Cyris: *does stupid dance* Dadadada da DA; Dadadada da DA!!
Filia: I can't believe you.
Cyris: Dadadada da DA; Dadadada da DA!! Where's Xellos?
Filia: Running away from you in hopes of not being overly emabarresed by you.
Cyris: Aww.. Poor Xellie! Should we send him a puppy to make him feel better? Like the puppy in chapter 13?
Filia: *sweatdrops* I don't think he'll like that...
A/N: Make sure you read previous chapter!!!
EPILOGUE: BEGIN!!! (I'm tired of little squiggles -- ~~~~~~ )
Filia was laying on the roof of the cabins on the ship, gazing at the sunset. The sun just finished disappearing from sight, and it left the sky a beautiful combination of blues and purples. Filia sighed, the almost silent noise carried away by the breeze. Her thoughts turned to earlier that day, right after Xellos made the little joke on the contest sheet.
The "Four Reasons Why Xellos Shouldn't've Turned Into A Dragon" found the two nonhumans and asked what they were doing. The question was mostly directed to Xellos, who answered the usual. Then Amelia had to stand up and ask, "Ms. Filia? Why are you hanging around Mr. Xellos when you clam you dislike him?" That question hit hard enough to send the Namagomi away. Lucky for him he could easily say his line and not be worried about. But he seemingly didn't want to because he teleported away.
Filia answered by saying that she was on vacation and found Xellos. It wasn't her fault that they met up. Well, there's one way to tell the truth without telling what really happened.
Now, Xellos is who-knows-were, Lina and gang are downstairs, wiping out the ship's food supply, and Filia was on the roof, daydreaming. Or nightdreaming.
Filia sighed and thought about the last couple of days. They were probably the weirdest ones she'll have in her life, and Filia truly didn't want to let them go. No matter what she may tell other people, Filia would hold onto those. Maybe for just a little laugh sometimes, for example, when Xellos started being dependent on solid food. Filia giggled a bit, remembering how the ex-ex-Mazoku looked when he ate like a starved man.
Her thoughts then wondered to how it was like. Emotionally, that is. Thinking back, Filia realized that being a demon wasn't that much different from being a dragon. What was on her mind was an emotionless creature with no feeling for anything else but itself and its superiers. But she was completely wrong. Mazoku did have feelings, but they probably were trained to push any feelings aside and ignore them; not let them get in the way of their job. If it weren't the fact that Maxoku were on the side of evil and Ryuuzoku decided to protect people, the two races would be very identical, almost the same. Except for maybe the fact that Mazoku feed off of emotional energy and Ryuuzoku have dragon forms.
"Hello, Fi-chan." Filia jumped at the voice.
"Xellos! What are you doing here?" Filia turned to see the genky priest himself. "Wait, don't even answer that. I know exactly what your going to say."
"Oh, and when has our little heavyweight lizard become physcic?"
"Xellos!!" The demon chuckled.
"Just kidding." Filia hesitated and blinked. Wha? Just kidding? she thought. "Truthfully, why I'm here doesn't have to be a secret." Filia cocked an eye.
"Oh, really? And everything else has to be?"
"Exactly!!" Filia sighed.
"So, you mind sharing why you're here?"
"Not at all." His startling answer made Filia blink again.
"So are you going to?"
"Nope!" Filia sighed again.
"I should've known." Xellos leaned forward and whispered into her ear: "Some things are best left unsaid."
"So I guess this is just one of those things?" Filia whispered back, smiling.
"Right, Lizard. But you'll know soon enough why I'm here."
"Here on the boat, or here on the roof? With me?" she added as an afterthought, and blushing because of it.
"Here on the roof. With you," Xellos answered. He looked over and Filia next to him. "Those past few days sure were exciting, weren't they?" he asked.
"In short, yeah." Xellos put his arm around Filia's shoulders, startling her and making her gasp.
"Learning about eachother's own races and all." Filia leaned against Xellos's shoulder, replying with a quiet, "Mmm-hmm.." Xellos took a deap breath.
"Filia, I..." he started.
"Hai, Namagomi?" Filia asked, looking up at him. The demon fell silent. "Have something to say?" Xellos bit his lip.
"Yes, I do."
"Mind sharing?"
"Not at all."
"So...?" Xellos looked down at the dragon cuddling up to him. He leaned down and gently placed his lips on hers. Filia, as if knowing this would happen, instantly deepened the kiss. Well, she couldn't say this was her first kiss, but it was her first true kiss.
La End
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Cyris: *sighs romantically* Well, there it is. The end of the story. Today is June 8, 2003. I started this fic September 5, 2002. That's 276 days. Wow. More than it needed to be. Well, it's about time I got off the couch, into the chair in front of my computer, and modify this story. About time.
See ya till next time!
