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SYM: Aherm.....I would like to apologize for the crappy way I've handled this fic. I've, hopefully, fixed all the bugs in the characters and the current history in the Slayers world. I'm sorry if I've screwed up too much, but hey, this is my first fic after all.
So, onto the usual shticks of disclaimer and whatnot..
Disclaimer: I do not own Slayers in any way. If I did, I could definitely retire happy ^^ Slayers belongs to the talented people over at TV Tokyo and Softx, as well as its original creators Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi.
[a/n]: Thanks go out to the wonderful Ukchana, who pointed out all my unsightly endeavors in such a nice way ^^ Thanks so much for helping me, sweetie.
And so, on to the new, special, super-duper revised version. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The sun beamed down upon the quiet town of Miranda, soaking its happy people with its benevolent rays. Outside, couples took part in brisk walks, shyly holding one another's hands. Little children laughed and pranced around the water fountain in the middle of town, its architecture designed to resemble Ciephied, the Flare Dragon Lord.
Shop owners opened their tenements early, with the excitement of making business and seeing old, friendly faces once more. The elderly walked peacefully along the town, happy to see so many young faces out and about these days.
Yes, it was, indeed, a splendidly perfect day.
Inside a certain antique shop, the golden-haired dragon could sense the gentleness of the day as well. It was as if time had stopped, allowing Filia to soak in the serene atmosphere that was making its way throughout the town.
She smiled as a cool breeze came through an open window, her hair dancing softly as if entranced by the wind's soft melody.
Xelloss could only stare in wonder at the calm priestess sitting in front of him. Decades ago, this same priestess (now ex-priestess) would've taken out her mace and attempt to massacre this poor ([a/n]: only Xelloss would think himself totally innocent XDD) Mazoku, without hearing another word about it. It was somewhat eerie to see the same person sitting right in front of him, nibbling on her cookies and sipping on her tea......with no threat of bodily harm in sight!!!
It was, indeed, perplexing.
Just like the little dragon he met not too long ago.
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*5 Minutes Earlier*
Val ran out of the shop, his heart barely able to keep up with all the excitement just ready to burst forth from some antics.....errrrr, fun he was going to have.
Just as he rounded a sharp corner on his way to meet his friends at the water fountain, he bumped into a rather large object. The Ancient Dragon fell flat on his bottom, cursing slightly at his sore posterior.
"My, my. Still have the same foul mouth as ever I see," stated the large object rather matter-of-factly.
As Val checked to see he hadn't hurt anything, he finally glanced up to see a strange looking old man towering over him. Usually, the little dragon would've told any other person to "watch where you're goin'!", but this unusual person, strangely, intrigued Val.
The older man bent down on eye-level with young Val, a playful smile gracing his face. Val couldn't help but cock his head at the weird guy, feeling somewhat nostalgic about this person.
"You're not hurt, are you young man?" the violet-haired man asked, his playful smile still firmly set.
Red with embarrassment, Val replied, "No, I'm OK. Your not hurt, right old man?"
Face vaulting slightly at Val's choice of words, Xelloss dragged himself back up using his cane. 'Geez......even reincarnated, the dragon still shows little to no respect.'
Not one to let himself get irritated easily, Xelloss merely plastered his trademark smile back on his face, chuckling slightly to ease his mood (as well as amuse the young dragon).
"Oh, I'm just fine. Tell me, where can I find a nearby antique shop named 'The Dragon's Antique Corner?""
Val's face brightened significantly, his expression shining with excitement. 'Heeeee, I get to help a grown up out!!! How cool!!!' Coughing slightly, Val put his hands in his pants pockets, assuming a cool posture to impress the older man.
"Oh.....that place. It's down one block and to the right. Ya can't miss it."
Xelloss' eyes traveled in the direction Val described to him, a more mischievous smile replacing his earlier one.
"Thank you, Val," the trickster priest said, just as he vanished via sub space.
Val rubbed his eyes a few times, unsure of what he just saw. Another grown up who can do the same thing as his Mama Filia can?!!!!! That's soooooo cool!!!!
"But wait a sec......," Val thought out loud, "......how did he know my name?"
Shrugging slightly, Val pushed it in the back of his mind, instead focusing his attention on getting to the water fountain. He knew he was late!!!!!!
"Ooooohhhhhhh maaaaannnnn!!!!! The guys are gonna kill me!!!!!!" The young dragon wailed as he sprinted down another block to meet his friends.
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Setting her cup down, Filia slightly winced at the noise it made on her brand new china. She certainly hoped it wouldn't scratch easily like her last one did.
Glancing up, she noticed Xelloss hadn't really touched his tea.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Xelloss snapped his head back to Filia, as he had been staring intently out the window at an elderly couple who appeared to be having trouble stopping a rampaging squad of carrots. Magical ones at that.
Turning his attention to his tea, the Mazoku gingerly took a sip and smiled. "Oh, the tea is just fine, I was just wondering if you could tell me what exactly your neighbors are doing."
Filia turned slightly, chuckling a little at the trouble the Marlene's were having with their magical experiments again.
"Oh....heeee, that's just the Marlene's and their magical escapades again. Last time, they tried to make their vegetables grow quicker using white magic, but only succeeded in making the vegetables all two times the size of their house!"
Xelloss laughed a little, trying to picture a 20 foot tall menacing cabbage.
Filia started to laugh along with him, missing some of the times she had with Miss Lina and everyone else. It always seemed comedy followed them around like a gold fish with its feces.
Wiping a tear away, Filia startled when Xelloss said, "Speaking of magical escapades, you wouldn't believe who I saw not too long ago."
"Who?" the Golden Dragon asked, getting somewhat excited.
Taking another sip of his tea, Xelloss replied, "Why, Miss Lina and Miss Amelia, traveling together with another strange companion, it would seem."
A tad bit confused, Filia pushed, asking, "But, wait a minute. Where were Mr. Gourry, and Mr. Zelgadiss?"
Xelloss held up his hands saying, "I didn't see either of them there. They must be in some other city, somewhere."
Filia shrugged, saying, "Oh, well. It's good to know that Miss Lina and Miss Amelia are doing well. But who was this third companion you're talking about?"
Xelloss paled, having to recall that unpleasant memory. Turning around slowly, creaking as he went, Xelloss muttered, "It was a monstrosity far worse than even Lina Inverse......."
The Golden Dragon blanched, falling out of her chair, making sure she caught her cup as it fell from the table.
Getting the chills, Filia asked, "Who could possibly be worse than Miss Lina?"
Xelloss shakily replied, "She called herself.......Naga the Serpent."
Filia scrunched her face slightly. "Who would ever want to be called that?"
"A monster, it would seem," Xelloss said, regaining his composure.
Filia stood back up and dusted her satin dress off, making sure she hadn't damaged it when she fell. She carefully sat back in her chair, her pinky finger already finding its way around the loop of her tea cup. As she took another sip to calm her nerves, a thought struck her.
"What was this........Naga doing with Miss Lina and Miss Amelia anyway?" Filia asked.
"It would appear that they were off on another adventure. I believe they were going to Sairaag to check up on someone named Sylphiel, see if this person would join them."
Feeling nostalgic, Filia asked, "Did Miss Lina or Miss Amelia look any different than before?"
Before Xelloss could answer, a deep voice replied, "Well, not so much different as you, I would imagine."
Both Filia and Xelloss turned, a shocked expression plastered on their faces.
"YOU?!" they both said in unison.
Feeling irritated enough as it was, the gruff chimera answered, "Look, enough with the dramatics. Could I please have a cup of coffee, Filia?"
Nodding dumbly, Filia made her way into the kitchen while Xelloss made a lopsided grin at Zelgadiss.
Raising his eyebrows, Zelgadiss said, "What are you so happy about, fruit cake?"
Waving his finger in front of his face, Xelloss replied, "That is a secret."
Zelgadiss knew his day had just gotten worse.
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Well, so ends the second chapter, revised to boot ^^
Y'all may be wondering: why the heck IS Xelloss there? And what's the deal with Zelgadiss?? Read some more to find out^^ And about Naga: I decided to include her with Lina and Amelia, so Amelia finally got to meet her big sis again^^ Though it is off screen, just like Naga was in the Slayers Premium movie. Hope you liked this chappie. I think the story will be about four chapters now, though I may just settle for two. But who knows........maybe the fourth will be an epilogue of sorts XD
Catch ya next time ^^
*Adjusts microphone.*
SYM: Aherm.....I would like to apologize for the crappy way I've handled this fic. I've, hopefully, fixed all the bugs in the characters and the current history in the Slayers world. I'm sorry if I've screwed up too much, but hey, this is my first fic after all.
So, onto the usual shticks of disclaimer and whatnot..
Disclaimer: I do not own Slayers in any way. If I did, I could definitely retire happy ^^ Slayers belongs to the talented people over at TV Tokyo and Softx, as well as its original creators Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi.
[a/n]: Thanks go out to the wonderful Ukchana, who pointed out all my unsightly endeavors in such a nice way ^^ Thanks so much for helping me, sweetie.
And so, on to the new, special, super-duper revised version. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~******************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The sun beamed down upon the quiet town of Miranda, soaking its happy people with its benevolent rays. Outside, couples took part in brisk walks, shyly holding one another's hands. Little children laughed and pranced around the water fountain in the middle of town, its architecture designed to resemble Ciephied, the Flare Dragon Lord.
Shop owners opened their tenements early, with the excitement of making business and seeing old, friendly faces once more. The elderly walked peacefully along the town, happy to see so many young faces out and about these days.
Yes, it was, indeed, a splendidly perfect day.
Inside a certain antique shop, the golden-haired dragon could sense the gentleness of the day as well. It was as if time had stopped, allowing Filia to soak in the serene atmosphere that was making its way throughout the town.
She smiled as a cool breeze came through an open window, her hair dancing softly as if entranced by the wind's soft melody.
Xelloss could only stare in wonder at the calm priestess sitting in front of him. Decades ago, this same priestess (now ex-priestess) would've taken out her mace and attempt to massacre this poor ([a/n]: only Xelloss would think himself totally innocent XDD) Mazoku, without hearing another word about it. It was somewhat eerie to see the same person sitting right in front of him, nibbling on her cookies and sipping on her tea......with no threat of bodily harm in sight!!!
It was, indeed, perplexing.
Just like the little dragon he met not too long ago.
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*5 Minutes Earlier*
Val ran out of the shop, his heart barely able to keep up with all the excitement just ready to burst forth from some antics.....errrrr, fun he was going to have.
Just as he rounded a sharp corner on his way to meet his friends at the water fountain, he bumped into a rather large object. The Ancient Dragon fell flat on his bottom, cursing slightly at his sore posterior.
"My, my. Still have the same foul mouth as ever I see," stated the large object rather matter-of-factly.
As Val checked to see he hadn't hurt anything, he finally glanced up to see a strange looking old man towering over him. Usually, the little dragon would've told any other person to "watch where you're goin'!", but this unusual person, strangely, intrigued Val.
The older man bent down on eye-level with young Val, a playful smile gracing his face. Val couldn't help but cock his head at the weird guy, feeling somewhat nostalgic about this person.
"You're not hurt, are you young man?" the violet-haired man asked, his playful smile still firmly set.
Red with embarrassment, Val replied, "No, I'm OK. Your not hurt, right old man?"
Face vaulting slightly at Val's choice of words, Xelloss dragged himself back up using his cane. 'Geez......even reincarnated, the dragon still shows little to no respect.'
Not one to let himself get irritated easily, Xelloss merely plastered his trademark smile back on his face, chuckling slightly to ease his mood (as well as amuse the young dragon).
"Oh, I'm just fine. Tell me, where can I find a nearby antique shop named 'The Dragon's Antique Corner?""
Val's face brightened significantly, his expression shining with excitement. 'Heeeee, I get to help a grown up out!!! How cool!!!' Coughing slightly, Val put his hands in his pants pockets, assuming a cool posture to impress the older man.
"Oh.....that place. It's down one block and to the right. Ya can't miss it."
Xelloss' eyes traveled in the direction Val described to him, a more mischievous smile replacing his earlier one.
"Thank you, Val," the trickster priest said, just as he vanished via sub space.
Val rubbed his eyes a few times, unsure of what he just saw. Another grown up who can do the same thing as his Mama Filia can?!!!!! That's soooooo cool!!!!
"But wait a sec......," Val thought out loud, "......how did he know my name?"
Shrugging slightly, Val pushed it in the back of his mind, instead focusing his attention on getting to the water fountain. He knew he was late!!!!!!
"Ooooohhhhhhh maaaaannnnn!!!!! The guys are gonna kill me!!!!!!" The young dragon wailed as he sprinted down another block to meet his friends.
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Setting her cup down, Filia slightly winced at the noise it made on her brand new china. She certainly hoped it wouldn't scratch easily like her last one did.
Glancing up, she noticed Xelloss hadn't really touched his tea.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Xelloss snapped his head back to Filia, as he had been staring intently out the window at an elderly couple who appeared to be having trouble stopping a rampaging squad of carrots. Magical ones at that.
Turning his attention to his tea, the Mazoku gingerly took a sip and smiled. "Oh, the tea is just fine, I was just wondering if you could tell me what exactly your neighbors are doing."
Filia turned slightly, chuckling a little at the trouble the Marlene's were having with their magical experiments again.
"Oh....heeee, that's just the Marlene's and their magical escapades again. Last time, they tried to make their vegetables grow quicker using white magic, but only succeeded in making the vegetables all two times the size of their house!"
Xelloss laughed a little, trying to picture a 20 foot tall menacing cabbage.
Filia started to laugh along with him, missing some of the times she had with Miss Lina and everyone else. It always seemed comedy followed them around like a gold fish with its feces.
Wiping a tear away, Filia startled when Xelloss said, "Speaking of magical escapades, you wouldn't believe who I saw not too long ago."
"Who?" the Golden Dragon asked, getting somewhat excited.
Taking another sip of his tea, Xelloss replied, "Why, Miss Lina and Miss Amelia, traveling together with another strange companion, it would seem."
A tad bit confused, Filia pushed, asking, "But, wait a minute. Where were Mr. Gourry, and Mr. Zelgadiss?"
Xelloss held up his hands saying, "I didn't see either of them there. They must be in some other city, somewhere."
Filia shrugged, saying, "Oh, well. It's good to know that Miss Lina and Miss Amelia are doing well. But who was this third companion you're talking about?"
Xelloss paled, having to recall that unpleasant memory. Turning around slowly, creaking as he went, Xelloss muttered, "It was a monstrosity far worse than even Lina Inverse......."
The Golden Dragon blanched, falling out of her chair, making sure she caught her cup as it fell from the table.
Getting the chills, Filia asked, "Who could possibly be worse than Miss Lina?"
Xelloss shakily replied, "She called herself.......Naga the Serpent."
Filia scrunched her face slightly. "Who would ever want to be called that?"
"A monster, it would seem," Xelloss said, regaining his composure.
Filia stood back up and dusted her satin dress off, making sure she hadn't damaged it when she fell. She carefully sat back in her chair, her pinky finger already finding its way around the loop of her tea cup. As she took another sip to calm her nerves, a thought struck her.
"What was this........Naga doing with Miss Lina and Miss Amelia anyway?" Filia asked.
"It would appear that they were off on another adventure. I believe they were going to Sairaag to check up on someone named Sylphiel, see if this person would join them."
Feeling nostalgic, Filia asked, "Did Miss Lina or Miss Amelia look any different than before?"
Before Xelloss could answer, a deep voice replied, "Well, not so much different as you, I would imagine."
Both Filia and Xelloss turned, a shocked expression plastered on their faces.
"YOU?!" they both said in unison.
Feeling irritated enough as it was, the gruff chimera answered, "Look, enough with the dramatics. Could I please have a cup of coffee, Filia?"
Nodding dumbly, Filia made her way into the kitchen while Xelloss made a lopsided grin at Zelgadiss.
Raising his eyebrows, Zelgadiss said, "What are you so happy about, fruit cake?"
Waving his finger in front of his face, Xelloss replied, "That is a secret."
Zelgadiss knew his day had just gotten worse.
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Well, so ends the second chapter, revised to boot ^^
Y'all may be wondering: why the heck IS Xelloss there? And what's the deal with Zelgadiss?? Read some more to find out^^ And about Naga: I decided to include her with Lina and Amelia, so Amelia finally got to meet her big sis again^^ Though it is off screen, just like Naga was in the Slayers Premium movie. Hope you liked this chappie. I think the story will be about four chapters now, though I may just settle for two. But who knows........maybe the fourth will be an epilogue of sorts XD
Catch ya next time ^^