PART THREE

PART THREE

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Everyone thinks it's so romantic
They say we're two of a kind
And the more that I think about it
The more that I realise what I've been missing

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Lina rolled over on the bed to lie on her back, her eyes absently tracing the minute cracks in the white plaster ceiling, thoughts still on the blonde swordsman who'd played such a big part in her life the past couple of years.

Over all the time that they'd travelled together, they'd grown very close, up to the point where, in battles, Gourry was practically able to read her mind and know what she wanted done without her having to say a word. Like when, under Gaav's orders, Mazenda and Kanzel had fought them, trying to get Lina to swear allegiance to the Mazoku. While Amelia and Zelgadis had been busy with Kanzel, she and Gourry had double-teamed Mazenda, Gourry distracting her while Lina attacked her with the Sword of Light.

After Mazenda was defeated, Lina grinned happily at Gourry. "Even though we didn't set it up between each other, you still knew what I had in mind, right? "

Gourry, smiling…"I could guess what it was. After all, you and I have been together for a while now."

She laughed. "Connected, whether we like it or not, right?"

And after that, they'd had to deal with Kanzel as well. She'd managed to defeat him by fooling him into thinking that she was still unable to use magic and had died when she'd fallen off the ledge. But there'd been one small problem – her friends had also believed that she'd died then. And when they found out that she'd fooled them as well, they were none too happy.

Lina blushed again as she remembered how Gourry had been so upset and worried about her. "Look...can you consider my feelings a little next time?" he'd scolded her.

Amelia'd really gotten a kick out of that one. She'd dragged Zelgadis off, giggling all the way, leaving Lina and Gourry alone, Lina yelling and chasing after Amelia all the way.

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Gourry scowled at the bunch of flowers he'd picked, painstakingly tying them together with a red ribbon and poking a few errant leaves into place. He wanted this gift to be perfect. He didn't know why Lina was upset, but he just wanted to make her happy.

"I just hope she doesn't fireball me when I give her this…"