I forgot my disclaimer in the first chapter! I don't own anything, except Meri!

Chapter 2

Meri was upset, if you wanted to be polite about it. That stupid Mazoku had been annoying her once again. Maybe annoy wasn't the right word for what he did. Torment was the word for it. And perhaps Mazoku wasn't the best thing to be calling an incarnation of Shabernigto, but she always did anyhow. It was the same one from all those years ago, when her parents were killed. She stiffened and took another sip of her drink. Although she was in a tavern, it wasn't alcohol that she was drinking. It was water instead. She wanted to keep a clear mind incase she needed to use it.

"Namae wa nan desu ka?" Suddenly her view was blocked by a Mazoku with short purple hair. She jumped back in horror, then grabbed her sword (sheath on) and brought it down on his head.

"Mazoku freak!" She yelled and worked to un-sheath her sword, which was kind of hard to do, seeing as how Xellos was holding it. He looked at her curiously.

"You hate me already?" He smiled. What a strange girl. It seemed, though, that her hate was directed at all Mazoku, not him in specific.

"Give me my sword back!" She demanded impatiently, "How can I kill you if I don't have a weapon?"

Xellos looked at the sword in his hand, and handed it back to her, "You can't kill me with this unenchanted sword." He smiled at her with his eyes closed.

She stared at him skeptically, until he finally had to ask, "What?"

"Anata… wa Mazoku?" She asked, haltingly, "You sure don't act like the one that I know. He's a real jerk, but you're really weird."

"Boku wa Mazoku!" Xellos exclaimed, indignantly. She glared at him for a few moments, giving him a strange feeling.

"I don't trust you. However, I don't think that you're a threat either." She said, then started chanting some spell, and Xellos found himself in a whole different place.

He opened one eye and looked around curiously. He found Xellas staring at him.

"Why are you here? You are on vacation." She asked him. He thought about it for a moment. That girl was really strange. He had never met someone with emotions like her. They were very high-strung, and yet, she was cool and collected. Not to mention that she was out-and-out beautiful. She had knee length white hair that was strung up in braids, and crystal blue eyes. For clothing she wore a red short sleeved dark red shirt that reminded him of Lina Inverse's, dark blue sweat pants, a purple cape, and shiny black boots. Was he attracted to her? He wasn't sure, since he had never had strange feelings like these before.

"Xellos!" Xellas said sternly. He looked up from his thoughts with a questioning manner.

"Nani?" He asked, "Oh, you asked me a question, didn't you? I'll tell you later." And he disappeared.