CHAPTER 2
Xelloss and Zelgadiss had been living in the house that Xelas-sama had built for them for about 7 months now. Zel hated having to wait hand and foot on the pregnant Mazuko, who, by his standards, could probably very well take care of herself. But, Xelloss insisted on sitting while Zel did all the work, muttering all the while about how much he hated it.
Zel flipped the vacuum off. "You know, you could do some work here!" he yelled over Xelloss' TV, which she had turned up so she could hear it over the vacuum. Xelloss turned the TV down.
"Come now, Zel-chan! You know I can't do work! The doctor said so." She prepared her infamous finger wag. "Besides, do you want your child to be born deformed or something?"
Zel gulped. As it was, the poor kid would probably turn out to look like him anyway. He just left the subject alone for the rest of the day.
*****
"Amelia-ouji, please stop pacing! You're wearing a ring in the floor!" one of the servants exclaimed.
"But that search party has been searching for Zelgadiss-san for 9 months now! Where could he have gone?!" Amelia broke down into a sobbing heap on the floor. Lina and Gourry, who were standing nearby, sweatdropped, and made no effort to comfort the crying princess.
The phone in the foyer rang, and Gourry ran to pick it up. "Moshi-moshi! What? Zelgadiss! Hey, where you been? Amelia's worried sick ab--huh? Xelloss is at the hospital? She's having a baby? Okie-dokie then! Ja ne!" He hung the phone up and walked calmly back into the throne room.
"Who was that?" Lina asked.
"Oh, it was just Zel. He said that Xelloss is at the hospital. She's having a baby. Nothing to worry about."
Lina smacked him. "You dolt! Yogurt-for-brains! Don't be so damn calm about something like that!!! We have to get there fast!"
"Yeah! I'm coming too, Lina-san!" Amelia started out the door, but one of her servants stopped her.
"Ano, Amelia-ouji? I don't believe that's such a smart idea. You have a royal ceremony to attend to today, remember?"
Amelia growled and walked back to her father's throne. "Fine then. Lina-san, please tell me what all of this is about when you return."
Lina snorted. "Yes, your highness," she said mockingly.
*****
Zelgadiss stared at awe at the tiny bundle that the nurse held in her arms. "She's all yours now, Mr. Greywers." She handed him the child.
The tiny child was a girl. She was small in comparison with Zel's long arms, but her skin bore the same distinction--blue-ish green and dotted with small grey stones. She opened a sleepy blue eye and grinned up at him.
"May I have her name please?" The nurse readied her pencil.
Zel thought for a moment, the whole time staring at his daughter's tiny face. "...Ionia. Ionia Metallium-Greywers."
The nurse scribbled it down. "Mother's name?"
"Xelloss Metallium," Xelloss said.
"Father?"
"Zelgadiss Greywers."
"Hai. Alright." The nurse turned and left.
Zel poked at Ionia's tiny cheek with his index finger. "Ionia..." Ionia grabbed his finger and began sucking on it.
"Looks like she likes you, Zel-chan." Zel turned around.
"This is all your fault."
"Ah, on the contrary, it's Xelas-sama's fault. She was the one who wanted me to do this."
Ionia picked this moment to start getting fussy. Zel sweatdropped. "I think...she's hungry."
"Me too, but I'm not breastfeeding her. I've been in female form long enough, and I've already changed back to male form." Xelloss stood up and walked over to the counter, where Zel had put his full coffee cup. "This is all we have."
Zel's eyes went wide. "No! Don't give her coffee! She's supposed to have milk!"
Xelloss blinked. "Well, you put milk in your coffee, right?"
Zel blinked too. "Yeah. Why?"
Xelloss began pouring it into a bottle. "Then it should be alright."
Zel nearly facefaulted, but didn't since he was still holding Ionia. Xelloss came up and gave Ionia the bottle of coffee. Ionia began slowly sucking on it, then began sucking on it faster. Xelloss laughed. "I think she likes it!" Zel sweatdropped.
When Ionia had finished off the bottle, Zel took it away from her and set it on the counter near his empty coffee cup. Xelloss yawned. "You think you can take her out to Lina and Gourry and show her off or something? I want to take a nap."
Zel blinked. "...sure thing."
*****
Out in the waiting room, Lina and Gourry were fighting over a packet of peanuts. When Zel came out holding Ionia, Lina jumped up, leaving Gourry to amuse himself with the packet of peanuts.
"Aww, Zel, she's so KAWAII!!!" Lina said as she hovered over Ionia, who looked completely confused. "Zel, can I hold her?!"
"Ano...sure." He warily handed Ionia over to Lina. Lina sat down in a nearby chair.
"Hello there!" Lina put her hand too close to Ionia's face, and Ionia bit down on it, but, because she didn't have any teeth yet, it didn't hurt. Gourry and Zel stifled laughs.
Lina glared at the two, then looked down at the bundle. "She looks just like you, Zel! What's her name?"
Zel blinked. "Ionia."
"Aww, Ionia...that's a cute name!" Lina grinned and looked up at Zel. "Unfortunately, Amelia couldn't make it. I'm sure she would be fussing over Ionia more than I am."
A bad mental image entered Zel's mind. He could just imagine what Amelia would say to him the next time they met... "Zelgadiss-san! What you have done is wrong! It isn't right to have children with another man! In fact, it's just plain impossible! I will never forgive you for this--"
Ionia began bawling, and that shook Zel out of his daydream. Gourry had taken custody of her, and presently was trying to figure out a way to get her down from the lamp on the ceiling. Zel facevaulted.
~To Be Continued~
Ionia: So, what do you guys think so far? This is the story of my...um...origins? I know it may sound strange to some of you, but it was inspired by a conversation my friend and I were having, (and we tend to say the same exact thing at the same exact time ALL the time) so later in the fic, my friend, Ro, will become my sister, but not a child of Xelloss and Zelgadiss. (I'll make you wait to see who her daddy is. (((-^ )
Xelloss and Zelgadiss had been living in the house that Xelas-sama had built for them for about 7 months now. Zel hated having to wait hand and foot on the pregnant Mazuko, who, by his standards, could probably very well take care of herself. But, Xelloss insisted on sitting while Zel did all the work, muttering all the while about how much he hated it.
Zel flipped the vacuum off. "You know, you could do some work here!" he yelled over Xelloss' TV, which she had turned up so she could hear it over the vacuum. Xelloss turned the TV down.
"Come now, Zel-chan! You know I can't do work! The doctor said so." She prepared her infamous finger wag. "Besides, do you want your child to be born deformed or something?"
Zel gulped. As it was, the poor kid would probably turn out to look like him anyway. He just left the subject alone for the rest of the day.
*****
"Amelia-ouji, please stop pacing! You're wearing a ring in the floor!" one of the servants exclaimed.
"But that search party has been searching for Zelgadiss-san for 9 months now! Where could he have gone?!" Amelia broke down into a sobbing heap on the floor. Lina and Gourry, who were standing nearby, sweatdropped, and made no effort to comfort the crying princess.
The phone in the foyer rang, and Gourry ran to pick it up. "Moshi-moshi! What? Zelgadiss! Hey, where you been? Amelia's worried sick ab--huh? Xelloss is at the hospital? She's having a baby? Okie-dokie then! Ja ne!" He hung the phone up and walked calmly back into the throne room.
"Who was that?" Lina asked.
"Oh, it was just Zel. He said that Xelloss is at the hospital. She's having a baby. Nothing to worry about."
Lina smacked him. "You dolt! Yogurt-for-brains! Don't be so damn calm about something like that!!! We have to get there fast!"
"Yeah! I'm coming too, Lina-san!" Amelia started out the door, but one of her servants stopped her.
"Ano, Amelia-ouji? I don't believe that's such a smart idea. You have a royal ceremony to attend to today, remember?"
Amelia growled and walked back to her father's throne. "Fine then. Lina-san, please tell me what all of this is about when you return."
Lina snorted. "Yes, your highness," she said mockingly.
*****
Zelgadiss stared at awe at the tiny bundle that the nurse held in her arms. "She's all yours now, Mr. Greywers." She handed him the child.
The tiny child was a girl. She was small in comparison with Zel's long arms, but her skin bore the same distinction--blue-ish green and dotted with small grey stones. She opened a sleepy blue eye and grinned up at him.
"May I have her name please?" The nurse readied her pencil.
Zel thought for a moment, the whole time staring at his daughter's tiny face. "...Ionia. Ionia Metallium-Greywers."
The nurse scribbled it down. "Mother's name?"
"Xelloss Metallium," Xelloss said.
"Father?"
"Zelgadiss Greywers."
"Hai. Alright." The nurse turned and left.
Zel poked at Ionia's tiny cheek with his index finger. "Ionia..." Ionia grabbed his finger and began sucking on it.
"Looks like she likes you, Zel-chan." Zel turned around.
"This is all your fault."
"Ah, on the contrary, it's Xelas-sama's fault. She was the one who wanted me to do this."
Ionia picked this moment to start getting fussy. Zel sweatdropped. "I think...she's hungry."
"Me too, but I'm not breastfeeding her. I've been in female form long enough, and I've already changed back to male form." Xelloss stood up and walked over to the counter, where Zel had put his full coffee cup. "This is all we have."
Zel's eyes went wide. "No! Don't give her coffee! She's supposed to have milk!"
Xelloss blinked. "Well, you put milk in your coffee, right?"
Zel blinked too. "Yeah. Why?"
Xelloss began pouring it into a bottle. "Then it should be alright."
Zel nearly facefaulted, but didn't since he was still holding Ionia. Xelloss came up and gave Ionia the bottle of coffee. Ionia began slowly sucking on it, then began sucking on it faster. Xelloss laughed. "I think she likes it!" Zel sweatdropped.
When Ionia had finished off the bottle, Zel took it away from her and set it on the counter near his empty coffee cup. Xelloss yawned. "You think you can take her out to Lina and Gourry and show her off or something? I want to take a nap."
Zel blinked. "...sure thing."
*****
Out in the waiting room, Lina and Gourry were fighting over a packet of peanuts. When Zel came out holding Ionia, Lina jumped up, leaving Gourry to amuse himself with the packet of peanuts.
"Aww, Zel, she's so KAWAII!!!" Lina said as she hovered over Ionia, who looked completely confused. "Zel, can I hold her?!"
"Ano...sure." He warily handed Ionia over to Lina. Lina sat down in a nearby chair.
"Hello there!" Lina put her hand too close to Ionia's face, and Ionia bit down on it, but, because she didn't have any teeth yet, it didn't hurt. Gourry and Zel stifled laughs.
Lina glared at the two, then looked down at the bundle. "She looks just like you, Zel! What's her name?"
Zel blinked. "Ionia."
"Aww, Ionia...that's a cute name!" Lina grinned and looked up at Zel. "Unfortunately, Amelia couldn't make it. I'm sure she would be fussing over Ionia more than I am."
A bad mental image entered Zel's mind. He could just imagine what Amelia would say to him the next time they met... "Zelgadiss-san! What you have done is wrong! It isn't right to have children with another man! In fact, it's just plain impossible! I will never forgive you for this--"
Ionia began bawling, and that shook Zel out of his daydream. Gourry had taken custody of her, and presently was trying to figure out a way to get her down from the lamp on the ceiling. Zel facevaulted.
~To Be Continued~
Ionia: So, what do you guys think so far? This is the story of my...um...origins? I know it may sound strange to some of you, but it was inspired by a conversation my friend and I were having, (and we tend to say the same exact thing at the same exact time ALL the time) so later in the fic, my friend, Ro, will become my sister, but not a child of Xelloss and Zelgadiss. (I'll make you wait to see who her daddy is. (((-^ )