Cyris: Aloha! Guess what? The weirdest thing happened! My mom read my fic!
She said it was bizarre. It's bizarre that she read it! That is strange!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Slayers, I own the sorceress, I own the story idea, I own the chapter idea.
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Sigh.
"I'm hungry!" Xellos moaned. "I've been so hungry! I can't walk because I'm so hungry!" Filia couldn't take it. She wanted to leave him by the side of the road, and let him starve, or have the rest of the traveling troupe find him. Filia looked away from her daydreaming and onto the road. She saw some buildings.
"A town!" she cried. Xellos looked up with glee.
"Yay!" He darted forward at a run towards the town. But soon ran out of breath. "Hungry..." he moaned. He leaned forward on his knees to take a breather. Filia caught up with him.
"Hungry?" she asked. Xellos looked at her.
"Why can't we just teleport?" Xellos whined.
"I'm hungry!" Filia whined, mocking Xellos.
"Why you...!" Xellos jumped Filia, who teleported out of the way.
"Why don't you wait till we get to town?"
"PLEASE?!?!"
"Fine! As long as you stop complaining!"
"Okay!" Filia teleported them to the town entrance. "Lesson 1: never make direct eye contract. In fact, don't make eye contact at all."
"Why not?"
"How many people do you know that can notice a Mazoku by just looking at their eyes?"
"Erm... most?"
"Exactly." The walking into town and the nearest inn to get a room and some food. While Xellos was chowing down at Lina-speed, Filia looked over the menu.
"If you order the house salad, as well as the double-scoop ice cream, and the coconut pie, you would've ordered everything," Filia said, showing the menu to Xellos and pointing to the foods.
"I think I'll order the ice-cream," Xellos said through a mouthful of...er...meat.
"You should learn some manners," Filia acknowledged, taking a glance at who just entered the inn. She gagged, recognizing the strange group. She darted up, trying to be as quiet as possible, and grabbed Xellos and dragged him over to the counter to get a room.
"We don't have any money!" Xellos said through clenched teeth. Filia smiled as she pulled out a small bag of coins.
"You didn't...?"
"No!" After getting their rooms, they started upstairs.
"WHADDYA MEAN YOU'RE OUTTA FOOD!?!?!" Lina screamed at the waitress.
"Well, er, ma'am, there were two people who came in and ordered quite a bit," the waitress answered, looking over her shoulder at the food covered table, which nobody sat at. She looked at the stairs to see two people dart around the corner. "Oh..."
"Bed!" Xellos cried with glee as he collapsed on the one near the window.
"At least there's two," said Filia as she relaxed on hers.
"Aw, c'mon, Fi-chan! Don't be a spoilsport!" Xellos said as he leaned his staff against the wall, and messed with his pillows.
"Shut up you idiot," Filia said.
"Idiot? What happened to my other nickname? Namagomi?" Filia shifted uncomfortably on her bed. "Aw, the little girl has feelings, ne?" Filia stood up.
"I'm going to go take a shower," she said as she took off for the bathroom.
"Don't take too long. I want to get in before it gets too late," Xellos called to her, while looking out the window at the setting sun. Fifteen minutes later, Filia emerged from the bathroom.
"You took forever!" Xellos whined.
"Fifteen minutes is not forever." Xellos went into the bathroom while Filia sat on the bed, trying to figure out what to do. After a while, she decided to watch the sunset. She teleported to the roof and leaned back against the slanted surface. She watched the sun disappear beyond the horizon. She felt alone. Strange, she thought. She gazed up as the last of the pink fade into blue and purple. Blue was such a pretty color. So was purple... Her eyes widened at the thought. She shifted her position and looked at the stars, trying to make out constellations. She didn't feel tired, but she wanted to be tired. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep. She stamped her feet on the roof. She hated not being tired. Filia teleported back to her bed and waited for Xellos. Who emerged from the bathroom a half-hour later.
"Ah! I feel cleaner now!" he said. Filia rolled her eyes.
"I hope you do or that hour you spent soaking yourself would've been wasted."
"I'm beat," Xellos exclaimed, collapsing onto his bed.
"Lucky you." Xellos looked at her skeptically.
"Are you mad at me?"
"Of course I am! If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here! I would be at home, minding my own business!" Xellos thought about how she said that. He didn't take care for what she said, but how she said it. She did things that made him feel unforgivable, but how she did it relaxed him. She said everything as if she were having fun. As if she enjoyed behind a demon over a dragon. Xellos saved the thought for later and snuggled under the covers. He was worn out. He looked over at Filia, was gazing at the ceiling, before settling into sleep. Filia, once again, didn't know what to do. She looked longely at Xellos' sleeping form. She wanted to go to sleep! She picked up a book on the bedside table and started reading. After a few minutes of reading, she decided she didn't like it, but it gave her something to do anyway. About halfway through the book, Xellos woke up.
"I am not used to this," he moaned.
"I'll trade gladly. I want to go to sleep," Filia sighed. "Anywise, you shouldn't be talking. You were the one that got us into this mess."
"Please, not again! I feel guilty enough! Now spare me! Now we're looking for that stupid sorceress to turn us back."
"Or a cure, like Zelgadiss."
"At least he's experienced." Filia playfully tossed her book at him. Xellos let it land next to him on the bed before shoving it onto the floor. "Fi- chan, wasn't it you that told me to mind my manners at dinner?"
"Shut up, you Namagomi." Xellos smiled at his old nickname. Filia let out a yawn.
"I thought you said you weren't tired."
"I'm not, but I want to be, but my mind won't let me."
"Let me help." Filia emitted a giggle. Xellos started to hum a soft tune: a lullaby. Filia was about to protest, but her mind shut down too quickly react. Soon, she was sleeping peacefully. Xellos smiled at his little, confused Fi-chan and remembered when he made up the song himself. Oh, how long it took, to help him to get to sleep on nights like this, when there's too much to think about, and his mind was a mess. Things that just had to wait till tomorrow. Like this stupid contest. Xellos started to hum the song again, but to himself this time. He was about halfway through when it took effect on his mind. He figured that he made it for Mazoku instead of dragons. The last thing he thought of was when he hummed it to Beastmaster Zelas, and how much he fought to stay conscious while he watched his maker drift off into sleep. And how he managed to slip out of trouble. He was pretty lucky. At least he didn't try.. again...
"Ah! You're awake! Let's go get breakfast!"
"What?"
"I think that your song makes Mazoku hungry." Xellos racked his brains.
"Oh, yeah, I remember that little problem." Xellos looked out he window. It was probably near midday. "Great. Lina probably already raided the kitchen."
"Not if we do first!" Filia cried, pulling Xellos out his bed. She through his cloak at him and looked out the door. "Hurry up!" Xellos fumbled with the clasp before Filia turned around suddenly and did it for him.
"Wha-?"
"No time! C'mon! I heard one of them wake up!" Filia grabbed Xellos' hand and darted downstairs to the same table that the had last night. She threw him into the same seat and sat down herself.
"You are hyper today!" Xellos told Filia.
"It was your song!" Xellos slumped on the table.
"Why does everyone blame me?" he whined.
"You are the causer of bad news most of the time!" A waitress came by and asked for orders. "Everything!" Filia exclaimed. At the mention of food, Xellos shot up and backed her up. The waitress smiled.
"My, my, my! Aren't we hungry!" The two glared at her. "Be out as fast as possible!" the waitress exclaimed as she walked back to the kitchen. The first dish soon came out, and the games began. A half-hour later, all the dishes were out, and fifteen minutes later, they were cleared. Filia and Xellos were paying when a voice boomed throughout the inn.
"WHADDYA MEAN YOU'RE OUTTA FOOD AGAIN?!?!?!" Lina screamed. The waitress hesitated.
"Well, there were two people, and the looked like oppisites, but they sure acted similer. One of them had blonde hair, the other with purple."
"What?!"
"It couldn't be...?"
"Filia and Xellos?"
"You wouldn't see them in the same building even if it was forced!"
"C'mon!" Xellos grabbed Filia and pulled her out the door. They ran down the road, turned the corner, and found out why it was crowded. This city had a huge market.
"Aw, we don't have any money!" Filia whined as she checked her coin bag.
"No matter!" He dragged her over to the nearest booth. They ended up getting a temperary job at a fruit stand. To pass the time, Xellos tried to teach Filia his little tune.
"Fi-chan, it's like this." He hummed the part again, but slower. Filia just had trouble with that part. She tried to mimic Xellos, but screwed up again. Xellos hummed it from the beginning.
"Xellos..." Filia said as she leaned on his shoulder.
"Fi-chan! It's your turn!" Filia's snapped open as she gave Xellos a little push as she went to go help whoever was at the counter. The two got some money for doing various jobs. When it was getting close to dinner, they called it a day and went back to the inn for dinner, which ended in more screaming considering Lina still didn't get a decent meal. Filia spent some time on the roof again trying to memorise the tune before teleporting back to her room and going to sleep. Filia and Xellos spent a few days in the city, waiting for Lina's gang to leave. But they didn't seem to want to leave.
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Cyris: Like it? Hate it? Kinda long, dontya think? I don't have any story jobs yet!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Slayers, I own the sorceress, I own the story idea, I own the chapter idea.
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Sigh.
"I'm hungry!" Xellos moaned. "I've been so hungry! I can't walk because I'm so hungry!" Filia couldn't take it. She wanted to leave him by the side of the road, and let him starve, or have the rest of the traveling troupe find him. Filia looked away from her daydreaming and onto the road. She saw some buildings.
"A town!" she cried. Xellos looked up with glee.
"Yay!" He darted forward at a run towards the town. But soon ran out of breath. "Hungry..." he moaned. He leaned forward on his knees to take a breather. Filia caught up with him.
"Hungry?" she asked. Xellos looked at her.
"Why can't we just teleport?" Xellos whined.
"I'm hungry!" Filia whined, mocking Xellos.
"Why you...!" Xellos jumped Filia, who teleported out of the way.
"Why don't you wait till we get to town?"
"PLEASE?!?!"
"Fine! As long as you stop complaining!"
"Okay!" Filia teleported them to the town entrance. "Lesson 1: never make direct eye contract. In fact, don't make eye contact at all."
"Why not?"
"How many people do you know that can notice a Mazoku by just looking at their eyes?"
"Erm... most?"
"Exactly." The walking into town and the nearest inn to get a room and some food. While Xellos was chowing down at Lina-speed, Filia looked over the menu.
"If you order the house salad, as well as the double-scoop ice cream, and the coconut pie, you would've ordered everything," Filia said, showing the menu to Xellos and pointing to the foods.
"I think I'll order the ice-cream," Xellos said through a mouthful of...er...meat.
"You should learn some manners," Filia acknowledged, taking a glance at who just entered the inn. She gagged, recognizing the strange group. She darted up, trying to be as quiet as possible, and grabbed Xellos and dragged him over to the counter to get a room.
"We don't have any money!" Xellos said through clenched teeth. Filia smiled as she pulled out a small bag of coins.
"You didn't...?"
"No!" After getting their rooms, they started upstairs.
"WHADDYA MEAN YOU'RE OUTTA FOOD!?!?!" Lina screamed at the waitress.
"Well, er, ma'am, there were two people who came in and ordered quite a bit," the waitress answered, looking over her shoulder at the food covered table, which nobody sat at. She looked at the stairs to see two people dart around the corner. "Oh..."
"Bed!" Xellos cried with glee as he collapsed on the one near the window.
"At least there's two," said Filia as she relaxed on hers.
"Aw, c'mon, Fi-chan! Don't be a spoilsport!" Xellos said as he leaned his staff against the wall, and messed with his pillows.
"Shut up you idiot," Filia said.
"Idiot? What happened to my other nickname? Namagomi?" Filia shifted uncomfortably on her bed. "Aw, the little girl has feelings, ne?" Filia stood up.
"I'm going to go take a shower," she said as she took off for the bathroom.
"Don't take too long. I want to get in before it gets too late," Xellos called to her, while looking out the window at the setting sun. Fifteen minutes later, Filia emerged from the bathroom.
"You took forever!" Xellos whined.
"Fifteen minutes is not forever." Xellos went into the bathroom while Filia sat on the bed, trying to figure out what to do. After a while, she decided to watch the sunset. She teleported to the roof and leaned back against the slanted surface. She watched the sun disappear beyond the horizon. She felt alone. Strange, she thought. She gazed up as the last of the pink fade into blue and purple. Blue was such a pretty color. So was purple... Her eyes widened at the thought. She shifted her position and looked at the stars, trying to make out constellations. She didn't feel tired, but she wanted to be tired. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep. She stamped her feet on the roof. She hated not being tired. Filia teleported back to her bed and waited for Xellos. Who emerged from the bathroom a half-hour later.
"Ah! I feel cleaner now!" he said. Filia rolled her eyes.
"I hope you do or that hour you spent soaking yourself would've been wasted."
"I'm beat," Xellos exclaimed, collapsing onto his bed.
"Lucky you." Xellos looked at her skeptically.
"Are you mad at me?"
"Of course I am! If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here! I would be at home, minding my own business!" Xellos thought about how she said that. He didn't take care for what she said, but how she said it. She did things that made him feel unforgivable, but how she did it relaxed him. She said everything as if she were having fun. As if she enjoyed behind a demon over a dragon. Xellos saved the thought for later and snuggled under the covers. He was worn out. He looked over at Filia, was gazing at the ceiling, before settling into sleep. Filia, once again, didn't know what to do. She looked longely at Xellos' sleeping form. She wanted to go to sleep! She picked up a book on the bedside table and started reading. After a few minutes of reading, she decided she didn't like it, but it gave her something to do anyway. About halfway through the book, Xellos woke up.
"I am not used to this," he moaned.
"I'll trade gladly. I want to go to sleep," Filia sighed. "Anywise, you shouldn't be talking. You were the one that got us into this mess."
"Please, not again! I feel guilty enough! Now spare me! Now we're looking for that stupid sorceress to turn us back."
"Or a cure, like Zelgadiss."
"At least he's experienced." Filia playfully tossed her book at him. Xellos let it land next to him on the bed before shoving it onto the floor. "Fi- chan, wasn't it you that told me to mind my manners at dinner?"
"Shut up, you Namagomi." Xellos smiled at his old nickname. Filia let out a yawn.
"I thought you said you weren't tired."
"I'm not, but I want to be, but my mind won't let me."
"Let me help." Filia emitted a giggle. Xellos started to hum a soft tune: a lullaby. Filia was about to protest, but her mind shut down too quickly react. Soon, she was sleeping peacefully. Xellos smiled at his little, confused Fi-chan and remembered when he made up the song himself. Oh, how long it took, to help him to get to sleep on nights like this, when there's too much to think about, and his mind was a mess. Things that just had to wait till tomorrow. Like this stupid contest. Xellos started to hum the song again, but to himself this time. He was about halfway through when it took effect on his mind. He figured that he made it for Mazoku instead of dragons. The last thing he thought of was when he hummed it to Beastmaster Zelas, and how much he fought to stay conscious while he watched his maker drift off into sleep. And how he managed to slip out of trouble. He was pretty lucky. At least he didn't try.. again...
"Ah! You're awake! Let's go get breakfast!"
"What?"
"I think that your song makes Mazoku hungry." Xellos racked his brains.
"Oh, yeah, I remember that little problem." Xellos looked out he window. It was probably near midday. "Great. Lina probably already raided the kitchen."
"Not if we do first!" Filia cried, pulling Xellos out his bed. She through his cloak at him and looked out the door. "Hurry up!" Xellos fumbled with the clasp before Filia turned around suddenly and did it for him.
"Wha-?"
"No time! C'mon! I heard one of them wake up!" Filia grabbed Xellos' hand and darted downstairs to the same table that the had last night. She threw him into the same seat and sat down herself.
"You are hyper today!" Xellos told Filia.
"It was your song!" Xellos slumped on the table.
"Why does everyone blame me?" he whined.
"You are the causer of bad news most of the time!" A waitress came by and asked for orders. "Everything!" Filia exclaimed. At the mention of food, Xellos shot up and backed her up. The waitress smiled.
"My, my, my! Aren't we hungry!" The two glared at her. "Be out as fast as possible!" the waitress exclaimed as she walked back to the kitchen. The first dish soon came out, and the games began. A half-hour later, all the dishes were out, and fifteen minutes later, they were cleared. Filia and Xellos were paying when a voice boomed throughout the inn.
"WHADDYA MEAN YOU'RE OUTTA FOOD AGAIN?!?!?!" Lina screamed. The waitress hesitated.
"Well, there were two people, and the looked like oppisites, but they sure acted similer. One of them had blonde hair, the other with purple."
"What?!"
"It couldn't be...?"
"Filia and Xellos?"
"You wouldn't see them in the same building even if it was forced!"
"C'mon!" Xellos grabbed Filia and pulled her out the door. They ran down the road, turned the corner, and found out why it was crowded. This city had a huge market.
"Aw, we don't have any money!" Filia whined as she checked her coin bag.
"No matter!" He dragged her over to the nearest booth. They ended up getting a temperary job at a fruit stand. To pass the time, Xellos tried to teach Filia his little tune.
"Fi-chan, it's like this." He hummed the part again, but slower. Filia just had trouble with that part. She tried to mimic Xellos, but screwed up again. Xellos hummed it from the beginning.
"Xellos..." Filia said as she leaned on his shoulder.
"Fi-chan! It's your turn!" Filia's snapped open as she gave Xellos a little push as she went to go help whoever was at the counter. The two got some money for doing various jobs. When it was getting close to dinner, they called it a day and went back to the inn for dinner, which ended in more screaming considering Lina still didn't get a decent meal. Filia spent some time on the roof again trying to memorise the tune before teleporting back to her room and going to sleep. Filia and Xellos spent a few days in the city, waiting for Lina's gang to leave. But they didn't seem to want to leave.
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Cyris: Like it? Hate it? Kinda long, dontya think? I don't have any story jobs yet!
