Quest for Viv

Prologue

	It had been a normal enough day. . . until the Golden 
Dragon struck without any warning at all.  Valgarv-no, 
wait, he had been Valterria then, had been out of the 
village when it happened.  He saw the smoke rising, and 
had run back as fast as he could. He had seen the 
silhouettes of the Golden Dragons, and knew it was best 
not to be seen by them. . . his people were not on the best 
terms with the Golds at the moment.
	He heard screams as he got closer to the village.  
As he charged out of the forest, he screamed in pure 
terror.  His golden eyes burned with tears in an instant.  
Blood.  Blood was everywhere!  The ground was soaked 
in it.  His people's blood.  His friend's blood.  His 
family's blood. . . that snapped him out of his shock.  His 
younger sister, Viv, was in the village.  He had to find her, 
and then they had to get out of there.  Their mother had 
died years ago in an accident, and their father, who was 
the elder of the village, was at Ceifeed's temple, trying to 
negotiate a peace with the Golds.  It would be weeks later 
when Val would find out that his father was already dead.
	As Val charged down the streets toward his house, 
he saw images of terror that he would never be able to 
forget.  Never.  No matter how hard he tired, these images 
would haunt him, and keep his newfound hate of the Gold 
alive-and the new feeling of wanting revenge.
	He stopped short as he rounded the corner.  His 
house was on fire.  He was about to go in and make sure 
Viv had gotten out when a group of the Golden Dragons, 
who were killing every one of the Ancient Dragons they 
saw, spotted Val.  Val did the only thing he could do, he 
ran.  He knew if he died, there was nothing he could do to 
get revenge for what the Golds had done.  This was not 
what the servants of Ceifeed did!  Ceifeed's holy races of 
Dragons did not go around killing each other off for no 
apparent reason!
	By the time Val got away from the Golds and back 
to the village, it was too late. . . the fires were down to 
embers, and there were no more screams. . . only silence 
remained.
	Val never did find his sister.  There was no trace of 
her.  He assumed she had died in the fire.  It just gave him 
more reason to hate the Golds.  In the months that 
followed, all the Ancient Dragon villages were sacked by 
the Golds.  He was the last one left.  When the Chaos 
Dragon Gaav stumbled across him in the desert, and 
offered him a new life as a Mazoku, Val took it without a 
second thought.  Now he could avenge his people, now 
he could avenge Viv. . . 
	" I'll do whatever it takes," Val thought as he felt 
the cold steel of Gaav's blade impale him, " If I have to 
destroy this planet to get my revenge, I will. . . "

Chapter I

	Valgarv sighed heavily as he tired to sort things out 
in his head.  Viv had died that day. . . he was positive!  She 
had burned to death in that awful fire.  But L-Sama said 
she was alive, so she had to be.
	Then there was the next problem.  Luna Inverse 
knew where Viv was.  How was he, Valgarv, the General 
of Hellmaster Phibrizio, supposed to get in contact with 
Luna Inverse, Knight of Ceifeed?  Maybe Valterria could 
talk to the Golden Dragons.  He was a full Ancient 
Dragon after all.  Tallen, Hellprice PJ's best friend, was a 
Gold, and Valgarv's adopted mother, Filia was too.  
Between the three of them, he should be able to get a hold 
of Luna.
	" Now problem number three: how do I ask 
Hellmaster for some leave without pissing him off?"
Meanwhile. . . 
	In a small house, out in the woods, far from town, 
and farther still from the cities, a young woman was 
outside, sitting in a tree, reading a book.  She had 
lavender hair that stuck up in wild spikes above a black 
headband.  Her bangs hung down over the headband, and 
were always in her face.  The rest of her waist-length hair 
spilled down around her shoulders.  Her eyes were gold, 
and glittered with a hint of silver when the light hit them 
just right.  The girl was of medium height, and she was 
skinny.  She was wearing a simple white dress.  The 
oddest thing about this girl was that a gray horn stuck up 
out of her head close to the top of her forehead (but 
above the headband) along with the spikes of lavender 
hair.
	" Hey Viv!," another young woman called from the 
doorway of the house.  She had long blonde hair and blue 
eyes.  She was very skinny, and rather short.  You could 
see the end of a golden tail sticking out from under the 
hem of the girl's light blue dress.  There was a matching 
light blue bow tied on the tip of the tail.  The girl had on 
white boots.
	" Yes, Uka?," Viv, the girl in the tree, called back.
	" Have you seen Nam?," Uka asked as she walked 
up to the tree.
	" Nope.  I haven't seen him all day.  Last I new he 
went to see if there was anything going on at the temple," 
Viv said as she hopped out of the tree.
	" Oh.  Did he fly?," Uka asked.
	" I think.  He should be back soon," Viv said, " Do 
you need any help inside?"
	" Actually, yeah.  I'm trying to organize the book 
case," Uka said, " You wouldn't believe some of the stuff 
I've found!"
	Viv laughed as she and her friend headed towards 
the house.
	" Hey!," a masculine voice called from above.
	" Hey Nam!," both girls called as a giant Golden 
Dragon landed.
	" What's going on?," Nam asked as he regained his 
human form.  Nam was tall and skinny.  Like Uka, he had 
blonde hair and bright blue eyes, but his hair only fell to 
his waist, while Uka's fell almost to her ankles.  He was in 
a pair of white pants and had a priest like robe on.  It was 
white with gold highlights.  His boots were white too.
	" Not much.  We're just doing some tiding up," 
Uka smiled as Nam walked over, " Anything going on at 
the temple?"
	" Not much.  There's a rumor going around that 
Ceifeed-sama has been reborn in a human body, of all 
things!," Nam said with a grin as the three friends went 
into the house.
Back in Hell. . . 
Valgarv was slightly unnerved as he neared the throne 
room.  It was quite in the hall. . . Phibby and PJ's constant 
bickering couldn't be heard.  Valgarv pushed open the 
doors to receive another shock.  The throne room was 
empty. . . the only occupant was Phibby's old beat up 
Shabranigdo plushy, and it sat on Phibby's throne, just as 
it always did.  Valgarv stepped out onto the balcony and 
looked out over Phibrizio's domain.  Nothing was going 
on outside. . . 
	" Where is everyone?," he asked the empty room, 
then he headed out the throne room doors.  He new 
destination was the library, but as he neared the formal 
dining room, the sounds that had been missing from the 
throne room hallway were now present.
	" Shut up Phibby!"
	" If you don't leave me alone you little brat I'm 
gonna-"
	" Gonna what?  I could kick your ass in a battle, 
and you know it!"
	" Why don't both of you shut-up!," a third voice 
yelled, and Valgarv smiled.  That voice belonged to 
Genie, his granddaughter.  
	" Yeah, why don't you?  You're giving me a 
headache," a deep voice that could only belong to the 
Chaos Dragon Gaav said.
	" Someone decide to throw a party without me?," 
Valgarv asked with a smirk as he entered the dining hall.
	" Hey dad," Vallos, Xelterria and Valterria said at 
the same time.
	" About time you got here," Phibrizio said with a 
grin on his face.
	" I didn't know I was supposed to be here, 
Master," Valgarv said, " What is going on?"
	" I called everyone here," Raya said, " I think you 
deserve some time off to go find your sister, Viv."
	" So why are the rest of us here?," Gaav asked.
	" Because, Val-kun can't do this on his own!," 
Raya said, " So I am going with him, as are our children 
and Genie."
	" Cool," Genie said.
	" When do we leave?," Vallos asked.
	" I wanna come too!," PJ piped up.
	" If he goes, I go, to keep him in line," Phibby 
argued.
	" I don't recall giving anyone time off," Phibrizio 
said, then he looked at his children, " Or giving either of 
you permission to go with them."
	" Neither do I,," Gaav snickered, " You all do 
know that as soon as Shabranigdo-sama and Ceifeed rear 
their heads, there will be war. . . and a REAL one this 
time."
	" That's all the more reason for us to go find Viv 
now!," Raya argued, " We need Luna Inverse's help!"
	" I thought the last war was real enough. . . Xelterria 
almost died, for L-Sama's sake!," Vallos said.
	" That's the only real thing about the last war!," 
Phibrizio rolled his eyes, " More then likely, a few of the 
Generals and Priests will die in this next war, and maybe 
even one of we Lords will."
	Everyone but Gaav became a few shades paler at 
that comment.
	" But that is not the issue at hand," Phibrizio said, " 
Raya, Valgarv, Phibby, and PJ, you have my permission 
to go find Viv and bring her back."
	" Vallos, Xelterria, Genie, you can go to if you 
want," Gaav said.
	" Let's go then," Valgarv said, " I suppose we 
should go see my mother and Tallen first, ne?"
	" Yep!," Raya giggled as they vanished.
	" I hope they can get her in time," Gaav said.
	" We still have about twenty years before this war 
hits us," Phibrizio said, " We should start building our 
armies up now, and we should start training our Generals 
and Priests. . . speaking of that, you are going to have to 
decide weather or not to keep Xelterria as your Priestess, 
and if not, find a replacement, and get them trained."
	" It's her decision, not mine, if she wants to keep 
her position or not," Gaav sighed.
	" Talk to her when she gets back then.  We have 
no time to waist," Phibrizio said as he and Gaav walked 
towards the throne room.

Chapter II

	" Uka, what on earth did you do?," Viv asked as 
she entered the library.
	" I just decided to alphabetize everything," Uka 
shrugged, " Go put the A's up while I finish up 
alphabetizing the rest of the books."
	Viv shook her head, but complied, and headed 
over to the A stack.  Nam stood in the doorway, 
watching.
	" At least help," Uka told him.
	" Why?  It's much more amusing watching the two 
of you fuss over everything," Nam laughed as he walked 
over to help Uka sort the books.
	Viv smiled as she picked up the first few books 
and began to put them in order, the last book in the stack 
had a picture of a dragon in it.  Viv stared at the 
picture,. . . the dragon was so familiar yet so alien.  Viv 
slowly opened the book, and saw more pictures.  She 
gasped as a scene flashed through her mind. . . almost like 
a memory. . . 
	* A young man with turquoise hair stood in a 
doorway.  He had golden eyes, " What are you doing, 
Viv?," he asked.  " Will you leave me alone!," she yelled, 
" Why don't you go out and bother Zarica or kill a 
Mazoku!  Dad's gonna be home soon, and we'll finally 
know what the Golds are up to!"*
	Viv yelped and slammed the book shut.  She 
suddenly found herself out of breath, and she began to 
pant for air.  Nam and Uka looked at her.
	" Are you okay?," Nam asked her.
	" Yeah," Viv said and forced a smile, " I'm going 
to go get a drink," then she ran from the room, half 
dropping half throwing the book to the floor.  Uka and 
Nam exchanged worried looks and Uka went over and 
picked up the book.
	" 'The Way of the Ancient Dragon'. . . ," Uka read 
the title, " Why would a book on the Ancient Dragons 
freak Viv out?  I didn't even think she knew they existed."
	Nam shrugged, " I don't know," he lied, then he 
thought to himself, " I have to talk to Luna!"
Meanwhile. . . 
	" I don't think they're going to let us in," PJ said as 
he and the others stared at the golden doors that were the 
entrance to the Fire Dragon King's Temple.
	" What was your first clue?," Phibby rolled her 
eyes.
	" I think them slamming the door in our faces was a 
pretty good hint," Vallos shrugged, and it was Xelterria's 
turn to roll her eyes.
	" Brothers. . . ," Phibby and Xelterria sighed at the 
same time.  Raya giggled.
	" I'm going to try something," Valterria said, then 
he morphed to his true form-that of an Ancient Dragon.  
The door slowly creaked open.
	" What?," a voice asked.
	" I would like to speak with Filia and Tallen," 
Valterria said.
	" Hold on."
An hour later. . . 
	" I say we bust down the doors and-," PJ started.
	" You will do no such thing!," Filia said as she and 
Tallen came out, " It's a big temple, and it takes a while 
to find people."
	" Plus it doesn't help that most of you are 
Mazoku," Tallen added under his breath.
	" Mom, do you know where Luna is?," Valgarv 
asked, " She knows where my sister Viv is. . . "
" I know. . . Luna is at Ceifeed's Temple.  That's a 
long journey, and you're going to have to walk, and even 
when you get there, more then likely, only Valterria and 
Valgarv will be able to enter," Filia said.
	" I will guide whoever is going there," Tallen said.
" Alright. . . here's the deal," Valgarv said, " 
Valterria, Tallen, my Mother and I will go to Ceifeed's 
Temple. . . the rest of you, head back home."
	Val was bombarded with a chorus of: " No!  You 
need help!  I don't wanna go home!  I'm going anyway!  
Daddy!  Dad!"
	" They can come, they just wont be aloud in the 
temple," Filia giggled.
	" You guys, I said go home!  It will be useless for 
all of you to tag along if you can't even see Luna!  Plus it 
wont help me if Viv still has a hatred of Mazoku for me to 
show up with Generals and Priests, not to mention 
Phibby, PJ and Genie!," Valgarv sighed.
	" I suppose you have a point, Dad," Vallos sighed.
	" Tell us when we can come meet Aunt Viv," 
Xelterria smiled, " Come on Genie."
	" See you guys later," Genie grinned, " Kick butt if 
you have to!"
	" I'll go tell everyone back home what's going on," 
Raya said, " Be careful. . . the Golds aren't going to like 
you either, you know."
	" Well, I suppose I can catch up on reading all 
those books Zone gave Valterria. . . I'm halfway though 
them!," Phibby grinned.
	" This isn't fair!," PJ sighed, " I guess I can go 
train or something. . . maybe I can go kick Sherra's butt."
	" We'll see you when you get home, love," Raya 
said, then she kissed her husband and vanished; as did 
Phibby and PJ.
	" Well, that was easier then I thought it would be," 
Valgarv said.  Tallen shook his head.
	" What?," Filia asked him.
	" I thought PJ would have put up a bigger fight.  
You know how he is, when he decides he's going to do 
something, he generally does it.  The only thing that can 
stop him is his father," Tallen said.
	" Maybe he gave in because he realized how 
important this was to Val," Filia suggested.
	" Anyhow, shouldn't we be on our way to 
Ceifeed's temple?," Valgarv said.  Filia nodded and 
began to walk off.  Valterria and Tallen gave each other a 
worried look, and followed.  As soon as the four had 
entered the forest, PJ reappeared.
	" Suckers. They should have listened to Tallen, he 
is my best friend after all!," PJ giggled, " There is no way 
I'm missing a trip to Ceifeed's temple!"

Chapter III

	Luna Inverse, the Knight of Ceifeed, was reading a 
book when she felt a tingle in the back of her mind.
	" What on earth?," she wondered aloud to herself, 
" I don't sense anything major going on. . . "
	" Luna," a young Golden Dragon said as he 
entered the library, " a young Dragon named Nam is here 
to see you.  He says it is a mater of grave importance."
	" Let him in," Luna nodded, " Perhaps he has 
something to do with that feeling that just came over me," 
she thought.
	" Hello, Luna-chan," Nam said as he entered, " I 
fear that something may be going on that will anger the 
elders."
	" What?," Luna asked, and gave Nam her full 
attention.
	" Viv was helping Uka and I rearrange the library, 
and she came across a book on Ancient Dragons.  She 
went into a trace like state for a moment, yelped and ran 
out of the room, after denying anything was wrong."
	" I've been wondering about this for a long time," 
Luna sighed, " You do know that she IS and Ancient 
Dragon, weather you want to admit that or not, and that 
she is tainted with Mazoku blood. . . and that of one of the 
five Lords."
	" Have you been able to figure out which one?," 
Nam asked.
	" No," Luna shook, " She's had amnesia since the 
last Knight of Ceifeed found her in the woods near an 
Ancient Dragon village that had been sacked by the 
Golds."
	" Yes, and we have been watching over her ever 
since.  She is the last of her kind," Nam sighed.
	" Not the last.  Valgarv, the General of Hellmaster 
Phibrizio, used to be full Ancient Dragon.  He was turned 
into a half Mazoku around the same time Viv was.  He 
helped bring Dark Star into this world, then was taken 
over by him, and tried to destroy the world.  Filia was one 
of the dragons that helped stop him.  The L-Sama had 
him be reborn again in an egg, Filia raised him, but he still 
had a slight Mazoku taint, and now he's the General of 
Hellmaster.  Rumors have been flying among the Mazoku 
that Valgarv's youngest son, Valterria, is a full Ancient 
Dragon," Luna said, " Either way, Valgarv, Valterria, and 
Valgarv's two other children, Vallos and Xelterria, have 
Ancient Dragon blood."
	" Isn't Xelterria married to Gaav?  And don't they 
have a daughter?," Nam asked.
	" Hai. . . but Mazoku blood is so strong in her, it 
would cancel out the Ancient Dragon blood."
	" What am I to do about Viv?  Should we tell her 
about everything?," Nam asked Luna.
	" No.  I don't think that is a good idea.  Perhaps it 
is all starting to come back.  We'll wait a while and see if 
anything else happens," Luna said.
	" And Uka?," Nam asked.
	" Tell her nothing either," Luna said, " I have 
business to attend to, so if you'll excuse me, Nam-chan."
	" I'll see you later, Luna-chan," Nam said as he 
left.  Luna sighed as she sat down in a chair with a thunk 
to think.

Back at Viv's. . . 
	Viv was humming quietly as she cleaned up the 
kitchen, and tried to sort out her thoughts.  That man in 
her vision-or what ever that was-she thought bitterly, was 
so familiar and strange at the same time.
	" Gods why can't I remember!," she yelled to an 
empty house.  Uka was at town shopping.  Viv sighed.  
She wished Uka was there, then she would at least have 
someone to talk to.  She could remember everything 
perfectly back to the day she was found by the previous 
Knight of Ceifeed, and had begun living with the Golden 
Dragons. . . mainly Nam and Uka's families.  But 
everything before that was completely blank.  She could 
remember her name, but Viv was only a nickname, she 
was sure.  'Viv' wasn't whole.  It was empty somehow.  
Everything was empty. . . all she did was live a simple life 
in a small house in the middle of a forest.  The only 
people she knew were the Dragons, and she only had two 
friends.  When there had been a big commotion involving 
Luna's little sister, Lina, the Dragons had tightened their 
hold on her ten fold after an incident at the Fire Dragon 
King's Temple.  She wanted so much to explore the 
world, find out who she really was, and what she really 
was.  She wasn't a human, that was obvious, and she 
obviously wasn't a Gold. . . and she knew she wasn't a 
Mazoku, then the Golds wouldn't be looking after her.  
That left what. . . nothing Viv knew of. . . .
	" That book!," she suddenly yelled.  It was on 
some type of dragon, and they weren't Golds either.  Viv 
tossed the rag she had been using to wash the windows in 
the sink, and charged upstairs to the library.

Soon. . . 
	" Viv?  Where are you?," Nam asked as he came 
in.
	" Nam?," Uka asked as she walked up, " Where's 
Viv?"
	" I don't know," Nam said, " I'm still a little 
worried about her."
	" Yeah, she totally freaked out over a book," Uka 
said as she and Nam entered the house.  Uka set her 
shopping baskets on the table.
	" Hey guys," Viv said as she came downstairs, the 
book tucked under one arm.
	" Hey," Uka smiled, " Are you feeling better?"
	" I'm fine," Viv said, " Need some help?"
	" Sure," Uka nodded and the two girls went to 
work unloading the baskets.  Nam just watched, and 
wondered if Viv would ever know what she truly was.

Chapter IV

	" It's over a days walk to the temple. . . we may be 
able to see it by nightfall, though," Tallen said.
	" Oh how fun," Valterria said.
	" Well, it's worth it find Viv," Filia said with a 
smile, " Tallen, Valterria, how come you keep looking 
behind us?"
	" No reason!," both men said with innocent smiles.  
Filia and Valgarv exchanged a 'whatever' look, but didn't 
say anything more.
	From behind the group, PJ stifled a giggle.  This 
was turning out to be more fun then he thought!
	" Well, what do you remember about Aunt Viv, 
Dad?," Valterria asked, trying to pass time.
	" She had lavender hair, and golden eyes that 
looked silver in the right light," Valgarv said with a smile, 
" She was always outgoing and she could be loud at 
times.  I remember that when I annoyed her, she would 
throw her shoe at me.  She was fascinated with magic and 
wanted more then anything to master all forms of it, even 
Black, just to say she could use it. . . most of all, I 
remember how she didn't hate anyone, even Mazoku, 
until you gave her a reason to hate you."
	" She sounds nice," Tallen said, and glanced over 
his shoulder.
	" What are you doing?," Val asked.
	" Nothing, I just thought I heard something, that's 
all," Tallen lied.
	" You know, PJ kind of reminds me of Viv," 
Valgarv laughed, " She was always getting into trouble 
like he is.  Heck, she never listened to anyone."
	" L-Sama help us all, having to live with two of 
them," Valterria said with a smirk, and turned around.
	" Hey!  What's that supposed to-uh hehe. . . ," PJ 
said as he jumped out of the bushes, " Wow!  Will you 
look at that!  I was out for a walk, and I happened to run 
into you and-"
	" Nope, not going to work," Filia said.
	" Uh. . . Dad said I should."
	" No.  Phibrizio wouldn't send you after us if I told 
you to go home," Valgarv said, " Try again."
	" Um. . . I uh. . . was bored and just wanted and 
adventure!," PJ said, " Please let me come along!  If I go 
home now, Phibby is never going to let me live this down!  
And if I'm so much like Viv, I'm sure she'll like me and 
wont mind me being there!  Please Uncle Valgarv, Aunt 
Filia?"
	" Well. . . ," Filia stated, " It's up to Val. . . "
	" If you promise you wont get into trouble. . . and 
that goes for Tallen and Valterria too," Valgarv said, " 
Lead on, mother."
	" Yes!," PJ smirked.
	" This should be interesting," Valterria sighed as 
they continued on.
Meanwhile. . . 
	" PJ is gone," Phibby rolled her eyes.
	" I knew he was going to follow them," Genie said, 
" I knew I should have followed them."
	" Well you didn't, and you're not going anywhere 
now," Raya said.
	" What happened, anyway?," Phibrizio asked.
	" Filia told us that none of us would be allowed in 
Ceifeed's Temple but her, Tallen, and Valterria.  She 
wasn't even sure they were going to let Valgarv in," 
Phibby said.
	" So Dad told us all to come home since we'd 
more the likely just get in the way anyhow," Vallos said, " 
And PJ, being the conniving little brat he is, decided to 
follow them."
	" That's my son for you," Phibrizio smiled, " So, 
how long before they get back?"
	" Filia said they would have to walk to the temple, 
and it's a few days journey, so I'm betting a week, maybe 
two," Xelterria said, " I just hope Aunt Viv doesn't freak 
out."
	" Why would she?  He is her brother," Gaav said.
	" You figure she would have come looking for him 
by now," Genie said.
	" She probably thought he was dead, just like he 
thought she was dead," Phibrizio said, " Who knows, 
maybe she has amnesia or something."
	" Why would she have amnesia?," everyone asked 
Hellmaster at the same time.
	" No reason," Phibrizio shrugged, " Maybe the 
Golds brainwashed her.  They didn't like the Ancient 
Dragons, remember.  You know how much Val hates 
them, I figure she'd have the same feelings."
" Since when did you become a philosopher, 
Phibrizio?," Gaav snickered.
	" Since when did you start using your brain?," 
Phibrizio shot back.  The odd peace that had developed 
between the Lords since about the time Phibrizio had 
been brought back, and had held when Gaav was 
reintroduced into the group had been slowly dissolving 
for quite a while, and it had become a faster process after 
the Dragonball fiasco.  The old Generals and Priests saw 
it as things getting back to normal.  The 'Newbies' saw it 
as things getting worse.
	The two Lords glared at each other for a few 
minutes.
	" Yare, yare!," Xellos said as he, Zelas and Kosha 
showed up, " What have we here?"
	" A staring match?," Zelas suggested as she lit up a 
cigarette.
	" To what do I owe the. . . agony of this visit, 
Zelas?," Phibrizio sneered.
" Oh, well, Dynast and Deep Sea got wind of how 
Valgarv is running all over the country side looking for his 
sister.  I decided to look into it directly, not send my 
General/Priests after him and waste their time.  We have a 
war to get ready for, you know," Zelas grinned, " You 
two aren't having a party without the rest of us, are you?"
	" I wouldn't dream of it," Phibrizio said as he 
made himself comfortable on his throne.  Phibby 
followed his example and climbed up onto hers.
	" So, care to explain why your General is out doing 
something that will benefit you in no obvious way when 
we have a war to get ready for?," Zelas asked.
	" No," Phibrizio said, " and I don't like how you 
are getting into my business."
	" And I don't like how you are keeping secrets 
from us, Hellmaster," Dynast sneered as he and Deep Sea 
Dolphin appeared.
	" Dynast-kun!," Phibby giggled.  Dynast benefited 
her with a nod.
	" Last time I checked, secrets were Xellos, Kosha, 
and Raya's game," Deep Sea spat, " What are you up 
too, brother?"
	" Nothing," Phibrizio said with a smug grin, " 
Absolutely nothing.  Valgarv was told by L-Sama that his 
sister was alive and how to find her.  In my opinion, that 
screams 'go find your sister, Val'.  I decided that now 
was a good time to do it.  She'll have twenty years or so 
to get used to us, and hopefully she'll be on our side.  
That puts three Ancient Dragons on our side.  The three 
of them combined have the fire power of one hundred 
and fifty Golds."
	" So it's for more fire power," Dynast said with an 
evil smile, " And I doubt it's just that."
	" Maybe it is, maybe it isn't," Phibrizio shrugged, " 
I really don't care to tell you anything more.  Now get 
out.  All of you."
	Everyone but Raya and Phibby vanished.
	" Raya, I want you to go to Zone's Ruin and ask 
Zone what happens to the ruin during war times.  We 
can't afford to have that place destroyed. . . I have plans 
for us that involve it."
	" Hai, Otoutosan," Raya said and was gone.
	" Father, what else do you have planed for Uncle 
Valgarv's sister?," Phibby asked.
	" I will tell you, my little love, when the time is 
right," Phibrizio smiled at his daughter, and it was a true 
smile.
	" Hai, Father," Phibby sighed.

Chapter V

	" How much farther is it to the Temple?," Valgarv 
asked his adopted mother.
	" A long while, and it's getting dark. . . we better 
stop here for the night, so we can start off early in the 
morning," Filia said.
	" Alright, here is as good a place as any, I 
suppose," Tallen said as he sat down.
	" Hey, why can't we just keep going?," PJ asked as 
he sat down next to Tallen.
	" It's a thing, and it's called sleep," Val smirked at 
the young boy.
	" He's an eleven year old Mazoku.  That word has 
no meaning to him what so ever," Valterria laughed.
	" I don't know weather to be insulted or laugh," PJ 
said with a smirk, and the others laughed.
At Viv's. . . 
	Viv had gone to bed early, mostly because she had 
a huge headache that she was positive had something to 
do with finding that book.  She didn't have anymore 
flashback or visions while looking through the book.  The 
things in the book had an odd sense of 
familiarity. . . almost like she knew them, but couldn't 
remember.  As Viv drifted to sleep, she began to dream. . . 
	* Blood was everywhere.  The ground was 
crimson.  Fire ragged through the town. . . screams filled 
the air.  Viv was in a house similar to the ones that were 
burning, trying to hide.  " Val!  Where are you!," she 
whispered between tears.  Why were the Golds doing 
this. . . they had done nothing to provoke such an attack!  
All they wanted was peace.  And the best way to have 
peace was not to have war.
	" Hey!  Here's another house that hasn't caught 
fire!  Hand me a torch," someone laughed from outside.  
Viv screamed and ran from her now burning house out 
onto the gore filled streets.
	" There goes another one!  Don't let her get 
away!," a Gold screamed as she ran by, " The elders are 
going to be mad if any of these traitors survive!"
	Traitors?  We're not traitors!  Viv screamed in her 
mind as she headed out into the forest, five Golds were 
hot on her tail.  Why were they doing this?  Everyone was 
dead!  No!  Val had been out of the village. . . he may have 
survived.  She screamed his name as one of the Golden 
Dragon's spears skewered her.*
	" Valterria!," Viv screamed and sat up.  She was 
soaked in sweat, and for the first time in centuries, she 
was afraid.
	" Viv!  Are you okay?," Uka asked as she and Nam 
ran into Viv's room.
	" It was awful!," Viv sobbed, tears were streaming 
down her face, " Why?  Why would anyone do such a 
thing?"
	" What?," Uka asked as she sat down next to her 
friend.
	" Golden Dragons they sacked a village. . . they 
killed everyone, and were setting houses on fire.  They 
killed me!," Viv said, " My. . . I'm not sure who he is, but 
a man named Valterria that I knew was out of the village at 
the time.  I was hoping he survived when they killed me."
	" Oh Viv, that couldn't have happened!  You're 
alive now, so you couldn't have been killed," Uka said, 
and gave Viv a hug, "I'm going to go get you some 
water, okay."
	Nam watched Uka go and sighed.
	" It happened, didn't it?," Viv asked him, " It was 
real.  Those were my memories weren't they?  They're 
finally starting to come back, and now I don't know if I 
want them."
	Nam said nothing.
	" You knew, didn't you?  Why didn't you tell 
me?," Viv asked, " What did my people, whoever we 
were, do to the Golds that caused our deaths?"
	" You had a weapon. . . one of Darkstar's 
weapons. . . and you wouldn't fight in the Koma wars, or 
let us use the weapon.  The elders saw it as being traitors, 
and ordered your races death," Nam said, " That's all I 
can tell you.  You have to find out everything else on your 
own."
	" If I was dead, how can I be alive now?," Viv 
asked, her voice was bitter.
	" One of the five Mazoku lords used their powers 
to resurrect you, and you were tainted with Mazoku 
blood," Nam said, " You know how you came to be 
under our care."
	" Hai," Viv nodded as Uka came back in with a 
glass of water.
	" Don't worry, Viv," Uka smiled, " I'm sure you'll 
feel better in the morning."
	" Thanks Uka," Viv smiled and thought, " Nothing 
will ever be better again."

Chapter VI

	" Get up," PJ said as he shook Tallen.
	" PJ?  It's still dark," Tallen mumbled.
	" I know. . . Valgarv keeps getting up and walking 
off, then he comes back and goes to sleep for a few 
minutes, then he leaves again."
	" So?," Tallen sighed.
	" So!  Maybe he's worried about something," PJ 
said.
	" Yeah, maybe it's the fact that he's going to see 
his sister, who he thought was dead, in a few days?," 
Tallen rolled his eyes and lay back down.
	" Tallen!  I don't like it when Val's worried. . . it 
makes me nervous!," PJ said.
	" PJ, go to sleep," Tallen said.
	" But Tallen!"
	" PJ, please, unlike hyperactive Mazoku, I need 
sleep," Tallen said.  PJ muttered a few obscenities and 
went back to where he had been trying to sleep.
	" Great," Tallen thought, " Now we have a worried 
Mazoku General and a nervous Mazoku prince. . . "

Meanwhile. . . 
	Xelterria was standing on the balcony that was 
attached to her and Gaav's room, looking up at the stars.
	" Can't sleep?," Gaav asked as he came up beside 
her.
	" Nope," she sighed, " So much has been going on 
lately. . . Shabranigdo-sama is back.  Dad's all worked up 
about Aunt Viv, and then there's the war. . . "
	" Speaking of the war," Gaav said, " I don't want 
you to fight in it."
	" What!  I'm your Priest!  I have to!," Xelterria 
said as she turned to face her husband.
	" What if you weren't the Priest anymore?  
Xelterria, I couldn't take it again," Gaav said.
	" Take what again?," Xelterria asked.
	" You almost died in the last war. . . I loved you 
then, not as much as I love you now, but I loved you.  I 
couldn't take thinking that I would never see you again.  If 
I couldn't stand it then, how in the Hell am I supposed to 
stand it now?," Gaav asked.
	" Gaav. . . I won't fight. . . I'll quit my job as your 
Priest," Xelterria said.
	" Good," Gaav smiled, " Now I have to go about 
the business of trying to find someone who can do the 
job as good as you did."
	Xelterria smiled, " Now what am I supposed to 
do?"
	Gaav shrugged, " I don't know."
	" Whose supposed to tell Vallos I quit?"
	" I leave that one to you," Gaav said.  Xelterria 
laughed.

The next morning. . . 
	Nam had left the house at daybreak and headed for 
the temple.  Luna was not going to like this, and neither 
were the elders. . . 
	" Nam?  Back again so soon?," Luna asked as he 
landed in the courtyard.
	" Viv had a dream last night. . . it was about my 
people sacking a village.  More specifically the Golds 
sacking her village, she remembers getting killed, and 
something about some man named Valterria not being in 
the village," Nam said, then he took on his human form.
	" Does she remember that she was an Ancient 
Dragon?," Luna asked, looking slightly panicked.
	" No. . . but it's only a matter of time," Nam sighed.
	" Damn!," Luna yelled, " Damn!  You know what 
that means. . . "
	" Yeah, I know.  I can do it," Nam said, and 
looked away.
	" Are you sure?  Are you sure you could kill her?," 
Luna asked as she put a hand on his shoulder, " I know 
you. . . care for her."
	" I could kill her," Nam said, " The elders want her 
dead if she finds about her past.  I have to obey them."
	" I know. . . they're afraid of her power," Luna 
sighed, " They're afraid she'll join up with the Mazoku 
and destroy us all or some other crap.  Just prey to 
Ceifeed that she doesn't remember anything else. . . "
	" I just wanted you to know that she was beginning 
to remember, so it wouldn't be a shock if she 
was. . . killed," Nam said, morphed dragon, and flew off.
	Luna closed her eyes, " Ceifeed, help us. . . ," Luna 
whispered.
In the forest. . . 
	" PJ!!!"
	" Hey!  That's my mace!"
	" OUCH!!!!"
	" Oh Gods. . . "
	" Grrrr. . . .," Filia growled, " PJ!  That is my mace!  
And you got it out from under my skirt. . . you you 
namogomi!"
	" Filia I-," PJ started as Filia advanced, he dropped 
the mace and backed up.
	" NAMOGOMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," Filia screamed, 
grabbed her mace, and charged.
	" 
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
," PJ screamed as he ran off.
	" Why me?," Valgarv asked as his adopted mother 
and PJ ran around him in circles.
	" Should we stop them?," Valterria asked.
	" No," Tallen said, " Eventually Filia-chan will 
catch him, and we'll finally get to see PJ get beat up, 
since he knows better then to hurt Filia."
	" Point," Valterria said as he and Tallen sat down 
and began to watch the pandemonium.
	" You're not helping me here, guys," Valgarv said, 
and Tallen and Valterria just grinned at him.  PJ, on the 
other hand, continued to scream.
Soon. . . 
	" There's the temple," Filia said and pointed.
	" That's still a long way off," Valterria sighed.
	" Almost half a day," Filia nodded.
	" Filia-san-," PJ started.
	" Don't talk to me," Filia said, " Unless you want 
me to nail you with my mace again."
	PJ shut up.
	" He didn't mean to, Filia," Tallen said, " It wasn't 
his fault you told him to attack that troll."
	" I expected him to use Soul Destroyer!!!!!," Filia 
howled.
	" I didn't want to waist its magic on such a little 
thing, though," PJ said, " I understand why you're mad at 
me. . . I didn't really see anything. . . "
	This earned a glare from Filia.
	" Not that I wouldn't want to look," PJ mumbled.
	" You better shut up why you're ahead," Tallen 
advised his friend.  Valterria nodded in agreement.
	" Anyway," Valgarv sighed, " If we hurry, we can 
get to the temple today.  Who knows how much trouble 
they're going to give us about PJ being there."
	" You know, shouldn't you be calling him 'PJ-
sama'?," Tallen asked, " He is the son of a Mazoku Lord, 
and you are a Mazoku General. . . his father's General to 
be exact. . . "
	" Yeah!," PJ giggled.
	Valgarv glared at Tallen, who sweat dropped and 
sighed.
	" Can we discuss this later?  We have more 
important things to worry about, like finding my sister!," 
Valgarv said as he ran off towards the temple.
	" Wait for us!," the others all yelled and charged 
after him.
Meanwhile. . . 
	" What do you mean you quit!?!?!," Vallos yelled 
at his sister.
	" I quit!," Xelterria said, " In other words I 
stopped working for Gaav-sama!  Oh. . . that sounds 
weird. . . I haven't called him that in years."
	" That was kind of creepy," Vallos agreed, the he 
started yelling again, " Just who is supposed to replace 
you!  If you say that I am supposed to do *both* jobs, 
I'm going to go berserk!!!"
	" I could replace Mom!," Genie volunteered.
	" No," Gaav and Xelterria said at the same time, 
and Genie began to pout.
	" I'm in the process of either looking for a human 
that is worth turning Mazoku, or a Mazoku that is worth 
taking the time to train," Gaav said, " Every once in a 
while a decent Mazoku shows up."
	" Like Siren?," Vallos spat.
	" For Ruby Eye's sake no!," Gaav yelled, " Do 
you really think I'd hire someone that nuts?  Deep Sea 
Dolphin is the insane one, not me."
	" Deep Sea has never been proven insane. . . Zelas 
and the rest of you just say she is 'cause L-Sama likes her 
most," Vallos said.
	" And because you're mad that she's the only 
Lord that hasn't been killed at some point in time," 
Xelterria said.
	" Aunt Zelas and Uncle Dynast have been killed?," 
Genie asked.
	" Hai," Gaav said, " Both of them so long ago that 
it doesn't even matter.  Phibrizio can barley remember 
when Dynast got killed, and you know how good of a 
memory he has."
	" He remembers Zelas getting killed?"
	" Yeah, because he did it," Gaav laughed.
	" Why?," Vallos asked, " I thought he and Zelas 
were on good terms?"
	" They may be now, but then was a different 
story. . . she screwed up a major mission and got nailed for 
it," Gaav said, " Personally, I don't think she should have 
gotten killed for it, but Hellmaster got pissed because it 
resulted in his General getting axed."
	" Yeah, that's enough to piss him off," Genie 
mussed, " Daddy, why don't you bring back Rashaat or 
Raltark?"
	" If I can't find anyone better, I could do that.  
Good idea, Genie," Gaav grinned.
	" Didn't Dad kill them?," Vallos asked, and 
Xelterria shrugged.
At Viv's. . . 
	" Where have you been, Nam?," Uka asked.
	" I had some business to attend to. . . how's Viv 
doing?," Nam asked.
	" Fine.  She seems to be herself this morning."
	" That's good," Nam nodded, " Where is she?"
	" Upstairs, reading that book that made her freak 
out the other day," Uka sighed, " If she's not careful, 
she's going to giver herself a heart attack."
	Nam smiled, " I don't think you need to worry 
about Viv, Uka."
	" Yeah, I'm a big girl, Uka," Viv smiled as she 
came downstairs, " Hey Nam!  Where've you been all 
morning?"
	" Just taking care of a few things," Nam smiled.  It 
was amazing. . . she had already forgiven him for not telling 
her what he knew about her.  As Nam watched Viv walk 
into the kitchen, he realized he couldn't kill her. . . no 
matter what the elders, or anyone else said.
	Viv got her broom from the kitchen and went to 
sweep the porch, when she suddenly saw another 
'vision'. . . 
	* She was lying on the forest floor, barely 
conscious.  She knew she was dying.  Suddenly, she saw 
a ten-year-old human boy with black hair and green eyes 
standing over her.  He had an evil grin on his face, and his 
eyes seemed to be laughing at her. . . *
	" Viv?," Uka asked and put a hand on her 
shoulder.
	" What?," Viv asked and blinked.
	" You okay?," Uka asked, " You were staring off 
into nothing."
	" I'm fine.  Just daydreaming," Viv sighed, and 
began to sweep.  Uka sighed to, and became even more 
worried about her friend.

Chapter VII

	" Here we are," Filia smiled as they came the crest 
of a hill and saw Ceifeed's Temple.
	" It's huge. . . ," PJ said.
	" It's beautiful," Valterria gasped.
	" Isn't it?," Tallen agreed, " Come on then, we 
aren't going to find Viv by just standing around here, are 
we?"
	The temple gleamed in the late afternoon sunlight, 
and it looked as if it were made of gold and glass.  It had 
tall spires that gleamed in the sunlight.  The whole temple 
gave of a golden white glow.
	" It hurts my eyes. . . ," PJ mumbled to himself as 
they headed for the Temple.  As they neared the entrance, 
five Golden Dragons in dragon form swooped down in 
front of the group.
	" Stop!  Filia, how dare you bring Mazoku scum to 
this Holy place of Ceifeed?," the leader demanded.
	" They are on a peaceful mission!," Filia said, " 
Valgarv wishes to find his sister.  Luna Inverse, Knight of 
Ceifeed, knows her location.  We wish to speak with 
her."
	" No."
	" I was welcome here as a child," Valgarv said, " I 
have Dragon blood in my veins. . . more of it then 
Mazoku."
	" I have no desire to enter the temple," PJ spat, and 
glared at the Dragon.
" Valgarv, you were welcome when you were one 
of us. . . when you were Filia's son," the leader said, " 
Now you serve the Mazoku filth."
	" I am still Filia's son!," Valgarv yelled.
	" You are still one of them.  You are not allowed in 
the temple, or on the temple grounds.  Leave now."
	" I just need to speak with Luna!," Valgarv 
protested.
	" Leave now, and take the Hellbrat with you," the 
Gold said, " or die."
	" We ARE going to see Luna," PJ said.
	" Leave, this is your last chance."
	" Let us speak to Luna," PJ sneered.
	" PJ-," Filia started.
	" So be it," the Dragon said, and fired a spell at PJ 
and Valgarv.  PJ took to the air and drew Soul Destroyer.
	" NO!," Filia screamed, " Please stop!  I beg you!  
In the name of Ceifeed stop!"
	Filia's pleas fell on deaf ears, though, as the fight 
continued.
	" Just what is going on here?," a voice demanded 
from above the battle.
	" Luna!," everyone yelled at the same time.
	" Yep," Luna grinned as she landed, she was in her 
Knight uniform, " Now, what is going on?"
	" These Mazoku wanted to see you, and they are 
forbidden in the temple," the leader said.
	" For Ceifeed's sake!," Luna rolled her eyes, " Do 
they *have* to come into the temple to see me?"
	" Well. . . no. . . but-," the leader began.
	" No buts," Luna broke him off, " Be glad no one-
Mazoku or Dragon-was killed.  Let me talk with them 
here.  Be off.  Next time someone wants to see me, tell 
me, and I'll deal with it."
	The Dragons nodded and walked off.
	" Now, what is it you need?," Luna asked.
	" I'm looking for my little sister, L-Sama told me 
you knew where she was," Valgarv said.
	Luna looked shocked, then she asked, " Whose 
your little sister?"
	" You would probably know her as Viv," Valgarv 
said.
	" L-Sama," Luna gasped, " When was the last time 
you saw her?"
	" The morning our village was sacked. . . I was out 
of the village," Valgarv said.
	" Was you name 'Valterria' then?," Luna asked.
	" Hai. . . "
	Luna sighed and looked up at the sky, " Ceifeed-
sama!  Why did you have to do this to me now!," she 
yelled, then she looked at Val, " Okay, as I'm sure you 
know, Shabranigdo and Ceifeed have been reborn, that 
means war is coming, I'm trying to get myself ready for 
it, and now there's this. . . oh well."
	" You know where she is then?," Valgarv asked 
hopefully.
	" Yep.  She's been in the Golds care since about a 
day after she got resurrected as a Mazoku."
	" WHAT!," Tallen, PJ, Valgarv and Valterria all 
yelled.
	" Okay. . . maybe I better start at the beginning of 
what I know," Luna laughed, " Somehow Viv survived 
the attack on the village, and a Mazoku Lord found her 
and resurrected her as a Mazoku.  We think that the Lord 
put a memory-blocking spell on her.  Anyway, a few days 
later, the Knight of Ceifeed found her.  It wasn't me, I'm 
not that old, and he knew what she was.  So he put her in 
the care of two Golden Dragon families, and they've been 
watching over her ever since."
	" So she doesn't remember anything?," Valterria 
asked.
	" No.  But lately she's been getting flashbacks of 
sorts. . . it all started when she ran across a book on 
Ancient Dragons.  She remembers a man named Valterria, 
so she remembers you, but she doesn't know you're her 
brother," Luna said, " I'm betting seeing you will bring 
everything back."
	" I hope so," Val sighed, " Thanks Luna."
	" No problem," Luna said, " It's going to get dark 
soon, I can let you guys crash at my house, it's not far 
from here.  There's a map to Viv's there too.  Come on."
	" I owe you one, Luna," Filia smiled as they walked 
off.
Late that night. . . 
	Viv was not sleeping peacefully.  Another dream 
was playing with her mind.
	* A strange voice said, 'Let's see if what Gaav 
claims is true, little one.'  There was a flash, and she saw 
Valterria.  A horn much like her own sprouts out of his 
forehead, and his eyes become dark and almost evil 
looking.  He begins to scream and black feathery wings 
form on his back.  As he continues to scream in agony, 
his arms turn dragon-like and feathery scales cover his 
shoulder.  There is another flash, and he is standing with 
the boy from the earlier vision.*
	Viv's eyes flew open and she sat up.  Her back felt 
strange as she lay back down, something was digging into 
her shoulder blades.  She sat up again and happened to 
catch a glimpse of herself in the mirror.  Her head 
snapped back to her reflection.  She had wings. . . big, 
black, feathery wings sticking out of her back.
	" Oh boy. . . ," Viv sighed after a moment of 
concentrating, they disappeared.  After experimenting for 
a few minutes, Viv found she could make the wings 
disappear and reappear, but it caused her no pain, 
although it had seamed to cause Valterria pain in her 
dream.
	After pondering the sheer bizarreness of her life, 
Viv went back to sleep.

Chapter VIII

	" Okay, here's the map to Viv's place," Luna said 
and handed Valgarv a piece of paper, " You're on your 
own from here. . . I'm sure I'm going to get an ear full 
when I get back to the Temple for helping you guys.  Not 
that it matters, L-Sama told you to ask me about it, after 
all."
	" Bye Luna, say hi to Lina for us if you see her," 
Filia said.
	" Sure thing!," Luna smiled as she headed of 
towards the Temple.
	" Lina's what. . . 38 now?," Valterria asked.
	" Something like that," Valgarv shrugged, " Come 
on, it's not far to Viv's."
	" I can't believe the Knight of Ceifeed help us," PJ 
mumbled as they walked off.
Soon. . . 
	" There's the house," Valgarv said as they neared a 
clearing.  The front door of the house opened and Viv 
walked out with a watering can, and she began to water 
the flowers in a small garden.
	" Is that Viv?," PJ whispered, and Val nodded.
	" We'll stay here, you go talk to her," Filia said.  
Valgarv nodded and entered the clearing.
	" Uh. . . Viv?," he asked nervously.
	Viv turned around and looked at him, and her 
mouth dropped open, " Who. . . oh my Gods," she 
gasped.  Her mind seemed to freeze for a moment, then 
when it unfroze, she remembered everything.
	" Viv, it's me-," Valgarv started.
	" Valterria!," Viv squealed and ran over and gave 
him a hug, " I remember everything now!  I'm an Ancient 
Dragon!  You're my big brother!  Oh Gods!  I'm so glad 
you're alive!  I was so worried about you!  I was sure the 
Golds had gotten you!," Viv squealed again and gave Val 
another hug.
	Val held his sister, and smiled, " Gods, Viv, I 
thought you died in the fire.  I missed you so much!  How 
did you get out?"
	" I ran after they set the house of fire," Viv said, " 
They chased me, and one of them got me with a spear.  I 
was fatally wounded, so they left me for dead in the 
forest.  Then someone, this is still a little blurry, came and 
turned me into a Mazoku.  I remember they said, 'let's 
see if what Gaav said is true'.  I also remember something 
about a little boy.  How did you survive?"
	" I got away without getting hurt.  I went to the 
other villages, but they were all destroyed too. . . I got hurt, 
and they chased me into a desert.  The figured I would 
starve to death or die of thirst.  Then the Chaos Dragon 
Gaav found me.  I was dying, and he offered to turn me 
into a Mazoku.  I tool the offer, so I could get revenge on 
the Golds for killing our people," Valgarv sighed, " My 
name changed from Valterria to Valgarv that day."
	" Valgarv," Viv said.
	" Hai," Valgarv said, and then he told her of how 
he tried to bring Darkstar into the world and how he died 
and was reborn.
	" So Filia raised you?  I've heard Nam talk about 
her before," Viv smiled.
	" I'm married too, and I have three kids.  Two 
boys and a girl," Val smiled.
	" Really?  I can't wait to meet them," Viv giggled.
	" I've go a granddaughter too."
	" Gods I feel old!," Viv laughed.
	" I know," Val smirked.  They looked at each other 
and laughed some more.
	" Who are you?," Nam asked as he and Uka came 
out of the house.
	" He's my brother, Valgarv," Viv said.
	" Valgarv?  He's the General of Hellmaster 
Phibrizio!," Uka yelled.
	" I know.  And I'm an Ancient Dragon," Viv said, 
	" It's no big deal.  I'm going to get my stuff together, and 
go home with Val."
	" No," Nam said, " I can't let you leave.  The 
elders said if you ever found out what you were, I had to 
kill you.  And you have, so you must die."
	" I don't think so, goldie," PJ sneered as he, 
Valterria, Tallen and Filia came out of the bushes.
	Viv stared at Valterria, " I take it you're my 
nephew?"
	" Hai.  My names Valterria," Valterria smiled, " 
Glad to finally meet you, Aunt Viv."
	" Valterria?  It suits you," she giggled.
	" Look, buddy, you're not hurting Viv," PJ said.  
Viv looked down at him.
	" You look sort of like a kid I saw it a flashback I 
had the other day, but you're hair is longer," she said.
	" Oh, you must be talking about my dad," PJ 
grinned, " My name is Hellprince PJ.  My dad is 
Hellmaster Phibrizio."
	" Look, I don't want to get in a big battle," Valgarv 
said, " But I'm not going to let you harm my little sister.  I 
just got her back, after almost a millenium of thinking she 
was dead, and I'm NOT going to lose her now."
	" So you can let us leave, or we could kick your 
butts. . . it's you're choice," PJ said as he drew Soul 
Destroyer and flashed Uka and Nam his evilest grin.
	Poor Uka looked close to passing out, and Nam 
was trying to get up the courage to launch an attack spell 
at Viv.
	" Nam. . . please," Viv said as she stepped up to 
him, " We've been friends for over six centuries. . . don't 
destroy our friendship now."
	" Viv. . . I can't!," Nam sighed, " Go, get out of 
here, I'll tell them you left while we were gone."
	" Thank you, Nam," Viv smiled, gave him a hug, 
hugged Uka, and headed back to her brother.
	" Viv!  No!  They're Mazoku!  They're evil!  
They'll corrupt your mind and soul!," Uka howled.
	" Goodbye Nam.  Goodbye, Uka," Viv said as 
she, her brother, and the others vanished.
	" You didn't see a thing, Uka," Nam said as he 
turned and went inside the house.  Uka, on the other 
hand, fainted.

Chapter IX

Back in Hell. . . 
	" We're back!," PJ laughed as the group appeared 
in Phibrizio's throne room.
	" Obviously," Phibrizio grinned, " Did you find 
Viv?"
	" Here I am," Viv smiled as she stepped up.
	" L-Sama-," Phibrizio gasped.
	" Where are Raya and Phibby?," Tallen asked.  
Phibrizio just sat starring at Viv.
	" Dad?,' PJ asked.
	" What's wrong?," Valgarv asked.
	" I was the one that turned her into a Mazoku," 
Phibrizio said, " I remember Gaav was bragging about 
having turned a Ancient Dragon into a Mazoku.  I didn't 
think it could be done, so I decided to try it myself.  I 
found Viv, wounded in a forest.  Someone had tended a 
large wound she had, but it was still fatal, so I used my 
powers to kill her, then resurrect her as a Mazoku.  It 
worked, but as I was deciding what I was going to do 
with her, the Knight of Ceifeed came along, and carted 
her off to some house in the middle of freaking nowhere.  
The place was crawling with Golds, and I knew there was 
no way to get her out, so I sneak in, used a minor 
memory blocking spell, and got out of there."
	" You saved my life," Viv said, " I owe you."
	" That is really strange," PJ said, " The two 
Ancient Dragons to survive the massacre are brother and 
sister and they both got turned into Mazoku."
	Everyone laughed.
	" So, Viv-chan, where are you going to stay?," Filia 
asked.
	" I don't know. . . I don't have any of my things, 
and I can't risk going back to get them," Viv said.
	" You can stay here," Phibrizio said, " with your 
brother, of course."
	" Thank you, Phibrizio-sama," Viv smiled.
	" Now what?," Tallen asked.
	" We get ready for war," Phibrizio grinned evilly.
	" War?," Viv asked.
	" I'll explain," Tallen volunteered, " You see. . . "

The End

Viv: Another masterpiece complete.
Val:  So what now?
Viv:  War.
Phibrizio:  Another one?
Gaav:  Another pointless silly little war.
Viv:  Nope.
Xellos:  The war has a point?
Viv:  Yep!
Val: We're doomed.
Viv:  Maybe. . . 
Val, Phibrizio, Gaav and Xellos:  Huh!?!
Phibrizio:  You're going to kill us all off?
Viv:  No!  That would be silly.  Then I would have no one 
to write about.
Gaav:  So you're only going to kill some of us off.
Viv:  Exactly!
Xellos:  Who?
Viv:  Sore wa himitsu desu!!!!  ^_^
Xellos:  You guys are right, it is annoying when you ask 
someone a question and you get that answer.
Viv:  ^_^