Chapter 38: Uh oh! Zelgadis flipped!
Lina apporched the palace gates with Emily and Lily at her sides two days later.
The Guards welcomed her as she was well known to the Seyruun family.
Amelia, who had heard Lina was in Seyruun, raced down to the castle entrance.
Zelgadis of corse,hadn't left her side.
"Amelia don't you think you maybe should slow down?" said Zelgadis.
Amelia didn't listen she only kept running.
She ran into Lina and gave her a giant hug.
"Misss Liiina!" she said. "Your Alive!"
"H-Hey Amelia!" said Lina, trying to pry her off.
"Good to see your ok Lina." said Zelgadis.
Lina finally got Amelia off and she landed in Zelgadis's arms.
"Oh yeah, Zel, I was going to make Xelly-I mean Xellos come apoligise to you, but he had some important buisness to tend to so I had to come on my own."
"Xelly?" said Amelia giggleing.
"SHUT UP AMELIA!" said Lina. "It's just a nickname I've gotten into the habit of saying! It doesn't mean anything!"
Alas..Lina's face showed something different.
Zelgadis sighed.
"Come on Amelia..you shouldn't stay in the sun too long, Lina? Are you coming in?"
"You bet Amelia's cute butt I am." she said.
Then Lina attacked her.
"Hey!" said Amelia.
"Oh! Right!.." said Lina. "Emily! Lily! You guys can go home now!" she called out to them.
They waved at her, and she waved back, and with that, they were gone.
"Got rid of them!" she said.
"Why did they have to come?" said Zelgadis.
Lina sighed.
"Well...Xel-Xellos said it wasn't safe for me to travel in the Astral Plane because Reven is still on the prowl."
"I see. Smart of him." said Zelgadis.
"See! Everyone thinks I need a babysitter and it's not fair! I can take this guy!"
"Miss Lina, you almost called him Xelly again." said Amelia.
They went on fighting like that untill they got into the castle.
...
A few hours later Zelgadis had gone out for a ride, so Lina and Amelia were left alone to chat.
"So, Amelia, are you hopeing for a girl or a boy?" asked Lina, patting Amelia's stomach.
"Well, you know, I don't really mind either way! All I want is a lovely little child with a passion for justice!" said Amelia, faking a fist.
"I see.." said Lina, sweat-dropping.
Then Lina flopped onto Amelia's bed, which was VERY pink.
"I kinda want a little monster someday.." she said.
"Like..a baby?" said Amelia.
"No! I mean a tiny demon who lives in my house- Of corse I mean a baby!"
"With Mister Xellos?" asked Amelia.
Lina blushed.
"Who else?"
Amelia smiled a warm smile, and gave her stomach alittle pat.
"I know!" she said. "Let's go into town and go shopping!"
"Amelia...I hate to say this...but I dont think Zelgadis would want you to do that."
"No worries!" said Amelia, pulling out a large sun hat with a pink ribbon tied around it. "I'll wear this!"
Lina sweat dropped again.
"Ook..if you say so."
...
So Amelia got some money and she and Lina headed into town.
They passed the ice cream shop where Lina and Xellos had, had there first "date."
Lina smiled and blushed and they kept walking.
"Here's where I wanted to go!" shouted Amelia when they came apon a fancy dress shop.
"Oh No..."said Lina wondering what she had gotten herself into.
Amelia was really into Blue today, so she bought like three blue dresses with multiple bows, fake flowers and other girly patterns.
"oooooh! Miss Lina! I found you the perfect dress!" said Amelia.
As it was true Lina didn't like dresses at all, the little blue gown she had woke up as a half mazoku with really did suit her. It was very comfortable. Lina would rather not wear anything else if she could help it. She was expecting the dress Amelia found to be horribly frilly and disgusting, but the princess was right, it was perfect for her.
It was a silky white satin at the top, but as you went down the dress you would see orange, and yellow and red see-through fabric with little jewels embended in it. Basically it looked like the dress was on fire.
Lina looked at it wide eyed.
"It reminds me of when we first met, and you were all firey with your temper always throwing fireballs at bandits. It really brings back memories. It just makes me think of how glad I am the five of us are all still such good friends! You, me , Mister Zelgadis, Mister Gourry. I love you all so much and your always going to be my best of friends! It's all because of you Miss Lina!" said Amelia with a big smile on her face.
"Amelia..." said Lina.
"I must buy it for you!" said Amelia.
Lina thought maybe she should try and stop her, but she actually did really like the dress Amelia had found. She was right, it did make her think of when she first met them all. Maybe she would even wear it on her wedding day...
"Thanks Amelia." she said, wipeing away the tears that formed.
"Of Corse! I'd be happy to buy you dresses anytime!" she said.
Lina started to laugh alittle.
She handed her the shopping bag with the dress in it, and picked up the two shopping bags full of dressed she had bought.
"Shall we be on our way?!" she said, as they walked out of the store together.
"Hey, when we get back to the castle there's something I want to tell you and Zel ok?" said Lina.
"Of Corse! "
When they got back Lina helped bring Amelia's dresses up to her room and Lina put her things and her new dress in one of the guest rooms.
They were on their way down the stairs when Lina heard a familar sound.
"Huh?" she said, turning around.
It was Xellos, the sound was him teleporting, of corse.
"Mister Xellos!" said Amelia. "How nice to see you!"
"Hello Ladies." he said, with a smirk.
He walked over to Lina and gave her alittle kiss on the cheek.
Amelia got stars in her eyes.
"You guys are sooo lovey dovey!" she said, squealing.
Lina blushed.
She was about to scream in Amelia's face but Xellos waved his finger at her.
"Oh! Amelia! Can you bring Zel into the drawing room? Now that Xellos is here telling you guys will make more sense!" said Lina, suddenly becoming positive.
"Sure!" said Amelia, racing down the stairs.
"Stop Running!" Lina called after her.
"My god that freak is gonna fall and kill her baby.." whispered Lina.
But Xellos heard her.
"You worry about Miss Amelia alot don't you." said Xellos.
"Well...yeah, she's like my best friend!" said Lina.
He smiled and patted her on the head.
"Your so adorable Lina-chan." he said.
"Th-Thanks.." she said.
With that, they headed downstairs to the drawing room.
When they got there, Amelia was telling Zelgadis all about her and Lina's shopping trip.
"Oh! There they are!" said Amelia.
"How did a fruitcake like this one end up in my home..." mumbled Zelgadis.
"Oh..Zelgadis! I've meaning to talk to you about the picture incident, I'm very sorry I made you angry with me.." said Xellos.
" . Your only saying that because Lina told you to. You would do ANYTHING she said."
Xellos brushed him off and swept Lina up Princess Style and sat her down in a chair in a matter of two secounds just to be a show off.
When Lina had stopped yelling at Xellos for being a nutcase she began to get to the point.
But before she could do that Gourry raced into the room.
"Lina!" he said.
"Gourry?!" she said, suprised he was here at a time like this.
"Oh great." said Xellos. "More boys who have a thing for Lina."
Luckily no one heard him.
Then Sylphiel raced into the room after Gourry.
They all greeted each other and Zelgadis invited them to sit down.
"Well...know that your all here this seems so weird.." said Lina, who was stareing awkwardly at Gourry.
"Lina...just tell them." said Xellos, who was looking at her with worry in his eyes.
"O-Ok...well..."
Eveyone was thinking different things.
Amelia: Lina has decided to stop being a tomboy and wear dresses EVERYDAY!
Sylphiel: A family crisis?
Gourry: She's being eaten by a jellyfish from the inside out!
Zelgadis: Oh shit he got her pregnant didn't he. He fucking got her pregnant.
Lina held up her hand showing all her friends the ring on her finger.
"Xellos and I are engaged." said Lina.
Every gasped in shock.
Xellos just smirked at their reactions.
Amelia was the first to break the sielence.
"I'm sooooo happy for you Miss Lina! It's going to be so fun planning the wedding...and wearing fancy dresses..and eating wedding cake...our wedding cake tasted so good didn't it Mister Zelgadis...ooh and decorateing!" she said.
Sylphiel giggled.
"Before we get into that..Miss Lina are you going to invite all of us to your wedding?" she asked.
"Well of corse I am you dumbass!" said Lina.
"Wait...weddings? I thought engaged was a type of meat." said Gourry.
Everyone facepalmed at that.
"Gourry dear...haven't you ever heard anyone ever say Engaged to be married?" asked Sylphiel.
"Ohhh! So does that mean Xellos and Lina are gonna get married soon?" he asked.
"YES GOURRY YOU FUCKING JELLYFISH! YES!"
Xellos noticed Zelgadis hadn't said anything, but just then, he got up and walked out of the room.
He followed him as the girls and Gourry discussed weddings.
When the chimera got into the court yard, he got out his sword and began slicing up a tree.
"I'M GOING TO KILLLLL XELLLOS! That bastard is probably going to get her pregnant and then leave her because he's to much a monster to raise a kid and then..."
Zelgadis stopped hitting the tree.
"RAWWWWW TILT!"
With that the tree was gone.
"Lina will be all alone. I never want her to have to feel that same pain I felt..."
Then Zelgadis sensed Xellos.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!" he shouted.
"How very childish you are Zelgadis..You hit things when you get upset? Is that really how we solve problems?" asked Xellos.
"What do you care?!" he said fireing an uneffictive spell at him.
Xellos flicked it away.
"I care because you were talking about me." he said. "What you were saying wasn't true at all. Your lieing to yourself because your paranoid."
"What the hell are you saying?"
"Do you honestly think I would've saved Lina-chan's life if I didn't love her? And then saved her again? Twice? Do you think I would've asked her to marry me if I wasn't serious?"
"Lina would never love a monster." said Zelgadis, lifting up his sword. "You must have done something to her head."
"Your forgetting something my dear friend." said Xellos, flying up into the air. "Lina wasn't completey in love with me untill after I was half human."
"I guess...your right." said Zelgadis, dropping his sword. "But then..why did I feel like I had to protect her from you all this time?"
Xellos smiled.
"It makes sense Zelgadis, that you would want to protect my innocent Lina..I think in some sense...we all do..she thinks she can handle so much...and normally..she can, but not always. She's so brave..but..still we all worry. You and her had a very close relationship, and she started dating a monster..of corse your going to be worried. Now she's getting married. Of corse your going to be alittle jealous. I don't blame you in the least." he said.
Zelgadis stared blankly at him.
"What? I thought you hated me?" he said.
"I never really had anything against you in the first place. It was you who had a problem with me, remember?"
Zelgadis then had nothing to say.
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Later on that night...
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After a good meal, (Which Prince Phill wasn't apart of since he was away.) Gourry and Sylphiel went back to their Inn for the night, and Amelia and Zelgadis went upstairs to get ready for bed.
That left Lina and Xellos downstairs alone.
"I think that went pretty well don't you?" said Lina.
"Yes, aside from Zelgadis killing a tree because he was angry."
"Hey..do you think the ice cream place is still open?" asked Lina.
"I belive so. Why?" he asked.
"Let's go have some." she said.
So Xellos and Lina left the Seyruun castle and headed into town for some ice cream.
Lina shivered when they got outside.
Xellos sighed.
"Lina, this is why we humans wear coats." he said as he pulled off his cape and put it on her. "So we dont get cold!"
"Thanks Xelly.." she said.
When they got there, Xellos ordered Lina a strawberry ice cream and himself a vanilla and chocolate twist and they sat at a table near the window.
Lina smiled at him.
"Remember?" she said. "When we came here last time we each got the exact same flavors of ice cream, and then you kissed me in frount of everyone and I tryed to hit you, but you just ended up tickleing me in the end.."
She laughed and Xellos laughed with her.
"We have so many memories, all over this world, and we will continue to make more and more memories together. For thoasands of years. We only have forever." he said.
Lina blushed.
They each leaned over the table and there lips met, right smack in the center of the table.
"I love you." he said.
"I love you more." she said.
"I love you most." he said.
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*End of Chapter 38*