O.O I swear, Xelloss is haunting me! T.T I'm sorry Xelloss! We'll give you a cookie soon! We promise! (Hitteh Pitteh and me's little inside... reality... don't worry if you're confused!) OK, first, the power goes out for a secondat 8:30 in the morning, making our internet screw up. So later, I FINALLY get on the internet, to find no one else has reviewed T.T and THEN I have troubles with the document. Finally, I'm almost done, then my mom goes to Farmers Market, leaving me off the computer 'till she gets back, which is after our bedtimes! But then (after millions of times changing this stupid paragraph to meet the standards of the incident) my dad comes home and saves the day! I can finally get on the computer, finish up what I need to do, and post this! pants A loooooong night... yawns o 3 -- a little yawny cloud!
Sooooo... clears throat for the millionth time Yay! I'm liking this sto--oh yeah... negative negative... O.O clears throat again I... Uh, hate this story! Yes, I do . . Well! With that put aside, let's get into something that I didn't do last chapter on accident! o.o Don't sue me!
Disclaimer: Once there was a girl named Yexis, who claimed to everyone that she owned everything in Slayers, even the awsome-possum Xelloss, and FIRIA! But, one day, a mean person spoiled all the fun, and sued Yexis. Yexis was pleaded guilty, and sent to prison! Oh no! This was reality wasn't it! Yexis cried. SHE DIDN'T OWN SLAYERS!
Isn't that an awsome disclaimer? o.o quickly changes her path of speaking I mean! I hate that disclaimer! The worst one I've ever come up with! Oh, I don't like this being negative stuff... Anyways, here's the third chapter of Bound Souls! Yexis's last-chapter-forgotten trumpets blare
Bound Souls: A Nothing-is-Happening Chapter that You Still have to Read
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Xelloss slowly woke up from unconciousness, only to be met with extreme pain. Ooooh he would so get Firia back for what she did to him! He had a piercing headache, a stomachache so bad that he felt like he needed to throw up (if Mazoku could even do that) and his whole body was sore, aching, and in pain in general. He rolled over on his bed, even though his whole body complained about it, and sunk his head into the pillow. What the heck had the dragon cast on him! It hurt really bad, whatever the heck it was.
"Oh, Xelloss! Are you finally awake?" Firia anxiously asked.
What was she still doing here? She hits him with a spell that hurt him really badly, and she expects to actually live after doing that? Some dragons were just stupid. No, all dragons were. She had better do some explaining before he ripped all the guts out of her.
"What the heck was that spell Firia?" Xelloss demanded, his voice slightly slurred from his head being in the pillow.
"It was a binding spell for souls," Firia answered.
"It was a WHAT!" Xelloss yelled, suddenly sitting up dispite the extreme pain coarsing thoughout his entire body. She had bound souls... with HIM!
"A bind spell, now your soul--" Firia was cut off by Xelloss.
"I know what it is! Why... what the heck were you thinking, binding souls with a Mazoku?" Xelloss hissed. To dragons, that could be fatal! They were pure creatures, and having their soul invaded by one of a Mazoku was very stupid and could cause serious injury.
Firia snorted. "Cause I wanted too," she snapped back.
Xelloss sighed. No use arguing with a stubborn dragon that now had some attitude from the Mazoku part in her soul. This could turn out to be quite interesting... except for the dragon part in his soul. That was probably part of the reason he hurt so much. He flopped down onto the bed to get rid of the pain that was steadily getting worse. As soon as he relaxed, the pain slowed, and now he was only sore.
Firia came over to him and cast a healing spell. He hurt himself badly when trying to teleport from the spell she cast. It ripped a little of his Astral and physical body, which was why it hurt so much. After a while of casting the spell, Firia almost stopped, because the stillness of Xelloss made it look like he was dead. She panicked for a split-second, then remembered that Mazoku didn't breath. She sighed with relief and continued on her healing.
Later, during supper, Firia heard some footsteps stepping on the kitchen tile behind her. She spun around in her chair to find Xelloss looking quite tired. She quickly went to the cabinets.
"I bet some tea will perk you up!" Firia exclaimed, "I'll give you your favorite."
"That would be great!" Xelloss replied, his spirits suddenly rising. He loved the tea Firia made.
Firia smiled about Xelloss's sudden happiness, but didn't comment on it. She hurridly got the teapot ready and heated up some water. Once it was hot enough, she added the tea mixture and let it sit. After sitting down on her chair to wait for the flavor to settle in the pot, she looked at Xelloss, who looked like he needed a good conversation.
"So... the spell hurt?" Firia timidly asked. She hoped he didn't think she attacked him!
"Yeeees, why else would my whole body hurt today?" Xelloss answered.
Firia bit her lip. Xelloss got some attitude from her side of the soul binding, which made her blush slightly in embarassment. "Because you teleported... no, tried to teleport, when I hit you with the spell." Well, at least she knew she was right, judging on the bright blush that Xelloss had.
"O-oh... that... I thought you were attacking me..." Xelloss studdered. He looked down, suddenly being interested in his plate. Firia decided to leave it at that, and got up to get the tea and teacups. She poured Xelloss and herself a cup, then placed the teapot on a hot pad on the table, then gave Xelloss his cup and sat down with her own. After a couple minutes of silence (if you call Xelloss slurping from a cup silence, which made Firia blush in embarassment even more) the door bell rang. Xelloss stood up abrubtly.
"I'll do it," he mumbled.
Firia nodded, and Xelloss went through the bead doorway leading to the separate part of the house used for the shop. A woman was looking around at all the maces the store had in stock, and looked up when she heard the beads rattle.
"Oh hello!" the woman exclaimed, "I'm looking for a mace to give to my boyfriend for his birthday, could you help me pick one? You're a boy, so you should know."
Xelloss nodded, putting on his cheerful mask and hiding how miserable and tired he was. Maybe he would do that sleeping thing again tonight...
"So, what composure, skill, and strength does your boyfriend have?" Xelloss asked.
She laughed. "Composure? Forget about it. Strength? I'd say he's just a normal old person out there when it comes to that. But skill? He's extremely skilled with the mace."
Xelloss, having worked years in the shop, knew the exact mace that the girl would need. It was very good quality, and could have years of use before being replaced or repaired. It was a pretty light mace too, but took more than just an amateur to wield.
Xelloss scanned the shelves full of vases and maces to find the one he was looking for. It was near the corner of the shop on the left hand side of the door. He ran over to it, not teleporting so that he wouldn't scare the customer away, and picked it up. The girl tried it, and smiled happily.
"This is perfect!" she squealed, "How much is it?"
Xelloss looked at the tag on it and winced a little. "It's kind of expencive, 400 gold! Well, it is one of the better quality maces in here."
"Really? That's not so bad," the girl said, running to the counter to pay, "My family lives on a plantation, so we get quite a bit of money."
"Well, OK then, that will be 40 gold, 1 bronze and 5 copper," Xelloss said. The girl gave him money and he looked at it, puzzled. She had given him 70 coins!
"Ma'am? This is way too much."
"Keep the extra! You helped me a ton, and got it done fast too. I'm glad Firia-san finally has a good assistant."
Xelloss just smiled back at the happy girl as she skipped away out of the store. Looking back down at the money, he decided to tell Firia at how much he had gotten. It was quite a bit of money, so she would be very happy for him. He pranced (A/N: Although I can't exactly imagine Xelloss prancing...) into the back room again and stopped, gasping. In the short time Xelloss had been gone, Firia had gotten into a beautiful white gown with spagetti straps and a design that outline her skinny figure perfectly. She looked up at him when he entered and smiled.
"Hey, Xelloss, I have a lot to catch up with on pottery and stuff, so I was thinking that you could take care of the shop today?" Firia asked, a faint blush on her cheeks, "It would be a really big help, and I heard the conversation from here, and I think you would be a very good assistant."
Xelloss was slightly annoyed that she just got into lounging clothes, assuming he would do it for her, but she also really needed a rest, so he agreed, and went into the shop.
Suddenly, Xelloss got an idea of why business had been going so slow lately. She needed advertisement! He dug into the brown pouch that he always had with him, and got a huge stack of papers and a black pen. He put the stack of papers on the counter, then put an enchantment on them to where what he wrote on one piece of paper, it would automaticly be copied onto the others. Finally, he took up the pen and started writing.
Are you starting to take up classes on weapons? Do you need protection from the ever-growing amount of bandits? Have a taste for good looking pottery? Then Firia's store Vases and Maces would be the exellent place to go! We have a wide variety of maces that can suit anyone from an amateur to master, and from weak to strong, and in very good quality and condition! The vases are very well made and extremely high in quality. They are so intricate and beautiful, that even the pickiest collector will love them! Both these things are extremely low in price, so come on up to Firia's Vases and Maces now!
After writing the really corny advertisement, Xelloss put the logo of Vases and Maces on the bottom of the page, and above it, put his and Firia's signature. After being satisfied about how they looked, Xelloss quickly teleported out of the store and posted the advertisements all over the town in less than a minute.
When Xelloss got back, a customer was already there, looking at all the vases Firia had in stock. He heard Xelloss's teleporting noise, and looked at the counter curiously. When all he saw was Xelloss, the customer asumed it was only the beads he had heard, and went back to his browsing. Xelloss, however, was bored, so he decided to have a little fun with the customer. He teleported in front of the man, who jumped back and whimpered in startlement (o.o?)
"Hello! And welcome to Vases and Maces! What can I get for you today?" Xelloss said, getting closer to the man with every word he said. He could taste the uncomfortableness wafting from the man, causing his smile to get even bigger.
"I-I can manage m-myself!" the man studdered, trying to avoid eye contact with Xelloss's now-open eyes.
Xelloss frowned. That wasn't what he wanted. Maybe if he told him his name...
"Well, if you need any help, just call on Firia-chan or me, Xelloss!" he exclaimed. As soon as he told his name, he was bathing in the man's fear that was being directed strait at him. He smiled and teleported back to the counter, then stared at the man to make him even more uncomfortable. You wouldn't be fine (even with being the Xelloss maniac you are) with Xelloss staring at you with his eyes open.
Xelloss was well known around these parts of the world. Almost no one reconized him, but as soon as they heard the name, they would cower in fear of him, or get a huge mob and get their whole village wiped out by him. That sounded very appealing right now.
Soon, the customer left, either from being scared that Xelloss would kill him, or he just didn't find what he was looking for. Xelloss didn't mind though, because he got a good dosage of fear from him.
Xelloss looked up at the sun and saw it was starting to set. Finally, closing time. He got up from the counter and teleported to the door, switching the sign to "closed" and locking the door. Then he yawned, just for the heck of it, and walked over to the bead door and went through them. Firia was just putting in the third and last pot she made today in the kennel, and looked very tired. She set the timer on the kitchen counter to ring in a few hours, then, after patting Xelloss on the head to tell him she knew he was there, warily walked upstairs to get ready for bed. Xelloss was very sore now from teleporting around the town and just staying in his human form all day, so decided to also sleep. Besides, sleeping helped him regain his strength faster, even if Mazoku didn't have to sleep daily like humans. So, after that decided, he jumped onto the bed and was asleep in less than five minutes.
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Wow, are my chapters turning out flakey or what! sigh Oh, well, hoped you liked it anyways... even though nothing really happened... ahem so yeah! Give me some reviews, good things or critiques, but remember, flames will be used to feed my Hitteh Pitteh doll! OoO
Also, if you come across some candy money, DON'T EAT IT! I had some today, and it tasted weird! T.T
Now for the little responses to the coolest reviewers in the world:
Dairokkan: Yes! They are joins you in your evil laugh NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! o.o;;;
Hitteh Pitteh: O.O;;; OMG! I FORGOT AMERIA! What's wrong with me... and I thought I didn't leave out any characters also... I completely forgot about her! T.T Sorry Miki! ahem SO! Thanks on the revvies! my little word for reviews that I made up three seconds ago... o.o I thought the talisman-taking thingy was a bit... off... but goody if you enjoyed it! Also, you're welcome for the explaination!
Maddy02: Ohhhh, ya really mean it? Thanks! huggz I feel all warm and fuzzy inside ;.; And now that I know that you're a hard critiquer, I'll see it coming, and not cry! OoO
Encyser: EEEK! Critiques! gets her little critique paper and a pen OK! I'm ready! reads the reviews ... a little more explaining. OK! First of all thanks for the little thing saying it's a good start o.o Yeah... more fuzzies As for the sealing thing, I'm working on it! (kinda o.o;;;) Now for the actual explaining. Firia was just in a bad mood that day, and didn't let Xelloss do anything. Feed off her anger, go anywhere, etc. She never cares, since he has to feed some way or another, but, like I just said, she was in a bad mood! o
And then, there's more to this review response! I understand why you would be confused on that paragraph, so I'll fix it... as soon as I understand how this site works o.o;;; Also, Xelloss's bed is downstairs, but in a separate part on the bottom story. Here is a short description of the house, but since it's a little long, but not really, you don't have to read it. OK, in the front of the house, there is a shop. Behind the counter is a bead-door-thing. You walk though it, which dumps you into the living room of the house. To your left is a staircase leading upstairs, strait ahead and a bit under the stairs is Xelloss's bed, a few feet from the end of the bed is the dining table, then past that is the kitchen. The bathroom (if you must know) is upstair connected to Firia's bedroom.
Lady Dark Angel: Yep! Xelloss did get mad (at first) but after a bit, he forgave her (kinda) and helped her (a little).
Vampire Cuttlefish: AGH! Don't review as soon as I post the next chapter! T.T Now I had to do this response also... even though I'm dead tired X.x 'tis almost nine But I'm glad you like it so much! I'm also glad I could meet your expectations (I updated a few seconds before you reviewed, and said to update) Yes! Xelloss is mischivious! pokes the little mischivious mouse Also, you don't get to find out what Soul Bind actually does in chapter three... that will be later. Lastly, I think I did read your fanfiction... but I'll read it again! o.o;;;; And actually review...
Also! Just as a little reminder, my chapters are short, but I update as frequently as I can, which sometimes might be every day! But that's only if I have a lot of time on my hands...