The Girls All the Bad Guys Want

Episode 3: A Moment Like This

Part One of Two

So I have been spending some time with my replacement, and she doesn't seem to be that bad…She's not like most girls always talking about clothes and how to fix her hair. She seems to be fairly quiet. Maybe something's bothering her, probably because she thinks that I'm going to kill her, which is what I plan to do to that maggot once I heal completely.

Albel broke out into a maniac laughter, and Angel had run off, holding his right hand on his head and his left arm gripped around his waist. He slightly crouched down to the ground as he replayed images of him cutting off Angel's head, after he was healed until someone's voice broke his thoughts.

"Albel." Maria had reached Albel and had placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Get off of my maggot." Albel said as he stopped laughing and stood back up.

Maria removed the hand from Albel's shoulder. "I'm sorry for touching you, Albel, but I was wondering if we could…" She paused for a moment then looked around to see if Angel was anywhere near by.

"Hello, little kitty!" Angel sat in front of a small pen with kittens inside of it, she held her hand out for a small Siamese kitten to smell. "You're so cute…I wish that I could adopt you." She said as she looked around and reached to pet the animal's head.

A man dressed in black reached down and placed a hand on Angel's shoulder.

"I was wondering if we could go on a date or something." Maria asked nervously as she looked up at Albel with hope in her eyes.

"No." Albel said as he turned away from Maria, crushing her heart in one word.

"But…But." Maria stuttered as she stepped a few feet away from Albel.

"At least not today, Maria…I'll let you know when I am available, I have a lot of business to attend to since I am going for a leave from my duties as the leader of the Black Brigade." Albel said as he walked off to find Angel, somewhere in the festival.

"Okay…That's good news." Maria said as she smiled and turned to walk back to Mirage to tell her the news.

"Angel, now where did you go t-." Albel stopped as he saw Angel talking to a shadowy figure.

"You know that in a few months your existence will no longer be needed." The figure said to Angel.

"I know that, but it is better for me to give it a shot to try to help these people." Angel said as she turned around and shoves 500 Fol towards the person with the kitties and picked up her Siamese kitty and turned back to the man. "I can't and I won't just sit around and wait for myself to die."

"Very well then, I shall prepare for your death." The man said before disappearing into thin air.

"Why does he always have to be like that…" Angel said before noticing that Albel was standing a few meters away from her staring straight at her.

"Angel?" Albel said as he stared at her with shocked eyes.

"What's wrong Albel?" Angel said as she walked towards him holding the kitten in her arms.

"It…Its nothing." Albel said as he looked around to see where the man had gone.

"You seem to be spooked about something…" Angel glared at him.

"I said it was nothing." Albel said as he looked at her. "I have one question though…Who was that man that you were speaking to?"

"That was a friend…" Angel said as she walked towards the stage where Welch was setting off fireworks.

"Where did he go, and why was he talking to you like that?" Albel said as he followed her.

"He can read fortunes, he read this one about a year ago…And he thinks that even if I do get involved in what is to kill me, it won't make a difference in how I die." Angel said as she stopped to watch the finale of the fireworks.

"…Maggot, is this why you have been silent for most of the entire night?" Albel said as he stood next to her staring at the fireworks.

"I guess so, my lord." Angel said as she looked behind her and saw Fayt and the others staring at them. "It seems that your friends have taken a liking to staring at us."

Albel turned around and saw everyone dressed in unusually fancy clothing. "What are you maggots doing?" Albel said as he and Angel walked towards the group.

"Didn't you hear the king say that after the finale that there was going to be a dance in the great hall?" Sophia said in her whiny voice as she held her dress from touching the ground.

"A…Dance?" Albel said raising an eyebrow to what Sophia had said.

"Yeah…" Fayt shrugged his shoulders as he was dressed in his school uniform and had some kind of disappointment earlier.

"What's with Fayt, Sophia?" Maria asked with curiosity since Fayt seemed a bit down.

"Oh him? He lost at the writing competition…Actually he got disqualified and Roger actually won." Sophia said as she dusted off herself.

"It wasn't my fault that I…" Fayt said before he got interrupted by Roger.

"Hey, you were the one that had to get all fancy with the sex scene in your story. Mine was just about the war between Aquaria and Airyglyph." Roger said with confidence.

"SHUT UP LITTLE MAN!" Fayt's voice flared while he reached for his sword's handle.

"YOU SHUT UP YOU HORNY, UGLY PIMPLE FACED FREAK!" Roger yelled back at Fayt.

"I don't have acne!" Fayt said as he pouted and calmed down.

"You did yesterday when you didn't wear your cucumber and lavender mask!" Roger said while laughing at Fayt's feminine side.

"Knock it off, maggots. So how much time do we have before the dance starts?" Albel asked the girls who seemed to be a little bit more on the controlled side.

"In about an hour, Albel." Mirage said as she took a quick glance at her watch then at her stunning golden dress that highlighted her hair very nicely.

"Crap, I don't have enough time to run over to the training center to change…"Albel said as he leaned against the wall.

"Why? You look fine, just the way you are." Angel said as she stepped from behind a house wearing a stunningly beautiful rose gown.

"There are a few stores still open and we could go get you a suit Albel." Cliff said as he put his arm around Mirage's waist.

"Well, then what are we waiting for Cliff." Albel said as he turned to look at the Klausian.

"We'll meet you guys later, then." Cliff and Albel quickly took of in the direction of the vendors to find Albel a suit to wear to the dance.

A suit...A dance...That stranger that was talking to Angel, and Maria's sudden need for me to be with her...Why is this all happening now. Why didn't this happen before when we were fighting side by side.

I must stop dropping into my thoughts like this...This must not be too..."Healthy" as Fayt would say.

Nani-Shiyami: Gyah, update…I shall be splitting this episode into 2 different episodes since I'm lazy and I don't wanna put a huge giant block of reading for all of you readers out there…and it is easier for me to think this way. Please R&R!