Disclaimer: I own nothing! If anything I own the plot and OC's characters. Though I really wish I owned slayers.
Slayers: Fight!
The Road to a Birthday gift!
Chapter 1
"Gourry! That's mine!" Lina shouted as Gourry ate her off her plate as childish revenge like they always have done.
"Well, you ate off my plate, so I say it's just." He said with a triumphant smile and full mouth.
"Oh never mind, just hurry up, we promised Amelia wed meet her in Seyruun for her birthday." Lina said as she finished her meal. "Have we gotten her anything?" Gourry asked. "No, but I thought we'd pick something up for her on our way out of town."
He nodded and finished eating. They paid and left the tavern and headed out onto the streets of town.
"Let's look over here." Gourry called to Lina and started walking over to one of the stands on the street. Lina walked over and looked over the items for sale.
"Hey Lina how bout this."
Lina turned to see Gourry holding a stuffed bear, holding a sword and a shield. On the shield was the word 'justice' in bold, capital, blue letters. Gourry was holding it with a triumphant smile on his face.
"Good work Gourry." She said and bought the stuffed bear, packaged and wrapped it and the two headed out of town.
They traveled for an hour, talking, laughing and had an occasional squabble as they walked.
Lina stretched her arms up into the air and yawned, "I'm so bored."
"Well, it isn't that far to Seyruun, do you think you can wait a little bit longer till he get there Lina?" Gourry asked as he got up beside her.
"I think I ca…" Suddenly she was cut off by some one who ran out of the woods and ran into her, both of them dropping their packages.
"Lina! Are you alright?" Gourry ran, gripping the hilt of his sword as the cloaked and masked figure started to stand.
"I'm sorry about that, I…" Suddenly yelling and screaming came from the woods and he looked back, his eyes showing a hint of fear he leaned over and grabbed on of the packages and ran from Lina and Gourry, going down the path that they had just come from. They watched him ran off and suddenly a group of black cloaked men on horse back rode out and spotted them.
"YOU TWO?" One yelled, causing Lina and Gourry jump when he got their attention. "A young man ran through here, have you seen him?"
"Seen him, the guy nearly ran me over." Lina said, "He went that way." she said and pointed into the woods.
"FORWARD MEN!" the man yelled again, leading his men into the woods.
"What do you suppose that was about?" Gourry asked. "Beats me." Lina said and sighed as she stood up. "But we got to keep going or we're going to miss the cake and ice-cream."
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS AMELIA!"
Lina and Gourry clapped and cheered for Amelia as she blew out her candles. They all cheered her on as she stood straight and smiled, "So Amelia, what you wish for?" Lina asked and caused Amelia to jump. "Miss Lina, you know I can't tell you." Amelia said with a smile and a blush decorated her cheeks.
"Then what's with the blush?"
"…"
"I think I know…" Lina taunted
"No you don't!" Amelia protested.
"What? What did she wish for?" Gourry asked and leaned in as Lina turned to tell him.
"She wished for…"
"Lord Zelgadis Greywords." The Announcer called and Amelia's blushed deepened.
"Wow, you mean I was right?" Lina asked dumbfounded.
Zelgadis walked over to the three pulling down his mask and hood. Amelia and the others turned to him as he walked over to them.
"Happy birthday Amelia." He said with a smile, "Thank you Mr. Zelgadis, but, I thought that you weren't coming."
"Now why would I miss out on a friend's birthday?" he said and smiled, her blush, deepened again as silence fell over them.
Lina and Gourry then decided to make themselves known. "Hi Zel, long time, no see." Lina said and slapped him on the back, scaring him out of his wits.
"Hey." Gourry said standing next to Amelia. Zel and Amelia sighed, one out of frustration and one out of relief.
"Amelia, come open you presents dear." Prince Phil called to his daughter and Amelia smiled brightly, "Coming." She called and beckoned her friends to follow her.
"Let's see, which one will I open first?"
Meanwhile
He had lost them in the woods, thanks to that small girl and blond swordsman. He leaned against a tree and panted heavily, holding the box tightly to him. He looked down on the box and smirked, "they'll never get their hands on it now."
He slid his hand over the lid with a smile and slowly lifted the lid.
He smiled brightly as he pulled the lift the lid full off the box to find…a stuffed bear holding a shield and sword and word 'Justice' on the shield.
"What? This isn't it, where the necklace? Where's the Jinto necklace!" he took out the bear and tore though the box. He stood and looked over his path and stopped and looked back at the bear in his hands. An image of Lina as he crashed into her ran through his mind, she had a matching box to his and he picked it up. "That girl, she has it. I must find her before they do."
Back at Seyruun
Amelia had just made it to Lina and Gourry's present. She smiled, and took the lid off the box and smiled brightly, "oh Miss Lina, Mr. Gourry, thank you so much." she said and pulled out the gift.
"Well we thought that it would be a great gift for you, something special." Lina said with her eyes closed and triumphant smile on her face. Gourry looked lost, Amelia pulled out a necklace, a light blue gem on a long silver chain was pulled out of the box. But where was the bear?
"Lina, that's not what we got her." He said, whispering it in Lina's ear.
"What are you talking about, of course its…" She opened her eyes and saw the necklace "…not?"
Amelia didn't notice their lost looks as her father placed the necklace around her neck.
"What happened to the bear!" she whispered to him angrily. "I don't know, do you think that guy from before grabbed the wrong box after you both dropped your own?"
"The other guy." An image of him running into her and both of them dropped their boxes then of him running off came to mind. "Yeah that must be it, oh well, she seems happy with the gift she thinks we got her already" they both turned to see her smile at the gift. "Yeah" Gourry said as they both came to an unspoken agreement to let Amelia keep the necklace