Faith's present
By: Dark fire angel

DFA: *Flails arms* I know, I KNOW it's been such a long time. blame college, exams, and all of that! But summer is HERE now, so I can simply plundge into fanfcition world and work quite a bit more, don't you think?

Val: *Looks up from under his sun glasses* Oh? So you're still alive, huh? *Sigh* It was so calm without you here.

Xel: *Looks up from his newspaper* I second that

DFA: Gee, I feel so loved T_T evil people. *Glare of death* .

Val: Evil us? Oi! We're not the one that torture others! *Pause* Well, at least not me, maybe he does, *Points at Xel* but I don't!

Xel: Hey now! *Pouts*

DFA: . there goes my love *Walks off*

Val: Whatever, it worked, didn't it? *Sneer* Thank god we don't even belong to her.

Xel: *Pause* I second you again.

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The wind seemed to pick up as Xylon looked on intently at the one's who'd possibly be his future parents, "Ne, ne." he muttered as he closed his eyes, "It's actually all up to you two to decide to follow your faith or not! For you see, I come from one of many possible futures," he reopened his eyes to watch the reactions he'd get, "You get to decide whether or not you want your full memories restored and those dream far away to never haunt you again."

Filia's eyes widened as she took a step back, blinking in confusion, "How do you know about my dreams?!" she demanded to know, tail twitching, trying to decide if she should be angry, scared or annoyed, "What makes you think I want to change anything?! Mazoku are mazoku! They've always been so! They can't change!! No feelings!!"

"Yare, yare, that's not true," came Xel's voice as he huffed, visibly annoyed by the ryu, "Besides, since when are you such a big expert on us mazoku, Fi-chan? I believe I should be the one to say the last word, as I'm actually a mazoku!" he glared at her in challenge, earning an equally strong glare as they went face to face, both baring their fangs, visibly irritated for some reason.

A sweatdrop ran down the back of Xy's head as he rolled his eyes, "Oh dear. once enemies, enemies for ever it seems! My father was wrong. no way to change the collision and the war that'll crash in this future then!" however, as he said this he smirked up at the two 'adults', he noticed they were way too occupied sticking their tongues at each other to notice him in the least, "GAH!! Oi you two!!!" he ended up screaming, for once actually loosing his cool, "You should be PAYING attention to ME! For L-sama's sake! I'm trying to help you two out!!"

This got the ryu to twitch again, "Help?! Making a stupid snake bite me to become young and making me think you were girl when you were not is NOT helping!!" she directed her glare to the blue haired boy, whom seemed to actually gulp and rub his head, "You, young man are in deep, deep trouble if you don't explain yourself now! Completely! And stop the stupid riddles this instant too!!"

"Eeh?" Xylon sweatdroped as he backed off against the nearest wall behind him, putting up his best 'I'm an innocent lil boy' face in hopes of calming his mother to be, "M-me?" he laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head so more, "I already told you! I can help you get rid of those dreams that have been haunting you! But. it'll mean I have to make you two remember what has been erased from your memories by the pass of the years."

Xelloss had remained quite calm and quiet for a while now, and thus, now he only barely arched an eyebrow, "That's stupid." he earned both Xy's and Filia's attention as he plastered his grin up again, "Ne! It really is! There is no need to play around with the future, past or present! What has to be, will be, right?" he winked at the blue haired boy, whom only let out a sigh of exasperation.

"Father was wrong then... I could do nothing to help. how disappointing, huh?" the ma-ryuzoku couldn't bare it and turned to look away, deception clearly visible on his features, "All a trick, one can't change the faith then. it didn't work!" he was way too occupied with all this, and so did notice when Naya poked her head from the kitchen, by now having waken up. having heard most of the conversation before, and knowing fully what was going on, "I've been so stupid!" he turned and glared up at his to be parents, summoning his staff to point it at them, "It's still all in your hands! I became Akira to try and get you both to understand, but it's just impossible." he shook his head, allowing his dark blue hair to sway with the motion, then moved the staff slightly, creating a whirlwind right in the room, "I'll just go then."

Naya could only stare at all this, by now having added up two and two, "Mmmmm. not even my act helped him, now did it?" she frowned ever so slightly as she watched the whirlwind begin to engulf the young boy, then tsked, "All this time working to play up an act, and Xylon couldn't get them together. ah, such a baka! Can't do anything without me!" this said, she closed her own eyes, a light engulfing her completely as she diverted back to her real form; that of a young ryu. A normal ryu. long orange hair and beautifully sparkling silver eyes, "Xy-kun!" she called as she stepped right into the living room, gaining the other's attention, "Baka! You ruined it all! And you're gonna give up? What's your mum gonna say?!"

This, of course had been completely unexpected by Xylon, whom stopped chanting, the whirlwind dying, "N-nani?! Midori?! What are YOU doing here?!" he took a step back, eyes going wide as he looked around for an escape route, "I hope my mum didn't send you here! 'Cause if so I'll. I'll."

"You'll nothing!" Midori took the chance to run forward, glomping the young ma-ryzoku, succeeding on toppling them both to the floor, "I missed glomping and cuddling my Xy-kun." she purred as she rubbed on him.

Xelloss and Filia simply blinked at the couple on the floor, not really understanding what in the nine hells was going on. And so, the purple haired mazoku asked the stupid question, "What, or who, not to mention why is she here?"

"I DON'T KNOW!! This wasn't supposed to happen!!" wailed Xylon as he squirmed, trying in vain to get out of the death glomp he was receiving, giving up within a few seconds, "Mido-chaaaaan. you're ruining my evil act!" he pouted and managed to cross his arms over his chest, blushing slightly as he turned to glare at a wall, still in a partially laying position, "And I agree, WHY are you here?"

Midori grinned while letting go of the still fuming ma-ryuzoku, then turned to face Xel and Fi, "I am Midori," she said as she bowed, golden ryu tail swaying behind her, "I. one can say I'm Xy-kun's playmate." she winked and went up to Fi, looking up at her with curiosity filled eyes, "I come from the same future he does, I followed him here because his mum wanted me to keep him out of trouble!" she waggled a finger, then looked at Xy, whom had depression lines over his head in a I-feel-so-trustworthy kind of way, then turned back to the blond before her, "See, his mum thought he'd have trouble convincing you two, so she told me to follow him. not letting him know!" she let out a tired sigh suddenly, "It seems that nothing did work though, for you two are still like you had started off, but at least do keep in mind what Xy-kun told you, ne?"

Filia twitched visibly, having restrained herself from interrupting, "But why ME?! Why not someone else?!" there was no need for anyone to answer that question, for if she had understood correctly and there was a war coming, then the escape was. well, for both races to simply get to know each other better, "What if I don't WANT to?"

"It's your fate." Xylon's voice from the corner of the room, where he was still sulking slightly, "It's a present that your faith will bring upon you," he frowned, getting up from his position to go join Midori, "It is up to you to unravel the present and accept it or to simply. throw it away," he took Mido's hand in his own and closed his eyes, "Let's just. go back, ne Mido-chan? We're not going to get anything worked out by staying here. they're too stubborn," this said, he waved his staff, both kids disappearing from view within seconds.

Xelloss tilted his head to one side, looking at the spot where both kids had vanished from, then shrugged, "Well, one can't say this wasn't amusing, ne?" he looked over at Filia, noting her irritate expression, "What? Don't look at me like that! I had nothing to do with this! I didn't plan this, did I?" he opened his eyes to glare at her, then simply teleported away, leaving Filia alone in the desolate room.

iI don't get it. why is this happening to me? Why me? Why is it always I who feels so guilty in the end? It's always me./i

The Golden Dragon feel to her knees, shuddering suddenly at the loneliness, "It's always me." she closed her eyes, hissing slightly as she forced herself to not cry.

~ - ~ - ~ (Later, in the forest that out skirted that town in particular)

Two lonely figures walked the partial darkness as the sun began to set, "Are you. are you really going to give up all hope?" a feminine voice asked, hushed as a whisper, almost as if slightly afraid to disturb her companion, "Are we really going to simply go back home and leave this like it is now?"

Another voice, answered the first, "Iie. I can't leave it like this, it was my mission," it seemed to pause for a second, "Our mission, so we can't just leave it like this," there was a hint of sadness tainting the voice as the two figures reached a clearing in the forest, both sitting down by a crystal clear lake, watching the calm waters, "My father would not be very proud if I were to give up so easily, besides, I think that now that you're here and we can work together. we have a bit of an advantage!"

The moon light reflected itself on both figures, revealing them to be children, one dark blue haired boy and an orange haired girl, both simply staring off at the water, "And what would that advantage be then, Xy-kun?" asked the girl amusement evident in her voice as she talked.

"Sore wa himitsu desu."

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DFA: Yeshu. this is so almost done, needs a final chap and it'll be over! ^~ *Winks* one last chap and it'll be done! *Sweatdrops and coughs* Erm. geez, I hope people actually want this continued XD 'cause it's been months since the last update!