Sorry I haven't written for long but my sis is doing AMV (from "Slayers" of course!) so we have now small battles over a computer. And also I'm busy playing "Gothic". Yeh, I know I am receding.

What does encounter mean? I associate it with UFO matters so I don't really understand why you are using it in this way? I know, my English needs many corrections. And also please tell me what does betareader mean? It is someone who read you story before you publish it, right? If yes, I think I don't have any betareader T.T My sis is always reading my fic before I post it, but her skill in English are the same as mine (ok, better, but not enough for native). She prefers German, but I won't write any fic in German! Well do someone want to be my betareader?

I have found new dictionary in net. Could I use hook shop instead of brothel? Is it more common?

Thank you Lina Gabriev for your long reviews. Well, I think it's important for writers to get constructive critism. That's why reviews are, right? It's hard to satisfy you. I'll try, but I can't promise. I know my characters are OOC, but I can't help that. All Slayers are funny and sometimes even out of themselves in series that I feel quite free. It's a comedy, after all. But if you don't like it, I will try to be strict for them About Amelia and Zel, yes it was kind of disaster for me because I didn't know how to leave Filia alone with vampire so I decided to introduce Zelgadis (and that was a part of my dream on which this fanfic is based of). I liked how Lina acted in the inn and I think Goury is able enough to tell something like that to complete stranger (or maybe he recognised Lina and he was just playing with her?) And I checked this episode with golden dragons. You were right, I will change this in talk F/M. I'm not sure how. I will see

Chapter 4

Genius of striptease

All gang met in the next morning in the inn were Lina and Goury had stayed. Amelia was telling what had happened when she met Zelgadis and how had he reacted.

"That's funny" said Lina who was eating her eight scrambled egg. "I've never expect you to behave like that! Even giving a lecture! What's with you, Zelgadis? You are getting old!"

"Sort of" murmured Zelgadis. He didn't want to talk about yesterday evening.

"Well, mister Zelgadis showed that he has pure hart and dedicated himself for justice!" said Amelia cheerfully.

"I don't know what are you talking about, Amelia." Zelgadis stood up. He was so embarrassed and Amelia got him down with her talk. Why can't she understand that he had done it because he was her friend, and friends care of each other. But he didn't want to explain it to her. Maybe he had been wrong yesterday? She was still a child.

"I think justice has nothing to do here" explain Goury "We are friends after all, aren't we? And I as Lina protector…"

"Oh, shut up your mouth, you jellyfish brain!" said Lina and stole his bread.

Goury in revenge stole her piece of hem. They started to fight, as usual. Zelgadis sighed and stood up. He was going to leave when suddenly familiar golden dragon went in.

"Filia!" he turned to Amelia "Is she also in your sick game?"

"Yes, she is so brave and she takes all responsibility of having encounters on herself!" said the princess. Lina and Goury were busy in fighting over food and even didn't notice Filia.

"Please stop joking!" Filia reached the table and sat near Amelia "I have something very important to tell. Ehm, I see Zelgadis and Goury are here too. That's good. Because our enemy is really strong."

"Nice to meet you!" Goury waved his hand. Lina quickly use this moment of inattention and took his eggs.

"Could you listen me? Miss Lina, it was your idea! Please calm down and listen to me, or do you want me to tell your sister what job do you accept to do?"

Lina stopped the fight and glanced at her.

"Ok, I am not content that you prevent me from my food, but say what you wanted to say."

"Oh, thank you Lina!" Filia gave her angry look "I see you don't mind that I was nearly killed yesterday!"

"What!" Amelia looked at her with a shock. Well, she felt guilty because she had left her. "You don't want to say that Milgazia…"

"No, Milgazia is fine" the dragon blushed "He didn't hurt me, he was really nice and… I want to say what happened after I left his house. I was…"

"Milgazia is here?" asked Lina suddenly.

"Milgazia?" repeated Goury "Who is he? I remember we met someone with this name… er, maybe not…"

"You jellyfish brain! Milgazia was dragon who guided us to Claire Bible!"

"Clair Bible!"

"Oh, just leave it! Filia, continue."

"Well, after I left his house, I bumped into this lady-procurer. And imagine what was with her! A vampire! He killed a girl in front of my eyes! And he would have killed me, if I hadn't run away!"

"You mean this "mum" or something like that?" asked Lina.

"Yes!" cried Filia.

"Well, that's mean we have found something. We knew that "mum" is the one who cooperate with vampires."

"Maybe she sells them with a good profit." Added Zelgadis.

"Yes, that's very likely. But now we must think what we will do."

"Isn't it obvious?" asked Amelia "We will defeat our enemy with a hammer of justice!"

"No, we can't put them on. We don't know how many vampires are here and what they are planning. Maybe there is only this one, or maybe every second man on the street is the one. We have to check it. And this prosecutor will guide us to them."

"Yes, but what with the girls?" asked Filia "Our job is to protect them!"

"Yes!" agreed Amelia "We must do something to prevent this bad woman from selling their blood and body! That's injustice!"

"Hmm…" Lina rubbed her fringe "I think there is no choice, we have to sacrifice them."

"NO!"

"That's awful!"

"That's inhuman!"

"Ok, ok! So, there is no choice, Filia must go to our pimp and tell him about it. But you must remember to be very careful. You can't bump into that woman."

"I!" Filia was surprised.

"And what if this prosecutor is also involved in this vampire's matter?" asked Zelgadis.

"Then everything will rise to the top. Filia will terrorise him with her mace and…"

"I am not going to terrorise anyone…"

"…we will come to help her and eventually asked him to guide us to this vampire. I hope he is strong. It has been a long time since I had a good opponent."

"Oh, I though you Lina enjoy beating weakers than you." Said nastily Amelia.

"But why I?" Filia stood up and pointed on herself.

"Because you saw it and you are the only witness. Go and tell him what you had seen"

"But… if I meet…"

"Oh, Filia, stop complaining. Just be careful! Don't forget you were the one who insisted! In the meantime I and the others will visit our old friend Milgazia and talk to the police. I hope yesterday's vampire didn't hide the body."

"I refuse! I want to meet mister Milgazia too!"

Zelgadis made a light smile.

"Well, Filia" he said "I think you will meet together many times. Don't worry, Lina won't kill him."

"Why do you think I am going to kill him?"

There was a fireball hazard, so Filia decided to do how Lina said and went to hook shop (this is the word which I found in this new dictionary, do you think I can use it as a synonym of brothel?). She was feeling very irritated when she entered the house. She prefer to be with Milgazia now. He was sensitive, he was a gentleman and he was a dragon. A golden dragon! He was of course older than her, but it couldn't prevent him from loving her. Yes, love… Filia began to wonder. She'd like him to love her. She could even say she was in love in him now. Well, that was how she wished herself to act. Because in fact…

"Where are you going, my little?"

Filia shivered and lifted her head. She was staying face to face with woman prosecutor! She had been so busy thinking about her romance with Milgazia, that she had forgot to be careful. And now she was standing in front of the woman who had been trying to kill her the day before! Filia gulped.

If the dragon hadn't act in that way, maybe the woman wouldn't have recognize her, but when she saw that the blonde was shivering and looking rather suspicious, she identified her face. She knew that Filia was now going to the main pimp and what she would tell him. It was obvious she couldn't let her do it. Also she was aware of fighting with her because of the blonde strength and the place where they were.

"I think I don't know you! You are new?" woman prosecutor asked.

"Y-yes" answered Filia.

She didn't know what to do. Did she have to attack this woman? Well, better was to wait and saw how she would act.

"You are so pretty! And you have so slim body! I think he will like you!" and she suddenly grabbed Filia's hand and pulled her upstairs to one closed door.

"Who?" Filia asked, but prosecutor opened the door and pulled her inside into some dark room.

"Hey!" shouted dragon "What are you doing? I…"

"Oh my, oh my, what we have here?"

Filia was stunned. Maybe she was wrong, but this voice was pretty familiar. Too much familiar. She quickly turned and shouted with disbelief:

"Xellos?"

"Oh, hello Filia. Nice to meet you again."

The well-known mysterious pries was sitting on the chair in the middle of the red lit room. He was surrounded by light curtains and several pipes for dancing go-go. There was something alarming in his smile. Eyes, of course, were closed. He was the last person who Filia wished to meet in this place.

"What are you doing here?" she shouted.

"Well, Filia, I could ask you the same."

"I'm working here!" exclaimed Filia before she realised how it had sounded.

Xellos's smile grown.

"Well, so hurry up and do what you have to do. You don't want your client to complain about you."

"YOU ARE NOT MY CLIENT, YOU PERVERT, KINKY, MAZO..."

"Sorry, here everybody call me Beast Master. You should get used to it."

"BEAST MASTER! YOU RAW..."

"Please, please, Filia, you are not on oral exam, but on striptease exam."

"What!"

"I inspect if girls are good enough to entertain guests with striptease. It is not so easy to undress in seductive and thrilling way and my exam is pretty hard too. You know, it's really hard to thrill a Mazoku, especially me, so not many girls passed my test. In fact, they graduated because they did something new. But you can always try, my little Filia. Don't expect I will be charitable for you because we know each other. Well, I will be even stricter because of that."

"I won't do anything in front of you!"

"You must if you want to pass."

"I don't want to pass! I was forced to get here! It's all Lina's fault! And I am NOT a stripper! Especially for you! You are a pervert! You are…"

"…testing women" Xellos smiled "If you like it or not, I was hired to do it and I want to do my job properly, not as you - shouting and screaming."

"Testing! I HATE you Xellos! How could you even talk about this with so cheerful voice!"

"Well, I could. It's part of my task from my Mistress."

"YOUR TASK! Your task is watching how girls are getting naked in front of you!"

"Since I decided to take this job, an interest of becoming a real stripper has grown. So, I'm quite successive teacher."

"SUCCESSIVE TEACHER! YOU ARE USING THEM! YOU NAMAGOMI!"

"You can't impress me by shouting, really."

"I AM NOT GOING TO PEEL IN FRONT OF YOU! I AM NOT A SLUT! AND YOU ARRRRRRRRRRR…" because of the great anger which Filia had in her, with that words she began to changed into dragon (which involved her being naked ;P)

"Oh my, Filia, you are GREAT." said Xellos with opened eyes. "You are so exciting."

Filia quickly quit changing, realised what he had just seen. Xellos walked out of the room and run to miss "mum" Collin.

"She is great." he began "I have never seen such talented woman before. Her moves are so natural. She will be our main attraction. The only thing that I don't appreciate is the ending, but I hope we will improve that. She will spend several hours with me and everybody will love her."

"Really?" miss Collin lifted her head and looked through the door on slim figure of Filia standing in her pink dress on the doorsteps.

"Yes. She is a genius of striptease."

"Good job, my little!" miss Collin smiled to Filia. "From now on you will be our stripper. It's hard to pass Beast Master's exam. Honey" she turned to Xellos "Take care of her. She will be our main attraction on the party which will be held in White Hall tomorrow night!"

"I will" Xellos turned to Filia and looked at her with his eyes full opened.

Miss Collin went to her own rooms and Filia left Xellos's.

"I hate you!" she muttered and walked downstairs.

"Remember about tomorrow party, my genius of striptease!" he exclaimed and quickly disappeared avoiding meeting with Mace-sama. But Filia didn't throw the mace, because she didn't have any with her. Due to the promise.

"Control yourself, control yourself Filia!" she was telling herself on her way to Milgazia's house. A genius of striptease! Xellos came to far this time! How could he even pretend she had stripped in front of him! Ridiculous! Dance for Xellos! Allow him see your nudity! This Mazoku is a kink!

But deep in her hear Filia was flattered. Well, didn't he say that other women weren't exciting for him at all! And she was. Sort of. He was making fun of her. But, nevertheless… she would talk to Milgazia. More interesting, why Xellos was here? Did this mysterious case had something with Dark Lords too?