Xellos grumbled a bit. He didn't know what was going on. Everything he'd tried that night just wasn't working. He was really getting frustrated. But he planned to change it all around at dinner. 'Filia-dear you left me no choice. I wasn't going to take you to 'this' restaurant but since nothing else is working…' Xellos grinned an evil smile as he lead Filia through a wooded passage of all things. De Tanga followed close to the pair and was as mystified as ever.
~Filia I would be careful, Xellos is up to something and I have no idea what.~ De Tanga warned Filia, he didn't like that smile that Xellos had on his face.
'You mean you don't know where he's taking me?'
~No, I don't know of any restaurant around here so he's probably taking you someplace secret.~
'Good thing or bad thing?' Filia dared to ask.
~By the way he's smiling, I'd wager a bad thing.~ De Tanga was silent after that and Filia took the opportunity to steal a glance a Xellos. Though it was pretty dark out Filia could see the outline of Xellos' little devilish grin.
"So Xellos where are you taking me? Monsters don't exactly need to eat food." Filia flashed him a little smile herself, which did throw Xellos a bit of guard. Not that he'd shown it anyway.
"Well monsters can eat mortal food we just don't get nutritional value out of it."
"But wont you be hungry if the food isn't even going to fill you up?"
"Oh no at the theatre I did have the opportunity to feed of the other audience members emotions. So I'll be fine no need to worry about me." He gave her an all-knowing smile.
"Well okay then. But where are we going anyway?"
"It's a secret." He said smiling larger.
But it wasn't a secret for long because they finally reached the restaurant. Not only was it well hidden in the forest behind the town but there was also an invisibility barrier on it to make sure that no one finds it. The name of the restaurant was Depths of Water.
"What type of restaurant tries to keep customers from going there?"
"Or it's not to keep out customers in general, it's to keep out unwanted customers. Plus the food here isn't exactly cheap either." Xellos lead her through the door and inside the restaurant it was dark with candle lighting. The colors of the place were shades of rich dark red and green and furnished with oak floors tables and chairs. The place itself wasn't very large, but there weren't that many other customers in the place either. What was weird about the restaurant though was that faint music filled the place yet there were no musicians visible anywhere around the restaurant. Or at least not players that Filia could see, but De Tanga on the other hand could. And where were the performers? Why right in plain site only it is hard to see a ghost isn't it? A person with light blue skin and white hair greeted them as they entered.
"Ah Monsieur Xellos! How good of you to come back. Oh and a date as well! Well then I shall get you a table for two! Come this way please." The man led them to a secluded table on the left side of the restaurant. De Tanga followed in confusion. He had never seen this place before let alone know of Xellos going to any restaurant regularly. But for whatever reason the name of the restaurant did seem familiar to him and he didn't even know why.
'Well De Tanga? What can I expect from this place?' Filia asked De Tanga as she was seated. Though she was a bit cautious about the place she was impressed by it. With Xellos she was almost expecting him to take her to some cheap place that served bad food.
~Honestly I have no idea. I've been here before. Heck I haven't even heard about this place ever in my life.~
'Well with Xellos picking the place there has got to be something wrong with it.'
~Just be careful okay?~
'Sure.'
Xellos looked around the place for their waiters and smiled when he saw them coming. Filia was shocked when they came. But why would there be two you might ask? Well it's because that both of them were only really the size of a bowling ball. One was literally a floating ball of fire with eyes and a smile. The other also floating was a blue and purple spiky ball with a tail, Xellos style closed eyes and was also smiling. Got any guesses on whom they are? If you don't it's Popo (the blue one) and Pyro (the red one).
"They are so cute!" Filia said turning chibi and all smiling herself. Popo grinned larger while Pyro almost appeared to be blushing. They both handed Filia and Xellos the menus which did seem odd because neither of them had hands or arms.
"So Popo, Pyro what are the specials tonight?"
"Psspupa padu pope pitu." Pyro said.
"Pwada pokoddffugh ptitu." And Popo finished.
"Ah yes very good. I guess I'll order the house special wine for now. That will be all." And with that Popo and Pyro floated off. Filia looked at Xellos with a questioning glance.
"Xellos did you understand a word they said?"
"Why that my Filia-dear is… a secret." Xellos said with another smirk while Filia just waited for De Tanga to fill her in.
~If he says that he did then he's lying. Those two speak a language that not even monsters understand.~
'But then how do they tell the cook what we want to order?'
~Good question I think I'll find out.~ De Tanga went off to see where Popo and Pyro went and came back shocked and stayed very quiet.
"So shall we look at the menus hmm?" Xellos said all cheery as he opened his. Filia followed suit and gaped at what was on the menu. Besides these unknown 'Noonsa' dishes and the salads everything else had dragon in it. Lake dragon to be exact. Filia didn't how to react to this. Though lower dragons were considered lower and nothing compared to golden dragons, Filia didn't know if it was right to actually eat dragon.
'Oh my god…'
~Lake dragon? My that's almost as odd as who the cooks are.~
'Who are they?'
~Well one was a small green fuzzy creature with a garnet on his forehead whom was yelling loud obscenities as he was tenderizing a piece of meat. Another cook was a tall bluish purple hair woman with amber eyes only the odd thing out her is that she had glasses on and a lab coat on like she is more of a scientist then a cook. Plus I didn't quite like the evil look in her eyes and her matching evil grin. But the weirdest one of all is well…~
'Well who?'
~You know that Greater Beast Zellas is Xellos' master right?~
'Yes.'
~Well my master Deep Sea Dolphin is the last cook.~
'That is um… anyway De Tanga what the hell am I supposed to do? I can't eat dragon!'
~Well why not try those um 'Noonsa' dishes?~
'I don't know somehow I'm a little worried that Noonsa might be worse.'
~Do you have any other choice?~
'…'
"So Filia-dear have you made a decision on what you'd like to order?" Xellos grinned at her like a cat.
"You know I'm a bit curious about these Noonsa dishes. Do you know what Noonsa is?"
"No I don't think I've ever heard of it myself." Xellos mused. He could recall Lina saying something about some fish named Noonsa but he couldn't quite remember what.
"Well I'm feeling adventurous today so I think I'll have the Noonsa special." Basically the Noonsa special is a complete dinner with Noonsa as the main ingredient.
"Alright since you are having the Noonsa special I think I'll have the lake dragon special." Same as the Noonsa special only using lake dragon instead.
Popo and Pyro came back and Filia and Xellos gave them their orders and in a matter of minutes the two floating balls brought out their dishes. (Again they defy logic by carry lots of plates without the aide of arms and hands) Filia herself was surprised by what she ordered. It was absolutely delicious while Xellos ate his trying the best annoy Filia whom was ignoring him and too wrapped up in what she was eating. So again Filia enjoyed herself while Xellos was left grumbling. They paid the check and left for their next destination.