perhaps he really wanted to fight Ruby-Eye. He's doing it again, juggling those marbles of his, and freaking my sister and her friends out. Zelgadis nearly crashed into a tree. Then we finally stopped for lunch. We were almost reaching San Francisco, but Lina and Gourry couldn't wait any longer, so we stopped. After lunch, we continued driving.

"asa mo hiro mo yoru mo!!"

"Wow, Fighting Fighting Fighting Road!!!!!"

"watasenai daijina mono o.."

"mamoreru tsuyosa te ni hireyou!!"

"Ready Go! You Are Slayers!!!!!!"

"Shut up!!" I hollered. "L-sama! This is the fifth time you've been singing this song!" I yelled at Lina and co. They had been singing Slayers for the Future for the past half hour(thank God it isn't that wheels of the bus song) over and over again. Phibrizo was laughing so hard that he nearly fell out of his open window. Zelas had choked on her wine and was now still coughing madly. I pulled on my hair. Why must I travel with this bunch of idiots??

Ten minutes later.

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No!" I growled.

"Are we there yet??" Lina and co.(excluding Zel) whined.

"One more time and I'll kick all of you out of this van!" I snapped. Zelas had probably passed out from too much laughter and was now lying on me. Phibrizo had taken to counting cows and was now mumbling to himself.

"One hundred and one, one hundred and two, one hundred and three.Hey, rock boy, you're moving too fast! Shit, one hundred and..I lost count!!!"

Zelgadis rolled his eyes and continued driving. We finally reached San Francisco in the evening. We were lucky, we managed to get a two rooms at a reasonable price. "I'm not sleeping with the hellbrat!!!!" Zelgadis shouted as I dragged him to his room. Phibrizo was bouncing happily on the bed. Sometimes I wonder if he knows that he's no longer in a nine-year old body but a sixteen year old body. Shaking my head, I dumped Zel on the floor and went to my room which was quite far away from theirs. I knew something was wrong when I saw a lot of occupants runnign around, screaming for help, some even praying to God. Then I saw smoke coming out from.our room. The fire alarm was ringing madly and Lina Demona Crystalled Zelas's bed which was on fire because she fell asleep while smoking. Anyway, we couldn't sleep in that room as it was too smoky, so we had to go to the boys' room.

"Such lousy service. Why can't they just give us another room? Zelas grumbled.

"We're lucky they didn't chase us out." I snapped. So we slept in the boys' room, on the bed. I made them give us their bed.(snickers) Lesson learnt: Boys are terrible sleepers. They snore like pigs.



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Rugradia's POV

"We should have taken the right turn!!"

"NO! The left turn!"

"Why must you always be so annoying!? I'm telling you, it's the right!"

"I'm annoying!? You're the one who's prejudiced against me because I'm a mazoku! It's the left!"

"I'm going straight!" I snapped. That shut them up, but not for long.

"Namagomi mazoku!!!!!"

"Violent obaasan!"

The two of them had been at it since we left Zel's place. Which two? Isn't that obvious? Filia and Xellos. Which reminds me, why did Ceipheed put those two together? Ceipheed-sama is so lucky. He's back in our old world, leaving me with a violent ex-priestess, a crazy fruitcake and a lovesick girl. I think I'm going to die before Shabby even kills me. By the way, I'm driving. I'd rather join Shabby then allow Xellos to drive. According to Lina, Xellos drives as if he was in an arcade. Sylfiell can't drive. I think she misses Gourry. Speaking about Xellos, did I ever mention how annoying he is? Well, here's an example. I could be driving along a very curved road. Yes, a very curbed road. Those people just want drivers like us dead. Back to what I was saying. I could be driving along a very curved road when that idiot would just appear in front of me and yell something incoherent and scare the hell out of me. Luckily, I have Filia with me. Not that she's much of a help. She'll just smash her mace on the fruitcake who will dodge it and do you know where that mace lands? Yes. On my face! My pretty face.Anyway, Xellos would burst out laughing and the two of them would play Tag. Did I mention that the van's practically a wreck now? Why is that so? You see, Fila would always get angry with Xellos and would attempt to whack him with her mace. Depending on how much force she uses, and how well her aim is, it could result in this.

1)The sides of the van get dented and Xellos falls onto the ground laughing away like a banshee.(do banshees laugh?)OK, maybe a hyena.

2)A hole appears in the sides of the van and if we're lucky enough, Xellos falls through it

3)If Filia manages a bulls eye, Xellos flies out of the van. However, to our dismay, he always manages to phase in before a truck could run him flat on the ground.

Now you can see how unfortunate I am. Sylfiell too. The poor girl sits beside me, wishing for her Gourry dear. Luckily, we managed to reach Denver before the van collapsed. It's was so badly damaged that we have to bring it to the scrap yard. Then we bought another van using MY money. Can you believe it? My fingers itch. I'm going to kill that fruitcake. Luckily, our new van has thick metal sides, so there's a hope that it would last until Dallas. We stopped for a quick break before returning to our new van. Filia succeeded in breaking a window when Xellos calculated that the van won't last us until Dallas. Somehow, I had to agree with him. Karyuu's priestess is anything but gentle.

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Dolphin's POV

"So you see, you're actually Dynast Grausherra and Sherra's your general." Lanngourt told Akira. I wasn't sure if he believed us or not. His face was as expressionless as ever.

"So?" he asked boredly. "Why are you telling me this?"

"Do you fucking believe us or not??" Garv roared.

"Still as uncivilised as ever, huh? Garv." Dynast replied coolly. Sherra gazed at her master dreamily. I sweatdropped. Even though she tries to deny it, we all know that she's in love with him. Somehow, I felt that Dynast had melted a little. He wasn't as cold as he was in the past. Dynast told us that he was working in that restaurant because he had to earn money to pay his university bills. His parents lived in Las Vegas, but though they send money regularly, he wanted extra. Money face.

"Shut up, ice pop. So you believe us!" Garv hollered

"Actually, I've been waiting for someone to come and find me." Dynast said as he ran his fingers through his dark hair.

"What!?" Garv yelled.

"Hey I'm not stupid! I know something was up when kept dreaming of idiots like you."

"You dreamt of me??" Garv shouted. "Oh L-sama! I'm cursed for life!!"

"I was just making an example! I'd die in my sleep if I dreamt of you" Dynast snapped. "And I believe that I not that deaf that you have to yell when you're sitting write in front of me."

"So Dynast-kun, are you going to join Ruby-Eye or stop him?" I asked hastily, before Garv and Dynast started fighting. He shrugged. "It would be a good change, to become allies instead of enemies."

"I'll follow you no matter which side you choose, Dynast-sama!" Sherra said. Dynast smiled at her. I think he only smiles at her. He hasn't changed much, still the same. Everyone did not change. Garv, Val, Lanngourt and I had been friends since young. Never in my wildest dreams had I thought that we knew each other from out past life. I did not want to join Ruby-Eye for several reasons. I knew that he would kill all the dragons if we won. I didn't want to fight Lanngourt, much less kill him. He's one of my closest friends, I shared practically everything with him. But I could feel him drawing away after he knew that he was a dragon lord and I was a mazoku lord. Probably mazokus and dragons can only fight together but never become friends.

"Hey, let's play a game to celebrate us finding Dynast." Lanngourt suggested.

"What game?" Val asked excitedly.

"It's something like truth and dare, only who's ever turn it is will what they've never done before and those who had done that thing will take a drink. The person who takes the most drinks will do a dare after each round."

"Cool!" Val grinned, while Vrabazard moaned. " You and your stupid ideas."

"I remember that time in Ceipheed's temple, Vrabazard got so drunk that he.Itai!" Lanngourt yelped as Vrabazard slammed his book on Lanngourt's head. "Shut up!" he hissed. I laughed. "Let's play it. But I'm underage, I can't drink beer."

"To hell with it, Dolphin! Nobody will know!" Garv shouted as he threw me a can of beer. I sighed.

"I'll start!" Val yelled. "I've never danced the hula with only a bath towel round my waist every time after a bath.

"What the fuck!? How did you know!!??" Garv roared and took a drink then tackled Val.

Lanngourt and I burst out laughing. Even Dynast was smiling. Sherra and Vrabazard snickered.

"I didn't know you had such a hobby. You should have taken a picture!!" Lanngourt chortled from the ground. Nobody took a drink.

"My turn!" Lanngourt said. "I've never kissed Garv before"

Val took a drink.

Garv turned bright red. "WHAT THE FUCK!?"

"Oh man." Everyone made a face and groaned.

"Hey! Hey! It was a dare!!" Val protested. "Lanngourt made me do it."

Garv glared at the culprit. Lanngourt chuckled.

"Well.the kiss is only just a peck huh?" Garv asked hopefully.

"No.The dare was a French Kiss." Val muttered. Garv fainted. I looked at his prone body.

"Shall we go on?" Dynast asked. I giggled. "My turn." I thought for a moment before saying. "I've never been ugly before."

Everyone looked at the unconscious Garv. Val grinned mischievously and opened a can of beer and forced the liquid into Garv's mouth. That woke him up.

"WHAT IN FUCKING HELLS!?" He roared as he shoved the laughing Val away.

After Garv got to know what had happened, he muttered. "I'm not ugly now!"

"You were in the past." Dynast said as if it was a matter of fact.

"It's all that roasted crab's fault!" Garv grumbled.

"It's your turn now, Garv." Lanngourt grinned.

"Finally. "I've never fucking kissed Shabby before." Garv confirmed.

Sherra and Vrabazard took a drink.

Everyone stared.

"You kissed Shabby!!??!"

"NO! I mean our masters!" Sherra and Vrabazard yelled.

"It was accidental!!! I was skidding through the halls of the of Ceipheed's temple because SOME idiot waxed the floor for no apparent reason." Vrabazard snapped, glaring at a sheepish looking Lanngourt. "Then I was rounding a corner when Ceipheed-sama came from the other side. Before I could stop myself I crashed into Ceipheeed-sama and kissed him."

Then everyone looked at Sherra who was blushing madly.

"Hahahah!" Garv chortled. "Ooo, the both of ya." he teased Dynast who merely sat there as if it was nothing.

"You're just jealous that Val had to kiss you out of a dare." He said calmly. Garv glared at him.

"Sherra's turn." I said happily. It was an interesting game, but I highly doubt that It was very fun for Garv.

"I've never had fantasies about my sword before." Sherra said, looking at Garv.

Garv cursed and gulped down the beer. "Eeewww!" Everyone shouted.

"Gross!" Val shouted. Dynast shuddered. "I can't believe I was ever related to him."

"Hey! Come one, my sword is the best around! I even nearly managed to kill that fruitcake with it." Garv protested. I giggled. "Dynast-kun's turn."

"I've never been late for school before!" Dynast said proudly.

"Nerd." Garv muttered as he reached for his drink. Val, Lanngourt and me too.

Sherra glared at Garv. "I bet you're in the Guiness World Records for coming to school late everyday." Dynast snorted. I laughed. "I think he is. His school is just beside his house but he's late everyday. Lina-chan told me." Val chortled. "Man, at least I was just in time for.once!"

I sighed and stretched. The stars twinkled overhead. It was a chilly nighth, but luckily it had stopped snowing and the wind wasn't very strong. We had a campfire going on and that kept us warm. I hope it kept bears and wolves away too. Not that I'm afraid of them, I just don't want to hurt them if they attacked us. The game went on for quite a while and because Garv kept drinking, he had to do a dare at each round. We made him do all sorts of things like quack like a duck and gather more firewood. He wasn't very happy with that but one thing you can say about Garv is that he isn't a sore loser. Ok, he was pretty pissed off when Phibby killed him. Who wouldn't? But at least he didn't come back to haunt us. I laughed at the thought.

"Deck the halls with balls of holly!!!!!!!!!!"

"Fala lala la la la lala!!!"

"This the season to be jolly!!!" Garv hollered.

"Fa lalalala lalalala!!!!!!!!" Me, Langourt and Val screamed back. Vrabazard rolled his eyes while Dynast and Sherra had a quiet conversation. We burst out laughing when the song ended. It was so fun! Then I sighed. If only this could last forever.but we still had to fight Ruby-Eye-sama.Enough of this! I scolded myself. Enjoy the fun when you still have time. With that, I joined in the next Christmas song. Christmas, I hope that all of us, humans, dragons and mazokus could spend Christmas together.

"Hey Santa! Join us!" Garv yelled at Dynast who threw a snowball at him.

"Fuck you!" Garv shouted and a snowball fight started. Giggling, I joined in the fun. Lanngourt and me against Val and Garv. Vrabazard, being the Karyuu-ou didn't like the cold had long went to sleep in the van. Dynast went back to the van muttering about idiots and Sherra followed him. I yelped when a snowball hit me in my face.

"Concentrate, Dolphin!" Garv yelled as he pelted me with snowballs.

"Don't bully girls!!" Lanngourt came to my defence immediately and threw a giant snowball at Garv.

"Fuck! Dammit Val! Quit laughing and help me!" Garv roared at the aqua haired teenager who was rolling on the ground, clutching his stomach and laughing helplessly. Soon, the four of us were making quite a racket outside. Then the van's door flew open and Vrabazard poked his head out.

"Will you keep it down? Somebody's trying to sleep!!" he yelled before slamming the door shut again. We looked at each other before bursting into laughter. I had never had so much fun before. If only it would last forever.

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tbc

A/N: pretty pointless chapter. I think I prefer Dolphin being sweet then crazy. I hope to keep it serious but funny too. The characters does seem rather OOC but well they were reincarnated, so it's like two different souls and memories merged into one. The next chapter would get slightly darker.So far, I think I like writing about the Dolphin group rather then the other groups. It's easier^^;;;