Filia was busy working at a brown table, inside her lab. It was in the middle of nowhere, and far away from where they met. Xelloss watched, and sat in a wooden rocking chair, at the other side of the room. Filia noticed him rocking back and forth, rubbing his head. She didn't hit him that badly... did she? Judging by the way he's reacting... not smiling, not being an annoying little trickster, and not even speaking.... she must have hit him pretty bad. Physically, or internally... she wasn't sure.
Xelloss quietly rocked, and watched every movement Filia made, making sure she wasn't going to hit him again. That actually did hurt, after numerous wacks in the head. It made him quite different. He normally, would've been annoying Filia right now, but he wasn't doing anything close to that. He decided to get his mind off of the mean Filia, who's so serious she wouldn't even take a joke... Then again, she's very easily amused when he does something wrong. Xelloss sighed. He didn't to even want think of that.
Filia noticed his sigh, and paused in her procedures. She felt sorry for him, and looked at him, with sad eyes.
Xelloss looked at the staring Filia, and couldn't help but grin. He pictured her in that pink tootoo. Now that, was a sight. He let out a giggle, which made Filia turn away, disgusted.
She wasn't going to hit him again. She'd done enough of that. She would just ignore him.
Xelloss leaned back in his comfortable chair, and thought about Lina and her friends. He actually had missed them, and preffered them than Filia. He drifted to his own world of thought, leaving Filia to do all the research on the creatures.
Filia carefully examined the piece of rotted skin. Carefully without touching it, she looked closer, and tried figuring it out. It seemed to be living off of something other than food. Filia thought, and figured that these things had to get energy from somewhere, or something. Uncertain, she prepared another test. She started to get bored, and decided to sing. She sang the sang known to her as 'Breeze', with a soft, sweet voice.
"Takai sora wo tori ni natte tobitai. Haruka tooi kibou wo mezashite. Konna fuu ni ima wo mitsumeru koto dekiru nara, Kizutsuku koto mo naku, asu mo kowakunai..."
Xelloss didn't mind the singing. It was actually comforting. He started humming along with her, smiling.
Filia didn't care whether or not Xelloss sang with her. She just needed to amuse herself somehow, to get her mind off of hitting the humming trickster in the backround.
Xelloss was having fun, as he watched Filia singing, and hummed along with her. He was glad, as he noticed her urge to hit him, but decided against it. He could sense her slight anger, which made him have all the more fun.
"Kaze ni notte yume no kanata e tokudeyukitai. Yuuki toyu tsubasa o tsukete..."
Xelloss hummed along happily, enjoying the dragon's voice.
"Tori ni natte miorosu kokoru... mochi tsuzuketai... REAL na hibi ni.. makenai yo..."
Xelloss sang the solo, with a wide grin on his face. It even made Filia smile, as she heard his voice. Filia joined in with the high parts, and ended the song, with smiles on both their faces.
Then, an overwhelming silence filled the room.
Xelloss thought about Filia. Yes, Filia. He wondered if she would ever be as sweet as her voice. Or as sexy as her body was formed to be. Xelloss suddenly realized what he was thinking, and grinned, eyeing the dragon.
Filia, in the meantime, was wondering about Xelloss. He was a monster, and definately acted as one. But.. at times you feel like you want to get to know him more. You want to relate to him, but can't. Can't, won't, and will never. Filia couldn't relate to Xelloss in any way, and refused to. Dragons and monsters are not what you'd consider friends.
Sure, Xelloss is a funny guy, and sometimes cute.... but on the other hand, you never know when you could trust him. And he's a dangerous monster who even almost turned against Lina. How could she trust someone like that! He could kill Filia, and she knew that. All he had to do, was snap his fingers, and get it over with. Why wouldn't he? Well, that's easy to answer. It just wouldn't fit this series.
Xelloss kept the big grin on his face as he looked at Filia's figure. He loved the way he could look anywhere he wanted, without anyone noticing, since his eyes are always closed. But are they really? Ofcourse not! He could see anywhere he wanted, and that, he definately liked in these situations.
Filia has a nice figure. She has a cute face, and yet serious or scared at times. Her blond hair fell over onto her shoulders, giving her pleasant details. Her cape was off, and hanging on the back of her chair, giving Xelloss more to view. She'd be a wonderful person to have fun with. He smiled as he looked lower, and lower.....
"Hey Xelloss."
He fell off his rocking chair from shock, but quickly jumped back on, trying not to make Filia notice. That failed.
She eyed him suspiciously, as he sweatdropped and laughed nervously.
Beastmaster was talking to him. Telepathically.
"What is it?!?!?!" asked Xelloss inside his head.
Beastmaster laughed. "Don't have too much fun, Xelloss. You've still got work to do."
Xelloss frowned, and payed his attention back to Filia's experiments.
"So....." started Xelloss. He felt different towards Filia, because of his recent thoughts. But Filia, on the other hand, stayed the same.
"What?!?" she snapped, startling Xelloss.
He smirked, and grew irritated. "I was just going to ask whether or not you've found something!" he snapped back.
Filia kept her mouth shut. She hasn't found much. All she figured out was that these things... "These creatures.... are all connected to one thing. So if we destroy that one thing, then they'd all be destroyed."
"Hmmm. So just like humans need food and water to survive, these creatures need this one thing, right?" asked Xelloss, still rocking in his chair.
"Yes." Filia scanned a book in her hand, but couldn't find anything that looked like what they were fighting. "But I can't find out what they actually are..."
Xelloss thought. "Considering we've never seen these things before, they might not be from this world..."
"You mean, their from the Overworld?"
"Probably.... but I didn't detect it in the creatures. Maybe I could only detect it with the substance they live off of." he concluded, and pulled out a book.
"What's that?" asked Filia.
"Oh, this? It's a list of creatures from the Overworld."
"WHAT?!?! Where'd you get that?!?!?!"
"Oh, you know.... around."
Filia crossed her arms, and watched the smiling trickster.
"You saw these things better than I did, so come look."
Filia looked at him curiously, but then unfolded her arms and walked beside the rocking Xelloss.
"No, not that." said Filia repetetively, until Xelloss stops turning the pages.
"Hmmmm... this one doesn't have a picture, but it says it provides energy for it's children...." he said standing up, and walking away.
"You think there must be a queen, then?" asked Filia.
"Yes. There has to be. And that also means there must be more of those creatures somewhere."
"Then I guess this was the threat to the Fire Dragon Temple."
"Hmmm... I guess so." Xelloss closed the book. "Then you should rest for tomorrow. It's gonna be a long day...."
"Right..." she grabbed her cape, and covered herself in the rocking chair Xelloss was in. She felt comfortable, and wanted the sleep, that slowly came to her.
Xelloss looked at her over his shoulder at Filia, and disappeared.
The sound of a night owl awoke the cold Filia. She looked around, and the candlelight was blown out by the breeze. She shivered, and pulled her cape tighter. Yearning for sleep, she closed her eyes, but too many thoughts were in her head. She thought about how Xelloss had sang with her, which brought a smile to her face.
He wasn't bad.... If only he wouldn't be such a trickster. Then again, that's what makes Xelloss, Xelloss.
Her eyes opened, and looked out the window next to her. It was very dark, and the stars were shining bright. It reminded Filia of the other night, and how Xelloss slept beside her. That was a first.
Knowing she couldn't fall asleep, Filia walked over to the table of where the creature was. She looked through the book Xelloss had shown to her, and re-read the description of the mystery creature.
"So what are you, anyway?" she thought aloud. She sat in a wooden chair, and buried her head in her arms. She started drifting into a light sleep, and breathed heavily.
"Shfitz."
"Shfitz."
"Shfitz."
Filia jumped up to the sudden noise ringing in her ears. The sound became louder and louder, making her frightened.
"Stop it!" she cried. "Stop it! Stop it!" The noise only became louder to her cries. Filia recognized the sound, and realized it was the creatures from before.
"Oh....! Not again!!!" she kicked the floor in disatisfaction. "Alright then!"
She stormed towardss the door of her lab, and opened it with rage, and sudden shock.
The mysterious creatures frightened Filia, with their magical spears pointed at her head.
"Hehe... heh... Can't we talk about this....? Heheheh..." she laughed nervously.
The sound suddenly stopped, making Filia nervous. "Why's it so quiet all of a sudden...." she said looking at the ridiculous looking eyes of a creature.
The creatures were no different from the ones before. Big eyes, ugly tentacles... and spedos...... Filia looked around at the numerous amount of creatures before her. She had to think of something, and fast. She couldn't just stand her and watch them! Her first thought was her lazer breath, but she wasn't sure if that would affect these things. She wasn't sure if anything would affect these things!
"Filia Ul Copt." came a scary echoing voice, shocking FIlia. "Fire Dragon Priestess of the Fire Dragon King." A pause. "You will be the first of the dragons to die."
