Thanks Chaos!!!!!!
And thanks to the reviewers...
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Lina stared at the curled up figure sprawled across her cold floor.
"Xel?! Xelloss?! Are you okay?" she cried, falling to kneel by his side
and shake him. "Please talk to me!"
When he didn't so much as twitch, Lina bent closer to him and grasped
his board shoulders, and pulled him up. Grunting slightly under the
burden, Lina manage to half-drag, half-carry the comatose Mazoku to her
bed. Once there, Lina placed him gently on the bed and waited, watching
Xelloss with unmasked concern.
:Please be alright...:
Staring down at his face, Lina couldn't resist the urge to brush some
of his purple bangs out of the way. Her hand glided softly over his
brow, dropping to caress his cheek almost shyly and Lina started when
Xelloss stirred, leaning into to her stroke.
A light warm touch drew him out of his faint and Xelloss opened his
eyes to find himself lying on the bed. He had a terrible headache and one
where he took no pleasure from the pain.
Clutching his head, Xelloss sat up quietly on the bed, rubbing his
throbbing temples, and finally looked at Lina. She was so happy to see him
awake that she hugged him tightly.
"Xelloss, you're alright!"
He tore out of her embrace like she was a hot coal that seared him,
glaring at her. "Lina, Lina, stop! And Let go of right me now!!" he
shouted. He felt different. He could feel the girl's sorrow but didn't like
it. "I'm not okay."
"Xelloss, What happened?" Lina blinked, confused, taken aback by his
coldness. She observed him and found something different. His eyes. His
beautiful eyes were wide open. He didn't close them. The tiny redhead
stretched out a hand hesitantly towards him, seeing that Xelloss seemed
lost in a kind of waking swoon. Her resolve steeled and she gripped his
shoulder tightly, squeezing reassuringly as she called to him.
Xelloss didn't hear her for he was looking within himself, reaching for
his Mazoku gifts...and found them gone.
He tried to teleport himself away but he couldn't. Then he knew, he
knew what it was that was going on. Suddenly he felt afraid and pushed
Lina away. He started to run out of the room, but the girl caught him.
"I won't let you go till you tell me what's happening!"
"Do you really want to know?" he snarled angrily, rounding on her.
"Well, I'll tell you. Thanks to you and your stupid love, I've lost my
powers, I-I-" He realized he was raising his voice and tried to calm down.
Finally, he gave a low growl that made Lina let go of him in alarm and
wariness, taking the chance, he bolted out the door and leaving a
totally confused and startled Lina behind him.
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Xelloss ran, but grew tired, he wasn't used to traveling this way. He
had never felt tired before, and his head had never hurt like that
night. He sat under a tree and began crying. :Why? I don't want to be like
this again,: he thought : I don't want to be vulnerable again: "I DON'T
WANT TO BE A HUMAN AGAIN!!!" he finally shouted, knowing in his heart
he wasn't Mazoku anymore. "Damn her!! Damn you, Lina Inverse! I hate
you, I hate you so much!" :I used to be so powerful, nothing bothered me.
I disliked the human race because I can't stand feelings: Tears ran
down his face till he was too tired and fell asleep.
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:I don't know what to do. For the first time in my life I don't know
what to do. I'm all alone.: Lina thought
The redhead girl was walking through the rain again. Lina turned
around, her gaze roving, she was looking for Xelloss but she wasn't sure if
she really wanted to find him. She had walked for about thirty minutes
now, tracking his trail. Suddenly, she saw a shadow under a tree.
"Xelloss..." she whispered and realized that he was sleeping. She
walked carefully to him and sat in front of him. He looked really different.
:What could have happened? Did I provoke this?: Lina leaned over,
trying to get a closer look at him and then touched his cheek. It was warm.
Too warm, Lina realized with a start and a gasp of amazement, he had a
fever. "but that's impossible, Mazoku can't catch a simple fever!"
Dimly, Xelloss heard the voice and slowly opened his eyes. As he gaze
sharpened, Lina watched the fog of sleep vanish under a wave of rage and
loathing that contorted his face.
He pulled her hand away and shouted furiously, "Go away!! I told you
that I wanted to be alone!"
Lina wasn't frightened this time, "But, Xelloss...I need to know what
happened. I love you and I want you to be fine I - "
"You want me to be fine? Then stay away from me. I hate you. Look at
what you did to me. I'm a human. A stupid powerless human. Now I can
feel. I am weak and depressed. This has never happened to me. And it's all
because of your stupid confession of love!!"
"You mean you're not a Mazoku anymore? Xel, that's great! But it's
impossible unless..."
"Yes...I've been a human before. That's why I didn't want to become one
again, and now..." He realized he was talking too much and stopped.
"But...it's great to be a human, you know," Lina smiled.
"I don't want to listen to you. I was happy being what I was!" he
snarled.
"You were happy? Do you know what's it like to be happy? And I mean
really happy? I don't think that feeding of the bad feelings could make
anyone happy. That's not life. And what about love? Have you ever felt
love? There's the happiness," She paused for a moment just to see how he
would take it and stared into his beautiful eyes, notcing another
change. His hair, it was a bit longer and didn't stay perfectly fine like
before. When Xelloss didn't retort, encouraged, she continued "Do you
know when I feel happy?" Xelloss glanced at her but didn't say a word.
"When I'm with you. When I touch you. When I kiss you," Having said that,
she leaned over him and tried to kiss him. He looked deeply in her ruby
eyes and felt a tingle. He needed to answer but something told him not
to.
"I-I need to think, Lina. I'm not the same as before. I know that if we
do this..."
"I don't want you to think," and this time she could find his lips that
didn't refuse hers.
:This is much better than hate,: he thought giddily. :This girl is
giving everything to me. Even when I have hit her and hurt her and Amelia.
Even when I told her she meant nothing to me and by that time she
didn't, she had no reason to. Now I only want to stop time so this kiss
could last forever... I can barely remember how it was when I was a human
but nothing felt like this. I want to keep her because she gives me
strength, and that's much better than my Mazoku powers. I'll confess my
feelings.:
"I love you," he went straight to the point.
"You know that I do, too."
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:Where's Lina? Why haven't she came back already? I hope nothing had
happened to her: Zelgadiss thought. Amelia was beginning to wake up
again.
He quickly went to her side and tried to smile at her warmly. "How do
you feel, Ame?" :stupid question, I know how she feels:
"I feel weak. But I resist it for you. Bad things turn good when you're
here with me."
"Amelia..." the man said trying to change the topic "Lina's gone."
"That's the least she could have done, she - " but Zelgadiss cut her
off.
"What happened between you and her?"
The princess explained everything but then assured him. "Zel, Xelloss
meant nothing to me. It was the fact that my best friend cheated on me.
I just can't stand that."
"What are you saying? I can't believe that Lina and that damn
Mazoku...It was all his fault I'm sure. Lina couldn't have done that to you,
she-"
"Don't you defend her. She doesn't deserve that. Why do you care for
her so much? It couldn't be possible that you...you can't, Zelgadiss, you
must stay with me now that I'm a - " tears began to form in her eyes.
"Don't cry, Amelia. This is all Xelloss' fault. If I find him I swear
I'll kill him!"
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The sun was starting to show up. Lina was carrying a not used to be a
human Xelloss, his arm around her neck.
"Xel? What are you going to do when we get back? How do you think
Amelia will take it?"
"I wouldn't be surprised to find her mad at me. I'm very sorry for what
I did before. I didn't meant it."
"I believe you. And she'll understand, but...there's another
problem..."
"I know, she's a chimera. I put the book in her way. I'm sorry for
that, too. But I know how to fix that one. I know the real cure. The book
isn't right."
"Okay! Let's go! That's how to do it, Xel," Lina said and kiss him in
the forehead. Xelloss smiled back at her warmly.
And thanks to the reviewers...
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Lina stared at the curled up figure sprawled across her cold floor.
"Xel?! Xelloss?! Are you okay?" she cried, falling to kneel by his side
and shake him. "Please talk to me!"
When he didn't so much as twitch, Lina bent closer to him and grasped
his board shoulders, and pulled him up. Grunting slightly under the
burden, Lina manage to half-drag, half-carry the comatose Mazoku to her
bed. Once there, Lina placed him gently on the bed and waited, watching
Xelloss with unmasked concern.
:Please be alright...:
Staring down at his face, Lina couldn't resist the urge to brush some
of his purple bangs out of the way. Her hand glided softly over his
brow, dropping to caress his cheek almost shyly and Lina started when
Xelloss stirred, leaning into to her stroke.
A light warm touch drew him out of his faint and Xelloss opened his
eyes to find himself lying on the bed. He had a terrible headache and one
where he took no pleasure from the pain.
Clutching his head, Xelloss sat up quietly on the bed, rubbing his
throbbing temples, and finally looked at Lina. She was so happy to see him
awake that she hugged him tightly.
"Xelloss, you're alright!"
He tore out of her embrace like she was a hot coal that seared him,
glaring at her. "Lina, Lina, stop! And Let go of right me now!!" he
shouted. He felt different. He could feel the girl's sorrow but didn't like
it. "I'm not okay."
"Xelloss, What happened?" Lina blinked, confused, taken aback by his
coldness. She observed him and found something different. His eyes. His
beautiful eyes were wide open. He didn't close them. The tiny redhead
stretched out a hand hesitantly towards him, seeing that Xelloss seemed
lost in a kind of waking swoon. Her resolve steeled and she gripped his
shoulder tightly, squeezing reassuringly as she called to him.
Xelloss didn't hear her for he was looking within himself, reaching for
his Mazoku gifts...and found them gone.
He tried to teleport himself away but he couldn't. Then he knew, he
knew what it was that was going on. Suddenly he felt afraid and pushed
Lina away. He started to run out of the room, but the girl caught him.
"I won't let you go till you tell me what's happening!"
"Do you really want to know?" he snarled angrily, rounding on her.
"Well, I'll tell you. Thanks to you and your stupid love, I've lost my
powers, I-I-" He realized he was raising his voice and tried to calm down.
Finally, he gave a low growl that made Lina let go of him in alarm and
wariness, taking the chance, he bolted out the door and leaving a
totally confused and startled Lina behind him.
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Xelloss ran, but grew tired, he wasn't used to traveling this way. He
had never felt tired before, and his head had never hurt like that
night. He sat under a tree and began crying. :Why? I don't want to be like
this again,: he thought : I don't want to be vulnerable again: "I DON'T
WANT TO BE A HUMAN AGAIN!!!" he finally shouted, knowing in his heart
he wasn't Mazoku anymore. "Damn her!! Damn you, Lina Inverse! I hate
you, I hate you so much!" :I used to be so powerful, nothing bothered me.
I disliked the human race because I can't stand feelings: Tears ran
down his face till he was too tired and fell asleep.
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:I don't know what to do. For the first time in my life I don't know
what to do. I'm all alone.: Lina thought
The redhead girl was walking through the rain again. Lina turned
around, her gaze roving, she was looking for Xelloss but she wasn't sure if
she really wanted to find him. She had walked for about thirty minutes
now, tracking his trail. Suddenly, she saw a shadow under a tree.
"Xelloss..." she whispered and realized that he was sleeping. She
walked carefully to him and sat in front of him. He looked really different.
:What could have happened? Did I provoke this?: Lina leaned over,
trying to get a closer look at him and then touched his cheek. It was warm.
Too warm, Lina realized with a start and a gasp of amazement, he had a
fever. "but that's impossible, Mazoku can't catch a simple fever!"
Dimly, Xelloss heard the voice and slowly opened his eyes. As he gaze
sharpened, Lina watched the fog of sleep vanish under a wave of rage and
loathing that contorted his face.
He pulled her hand away and shouted furiously, "Go away!! I told you
that I wanted to be alone!"
Lina wasn't frightened this time, "But, Xelloss...I need to know what
happened. I love you and I want you to be fine I - "
"You want me to be fine? Then stay away from me. I hate you. Look at
what you did to me. I'm a human. A stupid powerless human. Now I can
feel. I am weak and depressed. This has never happened to me. And it's all
because of your stupid confession of love!!"
"You mean you're not a Mazoku anymore? Xel, that's great! But it's
impossible unless..."
"Yes...I've been a human before. That's why I didn't want to become one
again, and now..." He realized he was talking too much and stopped.
"But...it's great to be a human, you know," Lina smiled.
"I don't want to listen to you. I was happy being what I was!" he
snarled.
"You were happy? Do you know what's it like to be happy? And I mean
really happy? I don't think that feeding of the bad feelings could make
anyone happy. That's not life. And what about love? Have you ever felt
love? There's the happiness," She paused for a moment just to see how he
would take it and stared into his beautiful eyes, notcing another
change. His hair, it was a bit longer and didn't stay perfectly fine like
before. When Xelloss didn't retort, encouraged, she continued "Do you
know when I feel happy?" Xelloss glanced at her but didn't say a word.
"When I'm with you. When I touch you. When I kiss you," Having said that,
she leaned over him and tried to kiss him. He looked deeply in her ruby
eyes and felt a tingle. He needed to answer but something told him not
to.
"I-I need to think, Lina. I'm not the same as before. I know that if we
do this..."
"I don't want you to think," and this time she could find his lips that
didn't refuse hers.
:This is much better than hate,: he thought giddily. :This girl is
giving everything to me. Even when I have hit her and hurt her and Amelia.
Even when I told her she meant nothing to me and by that time she
didn't, she had no reason to. Now I only want to stop time so this kiss
could last forever... I can barely remember how it was when I was a human
but nothing felt like this. I want to keep her because she gives me
strength, and that's much better than my Mazoku powers. I'll confess my
feelings.:
"I love you," he went straight to the point.
"You know that I do, too."
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:Where's Lina? Why haven't she came back already? I hope nothing had
happened to her: Zelgadiss thought. Amelia was beginning to wake up
again.
He quickly went to her side and tried to smile at her warmly. "How do
you feel, Ame?" :stupid question, I know how she feels:
"I feel weak. But I resist it for you. Bad things turn good when you're
here with me."
"Amelia..." the man said trying to change the topic "Lina's gone."
"That's the least she could have done, she - " but Zelgadiss cut her
off.
"What happened between you and her?"
The princess explained everything but then assured him. "Zel, Xelloss
meant nothing to me. It was the fact that my best friend cheated on me.
I just can't stand that."
"What are you saying? I can't believe that Lina and that damn
Mazoku...It was all his fault I'm sure. Lina couldn't have done that to you,
she-"
"Don't you defend her. She doesn't deserve that. Why do you care for
her so much? It couldn't be possible that you...you can't, Zelgadiss, you
must stay with me now that I'm a - " tears began to form in her eyes.
"Don't cry, Amelia. This is all Xelloss' fault. If I find him I swear
I'll kill him!"
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The sun was starting to show up. Lina was carrying a not used to be a
human Xelloss, his arm around her neck.
"Xel? What are you going to do when we get back? How do you think
Amelia will take it?"
"I wouldn't be surprised to find her mad at me. I'm very sorry for what
I did before. I didn't meant it."
"I believe you. And she'll understand, but...there's another
problem..."
"I know, she's a chimera. I put the book in her way. I'm sorry for
that, too. But I know how to fix that one. I know the real cure. The book
isn't right."
"Okay! Let's go! That's how to do it, Xel," Lina said and kiss him in
the forehead. Xelloss smiled back at her warmly.