The Song that Brings Your Heart To Mine
Lina Inverse had been through alot, she had defeated countless dark lords, stolen bandit loot, set fires, and even drank from a well of immortality.
Right after she became immortal, she had all her friends around her. Amelia Seyruun, Zelgadis Greywords, and her best friend Gourry Gabriev. The problem was, none of them were immortal, the well was only known to her and a few other select few who had enough power to use it.
Life wasn't so bad, for many years she had alot of fun. It was alittle weird though, when her friends started to get old, and she stayed young and beautiful.
She stayed young and beautiful forever.
So after she had gone to the funerals of Amelia and Gourry, she decided not to be close with anyone she used to know in fear of them dieing, in fact, she wasn't close with much of anyone.
Many of years passed, with Lina's only company being her books.
Then, the year was two-thoasand thriteen, and she was ready for a change.
She decided to apply for college and pretend to be young and live a normal life. She had had plenty of time to earn money, so that wasn't the problem. She had also been keeping up with the world, it wasn't like she lived in a hole.
Lina had a laptop, and even a wardrobe, she was confident that if she really tryed she could make new friends and be happy again.
She had gotten so bored in all those years of being alone.
So she applied for college, and got in quickly.
Soon enough, it was time for her to go to art school, she had gotten interested in art and had lots of time to practice her technigce.
Lina packed her things and set off for the college dorms of an art school in San Francisco, California.
Lina was very ready for her new and exciting life, and the best part is, if she didn't like it, she could move on to some place else.
Her room mate, whose name was London, was decent company. Lina liked to have her around. She had long straight blonde hair and she was very curvy. She had a personality similar to Amelia's. This kind of made Lina sad sometimes, but she reminded herself that this was a new life she was starting and she shouldn't be sad.
Lina enjoyed art school alot. It gave her alot of new matrieal to work with on her magic studies.
One night, she followed London and her friends to a concert.
She didn't really care much about the music, she was just bored, and decided it was better than siiting at the dorm alone.
The band was called "The Secrets." She laughed at the name, it reminded her of Xelloss and how pissed off she used to get at him when he always said : "Now that is a secret."
Lina , London and friends had frount row seats.
When the stage lights came on, she didn't notice at first who was on stage, then she heard the lead singers voice:
"Hello all my darling little angels." he said.
It can't be...
"We Love you Xelloss!" screamed the crowd.
It is!
"Today, I'm gonna sing alittle song for you called UltraViolet, I hope you all enjoy." said Xelloss.
The crowd burst into cheers and sqeauls.
When the guitarist strung a chord they all were sielent.
The man on Guitar was...Zelgadis..
The music started, and Xelloss began to sing.
"Sometimes I feel like I don't know
Sometimes I feel like checkin' out
I want to get it wrong
Can't always be strong
And love it won't be long... "
Lina couldn't believe what she was seeing, Zelgadis and Xelloss where on the stage...singing...
She smiled.
Now this, was fucking hilarious.
"Oh sugar, don't you cry
Oh child, wipe the tears from your eyes
You know I need you to be strong
And the day is as dark as the night is long
Feel like trash, you make me feel clean
I'm in the black, can't see or be seen "
When the chours came Zelgadis leaned into the microphone with Xelloss and they sang together.
"Baby, baby, baby...light my way
(alright now)
Baby, baby, baby...light my way "
There were also two other girls in the band, one was blonde, and playing the base, and the other had rainbow colored hair and was on drums.
"You bury your treasure
Where it can't be found
But your love is like a secret
That's been passed around
There is a silence that comes to a house
Where no one can sleep
I guess it's the price of love
I know it's not cheap "
All the fangirls nearly passed out when Xelloss said the word secret and opened his eyes.
"Baby, baby, baby...light my way
Baby, baby, baby...light my way
Oh...ultraviolet...
Ultraviolet...
Ultraviolet...
Ultraviolet... "
Everyone started singing along to the chorus.
Lina thought it was pretty amazing that everyone loved Xelloss so much.
"I remember
When we could sleep on stones
Now we lie together
In whispers and moans
When I was all messed up
And I had opera in my head
Your love was a light bulb
Hanging over my bed"
"This song isn't bad." Lina said to London.
"Isn't it awesome?" said London. "Now shut up I'm trying to listen."
Wow. People REALLY liked this band.
They sung the last chorus and the crowd exploded.
"Thank you, Thank you. Now this next song I would like to-"
Xelloss stopped short in his tracks when his eyes landed on Lina.
They were caught in an awkward stare for what seemed like hours.
The audience didn't know what was going on. They all looked at Lina.
"Lina..do you know him or something? Did you sleep with him?!" said London.
Lina didn't say anything back to London, she was still too suprised.
Zelgadis had to poke Xelloss to get him out of his trance.
"Hey, man, you ok?" he said.
Xelloss looked wide eyed at his friend and pointed to Lina.
"What the..it can't be her..."
The blonde girl on base walked over.
"Whats going on with you two? The crowd looks really confused. Are we gonna play or what?"
" ..sorry Catia." said Zelgadis. "Xelloss? You ready to do this?"
"I think so." said Xelloss.
The girl on drums screamed out:
" . !"
Another song started, and Lina had to excuse herself and go to the bathroom.
She splashed some water on her face, and tryed to convince herself it was a different Xelloss who looked just like the guy she used to know.
And that the guy who looked like Zelgadis was some distant relative or something.
Then she heard the song end, and she heard a voice behind her.
"Are you alright, you look alittle pale, I do have that effect on people once in a while."
She turned around.
"Just who the hell are you, and why are you in the girls bathroom talking to me!" she said.
"Oh, I think you know very well who I am Lina-chan." he said.
"I..assumed you were dead.." said Lina.
"Well, I also assumed you were dead. Considering I thought you were human. I on the other hand, am a monster, I'm immortal, it makes sense for me to be here."
"What about Zel! How is he here?" snapped Lina.
"The spell cast on him by The red Preist allows him to live forever. What about you? How are you here?" said Xelloss, opening his eyes.
"Can we talk about this some other place besides the girls bathroom? Don't you have music to play?"
"Oh. I'm on break. But your right, we must simply have coffee one day, here:"
With that, he handed her a slip of paper and disapearred
What the fucking hell...
Lina didn't know what to think, for one, she had just talked with Xelloss in the GIRLS bathroom, and now...his phone number? She didn't know what to expect, but she decided to go back to the dorm for the night and get some sleep.
...
When Lina woke up, London was glaring at her from across the room.
"What is it." snapped Lina.
"How do you know Lord Xelloss?!" said London. "Some friends of mine saw you talking with him in the girls bathroom."
"Don't worry," said Lina getting up. "I havent slept with him or anything, we aren't like that. Were just..old friends I guess you could say. I actually know Zelgadis alot better, we used to be like..best friends."
"HOW do you KNOW them?!" said London.
"Whoa..whoa..calm on down. Uhh..." Lina had to think of something fast. "Highschool."
"Really?!" said London. "That's so awesome that you went to highschool together! I'm sooo jealous. What about Zelgadis?! Were you ever with him?"
"No, I was more with our friend Gourry. He ...passed away from ...cancer though." Lina thought up.
"Oh my gosh!" squealed London. "That's so terrible!"
Lina sighed.
"Don't worry about it Lon," said Lina patting her on the head. "It was a long time ago."
Lina decided it was time for a shower so she headed to the bathroom and got into the warm water.
If there was one thing she loved about the 21st century it was hot showers.
She wrapped a towel around herself and hopped out.
She brushed her death and then went back into the dorm room.
"Hey London," she said. "What do you think of San Francisco. Do you like it?"
"It's not bad." said London. "Why do you ask?"
"Oh just curious." said Lina as she tied her hair into a messy bun and put on a black t-shirt and tryed to look for some pants.
"Uhh..Lina?" said London.
"What?" said Lina.
"That shirt has a big rip in it."
"DAMNITTTTTT!" said Lina. "All my other shirts are dirty!"
"Well, the only one I have you could wear is this one." said London, handing her a t-shirt.
"Thanks." said Lina, when she held up the t-shirt, she sighed. It said "The secrets" in purple letters across the shirt.
She found some pants and headed down to the school.
After classes, Lina headed into a cafe downtown for something to eat.
She sat down in a booth and ordered some coffee.
In a few secounds she saw Xelloss sitting across from her.
"You know Miss Lina, I've been waiting for you to call since yesterday. This is rather rude of you."
"Whaaaa!" said Lina, jolting backwards. "What are you doing here?!"
"Looking for you." he said.
"So am I," said Zelgadis, walking up to their table.
Xelloss scooted over so Zelgadis could sit down.
Zelgadis reached for her hand.
"I'm glad your alive, I was starting to think I was the only one of us left." said Zelgadis.
"So was I, I'm really glad your here Zel." said Lina with a smile.
"Zelgadis? The waitress wants to know if you want coffee." interupted Xelloss.
"OH! Yes please, with cream but no sugar." said Zelgadis.
"Anyway Lina, I didn't know you were a fan of The Secrets." said Xelloss with his signature devilish girn.
"Well, I'm not really, but you guys are pretty good. This is my friend London's shirt." explained Lina.
"Hmm, then Miss London has good taste." said Xelloss.
"The weird thing is, it seems like you and Zel get along really well, way back when you used to hate each other."
"Correction Lina, I hated him, he had nothing against me." said Zelgadis.
"Oh whatever, thats what I meant." snapped Lina.
"We met about ten years ago and decided we should do something fun. So we put together a band and recuited some other members, and since Xelloss is the lead singer, he named the band..."The Secrets."Although...I'm not a big fan of it.."
"Oh come on Zelgadis, you know you love it." said Xelloss.
"Seems like a good way to pass the time." said Lina.
"Oh, it is. It's wonderful. Don't you agree Zelgadis?" said Xelloss.
"Definatly." he said.
"I should come see you guys again." said Lina.
"Oh! Please do! And Call too! I was sitting around waiting for hours.!" said Xelloss sternly.
"He really was." whispered Zelgadis.
Lina blushed. Maybe Xelloss really was a nice guy.
"I have a grand idea Miss Lina!" said Xelloss. "Why don't you invite Miss London and you, Zelgadis and I can go to the amusement park this weekend!"
Zelgadis sighed.
"I'm sure she'd love that, I'll let her know right away and I'll call you Xelloss, I promise. I probably should be going, later you two!" said Lina.
She walked quickly out the door of the cafe with a smile on her face.
All of a sudden she heard the cafe door open again quickly and someone race out.
"Wait Lina!" said Zelgadis.
"Huh? What is it Zel?" said Lina.
"Take this." he said, handing me a piece of paper.
"Ok.." I said, alittle startled.
It had a phone number in it.
"Whats with boys giving me their numbers lately?" she thought. It was getting weird.
Well, ok, this was Zel after all, they used to be so close. It made sense, but Xelloss...that was a different story.
When she got back to the dorm, Lina was in high spirts. She was certain that London would be extremely happy about they're "date."
London pounced on her when she got in the door.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH! London! Your a human not a tiger so get the hell off of me!" Screamed Lina.
London ignored her.
"Where were you Lina? Were you with Lord Xelloss?!" she cried.
"Actually yes, and Zel too. As a matter of fact." said Lina.
"Well?! What happened?!"
"Xelloss told me to ask you if you want to come out with Me, Zel and him this weekend." said Lina.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" screeched London. "THIS IS SOOOOO AWESOME!"
She got off Lina and began hopping around the small room like a little kid.
"Yayayayayayayyayayayayay!" she said.
"Calm down London.." said Lina, sitting on her bed masusing her temples.
London stopped jumping around.
"Oh no." said London. "This is terrible."
"What is it?!" said Lina, wondering if maybe there was a hole in the floor from all her jumping.
"I ONLY HAVE TWO DAYS TO PREPARE!" said London, running all around the dorm and finally out the door screaming she was going shopping.
Lina decided this was a good time to call Xelloss, since he insisted that she call.
After the first ring was over Xelloss picked up.
"This wouldn't happen to be Lina would it?" he asked.
"Nope, it's Rezo. Of course it's me you dumb ass!"
He Chuckled.
"You never change, do you Lina?" he said. "Maybe I should write a song about that.."
Lina blushed.
"Why would you write a fucking song about me!" she shouted.
"Now That is a secret," said Xelloss.
"I hate you." said Lina. "Anyway, why did you want to talk to me so badly?"
"Oh, well, I just haven't talked to you in over..what? A thosand or so years? I've lost count."
"Yeah, I guess your right. I was pretty lonely all that time thinking it was only me. WAIT! WHY AM I TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS?!" she shouted again.
"Lina! Calm down." said Xelloss. "Anyway, did you ask Miss London is she wanted to come?"
"Yeah, she just ran out the door to go shopping. Shes super excited."
"You know, I invited her more for Zelgadis' sake. " said Xelloss. "I plan on you and I ditching them."
"What.." said Lina.
"I think it's high time we spend some time together." he said.
*End of Chapter 1*