Hello Everyone!!! Welcome back and thank you for reading my first chptr of my first typed fanfic! In case you haven't notice...my characters are ooc....sorry if I had disappointed you. And yes...it's a Lina/Zel fic...with some Sylphiel/Gourry, Filia/Val, and Amelia/with Zel's cousin, Aez. Well....on with the fanfic!! !!Adios!! ~Miss "L"
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Lina' Nightmare Rhapsody
Chapter 2
They finally reached camp and noticed the guys were picking up their traveling packs.
"We found a nice-sized cave for all of us to fit in." Val explained.
"Yeah, Val said it's going to rain hard tonight so we gathered plenty of firewood into the cave." Gourry added enthusiastically.
"Wow....looks like we're going to have a feast tonight." Aez couldn't believe it when he saw them coming towards them.
"So I've noticed. Well, we better be going, we still need to start the camp fire and cook the fish before the rain ruins our meal."
"If you say so Zel." Lina gave him a weak smile.
They hurried to their shelter and commenced with the fire just a couple of feet away from it.
"FIREBALL!" Lina gave a small spell towards the kindling while the rest starts to skewer the herbed fish and mushrooms.
"Ewwwww....I smell like fish." Amelia scrunched up her delicate nose.
"I understand your predicament Amelia. I smell like I was in a swamp for days!" Sylphiel felt slightly embarrassed for not honoring the code of a clean temple shrine maiden.
"Not only the fish smell to, but I feel.....blech....like one too." Fila felt gross when she noticed when she saw her soiled her gloves after she wiped her forehead with them.
"Then it's agreed....let's go back to the lake and take a bath before the winds pick up...deal?"
"Deal!!" the three girls squealed and followed Lina back to the small lake via Ray Wing.
"Women....go figure." Aez commented when they almost knocked the men down from their rapid speed.
"Why do they have to be so....hygienic about everything every single hour?" Val snorted.
Zel just shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know...maybe it has to do with their genetics or it's just one of those mysteries women have."
"Well, at least they'll smell much better and nicer than we do."
The guys practically snapped their necks to look at Gourry, surprised that he just defended the girls' cleanliness behavior. At that moment, each one sniffed his clothes without letting the other three know what he was doing. Their faces scrunched up in disgust.
"I think we better take a quick bath ourselves." the wisest one suggested.
An image of themselves appeared in their minds, spying on their dear water nymphs, frolicking in their towels, the guys blushed and tilted their heads up before they begin to nosebleed. Then, as on que of what might happened if they were to be discovered, they distinctly heard a small explosion nearby. Lina cast a Fireball to warm up the water.
"But we better wait for the girls to return before we get Dragon Slaved by Lina." recommended as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
Then, a picture of themselves caught by the girls, screaming bloody murder, a furious Lina casting her deadly spell at them and...well....they shuddered at Zel's advice once they snapped back to reality. As they waited, they placed the fish next to the fire. About twenty five minutes later..
"Hey guys! We're back" their fearless leader crowed in her usual chirpy manner.
"That's good."
"Um....we'll...be...back."
"Yeah...we...um..."
"Need to do something really quick."
The females looked dumbfounded as their male companions rapidly cast Ray Wing towards the lake. Zel and Val carried Gourry while Aez flew at his cousin's side.
"Whatever." they muttered and either they shrugged their shoulders or rolled their eyes.
They sat by the crackling fire drying their hair and checking the fish at the same time.
"They're almost done."
"Good, but we better removed them or they'll get burned before they come back." Sylphiel picked up their meal and neatly laid them on three large leaves, they followed suit.
'Oh please hurry guys...before they're going to bug me again.'
"Lina?"
'Ugh...too late' *sigh* "Yes, Amelia?"
"Why are you ashamed to tell Zelgadiss ab..."
"Can we just drop it please?...I really don't feel like talking about it...let's just talk about something else, eh?"
Lina let out another sigh as she went to a pack, took out a small tea kettle and a water skin. She emptied out the liquid into the kettle and placed onto the heated stones.
"So Sylph, when do you think Gourry will propose to you? It's been another
year already and he hasn't even dropped nor picked up any hints 'bout marriage."
The meek maiden blushed.
"Well...I...don't know. You know how Gourry dear is."
"Yeah, yeah. We know how st...er...um...not too quick to catch on to anything." Lina cracked a smile.
"Do you want us to try or do you want the guys to handle this?" Amelia inquired.
"Thank you all but no...that's quite alright...maybe he'll get the idea in a couple of weeks. I have this feeling he'll be ready by that time."
They smiled at their shy friend.
"That's great!"
"Lina?"
"Huh?" fearing what Sylphiel might ask about her professing her love to a certain handsome chimera.
"What did you pickup at today's raid."
She let a sigh of relief.
"Oh...the usual you know...gold and silver pieces, a couple of gems, and a mirror."
".....?" was shown on their sweet faces.
She pulled it out of her black cape and handed it to them.
"It's very pretty."
"Ooohh...how lovely!"
"Why Lina! I knew you were slightly vain, but a mirror?" Filia replied.
"My question is why would bandits carry such a personal item?"
"My theory is because of it's gold and gems, Zel's theory is because of some kind of magic power it holds. But I didn't sense it to be used as such."
Filia, Sylphiel and Amelia just shrugged their shoulders and each one look at her own reflection. They were fixing themselves up making, Lina laughed.
"And you gals were calling me vain?"
The three blushed slightly and the last girl to hold it handed back to her. She put it away. After placing the fish back to finish cooking…..
"Lina, I think we seriously need to talk ab...."
"Oh no...not again." she groaned, interrupting Amelia's sentence.
But before Amelia was going to reprimand her and begin to start all over, the guys returned.
"Hi!"
"We're baaackk!"
"Miss us?"
The princess, the shrine maiden, and the ex-priestess gave a disappointed look as the sorceress gave a relieved one.
"Well yeah!"
The males smiled, then the three girls smiled as they seen the redhead smiling but of a teasing way. Knowing her.....
"Now that you guys came back all nice and clean and smelling fresh."
Then they froze up and blushed, the girls just smirked. Lina glanced at Zel, both smiling weakly then turn away to her/his own secluded spots. Amelia got up and walked towards Aez, her thoughts running happily into mind.
'You can really tell the family resemblance except their both have somewhat of different behaviors yet at the same time similar. Aez is a bit taller than Zelgadiss and the color of both eyes and hair are different, but I love him for him, not because of my play brother. All this time, I finally found my prince, just like he predicted.' she let out a dreamy sigh.
"Hi Ame-chan, miss me?"
"Of course, I do, why wouldn't I?" they gave each other a hug and a gentle yet shy kiss.
By the warm fire, a golden dragon stole a steady glance at a long, aqua-green haired who-is-currently-put it-in-a-ponytail, cute ancient dragon (an: his hair isn't spiked up, loose like he was once before Valgaav and no horn...I thought since Filia's tail pops out when she's angry, Val's horn will do the same).
'He looks the same as before but he doesn't have any of that terrible, evil mazuko traits and his golden-wheat eyes are more brilliant, gentle, and so full of life. So...handsome.' she blushed at the thought.
However, he caught her blushing and in-the-clouds gaze, Val walked towards a very pretty, now-blushing harder Filia realized she was caught due to her carelessness.
"Um...hello." he spoke meekly.
"Hhhhi." she stuttered.
"Can I....join you? Unless you object?" he asked softly but sincerely.
She smiled, "Please do."
Both dragons blushed once he sat down next to her but not too close respectable space, well that is until now.
"Can you guys scoot over a little more? We want to sit near the fire as well."
They did so as Sylphiel gave Gourry his meal and both sat down next to each other.
"Hey guys... can you move down a bit please?"
They made room for Aez and Amelia while they hold four fish-on-a-stick at each hand. Once again they sat back down...
"Oops.. sorry Val, I didn't mean to..."
"That's okay Gourry. I'll just move a little further down." 'Not that I mind' he thought happily.
The two unsuspected shy victims didn't know that it was just a little trick for them to get a little too close together until it's too late (hehehe....ooh..I just love doing this ^_~), they each can feel the closeness and when both looked up to start a conversation to ease up a bit. They gazed into each other eyes and quickly turn to look at the fire instead, blushing like crazy. The other two couples and two angsty sorcerers snickered and sighed lovingly a bit at their dragon friends. As on que, six pair of eyes turned to see Lina and Zelgadiss at a not-so-close distance with their backs at each other as they quietly ate their meal, then he got up and walked towards the forest while she saw him doing so but refuse to acknowledge. They all sighed in annoyance.
"Them two....they just have too much pride." Aez whispered low to his lady love's ear, she nodded.
"Have you talked to him?"
"Yeah. Gourry, Val and I did what the three of you told us, but he refused to talk about it by changing topics and telling us to mind our own business. How about you? Any luck?" They continued to whisper.
"*shake of head* No. Lina also wants to drop it and switch conversations as well. ...Honestly, those two, they're the most intelligent of our group and they're acting like they are afraid of each other."
"Maybe they are." they sighed.
"I assumed you want us to try again?"
"Yes, we're going try again as well." Amelia laid her head on his shoulder and then suddenly remembered about something as she glanced at the blonde and dark brunette.
"Oh!" She got up and signaled him to follow her until they were a safe distance away from the couple that were sitting next to them.
"I almost forgot, did Gourry find an engagement ring for Sylphiel yet?"
"Yup. He said that she deserves nothing but the best."
"How wonderful!" she whispered excitedly.
"Let's finish eating, shall we? We don't anyone know what we already know." Both teenagers walked hand in hand back to their seated spots.
Once everybody finished with dinner and Zelgadiss returned back to camp, Lina started with the nightly assignments.
"Amelia, you take first watch. Aez, you can either join her or take second watch." Lina gave the love birds a certain glance, making both blushed.
"I'll take the second one since it seems that you and Amelia will end up watch together which will be a good idea considering Amelia will most likely fall asleep anyways." The mentioned person was ready to protest that remark when Aez quickly whispered to her not too.
"Gourry, you get third then, and Zel...."
Zel hastily interrupted "I'll take third, Lina."
'Finally, first move!' thought everybody exasperatedly.
Lina just looked at him blankly then shrugged it off.
"Fine, your choice Zel. Gourry will take the last watch."
"Yeah, I could use a nap right now anyways." a chain reaction had begun from the others since they seen their buddy blonde yawning.
"Alrighty then!...*yawn*...I'm hitting the sack. Goodnight all."
All bid the petite sleepyhead pleasant dreams as she entered the cave. The sound and touch of rain droplets softly falling unto the conversing crew (minus one shaman chimera, and yes, he went back out.), warns them to go to the dry cave before it's too late. Each one took a chore before entering into their dark and cool lodging.
"It's cold and I can't really see anyth...*thump* Oww..."
"Are you okay, Gourry-dear?"
"Do you mind? Your stepping on my foot."
"Ooops! Sorry, Aez."
"Eeeekkk!....Watch your hands there buddy!!"
"Sorry Filia...it just that I....hey what's thi..."
"EEEEEKKK! *SLAAAPPPP*"
"OWW....OWWWIEEE!!!"
"GOURRY! YOU IDIOT!! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME YOU HENTAI!!!"
"AAHHH! Sooorrryy Liinaa...but I ca..."
"GOURRY!! *slap* We're not even engaged!"
"Gee....I'm sorry Sylphiel, I didn't mean to do th..."
Came another shriek and yet another slap.
"OOUUCCH!"
"GOURRYY!!"
"But I didn't touch you Amelia! Well…at least I think I didn't."
"Errggghh!! My eye!!"
"Sorry Val." then an idea formed in his head from the constant slaps, scolding, and bruises.
"Listen...I'll just stand still so I won't touch or hurt anyone, okay?"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Thank the gods...!" came one unanimous vote.
"Hey...has anyone seen Zeldigado?"
"It's Zelgadiss and I'm right here."
"Whe...that's funny I don't remember a rock over here...."
"AAARGGHHHHH!!" *Wwhaacckk*
The rest of the group sweat dropped and sighed.
"GOURRYGETYOURHANDOFFOFTHERERIGHTNOWBEFOREI'LLKILLYOU!!*Whack*Whack* Pow*
"OW! OW! OOWWW!!!" *kerthunk*
After his pummeling and finally calming down, something just dawned on him.
"Has anyone even thought of casting a light spell?!"
"……" the cave turn eerily silent for a minute.
"Ummm...hehehe.."
"....??!!"
"Oops!"
"Well..er... I kinda forgot...."
"Damn it?! How come nobody thought of that sooner?!"
'Figured as much.' Zel sighed
"Never mind. Lighting!"
A soft and small glowing ball of light came from the chimera's hand and rose upwards. Zel looked at his comrades who were either sheepishly smiling or flushed with embarrassment, well, except for Gourry, who was laying on the ground with his eyes turned into little black dots swirling and various lumps on his head. He looked at his baby cousin, smirking at the crimson-cheeked Amelia.
'I wonder....knowing him.....it's the Greywers' mischievous side of him.' he grinned inwardly.
The poor beat-up swordsman groaned in pain receiving attention from his so-called friends and girlfriend.
"Oh my! Gourry-dear, are you alright?"
They reached to where his battered body lied.
"Mmmm....Mmmommy...can. another cookie?" he muttered.
"I think that's a yes."
A moment later, he woke up as his beloved tended to his bruises.
"Wow Zel! You sure pack a wallop!" as he gently rubbed his lumps on his noggin.
"Serves you right you Hentai."
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Hi!! It's me again....I'm trying to make this chptr slightly funny....So...what do you think? Thanks for reading.... Miss "L" ^_^
8/11/02--
I updated again....you know, formatting and stuff...hope it'll come out better. Thanks to all for their encouragement!!! Adios!! ~~Miss "L"
