"How do you expect me to read that?!"

Several birds decided now was a good time to leave the forest.

"Oh come on..." The mazoku's sarcastic yet quiet voice scared away far more birds than the loud dragon yell a second ago. "It's your handwriting. Whats the problem?"

"It is NOT my handwriting." My writing is immaculate." The dragon sat, loudily and clumsilly and tried to pick up the quill. "Stupid long claws.... They need a manicure or something."

"Oh shut up and read this." The violet haired mazoku flew up and held a revised version of the script infront of the dragons nose. Who went cross-eyed trying to focus on it.

"Filia... I can not read that when you hold it there." The dragon growled swatting Xelloss... well, Filia away and snatching the paper as it fluttered to the ground. "Doesn't seem too hard... umm..." He looked across at Filia, who had landed upside down against a tree and held the paper right up to her nose. "What does this say?"

"The." She replied not even batting an eyelid. Being bashed backwards against a tree was a fairly new experience, as was landing upside down against one.

"Oh righty oh. In that case...." The dragon began to shrink and take the form of a human. Filia was still upside down against the tree watching this. "There we go. Everything seems the right size now, more or less."

The two stayed as they were, just looking at eachother.

Filia blinked.

Xelloss blinked.

A tumbleweed rolled by.

A breeze blew and the dragon girl shivered.

"PUT SOME DAMN CLOTHES ON ME!!" Filia yelled from her upside down position.

"How?" Xelloss knew the key words to frustrating anyone who wanted you to do something were 'how' and 'why'. (alongside, 'what' ,'when', 'where' and 'sore wa himitsu desu' )

"Will some on!" She yelled back, finally uprighting herself.

"Why?"

"To preserve my decency!"

"What?"

"So people and especially YOU don't see me NAKED!"

"Why?"

"Because!!"

"I feel free! Oh, look at that..." Someone was suddenly distracted by him..no her... ah themself.

"Quit looking at that!!"

"Why?"

"Because it's MINE" Filia yelled, brandishing a great big branch. "Put some clothes on!"

"When?"

"NOOOOOOOOW!"

The power-scream sent Filia's hair flying backwards. She abruptly stopped her power-screaming when she realised that was.... exposing the situation further.

"I dont know how." he replied simply, looking up from his studies of the current body.

"Then Find some clothes and put them on!!"

"Where?"

"Here."

Xelloss looked up and was suddenly able to see nothing but black. He turned his head to look left. Black. Looked Right. Still black. looked up. Black. Looked down. chest... oh, and feet and grass.

"There's some interesting stuff in here." Filia commented throwing Xelloss a copy of his regular outfit from his bag. "Will this fit me...uh.. you?"

"It does."

"When did you... never mind... Now then. About this spring?"

"Fountain Filia, fountain. How can you find something if you dont know even what it is?"

Filia politely smacked Xelloss upside the head as the two walked off towards the next town.