Six - Raymia to the Rescue
The sun was setting as Gourry stepped out of the restaurant where he and Lina were supposed to meet. His mood was worse than when he'd left her. He hadn't expected her to stand him up. He sighed and decided to walk around town for a little while. Hopefully he'd run into her. Of course he knew she could take care of herself but he still didn't like the idea of not being able to protect her.
Meanwhile, petite, blond haired Raymia bounded out of an ice cream shop with an ice cream cone in each hand. It was nighttime now, which meant the sun wouldn't be out to quickly melt her ice cream. Therefore, she could have two cones in double the time. She smiled to herself licking each cone in turn as she traveled down the dusty street.
Fourteen-year-old Raymia had come here to find Lina and the rest of her old friends. They'd traveled together for a time and then gone on their separate ways once the main events were over. Once she'd heard of and mourned over Amelia's death, she knew she had to come see how Lina was doing.
Raymia had traveled alone as usual, except for a marshmallow-looking Chimera that seemed to follow her everywhere. She just called him Marshie.
"I wonder where they could be..." Raymia said mostly to herself as they walked through town. (Well, Marshie just kinda bounced...) Suddenly, a tall man seemed to stick out of the crowd. She'd never mistake that long blonde hair and muscular build for anyone. "Gourry-san!!" Raymia cried and tackled him in a hug from behind.
Gourry's eyes bugged as someone attacked him from behind for no reason at all! He spun around, whipping out his sword. Raymia clung to him and was swung off in the other direction as he spun around.
"Eeee!!" Raymia screamed as she crashed into the side of a building, dropping both ice cream cones in the dirt. She looked up at him with teary eyes. "Gourry-san!! My ice cream! T_T"
Gourry blinked at the small blonde. "Raymia?! What are you doing here?" He walked over to her as she helped herself up.
"Well," She paused to dust herself off and yank her short blue skirt down a few inches, then she looked back up at him. "I came here to find you and Lina-san." Suddenly, she gasped. "Where IS Lina-san?!" Raymia picked up Gourry by his arms, moving him to the left and then to the right as she frantically looked for Lina. When she didn't see Lina anyway, she let go of Gourry. "What did you DO with her, Gourry-san?!" Raymia cried, clenching both fists under her chin dramatically.
Gourry blinked at the girl, scratching the back of his head. "She went to look for Zel."
Raymia gasped, resuming yet another dramatic pose. "Zel's MISSING?!" Marshie mimicked her expression as he often did.
Gourry looked a little more serious now as he looked into the sunset. "Hai. So she went to look for him. She was supposed to meet me for dinner, but she didn't show." He looked back down at Raymia, shadows of the sunset highlighting his features.
Raymia frowned, loosing the drama herself. She reached up and placed a hand on Gourry's arm. "Don't worry, Gourry-kun." A bright, cheery smile spread across her face as she looked up at him. "We'll just wait for them at the Inn!" At his mistress' change in mood, Marshie bounced up and down, smiling widely.
Gourry slowly smiled down at the pair. "Hai."
"Let's go! n_n" Raymia smiled, grabbing Gourry's hand and pulling him along like a little sister would her big brother. Marshie bounded after them genki-ly.
The sun was setting as Gourry stepped out of the restaurant where he and Lina were supposed to meet. His mood was worse than when he'd left her. He hadn't expected her to stand him up. He sighed and decided to walk around town for a little while. Hopefully he'd run into her. Of course he knew she could take care of herself but he still didn't like the idea of not being able to protect her.
Meanwhile, petite, blond haired Raymia bounded out of an ice cream shop with an ice cream cone in each hand. It was nighttime now, which meant the sun wouldn't be out to quickly melt her ice cream. Therefore, she could have two cones in double the time. She smiled to herself licking each cone in turn as she traveled down the dusty street.
Fourteen-year-old Raymia had come here to find Lina and the rest of her old friends. They'd traveled together for a time and then gone on their separate ways once the main events were over. Once she'd heard of and mourned over Amelia's death, she knew she had to come see how Lina was doing.
Raymia had traveled alone as usual, except for a marshmallow-looking Chimera that seemed to follow her everywhere. She just called him Marshie.
"I wonder where they could be..." Raymia said mostly to herself as they walked through town. (Well, Marshie just kinda bounced...) Suddenly, a tall man seemed to stick out of the crowd. She'd never mistake that long blonde hair and muscular build for anyone. "Gourry-san!!" Raymia cried and tackled him in a hug from behind.
Gourry's eyes bugged as someone attacked him from behind for no reason at all! He spun around, whipping out his sword. Raymia clung to him and was swung off in the other direction as he spun around.
"Eeee!!" Raymia screamed as she crashed into the side of a building, dropping both ice cream cones in the dirt. She looked up at him with teary eyes. "Gourry-san!! My ice cream! T_T"
Gourry blinked at the small blonde. "Raymia?! What are you doing here?" He walked over to her as she helped herself up.
"Well," She paused to dust herself off and yank her short blue skirt down a few inches, then she looked back up at him. "I came here to find you and Lina-san." Suddenly, she gasped. "Where IS Lina-san?!" Raymia picked up Gourry by his arms, moving him to the left and then to the right as she frantically looked for Lina. When she didn't see Lina anyway, she let go of Gourry. "What did you DO with her, Gourry-san?!" Raymia cried, clenching both fists under her chin dramatically.
Gourry blinked at the girl, scratching the back of his head. "She went to look for Zel."
Raymia gasped, resuming yet another dramatic pose. "Zel's MISSING?!" Marshie mimicked her expression as he often did.
Gourry looked a little more serious now as he looked into the sunset. "Hai. So she went to look for him. She was supposed to meet me for dinner, but she didn't show." He looked back down at Raymia, shadows of the sunset highlighting his features.
Raymia frowned, loosing the drama herself. She reached up and placed a hand on Gourry's arm. "Don't worry, Gourry-kun." A bright, cheery smile spread across her face as she looked up at him. "We'll just wait for them at the Inn!" At his mistress' change in mood, Marshie bounced up and down, smiling widely.
Gourry slowly smiled down at the pair. "Hai."
"Let's go! n_n" Raymia smiled, grabbing Gourry's hand and pulling him along like a little sister would her big brother. Marshie bounded after them genki-ly.