Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Faith's secret ❯ Xylon's the name! ( Chapter 11 )

Faith's present

By: Dark fire angel

DFA: I humm… took my merry lil time to update this, now didn't I? n.n *Holds up a nag* It got broken and forgot to do its work… a nag that forgot to nag O_o that's odd *Cough* anyhow ^^ this chapter will explain whom Akira is finally *Grin*

Val: and who cares who she is? -_- *Holds up a sign that was the word `No fic, no muse' written on it* I'm now officially on strike, Angel-san, so go find yourself a muse that will work even if you don't do a fic for him/her.

DFA: <.<; Strike? You're on strike? I don't think…

Fi: I'm on strike too then! *Joins Val*

Xel: *Appears out of no where and grins* Ne, that means I'm the only one able to put up with her enough? My my… that shows that we mazoku ARE stronger and better than any old Ryuzoku you know n_n *Winks an eye*

Fi: …. *Sweatdrop* Valteria! Where did you get the idea of a strike from?! We NEVER go on strike! Get to work!! *Drags Val off*

Val: -_- *Sulk*

DFA: ^^ *Hands Xel a vacation ticket* Thank you Xel-kun! *Wonders off*

Xel: n_n anytime *Hides the ticket* Oh, we don't belong to her, by the way *Whisper* L-sama be with us if we'd ever did o.o *Phases away*

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (It's night!! La la! And everyone's asleep! ^0^ or maybe not)

The night went on peacefully and all seemed to be able to sleep soundly. All, that is, except a certain purple haired mazoku, whom was thinking over Akira's strange poem as he sat on the windowsill, looking over at the moon, "Yare yare… it's so familiar," he mumbled to himself as he sighed in confusion, "and why should it matter anyhow? Why should it affect me in any way?" he was way too occupied to notice Filia sit up on her sleeping bag and listen to him as he debated over the puzzle, "Dark and light, light and dark…forces opposite yet the same," he let out a groan and held his head in his hands, "Oh, never mind! I'll just force myself to sleep! I'm not going to figure it out anyhow just now!"

"You won't figure it out ever, Mazoku," came the blonde's soft reply, "Besides, if it's insomnia that's bothering you I know what to do against it," she stood up, nightgown white as snow and almost reflecting the moon rays that filtered through the window, and neared him, watching him stiffen when he noticed she was not asleep at all "I know the cure of insomnia, Xelloss," she smiled slightly as she reached him and held out a hand.

Xelloss raised an eyebrow and took no action, content in just watching what it was she was doing, "All I hope is that it's not another riddle, Fi-chan -.-; No more riddles, thank you."

The golden dragon giggled, "No, silly, it's not a riddle!" she coughed once and began singing a soft tune, humming it wordlessly in some bits as her hand glowed white.

"What…?" the mazoku opened his eyes just as Filia put her glowing hand over his face, making him fall asleep instantly whilst she continued to hum and sing, happy that her sleep spell had caught him of guard and had worked.

Finally, she have a soft sigh and carried him effortlessly to the sofa, laying him down on it, "Cepheid only knows why I bother with him," she muttered to herself, "And heaven only knows why I'm bothering NOW of all moments," her memory went back to the strangely familiar dream she had just had and she shook her head, "Ne… I think that dream made me soft," she suddenly yawned very heavily for some reason, and her head fell right next to Xel's, both now completely asleep.

Akira opened her green eyes and smirked as she sat up on her own sleeping bag, twisted staff clutched in her hands, "Ne, Fi-chan, you're not the only one whom can cast a strong sleep spell," she said as she stood up and went over to both sleeping non humans, "It's getting more interesting, huh? Dreams are plaguing both of you separately… and you don't know why," she looked at her staff's crystal, noting the intensity of the glow, "As I said, `no where to run, no where to hide, until a force will break what no one has ever broken," she lowered her staff to the ground and neared Filia, brushing her bangs out of her eyes, "Force from a soul with will white as snow," she then reached over to Xel and did likewise, "Force from a heart with courage as black as coal… it's your destiny," This said, she let out a sigh and went over to her bag, laying down in it yet again, hugging the staff, "Not much long till it all bursts then."

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Dreamland yet AGAIN O_o I promise it's the last dream now n.n;)

Filia blinked and then sighed. She was again in that sun bathed beach, another of those dreams, she thought to herself as she automatically began to scan her surroundings in an attempt to find the little boy and the girl she always used to see. Sure enough, they were up ahead, both of them looking at the sea again as they sat together.

"It's not fair" murmured the girl as she frowned, her tail swishing lazily over the sand, "Why can't I see you again? Why won't they let us be?" she turned to her companion with a saddened expression, "I don't care what they think! It's my life! I should get to choose!!"

The boy had stayed silent during her tirade, eyes open and looking at the calm waters of the sea sparkle, "I don't know…" he whispered, "But I do know one thing," he turned to her and closed his eyes, smiling a little, "Do you remember that one time you asked me to show you my star?" she nodded, "Do you still want to see it?" again she nodded to him, her eyes becoming wide, "Ok then…" he searched his clothes, ruffling them slightly till he pulled out a small yellowish crystal out, "Look, this is it." He handed to her his treasure.

"This is your star?" asked the girl as she turned the small object this way and that, "Demo… it doesn't look like a star at all," she said as she raised an eyebrow, which in turn made him laugh softly.

"Nah… that's not my star," he said as he grinned wider, "My star is INSIDE that crystal," he touched it as he continued, "Look at it carefully."

The blond blinked and turned her attention back to the object, staring into its core and gasped at what she saw there. Inside she could see images of a little girl giggling and running along the beach, getting occasionally soaked by a wave or two, which didn't seem to mind her at all, "This… it's… she's… am I her?" she finally asked, making him laugh softly once again.

"Yes," he winked an eye at her, "Now you see why I never wanted to be able to catch a star from the sky," he smiled as he stood up, "I've always had one more beautiful here on land," he let out a sigh, "Please keep my crystal, if only just so you'll remember me, ok?" he then began to walk away

"Ano…" the girl stood up too as she watched him leave, "Why me?" she asked softly.

Her question made him stop walking, but he didn't turn around to face her, "Sore wa himitsu desu…" he then continued walking till he disappeared in the horizon.

"His secret…" whispered the young one, "I want to have a secret too," she then turned and seemed to stare directly at Filia with pleading eyes whilst you hugged the crystal to her, "Will you continue my dream?" she asked.

Filia blinked, but before she was able to answer the child's question everything turned black once more…

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ (Ok… end of dream and back to reality ^^)

A beam of light entered to room as dawn came, hitting Filia directly over her face. She gave a moan and buried her head into the warm bunch of clothes she had just beside her head, sighing and half hugging it to herself slightly.

Upon being half hugged by a still asleep dragon, Xelloss opened his eyes to the offending light and growled softly, not really noticing exactly what was happening till Fi began rubbing her head on her new `pillow', "What the?!" The mazoku stiffened and tried to sit upright, falling miserably, "…" was his lack of response when he became conscious of the fact that a certain blond was hugging him and had her head buried into his chest, "Hummm, Fi-chan, no means to bother you but…" he blinked, trying to think of what exactly he should say to a sleeping dragon, "Fi-chan…." He whinned, but was cut off by a voice coming from behind him.

"I wouldn't wake her up if I were you, Xel-san… at least not after all that happened last night," it told him, a slightly note of amusement could be noticed, "She might decide to accuse you of taking advantage of her…"

Xelloss turned his head and found Akira leaning on a far off wall, looking calm and very confident, "So you WERE awake last night," he replied as he carefully untied the sleeping dragon from around himself and walked over to the blue haired girl, "Anyhow, I think I know whom you are now…"

The girl's eyes widened for a short moment before she regained her composure again, "Oh really?" she asked him as she gave him a close eyed smile, trying to not look as nervous as she felt, "Try me Xel-d… er!!!" she sweatdroped heavily and rubbed the back of her head, cursing the fact she had actually let herself slip in her nervousness, "I mean to say, try me Xel-san!"

"Well, if I hadn't been sure before, I am now," said the purple haired mazoku as he smiled, "You're not from around here, are you? Are you from the future?"

Another sweatdrop found its way down the back of Akira's head, "I… erm… I…" she let out a sigh and shook her head, "I do think that's the cat out of the bag," she muttered sadly, "And I was having so much fun too! Life really is kind of unfair, ne?" another sigh escaped her throat as she continued, trying to explain, "Yes, I'm from the future… or actually, from one possible future… I was sent by…"

Xelloss lifted up a hand, asking for silence, "I don't wish you to tell me," he said softly, "Knowing your own fate is one of the worst things in the world," he opened an eye at Akira and grinned, feeling he had the upper hand for once since he'd entered the stupid party, "Let's keep this a secret, whatever your name is, my daughter."

"I see you figured that out too," smirked the blue haired girl, "Demo, you got one thing wrong, for you see, I'm not your daughter, but your son," she shown in a green aura and soon where Akira had been standing, stood a mysterious kid with messy blue hair that covered his eyes partly, "So you see, nothing is what it seems…father."

This had taken the mazoku by surprise and he could only stare at the child in front of him. His eyes were green and wider than his own, but still had a cat-like slatted pupil, "So… you're a combination of both of…us?" He motioned at the still snoring Fi, to which the child nodded, "So you're a demon-dragon, are you not?"

Again, the child nodded, showing off his tail slightly, "Hai, my name is Xylon, pleased to be here ^^ It was fun while it lasted," he tilted his head towards one side, managing to look cute and innocent while looking strangely mysterious and dangerous at the same time.

Not that Xelloss had anything against causing havoc, but he thought that it wouldn't be such a good idea for Fi and Naya to notice that instead of a girl named Akira, there was now a boy name Xylon, "Yare yare… as much as I'd love to see the shook on those two faces, I think you should change back to female for a while." He didn't have to ask the strange child twice, for he had changed himself back to `Akira' by then.

"Ah, you're no fun," came the reply as he/she looked over at the sleeping Naya, "I think I'll go fix some breakfast," he/she took hold of Naya's sleeping bag and pulled it over to the kitchen, successfully leaving Fi and Xel alone for once.

The mazoku watched Filia stir slightly and he shook his head, "I wonder if it's true and not really all a dream," he rubbed his temples as he watched her, "Who decides what's a dream and what's not? Maybe all we ever do is live a dream and nothing else… who would know?"

As he said this, the sleeping dragoness opened her eyes and groaned from having been sleeping in such an odd position, half on the floor and half on the sofa, "…" was her lack of response as she looked around herself, rubbing her eyes and trying to wake up, "What? Where? Who…" she blinked and yawned, unable to fight it back, "Where are Akira and Naya, Xelloss?" she mumbled, not really able to tell what had been a dream last night and what hadn't.

"Ne, they're preparing breakfast Fi-chan," he grinned and waggled a finger at her, suddenly in a good mood, "So, had good dreams? It's nice to see you so clam in the mornings! I never thought I'd see you calm for once…"

Filia scowled at that, standing up and going up to him. She was about to either whack him or something when Akira walked in looking as cheerful as Xelloss, "Oi! I thin-" she blinked at the scene in front of herself, both non humans way too close to each other for comfort, "Oya, oya… do I interrupt something?" she asked sweetly with a close eyed smiled.

A sweatdrop ran down the back of the purple haired mazoku's head as he stepped out from under Fi's shadow, "Humm… somewhat," he stopped and opened his eyes, "I just CAN'T bring myself to call you Akira any more you know…" he said in a serious voice.

"Fine…" came the strange girl's reply, "Call me by my real name then… father," she opened her eyes, which almost seemed to shine as she looked up at Fi and Xel.

The blond Ryuzoku blinked, then twitched, "Oooooh!! I KNEW you were a dirty heap of gutter thrash!" she yelled as she grabbed Xel's collar, "You have a child and never told me?!"

"Huh?!" the mazoku would have facefaulted had he not have been grabbed by Filia and currently being shaken, "Ahh… Fi-chan! Stop shaking me! He… erm… she's not my child! Well not yet anyhow!!" this only got Filia to shake him about more, "FILIA!!" he snapped as he teleported out of her grasp, "Ne… Akira here, formally named Xylon, comes from the future," he explained as he dusted himself off, watching the ryu fume silently.

Akira giggled and winked, "My my… you two are so much fun to watch sometimes!" she stopped talking when Xel sent her a `either-tell-her-the-truth-or-you're-dead' glare, "Oh, fine, fine," she muttered as she waved a hand, light surrounding her as she changed into Xylon again, "Happy? >.> That's the cat out of the bag for good! You're fun, father -.-; I was having fun you know…"

Poor Filia stared at the boy who had previously been Akira, "Ah… I get it," she whispered mostly to herself, "I'm still asleep and dreaming, right? Otherwise… I don't get it o_o"

"Well, from what I've gathered, Xylon comes from the future," said Xelloss as he looked at the blue haired boy calmly, "He claims to be my son and… humm…" he stopped talking and motioned slightly to Fi, making her eyes grow wide.

"HENTAI!! You're not implying that… that… NO WAY!!" she twitched as her tail popped out, "Me? A purely innocent maiden and you?! A filthy… mazoku?!"

The purple haired priest sweatdroped, "Oi, I didn't imply it, he did," he signalled at Xylon, whom was hovering slightly, his own tail waving in amusement, "So scream at him -.- not at me, Fi-chan."

The blue haired boy snickered under his breath, "Ne… you're just as fun in the past and in the future," he said, "Actually, slightly more fun right now ^^ I was sent by my father to tell my former past-parents a secret," he opened his green eyes and watched his `parents' tilt their heads expectantly, "Sore wa… himitsu desu!" he giggled when Fi facefaulted and Xel grinned.

"WHY did I see that coming?!" growled the dragon from her spot on the ground as she glared up at the mazoku.

"Beats me Fi-chan," he answered as he winked, "The kid's smarter than he looks."

Xylon sweatdroped at that, "Oi… I look smart too you know," he coughed slightly and got serious faced, "Wanted to tell you a riddle, so listen, for after I've completed my mission it'll be up to you to follow your destiny or not," he closed his eyes as if concentrating, "Only if those who's powers combine and make the world shine in the darkness combine, will a child be born," he whispered, "Child bearer of light from an angel and bearer of dark from a demon… careful what is done, for depending on a simple action will the destiny of the world be decided…"

DFA: *Cuts it off there* <.< >.> *Hides the ending* ^^ *Runs off with it* This fic is ALMOST finished!! YAY!!