Ten – Murder of Innocence
That night back at the Inn, Lina and Raymia were bathing in the large community bath. It was late so no one else was in. Lina had timed it just right. n_- Raymia was washing Lina's hair for her as Amelia often had.
"It's gotten really long, Lina-san." Raymia smiled. "I like it." But when Lina didn't reply with some conceded comment, Raymia leaned down over her shoulder and looked at her. "Ano… Lina-san?"
Lina blinked, Raymia's breasts coming into clear focus. "AHH! Get it outta my faaace!!" Lina thrashed, knocking Raymia into the water with a splash. Lina was breathing heavily with an angry look on her face as Raymia surface.
She sweatdropped and slowly inched away from Lina. "Gomen nasai! I was just seeing if you were still awake." She laughed nervously. "You weren't responding…"
Lina sighed and shrugged it off. "I was just thinking… about what Xelloss said." She looked up at Raymia who was now sitting as far under the water a possible. "Someone wants something from me. Someone that isn't human. And they're trying to frame me as a murderer to get it? I don't understand."
Raymia placed a finger to her chin and thought for a moment. "Maybe they just want to get you mad."
"Mad?" Lina's ruby eyes narrowed. "Raymia, I've vowed to kill them."
Raymia had to admit to herself that Lina was a little bit scary when she was thinking this way. Maybe killing the enemy wouldn't have to happen? 'No! What am I thinking?!' She scolded herself. 'Whoever, or whatever it was, killed Amelia is going to pay with their life.' An angry look came over her face but she was silent.
"Hai! It is merely the law of the just and fair Heavens that we get revenge for Amelia!" Raymia declared, pointing a finger at the Heavens.
Lina blinked. "Yeah, something like that. ^^; Anyway, can ya' finish washing my hair now?"
Raymia smiled. "Hai!"
--
After they finished bathing, Raymia and Lina crawled into Gourry's bed again. Gourry groaned. "I have to sleep on the floor again? v_v Can't you girls sleep in Lina's room or something?"
Raymia sat up in bed and smiled at him and shook her head. "Nope! They've already rented those rooms out to someone else."
"Aww…" Gourry slumped.
Lina opened an eye and glared at him. "Oh hush, Gourry. Be a man." He didn't reply but turned out the light and lay down on the floor again. Raymia's head hit the pillow as she plopped down again. Lina's eyes popped open.
"Would ya' quit bouncin' around??" Lina complained.
"Gomen! ^^;" Raymia apologized as Marshie appeared again and hopped up on the bed into Raymia's arms. "Hi Marshie! n_n" She smiled, cuddling him to her.
"Shuddap!" Lina yelled.
Raymia cringed. "Gomen… ^^;"
Finally, they were asleep.
--
Hours later, Lina's ruby eyes narrowed and she grinned as she entered the room. Her small sword in her hand, she slowly crept towards the bed where Raymia lay, sleeping soundly.
Lina glanced at Gourry, snoring on the hardwood floor. "This is going to be easy," She grinned sinisterly to herself. As she approached the large bed, the moonlight reflected off of the sword that was responsible for Amelia's death.
Lina looked down at Raymia. She was sleeping so peacefully, snuggled up to the tiny white Chimera. Lina picked up Marshie, her nails digging into his smooth skin. With one swift toss, he connected with the wall and didn't move afterwards. Lina gently ran a hand across her forehead, brushing the bangs out of her victims face. An evil shine took to Lina's eyes as she lowered the blade and let it glide across the girl's cheek. Raymia stirred in her sleep, eyebrows creasing, as blood began to seep from the wound. Lina's grin widened and she didn't hesitate to repeat the act, creating an identical wound on the girl's jaw. Flesh yielded ever so willingly to the sharp steel now stained with crimson.
Lina looked down at her as her eyelids slowly fluttered open. Raymia lifted a hand to her cheek and looked at it. Her eyes went wide when she saw the blood. Terrified blue eyes peered through the darkness at Lina.
"Lina-san?!" Raymia failingly tried to force herself in a sitting up position. She glanced down at her hands in terror to see that her wrists had been slit as well. The pain was too much and she slid back down onto the bed. "Lina-san?! What are you doing?!"
A villainous cackle erupted from Lina's throat as she took in all the fear and pain that Raymia gave off. "You can't get away now, Raymia dear." Lina taunted, raising the blade in the moonlight.
Raymia gasped and began casting an ice spell but she was too slow. Lina immediately drove the sword into her chest, piercing her heart. Raymia's lips froze and her pupils dilated. Lina grinned. Raymia was dead.
--
A cold chill embraced the room causing Lina to shiver in her sleep. She cuddled up to Raymia but only felt colder. Her eyes opened and let Raymia's face come into focus. Lina blinked, sitting up in bed. "Raymia?!" Lina gasped at Raymia's expression. "Iie…" She whispered. Then she reached for the sheets and suddenly yanked them back. "IIE!!!" Lina screamed, frozen in place.
Gourry woke up abruptly. "Nani?" He yawned, sitting up. "Is it morning already?" He stretched his arms then his eyes popped open. He gasped, standing slowly to observe the unbelievable scene.
Lina was sitting on the bed next to Raymia, tears rolling down her cheeks. Her nails dug into the bed sheets and her eyes were locked on Raymia. Raymia… her blue eyes opened wide and her mouth hung open, not making a sound.
Ice had frozen some of the blood and hardened on the bed sheets. Then his eyes fell upon the sword. The same sword that had killed Amelia. It was jutting out of her chest harshly. She was dead.
Gray faced, he lifted his eyes to Lina slowly. Her eyes were still locked on Raymia's body. "Lina…" He stood, walking towards her and she looked up at him. Her eyes seemed lifeless. "Lina?"
Then, Lina went crazy. Anger and despair flashed in her eyes. She yanked the sword from Raymia's chest and pressed it against her own.
"Lina!! NO!" Gourry reached an outstretched hand towards her.
Her hands shook as she pressed the blade into her chest. "It's all my fault, Gourry. It's all my fault!" She sobbed.
"That's not true, Lina! You didn't do it!"
"But Xelloss said they were after me!" Her voice rose in a harsh shriek. "Why didn't they just come to me?! Why?!" Lina was gasping for breath as Gourry reached for the sword. She didn't resist as he took it from her hands and dropped it on the floor.
'So helpless. She looks so helpless and so innocent right now.' Gourry thought, looking into Lina's eyes. Tears welled in his own eyes as he glanced back at Raymia's body. He looked back at Lina and sat down on the bed beside her as he'd down before. 'She's trembling…' He frowned, the sorrow overwhelming him. Gourry suddenly wrapped his arms around Lina and pulled her to him. They gripped each other tightly as they both sobbed silently.
But then, Lina stopped and pulled away from him. Her eyes narrowed and she pounded a fist into his chest. "Dammit, Gourry!!" His eyes widened as she stood and backed away from him.
"Lina?" Gourry stood, watching her. He cringed at the site of Marshie's tiny lifeless body in the corner of the room. 'What a monster!'
Suddenly, Lina fell to her knees. Her eyes widened and she gasped for breath. Then the expected vision came again. But this time is was Raymia she was killed. She saw herself throw Marshie into the wall. And joyfully slit Raymia's wrists while she was asleep. The same blade dragged across the tender flesh as Amelia's. Then she grinned to herself as she made the little cuts on Raymia's innocent face. Raymia awoke. Struggled weakly. "Lina-san?! Why?!" Lina heard her calling. Then she watched herself, raise the blade once more and plunge it into Raymia's heart. She watched the light fade from Raymia's eyes and her mouth hung open in a silent scream. When the agony was all over, everything faded to darkness.
That night back at the Inn, Lina and Raymia were bathing in the large community bath. It was late so no one else was in. Lina had timed it just right. n_- Raymia was washing Lina's hair for her as Amelia often had.
"It's gotten really long, Lina-san." Raymia smiled. "I like it." But when Lina didn't reply with some conceded comment, Raymia leaned down over her shoulder and looked at her. "Ano… Lina-san?"
Lina blinked, Raymia's breasts coming into clear focus. "AHH! Get it outta my faaace!!" Lina thrashed, knocking Raymia into the water with a splash. Lina was breathing heavily with an angry look on her face as Raymia surface.
She sweatdropped and slowly inched away from Lina. "Gomen nasai! I was just seeing if you were still awake." She laughed nervously. "You weren't responding…"
Lina sighed and shrugged it off. "I was just thinking… about what Xelloss said." She looked up at Raymia who was now sitting as far under the water a possible. "Someone wants something from me. Someone that isn't human. And they're trying to frame me as a murderer to get it? I don't understand."
Raymia placed a finger to her chin and thought for a moment. "Maybe they just want to get you mad."
"Mad?" Lina's ruby eyes narrowed. "Raymia, I've vowed to kill them."
Raymia had to admit to herself that Lina was a little bit scary when she was thinking this way. Maybe killing the enemy wouldn't have to happen? 'No! What am I thinking?!' She scolded herself. 'Whoever, or whatever it was, killed Amelia is going to pay with their life.' An angry look came over her face but she was silent.
"Hai! It is merely the law of the just and fair Heavens that we get revenge for Amelia!" Raymia declared, pointing a finger at the Heavens.
Lina blinked. "Yeah, something like that. ^^; Anyway, can ya' finish washing my hair now?"
Raymia smiled. "Hai!"
--
After they finished bathing, Raymia and Lina crawled into Gourry's bed again. Gourry groaned. "I have to sleep on the floor again? v_v Can't you girls sleep in Lina's room or something?"
Raymia sat up in bed and smiled at him and shook her head. "Nope! They've already rented those rooms out to someone else."
"Aww…" Gourry slumped.
Lina opened an eye and glared at him. "Oh hush, Gourry. Be a man." He didn't reply but turned out the light and lay down on the floor again. Raymia's head hit the pillow as she plopped down again. Lina's eyes popped open.
"Would ya' quit bouncin' around??" Lina complained.
"Gomen! ^^;" Raymia apologized as Marshie appeared again and hopped up on the bed into Raymia's arms. "Hi Marshie! n_n" She smiled, cuddling him to her.
"Shuddap!" Lina yelled.
Raymia cringed. "Gomen… ^^;"
Finally, they were asleep.
--
Hours later, Lina's ruby eyes narrowed and she grinned as she entered the room. Her small sword in her hand, she slowly crept towards the bed where Raymia lay, sleeping soundly.
Lina glanced at Gourry, snoring on the hardwood floor. "This is going to be easy," She grinned sinisterly to herself. As she approached the large bed, the moonlight reflected off of the sword that was responsible for Amelia's death.
Lina looked down at Raymia. She was sleeping so peacefully, snuggled up to the tiny white Chimera. Lina picked up Marshie, her nails digging into his smooth skin. With one swift toss, he connected with the wall and didn't move afterwards. Lina gently ran a hand across her forehead, brushing the bangs out of her victims face. An evil shine took to Lina's eyes as she lowered the blade and let it glide across the girl's cheek. Raymia stirred in her sleep, eyebrows creasing, as blood began to seep from the wound. Lina's grin widened and she didn't hesitate to repeat the act, creating an identical wound on the girl's jaw. Flesh yielded ever so willingly to the sharp steel now stained with crimson.
Lina looked down at her as her eyelids slowly fluttered open. Raymia lifted a hand to her cheek and looked at it. Her eyes went wide when she saw the blood. Terrified blue eyes peered through the darkness at Lina.
"Lina-san?!" Raymia failingly tried to force herself in a sitting up position. She glanced down at her hands in terror to see that her wrists had been slit as well. The pain was too much and she slid back down onto the bed. "Lina-san?! What are you doing?!"
A villainous cackle erupted from Lina's throat as she took in all the fear and pain that Raymia gave off. "You can't get away now, Raymia dear." Lina taunted, raising the blade in the moonlight.
Raymia gasped and began casting an ice spell but she was too slow. Lina immediately drove the sword into her chest, piercing her heart. Raymia's lips froze and her pupils dilated. Lina grinned. Raymia was dead.
--
A cold chill embraced the room causing Lina to shiver in her sleep. She cuddled up to Raymia but only felt colder. Her eyes opened and let Raymia's face come into focus. Lina blinked, sitting up in bed. "Raymia?!" Lina gasped at Raymia's expression. "Iie…" She whispered. Then she reached for the sheets and suddenly yanked them back. "IIE!!!" Lina screamed, frozen in place.
Gourry woke up abruptly. "Nani?" He yawned, sitting up. "Is it morning already?" He stretched his arms then his eyes popped open. He gasped, standing slowly to observe the unbelievable scene.
Lina was sitting on the bed next to Raymia, tears rolling down her cheeks. Her nails dug into the bed sheets and her eyes were locked on Raymia. Raymia… her blue eyes opened wide and her mouth hung open, not making a sound.
Ice had frozen some of the blood and hardened on the bed sheets. Then his eyes fell upon the sword. The same sword that had killed Amelia. It was jutting out of her chest harshly. She was dead.
Gray faced, he lifted his eyes to Lina slowly. Her eyes were still locked on Raymia's body. "Lina…" He stood, walking towards her and she looked up at him. Her eyes seemed lifeless. "Lina?"
Then, Lina went crazy. Anger and despair flashed in her eyes. She yanked the sword from Raymia's chest and pressed it against her own.
"Lina!! NO!" Gourry reached an outstretched hand towards her.
Her hands shook as she pressed the blade into her chest. "It's all my fault, Gourry. It's all my fault!" She sobbed.
"That's not true, Lina! You didn't do it!"
"But Xelloss said they were after me!" Her voice rose in a harsh shriek. "Why didn't they just come to me?! Why?!" Lina was gasping for breath as Gourry reached for the sword. She didn't resist as he took it from her hands and dropped it on the floor.
'So helpless. She looks so helpless and so innocent right now.' Gourry thought, looking into Lina's eyes. Tears welled in his own eyes as he glanced back at Raymia's body. He looked back at Lina and sat down on the bed beside her as he'd down before. 'She's trembling…' He frowned, the sorrow overwhelming him. Gourry suddenly wrapped his arms around Lina and pulled her to him. They gripped each other tightly as they both sobbed silently.
But then, Lina stopped and pulled away from him. Her eyes narrowed and she pounded a fist into his chest. "Dammit, Gourry!!" His eyes widened as she stood and backed away from him.
"Lina?" Gourry stood, watching her. He cringed at the site of Marshie's tiny lifeless body in the corner of the room. 'What a monster!'
Suddenly, Lina fell to her knees. Her eyes widened and she gasped for breath. Then the expected vision came again. But this time is was Raymia she was killed. She saw herself throw Marshie into the wall. And joyfully slit Raymia's wrists while she was asleep. The same blade dragged across the tender flesh as Amelia's. Then she grinned to herself as she made the little cuts on Raymia's innocent face. Raymia awoke. Struggled weakly. "Lina-san?! Why?!" Lina heard her calling. Then she watched herself, raise the blade once more and plunge it into Raymia's heart. She watched the light fade from Raymia's eyes and her mouth hung open in a silent scream. When the agony was all over, everything faded to darkness.