“Hai, but what was THAT about?”

“I don’t, but it doesn’t look to great…”

“What am I going to do?” Firia sighed. A Tear streamed down her face.

Val wiped it off.

“Don’t cry. It’ll be alright” He assured her.

Firia looked at her supposed ‘son’. He was grown up now, and he was pretty much just like he was before, without the horn. Long aqua hair, gold eyes, muscular and tall. Just as Firia remembered him before, so long ago.

“Thanks, but I don’t think he’ll let this go, if I remember him, he will come back.” She sighed, saving her tears for later. Now it was Val’s turn to look at her. Why would anyone want to kill her? She had long blonde hair, much longer from what he remembered when they first met, years ago. Those bright blue eyes… the more Valteria thought about it, the more he wanted to kill Xelloss.

“Firia, are you sure your okay?”

“Valteria, how can I possibly be okay?." Sighs. "Never mind, I want to sleep, but the namagomi will probably attack then.”

“I’ll stay up with you”

“No need, you should get your rest for the shop tomorrow,” she really wouldn’t mind the company, Val was quite powerful.

“Firia, this is your life. I’m staying up” Val then got some blankets and he and Firia sat near the fire. It was freezing.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“Xelloss. You have come back quickly, have you completed your mission?” the Greater Beast Zelas asked her priest/general.

“Almost, Zelas-sama, one problem- there’s this one Ryozoku… nothing big.”

“Ah, yes, Firia, was it?”

“I believe so Zelas-sama”

“One ryozoku… Kill her anyway Xelloss. I don’t care, maybe within the next week or so, I don’t want any risks. The ryozoku should be perminately gone”

“Hai Zelas-sama.” Xelloss said disappearing to his little ‘lair’ What had happened to him? He struggled.. to kill HER. He wanted to do it for so long.. to kill her. How dare someone make him angry in any way, when Lina, Gourry, Zel, and Amelia died he would’ve done it, but Zelas-sama said no. Wait. I wait, and now I can’t. Damn. Why? What did I do? He felt so weird when trying to stab her… &_&$%$#&%$&^ Why didn’t it work? He decided to just fool around his area , and go out and killing things… it took this nightmare of his mind. next