Perry was holding its annual Coffee Festival, much to Asim dismay. Now Asim loves coffee, in fact for the last few miles its sweet aroma was the only thing that had kept him going, but he had a job to do, namely grab tile and run, yet.. oh what the heck, what's one cup of coffee going to do? So off he went to find a cup of coffee weak enough that he could actual drink (thank to his "trainers" he had been forced to cut back on his coffee intake and could no longer stand straight black coffee.) Yes once more the mission has taken a back seat to a good cup of coffee, why did the tile of Fire have to be in a town world famous for its coffee?
A few hours later (a not a single cup a good weaken coffee to be found) Lina and Co. marched into town.
"Zel would have loved this place," came a soft mummer from Amelia as the walked down the streets of the town.
"We don't have time to be down Amelia, there's a world that needs to be saves," cheered Lina. "Now where's that temple?"
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In the temple, Ahriman was once more scanning while the two idiots were debating again. Same old, same old but this time they were the first ones there.
"Herrre it issss," he hissed as he walked to the alter "Peliasss, the ssseal."
"Aye sir," replied Pelias, who is a normal human mage.
He began to cast some spell to break the seal just as Lina walked through the door.
"Stop right there," she barked.
"Well it looksss like we get to play ssssooner then I thoughhht we would," cooed Ahriman as he made a running attack at them.
"FIREBALL!" screamed Lina, as a sphere of flames came from her hands to hit the `panther that could talk' only to "miss, but I was head on."
Ahriman ignored her and head straight for Amelia at a speed that only left her with enough time to scream. Ahriman smiled as he gained ground on his target, but he never got there, for about the time he would have made his tangle attack, was the time when someone came flying through the window. Caught off guard he swayed off course which gave the new comer enough time to swing his sword and to hit him. Growling Ahriman looked to the alter, in a few minutes it would be out, a few minutes they didn't have for the new comer had by passed him and was now heading for the alter. Thinking quickly Ahriman darted in front of him, the new comer swung his sword once more but this timed missed, and was nearly blow up by another fireball. The new comer cursed under his breath and once more tried to make his way to the alter; only to have his tail fireballed a way from it.
"Got it" cried Pelias.
Smiling Ahriman ran up to his friend and teleported them away.
"NO!" cried Lina. "I can't believe this is happening! Now their three up on us what are we going to do now!"
"Are you o.k.?" Amelia asked the new comer.
"Yeah, I had worse than that," he said as he accepted the hand up from her.
"Which reminds me," replied Lina "Who are you? And why are you after tiles?"
"My name is Asim, and I'm gathering the tile in order to keep them save, it is after all my duty to see that they do not in up in the wrong hands. By the way thank you for helping them," replied the new comer.
"Your job?" asked Lina. "To keep them save?"
"Yes" replied Asim
"What is going on here?"
"You don't know? You took a mission with out learning about? Oh well, no skin off my nose, I'll see you guys later."
"Hold it right there mister, where do you think your going?"
"That's really none of your business, now is it miss?"
"What?!"
By this time Asim was walking out the door.
"Wait sir, I have not thank you, yet for saving me," Amelia ran after him.
"No thanks need," he continued.
"Please, that least let me buy you dinner."
"Is that a date?" he asked as he spun around to face her.
Amelia turned a bright red color, to which Asim laughed at "Just kidding," he smiled "I'll except the offer on one condition, you tell me why your after the titles."
"Oh well Lina was called on to take the job, and one of the titles belong back in Saillune, so.. we're after them in order to save the world," bubbled a still blushing Princess.
"Oh, well it looks like your not doing so well."
"No, we're not."
"Ameliaaa" growled Lina.
"What? He asked."
Lina slammed her palm into her forehead, "As far as we know he could be the enemy."
"Excuse me? Now you look here, my order did not seal up some weirdo monster ( who was the first human to be turn into a mazoku, not to mention the fact that she was a dark shamanism) just so someone with "destroying the world" dreams could wake her up in roughly a 1,000 years from then. Now I didn't know about you but I would like for her to stay where she is at, for now and until the end of time, or the world which ever comes first, and as for the title of Light, well if I knew that it was going to cause me this much of headache I would have asked for permission, before I took it." And with that Asim walked away.
"What? You have the tile from Saillune?" asked Lina following him.
"Yes, what's it to you?"
"Well I was thinking may be we could join force, and.."
"Why should I join you?"
"More fire power."
"I've been doing well by myself until now, thank you, so why do I need you?"
"Well could you at least tell us what we are up against?"
Asim stopped and seemed to be debating something. "Here isn't a good place to talk about it," he said at last "Where are you heading next?"
"To Iliad," chimed Xellos.
"Chard's closer," report Asim.
"But it doesn't have a tile," Xellos wagged.
"Yes, it dose, it holds the title of Earth, while Iliad holds the title of Air. Earth is closer than air when it comes to fire, but fire is always far away from water, but fire distance has nothing to do with light or dark," quoted Asim.
"huh?" was the response he got from the group in front of him.
"Never mind it's a long story," he sighed "So where were you planning on eating?"
"Oh this way," replied Amelia.
So that's how Asim join the Slayers, minus the arm twisting that happen at dinner. Soon the group found themselves heading to Chard, but something still bugged Xellos about Asim, what, he did not know but there was something. This little fact did not go pass Asim like it did the others, and due to this fact he kindly stayed out of Xellos's way. One night while the two were stuck on watch, Xellos, tried of being out of the loop decided to play 20/20 question with the new comer.
"Who are you really?" he asked
"Hum?" replied Asim as if he did not Xellos
"Who are you really?"
"I am who I say I am, nothing more, nothing less."
"Meaning?"
Asim shrugged.
"Look, I know your holding something back; for one thing your not fully human I can tell you that much," growled Xellos.
"While we're talking about holding back, what about you? Your not at all human, I can tell you that much," shot Asim.
Xellos smiled "So you have noticed, and here I was hoping to have some fun."
Asim sighed "Training has taught me better, sorry, besides it would be pretty bad if I did not know who the general/priest of the Lord Beast Master was, with my orders background, now would it?"
Xellos nodded, "That doesn't answer my question though; who are you? What are you holding back?"
"My secrets are my own, and are mine to revel when I see fit; now is not that time."
"And when would that time be?"
"You'll know when the times comes."
"If you do anything to harm these people, you know I will kill you."
"Why are you so protective of them? I thought mazokus as a rule never get attached to humans."
"My reasons are my reason; enough said."
Asim nodded, "So we are in agreement, to hide our secrets until we see the need to revile them."
"Aye, it would seem that way. Just remember that you are dealing with the Lord of secrets, I won't be give mine away, like you will."
"If you were to do that then I would have something far more worse to deal with, then what we are dealing with now" Asim laughed.
Xellos smiled, may be this guy wasn't as bad as he first thought he was, but he still wasn't going to let his guard down yet; something was still off, and he would find out what sooner or later.
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Mouse- That's that chapter, ouch, my figures. Any way I hope that clears up who Asim is, if not well review and complain. Any way it's time for a poll: How would you like for Zel to show up in the next chapter? If you want to see Zel in the next installment send a review with the word *Dream* in it; if you think I should continue without Zel, dear, send me a review with the word *Nightmare* in it.
Recap: Zel in: *Dream*; Zel out *Nightmare*
I want five reviews with replies to this question before I post again. So all you Zel fans send me your vote, and you may see Zel in the next chapter. By the way what do you folks think of Asim? Do you hate him; love him. Do you think he is a jerk? Does he seem oddly filmier to you, yet you don't know why? And do you think I should clue Xellos in on what is going on or do you like seeing him on the other side of the pole for once? Come on people talk to me; tell me what you think.
A few hours later (a not a single cup a good weaken coffee to be found) Lina and Co. marched into town.
"Zel would have loved this place," came a soft mummer from Amelia as the walked down the streets of the town.
"We don't have time to be down Amelia, there's a world that needs to be saves," cheered Lina. "Now where's that temple?"
~`*
In the temple, Ahriman was once more scanning while the two idiots were debating again. Same old, same old but this time they were the first ones there.
"Herrre it issss," he hissed as he walked to the alter "Peliasss, the ssseal."
"Aye sir," replied Pelias, who is a normal human mage.
He began to cast some spell to break the seal just as Lina walked through the door.
"Stop right there," she barked.
"Well it looksss like we get to play ssssooner then I thoughhht we would," cooed Ahriman as he made a running attack at them.
"FIREBALL!" screamed Lina, as a sphere of flames came from her hands to hit the `panther that could talk' only to "miss, but I was head on."
Ahriman ignored her and head straight for Amelia at a speed that only left her with enough time to scream. Ahriman smiled as he gained ground on his target, but he never got there, for about the time he would have made his tangle attack, was the time when someone came flying through the window. Caught off guard he swayed off course which gave the new comer enough time to swing his sword and to hit him. Growling Ahriman looked to the alter, in a few minutes it would be out, a few minutes they didn't have for the new comer had by passed him and was now heading for the alter. Thinking quickly Ahriman darted in front of him, the new comer swung his sword once more but this timed missed, and was nearly blow up by another fireball. The new comer cursed under his breath and once more tried to make his way to the alter; only to have his tail fireballed a way from it.
"Got it" cried Pelias.
Smiling Ahriman ran up to his friend and teleported them away.
"NO!" cried Lina. "I can't believe this is happening! Now their three up on us what are we going to do now!"
"Are you o.k.?" Amelia asked the new comer.
"Yeah, I had worse than that," he said as he accepted the hand up from her.
"Which reminds me," replied Lina "Who are you? And why are you after tiles?"
"My name is Asim, and I'm gathering the tile in order to keep them save, it is after all my duty to see that they do not in up in the wrong hands. By the way thank you for helping them," replied the new comer.
"Your job?" asked Lina. "To keep them save?"
"Yes" replied Asim
"What is going on here?"
"You don't know? You took a mission with out learning about? Oh well, no skin off my nose, I'll see you guys later."
"Hold it right there mister, where do you think your going?"
"That's really none of your business, now is it miss?"
"What?!"
By this time Asim was walking out the door.
"Wait sir, I have not thank you, yet for saving me," Amelia ran after him.
"No thanks need," he continued.
"Please, that least let me buy you dinner."
"Is that a date?" he asked as he spun around to face her.
Amelia turned a bright red color, to which Asim laughed at "Just kidding," he smiled "I'll except the offer on one condition, you tell me why your after the titles."
"Oh well Lina was called on to take the job, and one of the titles belong back in Saillune, so.. we're after them in order to save the world," bubbled a still blushing Princess.
"Oh, well it looks like your not doing so well."
"No, we're not."
"Ameliaaa" growled Lina.
"What? He asked."
Lina slammed her palm into her forehead, "As far as we know he could be the enemy."
"Excuse me? Now you look here, my order did not seal up some weirdo monster ( who was the first human to be turn into a mazoku, not to mention the fact that she was a dark shamanism) just so someone with "destroying the world" dreams could wake her up in roughly a 1,000 years from then. Now I didn't know about you but I would like for her to stay where she is at, for now and until the end of time, or the world which ever comes first, and as for the title of Light, well if I knew that it was going to cause me this much of headache I would have asked for permission, before I took it." And with that Asim walked away.
"What? You have the tile from Saillune?" asked Lina following him.
"Yes, what's it to you?"
"Well I was thinking may be we could join force, and.."
"Why should I join you?"
"More fire power."
"I've been doing well by myself until now, thank you, so why do I need you?"
"Well could you at least tell us what we are up against?"
Asim stopped and seemed to be debating something. "Here isn't a good place to talk about it," he said at last "Where are you heading next?"
"To Iliad," chimed Xellos.
"Chard's closer," report Asim.
"But it doesn't have a tile," Xellos wagged.
"Yes, it dose, it holds the title of Earth, while Iliad holds the title of Air. Earth is closer than air when it comes to fire, but fire is always far away from water, but fire distance has nothing to do with light or dark," quoted Asim.
"huh?" was the response he got from the group in front of him.
"Never mind it's a long story," he sighed "So where were you planning on eating?"
"Oh this way," replied Amelia.
So that's how Asim join the Slayers, minus the arm twisting that happen at dinner. Soon the group found themselves heading to Chard, but something still bugged Xellos about Asim, what, he did not know but there was something. This little fact did not go pass Asim like it did the others, and due to this fact he kindly stayed out of Xellos's way. One night while the two were stuck on watch, Xellos, tried of being out of the loop decided to play 20/20 question with the new comer.
"Who are you really?" he asked
"Hum?" replied Asim as if he did not Xellos
"Who are you really?"
"I am who I say I am, nothing more, nothing less."
"Meaning?"
Asim shrugged.
"Look, I know your holding something back; for one thing your not fully human I can tell you that much," growled Xellos.
"While we're talking about holding back, what about you? Your not at all human, I can tell you that much," shot Asim.
Xellos smiled "So you have noticed, and here I was hoping to have some fun."
Asim sighed "Training has taught me better, sorry, besides it would be pretty bad if I did not know who the general/priest of the Lord Beast Master was, with my orders background, now would it?"
Xellos nodded, "That doesn't answer my question though; who are you? What are you holding back?"
"My secrets are my own, and are mine to revel when I see fit; now is not that time."
"And when would that time be?"
"You'll know when the times comes."
"If you do anything to harm these people, you know I will kill you."
"Why are you so protective of them? I thought mazokus as a rule never get attached to humans."
"My reasons are my reason; enough said."
Asim nodded, "So we are in agreement, to hide our secrets until we see the need to revile them."
"Aye, it would seem that way. Just remember that you are dealing with the Lord of secrets, I won't be give mine away, like you will."
"If you were to do that then I would have something far more worse to deal with, then what we are dealing with now" Asim laughed.
Xellos smiled, may be this guy wasn't as bad as he first thought he was, but he still wasn't going to let his guard down yet; something was still off, and he would find out what sooner or later.
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Mouse- That's that chapter, ouch, my figures. Any way I hope that clears up who Asim is, if not well review and complain. Any way it's time for a poll: How would you like for Zel to show up in the next chapter? If you want to see Zel in the next installment send a review with the word *Dream* in it; if you think I should continue without Zel, dear, send me a review with the word *Nightmare* in it.
Recap: Zel in: *Dream*; Zel out *Nightmare*
I want five reviews with replies to this question before I post again. So all you Zel fans send me your vote, and you may see Zel in the next chapter. By the way what do you folks think of Asim? Do you hate him; love him. Do you think he is a jerk? Does he seem oddly filmier to you, yet you don't know why? And do you think I should clue Xellos in on what is going on or do you like seeing him on the other side of the pole for once? Come on people talk to me; tell me what you think.