Protector
Chapter: 7
The Mysterious Mazuko
His body was out, he could feel it. His body had suffered enough damage that it needed to be still for a while to fully heal. While his body remained lulled he sat in the astral plane; always alert to any threats to come. As he waited he felt a surge of power and turned to see his unofficial master standing behind him. He turned towards him and shifted into his normal appearance. "What do you wish of me now," Zelgadis asked tactfully.
"Nothing really, just checking up on my investment," Vladimir replied as he stopped in front of Zelgadis' astral form.
"Your not worried that this power will draw other mazuko or even Xellos," Zelgadis asked as he stood up.
"Don't worry. Not even Xellos can break through the barrier that I have erected," Vladimir reassured Zelgadis.
"You can really keep a secret when you want. Can't you," Zel asked jokingly.
"Yes, it is of the utmost importance that your true identity remain a secret, at least for now," explained Vladimir.
"I know, I know and I don't plan to let even Xellos know who I am," Zelgadis replied.
"Good, well make sure you do. I must be going, and it's also time for you to wake up Durzan," Vladimir said as he blurred from vision.
Durzan felt himself become aware once again. He hadn't opened his eyes yet but he could hear. "Damnit, Durzan wake up so I can kill you."
It was Lina's turn to watch over the bounty hunter now know to be mazuko. She had many questions she wanted answered and she was responding in her usual way, anger. She was sitting in a wooden chair next to the bed that Durzan rested. She again sighed and said, "Well I'll just beat you seeing as how you saved us all back there."
"Should I take that as a compliment from you," Durzan smirked as he slightly opened one eye.
Lina ground her teeth together in frustration, but mainly to cover up the embarrassment that Durzan heard her. She glared at the mazuko and shouted, "Keep it up and I'll make sure you don't come out of it!"
"You are just like the master said. You are very easy to anger and don't share emotions other than that and happiness very easily," Durzan analyzed while closing his eye.
"What are you talking about," Lina asked, "I share other emotions when I want to..."
"You know that's a lie," Durzan said while turning his head and narrowing his eyes at Lina, "You have other emotions that never see the light of day."
"I don't know what your talking about," Lina replied while inclining her chin to look offended by Durzan's comment.
Durzan sighed and brought his feet to the floor. He then stood and walked to the chair Lina was sitting and loomed over her. "You know that's a lie and you know I know that's a lie. I can sense your emotions, I can sense your loneliness, and I feed off it. Who knows what you have whispered to the darkness when you think you're alone. What dark secrets you've said in the absence of twilight. I know them all," Durzan chastised Lina as he found himself reaching to touch her. He quickly gained control again and turned around from her.
Lina blinked a few times at Durzan's actions. 'Why is a mazuko driving this point home...and why...why did he try to touch me," Lina wondered in bewilderment as she looked at Durzan's back. "Why do you care? It's just a big buffet for you," Lina questioned while standing up.
Durzan's brow furrowed as he struggled with his mind for control over himself. 'Now is not the time to let the cat out of the bag Zel,' he thought as he turned around to face Lina. "Because, I'm interested why a being that can show those emotions doesn't express them."
"I would think such curiosity would be a setback in the mazuko world," Lina shot back.
"Then you can blame my master. He made me a very curious mazuko indeed," Durzan replied and smiled smugly at Lina.
"Why you," Lina shouted while slamming her fist into Durzan's cheek.
Durzan went flying into the wall after receiving the blow from Lina. After a moment he regained is composure and stood looking at Lina with pleasure in his eyes. He didn't know why but he found the pain that Lina's punches delivered to be rather enjoyable. He felt that tinge of pleasure run through his body as he looked at Lina and as he felt the pain in his cheek radiate out a bit. 'Now I think I know why fruitcake continued to try and get hit at times,' Durzan thought as he said, "Do you do that for anyone or just special cases," in a very sensual voice.
"You asked for it," Lina shouted as she kicked him in the groin area. Durzan bent over and fell to the floor more out of reaction than in pain. In fact he never felt this aroused in his life before this moment. The waves of pleasure that were going threw his body threatened to take control of him.
Durzan rose to his feet and smiled at Lina saying, "You might want to stop. I mean with you doing me such favors people are going to talk."
"I don't care what people think," Lina shouted as she rushed forward, "I'm going to teach you a lesson," and attempted to punch Durzan again.
Durzan was ready this time and spun out of the way while grabbing Lina's wrist. With lightning fast reflexes Durzan twisted Lina's arm behind her back. He then quickly brought his arm to Lina's neck and held her in a body lock. He then lowered his mouth to right above her ear and whispered, "Now, now...Though I would love to continue this I am not like Xellos. I believe in returning favors. Since you did so much for me I am willing to give it back to you."
"No, I won't let you touch me," Lina shouted as she attempted to get free. But, Lina found it impossible to break Durzan's iron, and yet gentle, grip.
Durzan didn't know what was going on, but he knew he wasn't in total control of himself. He loved the fear, the anger, the pure emotion that Lina emanated. He also noticed her scent for the second time in his life. He smelled her cinnamon perfume and the slight presence of burning embers that followed the fireball queen wherever she went. But, he could smell something else, something more attracting then any perfume. He could smell the pheromone that she was releasing in her sweat because of the physical struggle. He could feel the arousal run through him and he could feel himself losing control in want of more. Without knowing what he was doing, Durzan lowered his mouth and began to nibble and lick on Lina's ear slightly. He felt Lina dumb down the pleasure she felt, the pleasure that she desperately tried to hide from him. "I know you like this. I find it rather interesting that you humans find a bit of pain pleasurable. In fact some of your kind like it so much it makes me wonder if their not part mazuko themselves," Durzan commented as he ran his tongue on Lina's neck.
Lina couldn't move, say, or do anything except say in Durzan's hold. She felt the pleasure run up her spine as his teeth bit into her skin slightly. She wanted to fight but at the same time she felt like she knew Durzan, like he was a totally different person. She closed her eyes for a moment while hiding her arousal and replaced Durzan with a certain chimera. 'There are even similarities in their strength and just...just how they make me feel helpless...,' Lina couldn't finish the thought because of another voice that entered the room. "Well, well what do we have here? A mazuko and a human making out? My this is interesting," came Xellos' voice as he appeared in front of the two.
Durzan narrowed his now opened eyes at Xellos as Lina began to squirm in his grip again. "You of all I think would understand. I expended a lot of energy to protect her and now I am gaining it back with this wonderful emotion meal."
"Yes, at first I thought the same but then I started feeling other emotions," Xellos commented out loud, 'And some of them that I can't define as Lina's,' he also mentioned, but only to Durzan's mind.
Durzan released Lina and stepped back from her. He wrapped his cloak around his shoulders, making him look like a desert warrior, and replied, "Well do what you wish I'm finished here," as he vanished into thin air.
Xellos continued to stare at where Durzan had stood and wondered, 'What, or should I say who, is he? I know the knight sent him but who was he before he became one of us? His emotions seem to still be there and intact, but I don't know of any mazuko that can create such a mazuko...I guess I will find out soon enough.' "Are you ok Lina-chan," Xellos asked while turning his gaze to Lina.
Lina just looked at where Durzan had stood while running a finger over the back of her ear. "I'm fine but why should you worry," Lina replied while still distracted by her running thoughts.
"Well let's just say that you're a bit of a valuable commodity, and Durzan's unorthodox style has me wondering," Xellos replied as he sat on the bed.
"What are you talking about Xellos," Lina asked as she turned towards him, "And none of the 'That's a secret,' bullshit."
"Let's just say that the mazuko have divided into different sides. One is out to kill you while the other is here to protect you," Xellos answered while reclining on the bed.
"Why, what did I do to these guys," Lina shouted becoming herself again.
"You killed Gaav and Hellmaster, or should we say helped kill them, so you are a threat to the renegades," Xellos continued to answer.
"And, what's up with Durzan...who does he work for? That and how dangerous is he," Lina asked seriously.
"Durzan serves a master who isn't well know, but is a very powerful being indeed," Xellos explained. "He works for the Knight of Shabarnigdo who, I regret to say, doesn't like working with us. It seems that the knight feels Durzan is capable of protecting you himself."
"And what he just did? Is that part of protecting me," Lina asked slightly irate at the idea of needing protection from anyone.
"Well, I'm not too sure about that one. I only know that I have this feeling I've met Durzan somewhere. His aura seems so familiar and yet I can't remember who I knew that matched. And, secondly, you might find it interesting to know that dear Durzan apparently has human emotions," Xellos dropped into the conversation.
"What?!? What do you mean he has emotions," Lina grabbed Xellos by the neck, "I thought all your kind were void of emotions."
"Well I heard that the knight has the capability to make mazuko with emotion. It makes them such great spies. Even mazuko have a hard time telling them apart from normal humans," Xellos replied.
Lina dropped Xellos and leaned on a wall. With a sigh she then asked, "What does this knight want with me?"
"I can't tell you that Lina-chan. Not even someone like me has gotten into his plans. He only had one servant until now and he is a master at detecting auras," Xellos explained.
"What do you mean about auras...everything has an aura that doesn't mean people can tell much difference about it," Lina replied.
"Well humans can only do so much. If you were a mazuko you could tell so much difference in an aura that you would understand. Through auras is how we mazuko can tell each other in different forms. Thus, being able to hide it while undercover is a very valuable ability. But, none of our spies has made it back from trying to find out things about his operations," Xellos explained.
"Couldn't you sink in as the other servant? I mean I think he might fall for that," Lina asked.
"No, that is the worst idea. He knows too much about Illianna to be fooled by anyone," Xellos replied.
"Why would you say that? You act if he's sleeping with her or something," Lina asked.
"He is," explained bluntly.
"Ok I don't even want to know...All I want to know is who is Durzan really? I mean is that truly him or is it just a disguise hiding who he truly is," asked Lina.
"Well I'll let you know when I find out," Xellos replied while bowing and then disappearing into thin air.
"Man, all I have now is mazuko everywhere I go. If I could only get a break from this," Lina shout as she flopped down on the bed to try and sleep.
From outside the window Durzan watched as Lina feel asleep. It had taken all his strength to hide his presence from Xellos, and now he was resting while watching over her. 'Don't worry Lina I will never harm you. I guess I just found out the hard way that mazuko can be quite the creatures of passion if allowed. And soon you will know who I am it is just a question of how will you react,' Durzan thought as he shut his eyes but still kept on full alert by his mazuko senses.
Disclaimer: Any characters or ideas from The Slayers do not belong to me. I am not selling this material, just writing for the heck of it as I go.
Notes: I know Durzan/Zelgadis end up sounding like Grima Wormtongue when confronting Lina but those lines fit so well that I just had to use them.
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