The Mirror We See
Summary: Lina Inverse...that was his name. Why had his mother given him such a girly name? Because she'd wanted another daughter after Luna had been such a success, of course. Running off into the world, Lina looks for adventure, becoming a world known terror and Bandit Slayer, along the way, he encounters quite a few interesting faces, and befriends even stranger ones too.
Genre: Romance/Humor
Pairing: Lina(Male)/?
Rated: M
WARNING: GENDER BENDER and a very Lost and Not too Certain Authoress...you have been warned.
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Dedicated to: ObeliskX
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ANGRY?!
Lina's Furious Dragon Slave!
Part 1
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Walking down a dirt path, midnight had fallen and a chill had started to set in, it was a one way path for the ever quiet Lina Inverse who, preferred to go by his last name. There were shadows hanging from the branches and trees hovering over his small and lithe form, though he hated his height, it did give him an advantage when his foes underestimated him. His biggest grief had always been his feminine looks, though he wouldn't admit it, of course. Even if it did get him free food, free rides and even free information when in search. For instance, the information he'd received on a bandit group called the Dragon Fangs, he'd received with his smoldering amber eyes, long lashes, and fiery red hair, which he had been growing out. Getting called flat chested was something that bothered him, only for the obvious of reasons, he was supposed to be flat chested...but hey, whatever got him through one day or another.
A smirk passed his lips and he tossed the long fiery red braid over his shoulder and chuckled, the bandits before him none the wiser to what was about to take place, and because of that, he couldn't help but set up for a grand entrance. He was after all, Lina Inverse, the Sorcerer Bandit Slayer! A ball of energy forming in his hand, he took a careful step forward and shot the ball towards the campsite of his intended targets, a laugh slipping past his lips as a large explosion followed the energy balls impact, causing fires to start and debris to fall from every which way.
Appearing in the smoke and rubble, Lina stood out where they could all see him.
"You...you, you!? No, how could he find me? That damn magic using Bandit Killer...it's...it's Lina Inverse!"
"That's my name!" Lina shouted as he jumped forward and shot a fireball at the leader, scorching the man with a brilliant show of power as his followers ran and fled the scene in a desperate attempt at saving their own lives. "Heh, cowards!" He yelled, snapping his fingers and breaking apart the lock on the treasure chest in front of him. "Whatever, it's not like it really matters to me if they run or fight, I'd still kick their asses."
Pulling out a bag, he started piling all of the treasures noteworthy in the chest into the bag, "And thus, Lina Inverse the Sorcerer Supreme, dedicates his life to defeating the tyranny of evil bandit gangs. This one den of wickedness is destroyed," Lina laughed as he narrated his life and grabbed a statue from the pile and looked closely at it before standing and tossing it carefully into the bag and continuing with his speech. "But so long as evil exists in this world, Lina's battle will never end..." Stepping forward, his foot stopped on an unlucky bandits hand as he yelled out, "KEEP FIGHTING LINA! NEVER SAY DIE LINA!"
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'I'm being followed, damn...I hate when I'm delayed...punctuality is practically in my blood.' Lina rolled his eyes and popped his shoulder and then his neck before turning around and glaring, "Stop hiding and get out here. If you have something to say, then say it."
"Well now we've got you! You can't run from us!"
"Who the hell is running?!" Lina shouted out irritably, a cold glare settling upon the blue haired bandit with the eyepatch, "I guess you didn't notice, but I called you out!"
"I came here to carve out our revenge upon your flesh, but now I've changed my mind."
Raising a brow, Lina watched the man sheath his sword, "so I can go then?"
"Now wait a second! The only reason I won't fight you is because you would kill me in two seconds..."
"What do you know, an intelligent deadbeat...I'm shocked."
The bandit grit his teeth as he listened to Lina, "you know, looking at your body, I still can't believe you're a guy. Maybe some proof?"
Popping his knuckled, Lina stepped forward and punched the bandit hard in the face before turning to walk away, leaving the guy sprawled on the ground. He was going to just walk on towards the village, but the others that had come with the eye-patched idiot, had chosen that moment to intervene.
"Get him! Don't let him get away!"
'Clearly he thinks he's the newly appointed leader of the Dragon Fangs...fine, I'll play.' Lina smirked when they all surrounded him. "If you were up against a normal everyday boy, you might have had the advantage...too bad for you I'm not normal." Lina held his hand up and grinned as light pulled around his finger.
"Excuse me gentleman! But if you lay one hand on that little girl...I'll make you each pay!"
Lina frowned and turned his attention to a voluptuous blonde woman, the woman's hair fell well past her hips, and she was dressed in a long dark blue dress that had a long slit up both sides of the dress, light blue stockings came up past the slits and armor was worn over her shoulders and chest, with a pair of dark blue ankle boots on her feet.
"If you men had any sense, you would turn tail and run away, lest you meet the wrong end of my blade!" The woman turned and gave Lina a soft smile, "You needn't be afraid my dear, I will keep these monstrous men detained, you will be safe with me, young maiden."
'Young maiden? ...Wait...does she mean...me!?'
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Me: Here is chapter one...of this...this...um, here is chapter one, tell me what you think...nyan...?