Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Another chance ❯ Memories from the past. ( Chapter 5 )

Another chance

By: Dark fire angel

Dark angel: Hiya again! *Waves hand* I decided to auto-punish myself till I got the next chapter for this fic up, and guess what? It worked O.o I've been able to update… even during finals… can't believe it. It's just that I love writing, plus, you asked for the next chapter ASAP, so here is the product of a whole hour thinking about how to continue! Yayness above!! ^0^

Disclaimer: No, don't own the Slayers or Fi-chan or Xell-kun… *Sobs in a far off corner of the room* Why?! I've been a good angel/girl! Why is life so unfair with me?! BUUUUAAAA!!! I'm gonna go tell! *Suddenly stops to think* The problem is that I have no idea who I have to go and tell about this injustice…

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Night had arrived at Filia's house, and strong wind rushed down the streets as she led Xellos and Justin out of the house, promising they'd meet the next day… not that she had much of a choice, mind you, for she still had to do her project with Xellos and this implied that they had to spend the day together.

The ex-mazoku smiled at her as he abandoned the house, taking his brother's hand as he did so, " So, you're positive you wanna keep the egg tonight?" he asked her as he opened an eye to watch her nod slightly, "Ok, then I'll keep it tomorrow night. Bye, Fi-chan… see you tomorrow then." He gave her `the smile' as he waved goodbye and left her standing at her doorsteps.

As Xellos continued to walk down the darkened street, which was lit only by a few lampposts, he glanced at Justin, who was merrily skipping by his side and smiled, remembering the day when he had been told he was to have a smaller brother. Instantly the image of a certain child came into his mind that day; the image of the baby Ancient that Filia had adopted as her foster son.

He smiled on remembering Val again. His ruffled aqua colored hair, his golden eyes, his happy-go-lucky personality... yes, the Ancient dragon had changed a lot after being reborn, not to mention that Filia had done a fine job at raising him. Though this did not mean it had been easy for her, thought the ex-mazoku as he smirked and chuckled on remembering a certain day he had stopped by to check upon them.

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Xellos' flashback)

The day was fine and sun shined intensely during that morning, and as there was nothing to do, a certain purple haired priest decided to take a walk (or flight, whichever fits ^-^) to visit his old traveling companion, for it was always amusing to see the blond haired, short-tempered Golden dragon.

That was how he ended up in front of her front door, and was about to teleport inside when he suddenly heard screams and an incredible racket coming from inside, 'Filia screaming? What the hell is going on? There had better not be anyone inside annoying MY personal toy-Dragon or else...' he thought darkly, `Only I am allowed to annoy her! No way I'm gonna let anyone do MY job' and so, he took the opportunity to flash himself inside.

However, the moment the mazoku was inside he almost facefaulted, for there he found a screaming Golden dragon running after a completely naked and giggling young Ancient, who in his attempt to outrun his mother, was making an enormous mess by throwing anything that got in his way to the floor.

Xellos blinked and jumped out of the way when the giggling aqua haired boy rushed his way, "Wow! What the...?! Filia? Can't you even control your son?" he decided to hover above the stampeding dragons as the persecution continued, "Filia? Are you listening to me? Filia! Fi-chan!!"

The blond stopped immediately on hearing the mazoku call her by that nickname, "Namagomi! Out! I'm busy at the moment..." she was interrupted when Val decided that the living room lamp was in his way, "Val! Not the lamp, dear! Wait! Don't through Mummy's lamp!!" Filia dived and was able to grab her lamp just in time.

The purple haired priest shook his head and descended, "Fi-chan, you'll never catch him if you continue like this... let me have a go," before the blond was able to protest, Xellos teleported himself in front of the little Ancient and smiled at him, opening an eye, "Val, want some delicious ice cream? Do you want Xelly to get you some yummy ice cream?" this seemed to catch the boy's attention, for his eyes suddenly widened, becoming starry and he began jumping up and down clapping his hands as he did so.

"Ice cream! Yay! Filia-momma, can Xelly give me ice cream? I want some!! Yay!!" he didn't even seem to mind when the mazoku picked him up and smiled triumphantly.

Filia growled in defeat and outstretched her arms to take her foster son from the still grinning Xellos, "I could have done it alone, I didn't need your help, Namagomi… I'm perfectly capable of controlling my son…" she muttered in a low tone as she dressed Val, who was giggling wildly and hoping for his ice cream.

The purple haired priest snickered and wagged his finger at the fuming Dragon maiden, "It didn't look like you had the situation under control from were I was standing, Fi-chan… or hovering, mind you," he chuckled when the blond placed the now dressed Val on the floor and advanced towards him, eyes flashing, and tail swishing as she swung her mace in an attempt to make a home run, "You missed, Fi-chan! My, my, temper, temper!" he ducked again as he continued, "Ha! You missed me again little dragon!!"

The Dragon maiden continued swinging and missing until Xellos pointed towards the other end of the room, "Fi-chan? I suggest we leave our little game for latter," he said to her, "I believe your son is out of control again…"

Filia looked to where he was pointing, and found a once-more-naked Val trying his best to climb up a bookshelf dropping books as he did so, "Val! Honey! You'll hurt yourself!! Come down!" and so again the persecution began, much to the mazoku's amusement, who hovered above them and giggled every so often as he watched them run around the house, over, and over again…

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (End of flashback)

Xellos chuckled quietly to himself as they neared their destination, `Ah… the good old days…' he thought as he grabbed Justin's hand and speeded up the pace, so as not to arrive late for dinner.

What the ex-mazoku didn't know was that at that exact moment, a certain blond haired girl was also thinking about the past…

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Back at Filia's house)

The moment her project companion and his little brother left, Filia returned upstairs to wash herself, for it had been a long day and she had sweated quiet a lot during the course of it, with all the mace swinging and all…

After a refreshing shower, she put on her pink pajamas and sat in front of her room mirror to brush her hair, smiling at her ever-happy reflection as she did so, "Long day… but not too bad… I think I'll be able to handle Xellos, it can't be that difficult, now can it?" she said to no one in particular as she ran her comb along her glittering blond hair, "Plus, I think he has matured a bit…"

She stopped and blushed when he remember the kiss he had stolen during lunchtime, "Or maybe not…" she shrugged as she continued talking to her empty room, "I guess Xellos will always be Xellos, no matter what."

Her thoughts suddenly drifted to said person's smaller brother. They seemed to be quite good friends, or thought Filia as she left her brush at her table and neared the window to look up at the starlit sky, "Though I do have to hand it to him… he always DID have a special something for kids, they seem to be able to relate themselves with him, Cepheid only knew why," she said at the passing wind, "Especially my Val…"

Filia smiled on remembering her foster son and his childish doings, he had brightened up her life again. She giggled when a certain memory came into her mind from her long past life.

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Filia's flashback)

The Golden dragon paced nervously up and down the living room as she waited for Val to come back from school. Although her foster son was already 6 years old, Filia couldn't help but worry when he wasn't with her, however, her worries were cut short when she heard a cheerful voice behind her.

"Hallo Fi-chan! Where's Val? I couldn't hear any racket inside, so I assumed you'd be alone." Said the ever-genki mazoku as he materialized behind the blond girl, who was now growling low, tail already swishing as she tried her very best to calm herself so as not to cover her new carpet with Namagomi blood.

"Can't you ever use the door like everyone else?" she asked him as she whirled round to glare at him, "You have no right whatsoever to just teleport yourself here whenever you feel like it Namagomi piece of gutter trash!!" Filia gritted her teeth in an incredible attempt to maintain her temper tight shut. She had no idea why, but every time she saw that stupid smile, she felt the urge to bash his skull in… stupid mazoku… didn't have anything else better to do than annoy the living daylights out of her.

Xellos waggled a finger as he opened an eye at her, reveling his slatted amethyst pupil to her, "My, my Fi-chan… is that the way to treat a guest? What a selfish lil Dragon we've got here!" he smirked as he practiced his mace dodging, "Missed me! Missed me again!! You've got awful accuracy!" he chuckled, smile never leaving his face. This was the best… he didn't know of a better way to past free time, this was SO much fun!

Suddenly the door burst open and in came Val, schoolbag on his shoulder, he blinked at the scene that lay before him, "Mum? Humm… I'm back, and I would like to ask you a question," he smiled when both adults turned their attention to him, "I wanna know what something means… could you explain?"

The Golden dragon instantly calmed herself when she saw her foster son, "Of course Val," she said as she picked him up, "What is it you wanna know, honey?"

Val looked from the hovering mazoku to his blond haired mother cocking his head to one side as he did so, "I wanna know what `making out' means… I heard it at school today, but I don't know what it is, I've got no idea." He emphasized his point by shaking his head from right to left.

The little Ancient's question had different effects on the two adults that stood in the room; for one, Filia paled and her mouth opened and closed, no sound coming out as she tried to think of a way to explain to the little boy what such an expression meant… but to no avail, and so she ended blinking and blinking at her son.

Xellos on the other hand was having the time of his life as he practically rolled on the floor in an enormous fit of laughter, "Filia, don't be like that! Tell him what it means!" he managed in between giggles, "He's big enough, and if you want me to, I'll help!"

And so, that was how Filia and him ended up sitting in the sofa to explain to little Dragon about the birds and bees…

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (End of flashback)

The blond continued to giggle until her `project' decided it was time someone paid some attention to it. On hearing the annoying wails, Filia darted down stairs to pick up the egg, however she found she wasn't able to calm it down, and the egg continued to wail as the ex-dragon sweatdroped, "Oh my…" she muttered as she rocked Lil back and forth, "Hush… please… I can't have you crying the whole night," she looked around herself when Lil made no attempt to `hush up', "God… where's Xellos when I need him?"

She sweatdroped even more when the wails seemed to increase in intensity, "This is gonna be a VERY long night…" she said as she continued to pat and baby-talk the egg to no avail.

Dark angel: There! Finished the chapter! Yayness above! *Dances around school computer room and stops when everyone else there stares at her* Oops… ahem… I mean… Looks nervously for a escape route