And Demons Rise

The Fire cracled merrily in the deep forest night, a small fire for a single traveler making his way through the world. Though small, the fire was as much for comfort as for function to the weary traveler who sat staring into the flames as if nothing else in the world could hold his attention. Zelgadas poked at the fire despondantly, feeding a few more sticks into it. The shamanistic swordsman had fallen into despair and was only slowly dragging himself out of the deep depression that had fallen over him since learning that his condition was irreversable.

Rather than staying in Sairoon with Amelia or traveling with Lina and Goury, he had decided to set out on his own to find out who he really was now, and what he could do with his life from this point onward. He felt that only alone could he confront his inner demons and become something better than he had been, better than the monster he had been turned into.

"My my... Wallowing again are we?" The sacharine sweet voice came from the shadows and Zelgadas tensed, looking to where the purple haired mazoku stepped out of the shadows and into his small circle of fire light. "Am I interupting something, Zelgadas-san?"

"Xellos..." The chimera growled, mostly in surprise at seeing the trickster priest this far from... well, anything. He wasn't even hunting down any pieces of the clair bible this time. "What are you doing out here?" he demanded, ignoring the ticksters question for now.

"Why, looking for you Zelgadas-san." the Mazoku said, striding forward in theh firelight as Zelgadas tried to scramble to his feet.

The chimera never made it though, The purple haired priest pushing him back to the ground as he lost his balance. "What do you want..." the growl was cut off as Zelgadas gasped, looking into the wide open eyes of the Mazoku priest and trembling slightly at the power and bloodlust he felt resonating from the other.

"The same as always I suppose..." Xellos said, pinning the others hands as he struggled to push the demon away, even though his body was already reacting to the others presence.

"Again.. horny ass demon.." Zelgadas complained, looking away and pretending that there was no waver in his voice as he spoke. When Xellos didn't reply, he looked again at the unusually serious Mazoku, wondering why he wasn't bantering... the demon usually enjoyed bantering and rilling Zelgadas up emotionally..

"Yes.." Xellos stated simply, somber and serious, the grin he had always worn slipping away into something that looked more sad, and more dangerous. The Chimera stopped his customary resistance as the Mazoku reached down to kiss him deeply, figuring he could ask the Priest about it in the morning. That was something he could usually rely on from the priest, not to just dissapear without some kind of curtousy when he was done...

But the when morning came, Xellos was gone, and Zelgadas couldn't help but feel a deep sense of unease at the situation and what had happened.