Chapter1: a cry from an angel of fire.

Dragonslayer's Mansion, Forest of Fanalia

Dilandau was reading a spell book in his armchair in his room when he fell asleep. The dream that he had been the ultimate disturbing thing he ever had and he woke up four hours later and dinner was done on the table. Shesta came into the bedroom and the door opened with a squeak and Dilandau seemed to jump out of his chair two kilometers high. He looked for who made the noise and when he saw Shesta he wasn't too in high spirits with it. In matter of fact he was down right fuming.

"SHESTA, DON'T SCARER ME LIKE THAT!" Dilandau snapped and was breathing hard.

"I-I-I'm s-s-s-sorry s-s-sir b-but, I-I-I c-c-came here t-t-to tell y-y-you that d-d-dinner is d-d-done." Shesta stuttered in shock.

"That's ALL you came here for?" Dilandau asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Y-y-yes, s-s-sir." Shesta said while biting his lower lip.

"Alright, tell the others that I'll be there in a minute." He said with a sigh.

"Yes, sir." Shesta said now relived.

Once Shesta left the room Dilandau sat back down and looked back at the fire. He asked the same questions over and over in his head. While asking these questions he tensed up. He bit his lip, his heart pounding. He didn't know what to do. Since the war ended he hadn't been the same. He seemed to be more jumpy then ever and wasn't eating much like he usually did. He had weird dreams but nothing like that. And he looked a lot different. He grown his hair longer to shoulder length and was now putting it back in a ponytail. He has more built legs because he ran almost every single day. He got into the habit from that girl from the Mystic Moon.

Better built body since he is still practicing different marshal arts. Van helped him with that even though they are still rivals. His eyes are more a deeper red then when he was 15. And he wasn't that really stubborn, bad mannered, less marcher, little monster that always agued with everyone else any more, now he is little stubborn, more marcher, quick, better mannered, 18-year-old young man that still have a temper that still need some work on. He knows that part way to well because the Mystic Moon girl always told him that he needed to have better control on his temper. But now she is living with Van as his queen. So he got scolded almost everyday on that subject. Then he decided to go down to dinner. Once he got there all the slayers was looking at him with relive.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" he said with an eyebrow raised.

"We were starting to get worried about you. Sir." Guimel said with a very nerves expression on his face.

Dilandau still thinks that when they still calls him "Lord Dilandau" or "Sir" even though the war is over was all very funny. So he laughed out loud which he almost never did since the war ended. All the slayers were surprise that for once he was laughing, a real laugh, in matter of fact.

"Didn't Shesta tell you that I would be down in a minute?" he said now culming down.

"You were in there for an hour, sir." Miguel said now putting down Dilandau's dinner.

"An HOUR!" Dilandau exclaimed.

"Well correction, sir. An hour and an half." Dalet said after wincing with the surprise tone of his lord.

"An hour and an HALF?" Dilandau exclaimed even louder.

All the slayers nodded. He couldn't believe it. He was in that stupid room for an hour and an half and wasn't even paying attestation to the time.

"I really must have been deep in thought then." He said under his breath and sat down. "So who cooked? If it was Dalet I'm not eating."

"My cooking wasn't that bad! Was it?" Dalet said taken aback in a playing tone.

"Well to tell you the truth, Shesta is a MUCH better cook then you, Dalet." Miguel said with a playful smile on his face.

"THAT'S MAEN!" Dalet wined while putting in his pout and trying not to smile at the same time.

"For one thing you're bad at pouting. Second thing, WINE, WINE, WINE do you want bread with that wine?" Gatti said with a smirk.

"SHUT UP, GATTI!" Dalet said now scowling at Gatti.

"You know I'm only joking." Gatti said with a grin.

Dalet was still scowling though. Dilandau was about to take a bite of his rice when Viole ran into the room as white as a ghost. He was shaking and was mouthing some words that wouldn't come out of his mouth. Dilandau raised his eyebrow in confusion.

"You look like you've seen a ghost." He said.

"B-b-b-be-c-c-c-cause I-I-I-I d-d-d-did s-s-s-see a-a-a-a g-g-gh-ost." Viole stuttered in fright.

"You have to be kidding because there is no such thi— wait a minute. Was the ghost about six-years-old and had long red hair?" Dilandau said casually.

Viole nodded fanatically.

"OH MY GOD!" Dilandau said now running to the door.

He ran out the door and slammed it shut. The other slayers looked at each other and ran to the window to see what was going on. The only two of the slayers was having trouble seeing. Shesta and Guimel were the shortest and the lankiest in the whole group. All the others including Dilandau and Miguel are tall and buff. So when Viole and Dalet bended over to have a better look, Shesta and Guimel climbed onto their backs for they can see.

…oo00oo…

Outside of the Mansion

Once the albino got to the red headed girl he saw she was confused. Dilandau tilted his head to the right and sweetly smiled at her. When the girl realized that he wasn't here to hurt her, she returned it with a weak little smile.

"What is your name, little one?" The albino asked with a sweet tone.

"Watashi wa Hikaru Shidou." The girl said looking so incest. "What's your name?"

"Watashi wa Dilandau Albatou." The albino said.

"What's wrong?" Hikaru asked in wonder.

"Huh?" Dilandau didn't understand.

"I can see it in your eyes. What's wrong?" Hikaru said looking a little worried.

"Oh, I just had an upsetting dream that's all." Dilandau said and realized that the girl was the same one in the dream.

"Okay, that at lest you know that it was only a dream." She smiled and one tear was threatening to come out.

"I have a question for you, Hikaru." He said and the little girl looked at him with confusion.

"Why are you crying?"

Hikaru bit her lip.

"My mommy and daddy died in a car accident." She looked down and the one tear finally dropped.

"I . . .I'm sorry, Hikaru." The albino whispered with sorrow in his voice.

"Its ok. I needed to get that off my solders anyways." She said with a sorrow smile.

Dilandau couldn't believe it. This young girl had to carry this burden for the rest of her life all because of one idiot who crashed into her parents. The other slayers now had tears in their eyes as well. They can't take seeing a young girl with so much pain. Dilandau put one hand out to touch her face but she disappeared. He squeezed his hand into a fist. Then, finally tears ran down his face.

"Why am I crying? Why do I feel this pain? Is it because I know how it feels to be alone in the world?" he asked himself. After an hour Dilandau was coming inside.

…oo00oo…

back at the mansion

When everyone went to bed Dilandau stayed awake. He still was thinking about that dream he had.

Flashback to dream

Dilandau looked around. It looked like what had Hitomi had described. There was a thing called a street and lights that was called traffic lights. Then he saw a car with a red headed girl in it. In the back with her was three other people with her, three boys. Then there was another car that was coming on the other side. Dilandau realized that the other car was on the wrong side of the road. The last thing he knew was honking then a CRASHHHH. Once he looked up, the cars were in udder ruin. He didn't know if the people survived in both cars. But, all of sudden, the scene disappeared and the scenery turned pinch black. No trees, no road on the ground. Just a black room with no doors, no windows not even the slates bit of light init.

"NOW where am I!" the albino said in annoyance.

Then a maiden showed up out of nowhere and had her back turned. Dilandau saw the golden blond hair, she wore a white dress, and the circlet was made of gold with a jewel in the middle. Once she turned the albino could only see the blue eyes. The rest of her face was shining of tears so brightly that it shun like diamonds with her earrings. The maiden speak the words in a whisper 'Help her! Help Hikaru Shidou! The fire angle who saved me form my burden.' before fading out of sight.

"WAIT! I NEED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING, PRINCESS EMERAUDE!" Dilandau yelled after her.

But she was gone. And that was when he woke up.

End of Flashback

Dilandau was still watching the fire when he came back to reality. He was still thinking about the girl that was outside. That had a terrible burden for the rest of her life. But, he decided to go to bed. He need to go see Van for a meeting anyways. Once he fell asleep, he didn't know that a red headed girl would appear the next day.