Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ age of changes ❯ traitor ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 3

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The loud high woman-laugh could be heard in the entire water realm.

" Ahh…." She finally settled down a little " pore, pore Zelas. She would faint if she would ever find out who had betrayed her " , she mockingly cooed , she could not maintain her amusement longer, and so she burst out in uncontrolled giggles. The dark beast beside her had unfortunately not so much sense for humor. It snarled and grumbled while it was inpatient , as it longed for some blood .

Not too further to wait, another two of the mysterious shadowed creatures shoved up. Their wings flapped a few times in the air , when they finally gracefully landed on the ground beside their completely even-looking fellow. The matt black of their nude bodies was perfectly declaring their malevolence and fairly mysterious appearance . As in some kind of ritual their eyes started reflexively to swirl in their usual hypnotic way.

The woman, watching the entire 'ceremony', stayed now a few steps away from them.

Her features seemed too show some fear, as she observed the beast's rough rambling and grumbling. One of the creatures twirled its head to the demon , their eyes locked again, and as if on cue the Lord began to strode toward the dark one , just like a little obedient dog .

The whole affair was very ironical ,... if one might search for the right word… and It was also that what she feared, and way… she was still not sure if she had don right , seeing that she gave up her free will for her sanity . Now , .... as she sough the things a little bit different... , the thought's came again and again too her,… how could she , the supreme lord of the Demon Sea waters and one of his majesty Lord Sabranigdou's general's, be so stupid to allow a less creature too manipulate with her own will !? But ….even if she is brooding over and over the whole matter, the more and more is certain that she had made her death wish… , she pursed her lips as a somewhat bitter-sweet feeling came over her body, ……ware it now really already a whole century since she had that extremely superior idea ….too bad , that she can't remember what exact it was, ...merely that it was an extremely promising experiment.…she chuckled inwardly... it seems that she tent's to forget some of her affair's from her… less sane live-time…really too bad…..

Deep SeaDolphin, her full name as she could remember, stood now in front of her caller . An impatient snarl pulled her back from her thoughts and braked the magnetic gaze to. The other two winged companions crooked their black heads to stare at her .

There was another odd issue. They somehow treated her like she were one of them , and to her surprise she somehow always behaved like she would know their every thought , …on the other hand she also knows, that the beasts always snarl and grumble , never speak , and that she had considered that she actually should not understand what they possibly could say, the only one that that could is the Greater Beast ...strange.

But otherwise, it was also around that time when she was miraculously cured from that nasty sanity-thing of hers. The bothering thing was that she must somehow made a deal with those freaking creatures, seeing that she, by some unknowing means , follows their every little command and don't even mind it at all.

Oh, Ruby Eyes what ,oh what had happened in that blood fucking experiment back there ...

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The two travelers , stomping exhausted their way trough the underwood , arrived finally to a little lightning with a two-store house on it. The Ul Copt residence was rather deep in the huge and slightly scary Red forest.

The day was already approaching too an end , the beautifully various red and purple colors were creating an very fascinating pattern on the sky . They extracted from the sphere with a variety of shades of red , from blood red to a mix of violet and blue , in the direction of the already star-sprayed dark blue skies. It appears to be a cold night , since it is only a week or two to the beginning of the frosty winter time.

Lina looked around . Doing so she sized a leaf from a near-by tree and began to study it. She moved her hand to wrap her brown traveler coat tight around her, as a chill leave down her body. It's amazing, even in near winter they keep their red leaves. Another shiver run down her back. She heard a few footsteps not far away , they were coming closer. The sorceress didn't mind to look back, since she knew that it was only Gaury , and carried on with her leaf-study .

Driven from his curiosity he moved closer to the sorceress . He sneaked behind her back , startling her as he laid his arms around her shoulders ad began gently to rub them to cause some warmth .

" What'ya got there, my sweet ? " he stated anxiously in a soft voice .

" A leaf " she responded and snuggled deeper onto his hold " I had just wondered how it cam's that they keep their red , that's all. " she breathed cold.

" Hmm...., so we're here , ....ya think she got some dinner ready ? " whispered the middle-aged man sheepishly.

" we better hope so, cuss I'm starving " she patted his strong arm that was holding her.

" so " , he eased the hold on her and began , leading her by the hand , walk toward the inviting wood-house " Lets hurry up then "

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The Juu-jinkan moved to a fairly decorated cradle , on which lay an extremely attractive woman. With her seductive and proud movements she let everyone know that it was her who barked here the orders , and that it was her and only her who was the pack leader . A single slited gold eye creaked slowly open as she sensed her general/priest approach. Her ruby full lips pursed ever so slightly .

The Greater Beast's skimpy gold-white and red dress , in an old imperial china-look, was made out of pure satin. The attire was a sleeveless one , and the shoulders were a little bit pointed , and around the waist bound with a red sash with a rich gold wolf ornaments. The sash was tied in an special vertical manner , it gave the whole outfit an royal look. The long garb was slited on bout sites , and was showing a lot of the well formed long legs. Her bare feat and upper arms were covered with lots of golden bracelets . She give the idea of being dreadfully exotic, due to her dark, almost bronze tan of her skin and the contrast of her snow-white dress .

A few jingle's of the charms clashing together in a soft metallic sound could be heard , as she moved to attain a sitting position.

Shoving some silken sheets away , that were hanging in front and around the cradle, and bending a little as he passed trough , stepped the lavender haired demon in the more intimate part of his Lord's hall.

He straightened his body as he lastly entered the place . On his bare chest was a mark of a nearly caught wound that would've not regenerate well ....and this is just another cut of what he felt no damn joy of having it. And it's starting to bug him too.... it should heeled ten-times by now! Oh , and he heated it so darn much, if he have to fight an enemy without a slight information on what the stupid thing in fact is?! Oh ya , and that are the common results then...with a sigh he calmed down....hya, so is the live : the Lord gives and the Lord takes ,... so simple... The black marmor on which his bare feet were standing seamed suddenly somewhat cold and so he strode forward.

Lastly facing his Lord , he hide his troubled thoughts and bowed deep . He placed one hand on his chest , the other rested by his side , holding the broken staff tightly . The long lavender hair covered the slited ametist irises as he bowed and greeted .

" Juu-ou sama " he stated simply . It was always all in just a simple word , a greeting ,an apology , a question.

" Xellos , finally. " she acknowledged him in an appealing husky voice. The Greater Beast began slowly to rise up, and with a wave of her clawed-palm she gestured Xellos to fallow her, " come , we have business too discus ."

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Closing the oven's door shut, Filia let out an exhausted breath and moved tiredly with the back of her hand over her forehead. The palm leaved a treal of white baking-flour on it. The dragoness, clashing her hands against her sides, to rid herself from the bothersome flour , began too hum a fast melody she take notice of the other day in the city, as she had a little sprawling with one particular seller .

A knocking could be heard on the front door . Just in time , the dragon mused to herself . She had just yet finished with her work on the dinner , it needed only a little time in the oven and then voila.

Filia had cooked the entire day , but she still was nut sure if it would be sufficient too fill the stomach's of Lina and Gaury . Oh well, if it would not be enough we'll simply go to an inn, and they can plunder the inn's kitchen instead. She mentally made a quick check on her cooking list,... okay now ,we have four kinds of potatoes, some rice, some pots of noodle soup , ten kinds of meat,...during so she thoughtfully taped her chin with one finger , and then began counting up some various type's ...that is chicken , pork, lamb , beef , lots of steaks and so on... Ah, and then, very important , lots of vegetables and fruits ,... for the health, yes , and for the special end , a special desert. We get a chocolate cake....it's my specialty. She mused at the last thought.

The dragon swiftly marched to the door , as the persisting knocking kept going on, and said loudly " I'm coming guys ! I'm coming , just don't smash the door now . " she added in a cheerful mock-concern and calmly opened the front entry .

" Lina , Gaury! how are you guys doing" She greeted with a broad smile on her face and reached out for a big bear hug . The guest's smile matched heir's equally as they joyfully launched their own greetings . " Ohayo Filia !! " Said the sorceress happily as she gave her a tight hug . " Ohayo !! " greeted an equally moved Gaury and squeeze bout women tight to his broad chest, lifting them a little from the ground during so.

" Ah, peephole , it's so damn good too see you. " Filia breathed lastly , " but do come in now ! " , with that she began enthusiastically to push them in to the house .

" I hope you're hungry , cuss I made a lot of food " , she jabbered on.

" My, Filia, you really should know us by now ! " she laughed and then sneaked an arm around her husband's waist " We're always hungry , aren't we Gaury " . The said swordsman , shifting a hand onto his back head , only chuckled a half-moon-eyed , guilty chuckle . Filia sighed inwardly... so it's my kitchen and the inn's....i really should know by now...openly she only smiled weekly ." it'll be ready in a few minutes, and until...."

" come ,my friends , sit down ...you must tell me all that's ben happening during the years ." the ex-priestess invited her one-time travel-comrades , while she placed the two behind a round table, with a amazingly beautiful vase on it .

" oh, you are still working on your pottery. " Lina stated as she studied the astonishing piece .

" and are you making weapons as always? " asked the middle-aged swordsman interested. Filia , holding a plate with tea and biscuits, took a chair and sat calmly down opposite her married friends and began , " yea , I'm still in the selling , the vases and the teapots are going pretty well." She paused for a moment and in meantime handed them their drinks. Carrying on she said , " But the weapons are not so easy to sell...i couldn't possibly think out way...i mean who wouldn't wanna have a big and pretty mace by his side to dash filthy heads of mazoku or such in now and then ,... I really don't understand . " she ended with a puzzled expression on her face and with the scratching of her temples.

" yea , you got a point there .... but I'm not sure about the mazoku thing , tough..." she added with a sweatdropp.

Gaury, sipping from his warm tea , spoke up " Eye, and where is that little foster-son of yours? I haven't seen him for what seamed decades, ... is he still the silent little pretty thing that he was?" " oh , Val-chan is by a friend of his . He's helping to repair the viaducts , they had bean damaged by a attack by a few lesser demons . " she informed with a node of her head. Her golden locks slightly jumping as she did so .

" How're the grand-grandchildren, bratty as always ? " Questioned the dragoness, to change the topic.

" You bet...but they're gotten worse " smirked the father , the mother quickly added , shaking her red-mane head," like the little brood from the hell , I'll tell ya " " Hah !! I told ya , you shouldn't trust that dirtbag of a teacher! "

" Hey , how could've I know , that he would teach them how to top in being like a certain Martina that we know " Lina crossed her arms pouting." And besides , he said clearly, his teaching good old herbal healing."

" Yea , but if you consider how bratty their ancestor was , it's really not surprising. You know , the base of it was always there. " Gaury make the mistake to think aloud. The mistake was swiftly paid as a fireball rushed towards his head.

" Watch your words , buddy " she snarled , and turned away too sulk. The carbonized swordsman just blinked a few times , then looked at his now burned fair hair splits " I think i must change my hair-balsam." He stated matter of factly. Filia questioning looked at him," Splited ends...see " he showed her .

The temper-tantrum could last only for a moment or two , since the redheads stomach-rumbling and the stating of her worn-out " I.need.food" , and her hungry face-expression after that , made to fallow ....,first : all sweatdropped , and second ; they all start on laughing their asses of.

Still laughing a little quietly , Filia brushed a few tears away " Boy, I didn't laugh that hard in decades, heh. Um, we should go eat now , or it'll get cold-" . Before she couldn't finish the sentence , were Lina and Gaury by now already seated behind the table , fork and knife ready in their palms , and grinning broadly. With a smirk and a sake of her head she simply said, " I'll get the food ." and she swiftly stride to the kitchen-counter . She grabbed some plated with a mountain of food , and stride with the grace of an dancer back to her Friends. The food filed plates vanished as fast as they came . It seems it's a fact after all ; Their stomachs are truly Legendary.

After dinner all tree companions seated themselves in the comfortable living room, inclusive a fire place . Lina exclaimed happily after a few bottles of a special dark red Zephilian wine, and babbling nonsense about some magic attack's that were going wrong," Hey , by the way , how come that you still haven't told us way he's so silent . And ,as I can remember , he wasn't always so cold , ne? I mean , it's Val who we're talking about !? And sometimes, I swear , he's a worse Fruitcake then Xellos could ever be ? " declared the sorceress , eyeing the dragoness suspicious. The dragon ,however , twitched only and frowned. So this is it, she thought , I guess sooner or later it would show its face, eventually. How would they take it ,if I said that Val's old memory is coming back. And its now nearly sixty years since the matter.

As no answer came , Lina bend forward on the table and glared , " Woman , what had happened all those years back then, tell us, we are your best friends. "

The dragon tried one last time," Lina you are drunk, there has nothing happened in those years , really."

" Fuck that!" her patience was leaking away " I, know that you hide something from me . Tell us , pleas. " said a little more calmly Gaury.

Filia took a deep shaky breath " okay , as you wish. Val remembers again. " As she sough their shocked faces , she hastily added " But he's not remembering everything, tough. This is a good thing, .. sorta, ne ? " ." Say something Lina ." Whispered Gaury, still baffled.

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" Zellas-dono, may I ask way it is that you are not nervous about the Dolphin incident ? " inquired the human-like lavender haired mazoku, as he stood a few feet away from a large wall-picture . The wood-glass merging portrayed a wolf-like beast , it's yaws open in a inhuman snarl, as it ripped it's claws in a ,dragon's abdomen, sneering in agony . It seemed the horrifying beast's claw's were tearing the flesh like it were paper. The interesting and appealing thing was not the astonishing tree-dimensional sculpture-like style of the made work, nor the clever ended wood-glass combination, it were awfully realistic eyes of the dragon. If you aren't directly staring in the dragons eye's , it would appear too you , that the eyes were following every move you made.

It's bean told, that this particular eyes were from a defeated dragon Lord himself . It's also said , that the Juu-ou had such immense blood-lust at him, cuss the not getting any younger lizard had crushed an ordinary nearly born wolf-pup , ....so it followed naturally that the old geezer was the next month shitting nothing else but blood. Further they say that , out of anger , she ripped the lizard's eyeballs out from the sockets. And it's a common knowledge that the Juu-jinkan had the idea of the dragon-eyes in a picture. Zellas-dono was very pleased.

" Yes, way indeed ." she murmured , while she thoughtful stared trough the glass window . She was standing there and staring trough the gap the whole time once they had came to her private chamber. Still further observing her wide forest-covered dominion , Zellas started to speak again," it should not bother you either, my loyal servant . " He flinched at the cold way of her words.

Turning around she added " I had found out that Dolphin and this....shadow creatures could locate our vherabautnis." Now even her eyes looked cold as she stared at the Juu-jinkan, who on the other hand, felt at once as being on a court and being judged, what again was not entirely wrong either. He kept his calm as those golden slited shards mercilessly stared at him. His exposed chest heaved one single time , at the sharp intake of breath , as he heard the shocking words. " One has betrayed us , and you are the most suspected. "

Her voice became low , barely a whisper " Tell me now , are you a traitor ? "

Libele: another chapter finished, yoo-hoo ! ^_^

I would like to thank fore the review , I'm happy that you enjoyed . It's nice to see that at least one is reading my story. The story has its plot , it's hidden only . It will develop in the further chapters . And I'm really starting to believe that the story is really going to be long. I think the characters were becoming a little OOC. And as for the time line ; Lina , Gaury and Zelgadis in this fic can live to , lets say nearly tree hundred years , cuss of their magic abilities. Around Amelia is , however , a little mystery.

Arigato!