Chapter 4
The sun beamed down, almost glaring upon the young sorceress, Lina Inverse. She groaned softly, not in the least bit ready to awaken fully. Her position was so comfortable all after, so snug, so warm, and oh so blissful. She purred, not wanting to leave the strong arms wrapped around her small body. She sighed. This was so...wait a minute.strong arms? Lina popped open one eye, and the first thing in her sight was blue. Blue skin, dotted with small, dark pebbles, and as she looked further she caught a glimpse of wiry strands of violet. She could take quite an intelligent guess at whom it was, though the face of her blueskined captor was buried in her hair.
Lina turned bloody red in the face.She was.she was in Zelgadis's arms? But how, and when? When she'd fallen asleep last night, there was no one with her. Could he have found her.no..why would he come back from his cure journeys to see her? Maybe he was just passing and saw her? It is true that Zel wouldn't pass by without first acknowledging her presence, but cuddling? There was something definitely wrong with this picture.but.why'd it feel so right. 'Ohhh no, I'm not gonna think like that. I dun care how good it feels.'
Suddenly remembering to be angry, the vein above Lina's open eye began twitch, and her fists curled in a ball.and an evil grin spread across her face.
"FIREBALL!!!"
Zel was startled awake by the impact of the flames as he went rolling over and over on the ground. When he'd stopped moving, his head was tucked under his arms and his buddy scrunched in a ball. He lifted his arm to take a peak at what was going on. He winced at what he saw.
Lina was standing over him, her eyes hidden from her bangs that were usually kept up by her head band. But the blood red blush on her face was quite evident.and so was the evil incarnate smile that'd make Xellos swell with pride.
Zel winced again as he saw the fireball hovering in her hand, waiting to blast him again if the explaination he was about to give was the wrong one.
"Now.Lina.I can explain."
"Then I suggest you start Zel," she said a little too sweetly.
He gulped. "You see, I was tracking you down and I found you here and you looked so cold and I just couldn't leave you like that and I.."
"Wait a minute," she interrupted, "you were tracking me down?"
Relieved that Lina changed the subject, Zel sighed inwardly. He came out of his fetal position and sat up, looking up at Lina, noting with great relief that she'd dispelled the fireball. "Yes, I was. I tracked you all the way from Zephilia."
"Zephilia? What were you doing in Zephilia?"
"Looking for you, naturally," Zel smirked. That was another thing that would never change about Lina, she was never herself in the mornings until she had breakfast. Anything else was just a cranky imitation.
Lina glared at him. "Don't be a smart ass. You're already in the frying pan, don't make me light the fire."
"Yes ma'm!" She gave him a look.
"Anyway. Why were you looking for me?"
Oh boy, here it comes. He blushed a little in embarrassment. He hated admitting the need for assistance in something he swore he'd do alone, especially when it was Lina he was admitting it to. But he was desperate, there he was nowhere else for him to turn.
"I.I need your help."
"You want MY help? Oh that's a new one," she said as she sat down infront of him, resting her head on the back of her hands, eager to hear what he had to say, "So what is it you need my help with? Money? A new spell?"
"New spell."
"So you have a new spell you want me to help you decipher?"
"Not exactly, I need you to help me find one."
"So you're asking me to help you look for your cure? That it?"
"Yes.and I know what you're gonna laugh in my face and tell me to get a life, but please just hear me out Lina, I have no where else to turn and.," she held up a finger to stop his rambling. A small smile lit her face as she looked at him, a certain little twinkle in her ruby eyes.
Zel gave her a questioning look, wondering what in the world she was thinking.
"Who said I wouldn't help you?"
"But.I thought."
"Please Zel. Give me some credit. Aren't I supposed to be your friend?"
"Yes."
"Alright then, case closed. Of course I'll help you, Zel!" She thwanked him over the head with a slipper she pulled from out of nowhere. "How dare you think any less of me!"
Zel laughed. "Still the same old Lina."
"And you expected me to change? Ha! I will always remain the beautiful sorcery genious, Lina Inverse." She held up a V-sign to prove it.
'Oh how right you are,' Zelgadis thought to himself.
He was grinning like an idiot now, but he didn't care. And something told him, he'd be feeling this way a whole lot more in the coming days.
End Chapter 4
The sun beamed down, almost glaring upon the young sorceress, Lina Inverse. She groaned softly, not in the least bit ready to awaken fully. Her position was so comfortable all after, so snug, so warm, and oh so blissful. She purred, not wanting to leave the strong arms wrapped around her small body. She sighed. This was so...wait a minute.strong arms? Lina popped open one eye, and the first thing in her sight was blue. Blue skin, dotted with small, dark pebbles, and as she looked further she caught a glimpse of wiry strands of violet. She could take quite an intelligent guess at whom it was, though the face of her blueskined captor was buried in her hair.
Lina turned bloody red in the face.She was.she was in Zelgadis's arms? But how, and when? When she'd fallen asleep last night, there was no one with her. Could he have found her.no..why would he come back from his cure journeys to see her? Maybe he was just passing and saw her? It is true that Zel wouldn't pass by without first acknowledging her presence, but cuddling? There was something definitely wrong with this picture.but.why'd it feel so right. 'Ohhh no, I'm not gonna think like that. I dun care how good it feels.'
Suddenly remembering to be angry, the vein above Lina's open eye began twitch, and her fists curled in a ball.and an evil grin spread across her face.
"FIREBALL!!!"
Zel was startled awake by the impact of the flames as he went rolling over and over on the ground. When he'd stopped moving, his head was tucked under his arms and his buddy scrunched in a ball. He lifted his arm to take a peak at what was going on. He winced at what he saw.
Lina was standing over him, her eyes hidden from her bangs that were usually kept up by her head band. But the blood red blush on her face was quite evident.and so was the evil incarnate smile that'd make Xellos swell with pride.
Zel winced again as he saw the fireball hovering in her hand, waiting to blast him again if the explaination he was about to give was the wrong one.
"Now.Lina.I can explain."
"Then I suggest you start Zel," she said a little too sweetly.
He gulped. "You see, I was tracking you down and I found you here and you looked so cold and I just couldn't leave you like that and I.."
"Wait a minute," she interrupted, "you were tracking me down?"
Relieved that Lina changed the subject, Zel sighed inwardly. He came out of his fetal position and sat up, looking up at Lina, noting with great relief that she'd dispelled the fireball. "Yes, I was. I tracked you all the way from Zephilia."
"Zephilia? What were you doing in Zephilia?"
"Looking for you, naturally," Zel smirked. That was another thing that would never change about Lina, she was never herself in the mornings until she had breakfast. Anything else was just a cranky imitation.
Lina glared at him. "Don't be a smart ass. You're already in the frying pan, don't make me light the fire."
"Yes ma'm!" She gave him a look.
"Anyway. Why were you looking for me?"
Oh boy, here it comes. He blushed a little in embarrassment. He hated admitting the need for assistance in something he swore he'd do alone, especially when it was Lina he was admitting it to. But he was desperate, there he was nowhere else for him to turn.
"I.I need your help."
"You want MY help? Oh that's a new one," she said as she sat down infront of him, resting her head on the back of her hands, eager to hear what he had to say, "So what is it you need my help with? Money? A new spell?"
"New spell."
"So you have a new spell you want me to help you decipher?"
"Not exactly, I need you to help me find one."
"So you're asking me to help you look for your cure? That it?"
"Yes.and I know what you're gonna laugh in my face and tell me to get a life, but please just hear me out Lina, I have no where else to turn and.," she held up a finger to stop his rambling. A small smile lit her face as she looked at him, a certain little twinkle in her ruby eyes.
Zel gave her a questioning look, wondering what in the world she was thinking.
"Who said I wouldn't help you?"
"But.I thought."
"Please Zel. Give me some credit. Aren't I supposed to be your friend?"
"Yes."
"Alright then, case closed. Of course I'll help you, Zel!" She thwanked him over the head with a slipper she pulled from out of nowhere. "How dare you think any less of me!"
Zel laughed. "Still the same old Lina."
"And you expected me to change? Ha! I will always remain the beautiful sorcery genious, Lina Inverse." She held up a V-sign to prove it.
'Oh how right you are,' Zelgadis thought to himself.
He was grinning like an idiot now, but he didn't care. And something told him, he'd be feeling this way a whole lot more in the coming days.
End Chapter 4
