*A/N: my first ever attempt at a fic….R&R! And no I don't own slayers so there'd be no point in suing me cuz then I'd counter-sue with something or other… ENJOY!*
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It had been a month...it felt like much, much more.
She was sitting away from the fire, it was freezing, but she didn't care...she didn't care about a lot of things since....it happened.
They didn't talk about "it" much. "It" was too painful a subject. They all stuck to small talk for the first week or so after it but no conversation had any meaning anymore, so they all just stopped trying. Their travels weren't filled with as much spunk as before...each Fireball was a mere ghost of what it used to be.
Lina was silently repressing an onslaught of tears, away from the others. She looked out towards the setting sun, the colors blurred together. It was no use, the tears came, forever engraving their path down her cheeks. Silently she cried...as she had the night before...and the night before that...she blamed herself for what had happened...
Amelia was dozing peacefully on Zel's shoulder. They had to rely on each other for comfort now. Lina was in way too deep for mere comfort, she needed an escape.
Zelgadis stood up, careful not to let Amelia drop. He placed her gently on the log and walked silently to Lina's rock, perched near a cliff. He knew she wouldn't jump...but he still needed to make sure. He didn't feel like he knew her anymore. He sat down to her left and saw she was crying again. You would think that he would be used to it by now, but that was impossible. The amount of tears she had shed was amazing; he was surprised she still had tears to spill...
He knew better than to try and talk to her. She would just look at him, with those crimson eyes...those empty crimson eyes. She would look at him. Just simply look. She was so vulnerable that it pained him to look back in her eyes.
'Why?' she had asked herself countless times, 'why...' The question echoed through her mind, forevermore...'why...'
"Why..." she asked aloud, barely a whisper..."WHY?!?!?!" She yelled suddenly as if demanding an answer from the Gods, a mix of rage and sorrow filled her before she gave and crumpled to a heap on the ground "why..." she asked again weakly beating a fist on the cold, hard ground.
Zel didn't know what to do, he picked her up and gently placed her on the rock again.
She smiled at him, a smile so filled with anguish that it hurt him. She blinked one last time, taking in every detail, one last time...
"Bliss" she whispered gently, and she then became limp. Lina Gabriev had finally escaped.
Bliss...
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*A/N: OK, you're probably wondering why the helk she's crying and all dat. Well, if you're really smart, then u noticed I hadn't put in anything about what Gourry was doing, because, well, he's dead... and that's why everyone is sad...u get? I had/have no clue how to include his death in this…and the cause, well, be creative! And as u may have guessed, Lina and Gourry had gotten married, hence "Lina Gabriev" So review n tell me how I did heh be nice! Its my first time :D *