The Youngest Son

	A boy looked out over Wolf Pack Island with a sigh.  He 
wished he could go home.  Here he had no one to talk too; at least at 
home Phibby was there.  So what if Phibby was twenty-five and he was 
only eighteen?  They were still friends!  If he had to be anywhere but 
home, he'd rather be at his sister's palace.  His best friend, Genie, 
would be there.  So what if Genie was his niece?  She was sixteen, and 
they had grown up together.  Okay, so maybe Genie did have a rather 
bad temper but-
	The boy's thoughts were cut off as a breeze began to blow.  It 
pushed the boy's turquoise hair into his face.  With an annoyed sound, 
the boy pushed it back over his shoulder.  He sighed again as the wind 
blew his hair into his face once more.  He closed his golden eyes.  He 
knew he got his eye and hair color from his father.  A ring of purple 
surrounded the golden iris.  His eyes turned fully purple when he got 
angry.
	" So you're hiding up here?  Lovely view, ne?," a male voice 
asked form the balcony door.
	" Yeah.  You come looking for me, or just find me?," the boy 
asked his visitor.
	" Sore wa himitsu desu!," the voice giggled as it's owner 
walked over to the boy, " All that maters is that I have found you, ne?"
	" I suppose, Grandpa Xellos," the boy grinned.
" So, my youngest grandson, what were you thinking about?," 
Xellos asked, " Something troubles you."
	" I was thinking about home, Phibby and Genie, and how in L-
Sama's name I'm ever supposed to live up to Xelterria and Vallos.  
Everyone expects me to be as great and powerful as they are," the boy 
sighed, " even you do, and it's never going to happen."
	" You don't know that, and not everyone expects you to live up 
to your older siblings, quite frankly, I don't think the thought has ever 
crossed your parent's minds, and I've never thought of it either," Xellos 
said, " You think to much.  Act."
	" How?"
	" There you go, thinking and asking questions again!  I swear, I 
think you have more Ancient Dragon in you then you have Mazoku!," 
Xellos giggled.
	" That's not possible, is it?," the boy asked.
	" More possible than you think, Valterria, more possible then 
you think," Xellos shook his head as he left the boy.
	Valterria grinned as he watched his grandfather go.  
Hmmm...maybe he was right.  Maybe he could be more dragon then 
Mazoku.  He looked more like a dragon..but Valterria had always 
figured that he looked like a dragon since his father was half.
Valterria was tall, and had dragon shaped eyes, his pupils were 
slit like a Mazoku's, but his eyes were the golden of a dragon's.  His 
hair was turquoise and wavy, it fell to his elbows, and he wore it lose.  
There were the goldish markings on his face as well, just like his father, 
sister and brother had on theirs.
	Valterria could also get black dragon wings, and he could get 
his arms to change into dragon like arms like his father could sometimes 
do.sometimes.  It was extremely painful for his father to take on any 
of his dragon form, and it always had been.  Valterria pitied his father 
greatly when it came to getting wings.  Valterria loved to fly, and he was 
sure his father would too.
	" Speaking of flying," Valterria said aloud to no one as he 
removed his black cloak and white shirt.  Now, standing in nothing but 
his black pants and black steel-toed boots, he let his black wings 
appear on his back, " Time for a short flight," he whispered to himself 
as he gracefully opened his wings and took to the sky.

	Xellos smiled as he watched his grandson take to the air.  How 
different he was from his brother and sister!  Vallos and Xelterria had 
never really thought things through, they just acted when the felt like it.  
Vallos casting the Giga Slave right after Xelterria had almost died was a 
perfect example of this.  Xelterria tended to think a little more before 
acting, but not much.  All in all, out of the three offspring of Valgarv and 
Raya, Valterria was unquestionably the one who acted like a dragon.  
Vallos was a Mazoku through and through, and Xelterria acted like a 
dragon at times, and a Mazoku at others.
	Of course, Valterria looked more like a dragon, and he was 
even named after his father.  'Valterria' had been Valgarv's name 
before he was turned into a Mazoku.  According to Gaav and Valgarv, 
Valterria looked identical to the way Valgarv had looked when he was 
fully Ancient Dragon.
	Xellos giggled.  So both of Valgarv's sons were exact copies of 
him.
	" Xellos, what are you doing?"
	Xellos just about jumped out of his skin, " Kosha!  You startled 
me!"
	" Sorry," Kosha giggled, " Where is Valterria?  Raya, Valgarv, 
Phibrizio, Phibby, Gaav, Xelterria, Vallos and Genie are all coming by 
in an hour for a little get together that our Mistress has suddenly decided 
to throw."
	" So in other words, a family reunion?," Xellos rolled his eyes.
	" Not totally," Kosha giggled, " Daddy, Mom, Lei Rezo, and 
Lei Magnus would have to be here for that."
	That's when Xellas came flying up the stairs, " Guess what!  
Changer, Rezo, Lei Rezo and Lei Magnus are coming!  I'm going to 
call Deep Sea, Dynast and Filia!  We can have a big party!!!!"
	" Now it's a family reunion," Kosha laughed to Xellos, " Since 
Zela, Narse and Rezurla live in that other world now, every member of 
our family that can come, probably is!"
	" Can't wait," Xellos rolled his eyes.
	" Come on you two!  Help me get the dining room ready!!!!," 
Xellas yelled.
" I hate it when she gets hyper," Xellos sighed as he and his wife 
headed for the dining room.

	" So, where is Valterria?  He is staying here for a few days, 
right?," Gaav asked Xellas.  Everyone Xellas had asked to the party 
had shown up, and Raya wanted to see her youngest son, and Genie 
was itching to see her best friend.
	" Yeah!  If he knew I was coming, he would have been here by 
now!  I haven't seen him in over a month!," Genie pouted.  Genie was 
Gaav and Xelterria's daughter.  She had her father's temper and his 
tendency to blow things up and kill people when she got mad.  Her hair 
was red, and she had lavender eyes.  She was tall and skinny, and 
every single Mazoku male that saw her was instantaneously struck 
dumb by her beauty.  Deep Sea's Priest, Daksha, was totally in love 
with her, and she wouldn't even give him the time of day.  She always 
wore a trench coat, and always had a sword with her.  She wore her 
trench coat unbuttoned, and under it she had on a red tunic-like jacket 
and black leggings.  She wore black high-heeled boots.  Her hair went 
down past her knees, and she let it fly free, her bangs were as wild as 
her father's were.  To everyone's surprise, she could also turn into a 
dragon like her father.  In her dragon form she had blood red scales and 
black horns and claws.  She also had the ability to just get dragon wings 
if she wanted, and they were also blood red.
	" I don't know where he is," Xellas said.
	" He went flying," Xellos suddenly said, " I saw him take off 
from the western balcony right before you told us of this joyous little get 
together, my Mistress."
	" That was an hour ago..," Xellas mussed, " I suppose he 
should be back soon, he usually doesn't stay gone longer then an hour."
	" What's going on...?," Valterria asked as he appeared in the 
door way, " I really hope I'm not in trouble."
	" Valterria!," Genie yelled and ran over and gave him a hug.
	" I'm glad you're here!," Valterria smiled, " What is going on?"
	" Oh, Aunt Xellas just decided to have a party for no real 
reason, and invited just about everyone," Genie giggled.
	" Okay.," Valterria said, then he saw his parents, " Hey 
Mom!  Hey Dad!"
	" Hi ya!," Raya giggled, " See anything interesting?"
	" Nope."
	" So your sister doesn't even get a hello?  I'm insulted," 
Xelterria said.
	" Shut-up and give me a hug," Valterria told her.  Xelterria 
grinned and did as she was told.
	" So, is there any reason to this insanity, Xellas?," Dynast 
asked, " Or are we all just lucky enough for you to want our 
company?"
	" I just wanted to have a party!!!!!," Xellas whined.
	" She's hyper!," Xellos mouthed to the others from behind 
Beastmaster.
	" Oh..," everyone but Xellos, Kosha, and Xellas said.
	" Oh what?," Xellas asked as she turned around to look at 
Xellos, who smiled innocently, " Oh, like that's not a give away that 
you've done something!"
	" Is Naga still bugging you, Phibrizio?," Deep Sea giggled.
	" No.  That was eighteen years ago," Phibrizio said, " she was 
twenty then, and now she's thirty-eight.  She now claims that she is to 
old for me, and I just let her think that!"
	" I thought it was funny!," Filia smirked.
	" So did I!," Kosha said as she started to laugh.
	" NO IT WASN'T!!!!," Phibrizio yelled.
	" Wasn't that the day I said I was going to marry Dyanst?," 
Phibby asked.  She was twenty-five, but like her father, she looked like 
a ten-year old.  No one had seen her older form, but everyone knew 
she had one.
	" Hai," Valgarv grinned, " It was also the day that Raya decided 
was a good time to announce that she was pregnant again, and I 
fainted."
	" That was funny," Vallos said.
	" I don't remember any of this," Xelterria argued.
	" You and Gaav had already left," Changer said.
	" I'm still going to marry you, Dynast," Phibby grinned as she 
took a sip of tea.
	" Phibrizio said that you are forbidden to get married," Sherra 
sneered.
	" Not if it's to Dynast," Phibrizio said with a grin.
	" They would certainly have some interesting children," Lei 
Magnus sighed, " L-Sama help everyone else on the planet."
	" What exactly is that supposed to mean!?," Phibby demanded.
	" Before my castle gets blown up," Xellas said, putting an end 
to that conversation, " I wanted to ask you four a question," she said 
turning to Phibrizio, Gaav, Deep Sea and Dynast.
	" What?," Gaav asked.
	" Where exactly so Genie, Phibby and Valterria fall in the 
Mazoku Hierarchy?"
	Blink blink, " What do you mean?  I don't follow the question," 
Dynast said.
	" Well, L-Sama rules over everyone, the comes Ruby Eye, then 
it's the five of us, then it's Changer, Knight of Shabernigdo, then our 
Generals and Priests, then the rest of the Mazoku are split up into 
ranking groups," Xellas said.
	" Duh," Phibrizio rolled his eyes, " even the humans know that!"
	" So my question is where exactly do Phibby, Genie and 
Valterria fall in the rankings?," Xellas explained.
	Blink blink, " Hell if I know!," Gaav yelled.
	" I don't know either," Deep Sea said.  She was getting a 
headache from thinking so hard.
	" Neither do I!  That's why I asked!," Xellas said.
	" Well, they're high rank, that's for sure," Dynast said, " but I 
don't think they can be put in a specific place."
	" Just make a new category then," Siren said with her usual 
idiocy, " Call it, 'High Ranking Important Mazoku that Don't Fit 
Anywhere Else'," she suggested.
	" Is she really THAT stupid, Deep Sea?," Phibrizio asked.  
Deep Sea just nodded and held her no aching head in her hands.
Hours later..
	Everyone had left except for the normal inhabitants of Wolf 
Pack Island, Valterria and Genie.  Genie had decided to stay with her 
best friend for a while.
	Valterria was up on the balcony again.  He had his eyes shut, 
and was letting a now raging wind blow his hair in all directions.  
Something about Xellas's question had unnerved him.  He didn't 
REALLY have a place, did he?  Genie and Phibby were Mazoku 
Princesses in a way, and every normal Mazoku treated them like they 
were Mazoku Lords.  But he, Valterria, was just a nobody.  He was 
Valgarv and Raya's third, useless, offspring.  None of the Lords needed 
a General or Priest.  No one had any use for him..and never would.
	Valterria's eyes flew open and he roared in anger.  His beautiful 
golden eyes were now amethyst purple.  His wings burst out of his 
back, ripping his shirt to rags and tearing his cloak from around his 
neck.  He yelled again as his arms turned dragon like and black scales 
covered them and his shoulders.
	" Why am I here!  I must have a purpose!," Valterria roared as 
he looked up into the sky, which was filled with black menacing storm 
clouds.  Valterria's only response was a rumble of thunder, " L-Sama!  
Why am I here!  Tell me damn it!," a bolt of lightning streaked the sky, 
" Why?," Valterria whispered as he fought back hot, angry tears.

As usual, L-Sama was watching her TV.  Or, in actuality, she was 
watching her world through her TV.  Right now, she was watching a 
young boy who didn't realize who he actually was, screaming at her to 
tell him why he was on earth.
	" You will have to find out on your own, young Valterria.  If 
only your relatives would tell you the origin of you name!  I thought 
Xellos had it figured out this afternoon, but it didn't click in his mind," 
L-Sama sighed, then she smiled.  She supposed she could nudge him in 
the right direction...

	Valterria looked up when he felt a hand on his shoulder.  He 
expected it to be Genie.  He sighed as he turned to see who it was.  His 
eyes widened in shook, and they returned to their normal gold, " You-
you're L-Sama!," he gasped.
	" Hai," L-Sama smiled, " You called for me, ne?"
	" Yes, but I-,"
	" Didn't expect me to come?," L-Sama guessed, " I can not tell 
you why you are here, but I can help you to figure it out.  Do you want 
my help?"
	" Of course, L-Sama," Valterria said, " Forgive me if I don't 
show you the proper respect."
	" Don't worry about respect.  The only thing I can tell you is to 
find out where your name comes from."
	" My name..what does that have to do with anything?," 
Valterria asked, confused.
	" Just find out!," L-Sama said.
	" Thank you for your help, L-Sama," Valterria said.
	" You are most welcome," L-Sama smiled, " You have no idea 
how important you are," she whispered as she caressed Valterria's 
cheek, then she vanished.
	From the balcony door way, Genie stood staring at Valterria in 
pure shook, her lavender eyes wide with worry.  She's expected L-
Sama to blow Valterria off the face of the planet, not help him!  And 
why was Valterria so important?  And where did his name come from, 
anyway?  Her father would know.  With that, Genie vanished.

	As soon as L-Sama had vanished, Valterria raced down to the 
throne room.  ( He just missed Genie disappearing by about a second)  
Valterria had to talk to his Grandparents and Xellas.  They might know 
where his name came from, and if not, he would go home and ask his 
parents.  They would definitely know where his name came from, after 
all, they'd given it to him for Ruby Eye's sake!!!!
	" Hey!  Do you guys know where my name comes from?!," 
Valterria demanded as he burst into the throne room.
	" What?," Xellos, Kosha and Xellas asked at the same time.  
Pika-baby and Raichu were also in the throne room.
	" My name!  Where dose it come from!"
	" It's a dragon name," Xellas shrugged, " You'd have to ask 
Filia where exactly it comes from.  Why?"
	" Because L-Sama told me to find out!," Valterria explained.
	" Are you feeling all right?," Xellos asked.
	" Yes!  Is that all you know?"
	" Hai..," Xellas said.
	" Um, Valterria, why don't you go lay down for a little bit," 
Kosha suggested gently as she started to lead him from the room.
	" No!  I'm not insane!  L-Sama really did tell to find out where 
my name comes from!," Valterria said, at that moment Gaav and Genie 
appeared.  Gaav looked concerned and Genie looked mad.
	" Xellas, has L-Sama stopped by here today?," Gaav asked.
	" No, why?"
	" See, Genie," Gaav told his daughter.
	" I'm not insane!!!!!," Genie howled, " She told Valterria to find 
out where his name comes from!!!!!  I saw it all!!!"
	" She did!," Valterria yelled.
	" I DID," a female voice echoed from nowhere, " YOU 
SHOULD PUT MORE FAITH IN THE YOUNG ONES..."
	" Now do you believe us?," Genie demanded.
	" Yeah," Kosha said.
	" Look, I'm going home to ask my parents about my name, and 
then I'm going to go see Grandma Filia," Valterria said, " I'll see all of 
you later."
	" I'm coming!," Genie yelled.
	" Can I come too?," Pika-baby asked, " This sounds like the 
beginnings of an adventure to me, and I haven't had an adventure in a 
while!"
	" Alright, you two can come," Valterria said.
	" Bye Daddy!!!," Genie giggled as Pika-baby jumped up onto 
her shoulder.  Then the trio vanished.
	" Why do I have the feeling we have just witnessed the 
beginning to something HUGE?," Xellos asked.
	" I don't know, but they better come out of this alive," Gaav 
said.
	" They have L-Sama on their side, how much can go wrong?," 
Kosha shrugged.
	" A LOT," Xellas sighed as she lit up a cigarette.

	" You're name?," Phibrizio asked, " You came barreling in here 
to ask about your NAME?"
	" Hai," Valterria nodded, " Do you know anything about it?"
	" No," Phibrizio said, " and I don't have a Dragon baby name 
book on hand either."
	" Very funny," Pika-baby snapped, " Where are Valgarv and 
Raya?"
	" On a mission," Phibrizio snapped right back, he was used to 
the little Pikachu's attitude.
	" When will they be back?," Genie asked, " This is really 
important, Uncle Phibrizio!"
	" How important?," Phibrizio asked with a sigh.  The four of 
them were in Phibrizio's palace in Hell.  Phibrizio was sitting on a black 
marble throne, and Phibby was out on a balcony that was attached to 
the throne room, looking out at her fiery, flaming home.
	" Like, L-Sama told us to find out important," Genie said.  
Phibrizio started to laugh.  Genie crossed her arms over her chest and 
got a very annoyed look on her face.
	" L-Sama?  You expect me to believe that L-SAMA of all 
people, told the three of you to find out where Valterria's name comes 
from?," Phibrizio giggled.
	" Actually, she only told me to find out what it meant, these two 
are only along for the ride," Valterria said.
	Phibrizio just started to laugh harder, and ended up falling off of 
his throne and landed on the marble floor with a thud, " That is (giggle) 
the funniest thing I have heard (giggle, giggle) in a LONG time!!!!," he 
managed to gasp.  But all Valterria, Genie and Pika-baby heard was 
something that sounded like 'funny' and 'long time' mixed in with a 
bunch of giggles.
	" I don't think he believes us," Pika-baby muttered.
	" What tipped you off?," Genie asked sarcastically.
	" What's going on in here?," Valgarv asked as he and Raya 
materialized by Phibrizio's throne.
	" What's so funny, Otoutosan?," Raya asked.
	Phibrizio had finally stopped laughing, and climbed back onto 
his throne, " Your son and his friends came down here, and I figured 
Valterria had just gotten tired of Xellas and had decided to come home, 
but no, they want to know where Valterria's name comes from.  I told 
them I didn't know, and then they asked where you two were, and I 
told them a mission. (by the way did you get it done?)  Anyway, Genie 
said it was important, and then your son says that L-Sama was the one 
that told him to find out about his name," Phibrizio explained, " It was 
the funniest damn thing I've heard in a while."
	" BUT IT'S TRUE!!!!!!!!," Genie exploded.
	" Sure it is, and I'm married to Kosha," Phibrizio said.
	" I'll have to tell Grandpa Xellos that when we see him again!  
And I'll start calling Grandma Kosha Hellmistress while I'm at it!," 
Genie yelled, " We're not making this up!  Go ask my father or Aunt 
Xellas or Grandpa Xellos or Grandma Kosha!  She told Valterria to 
find out where his name comes from!!!!!"
	" Your name..?," Valgarv muttered and he and Raya 
exchanged worried looks.
	" Look, Genie, go get your dad, okay?," Raya said, " You 
might as well get your mom and Vallos too."
	" Valterria, go get Xellos," Valgarv said.
	" Just Xellos?," Valterria asked his father.
	" Hai," Valgarv nodded.  The kids did as they were told and 
vanished, as did Pika-baby, one of the kids must have taken her with 
them.
	" What?," Phibrizio asked, " What's the big deal?"
	" 'Valterria' was my name when I was and Ancient Dragon," 
Valgarv sighed, " and he looks exactly like I did when I was an Ancient 
Dragon.  The only thing that is different is that I didn't have that purple 
ring around my iris."
	" Oh boy..." Phibrizio sighed, " You don't think he's..."
	" Maybe," Valgarv asked, " Why else would she tell him to find 
out about his name?"
	" But I thought you were the last?," Raya said.
	" So did I, my love," Valgarv said quietly, " Maybe I was 
wrong.."
	" You should go get Filia," Phibrizio said, " This doesn't look 
good."
	" I'll be back," Valgarv said, " Look, me, you, Raya, Gaav, 
Xellos and my mother are all going to have to have a talk without the 
kids listing in."
	" No problem," Phibrizio grinned, " I can block off the meeting 
hall.  Hurry back."
	Valgarv nodded and vanished.
	" I'm worried, Otoutosan," Raya whispered.
	" Don't be, Aneki," Phibrizio told her, " We don't know 
anything yet."
	" He's my son," Raya whispered, " I'm worried for him.."
	Phibrizio just kissed her cheek softly and gave her a hug, then 
he whispered, " I'm worried too, and when they leave, I'll send Phibby 
with them."
	" Thank you, Otoutosan," Raya whispered and hugged him 
back.

	" How come we can't come in!," Genie demanded as her 
father, grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, great grandmother, 
and uncle went into the meeting hall.
	" We have to discuss this alone first," Gaav told her.
	" But it's MY name!," Valterria yelled.
	" We'll tell all the rest of you later," Filia told them, she was just 
as worried as the others.
	" Now all of you young ones hush and let us talk," Xellos said, " 
I'm sure Phibby would be more then happy to give you a tour of the 
torture chambers."
	" I've already seen them," Valterria said.
	" We have our own at home," Genie snapped.
	" We don't care about your dumb old torture chambers!," 
Pika-baby added.
	" What is going on!!!!!," Vallos yelled.
	" Could you possibly explain something for once, Grandpa?," 
Xelterria asked Xellos.
	" The torture chambers are quite lovely," Phibby interjected, " 
Daddy designed them himself."
	" Look, why don't you all go play in the lava or something," 
Phibrizio suggested, " This is important, and is far more complicated 
then you could understand."
	" Play in the lava?," Gaav asked as they shut the doors.
	" It was all I could come up with!  Give me a break Gaav, I'm 
not-," Phibrizio began, but his words were cut off as the door shut and 
sealed the room.  No sounds from inside the meeting hall could be 
heard until Phibrizio unsealed the doors.
	" Oh!  They make me so MAD!," Genie yelled.
	" Calm down," Xelterria said, " They'll explain everything later, 
I'm sure."
	" What's going on?," a little boy asked as he came around the 
corner.  He looked just like Phibrizio, except his hair cascaded down 
past his waist, and his eyes were a darker green.
	" Who are you?," Genie asked.  The boy looked at her and 
smiled.
	" You can call me Hellprince PJ," he told her, " What's going 
on, Phibby?"
	" Valterria is on a quest from L-Sama to find out what his name 
means," Phibby said, " Dad, Aunt Filia, Aunt Raya, Uncle Valgarv, 
Uncle Xellos, and Uncle Gaav all freaked out and are holding a 
meeting."
	" Wow," PJ giggled, " L-Sama?"
	" Yep," Valterria grinned.
	" Are you Phibrizio's son?," Genie asked, her hands on her 
hips.
	" Duh!," PJ rolled his eyes, " Why else would I look so much 
like him, and why else would I be Hellprince?"
	" Just wondering.  Did you know who he was, mom?," Genie 
asked.
	" Hai, but this is the first time we've actually meet.  He's only 
eleven," Xelterria said.
	" But I have the intelligence of an adult," PJ grinned, " So, you 
guys wanna know what's going on in there?"
	" Of course!," Pika-baby yelled.
	" PJ..," Phibby cautioned her younger brother.
	" Aw, don't be such a chicken, sis!," PJ taunted her, " I know a 
spot that Dad always leaves unsealed in case of a major emergency."
	" They'll KILL us if they catch us," Vallos said, and everyone 
just started at him, " Let's go!," he added with a laugh.
	" This way," PJ said and lead the group towards the throne 
room.
	" Now what?," Vallos asked.
	" You have to move Dad's throne.  There's a trap door under 
it, and if we follow the passage, we'll come up under the meeting hall 
table, and if we're quite no one will catch us," PJ grinned.
	" Yeah, let's hope no one has to use the emergency exit, or they 
decide to call us in," Phibby argued as Vallos moved Phibrizio's throne, 
" Or we'll all be in big trouble!"
	" We're all adults," Pika-baby argued.
	" I'm only sixteen!," Genie argued.
	" Yeah and I'm eleven!," PJ snapped, " I may have the 
intelligence of an adult, but I'm still a kid!"
	" You should see him whine," Phibby rolled her eyes.
	" Shut up!," PJ yelled at her.
	" How about you two quit arguing, and we go see what the 
others are discussing?," Xelterria suggested.  PJ and Phibby glared at 
each other, and jumped into the passageway.  The others followed.

In the meeting hall..

	" Look, I suppose we should just tell him why you named him 
'Valterria' and let him decide what to do from there," Phibrizio said, " I 
mean, it can't be that big of a deal!"
	" Yeah, I mean it's only L-Sama!," Raya rolled her eyes.
	" Look, I know that he is going to want to research this further," 
Valgarv muttered, " I mean, only telling him that 'Valterria' was my 
name when I was fully Ancient Dragon is not going to explain much."
	" I'm sending Phibby with them when they leave," Phibrizio 
said.
	" And I'm going to send a young dragon named Tallen with 
them as well," Filia added. (Tallen is pronounced 'Tall-in')
	" All right, so now what are we supposed to tell them?," Gaav 
asked.
	" I suppose we could just send them on their way after telling 
them," Xellos said, " I, of course, will follow them."
Meanwhile under the table..
	Vallos, Valterria, Genie and Xelterria were all standing up, 
listing to the conversation.  Phibby was sitting on Vallos's shoulders, 
and PJ was on Valterria's.  Pika-baby was standing on Xelterria's 
head.
	" Look, I'm not so sure sending everyone under the sun with 
them is a good idea!," Raya sighed, " So far, there are five people 
going, and Daddy, you keep your nose out of this!"
	" Alright, alright," Xellos laughed.
	" Well, now what?," Gaav asked as he stretched.  His foot 
ended up hitting PJ in the head, and to keep him from yelling, Phibby 
leaned over and slammed her hand over her brother's mouth.  This 
caused Vallos and Valterria to bump heads, and Vallos fell on his butt, 
and in an attempt to steady himself, he dragged Xelterria to the ground 
with him.  Pika-baby fell off Xelterria's head.  Genie was holding her 
breath to keep from laughing like a hyena.  Phibby now had a death grip 
on her brother, and Valterria was losing his balance with both Phibby 
and PJ's weight on his shoulders.  He back-stepped to regain his 
balance, and stepped right on Pika-baby's tail, and, unfortunately, 
learned the same lesson Rezo did during 'The Book of Healing Fiasco': 
DON"T STEP ON PIKA-BABY'S TAIL!!!!!!
	" PIKACHU!!!!!!!!!!!!," Pika-baby screamed and fried 
Valterria, Vallos, Genie, Xelterria, Phibby, and PJ.
	" What in the hell..?," Gaav wondered aloud.
	" You guys come out here now!!!!!!," Phibrizio roared.
	Xelterria came out from under the table first, dragging a rather 
embarrassed looking Genie with her.  Phibby followed, dragging PJ by 
his hair.  Pika-baby emerged next, riding on Vallos's shoulder.
	" Where's Valterria, you don't expect us to believe he stayed 
behind do you?," Valgarv asked.
	" He's still under the table, and I think he's unconscious," PJ 
chirped, he was sitting on the floor by Phibby's feet.  She still had a fist 
full of his hair.
	" This was all your idea, PJ!," Phibby hissed as Xelterria 
dragged her little brother out from under the table.
	" Valterria?  Wake up!," she said as she shook him.
	" Pika Pika?," Valterria mumbled as he woke up.
	" I have a feeling we're in trouble!," Genie sighed and pointed 
to the 'adults'.
	Phibrizio, Gaav, Raya, Xellos, Valgarv, and Filia were all 
glaring at the group with their arms crossed over their chests.  Filia had 
her mace out.
	" It was PJ's idea!!!!!," everyone that had been spying except 
PJ himself yelled.
	" Oh yeah, peg this all on little old me!  You guys followed 
me!," PJ yelled, Phibby still had hold of him by his hair, and she looked 
ready to rip the chunk she held in her hand out by the roots.
	" It is your fault!," Genie hissed.
	" Look, how much did you hear?," Filia asked with a sigh.
	" Uh, not much," PJ lied, and no one else dared to argue for 
fear of getting in even more trouble.
	" To sum things up, Valterria was my name when I was an 
Ancient Dragon.  You look identical to the way I did as well," Valgarv 
told his son, " Except for the purple around my iris, of course."
	" You think Valterria is an Ancient Dragon!!!!," Vallos laughed.  
Then he saw the serious looks on everyone's faces and shut-up.
	" It isn't possible!," Genie wailed, " Grandma Raya is a full 
Mazoku!!!!"
	" Genie, calm down, we don't know anything yet," Valterria 
told her, " But I'm going to find out!"
	" I'm going with you!," Genie yelled.
	" Me too!," Pika-baby added.
	" Phibby, you will accompany them as well," Phibrizio smiled.
	" Huh?  Me!," Phibby asked, " Okay, okay I'll go."
	" I want to go too!," PJ yelled, " How come Phibby always gets 
to do all the fun stuff!  Let me go!  Please, Father?"
	" I suppose," Phibrizio sighed.
	" So that's PJ?," Gaav asked, " You really need to get married, 
Phibrizio."
	" HELLBLAST!!!!," Phibrizio yelled.
	" Filia-chan, I do believe that you were going to get a Golden 
Dragon to accompany them as well?," Xellos added before Gaav could 
peg Hellmaster with a Gaav Flair.
	" Oh, yes.  Let me go get Tallen," Filia said and vanished.

Soon...
	Filia had returned with a young male Golden Dragon named 
Tallen.  He was tall, and had blonde hair that fell to his shoulders, his 
eyes were blue, and he wore white and purple robes.  He also had a 
mace strapped to his waist instead of a sword.
	" He has a mace," Genie whispered to Valterria.
" Let's hope he doesn't use it as much as Aunt Filia," PJ added.
	" I hope he dose!," Phibby spat, " and I hope you get nailed 
with it often!"
	" Before you two get in a fight, don't you think you better have 
an idea of what you plan to DO before you go charging off into the 
sunset?," Phibrizio asked.  Phibby and PJ were completely ignoring him.
	" Shut-up, Phibby!"
	" I don't have to listen to you!  You're just a little KID!!!!!"
	" You stupid-"
" HELLBALST!!!!," Phibrizio roared, sending the spell flying just over 
his children's heads, " You are giving me a headache.  Now, as I was 
saying, what do you plan to do when you leave here?"
	" Kill PJ."
	" Kill Phibby."
	Hellmaster sighed and Raya patted him on the shoulder.
	" Talk about brother-sister rivalry," Gaav whispered to 
Xelterria, who stifled a giggle.
	" Actually, that hole 'dragon baby name book' crack you made 
earlier gave me an idea, Uncle Phibrizio," Valterria smiled.
	" Dragon baby name book.," Tallen asked, " You want to 
find one?"
	" Hai," Valterria nodded.
	" I think there may be one in the Ancient Archives," Tallen said.
	" He's an Ancient Dragon, though," Vallos pointed out.
	" I know.  There are tons of Ancient Dragon books in the 
Ancient Archives..everything from religions to how their society was 
ran.," Tallen said, " Who knows, we may find something on names."
	" Let's go then!," Genie yelled.
	" Be careful, young ones," Filia said.
	" We wont be gone long," Valterria said, " I mean, how long 
can finding a book take?"
	" With this family, a while," Xellos snickered to himself as he 
remember the search for the Book of Healing.

	" How much longer till we get to this library, Tallen?," Phibby 
asked.  Tallen was leading the way, Valterria at his side, and Genie was 
beside him.  Phibby had hitched a ride on Valterria's shoulders, and PJ 
was floating along above Tallen's head, with his eyes closed.  (Genie 
thought he was asleep)  Pika-baby was riding on Genie's shoulder.
	" Not much farther, if we don't run into trouble that is," Tallen 
sighed, " I mean you are Mazoku after all.."
	" Yeah, yeah, whatever," PJ yawned, " I'll kick any dragon's 
scaly rear if they bother us."
	Tallen winced, " Please do not forget we are on a peaceful 
mission, and that I am a Golden Dragon."
	" Yeah, but you're like Grandma Filia," Valterria smiled.
	" Thank you," Tallen smiled, " See that building on the crest of 
the hill?  That is the library."
	" Not much father," PJ ginned as he opened his eyes.  Then he 
reached over and pulled the ribbon out of Phibby's hair.
	" Hey!  You baka!!!!  Give that back!!!," Phibby yelled, 
grabbing for her brother, who giggled and flew just out of her reach.

	" Tallen!  Welcome!," the librarian greeted Tallen warmly, then 
she saw his companions, " MAZOKU!!!!!!," she yelled in dismay.
	" DRAGON!!!!!," PJ yelled right back in mock horror as he 
rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue out at her.  Phibby couldn't help but 
giggle.  Sure her brother was a pain most of the time, but he did have a 
rather quick wit and could be really funny when he wanted to be.
	" What do you want, scum?  And Tallen, what are you doing 
travailing with these riffraff's?"
	" We are on a mission from L-Sama," Tallen began, but 
suddenly PJ drew a giant double-bladed sword out from nowhere and 
held one of the two very deadly blades at the librarian's throat, who 
screamed.
	" Look, I am TIRED of being insulted by you scaly freaks!  We 
are on a peaceful mission, damn it!  All we want is book, a book about 
Ancient Dragon names.  Could you possibly remove the stick that has 
been up your ass from the second you were born and help us?," PJ 
asked.
	" H-hai," the librarian stammered.
	" Oh," PJ grinned at her as he sheathed his sword, " Don't even 
think about morphing dragon, you wouldn't have any maneuverability in 
here, and you would just make yourself a bigger target!  Now, go lead 
the way."
	The librarian proceeded to walk down a hall, and PJ followed.
	" Did you see that sword!," Genie whispered as she and the 
others followed them.
	" It was a gift from Father," Phibby whispered back, " He can 
wield it with deadly accuracy, and he is also skilled in magic.he is very 
arrogant when it comes to his fighting abilities, and he has reason to be.  
I think if he combined his magic and sword skills, he would be 
invincible."
	" Damn right I would!," PJ smiled, " But if it was a magic only 
fight, you'd kick my butt, Phibs."
	" Phibs?," Tallen asked.
	" His nickname for me," Phibby smiled.
	" How powerful is he?  He can't be to powerful.I mean he's 
only eleven," Genie whispered to Phibby, " Do you think he'd give me 
that sword if I asked him for it?"
	" PJ beat father once when he combined his magic and sword 
attacks," Phibby said with a grin, " That should give you an idea of his 
power, and as for the sword, he'd rather die then part with it.  As I 
said, Father gave it to him, and it is fussed with our Father's 
powers..if PJ charges the sword with a Hellblast or a Laguna Blast, 
the power given off by the sword in a burst of energy when it connects 
with an opponent is roughly equal to half the power the Giga Slave gives 
off."
	" Ouchies..," Valterria murmured.
	" Exactly!," PJ grinned, " Now, if you all are done talking about 
me, we need to catch up!"
	" Did I mention he doesn't ever miss a single thing?," Phibby 
added as they all ran to catch up to the librarian.

	" Uh.it's not here," the librarian stammered.
	" Where is it, then?," PJ sneered, doing his best impersonation 
of his father.
	" I'm not sure...are you Hellmaster Phibrizio?"
	PJ smiled, then, as the librarian kept looking for the book, he 
turned to his friends, who all nodded simultaneously.  PJ's smiled 
widened.
	" Yes, I am," he told the librarian, " Find it?"
	" N-no Phibrizio-sama," she said in her most formal voice, " I 
think maybe the book you need is at Zone's Ruin...do you know of 
it?"
	Everyone but Tallen and the librarian sweat-dropped, and Pika-
baby looked close to passing out.
	" Yes, I have.  Are you sure the book we need is there?," PJ 
asked, putting an evil grin on his face that made him look exactly like his 
father.
	" H-hai."
	" What book do we need?"
	" The Ancient Ones."
	" Let's go," PJ said to the others and left the room.  Everyone 
followed.
	" I'm sorry about this, Mags, I really am," Tallen smiled as he 
left as well.
Outside..
	" What is this 'Zone's Ruin'?  I've never heard of it," Tallen 
said.
	" That place is legendary among our family," Genie said, " It's 
caused more problems then we can count!"
	" Yeah, but if those problems hadn't come about, I don't think 
any of us, except maybe Tallen, would even have been born," Valterria 
added.
	" Dad took me there once," PJ grinned, " He took me to the 
past, and I saw him fight Inverse, and I saw the mistakes he made..he 
could have killed her if he was more careful..he was just careless.  
Stupid Inverse!  If I ever see her, I'm gonna rip her apart!"
	" Lina Inverse!?!," Tallen asked, " You hate Lina Inverse?"
	" Hai," PJ said, " She killed my father..I don't care if it was 
practically a hundred years ago, she still deserves to be killed for it, and 
I'm just the Mazoku to do it, too!"
	" Lina is a friend of the family, PJ, she's practically Grandma 
Kosha's sister, for Shabernigdo's sake!," Phibby yelled.
	" I don't care!"
	" She'd Giga Slave you from here to Aunt Zela's house!"
" I'd slit her throat before she could even begin the chant!"
	" Not if Gourry's with her!"
	" I could beat him with one hand tied behind my back!"
	" Yeah, but why you're doing that, Lina would shove a Giga 
Slave up your butt!"
	PJ fell silent, and Genie sighed.
	" Do they always fight like that?," Tallen asked Valterria.
	" Hai, and PJ is going to be mad until he can find something to 
take his anger out on..let's hope we don't run into Naga..," 
Valterria sighed.
	" You were asking about Zone's Ruin, Tallen," PJ said, " Pika-
baby, why don't you enlighten out friend?  After all, you were there 
when the whole mess started."
	" Well, it's like this...," Pika-baby began.

	" There it is," Pika-baby sighed, " Zone's Ruin."
	" Kind of shabby, don't you think?," Tallen asked.
	" It's been here since before Shabernigdo was split into seven 
pieces!  It may be look bad, but it's actually okay on the inside," PJ 
said.
	" We have to go talk to Zone," Pika-baby said.
	" Not that dumb pony!," PJ moaned, " He's a pain in the ass!"
	" No duh, but of anyone is going to know where this book is, 
it's him!," Pika-baby said, " Hopefully he's still in the hidden room 
that's by the library, or else we may never find him."
	" Let's quit the chatter and get moving!," Genie yelled.
Inside..
	" That is one big library..," Phibby gasped.
	" Quit drooling, Phibs," PJ joked, and his sister punched him in 
the arm.
	" You like to read?," Tallen asked.
	" Oh yes!  I love to read!  I suppose it's from when I was 
little..Father used to read to me at night before I went to sleep," 
Phibby smiled, " I could spend hours in here!"
" I can't see Hellmaster Phibrizio reading a story to anyone," Tallen 
sighed.
	" Believe it!," PJ laughed, " We're half way through this neat 
old book called 'Mazoku' that belongs to Grandpa Xellos."
	" Oh, I liked that one!  Dad's got the longest section besides L-
Sama and Shabby-sama," Phibby said.
	" Is my dad in there?," Genie asked, and Phibby nodded.
	" Okay, we need to go down this little hall, and there's a room 
back there, and Zone should be in it," Pika-baby said, then she 
muttered to herself, " Unless Ganondorf has him again, and I'm not 
dragging these kids through Hyrule!  Ganondorf's probably dead, 
serves him right, the mean old bastard...he was ugly too.."
	" What are you muttering about, Pika-baby?," Genie asked.
	" Nothing," Pika-baby grinned as they came to a door.  
Valterria opened it..and everyone but Pika-baby and PJ stared in 
shock at what they saw.
	" Hello!," Zone said, " Pika-baby!  PJ!  Long time no see!  
How can I help you and your friends?"
	" It's a seven inch tall purple and white pinto pony!," Genie 
said.
	" With a lavender mane and tail," Tallen added.
	" And it's talking..," Valterria continued.
	" Thank L-Sama Aunt Dolphin isn't here, or we all would be 
'kawaii'ed out of existence," Phibby mumbled.
	" We need a book called 'The Ancient Ones'," Pika-baby said, 
" Do you know where it is?"
	" Oh, that is in the rare book collection, and I can only give it 
too you if you do me a favor," Zone smiled, " Um.I need some more 
wards."
	" Wards?," Genie asked.
	" Wards are magical slips of paper that you use to cast spells," 
Zone explained, " There not needed in this world, of course, but are in 
many others."
	" So where can we get them?," Valterria asked.
	" A dimension called 'Spooner Continent'," Zone smiled, " Go 
there, get me wards, and I'll give you the book.  Bye!"
	" Not this again!," Pika-baby screamed as they headed threw 
the portal Zone had opened for them.

Xellos:  Viv, Viv, Viv, I can't believe you are making my grandkids 
suffer through Zone's Ruin!
Rezo:  Stupid pony!
Phibrizio:  Don't forget my kids are there too!
Xellos:  Yes, so, Viv, since Hellmaster is your boyfriend, you are 
practically making your own kids suffer!
Viv:  Xellos, Phibrizio and I aren't dating!  I thought you gave up on 
that.
Xellos:  So I didn't bug you about it when you were writing the 
wedding, although I could have made some pretty good cracks about 
THAT..but, now I've decided to bug you again!
Viv: yay..I'm so happy. *rolls eyes*
Xellos:  I knew you would be! *grins his happy grin™*
Viv:  Anyway, this is Valterria's story, not the story of my so-called 
love life with Phibrizio that Xellos has created in his deranged mind 
story.
Phibrizio:  Exactly!
Rezo:  Am I going to be in this story again?
Viv:  Maybe.  It depends..you wanna do my Geometry homework for 
me?
Rezo: Certainly!
Xellos: I get the English homework!
Phibrizio: I claim French!
Valgarv:  We're claiming homework?  Has anyone called US History 
yet?  If not, I got it!
Raya:  That leaves me with Chemistry!  Ohhohohohohoh!!!!!
Phibrizio: Aneki, never, EVER laugh like Naga again.
Valgarv: Yeah, it's scary..
Xellos: And just plain weird!!!!!!
Viv: Now that my homework is out of the way, back to the story!

	" Where in L-Sama's name are we?," Genie moaned.
	" Spooner Continent," PJ chirped.  Phibby hit him.
	" We seam to be in a town," Tallen said as he looked around.  
Suddenly, a very drunken man stumbled out onto the street, and saw 
Genie.
	" Hey babe!," he crooned.
	" Get.  Away.  From.  Me.," Genie said.
	" Uh oh..," Valterria sighed.
	" But babe-"
	" She's gonna blow!," PJ yelled.
	" GAAV FLAIR!!!!!!," Genie howled, and blasted the drunk.  
He went flying.
Back in Hell..
	" Oh, Genie just cast a Gaav Flair," Gaav said with a smirk.
	" Well, there went the peaceful mission," Xellos sighed.
Back on Spooner, across town from Genie and the others..
	" Hey!  Did you guys see that!?," a girl with pink hair and 
glasses asked her four companions.
	" Yes, Tira," a young man with long black hair said, " I believe 
it was a spell being cast."
	" Do you think that had something to do with the disturbance 
Big Mama felt a few minutes ago?," another girl with reddish brown hair 
asked.
	" Maybe," a blonde man said.
	" Might as well go check it out," a mad with spiky black hair 
said, " What do you think Marron?  Chocolate?  Gateau?"
	" I suppose," Marron, the man with long black hair said.
	" Why not, Carrot, my darling?," Chocolate, the red head 
purred.
	Gateau, the blonde, rolled his eyes.
Back across town.
	" Was that really necessary, Genie?," Valterria asked.
	" Hai!  He was an icky drunk and he was hitting on me!," Genie 
howled.  Suddenly, five figures jumped down in front of the group.
	" Who the heck are you?," Phibby demanded.
	" We are the Sorcerer Hunters," Marron said.
	" Sorcerer Hunters?  WE ARE NOT SORCERERS!!!!," 
Phibby yelled.
	" You are to young to be a sorcerer, little girl," Carrot said, as 
he ran over and took Genie's hand, " You on the other hand, my 
beautiful one can be anything you want!"
	" Little girl," Phibby spat, eyes twitching, " Little girl! LITTLE 
GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
	" Oh boy...," PJ moaned.
	" I'M NOT A LITTLE GIRL!!!!!," Phibby roared, " 
HELLBLAST!!!!"
In Hell..
	" Phibby just cast a Hellblast...," Phibrizio sighed.
	" This is not good..," Xellos sighed.
Back on Spooner..
	The spell hit Carrot dead on.  But, something very strange 
happened, Carrot absorbed the spell into his body, and began to morph 
into a hideous half man half beast creature.  The spell also 'backfired' in 
a sense, and the recoil hit Phibby sending her flying into a post, where 
she crashed to the ground, then she too began to change...
	" Oh.," Phibby moaned.  Then she saw her friends staring at 
her, " What?," she asked.
	" Phibby..," PJ managed to stammer, then he got a smug look 
on his face and giggled, " Who knew my sister had legs?"
	Phibby blinked and looked down, " Oh just great!," she 
screamed.  Phibby was now in her adult body.  All in all, she looked 
like she had just grown up.  Her hair cascaded down past her waist, 
and she now had cleavage.  She was about five foot ten inches tall, and 
she was wearing a short blue dress and white boots.  Her hair was 
flying free, no longer held back by the bow.
	" Now look what you've done!," Tira, the pink haired girl 
yelled at Phibby, " Carrot!  Hold still!," Tira yelled, and in about point 
five seconds, Tira also gained a new form.  Her glasses were gone and 
she was now in an orange and white skintight outfit.  Completing the 
ensemble was a whip.
	" Now my turn!," Chocolate giggled.  Soon, she was decked 
out in a biker babe ensemble.  Complete with a spear like wire weapon.
	" She is HOT!," PJ yelled after taking one look at Chocolate.  
Phibby was staring at Carrot's monster form.
	" You are so kawaii!," Phibby yelled, as she ran over and gave 
Carrot a hug.
	" Darling is mine!," Chocolate yelled.
	" You can have me!," PJ ventured, and Chocolate just ignored 
him.
	" Carrot!," Tira yelled, and began to whip Carrot.  Soon he 
was his old self again.
	" You were saying, my blue rose?," Carrot asked Phibby.
	" EWW!  Get away from me!  You're only cute as a monster!  
You come near me and my boyfriend will kick your ass!," Phibby 
yelled.
	" What boyfriend?," Genie asked.
	" Dynast-sama, of course!," Phibby sighed, clasping her hands 
under her chin, her eyes glazing over.
	" Dynast doesn't like you!," PJ yelled from Chocolate's waist.  
He had a death grip on her.
	" Yes he does!"
	" No he doesn't!  You are in denial!"
	" Am not!"
	" At least I don't look like a grown up!"
	" Shut-up you little brat!"
	" They argue like demons!," Marron said.
	" They ARE demons!  Mazoku to be exact, and they are 
brother and sister too," Genie said.
	" They're the brother and sister from Hell!," Tira yelled.
	" Thank you!," Phibby and PJ smiled together.
	" How'd you know we're from Hell?  Our Dad is Hellmaster," 
PJ said.  He still had a death grip on Chocolate's waist.
	" Hellmaster?," Carrot asked.
	" Oh, we're from another dimension," PJ grinned, he was still 
attached to Chocolate.
	" Yeah," Pika-baby said, " I'm a Pikachu, and everyone but 
Tallen is a Mazoku."
	" What is Tallen then?," Marron asked.
	" He's a dragon," Genie said as if it was the most normal thing 
in the world.
	" A DRAGON!!!!," the Sorcerer Hunters all yelled.
	" And the rest of them are demons!  I'm not sure what a 
Pikachu is, but if the little beast associates with dragons and demons, 
she must be evil!," Gateau said.
	" Hey!  I'm not a beast!," Pika-baby yelled.
	" And I am not evil!," Tallen added.
	" Nevertheless, you must be destroyed.  You are breaking Big 
Mama's sacred codes of magic laws," Marron said as he pulled out a 
ward.
	" Hey!  Are those wards?," PJ asked, he was still on 
Chocolate's waist, and she was now trying to pry him off.
	" Hai..," Marron said, not sure what the little boy that was 
attached to his friend's waist was getting at.
	" There mine!," Genie yelled and using her Mazoku speed, she 
raced over to Marron, stole all of his wards, even the one in his hand, 
and returned to where she had previously be standing.  All in less then 
five seconds.
	" Hey!," Marron said.
	" Let's go!," Phibby yelled, " Come on, PJ!"
	" Good bye, my fair lady," PJ sighed to Chocolate and kissed 
her, square on the lips.  Then he ran off after his friends.
	" He-he the little brat kissed me!," Chocolate managed to 
stammer.
	" They stole my wards!," Marron pouted.
	" They're evil!," Tira added.
	" They are breaking Big Mama's laws," Gateau muttered.
	" The red head was cute too," Carrot mussed.
	" LET"S GET EM'!!!!!!," the Sorcerer Hunters yelled as they 
all ran after Phibby, PJ, Genie, Tallen, Valterria and Pika-baby.
	" Think we lost em?," Phibby asked.
	" No.  Here they come!," Pika-baby said from Genie's 
shoulder.
	" Great.  The cute guy probably wants his wards back," Genie 
muttered.  Valterria lost his balance and fell on his face.
	" Valterria!?," Tallen asked.
	" Did Genie just say a GUY was cute?," Valterria stammered.
	" Yeah so?," PJ asked, " Come on!  They're gaining on us!"
	" And he's a human?," Valterria muttered, he was still sitting on 
his ass on the ground in a daze.
	" SO!," Phibby roared, " Let's go."
	" Genie said a human was cute...," Valterria was still babbling 
like an idiot on the ground.
	" Get over it, will you?," Genie rolled her eyes, " It's not like 
I'm going to marry him or anything."
	" Um, why are we running when all of you can fly?," Pika-baby 
asked.  Everyone blinked and sweat-dropped.  
	" She has a point," Genie muttered as she pulled off her trench 
coat and let her blood red wings appear from out of her back.  Valterria 
just let his shirt get ripped to ribbons as his ebony wings formed.  PJ 
and Phibby just began to hover and Tallen went to dragon form.  Genie 
held Pika-baby.
	" They can all fly!," Tira yelled.
	" Not good," Gateau yelled.
	" Hey!  What's that?," Carrot asked and pointed up the trail.  
Everyone looked to see what Carrot was pointing at.
	" A portal!," PJ yelled, " We're home free!"
	" Here we go!," Genie yelled.
	" Follow them!," Marron yelled as the six 'evil ones' 
disappeared through the portal.
	" Hurry!  It's closing!," Chocolate yelled.  The Sorcerer 
Hunters jumped through the portal just before it closed.

	" Hello all!," Zone giggled, " Glad to see you all made it back 
safely, now, my wards, and then, your book."
	Phibby blinked at the perky little pony, " Zone, those Sorcerer 
Hunters followed us, why aren't they here?"
	" Oh, I dumped them off near right outside the entrance to their 
world.  They're looking for you right now, you know," Zone smiled as 
Genie handed him the wards they had stolen from Marron.
	" Joy," Tallen sighed.
	" That one chick was HOT!," PJ giggled.
	" Anyway, my book, please!," Valterria said. 
	" Here you are!," Zone said as he handed Valterria a large 
leather bound book, " and here's a list of other books in the library 
concerning Ancient Dragons.  You can keep all of them.  Permanently, I 
mean," Zone smiled.
	" Really!  Thanks!," Valterria smiled.
	" No problem!  Be careful on the way out.  You wouldn't want 
our 'friends' following you, you know."
	Soon..
	" Is that all of them?," PJ asked with a sigh as he sat down next 
to a gargantuan pile of books with a thud.
	" Yep," Valterria smiled, " I hope your dad has plenty of extra 
room in his library!"
	" Jeez...," Tallen muttered, " There's over fifty books here.  
Have fun reading all of this!"
	" You mean you guys aren't going to help me!?," Valterria 
yelled, " You actually expect me to read fifty one books that all have at 
least one thousand pages in them by myself!!!!!"
	" I'll help you," Genie volunteered, " But you better start off 
with 'The Ancient Ones' to see if you even are an Ancient Dragon"
	" She has a point," Phibby said, " And I'll help you look 
through the rest of them too."
	" So will I," Tallen said with a smile.
	" Count me in!," PJ grinned.
	" Me too," Pika-baby smiled.
	" What would I do without you guys?," Valterria asked.
" Die of boredom?," PJ offered with a grin, and everyone laughed.
	" Now, on to problem number two," Valterria sighed, " How 
do we get all these books home?"

	" Well, we managed to cram them all on the table," Phibby 
sighed.
	" You used to your new height yet?," Tallen asked her.
	" Sort of.  I hope Daddy can get me back to my normal form!," 
Phibby wailed.
	" Speaking of Dad," PJ said, " Think they know we're back 
yet?"
	The group had been carting all of Valterria's new books to 
Phibrizio's library in Hell.  
	" Don't think so, or else he would have come by here by now," 
Phibby said, " Do you think everyone else is still here?"
	" Probably!  They all want to find out if Valterria is an Ancient 
Dragon," Pika-baby giggled, " and I think we better have an answer for 
them before we show ourselves in that throne room."
	" You're right," Valterria said as he picked up 'The Ancient 
Ones'.
	" Nervous?," Genie teased as Valterria opened the book to the 
section on names.
	" Sort of," Valterria smiled as he skimmed the pages for his 
name.  He was silent for a few moments as he read.
	" WELL!!!!!," everyone yelled when Valterria didn't say 
anything for almost five minutes.
Valterria looked at them with a coy smile, " Impatient, ne?"
	" Valterria!  Come on, tell us!," Genie yelled.
	" What do all of you think?"
" Um, I don't think L-Sama hates all of us so much as to put us through 
all the hassle it was to get this book if you weren't an Ancient Dragon, 
and if she did, then we're all in deep crap for the rest of our immortal 
lives," PJ said.
	Valterria just laughed, " Well, PJ, be glad to know that L-Sama 
doesn't hate you."
	" You mean..," Phibby said.
	" Hai!  I'm a full Ancient Dragon!," Valterria smiled, " and the 
thing is, I knew it deep down all along."
	" Come on!  We've got to go tell the others!," Tallen said as 
they headed towards Phibrizio's throne room.

Back at Zone's Ruin.
	" Where are they?," Tira asked Zone.
	" None of your business!  You're in their world now so-," Zone 
started.
	" Hey!  Those are my wards!," Marron yelled.
	" Not anymore!  The young ones got them for me so I would 
give them a book!," Zone said.
	" So you give people the things they need in return for them 
doing you favors," Chocolate asked.
	" Hai...," Zone muttered.
	" Well, what can we do for you, Zone?," Chocolate asked.
	Zone couldn't resist, " Well, I do need a box of things from the 
basement.."
	" All right, we'll get the box, and then you'll open a portal for us 
to where the people we were chasing went, okay?," Tira said.
	" Okay," Zone said and told them where the box was, " 
Phibrizio isn't going to like this..," he muttered to himself as the 
Sorcerer Hunters headed down to the basement.

	" We're back!," Genie proclaimed loudly as she and her friends 
waltzed into Phibrizio's throne room.
	" Well?," Valgarv asked.
	" My, my," Valterria laughed, " All of you came here to find out 
about little old me?"
	All five Mazoku Lords, their Generals and Priests, Filia, 
Changer, Rezo, Lei Rezo, Lei Magnus, Lina, Gourry, Naga, Amelia, 
Zel, and Raichu were all in the throne room.
	" Yep!," Kosha grinned.
	" Well, I am an Ancient Dragon, and Zone has given me fifty 
one books to keep that are all on my race, and Tallen, Phibby, Genie, 
PJ, Pika-baby and I are all going to read them."
	" Really?," Filia laughed.
	" Where is Phibby, anyway?," Phibrizio asked.
	" I'm here," Phibby said from behind Valterria and Tallen.
	" Why are you hiding back there?," Xellas asked.
	" Because-," PJ started, but Phibby kicked him, " OUCH!!!!!!  
There gonna find out sooner or later sis, expressly if you want Dad to 
try and fix it!"
	" Phibby, what happened?," Phibrizio demanded.  Phibby 
sighed and came out in so everyone could see her.  Dynast's jaw 
dropped when he saw her, and he started to drool.
	" Oh dear," Phibrizio sighed, " What happened?  You're 
obviously stuck that way."
	" Oh Daddy it was awful!," Phibby wailed, " This stupid human 
weakling called me a little girl and made fun of me, so I basted him with 
a Hellblast, and it turned him into a monster, but the recoil hit me-"
	Phibby was cut off by a voice that seamed to be coming for the 
rafters, " and turned you into the beautiful girl you are now!"
	Everyone looked up, except for Dynast, who was still staring at 
Phibby.  The Sorcerer Hunters were standing in the rafters.
	" Oh just great!," Valterria and Tallen yelled.  Phibby shrieked 
as Carrot jumped down in front of her and tried to kiss her.
	" Darling!," Chocolate, who was still in her 'biker' form jumped 
down after him.  PJ attached himself to her waist, and she forgot all 
about Carrot as she tried to pry him off.
	Marron, Tira, and Gateau all rolled their eyes and jumped down 
too.
	" WHO THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE, AND WHAT ARE 
YOU DOING IN MY PALACE!?!?!?!?!," Phibrizio roared, " AND 
YOU WITH THE MESSED UP BLACK HAIR!!!!!  GET THE 
#$^%(##  AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!!!!!!!	"
	" Hello!," Genie giggled as she started to flirt with Marron.  
Carrot, on the other hand, totally ignored Phibrizio, and continued 
chasing Phibby around the throne room.
	" HELLBLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," Phibrizio roared, and Carrot 
once again shape shifted into his monster form.
	" Now look what you've done!," Tira yelled, " Carrot!  Hold 
still!"
	" Oh!  You're cute again!," Phibby giggled and gave Carrot the 
monster a hug.  Carrot ran from Tira, and took out half of Phibrizio's 
throne room process.  Tira gave chase.
	" Get him sister!," Chocolate yelled.  She was still trying to get 
PJ to let go of her waist.
	" Hey!  You leave the adorable monster alone!!!!," Phibby 
yelled and ran after Tira.
	" Phibby!  Hey Phibby!," Dynast yelled, " What about me!  
Don't you love me anymore!!!!," he yelled as he ran after her.  
Everyone else stared in shook.
	" Get off me you little brat!," Chocolate yelled at PJ.
	" But I love you!," PJ smiled, and Chocolate screamed in 
frustration.  That broke everyone that had been in shook out of it.
	" You know, that was quite possibly the most disturbing thing I 
have ever seen in my life," Xellas said, and everyone else nodded.

	Phibrizio had rounded up the Sorcerer Hunters, Dynast and 
Phibby, sent the Sorcerer Hunters back to Zone's Ruin, telling them that 
they had better be thanking their Gods that he wasn't going to kill them, 
turned Phibby back to her normal form, and told Dynast to quit drooling 
over her.
	After Valterria had told everyone about how they found the 
book, and how they had even meet up with the Sorcerer Hunters in the 
first place, Phibrizio sent everyone that didn't live in the palace home, 
besides Genie, Tallen and Pika-baby.  Then he had gotten a group of 
workers to begin repair on his throne room.
	After all that was settled, he told everyone that was staying at 
the palace that he was going to bed, and only to disturb him if 
Shabernigdo was reborn, if those over paranoid scaly freaks declared 
war again, or if someone was trying to invade Hell, not that anyone 
would want to anyway.

	Two weeks later....
	Xellas had gotten 'hyper' again, and decided to throw anther 
get together, and everyone had come.
	" Well, how's the rebuilding of your castle going, Phibrizio?," 
Deep Sea asked.
	" It's done.  I rather like the new improvements I made.  I think 
I'm just going to renovate the whole palace, actually."
	" It could use it," Xellas sighed, " You have remodeled that 
place, well, ever!  It's still the same as the day you had it built!"
	" Anyway, Valterria, how are things going for you?," Filia 
asked.
	" Fine, actually.  We're reading those books, and Dad is telling 
me about how things were for him.  I was able shift into my full dragon 
form the other day," Valterria smiled.
	" Do you think there are others like you?," Grau asked.
	" I think so.  I mean what's the point of having me as the only 
full Ancient Dragon alive?," Valterria shrugged.  Suddenly, there was a 
bright flash of light.
	" L-Sama!," everyone yelled and bowed.
	" Hello," L-Sama smiled, " I see you're beginning to catch on, 
Valterria!  Of course there are other full Ancient Dragons alive!  There 
is also a way to take the Mazoku taint out of Valgarv, Vallos, Xelterria, 
and Genie's blood too."
	" Really, my Lady!," Valgarv smiled.
	" Hai!  Why would I lie?  You just have to find it," L-Sama 
said, " Oh yes, before I go, there is on little thing you should know, 
Valgarv."
	" Hai?"
	" You little sister, Viv, is alive, and in a similar situation that you 
yourself are in.  Ask Luna Inverse of her.  She will know where to find 
her," L-Sama smiled.  Then she vanished.
	" Viv...," Valgarv sighed, " I have to go see Luna!"
	" Go find your sister, Valgarv," Phibrizio smiled, " and you, 
Valterria, find the rest of your kind!"
	" I'm gonna help!," Genie yelled.
	" Me too!," PJ added.
	" If he goes, I have to go to keep him out of trouble!," Phibby 
argued.
	" I might as well accompany you," Tallen said.
	" I'm going," Pika-baby said.
	" Raichu chu Rai!,' Raichu yelled.
	" Raichu wants to come too!," Pika-baby translated.
	" Let's get a move on, then!," Valterria said.
	" Follow me," Valgarv said, " I know where Luna is!"
	" Here we go again!," PJ giggled as the group ran out of 
Xellas's dining room.
	" How come we Lords never get to have any fun?," Xellas 
pouted.

	L-Sama smiled as she watched what had happened after she 
left.  It was about time the Ancient Dragon race was reborn.  And was 
for Xellas's complaint about the Lords never having any fun, wait until 
she saw what Shabranigdo was plotting at that very moment from his 
prison in the Astral Plane..


Viv: Well, another masterpiece complete!
Valgarv: And you've set it up for at least two more stories!
Viv:  Yep!  And you know what, I've already got a page written in one 
of them!
Phibrizio:  Which one are you writing next?
Viv:  The one about you lords.  It's gonna be fun to write!
Phibrizio:  Uh-oh.  I sense irony, chaos, humor, and all around trouble in 
my near future.
Viv: You know me to well!
Xellos:  I'm going to keep my mouth shut.
Viv: You better.  Or I'll blast you again!
Val:  So are you going to bring yourself in as a character?
Viv:  If I write a story about you and the others coming to get me, yeah.
Phibrizio:  Great.  Now you get to torture me in the stories too..
*Xellos is holding his breath and has both hands over his mouth*
Viv:  Xellos, do we have a problem?
*Xellos shakes his head 'no'*
Phibrizio:*grinning evilly* Are you sure?
*Xellos shakes his head 'yes'*
Viv:  Good.  Now, on to story number...what story and I on again.
Phibrizio:  The one about us lords will be number seven.  And six of 
them have little old me in them.  You must really love me, Viv-kun.
Xellos:  *screams* I can't take it anymore!  Of course she loves you, 
Phibrizio, you are dating after all!  And I bet you two will get together in 
the stories when she brings herself in!
As soon as he finishes this outburst, the Trickster Priest runs from the 
room.
Valgarv:  Well, he's learning to run, at least.
Viv: Ha ha ha.  Very funny Val!  XELLOS!!!!  GET YOUR BUTT 
BACK HERE SO I CAN BLAST YOU FROM HERE TO NEW 
YORK CITY!!!!!!
Viv runs after Xellos.
Val:  You're not mad, Phibrizio?
Phibrizio:  I'm actually getting used to his smart remarks, plus, why 
should I run after him when Viv is just going to blast him anyway?
Val: Good point.
THE END  (until the next story, anyway!)