Filia groaned as she did the painful shift from unconsciousness to
consciousness.
"Ooh... ouch..." Filia felt her head. "I'm still alive...I think..." She felt like she was on fire. Filia ran a hand up her arm, wincing as the pain finally subsided. When most of the pain was gone, she opened her eyes, and yelped. Blackness was everywhere. Was she...? No, it couldn't be... She sat up and saw her clothes that seemed to be in regular light. But they couldn't be. She let out a small scream as she made sure she was dreaming. She dug a long nail into the inside of her wrist, and winced. Ah, she defiantly was awake. She hoped that it was only the darkness around her was what made her clothes so dark. Her pink dress was now a navy blue, and a deep one at that. Someone groaned a few meters away.
"Who knew that a contest would hurt so much?" he moaned. "My body hurts, I hurt!" he whined. Filia looked at the lump in the blackness.
"Xellos?" she whispered. Nothing. Filia was puzzeled. It looked like Xellos, but something didn't seem right. Neither did he look normal, nor did he sound to normal. Filia pulled out her mace and tapped it on supposedly-Xellos' head, with one of the spikes going into his ear. She bobbed him a few times before trying to drive her mace into the back of his neck. If she was right in saying that this contest was real and she was...well...and he was..., that would hurt. Filia poked a spike of her mace on a certain point on Xellos' neck. She saw a ripple of pain and shock make its course through Xellos' body before he jolted up.
"Yeouch!! That hurt!" Xellos' eyes widened, as well as Filia's. She never heard Xellos complain about something hurting. In fact, he was supposed to like it... Filia leaned casually on her mace. "No, no, nonononononono, this can't happen!" Xellos whispered. "Just kill me now! Just kill me now! I can't live through this, just kill me now!!!" Filia released what he was saying and decided something.
"No," Filia said. Xellos opened his eyes to show almost human ones. His face showed true surprise.
"Wha? What? Why?" Filia smiled at his confusion.
"I'm NOT going to give you what you want!" Filia said simply to the figure on the ground. Xellos wined again. Filia gave in. "All, right. If that's what you really want." Filia walked over to the "Mazoku" and held her mace high. His eyes went wide. As Filia brought her mace down, Xellos yelped and scattered out of the way, dropping his staff. Her mace hit the ground, making a clang, also making the "Mazoku now Ryuuzoku" jump. Filia leaned on her mace again, looking at Xellos, smiling. Xellos, still shaking of his near-death experience, crawled over to his staff and picked it up. He stood up, and looked at the mazoku's eyes, and shivered. They dared him to say something. I decided to sneak up on them again. I shed the invisibility disguise.
"Hello, again," I said calmly. Xellos whirled around.
"Change us back!" he yelled, his fear covered by his fury. I smiled at him.
"Us?" Xellos released what he said and blushed. My smiled widened. "Now then, would you really want to give up that prize?"
"YES!!!" he shot back at me.
"I'm NOT going to change you back, but I will get you out of this darkness," I said. They both went slightly pale at that.
"NO!!" they both yelled. I held out my hand and they disappeared.
And reappeared in front of a restaurant. They looked at each other in confusion. Then they heard a familiar voice.
"Oh, where the heck is a restaurant! I'm so hungry! Wait, is that one?" Lina Inverse, Dragon Spooker, looked ahead at a familiar building.
"C'mon!" Filia whispered, grabbing Xellos' hand and dragged him into an alley next to the restaurant. She slammed him against the wall, knocking the wind out of him, then peeked around the corner. Lina and her blond, dim- witted companion darted into the building, leaving behind Amelia and Zelgadiss to walk in calmly. Filia had an idea. "Stay here," she whispered to Xellos, then teleported to the roof. Unfortunately, Zel heard something up on the roof. He looked up to see some golden hair flick out of sight. He looked for a few more seconds before continuing into the restaurant. Filia teleported back down were Xellos waited.
"You're taking advantage of me!" he growled. Filia smiled.
"Yep," she answered. Xellos sighed. This would be a long contest.
"Ooh... ouch..." Filia felt her head. "I'm still alive...I think..." She felt like she was on fire. Filia ran a hand up her arm, wincing as the pain finally subsided. When most of the pain was gone, she opened her eyes, and yelped. Blackness was everywhere. Was she...? No, it couldn't be... She sat up and saw her clothes that seemed to be in regular light. But they couldn't be. She let out a small scream as she made sure she was dreaming. She dug a long nail into the inside of her wrist, and winced. Ah, she defiantly was awake. She hoped that it was only the darkness around her was what made her clothes so dark. Her pink dress was now a navy blue, and a deep one at that. Someone groaned a few meters away.
"Who knew that a contest would hurt so much?" he moaned. "My body hurts, I hurt!" he whined. Filia looked at the lump in the blackness.
"Xellos?" she whispered. Nothing. Filia was puzzeled. It looked like Xellos, but something didn't seem right. Neither did he look normal, nor did he sound to normal. Filia pulled out her mace and tapped it on supposedly-Xellos' head, with one of the spikes going into his ear. She bobbed him a few times before trying to drive her mace into the back of his neck. If she was right in saying that this contest was real and she was...well...and he was..., that would hurt. Filia poked a spike of her mace on a certain point on Xellos' neck. She saw a ripple of pain and shock make its course through Xellos' body before he jolted up.
"Yeouch!! That hurt!" Xellos' eyes widened, as well as Filia's. She never heard Xellos complain about something hurting. In fact, he was supposed to like it... Filia leaned casually on her mace. "No, no, nonononononono, this can't happen!" Xellos whispered. "Just kill me now! Just kill me now! I can't live through this, just kill me now!!!" Filia released what he was saying and decided something.
"No," Filia said. Xellos opened his eyes to show almost human ones. His face showed true surprise.
"Wha? What? Why?" Filia smiled at his confusion.
"I'm NOT going to give you what you want!" Filia said simply to the figure on the ground. Xellos wined again. Filia gave in. "All, right. If that's what you really want." Filia walked over to the "Mazoku" and held her mace high. His eyes went wide. As Filia brought her mace down, Xellos yelped and scattered out of the way, dropping his staff. Her mace hit the ground, making a clang, also making the "Mazoku now Ryuuzoku" jump. Filia leaned on her mace again, looking at Xellos, smiling. Xellos, still shaking of his near-death experience, crawled over to his staff and picked it up. He stood up, and looked at the mazoku's eyes, and shivered. They dared him to say something. I decided to sneak up on them again. I shed the invisibility disguise.
"Hello, again," I said calmly. Xellos whirled around.
"Change us back!" he yelled, his fear covered by his fury. I smiled at him.
"Us?" Xellos released what he said and blushed. My smiled widened. "Now then, would you really want to give up that prize?"
"YES!!!" he shot back at me.
"I'm NOT going to change you back, but I will get you out of this darkness," I said. They both went slightly pale at that.
"NO!!" they both yelled. I held out my hand and they disappeared.
And reappeared in front of a restaurant. They looked at each other in confusion. Then they heard a familiar voice.
"Oh, where the heck is a restaurant! I'm so hungry! Wait, is that one?" Lina Inverse, Dragon Spooker, looked ahead at a familiar building.
"C'mon!" Filia whispered, grabbing Xellos' hand and dragged him into an alley next to the restaurant. She slammed him against the wall, knocking the wind out of him, then peeked around the corner. Lina and her blond, dim- witted companion darted into the building, leaving behind Amelia and Zelgadiss to walk in calmly. Filia had an idea. "Stay here," she whispered to Xellos, then teleported to the roof. Unfortunately, Zel heard something up on the roof. He looked up to see some golden hair flick out of sight. He looked for a few more seconds before continuing into the restaurant. Filia teleported back down were Xellos waited.
"You're taking advantage of me!" he growled. Filia smiled.
"Yep," she answered. Xellos sighed. This would be a long contest.
