Survivor... Sort of.
Chapter Two: A Trip Home or What the heck is going on?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything! (Except the I.M.P. concept and the plot itself so nya.)
Smiling brightly, Xellos Mettalium; Mazoku General and temperary I.M.P. of Chaos Avocate Broadcasting, stepped lightly out of the swirling blue portal and into…. "Nani? They're in Zefilia!?"
The kingdom was known for many things, primarily it's grapes and wines, but what wasn't commonly known was the fact that Zefilia was the one place that Lina Inverse, enemy of all who live ect ect, avoided like the plauge. This was due only to the fact that this was the place Lina's elder sister Luna Inverse lived and worked. Most mazoku avoided Zefilia as well but that was only because Luna was a knight of Cephid the dragon god- not someone a Mazoku would willingly cross (although Xellos and his 'boss' Zelas were somewhat welcome). Lina avoided the kingdom because of something she had done to her sister long ago… even Xellos wasn't sure exactly what Lina had done, but it must have been horrible since Lina was now absolutly terrified of her elder sister. Even Shabrinigdo hadn't been able to scare Lina as much as the mear mention of her older sister. So why in L-sama's name were Lina and her friends here?
A short distance away sitting in a typical medival style tavern Lina Inverse was wondering the very same thing. Sitting around the table with her were her friends and travelling companions, Gourry Gabriev, Zelgadis Greywords, and Amelia Wil Tesla de Seryuin. They had just recently finished breakfast and were currently discusing the reason for their current location. "Personally I think your sister has flipped," stated Zelgadis solomly. Amelia reluculatly nodded in agreement, "Even though we have seen some pretty strange things I have my doubts about this one…."
Lina turned to Gourry who just blinked in confusion; no support there. "I don't know guys… if Big Sis says she's going off to some other dimension to help defend some colony as a Gundam Piolot then I'm ready to believe her." Zelgadis shrugged and Amelia looked doubtful as Gourry asked, "So what's a 'Gum-dun plot' anyway?" Lina sweatdropped. "Er, it's 'Gundam piolot'. And… they're… I mean… I guees we'll see when we get to Sis' place." Instead of pressing her on the subject, Lina was relieved when Gourry took her hesitation for not knowing. Zelgadis looked slightly suspicious though, as did Amelia to a slightly lesser extent. Now she wished that she hadn't read Luna's letter aloud; then she could have just quietly slipped away and delt with this problem without potentially revealing the bigest secret of her family.
That was when Xellos approached the table, cheerful smirk in full force. "Hi Lina-chan!" Lina sweat-dropped; it was just typical for the Mazoku to show up out of nowhere like this. "…hello," she greeted enthusiasticly. Zelgadis glared at him, "What are you doing here?" Xellos smirked, "Why Zel-kun, if I didn't know any better I'd think you weren't glad to see me." If anything Zelgadis' glare increased ten-fold and trying to keep the peace Amelia cheerfully stated, "Hi Xellos-san. We're going to visit Lina's sister, wanna come?" Of course no one ever said Amelia was any good at keeping peace. The young princess soon found herself the recipicent of two nasty glares and one slightly confused blink.
"Sure Amelia-chan! I'd love to come."
Lina sighed then thought 'Aw what the heck! It's not like he wasn't going to tag along anyway. And his 'boss' already knows the 'secret' anyway.' She was actually a bit surprised that Xellos had never realized that she knew exactly who he was; after all he had visited her and her sister quite often when she still lived at home. "So what are you doing here anyway?" She asked, curious as to what scheeme the Trickster Priest was up to this time. Xellos looked even more smug than usual, and if he thought that she didn't notice the sidelong looks he kept giving her he had another thing coming. "Sore wa himitsu desu!" The answer didn't really surprise her but she acted like she did and projected the feeling of annoyance. It was going to be a long walk to her sister's house.
For Xellos, Amelia's invitation was perfect. Not only would it lesen suspicion on him when Lina 'misteriously' disapeared, but it gave him a really good excuse for travelling with the group. Not that he hadn't intended on going with them anyway but…. As they walked down a generic fantasy style road wth rolling hills on either side, Xellos considered just what he was going to have to do to complete his mission. The trickiest part of this particular kidnapping was going to be making it look like he had nothing to do with it. That meant that he'd have to find someone or something else to place the blame on that couldn't easily be disproved as being guilty.
First though, he had to find out just exactly why Lina was visiting someone who she had previously been terrified of…. Lina was walking next to Gourry in deep concentration, as if she had something really momentious on her mind. Not only that but although Gourry was as cheerfuly oblivious as usual, both Zelgadis and Amelia kept on giving Lina really skeptical glances. Something was definitely going on… he just hoped they weren't on a really important quest again since if they were than a certain L-sama wouldn't let him kidnap anyone here. Yet Amelia said they were going to visit Lina's sister…. Xellos had met Luna Inverse several times due to that fact that she was good friends with his boss Zelas Mettalium. He knew for a fact that most people had good reason to have been afraid of the Knight of Cheiphed. Plain and simply, Luna Inverse was rather… eccentric. One of the most powerful people in the world, yet she worked as a waitress. It was entirly her fault that Lina was one of the most powerful and most interesting sorcerers in the world, it was also her fault that Lina had left home at the age of fourteen and had been causeing a nuicance of herself to the general public ever since. It was kind of strange though, before Lina had started adventuring, she and her elder sister had been quite close; almost inseperable. Xellos distinctly recalled several times when he and Zelas had come to their place for tea or the like only to find that the two of them were off on some adventure together. He never did find out exactly what it was that they did; but then there were quite a few things that didn't quite add up about Lina and her family. In any case one day Lina was out of the country and acting as if she was terrified of her elder sister… that's when Zelas had sent him to keep a descrete eye on her, she'd made sure that Lina wouldn't remember him in case they ever met face to face too. Still, it was strange that Lina always went into a total panic whenever her sister was mentioned… until now. Why was she acting so casual about this visit? As if she'd never been afraid of Luna in the first place…. Wait a second, back up… never been afraid, casual… Acting! Lina was just pretending to be afraid of her sister! Xellos couldn't believe he hadn't realized it sooner.
Lina, Gourry, Zel, and Amelia stopped as one and watched with something in between awe and shock as Xellos pound his head into a nearby tree while muttering "Bakabakabakabaka…" over and over again.
Note: The chapters are going to vary in length from now on. I was going to make this chapter longer but I thought I'd end it here at thois cliffhanger.
Chapter Two: A Trip Home or What the heck is going on?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything! (Except the I.M.P. concept and the plot itself so nya.)
Smiling brightly, Xellos Mettalium; Mazoku General and temperary I.M.P. of Chaos Avocate Broadcasting, stepped lightly out of the swirling blue portal and into…. "Nani? They're in Zefilia!?"
The kingdom was known for many things, primarily it's grapes and wines, but what wasn't commonly known was the fact that Zefilia was the one place that Lina Inverse, enemy of all who live ect ect, avoided like the plauge. This was due only to the fact that this was the place Lina's elder sister Luna Inverse lived and worked. Most mazoku avoided Zefilia as well but that was only because Luna was a knight of Cephid the dragon god- not someone a Mazoku would willingly cross (although Xellos and his 'boss' Zelas were somewhat welcome). Lina avoided the kingdom because of something she had done to her sister long ago… even Xellos wasn't sure exactly what Lina had done, but it must have been horrible since Lina was now absolutly terrified of her elder sister. Even Shabrinigdo hadn't been able to scare Lina as much as the mear mention of her older sister. So why in L-sama's name were Lina and her friends here?
A short distance away sitting in a typical medival style tavern Lina Inverse was wondering the very same thing. Sitting around the table with her were her friends and travelling companions, Gourry Gabriev, Zelgadis Greywords, and Amelia Wil Tesla de Seryuin. They had just recently finished breakfast and were currently discusing the reason for their current location. "Personally I think your sister has flipped," stated Zelgadis solomly. Amelia reluculatly nodded in agreement, "Even though we have seen some pretty strange things I have my doubts about this one…."
Lina turned to Gourry who just blinked in confusion; no support there. "I don't know guys… if Big Sis says she's going off to some other dimension to help defend some colony as a Gundam Piolot then I'm ready to believe her." Zelgadis shrugged and Amelia looked doubtful as Gourry asked, "So what's a 'Gum-dun plot' anyway?" Lina sweatdropped. "Er, it's 'Gundam piolot'. And… they're… I mean… I guees we'll see when we get to Sis' place." Instead of pressing her on the subject, Lina was relieved when Gourry took her hesitation for not knowing. Zelgadis looked slightly suspicious though, as did Amelia to a slightly lesser extent. Now she wished that she hadn't read Luna's letter aloud; then she could have just quietly slipped away and delt with this problem without potentially revealing the bigest secret of her family.
That was when Xellos approached the table, cheerful smirk in full force. "Hi Lina-chan!" Lina sweat-dropped; it was just typical for the Mazoku to show up out of nowhere like this. "…hello," she greeted enthusiasticly. Zelgadis glared at him, "What are you doing here?" Xellos smirked, "Why Zel-kun, if I didn't know any better I'd think you weren't glad to see me." If anything Zelgadis' glare increased ten-fold and trying to keep the peace Amelia cheerfully stated, "Hi Xellos-san. We're going to visit Lina's sister, wanna come?" Of course no one ever said Amelia was any good at keeping peace. The young princess soon found herself the recipicent of two nasty glares and one slightly confused blink.
"Sure Amelia-chan! I'd love to come."
Lina sighed then thought 'Aw what the heck! It's not like he wasn't going to tag along anyway. And his 'boss' already knows the 'secret' anyway.' She was actually a bit surprised that Xellos had never realized that she knew exactly who he was; after all he had visited her and her sister quite often when she still lived at home. "So what are you doing here anyway?" She asked, curious as to what scheeme the Trickster Priest was up to this time. Xellos looked even more smug than usual, and if he thought that she didn't notice the sidelong looks he kept giving her he had another thing coming. "Sore wa himitsu desu!" The answer didn't really surprise her but she acted like she did and projected the feeling of annoyance. It was going to be a long walk to her sister's house.
For Xellos, Amelia's invitation was perfect. Not only would it lesen suspicion on him when Lina 'misteriously' disapeared, but it gave him a really good excuse for travelling with the group. Not that he hadn't intended on going with them anyway but…. As they walked down a generic fantasy style road wth rolling hills on either side, Xellos considered just what he was going to have to do to complete his mission. The trickiest part of this particular kidnapping was going to be making it look like he had nothing to do with it. That meant that he'd have to find someone or something else to place the blame on that couldn't easily be disproved as being guilty.
First though, he had to find out just exactly why Lina was visiting someone who she had previously been terrified of…. Lina was walking next to Gourry in deep concentration, as if she had something really momentious on her mind. Not only that but although Gourry was as cheerfuly oblivious as usual, both Zelgadis and Amelia kept on giving Lina really skeptical glances. Something was definitely going on… he just hoped they weren't on a really important quest again since if they were than a certain L-sama wouldn't let him kidnap anyone here. Yet Amelia said they were going to visit Lina's sister…. Xellos had met Luna Inverse several times due to that fact that she was good friends with his boss Zelas Mettalium. He knew for a fact that most people had good reason to have been afraid of the Knight of Cheiphed. Plain and simply, Luna Inverse was rather… eccentric. One of the most powerful people in the world, yet she worked as a waitress. It was entirly her fault that Lina was one of the most powerful and most interesting sorcerers in the world, it was also her fault that Lina had left home at the age of fourteen and had been causeing a nuicance of herself to the general public ever since. It was kind of strange though, before Lina had started adventuring, she and her elder sister had been quite close; almost inseperable. Xellos distinctly recalled several times when he and Zelas had come to their place for tea or the like only to find that the two of them were off on some adventure together. He never did find out exactly what it was that they did; but then there were quite a few things that didn't quite add up about Lina and her family. In any case one day Lina was out of the country and acting as if she was terrified of her elder sister… that's when Zelas had sent him to keep a descrete eye on her, she'd made sure that Lina wouldn't remember him in case they ever met face to face too. Still, it was strange that Lina always went into a total panic whenever her sister was mentioned… until now. Why was she acting so casual about this visit? As if she'd never been afraid of Luna in the first place…. Wait a second, back up… never been afraid, casual… Acting! Lina was just pretending to be afraid of her sister! Xellos couldn't believe he hadn't realized it sooner.
Lina, Gourry, Zel, and Amelia stopped as one and watched with something in between awe and shock as Xellos pound his head into a nearby tree while muttering "Bakabakabakabaka…" over and over again.
Note: The chapters are going to vary in length from now on. I was going to make this chapter longer but I thought I'd end it here at thois cliffhanger.