Tiger: And after a fun summer break, we have returned to college to bring you the continuation of this story, and to continue our education, but mostly the first one.

Xylek: Inspiration for this chapter comes from the plethora of anime and manga I have assimilated into my mind over the summer.

Chapter 6: Master and Apprentice

After the destruction of the ruins Xylek and Xegros, the heroes had taken the spirts to Triet to rest for the night. Sheena had originally thought that they just needed some rest and they would return to their normal forms, but Efreet and Celsius looked as human as the rest of them.

"I can't believe a once proud spirit is reduced to such a degrading form," the former spirit of flame proclaimed in the middle of the hotel lobby.

"At least remember to put clothes on when you go out in public," Sheena said tossing a shirt and pants to the spirit.

"Why should I confine myself to such human restraints?" he said giving the hotel's occupants a show they did not need.

"Because it's the law and I doubt you want to suffer the constraints of a jail cell," the summoner countered.

"I know how you feel Efreet, but listening to them was the only way to stop that red headed one from staring at me," added Celsius.

"Children, if you don't mind, we should probably be heading to Meltokio. It's a long flight there and I'd like to get there by dark." Raine never thought it would so difficult to take care of summon spirits, and having to keep Zelos and Sheena from killing each other was enough of a task in itself.

"The mortal has a point," Celsius said, "I for one don't want to be in this body any longer than necessary, so we best find a way to stop those two and get our powers back."

"I'm all for that," Efreet said.

While they were talking amount themselves, they heard a loud crash from up stairs accompanied by Lloyd screaming. "Zelos stop bouncing on my bed with me in it!"

"Sorry bud, but it was the only way to wake you up."

"Well I'm awake so you can stop it."

"They'll be out soon," Genis said from the top of the stairs as he narrowly dodged a shoe thrown in his general direction.

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After about an hour of Raine yelling at people, Zelos hitting on the various females and most of the other guests fearing for their lives, the heroes had finally left the hotel.

Since they didn't have enough reheairds for everyone to ride, Efreet rode with Zelos and Celsius rode with Sheena. The flight took several hours, and after about one hour, Zelos decided it would be fun to show the spirit of fire some of more exciting functions of the flying vehicles. The chosen somewhat carefully guided the reheairds through several loops flying around Sheena. After becoming slightly dizzy, he evened out his flight and followed right beyond Sheena.

The ninja had had enough of the idiot chosen. She turned around in her seat and proceeded to give him a piece of her mind. "You idiot chosen, you could have killed all of us! Do you even think about what you're doing? I swear, I think you are the most air headed person to ever exist on entire planet!"

"Uh, Sheena," Zelos said nervously.

"What?"

"How are you steering if you are turning yelling at me?"

"With my butt cheeks of course," she said as if it made perfect sense.

A perverted smile came across the chosen's face as she finally realized the lack of logic in that plan so quickly turned around and firmly gripped the wheel with her hands

"Does she do that often?" Efreet asked nervously.

"Normally she also adds in some kicks or slaps."

After several hours of bickering and traveling, the heroes finally made it to Meltokio. It was already late, so the group decided to head to Zelos' mansion. The chosen immediately jumped over the back of the couch and laid on it, calling for his butler.

"How can I sever you Master Zelos?"

"Can you prepare the guest rooms for my buds?"

"But of course, they will be ready in no time," Sebastian said politely calling for several of the maids to make sure everything was in perfect condition.

"And make sure that these lovely ladies receive the finest rooms we have," Zelos said with a wink as he pointed to Sheena and Celsius.

"Not a problem."

"What was that about?" Sheena asked ready to slap Zelos in the head in the likely event he was planning something.

"Sheena, I'm shocked that you'd accuse me of something," he said in mock hurt, backing up and placing his hand over his chest. "Is it not my duty as the host to make sure my guests are given the best accommodations possible?"

Sheena knew that he had something planned, but didn't know what. Not having any evidence to accuse him, she merely shot him a glare.

"Fine," she said walking away.

…

Later that night

Night had fallen several hours earlier and most of the heroes had already gone to sleep after their busy day of traveling, however Zelos was still wide awake and slowly crept through the halls of his mansion. With the lights out, was sure no one would see him. Hearing the water running through the walls, he knew he'd have the opportunity he had been waiting for in a matter of moments.

"What are you doing here?" Efreet said snapping the chosen out of his thoughts.

"Oh, just going to the show," he said with a wicked grin.

"What do you mean?"

"Let's just say I might have put a couple small holes in the shower and there might be a closet right next to it where I can get a good view."

"I can't see how that could go wrong," Efreet responded sarcastically.

"What do you mean, they won't even know I'm there, and what they don't know won't hurt them or me."

"Enjoy then," Efreet said, returning to his room with a dismissive wave of his hand.

"He's missing out," Zelos said as he pulled the book away on the bookshelf revealing a secret door. He slid in, letting the bookshelf return to normal as he took his seat and prepared for the show to start.

"Sheena, how do you work this thing?" a non-clothed Celsius asked from beyond the walls as she fiddled with the controls trying to figure out how the water came out.

"This is awesome," Zelos whispered to himself, a wide smile spreading across his face as his eyes took in the delicious sight.

"Hold on, let me show you," Sheena said walking into the shower too. She then proceeded to show Celsius how the controls worked, the water flowing down their bodies, making Zelos even more entranced.

"Did you hear something?" Sheena asked, hearing the chosen's chuckle through the roar of the water.

"No, what was it?"

Sheena shook her head; she should have known he would have planned something like this. "Wrap this around you," she said handing a towel to the spirit.

Zelos began running to the exit, but it wasn't fast enough as Sheena blew the wall down with a pyre seal before giving Zelos a roundhouse kick to the face. "You pervert!" she screamed, angrier than she ever had been at the chosen, and that was saying something

"Whoa, Sheena, this is all a misunderstanding. You see, it was dark in the halls, so I went into the wrong room."

"Oh, I'm sure, just like me breaking your limbs will all be a big understanding," Sheena said, balling her hand into fist.

"Sheena, I think you should let him go," Celsius said putting a hand on the summoner's shoulder.

"Really?"

"Thank you my cool beauty, I was certain that someone such as you would keep a calm head during something like this."

"Because I think I should get to punish him," Celsius said cracking her knuckles. "After all, I was the one he was spying on."

"Be my guest."

"Uh-oh."

"Beast!"

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A few rooms down.

Efreet lay in his bed, unaccustomed to the strange sleeping conditions of the mortals, but decided that was something he'd have to get used to until he could return to the spirit world. He closed his eyes, trying to sleep, but was soon awoken by Zelos breaking through multiple walls and landing in his bed.

"I'm pretty sure you were going for one of their beds," Efreet said pointing to the pair he saw through the several broken walls.

"I can't believe they caught me," he said, pulling drywall out of his ear.

"With an amateur like you, it's no surprise," Efreet scoffed, pushing Zelos onto the floor. Now if you will excuse me, it's time for the master to enjoy the show," Efreet said walking away leaving the chosen sitting there in bewilderment. He would have followed, but he had a horrible headache from going through the walls. He decided to just go to bed, and question Efreet in the morning.

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Early the next day

Genis got up early the next morning before anyone else. He wondered what those noises were last night, but shrugged if off as Zelos having too much fun being back and he didn't need details. However, as he went to the bathroom, he noticed Efreet lying on the ground, having a heavy nosebleed.

"Guys!" he yelled, and Sheena Celsius and Zelos quickly ran out of the room to see what had happened.

"What happened to him?" Genis asked.

"Look," Sheena said, pointing to two small holes in the wall of the bathroom.

"I can't believe this!" Celsius screamed.

"We should probably keep him away from Zelos; he seems to be a bad influence."

"Nah, he was always like that. I was just surprised that I didn't see this coming."

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Tiger: We hope you enjoyed this chapter of slightly random comedy, and would appreciate any and all reviews.

Xylek: Upcoming chapters may seem a bit… different. *cracks knuckles* I'm going to actually start writing instead of throwing ideas at Tiger.

Tiger: Yeah, those ideas can be painful; I think that last one bruised my liver.