Filia sluggishly peaks open one eye as she sees her father's praising face and her grandfather's stern yet grateful visage watching her as they sat on the couch in the living room. The young dragon maiden tranquilly swayed from to and fro in time with the beat as she shifted her ebony wood violin up her chest and shoulder blade; her tail drumming softly on the hardwood floor. Filia was clothed in her summer uniform; it is basically the same as the casual uniform except the white blouse is sleeveless and instead of wearing a black tie she had a black bow, and she didn't have to wear the navy blue jacket.
The girl skid the bow over the four gut strings like a fine artist filling the room with a enchanting melody, but the dragon opened both of her eyes completely when she spun the fiddlestick across the D string and the note emitted a low screech. Filia relieved herself of the instrument and took it off her shoulder and looked at her family with a bashful smile.
"Bravo! Bravo, Filia-chan!" her father applauded as he clapped his strong hands together causing his daughter to blush and angle her head to the side so she wouldn't see his smiling face. Baazard brushed his yellow bangs from his face and leant back into the chair as he eyed the young dragon. "Filia-chan were you practicing the violin and piano all summer?" the older dragon inquired as he got up and disappeared into the kitchen. Filia nodded her head while placing the string instrument back into its black case.
"Hai, I really wanted to get better at John Pachelbel's Kanon D major, but..." she hesitated as she closed the case and picked it up slowly staring at the hardwood floor, "I'm still not able to play the last right pitch with the D string maybe I stoked it too hard or something." she explained as her grandfather motioned her over with his withered fingers. The teenaged girl titled her head to the side and sashayed over to the elder dragon.
"Here let me see that Filia." Saichuro-ojisama ordered as the young dragon transfered over the black case. The older dragon opened the protective seal and took out the instrument as he took a quick glimpse at the petit writing on the back saying it was manufactured and designed in Cremona, Italy. Saichuro ran his fingertips smoothly over the violin and brought the string instrument up to his eyes and gave it a scrutinizing look at the thickest string, which was the D string. "I don't think you're at fault with the off pitch some of the strings need tightening," he said as he placed the violin back into the case and handed it back over to the girl. "I also think you don't need to use the Bow Wings anymore. I think you're able to draw the bow straight," he complemented.
"Oi, Filia-chan!" her father called as he arbitrated out from the kitchen wearing a white apron and carrying a rolled up newspaper in his left hand and a boxed lunch in his right hand. "Here your obentou." he said as he handed his daughter her homemade boxed lunch. Filia grabbed the lunch and looked at the pink fabric decorated with tiny maces. Her father smiled and waved his finger back and forth, "Filia-chan don't you think you should be heading to your second day of school. I don't think you want to be late." he chastised her as Filia sighed and tucked her obentou into her briefcase.
"Hai, otou-san," she said in a dismal voice as she hefted up her briefcase and shuffled towards the front door. Filia stepped out of her pink slippers and hopped into her black shoes as she placed her right hand on the cool doorknob and was about to turn it when she felt a tap on her shoulder. The girl made a small jump as she turned and faced her father. "Huh." she breathed as her father smiled down at her.
"Hoi, "he grunted and brought her mace out from behind his back and dumped it into her waiting hands. Filia smiled and placed the finely polished weapon on her shoulder and gave a wide smile.
"Ah, I almost forgot Mace-sama, thanks otou-san." she piped as she opened the door small streams of sunlight inching in between the crack and cool temped breeze flowed in ruffling her long blonde hair. "Ja ne." she called as she stepped out the door and closed it behind her, teleporting outside her gates and patiently waiting for Lina-tachi.
"Hey, Filia!"
"Huh...Ah!" she squawked as she raised her gaze up from highly polished black shoes to black uniformed pants, then to an opened navy blue jacket and finally to a very handsome face. A boy with long silvery grey hair smiled down at her as he brushed his white blonde bangs from his face with his free hand. Filia could already feel her blood boil and the heat rise to her face as a thick blush inched on her cheeks.
"Here, let me give you a hand." he smiled his gaze lightly brushed over her mace as light sparkled off his pearly white teeth with a minute chime as he offered out his free hand inching it towards the distraught dragon's grasp. He shifted his head to the right as Filia continued to kneel against the floor her expression of total surprise on her face as she shakily gave him her hand. With great ease the boy was able to pull her up with a tiny flick of his wrists. Filia shook her head. She sensed a very strong and noble aura resonating from this guy. "Hoi." he piped as he dumped the books into the young dragons arms.
"Ah........uh.........thank you." she stuttered as she felt her blush deepen into a more crimson pink colour and she gave a small bow of gratitude. The boy chuckled at her antics and gave her a small wave as he turned on his heel and walked away. Filia sighed as she watched him leave then she turned around and began to prance away not noticing her tail was out and going into a small swish hiking up her skirt with each movement it took until she finally tucked it away. The dragon averted her gaze to the left and saw Amelia and Lina both leaning on the side of the wall. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Waiting for you. Finally you made it," Lina said as her and Amelia removed themselves from their stationary positions and waltzed over to the dragon, "You know Filia, I'm not waiting for you again." she said as she shot Amelia an accusing look. The smaller girl merely shrugged and viewed the giddy teenaged dragon. Amelia placed her free hand on her chin and frowned as she inched closer towards the girl.
"Filia-san............ you're blushing." the raven-haired girl stated as a smile etched upon her face and the redhead impishly looked at the blonde and smirked. Filia angled her head in the opposite direction and shook her head as she raised her books to cover her face.
"No I'm not," she hissed as she scuttled past them and began to walk down the less busy halls. Lina and Amelia both smiled at each other and caught up with the fast walking dragon. Filia sighed as she gritted her teeth, "Say do you guys know a guy in school with long silvery grey hair and white blonde streaks? He's about the same height as Gourry maybe a little taller?" the dragon inquired as the blush on her cheek grew brighter. Both Lina and Amelia turned flushed in the faces and shot her a wry smile.
"Yeah we know him!" they chorused as their smiled broadened. Lina raised her index and placed on a serious face as she closed her eyes. "That person you described is Koji Yuuta. He's in Grade 12 and is one of the handsomest guys in our school," she explained as they neared their math class. "Oh yeah, I heard he even he's part Shinzoku," the redhead exclaimed as she reached out her palm to turn the knob, Filia's azure eyes widened in astonishment. She sensed something different about him, but to be part of a Shinzoku bloodline of this day and age was very rare. So far all pure Shinzoku have passed away and nothing but their few half-breed descendants lived on. The dragon pondered over these thoughts as she stepped into the class, but it was quickly replaced with another urgent thought that she passed onto her tongue.
"Cold." she yawned as her human body automatically shivered and her eyelids began to turn heavy and descend. Filia inched her gaze to the front of the class and saw that Dynast-sensei was their Math teacher. A few familiar faces were seated in the class too: Xellos, Zelgadis, Valgarv who seemed to have trouble with keeping his eyes open, Syphiel and a young man from drama called Zangalus. The dragon followed the two girls take the seats at the front, which were just in front of the seats of Zelgadis, Xellos and Valgarv. The teacher cleared his throat as he brushed his charcoal black bangs from his face.
"I think before we begin the curriculum I'd like to do a few review classes before we go onto something new. So I'll be giving you a test," he said in a cold dull tone as the class groaned and moaned in protest as he passed a three-paged blank pieces of paper. Filia pulled a metallic pencil from her binder and gave it a little click as Dynast-sensei placed the paper on her desk. The blonde passed the remainder of the sheets behind her to Valgarv as he did the same to the person behind him. The dragon lowered her gaze and viewed her first problem; she didn't need her calculator for it. Filia quickly whizzed through the first page and a little difficulty on the second but came to abrupt halt as she flipped the page to the third.
"What the...." she murmured to herself as she bit her bottom lip and stared at problems she had no idea how to solve. The dragon tapped her pencil against the document and caste her cerulean gaze against her Texas-Instrument Graphing Calculator. Filia frowned as she erased her makeshift solution it made no connection with the original problem and was most likely wrong. The young dragon dialled her fingers against the calculator and shook her head as she brushed golden strands from her eyes.
"You have five minutes left so wrap up the questions you failed to complete," the teacher stated as he raised his head from his desk and eyed his silver Rolex watch as it dangled loosely against his left arm. Filia sighed as she tried her best to solve the problems already knowing they were wrong she gave half-heartedly attempts and handed it to her teacher when she was done. The frigid mazoku teacher placed the sheets of paper on his desk and focused his cold gaze on his class. "I'd like you to start on page 4-6 in your textbook. It'll be very similar to your test except more problem solving questions," he stated ignoring the grumbles and moans as his pupils opened up their textbook and hooked their nose into their work.
Dynast was casually correcting papers and finally brought his red ink pen to Filia UI Copt's paper. The first and second pages were done quite good a few minor wrongs but none the less. The third page however was another story. The instructor inched his icy eyes over her solutions and shook his head as he stood up. "Filia, can you see me outside?" he questioned in an ordering tone as Filia placed down her white eraser and removed herself from her desk and walked out the door. Dynast eyed his ward and closed door.
"Hai." Filia spoke as her eyelids lost their droopy form and began to get a stronger and less tired position as small amount of heat returned. Dynast-sensei tapped his fingers against his chin and hmmed in thought.
"Filia, in your previous school were you taught how to solve these Trigonometric problems?" he inquired as he handed her back her test sheet and showed her the page she had difficulty on. The dragon shook her head. Her hair bouncing from left to right and her mace sliding a few millimetres to the side. "I see.......you definitely have the potential and wisdom to understand but I think it would be wise if we got you a class tutor for at least a weak or less depending on how good you get." he explained as Filia nodded her head. "I'd think I'd be able to get one of the more talented students to assist you. Just hold on a second," he replied as he stepped back into the class and closed the door behind him. The dragon rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Great." she groaned sceptically as she tapped her black shoes against the polished white floor. The young teenager whipped her cerulean gaze from the floor towards the now ajar door where Dynast-sensei emerged followed by............Xellos! The dragon nearly fainted as her eyes automatically rolled behind her head but she immediately caught herself and plastered on a bittersweet smile as she traced the outline of the purple-haired mazoku's substantial and rock-hard grin.
"Filia," her teacher called drawing back the dragon's attention away from the smiling mazoku teenager, "Xellos shall be your tutor and you will have to listen to his instruction." Dynast-sensei explained as he warily eyed his two wards. "I think it would be best if you went to each other's houses after school to start the sessions and I would like to see excellent progress before the school week is over." the teacher replied in a cold voice as he ushered a half stunned and half enraged dragon and a happy mazoku back into the class.
So the dull Math class continued all the while a fiery redhead poked Filia in the side with her pencil so she would be able to know what Dynast-sensei talked to her and Xellos about. But the dragon merely shook her off and eventually whispered a quick 'I'll tell you later' leaving Lina to grin and continue her work. Just as a few ectothermic students in the class were about to fall into a deep hibernation because of the frigid temperature the bell rung and brought everyone from their dormant state and in full hurry to escape to their next class.
"Oi, minna over here!" he called with a wave of his free hand and ushered for the others to join him at the back. Lina smiled and walked over followed by the remainder of the group as they quickly found seats at the back and their class began to form. Milgazia-sensei placed down his books and removed himself from his desk at the front as he closed the door. He cleared his throat and brushed a few yellow strands from his face.
"For this first English class we'll begin with a review over nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives and see how far we get." their teacher explained as everyone opened their binders or placed their textbooks on their desk or in Filia's case placed her mace to rest on the floor. Milgazia-sensei grabbed a marker and began to write a heading onto the whiteboard with Romanised words. Gourry tilted his head to the side as a familiar blue question mark does an offbeat jig above his head. The redhead averted her gaze towards the blonde and blinked.
"Hmm, what's the matter with you Gourry?" she asked as the teen placed his left hand on his chin and emitted a soft hmm. He turned his gaze to look at the redhead and frowned.
"Lina don't we already speak English?" the blonde inquired while the fiery mane girl nearly fell out of her seat and almost scuffed her face against the floor. Zelgadis sighed as he removed his view from his associates and placed it back at the front while Lina glared at the confused blonde.
"We speak Japanese not English," she hissed as Gourry raised his index finger and opened his mouth a few inches wider for protest but stopped at Lina's angry glare. "We speak Japanese got it, and that goes for all of you out there too!" Lina glowered as she turned her gaze to glare at all you readers.
"Iye, some of my family lives in Russia and North America they're pretty much all on my father's side. So I pretty much know the basics of Russian and English because we do a lot of visiting." the dragon explained in a quiet voice as Lina nodded her head and scribbled the Romanised letters for the past tense of run. Xellos whistled and opened one eye at the dragon girl.
"Yare, yare I bet you're just as much as violent and uncivilized there as you are here, ne Filia-san," the mazoku teased as he jabbed her in the side with his pen. Filia growled and reached for her mace that was lying on the floor; it was hungry for a beating and Filia knew it. Amelia tsked and turned around. Her index finger was pointed straight at the two and it was decorated with a squiggly drawing of a blue hammer while Zelgadis sighed and heaved his shoulder.
"Shameful," the raven-haired girl commented in a whisper while Filia blinked and Xellos just stared at her with his closed eyes, "It is not only improper to act this way during class but also unjust. Stop your ways or the mighty hammer justice shall bring about its wrath." the girl finished and turned around at the exact second a lightning bolt streaked across the sky making everyone jump. Filia's jaw hung a few inches as she looked out the window and back at Amelia.
"How'd she do that?" the blonde questioned looking back and forth from the window to the raven-haired girl while Lina just shook her redhead.
"Don't ask." she muttered in a dry voice and continued with her lesson along with the rest of the class. Milgazia-sensei looked at his class and stood up gaining their attention. The students placed down their pens and pencils and ceased their writer except for the minor few who stubbornly tried to complete their work.
"Zelgadis, what is the past tense of the verb reside?" Milgazia-sensei asked ignoring the small hisses he was getting from the back of the class most of students weren't prepared for questions and answers lesson. The chimera blinked and begrudgingly removed himself from his seat and looked at his instructor.
"The past tense of reside is resided." he stated in somewhat of a confident air. The teacher nodded his head indicating the answer was a right one and the chimera took back his seat with a sigh. Milgazia-sensei locked his yellow gaze onto Gourry and sighed.
"Gourry what is the present tense of jumped?" he inquired as Gourry gawked and squeamishly stood up from his seat and looked down at Lina with a confused look. The blonde placed his right hand on his chin and thought while he closed his eyes off from the world. The blonde soon began to tap his left foot in concentration while his classmates and teacher waited for him to give his answer.
"Etou........hmmm........." he mumbled his eyes still closed and his foot still making small rapping's against the floor as everyone listened for his response and they waited and waited and waited until finally Gourry opened his eyes and smiled. The class was on the edges of their seat as they waited for him to state his answer. "It's umh.....anou......I think I forgot it." he mumbled as everyone else fell out of their seats and rubbed their sore rears and shins as they caught a hard impact on the ground. Lina glared murderously at Gourry and then at the clock; class was almost over. "Ah! The present tense is jump!" he announced in a proud voice his face etched with satisfaction as his teacher solemnly nodded his head.
"Hai. Hai, the answer is correct Gourry, you may take your seat now," the teacher commanded as the happy blonde took his seat with a light laugh. Milgazia scratched his head his face was etched with slight irritation as he took a haste glimpse and noticed the bell was about to ring. He looked back at his class. "For all of you who are attending the Japanese class next block don't bother to get your textbooks but you are able to take a short break instead," he finished as indeed the bell rang and a few students got up clutching their books and binders to their breasts while some took their teachers advice and went to get a dink or socialize. Filia and the others were the few who remained.
"Filia-san what's it like in North America and Russia?" Amelia questioned as she got out of her desk and moved to one that was a closer distance to the dragon. Filia removed her bangs from blocking her view and smiled at the girl.
"It's really pretty in both places. The cities vary in both, some small and big and Statue of Liberty is real cool in New York and the CN Tower in Toronto is just awesome. Also their was this picture in some Russian museum.......I forget the name but they had this old picture of the tsar's Winter Palace it was so beautiful." Filia gushed her face slightly flushed as she reminisced about her travels she took with her family. "What about you guys? Have you been anywhere cool?" she questioned as both Lina and Gourry looked at each other and sighed shaking their heads.
"Iye." they muttered as Amelia smiled and nodded her head.
"Well I've travelled to Rio De Janeiro and Jamaica. They were both such lovely places and the weather was just excellent; it was always sunny out which made the place real cheery. Otou-san really like it and.........," the raven-haired girl hesitated, "Onee-san really enjoyed it too especially the white sand beaches." she exclaimed as Zelgadis leant back into his chair.
"I travelled to Paris and England with my parents and unfortunately with my great-grandfather a couple years back," Zelgadis added as everyone looked at him with surprised faces when he mentioned his great-grandfather, "The weather wasn't bad it was kind of cold since we went during winter break but the lights and decorations for Christmas were impressive." he noted as the others oohed and awed and visualized what it would be like.
"Hmmm, visiting Wolf Pack Island during summer is fun and also when it's monsoon season, so much chaos and devastation. Just last years monsoon was so hectic I thought the island would be wiped off the map." Xellos chimed as Filia stared at him quizzically titling her blonde head to the side.
"Wolf Pack Island..........that's a peculiar name." she stated as Xellos gave her a grin and peaked one amethyst eye at her.
"Wolf Pack Island is my mother's private island she was the one who came up for the name and trust me you'll understand the name once you set foot on Wolf Pack the title is very appropriate for it." the purple haired mazoku explained to the shocked blonde as she narrowed her eyes and looked at Lina who held her hand to her chin while she closed her eyes and crossed her legs. Suddenly the crimson mane girl took a quick glance at Milgazia-sensei.
"Just how much money do teachers make anyhow...........hello teachers degree." Lina mumbled to herself and no one in particular as a smug smile plastered on her face and a golden dollar signs jingled in her eye sockets. The group sweatdropped at the girl's conceited actions as the class began to take shape again and as the same students from before showed up for Japanese class. Milgazia-sensei tapped his index finger against his chin in thought as he contemplated over an idea.
"Since all of you attended my English class I think I'd like to finish up one more activity before we move on to Japanese class," he stated as everyone simply nodded their heads or leant back into their chairs for him to go on. "The activity shall be in partners and you and your partner shall both practice the proper pronunciation of English words, I've noticed most of the class can't even pronounce the simplest of words correctly, so I think this exercise shall help. Now find a partner and I'll hand out the sheets," the teacher said as everyone busied to find themselves a suitable partner. To Filia's disappointment Lina and Gourry paired up as well as Zelgadis and Amelia, which only left you know whom. The dragon frantically looked around the room to see if anyone was left but it seemed that everyone was paired up.
"Don't tell me I have to be paired with that Namagomi." Filia hissed her voice in a downy tone for him not to hear her. Xellos ear's twitched as he shot Filia a closed glare. His lips curled into a smirk as he propped open one right eye at her.
"Iya.....what's the matter Filia-san too embarrassed to have me as a partner because you'll make an utter fool of yourself for not being able to pronounce a few simple words." he tsked as he shook his finger in front of her baffled face. The dragon narrowed her crystal blue eyes at him as his smirk continued to grow. Xellos was truly playing her strings like a fine soloist on his first big debut. The Gold merely shook her blonde head and pushed her desk back to level with the mazoku's desk.
"Your the one who'll be embarrassed," she replied in a haughty tone as Xellos closed his single open eye with a smile when Milgazia-sensei handed them a sheet with Romanised words of different lengths covering the front and back. Both of the students reached for the document to go first but one of them was a little quicker since the sheet was on their desk. "Too slow, Namagomi." Filia laughed as she waved the sheet in front of his face only to have him raise his right arm and grab the document in a blink. "Hey!"
"I think we should begin, ne Filia-san." he chirped in a sugary tone that the ryuuzoku eyed him suspiciously. Xellos ran his closed gaze over the paper and spotted a nice word to being with. "Here, I'll do number twenty-two," he said as he pointed finger as the word and angled the document so Filia could see it, "The word is al 'ke mi. Alchemy." he stated simply as he handed back the sheet to the stunned ryuuzoku. She was a little surprised to see that mazoku was well capable with pronouncing the English language perhaps even on the same level as her, but Filia was not in the mood to feed his ego so she refused to comment him in a positive manner.
"Hmph, my turn." she stated resolutely as she grabbed the sheet and inched her cerulean eyes over the document looking for a good word to begin with. "Ara, here I'll choose number fifty it's supposed to mean west wind or gentle breeze: zef'er. Zephyr." she finished as she handed back the sheet to the grinning mazoku. Filia frowned 'Does he ever cease that infuriating and dopey grin.' she hissed in her mind as the mazoku angled his gaze against the sheet, but his mind had strayed from the base of the activity. His relative thoughts were now on the blonde and her performance. She was at least able to do something of high standards other than setting off that quick tongue of hers. He could give her a complaint at her skill, but Xellos decided otherwise he didn't need her to get even haughtier now did he?
The class resumed its role and buzzed with the loud chatter of students conversing over pronunciations of English words and small whispers on 'what they did last night?' Even Lina commented that it only took Gourry three seconds to get the word food down; it must have been natural instinct. While Zelgadis and Amelia both seemed at a fair level of the English dialect that they strayed of course onto a different topic leaving both of them slightly red in the face.
The instructor of the cozy classroom raised his left arm and pulled up his white sleeve as he gave his watch a dubious look. He then looked back at his conversing and chirpy students except for one pair who seemed to have developed strong battle auras like they were participating in some match; the pair was composed of Xellos and Filia. The teacher shifted his head to the side and blinked his azure eyes as he raised his voice. "Alright, minna I think that'll be enough for now. It's best we move on to Japanese class, now back to your original seating," he said gaining the attention of his wards as they screeched their desks along the floor and returned to their proper positions. Filia hastily dragged her desk back to its previous position and she rotated her head backwards to gaze at her former partner. Xellos grinned and gave her a cheerful wave as she blinked and turned around quickly her long blonde hair whipping the air.
"Something wrong, Filia?" Lina whispered as she leaned her body over to the fuming ryuuzoku. The blonde blinked and rubbed away the pink blush that tainted her cheeks as she madly shook her head from left to right indicating she was fine. Milgazia placed his Japanese 11 textbook on his desk and sighed as he eyed his class.
"For starters we'll begin with a small review on Kanji. I'd like for all of you to write down the six classifications of Kanji and perhaps to challenge yourself list the seventh classification, and if you fail to complete I'll write them on the board. Also write an example as you go along," the teacher ordered as a young tanouki boy at the middle right side of the room irritably taped his puffy tail against the floor for all the work they would have to complete. So the complaints and mumbles of the students died down as they got to work and attempted to complete the task.
"The first classification," he dictated as he cleared his throat and pointed to the character at the board, "Is Shokei Moji." A fairy girl complemented herself for being correct as her male fairy counterpart merely rolled his silver eyes to the ceiling. The teacher raked his gaze over his class as he pointed to Amelia. "Amelia describe and give me an example of Shokei Moji character," the teacher demanded in a stern yet gentle voice as the raven-haired girl's eyes widened slightly in a brummagem shock.
"Ha..........hai." she stuttered as she got up from her seat and gave a small smile. "Anou......," she drawled as she tapped her finger against her chin, "I'm pretty sure that it's basically simple pictographs like trees or plants for example." she exclaimed as her face brightened as she revealed her answer. Milgazia-sensei nodded his head as she sat down.
"Correct." he said as he tapped his swayed shoes against the floor. Once again he raked his gaze against the small mass of students until he came to a particular pupil at the back. "The next classification is Shiji Moji," he stated as he gave a light smile to his wards. "Xellos describe to me the concept of what Shiji Moji states and give an example of its characters," he said as Xellos gave his strong and brilliant smile.
"Hai, Milgazia-sensei." he chirped as he lifted himself from his seat and eyed his instructor from his closed gaze. Thin amethyst glints resting at the base of his eye.
Filia gathered her binders and other supplies as she headed to her locker to get her art supplies. "Here." she said as she dragged her art pencils and a pink case containing slender paintbrushes. Lina and the others have already journeyed to their respective classes as Filia headed to the Art room a content smile on her face to know she would be doing something she truly enjoyed.
"The shining star Shelf?" the redhead questioned as Amelia smiled and nodded her head. Lina scratched her head and gave the girl a suspicious look. "You're not going to paint the words JUSTICE on it are you?" she inquired as the raven-haired girl gave her a baffled expression her mouth slightly hung.
"Of course this shelf will no longer be a shelf but a luminous symbolism for Justice!" she exclaimed as Lina shook her head and sighed in defeat.
"Well I guess that's what you get if your father's a judge," the redhead muttered to herself as she looked at other sheets of paper lying on their work desks. "Hmm, maybe I should do the treasure box and boost it a little by giving it a protection spell." the girl chirped as she looked more in detail at the sheet giving the instructions on how to make the particular item. Lina, Amelia and everyone else in the class rapidly rotated their gaze to the back of the room as they heard a loud explosion. Gravos was unconsciously sprawled down on the floor his tail going into a small twitch indicating he was still alive but his uniform and face were covered in thick black soot.
"Sor.......sorry." Jillas said impishly. He too was covered in soot and his burgundy tail was a little singed as he bent down to pick up about a dozen small black pellets sprawled all over the floor in scattered clumps. "I never thought theses mini bombs would go off like that but at least they're not powerful enough to bring down the school." he nervously chuckled as Garv-sensei shot him a wry look. A few kids in the class took great notice of the pellets and just contemplated the thought of how much those things would cost and about the school blowing up.
"Sure, Martina-san you're so thoughtful, but I wonder who I should give the dish I'm making to," the mazoku pondered as the cheeriness on Martina's visage slipped a few degrees, "Maybe Lina-san........." Xellos trailed off as he took a glance towards Gourry who was passed a frilly pink apron to a blushing and blazed Zelgadis and then began to tie his apron around his waist. "No, not Lina-san and not Amelia-san so........I'll settle for........." Xellos drawled as Martina listened to every inch of his word as the blonde teen passed his a dark purple apron to tie around his wait. "I'll give it to Filia-san." he chirped as the girl with the green bangs gave a sugary smile.
"Oh thank you Xellos-sam..............Filia-san?" she questioned as she saw him nod his head his violet bangs shifting from up and down. The girl bit her lip as she trudged back to her station where Syphiel was already whisking a beige thick batter in a metal bowl. "Why would my beloved Xellos-sama wish to send his hand-made meal to Filia?" she questioned to herself as she looked at the recipe instructions for her cheese soufflé.
"Ah........thank you Dolphin-se........HEY!" the dragon shrieked as Dolphin began to take great interest in the ryuuzoku's golden tail equipped with a light pink ribbon that trembled along with every single movement emitted from the stabilizing appendage.
"Sorry, it's just that Filia-chan's tail is kawaii and the pink bow is so soft." she smiled as she released the body part and headed back to the front of the class with light steps. The instructor gave a small wave to the class drawing their attention mostly from the male students as they glued their intense gaze on the mazoku woman. "Minna I have announcement. We'll be beginning our first partner project next art class," she announced as everyone nodded or cheered in agreement. Filia looked eagerly to Aria-senpai to be her partner and the fox girl nodded her head at the dragon. "The project is to conduct a report on a famous or just an infamous piece of art that you and you're partner truly enjoy. You must also give some great input on the artist. Also I want you and you're partner to do a simple painting, drawing or sculpting that reflects off of your reports, okay." she said, as she was about to bring up the kicker. "I'll be choosing your partners," she added as everyone paused," and the first group shall be Filia-chan and Val-chan." she giggled.
"Wha........"Filia breathed, as she turned left to face the mazoku boy. It seemed that the shocked expression on her visage was mutual to him, but he soon blinked and gave a loud hmph and rotated his body to look out the window. "This couldn't get any worse." Filia mumbled as she leant back into her chair and rolled her eyes towards the ceiling.
A/N: So what'd ya think of the fourth chapter? Well for starters did you like how I portrayed Filia's father? I think I enjoy making him a happy go lucky guy instead of high maintenance religious person. Oh yeah all that stuff about the violin and how Filia played it I'm not sure if I described or explained it good because I know nothing about that instrument, so if you have any suggestions for that part.
What about our fav. dragon girl getting a crush on her upperclassmen..........well don't worry this is a F/X fic not a F/OC, but I'm not saying things won't get steamy. I'm glad I was able to fit the Shinzoku race somewhere in there for time being anyway. Oh yeah the reason why Filia and Valgarv have their eyelids heavy and stuff is because they are naturally cold-blooded (Valgarv's case he's half cold-blooded, I guess).
Well ain't I stinker for making Xellos Filia's tutor, bet you all never saw that coming. Oh yeah all the ectothermic students are lizards, ogres, Val and Filia just to let ya' know. I'm just a poor delusional authoress living in Canada so I'm not too sure if Rio De Janeiro or Jamaica has white sand beaches and I'm too lazy to check so don't trust my info.
Oh yeah I have no clue about anything to do with Kanji and Kana so I'm not sure if I did the Japanese class write because all that info I found on the net and I'm not sure if it's accurate but I tried......right. And finally how many out there actually saw that Filia and Val would have to be partners, c'mon I know you guys saw that one coming too. I repeat this is and always will remain a Xellos and Filia fic but doesn't mean there can't be a good amount of healthy competition. Well bye for now everyone and don't forget to read and review.
