Slayers: Road Trip

Phibrizio:  NO!  Viv, I am not going to be stuck in a car-
Viv: Van
Phibrizio:  Whatever!  With the people you're planning to 
stick on this trip!
Viv:  How do you know who I'm planning to take?
Phibrizio:  Do I really want to know?
Viv: *grins evilly*  I don't know. . . do you?
*Phibrizio whimpers*
Gaav:  What are you complaining about now, Hellbrat?
Phibrizio:  *ignores Gaav*  Viv, I'm going to pack. . . 
Gaav:  Pack?
*Viv giggles*
Phibrizio:  Look at the screen, Gaav.
Gaav: *looks at the screen*  NO!  There is no way in Hell 
that I am going on a road trip with the other Lords, you, 
you're brother, and Xellos!!!!!
Viv:  Aw, why not?
Phibrizio and Gaav:  That's who you're planning on 
sticking together in a car!?!?!?!
Viv:  Van!  How do you expect to fit eight people into a 
car?
Phibrizio:  I think we could all fit in the Jeep if some of us 
sat in the back.
Valgarv: *as he walks in*  What's all the yelling about?
Viv:  Phibrizio, the luggage would have to go back there.
Val:  Luggage. . . .what luggage?
Gaav:  You're sister is making us go on a road trip.
Val:  WHAT!!!
*Dynast, Deep Sea, Zelas, and Xellos come in*
Dynast:  What is Viv doing now?
Phibrizio:  She is sticking the eight of us in a van, and 
we're going on a road trip.
Xellos:  ^_^ Cool!  I'm not rooming with Viv and 
Phibrizio, though *giggles as he leaves*
Deep Sea:  Where are we going, Viv?
Viv:  My Grandmother's house.  Oh yeah, you are to act 
like normal people while we're there.  In other words, no 
fighting, magic using, teleporting, use of obscenities, 
arguing, drinking, or smoking.
Zelas:  So basically Gaav isn't aloud to move or speak, 
right?
Viv:  Exactly.
Gaav:  Well, I'm insulted. . . 
Phibrizio:  I suppose you should get the torture over with, 
Viv.
Viv:  ^_^

*Note:  This story takes place after my Christmas story, 
so you might want to read it before you read this one.  
Some of Xellos's jokes will make more sense! ^_^  ~Viv-
sama*

	It was a normal afternoon, and the Five Mazoku 
Lords, Valgarv and Xellos were lounging around in Viv's 
living room, waiting for the perky Ancient Dragon to get 
home from running some errands.
	" I don't see why we couldn't have gone with her," 
Phibrizio muttered.
	" We could have, but then Gaav had to go and bug 
her about the driving thing again," Xellos said.
	" I can drive just fine, thank you very much!," 
Gaav snorted.
	" Last time I checked, one hundred miles per hour 
was not a legal speed to use on the freeway!," Zelas said.
	" Yeah, Gaav," Viv said as she came in the house, 
" Where is everyone else?"
	" They went home," Dynast said, " Something 
about Luna. . . you know how Lina is when her older sister 
is mentioned."
	" Home?  We are home," Phibrizio said.
" I think he means our dimension," Zelas said.
	" Oh.  I remember that place. . . sort of," Phibrizio 
said.  The others rolled their eyes.
	" Viv's not there.  Why the heck would he care 
about it?," Xellos asked.
	" Will you be quite?," Phibrizio snapped.
	" Everyone but you seven?," Viv asked her 
brother, totally ignoring Phibrizio and Xellos's bickering 
as she sat down on the couch.
	" Yep.  The Lords weren't awake yet, Xellos 
didn't want to leave without Zelas's permission, and I 
wanted to stay here with you," Val said.
	" You know we couldn't have dragged Phibrizio 
back home if we tried," Xellos said, " Plus I like it here.  
The only dragons we have to worry about are on our 
side, or put up with us because of the dragons that are on 
our side."
	" I lost you," Val said.
	" You and Viv are on our side, and Filia likes you 
two, so she puts up with us," Deep Sea translated.
	" I'm not on anyone's side," Viv said.
	" Yeah, she runs a third party.  'People who don't 
have to listen to the Mazoku Lords, and the Dragon Kings 
ignore.'  That's what side Viv's on," Valgarv laughed.
	" But Viv does listen to us," Dynast said.
	" What planet are you living on?," Xellos asked, " 
Viv has *never* listened to you guys!"
	" Yes she has," Gaav said.
	" When?," Valgarv rolled his eyes, and Gaav glared 
at him.
	" She listens to Phibrizio," Zelas said.  Viv laughed 
so hard she fell off of the couch.
	" I agree with Viv," Valgarv said, " He listens to 
her."
	" Do not!," Phibrizio yelled.
	" Phibrizio-kun, will you go get me a Mountain 
Dew?," Viv asked.
	" Sure," Phibrizio said.
	" See?," Val asked.
	" He'd get me a drink if I asked him," Deep Sea 
said.
	" Try it when he gets back," Xellos said.
	" Here," Phibrizio said as he handed Viv a soda.
	" Thanks," Viv grinned.
	" While you're up, will you get me a glass of water, 
Phibrizio?," Deep Sea asked.
	Phibrizio snorted, " Get off your duff and do it 
yourself.  You're legs aren't broken."
	" See?," Valgarv said as the phone rang.  Viv 
answered it.
	" Hello?  Oh hi!  No, not much going on 
here. . . yeah I've still got some time off from school.  
Sure!  Can I bring a few friends?  Great!  We'll leave 
tomorrow morning!  We'll take it slow, it so it'll take us a 
couple of days to get there.  I think we may stop in a few 
towns to do some shopping and stuff on the way.  Yeah!  
See you in a four days! Bye!"
	" Who was that, Viv?," Valgarv asked.
	" My grandma."
	" You're human grandma you mean?," Dynast 
asked.
	" Hai.  We're all going down to her house this 
weekend.  We'll leave tomorrow morning," Viv said.
	" HUH!?!?!," everyone yelled.
	" You're going to make us sit in a car together!?," 
Gaav asked.
	" Yep.  For four days.  You better pack.  We're 
leaving at nine in the morning," Viv said.
	" Why?," Dynast asked.
	" Because, that's why!," Viv said.
	" We aren't family. . . well, Valgarv is.  Why are you 
dragging the rest of us along?," Zelas asked.
	" Because I don't trust you six alone in my 
house!," Viv yelled, " It'll be a smoking crater when I get 
back."
	" That's bad?," Deep Sea asked.
	" Yes!  Now get packing!  We need to leave early 
so we can get to Dallas before the big crowds."
	" She lives in Dallas?  That's only and hour away!  
It wont take four days to get there!," Phibrizio said.
	" Well, if we get caught in Dallas traffic, 
theoretically, it could take four days," Xellos said.  
Everyone stared at him.
	" Anyway, no, my Grandma lives in Arkansas.  It's 
about a seven hour drive, but I want to stop in Dallas and 
a few other places before we get there, so it will take us 
about four days," Viv said.
	" Okay," Phibrizio said, " I'm going to have to act 
like a ten year old, huh?"
	" Unless you change you're form, yeah," Viv said, 
" Sorry."
	" Poor Phibrizio-sama," Xellos sighed, " He wont 
be able to flirt with Viv-kun. . . his own girlfriend."
	" XELLOS!," Viv screeched.
	" Eep. . . I'm packing!," Xellos said as he ran down 
the hall to his room.

The next morning. . . 
	The five Mazoku Lords were standing outside by 
Viv's van, leaning against each other and trying not to fall 
asleep.  Valgarv was loading everyone's stuff into the 
back of the van.  Viv had only aloud one bag per person, 
and fitting eight duffel bag sized 'suitcases' into the back 
wasn't that big of a problem.  Xellos was sitting in the 
van, behind the driver's seat, smiling happily.
	" What are you so perky about?," Phibrizio 
mumbled as he got up into the passenger seat.  Viv was 
driving. . . again.  Gaav had tried to get her to let him drive, 
but she had said the day she'd let Gaav drive was the day 
she had Dynast's baby.  (and since that wasn't happening 
anytime soon, Viv got to drive)
	" Nothing," Xellos giggled as the others clamored 
into the van.  Zelas took a seat next to Xellos, Valgarv 
took a seat behind Phibrizio.  The other three Lords got 
stuck in the back of the van, and had to sit next to each 
other.  Deep Sea got stuck in the middle of the boys, and 
she didn't look happy.
	" Is everyone ready?," Viv asked as she climbed 
into the driver's seat.
	" Yep!," Xellos practically cheered.  Phibrizio 
grumbled as he pulled and Evee plushy out of a backpack 
that Viv had brought along, and snuggled up with it and 
took a nap.

Ten minutes later. . . 
	" I wanna listen to the Slayers music!," Zelas said.
	" No!  Let's listen to Pure Moods!!!," Deep Sea 
yelled.
	" How about both of you shut up and let me pick a 
CD?," Gaav suggested.
	" NO HEAVY METAL!," everyone else in the car 
yelled but Valgarv and Phibrizio.  (Val really didn't care 
one way or another, and Phibrizio was still asleep.
	" I didn't do it, L-Sama!," Phibrizio mumbled in 
his sleep, " It was all Gaav's fault. . . "
	" Yeah right, you little son of a-," Gaav started.
	" Don't say it," Viv warned.
	" Viv, how about we listen to the Titanic 
soundtrack?," Xellos asked.
	" No!  She gets all sad when she listens to that," 
Valgarv said, " What's wrong with driving in silence?"
	" I just wanted to destroy the world!  Isn't that 
what Mazoku are supposed to do, Mother. . . ," Phibrizio 
mumbled in his sleep.
	" That's what's wrong with it," Dynast said, " I 
don't want to hear Phibirzio talk in his sleep."
	" What do you think of Viv, Phibrizio?," Xellos 
asked.  Phibirzio smiled in his sleep.
	" She's cute and she has a nice-"
	" PHIBRIZIO!," Valgarv yelled.
	" Huh!?!  What?," Phibrizio asked as his eyes flew 
open and he bolted up in his chair, and managed to bang 
his head into the ceiling, " Ouch. . . "
	" Anyway," Valgarv growled as he glared daggers 
at Phibrizio.
	" Nani?," Phibrizio asked as he rubbed his head.
	" I'll pick a CD," Viv sighed, " Phibrizio, put this 
in, and skip to track three."
	Phibrizio did as he was told, and soon Celine Dion 
was playing.
	" Not a word, Gaav," Viv warned.  Gaav grumbled 
something under his breath, but didn't say anything.

An hour later. . . 
	" Viv, why are we stopping?," Dynast asked as Viv 
pulled the van to a stop in front of a mall.
	" Shopping!!!," Zelas squealed and climbed over 
Valgarv to get out of the van.
	" She said it," Viv grinned as she got out too.  
Phibrizio sighed and hopped out.
	" Can we go to Sax Fifth Avenue?," Zelas asked.
	" I wanna go to the pet store!!!," Xellos giggled.
	" Do they have any good electronic stores here?," 
Valgarv asked.
	" A decent book store would be acceptable, I 
suppose," Dynast sighed.
	" Weapons, war, implements of destruction. . . need 
I say more?," Gaav asked.
	" Sporting goods. . . I need a new fishing rod," 
Deep Sea said.
	" Anime," Viv smiled, " Maybe the new Sorcerer 
Hunter tape is out. . . "
	" I'm hungry," Phibrizio said as he stretched, " I 
don't care where we go as long as it isn't Victoria's 
Secret, Bath and Body Works, or some other girly store."
	" I'm with the Hellbrat for once," Gaav said.
	" Tuff.  We're going to Bath and Body Works.  I 
need shower gel," Zelas snorted as she headed into the 
mall.  The others followed.

Three hours later. . . 
	" Can we go now?," Gaav asked, " We've been 
here for three $%(#@# hours!!!!"
	" Alright," Viv said, " Let's go."
	" Which mall are we going to next?," Deep Sea 
asked.
	" ANOTHER MALL!?!?!?," the guys all yelled.
	" Of course," Zelas rolled her eyes, " We have at 
least four more malls to go to!"
	The guys all sweat-dropped and collapsed.
	" Oh for L-Sama's sake!," Viv rolled her eyes as 
she, Deep Sea, and Zelas walked off.  The guys all ran to 
catch up.

An hour later. . . 
	" Viv, why don't you let me drive after we get 
gas?," Val asked as they pulled into a gas station.  " You 
look beat."
	" Sure," Viv said as she went out to get gas.
	" Where are we stopping for the night?," Phibrizio 
asked Val.
	" I think somewhere close. . . Viv only wanted to 
drive until five," Valgarv said, " and we still have a few 
more malls to hit, and we may go see a movie."
	" Sounds good to me," Gaav said as he stretched.
	" Let's go," Viv said as she climbed into the van.  
Phibrizio had switched seats with Xellos, and Xelas was 
in Val's old seat, since she refused to sit next to 
Hellmaster.  Viv sat down next to him, and Val drove 
off. . . 

At ten that night. . . 
	" Sleep," Viv mumbled as she entered the hotel 
room.  They had gotten two rooms, each with two queen 
size beds.  The plan was for the guys to double up, and 
since Phibrizio was so small, have him squeeze into one 
of the beds too, and Viv was going to get a bed of her 
own while Xelas and Deep Sea doubled.  The guys were 
in the room next-door, and the door connecting the two 
rooms was already open.
	" NO!  I am not sleeping with Xellos!," Valgarv 
yelled.
	" Yes you are!  You and Xellos are the smallest 
next to Phibrizio, and the three of you should have no 
problems fitting into a bed!," Gaav said.
	" NO!," Val screamed.  Viv changed into an old tee 
shirt with a dragon on it and a pair of boxers, and climbed 
into a bed.  Xelas and Deep Sea wandered over into the 
guys' room.

Five minutes later, in the guys' room. . . 
	" Val, why don't you just double up with your 
sister?," Zelas asked.
	" No. . . that'd be weird," Valgarv complained.  An 
evil grin passed over Phibrizio's face.  He slipped into the 
girls' room while everyone else was arguing, and poked 
Viv in the side.
	" Nani?," she mumbled, " Oh. . . hey Phibrizio-kun.  
It's not morning already, is it?"
	" No.  Everyone's arguing about who is sleeping 
with who, and I'm tired. . . can I just get in with you until 
they solve the matter?"
	" Sure," Viv yawned, she was already almost 
asleep again.  Phibrizio, who actually was tired, climbed in 
and was asleep before he knew it.

Ten minutes later, in the guys' room. . . 
	" Fine!  I'll sleep with Xellos and Phibrizio, and 
you and Gaav can double up!," Dynast told Valgarv.
	" Where is the little Hellbrat, anyhow?," Gaav 
asked.
	" He went into the girls room about ten minutes 
ago.  He's probably talking to Viv," Dynast shrugged.
	" Ne, Zelas, wasn't Viv already in bed?," Deep Sea 
asked.
	" WHAT!," Valgarv roared, and the six of them ran 
into the girls room.  Viv and Phibrizio were both asleep, 
and Phibrizio was snuggled up against Viv's back.
	" Well, problem solved!," Xellos said, pushed Val, 
Dynast and Gaav back into the guys room.  Then he 
turned to his mistress, " Lock the door behind us, kay?"
	" Hai," Zelas grinned.  After thirty minutes of 
pounding on the girls' door, Val gave up and went to 
bed.
	" I'm going to kill Phibrizio," he mumbled.

The next morning. . . 
	" I drove yesterday, and I want to relax today," Viv 
said with a yawn. " Plus I'm still a little tired.  Are you up 
to driving, Val?"
	Valgarv snored in response.  He had fallen asleep in 
the van already.  It was only six in the morning, and it had 
been almost two in the morning before he fell asleep.
	" I take that as a no. . . ," Viv sighed.
	" I can drive," Dynast volunteered.  " Deep Sea 
can navigate."
	" Well. . . I guess," Viv said a little reluctantly as she 
climbed into the van, and sat down beside her brother.  A 
few minutes later, she was asleep.
	" Do you know how to use a map, Deep Sea?," 
Phibrizio asked from behind her.
	" Sure!," Deep Sea giggled.
	" If you two screw up and get us lost, I am 
officially stating that I had absolutely nothing to do with 
it," Zelas said as she pulled out a book.
	" I second that!," Phibrizio said as he pulled out a 
Walkman and one of Viv's Slayers music tapes.  Soon he 
was singing 'Give a Reason'.
	" I'm with the Hellbrat and Zelas," Gaav said as he 
pulled out some comic books.
	" Ditto!," Xellos said, stole the Walkman from 
Phibrizio, fast forwarded to 'But!  But!  But!', and began 
singing along.  Phibrizio just pulled out the portable CD 
player and put the Slayers Try Treasury Vox in.

Around noon. . . 
	Viv woke up with as the van pulled to a stop.  She 
looked around and saw that they were in the middle of 
nowhere except for a gas station that was charging the 
ridiculous price of four dollars a gallon.
	" Where are we?," Valgarv asked as he stretched.
	" Here," Deep Sea said and pointed at a spot on 
the map.  Viv grabbed in and shook her head.
	" Deep Sea Dolphin," Viv said in her most kind 
voice, then she screamed, " You were holding the map 
upside down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
	" Opps," Deep Sea said and tried to run.
	" Where are we then?," Dynast asked.
	" We're in Nevada. . . how in gay hell did we get to 
Nevada in six hours?!?!," Viv yelled.
	" They warped the van four or five times," Gaav 
said.  Viv just got out of the van, opened the driver's 
door, pulled Dynast from the seat, climbed in, and started 
the car.
	" Everyone does realize that we are almost halfway 
across the country from where we are supposed to be?," 
Xellos said with a grin.
	" Uh. . . Viv, why don't we stop here for lunch?  
Then we can just teleport the van back to Dallas and we 
can get going in the right direction?," Valgarv suggested.
	" Fine.  Who has the money?"
	" We uh. . . spent it all on gas, candy, magazines, 
and drinks while you were sleeping.  You wouldn't 
believe the prices of Vodka these days!," Zelas shook her 
head.  Viv screamed in frustration.
	" Phibrizio!  Get your innocent little butt into that 
gas station, and con the owners into giving you food!  
Enough food for all of us, mind you!," Viv ordered.  
Phibrizio bolted.  He knew better then to mess with Viv 
when she was angry.  Viv sighed.  " I'm going to go 
outside and walk for a minute."

In the store. . . 
	" Please mister!  We're really hungry!," Phibrizio 
said and let tears well up in his eyes.
	The owner cracked, and gave Phibrizio enough 
food for a small army.  As he left the building, stuffing his 
face on chips, he heard Viv yell Dragon Slave, and saw 
the van explode.
	" Oh boy. . . ," he sighed as he walked up to her.

	Viv stood panting in the parking lot.  Her hands 
were balled into fists at her sides, and she was trying to 
return her breathing to normal.  How dare that fruitcake-
	" Where are the others, Viv-kun?," Phibrizio asked 
as he walked up.
	" Huh?"
	" The others.  You know, your brother, the other 
Lords and Xellos?  Where are they?  And do they have 
our stuff?," Phibrizio asked as he finished the bag of 
chips.  " How come you Dragon Slaved the van?"
	Viv wailed and began to cry.
	" Viv. . . ?," Phibrizio asked, suddenly feeling 
panicked. . . Viv NEVER cried.
	" I killed my brother and my friends!!!!!!!!!," Viv 
wailed and started to cry harder.
	" Um. . . I'm sure they'll be resurrected in new 
bodies in a few years. . . we're sort of L-Sama's 
favorites. . . I think," Phibrizio said.  Viv continued to cry, 
and Phibrizio continued to panic, and tried to think of a 
way to calm Viv down.

On the roof. . . .
	" How long do you think it'll take him to figure out 
we're not dead?," Gaav asked.  He, Zelas, Deep Sea, 
Dynast, Xellos, and Valgarv had taken refuge on the roof 
about a second before Viv fired off the Dragon Slave.  
They had also managed to salvage everyone's things.
	" I don't know. . . right now he's concentrating on 
calming Viv down, so he's not bothering to use the Astral 
Plane to locate us," Dynast said.
	" Maybe we should just stay up here, and let them 
think we're dead!  We can go home," Xellos pouted.
	" You're just mad because you finally pushed her 
over the edge and got her mad enough to Dragon Slave 
you in broad day light in front of people who don't know 
who we are. . . it sucks to be you, Xellos!," Valgarv 
snickered.
	" OH MY GOD!," Zelas screamed.
	" Shut up!  They'll hear you!!!!," Deep Sea 
whispered.  Zelas pointed down to the parking lot.
	" OH MY GOD!," Deep Sea screamed.
	" Will you two shut up!," Gaav hissed.

In the parking lot. . . 
	Phibrizio had finally lost it. . . Viv wouldn't stop 
panicking, so he did the only thing he could think of.  He 
set down the food, grabbed Viv's head in his hands, and 
kissed her square on the lips.  It calmed Viv down, to say 
the least. . . 

On the roof. . . 
	" What is it?," Dynast asked.
	" Look!," Deep Sea said and pointed down in the 
parking lot.
	" Holly shit!," Gaav yelled.
	" Bout freaking time!," Xellos grumbled.
	" I knew they liked each other!  I knew it!," Dynast 
said.
	Valgarv stared at his little sister and the Mazoku 
Lord, and his overly protective big brother instincts 
kicked in:  KILL any male that touches little sister.  " I'm 
going to kill that little brat!," Valgarv roared and started to 
jump off the roof.  Gaav grabbed him in mid leap, and 
pulled him back up.
	" Are you nuts?  This is the best thing I've seen in 
years!," Gaav hissed.  " He's not going to do anything to 
her. . . now shut up and sit down."
	" NO!  I'm going to murder him!  I'm going to rip 
him limb from limb and make sure he never touches my 
little sister again!  Let me go!"
	" Men. . . ," Zelas rolled her eyes.

Meanwhile. . . 
	Phibrizio broke off the kiss and blushed 
furiously. . . Viv was blushing too, but she wasn't freaking 
out anymore. . . thank L-Sama.
	" You okay now?," Phibrizio stammered as he 
backed up a few paces.
	" Fine," Viv managed to say.  Then she walked 
over to Phibrizio, and kissed him.

Up on the roof. . . 
	" Oh!  This is getting good," Deep Sea said.
	" Let me-muffhgh!," Val tried to yell, but Gaav 
slammed a hand over his mouth.
	Xellos grinned. . . how long could one stay mad 
when one's plan was working perfectly. . . 
	Valgarv, on the other hand, was getting pissed.  
Gaav made a funny noise when he found a black feathery 
wing in his face.
	" Uh oh. . . ," Dynast sighed as a second wing 
appeared on Val's back.

Down in the parking lot. . . 
	" What in the Hell?!," Viv yelled.
	" What about Hell?," Phibrizio said in a dazed 
voice.
	" Look!," Viv said and turned his head so he could 
see up on the roof.  Phibrizio snapped out of his daze in a 
second.
	" That looks like Val's wing. . . "
	" Those-those-NAMOGOMI!," Viv raged.  " 
They've been up in the roof the whole time!"
	As Viv was preparing to Dragon Slave the building, 
Valgarv swooped down off the roof, and flew straight for 
Phibrizio.
	" Oh shit. . . ," Phibrizio sighed.  " L-Sama, why 
me?"  A split second later, Val had his hands around the 
Hellmaster's neck.
	" LISTEN TO ME YOU LITTLE 
HELLBRAT!!!!!!  IF YOU *EVER* TOUCH MY 
SISTER AGAIN-," Valgarv started to yell, but was cut 
off when someone hit him over the head with a shoe.
	" Let him go right now Val!," Viv demanded.
	" Viv-Ouch!," Val yelled as Viv hit him again.
	" I said, let him go!"
	"Viv-"
	Viv sighed and hit her older brother over the head 
again.  " NOW, Valgarv!  Let.  Him.  Go."
	" But-," Val was whining now.
	" Valgarv!," Viv yelled.  " I said let him go!  And 
put your wings away before someone sees!"
	Valgarv let go of Phibrizio and let his wings 
disappear as he rubbed his now sore head with one hand.
	" You hit him with a shoe?," Xellos snickered as he 
and the others landed.  Xellos's only response was 
getting hit square in the face with Viv's shoe.  " 
Ouchies. . . ," he whined.
	" Here's the deal. . . we need a new van, and we 
need money to get a van," Viv said.  " Do any of you 
have any bright ideas?"
	" There was a care dealership in a town about a 
hundred miles back, and they had a van that looked 
exactly like our old one, same year too," Deep Sea said.
	" So let's teleport there and steal the sucker," Gaav 
grinned.
	" I've been degraded to stealing vans," Viv sighed 
as they all teleported away.

At the car dealership. . . 
	" The keys are in it!," Valgarv reported.  " The 
drivers door is unlocked too."
	" Good.  Phibrizio, Deep Sea, and Zelas. . . you 
three distract the salesmen. . . Dynast and Xellos cause 
some kind of commotion inside so that no one will be 
paying attention to what's going on out here.  Gaav. . . you 
go full Mazoku form and go invisible.  With nine heads, 
you'll make a pretty darn good look out.  Val, you 
teleport the new van back to that old gas station, and I'll 
go with you and put the old license plates on it.  We'll 
meet at the gas station where I Dragon Slaved the old van 
after the new van gets there," Viv said.
	" How did the old license plates survive the Dragon 
Slave, anyhow?," Xellos asked.
	" I don't know. . . maybe L-Sama spared them 
because she knew we'd need them," Viv shrugged.  " 
Now go!"

	Zelas walked up to the first salesman she saw, and 
asked, " Where are the most expensive cars you have?"
	" Around this way, miss," he smiled, and led her 
around the building.
	Can I help you, miss?," another salesman asked 
Deep Sea.
	" Yes. . . I need a sports utility vehicle.  One with a 
lot of space," she smiled.  The salesman led her in the 
same direction Zelas had gone.  The last person out on 
the lot was a young woman, and it was Phibrizio's job to 
distract her.
	" What would a ten year old spoiled brat do?," 
Phibrizio asked himself.  Cause chaos. . . Phibrizio grinned 
and ran past the lady and began weaving in and out 
between the cars, hoping in some of them, and honking 
the horn.  The lady gave chase.

	" Poor lady," Val laughed.  
	" Now we just have to rely on Dynast and Xellos," 
Viv said.  Viv and Val looked at each other.
	" We're doomed," they sighed together.

	Xellos and Dynast had decided the best way to 
cause trouble inside was simply to walk in, and knock 
things off the desks, and go where 'unauthorized 
personnel' weren't supposed to go.  Needless to say, 
most of the building went after them, leaving the front 
room vacant.

	Viv was right when she said that Gaav would be a 
good lookout.  In his Mazoku form, he had nine heads, 
and it was easy to keep tabs on everyone.  When he saw 
that no one was looking at Viv or Val, or even in the 
direction of the van, he gave the single that it was okay for 
them to teleport the van out.

	" Gaav-sama says it's clear!," Val said as he 
jumped into the van.  Viv climbed in after him.
	" Let's go then," she said. " This is so wrong!  
We're committing a felony!"
	" What are they going to do?  Lock us up for 
life?," Val smirked.  Viv couldn't help but giggle as they 
teleported.

	Zelas and Deep Sea had seen Gaav give the signal, 
and knew it was time for them to make their departure.
	" Where's Phibrizio?," Zelas hissed to Deep Sea.  
Then they both saw him, and they lady, who was looking 
very disheveled.
	" Darling!," Deep Sea called to him.  " Come over 
here now and leave that poor woman alone!"
	" Sure Mom!," Phibrizio called, catching on to 
what she was planning right away.
	" We have to be going now," Zelas said as she 
simply walked off the car lot, followed by Deep Sea and 
Phibrizio.  As soon as they were out of sight of the three 
sales representatives, they vanished.

	Gaav sighed.  He could always just leave and let 
Dynast and Xellos deal for themselves, but he decided 
that wasn't a good idea because Viv would get mad, and 
he'd had his fill of Viv being mad for a while.  With a 
grumble, he sent a telepathic message to Dynast.
	" Now it's their fault if they don't get out," Gaav 
snickered to himself as he regained human form, and 
disappeared.

	" It's time to go, Xellos," Dynast said.
	" Easier said then done, Dynast-sama.  I count 
almost twenty humans following us," Xellos giggled.  
Dynast rolled his eyes, grabbed Xellos, and ducked into a 
storage closet.  Then he disappeared.  Xellos followed.

Soon. . . 
	" I'm never letting you two drive again!," Viv 
declared as they pulled out of the gas station.
	" It was Deep Sea's fault!," Dynast grumbled.
	" How about we just drop it and teleport the van to 
Dallas and get to a hotel?  It's almost five.  Then 
tomorrow we can start drive for seven hours to 
Grandma's," Viv suggested.
	" Sounds good to me," Phibrizio said.
	" Phibrizio, you are not sleeping in the same room 
with Viv *ever* again," Val growled and glared at 
Phibrizio.
	" What if they get married?," Xellos asked.  
Valgarv punched the trickster priest square in the face.  
Viv sighed and shook her head.

The next afternoon. . . 
	" Here we are," Viv said as they pulled to a stop in 
front of a house.
	" She lives way out in the country," Zelas smiled.  
" I like it!  Do you know if there are any wolves in the 
area?"
	" I'm sure we'll find out soon enough, my 
mistress," Xellos said.  Everyone was in normal street 
clothes.  Viv had even gotten Xellos to leave his staff in 
the van.
	" Remember, you have to act like normal humans!  
Xellos, keep your eyes open!  Gaav, don't curse," Viv 
said.  " Phibrizio, listen to Deep Sea.  She's supposed to 
be your big sister."
	" And no flirting with Viv," Xellos added.  
Phibrizio started to fire a spell at him.
	" And no magic!," Valgarv and Viv yelled together.  
Phibrizio grumbled and let the spell fade.
	" Come on," Viv sighed as she got out of the van.  
Then to herself she whispered, " Please, L-Sama, one 
weekend of peace?"

Three days later. . . 
	Viv and the others had loaded up the van, and 
everyone was set to go but Viv herself.  She was talking 
to her Grandma before she got into the van.
	" I hope we didn't wreak you house too much," 
Viv said.
	" Of course not," Grandma smiled.  " You're 
friends were charming. . . a few of them were a little odd, 
though."
	" Xellos?," Viv laughed.
	" Yes," Grandma nodded with a smile.  " I rather 
liked Gaav.  He's on of the nicest young men I've ever 
met.  Phibrizio was well behaved too, always listening to 
his sister."
	Viv's brain had frozen on the Gaav comment, and 
she managed to keep her mouth from dropping open.  " 
Well, we better get going.  We want to get home before it 
gets to dark."
	" Bye, dear.  Be careful, and call me when you get 
home!," Grandma said as Viv climbed into the car.
	" What did she say about us?," Zelas asked.
	" She thought Xellos was odd," Viv said, " and 
that Phibrizio was well behaved for a kid.  Then she said 
Gaav was one of the nicest young men she'd ever meet."
	" What!?," everyone but Gaav yelled.  Everyone 
was quite for a few minutes as they digested that thought.
	" So, can I drive?," Gaav asked.
	" Gaav, we've been over this. . . NO!," Viv yelled.
	" Come on!  You're Grandma liked me," Gaav 
pleaded.
	" No!," Viv said.
	" Please?"
	" NO!"
	" I'll tell your Grandma you were mean to me."
	" Do you think she'll care?," Dynast asked.
	" I don't know," Gaav shrugged.  " I just want to 
drive."
	" NO!," Viv yelled.
	" You're no fun, Viv," Gaav grumbled.
	" This is going to be a long drive. . . ," Phibrizio 
sighed to himself.
	" Can we go to Nevada again?," Xellos asked.

THE END