This is taking place in America. Lina and
CO do know English, but they use some Japanese phrases. So it's all well
and good ?
"I hate him! I hate him! I HATE HIM!!" Lina
and Amelia watch as flames of fire appeared around Filia, making her eyes
turn pure pink.
"Er, Filia-san." Amelia tried to calm her
down.
"Filia, Filia, Filia.... You can't let him
get to you like this." Lina said.
"Sore wa himitsu desu! Sore wa himitsu desu!
Sore wa himitsu desu!" Filia balled her fist as she mimicked Xellos. "NAMAGOMI
NO BAKA!" She struck the wall with her mace.
"Er Filia..." Amelia and Lina sweatdropped.
Filia continued on ranting about how she hated Xellos. Lina and Amelia
snuck out of the room.
"I hate her! I hate her! I HATE HER!" Xellos
yelled, punching the wall with his fist. Black energy swirled around him.
"Um Xellos?" Gourry tried to get his attention.
"Seems like Xellos really does get upset."
Zelgadis commented with a grin. Xellos didn't even hear him.
"Namagomi! Namagomi! Namagomi!" Xellos's black
aura spread around him, in the shape of a cone. "DRAGON NO BAKA!" He yelled,
landing another punch on the wall.
"Er Xellos...?" Zelgadis looked up from his
book and sweatdropped. Even Gourry got irritated. They both snuck out of
the room. Xellos ranted on about how he hated Filia, not noticing he was
talking to himself.
"Hmph!" Filia and Xellos turned in the other
direction when they saw the other looking at them. Lina sighed placing
her head in her hands.
'This has been going on for days and they
are still acting like this!" She said to herself. She looked up to see
Amelia, Gourry and Zelgadis with the same expression.
'Yaaah! I can't take this anymore! If it happens
any longer, I won't be able to eat!' Lina yelled mentally. She grinned
to herself when she remembered what she and Amelia planned
"Hey Amelia! You still owe me an ice cream
cone!" Lina said to the younger girl.
"No I don.... Oh yeah I do. Well we better
get it now. Better sooner than later." Amelia sighed, playing her part
right. She got up and sweatdropped as Lina glared at her.
"Thought you were going to get away with it?"
Lina asked. The walked around the corner and Lina placed her arm around
Amelia.
"I can't stand how Filia and Xellos are acting.
So we are going to have to use THE PLAN." Lina said.
"Nani? THE PLAN? They'll kill each other if
we use THE PLAN." Amelia protested.
"That's the only way to go." Lina shook her
head sadly.
"Alright. We can do that tonight." Amelia
sighed reluctantly.
"So Gourry, Zelgadis. How are you on this
wonderful day?" Filia asked, sipping her tea.
"Great. It's nice out, ne?" Gourry answered
cheerfully. Xellos scowled.
"I guess it's alright." Zelgadis looked up,
then looked back down to his magic book. Gourry went on stealing sausage
from Lina's plate.
"Decided to ignore me, ne Filia-chan?" Xellos
asked, his eyes opened.
"No reason to talk to you, Xellos-chan." Filia
rolled her eyes.
"Oh but on a beautiful day like today, who
is there to ignore?" Xellos asked.
"Oh nobody! It's too beautiful to ignore anybody.
It's also a wonderful day to sing, ne Xellos-chan?" Filia asked, her voice
dripping with sugary sweet venom.
"Oh I have to disagree, Filia-chan. it's too
good of a day to sing." Xellos said. His voice was cheerful, but strained.
"Ooooh no! It's a perfect day to sing. *Ahem*
I want to become a bird and fly in the sky, Searching out a far-off, distant
hope..." Filia started to sing Breeze.
Xellos blinked, he assumed she would sing
like some 'life is wonderful' song.
"But if I looked down on myself, far below.
I wonder, would I only be living recklessly?" Filia's voice was getting
some feeling into the song.
"If I can look at the present in this manner,
Then even getting hurt, or what will come tomorrow won't scare me..." Xellos
added.
He always liked the song, spite the fact it
was positive. Likewise did Filia. So they easily sang together, without
realizing who was singing along with them.
"I want to go ride the wind to the ends of
my dreams, Putting on the wings called bravery. I want to keep a spirit
that can turn into a bird and gaze down. I won't lose to everyday reality!"
Filia and Xellos made it a duet their voice blending in perfectly.
"A difficult road, like it's chosen by a beast,
If the key is lost, I won't have even fallen..." Filia started the next
verse. She stood up as she said this walking to the front of the room.
"But, people are always getting confused,
and when they're alone, they lose their once-high strength." Xellos followed
her.
Amelia and Lina walked back in the breakfast
room (Ice cream in hand) And where startled by the site of Filia and Xellos,
joining hands and singing... together.
"Sure, I want to ride the winds to the ends
of my dreams, straining my eyes, called bravery. And even if I walk this
beastly difficult path, I won't lose that keep-fighting spirit." They joined
together on the duet again.
"If I can search out my tiny self so far below..."
Filia sang.
"I want to go ride the wind to the ends of
my dreams, Putting on the wings called bravery. I want to keep a spirit
that can turn into a bird and gaze down. I won't lose to everyday reality!"
They ended the song with their eyes closed.
Filia and Xellos had one of their hands stretched out; the other was holding
each other's. The people in the breakfast room clapped for Filia and Xellos,
who blinked then, looked at each other. Then down at their hands.
"Nani?" They asked, blinking.
"Beautiful! Beautiful! I'm the owner of this
hotel. This is the biggest hotel around here. We have live singing for
professionals on Wednesdays.... Oh what luck its Wednesday! How about if
you sing tonight with the professionals!" The man suggested excitedly.
"Nani?" The asked again stupidly.
"No wait. They will sing for you... If you
pay us first."
"And just who might you be?" The hotel owner
asked.
"I am Lina Inverse. Their agent." Lina's sunglasses
rested on her hair. Her shorts where ironed perfectly along with her ruby
shirt. Her face displayed her business-like attitude. The people here in
America didn't recognize the sorceress.
"Lina Inverse, eh?" The man gave her a look
over.
"I'll be willing to negotiate." Lina said.
Her voice dropped lower.
"Well... Stop by my office and we might be
able to decide something." The manager said in his best snobby voice. He
handed Lina a card.
"Will do..." The man walked off with a nod
to Filia and Xellos.
"Yatta! I'm in the money..." Lina laughed.
'The PLAN will have to wait for later.' Lina thought
"Nani, Nani, NANI??" Filia and Xellos asked.
"I cannot sing with that!" Filia exclaimed.
"It's not like I want to sing with you either."
Xellos said. "I could always teleport out anyway." Xellos teleported away.
"Nani! You can't do that! Xellos! Come back
here! I need the money!" Lina shouted after him. The people in the breakfast
room didn't notice them.
"Humph. Now what money will we make." Lina
sat down, figuring out what she was going to do to Xellos.
"First I'll choke him. Then I'll kick him.
Then I'll stuff a fireball down his throat. Then I'll-" she was cut off
by Xellos popping back in the room. He fell and landed on his butt. A stone
tablet fell with him.
"Xellos... Yahoo! We can do it now!" Lina
jumped in the air for joy.
"Lina-san! Look." Amelia picked up the tablet
while Xellos got up and rubbed his bottom.
"Do it. Signed Zelas." Amelia said, reading
the tablet aloud.
"That means... You have to sing for us, ne
Xellos?" Lina grinned evilly.
"H-Hai Lina-san!" Xellos looked at Lina's
evil grin worriedly.
"Great! Let's see. I'm your agent. Amelia
can be your, ah, uh designer! Clothes designer. And uh Gourry and Zelgadis
you are their... Bodyguards!" Lina clapped her hands.
"Ok lets get to work. Amelia! You get some
of the best clothes ready for Filia and Xellos. Gourry! Zel! You go with
Amelia and get some different clothes." Lina directed.
"Oi Lina. What's wrong with these?" Gourry
asked.
"You jellyfish! You think that's a good to
wear surfer shorts, a baggy shirt with trees on them, and sandals to be
bodyguards?!" Lina yelled at him.
"Uh..." Gourry scratched his head.
"Never mind. Don't answer it. Xellos, Filia!
You go and get some rest." Lina turned her attention to the other two.
"I will NOT work with a mazoku!" Filia folded
her arms.
"Yes. You. Will." Lina looked at her with
evil eyes. Filia stepped back and raised her arms in front of her face.
"H-h-Hai!" she answered. Xellos chuckled and
opened his mouth to say something but was silenced by Lina's eyes.
"Let's meet back here at noon!" Lina suggested.
"Hai!" Everyone agreed with forced enthusiasm.
"Amelia... Don't forget your lucky ribbon
before you go." Lina said.
"Huh? Oh no I can't forget it!" Amelia said
in panic. She ran off towards their rooms.
"Wait Amelia you forgot the key!" Lina ran
off after her.
"Women..." Gourry and Zelgadis sweatdropped.
Filia and Xellos turned around to walk off but instead bumped heads.
"Ano... Filia, Has anyone ever told you, you
have a hard head." Xellos asked rubbing his forehead.
"Why you! Argh!" She pulled out her mace and
it connected with his skull.
"Don't forget to write!" Xellos called as
he flew out the window. Filia stalked off.
"We may have to plan the PLAN later." Lina
whispered to Amelia in Amelia's room.
"Well we might be able to pull it off." Amelia
said. "I've got an idea." She told Lina her idea and a smile appeared on
Lina's face.
"Oh great! Maybe this would help them appreciate
each other." Lina said gleefully.
"Or kill each other." Amelia gulped.
"Haha… Don't worry." Lina stood up and waved
her hand around. Amelia nodded.
"Miss Lina! Miss Lina!" Daniel, the owner,
came running towards Lina in a panic.
"Nani? What is it?" Lina asked.
"The singers. The singers we were going to
use had to cancel out. We need you to sing for us tonight." Daniel said.
"Nani! We can't sing!" Lina argued.
"Fifty percent raise." The owner said folding
his arms.
"You got some singers." Lina said immediately
"I will not sing out in front of those people."
Zelgadis frowned.
"Come on Zelgadis… We are getting paid." Lina
wheedled.
"Zelgadis-San, please?" Amelia looked at him
with watery eyes. Zelgadis sighed reluctantly.
"Yatta! Let's see… Gourry! Did you figure
out what we can sing?" Lina said turning to her best friend.
"Hmm, I figured we can sing these three, after
those other songs… " Gourry showed her the program.
Lina's chin dropped. 'Well, he knows more
than I thought.' She thought with a smile.
"That's great! Amelia! Go see how our duet
are doing now." Lina directed.
"Hai!" Amelia went off to where Filia and
Xellos where practicing.
"…That's not right, Namagomi!" She heard Filia
say.
"Oooh! And you're saying you are doing it
right?" Xellos asked her.
"I shouldn't get mad! That's what he wants!"
Filia said aloud, to herself.
"Filia-san! Xellos-san! You can't argue now!
It's almost time to start." Amelia cried out, rushing into the room.
"But…" Filia and Xellos yelled.
"No buts about it." Amelia shook her head,
hand on hip. "In the name of justice you will practice!" She said, jumping
on a microphone. She saw them about to protest.
"Now!" She growled with evil justice eyes.
"Yes Ma'am!" They agreed. They immediately
started singing, 'Don't be discouraged.'
"Beautiful! Beautiful! Now remember, after
you take a bow, take each other's hand and wave to the crowd, then walk
off." Amelia said.
"Nani?" Filia yelled.
"I will not hold that, violent dragon's hand."
Xellos frowned.
"Not like I wanna hold a baka namagomi hand
either!" Filia folded her arms.
"Yes you will!" Amelia's eyes turned evil
again. Filia and Xellos gulped and Amelia walked out of the room.
Take
me back
