Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Faith's secret ❯ Who ARE you anyhow? ( Chapter 10 )

Faith's present

By: Dark fire angel

DFA: I… got nagged, look *Holds up two furry, lil Kawaii nags* ^-^ Riven-chan gives me Kawaii nags!! She dropped them on my head O_o

Nag1: So, when are we getting paid for our efforts? *Raises an eyebrow*

Nag2: *Blinks* When are we gonna eat? O.o *Looks at Nag1*

Nag1: *Shrugs back* No idea, mate, but…. *Eyes widen* ^-^ Got an idea! Maybe if we nag at DFA she'll pay us and feed us and…. *Rants*

Nag2: *Squeals and nods back* Yes!! Good idea!!

Nag1 and Nag2: *Both cough and then begin nagging away, looking quite happy* n_n

DFA: X_x ECK!! *Runs off, covering her ears* Ie! Dun nag so much >.o not so much!!!

Val: *Pops out of nowhere* >.> We don't belong to that crazy girl that just ran off with two furry critters over her head. Thank God we don't too -.- *Walks off* Maybe I should nag people…. maybe that would WORK O.o

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Bunny pjs, ne? *Sweatdrop* Gotta see to believe)

Xelloss voice came from down the hallway, "I'm not going in like this! This is ridiculous! Why am I even DOING this?!" he let out a sigh and stepped into the doorway, looking more than embarrassed, "Can someone please remind me why I'm making a fool out of myself?" he asked as he twitched.

"Well.… Fi-chan DID say she'd do what ever you wanted if she were able to see you wearing those pjs, Xelloss-san," said Akira as she stifled a few snickers upon seeing the mazoku wearing feet pajamas with usagis printed out in all the right places, "And besides, you look very cute."

By then both Filia and Naya were almost rolling on the floor in a huge laughter fit, "Oh my GOD!!" managed the dragon in between roars of laugher, "Where EVER did I put my cam?! I need a picture of this moment!!" Naya however was able to take deep breaths and near the still scowling purple haired priest.

"Oh, Xeeeeeelloss…. you're not wearing the most important part of the outfit," she reached behind him and pulled on a couple of bunny ears over his head, "There! Now it's complete!" she then fell over laughing once more.

The blue haired girl was the only one that was not laughing; instead she smirked and looked at Filia, "Ahem…. Fi-chan?" she asked softly, "I do believe you're forgetting something," upon hearing this, the blond stiffened and shoot back a deer-caught-in-a-spotlight look, "Yes, and what will Xelloss-san make Fi-chan do?" boy, Akira was having the time of her life apparently.

The mazoku perked up at this instantly, "Hai! She has to do whatever I say… now what shall it be?" he tapped his chin thoughtfully, looking quite comical because of his current outfit, "Let's see…."

Filia sweatdroped, but refused to give him the credit of seeing her nervous, instead she glared hard at him, "Yes, I wonder what you'll ask me to do, Usagi-chan…." she said, eyes narrowed, falling to notice the evil smirk Akira was wearing.

"Rude lil dragon," glared Xelloss back at her, twitching but regaining his composure in seconds, "You know? I believe that YOUR punishment must fit mine…." an outfit suddenly appeared in his hand, and he bowed before Filia, kneeling down on one knee, "And here it is.… Naga-chan"

Akira this time couldn't help but snicker, "Not what I was hoping for," she admitted as she waved a hand, "But he's down on one knee before her, so it'll do for now," she smiled sweetly as the dragon maiden twitched, grabbed the outfit and stormed off, looking quite irritate, "Oh yes…. it'll do just FINE for now…."

Naya smiled too, "Not what I was hoping for either but it's funny!!"

A sweatdrop ran down the back of the mazoku's head, "What ARE you two plotting?" he asked as he sat himself on the sofa, smiling contently, "If I were not to know better I'd say you two plotted this."

"Us? We're innocent lil girls," smiled the blue haired girl as she crossed her fingers behind her back, "Us plotting this? Nah…." she rolled her eyes suddenly, whispering to herself, "Well at least not Naya.… she didn't plan any of this <.<" she smiled sweetly again, "Why would you EVER think something like that, Xelloss-san?"

Filia's voice came from the corridor, "I'm most certainly NOT going in like this!!!" she bellowed, "Not in a million years! Not now either!"

The purple haired priest tsked as he waggled a finger, "But Fi-chan, *I* did, it's only fair you do too, you know!" he opened one of his eyes and watched the dragon maiden step into the room, holding the cape over herself as much as she could, and in so, covering most of herself from view, "Aww, come on Fi-chan…. leave go of the cape so we can see you?" his grin grew as he watcher her turn a dark shade of red, not daring let go of the cape to hold her mace.

"No way in heaven, hell or earth I'll let go now, hentai no baka!" screamed a very irritate dragon back at the mazoku, tail sticking out straight behind her, "How DARE you ask?! Besides! The deal was that I'd WEAR it," she glared at him as if she could make him disappear from view just by doing this, "Not that I'd SHOW the damn outfit off!"

Akira waved a hand in front of them, not getting any attention at all, "Oi…. sorry to interrupt you two…" she sweatdroped when both non human continued their quarreling and didn't even look at her, "Humm…. oi? You two are not listening, are you?" her calm face turned into a downright glare as she coughed, "Ahem, sorry to interrupt, but there's a.…" she cleared her voice, taking a deep breath in, "SPIDER!!!" she screamed at the top of her voice, sadistic grin plastered on her face.

"Where?!" shrieked Filia as her eyes went wide.

"Right beside you, Fi-san," came the answer, making the blond jump and glomp the nearest person.... ie; one very startled and not very comfortable usagi mazoku, whose eyes snapped open at this. The blue haired girl gave them a close eyed smile, "I think I'm quite good at doing my job, now aren't I?" she turned and found Naya practically rolling on the floor with laughter, "Thought so."

The dragon maiden lifted her head off from her glomping position to look behind her at Akira, "Is it gone? Where did it go? Will it eat me?" she whimpered, not quite noticing where she was or whom she was still glomping, "Is it safe now?"

By now Xelloss had been able to regain his composure and he smirked, "Oh, I'm SURE it'll come back and get you, Fi-chan," he then lowered his voice to a very faint whisper, "Very nice view from here, by the way.…"

"Besides!" shouted Naya from her place on the ground, still trying to not laugh, "I've heard that spiders kill around 1000000 people a year! And that they love dragon flesh best of all!" she was rewarded when the blonde's eyes grew wide and she glomped herself even more to Xelloss if possible.

The mazoku must have seen his chance, for he turned to Filia and placed his face near hers, "I'll get rid of the ryu-eating spider for you, Fi-chan.… but only if you do something," his grin grew when he noticed her sweatdrop heavily, finality noting just WHERE and WHOM she was glomping.

"If I do what?" she asked, still not daring to let go, way too occupied to see the satisfied look on Akira's face, "What do I have to do?"

Akira tsked and wagged a finger at the purple haired priest, "Ne, Xelloss-san, careful what you ask for.…" she winked an eye at him, "Young ones are watching you, never forget," she motioned to Naya and herself, still smirking.

Xelloss decided to ignore the comment and turned back to Filia, "You'll have to do a karaoke scene for me!" he restrained himself from laughing at this point, "Dressed in that!"

"NO WAY!!!" yelled the dragon as she let go of him and ran out of the room, bashing a vase with her tail in the process, "I'd rather let the spider eat me raw!"

The blue haired girl sweatdroped, "Xelloss…." She said as she ran one hand along her hair, muttering to herself, "You're impossible -_- I set out a great chance and do you take it? No.…" she then looked straight at him, almost glaring, "That was not what I was hoping for.…"

In response the mazoku shrugged, "Well, she DID let go of me, now didn't she?" he sat down on the sofa again, "She was beginning to suffocate me dearly,"

Naya just sweatdroped, "I think.… I'll go find Fi-san and bring her back," and so she ran out in search for the missing dragon, leaving both Akira and Xelloss alone in the room.

"You think you're so smart, ne Xelloss-san?" asked the girl as she neared him, green eyes almost reflecting the dim light of the lamps, "Well I know something you don't.…" she whispered, closing her eyes and giving him the close eyed smile once more.

"Oh?" blinked the mazoku, "And what would that be, Aki?"

This seemed to amuse the girl for she grinned and opened an eye at him, "So it's `Aki' now, ne mazoku?" she again closed her eyes, "I'm tempted to say a certain phrase someone taught me, but instead I'll have to say you're not at all perceptive!" she held out a hand and a green aura surrounded her suddenly, "Not perceptive at all…." she said as green was replaced by swirls of yellow mixed with purple.

The purple haired priest jumped off the couch, eyes open wide and scanning the astral plane for the weird girl's presence, not finding anything at all, "I KNEW you were too smart to be a mortal!" he continued to scan, this time trying to identify her soul, and still not succeeding, "Who ARE you?"

"Let's just say I'm special.…" her aura died down just as Naya walked in with Fi, whom was out of the Naga outfit and in some neko pjs, cat ears set back and dragon tail sticking out where the cat tail should be, "Isn't that Kawaii?" smiled the blue haired girl.

Filia smiled, sweatdroping slightly, "At least I'm out of that dreadful costume," she blinked as she watched Xelloss fall over in shock, most likely from the combination of Akira not being mortal and the sudden appearance of the Golden dragon in kitty pjs, "Humm.… what HAVE you two been doing? Akira? Xelloss?" she asked as she raised an eyebrow.

An evil smirk appeared on Akira's face as she cleared her throat, "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" she said in a sing song voice, watching the mazoku facefault.

"Far from it!!" he cried out, picking himself off from the ground, "She'd wish...." he then dusted himself off, returning to his usual cheerful expression, "So, AKI, would you please reveal to all of us whom you are?"

Akira smiled sweetly up at him, failing to notice a concerned look from Naya, "What EVER are you talking about, Xelloss-san?" she asked, trying to appear as innocent as she could, "I think that seeing Fi-san in those pajamas has affected your brain very much!"

"Oh, you know perfectly well what I mean," came the mazoku's response as he opened his eyes.

The blue haired girl just continued to smile sweetly. When Filia asked what was going on she smiled wider, "Oh nothing.… It's just that Xelloss-san here thinks something weird about me," she waggled a finger in his direction, making an irritation mark appear on the mazoku's head, "But he'll have to PROVE his point.…"

Just as Xelloss was about to open his mouth, the Golden dragon went up to him, "Xelloss? This is all YOUR fault!" she accused, pointing her tail at him, "Somehow it just HAS to be!!" this just made him whine, asking why everything had to be his fault, "It always is!!" shouted the dragon back at him, "99.9% of the time anyhow!! Why should this that odd 0.01%?!"

Akira smiled, noticing just how easily the topic was diverted away from her, "Perfect.…"

Meanwhile Naya shook herself out of her concerned state and giggled, "Ne, Xelloss, I wonder WHY everything is your fault, actually!"

"But it is not my fault this time!!" came his whine, "This happens to be that odd 0.01%! Really! I didn't do anything!! At least not yet…." he sweatdroped slightly, "It wasn't me! I'm an innocent little bunny!!"

The blond haired dragon maiden twitched, "You innocent? HA!! You've got guilt written all over your face, Namagomi!" she pulled out a black marker and proceeded to actually write the word `guilt' all over his face while Naya flashed her flashlight at him, asking for his alibi.

A sweatdrop ran down the back of the blue haired girl's head, "This is getting ridiculous," she admitted to no one in particular as she ran a hand over her hair, shaking her head in mock sorrow, "Well, might as well give them a clue.…" she looked up at them and made her aura shine around herself, green eyes again seemingly shinning in the darkness. This of course caught everyone's attention; Naya blinked and looked concerned once more. Filia's eyes went wide as she scooted away from the shinning girl. And as for Xelloss, he took the flashlight away from Naya and shone it in Akira's direction.

"So, will you NOW tell us whom you are?" he asked, proud that it was proven he was not guilty of anything just yet.

Akira smiled close-eyedly as darkness swirled around her, merging perfectly with the light, "Who am I? You want to know who I am.…" she opened her eyes again, a serious expression coming over her features, "I am darkness and I am light.…I am dark and light as one," she said, "Both forces united within a circle that has no end.…Eternal circle without escape."

The mazoku's eyes snapped open as the girl continued to recite the strange poem, somehow thinking that it was way too familiar for some reason.

"No where to run.… no where to hide," Akira said as she narrowed her eyes, "Until a force will break what no one has ever broken," she lifted one hand, forming a ball of white light, "Force from a soul with will white as snow," then she lifted her other hand, forming a ball of black light, "Force from a heart with courage as black as coal," finally she united both her hands, mixing both balls in a spiral of power that disappeared seconds after, "And the day this is done, I'll have dark and light united in peace…." Everyone blinked at her as she suddenly seemed to go snap out of it, aura having disappeared and cheerful expression back on, "So, who's sleepy? I am!" she walked out of the room, seemingly to change into her own pjs.

Naya was the second one to snap out of it. She looked after the blue haired girl with a worried expression and then turned to Filia and Xelloss, "Will you two please get the sleeping bags?" she motioned to a closet, "They're in there, meanwhile I'll go change too," and with that, she too disappeared.

Both non humans nodded dumbly, still very much absorbed by Akira's little riddle. They took out four sleeping bags and assembled them on the floor with care, not even bothering to talk to each other. Once this was finished Naya and Akira walked in, both in night gowns and each took a sleeping bag.

"Well…." Came the blue haired girls voice as she snapped her fingers, making the lights go out, "Good night everyone!" she lay on the bed and smirked as she made a twisted staff with a yellow crystal on top appear beside herself, "Good dreams we shall all have tonight…." she whispered to the crystal as it shone inside the covers, "Things are going exactly like you asked for…. Father." She waited till she knew that everyone else was asleep, and promptly, she too fell asleep, hugging the staff to herself.

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Filia's dream world again O_o;;)

Is it possible to actually dream a dream that seemed to retell a story? Filia thought as she walked alongside the same sunbathed beach as always, searching for the two children that always seemed to catch her attention completely when she saw them. It took her a few minutes to find them this time, for this time they were not by the shore, they were a little more into the sand, both building what looked like a sand castle.

"It's looking good!" giggled the girl as she put some seashells as decorations on the walls, "Wouldn't it be great if you could live inside one of these?" she smiled as he nodded slightly.

"I agree," he patted the walls in an attempt to make them stronger, "When we're older we can come here and build ourselves a big one!" he chirped, "Then we can live inside it and everyone will gasp at the beautifulness of our house."

This caught the girl's attention completely, "Do you mean it? Will I really be able to live inside a sand castle?" when he nodded to her she smiled, "Oh! That would be so much fun! We could make the walls out of seashells!" she smiled again as she held out her hand to him, "Promise we'll both live inside the castle for ever and ever?"

"I promise," came his response as he took her hand in his…

DFA: *Grins* Ne, so whom IS Akira? Huh? What do you think? I'll leave it off there ^-^;; *Sweatdrop* Otherwise I'll give a bit too much info! Besides… I think that the dream was a good leave-off point *Pokes her nags* o.o they're asleep right now…. they're not nagging me! Yay! *Runs off, singing a happy tune* I've done a chapter! Yay for me!! Yay for me!!