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Note: Eh, what the hell was I thinking of? Stopping the story? Oh, hell no... It wasn't my fault I swear! It was the damned pepsi, gets me a little crazy sometimes:O Lol, anyways it doesn't really bother me that(almost) no one is reviewing. For as long as I have at least like, what, 2 people who want this story to go on? I SHALL GO ON! "evil laugh" lol gomen ne for the scare btw, I won't stop this story unless someone breaks all my fingers!...or steals my pepsi:D
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ENOUGH STALLING...on with the story little kiddies, and just one step closer to killing yet ANOTHER imposter Rezo.
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"And what makes you think that the mazoku race needs Lina-san?" The sudden seriousness in Xelloss's voice made Lina turn a wide eye to him. Uh oh, this guy hit a soft spot...
The-mazoku-with-no-name still only laughed. "You know as well as I do Xelloss that your entire race is cowering in fear of the reincarnation of Gaav. The only thing that stands between them and victory is," He offered his hand to Lina, "Ms. Inverse."
Before Xelloss could kill the annoying bastard, Hiyo jumped in to question him. "But what I don't understand is why would you disguise yourself as Rezo? Why not just come after Ms. Lina yourself?" He raised a finger into the air, an act dangerously similar to Xelloss's signature move. "That is a good question, little maiden, to which I cannot answer at the moment. Don't worry though; my master will answer all of your questions in time." Then he was gone.
"Ma...ster?" Lina looked back to the closed door, and a sinking feeling crept into her. "Who the hell is his master?"
Hiyo turned pleading eyes to Lina. "Ms. Lina I want to leave, it doesn't look like this is the real Rezo's home. So we can go now, ne?" She whined.
Zelgadiss turned away from them to yank at the handle on the doors, but to no avail. He tried again, this time much harder, but the door still did not move. "Damn it!" He gave an angry kick to the door. Hiyo moaned miserably and attached herself to Lina's arm. "Ms. Lina I'm scared. That man didn't look very friendly!"
Lina pushed her away and glanced at Xelloss, who was still fuming from the mazoku's earlier arrogance. But Xelloss hadn't denied what he had said either, so did that mean that she was his race's only chance at victory? Oh shit...
"Xelloss can you try teleporting yourself out of here? If at least you can leave then you could find a weak spot in the spell and possibly break it." Xelloss opened his mouth to reply, but Zelgadiss's rude snort interrupted him. "Yeah, right. Him? He'd probably just teleport himself outside and then leave us all here to die, don't bother with it Lina."
Xelloss clamped his mouth closed, and Lina looked nervously between the two. "Err...guys listen. We shouldn't be fighting about this right now, I mean-" But they ignored her. "Now Zelgadiss-san, that wasn't very nice. Shouldn't you consider your own selfishness first? It's only fair." Xelloss taunted, his pouty voice only angering Zelgadiss more.
"What the hell are you talking about, you damned fruitcake?"
"You've never left your little party to pursue your own desires? You can't tell me you haven't."
"Well yeah but that's because-"
"And you weren't the one that left Lina to fend for herself? That wasn't very gentlemanly of you, you know."
"Shut up, you don't know anything."
"Quite the contrary, my little rock friend, I know everything."
"Why don't we start pointing fingers at you? Don't you always leave right when we actually need you around? Don't you always lead us straight into the enemy's lair and then leave us to rot?"
Xelloss chuckled, and spoke like Zelgadiss was only a child. "Yes, indeed I do. But unlike you I have not claimed any of you to be my friends nor comrades. Everything is business Zelgadiss-san, business."
"You're a sick bastard, damn you."
Xelloss pretended to think for a moment, and then turned to give Lina a meaningful look. "Yes, you're right Zelly-san, there is one of you I do respect and maybe even admire. She might even be one of my, what you humans call, 'friends'."
He gave her a roguish wink and leaned down to give her a sweet kiss to the cheek. Her hand flew up to her face while she blushed furiously and stuttered, "X-Xelloss ah…hey!" She slapped him out of pure embarrassment and turned away from them, taking deep breaths. Why do I always get so excited when I'm around him? Something is wrong with me…
Xelloss laughed and gave a smug look to Zel while rubbing his sore cheek. "Bastard." Zelgadiss muttered, glancing at the white-faced Hiyo who was staring at Lina. "Oh kami."
"Oh kami indeed."
About an hour later, they all sat in what seemed to be the mansion's old dining room. They had each tried their hardest to bust the doors open to the old mansion, they even tried all the windows and walls, but they couldn't leave. Xelloss had tried teleporting through the doors, but he was thrown back by the barrier's strength. It appeared that whoever set this barrier up knew to expect the Trickster Priest and his mazoku powers.
"Now that we've beaten ourselves bloody, let's put our heads together and try to find out just who the hell is this 'master' that freak spoke of." Lina said, taking a seat on top of the enormous dining room table.
"Well, it seems obvious that since he was a mazoku that his master must be one as well." Zelgadiss replied, sitting instead into one of the chairs placed in front of the table.
"A mazoku lord? But who? I've never heard of any rouge mazoku lords. I thought that they were all still within the mazoku race's leagues."
Xelloss held up a finger. "Then maybe this master is not a mazoku, but maybe something else?"
Lina scrunched up her eyebrows. "Like what? A human?"
He shook his head. "No, more like someone who has enormous powers that can even threaten a being such as I. Like…a knight?"
Zelgadiss grunted. "Like that freak down at the diner? Yeah right, the mazoku would chew him up then spit him out."
"Not that kind of knight silly, more like a Knight of Ceifeed. Mazoku have been known, despite the obvious fact that Ceifeed is their enemy, to admire and respect the Knights of Ceifeed." Xelloss chuckled.
Lina froze, her eyes going wide. She was clenching her fists so hard that her knuckles were turning white. "No…you're wrong Xelloss. Wrong!"
She jumped off the table to start pacing around the room, her face a wild mess. Hiyo leaned over to whisper into Xelloss's ear. "What is wrong with Ms. Lina?" He chuckled.
"Ms. Lina's sister is one of the only known Knights of Ceifeed, little Hiyo. Her sister is definitely one of the only beings on this earth that can instill fear into Lina-san's heart. As you can gather they have never had the best of relationships."
"Have you ever met Ms. Lina's sister, Mr. Xelloss?"
"Yes, on one or two occasions I have crossed paths with Luna-san, and I do have to sympathize with Lina-san that she is not one of the nicest people. I think she could possibly even beat me if she put her mind to it."
"Oh, so does that mean she's strong?"
Xelloss slit his eyes open before answering, staring Hiyo straight into the eyes. "The power she possesses that the great Shinzoku Ceifeed left could quite possibly threaten my master, Beastmaster Zelas Metallium. This means that this human is one of the few whose powers extend a great deal farther then some mazoku. But Luna-san is actually very good friends with my master, and is seen as no threat to us mazoku, so I don't think Lina-san has any reason to worry at all."
He closed his eyes again, his mask slowly settling back into place, and smiled at Hiyo. She attempted to smile back but it was a very weak smile, for this information did not give her any pleasant thoughts.
"Lina-san you really have nothing to worry about. I'm sure Luna-san is the last person who would lure you here like this, wouldn't she confront you herself if she'd had anything to say to you?"
Lina looked back at Xelloss, and thought about this for a moment. He was right of course; her sister had never been one to sneak around. She liked to be in your face at all times and she never hesitated to confront a problem. Hopefully it really wasn't her sister, just the thought of Luna being somewhere in this building gave her the shivers.
Zelgadiss had overheard Xelloss and Hiyo's discussion and decided to cut in. "So, if not her, then what other Knights are there?"
Xelloss for once shrugged; he was at a loss of knowledge. "There hasn't been any other recorded Knights Ceifeed; Ms. Luna has been the only one to make her status know to the world. The others have been in hiding for, well, forever. No one knows of any other Knights. Of course they know they exist, but none have revealed themselves just yet."
Hiyo had never even heard of such knights, so she didn't even know how they came to be or anything of their existence. "How many Knights are there?" Xelloss thought for a moment. "That is not known either. A fragment of Ceifeed's power was passed down from generation to generation, but originally it is said in legends that there were four...or maybe five."
Lina sat back down onto the table, thinking about all the possibilities. Where would a Knight of Ceifeed be exactly? If Ceifeed was the great Shinzoku dragon lord, then where would the Knights hide out? Possibly as normal humans in some village somewhere, but she highly doubted that this one would be one like that. The ryuzoku are the lesser of the Shinzoku, and so that means…aha!
"I've got it!"
"You got what?"
"The answer! I know!"
"Think about it, Xelloss. If you are right and this is one of the lost Knights of Ceifeed, where do you think they have been hiding out all these years since the death of the great shinzoku died?"
Xelloss put his finger to his chin, thinking a moment. "As normal humans?"
"No! One of them, most likely this one, has been in hiding within the leagues of the ryuzoku! They want me because they think I'm the key to the mazoku's victory in the war, that idiot mazoku said it himself!"
Xelloss raised his eyebrows, and smiled. This was very likely the reason behind it all, it made a lot of sense. The ryuzoku were the servants to the shinzoku, and the lord shinzoku's reincarnations would naturally want to be apart of this war and to ultimately win. But there was a very, very bad side to this accusation. If it was a Ceifeed Knight here, then even Xelloss could not take him on and have any hope to win. Just like Luna, the other Knights are immensely strong and could put up a fight with a strong mazoku such as him.
"What's wrong, Xelloss?" Lina's smile was disappearing, and it was obvious that she thought he doubted her plan. To encourage her he just smiled. "Gomen Lina-san, I was just thinking. It's nothing."
She smiled back, and turned to the rest of the group, chattering away at Lina's brilliantness. Hopefully if Xelloss was defeated and killed in battle they could handle themselves, but not that Xelloss cared whether they lived to see another day or not.
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