Forbidden Feeling - 4
I know this one is over late by like 10 days...or more..sweatdrops But I had valid excuse!! I was in the hospital and then when I got home after being operated on, I didn't have the 'ompfh' to do it anymore. But now that that is over I feel like I can just write my heart out....but mind you, I'm still dopey. LOL Thank you for all your reviews!! They really do brighten my day.
For my Reviewers because they are such wonderful people:
Xellas M: Yay! I feel so much better now that I know I can write! Sorry that this part didn't come quickly enough!
Alexiel-sama: And continue I will!!!
MoroTheWolfGod: smiles I'm glad you enjoy my fic! It really takes alot to write. You should read the other ones I have. They are really funny. Well...One is Xelloss Angsty Goodness. LOL The other is funny.
miss_chan: Hehehehehe. I love your reviews they make me chuckle. looks at chibi you Angst can be good, especially if what comes of the angst is love. Or lust and man love. That's good too. ^_^ Too bad they took off the NC-17 parts. I am designing a webpage for my NC-17 chapters, when I write them that is. I'll tell you when I get it up alright?
Weird One: I think you really need to get off of sugar. chuckles c'est la vie, right?
insane personal: I know who you are. But I am writing more, I promise!
Yume no Zencho: Only your third? giggles I've been reading this pairing for a looooooong time. Believe me on that. I hope you like what you read, because it's really hard to write!! ^_~ I'll try to get more up I promise.
Disclaimer: They do not belong to me. Due to contrary belief. laughs But don't sue me!! Because I know that as much as those lawyers want to sue people like is, it is because of people like us that other people watch the shows we write about. Maybe that's just my opinion, but hey!! Besides, my pencil is only half sized and I now have a pack of gum...well...less than a pack now. ^_^
The morning came all too fast for everyone in the general area of the camp. Lina and Ameria woke up to the sound of some very annoying birds and could not fall asleep again for the life of them. But in their wake, they thought if they couldn't sleep, why not share the joy...and decided to wake up the mercinary body guard. Now they sat by the fire. Zelgadis still refusing to come from his own tent.
"Well, I say we tumble it over with a large gust of wind. He'll come out." Lina was unpacking a few rations that by her standards was a rather small meal, as she set out to cook some of them. Lighting the fire with a small but efficient flare arrow, she set to her own breakfast. Looking back into the bush a bit, she narrowed her eyes, catching a glint of light off of something, but she couldn't quite distinguish it.
"Yes but, I'm worried. He's usually not like this Miss Lina..Zelgadis..he seems so...troubled. Maybe we should just leave him be for today. Is it possible to camp here for another day?" Ameria looked somewhat distraught, yet for good reason, he own small crush on the chimera gently showing clearly through her soft eyes.
"He is troubled." The second the voice spoke up, the group turned their heads and stared at the shadowed figure that almost seemed to appear out of now where, "Zelgadis hasn't been sleeping well. But of course you've probably already figured that out." Smiling, as per usual, Xelloss stepped into the group and leaned back against a tree lightly, waiting for words from anyone. Over anything.
Lina, of course, was the first to speak, "Xelloss, I thought I saw something." Narrowing her eyes again she glared at him for a moment and then grinned, "Long time no see. Been busy?"
Gourry, meanwhile, was watching the entrance to Zelgadis' tent and could hear him inside. So he had been awake for a while. Why was he still in his tent? For a second Gourry started to hold suspicion against Xelloss. It was to much of a coincidence. Coincidence, was that a word? He thought he heard Lina say that once when she was in this kind of situation.
It was that particular moment, right before Xelloss chose to speak, that Zelgadis came walking out of his tent. Without even looking at any of them, he sat down and stared into the fire. "Of course he's been busy. Spawn of satan are always busy." Contempt. Tinged with hatred, confusion, and...something else. Xel opened his eyes just a crack, looking in to the eyes of the blue chimera before him. Sadness. That was it.
"Zelgadis, you know very well that I am not a spawn of satan. I am a general for a much greater being. Get up on the wrong side of the bed?" Xelloss knew he was pushing his luck, but hadn't he always pushed his luck beyond what it was? Zelgadis' head snapped up to eye Xelloss, almost as if he had been hurt by the venom-laced words that fell from the lips of the mazoku.
"No, I just woke up to hear you. I thought that was bad enough." Zelgadis could play this game of matching wits all day. It was something he was good at. Realization kicked in as he looked around the fire. Three other pairs of eyes were on him as well. Something he hadn't liked since his transformation. "What?!"
"Nothing much. Just noticing how upset you are with Xelloss. More so than usual, what did he do this time?" Of course you could count on Lina to be the most observant of the three. "I thought you would have been happy, he did go away from you for a year." Lina's eyes bore deep into his soul as he looked at her. Suddenly he understood. She...she knew. She knew what had been said.
'Damn it how could I have been so stupid to yell...that's probably what had woken her up too. Now she knows...she heard us...I wonder what she thinks? No scratch that, I don't think I want to know.' Thoughts burned through the chimera's mind, leaving trails as they ran around. He stood up abruptly and took a few steps towards Xelloss and the trees. "I'm going for a walk. I'll be back."
As he passed the cape clad mazoku he whispered ever so softly. "I hate you. But we need to talk. Find me later." His pace quickened as he made his way out into the bush and foliage of the small forest. Xelloss' eyes widened a little, although not too visibly. He could feel his own heart skip a beat. The feeling scared him, hope. What did he have to hope? That Zel wouldn't kill him on the first chance he had? Shaking it off he sat down in the spot that Zel had been in. Taking his place among the group. When he turned his head, both Lina and Gourry were glaring at him, and Ameria looking out at the place the chimera had gone.
"Xelloss, what did you do to him to make him so angry?" The firey red head's anger was now turned upon him, and this wasn't about to be pretty.
Xelloss felt a small tinge of remorse creep its way up his spine before he looked at Lina quite seriously. "I..told him things I knew he wasn't ready to hear." It was funny. How you had friends and you never knew it. Until it was too late and you'd already been the knife to stab them all in the back at least once.
The sorceress' eyes narrowed more than they had before and she found herself delving further into the topic before she could drop it. "What did you tell him?"
Xelloss sighed and closed his eyes. If he told Lina and the rest of them...what would Zel say then? He would hate him more. How predictible..Then again, Zelgadis always seemed to be so predictible. Especially for the mazoku that read his emotions on a daily basis only a year ago.
It was the very emotions that Zel had emitted that had kept Xelloss still chasing. He knew he would, until the end of his days. Yet, he'd made a promise last night. A promise to never try that again. But this time, Xel wasn't planning on doing it again. This time, he hoped, it would be Zel who was confused enough to try something. If not...then the mazoku would have to deal with it. This was all his fault in the first place.
Ameria started to get flustered as well. But right before she could reiterate the question that had just been posed by her red-headed friend, Xelloss spoke.
"Sore wa...himitsu desu." It was. It was their secret. There would be no forgiveness if he'd told them then.
~~Note: I know it was slow!! I'll try to get the next one up sooner!! I promise!~~
I know this one is over late by like 10 days...or more..sweatdrops But I had valid excuse!! I was in the hospital and then when I got home after being operated on, I didn't have the 'ompfh' to do it anymore. But now that that is over I feel like I can just write my heart out....but mind you, I'm still dopey. LOL Thank you for all your reviews!! They really do brighten my day.
For my Reviewers because they are such wonderful people:
Xellas M: Yay! I feel so much better now that I know I can write! Sorry that this part didn't come quickly enough!
Alexiel-sama: And continue I will!!!
MoroTheWolfGod: smiles I'm glad you enjoy my fic! It really takes alot to write. You should read the other ones I have. They are really funny. Well...One is Xelloss Angsty Goodness. LOL The other is funny.
miss_chan: Hehehehehe. I love your reviews they make me chuckle. looks at chibi you Angst can be good, especially if what comes of the angst is love. Or lust and man love. That's good too. ^_^ Too bad they took off the NC-17 parts. I am designing a webpage for my NC-17 chapters, when I write them that is. I'll tell you when I get it up alright?
Weird One: I think you really need to get off of sugar. chuckles c'est la vie, right?
insane personal: I know who you are. But I am writing more, I promise!
Yume no Zencho: Only your third? giggles I've been reading this pairing for a looooooong time. Believe me on that. I hope you like what you read, because it's really hard to write!! ^_~ I'll try to get more up I promise.
Disclaimer: They do not belong to me. Due to contrary belief. laughs But don't sue me!! Because I know that as much as those lawyers want to sue people like is, it is because of people like us that other people watch the shows we write about. Maybe that's just my opinion, but hey!! Besides, my pencil is only half sized and I now have a pack of gum...well...less than a pack now. ^_^
The morning came all too fast for everyone in the general area of the camp. Lina and Ameria woke up to the sound of some very annoying birds and could not fall asleep again for the life of them. But in their wake, they thought if they couldn't sleep, why not share the joy...and decided to wake up the mercinary body guard. Now they sat by the fire. Zelgadis still refusing to come from his own tent.
"Well, I say we tumble it over with a large gust of wind. He'll come out." Lina was unpacking a few rations that by her standards was a rather small meal, as she set out to cook some of them. Lighting the fire with a small but efficient flare arrow, she set to her own breakfast. Looking back into the bush a bit, she narrowed her eyes, catching a glint of light off of something, but she couldn't quite distinguish it.
"Yes but, I'm worried. He's usually not like this Miss Lina..Zelgadis..he seems so...troubled. Maybe we should just leave him be for today. Is it possible to camp here for another day?" Ameria looked somewhat distraught, yet for good reason, he own small crush on the chimera gently showing clearly through her soft eyes.
"He is troubled." The second the voice spoke up, the group turned their heads and stared at the shadowed figure that almost seemed to appear out of now where, "Zelgadis hasn't been sleeping well. But of course you've probably already figured that out." Smiling, as per usual, Xelloss stepped into the group and leaned back against a tree lightly, waiting for words from anyone. Over anything.
Lina, of course, was the first to speak, "Xelloss, I thought I saw something." Narrowing her eyes again she glared at him for a moment and then grinned, "Long time no see. Been busy?"
Gourry, meanwhile, was watching the entrance to Zelgadis' tent and could hear him inside. So he had been awake for a while. Why was he still in his tent? For a second Gourry started to hold suspicion against Xelloss. It was to much of a coincidence. Coincidence, was that a word? He thought he heard Lina say that once when she was in this kind of situation.
It was that particular moment, right before Xelloss chose to speak, that Zelgadis came walking out of his tent. Without even looking at any of them, he sat down and stared into the fire. "Of course he's been busy. Spawn of satan are always busy." Contempt. Tinged with hatred, confusion, and...something else. Xel opened his eyes just a crack, looking in to the eyes of the blue chimera before him. Sadness. That was it.
"Zelgadis, you know very well that I am not a spawn of satan. I am a general for a much greater being. Get up on the wrong side of the bed?" Xelloss knew he was pushing his luck, but hadn't he always pushed his luck beyond what it was? Zelgadis' head snapped up to eye Xelloss, almost as if he had been hurt by the venom-laced words that fell from the lips of the mazoku.
"No, I just woke up to hear you. I thought that was bad enough." Zelgadis could play this game of matching wits all day. It was something he was good at. Realization kicked in as he looked around the fire. Three other pairs of eyes were on him as well. Something he hadn't liked since his transformation. "What?!"
"Nothing much. Just noticing how upset you are with Xelloss. More so than usual, what did he do this time?" Of course you could count on Lina to be the most observant of the three. "I thought you would have been happy, he did go away from you for a year." Lina's eyes bore deep into his soul as he looked at her. Suddenly he understood. She...she knew. She knew what had been said.
'Damn it how could I have been so stupid to yell...that's probably what had woken her up too. Now she knows...she heard us...I wonder what she thinks? No scratch that, I don't think I want to know.' Thoughts burned through the chimera's mind, leaving trails as they ran around. He stood up abruptly and took a few steps towards Xelloss and the trees. "I'm going for a walk. I'll be back."
As he passed the cape clad mazoku he whispered ever so softly. "I hate you. But we need to talk. Find me later." His pace quickened as he made his way out into the bush and foliage of the small forest. Xelloss' eyes widened a little, although not too visibly. He could feel his own heart skip a beat. The feeling scared him, hope. What did he have to hope? That Zel wouldn't kill him on the first chance he had? Shaking it off he sat down in the spot that Zel had been in. Taking his place among the group. When he turned his head, both Lina and Gourry were glaring at him, and Ameria looking out at the place the chimera had gone.
"Xelloss, what did you do to him to make him so angry?" The firey red head's anger was now turned upon him, and this wasn't about to be pretty.
Xelloss felt a small tinge of remorse creep its way up his spine before he looked at Lina quite seriously. "I..told him things I knew he wasn't ready to hear." It was funny. How you had friends and you never knew it. Until it was too late and you'd already been the knife to stab them all in the back at least once.
The sorceress' eyes narrowed more than they had before and she found herself delving further into the topic before she could drop it. "What did you tell him?"
Xelloss sighed and closed his eyes. If he told Lina and the rest of them...what would Zel say then? He would hate him more. How predictible..Then again, Zelgadis always seemed to be so predictible. Especially for the mazoku that read his emotions on a daily basis only a year ago.
It was the very emotions that Zel had emitted that had kept Xelloss still chasing. He knew he would, until the end of his days. Yet, he'd made a promise last night. A promise to never try that again. But this time, Xel wasn't planning on doing it again. This time, he hoped, it would be Zel who was confused enough to try something. If not...then the mazoku would have to deal with it. This was all his fault in the first place.
Ameria started to get flustered as well. But right before she could reiterate the question that had just been posed by her red-headed friend, Xelloss spoke.
"Sore wa...himitsu desu." It was. It was their secret. There would be no forgiveness if he'd told them then.
~~Note: I know it was slow!! I'll try to get the next one up sooner!! I promise!~~