The trip to Atlas City was a normal one; bandit's being blown-up, Gourry complaining about being hungry, Lina hitting over the head for saying something dumb, the only thing that was missing with the normal chatter that would have taken place between an overly talkative Princess, and a brooding Chimera. There was only silence there, which at times made the road seem longer.
Not that this bothered Xellos any, after all their pain did make a good meal, besides he had other things to worry about. Like why his mistress was so eager for him to go long with Lina? In fact she did everything but push him out of the door when he came back to report to her that one of the titles where already missing, and he never did get to ask about that guy he saw at the inn. That guy, there was something wrong about him, but what? What was it that person that made him want to jump and flee when he saw him? Why was there this feeling like he knew this person, surly if he did know him he should be able to put a name with the face but he couldn't? Xellos hated being out of the loop, but out he was and it was driving him crazy.
Xellos was brooding (to say the least), but seeing how everyone else was eating at this time no one really took notice of it. As of this moment they were at an inn in Atlas City have lunch, and it really wasn't until Lina and Gourry started to fit over the last bit of chicken that Lina realized that only Amelia was talking, and try to make them stop, Xellos (who would have egged it on) was sitting there looking out into space, not paying one bit of attendance to them. As she thought about it a little more she noted that Xellos was acting like, well, acting like Zel, and he had been ever since he met up with them a few weeks ago. She was so shocked by this thought that she dropped the chicken leg, much to Gourry's glee. Xellos hadn't been bugging them in a long time this could only mean something was wrong, but what? Wanting to know and to aggravate Xellos she threw a dinner roll at his head, causing him to fall out of his chair.
"Hum?" he mumbled, as he returned to the table.
"Okay Xellos, what wrong?" Lina asked bluntly.
"Nothing wrong," he dodged.
"Oh yes there, is you haven't bugged any of us since you got here, your staring of into space, in short if your try imamate Zel then your doing a good job of it," remarked Lina "So what's wrong?!"
"Nothing you need to be concerned about," he snapped "Beside I didn't realized that you liked my teasing that much Lina, I really didn't think you would miss it that much, do you really want me to bug you?" His normal grin began to grow as he watches her eyes grow larger.
"I don't miss it, you idiot, but your freaking me out by not doing it," she grumbled.
"I didn't know you cared," he smirked.
Xellos was making her feel uncomfortable, and he knew it.
"Come on people let's pay and get out of here there a world that needs to be save," Lina said trying to dance over her decision with Xellos.
Xellos smiled,*One confuse Lina, one step closer to figuring out what is wrong. Say I could get us to this* he thought as Lina was paying the bill.
Meanwhile in the Temple two figures were have a debate on where the best place to look for the title would be, one figure was saying that it would be better to look at the support beams, while the other was saying the floor would be better. To Ahriman, this conversation was a pointless one that had been made one too many times before, and yet he let the to idiot bicker among themselves as he surveyed the room. Ahriman was a Displacer, one of the last of his kind, Displacer have the ability to displace themselves in combat, this makes them hard to hit, not to mention hated, he also had the ability to change shape as well as to see magic. So while the others argued he scanned the room looking for magic, there where spots that made his eyes hurt, the radiated so much magic, but it was old common magic, not that made it hurt any less. Avoiding those areas he continued to scanned, stopping when he came across a different more resent form of magic. He walked over to it, as his 'friends' followed completely out of it, he was smiling to himself one day they would realize that he could see were the title where, but today was not that day, however the moment he got close enough to see where the title should be he found out that it was gone. The magic aura that he had felt was that of the title's release, and not that of the title itself. But it was a fresh aura, that meant that the person that cast it couldn't be far, unless……. he sniffed the air the scent of an odd muzuko was everywhere it was the same one as the one that was at the Sulline, who was this guy and how did he know where to find the titles? Well if it's muzoku then it could be any where by now. So what to do; what to do?
About this time our 'heroes' showed up and upon taking everything in shortly figured out that these guys where not here to sight see.
"Hand over that title right now, and no one will get hurt," Lina cried out.
Ahriman turned to face them. *Well, if it isn't little miss explosion, looks like their having the same bad luck that we are* he thought. "Ssssorry," he hissed "we have other thingsss thhhat need to be done. Maybe nexxxt time we'll play withhh you." And with that he faded his 'group' out of there.
"What is going on here?" asked Lina "Great that means that they're two up on us now. Why is this happing? What is it, is there a limit to how many times a person can save the world? What is wrong with us?"
Xellos shook his head, as Lina continued to rant, this was going to a long quest. "Well the next one is in Perry, may I suggest that we get going before are friends beat us there?" he asked.
"Sure, why not, come on let's get going," she mumbled "And here I was looking forward to blowing something up, too."
~`**`~
Down the way (a long way down the road) Asim was smiling happily to himself, two down and five more pieces to go, and here he was thinking that this would be challenge. Oh well, after what he has been through a walk in the park is a nice change so why complain. Well the next stop is Perry, and it's a long way from here to there so he better keep moving after all the world is depending on him.
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Mouse- Hi, well that's Atlas City, next stop Perry, and once it's written it'll be up. So what do think so far? I know it's dull, but in the next chapter the Slayers (which I do not own) will meet Asim. By the way I also don't own the Displacer Beast that belongs to Wizards of the Coast; you can find him in their Dungeon and Dragons Monster Manual, (2nd edition's picture is the one I looking at, but 3rd edition states is what I'm thinking of, if you want to know). Though I don't think it can change shape or see magic, it dose displace itself in combat giving you a 50/50 chance of hitting it and they are just bad things to run into, any way the Displacer not mine, Ahriman is mine. So thanks for the reviews, until the next chapter, bye.
Not that this bothered Xellos any, after all their pain did make a good meal, besides he had other things to worry about. Like why his mistress was so eager for him to go long with Lina? In fact she did everything but push him out of the door when he came back to report to her that one of the titles where already missing, and he never did get to ask about that guy he saw at the inn. That guy, there was something wrong about him, but what? What was it that person that made him want to jump and flee when he saw him? Why was there this feeling like he knew this person, surly if he did know him he should be able to put a name with the face but he couldn't? Xellos hated being out of the loop, but out he was and it was driving him crazy.
Xellos was brooding (to say the least), but seeing how everyone else was eating at this time no one really took notice of it. As of this moment they were at an inn in Atlas City have lunch, and it really wasn't until Lina and Gourry started to fit over the last bit of chicken that Lina realized that only Amelia was talking, and try to make them stop, Xellos (who would have egged it on) was sitting there looking out into space, not paying one bit of attendance to them. As she thought about it a little more she noted that Xellos was acting like, well, acting like Zel, and he had been ever since he met up with them a few weeks ago. She was so shocked by this thought that she dropped the chicken leg, much to Gourry's glee. Xellos hadn't been bugging them in a long time this could only mean something was wrong, but what? Wanting to know and to aggravate Xellos she threw a dinner roll at his head, causing him to fall out of his chair.
"Hum?" he mumbled, as he returned to the table.
"Okay Xellos, what wrong?" Lina asked bluntly.
"Nothing wrong," he dodged.
"Oh yes there, is you haven't bugged any of us since you got here, your staring of into space, in short if your try imamate Zel then your doing a good job of it," remarked Lina "So what's wrong?!"
"Nothing you need to be concerned about," he snapped "Beside I didn't realized that you liked my teasing that much Lina, I really didn't think you would miss it that much, do you really want me to bug you?" His normal grin began to grow as he watches her eyes grow larger.
"I don't miss it, you idiot, but your freaking me out by not doing it," she grumbled.
"I didn't know you cared," he smirked.
Xellos was making her feel uncomfortable, and he knew it.
"Come on people let's pay and get out of here there a world that needs to be save," Lina said trying to dance over her decision with Xellos.
Xellos smiled,*One confuse Lina, one step closer to figuring out what is wrong. Say I could get us to this* he thought as Lina was paying the bill.
Meanwhile in the Temple two figures were have a debate on where the best place to look for the title would be, one figure was saying that it would be better to look at the support beams, while the other was saying the floor would be better. To Ahriman, this conversation was a pointless one that had been made one too many times before, and yet he let the to idiot bicker among themselves as he surveyed the room. Ahriman was a Displacer, one of the last of his kind, Displacer have the ability to displace themselves in combat, this makes them hard to hit, not to mention hated, he also had the ability to change shape as well as to see magic. So while the others argued he scanned the room looking for magic, there where spots that made his eyes hurt, the radiated so much magic, but it was old common magic, not that made it hurt any less. Avoiding those areas he continued to scanned, stopping when he came across a different more resent form of magic. He walked over to it, as his 'friends' followed completely out of it, he was smiling to himself one day they would realize that he could see were the title where, but today was not that day, however the moment he got close enough to see where the title should be he found out that it was gone. The magic aura that he had felt was that of the title's release, and not that of the title itself. But it was a fresh aura, that meant that the person that cast it couldn't be far, unless……. he sniffed the air the scent of an odd muzuko was everywhere it was the same one as the one that was at the Sulline, who was this guy and how did he know where to find the titles? Well if it's muzoku then it could be any where by now. So what to do; what to do?
About this time our 'heroes' showed up and upon taking everything in shortly figured out that these guys where not here to sight see.
"Hand over that title right now, and no one will get hurt," Lina cried out.
Ahriman turned to face them. *Well, if it isn't little miss explosion, looks like their having the same bad luck that we are* he thought. "Ssssorry," he hissed "we have other thingsss thhhat need to be done. Maybe nexxxt time we'll play withhh you." And with that he faded his 'group' out of there.
"What is going on here?" asked Lina "Great that means that they're two up on us now. Why is this happing? What is it, is there a limit to how many times a person can save the world? What is wrong with us?"
Xellos shook his head, as Lina continued to rant, this was going to a long quest. "Well the next one is in Perry, may I suggest that we get going before are friends beat us there?" he asked.
"Sure, why not, come on let's get going," she mumbled "And here I was looking forward to blowing something up, too."
~`**`~
Down the way (a long way down the road) Asim was smiling happily to himself, two down and five more pieces to go, and here he was thinking that this would be challenge. Oh well, after what he has been through a walk in the park is a nice change so why complain. Well the next stop is Perry, and it's a long way from here to there so he better keep moving after all the world is depending on him.
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Mouse- Hi, well that's Atlas City, next stop Perry, and once it's written it'll be up. So what do think so far? I know it's dull, but in the next chapter the Slayers (which I do not own) will meet Asim. By the way I also don't own the Displacer Beast that belongs to Wizards of the Coast; you can find him in their Dungeon and Dragons Monster Manual, (2nd edition's picture is the one I looking at, but 3rd edition states is what I'm thinking of, if you want to know). Though I don't think it can change shape or see magic, it dose displace itself in combat giving you a 50/50 chance of hitting it and they are just bad things to run into, any way the Displacer not mine, Ahriman is mine. So thanks for the reviews, until the next chapter, bye.