Cutie Corner:
NoV: I've decided to make this into a veeeeery long story. So, fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be an unusually long ride, with your suggestions working into the plot the whole way!
Xelloss: Why punish us this way?? You could've taken any old story and made it long! But, no, you chose THIS one.....
Filia: For once, I agree! How can you torture ME like this??? I didn't even do anything to invoke your anger and revenge!
NoV: Sorry, but you two have no say in this, whatsoeva!
Phibby: 'Eva?
NoV: I'm trying to incorporate some gangsta' lingo into my.....lingo.
Lina: How brilliant you are.....
NoV: You're just upset because this fic doesn't revolve around you.
Lina: Do ANY of them?
NoV: 'The Bigger They Are' did.....
Lina: OH, yeah. Like I WANTED to be in that one.....
NoV: Well, here's part two, minna!!
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Lina's head, followed by three others, peeked around the corner into the kitchen. A dumbfounded Xelloss sat at the table, a steaming cup of tea in front of him. Filia was cheerfully flitting around the kitchen, trying to find the beginnings of a pie.
"Oh, you'll just LOVE my strawberry pie!" she exclaimed, cutting strawberries into thin slices. "It's to DIE for!"
Xelloss thought to himself, 'So, that's her game......trying to poison me.....that's pathetic....oh, god! I don't want to die!' He abruptly began to float away from the table, saying, "Well, Filia, thanks for the tea, but I'm afraid I must get going!! Don't worry, though! I'll be back when you're feeling....less weird and scary! Bye!" He disappeared.
Filia suddenly jerked out of her trance, nearly cutting off a part of her thumb with the knife. "Wh-what am I doing? Strawberry pie, what?" she wondered, incredulously of her remaining guests.
Lina cautiously approached her, not wanting to be the dragon's next "victim." Eyebrow raised in skepticism, she queried, "Filia? You feeling okay? Do you want to lie down?"
Filia's eyebrows knitted in their own skepticism. "What are you talking about, Lina-san?"
"You were hugging and catering to XELLOSS!" Lina exclaimed. "There's something WRONG with that picture!!"
Filia gaped at Lina. "I was doing WHAT with WHO??" She laughed, trying to suppress her friends' suspicions, as well as her own growing panic. "WHY would I do that??"
"It started as soon as you broke that vase," Zelgadis remarked.
"Well," Amelia said, excitedly, taking Filia's delicate hands in hers, ignoring Zelgadis' observation, "I think it's just wonderful that you can finally admit your deeply-hidden feelings for Mr. Xelloss! I had my own notions that you two were in love, and I think that you're very brave to take the first step, Miss Filia!"
"Um.....Amelia-san," Filia murmured, taking back her hands, "I don't know why you all keep telling me that I did these things, since I'm certain that I never did!" She had to take a stand, or there was no telling what they would think of her! "Now, I'm very glad you all stopped in for lunch, and it's good to see you, but I have very important things to do today, so good evening to all of you!" And, with that, she made a run for the stairs and into the bathroom, slamming doors and knocking over trinkets the whole way.
"Does this mean we don't get to stay for dinner?" Gourry asked the puzzled people around him.
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Filia slumped into the bath water, submersing herself up to her nose. It was simply ridiculous that they even had the gall to make up demented stories like that! And about XELLOSS?? Why involve that evil little jerk? And these people were supposed to be her friends!
An even more pressing question might have been: why didn't she remember anything after she broke the vase? Or why was she suddenly in the kitchen slicing strawberries? Or why did she had a shred of a foggy memory about pouring Xelloss a cup of orange tea? Well, these would have been high- priority questions had she even halfway believed that outrageous story, which she did not.
There could have been nothing in the world more soothing than this bath, she decided. It was bubbly and fragrant and so warm that she never wanted to get out and go back into the world.
She grinned at the egg sitting beside her on the sink. "After this, you and I are going to have a nice long nap," she said, decidedly.
Filia sank even deeper into the water, blowing bubbles with her nose. She was completely relaxed and content until a black spider crawled into her line of sight. She jumped straight out of the water and out of the tub, grabbing a towel, and shrieking in terror.
"Oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods," she chanted, backing against the wall. "It's a spider."
She was weighing whether to throw something at it, or simply vacate the room, and hope to the gods that it didn't lay eggs when Xelloss appeared in front of her.
Xelloss, having recovered from the first incident of the day, was hoping to make a meal off of both Filia's fear and her outrage at having a monster visit her when she was in her bathroom. He simply flicked the offending insect with a bite-sized piece of black mazoku energy and washed his hands of that ordeal.
He turned to face Filia, saying, "Miss me?" when she precipitately grabbed him around the waist.
"Yes, I did, Master Xelloss!" she declared. "Please don't leave me!"
Xelloss thought, What?? This again??, but said, "Oh, not to worry, Filia- chan, I'm always just a call away!" That's when he noticed what she was wearing. A towel.
He blanched. "Filia....." he said, as she tightened her grip. "Filia," he said more forcefully when she looked up at him with her big azure eyes. "Filia!" he was shouting when the towel fell off partway.
She blinked. "Xelloss...." she whispered into his ear.
Xelloss phased out and appeared in a less compromising position. "I hate to keep running out on you, Filia-dear, but I think I hear my master calling!!! Gotta go!" He had disappeared again.
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NoV: YAI!! Chapter three!! I mean two....
Zelgadis: You're going crazy.
NoV: Oh well!
Gourry: YAY!
NoV: Anyway, stayed tuned for chapter 4...I mean three!!!
NoV: I've decided to make this into a veeeeery long story. So, fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be an unusually long ride, with your suggestions working into the plot the whole way!
Xelloss: Why punish us this way?? You could've taken any old story and made it long! But, no, you chose THIS one.....
Filia: For once, I agree! How can you torture ME like this??? I didn't even do anything to invoke your anger and revenge!
NoV: Sorry, but you two have no say in this, whatsoeva!
Phibby: 'Eva?
NoV: I'm trying to incorporate some gangsta' lingo into my.....lingo.
Lina: How brilliant you are.....
NoV: You're just upset because this fic doesn't revolve around you.
Lina: Do ANY of them?
NoV: 'The Bigger They Are' did.....
Lina: OH, yeah. Like I WANTED to be in that one.....
NoV: Well, here's part two, minna!!
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Lina's head, followed by three others, peeked around the corner into the kitchen. A dumbfounded Xelloss sat at the table, a steaming cup of tea in front of him. Filia was cheerfully flitting around the kitchen, trying to find the beginnings of a pie.
"Oh, you'll just LOVE my strawberry pie!" she exclaimed, cutting strawberries into thin slices. "It's to DIE for!"
Xelloss thought to himself, 'So, that's her game......trying to poison me.....that's pathetic....oh, god! I don't want to die!' He abruptly began to float away from the table, saying, "Well, Filia, thanks for the tea, but I'm afraid I must get going!! Don't worry, though! I'll be back when you're feeling....less weird and scary! Bye!" He disappeared.
Filia suddenly jerked out of her trance, nearly cutting off a part of her thumb with the knife. "Wh-what am I doing? Strawberry pie, what?" she wondered, incredulously of her remaining guests.
Lina cautiously approached her, not wanting to be the dragon's next "victim." Eyebrow raised in skepticism, she queried, "Filia? You feeling okay? Do you want to lie down?"
Filia's eyebrows knitted in their own skepticism. "What are you talking about, Lina-san?"
"You were hugging and catering to XELLOSS!" Lina exclaimed. "There's something WRONG with that picture!!"
Filia gaped at Lina. "I was doing WHAT with WHO??" She laughed, trying to suppress her friends' suspicions, as well as her own growing panic. "WHY would I do that??"
"It started as soon as you broke that vase," Zelgadis remarked.
"Well," Amelia said, excitedly, taking Filia's delicate hands in hers, ignoring Zelgadis' observation, "I think it's just wonderful that you can finally admit your deeply-hidden feelings for Mr. Xelloss! I had my own notions that you two were in love, and I think that you're very brave to take the first step, Miss Filia!"
"Um.....Amelia-san," Filia murmured, taking back her hands, "I don't know why you all keep telling me that I did these things, since I'm certain that I never did!" She had to take a stand, or there was no telling what they would think of her! "Now, I'm very glad you all stopped in for lunch, and it's good to see you, but I have very important things to do today, so good evening to all of you!" And, with that, she made a run for the stairs and into the bathroom, slamming doors and knocking over trinkets the whole way.
"Does this mean we don't get to stay for dinner?" Gourry asked the puzzled people around him.
--
Filia slumped into the bath water, submersing herself up to her nose. It was simply ridiculous that they even had the gall to make up demented stories like that! And about XELLOSS?? Why involve that evil little jerk? And these people were supposed to be her friends!
An even more pressing question might have been: why didn't she remember anything after she broke the vase? Or why was she suddenly in the kitchen slicing strawberries? Or why did she had a shred of a foggy memory about pouring Xelloss a cup of orange tea? Well, these would have been high- priority questions had she even halfway believed that outrageous story, which she did not.
There could have been nothing in the world more soothing than this bath, she decided. It was bubbly and fragrant and so warm that she never wanted to get out and go back into the world.
She grinned at the egg sitting beside her on the sink. "After this, you and I are going to have a nice long nap," she said, decidedly.
Filia sank even deeper into the water, blowing bubbles with her nose. She was completely relaxed and content until a black spider crawled into her line of sight. She jumped straight out of the water and out of the tub, grabbing a towel, and shrieking in terror.
"Oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods," she chanted, backing against the wall. "It's a spider."
She was weighing whether to throw something at it, or simply vacate the room, and hope to the gods that it didn't lay eggs when Xelloss appeared in front of her.
Xelloss, having recovered from the first incident of the day, was hoping to make a meal off of both Filia's fear and her outrage at having a monster visit her when she was in her bathroom. He simply flicked the offending insect with a bite-sized piece of black mazoku energy and washed his hands of that ordeal.
He turned to face Filia, saying, "Miss me?" when she precipitately grabbed him around the waist.
"Yes, I did, Master Xelloss!" she declared. "Please don't leave me!"
Xelloss thought, What?? This again??, but said, "Oh, not to worry, Filia- chan, I'm always just a call away!" That's when he noticed what she was wearing. A towel.
He blanched. "Filia....." he said, as she tightened her grip. "Filia," he said more forcefully when she looked up at him with her big azure eyes. "Filia!" he was shouting when the towel fell off partway.
She blinked. "Xelloss...." she whispered into his ear.
Xelloss phased out and appeared in a less compromising position. "I hate to keep running out on you, Filia-dear, but I think I hear my master calling!!! Gotta go!" He had disappeared again.
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NoV: YAI!! Chapter three!! I mean two....
Zelgadis: You're going crazy.
NoV: Oh well!
Gourry: YAY!
NoV: Anyway, stayed tuned for chapter 4...I mean three!!!