A curse for the better? Or for the worse. By: Dark fire angel

DFA: Weeee!! O.o Valentines day was some time ago.. time to glomp people, time to tell your loved one things you normally don't tell him or her.. *Blinks as Xel and Fi appear holding hands* . Eh, what are you two up to?

Xel and Fi: Nothing! *Looking perfectly innocent* ^-^ Whatever makes you think we're up to something?

DFA: Ano. the fact you're letting me see what I wanna see is not a big enough reason? .;;

Xel: n_n Hai! Is it.. but you see, we're getting married soon!!

Fi: *Nod nod* ^^

DFA: *Blinks* .. O_o YOU two are getting married before /I/ do?!?! *Runs around the room, hits herself against a wall and falls down on the floor, completely out cold* X_x

Fi: *Takes her hand away from Xel and rubs it on her dress* Eewww.. was it necessary we hold hands to make her faint Namagomi? *Pokes DFA, grins at a well done job and walks off*

Xel: Eh, *Shrug* We DID make her faint, I told you . and you owe me 50 dollars.. I won the bet! *Phases off after her*

Val: *Pokes his head from around the corner* ^-^ *Walks over to DFA and stands on her* I'm now in charge, and I say the characters in this fic dun belong to DFA! ^0^ and that the fic's half hers, half Rei-san's! *Does a V sign and walks off, dragging DFA behind him*

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And so, Dolphin carried the drakitty along the corridors, not even knowing where she was going till she heard a howl, "Oooooh.. ^^ Dolphin thinks Phibby-kun's doing a good job with the wolfie! Wolfie sounds soooo happy!!" she ran off towards the direction the howl had come from, and reached a room with a bath tub in it.

"Xelloss?" came Filia's voice as she blinked and tried not to giggle her head off when she noticed he was half inside the bath tub, covered in soap and yelping as the Hellmaster grinned and pushed him in once and over again, "You uhmmm.. need help there, Xel-kun?" she giggled still as she dropped from Dolphin's arms and looked at him from the border of the tub.

Phibby's attention got directed towards Fi and he smiled widely, "Ah, so the dra-kitty wants a bath too?" he didn't wait for an answer and dropped Fi in with Xel, avoiding her hisses and scratch-attempts as the water touched her fur, "Both nice and clean!"

The purple wolf stopped attempting to get out of the bath and looked towards his now in-bath companion, "You were saying about help? ." he sat on his back haunches and watched the cat hiss and wave her tail and wings in an attempt to get out, only managing to get herself more wet, "Ne, Fi- chan -.- if you stop moving we'll get over with the bath," he said as he got scrubbed by both Mazoku lords, having given up hope by now.

"I'm in a damn BATH!" yelled Filia as she flailed her paws in the air, "I'm sharing a bath tub with YOU! In CAT shape!! While others WATCH!!" she twitched as Dolphin began giving her shampoo hair dos.

"Huh?" Xelloss blinked then snickered under his breath, "Oh, so maybe we can try going into the same bath tub later? When no one's watching and you're not a cat?" he batted his eyelids and waged his tail innocently, getting the desired effect when Filia blushed 7 different shades of red and pounced him, "What? You don't like the idea? Would you rather we do something else?" again, he remained the perfect picture of innocence.

The dra-kitty twitched further, "H-HENTAI!!!" she shrieked as she pulled out a mini mace and proceeded to hit him over the head over and over again, "Hentai, Hentai! HENTAI!" she huffed and sat on the now wet and pummelled wolf's back and began grooming herself in an attempt to look more decent.

The two mazoku lords giggled as they watched them, "Kawaii desu ne!" they chirped at the same time, then took one animal each and sat on the floor brushing them.

".." Was Xel's lack of response when Phibby tied a pink bow around his neck, "Phibrizzo-sama.. I don't like pink," he whined slightly as he pawed at the offending piece of cloth around his neck, "Would you mind? Please?" he looked up with puppy eyes and sighed in relief as the child-like mazoku proceeded to take the bow off..then he facefaulted as that same mazoku smiled and tied a purple bow around his neck instead.

"Done! Dolphin's done!" chirped the blue haired girl as she lifted up and now blue colored drakitty who did not look happy at all, "Lookey! Dolphin thinks that now Filia-kitty can be a Filia-fishie ^^" she giggled and left Fi on the floor as she hovered, "Dolphin promised to take Filia-kitty to find Xellie..." she paused as if thinking then smiled wide, "Now Filia- kitty and Xellie-wolfie have to get the orbs from Dynast so Phibby and Dolphin can go redecorate!!"

The now blue Kitty facefaulted and whined slightly, "Do I have too now?" she asked from the floor, "You made me blue.. isn't that a high prize already?" she was interrupted when she saw Xel making 'stop-like' movements at her from behind the mazoku lords, "Nani?" she asked as he sweatdroped and mouthed a 'don't play with mazoku lords, Fi-chan. especially these two' effectively shutting her up, "I mean!! Of course We'll do it! ^^;;" she stood up on her back haunches a did a V sign as a dramatic background appeared, "Xel-kun and I will get those orbs!!" she wasted no more time, grabbing Xel by his tail and dragging him away, leaving Phibs and Dolphin grinning.

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The black haired mazoku sweatdroped as he avoided his now colored-in room and decided to go for a balcony, "Ah, and these are supposed to be vacations?" he murmured to no one in particular as he observed the orbs he had, turning them this way and that, "Stupid orbs -.-;" he glared off at the forest below the balcony and didn't even notice when a now-normal-human looking Xelloss and a still blue colored Drakitty poked their heads around the corner of the door that lead to the balcony.

Xelloss raised his eyebrow as he watched the ice mazoku lord, "Filia, I don't think this is a good idea ." he whispered to her almost silently, "He's NOT in a good mood, and really.. a mazoku lord in a bad mood is not someone you pick on.."

"And an unhappy Hellmaster and a sulky Dolphin can't be good either," whispered the drakitty, "I think I'll risk myself with Dynast then have to face THOSE two again," her tail twitched nervously as she eyed the clear ice blue orb the black haired mazoku was toying with, "How to get that stupid orb?" she asked as she narrowed her eyes down, feeling the adrenalin rush.

The purple haired priest tilted his head to one side, then smiled, "You need a distraction?" at this the cat facefaulted.

"Xelloss! I don't need a distraction!" she hissed under her breath, "I need someone whom can teleport! As I can't at the moment!!" she glared towards Dynast, whom still hadn't noticed their presence, "When I said we need to get the orb, I meant YOU should fetch the frigging thing -_-"

A sweatdrop ran down the back of Xelloss head, "You're no fun Fi-chan," he let out a sigh and shrugged, "Fine, it's up to the mazoku to do the real work in the end," he began to teleport away, smirking at the blue dra- kitty, "As we're always better than you Ryuzoku!" was his final phrase as he disappeared, then appeared right in front of Dynast, hovering and grinning, "Yare, yare.. Dynast-sama, you don't look so happy! Allow me to unload your weight!" he chirped as he grabbed the ice blue orb and teleported away to Fi, grabbing her and disappearing from sight.

".." Was the ice mazoku lord's lack of response as he blinked at the spot where Xelloss had been seconds before, "What the hell?" he blinked again and again then twitched, "Xellos METALLIUM!!" he roared, a vein popping on his forehead, "Give me that stupid orb NOW!!" however, of course, nor Xel or Fi appeared. for they were now else where.

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Xellos reappeared in the astral garden, smiling his close eyed smile as he held a blinking dra-kitty over his shoulder with one hand and a little blue orb in the other, "Now we're safe," he let go of Fi, letting her slide down his back and landing face first on the floor, "And all thanks to me, Ryu- chan" he winked and held the orb up to eye it, letting the little light that filtrated itself through the tree branches reflect itself on it, "All in a day work!"

A pout was heard from the spot where Filia had landed face first. She looked up at him from her current position on the ground and glared, "Stupid mazoku.. if I had been able to teleport I'd have been able to get that stupid orb too.." she sat up straight, taking a bit of time to lick her paws and groom her fur which had puffed out from the emotion, "Anyhow, we should get rid of that orb," she sneered at it, "It'll only bring trouble, besides, Zelas-sama wanted it, didn't she? Lets give it to h-" her phrase was cut off short as Zelas appeared in front of her, making the poor cat blink and fall back from the shock.

"Did someone say my name," blinked the grey haired woman as she looked down at Filia, "Xellie.. look at what you've done to poor Filia-san," she tsked and waggled a finger at her priest, "Should I ask what you two have been doing all alone to get Filia in a '..' state?" she smiled wolfishly at Xelloss, whom sweatdroped slightly.

"Zelas-sama.." he whined as he rubbed the back of his head, "It's not like that -.-; " he held up the orb for his master to see, "Dynast had this, I think Dolphin-sama said you wanted it?"

The mazoku lord's eyes sparkled upon seeing the orb, "Oh great! I get to black mail Dy-kun!!" she took the little ball and grinned innocently, "Oh, and if you two see dolphin, send her to me ^-^ I'll give her a reward," and with that, she teleported away, head bowed down and shading her eyes as her smirk turned VERY evil.

Both Fi and Xel sweatdroped as they waved good bye to Zelas, making a mental note not to EVER get the beastmaster mad.

The drakitty looked down at her blue fur and groaned, letting her head drop on the floor, "Stupid curse X_x" she mumbled, as she covered her eyes with her paws, "It's not getting cured, now it is, Xel-kun?" she whined , looking up at him, "Stupid elders too.."

They couldn't continue talking, for suddenly a fuming Zelas appeared before them again, "Have you two any idea where the other mazoku lords are?" she growled, "I've searched all over for Dynast and I've not been able to find him!" she twitched and crossed her arms over her chest, tapping a foot and looking about her garden impatiently, "Nor have I ran into the Hellrunt and Dolphin."

Filia uncovered her eyes and looked up at the beastmaster, "Huh? Hmm.. well, Hellmaster and Dolphin DID say they wanted to go and give Dynast's castle an update if we gave you that orb.. but I've no idea where Dynast can be," she tapped her chin with a paw as she sat on her back haunches, "He wasn't in a good mood when we took the orb away, nor after mind you," she paused, as if searching for the correct words to say, "He looked.. upset," she concluded.

"Ack, don't say that!" fumed Zelas as she ran a hand down her face, getting stares from Xel and Fi.

"Say what, Zelas-sama?" blinked her priest as he crouched and picked up the drakitty, holding her in his arms.

A sweatdrop formed on Zelas's head, "Say that he's god damned upset -_- you make me feel guilty for being mean, which is what I'm supposed to do!" she twitched again and glared at an innocent bush, making it wince.

The drakitty blinked a few time then snickered under her breath, "Zelas- sama! You feel guilty for being mean to Dynast?!" she couldn't help it and burst out into a full grown giggle fit, holding onto Xel's arms fro support, "That's hilarious!!" she managed in between gasps for air, "And very weird!!" she began chocking and only managed to regain her composure after several minutes of coughing and sweatdroping, "Erm. sorry about that Zelas-sama.."

This had made both mazoku sweatdrop heavily.

"Ahh.. Fi-chan has a great sense of humour, doesn't she Zelas-sama?" chirped the nervous priest as he patted the dra-kitty over the head, "She's very humorous today n.n; it's the curse's fault!" he nodded to himself.

Zela's sweatdrop grew even more, "Suuuure.." she looked over at Fi curiously, "And how is it weird Filia?" she asked her, "Explain yourself, please my dear," she watched the drakitty squirm out of Xel's grasp to jump onto his head.

"Oh nothing.." came Fi's response as she waved her tail in the air, giving the beastmaster a close eyed smile, "I just didn't expect that coming from you, Zelas-sama.." she hurried to change the subject so as not to enrage anyone, mainly Zelas, "Xel-kun, maybe we can go look for Dynast?" At this Xelloss shrugged slightly and looked over at his master for a response.

Blink blink went the Beastmaster, "Huh?! Why Should I go search for him anyhow?!" she earned two Then-go-do-something-else-while-he-returns looks, making her pout, "And what should I do meanwhile?" she asked them.

Filia REALLY couldn't help it, she smiled and closed her eyes, "Sore wa himitsu desu!" she chirped, making the beast priest practically facefault and sweatdrop heavily, "What? ^^;; I couldn't help it! It was a perfect opportunity.." she still sat on Xelloss' head looking innocently at both mazoku, "No, but really.. you've basically got two choices; you either stay with a weird trickster priest and an emotional, blue dra-kitty, or you can go search for a certain mazoku lord whom I know loves ice.." The drakitty blinked and watched the beast master for an answer, but all said mazoku did was glare at an innocent rock, "I erm.. Think we should ALL go search for Dynast, ne Namagomi?" she pawed at Xel's hair playfully, "I guess he might be somewhere.. Cold? ."

"Why yes, Fi-chan, I believe we can try and find Dynast-sama," chirped a happy purple haired mazoku as he grabbed Filia off his head and produced to scratch her tummy.

Zelas blinked at them for a couple of second, "Eh? Raw garbage?" she blinked again and shook her head in mock sorrow when she didn't receive an answer from either of them, "And as to where Dynast will be.. I doubt he'll be in his lair with the Hellrunt and the Fishgirl bouncing about with multi- colored Barney wallpaper," she mumbled as she tapped her chin in thought, "But I guess it won't hurt us to check." This said, she phased Xel, Fi and herself to Dynast's lair.

Different reactions from everyone as they stood in a perfectly white throne room with ice glass mirrors, ice glass windows and.. uhhmmm.. ice slippery floor and walls .. Filia eye's went wide as she began shivering, her cat whiskers getting completely frozen as she bit Xel's coat to pull it over herself as he held her.

Meanwhile, Xelloss was contenting himself with looking around, "Such lame decoration," he tsked, "I think Hellmaster and Dolphin-sama need to redo this place.." he blinked down at the shivering cat and chuckled, "Cold, are we not? Want me to make you feel more comfortable?" he purred at her, mocking tone in his voice. Even though he was mocking her, it had the desired effect, Filia blushed and the ice on her whiskers evaporated instantly, "My, my Fi-chan.. What ARE you thinking about at this precise moment?"

The beastmaster ignored both her companions as the drakitty hissed and pulled out her mini mace, proceeding to bash the priest over his head repeatedly, "Both of you.. knock it off," she mumbled as she rubbed her arms and looked around.

She didn't have to wait long, because suddenly a familiar black haired mazoku appeared before them, a question mark over his head, "Oi, what are you all doing here? ." he asked, eyebrows raised as he walked neatly towards them, "It's taken me a while to fix the wreckage, so be careful," he leered Fi as he continued, "Is she house trained? I'd hate to have to clean anything else out."

Zelas growled at his question, "What are we doing here?! Being COLD!!" she twitched and hugged herself.

Filia sweatdroped at the mazoku ice lord's house trained comment, "Oi.. that is low," she mumbled as she hid her face inside the cloak.

"I see all of you have grown as sense of humour," said Dynast as he rolled his eyes, turning towards Zelas, "I thought you wanted me out of your island, Zelas . it became clear after you made your priest take MY orb away from me.." he lowered his voice to a minimum, "Stupid wolf.."

The silver haired mazoku sweatdroped, but her glare didn't decrease in force, "It's frigging cold here, and where in the nine hells are Hellrunt and Fishgirl?" she received a shrug from the ice mazoku lord, "You don't think they're back at.. O_o!!!" she didn't wait for an answer and phased off, yelling after Dynast to 'god damned RETURN to WPI to help out if he didn't want to be a dead mazoku'.

The black haired man let out a sigh and raised a hand, "Weirdo wolf.." he began to phase away, only to be stopped by Zelas, whom reappeared, covered in seaweed (Dun ask ^^;; ) and hit him over the head with her pan of death.

"I HEARD THAT!!!" she snarled at him, baring her fangs, "I'm not weird! Just. refined!" she stuck her tongue out at him, "Immature little rat.."

"Says the one who's childishly sticking her tongue out at me!" came his retort as he went nose to nose with her, baring his fangs also, "WHO'S immature now?!"

The beastmaster twitched, but smirked suddenly, eyes flashing as she didn't pull away from him, "The young act young, my dear Dy-kun.." she purred and teleported back to her lair, closely followed by a very unamused Dynast.

Filia and Xelloss were left behind to sweatdrop at the retreating mazoku lords. The first to talk was the beast priest as he rubbed the back of his head, still holding the dra-kitty up with his other hand, "Ne.. we wouldn't want to be left behind now, would we, Fi-chan?" he smiled as he began phasing away too.

"Ooooooh no.. Cepheid only knows we wouldn't want to be left behind -.-;;" mumbled the blond cat as she shivered further, "And Cepheid knows too that I want OUT of this freezing place!!" was her last shout as they disappeared from sight, leaving the cold palace in complete silence again.

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DFA: ^^ And I leave it there.. *Cheers* I love this story! So many crazy people in it!! *Runs around the room*

Dynast: -.-; I can not believe you torture me so much..

DFA: o.o *Runs to tackle glomp Dynast*

Dynast: *Sidesteps so she hits herself on a wall* .. *Sighs and walks off*

DFA: Miumoo.. X_x