Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Faith's secret ❯ Filia's reasons ( Chapter 5 )

Faith's present

By: Dark fire angel

Dark angel: Hay again! *Waves hand and smiles* Exams are progressing just fine, so I've decided to take another break and write a new chapter. The idea for it suddenly hit me yesterday after doing a Biology exam *Giggles* Looks like exams are good for something ^-^ Oh, I been asked a question and again, I shall answer it; the rest of the Slayers gang will show up, so don't worry, you'll have to be patient though. Anyhow, on with the chapter! ^0^ Yayness above!!

Disclaimer: I don't own them… wish I did, but I don't. *Looks at disclaimer and winces* Hate disclaimers!! They are NASTY!! Why do I have to keep on admitting that I don't own them? Isn't a girl/angel allowed to dream once in a while? I mean… give me a break… *Leaves with her head low and murmuring something about injustice in the world*

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The afternoon sun shined upon them as Xellos continued his flight towards the Dragon sanctuary grounds while Filia smiled and waved her hands in the air, letting wind swirl her long, sparkly, golden hair. Suddenly the blond noticed something below them and pointed, "Xel-sama, look! Those are Dragons!" she said excitedly when the mazoku stopped to glance towards the ground, "Can I go play with them for a little while? I promise I'll be good!"

The purple haired priest glanced towards the young dragons who were playing below them and shrugged, "Sure, Fi-chan. Why not? But only with one condition…" he answered as he opened an eye and smirked, "You have to remember what I told you during the trip, ok? I'll be at the sanctuary… I wanna go find out something. It's over there," he pointed towards a not far off hill, on which stood an enormous building, "So I won't be far away."

Filia nodded and went back to her dragon form the moment Xellos disappeared. This would be great fun, or so she thought as she descended and landed right in front of the other Dragons, who stopped their current activities to stare at her.

"Who are you?" asked a white haired one as he neared to sniff her, "I've never seen you around here…" he circled the blond over and over again, as if trying to determine who she was.

Filia grinned as she winked an eye at the white haired Dragon and wagged her bowed tail in front of him, "Sore wa hitmitsu desu!!" she said, giggling as she did so. Xel-sama had told her to never reveal information if not crucial… and she wasn't about to let me down, now was she?

The rest of the dragons looked at each other and blinked until a blue haired one, who seemed to be the leader shrugged and neared her, "Himitsu, ne? Well, it doesn't matter. Wanna stay with us for a while? We were just discussing who's the worst mazoku ever to live." He said as he smiled, while the rest of his companions giggled and nodded their agreements.

This wasn't right… thought the little golden dragon as she frowned, "The worst mazoku?" she asked, "Why do you say they're bad?" she shook her head as she continued, "You shouldn't criticise others…"

Now it was the blue haired Dragon's turn to frown, "They don't disserve to live!" he shouted as he neared the strange, blond haired Dragon with weird ideas even more, "They live in darkness, they live OFF darkness!! Creatures like that shouldn't exist!" He was getting worked up as his opponent shook her head again.

"Why not?" the other Dragons remained silent as they watched the newcomer argue with Rey, their leader, "Why not?" she asked again as she swished her tail from side to side in annoyance, eyes shinning bright with determination, "We all have rights, don't we? All living creatures have rights, isn't it so?" her face darkened on remembering her elder's talks, "I mean… if we think ourselves superior to the rest, then we're even worse than the ones we call scum."

Rey blinked and growled, "Oh please! Mazoku are pure evil!! How can anyone be so blind so as not to see that?!" he asked her as he waved his arms in the air while he outstretched his wings to a maximum, in an attempt to scare his younger opponent.

Filia narrowed her gaze, "No one can be pure evil… nor pure good, for that matter," she stated, "We see ourselves as pure light, but… I've seen Dragons fight against demons… and believe me, they use violence… a lot of violence. So taking this into account why can't there be nice mazokus? Xel-sama is nice to me."

The blue haired dragon's eyes grew as big as dish plates, "Xel-sama?! As in Xellos?!" he yelled, "You know HIM, and you defend him?! Disgrace!" he pointed towards Fi as he continued, "How dare you come here and tell us you know that… that… that MONSTER!! Calling him SAMA!!" he suddenly snarled as he launched himself against the blond, who yelped, went back to human form and managed to jump out of the way just in time, for her human body was more agile then that of the blue haired dragon.

"Hey! Leave me alone!" she said as Rey prepared to throw his fire breath at her, "Don't! Leave me! Xel-sama!!"

However, the attack never hit her, for suddenly, Xellos materialized out of nowhere, grabbed her and teleported out of the way. He looked down at the dragons, who had a mixture of fear and hatred written on their faces, and frowned, "Stupid dragons…" he muttered as Filia hugged him, burrowing her face into his chest to sob, "You hurt her feelings," he said as he patted the blonde's head, "Do you want me to tell you something fun?" the mazoku smirked and opened his eyes to stare at them cruelly, "Maybe the world doesn't run like you think… maybe Fi-chan is right… maybe things aren't as you recall they are. Anyhow, you'll never live to find out…" he lifted his hand, in which a ball of black energy formed and smiled wider, until Filia looked up at him and grabbed his arm.

"Xel-kun… don't do it. I'm ok now, I won't feel better if you hurt them," she said in a low voice, the `kun' part not being missed by anyone, "Let's go somewhere else," the fair-haired girl smiled as she continued, "I wanna go have some more fun! Please?"

Xellos blinked once, and looked from the now cowering bunch of Dragons to the smiling girl he held, "Sure… why not?" he too smiled as he closed his eyes, ball of black light disappearing as he did so, "You're right, Fi-chan. They're not worth it, but…" he suddenly smirked as he gazed at them again, "But on the other hand… Fi-chan, wanna see some kitties?"

Filia's eyes shone and she giggled in the mazoku's arms, much to the bunch of Dragons' distress, "Yay! Kitties!! Yes, I wanna see some now!!" she clapped her hands together and continued giggling.

That was all Xellos needed to wave his hand in front of the Dragons, which were instantly turned to kitties, who blinked and looked around nervously. The mazoku continued smiling as he descended and set the blond haired on the ground. , watching her chase the cats up and down, he chuckled quietly, `Serves them right!' he thought, `How dare they treat my Fi-chan like that? Now they've got a BIG problem. I'd love to see their parents' faces when find out that their kids have been turned to cats.' His smile grew wider and wider by the moment, until he remembered what he had learned in the sanctuary while Fi had been in the fields.

"Fi-chan!" he called her after a little while, "We gotta go somewhere else! Come on!" the blond was instantly by his side, and he picked her up as he continued, "You'll like the place. I'm gonna take you somewhere where there are lots of wolfs like Kai-chan, and you'll get to play with them, how about it?"

Filia hugged him and nodded, "Ok… but you'll stay with me?" she asked as she looked at him, "I don't want to be left alone anymore…" she glanced at the cats who were all looking at the ground in distress, "Xel-kun? Change them back, please? I wouldn't like them to stay like that…"

The purple haired priest shrugged before waving his hand and turning them back, "Anything for my Fi-chan!" he said, ruffling her hair and making her giggle as he did so. He then turned back to the blinking Dragons, opening his eyes, "And pray I never catch you bothering Fi-chan again…" after saying this he left, teleporting himself and Filia away.

Dark angel: *Looks up and rereads* Humm… sorry, but I did this chapter to illustrate that Filia had a completely different personality while young, and that something happened to her, making her change. Oh, and by the way, the `turn the dragons to kitties' idea doesn't belong to me entirely, it belongs to Digi and Zee, ok? They gave me the idea… Anyway *Smile* did you like it? I hope so; please tell me what you think, ok? ^-^ Bye for now! *Leaves walking of into the sunset*