Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ A curse for the better? Or for the worse... ❯ The tunnel of love ( Chapter 8 )

A curse for the better? Or for the worse…

By: Dark fire angel

DFA: *Smiles* Yay!! I saw a lion today O.o in the zoo.… <.< had to spend 8 hours with the lion >.> it was lots of fun *Cheers* I got to see the lion and the lioness cuddle!! It was so very cute ^-^ I wish I could see it again *Was only 1cm away from the lions too* And the lion purred when the lioness rubbed against him o.o

Xel: So what? Lions are only big cats *Raises an eyebrow* Big deal….

DFA: *Blinks* True.… *Snaps fingers and turns Xel into a purple lion* n_n Kawaii neko-chan!! *Claps her hands*

Xel: O_o *Blinks are looks around* …. *Blink blink blink*

Fi: *Comes up, sees the lion* Awww!! Kawaii!! *Glomps Xel* Kawaii lion! Where did you get it from?! *Scratches Xel behind his ears*

DFA: n.n Sore wa himitsu desu…. *Smirks when she hears Xel purr* HA!! Neko-chan is purring… *Self-satisfied grin* Told ya.

Xel: *Twitches, doesn't stop purring, raises a sign* [I'm most certainly NOT purring >.<]

Fi: *Doesn't notice all this, is still scratching Xel behind his ears and on his stomach* By the way, where's the namagomi? *Looks around, doesn't stop rubbing Xel's stomach*

DFA: *Hears Xel intensify the purr* Ah no? Then what's that noise you're making? Oh, and Fi? You don't wanna know where he is *Watches Xel raises another sign*

Xel: [This is not a purr >.<!! It's a friendly growl <.< >.>] *Sweatdrops at Fi*

Fi: Oh.… ok ^-^ *Is having fun watching the lion's hind foot kick when she rubs his stomach*

DFA: *Scoots away, leaves them be and sighs* Ok.… I suppose I'll have to say the disclaimer -_- No, I don't own them. No, I'd make them <.< I just put them in this fanfic o.o *Blinks* Which is half mine half Rei-san's!! *Runs off*

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There was a huge silence in which everyone just blinked at the child looking mazoku, "What?" he asked as he raised an eyebrow and shrugged, "You gotta make your own fun, ne? And besides, that's my offer, take it or leave it," he held his hand for Zelas to take, "So, do we have a deal, wolfie?" he watched with pleasure as she twitched very slightly.

"Yes Phibrizzo, it's a deal," she took his hand and gave it a shake, muttering, "Hellrunt.…" under her breath, and noting that the hellmaster's grip on her hand tightened.

Phibby looked up at her with a big, sweet smile, "Great! And oh, by the way…" his eyes gleamed at this point, "I heard what you called me… wolfie."

"Hellbrat," was Zelas response as she took her hand back and humphed.

This was something Dolphin didn't like at all, "Dolphin says NO picking on Phibby-kun is allowed!!" she unglomped him and posed, a little swirly on her finger, "If Phibby's mad he won't come with Dolphin to do.… erm.…" she blinked and stopped posing at this moment, "He won't come with Dolphin to…. To…." she frowned as she searched for the words she was trying to find, "Oh!! He won't come with Dolphin to do Dolphiny stuff ^0^!!"

Beastmaster sighed and waved a hand, trying to completely ignore the blue haired girl "Which theme park, Phibs?" her gaze narrowed when he shrugged in a I-dun-care-you-choose way, "You're supposed to choose!!" she growled, but again he shrugged, "Oh, what the hell! DYNAST!!!"

The ice lord mazoku startled slightly, "What did I do now?!" he demanded as he frowned, "I'm not doing anything!! At least not yet.… why do you have to shout at me for?!"

"Dynast.…" growled the Beastmaster, ignoring his outburst, "You shall choose which theme park we're going to," she gave him the or-else look, making him actually gulp, "You can choose from Inverse Land or Astral studios, go on! Choose!!"

"Erm.…" dynast looked around nervously, "I think…. I'll choose the Inverse-whatever one ^.^" he said as he backed off a bit, just in case he had chosen incorrectly, however, the silver haired lady merely rolled her eyes in reply.

Filia decided she'd talk by now, "Ano.… do we have to go too?" she motioned to Xelloss and herself as she blinked, "Or do we stay here?"

Everyone turned towards Phibby, making him grin childishly, "Of course you can come! The more the merrier!" for some reason, even though he was smiling from ear to ear innocently, everyone decided that this was going to be one VERY long day indeed, "Hey… why are you all looking at me like that?" he asked as he put on puppy dog eyes, "It's not as if I've got something up my sleeve.…" she made a whine-like noises, catching Dolphin's attention immediately.

"Dolphin says no one can pick on Phibby!!" she turned towards Dynast and Zelas and wagged a finger at them as if they were naughty children, "Or else Dolphin will… erm.…" she stopped and tapped her chin thoughtfully, trying to think up a threat, "Oh!! Or else Dolphin will invite you to dinner ^-^" she did a little dance around everyone, "The clock says hallo!"

Xellos looked half happy, half creeped out, "Oh how nice, Fi-chan.… we get to go to a theme park," he sweatdroped as he tried to appear as the only sane being in the room, that is, till Zelas turned towards him.

"Xelly? YOU'RE coming with us, it's an order," she then turned towards the golden dragon, "It's nearing night, my dear, would you rather stay here?" she asked as she smiled at her.

The blond frowned as she thought about it, but then shook her head no, "I think I'll come along too," she said as she shrugged, "<.< I don't particularly wanna stay here all alone >.> Even though I'm very creeped out, I'll come along -.-;; what would I do if I were to stay here anyways?" she reached towards Xel and rearranged the flower she had given him earlier a bit better. This caused Dynast to smirk.

"Say, nice flower Xelloss," he watched the beats priest raise an eyebrow in response, "Flowers look lovely on you," he continued to mock him, but it didn't elicit the response he wanted from him, instead the purple haired priest opened one eye as his own smile grew.

"Yare, yare.… what's the matter, Dynie…. you don't have a girl to give you flowers?" he tsked and wagged a finger at him, "That is no excuse to be jealous, are you aware of it?" his grin grew even more when he saw Dynast twitch slightly.

"Well at least it not a DRAGON girl what I have >.>" he replied.

Filia raised an eyebrow, "Oh yeah? Well I'm a very HAPPY dragon girl," she said in a low voice as she glared, "And I can get happier!"

The silver haired lady let out a sigh, "Dynast, dear? If I didn't know you better I'd say you're jealous… -.-" she mouthed as she shook her head in mock sorrow, making him blink and sweatdrop.

"I was only trying to…" his sweatdrop grew a bit at this point, "You know what? Forget it <.< you guys have NO sense of humour whatsoever," he blinked when the Beastmaster pulled out her frying pan, waving it over her head menacingly, "Ermmm.… ok, ok, I'll shut up now," he let out a sigh of relief when she hid it again.

"CAN WE GO NOW?!?!?!" suddenly came the Hellmaster's voice at full volume, "NOOOOOOW!!!!!"

Meanwhile, Dolphin was dancing, "Yay! Yay!! We're family!!" she giggled, "Cha, cha, cha! Family! Cha, cha, cha!!" she was certainly having a great time, mind you (DFA: O.o I wanna do that <.< I wanna dance around like that >.> I think I'll try it someday)

Everyone was so occupied watching all this that they didn't notice Zelas smirking dangerously, "I think it's time that we go to the theme park," she announced, teleporting everyone but Dynast along with her, "Last one to get there pays for EVERYTHING!!" she called right before she completely disappeared.

The black haired mazoku practically facefaulted, "Hey!!" he shouted as he phased after them, reappearing at the entrance of the theme park, glaring at Zelas, "That was low even for you, Zelas >.<!! Why do I have to pay for all of that?!" he pouted as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Phibby looked around and gave a squeal, "Ooooh!! FUN!!!" he bounced up and down, grabbing Dolphin and dragging her away into the park, "Yay!!" Dolphin grinned back at the rest as she waved at them, not seeming to mind being dragged away. Both of them disappeared after a huge cloud of dust.

Filia looked after them and sweatdroped, "I don't know why I have the feeling I'm not going to survive this," she said as she let out a sigh, "So, what do we do? Go in pairs?" she asked, blinking slightly.

"I suppose.…" said Dynast as he shrugged, "So, what pairs?" he turned and looked at Xel, Fi and Zelas, then back at Xel, Fi and Zelas, "Oh L-sama -.-;;;" he muttered as he sweatdroped, "Why me?"

Zelas raised an eyebrow in a `I dun care' way, and Xelloss grinned, taking this as his queue, he pushed Filia away, "As both of you seem to not mind.…I know what pairs n_n! Filia and me, Zelas-sama and you!!" he began to run off, not daring to look back.

"Ok, sounds fin- HEY!! Wait a moment!!!" Dynast called after them, "I was about to say me and Xelloss and Zelas and Fifi!! Get back here!!" Zelas could help but snicker at the pairs the black haired mazoku had just suggested. Filia's voice was heard from far away.

"I'm no DOG!! Dun call me Fifi!!!" she screamed, making Dynast sweatdrop and give Zelas a I-think-she-kinda-heard-me look. Filia's voice was followed by Xelloss' own voice.

"She's no DOG!! Dun call her Fifi!!!" now it was Zelas' turn to sweatdrop and give Dynast the I-think-he-heard-you-too look.

The black haired mazoku looked thoughtful as he tapped his chin, "Hmmm…. I think we should try a little experiment, Zelas-chan," he grinned wickedly as he lifted his hands towards his mouth, imitating a loudspeaker, "Xellie and Fifi, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!" he shouted at the top of his voice, being rewarded when he heard both their combined voices shout back an `I HEARD THAT!!'. He smirked to himself, "Thought so ^-^"

However, what neither Zelas nor Dynast had thought they'd hear was Xelloss' telepathic voice in their heads ~Zelas-sama?~ he said, ~I don't doubt you're gonna read me love poems for this but.… Zelas and Dynast, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!~ they heard a mental sigh, ~Gee, now that felt good.~ right after, he broke the telepathic link.

The black haired mazoku twitched compulsively, his aura flying around him as the Beastmaster growled low in her throat, "Me?? With the likes of YOU???" she exclaimed as her own aura flamed around her, "Not in a lifetime!! Nor any other time!!!" she glared at Dynast with murder in her eyes.

"…." was the ice mazoku lord's lack of response. He then sighed and shook his head, "It's not going to do us any good staying her, Zelas," rolled his eyes at this point, "Let's just get this over with u.u;;" he then grabbed the fuming silver haired lady and dragged her into the park, "Say, think you can keep up, little mutt?"

"With an old man like you? Yes," she answered back as she pulled herself out of his grasp to stand up and walk along side him.

"Zelas, as I recall you're as old as I am," Dynast said as he glared at her, making a little `humph' like noise in protest to her statement.

The Beastmaster raised an eyebrow, "Well.… almost," at this point she crossed her arms over her chest stubbornly, "Anyhow, you LOOK older than I do, so there." She raised her nose into the air and made the same `humph' like noise as he had seconds earlier.

"Yeah, we-" the black haired mazoku cut himself off as a certain attraction caught his eye, "Ooooh.…" he smirked as he looked over at Zelas, "This is going to hurt me as much as you but…" he grabbed her by her clothes and began dragging her towards the tunnel of love, "I think I'll be just FINE watching you twitch like hell, Zelas-CHAN," he snickered under his breath when her eyes went wild.

"Dynast!! NO WAY!!" she dug her heels into the ground, trying in vain to stop herself from being dragged, failing miserably, "Nooooo!! No, no, no!! This is WAY too dirty and low!!" she was by now almost wailing.

Dynast on the other hand was having a great time trying to dragged her along, "Tsk, tsk Zelas-chan, if I have to pay for all the attraction, then YOU'RE going to pay too," he smirked at his own comment, "Even if it means you'll have to pay in another way.…" he laughed as he managed to get her to go into the ride.

As all this was going on, Filia and Xelloss popped their heads out of a nearby bush, both grinning the close eyed, trickster grin (DFA: Ooooh no…. that can NOT be a good sign <.< >.> *Hides under her blanket, just in case*) And both wearing what looked like camouflage clothes. The blond giggled as she pointed towards Zelas and Dynast, "Ne, I think we should follow them.… just in case they get hurt, don't you think so?"

The purple haired priest opened one of his eyes, making his smile a bit more sinister, "Oh yes.… for once I agree completely, Ryuu-chan," he watched her blink and elbow him in the stomach slightly whilst blushing.

"Don't call me Ryuu-chan -.-;;" she said as she hopped out of the bush alongside him and made their way towards the tunnel too.

Destiny made Phibby and Dolphin walk past as Zelas and Dynast were entering the tunnel too. They looked up from their cotton candy and blinked. The first one to talk was Dolphin, "Lookies, Phibby-kun O.o Dynie and Zelas-chan are going to get married!" she said as she grabbed the child looking mazoku and gave him a hoist so he could see, "Fishies say that coffee smells funny.…"

The Hellmaster blinked and rubbed his eyes, as if trying to figure out if he was dreaming, "Oi! Can I be the best man?" he asked, and he again blinked when he could hear Zelas' hysterical shouts from within the tunnel.

The blue haired girl squealed and bounced, clapping her hands after letting Phibs down, "Fishies say we should go ask them!!" she then grabbed the startled Hellmaster by one arm and ran straight for the tunnel

"ECK!!! No Dolphin! Wait!!!" cried the child mazoku as he clawed the ground, trying to stop Dolphin from entering the tunnel, "That's the tunnel of LOVE!" he yelled, still desperately trying to find some place to anchor his hands in.

This got Dolphin to stop and look at him, "If Phibby-kun's scared all he has to do is.…" she looked around and lowered voice to just barely above a whisper, "All he has to do is kill someone or shout Fishie very, VERY loud!! ^0^" she suddenly raised her voice to a shout, and proceeded to drag Phibby into the tunnel, despite his protests, "And we can pretend it's just for pretends!!"

Xellos and Fi appeared behind the scenery of the tunnel, closely followed by Phibby and Dolphin. They blinked at each other and nodded as if saying `So you guys were curious too, huh? Oh well.… you can't blame us, really.' Then they turned and watched the boat that carried a funning Zelas and a very quiet Dynast, both seated as far as they could from each other.

The Hellmaster fidgeted, "I don't like this place.… it's scary!" he wailed as he pulled on Dolphin, "What is a something tries to eat me?!" a shudder ran down his back as he looked around himself nervously.

"Phibby-kun shouldn't worry," said Dolphin as she patted his head, "There's lotsa water here, so…. the fishies can talk!" she smiled, causing Filia to sweatdrop heavily.

"Isn't this place bad for mazoku?" she asked in a low voice, "I thought that mazoku couldn't handle positive emotions," she blinked and watched Xelloss raise an eyebrow at her, "Anyhow, it's WAY too dark here.… shouldn't we do something about it? It's beginning to become difficult to see those two," she said, nodding to herself.

The child looking mazoku looked around himself and nodded back, "Yes!! We should do something!!" he said as he summoned a ball of fire, illuminating the whole place, "^-^ Much better!"

Xelloss sweatdroped, "Not much better if we're trying to spy on them without being caught, Phibrizzo-sama…" but it was too late, the ball of fire caught Dynast's and Zelas' attention, making them both nearly facefault in their boat, "Erm…. I think they saw us," said the purple haired mazoku as he rubbed the back of his head, "My, my…. we should learn to be better spies!"

"DYNAST!!!" yelled the Beastmaster as she turned towards him, "This is all your fault!!" she motioned to their surrounding, eyes going wide when she saw very lovey dovey things all around, now that the tunnel was light, "ECK!!" she shrieked as she glomped the black haired mazoku.

"Zelas.…" she began to push her away as a sweatdrop ran down the back of his head, "Space now!" he flailed his arms, "Gimme space!"

The golden dragon smirked as she saw this, giving her an idea, "Ooooh!! Lookie everyone! A cute lil heart shaped thing!" she pointed at the ceiling.

"Where?!" asked Phibby as he began practically flaming everything, "O.o Tell me where it is!! It needs to die! Heart shaped thingyes are evil! Evil I tell you!!"

Meanwhile the Beastmaster unglomped herself from Dynast and chuckled, "That's the way to do it, Phibs!! At them!!" she stood on the boat, nearly tipping it over, fire balling things around herself too, whilst Dolphin said something about the fishies wanting coffee and Dynast sat there with one eyebrow raised in a `I dun know these weird, insane people' way.

The purple haired priest sweatdroped and looked at Filia, "Why did you have to go and say that? You KNEW they were going to do something like this!"

Filia shrugged back at him, "Well, they were acting all weird and stuff," she winked at him, "At least now they're acting normal, ne?" she received a shocked look from him before he shook his head in mock sorrow.

"Burn to HELL!!" shouted the Hellmaster as he laughed insanely, enjoying the game they were now playing very, VERY much.

His comment made Zelas stop, "Say, if they burn to hell won't they end up in your living room or something?" she asked as she blinked, then shrugged and continued fire balling things, "Burn to erm…. Ashes!! ^-^" she laughed too, then eyed the ice mazoku lord, who was still sitting and not participating in any way, "Dynast, dear, for a mazoku you don't appreciate destruction much," she raised an eyebrow.

"Well, I like to have my destruction in a more structured way <.< Random destruction is not much fun," said Dynast as he crossed his arms over his chest stubbornly, "Besides, I want to go somewhere else -.-"

Dolphin nodded as she dances around Phibby, "Phibby-kun? Can Dolphin go back to Zelas' place now?" she asked as she offered him a fish which she had gotten from somewhere (DFA: Really, dun ask me o.o it just seems she can get fishies from everywhere!) She put it in his arms and sang, "Fishies say we have to go back now! Fishies wanna go now!"

"Aww…. But I wanna go to the haunted house!" said the Hellmaster as he stopped burning things in order to grab the fish that was handed to him, "Either we go to the haunted house or I dun tell Zelas about those marbles!! >.<"

Zelas glared at the child looking mazoku and then at Dynast, "Is the Haunted house all right with you, Dynast-KUN?" she hissed, only to receive a chirpy `Yup!' from the ice mazoku lord, who teleported out of the tunnel of love instantly, "HEY!! You're supposed to wait!!" she growled as she teleported everyone else out of the tunnel too, reappearing a few meters from the haunted house ride.

Filia blinked and looked at the new ride, "Ok, so this is the next place that's going to be reduced to ashes, ne? -.- Well anyways, I think that the ride is in pairs, what pairs this time?" she sweatdroped as she watched the dust cloud that Phibby left after carrying Dolphin way.

"Bye, bye!! Dolphin will sit with Phibby-kun so she can do fishie stuff to the ride!!" she waved back at them, giggling and thinking something about French fires and fishies and how they could dance if put in a…. never mind…. <<

Xelloss whistled, "Oh yes.… I wonder who you'll go with, Filia," he said as he was already pushing her into the ride, deciding he was more likely to survive if he went with the dragon and not with his master or the ice mazoku lord. Which was quite ironic, mind you.

Dynast groaned, "Oh no! Not again!" he glared at Zelas, "I'm stuck with you again!!" he said as he waved his arms in the air, "I can not believe my luck! Stupid wolf," he then began walking towards the ride, leering at nearby people, who preferred to inch away from him.

What do you mean you're stuck with me?! I'M stuck with YOU!!" yelled Zelas as she floated after him, "Unless…." she suddenly smirked and gave Dynast a push, "Dynast-kun! I'll race you!!" she said as she ran for the ride, leaving the black haired mazoku to sweatdrop and murmur something like `Why me?'

DFA: And another chappy finished! *Dances then holds up a lion* Lookie another lion!! *Glomps it and runs off*

Lion: *Raises a sign* [Oh God…. someone have mercy n.n help me!!]