This is a short one that requires some explaining first. I was talking to my friend Ami online, complaining about how my Sound Bible II skips. Since someone on a mailing list I'm a part of had said that they thought that Valgarv wailed in his songs, I typed "::wails like Valgarv::" and she responded with "::imagines Jala as backup for Val::" and so for our own inside amusement this little episode was concocted.
The time came for Valgarv's performance. His call time was announced and he looked up, Jala continually teleporting around him, hugging him and disappearing before he could push her away. She remained asking various odd questions which angered the Mazoku more and more by the minute, as she had been doing for the last ten minutes or so.
"So.....do you or do you NOT rub your horn against trees like a buck?!"
"Does your horn get stuck in the tree?"
"How many shirts do you rip before you successfully get one on?"
Did you know your blueish hair and orangey eyes are complimentary colors?"
"If you're half Ancient Dragon and half Mazoku, does that mean you hate yourself or just everyone ELSE for no apparent reason other than being a Mazoku?"
"Hey, where are you -- oh, it's time to get on stage!"
Valgarv growled low, muttering a long string of epithets directed towards his back-up singer, who, oblivious, followed in his wake, still firing question after question at him as she teleported along. Grimly, with even more hate in him than usual, he stood in place, awaiting the curtain being raised. Jala suddenly teleported off as she saw Zelgadis walking by, hugging him immediately.
"Zeru-chan!" she said cheerily. She waved to Gourry, who was stepping offstage, having finished one of his own songs, Set Me Free. "That was great, Gou-chan!" As the buzzer rang for a last minute call to the stage, Jala huffed and teleported back to where she was supposed to be.
The crowd cheered as light was shed upon Valgarv in the fore and in the background, Jala and a few others who were to back him up in the song. In particular a group of girls dressed as Filia were clustered very near the stage, looking up in awe at him, calling, "Valgarv-sama!" and swooning. Jala couldn't help but chuckle.
The music began playing, and the audience all accompanied Valgarv in singing, though they were all drowned out by the sheer volume that the speakers were pumping out. At the ending words, "Uchikoroshitewa any time...." immediately there were shouts of "Encore!"; however, because of Valgarv's already more-seething-than-usual mood, the curtain was lowered quickly. No one wanted to risk getting wounded or even killed by an angry Mazoku. Well...all save Jala that is, who seemed completely impervious to such a daunting proposition. The hateful blue-haired wonder had already attempted on several occasions to blow Jala into smithereens, but due to her ability to teleport and her Phoenix Shield spell he hadn't succeeded.
Jala clung merrily to his arm, and as he began his string of curses against her, simultaneously moving to grab her, she saw Zelgadis again and meowed, teleporting instantly over to him, completely forgetting about her attempted "friendship" with Valgarv. The Mazoku sulkily retreated to his dressing room, sitting down and picking up his cherry clackers, lowering and raising them slowly, creating a soft click clack as he plotted many deaths for the ever-annoying elf.