Prologue

Before the war. . . 

	Deep Sea Dolphin was happy.  She was about to 
reveal a secret to her ‘counterparts’ that would make 
Xellas so mad!  It was something Deep Sea had been 
waiting to do for centuries!  Deep Sea giggled.  It made 
her happy to even think about it!
	" Are they coming?," a deep, gruff voice asked 
from the door to her throne room.
	" Hai," Deep Sea smiled, " They’re waiting for us 
in the War Room at Mazoku’s Domain.  All of them.  
Phibrizio, Xellas and Dynast!  I think their Priests and 
Generals will be there too, but that just makes it all that 
much more fun!"
	" You were never one to have fun, Deep Sea 
Dolphin," the voice snickered.
	" Don’t be such a spoil sport!  Come on.  Let’s get 
going!  We wouldn’t want to keep our audience waiting, 
now would we?," Deep Sea said with a coy smile as she 
left her throne room.  The owner of the voice, a man, and 
a woman stood at the doors.
	" Are we to accompany you, Deep Sea-sama?," the 
woman asked.
	" Of course, Siren!  You are my General!  Daksha, 
you shall come as well, my Priest," Deep Sea said, " 
Now come along!"
	Meanwhile, at Mazoku’s Domain. . . 
	Mazoku’s Domain was an island, a giant island 
with a huge castle built on it.  This island was only 
accessible to the Five Mazoku Lords and whomever they 
wanted on the island with them.  In the castle’s War 
Room, three very annoyed Mazoku Lords sat.
	" Are you sure she wanted all of us?," a man with 
dark black hair asked.
	" Yes, Dynast, I’m sure!," a boy that looked about 
ten snapped.  He had dark blue hair and light green eyes, 
" I’m not an imbecile, you know!"
	" Calm down, Phibrizio, save your anger for her," 
a woman with long blonde hair and shinning blue eyes 
murmured as she puffed on a cigarette.
	" Xellas, put that disgusting thing away.  You’re 
stinking up the whole room," Dynast said, without 
emotion as usual.  Xellas ignored him, also the usual.
	" She’s late," Phibrizio muttered.
Meanwhile, outside of the War Room in the grand hall. . . .
	Seven annoyed Mazoku were standing, sitting, or 
floating as they waited for their Masters to summon them 
into the War Room.
	Sitting in two chairs against a wall were Xellos 
and Kosha.  Xellas’s General/Priests.  Xellas had never 
defined on of them as the Priest or one of them the 
General.  They split the jobs evenly.  So, their titles were 
Kosha, the General and Priestess of Beastmaster Xellas 
Metallium, and Xellos, General and Priest of Beastmaster 
Xellas Metallium.  It was very confusing, and Xellas, 
Xellos and Kosha liked it that way.
	Valgarv was leaning on the wall next to the door to 
the War Room.  After Hellmaster’s ‘rebirth’ he was made 
Phibrizio’s General.  Val had his arms crossed over his 
chest and had a very annoyed/pissed look on his face that 
gave off the message ‘leave me alone unless you want 
me to rip your guts out.’  Floating next to him was 
Phibrizio’s Priestess, Raya.  She had her legs crossed and 
she looked like she was sitting in a giant invisible chair.  
Her staff was balanced on her knees, and she had her 
eyes closed and a happy grin was on her face.  She was 
probably the only person who could get within three feet 
of Valgarv and not suffer his wrath.
	Across the room from these four, a woman and 
two men stood.  The woman was standing up, one hand 
on her hip, and the other was wrapped around the hilt of a 
sword that was strapped to her waist.  She was Sherra, 
Dynast’s General.  Behind her, stood two men.  They 
were rumored to be twin brothers, although they looked 
nothing alike.  Their names were Grau and Grou and they 
were Dynast’s Priests.  Grau, Grou and Sherra were 
looking at the four other occupants of the room.  Sherra 
was staring at Kosha as if she was sizing her up for a 
battle.
	Kosha couldn’t stand it anymore, " What are you 
staring at!," Kosha screamed at Sherra.
	" You.  I want to know why Xellas chose you as 
her General," Sherra said calmly.
	" First off, I’m not the General," Kosha said, " and 
as for why Xellas chose me. . . ," Kosha, Xellos and Raya 
all winked at Sherra and waved their index fingers at her.  
Simultaneously, they said, " Sore wa himitsu desu!" 
(That is a secret!)
	" You walked right into that one," Valgarv 
laughed.
	" So you’re the Priestess then?," Grau asked.
	" No."
	" But you just said you’re not the General," Grou 
said.
	" I’m not."
	" But then you have to be the Priestess!," Sherra 
said.
	" No," Kosha said.  This was fun!
	" THEN WHO ARE YOU!!!!!!," Sherra, Grau and 
Grou all screamed at the same time.
	Kosha smiled, " Sore wa himitsu desu!"
In the War Room. . . 
	Sherra, Grau and Grou’s scream could be heard 
through the heavy iron doors.
	Xellas smiled, she knew exactly what was going 
on, " That’s a good girl, Kosha," she thought, " Play with 
their minds!"
	" Maybe we should call them in before they kill 
each other.  I rather like Valgarv and Raya.  They know 
what is expected of them, and I don’t have to explain or 
tell them things twice," Phibrizio said.
	" No need.  They are all under strict orders not to 
use magic against each other, correct," Dynast said as he 
took a sip of wine, " Since they are under orders we have 
noting to fear."
Outside. . . .
	" Kosha, Kosha," Xellos smiled, " How evil you 
are being!"
	" And?," Kosha asked with a smirk.
	" Look, you have to be either the General or the 
Priest," Grau said.
	" No," Kosha and Xellos smiled simultaneously.  
Sherra looked about ready to kill them both.
	" They share the jobs.  They are both the General 
and the Priest," Valgarv said.  He was tired of this fight.
	" Valgarv!," Kosha whined, " I was having fun!"
	" Whatever," Valgarv said, " I know you better."
	Kosha just smiled.
	" How do all of you know each other?  All four of 
you seam close," Grau said.
	" We’re related," Xellos, Raya, Kosha, and 
Valgarv all said at the same time.  Sherra, Grau and Grou 
all looked shocked.
	" Xellos and I are married.  Raya and Valgarv are 
married," Kosha said with a yawn.
	" Yeah, but that doesn’t make all four of you 
related," Sherra said,       " and why does Raya look like 
Xellos?  Are you his sister?"
	Raya opened her eyes and slowly turned to 
Dynast’s General.  She smiled an evil grin, " Would you 
three like to hear my formal introduction?," she asked, 
before they could answer she began, " I am Xellos Raya, 
daughter of Xellos and Kosha, wife of Valgarv, Priestess 
of Hellmaster Phibrizio!"
	" You’re Xellos’s daughter!," Sherra screamed.  
Before Raya could say anything, the doors burst open.  
Deep Sea Dolphin came in, the man who had spoken in 
the gruff voice was with her.  He was in a cloak with a 
hood pulled up over his head so you couldn’t see his 
face.  He was tall.  About seven feet give or take a few 
inches.  Behind them were Siren and Daksha.
	" Hello!," Deep Sea Dolphin said with a grin, " My 
counterparts are in the War Room, hai?"
	" Hai, Deep Sea Dolphin-sama," Xellos grinned.
	" Siren, Daksha, you wait out here with the 
others," Deep Sea said, then to the cloaked man, " You 
come with me."
In the War Room. . . .
	Deep Sea Dolphin and Mr. Cloak hand just entered 
the room.
	" It’s about damn time!!!," Phibrizio yelled, " I 
have better things to do!"
	" As do I," Dynast said, " Who is the man in the 
cloak?"
	" He is why I am here!  Why don’t you reveal 
yourself?," Deep Sea grinned.  The man removed his 
hood.
	" Oh my Gods!," Xellas yelled, " Why weren’t we 
informed of this sooner!?"
	" Why weren’t Dynast and I informed of 
Hellmaster Phibrizio’s return?," Deep Sea grinned.
	" My return had to be kept a secret because of a 
major factor, then again, what I considered a major 
factor!," Phibrizio roared, " I was told who I was then 
given back my memories!  It was my choice not to be 
revealed at that time!  How long has he been back!?"
	" You speak as if I wasn’t in the room," the man 
said with a sneer.
	" Shut-up, Gaav!," Phibrizio sighed.  Yes, the man 
in the cloak was Gaav, the Chaos Dragon.  Phibrizio gave 
Deep Sea Dolphin his most serious and terrifying look, " 
I asked you a question, Deep Sea Dolphin.  I suggest you 
answer it."
	" I-uh-I found Gaav when he was three.  I them 
took him from his ‘parents’ and raised him until he was 
sixteen.  Then I gave him back him memories.  For the 
past five years he has been ‘relearning’ how to use his 
powers.  He is now at the strength he was at when he 
died," Deep Sea stammered.  Phibrizio could be very 
intimidating and scary as heck when he wanted to be!
	" Fine.  I shall let you off the hook since he seams 
to be himself," Phibrizio said, " Don’t forget, I am the 
leader around here and I am the most powerful!  Until 
our Lord is reborn, I am in charge!  Is everyone clear on 
that?," he asked.  The other four lords nodded, Phibrizio 
smiled, " Good.  Welcome back, Gaav, now, call in the 
Generals and the Priests."
In the grand hall. . . .
	" If you’re not the General, and you’re not the 
Priest, then who are you?," Siren asked Kosha, who 
smiled evilly.
	" Sore wa-," Kosha started, but was cut off when 
the telepathic signal from the Lords was heard.
	" Let’s go," Valgarv said as they entered.
	" Now, that everyone is here, I want to inform you 
all of what has happened," Phibrizio said.  He, Xellas, 
Deep Sea Dolphin, and Dynast were sitting down.  Their 
Priests and Generals were standing behind their chairs.  
There was a vacant seat.
	" I can introduce myself, thank you," Gaav smiled 
as he came out of the shadows, " Did you miss me?"
	" Gaav-sama!," Valgarv yelled.
	" Valgarv?  So you’re Hellmaster’s General now?  
Interesting," Gaav snickered as he took a seat, " Two 
new ones."
	" Introduce yourself, child," Xellas told Kosha.
	" My name is Kosha, General and Priestess of 
Beastmaster Xellas Metallium," Kosha said.
	" General and Priestess?  You and Xellos split the 
jobs?," Gaav said.
	" Hai, Gaav-Sama," Kosha said.
	" And you are?," Gaav asked Raya.
	" My name is Xellos Raya, Priestess of Hellmaster 
Phibrizio."
	" Xellos Raya?!"
	" Xellos is my father, Kosha is my mother," Raya 
said, " and Valgarv is my husband."
	" Well, well.  Married are we, Valgarv?"
	" Hai, Gaav-Sama."
	" Speaking of Generals and Priests, don’t you need 
to get some, Gaav?," Dynast asked.
	" My old two will do just fine.  I can’t seam to 
locate them on the Astral Plane, though.  Anyone know 
what became of Rashaat and Raltark?"
	" I killed them," Valgarv said.
	" Excuse me?," Gaav asked.
	" After you were killed, they knew that you would 
be reborn, so they would not help me to seek out Lina 
Inverse and kill her in revenge.  I saw her as a prime 
reason of your death.  I felt that since they were supposed 
to be your General and Priest, it was their duty to get 
revenge.  Since Rashaat and Raltark would not, I saw this 
a defying their duty.  Servants of the Five Mazoku Lords 
don’t defy orders, if they do, they die," Valgarv said, " 
Since you were not around to kill them yourself, I did it 
for you."
	Gaav laughed, " Well done, well done, Valgarv!  I 
never thought of it that way.  I was getting tired to them 
anyway.  I guess I’ll have to find some new ones, huh?  
Anyone got any suggestions?"
	" Actually, I know two young, promising Mazoku 
that would probably fit right in with our main group," 
Phibrizio said.  Raya looked at him.  She still considered 
him her younger brother, and he considered her his older 
sister.  When they weren’t around the other Lords, the 
called each other brother and sister.  She didn’t like the 
idea of what her little brother was thinking.
	" Well?," Gaav asked.
	" They are brother and sister, and their names are 
Vallos and Xelterria," Hellmaster smiled.
	" Otoutosan!! ( younger brother)," Raya yelled 
without thinking.  The room was as silent as silence can 
get.  Everyone was staring at her.  Raya had realized her 
mistake and threw her hands over her mouth.
	" She is so dead!," Sherra giggled to herself.  But 
Phibrizio turned to Raya with a smile.
	" Yes, Aneki? (elder sister)," he asked her.  Telling 
Raya in one sentence, that no, she wasn’t in trouble for 
calling him ‘Otoutosan’ in front of the others, and that he 
wanted her opinion.
	" Whoa!  Whoa!," Gaav yelled, " What the hell is 
going on?"
	" Yeah!  She called you ‘little brother’ and you 
called her ‘elder sister’," Deep Sea said.
	" Yes, that is rather odd," Dynast said.
	" I was raised by Xellos and Beastmaster before I 
found out who I was, ne?," Phibrizio smiled, " I knew 
Raya as my older sister.  When I found out of my past, 
she was the only one I still cared for in any way.  So we 
continue to call each other brother and sister.  Do any of 
you have a problem with that?"
	" No," everyone else said together.
	" Good," Phibrizio smiled, " Now, Aneki, what is 
wrong with Vallos and Xelterria becoming Gaav’s 
General and Priest?"
	" They are rather independent, Otoutosan," Raya 
sighed, " I do not think they will like taking orders very 
well, even if they are from Gaav-sama."
	" How do you presume to know these two so 
well?," Dynast asked.
	" They are my children."
	" Kawaii! (cute)," Deep Sea yelled, " You and 
Valgarv have kids!"  Deep Sea Dolphin had one 
weakness:  Mazoku babies and children.  Not many 
Mazoku reproduced like humans and dragons did.  Most 
just created offspring, and they were usually created 
adults, so real Mazoku children were rare.
	" Baka! (idiot)," Xellos muttered.
	" Yes.  But they’re grown up," Valgarv said.
	" Oh fudge," Deep Sea muttered.
	" Well, lets meet them.  The idea of Val having 
offspring interests me.  If they’re anything like him, I 
think I will make them my new General and Priest," 
Gaav said.
	" Phibrizio-sama, I agree with Raya on this.  They 
don’t like taking orders," Valgarv said.
	" We will let Gaav decide on that matter," 
Phibrizio said, " Aneki, go get them."
	" Hai, Otoutosan," Raya sighed and vanished, in a 
moment, she reappeared, " They will be here soon.  
Vallos went to get Xelterria.  She was asleep in the rose 
garden."
	" Here we are," a boy said as he and a girl 
appeared. They both looked a lot like Valgarv, and the 
boy was an exact copy, except he had purple streaks of 
hair around his face.  If Val had been a girl, he would 
have looked very similar to his daughter.
	" Introduce yourselves to Gaav.  Yes, he is back, I 
will explain later," Hellmaster said.
	" I am Vallos, son of Valgarv and Raya," the boy 
said.
	" I am Xelterria, daughter of Valgarv and Raya, 
sister to Vallos," the girl said.
	" You’re nervous," Sherra snickered.
	" Of course.  We’ve never been called before all 
five of the Mazoku Lords before," Vallos said.
	" May we ask why we are here, Phibrizio-chan?," 
Xelterria asked.  Again, everyone expected Phibrizio to 
go postal on this girl, but, he just smiled.
	" Gaav, care to explain?," Hellmaster asked.
	" They can call you by such an informal title, 
Phibrizio-sama?!," Grau asked.
	" Hai!," Phibrizio yelled, now he was getting 
annoyed, " Only Raya, Vallos, and Xelterria can get 
away with calling me by such informal titles!  If any of 
the rest of you ever try it, you’ll be fried into ashes in 
point five seconds!"
" Hai, Phibrizio-sama," all the Generals and Priests 
in the room nodded.
	" Now, as for why you’ve been called here, I need 
a new General and a new Priest.  Phibrizio suggested you 
two for the jobs.  Now, you’re parents seam to think that 
you wont take to following orders to well," Gaav said, " 
If you decided to become my General and Priest, for the 
first few months I’ll cut you a little slack.  Phibrizio 
doesn’t like it when Priests and Generals can’t do their 
jobs, so he wouldn’t have even mentioned you unless he 
thought you could handle it.  So, what do you say?"
	" What do you think, Ainki (elder brother)?," 
Xelterria asked.
	" I think we could handle it.  What do you think, 
Imoutosan (younger sister)?," Vallos asked.
	" I think we could handle it, too."
	" Alright then, Gaav-sama," Vallos smiled, " My 
sister and I accept you’re offer."
	" Good.  Vallos, you will be the General, and 
Xelterria, you will be my Priestess," Gaav smiled, " Now 
get over here!"
	Vallos and Xelterria smiled at each other and went 
over and stood behind Gaav’s chair.
	" Anyone else have anything to add to this 
wonderful little meeting?," Xellas asked.  No one said a 
word, " Alright then.  I’m out of here," Beastmaster 
sighed, " You two know you’re mission," she added to 
Kosha and Xellos.
	" Hai," the said together.  Then Beastmaster 
vanished.
	" Mission?," Valgarv asked, " What mission?"
	" Sore wa himitsu desu!," the couple smiled as 
they vanished as well.
	" You walked right into that one, love," Raya 
giggled.
	" I know," Valgarv sighed.
	" Otoutosan, do you have anything for us to do?," 
Raya asked Hellmaster.
	" No.  Go back to the palace.  I will be there soon, 
Aneki," Phibrizio smiled as Valgarv and Raya 
disappeared.  Dynast, Sherra, Grau and Grou said nothing 
as they left.  Neither did Deep Sea Dolphin, Siren or 
Daksha.
" Well, Phibrizio, now what?," Gaav asked.
	" I sense that we all of us will be together again 
sooner then we think," Phibrizio smiled, looking for the 
entire world like a ten year old boy.
	" Yeah, yeah.  Whatever," Gaav laughed, " Follow 
me," he added to Xelterria and Vallos.  Then the three of 
them vanished.
	" I will have to talk with Aneki soon.  She will 
understand," Phibrizio sighed to the empty room and 
vanished.  The room would be occupied again by the 
Five Mazoku Lords and their Generals and Priests one 
again far sooner then even the Great Hellmaster Phibrizio 
expected.
Xellos:  Sorry for this short interruption folks, but we are 
experiencing 
	   technical difficulties at the moment!  
Valgarv:  Technical difficulties?  That’s your description 
of this 
        chaos?
Phibrizio:  ( yells as he enters room with a bowl of 
popcorn) WHAT’S
       GOING ON?!
Valgarv:  Oh, Lina made some smart mouthed remark to 
Gaav about him 
	      being Deep Sea’s son, and he cast a Gaav Flair, 
it missed Lina
	      and hit Xellas, who stole Filia’s mace and hit 
Gaav.  Heather got
	      mad and told them all to shut-up and sit down 
so she could type 
	      but. . . .
Xellos:  But by now, Lina, Filia, Gaav and my Mistress 
were all in a huge 
	    fight, so Heather grabbed Filia’s mace form my 
Mistress, and is 
	    now thrashing them.
Phibrizio:  I leave the room for five minutes and all the 
cool stuff happens!!!
Heather: Okay, now all of you shut-up and be nice so I 
can type!!!
Filia: (in a meek voice) Can I have my mace back, 
please?
Heather: Oh, sure.  (sits down at computer and begins to 
type)
Gaav: (whispers to others) Are you SURE she’s not a 
Mazoku?
Phibrizio:  I wonder about that myself sometimes. . . .
Valgarv: (grins slyly) Oh, she’s not a Mazoku. . . .
Filia: Is she a dragon?
Phibrizio:  No way!  She is way too cool to be a dragon!
Val:  She’s not a dragon.
Xellos: Per say. . . .
Lina:  Then what is she?
Val and Xellos:  Sore wa himitsu desu!!!!
Xellos: and now back to the story! ^_^
Filia: Phibrizio, (lifts mace in air) what was that about 
Heather being too
	cool to be a dragon?
Phibrizio:  Nothing, heh heh. . . .

Chapter I

	The Lord of Nightmares grinned.  What she was 
about to do would probably cause the whole world, 
particularly the dragons, to go nuts with panic, and cause 
tons of Pandemonium.  Oh well, she liked chaos.
	" Time to wake up, Lei," she smiled as she 
grabbed a shovel and vanished.
	Meanwhile. . . .
	Filia was talking a walk in a beautiful rose garden, 
humming to herself and enjoying the peaceful day.  She 
smiled as she looked up into the big, blue, 
cloudless. . . .oh, wait, some storm clouds were rolling in.  
Well, at least it was still warm. . . .oh, wait, (again!) an icy 
wind was beginning to blow.  Soon the wind was raging, 
and Filia’s blonde hair was being flung in all directions.
" What is going on!?," she wailed as the ground 
began to violently shake, " Great!  No an earthquake!," 
she yelled as she was shaken off her feet and landed right 
smack on her butt, " OUCH!!," she yelled, " I’d be better 
off in the air!"
	With that, Filia morphed and took to the air.  Her 
mouth dropped open in shook and her eyes grew wide.
	" NO!," she yelled.  A beam of white light was 
shinning down from the sky, destroying the mountain 
that Lei Magnus, the man who had once held a piece of 
Shabernigdo within him, was frozen under.
	" no!  No!!  NO!!!!," Filia yelled, " I have to get 
back to the temple!!!"
At that same time. . . 
	Raya was going for a walk.  ( actually, she was 
floating, but that’s beside the point)  She had a nagging 
feeling that something BIG was going to go down soon, 
but she couldn’t figure out what it was!  Hellmaster 
Phibrizio had given her the day off, and he and Valgarv 
had gone to a meeting with Gaav-sama.  Raya found it 
very odd that she wasn’t asked (or ordered, it depends on 
how you look at it) by Phibrizio to come along.  Raya 
sighed.
	Suddenly, a dragon went zooming by above Raya.  
She looked up, and saw a huge pink bow tied to the 
dragon’s tail.
	" Filia. . . .?  I wonder why she didn’t say hi?," Raya 
wondered, " She was in an awfully big hurry. . . ."
	Raya turned to see where Filia had come from.
	" What in L-Sama’s name is that!?," Raya yelled, 
her normally shut eyes flying open, " Lei Magnus!?  
Being awakened!  No!  There is no WAY Otoutosan 
would pull something this major without me!  Or Deep 
Sea Dolphin, Dynast, and Aunt Xellas, for that matter!," 
Raya pondered this for a moment, " Maybe he would. . . .I 
better go check!"
	The she vanished.

Chapter II

	By the time Filia got back to her temple, tons of 
other dragons were swarming the place, demanding to 
know what was going on, and blaming the Mazoku for it.  
Filia rolled her eyes at that.  The whole situation had 
been going on for a whopping half-hour and the Mazoku 
were already getting blamed for it.  Melgazia, King of the 
Golden Dragons, had already sent word of a meeting to 
be held with the Four Dragon Kings.  Saijoro was to go, 
and since he knew of Filia’s ‘friends’ within the high 
Mazoku ranks, he brought her along.

At the meeting. . . .
	The meeting was a held in a huge, hidden cave that 
was guarded by magic, and had no entrance.  You had to 
be able to teleport to get in.  Luna Inverse, Knight of 
Ceifeed, looked around the cavern at the assembly.  
Everyone was here.  Good.
	There was Aqua, the Water Dragon Kind, 
Lanngourt, the Earth Dragon King, Volabazard, the Fire 
Dragon King, and Barluwin, the Air Dragon King.  Then 
you had the ‘lessors’, as Luna dubbed them in her mind, 
Melgazia, the King of the Golden Dragons and Saijoro, 
leader of one of the higher temples.  He’d brought Filia 
along for one reason or another.  Luna would ask about 
that later, she supposed, but now, it was time to start the 
meeting.
	" Okay, guys and gals, since Shabernigdo had 
NOT officially been resurrected, reborn, or what ever ya 
wanna call it, Ceifeed says that y’all are in charge," Luna 
said, " When, and IF, Shabby shows his big, nasty, evil, 
ext., ext. self, Ceifeed will take charge.  Till then, chow!"
	" Wait, Luna," Volabazard said, " Aren’t you 
going to stay and help us?"
	" Can’t!  I’m late for work!  But I’ll show up if 
y’all need me or call," Luna winked, " But only call if 
it’s an emergency!,"  then she vanished.
	" So, now what?," Aqua asked.
	" War," Barluwin sighed, " This may be the 
Mazoku’s doing.  Perhaps they know more about Lei 
Magnus then we do."
	" War!  I do not think we have enough information 
to declare war," Lanngourt said.
	" It’s a good enough excuse for me!  Okay, so 
maybe Lei Magnus is harmless, but then again maybe he 
has another piece of Ruby Eye in him!  Why else would 
the Mazoku bother waking him?," Melgazia asked.
	" We do not know that it is the Mazoku waking 
him," Aqua pointed out, much to Filia’s relief.
	" But what about the abominations?," Saijoro 
asked.
	" Abominations?  What would they have to do 
with this?," Aqua asked, " and who are they?"
	" Valgarv, Vallos and Xelterria," Saijoro sneered, 
" Half dragon, half Mazoku abominations!  They are 
Ancient Dragons at that!  Maybe they know something 
we do not."
	" You have not spoken, Volabazard," Barluwin 
sighed.
	" I would like to hear Filia’s opinion first."
	" M-my opinion, Volabazard-sama?," Filia asked.
	" Hai."
	" Well, if this IS a Mazoku plot, we should find 
out for sure before striking, ne?," Filia said, " If we 
started a war, and it wasn’t necessary, tons of lives would 
be lost.  Plus, I know a few of the higher ranking 
Mazoku, mostly Generals and Priests-"
	" WHAT?," Melgazia howled.
	" Silence!," Volabazard roared, " Filia?"
	" My son, Valgarv, his wife, and their two children 
are the only Mazoku I really care for," Filia explained, 
actually, she liked Kosha a lot too, but she didn’t think 
Melgazia would be happy to hear that one, and 
Volabazard had already asked her mentally of the 
Mazoku she cared for, and Kosha’s name was on that list, 
" As I was saying, I think they know as little about this as 
we do."
	" Very good, young one," Volabazard smiled, " I 
also think that we should find out for sure if the Mazoku 
are behind this before declaring war.  I suggest we send a 
scouting party to the mountain to investigate.  Dose 
everyone agree?," Volabazard asked, everyone nodded, " 
Pray to L-Sama that this isn’t the start of another war."

Meanwhile at Gaav’s castle. . . .

	Phibrizio and Gaav were discussing the mater of 
Lina Inverse’s descendents.  Valgarv, Vallos, and 
Xelterria stood silently by as the Lords talked.  Until 
Raya burst in, that is.
	" Hey guys!  You know anything about Lei 
Magnus?," she demanded.
	" Aneki!?," Phibrizio asked, " What are you doing 
here?  And who gives a you know what about Lei 
Magnus?"
	" So you don’t know!  He’s being awakened!"
	" What?!,’ Gaav and Phibrizio yelled at the same 
time.
	" Come see for yourselves!," Raya yelled as she 
tugged on Phibrizio’s arm.
	" We’re coming, we’re coming!," Phibrizio said as 
Raya released his arm, grabbed his hand instead and 
proceeded to drag him off.  Gaav gave him an odd look 
and Phibrizio shrugged helplessly.
	" Come on," Gaav told Xelterria and Vallos.
	" You come to Val!," Phibrizio hollered back from 
down the hall.
	" Do you think Mom’s gone nuts?," Vallos asked 
Xelterria.
	" No.  Mom’s not nuts.  She’s a fruitcake like 
Grandpa Xellos," Xelterria giggled.
	" I heard that!," Raya yelled.
Outside. . . .
	" For Ruby Eye’s sake, he is being awakened!," 
Gaav gasped.
	" Told you!," Raya giggled.
	" Who could do that?!," Vallos asked.
" Bet you the dragons think it’s us," Gaav 
snickered as he lit up a cigarette and offered one to 
Xelterria, who took on as well., " It’s your call, 
Phibrizio."
	" Gaav, go tell Deep Sea Dolphin, Valgarv and 
Raya, go tell Dynast, Vallos and Xelterria, go tell 
Xellas," Phibrizio sighed, he was still staring at the light.
	" What are you going to do?," Gaav asked.
	" Get a group of Mazoku together and have them 
go see what the hell is going on on that mountain!," 
Phibrizio said as he vanished.
	" How come I get the feeling we are all in really, 
really big trouble?," Xelterria asked with a sigh.

Chapter II

	Of course, it was inevitable that the two groups 
would run into each other, and it was also a no brainer 
that they would blame each other for what was going 
on. . . .
	The group of dragons saw the Mazoku first.
	" Mazoku scum!  We knew you were behind 
this!," the dragon leader yelled.
	" Oh shut up you stupid scaly freaks!  We came to 
find out what’s causing this!," the Mazoku leader yelled 
back.
	" Yeah right, and I’m Luna Inverse!"
	" Hello Luna!"
	" Shut up!  We know you’re all lying!"
	" We’re not (for once) and you make us shut up!"
	" Maybe we will!"
	After several smart remarks from both sides, a 
battle started.  By luck, (or just plain old coincidence) 
both sides only had ten members.  In the end, only the 
leaders of the scouting parties got out alive, and they 
were both fatally wounded. . . .

At the dragon’s meeting. . . .
	The leader of the dragon’s scouting party stumbled 
in.
	" Gods!," Filia screamed.
	" What happened?," Aqua asked.
	" Mazoku. . . .," the leader coughed then he died.
	" WAR!," Melgazia roared.
	" Filia, go get Luna.  The we will vote on weather 
or not to declare war," Volabazard sighed.
	" Vote!  Vote?!  Those filthy Mazoku have just 
killed ten Golden Dragons for no reason!!!," Saijoro 
yelled.
	" Like you slaughtered the Ancients, ne?," Luna 
sneered as she appeared, " Now we vote!"

At Phibrizio’s palace. . . 
	Gaav, Phibrizio, and their priests and generals 
were awaiting the return of the scouting party.
	" They’re taking long enough," Gaav snorted.  
That’s when the leader of the Mazoku scouting party 
appeared.
	" Well?," Phibrizio demanded.
	" Dragons. . . ," the leader choked.  Then she died.
	" Well, well," Phibrizio grinned, " You four go tell 
Xellas, Deep Sea Dolphin, and Dynast of this," he told 
Raya, Valgarv, Xelterria, and Vallos, " We will meet at 
Mazoku Domain."
	" Hai, Phibrizio-sama," Valgarv and Raya said as 
they vanished.  Xelterria and Vallos looked at Gaav.
	" Do as he says," Gaav told them.
	" Hai, Gaav-sama," they said as they vanished as 
well, most likely to wherever their parents went.
	" It’s about time we had some action around 
here!," Gaav said with a yawn.
	" We don’t know that for sure yet," Phibrizio said, 
" We all decide if we will declare war or not."
	" Like I said, it’s about time for some action!," 
Gaav smiled.  Both he and Phibrizio had a good laugh 
over that.
	" We better get going," Phibrizio smiled.  Then he 
and Gaav disappeared.

Back at the dragon’s. . . 
	" War!  WAR!," Filia yelled, smoke was 
practically coming out of her ears, and she had fangs, " 
No!  I refuse to fight!  My son and grandchildren and 
Generals and Priests!  I refuse to hurt them!!!!"
	" Okay," Luna shrugged, " I’m sure they’ll feel the 
same way about ‘cha.  You can play diplomat."
	Blink, blink, " Really Luna-chan!!!!!  Thank you 
so much!!!!," Filia smiled and hugged Luna.
	" Go make sure it’s okay with the Mazoku, " Luna 
said, " We need to start discussing a strategy."

At Mazoku Domain. . . .
	" So, should we declare war on the dragons?," 
Phibrizio asked.
	" They’ll just blame it all on us an declare war," 
Xellas said and crossed her arms over her chest, " So 
why not declare war on them for a change?"
	" Xellas has a point," Deep Sea sighed, " Pus I’ve 
been board lately anyway."
	" Same here.  We could use some action," Gaav 
said, " I’m not sure I even know how to fight anymore!"
	" Why not?  There will be war no mater what we 
decide," Dynast yawned.
	" War it is then," Phibrizio grinned evilly.
	" Mother. . . ," Valgarv whispered.
	" Nani?," Phibrizio asked.
	" My Mother," Valgarv said, " She needs to talk to 
us."
	" Let’s see what Filia-chan has to say," Xellos 
grinned and Kosha thumped him in the back of the head.
	" Yes, let her in, Phibrizio," Xellas smiled.  
Suddenly Filia stood by the door.
	" Nani?  Where am I?," Filia asked as she looked 
around in a daze.  Then she noticed that she was 
surrounded by all of the Mazoku Hierarchy except 
Shabernigdo and L-Sama, " Oh boy. . . ."
	" Well?," Phibrizio yawned.
	" Well what?," Filia asked, now mostly worried for 
her life.
	" Valgarv said you needed to talk with us," Dynast 
said in a very bored voice.
	" Hai," Filia said, " The dragons have decided to 
declare war and-"
	" Ha!  Told you we’d get blamed for this mess," 
Gaav yelled.
	" Well, there goes declaring war on them first for a 
change," Xellos sighed.
	" You were saying, Filia?," Phibrizio asked, a tiny 
hint of curiosity shining in his green eyes.
	" Uh, Luna-chan, she uh, said that I don’t have to 
fight in the war-"
	" Really!," Valgarv, Kosha, Raya, Vallos and 
Xelterria all yelled at the same time.
	" Thank L-Sama," Valgarv added under his breath.
	" Hai!," Filia smiled, " She said I can ‘play 
diplomat’.  A go between if you will," she explained, " If 
you agree to it that is."
	" I don’t care," Phibrizio said, " What do you 
think?"
	" Filia-chan is always amusing," Xellos smiled.  
Filia’s mace planted itself in his face in under a second.  
Xellos grinned, " See what I mean?"
	" Mazoku namo-," Filia started to yell, but Vallos 
and Xelterria tackled her before she could finish.
	" Why not?  Kosha seams to like her, and that 
mace is a nice touch," Xellas smiled.
	" I don’t mind," Dynast said, " But she is a dragon.  
If she messes up our plans, we kill her."
	" I’m with Dynast!," Deep Sea yelled.  Filia 
gulped and paled.
	" I don’t really care either way," Gaav shrugged, " 
but seeing Xellos get creamed by a mace is 
interesting. . . ."
	" Filia, go back to your. . . .masters and tell them we 
accept you as a ‘diplomat’," Phibrizio said, " Any other 
dragon we see is our mortal enemy and will be killed, 
and if your people learn to much of what we are 
planning, it will be your hide."
	" H-hai Phibrizio-sama," Filia stammered.
	" Be careful, mother," Valgarv smiled at her.
" I will," Filia promised.
	" Oh, before you go," Phibrizio asked, " what were 
you about to call Xellos?  ‘Mazoku what’?"
	Filia, Valgarv, Raya, Kosha, Vallos, and Xelterria 
all turned a few shades paler and sweat dropped.  Filia 
began to shake.  Xellos just giggled.
	" Oh, come on Filia-chan!!!!  You always call me 
that!  Most often when I annoy you, as I am doing now!  
Come on throw your mace at me, and call me the lovely 
little nickname you’ve called me ever since the day we 
meet!!!!!," Xellos giggled.
	Filia couldn’t take it anymore, " YOU STUPID 
MAZOKU NAMOGOMI!!!!  I HATE YOU!!!!," she 
screamed as she began to chase Xellos around the war 
room table, her mace held over her head like a club.
	" Ah, now there’s the Filia-chan I know and 
love!," Xellos giggled, man this was fun!, " You know I 
never knew dragons were so violent!"
	" SHUT UP YOU NAMOGOMI!!!!!!!!!!!"
	" This is far more entertaining then I expected," 
Xellas giggled.
	" If you enjoy being called namogomi," Dynast 
said.
	" Mom!  Calm down!," Valgarv yelled, " This is 
not the time and it is DEFINITLY NOT the place to be 
calling Xellos ‘namogomi’ and trying to kill him!"
	" Oh, she can try and kill him all she wants, and I 
hope she succeeds too, it’s just the whole ‘namogomi’ 
thing that’s getting to me," Phibrizio grinned, and Raya 
glared at him, " Nani?," he asked her.
	" He is my father, Otoutosan," Raya said.
	" Oh yeah, sorry, Aneki," Phibrizio giggled.
	" Xellos is the only Mazoku I consider 
‘namogomi’!," Filia said as she continued to chase him, " 
Quite frankly, all the other Mazoku I know aren’t near as 
annoying and mean to me as Xellos is!"
	" It also helps that Xellos was the first Mazoku she 
ever meet," Kosha pointed out, " and her opinion of our 
race has changed drastically since that time.  But first 
impressions do last, and Xellos does egg her on quite a 
bit."
	" You have a point," Phibrizio mussed, " Filia, get 
out of here before I change my mind about you being our 
diplomat."
	" And he skins you alive," Xellos grinned.
	" NA.  MO.  GOMI!!!!!!!!!!!," Filia screamed, 
swung her mace, and hit Xellos through a stain glass 
window behind Phibrizio’s chair.  (And Xellos had been 
across the room when she hit him, and it was at least two 
hundred feet to the window)
	" I give that a ‘ten’," Phibrizio giggled, " You 
know, I rather like you, Filia."
	" Thank you Phibrizio-sama!," Filia smiled as she 
vanished.

Chapter III

	" Now what?  We’re at war.  Big deal," Deep Sea 
sighed.
	" I don’t know!," Phibrizio shrugged, " It’s been 
over a thousand years since we’ve done this.  Kill 
dragons, I suppose."
	" That much is obvious," Dynast said, " Perhaps 
we should find out where the dragons are going to pin 
their main forces, and concentrate on eliminating them?," 
he suggested.  Before anyone could respond, the heavy 
iron war room door slowly creaked open, and a little girl 
walked in.  Everyone was to stunned to say anything.
	She looked to be about five or six, and had 
blackish blue hair that fell to just below her shoulders 
and big light green eyes.  She had on a blue and white 
dress that cut off above her knees, and white boots that 
came up to just above her ankles.  Most of her hair was 
held back with a big blue bow.  Tucked under one arm 
was a Shabernigdo doll.
	" Anyway," Phibrizio said, continuing on with the 
conversation as if the girl hadn’t entered the room, " Who 
will find out where the dragons are?"
	While Phibrizio had been talking, the girl had 
circled the table and stopped by Gaav’s chair.  To 
everyone’s surprise, she climbed up into his lap.  Gaav 
pushed his chair away from the table and stood up.  The 
girl landed on her butt on the floor.  She jumped up and 
kicked Gaav in the shin.
	" You’re mean!" she howled.  Then she stuck her 
tongue out a Gaav.  In response, Gaav blasted the glass 
ceiling of the war room and chunked the girl up through a 
now huge hole in the war room’s ceiling.  Phibrizio’s 
eyes flashed an evil red,
	" GAAV!!!," Phibrizio yelled, " That was my 
daughter you just threw through the ceiling!!!!"
	" Daughter?," Xellas wondered as the girl came 
back through the ceiling and crashed on top of Dynast.
	" Phibby!  Are you okay?," Phibrizio asked.
	" Hai, Daddy," Phibby smiled as she pulled herself 
up off of Dynast.
	" Phibby?  Dynast wondered, " Oh, that’s original 
Phibrizio.  Who’s her mother?  Raya?"
	" NO!!!," Raya howled.
	Phibrizio was ignoring everyone but Gaav, who he 
was screaming at, " I should blast you all the way to the 
dragon’s HQ!  They’ll treat you real nice there, I’m 
sure!"
	" I didn’t know she was your daughter!," Gaav 
argued.  Phibby had climbed up onto Gaav’s chair and 
grabbed hold of Gaav’s hair with one hand, and his 
shoulder with the other.  Everyone cringed as the spunky 
little girl hoisted herself up onto Gaav’s shoulder.
	" Daddy, don’t hurt Gaav-sama!  I like him!," 
Phibby grinned as she squeezed her doll, " and so does 
Shabby!"
	" Phibby, my little love, he threw you through the 
ceiling!  I’m not going to let him off!  Now move so I 
can knock him through several walls with a Hellblast!," 
Phibrizio said.
	" No!," Phibby yelled and crossed her arms over 
her chest, " Gaav-sama is my new best friend," she said 
and stuck her tongue out at her father.
	Phibrizio blinked, " Excuse me?"
	Raya, Valgarv, Xelterria, Vallos, and Kosha were 
all giggling like maniacs.  They all knew Phibby before 
this little escapade, and knew that when Phibby wanted 
something, she got it.
	" Best friend?," Gaav gulped.  Xelterria fell out of 
her chair with laughter.
	" Hai!," Phibby smiled.
	Deep Sea Dolphin couldn’t take it anymore, " 
KAWAII!!!!!!!  She is sooooo cute!!!," she yelled, " I 
could just love her to death!!!  Are you sure she’s your 
daughter, Phibrizio?"
	Raya, Valgarv, Kosha and Vallos joined Xelterria 
on the floor.  All five of them had tears rolling down their 
faces, and Xelterria looked close to passing out.
	" Yes!," Phibrizio roared.
	" Who’s her mother?," Gaav asked, " She is kinda 
cute. . . "
	Phibby just smiled her cutest grin and Gaav 
melted.  Sherra, on the other hand, looked close to losing 
her lunch.
	" She doesn’t have one," Phibrizio muttered, " I 
created her."
	" Why?," Dynast asked.
	" That is none of your business," Phibrizio 
snapped, " and will the five of you get up?  It wasn’t that 
funny!"
	" Sorry," Kosha said between giggles as she and 
the others pulled themselves off the floor.
	" You five knew Phibby?," Deep Sea asked.
	" Of course!," Raya said, " Valgarv and I live with 
her for Ruby Eye’s sake!  Mom, Vallos and Xelterria 
come by a lot too."
	" I’ve seen Xellas-sama and Gaav-sama a few 
times," Phibby smiled.
	" How old is she?," Xellas asked.
	" Five," Phibrizio answered.
	" You created her as a baby!," Dynast chuckled.
	" Kawaii!," Deep Sea giggled, " But why?"
	" I had my reasons," Phibrizio asked, " And I’m 
tired of this game of twenty questions!  We have a war to 
fight!"
	" War?  Can I play Daddy?," Phibby giggled.  She 
was still on Gaav’s shoulder as he sat down.
	" No, Phibby.  This is not a game!," Phibrizio said, 
" Now go back to your room and play.  We have things 
to do now."
	" Okay Daddy," Phibby sighed as she hopped off 
Gaav’s shoulder, " See you later, Gaav-sama!," she 
giggled as she skipped out of the war room.
	Phibrizio smiled evilly at Gaav, " It looks like you 
have a new best friend, ne?"
	" Why me?," Gaav muttered to himself.

Chapter IV

	" So Filia, they accepted you as a diplomat?," 
Volabazard asked.
	" Hai!"
	" Good," Lanngourt smiled, " Now, go back to 
your temple, and wait for us to give word for you to go 
back to the Mazoku.  You can not listen in at these 
meetings for obvious reasons."
	" Of course, Lanngourt-sama," Filia said as she 
walked out of the meeting hall, and ran smack into 
Valgarv.
	" Valgarv!," Filia hissed, " What are you doing 
here?"
	" I came to see if you’re feeling all right!," 
Valgarv said, " Xellos is the only Mazoku you consider 
‘namogomi’?"
	" No," Filia said sheepishly, " I consider all 
Mazoku, expressly the five Lords, namogomi.  All 
Mazoku except you, Raya, Vallos, Xelterria and Kosha, 
that is. . . I just said that Xellos was the only one so they 
wouldn’t kill me and I could get out of fighting in the 
war. . . ."
	" Okay, that’s more like you!," Valgarv laughed, " 
You know, you’re acting just like a Mazoku, lying like 
that!"
	" Nani!," Filia yelled and fainted.
	" Mom!  Mom!," Valgarv yelled as he shook her, " 
Oh well, I’m sorry Mom, but duty calls, I’ll stop by later, 
promise," Valgarv told the still unconscious Filia, kissed 
her cheek and vanished.
Back in the war room on Mazoku Domain. . . .
	" Were you able to track her?," Phibrizio asked 
Valgarv as he reappeared.
	" Yep!  Right to the outside of the Dragon’s 
meeting hall," Valgarv laughed.
	" Is Filia okay?," Kosha asked, she was also 
suspicious about the whole Xellos thing.
	" Yeah," Valgarv grinned, " She’s just happy not 
to be fighting in the war, and that we didn’t kill her."
	" Anyway," Gaav said, " Can you get into the 
meeting hall?"
	" I think I can, since my presence is hidden 
because of my Ancient Dragon powers, but I’m not so 
sure about the others."
	" Can you cast a spell to hide them too?," Xellas 
asked.
	" Probably," Valgarv shrugged, " I should be able 
too."
" Okay, then you, Kosha, Sherra, Xelterria and Siren will 
go and spy on the dragons meeting and see if you can 
learn where the dragons main forces will be," Dynast 
said.
	" Hai, Dynast-sama," the five said simultaneously 
as they vanished.
	" As for the rest of you, Daksha and Raya, you go 
get the newest map you can find, and set it up in here," 
Phibrizio said.
	" Hai!," Raya giggled.
	" Uh, yo-you want me to work with h-her?," 
Daksha said in a meek voice as his deep sea foam green 
eyes widened as big as they could, " Can’t I just wait for 
Siren to get back and go with her?"
	" No!  Phibrizio gave you and order and you 
follow it!  Raya won’t bite!  Get going!," Deep Sea 
yelled.
	" Hai, Deep Sea Dolphin-sama," Daksha 
whimpered.  Then he and Raya vanished.
	" Why is he your Priest?  He is so. . . ..pathetic!," 
Xellas said.
	" He’s smart!  He’s probably the smartest out of all 
the Generals and Priests, but Siren is an overbearing 
shrew and yells at him and calls him names every time he 
speaks up, so he’s scared of everyone now.  It’s sad 
really," Deep Sea sighed.
	" Then get rid of Siren, she’s a total imbecile," 
Dynast said.
	" Anyway, Xellos and Grau, go get Changer, Rezo, 
and Lei Rezo.  Perhaps they know more of Lei Magnus 
then we do," Xellas said.  The two men nodded and 
vanished.
	" Grou and Vallos, go see if you can find Lei 
Magnus," Gaav said, " The others will join your search 
as they return."
Soon. . . .
	" We have all of the locations we need, right?," 
Kosha whispered.  She and her group had been listing in 
on the dragons meeting unnoticed thanks to a nifty spell 
Valgarv has cast.
	" I think so.  Aqua has the sea boarders, and her 
main force is in the North," Valgarv whispered.
	" Volabazard has the eastern lands.  His main force 
is on the Eastern Mountains," Sherra murmured.
	" Lanngourt has the South.  His main force is on 
the South Plain," Siren giggled.
	" Shut-up!," the others all hissed in a whisper.
	" Barluwin has the West.  His main force is on the 
Sky Cliffs," Xelterria whispered with a smile.
	" Then to top it off, Melgazia and Saijoro have the 
center of the continent.  They also have a force of Golden 
Dragons and small squads from each of the Dragon 
King’s armies with them," Kosha whispered.
	" Luna travels around from place to place," Sherra 
added in a low voice, " Let’s go."
	The five of them vanished simultaneously from 
their hiding place in the Dragon’s meeting room.  
Volabazard smiled to himself as they disappeared.  At 
least the Mazoku were on top of things as well. . . .
Meanwhile. . . .
	" Daksha, what is your problem!  We have a 
simple assignment, ne?," Raya giggled as she floated 
next to Deep Sea’s Priest.  She was upside down as usual.
	" Hai."
	" Do you know of any good map shops?"
	" I know where the best map in the world is," he 
muttered in a barley audible tone.
	" Where?"
	" The Dragon’s Palace."
	" Hmmm. . . ..that could present a problem," Raya 
sighed as she turned right side up and set her feet on the 
ground.
	" It’s in the old library.  We could get in and out 
without causing a big ruckus, I think."
	" Really!!!  That’s great!!!!  Why didn’t you say so 
right away?!  Come on!," Raya laughed.
	" You’re not going to yell at me?  Or call me an 
idiot?," Daksha asked, bewildered.
	" No!  You’ve made out assignment so much 
easier!  If we get the best map in the world, out masters 
may reward us!"
	Daksha blinked at Raya.  Then the vanished.
At Rezo’s Tower. . . .
	" Lei Magnus has been awakened!!!!," Rezo, 
Changer and Lei Rezo all yelled together.
	" By who?," Rezo added.
	" Sore wa himitsu desu!!!!"
	" We don’t know," Grau rolled his silver eyes.
	" Well, you are to take us back to Mazoku 
Domain, ne?," Changer grinned, " Let’s be off!"
	" Yeah, I want to see Kosha," Lei Rezo smiled.
	" Let’s go then," Xellos grinned his happy grin™.
	" That was easy," Grau smiled to himself as they 
vanished.
In a nearby town. . . .
	" Where in L-Sama’s name could he be!," Grou 
yelled, " It hasn’t even been a DAY yet and he’s already 
missing!"
	" Calm down!  It’s almost dusk.  The streets are 
clearing, and once night falls, I can fly without causing 
too much chaos.  It wont be that hard to find him," Vallos 
rolled his eyes.
	" Um, excuse me," a silky male voice asked from 
behind the two men.  Vallos and Grou whirled around to 
see none other then Lei Magnus himself standing before 
them, " Could you tell me what year it is, perhaps?  Oh, 
aren’t you Grou, one of Dynast’s Priests?"
	" Hai, Lei-sama," Grou smiled, " We’ve been 
looking for you."
	" The Lords wish to speak with you," Vallos 
added.
	" Really?  I suppose a trip to Mazoku Domain 
won’t kill me.  On the way, could you kindly tell me 
what in bloody hell is going on!?," Lei Magnus asked as 
they vanished.

Chapter V

	" We’re back!," Raya sang as she and Daksha 
appeared in the war room.  Raya had a huge rolled up 
map in her hand.
	" So soon?  What did you do?  Grab the first map 
you saw?," Dynast snorted.
	" Nope, Dynast-sama!," Raya giggled, " Thanks to 
Daksha-who is an excellent partner, might I add, let me 
work with him again, Otoutosan!"
	" Thanks to Daksha. . . .," Deep Sea Dolphin 
prompted.
	" Oh!  Thanks to Daksha, we got the best map in 
the world!," Raya said, " and thanks to Daksha’s 
knowledge of the Dragons HQ, we sneaked in, and stole 
it from right under big, scaly, lizard’s noses!"
	" You got the Dragon’s Map!?!," all five lords 
yelled in shock at once.
	" Hai. . . .is that bad?," Daksha asked.
	" Bad?  Bad!," Deep Sea giggled, " No!  It’s 
wonderful!  This map has and enchantment of it, and 
anytime anything on the map changes, the map 
automatically changes itself!"
	" Great work," Phibrizio smiled, " Let’s see it, 
Aneki."
	Raya smiled and unrolled the map on the war room 
table.
	" This is actually it!  The Dragon’s Map!," Gaav 
laughed, " They’re gonna spaz when they notice it’s 
gone.  How did you two ever pull this off?"
	" It was all Daksha!  He knew where it was, the 
best way to get in and out, and he even knew a spell to 
hide out magical presence to the dragons couldn’t sense 
us!," Raya smiled.
	" Look who we found," Vallos grinned as he, Grou 
and Lei Magnus appeared.
	" Hello," Lei Magnus smiled, " I understand you 
want a word with me?"
	" More then a word, Lei-sama," Phibrizio smiled.
	" You sent whom after him?," Changer’s voice 
demanded from outside the war room doors.
	" Grou and Vallos, I believe," Xellos said as he 
opened the doors, then he, Changer, Rezo, Lei Rezo, and 
Grau walked in.
	" We’re the third one’s back?," Grau wondered as 
they walked in.
	" Lei-sama found us," Vallos laughed.
	" Hello all!," Kosha said as she and her comrades 
appeared, " Told you we would be the last one’s back!"
	" Well?," Xellas asked.
	" We got all the information on the Dragons five, 
yes FIVE, main forces," Valgarv smiled, " Are we good 
or what?"
	" So, that’s Lei Magnus?," Xelterria asked, " Does 
he know he’s surrounded by family?"
	" Nani?," Lei Magnus asked.
	" Let me explain," Rezo said and told Lei Magnus 
of his rather. . . .unique descendants.
	" So let me get this straight," Lei Magnus said, " 
You, Rezo, are one of my direct descendants, and you are 
married to Changer.  Kosha is Changer’s daughter, but 
you are not her father, but you’ve taken her in as your 
own.  Lei Rezo is your and Changer’s son.  Kosha has 
two daughters, Raya and Zela.  Zela’s father, Zelgadis, is 
your grandson.  Raya’s father is Xellos.  Zela has a son 
Narse, and a daughter, Rezurla.  Raya has a son, Vallos, 
and a daughter, Xelterria.  Is that everyone?"
	" Hai!," Raya grinned, she was floating upside 
down.
	" What about me, Aneki?," Phibrizio giggled.
	" Oh, yes, Phibrizio is my Otoutosan."
	" Okay. . . ..," Lei Magnus sighed.
	" Someone summarize the whole ‘Phibrizio Saga’ 
for Lei," Dynast yawned.
	Xellos complied and managed to compile over 
fifty years of events into ten minutes.
	" I really, really need to get caught up on the past 
thousand years," Lei Magnus laughed, " So, my 
awakening has caused a war?  I’m flattered."
	" Who woke you?," Lei Rezo asked.
	" The Lord if Nightmares of course!  And as far as 
I know, there is no piece of Shabernigdo in me."
	" You didn’t think so the first time around, and 
neither did Rezo," Phibrizio said with a yawn, he looks 
over at Valgarv," Hey, Valgarv-"
	" I’m NOT Valgarv!!!," Vallos yelled as he 
whirled around, " Dad left like ten freaking minutes 
ago!"
	Phibrizio blinked, then he glared at Vallos, " You 
are so lucky I care weather you live or die!  You and your 
father look identical from behind for L-Sama’s sake!!!!"
	" Sorry, Phibrizio-chan."
	" You better be," Phibrizio muttered, " Anyway, 
where’s Valgarv?"
	" I’m right here.  Valgarv said as he walked in.
	" As I was saying, Val, what did you learn of the 
Dragons?," Phibrizio asked, then he turned to Changer, 
Lei Rezo, Rezo and Lei Magnus, " I take it you four are 
on our side in all of this?"
	" Of course," Rezo nodded.
	" Why not?  With my bloody luck, I do have a 
piece of Shabernigdo in me, so I’ll end up on your side 
anyway, ne?," Lei Magnus chuckled, and everyone else 
laughed.
	" Do you want us to mark on the map where the 
Dragon forces will be?," Sherra asked.  Phibrizio smiled 
and held his hand out over the table, under them, a black 
onyx box appeared.
	" Use these," Phibrizio said as he carefully opened 
the box.  Inside were little figurines of the Mazoku 
Lords, the Dragon Kings, and several other important 
people.  The Dragon Kings were made out of gold, the 
Mazoku Lords in silver, Shabernigdo was a ruby, Ceifeed 
was a sapphire, and L-Sama was a diamond.  The 
generals and priests were made of jade, and Luna was in 
quartz.  Other important Dragons, Mazoku and people 
were in copper.
	" Pretty!," Raya gasped, " Even Phibby has a 
piece!"
	" You notice she’s in sliver," Grou snickered under 
his breath.
	" Put the pieces on the map," Phibrizio told them.
	" Where did you get those?  I want a set," Xellas 
said as she examined her figurine.
	" I made them!  It was Phibby’s idea, actually," 
Phibrizio smiled.  The five that had been on the spying 
mission, placed the figures on the map where the Dragon 
King’s forces would be, " Interesting," Phibrizio sighed 
as he looked over the map, " Deep Sea Dolphin, you 
concentrate on Aqua.  I’ll handle Volabazard.  Gaav, 
Lanngourt is yours to deal with.  Dynast, Barluwin 
should be no problem for you.  Xellas, Melgazia and 
Saijoro will be no mach for your army I’m sure."
	" What about us?," Rezo asked.
	" You four will stay here on Mazoku Domain for 
the duration of the war, as will Phibby."
	" And what about us?," a tiny voice giggled from 
the floor.  Everyone looked down.
	" Pika-baby!?  Raichu!?," Raya yelled.
	" No, it’s L-Sama and Shabby-sama!," Pika-baby 
laughed as she and Raichu jumped up on the table.
	" Raichu chu Rai chu chu," Raichu shook his head.
	" He said he figured he get a better greeting after 
being ‘dead’ for years!," Kosha laughed.
	" Obviously, they aren’t dead!," Changer laughed, 
" I missed you, you little electric rodents!"
	" How?," Valgarv asked.
	" I made them immortal soon after I became a 
Mazoku.  They live on Wolf Pack Island with me, and 
since we’re all going to be here for a while, I brought 
them along," Kosha said as Pika-baby jumped up on 
Rezo’s shoulder.
	" Good to have you back," Phibrizio smiled, " I 
remember you from when I was Aurizlious," he smiled, " 
Now, we need to assemble our armies.
	" What of Luna Inverse?," Dynast asked.
	" She travels from army to army, Dynast-sama," 
Sherra said.
	" Raichu chu chu Raichu Rai?"
	" Nope," Kosha said.
	" What did he ask?," Xellos asked his wife.
	" He wanted to know if there was a Knight of 
Shabernigdo."
	" We need one, and I’ve known who it was since 
the day I meet her," Phibrizio smiled.
	" Who?," Gaav asked.
	" Changer, you need a job?"
	" I’m the Knight of Shabernigdo?," Changer 
whispered, then she fainted into Rezo’s arms.
	" Good one, Otoutosan!," Raya rolled her eyes.
To be continued. . . . . . 

Phibrizio:  To be continued!!!!  You’ve never done that 
before. . . 
Viv:  Get over it, I’m continuing now, aren’t I?
Xellos:  Yes, and you’ve finally reveled yourself as an 
Ancient Dragon too, and letting all of us call you ‘Viv.’
Valgarv:  Uh, Viv, there’s some tall guy in black armor is 
at the door to see you. . . .
Viv:  Oh!  That would be Ashram, he’s an old friend of 
mine!  Bring him in here.
Phibrizio:  Ashram?  I’ve never heard of him.
Viv:  You don’t have to know all of my friends, do you?
Xellos:  He should, he is your boyfriend, after all.
Phibrizio and Viv:  WE’RE NOT DATING!!!!!!
Xellos: Yet. . . .*snicker*
Viv:  HELLBLAST!!!!!
Xellos:  See, you even use his spells!
Phibrizio:  Shut-up before I-
Valgarv:  Phibrizio, if your going to kill Xellos, do it 
when my little sister doesn’t have company.
Ashram:  What are you typing, Viv?
Phibrizio:  He knew you were and Ancient Dragon, and 
we didn’t!!!!!!
Viv:  You do have a point, right. . . .
Xellos:  Isn’t he the guy that tried to kill me beloved 
Kosha in ‘Slayers: Ironic’?
Viv:  Hai. . . .I had to throw someone in, and Ashram said 
it was okay to use his name.
Xellos:  Oh. . . .
Phibrizio:  Viv, you gotta finish this story!  Ashram, I’m 
afraid you’re going to have to come back 
later. . . ..*pushes Ashram out of the room*
Xellos:  Awwww!!!!!  You’re boyfriend is jealous!!!!!!
Viv:  Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood 
that flows. . . .
Xellos:  Okay, okay you’re not dating!
Viv:  Thank you!  Now, before I kill someone, why don’t 
you go distract Phibrizio before Ashram gets pissed and 
decides to use the Demon Sword.
Val:  That’s the Demon Sword!  It could beat Phibrizio 
up, couldn’t it?
Viv:  I’m not sure, and before we find out, go tie 
Phibrizio up and put him somewhere, and let Ashram 
back in. *Viv goes back to typing*
Xellos:  That’s not a very nice thing to do to your 
boyfriend!
Viv:  Buried in the flow of time. . . .
Xellos:  Sorry!  I’m going!!!!
Val:  Viv, you are evil, you know that?
Viv:  Thanks, bro!

Chapter VI

	Weeks passed by in a flash, battles raged.  Mazoku 
died, Dragons died, and humans died.  Changer learned 
to use her powers as the Knight of Shabranigdo, and she 
and Luna had many confrontations.  Then, during one 
particular bloody battle, it happened. . . .
	The battle was a normal one, except for the amount 
of casualties on both sides.  Phibrizio’s, Gaav’s, and 
Xellas’s forces were banded together against a group of 
Molgazia’s, Volabazard’s and Lanngourt’s on the 
Southern Plain.  Xellas and Gaav were at Mazoku 
domain, so Phibrizio was the only Lord present, and none 
of the Dragon Kings were there.
	Xellos, Vallos, and Xelterria were the only Priests 
and General present at the current battle, the others all 
had other tasks to attend to at the present moment.
	" The battle is almost over," Vallos grinned, " 
We’ve won this round, ne?"
	" Don’t be so sure, brother!  There are twenty-five 
of the them, and only twenty of us. . . not that it really 
matters!," Xelterria laughed as she launched a Gaav 
Flair, " I’m going up!  Let’s see how these lizards like the 
Dragon Slave!"
	Vallos grinned as his sister took to the air.  He saw 
Phibrizio hovering high above the battle, ordering the 
few members of the army that were left.  Xellos was 
toying with the dragons, as he always did before taking 
care of them.
	Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a dragon 
casting a spell he didn’t recognize at Xelterria.
	" Nothing she can’t handle," he muttered and 
began to cast a high powered Gaav Flair.  Then he heard 
a sound he’d only heard once before, Xelterria screaming 
in pain.  Vallos looked up in time to see one of 
Xelterria’s wings literally disintegrate, then she began to 
fall.
	" Die, Mazoku sum!," the dragon that had fired the 
spell roared, right before Phibrizio killed it.
	" XELTERRIA!!!!!!," Vallos screamed and caught 
his sister before she hit the ground.
	" Vallos. . . ," Xelterria coughed, " If I die, please 
tell Gaav-sama, that I love him. . . ..," she whispered.  
Then she went limp in her brother’s arms.
	" NO!!!!!!  XELTERRIA!!!!!!," Vallos howled in 
anguish.  His eyes turned blood red as he glared with 
pure hate at the dragons, his cheeks were already wet 
with tears.  Slowly, he got up, still cradling Xelterria in 
his arms, and walked to the front line, where he carefully 
set his sister’s still form down in front of him.  Then he 
drew his sword and held it to the sky.
	" What in the hell. . . .," Phibrizio wondered, " 
Xellos!  Get up here!"
	" Hai, Phibrizio-sama?"
	" Look."
	" What is he. . . L-Sama!"
	" Exactly. . . .," Phibrizio said gravely as he and 
Xellos watched a now insane Vallos from hundreds of 
feet in the air.
	With hot, salty tears streaming down his face, 
Vallos began to chant, " Darkness beyond blackness 
pitch, Deeper then the deepest night, King of Darkness 
who shines like gold upon the Sea of Chaos, I call upon 
thee and swear myself to thee!  Let the fools who stand 
before us be destroyed by the power you and I posses!  
GIGA SLAVE!!!!!!!"
	" OH SHIT!!!!," Phibrizio and Xellos yelled in 
unison as the shock wave hit them as well, and they were 
both flung to the ground by the power.
	Phibrizio groaned as he sat up, and looked around.  
Nothing. . . a waste land. . . he saw Xellos’s still form a few 
feet away, and beyond him, he saw two other forms, that 
he assumed were Vallos and Xelterria.  Baka!  What kind 
of idiot casts the Giga Slave, of all spells, against an 
opponent he could kill with a high powered Gaav Flair or 
Hellblast?  Phibrizio pulled himself to his feet and half 
walked, half stumbled over to the Trickster Priest.  Then 
he kicked Xellos in the gut.
	" What in gay hell?!," Xellos roared as he woke 
up, " Oh, sorry Phibrizio-sama.  What happened?"
	" ‘Gay hell’?," Phibrizio asked and raised an 
eyebrow, that was a new one, " As for what happened, 
Vallos cast the Giga Slave, and annihilated everyone.  
Dragons and Mazoku alike, the baka!"
	" Where is my Grandson?"
	" Over there, I think Xelterria’s with him," 
Phibrizio said as he and Xellos walked over.  Then he 
saw Xelterria, " Oh.  My.  God. . . ."
	" Is..is she dead?," Xellos managed to stammer.
	" I. . . .no.  She’s alive. . . .barely. . . .  I think I’ve got 
enough energy to heal her, I got pretty beat up from that 
Giga Slave," Phibrizio said as he went to work.  One of 
Xelterria’s wings was gone, the other one was broken 
and twisted beyond recognition, and she had several 
serious cuts, and her bones here even sticking out 
through the skin in some places.
	" Vallos is just unconscious, thank L-Sama for 
small favors, ne?," Xellos said.
	" That’s all I can do.  She’s still pretty beat up. . . ," 
Phibrizio sighed, " We need to get them both back to 
Mazoku Domain. . . Changer and Rezo are there.  They 
can pick up where I left off."
	" Let’s go, then."
Soon. . . 
" Changer!," Phibrizio yelled.
	" What?," Changer asked, " Oh boy. . . ."
	" Help her!  Get Rezo and Lei Magnus too!!!!!"
	" Lei’s not here!  But Rezo is.  Take her to her 
room!  Rezo and I will be there in a flash!"
Later. . . 
	Xellos had gotten word to Kosha, Raya, Valgarv, 
and Gaav about Xelterria, and Vallos had woken up.
	Presently, Gaav, Raya, Valgarv, Vallos, Xellos, 
Kosha and Phibrizio all stood outside of Xelterria’s 
room, where Rezo and Changer were healing her.
Val was holding Raya, who was sobbing, and Xellos was 
holding Kosha.  Vallos was sitting in a chair holding his 
head in his hands.  Gaav was leaning against a wall, 
smoking, no one was quite sure how he was feeling.  
Phibrizio was pacing like a caged tiger by the door.
	" She will be alright," Changer said as she and 
Rezo quietly exited Xelterria’s room.
	" She is sleeping and she will need several days 
rest before she can fight again," Rezo added.
	" You’re sure she’ll be all right?," Valgarv asked.
	" Hai," Changer smiled.
	" Can we see her?," Raya asked.
	" When she wakes up, of course," Rezo said with a 
smile.
" Look, we have a meeting in a hour, spread the word," 
Phibrizio said, " We need to discuss how we’re going to 
cream those scaly freaks now that they’ve hurt my 
niece!!!!"
	" You tell em’ Otoutosan!!!!," Raya yelled.  Val 
smiled, Raya’s perkiness was returning now that she 
knew Xelterria would be okay.
	" Come on, Vallos," Gaav said, " I have to have a 
little talk with you about the Giga Slave."
	" I wasn’t in my right mind, Gaav-sama," Vallos 
argued as he and Gaav walked down the hall.
	" I’m glad your sister’s okay," Gaav sighed as 
soon as they were out of ear shoot of the others.
	" Glad?"
	" Vallos, you know it’s more then that!," Gaav 
snapped.
	" Yeah, sorry Gaav-sama," Vallos sighed.
	" Drop the formal act.  None of the others are 
around," Gaav said, " You know don’t you?"
	" Know what, Gaav?"
	" That I love her."
	Vallos almost fainted.
	" You’re sworn to secrecy about that.  You tell 
anyone, and you’ll be sorry," Gaav added.
	" Hai," Vallos said.  Great!  They both loved each 
other, but he was forbidden to tell!  He was going to go 
insane!

Chapter VII

	A week later. . . .
	Vallos was sure he was going to go insane.  
Xelterria had made him swear not to tell anyone she 
loved Gaav, and Gaav had made his swear not to tell 
anyone he loved Xelterria.  It was driving him over the 
edge, to see them casually flirt and all that other puppy 
love junk.  If he hadn’t been able to take out his 
frustrations on the dragons during battle, he was sure he 
would have killed someone by now. . . ..
	" Vallos, what is your problem?  For the past 
week, you have been acting nuts!," Changer said, pulling 
her great-grandson aside.
	" It’s awful!  Trust me, I would tell you, but I 
can’t!!!!!!!!  It’s driving me insane!!!!!!!!!," Vallos 
whimpered.
	" Look, if it’s that bad, you have to tell someone or 
you’re going to go off the deep end, and that would not 
be good.  We can’t have the General of the Chaos 
Dragon Gaav going nuts on us.  So, I swear on my 
loyalty to Ruby Eye Shabranigdo, that I will not tell a 
single soul what if bugging the hell out of you, 
okieday?," Changer said.
	" Thank you so much!!!!!," Vallos said, " It all 
started when Xelterria almost got killed.  She made me 
swear to tell Gaav she loved him if she died, but she 
didn’t, so she made me swear not to tell anyone.  Then 
later that day, Gaav tells me he loves Xelterria, and then 
he made me swear not to tell anyone!  It’s been driving 
me nuts!!!!"
	Changer whistled, " Well, now you got if off your 
chest.  Feel better?"
	" Hai!  Thanks so much!," Vallos said, " 
Remember, you swore not to tell a soul!"
	" Promise!," Changer smiled as he walked off.  
Then she smiled evilly, " I promised not to TELL. . . ..I 
never said anything about playing mach maker!"
Meanwhile. . . 
	Filia was ticked.  She had been trying to get in to 
see the Dragon Kings for a week and they still hadn’t let 
her in!  She was tired of this stupid war!  Way too many 
dragons were dying, and to top things off, Xelterria, her 
granddaughter for L-Sama’s sake, had almost gotten 
killed.  She was going to put a stop to this if she had to 
kill the Five Lords and the Dragon Kings!  Suddenly, the 
door swung open, and Filia entered the meeting hall.
	" Yes, Filia?," Volabazard asked.
	" I think that maybe this war has been going on far 
to long. . . it’s been almost six months, for crying out 
loud!," Filia said, " I suggest that you and the Five 
Mazoku Lords hold a meeting and talk about this."
	" WHAT!!!!!!," the Dragon Kings, Luna, Sajorio, 
and Molgazia all yelled.
	" A meeting between us and the Mazoku to discuss 
the war!," Aqua laughed.
	" They’d kill us all, well, try anyway," Molgazia 
argued.
	" Shut-up!," Luna yelled, " Maybe it would 
work. . . .."
	Everyone blinked.
	" Filia, go see if you can get the Mazoku to agree 
to a meetin’, kay?," Luna said.
	" Hai!," Filia said and scampered off before 
anyone else could say anything.
At Mazoku Domain. . . .
	Phibrizio had called a meeting of all five lords, 
their priests and generals, Changer, Lei Rezo, Rezo, Lei 
Magnus, the Pokemon, and Phibby.  The meeting had 
been well underway for an hour when Raya came in and 
took her place.  Phibrizio didn’t say a word to her for 
being late.
	" That’s it!," Deep Sea yelled as she stood up, " 
I’m tired of Raya being able to do whatever she wants!"
	" Sit down and shut-up, Dolphin," Phibrizio 
sighed, " I had given Raya a small mission to complete, 
and I knew she would be late, that is why I didn’t punish 
her, and even if this wasn’t the circumstance, I really 
don’t care what you think."
	" You big wuss!  She has you whipped!," Deep 
Sea screamed and slammed her fist on the table, " I say 
we revoke Hellmaster’s authority over us, and-"  Deep 
Sea never finished her sentence.
	" HELLBLAST!!!!!," Phibrizio roared, and Deep 
Sea Dolphin went flying threw several walls, and landed 
in a room she never even knew existed.  Phibrizio slowly 
turned to the others, " Anyone else want to complain 
about the way I run things?"
	Suddenly, from outside the war room, Filia’s voice 
rang, " PHIBRIZIO-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!," she said in a sing-
songy voice and burst into the war room.
	" Hai?"
	" 
LunasaysshewantsameetingbetweentheMazokuandthedra
gonsand
allfiveofyoulordsandyourgeneralsandpriestsplusChangera
ndPhibbyand
everyoneelsecancometoo!!!!!!," Filia said all in one 
breath.
	" Come again," Gaav asked after everyone had 
finished blinking and trying to make any sense at all out 
of what Filia had just said.  Poor Phibby’s head was 
spinning as she sat down in her father’s lap.  Filia took a 
deep breath.
	" Slower, this time, please," Xellas said. Filia 
explained.
	" I suppose we can make it," Phibrizio said.  Filia 
squealed like a schoolgirl and vanished.  Phibrizio smiled 
evilly, " This could be FUN!. . . ."

Chapter VII

	The meeting was held in a huge old meeting hall 
that had been there for as long as Phibrizio could 
remember (which is safe to say a rather long time).  The 
hall was in the middle of nowhere, and humans didn’t 
even know the place existed.
	" So," Phibrizio asked.
	" We are tired of this foolish war that you started," 
Barluwin yelled.
	" WE DIDN’T START IT!!!!!!!!  YOU 
DECALAIRED WAR ON US FIRST!!!!!!!," all five of 
the Mazoku Lords roared.
	" Who cares who started it!," Changer yelled, " 
Let’s just END it."
	" Gaav isn’t here," Xellas said as she puffed on a 
cigarette, " We can’t do anything without him."
	Changer just smiled and giggled to herself.
	" Xelterria’s gone too," Vallos added.  Then he 
looked at Changer, pure fear shinning in his eyes.  
Changer just laughed.  Vallos whimpered, " I am so 
DEAD!"
	" Don’t worry about Gaav-sama," Changer said, " 
He say’s he’ll go along with whatever you four decide.  
Oh, Vallos, don’t worry, I didn’t tell, exactly, I just bent 
the rules a little."
	" Dead,  I tell you, I am DEAD!," Vallos 
continued to whimper.
Meanwhile. . . .
	" Xelterria!  What are you doing here?," Gaav as 
he entered the courtyard outside of the meeting hall.
	" Gaav-sama!  Changer told me to meet someone 
here. . . .," Xelterria said.
	" She told me the same thing."
	" I guess she wanted us to meet.  I wonder why?," 
Xelterria said.
	" Heck if I know.  Did she tell you anything else?," 
Gaav asked.
	" Only that you’d have something to tell me."
	Gaav blinked at her, " Did she say something more 
specific?"
	" Uh, don’t worry about it.  It’s silly. . . ," Xelterria 
mumbled as her face turned scarlet, " I never should have 
gotten my hopes up. . . ."
	" What?"
	" She said feelings. . . ."
	Gaav almost fainted.  He was going to KILL 
Vallos!
	In the meeting hall. . . ..
	Filia was mad again.  The war had been called off, 
much to her relief, but now everyone was chatting like 
they were old friends!  Volabazard was giving Phibby a 
piggy-back ride, Luna and Raya were trading hair tips, 
Xellas was discussing manicures with Aqua, and the guys 
were all smoking and discussing how much longer they 
thought the human race would last.
	" Anyway," Phibrizio said as he pulled out a date 
book, " How does a thousand years sound?"
	Filia blinked as the rest of the lords and the Dragon 
Kings also pulled out date books.  Molgazia and Sajorio 
had refused to come along, much to Filia’s relief.
	" Uh. . . .nope.  No good.  I have an appointment to 
have my claws sharpened," Aqua said, " How’s one 
thousand one hundred sound?"
	" Not good for me.  I’m getting my castle 
renovated in one thousand fifty years, I doubt it will be 
done in one thousand one hundred."
	" What are you talking about?," Filia howled.
	" When the next war will be, of course," Luna said 
as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
	Filia screamed and morphed dragon, luckily, the 
hall was big enough to hold her bulk.
	" Uh, Filia-chan?  What is wrong?  Would you like 
a date book too?  I have an extra," Xellos grinned.  Filia 
screamed again.
Outside. . . .
	" You love me?," Xelterria asked, and Gaav 
nodded.  Xelterria smiled, " I love you too!"
	Gaav didn’t say anything, he just kissed Xelterria.  
At that moment, the meeting hall exploded behind them.  
Everyone that had been in the building except Filia, who 
was firing spells left and right, went flying straight up 
into the air, along with tons of rubble.
	" Lookie!  Lookie!," Phibby giggled and pointed at 
Gaav and Xelterria.
	" You go girl!," Xellas yelled.
	" KAWAII!!!!," Deep Sea screamed at ear bursting 
levels.
	" Valgarv!," Raya howled, " He’s going to suck 
our daughter’s face off!  Aren’t you going to do 
something?"
	" Uh. . . ..," was Valgarv’s only response, he was 
silently thinking every single deity he knew.
	" Bout freaking time!," Vallos muttered and 
crossed his arms over his chest.   Changer giggled.
	" You know, this landing is going to hurt," 
Phibrizio mussed.  That’s when time stopped completely.  
Everyone and everything was frozen in place, all over the 
world.

Chapter IX

	The Lord of Nightmares giggled.  Man, how she 
loved messing with time and space like that!  She was 
sitting on her couch, watching her wall sized TV, an 
empty bowl of popcorn in hand, and three or four empty 
Mountain Dew cans on the floor.
	" This seams like a good place to stop while I get 
more popcorn and soda!," L-Sama giggled as she stood 
up and walked into her kitchen.  A few minutes later, she 
came back in, set her popcorn and Mountain Dew on the 
table and sat down, on her remote.  The TV screen went 
totally blank.
	" Oh fudge!  I erased the world!  Damn it!," L-
Sama yelled as she got back up, " At least I have a back 
up copy.  That world was hard enough to make the first 
time around, I know I wouldn’t be able to do it again!," 
she muttered as she pulled the now blank tape out of her 
VCR, put the back-up copy in, and pressed play.
	" DAMN IT!!!!!  I DON’T WANNA WATCH 
THIS AGAIN!!!!!," L-Sama yelled as the picture came 
up on the screen. . . .
At Mazoku Domain. . . ..
	" So, should we declare war on the dragons?," 
Phibrizio asked.  Raya shook here head.
	" Is anyone else feeling a slight case of déjà vu?," 
Raya asked, " I can’t help but feel we’ve done this 
before. . . "
	" Yeah. . . .I do too," Valgarv said.
	" Oh well," Phibrizio shrugged, " Back to 
business. . . .."
THE END!!!!!
(Author’s note:  Well, besides Raya’s statement of déjà 
vu, the rest of the war happened just like it did the first 
time, and the second time around L-Sama didn’t erase it, 
and she now has disabled the ‘erase’ button of her VCR!)

Phibrizio:  You made us live through that twice!!!!!
Viv:  It’s not like you knew it!
Ashram:  Viv, you are really evil. . . 
Phibrizio:  Shouldn’t you be leaving about now?
Xellos:  Awwww!
Phibrizio and Viv:  Can it, Xellos.
Xellos: Alright, alright, spoil all my fun!
Valgarv: Oh, you finished it!
Viv: Yep!  And I have two more ideas stashed away in 
my skull!
Phibrizio, Xellos, and Valgarv all scream.
Ashram:  You don’t like the stories?
Val: It’s not that, it’s just that she tortures us in these 
stories!  Have you read them?
Viv: Hey!  I don’t torture you, Val!
Xellos:  I’ll give you that one, Viv, you don’t torture him, 
you torture me and Phibrizio, which is really mean since 
he’s your boyfriend!
Viv:  XELLOS!!!!!  Hey!  Get back here!
Viv chases Xellos off.
Xellos:  Phibrizio told me you were dating!!!!!!!
Phibrizio:  DID NOT!!!!!  You’re just trying to get me in 
trouble!!!!!
Phibrizio runs after Xellos and Viv
Ashram:  This kind of thing happens often?
Val: Hai.  Almost everyday.
Ashram: I could live here. . . .
Val:  It would piss off the little guy.
Both men laugh evilly and leave the room.  In the 
distance, you can here Viv yell Dragon Slave, and you 
see Xellos’s silhouette against the sun. . . ..
THE END!
L-Sama: (mutters) How come I never get to participate in 
the funny dialogues?  (Mutter, mutter) I just get to erase 
the world! (Mutter, mumble, mutter)