Disclaimer: this is getting very old isn't it? Still don't own slayers.
A time to recover
A time to remember
"How's he doing miss Sylphiel?" Amelia asked. The two of them had agreed on watching over Eruk together. Sylphiel shook her head "No change, I'm afraid. He wakes up sometimes, but falls asleep again pretty fast". Amelia sighed and sat down on a chair next to Sylphiel "I'm not complaining or anything, but why can't miss Filia help looking out for him too?" Amelia asked after a little while. "Well, she could be of great help to us" Sylphiel admitted "But she is a golden dragon, and it would seem Eruk was right when he suspected that he had some connection to the monster race. I don't think it would wise to bring those two together, at least until he regains complete control".
Time passed slowly. The two girls didn't talk much. Instead they just watched the sleeping man, and listened to the rain hammering against the window. Little by little the boredom made both of them drift of to sleep.
When Eruk opened his eyes once again, the first thing he saw was the two girls sitting in their chairs sleeping. He shook his head a couple of times. He felt like he had been sleeping for a long time. "I'm alive?" he whispered "How?". He slowly sat up "the last thing I remember is dying? How can this be?". For some reason his head felt much clearer than ever before. He sat up and tried to think. Images from his past started flowing back into his head. As more time passed, Eruk became more and more frustrated. No matter how much he tried, he was only able to remember fragments of his past. And to put it mildly, he didn't like what he discovered. "Gaav" he muttered "you are not willing to die that easily? Is that it?".
His thoughts were interrupted up a strange noise from the window. It was difficult to tell because of the rain, but someone was definitely knocking on the glass. Driven by his curiosity, he got out of bed and walked towards the window. Gazing outside, he could see nothing but black thunderclouds and the rain hammering against the window. He shrugged and turned away. As he started walking back to his sleeping friends, he heard the sound again. Reacting fast, he spun around and opened the window as fast as he could. He leaned outside. Just as he thought nobody was there. He sighed, and turned to leave, when he heard a faint voice "ouch, that hurt".
A small fairy flew into the room and landed on the floor. It cuddled it's face, making Eruk realize that he must have hit it, when he opened the window. He knelt down and took a closer look at the tiny creature. She had long blue slightly curly hair with red highlights. Like he would have expected of a fairy, she had wings on her back. They were almost insect like, but they had the same faint blue glow as her hair. He figured that she was around ½ foot tall. She wore a black tank-top and red shorts. "Hey, I have seen you before" realization hit him, as he got at closer look at it's face "you're with the ones trying to kill me!". Nimph shook her head "We're not trying anything!". She stood up and stamped her foot "Mistress Neela says that you are a bad man, and that you want to stand in our way!". Eruk shook his head. Yes, he stood in their way, but only because they had chosen it themselves. While Eruk tried to figure out what to do with the fairy, Nimph was busy examining the two sleeping girls. "So who are these two? More bad persons". She grabbed hold of a lock of Sylphiels hair and pulled it as hard as she could. Quickly Eruk snatched the tiny creature away. Fortunately Sylphiel didn't wake up, but merely changed her position on the chair. "Listen closely creature" Eruk whispered "I don't know what you are, but I want some answers!".
Before Nimph could answer, Amelia started yawning loudly. Slowly she opened her eyes. Even though her eyes wasn't adapted to the dark, she could easily see Eruk crouching by the window. "Mr. Eruk, are you ok?" she whispered. Even though she felt positive that he was back to normal, she secretly prepared an elmekia lance. His silence made her move a bit closer "Mr. Eruk". She jumped back with a small scream when he stood up. He turned his head and smiled back to the startled girl "Don't worry, I'm myself again" he assured her. Amelia nodded and walked close enough to notice that the was hiding something in his hands. "What do you have there?" she asked.
He slowly opened his hands to reveal an unconscious Nimph. "I really don't understand she was so hyper only a minute ago, and then she just passed out" he whispered. "A fairy!!!" Amelia whined "She looks just so cute!! But she looks kinda familiar, doesn't she?". He nodded "She used to be with that crazy girl, Neela is her name, I think. But for some reason she has sought me out on her own". After talking a bit, Amelia suddenly remembered something "Shouldn't we wake miss Sylphiel? She has been so worried about you."
His expression turned dark "Let her rest, I'll talk to her later". For once Amelia understood that he was in no mood to argue. Eruk shook his head and pushed past Amelia. He forcefully pushed the door open and left the room, leaving a dumbfounded Amelia behind. He kept to the shadows, and thus avoided being seen as he made his way outside.
The rain felt strange against his skin as he ran through the small village. So many things were running through his mind, that he didn't even noticed that his clothes were beginning to get soaked. He headed for the forest, as he always did when he needed to think. Once he reached his destination, he slumped to the ground under a large oak that offered a bit shelter from the rain. He carefully pulled his cape aside to reveal the unconscious Nimph. He had kept her sheltered, even if he still considered her an enemy. Carefully he poked her chin, hoping that she would wake up.
"Are you giving up on us so soon?" A familiar voice made him snap out of his thoughts. Slowly he raised his head and stared out into the rain "Xellos" he growled. The priest had appeared without a sound, just like always. "You always knew, didn't you? What I am, what I was?". Xellos just stood there, smiling as usual. Demonic powers was emanating from him, shielding him from the weather and stood as an aura around him. "And what if I knew?" he asked cheerfully "Would it have made any difference to you?". Eruk started to breathe heavily, as a rage started clouding his mind. Xellos, of course, noticed this "My my getting so worked up over details. You know it would be much easier to just to make up your mind. Will you join us or oppose us?".
While Xellos was talking, Eruk fought to remain whatever control he had. But just as he felt his control slipping, a strange calming force overwhelmed him. It would seem that Xellos too, could feel it, because he started to look more and more sick. "you!" he gasped "how did you…?" Even though he was one of the most powerful Mazukos, even Xellos could not fight the images of pink flowers and cute little birds that started flowing through his mind.
"Too much… can't take it" he groaned, overcome with positive emotions, Xellos chose the only option available to him, and teleported away. Eruk on the other hand, having no such powers at his disposal, was forced to live through all kinds of sickeningly sweet thoughts being forced into his mind.
Gradually the felling stopped. Eruk, now fully in control of himself, sat down heavily. That was awful he thought not even Amelia would be able to handle that. His attention shifted, as Nimph started moving in his hand. "Oh it was you" she said, while rubbing her eyes "I knew you were the same as the mistress". Eruk stared at the small creature as she proceeded to straightening her outfit, and her wings. "What do you mean *the same as the mistress*?" he asked. The fairy stopped what she was doing and stared at him with her big round eyes "why, you are a chimera, silly" she laughed "you know, half human, half Mazuko?". Eruk just nodded. Even though nobody had told him before, he found no difficulties in believing her words. It all matched with his returning memory "A chimera, huh?" he repeated.
The fairy started flapping her wings and flew up to his face "ummm can I ask you something Mr. bad guy sir?" she asked. He didn't respond, but raised an eyebrow to show that he was listening. "Can I….. stay with you for a while?" she asked, while giving him the puppy eyes treatment. Even though he felt like just leaving the annoying little creature behind, he felt pretty sure that she was the source of all the sickeningly sweet thoughts from before. And there was no avoiding that he did feel incredibly calm with her around. "Ok" he agreed "you can stay, at least for now".
Authors notes:
More have been revealed. Eruk is a chimera? And what was that about Gaav? Sigh, looks like every answer I give end up creating more questions…
Looks like Eruk got himself a new friend. Nimph can be annoying at times, but it looks like she can come in handy.
Again reviews are greatly appreciated . And on that note, Otaku-girl, I'm a guy, not a girl as you assumed in your latest review.
Read on, people! Read on!
