A.N.
A couple people have reveiwed, commenting about Amelia's drastic loss of
justice.
No worries, she won't be like that all the time.
Sleep does wonders for depression, for one.
Also she has to slowly build her faith in justice back up. Unfortunetly, or very fortunate, depends on how you see it, she will never believe in justice like she used to.
And about her mother being murdered, that was different. That was an outside unknown person hurting her and her family. Her family hurting her, well thats entirely different.
Kongy-kun~ Why did he kiss her you ask? Well the answer is... SORE WA HIMITSU DESU! Keep reading to find out yourself.
Thanks Martina-chan, for the support, and thanks everyone else too!
So now I'll get to my story, sitting here typing past my bedtime (ick! You'd think that at 16 you wouldn't need a bedtime, but nooo there is school tomorrow!)
Like I was saying, sitting here typing, sitting on the edge of my bed in my Xelloss-purple fluffy felt p.j.'s, with lavender clouds and light violet moons... Listening to Fukai Mori on my Inu Yasha cd, wishing for all the world that Xelloss was real, and at the same time in my crazy distant way knowing he is, somewhere, and knowing he'll be here soon...... @__@
Gah, my fanfiction (and yours too!) is seriously starting to affect my brain. That, and playing with paints for three hours each school day.. maybe its the fumes...
I wonder what it would be like if I suddenly showed up in the Slayer's verse in my Xelloss-purple p.j.'s... I think I'll write a self-insert for the fun of it.. Self-inserts aren't just for other people to read you know! They are for self delusion too!
My mind and my heart should really get together for a conference to straighten out my priorities... falling in love with an anime character doesn't make for a healthy love life...
And Valentine's Day is soon too! Either the most happiest day of the year, or the most heart wrenching painful day of the year. If you review, tell me which you expect it to be. If you want.
I'm getting off topic.. think fanfiction!
Ooooh-kay, now I REALLY need to start writing that fanfiction...
Suffering Injustice
Chapter Two
When Amelia finally woke, it was late morning. She sat up, her mind slowly waking, and becoming less foggy.
Opening her eyes, she was greeted with a strange sight. Xelloss, struggling to cook a small rabbit over the fire. His cheeks were smudged with soot, and it also looked like a couple strands of his hair had caught fire. Lavender eyes were narrowed in concentration as he juggled the rabbit on two sticks.
The rabbit hadn't even skinned it, and the fur was catching, giving off a foul odor. Amelia couldn't help but laugh merrily at the scene. Xelloss looked up, momentarily put off, as Amelia reached over and took the rabbit.
"You are supposed to remove the skin silly, or it won't cook right," she giggled, taking a small knife out of a hidden pocket on her sleeve. She skinned the rabbit quickly, utilizing lessons learned while traveling with Lina. Even when they didn't reach an inn, Lina almost always found *something* to eat.
Xelloss watched Amelia, his nose wrinkling in distaste as he watched the process. "Well when I usually eat rabbits, its raw, and never very often," he said reminding Amelia of his past on Wolf Pack island.
(whenever I imagine Xelloss beast form, its as this huge black wolf-panther creature. The body of a panther, but the head and fur of a Wolf. I can't imagine him as one or the other, so my mind settled on the in between)
Amelia looked up in suprise, as she finished skinning the rabbit. "That's the first time I've ever heard you mention your past openly," she commented.
Xelloss gave her a wry smile, using a cloth to wipe off the soot. "This is the first time I've been around you when you didn't have other people about who could use the information against me," he said simply.
That was true enough, Amelia realized. Lina and Zelgadiss would have used it for blackmail or other things, and at the palace, no one knew he was even mazoku, although she was sure her father had suspisions.
"Does that mean you would tell me other things?" Amelia asked. She put the rabbit on a spit, over the fire.
"Ah, well, sore wa himitsu desu!"
With her free hand Amelia smacked her forehead. She should have known better. She decided to try again.
"Why did you leave last night?" she asked, blushing a bit with remeberance.
"To create an exception," he said seriously, his eyes open. He was gazing at Amelia is a calm way, and his cat-slitted stare unnerved her. There was more to it than that, she realized, but what? She lowered her head and looked up at Xelloss.
"What kind of an exception?" she asked, watching Xelloss carefully through her bangs.
"I won't ever betray you, Ame-chan," he said softly, sincerely. He reached a hand and brushed her bangs aside. "I promise."
At the motion, Amelia jumped back, scooting closer to the tree. "Xelloss! What are you doing?"
"Showing you how much you mean," Xelloss said. "I have worked very hard for Juuo-sama, and I had built up a reward. I was allowed to ask for one favor, and this was it. I never will have to harm you, and anyone my strength or lower of our clan is forbidden to. If anyone of my strength or lower of another attacks you, I have permission to protect you. It would take a mazoku lord to attack you. You are the exception."
Stunned, Amelia's mind froze. He was honest to her, he would never betray her. That kind of thing wasn't supposed to happen! Mazoku weren't supposed to care! Life wasn't suppose to be that complicated!
But her family wasn't supposed to sell her out for thier own needs either. The only person left to trust was him. What did she feel about him? What did he feel about her? Did he lo- love her? Could that even happen?
And more important... did she love him? No, no, she loved Zelgadiss. Didn't she?
"I..I love Zelgadiss," she declared, but from the look on Xelloss' face, he could sense the uncertainty flowing through her.
"Is that where you were heading?" Xelloss asked her calmly.
Amelia gave a jerky nod, eyes closed.
"That would take several months, maybe even a year to get there," Xelloss told her, stating a fact.
Another nod.
"I could get you there faster, if you wish."
She started to nod again, before the words registered. Her eyes popped open, shock written all over them. "You would do that?!" she exclaimed in a whisper.
He looked at her, seeming to consider something, before giving a short nod.
"It would take about a week though," he said. As soon as he finished, me was embraced by an over joyed Amelia. "THANK YOU!"
Realizing what she was doing, she back off, blushing. "I need to see him," she said quietly. Right now her emotions were in a jumble, and if she could see him, maybe she could figure out what everything meant.
"Rabbit," Xelloss said.
"Wah?" Amelia responded, looking utterly confused.
"Rabbit," he repeated, pointing at the cooking rabbit, smoking badly.
"ACK!"
She managed she rescue a large portion of it, but some part were too burnt even for the crows to scavenge. As she ate it, she listened to Xelloss explaination.
"After you get done there, I will teleport us as far as I can in that general direction. Myself, I can teleport anywhere, but carrying you, I can only go so far. After that, my astral energy are gone, for at least a day. I will try to get us within a half days walking distance of an inn. We can spend the night there, and in the morning I'll do it again. We have to do small jumps though, so it will take us a week."
"Why small jumps?" she asked, after clearing her mouth of food.
"Because any longer, and our body parts will end up all over and no where we want them," Xelloss said, cringing at the thought. "I've seen it happen to Mazoku before, and it isn't prety."
Amelia winced, but still had the stomache to finish the rabbit. She was starving! She suddenly remembered that after he had kissed her, that she wasn't hungry anymore, and questioned him about it, blushing.
"It was rather simple actually," he stated. "You were badly drained, so I just shared some of my energy. Giving energy through the mouth is the easiest way to do it." He glared at her.
"Why did you do that to yourself! If you push yourself too hard, you'll get one of two fates; death or the death of your magic! Drain it, and it may never come back!"
A depressed look came over her face. "They would have tried to drag me back by force if I didn't push myself far enough out of their reach. Worse part is, Naga can outrank me in black magic."
Xelloss sighed. "Well at least I got here in time." He didn't clearify it any further than that.
She finished the rabbit, and used the tip of her cloack to clean up the mess on her hands. Then she took her hair down, brushing it again. She lifted a peice up with her hand and glared at her hair.
"I wish I could do something different with my hair!" she growled quietly.
"Why is that Ame-chan?" Xelloss questioned cheerfully.
"I grew out my hair so I'd look different, and more mature, but then Naga shows up with the exact cut!"
Xelloss smiled at Amelia. "I think you'd look mature whatever cut you had your hair in. Thats because you *are* mature."
Amelia flahses Xelloss a grateful smile. The same knife she used to skin the rabbit was cleaned up, and when went about cutting off great chunks of hair. When she was done, she had a short cut, smaller than when she was young, and after much manipulating, straight. (think Nabiki Tendo from Ranma 1/2)
She looked mature, definatly, and she smiled a cold humourless grin. Her father would have a heartattack if he ever saw her.
And that was exactally what she was trying to achieve.
Xelloss whistled appreciatively. Instead of blushing, her normal response, she did a little pose. "I do look good, don't I," she said arrogantly. She ran her hand through her shorter cut, marvling at how much lighter she felt because of it.
She turned Xelloss, after becoming completely organized. "I'm ready to go!" she declared.
She wasn't as ready to go as she thought, as she was again startled by Xelloss wrapping his arms around her, and holding her tight.
She tried to move, but stopped when he whispered in her ear. "We have to be in close contact for this to work," he said softly.
She grumbled about not being told before hand, but since he seemed to relish surprising her, there wasn't much she could do. She grasped his shirt tightly, as the world started to spin...
End Chapter Two
A.N. So how was it? Its getting really late, so I'm just gonna post it and go to sleep. Typo's are showing up lots. Sorry for the cliffie. It really isn't one, cuz there isn't any bad thign happening. She just has to deal with Astral Travel... Nighty night everyone!
No worries, she won't be like that all the time.
Sleep does wonders for depression, for one.
Also she has to slowly build her faith in justice back up. Unfortunetly, or very fortunate, depends on how you see it, she will never believe in justice like she used to.
And about her mother being murdered, that was different. That was an outside unknown person hurting her and her family. Her family hurting her, well thats entirely different.
Kongy-kun~ Why did he kiss her you ask? Well the answer is... SORE WA HIMITSU DESU! Keep reading to find out yourself.
Thanks Martina-chan, for the support, and thanks everyone else too!
So now I'll get to my story, sitting here typing past my bedtime (ick! You'd think that at 16 you wouldn't need a bedtime, but nooo there is school tomorrow!)
Like I was saying, sitting here typing, sitting on the edge of my bed in my Xelloss-purple fluffy felt p.j.'s, with lavender clouds and light violet moons... Listening to Fukai Mori on my Inu Yasha cd, wishing for all the world that Xelloss was real, and at the same time in my crazy distant way knowing he is, somewhere, and knowing he'll be here soon...... @__@
Gah, my fanfiction (and yours too!) is seriously starting to affect my brain. That, and playing with paints for three hours each school day.. maybe its the fumes...
I wonder what it would be like if I suddenly showed up in the Slayer's verse in my Xelloss-purple p.j.'s... I think I'll write a self-insert for the fun of it.. Self-inserts aren't just for other people to read you know! They are for self delusion too!
My mind and my heart should really get together for a conference to straighten out my priorities... falling in love with an anime character doesn't make for a healthy love life...
And Valentine's Day is soon too! Either the most happiest day of the year, or the most heart wrenching painful day of the year. If you review, tell me which you expect it to be. If you want.
I'm getting off topic.. think fanfiction!
Ooooh-kay, now I REALLY need to start writing that fanfiction...
Suffering Injustice
Chapter Two
When Amelia finally woke, it was late morning. She sat up, her mind slowly waking, and becoming less foggy.
Opening her eyes, she was greeted with a strange sight. Xelloss, struggling to cook a small rabbit over the fire. His cheeks were smudged with soot, and it also looked like a couple strands of his hair had caught fire. Lavender eyes were narrowed in concentration as he juggled the rabbit on two sticks.
The rabbit hadn't even skinned it, and the fur was catching, giving off a foul odor. Amelia couldn't help but laugh merrily at the scene. Xelloss looked up, momentarily put off, as Amelia reached over and took the rabbit.
"You are supposed to remove the skin silly, or it won't cook right," she giggled, taking a small knife out of a hidden pocket on her sleeve. She skinned the rabbit quickly, utilizing lessons learned while traveling with Lina. Even when they didn't reach an inn, Lina almost always found *something* to eat.
Xelloss watched Amelia, his nose wrinkling in distaste as he watched the process. "Well when I usually eat rabbits, its raw, and never very often," he said reminding Amelia of his past on Wolf Pack island.
(whenever I imagine Xelloss beast form, its as this huge black wolf-panther creature. The body of a panther, but the head and fur of a Wolf. I can't imagine him as one or the other, so my mind settled on the in between)
Amelia looked up in suprise, as she finished skinning the rabbit. "That's the first time I've ever heard you mention your past openly," she commented.
Xelloss gave her a wry smile, using a cloth to wipe off the soot. "This is the first time I've been around you when you didn't have other people about who could use the information against me," he said simply.
That was true enough, Amelia realized. Lina and Zelgadiss would have used it for blackmail or other things, and at the palace, no one knew he was even mazoku, although she was sure her father had suspisions.
"Does that mean you would tell me other things?" Amelia asked. She put the rabbit on a spit, over the fire.
"Ah, well, sore wa himitsu desu!"
With her free hand Amelia smacked her forehead. She should have known better. She decided to try again.
"Why did you leave last night?" she asked, blushing a bit with remeberance.
"To create an exception," he said seriously, his eyes open. He was gazing at Amelia is a calm way, and his cat-slitted stare unnerved her. There was more to it than that, she realized, but what? She lowered her head and looked up at Xelloss.
"What kind of an exception?" she asked, watching Xelloss carefully through her bangs.
"I won't ever betray you, Ame-chan," he said softly, sincerely. He reached a hand and brushed her bangs aside. "I promise."
At the motion, Amelia jumped back, scooting closer to the tree. "Xelloss! What are you doing?"
"Showing you how much you mean," Xelloss said. "I have worked very hard for Juuo-sama, and I had built up a reward. I was allowed to ask for one favor, and this was it. I never will have to harm you, and anyone my strength or lower of our clan is forbidden to. If anyone of my strength or lower of another attacks you, I have permission to protect you. It would take a mazoku lord to attack you. You are the exception."
Stunned, Amelia's mind froze. He was honest to her, he would never betray her. That kind of thing wasn't supposed to happen! Mazoku weren't supposed to care! Life wasn't suppose to be that complicated!
But her family wasn't supposed to sell her out for thier own needs either. The only person left to trust was him. What did she feel about him? What did he feel about her? Did he lo- love her? Could that even happen?
And more important... did she love him? No, no, she loved Zelgadiss. Didn't she?
"I..I love Zelgadiss," she declared, but from the look on Xelloss' face, he could sense the uncertainty flowing through her.
"Is that where you were heading?" Xelloss asked her calmly.
Amelia gave a jerky nod, eyes closed.
"That would take several months, maybe even a year to get there," Xelloss told her, stating a fact.
Another nod.
"I could get you there faster, if you wish."
She started to nod again, before the words registered. Her eyes popped open, shock written all over them. "You would do that?!" she exclaimed in a whisper.
He looked at her, seeming to consider something, before giving a short nod.
"It would take about a week though," he said. As soon as he finished, me was embraced by an over joyed Amelia. "THANK YOU!"
Realizing what she was doing, she back off, blushing. "I need to see him," she said quietly. Right now her emotions were in a jumble, and if she could see him, maybe she could figure out what everything meant.
"Rabbit," Xelloss said.
"Wah?" Amelia responded, looking utterly confused.
"Rabbit," he repeated, pointing at the cooking rabbit, smoking badly.
"ACK!"
She managed she rescue a large portion of it, but some part were too burnt even for the crows to scavenge. As she ate it, she listened to Xelloss explaination.
"After you get done there, I will teleport us as far as I can in that general direction. Myself, I can teleport anywhere, but carrying you, I can only go so far. After that, my astral energy are gone, for at least a day. I will try to get us within a half days walking distance of an inn. We can spend the night there, and in the morning I'll do it again. We have to do small jumps though, so it will take us a week."
"Why small jumps?" she asked, after clearing her mouth of food.
"Because any longer, and our body parts will end up all over and no where we want them," Xelloss said, cringing at the thought. "I've seen it happen to Mazoku before, and it isn't prety."
Amelia winced, but still had the stomache to finish the rabbit. She was starving! She suddenly remembered that after he had kissed her, that she wasn't hungry anymore, and questioned him about it, blushing.
"It was rather simple actually," he stated. "You were badly drained, so I just shared some of my energy. Giving energy through the mouth is the easiest way to do it." He glared at her.
"Why did you do that to yourself! If you push yourself too hard, you'll get one of two fates; death or the death of your magic! Drain it, and it may never come back!"
A depressed look came over her face. "They would have tried to drag me back by force if I didn't push myself far enough out of their reach. Worse part is, Naga can outrank me in black magic."
Xelloss sighed. "Well at least I got here in time." He didn't clearify it any further than that.
She finished the rabbit, and used the tip of her cloack to clean up the mess on her hands. Then she took her hair down, brushing it again. She lifted a peice up with her hand and glared at her hair.
"I wish I could do something different with my hair!" she growled quietly.
"Why is that Ame-chan?" Xelloss questioned cheerfully.
"I grew out my hair so I'd look different, and more mature, but then Naga shows up with the exact cut!"
Xelloss smiled at Amelia. "I think you'd look mature whatever cut you had your hair in. Thats because you *are* mature."
Amelia flahses Xelloss a grateful smile. The same knife she used to skin the rabbit was cleaned up, and when went about cutting off great chunks of hair. When she was done, she had a short cut, smaller than when she was young, and after much manipulating, straight. (think Nabiki Tendo from Ranma 1/2)
She looked mature, definatly, and she smiled a cold humourless grin. Her father would have a heartattack if he ever saw her.
And that was exactally what she was trying to achieve.
Xelloss whistled appreciatively. Instead of blushing, her normal response, she did a little pose. "I do look good, don't I," she said arrogantly. She ran her hand through her shorter cut, marvling at how much lighter she felt because of it.
She turned Xelloss, after becoming completely organized. "I'm ready to go!" she declared.
She wasn't as ready to go as she thought, as she was again startled by Xelloss wrapping his arms around her, and holding her tight.
She tried to move, but stopped when he whispered in her ear. "We have to be in close contact for this to work," he said softly.
She grumbled about not being told before hand, but since he seemed to relish surprising her, there wasn't much she could do. She grasped his shirt tightly, as the world started to spin...
End Chapter Two
A.N. So how was it? Its getting really late, so I'm just gonna post it and go to sleep. Typo's are showing up lots. Sorry for the cliffie. It really isn't one, cuz there isn't any bad thign happening. She just has to deal with Astral Travel... Nighty night everyone!