The Mazoku Game show: Chapter 4
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All questions will be answered after the story is over. I promise. I think. Especially since I know some of you are wondering what kind of sick person I have to be to think this is funny. Well if you think this is funny, you're sick too. HYPOCRITES!!
You know the routine with the disclaimers. I think you'll know what belongs to me and what doesn't. I'll be an old, old emperor before I have enough money to buy Slayers and I'm sure when that happens the owners won't sell.
Oh, by the way. I am a strong supporter of Xellos and Filia as a couple, so you will see a lot of that in here. (Sorry Sams!) Remember, all characters are free for bashing, and I will portray them how I see them. Don't like it? Then this isn't the story for you.
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Gripping the podium to keep from falling down, Xellos gave his audience a wobbly smile. He was one lucky mazoku if he lived through this. "Gourry-san! Its your turn!" Xellos exclaimed, smiling cheerfully at the poor swordsman. Gourry stood up slowly, putting his hands up. "Oh, uh, that's okay Xellos…" He stammered, backing away as Xellos advanced. "C'mon Gourry-san." He coaxed. "Lina-san! Help him!" Amelia hissed. "How am I supposed to do that?" Lina demanded. "I would never tell you this, but seeing as this situation is steadily getting worse." Zelgadis began.
He was going to regret this later, but there was no other way. "Try the Dragon Slave!" He hissed. "Xellos!" They looked up and saw Filia storm over to Xellos. "Leave Gourry-san alone!" The Dragoness ordered. "He's done nothing to you and neither has Amelia-san, Zelgadis-san or Lina-san." Xellos stood quietly listening to Filia scold him. Filia's anger always tasted so good. "You want me to cast the Dragon Slave?" Lina asked incredulously. Usually they were begging her not to cast it. "You're sure?" She asked.
Zelgadis and Amelia nodded. "Anything to get us out of here!" Zelgadis hissed. "Please Lina-san!" Amelia pleaded. Lina still looked unconvinced so Amelia tried a different approach. "Xellos-san didn't need to ask about…" She glanced at Lina's chest and raised an eyebrow. "That." Lina's eyes flashed as she remembered Xellos asking that and she clenched her fist. "Xellos…" Lina growled. "Go Lina-san!" Amelia exclaimed cheerfully. "Lina! Lina!" Zelgadis cheered as Lina's temper flared.
"Zelgadis-san," Amelia said quietly. "We're going to get caught in the blast." "I know." Zelgadis replied miserably. Meanwhile, Filia was still trying to talk some sense into Xellos. "But its Gourry-san's turn." Xellos argued. "Xellos, he doesn't want to play. None of us do!" Filia snapped. "Fine!" The mazoku griped. "I'll leave Gourry-san alone if you take his place." Xellos said smoothly. "WHAT!" Filia shouted. "Gourry! Gourry!" The swordsman looked down and saw Amelia and Zelgadis waving at him. He ducked and gave them weird looks. "What are you two doing?" He asked.
"We're getting Lina to cast the Dragon Slave." Said Zelgadis and Gourry's eyes widened in horror. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!!?!" He yelled. "If we don't we'll never get out of here!" Amelia argued. She grabbed the front of Gourry's shirt and gave him a very Lina-like glare. "Do you want Xellos-san to do something unjust and possibly very, very perverted to you?" She demanded. Gourry thought back to all the things Lina and Amelia had done to him, including forcing him to go on a date. Playing a game with Xellos didn't seem all that bad now that he had his clothes back on, but with that look Amelia was giving him… "No." Gourry replied in a small voice.
"Then get down!" Zelgadis hissed, shoving Gourry's face into the floor. Meanwhile, Xellos and Filia's standoff continued. "Its very simple Filia-san." Said Xellos. "Gourry-san won't have to play if you play for him." Filia folded her arms and gave him a cynical look. The mazoku priest had failed to notice that Gourry had disappeared, along with Zelgadis and Amelia. "It's your choice, Filia-san." He said. Xellos hoped she decided to play. He had so many things planned for his "pet" dragon. "Please Filia-san?" Xellos pleaded, giving her as innocent a look as he could muster. He held it for half a minute before bursting into laughter.
Him, Xellos Metallium, innocent? Now that was funny. "He's laughing." Zelgadis said numbly. "I want my daddy!" Amelia sobbed, covering her ears. "I've never seen him so happy." Gourry remarked. In his mind for how old Xellos was, he looked remarkably well for his age, and at least he was cheerful. Filia turned deathly pale and took a step backwards. The namagomi mazoku shouldn't have been laughing like that. "This has to be a nightmare." Amelia whimpered. "Trust me, Amelia." Zel grumbled. "You're wide awake." He shoved some of his cloak into his ears to muffle the sound of Xellos's laughter. "Xellos…" Lina growled, her anger making the air around her crackle and spark.
Gourry, Zelgadis and Amelia glanced at her and wondered if maybe Xellos's game was really that bad. It certainly looked a hell of a lot less painful. "Xellos…?" Filia asked tentatively. He was hunched over holding his stomach. That bout of laughter certainly didn't feel good now. "I-I'm fine." He replied, looking at Filia with a painful smile. "Baka!" Filia scolded, once again kneeling to see if Xellos was all right. "Stupid mazoku!" She continued. "You of all people should know better than to laugh." Filia rolled her eyes, and calmly patted Xellos's back. Xellos didn't reply. He was basking in being so close to Filia and her shifting emotions, as well as the feeling of her hands on him.
When he didn't answer Filia frowned. "Xellos?" She asked. Silence. "Xellos!" The perpetual smile on his face seemed frozen. Filia's eyes saw red and she slapped him upside the head. "STOP THAT!" She yelled, horrified and embarrassed. "Tasogare yori mo kuraki mono," Zelgadis's eyes widened. "Oh no." "Lina-san! No!" Amelia cried. "I'll play! I'll play! I'll play!" Gourry yelled. Anything to keep Lina from finishing her spell. "Chi no nagare yori akaki mono, toki no nagare ni uzumore shi," Xellos and Filia looked up and saw the red light forming in Lina's hands. "Lina-san! What're you doing?!" Filia exclaimed. "Oh dear, it seems I've angered Lina-san." Xellos thought calmly, putting an arm around the dragoness and pulling her close.
Lina on the other hand, had had it. Xellos has dared mock her bust size, embarrassed her, annoyed her, and blocked her from using her magic. It was a dangerous combination with the great Lina Inverse. "Idai na nanji no na oite, ware koko ni yami ni chikawan." Using the Dragon Slave was a last resort, but that mazoku deserved it. "Warera ga mae ni tachi fusagari shi, subete no oroka naru mono ni," "Xellos!" Filia exclaimed, seeing Lina's spell was aimed at Xellos and her. "Xellos!" "Filia-san! Move!" Amelia yelled. "What the hell is he doing?" Zelgadis demanded, staring in horror as Xellos continued to hold the dragoness. Lina had forgotten Filia, Zelgadis, Gourry and Amelia and a gagged Martina were still on stage, and in the path of the spell.
"Ware to nanji ga chikara mote," The Slayers could only watch as the ball of light in Lina's hands grew. This was turning out to be a very, very bad idea. "Hitoshiku horobi o ataen koto o!" "NOOOOO!!" Zelgadis, Amelia, Gourry shouted. Filia squeezed her eyes shut and buried her face in Xellos's shoulder. The three other Slayers shut their eyes. "DRAGON SLAVE!" Everyone besides Lina and Xellos braced themselves, expecting the painful blast. There was a huge roar and then, and then, and then-Zelgadis cautiously opened his eyes. He was still alive, Xellos and Filia were both in one piece, and so was the stage. Lina stood at her podium, a small plume of smoke coming from her outstretched hands.
"Oi." He nudged Amelia, who uncovered her eyes and looked around. "Thank Ceiphied we're all right!" She cried happily. "We're alive!" Gourry exclaimed, and gave Amelia a hug. She hugged him back and sniffled. "I'll see my daddy again!" Zelgadis, although not much of a celebrator himself, had to join in the group hug. He couldn't help but be glad he hadn't been hit by Lina's spell. "Filia-san." Xellos said calmly. She was still in Xellos's arms, her face hidden in his shoulder. "Filia-san!" He sang cheerfully. Filia slowly opened her eyes, and glanced cautiously around the stage. "I'm alive?" She asked in a small voice. "It… didn't work?" Lina asked in shock.
Xellos wasn't kidding when he said her spells wouldn't work here. Not even the Dragon Slave had worked! She was stuck in Xellos weird game. This was almost worst than when Filia used her as a guinea pig for a new theme park during the Dark Star campaign. "Lina-san? Are you okay?" Amelia called. "Amelia," Lina began, her eyes wide. "It didn't work." Amelia sighed. "I know, Lina-san. I know." She went to comfort Lina, while Zelgadis and Gourry picked themselves up off the floor. "'I'm alive!" Filia sighed with relief and then noticed where she was. Xellos had dared to touch in such an intimate way and was still touching her!
How dare he! "Namago-" Filia's growl was cut short by Xellos's lips descending onto to Filia's. She was enraged (and not to mention embarrassed!). How dare he! HOW DARE HE!! And with the way he was holding her, Filia couldn't reach her mace. The baka Namagomi was actually kissing her and… it.. was beginning to feel…good? Xellos pulled away and smiled at the shocked look frozen on Filia's face, and barely dodged the mace that flew at his head. "HENTAI!!" The dragoness screamed, swinging her mace at Xellos. "I didn't know Xellos felt that way about Filia." Gourry remarked. "She's a dragon! He's a mazoku!" Zelgadis exclaimed. "Is he- never mind." Zel muttered and sighed.
Amelia was speechless. Lina shook her head. It was no use. They were stuck here until Xellos was finished kissing Filia. Wait a minute- "OH MY GOD!" Lina cried, realizing what she'd just witnessed. "HOW DARE YOU!" Filia bellowed, swinging at Xellos. "Gourry-san!" Xellos called, levitating just high enough that Filia couldn't reach him. "Its your turn!" "GET DOWN HERE NAMAGOMI!" The dragoness shouted. She seething with rage and embarrassment. Lina sighed and put her head in her arms. Was there any way to get out of this game?