The Semi-lost chapter
Not to long later Xelloss ran back into his room and skidded to a stop in front of the bookshelf, dropping into a couch. "She does so like seafood. She said it herself."
The kitten-Deep Sea Dolphin shook her head under the bookshelf. (-.-;;) "She say that to bug Dolphin." Seconds later Dolphin reached another conclusion. Zelas likes to eat stuff from sea, Dolphin from sea, and that would mean (0.o) "She can't eat Dolphin!" she cried latching on to Xelloss face and beginning to wail. "Dolphin doesn't want to be eaten!"
"" Xelloss stood up and pulled the cat off his face (luckily she didn't have those claws out) so he could dump her ungracefully on the bed. "Hmm." He added thoughtfully, mostly, he was thinking about something Zelas had said. "Dolphin do favour for me?"
The blue kitten jumped from the bed and became some kind of small waist attachment once again. "Zelas scary!" She wailed, holding on tightly.
The purple haired Mazoku plucked Dolphin from his waist and raised her to his eye level. "Dolphin stay off or Xellie stay here and tell Zelas to make Dolphin go away."
(o.o) "But Dolphin doesn't want to be eaten."
"Then Dolphin stay off." Xelloss placed her back on his bed.
" but but" She put on a too-cute-scared expression. "But Dolphin scared."
"Dolphin stay off or I tell her." Xelloss used a 'talking-to-child' voice. How hard was that to understand?
"Well if Xellie want to cut vacation short" (-.-) But Xellie needed a vacation he was too wound up. He needed va-ca-shun!
"Vacation?" Xelloss wasn't on a vacation, ah, wait, technically. "Oh yeah nah, don't want to do that!" Donning his extra genki face he asked; "Dolphin do something for me?!"
Dolphin's eye grew huge as she realised what he must have meant. " but Dolphin doesn't want to tickle Zelas' foot" That was the secret impossible mission!
"No I want you to fetch something from an underwater cave on the edge of this island." (^^) That was easy enough to understand, right?
(0.o) "But Zelas there!" Dolphin exclaimed. Dolphin couldn't go anywhere Zelas was. Especially if she might eat her
"No. She's in the throne room!" he pointed down the hall. "We going to go the other direction." Xelloss pointed the other way to the main doors.
( -.-) "And how Xellie know?" Zelas was sneaky. Xellie should have known that Xellie lived with her after all!
"I just saw her there." Xelloss tapped his foot impatiently.
"Zelas moves" Xellie should have known that too. It would seem Zelas didn't teach Xellie a lot.
"She won't be there." He chided the Kitten Dark Lord, wagging a finger. "Trust me!"
( -.-) "Dolphin be seen." She looked around before scooting under Xelloss' sheets.
Fine, if she was going to be that difficult, he'd have to try something to get her outside. Xelloss held his cape open. "Dolphin hide under here!" (n_n) he added an extra smile whilst he said that too.
(0.o) "But last time it smelled funny!" Well, it did. It really really did!
"It did?" Xelloss gave himself a sniff. Yeah, that shower was promoted from 'needed' to 'will be taken at some point in the future' "Oh yeah wait, that's just my pants."
(-.-) "Dolphin doesn't want to go under there again." She wrinkled her nose and folded her paws stubbornly. "It going to make her sneeze!"
"You can hug the tail though." For L-sama's sake, she wouldn't come out earlier from there!
(0.o) No "Xellie doesn't like it." It was true Xellie should have known that!
"Gently. That's okay." Argh! How contrary could she be?!
(0.o) "Dolphin was gentle" Dolphin was, it didn't turn black and wither away just a little bit of a pretty shade of blue.
"Must be more gentle! It hurts meXellie" (n.n) Xelloss mentally berated himself for slipping out of 'Deep Sea Speak'
(0_o) "But it smell funny!" Dolphin protested again, diving under Xelloss' pillow leaving only a blue tail sticking out.
"Then Dolphin hide in bag?" he tried. She'd wanted to go in there earlier.
"Xellie say no." Dolphin knew this! (n.n)
"Just this once I'll let yo er Dolphin." And this once only, Xelloss added mentally, glancing at his pillow to she the blue tail disappear from view. Moments later a quiet 'thunk' was heard. As much as Xelloss wanted to 'loose' Dolphin, it really wouldn't do to loose a Dark Lord would it? He picked up the pillow to find, or rather, not find a blue kitten (only a few shed hairs). Which meant one thing, she'd fallen down where he kept his
"Dolphin?" He called to her quietly, worried about what she might find. Answered by a tiny mew, the purple haired Mazoku pulled the bed. "Quit fooling around." He told the swishing blue tail that became visible.
Another quiet mew and an extra wiggle must mean she was stuck, and being suffocated by the
"Come on." He picked the kitten up by the tail and held her, roughly pushing the bed back into place. It seemed she hadn't noticed what he kept down there. Good. (n.n)
"Head hurt" Dolphin whimpered, swirly eyed (@_@) Why does Xellie keep knock out gas under his bed?
Xelloss carried the disorientated kitten away from the mansion, treading one of his favourite paths on the island. It led to a spot near the rocky cliffs, with just a couple of trees.
"Dolphin okay?" he asked Dolphin, only out of politeness than anything else.
"Head hurt." She whined slightly.
Xelloss rubbed the kitten's head gently and although he's adjusted his grip on her, the feline underwater Mazoku lord had come to a conclusion.
(@,@) "Ooooo... world wrong." Yes, it went this way and then that way and all around in a loop!
"You tell me when you feel better. Because Xellie wants you to do favour for him" Yes, well, actually, Xelloss wanted Dolphin to do something or he was going to get in a lot of trouble.
"World upside down. " The Deep Sea squealed, and then noticed something just as if not more important (0_o) "Xellie upside down!"
No it wasn't. Xelloss held Dolphin by the tail so she could assess the situation better.
(-.-) "Okay Dolphin must really have lost it." Now it was upside down again!
Funny conclusion, how could Dolphin have 'really' lost it compared to how she was anyway? Xelloss held Dolphin so she was the right way up again. "How's that?"
(o.0;) was Dolphin's response it went all right again!
"Well? How Dolphin?"
"Ummm... it blue." She responded, staring at her waving tail.
"Dolphin do something for Xellie?" he tried again.
"Purple!" She exclaimed reaching up and grabbing Xelloss' large kitty ear
Xelloss didn't like his ear being grabbed (.o), anymore than he liked the fact she'd completely and utterly ignored what he said. So... there was one thing she seemed very scared of... Maybe, just maybe, he could... threaten the Dark Lord into doing what he wanted.
"Dolphin no listen. I feed her to Zelas-sama now." Sounded like it would work.
"Eeeeeeeeeee!" Dolphin screamed scrambling through the air, evn though Xelloss was holding on to her.
"Well... Dolphin listen?" Just hurry up and listen!
"Zelas! Zelas! Eeeeeeeaugh!" The kitten continued thrashing around and wailing. "Scary Zelas here! She's gonna eat Dolphin after she..." Dolphin stopped suddenly after thinking of something. (0) "Ewwwwww..."
"Oh stop it." The Mazoku made sure his grip was secure enough to keep the kitten where he wanted her. "I wont tell her unless you keep being stupid."
"Dolphin stupid?" Her ears, whiskers, and eyes drooped. That wasn't a nice thing for Xellie to say. She wasn't stupid just sanity impaired.
"Yup, she no listen to Xellie." Xelloss thought to himself as he looked at the kitten impersonating a limp statue. Had this been happening under different circumstances, perhaps he'd have considered this fun. "Dolphin do favour?" He asked again, adding the slightest tint of hopefulness to his voice, only to be answered by a sniffle.
"What's wrong?" the purple haired Mazoku asked stroking her gently and mentally wincing. If it were up to him, he'd continue winding her up, but that favour had to be done. What a rotten job this was turning out to be. Basically, just as he'd expected.
Dolphin pointed downwards with one paw in response to his question.
(n.n) Xelloss complied and dropped her.
"Ow." (-.-) The cat said flatly as she hit the ground with a plop, landing rather flatly as well too.
Time to try another method. "Dolphin do something to make Xellie happy?" Xelloss asked, resting himself against a low branch of one of the trees.
Dolphin sniffled and sat up before asking. "What?"
"Little favour." Xelloss glanced down at Dolphin who looked up with huge watery eyes before again asking.
"What?"
"Dolphin fetch something that is under the sea!" Finally! He'd gotten part of the message across!
Dolphin got up and began to walk. Where was she going? Xelloss stopped leaning on the tree and stepped after Dolphin, who walked into a tree since she'd not been looking anywhere except at the ground.
"Owies." (0.) she whimpered.
"Xellie show you where!" He said, scooping the kitten up gently. Best to get her to get it now, after having made all that progress just to speak with her!
"Dolphins head not have a good day..." She told Xellie dejectedly (u.u)
"No it's not." Xelloss agreed, absently stroking the unfortunate head.
Dolphin put her paws over her head with teary eyes. (u.u) "No Xellie let Dolphin walk."
Xelloss shrugged and dropped Dolphin again. Once again she hit the floor with a 'plop'
"Ow." (-.-) Dolphin must drop Xellie while he was a kitty see if he liked it! But, ask nicely first. "... Next time Xellie not drop Dolphin?" Xellie probably wasn't used to cats.
"... put down?" He asked. Double meaning there too.
"Dolphin have a many owie day".( -.-) She told him after nodding.
"Poor Dolphin." Anybody else present would have been able to tell Xelloss obviously didn't mean this.
"..." Dolphin started walking through the undergrowth and sulking at the same time.
"This way..." Xelloss hovered up and slowly changed direction towards the Demon Seas, with Dolphin following at her drag feet pace. That wasn't good. "Faster! Come on!" He called turning to face her when his sharp hearing heard even the light kitty footsteps cease. "Dolphin no come?" He asked as she sat down.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" The Feline Dark Lord burst into fountains of tears. Somewhere in the background a CD soundtrack of "Cry Me A River" is heard.
"... what?" And after having been able to mention the 'favour' to her to she had to go and do this
"Waaaaaaaaaaah!" She continued, not inhaling at all. She had a very very very healthy set of lungs. That much was obvious.
"I do not need to deal with this. I'm going to tell Zelas that she can eat you." Xelloss said, almost snappily turning as if to fly toward the nearby mansion.
"..." (o.o) Zelas... eat Dolphin...?
Xelloss turned to look back and when he did, the wailing resumed, even louder than before, sending a couple of wolves scattering from under some nearby shrubbery.
The Mazoku twitched and grumbled before issuing himself with some advice he'd never forget. "She's so hard to work with. Never work with children, animals, inanimate objects or insane Dark Lords..." He told himself sharply while Dolphin sat looking like a wailing waif. "... Are you coming? Or what? Sit there all day so Zelas can come and get you?"
Dolphin looked up at the returning Xelloss with huge teary eyes. (It was a miracle that the already large eyes were even bigger than before)
Oh not again. Xelloss flew down and picked her up. "Dolphin cheer up." He managed to look cheerful even though Dolphin was really annoying him, a feat he was proud of! (n_n) "Be genki like Xellie!"
"No." Dolphin was doing a very good impression of a sulking kid.
"... I see. Dolphin doesn't like Xellie." He shook his head in mock sorrow.
"No Xellie no like Dolphin." Where did Xellie get that idea?
"Xellie try to make Dolphin cheer up. And help Dolphin. And all Dolphin to is cry." Resisting the urge to drop the cat, fold his arms and turn away was becoming harder to ignore.
"Well Xellie called Dolphin stupid..." The kitten crossed her paws. Xellie did! That was mean! Meanie Zelas called her that!
"Because Dolphin no listen and stresses me." And actually is stupid.
(-.- ) "Dolphin down." She braced herself to be dropped again.
"Dolphin mean." Xelloss continued.
"Are not." Mean? Dolphin? Never! Those two words don't belong together!
Xelloss dropped Dolphin on her back and folded his arms to glare down at her. "Are too! Dolphin won't listen to favour for Xellie!" With that he leapt into a tree and sat in a sulking pose. The true cause if his sulking being because he was thinking. 'HOW long have I got to act like this for?!'
(X.x) "...ow." Said the dropped kitty. Third time? Wasn't she supposed to land on her feet?
Xelloss sat in the tree and ignored Dolphin as she rolled to her feet.
"Dolphin just go home then, Xellie vacation over she thinks..."
"Dolphin been ignoring Xellie." He responded, glancing down at her.
"Well Xellie mean." Dolphin replied sticking out her bottom lip.
"Dolphin's meaner than the meanest." Said Xelloss.
"That Zelas." (o.o) Xellie didn't know that?
"No, she listens to Xellie." Sometimes.
(0.o) "Xellie listen to Zelas."
"And other way." Xelloss told Dolphin.
(^^;) "Well then Xellie's loss. Dolphin go home since Xellie says his vacation over. Have fun at work..." Xelloss shrugged. Much more fun than having to put up with this anyway, he thought as Dolphin teleported out and continued speaking in a bodiless voice. "Xellie stay here! Dolphin go home now."
"... great." And he meant that. But What about what he had to make Dolphin do?! "Dolphin come back?"
There was no reply.
After a few calls, he gained the attention of the wrong Mazoku Lord. Zelas phased in leaning against the tree he was in and looked upwards.
"Well?" She asked in her soft voice, her golden eyes looking piercingly up though the foliage.
Xelloss slipped through the branches and landed on the ground, a task he seemed very adept at and proceeded to explain what had occured, to find out what he should do next.
