Lina yawned, and stretched when she woke up in the morning. She was much more cheerful, having had a decent night's sleep for once in a few days. She smiled, and rubbed her eyes. Lina crawled out of the tent, and looked around.

The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and it was a great day. She knew for a fact that she would get a huge meal today when she found a town. She had a gut instinct that told her she would find a town.

Lina looked around for Gourry. There were three others tents around, and she searched each one to no avail. "Where'd he go?" Lina asked herself, her hands on her hips. She thought back to the night before. She recalled telling Gourry to go away, that she never wanted to see him again. "Did that stupid jellyfish take me seriously?"

She sighed, and said, "Maybe he went ahead and found a town. He's waiting for me there. We'll eat, and then we'll keep going!" She perked up, and started following a side trail, which was left by the bandits. Since they had loot, they must have come from a town, meaning there was one nearby.

Lina walked, almost jogging, for about half an hour, when she looked down from the hill she was climbing, and saw a town laid out below her.

"FOOD!" Lina shouted. She ran down the other side of the hill, and charged into the town. She looked left and right for a tavern. When she found one, she plopped down in a chair, and shouted, "GIVE ME THREE SERVINGS OF EVERYTHING! AND HURRY UP!"

The poor waitress carried in huge trays laden with food, one after another, and Lina devoured them as quickly as they came. After the food stopped coming, Lina ordered dessert, and finished it all off with a tall mug of coffee. Then she hurried upstairs to the baths, and dove in after throwing her clothes in a corner.

"AH! This feels GREAT!" she said, relaxing in the hot waters. She put her arms behind her head, and sank down to her chin in the wonderfully soothing water. She closed her eyes, and let herself relish in the warm baths for near-on half an hour. It was then that she remembered Gourry.

"I wonder where he got to?" she asked herself. "Oh, well! He'll show up tomorrow. He's probably staying at a different inn."

Then she dragged herself out of the water, changed into some extremely comfortable woolen pajamas, and crawled into a feather bed. It took her less than a minute to fall asleep beneath the warm blankets.

AN: Like I said, the whole POV thingy makes a lot of these chapters short! I'm sorry if it gets kind of annoying to some of you, but I gotta make this look right, ya know? Hehe... um... R&R?

-Shira ^_^