Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Another chance ❯ Why Xel? Why not Namagomi mazoku instead? ( Chapter 4 )

Another chance

By: Dark fire angel

Dark angel: Fourth chapter!! Yayness! I finally finished it! Oh, and by the way, don't worry, I wont leave this one with a cliffhanger ^.~ (Sorry Rei!) Sorry for leaving the last one like that, I had to… you see, I couldn't think up another way to end it, sorry, very sorry *Bows* I wont do it again… *Grins evilly*…for the moment being, at least ^-^

Disclaimer: You know? I'm really getting tired of these… not to mention that I'm running out of ideas for them. Anyhow, NO, I don't own the Slayers, otherwise the TV series wouldn't end with TRY; there would be much, much more ^0^

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The bell to signal the end of the day's classes rang, and every pupil, young or not, hurried out of the building that normally had them trapped inside, eager to spend their afternoon with activities of their likes.

All, except Filia, that is, who had to be practically dragged out of the building by Xellos, who was in his turn trying desperately to calm the ex-dragon down while she yelled with all her might that life was not fair.

"Life ain't fair!! Why do I have to spend my day off with a Namagomi mazoku like you?! We're twenty four in class, and I had to get stuck with YOU! I can't believe it… life really does suck, now doesn't it?" She yelled at him once outside, unaware that several little kids were staring at them wide eyed.

Xellos shook his head, "Fi-chan…" he said as he held the egg-doll thingy in his hands and patted it as if it really were alive, "How many times must I tell you that I'm not mazoku anymore? It's very unpleasant to be called that, plus, you're scaring the little kids," he continued, pointing over at the kids, who had by now began sniffling and were about to cry, "Selfish little dragon…"

The blond looked over to where he was pointing, and indeed, the little ones had cowered and were currently hiding behind the ex-mazoku. One in particular, a blue, messy haired boy, was sobbing as he hugged Xellos's legs.

Filia blinked as she stared at the blue haired boy, who suddenly looked at her and frowned, "You're mean!" he yelled at her from his hiding position, "My brother is not a demon! Why are you calling him mean names? He's very nice with everyone… I don't like you!!"

Xellos reached and placed a hand on his head as he crouched, becoming eye leveled with the kid, "Hush, Justin. It's not nice to call anyone mean, specially such a cute, blond haired girl, don't you think?" he said, smiling his normal eye closed smile and ruffling the young one's hair, "What do you have to say to Filia?"

Justin looked up at the blond, tears still staining his face, "Sorry…" he murmured, "Why were you calling Xelly raw garbage demon?" he continued as he half hid behind the purple haired boy again, "I wanna know why she was being mean…"

Filia blinked and looked from Xellos to the blue haired boy, since when did the annoying mazoku have a brother? And why was said brother so fond of the manipulative creep? Her thoughts began to wonder to when he used to come to visit her and Val; it was true, he DID have something with children… Val always used to play with him, and when he didn't show up often enough, the little Ancient would cry his heart out for him. The Gold dragon had never quite understood why Val would like him, but as she watched them play the one with the other she jumped to the conclusion that for the aqua haired Ancient, the mazoku was his playing partner, his companion… they were friends, and even though it could sound weird, she was positive that the purple haired priest actually DID have fun with Val.

Xellos smirked when he saw distress in her clear-blue eyes, `Might as well jump to the rescue while I can… I'll regret it later though…' he thought nearing the blond girl, "Don't worry Justin! Fi-chan and I are very good friends!" he said as her brought an arm around her shoulder, hugging her possessively to him while the poor girl's eyes widened with shock, "See? We like each other very, very much! We're even working together to take care of this little egg here," Xellos let go of Filia to show to his little brother the egg, "We're supposed to be a couple, and this is supposed to be our baby, huh Fi-chan?"

The girl continued to stare at him wide eyed as she tried to urge her mouth to say something… anything. However, nothing came out, and all she was able to do was open it and close it, much like a fish out of water… what the hell was Xellos thinking?! It wasn't fair! She couldn't hit him in front of the kids… damn Xellos…

"Nama… err… I mean Xellos!" she corrected herself when the ex-mazoku wagged a finger in front of her, "How dare you! We are most certainly NOT a couple!!!" she hissed at him as she felt the hot in her face grow by seconds, "Got it?!"

Xellos pouted playfully, however, inside, he was chuckling quietly… she was so fun to stress he couldn't help it! `Must be the old habit' he thought as he watched her twitch, restraining herself from bringing mace-sama out and chasing him around, "Well, anyway, we're still supposed to take care of Lil together, you know…"

Filia cocked her head to one side as she raised an eyebrow at him, "And who, pray tell is Lil?" she asked him, setting one of her hands on her hip for effect.

"Sore wa himitsu desu!" he replied happily while Justin giggled slightly and Filia shock her head as a sing of resignation, "No, really Fi-chan… I was talking about our `Lil egg' of course, what did you think I was talking about, huh?" he finished, smiling wide and showing Lil to her.

The ex-Golden dragon heaved a sigh as she grabbed Lil, "You are so annoying sometimes…" she stopped when Justin looked up at her with huge puppy-dog eyes again, making her sweatdrop, "Oops, I mean… that you're… you're…" she searched around for words to describe Xellos as she scratched the back of her head, "One of kind! That's it! One of a kind, Xellos!" giggled the blond haired girl, which in turn, made Justin smile and Xellos smirk.

"Of course I am! What did you think? Anyhow, as we ARE supposed to spend the afternoon together taking care of Lil, and Justin, I suggest we go find ourselves a snack! How about it?" said Xellos as he began walking down the street, side by side with Filia, and followed by a still giggling blue haired boy.

The blond glanced over at said boy and raised an eyebrow, "Xel, since when do you have a brother? I didn't know you had one…" she whispered to him as they neared a pizza shop.

"My, my… what ever happened to `Namagomi mazoku'? Why Xel all of a sudden?" Xellos watched Filia blush and glare at him in a don't-you-push-your-luck-any-more way and chuckled, "Actually, I have one other brother apart from Justin," he explained, "His name is Sam, he's older than me, and let us pray you will never have to meet him… you see, he has a thing for pretty girl… never leaves them alone, so, if you see him, my advise is to run. Very, very far, and very, very fast."

The purple haired boy opened the door of the shop and they went in, mouths watering at the smell of pizza. Justin ran to the front and watched the pizzas go forth and past with wishful eyes as Filia and Xellos approached the counter to order a pizza.

However, they didn't reach the counter, for Lil decided that it had been ignored for enough time, and it began wailing, its mechanical crying making the rest of the costumers stare, and making the owner glare.

Filia drowned a yelp as she looked at the ex-mazoku, and both of them dragged Justin out of the shop, stopping there escape in the street, where the poor ex-dragon girl tried in vain to hush the egg until Xellos rolled his eyes, "What's the matter Fi-chan? Where did you leave your mother instincts?" when she turned to glare at him, he took the chance to snatch Lil away from her, and began rocking the egg in his arms back and forth, while humming a soft tune at it, making it stop crying. Once finished, Xellos turned towards Filia, and handed her Lil back, "Here, all done, but I'm not gonna go into any other public place with it," he said, "Therefore, why don't we go to your place, huh Fi-chan? Come on!" he finished as he began running down the street, followed by Justin, who was still giggling from the scene he had just seen.

The blond stared at the two boys for a moment before sweatdroping, "Hum… guys?" she called after them as she began running as well, "My house is that a way!" she yelled pointing towards the opposite direction, however the two brothers were so far away by now that they didn't hear her, "Hey!! Wait up! Xellos! I'm not gonna take care of this stupid egg all by myself!! XELLOS!!!"

Dark angel: *Giggles and claps her hands* Fourth chapter finished! Yay!!! *Begins dancing across the floor until she remembers that others may be watching and stops* Ahem… I mean… did you like it? I think that the fic if finally heading somewhere don't you? *Smiles* Anyway, please review! Love review!! Love them with all my heart! And I promise I'll put the next chapter up soon, `k?