Xelloss now knew what to do next. He returned to Dolphin's palace outside the throne room and called out.
"Dolphin?!" There was no reply, so he followed up on some advice he's been issued with a few minutes ago. "Dolphin …chan?!" That, was a truly odd thing to say to any Dark Lord, insane or otherwise. Yet again there was no reply, so he called out again. "Dolphin?!"
Failing to get a reply he began searching various rooms. "Hey… Dolphin here or not?!" Quickly enough he heard a noise, which led him to the kitchen.
Where he saw Dolphin, or rather, Dolphin's legs sticking out of a drawer and kicking around in the air. Seconds later she heaved herself out, triumphantly holding up a very big blackberry jam jar. But how she managed to fit in the drawer was a mystery.
"Found it!" She chirped (^-^) "This favourite." She said as she dumped half the jar's content onto a single slice of bread. She blinked at the mess, shrugged and bit into it happily.
"Hallo!" Xelloss said, extra genki, as he leant on the doorframe.
"Mmmmph." Came Dolphin's reply. (o.0) Well, her mouth was full. Xelloss struck a rather relaxed pose against the wall and waited.
Dolphin dropped the bread back down and looked at her messy and sticky hands (0.o) before the tackled and latched on to Xelloss, feeding his cloak some jam too. "Food!" (^^) She chirped after swallowing the bread she had been chewing on.
"…Can I have some?" The purple haired Mazoku asked.
(0.o) "…have some? Give it to Xellie?" Xellie was asking for it…?
"Bread and jam?" (n_n)
"Xellie hold this." Dolphin plopped the jam jar, upside down, with no cover, much to Xelloss' dismay, on his head prior to walking back to the counter where the bread was.
"Sticky." (.o) The Mazoku winced at the thought of the next time
he washed his hair, though the color in the jam was darker than his own hair.
Dolphin walked back with her bread. "Umm….." (0.o) "Bread and
jam…." She mused removing the jam jar from its current home (and it came
off with a small pop leaving a nice little pile of jam to slither it's way down
onto more hair). Then she stuck the bread to the jam. Dolphin knew how to do
this! (^-^) "Jam and bread!" she announced picking up the goopy mostly
jam mess and taking a bite.
"You know… There's a less messy way of doing it." Like with a knife for one…
"Xellie's hair darker…" She said pointed at Xelloss and munching her last mouthful of jam and bread. (0.o) "Hands purple…"
"Dolphin like to swim?" Xelloss was currently inadvertently engaged in the act of wiping jam out of his hair with his paws.
"That not how Xellie clean." (o.0) That was wrong! "Paws get dirtier."
"There's jam in my ears." He replied between licking the jam off his paw.
Dolphin knew how to fix this. She grabbed a pail and stuck it out of the window. Then she pulled it back in, full of seawater and dumped it over Xelloss' head.
"!!!" Xelloss half willed and half shook the wet water off himself. "The jams still there."
Dolphin could fix this! She grabbed another bucket and filled it in exactly the same way, but this time, she tilted 'Xellie's' head before tipping the entire thing in his rather large kitty ear. "Better?
(o.o!!) He scooted away from her, lest she try that with the other ear, and tilted his head to one side, tipping the water out of his ear and creating a fairly large puddle of water on the floor.
That must have done it. (^^) "Ear better?" Dolphin asked, putting the pail back on the counter. Once again, Xelloss was engaged in the act of cleaning out an ear with his paw.
"More jam?" Dolphin offered eagerly, holding out the near empty jar.
"Please." Xelloss replied taking the jar and dipping a paw in to scoop out some more jam.
Suddenly, the Dark Lord was a kitten on Xelloss' head 'cleaning' up and jam that was left on his head.
"I guess there are some advantages to this…." He commented, licking the jam off his paw, whilst Dolphin was happy to 'clean' up top and even purred a little.
Once finished, Xelloss discarded the jam jar over one shoulder. "Dolphin want to help Xellie do something?" He asked.
"No, Xellie vacation over…"The blue kitten took a carefully aimed leap from Xelloss' head to the countertop…. and missed. She clutched the edge of the counter with her paws, and ending up trying to scrabble up and on to the worktop. "Eep." (o.o)
"Well, Zelas-sama said I could have a longer vacation." Which was true, much to the purple haired Mazoku's dismay.
The smooth countertop was not helping her cause in climbing up on to the safe place, she liked it up there! Luckily before she fell she was helped up by Xelloss. Unluckily, she rolled head over heels before coming to rest in a heap of jam left over from her earlier snack. (0.o) "Dolphin purple now." Then she thought back to what 'Xellie' had said. "But you mean!
"Not always." Xelloss wiped up a little jam on the tip of his 'finger' and licked it off.
"You were going to feed Dolphin to Zelas." Dolphin said shaking her paws at the other Mazoku.
"Because Dolphin was ignoring me." Xelloss retorted.
"Dolphin not stupid either." The blue kitten crossed her paws trying to look miffed and solemn… an attempt that failed pitifully at due to being covered in jam, and a kitten.
"Dolphin was mean." Xelloss replied. Ah, she seemed to not like being called 'mean'.
"No she isn't." Zelas and mean fit together, Dolphin and mean did not!
"Well she ignored Xellie." Xelloss hoped she'd get the hint soon.
"Well Dolphin was scared." She looked around nervously as if Zelas was about to leap out from a hiding place and do mean horrible things her before continuing. "That scary place! Dolphin doesn't go there."
"Will Dolphin do something with Xellie?" He tried again. What a repetitive boring job this was.
"Dolphin not go to scary place!" The blue kitten rolled in the purple jam. Maybe that would make Xellie change the subject.
"Nah, it's not a scary place." The purple haired Mazoku informed her.
As Dolphin hopped out of the jam she exclaimed "Is to!" The proceeded to shake herself sending sticky jam flying everywhere, causing Xelloss to lift his cape to defend his already sticky hair.
"It's not where scary Zelas lives, it's an underwater cave..." He didn't tell The Dark Lord about the huge sea serpent thing though…
"It near there." Dolphin knew these things! She hopped from the counter to the floor then past Xelloss on to the windowsill.
"Nope! It's the other side of the mainland." He explained, watching Dolphin look out of the window. "I want to get something from there... But there's ... well.. there..." Nope, she wasn't paying attention…
"Swim!" Dolphin chirped stepping though the magical window and into the water, closely followed by Xelloss who found that salt water it an excellent device for removing jam from personages. As he followed the neko he came to a few more conclusions. One was thank Shabranigdu he could fly underwater (n.n) What would one do if they couldn't swim and couldn't fly? Another was that pufferfish were annoyingly common in this part of the ocean and the last and most important one was that he couldn't fit in that hole in the castle wall the Deep Sea Dolphin-Cat had just swum through and it was probably in his better interests to not even try to.
Maybe she'd be out soon. He could just wait outside. Or better yet, maybe she wouldn't be out soon and he could wait outside anyway!
A few minutes later Dolphin popped up in the palaces indoor pool. "Good swim!" (^.^) She told no one in particular whilst cat paddling to the steps.
Or maybe Xelloss could wait outside and not get… That wouldn't do would it? He teleported in after Dolphin. "Dolphin come help me?" He asked cheerfully.
The blue cat froze and stared at Xelloss (0_o) "…" before screaming a few seconds later. "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeah!" she yelled leaping for a towel and wrapping herself in it. (o.o) "Xellie not do that! Hentai! Hentai!"
"I would not!" he exclaimed indignantly. Indeed there were many much better creatures to peep on whom were human shaped for one thing…
(-.-) "Xellie came in bath room... Dolphin in bath." She told him with a petulant glare. How dare Xellie spy on her like that! Xellie hentai peeper!
"That's a swimming pool." Xelloss pointed out.
"Big bath pool." (-.-) Didn't Xellie understand that? It was big,
filled with water, and therefore a bath.
"Still a pool."
"Big BATH pool..." Then again, Xellie knew that Meanie Zelas looked through clothes… how could he know any better? Pools had other stuff in them.
"Big bath POOL." And so, once again, Xelloss found himself folding his arms… paws… whatever, in irritation. It seemed that Dolphin had more of an uncanny gift to annoy people than he did. Meanwhile the blue kitten pulled he towel so it covered her head too and skittered towards the room exit. "Dolphin's so mean!" Xelloss exclaimed hoping the comment would hit hard as he turned to walk out into the sea. However, the effect he desired didn't actually come, instead, Dolphin continued sneaking out of the bathroom.
A cat didn't need a towel anyway! After all, she was quite happy to prance around in nothing but kitty fur until now. Xelloss shrugged to himself and turned back to catch up with her and whipped the towel away.
(0.o) Dolphin realised her towel was gone and became a blue blur down the hall, leaving Xelloss to snigger to himself, whilst the blue blur kitten skidded round a corner into a room slamming the door behind her.
"You forgot your towel." Xelloss informed the absent Dark Lord, dropping said towel into the pool with a grin. There was no sound from Dolphin, except a lot of scuffling and the occasional crashing sound. "Dolphin?" He called, following the direction the blue blur had headed until he reached the door the shuffling sound was coming from. Amused at the various scenarios he imagined Deep Sea Dolphin in, he opened the door and went in the room, to be greeted by a human formed blue haired insane Dark Lord rummaging through her closet.
"Ah, Dolphin's not a kitty now?" The purple haired Mazoku was actually quite surprised.
"Nope." She replied happily (^-^) as various items of clothing were thrown on to the middle of the bed.
"So, what Dolphin do now?" He must remember to keep talking in Dolphin-language. Otherwise she'd take even longer to understand things.
"Xellie sit?" Dolphin pointed at a chair, and pulled out an outfit that would put Zelas to shame. The Dark Lord quickly stuffed that back in the closet. That was a gift from Zelas long long time ago.
"…nah," the semi-neko mazoku shook his head "that's okay." (n_n)
"Dolphin do favour afterwards…" She took a nice green shirt and held it up to the non-Dark Lord mazoku. "Hmmmm…" Dark green go with purple?
"Afterwards" Why did he get the distinct feeling he wouldn't like what Dolphin was planning… some sort of instinct was telling him to get away.
Dolphin closed the door, and batted her eyes. (^.^) "Dolphin think dark green and black will be good." She smiled cutely… though there was a slight hint of deviousness in that cheery sunny smile.
"Ohhhhhh………" Xelloss mentally kicked himself for not seeing this coming. All the clothes, the natural Zelas-built instinct to avoid this scenario… the dreaded… makeover.
(^-^) The non-neko Dark Lord hummed and successfully attempted to look innocently cute. She pulled this off wonderfully that if there were little woodland animals nearby, they would have flocked over to her, or if the sun was closer, it would have sent down an extra bright beam on her. No, all she managed to do by herself was a few sparkles, and floating bubbles.
"I said maybe…" Xelloss popped a nearby bubble. This cute-ness was going to make him ill if she kept this up. "Do you have to do this now?"
"Ummm…" Deep Sea pondered the possibilities. She could wait… but why should she? With that thought in mind, the Dark Lord's expression brightened, coincidently lighting up the room a little. "Yes!" (^0^)
"Then Dolphin do favour?" Well, if he must… he must… When he saw Dolphin nod her head vigorously up and down, he took that for a yes obviously. "Okay then." (-.-;;) He wasn't a happy mazoku.
Dolphin stared at her prey- her friend and pondered what to do. "Hmmmm… how Dolphin do this…" After a few more moments her train of thought pulled into the station conclusion. (^^) She handed a simple outfit (green shirt black slacks) over to the semi neko, and pointed over to a small room, a dressing room of course. "Try on?" she smiled sweetly.
"Okay." Xelloss pouted, and slunk over to the dressing room.
(^-^) "Yay." Dolphin searched for more Xellie 'friendly' clothes, until she heard an unenthusiastic "Lookie." To which she responded by looking at a not to happy newly dressed neko. She skipped over, and slowly circled Xel inspecting the new look.
Xelloss was reminded of a wolf circling it's prey, or was it a shark circling it's prey…?
"What Xellie think?"
Best not offend the Dark Lord… Xelloss repeated this mantra. "Um... …okay?" His mantra couldn't quite help the fact that his ears drooped, betraying his mood.
Dolphin didn't notice as she handed him more clothes to try on (red vest, black shirt, midnight blue pants). After all she was quite happy to torture- er, play dress up with her semi neko friend. (^^)
"Hmmm…" Xelloss said, instead of grumbling. Of course once he was
back in the changing room, he did grumble some more. You'd think he'd be immune
to the makeover, after all Zelas liked… Tails were not invented to be tucked
into pants he suddenly concluded with a wince. Or was it that pants were not
invented to contain tails?
Deep Sea Dolphin innocently grinned as she rocked on her heels. Xellie was so
funny! But Xellie needs more clothes! The not-quite-right-in-the-head mazoku
literally dived into the clothes pile in her quest.
Once more Xelloss slunk back out. "There." There, have it on, and ready to go back and take it off, he finished mentally as his tail informed him of a cramp.
The pile of clothes moved before a clothes draped Dark Lord emerged, "Ooooo…." (0.o) She held out something else… (^-^)
Xelloss looked at the white tuxedo… she had to be kidding. "…nah, not my colour."
"Xellie put on?"
"Nuh uh." There was no way he wanted to touch that.
He didn't have to, the blue haired mazoku threw it at him, before fishing out a gift outfit (it was from Zelas oddly enough)… a neon pink and lime green striped tuxedo. "This one then?" Dolphin brightly grinned, however if one looked at a slightly different angle, it could have possibly had a hint of slyness to it.
Now that should be burned. "No, the green would clash with my hair." And it was true.
(^.^) "Xellie do white one…?" The non-neko buried the outfit she wouldn't even wear, hopefully it would never be found again. "Or Dolphin do 15 extra outfits?" Both ways were good, and the Dark Lord smiled.
"…alright." It seemed Dolphin could be as bad as Zelas-sama. Perhaps they were related. Next, Dolphin would drag him on a girls' day out at the shops…
(^_^) A happy blue haired mazoku went back to prowling the sea of clothes.
"I preferred the black and red outfit." Xelloss whined slightly, he did not like this one bit.
"Oooo!" She held up yet another outfit… an orange shirt and jeans.
"Yuk…" The semi double shaded neko made a face. Orange? Why did that colour even exist?
Dolphin held up a red shirt instead. (^^)
"Better." Xelloss nodded (n.n), before he was shooed back over to the changing room ("Go change!"). "Okay okay okay…" He shooed her away before changing.
Dolphin returned to her sea of clothes… prowling… looking for just the right kind of prey… the Dark Lord cackled softly when she found what she was looking for.
"See?" Xelloss once more stepped out from the dreaded changing room. Only to see a broadly smiling Dolphin holding out a pink dress, 3 pink ribbons, and a neck choker with a bell and bow attached to it. "I think not." The semi neko said, there was no way in Zelas' name of fashion was he wearing that, he still had his pride after all.
"Smaller ribbons go on ears! Bigger one go on tail!" (^^) the Deep Sea Dark Lord chattered on nonetheless. "This last outfit," she could do this for days, but she did make a promise, and she would keep it. (0.o) But what if Xellie didn't want to wear it, he was looking at her as if she grew kitty ears, tail, and paws! She had to think of goooood reason so Xellie would wear it. "Or else do 15 more!" Needed to be better, aha! "Maybe 20 then!"
The non-Dark Lord neko shuddered. "I don't want to wear that though!"
"Last one…" (^.^) Deep Sea giggled a little, "Then go do favour!"
"…. Okay okay." Xelloss resignedly snatched the outfit, letting his ears droop, expression droop, just about everything droop as he slunk back to the now dreaded and very much disliked changing room.
(^-^) She'd won! Dolphin shooed the sea of clothes back into the closet.
Meanwhile, Xelloss shuffled around a bit, making like he was changing into the 'outfit'. Then a bit more, to make it seem like he was changing back out of it. After holding the outfit in front of him, Xelloss concluded that all that was missing was an oversized bow for the back of the dress, stockings and slippers with bows on. Maybe without the bells… Alright, what was he thinking?! Best try and get away with not wearing it.
He stuck his kitty ear topped head out then took the dress back to Dolphin.
"I wore it…It looked bad." By 'wore it' he meant, tried to fathom
out how to put ribbons on those ears.
"Dolphin must see." She crossed her arms and sat down.
Gah! Xelloss went back to that changing room (.!!) and put on the abominable dress, exiting the changing room drooping completely. Who wouldn't have?
"Awww…. Xellie adorable." (^-^) Deep Sea Dolphin cooed taking a picture (by manipulating the astral and physical realms a freeze shot is take, nift-ily it can be 3D or flat like a normal snapshot, or a combination of the two if the 'spell' and caster so wish it, hey, a Dark Lord can do that easily and make an album!) and stashing it away with the others she'd secretly been taking (^.^) And the pointed at Xelloss. "Awww…. Is Xellie embarrassed?"
"I happen to like my normal clothes." Xelloss stated, tail swishing angrily behind him whilst he plotted a way of getting those pictures off Deep Sea Dolphin at some point in the future as he went to change back.
"Xellie was red!" (^-^)The blue haired Dark Lord looked around whilst Xelloss changed back to his regular outfit before stashing the pictures away in her pocket dimension.
"Lets do favour then!" The semi-neko Mazoku clapped his paws together as he came out of the changing room. Dolphin was content to sit and look at Xelloss with a very happy, nigh on smug look. (^-^)
"Coming?" Xelloss asked again. And she'd better be coming after all that, or he'd… file an official complaint to… someone, anyone.
"Xellie wear tail bow still?" (o.o) Dolphin hoped over to the other Mazoku and lifted his cape to check and see if he had the bow on his tail still.
"Nope." Not planning on it either. Ever.
"Bows nice, bells too. They jingle!" The Dark Lord babbled. "Xellie want one?" She stood up and released Xelloss' cape.
"No… But there is something I want in that cave! Come on?" Finally looked like she was going to do this.
"Okay okay…Xellie calm down…" (^.^) "Lead the way Kitty!"
Xelloss' ear flicked as he heard himself called 'Kitty' but he teleported off to an underwater cave, closely followed by Dolphin. He kept a wary distance from the entrance though. "There's a small chest in there."
"In there?" Deep Sea asked as she pointed at the cave with one hand, whilst the other hand was engaged in teasing Xelloss' feline ear. (^.^) "Furry tip!"
"It's right at the end…but the sea monsters are a bit bothersome." Maybe not quite as bothersome as some insane blue haired Dark Lords though.
Dolphin teleported and reappeared seconds later holding the chest, a simple enough task. Xellie must be lazy. (0.o) "It was only Levi Jean." She told Xellie, Levi Jean was nice.
Xelloss took the small wooden chest from Dolphin and flipped it open making sure she couldn't see what was inside. "Very good…" He said with a slight nod, immediately slipping it into his messenger bag. This was good.
Dolphin sat and giggled, grabbing Xelloss' tail, waving it around. Xelloss was not paying much attention to this.
"Well Dolphin-chan, Xellie go and hide these in his room. Xellie be back soon." And with out giving the Dark Lord a chance to respond he teleported off home to hide his newly acquired… ah, what was in that chest? Why Sore Wa Himitsu Desu! ^.~
Dolphin blinked. (o.o) "Xellie go." Suddenly she was nudged from behind, however it would have sent a human flying a few feet. (n.n) "Levi Jean come home?"
The giant green leviathan, would have struck terror into humans and dragons alike, despite it's somewhat cute appearance. "Eeeeeeeeeeea!" Obviously this must have made some sense to Deep Sea Dolphin, because she climbed onto the leviathan, or Levi Jean's head. "Keeeeeea!" Levi turned and started off in the direction of home.
