~ A/N: I haven't thought about a sequel to KH, and this is basically a fanfic dedicated to a hardcore LG fan, who had a GREAT site for them, but it had been pulled down. I never got to say how good it was to them, face to face, so… I made this in dedication. It will be different in some parts, but a little same in others. ~
Chapter One.
The dirt below the group was hot, and hard, the foliage around them was... nothing but a few twigs and bushes with thorns. The sky had darkened tremendously, and the shadowed figure above them watched amusedly, the smirk was evident, the being chuckled at their states, watching them rather... cruelly. Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun lied there, bleeding from many places. The biggest wound being the one on her chest where her heart would be. She made no signs of movement or even breathing. Her head hung limply to the side while more blood poured from her wounds.
Filia Ul Copt's eyes were wide open, staring into nothing, as blood rolled down her chin. Her clothing was torn and ripped in multiple places, as was her arms and legs. Her throat had been slit; and she had been dead for quite some time now. Her hair was knotted and blood stained, as she was lying in a pool of her own blood. The ryuuzoku gave no movement, and her chest did not rise, either. Zelgadis Graywords stared downward, as a hard cough came from the chimera's throat, clutching the raven-haired princess's body to him weakly. He was covered in crimson blood, tan clothing ripped and shredded. A soft sound escaped from him as he tried to hang on to consciousness.
Gourry Gabriev was panting, the sword's blade being pressed into the ground, holding him up, on his knees. He was also holding his right shoulder, which was bleeding, as was some other wounds on his legs, and left arm. He didn't seem to be in the best of shape. Lina Inverse had a diminutive groan flee from her throat, wincing. Her scintillating titian strands of hair were intertwined with the sanguine liquid, which was obviously identified as blood. Gashes adorned her Lilliputian bodice, and she didn't look pleased at all. She attempted to use her wounded arms to thrust herself upward from the ground; Lina wasn't the type to lie around and give up anyway, even if it did hurt tremendously. She lifted her cranium, rubicund orbs narrowed into a menacing glare.
The being lifted up the elongated wooden-like object, and phased from where he was, appearing behind Zelgadis, in a quick swing, the object went down, and cut the mere chimera in half. Once that was done, he phased behind Gourry, and drove the end into his back, the tip piercing his armor, and appearing out the front. The being pulled the object out, and phased back to where he had earlier been. Zelgadis had no time to mutter, nor say a word, as the halves collapsed to the ground. Gourry fell forward, releasing the sword. However, he muttered, and coughed, staying alive, for a few moments, as his eyes rested on Lina, and then he closed them, he lifted his head slightly, and uttered a single word; "Lina…" before his head fell, going rather still.
Lina's eyes immediately snapped open, staring at the newly deceased chimera for a moment, and then switching her stunned gaze towards the blonde swordsman. He lips parted as if she was about to speak, but all that merely came out were tiny squeaks. They were all dead; all of them... and like hell, even if she didn't come out victorious, would it be worth it? Emitting a deep sigh, Lina tore her gaze away from the corpses and finally forced herself to her feet. She wanted revenge, indeed.
The being chuckled, smiling down at the diminutive sorceress, "So... you're finally going to stand and fight, after you let your friends die, mm?" He purred, the smirk lingering on his facial expression. Lina clenched a fist together firmly; the familiar boost chant not heard being uttered from her lips as her talismans illuminated themselves with the usual crimson glow. She tried... she tried to keep them alive, she really did... but trying didn't work this time, did it? And now since they were all gone, especially her self-proclaimed protector, she wanted to perish as well… "Akumu no ou no hitokake yo. Sora no imashime tokihanatareshi... Kooreru kuroki utsuro no yaiba yo..." The being remained in the sky where he was, chuckling in amusement, "Oh, my, my, my..." He purred, his eyes remaining open, as he stared down at her. "This is quite fun, Lina, dear."
Lina snarled, sending the shadowy silhouette a venomous glower, sparks of lightning appearing around her fist; a sphere of void forming within her grasp. "Waga chikara, waga mi to narite tomo ni horobi no michi o ayuman, kamigami no tamashii sura mo uchikudak! RAGNA BLADE!" She thrusted her arm forward, the spell taking shape of the lethal, gargantuan blade, this was indeed draining her… but it didn't matter. She ran as quickly as her svelte legs took her and leaped upward, attempting to swing the massive blade of dark matter onto him.
The attack hit the being's arm and shoulder, and ripped through both, so that the arm would seem to evaporate. He seemed to laugh, using the other hand to bring up the elongated staff. "It's been fun, Lina-san, but now your life ends." He had muttered, as he drove it into her chest. Lina's sylphlike appendages released the voluminous spell, which had eventually vanished into absolutely nothing. The diminutive sorceress emitted gasp of pain, limply falling onto the mild terrain. Gomen ne, minna... I tried... Shutting her eyes, the hostile Dragon Spooker took her last intake of breath, before finally passing away.
Lina jolted upright from her previous position, clutching her blanket firmly. "Whaaaaaaat... was that?" She panted a little, but rapidly calmed herself down, slumping. That was really eccentric... never knew my imagination could generate dreams like that or something... She muttered, kicking the covers off her lower torso. "I need to stop watching too much TV..." Lina mused to herself, and emitted a small yawn, stretching. The ringing on Lina's alarm clock seemed to have been going for the last past four minutes, when she clearly heard the stomps up the stairs. "LINA! Waaaaaaaake up!" The older woman had ordered, pounding on her door.
Lina sweat dropped a little and quickly shut the clock off, flinching at her sibling's demand. "I'm awake, I'm awake...!" She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and eventually got off the bed, slumping towards her desk which had her uniform thrown on the chair. "If I could, I would shoot the person who invented school..." The older sibling; Luna, had been working a part time job for quite some time now, that their parents had perished. "Hurry up, you're going to make us both late. You also need to eat breakfast..." She hissed, and, with another pound, she headed down stairs to the kitchen.
Lina wrinkled her nose and quickly removed her night clothing, dressing herself into the usual school uniform. "Skirts... skirts, and MORE skirts..." She grumbled to herself, a bit annoyed. Lina was never the kind of girl that was fond of them in the first place. She quickly ran a brush through her tresses and placed her headband and earrings on, scampering out the door and to the bathroom to do her usual routine. Luna stormed up to the bathroom. "Lina! Hurry up! God... I thought -I- took long... I swear, if I'm late for work..." She growled, and stomped back down to the kitchen, where she packed a fifth lunch for Lina.
Lina gulped and rapidly finished her task, sprinting out of the bathroom. "I'm out, I'm out...!" Lina quickly darted down the stairs and slowly peeked her head into the kitchen. I think Sis has her time of the month... and... That basically translates to--Lina-chan, you're screwed. She sighed a little and walked into the kitchen completely, plopping herself onto a seat. Luna set a couple of plates in front of Lina. "Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat!" She hissed, running around the kitchen. "When I drop you off, I have to stop by the store... Would you hurry up and eat?! I can't be late!" She shoved a candy bar into her mouth, drinking an entire cup of coffee.
Lina began digging in ravenously, for the sake of her life. Obviously, the temperamental adolescent held a gargantuan amount of fear towards her elder sister, and she valued her butt very much. Receiving a 'punishment' wasn't very fun, "I'm eating! I'm eating!" It didn't take long for the redhead to finish devouring, and once she was done, she pushed the plates away from her, wiping her mouth with a napkin. "Done."
Luna shoved Lina's five lunches into her case, which she shoved into her arms. "Hurry up and go get in the car!" She hissed, snatching the keys and running upstairs for her purse. Lina nodded silently and immediately darted out of the house, stumbling towards the car. I'm gonna have to get use to this for a veeery long while... She opened the car door and plopped herself inside, shutting it after she entered. She slumped a little, closing her eyes. "Homework... Schoolwork... it all equals hell..."
In just a few seconds after she got into it, Luna appeared and locked the front door, running over and getting into the car. She set her purse down, and turned the car on, immediately backing up. "I thought you weren't allowed to wear bandana's to school?" Lina cracked an eye open, straightening herself properly. She set her case onto her lap, shrugging a bit. "That never stopped me before." Luna shrugged, and... As the signs said 45 MPH, Luna decided she had to go faster. And... Luna had pressed down on the gas, and they were now going 75 MPH. She made it across a yellow light, and upon reaching the school, jerked the steering will to the right... and the car began to spin. It stopped, with the passenger's side facing the sidewalk, and the car itself was placed correctly there. "There."
Lina was pretty much seen horrified, clutching the seatbelt firmly. "L-Luna... I think... you... y-you overdid the whole action-movie stunt!" Nodding a few times, Lina immediately opened the car and desperately stumbled out, clutching her ebony case against her chest protectively. She kicked the door shut, slumping. Luna stuck her tongue out at Lina from the car, waved, and drove off quickly. On the pavement, were the marks that the wheels left. Sadly, Lina was an hour and a half early for school.
Lina stared ahead for a moment and collapsed on her knees, holding her head. Her expression was exceedingly menacing, which revealed her nice, sharp little fangs. "Why me?! WHY?! I COULD STILL BE SLEEPING!"
~ The Seyruun house. ~
The spiffy, pink alarm clock with blue fuzzies on the top began to ring in Amelia's room. Her dad, the mayor of Seyruun, was taking a well-deserved vacation, and moved her here where she was born. Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun sat up and groggily groped around for her alarm clock to turn it off. After that was completed she just sat in bed for a few moments, trying to wake herself up fully. It was then that she remembered the dream she had which caused her to blush a little, "Maybe I shouldn't read so much shoujo manga..." She glanced at her calendar then giggled, "That's right! It's the first day of school. Which means a chance to open the doors to education and making new friends!" She hopped out of bed and slid on some fuzzy pink slippers while straightening out the wrinkles on her star print pajamas.
Her father popped in his large head. "I made breakfast, daughter!" He piped. "You've got an hour before school starts!" And he shut the door, rather cheerfully. Amelia smiled, "Alright, thanks daddy!" She was rather perky considering it was the first day of school -and- it was pretty early in the morning… She was very weird indeed! She scampered over to her closet and pulled out her school uniform, clean and crisp on a hanger. She set the outfit down on a chair in her room then went into her bathroom for the usual morning routine.
~ The Graywords Shrine. ~
The darkened room was slightly lit as the older, yet seemingly 'middle aged' man walked in. He shifted his robes as he gazed at the sleeping figure in the bed, and opened the curtains. "Wake up, it's morning. First day of your public school." He had muttered, slightly. This was Rezo Graywords, the priest of the town, who keeps 'evil demons' away, as there had been no attacks on the town since he arrived, in all truth, there had been no attacks at all. Zelgadis Graywords emitted a few grumbles, sitting up in bed. He rubbed his eyes and yawned. Why couldn't Rezo just keep him with home school? "... All right... I'm up..." he murred, running a hand through his hair, he didn't want to go to school, he was much happier here... He got up and began to gather his clothes.
Rezo walked over, and gazed down at him. "Make friends, alright? And don't cause any trouble. I don't want to be called during my meditation to pick you up for getting into a fight." He chuckled, and walked out after patting his head. "You have time to get ready and dressed, so don't hurry yourself." Zelgadis sighed. "Why would -I- get in a fight... They always start it first..." He whined slightly, heading into the bathroom in his room to change. Once he was done he came back out and searched the, already messy, room for different books and supplies to bring to school.
~ The School. ~
A group of boys walked to a tree, not too close to the red head, and not too far away, where they began to speak to each other. "So, that's the 'Fiery Chaos' that hurt my little brother? It's a -girl-?" He nearly choked at the thought, gazing at Lina. "She's so small, how could she beat someone up!" Lina didn't really notice. She was rather bored and annoyed. The hostile girl spent her first moments here at the school devouring one of her lunches, but was fiddling with the bag boredly. She finally decided to crumble it up and toss it over her shoulder, scratching her head. Is it time to go home yet?
The boy that had recently spoken walked over to Lina. "Oi." He jabbed her in the back. "You're Fiery Chaos, right? The girl that beat up some boys at the middle school you were in." Lina completely twirled around, gritting her teeth. Did he just TOUCH her? "Yeah, what of it, bub?" She snorted lightly, crossing her arms. He glared at her. "I'm here to kick your ass for hurting my brother..." He paused, and stared at her chest area, and began to laugh, -loudly-. "THIS... GIRL... this flat-chested GIRL beat up guys?! I can't BELIEVE this!" For a moment, all was heard was this boy's hysteric laughter, until the others began to laugh as well.
Lina twitched faintly, closing an eye. She unfolded her arms and dropped her case, cracking her knuckles. "I've seen your kind before... ALL you little dimwits do is talk smack and be perverted jerks, always commenting on the chest. Well, listen up pal. At least try a feeble attempt to come up with a DECENT insult on a girl that could easily hurt you, just like I did to your brother, ne?" She smirked faintly, nearing them. "So... how about this, should I whoop your butt now, or later?" The boy cackled, patting Lina's head. "Don't worry, little girl, we're not supposed to hit a girl like you, especially someone with no chest!" They all began to laugh again, and one or two fell over, holding their stomachs, and gasping for air.
Lina clenched her fists, and did something that'd shut them up. She promptly slammed her knee into the boy's family jewels. "I can't believe such an adorable girl like myself be forced to deal with these idiots..." The boy that was hit released a yelp, and grabbed that spot, falling to his knees. "W-why you...." He hissed, his body twitching rapidly as the other boys began to surround her. "That's not fair! Hitting below the belt!" One growled. "We'll have to teach her a lesson, then!"
Lina smiled innocently, dusting her hands off. "Well, I'd like to see you try, hm?" She placed a hand on her hip, "Let's see you little boys actually FIGHT like a man!" The boys took a step towards her, until one collapsed to the ground, which clearly shocked the others, and all jerked around to see who did it. Lina blinked repeatedly, turning her head. She too, was curious as to what occurred. "Nani...?" Gourry placed a hand on the side of his head, shaking it. "This is sad... a group of guys surrounding a girl... not very fair." The guys all snorted, and one glared at Lina. "You got your boyfriend on us? Some girl that beat up guys, I bet you got him on everyone!" He snorted, as the others glared at Gourry. The one she had hit in that spot finally stood. "Get him! Ignore the stupid flat-chest! Once we're done with him, it's payback for what she did to me!"
Lina stomped her foot. "What the heck are you talking about?! I don't even KNOW this guy, you jack--..." She immediately stopped speaking, once she actually had a good look at Gourry. That... guy... Completely forgetting what was currently happening, Lina's lips curled downward to form a frown, and she just stared at Gourry intently. That's the same guy that was in that dream... Gourry blinked a few times, pretty much confused. "Boyfriend? Wha?" The group was about to attack Gourry, when a teacher came by. "Oh no, not again..." She groaned. "You all! Stop!" She had yelled, and the boys all glared at Gourry and Lina. "We'll get you two again!" One had hissed, and they all ran, followed by the teacher, who was only in high heels.
Lina shook her head a little, breaking away from her trance. She blinked at the fleeing throng of males, snorting. "Jerks..." Gourry scratched his head, blinking a few times. "Err.... hey? You alright?" It was quiet now, besides a few cars showing up, but not as many as it would be, as they still had a little less than an hour for school to start. Lina bent down to grab her case, and then gazed back at him. "Yeah... but y'know, you didn't have to do that. I had the situation perfectly handled." She scrunched her nose a little, feeling something rather... eccentric.
Gourry crossed his arms, blinking still. "Well.... it didn't seem like you did from where I was, that many guys around a girl? You could have taken care of all of 'em? Sound's... kind of weird to me." Lina sweat dropped a little, "Y'know, if you haven't noticed, not every girl is helpless. Anyway!" She turned around, gazing around. "You can go back and do whatever you were doing!" However, as the blonde haired teen was about to leave, a similar boy to him, around Lina's age, popped up and grabbed Lina's wrist. "Hey there, beautiful. Wanna' grab a soda with me after school?" Gourry blinked for a moment... realizing who that boy was and twitched slightly.
Lina stared at him a little. At least SOMEONE appreciates my beauty... Lina wiggled her wrist away from his grasp, looking bored. "Not interested." He pouted a little. "Oh, come on! Let's see a movie together." He winks at her, grinning. Gourry twitched again, and walked over, grabbing his younger brother, and dragged him away, yelling back at Lina. "Sorry about that.... he's... desperate." Lina smacked her forehead, emitting a mushroom sigh. "That was completely obvious..."
~ Seyruun House. ~
Phil, Amelia's father, put some empty plates in the sink. "If we go now, you'll end up early, but then you can make sure where your classes are so you don't get lost and be late to class!" He chuckled, smiling broadly. Amelia wiped her mouth with a napkin and nodded, "Right, Daddy!" She stood out of her chair and picked up her bookcase, practically hopping with excitement, "I'm ready!" Phil nodded, and hugged Amelia. "Hurry up and go to the limo waiting outside. I'd go but..." He sighed, slumping his exceedingly large shoulders and waving a hand to the five piles of papers. "Have a good day, dear!" He cheerfully piped, smiling.
Amelia pouted slightly, "Well that's okay Daddy... Thanks I will!" She went outside and walked over the limo. She didn't wait for some driver to open the door; she opened it herself then hopped into a seat and closed the door behind her. She pointed upward somehow, despite the low ceiling that a car has. "To school for education and to meet new people!" She shouted with zeal. Now, the limo driver had to deal with this when she was going to preschool, he was quite used to it. "Yes! Onto the education!" He chuckled, and the limo was started, and he headed to the school.
Amelia placed her bookcase in her lap and hummed some cheery tune. She reached into her bookcase and pulled out a slip of paper, her schedule. She decided to examine it to figure out what classes she had in what rooms, etc, while she waited for them to arrive at the school.
~ Graywords Shrine. ~
Rezo was heading outside. "Take your bike to school, hurry up, you might be late." He yawned, and walked outside, to the shrine that lies not too far away from the small house. Zelgadis muttered and grabbed his bookcase, walking outside. Who cares if he was late? Its not like being late on the first day would hurt him. He got on the bike and began to ride to school, he knew the path well since he had gone with Rezo a lot of times around to other peoples houses. He himself had even made a few maps out of boredom, not having any real friends.
The limo pulled up, and he let her out. Once she was out, he drove off. More people were coming, so there was quite a bit of honking, and stares at Amelia who had come out of a -limo-. Amelia hopped out of the limo, but her cheery expression faded a little when she heard all the honking and saw all the stares being directed at her... She frowned slightly, what were they so mad about? Well she wouldn't let them ruin her day! She practically skipped towards the steps of the school, swinging her bookcase at her side. Lina was simply walking beside Amelia's side unknowingly, murmuring a bit to herself. Yeah... I think I've been watching too many action movies... just a coincidence, I bet... yup...
Well... as fate would have it, a small rock had been placed in front of the area where Amelia was walking. It was jagged, so it'd point up, and could be tripped over. Amelia slowed her skipping to a normal walk, but still continued to swing her bookcase at her side. Of course she tripped over the rock being the klutz that she is. Her hands shot out in front of her to catch herself so would only skin her hands. However, she let go of her bookcase in the process and it was sent sailing through the air where it spinned once then landed smack on Lina's head. Amelia pulled herself off the ground, wincing slightly at the stinging sensation in her hands, "Oh I'm so sorry!"
Lina released a startled yelp, wobbling a little; almost at the point of stumbling off the stares. She released a diminutive squeak, rubbing her head, "Itai... grrr... watch where you're going, girl!" She huffed a little and picked up Amelia's briefcase, holding it up. "Here." Nonetheless, she looked rather annoyed. The people that seen, began to laugh, pointing at the two girls. One of them had been one of the boys that surrounded Lina just earlier. He sneered at Lina, but cackled, and hurried off to tell the others.
Amelia looked at her hands to make sure they weren't bleeding which they weren't. She took her bookcase from Lina, "Thanks! I'm Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun! Who are you?" She smiled slightly, even if it wasn't the most conventional way of meeting someone it was still meeting someone! She frowned when she heard all the laughing then glanced around her for the source. She pointed at one of the people laughing, "How dare you laugh at the misfortune of others! That's cruel and unjust! But, hopefully if a similar experience happens to you, you'll learn the error of your ways!"
Lina smacked her forehead. Who IS this girl...? "Lina... Lina Inverse... and let me handle this..." She snorted a little and turned around completely, "YO, MORONS! Keep laughing and I'll slice your tongue off with a butter knife and staple it to your foreheads!" Immediately, all mouths closed, and everyone ran. "This girl is insane!" "The people in white clothes should come and get her..." Amelia sweat dropped, "Well um... That was certainly a pretty... graphic way of getting them to stop laughing but it worked, Lina-san!" She felt like doing another Justice speech from the people's last few comments but ignored it for once. "Hmm… I wonder if we have any classes together?"
Lina smiled brightly. "That teaches them!" She twisted around to face Amelia, positioning her arms behind her head. "What's your name anyway?"
Sadly to say, all spots to hook the bikes up are taken, leaving Zel with nowhere to 'park' his. Zelgadis glared at the other bikes. "Tch. Those people should take cars!" He got off his and looked around, staring at Amelia and Lina for a second... they... were familiar... oh well. He probably saw them on one of his trips. He shrugged and continued looking for a place to put his bike; he couldn't just leave it out! A girl... with an extremely large chest walked over and removed a too girly bike. "You can use mine." She winked at Zel, and giggled, moving away with her bike, waving her hips as she went.
Zelgadis sweat dropped and blushed slightly, staring after her. He shook his head and put the bike in the spot. Some people are just weird, he thought as he began to walk to the door of the school, past Amelia and Lina. School passed rather slowly, and, oddly enough, Lina and Amelia had all the same classes. It is now lunch, and everyone else can clearly meet now. Amelia came out of the line for lunch with a tray of nice 'healthy' cafeteria food. She scanned around the cafeteria and was lucky enough to find an empty table where she sat down. Lina squealed a little and plopped herself down in Amelia's table, taking out her lunch from her case. "YAY! Lunch! One of my favorite times of the daaaaaaay next to breakfast and supper!" She grinned childishly, quickly opening the bags. "La ti daaaaa... oi, Amelia! What'd they give you for lunch?"
Zelgadis came out of the lunch line as well, with not a lot of food at all, and sat at an empty table near where Amelia and Lina were sitting. He put the tray down and took out one of his books, setting it next to the tray. Gourry was just sitting somewhere, yawning, and began to eat whatever he was having for lunch. A few girls sat down at the table Lina and Amelia were in, they seemed to be cheerleaders, and a girl with long, black hair with light green eyes sat beside them. At once, the two began to speak about how cute all the football players were.
Amelia looked down at her tray and blinked, "Spaghetti... a roll... salad and jello." She sweat dropped a little at the cheerleader's conversations. She gazed around the cafeteria for no particular reason then spotted Zel and Gourry. "Lina-san, look at those two guys, sitting all by themselves! We should ask them to join us, we have plenty of room!" Lina blinked, following Amelia's gaze. Hm. It's that guy from this morning... and I don't know who the hell that is, but screw it… She shrugged a little and called out, "Oi! You two, the one with the long blonde hair, and the other one with the book!" She pointed towards Gourry and Zel, beckoning them over. "Wanna join us?" Blunt, isn't she? "And Amelia... can I have your jello?" She asked innocently, batting her eyelashes. She simply ignored the cheerleaders; she was never fond of them...
Zelgadis jerked and looked up... Who knows why they wanted him to come. "... Ah... No thanks. I'm fine here." He then went back to eating. Gourry didn't seem to hear, after finishing off his lunch, he moved the tray back, placed his forehead on his arms, and began to snore. The cheerleaders continued to talk about the jocks, until the quiet one had blurted out, staring over at Gourry. "I think he's cute!" And then she blushed exceedingly, covering her mouth. "G-gomen nasai..." She whispered, lowering her head. However, this caused the other two to laugh, and pat her on the shoulder. "It's okay, Sylphiel. I'm sure he likes you too!" They all giggled, and then the one with soft brown hair gazed over at Lina and Amelia. "Oi... we have two open spots..."
Amelia frowned a little from their lack of response then looked down at her jello, which she hadn't started eating yet. "But I like jello..." She pouted, but somehow she knew that there was no telling Lina no when it came to food. She began eating and sweat dropped to herself at the cheerleader's conversation... How could they think that guy liked her when they hadn't even met? She decided not to question it... She blinked when she heard their last comment... Her... Cheerleading? ... Well she certainly was the type and it would be fun cheering and lifting people's spirits... But cheerleaders had the generalization of being ditzy...
Lina shrugged at them. "Right, whatever. Your loss." She was going to divert her attention back towards her food, but the other female temporarily distracted her. "Nooo thanks!" Lina muttered a bit, but quickly returned to her state of bliss as she began devouring her food ravenously. Zelgadis finished his food and pushed the tray away, opening his book and reading silently... He hoped the rest of the day would go only this calmly... More so, the rest of the school year. However, the cheerleader didn't like being turned down, Lina and Amelia both looked like they would be light enough to be thrown, which she needed. She hissed at Lina, "Well, fine. We don't need a pig on the team, anyway." She snorted, and looked back to Amelia. "What about you?" Amelia was half way through her meal by then. She blinked... Again cheerleading seemed temping but... Their outfits were so... shameless. "No thanks..."
Lina ceased her eating and gave off a twitch, grabbing a plastic cup of pudding. Getting up, Lina simply dumped it on the girl's hair. "Woops... my hand slipped." There goes my pudding… Zelgadis looked up from his book, sweat dropping slightly... Were they always that crazy? He really wished Rezo had let him stay with home schooling... but at least it was interesting to watch. He just prayed he didn't get involved. With a scream, the cheerleader jumped up, knocking Sylphiel off the bench. The woman growled, and grabbed her tray full of food, and threw the tray at Lina's face. "JERK!" She hissed, while the other cheerleader cried. "That's so mean!" Sylphiel blinked a few times, and sniffled. Amelia squeaked, pushing her only half eaten tray aside so she could stand on the table. She began waving her arms around frantically, "Stop it, Stop it!" she shouted... She hoped she could end it before it got too out of hand. Lina immediately grabbed the tray before it came in contact with her face and pushed it back, lifting her foot up to slam it against the cheerleader's stomach. "THAT'S what you get for calling me a pig, lady!"
Zelgadis began to snicker slightly; they were acting so -stupid-... The cheerleader screamed, and fell back onto the ground. "ITAI!" She yelped, as the other began to wail. "HELP! THIS LADY IS BEATING US!" Amelia sweat dropped... Well she definitely didn't want to be a cheerleader now. She pointed at one of the cheerleaders, "That's a lie! You were the first to insult Lina-san just because she didn't want to be a cheerleader so naturally she felt the need to retaliate! ... Though she did over do it..." Lina thrusted her foot straight into the girl's nose, not completely conscious of the chaos she was causing. "This teaches you NOT to mess with Lina Inverse, got that clear?!"
Zelgadis closed the book after putting one of his bookmarks in it, and watched the fighting ensue. "Lina Inverse...." Came a smooth reply from the group of teens now watching. "Why MUST you continue to cause chaos every school you go to? And why am I always hired to be your principal?" The elongated tresses of gold could be seen clearly as the woman pushed her way through. "Ms. Ul Copt!" Squealed the wailing cheerleader. "She beat us!" "I know, I know... I have seen all that happened." She rubbed her temples, giving Lina a steady glare.
Amelia squeaked slightly and quickly got off the table... Oh no. The principal? She put her hands on her face. Oh I hope they don't call daddy... On the first day of school even! Lina froze for a moment, twitching. Eh... oh no, HER again?! NAAAAAAAANI?! Is she attempting to stalk me to make my life miserable?! Lina gulped and turned around gradually, placing her hands behind her and putting on the most adorable and innocent face she could put up. "Ehehe... Hi Ms. Ul Copt! Funny seeing you here, ne? Ehehe... hehe..." In trouble on the first day of school… AGAIN... Luna's gonna murder meeee... Zelgadis sweat dropped and hurriedly opened his book, reading it. He didn't want to get in trouble, oh no.
Filia stepped over, and grabbed Lina's wrist, and dragged her over, while glaring at Amelia. "You, down, now!" She grumbled, and then re-directed her glare to Lina. "You're coming with me." As Filia began to walk off, the cheerleader got up and glared at Lina. "Bye, bye, Miss Piggy! Hope you explode from eating so much!" Amelia tried to follow them, "Wait, Ms. Ul Copt! The cheerleaders instigated it! They insulted Lina-san because she didn't want to be a cheerleader... So Lina-san poured her pudding on one of them... and well you saw the rest. It would be Unjust to punish only Lina-san when they started it and tried to put their tray in Lina-san's face!"
Lina hissed and wiggled her wrist away from Filia's grasp, thrusting her middle finger out rudely towards the female. "Firebaaall--... er... nani?" She blinked a few times, briefly seeing a faint flicker of flame generating at the tip of her finger. What in the name of... Of course, she was the only one who spotted the ludicrous moment. Zelgadis watched from his book, smirking slightly. At least they are the ones that got in trouble, not him. Rezo can't get mad at him for anything. Filia rolled her eyes, and smacked Lina lightly. "I don't care, Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun, but this girl ALWAYS does something, whether another person did it or not first. She has to finish it." She grabbed Lina's wrist again, and dragged her away. The cheerleader blinked. "Fireball? What the hell is that?" Sylphiel, for a moment, stared at Lina. "I think... I know her..."
Amelia frowned, "But they're exaggerating too! I'm not asking you to let Lina-san get away with no punishment but they deserve to be punished too!" Lina allowed herself to be dragged away, staring stupidly at her hand. I'm going insane... did I just... nah... just... my imagination! Yup...! No more video games for me! I wonder if I could do that again tho--NO! It's just my imagination... I hope... wait, no I do--WHY AM I TALKING TO MYSELF IN MY HEAD?! Filia sighed, rubbing her forehead. "I know who they are. Once I teach this pain a lesson, somehow, I'll get to them."
Lina shook her head quickly, diverting her attention towards Filia, "What're you gonna do to me THIS time?"
Filia grinned rather evilly at Lina. "Something painful... something not even your -SISTER- would do...." Filia had been Lina's principal, caretaker on rare occasions, for quite some time. She even knew Lina's parents before they died, as Luna and herself were good friends, and the Inverse's were one of the best of her friends, as well. After an incident when she was a teen and had an unplanned child, Filia counted on them, and that was how she met Lina.
Amelia pushed her tray away after she had confirmed that -someone-, namely herself, had stepped in it. Well Lina seemed to have a past as a troublemaker... but she still seems like a good friend nonetheless.
Lina's face went rather pale, and she began attempting to squirm her wrist away from Filia's firm hold. "N-no! C'mon Filiaaa--er... Ms. Ul Copt! I already had enough of Luna's punishment's last week! C'MON! You're my buddy, aren't'cha?!" She yelled those out, in desperate attempt to make Filia change her mind, "I'll do anything!" Filia, now entering a hall, grinned at Lina, deviously. "Oh? -Anything-, Lina?" Lina twitched faintly, her shoulders slumping. "Anything that doesn't have to do with embarrassment..." Filia dragged Lina to her office, and locked the door behind her. "I'll make it where your teachers also do not give you homework for a week..."
Lina quirked a brow, "What's the catch?" Filia smirked. "You...." Lina twitched, "I?" Filia got a cat-like expression, "Have...." Lina wrinkled her nose, "To...?" Filia began to cackle. "Clean my house, take care of Val, even though he's only three years younger, AND do his chores. You also have to go -everywhere- I go. You don't even have to do homework for a week!" Lina's head went massive. "I REFUSE!" Filia snorted, folding her arms. "Then you have detention for two months, and four months of homework, EVERY night." Lina pointed to her accusingly. "That's blackmail! You're not supposed to blackmail students!"
Filia rolled her eyes. "No one will know. And if you tell anyone, I'll simply call your sister and say you made a girl go to the hospital."
Lina whined softly, holding her head. "Demo, Filiaaaa... c'moooom..." Filia rubbed her forehead. "Fine, no chores and taking care of Val, he already hates it when I baby him. But everything else is a must." Lina closed an eye, "Can we trade the whole going wherever you go with taking care of Val?" Filia shook her head. "No." Lina released an exasperated sigh, "WHY do you need me to go wherever YOU go, huh?" She smiled. "For educational purposes. The places I go are wonderful." Lina quirked a brow, "Example, please?" Filia wagged her finger. "No." Lina tugged on her hair, "... Fine, fine. I'll do it." Filia squealed, and basically glomped Lina. "YAY!" Lina sweat dropped a little, "Oi... Filia?" She blinked a few times. "Hum?" Lina stared at her for a moment and then shook her head, "Ah... never mind." Maybe I AM just going insane... but I could've sworn I saw fire…
Filia leaned against her desk, after releasing Lina, and the bell rang. "Hurry up and go to your class before you're late. I'll call Luna and tell her that you'll be home late; you'll be spending some time with me. I'll meet you at the end of school. Don't go find a boyfriend before then." She teased, winking. "And those boys that bothered you... they've been expelled from school. All of them." Lina gaped at her, her jaw literally dropping. "Naaaani?!!" She blinked a few times. "Eh?" Lina sweat dropped. "You EXPELLED THEM? I did much worse than what they did..." Filia shook her head, "They caused a few kids to get hospitalized last year, near the end. Before I came. The teachers said they might do it again, and they had been threatening you. You -are- my close friend, so I took care of them before they could hurt you or anyone else."
Lina nodded, slowly. "Oh... well, yeah. I'm gonna go get my case and go to class!" She opened the door, gazing over her shoulder. "See ya later!" And... She scurried out. The day had passed rather quickly, nothing bad happening after that talk with Filia, and the whole thing with going with Filia was to simply go to the store with her. Now, Filia was bringing Lina home. The house was darkened as Filia pulled up, besides the light flashing from the TV. Luna's car was in the driveway, yet there were no sounds coming from the house. "... Let me guess... she's having that time of the month?" Lina slumped, sinking into the seat. "Yup...." Filia gave Lina an army helmet. "How long as she been on it?" Lina placed it upon her cranium. "I think it started today..." Filia stared at the darkened house. "You... poor thing." Lina gave her a lazy glower. "I thank you for your sympathy... anyway, I should be getting inside." She opened the car door and stepped out, straightening her skirt. Filia nodded. "Good luck." Lina kicked the door shut and huffed a little, dragging herself towards the house and to the front door. Once she arrived, she grabbed the doorknob in order to check if it was either open or locked.
Filia quickly drove off, and once Lina touched the doorknob, it was unlocked; there were extremely loud wails. "NO! DON'T! IT'S GOING TO EAT YOUUUUU! WAAAAAAAAH! JOHNNYYY! SAVE HER, DAMN YOU! YOU STUPID IDIOT!" Lina flinched a little and slowly turned the doorknob, pushing it open. She quietly crept herself inside and began to cautiously walk up the stairs. All went silent, and Lina happened to step on a squeaky step.... and there was movement behind her.
Lina narrowed her eyes a little. This is where the Dragon Spooker instincts took place... she dropped her case and immediately twisted around. "LIGHTING! ... Eer, wait..."
Luna, from the living room yelled out. "LINA! SHUT UP! I'M WATCHING A MOVIE!" However, there was a movement heading to the kitchen, but the form couldn't be seen very well.
Lina's rouge tinctured lips curled downward to form a frown, her eyebrow arched in slight puzzlement. If Luna was there... then who was that? She slowly walked down the steps once again, entering the kitchen. The form lifted itself onto the counter, and the moonlight had shined down upon it. From there, she could see the hair, similar to Luna's cut, but the color was a darker shade of purple, and rather dull. Their clothing was... different, something that seemed familiar to her, but... she couldn't place it. Lina's eyes widened considerably, planting her hand against the wall to frantically search for the light switch, her sanguine gaze locked onto the unknown silhouette. She hissed a little, narrowing her eyes. A robber? ...
The light turned on, and there sat a purple haired man, holding a staff, and a smile. His eyes are closed, and his legs are crossed at the knees. "Hello there, Lina-san. It's been a while, hasn't it?" Lina's arm dropped to the side, the frown continuing to stain her facial exterior. She took a diminutive step forward, tossing a portion of her tresses over her shoulder. "And... What do you mean by 'It's been awhile', hm?" The individual chuckled. "You know what I mean, or have you forgotten? Which is more likely... returning to this world." He opened an amethyst eye, looking at her. "You look the same, a little younger, but the same as when we had last spoke."
Lina cocked her head to the side, her lips switching from a frown to the infamous smirk she often wore. "Look, pal... I have no idea -who- you are, or -what- you're talking about... would you just do me a favor and cut the crud?" She took note of his optics, which made her twitch. They certainly weren't normal... but they certainly were familiar. "You're not human, are you? It's either that, or you got contacts, or my mind's been warped by video games..." (Don't worry kids; video games don't warp your minds! Really!) He raised his hand, and pressed a finger against his lips. "Sore wa... himitsu desu!" And, he vanished. By this time, Luna came in, in bright, pink pajamas, and bonked Lina on the head, holding a pillow. She had been crying, so her hair was sticking to her cheeks. "Stop talking to yourself. I don't want the neighbors thinking you're insane."
Lina didn't even flinch at Luna's bonk. The Lilliputian girl looked quite bewildered, and her gaze wouldn't leave the area that the 'man' previously occupied... So, he isn't ningen... Luna blinked, and set the pillow on the table, and began poking Lina repeatedly. "Liiiiiiiina? Did you die? I don't want to be alone!" Luna began to wail, clinging to Lina's arm. "It's been so horrible without mom or dad! And now you've left me too! Why must this world be so CRUEL to me?!" Oh yes... extremely -bad- mood swings…
Lina broke away from her thoughts, startled by her elder sibling's sudden action and not completely usual change of mood. But she wasn't exceedingly surprised; Luna was often in these kinds of moods when she experienced the dreaded time of the month. Lina patted the older female's head lightly, the smirk replaced by another frown. "Don't worry! I'm right here! And now, I just think I'll go to my room and attempt to calculate how much sanity I have left before I utterly snap...." Luna whimpered, sniffling. "O-okay... if you die during the night... Remember big sister loves you!" She wailed, and grabbed the pillow, running back to the living room.
Lina smacked her forehead, the usual mushroom sigh escaping her lips. "Right, right..." I don't know WHICH is scarier, when she's in this mood or when she's pissed off... Shaking her head a little, Lina gave the kitchen one last look and walked out, shutting the lights off. She began walking back up the stairs as well, and grabbed her case. Once she reached her bedroom, she immediately turned out the light to make sure no freak was lurking around it. "Eh..." The room was empty, besides her things, however... her bed looked like someone had been sitting in it recently, her clothes were moved in the closet, her chair was pulled away, and her alarm clock was also on the bed. The pillows were on the ground, and her jewelry had been thrown around on the ground.
Lina threw her case across the room, rather annoyed. "NANI?! Who the hell's been into my--... I shouldn't ask myself that... I bet it was that creep..." She growled a little and began picking up her discarded items, placing them into their rightful places. Lina's window was also half way opened, and there sat a small owl. Lina wrinkled her nose, cautiously walking over to the window. With all the grotesque events occurring to her lately, like the whole fireball and lighting shouts, along with the disappearing act the mysterious male performed, she did seem pretty paranoid. "What's a bird doing here..." The owl hooted, looking up at her with large golden eyes. Lina grumbled a little, waving her arms. "Shoo! Go away!" The owl hooted again, and flew onto her bed.
Lina twitched and stepped towards her bed, waving her arms at it frantically. "Go AWAY you feathery little…!" The owl flew off her bed, and out the window. However... it left a nice little present on her blanket. Lina tugged on her hair, emitting a frustrated yell. "GRYAAAAAH!" And so, Lina finally cleans up the mess in her room, including the owl droppings. Lina sighed a little and leaned against the wall, slumping down until she was completely seated onto the floor. "I think I just got myself in one of the biggest dilemmas without even trying..." There was a knock at her door. "Lina?" Lina Inverse blinked towards the door, scratching her cheek. "Yeah?" There was a pause, and then a groan. "Did you hear anything?"
Lina stood up, stretching. "Like?" "A scream." Came the reply from the other side of the door. Lina sat down on her bed, gazing out the window. "No, besides the one I let out when an owl crapped on my bed." There was silence, before Luna began to laugh. "A-an owl crapped on your bed?!" Lina slumped a little, "Yeah, yeah. Anyway! You heard a scream?" Luna sighed. "Mm-hm. It didn't sound like you either. Lock your door and window, keep your curtains shut, and get to bed. It could be the peeping toms again." Lina nodded to herself, kicking her shoes off. "Got'cha." Luna walked down the stairs; the creak of the single step that gave away anyone could be heard as she reached the bottom. Lina wrinkled her nose, narrowing her eyes a bit. What is going oooon... She emitted a small whine and got up from her bed, shutting the window and shutting her curtains securely. "After this week's over, I have a feeling I'll be in need of psychological assistance..."
And, a storm decided to take place, and began to pour harshly. Lina banged her head against the wall harshly for a moment, "Yeah! Great! A nice storm to compliment my already paranoid mood! ABSOLUTELY LOVELY!" She huffed in annoyance and stomped towards her closet, yanking it open violently. She quickly removed her uniform and put on her usual pajamas, which were rather large on her. Thunder clapped and a few lightning flashes could be seen, and all were silent besides the storm. Lina yanked the covers off her bed and plopped herself down comfortably after shutting off the lights. She laid on her back, her eyes scanning each direction carefully as her eyes slowly became adjusted to the darkness. Yeah, she was paranoid all right.
Nothing moved in the darkness, and the rain continued to come down. The step squeaked again as Luna made her way up, and into her bedroom. Lina murmured a little, closing a lid over a ruby orb. "I'm just way too paranoid... blah... I shouldn't worry about this... I need some sleep." The storm continued, and no movements were made. Lina emitted a little yawn and finally closed the other eye, drifting off into a light doze.
~ Character Profiles. ~
(Remember, this is –just- their incarnated life. Not past-wise.)
Lina Inverse.
Nickname: Fiery Chaos.
Age: Fifteen.
Grade: Ninth, freshmen.
Attire: She wears a pair of dark blue jeans, that normally have long leggings, but she has a habit of folding them up to her knees. She wears an ordinary white shirt with a crimson stripe across the chest area, and over that is this jacket-like sweater that's black. She zippers it halfway, and rolls her sleeves up to her elbows. Her shoes are normal white sneakers, and around her waist she has a loose belt; similar to the one she has on her usual sorceress attire. She does wear a bandana on her forehead, and she does have gold earrings, they're small loops.
History: Lina's mother and father had perished in a car crash, when she was only five years old. Her sister was ten, and with the help of Filia, who, at the time, was only in her mid teens, with a child, helped raise the two girls until they were old enough to take care of themselves.
Gourry Gabriev.
Nickname: Dumb Jock.
Age: Seventeen.
Grade: Eleventh, junior.
Attire: Gourry wears a loose dark blue shirt, which is buttoned up, and slightly loose jeans, kind of baggy, and cover most of his tennis shoes, which his shoes are gray. And, sometimes, he'll wear a sweatshirt with that has a hood; the sweatshirt is black, also.
History: Gourry's father left his little brother and mother when Gourry was young, his little brother is Lina's age, so he was even younger, and doesn't remember much. Gourry's mother is also an exceedingly nice woman. Not much to say here, besides that he hasn't had much bad things really happen to him, besides losing his father.
Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun.
Nickname: No nickname.
Age: Fifteen.
Grade: Ninth, freshmen.
Attire: Two pink bracelets without the big blue things and white sneakers. The shirt is pink, and her pants are Capris, white. The shirt is like a normal shirt, tight and stuff. And the sleeves stop at the elbows. Two strings falling from the sleeves, transparent.
History: Amelia's mother died from an illness when she was younger, and her older sister had run away from home. Her father's the Mayor of Seyruun, but they tried to go take a break from it all by moving to the town she grew up in.
Zelgadis Graywords.
Nickname: No nickname.
Age: Seventeen.
Grade: Eleventh, junior.
Attire: Zel wears a light blue shirt, with dark purple stripes on the end of his sleeves, and the bottom of the shirt. He wears gray colored jeans, or more like a very faded blue, black sneakers and black fingerless gloves.
History: Zelgadis' mother and father left him when he was young, giving him to his grandfather. He was basically an accident, but his grandfather took care of him like he was his son. Zelgadis had been mostly home schooled, until Rezo thought Zelgadis should get more friends.
~ School Uniforms. ~
Girls:
Imagine the usual skirt attire, however… the person that made these was quite the pervert, and the skirt ended up being extremely small, middle of their thighs area, a little shorter than that. The shirts are good size, long sleeved, and/or short sleeved. The colors of the cups of the sleeves, and that one area that sailors use… are a dark indigo color, as is the skirt.
The boys are rather simple, indigo jump suit, like in IY/YYH. That's basically all about the boys. See? Simple.
~ A/N: I hope you all liked this chapter, etc, etc… it's taken me a while to actually get it all up. My friends Rped this with me to make it better, this fanfic is all planned out, so hopefully the chapters will be uploaded more often. Because I'm not completely finished with Chapter two, there are two Reviews I have to talk about/answer.
Lina Gabriev – Actually… I didn't put nickname there, because Zel didn't have any friends to give him one. But I'll just put no nickname anyway. Sylphiel died after the others. The murderer was tying off any loose ends; it'll be explained better in later chapters, just hold on! ^^ ~