Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Faith's secret ❯ A stranger, a weird drema and a SLEEPOVER?! ( Chapter 8 )

Faith's present

By: Dark fire angel

DFA: *Hides under a pillow* …. *Peeks out and takes a look around* <.< >.> Ano, I'm very, extremely sorry there have been no updates, but… I had a very severe case of writer's block with this fic -_- and I mean severe!! Anyhow, thanks to Naya, a friend who role plays with me, I can continue this fic O.o *Blinks* That's means.…

Val: *Pops up, chirps happily* That this story is now half hers half yours, Angel-san!! *Laughs* ^-^ Add to that the fact you dun own Filia-momma or Xelly and what have you got?

DFA: A very pissed angel!! *Whacks Val over the head with pillow* -.-;; I DO own Akira and the strange kid that's gonna show up though ^-^

Val: *Rubs head, glares* Yeah well, lucky them.… >.> *Walks off*

DFA: Yes!! Lucky!! *Giggles and runs off*

Wind rushed as a lonely shadowy figure stared at a well built house, it's green eyes glowing in the darkened surroundings of the night while it watched a blond girl move inside this house, "So my plan failed, ne?" it muttered, "The snake was not enough.… no matter," the figure raised a weird, twisted looking staff with a yellow crystal on the top, which glowed, illuminating the stranger; he looked like a kid…. with dark blue, messy hair and slatted green eyes, not to mention that while he talked he swished what seemed like a little orange dragon tail, "More fun for me then!" he let out a soft chuckle and disappeared into thin air when he noticed that the girl in the house had been staring almost directly at him from one of the bedroom windows.…

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (At the same time, inside this house O.o)

A few months had passed since Filia's snake bite experience, and although she couldn't remember what had happened during that day, she couldn't deny the fact of WHO had babysitted her during that day. That much was obvious.

"I don't understand.…" she said to no one in particular as she walked across her room, "Do I WANT to understand?" she then picked up a small crystal that she had somehow come to posses during the time she was under the effects of the snake bite, "I also wonder where this came from…." she let out a sigh as she pushed the crystal under her pillow. For some reason she felt compelled to sleep with it.

The golden dragon stared into the night from the window of her bedroom and then blinked when she thought she noticed something, "What the?" she frowned and scanned the darkness more thoroughly, positive she had seen the figure of a child not far away from her house, "Hmm.… must have been my imagination," she muttered as she got into her bed, falling asleep almost immediately, and so, failing to notice the dark haired boy materialize in her room.

"So it seems you sensed me, ne?" a grin pulled on his lips, "Ano, then I suppose I'll have to be more careful around you then!" he raised his staff, making it glow in the darkness, and the crystal under Filia's pillow glowed back in response, "I will carry out my mission.… I will NOT let anything get in my way.…" he half bowed his head, allowing his green eyes to get hidden under his dark locks of ever-messy hair, "I'm nearer to you than you think I am, Filia," his smirk grew, "Sweet dream, beautiful ryuu…." and with one last swish of his tail and staff, he was gone.

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Fi-chan's dream … >.> <.<)

The sun bathed the sparkling shore of the beach as she walked along, looking around and trying to figure out where she was, but to no avail…. all she knew at the moment was that the scenery was beautiful. The sun shone and reflected off the small waves in the sea, and the sand and sky were an orangy/pink color as the sun started to go down.

Just as she was about to give up in trying to find out where she was, the noticed a small blond haired girl sitting by the shore up ahead, allowing the water to lick her bare feet as she stared into the horizon, "Hey!" called Filia to the girl, however, said girl did not even turn to the dragon's voice, "Hello? Can you hear me?" still all this was to no avail…. the young one didn't acknowledge the dragon maiden's presence, and so, Filia blinked and watched her, till a voice coming from behind startled her.

"What are you doing?"

Filia watched the girl turn around to face a purple haired boy slightly older than herself, "Nothing," she said as she smiled ever so slightly, "Watching the sea…. don't you think it's beautiful? I wish I could have it all for myself."

The boy blinked and then sat himself by the girl, "You want the sea?" he grinned and closed his eyes, "I'll give it to you someday if you want me to!"

"Ano, but the sea is way too big," the blond told her companion, "It's not something you can have, ne?" she smiled as the sun hid itself completely, "It's something that's set there for all creatures to enjoy…."

Filia still watched all this silently, even though she knew that neither kid could hear her. Their conversation was for some reason.… familiar without it being something she knew she'd done, which was sort of strange, "A dream," she muttered, "This must be one of those dreams in which you know you're dreaming," she nodded to herself as she sighed.

"Well, I say you can have the sea!" chirped the boy as he got up from the ground, "You can even have a star if you want to, didn't you know?" he watched the little girl shake her head no, "Well you can, believe me, it's true," he opened an eye at her, "I've got a star, it's a beautiful one.…" he looked up into the sky, "More beautiful then those up there!"

The blond blinked and stood up too, "Demo.… will you show it to me someday?" she asked wistfully.

"Sore wa himitsu desu…."

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Weird dream, ne? O.o)

The dragon maiden woke up with a start, gasping and panting as she looked around herself. No, no more beach, no more children…. she was back in reality, "Why did I dream that? Why again? Why am I having these dreams?!" she felt a tear slide down her face and she brushed it away harshly, "No, I will not cry…. I don't care if I don't understand these dreams, I don't care!" she let out a soft sigh and got out of bed, "I'd better start planning and getting myself ready Naya's sleepover party I suppose."

And with no more thoughts, she got dressed and walked into a crowed street, looking at the stores around, "Let's see.… where was that shop?" she tapped then chin and sat the basket she was carrying to one side.

"Hallo, Fi-chan!" said a voice from behind her, startling her.

The moment she turned she found the only one being she did NOT wish to see at the moment, "Namagomi!" she shrieked as she pulled out her mace, preparing herself to hit him. That is.… until she noticed some of the people around them staring, ".… ^^;; Ano.…" she hid her mace under her dress and sweatdroped as she rubbed the back of her head, "No, nothing here to watch…. nothing interesting here!" she let out a sigh when people stopped paying attention to her, "Xelloss, how many times must I tell you NOT to do that?"

The purple haired priest waggled a finger at her, "And how many times must I tell you that I love doing that and I will not stop any time soon?" this comment had it's desired effect, Filia's tail popped out and twitched in annoyance, catching people's attention once more.

"ECK!!" yelped the dragon maiden as she hid her tail the best she could and proceeded to drag Xelloss into a store, leaving a dust cloud behind her. Once inside the store she glared at him, "What do you think you're up to?! You'll get us killed!!" she whacked him with her tail and then sweatdroped, hiding it behind her again.

This only got the mazoku to teleport back to her in front of all the present people, "Tsk, tsk, Filia-chan," he said as he winked an eye, "Loosing your temper in here is not a very good idea, ne?"

Poor Filia sweatdroped madly as she made her tail disappear, "Ano, no one saw my tail.. <.< >.> Nope no one saw it.…" she ignored Xel's comment, walked over to buy some pyjamas and then exited the shop in haste.

"Hmmm.… pjs, ne?" the priest smirked, "Interesting cover up," he chirped as he teleported away from that shop and reappeared into the one that Filia was in buying some food, grinning when he saw about five humans startle by his sudden appearance, "Fiiiiii! Why did you use the pjs as a cover up? Eh?"

His comment made the blond almost facefault, "Aaah!! Leave me alone! Why are you following me?!" she leered him as she bought some food and exited the store, "And the pjs are not a cover up! I'm going to a sleepover," she turned away from him and walked down the street, carrying her basket with all that she had bought.

Xelloss didn't seem to want to go away, for he hovered by her side, "Ano, a…. sleepover? With whom? When? Where?" he blinked in confusion for some reason that seemed to escape Filia's reasoning.

"None of your business!" shouted the dragon maiden, "All you need to know is that you're not invited, so THERE!" and with that, she was gone, leaving him alone in the middle of the street.

The purple haired priest shadowed his eyes with his bangs, smirking smugly "And all you need to know is that I don't need to be invited to go…." he said as he vanished.

Filia wasn't able to hear him, of course, for she was by then standing in front of a door, ringing it. The call was answered by a long green haired girl, "Filia-chan! Come in! Everything is ready! The house is ours for the night!!" she said as she pushed the dragon maiden inside, where a short, dark blue haired girl with green eyes was smiling in a weird way.

"By the way, sorry I'm late," sighed Filia as she sat herself on the sofa, "I kinda had to deal with unwanted company, he didn't stop following me around," she said with a wave of her hand. She then noticed the blue haired girl smirk, "What? What is it Akira?"

Akira let out a soft chuckle, "Yare, yare! I do believe he must have been very interesting company! Maybe we should go invite him to the part-" she was quietened down when the green haired girl threw a pillow that hit her in the face, "That was mean, Naya…. <.<" she said as she left the pillow to one side.

"Then you should talk like that!" grinned the green haired girl, making Filia giggle.… that is, till she heard a familiar voice behind her.

"Fi-chan! Did you miss me?" asked the trickster priest as he materialised behind her, grinning from ear to ear.

The dragon maiden whirled around to see Xelloss, and her eyes went wide as she looked from him to her friends, "What the hell are YOU doing here?!" she hissed as she tried desperately to hide him behind her, ending up way too close for her comfort.

Akira blinked and looked at Fi; "Huh? Why am I here? I'm invited, remember?" she frowned as Naya nodded.

"Yeah, what are you talking about, Filia? I don't understand you," the green haired girl frowned too.

Xelloss watched the blond look from him to her friends, and then back at him in confusion when she noticed that the other girls weren't paying much attention to him, "Fi-chan?" he whispered as he tapped her on the shoulder, "They can't see me right now, only you can! I'm invisible for them right now."

This was not Filia's idea of fun, mind you. She gritted her teeth together and hissed under her breath, "What are you doing here?! Go away you stupid mazoku! Leave now!" she whispered back.

When the other two girls heard the word `mazoku', they had very different reaction. For one, Naya's eyes went wide and she used the pillow she was handling to cover her face. As for Akira, her eyes gleamed, "Oro?" she said, "Mazoku, ne?" she grinned wide, "Anyhow, Naya, we need popcorn to watch the movie, let's go get it." And with that, the green haired girl dragged away her whimpering friend.

Xelloss had noticed Akira's reaction, but decided to ignore it and turned to grin at Filia as the other two girls exited the room, "What am I doing here is a secret, and changing the topic…." he grinned wickedly at this point, "As this is a sleepover all of you need to change into pyjamas.…" he opened an eye to stare directly at the blushing golden dragon as he leaned coolly against a wall, "Are you all going to change in one room?"

"You wouldn't DARE watch!!!" shrieked Filia as her eyes nearly popped out, "Arg!! Hentaii no baka!! Go away!" she snarled as she proceeded to choke him, just as the other two girls walked in.

"Ano, Fi-chan, who're you talking too?" Akira stopped and blinked, then giggled, "You need some help choking the air?" she asked calmly as she held the popcorn bowl, smirk evident, "Talking alone and trying to choke the air particles are symptoms of madne-" again she couldn't finish her taunt, for the slightly younger green haired girl whacked her with her ever present pillow.

"Aki-chan!! Don't be mean!!" she scowled as she tsked, making Aki sweatdrop very slightly as she pouted.

The priest chuckled in spite of himself as he ducked out of Filia's grasp, "Yare, yare.… your friends are most interesting," he was really having a blast here.

Naya blinked, "I choose to ignore the burst of insanity," she turned towards the movies and tapped her chin, "Say… which one should we watch?" the girl scanned the tittles thoughtfully, "This one? Or this one? Or maybe this other one?"

The blonde's eyebrows were twitching as she jumped onto the nearest chair and posed, "A romantic one!!" she smirked evilly at Xelloss, "A VERY romantic one at that!!!"

"A WHAT?!?!" yelped the mazoku as he snapped his eyes open, "Fi-chan! Anything but THAT, please! No mushy good for nothing couple kissing and stuff!! It's stupid! How can girls like it anyhow?" he sighed, "You are needlessly cruel, stupid ryuu.…"

Filia's eyebrow twitched slightly, "Well excuse me, namagomi mazoku, but YOU'RE the one that followed me here! The movie will only be a little revenge," she humphed and went to the videos to find a romantic one, failing to notice the dark, secretive smirk Akira held displayed on her face, "Let's see…. how about Titanic?" she didn't wait for an answer, she gave the film to Naya and grinned at Xellos, who glared back at her.

"Anyhow," said the dark haired girl as she waved a hand dismissingly and sat down on the far right hand side of the sofa, "Let's sit and watch the film, then we can play a game I know, which lets you see if there are mazoku in the room with you…." she smirked again when she saw Filia pale.

"MOVIE!!" shouted the nervous dragon as she restrained herself, so as not to let her tail pop out, watching the mazoku sit himself on the sofa too, right by Aki's side, ".…" was her lack of response as she sat herself by Xel, crossing her arms over her chest.

The dark haired girl smiled weirdly as she saw the space between herself and Fi, "Naya? Come and sit here! In between Fi and me!!"

The dragon maiden paled as she watched Naya nod, put the film in and walk towards Xel, who was snickering, knowing that the girl would notice there was someone there the moment she'd sit on his lap, "NO!!!" cried the blond as she practically jumped on the startled mazoku, "No," she repeated a little bit more calm, "Err…. ^^ I'll sit here!" she squirmed on his lap, trying to accommodate herself, "Ano, start the film and put out the lights now?" she asked sweatdroping heavily.

"My, my, Filia," said Akira as she grinned, "I think you kinda forgot to take some sort of medicine this morning before you came here," she snickered as she watched her friend blush and rub the back of her head as she laughed nervously, "Anyhow.… the film is starting ^-^" she motioned towards the film with her hand, but continued to observe Fi from the corner of her eye, secretive grin on her face…

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DFA: And I made it.… I finally updated n_n HA!! Am so proud of myself *Glomps the REAL Naya who rped this with her* Thanks to her now I'm able to continue and finish this story off!! ^0^ Anyhow <.< I got a pic of the weird kid at the beginning of the story… he'll be important later on >.> if you'd like to see the pic tell me in reviews *Leaves dancing as she continues to glomp Naya*