Innocent Souls
A Slayers Song Fic
Lullaby, sweet
lullaby
Lullaby me through
our dreams
Lina sighed, her head resting
comfortably on Gourry's knee, chewing a straw contently.
"What are you thinking
of?" she asked and looked dreamily into his blue eyes.
"I'm thinking of…"
Gourry replied, "Oh nothing…"
"Tell me," Lina
insisted as she rolled onto her belly. She discarded her straw from her mouth.
Gourry looked down at her and
smiled gorgeously. "I was thinking of…Amelia."
Lina felt as if the world had
shattered upon her shoulders and pieces rained upon her head, shredding her
into pieces.
Give me sweet,
give me hope
Give me our dreams
"What??" Lina
exclaimed as she jumped onto her feet. "I thought…I thought that there is
something between us! How could you! How could you think of another woman while
you are romancing me!"
"Don't be ridiculous
Lina," Gourry frowned.
"You…" Lina looked
away.
"I was just thinking. I
mean, she and Zel seems so much like a perfect couple while we were travelling
together."
"Oh…" Lina
sweat-dropped. "I thought that--"
"You are so kawaii when you
act so jealous like that!"
"Who said I'm jealous? Do I
look jealous! I'm not jealous!" Lina yelled as temporary fangs appeared in
her mouth. "Why would I want to be jealous!"
Gourry laughed. "How
cute!"
When we were
young, the world was big
But now we've
grown it seems so small
Our love, we never
knew it would be deep
And yet where we
stand, I never felt so tall
Flower petals float around as if
on cue, as Amelia appeared.
"Heh?" Gourry cocked
his head to the side. "Oh it's you Amelia."
"Whatcha doing here?"
Lina asked.
"Well," Amelia said,
"I was just looking for the both of you."
"Why?" It was Gourry's
turn to ask.
"Just to say that I feel so
happy today."
"And why, would you be
happy?" Lina looked questionably at her younger partner.
"Gee, Lina, isn't Zel due
to be back from treatment today."
"Oh yeah," Lina
scratched her chin. "That skin problem. Is that why you are happy? So that
you can finally see him under the blue stone?"
"Oh," Amelia looked
out with her eyes twinkling. "I've seen past all of that for a very long
time. I've seen what's beneath…in him."
"Really?" Gourry
scratched his head. "That's odd, I've seen him looking the same all the
time this while."
"Hmm! That explains all
this floating flowers," Lina commented. "Amelia is in love, with
Zelgadis."
"Looks don't matter. It is
what is inside here," Amelia pointed to her heart, "that
counts."
"I suppose so," Gourry
replied. "Just like it doesn't matter how sexy Syphiel is. All it matters
that her cooking is delicious! Oh, thinking of her makes me hungry."
Amelia and Lina sweat-dropped.
"I can't wait to see how he
looked," Lina said to Amelia.
"Well, me either,"
Gourry said too.
"You'll get to see him
tonight, at Syphiel's new house."
"She has a new house?"
Lina wondered out aloud.
"Yeah. It's too bad…I mean,
her father…the other time with copy Rezo," Amelia looked sad for a while,
then perked up, "But we should be happy that we're moving on to another
stage in our lives."
"So, Syphiel is having a
house warming party…Oh that was what this card is all about," Gourry
retrieved a paper from his pocket.
"Well, see you
tonight," Amelia said and left with a flurry of petals following her.
"Hmm…" Lina thought.
"I wonder what flower this petal belongs to."
Gourry face-faults.
Lullaby, lullaby
through our night
Where the sky can
be so dark, so black
"Nice house, Syphiel,"
Lina praised. "And scrumptious dinner!"
"Oh, thanks Lina,"
Syphiel said softly.
"I thought this might come
in useful, next time…I hope there won't be a next time though," Lina
passed her a brown envelope.
"What's this?" Syphiel
asked as she drew out a paper from the envelope.
"It's instructions on how
to make a protection spell for your house that could even withstand Amelia's…destruction
prowess. I got it in a bargain with…well, I can't tell you--"
"Boo!" Xelloss appears
out of nowhere (actually it was behind the girls).
"Shut up Xelloss,"
Lina sighed and back-handed him into the wall behind. He slid down the wall
surface.
"Hungry, can't help it…Need
to feed off people's fears…" Xelloss muttered.
"Will this help--ooh, I'm
so scared," Filia entered the house and looked at Xelloss sarcastically.
"Er…" was all Xelloss
said.
"Filia!" Syphiel said.
"I think there's still some food left. We are having a garden dinner."
"I don't know what
I'm doing here. Tell me what I'm doing here. I think…I don't know you
even!" Filia replied. "Anyway, thanks for the dinner, I ate the food
on my way in here."
"Hey," Gourry entered
the house. "Great dinner."
"Thank you Gourry,"
Syphiel blushed.
"I've got something for
you," Gourry passed a package to Syphiel.
"It's…Nice. Thank you
Gourry," Syphiel thanked him as she examined the set of ladles and
spatulas Gourry gave her.
"It's so that you can cook
more delicious food!"
"Ahh, food," Xelloss
suddenly said. "Food."
"Shut up Xelloss,"
Filia and Lina said.
Amelia entered, head down and
eyes half closed, through the door, the petals pouring in.
"What the??" Filia said.
"Why are you feeling
afraid?" Lina questioned Amelia.
Amelia opened her eyes and
looked around. "Oh."
"What?" Filia asked.
"Welcome Amelia. I hope you
had your dinner on your way in too." Syphiel smiled.
"Oh." Amelia looked at
Syphiel. "Actually, I have not. I thought that we would all sit down and
have dinner together. I was…I mean, I am hoping to see Zel first. I thought
he's here."
"No more food,"
Xelloss fainted.
"Ah. He isn't here yet,
Amelia," Gourry replied.
"He's here," Filia
announced. "I feel him."
And Zelgadis enters, looking
very human.
Where the moon
shines its everlasting light
And earth be our
witness, fulfil our lack.
Amelia sat at a
corner of the moonlit garden with Zelgadis, while Lina and Gourry took another corner.
"Such perfect
couples," Syphiel whispered to Filia.
"Yes, how
romantic," Filia said, looking strangely at the couples.
"Food,"
Xelloss crept up to the two girls.
"Haven't you
fainted or died from hunger yet?" Filia stared at him.
"I've fainted,"
Xelloss replied.
"Apparently that
is not enough to keep you silent for long."
"Yeah, well…"
Give me the sun
and the world
Give me you, oh
give me
Lullaby, oh
lullaby
Give me back our
innocent souls.
