Author Notes: EXAMS ARE OFFICIALLY OVER! WHOPPEEEEEE! Hah! I am aliiiiiive again!
Oooookay then I'd better stop scaring the readers now…if you care about the damn disclaimer, read the first chapter cos im not writing it again.
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Kai'ila dropped the drink she was holding and giggled as Casper stood up on the table, singing.
'EXCUSE ME!' shrieked an all-too-familiar voice. Casper fell off the table and looked dup from the floor.
'Oh hi Captain.' He said. Yurika glowered at the two.
'And what's your excuse?!'
'Hic! We couldn't-hic- find the bridge-hic-so we thought if we-hic-stayed in one place, someone would-hic- find us!' Kai'ila said.
'AND YOU WAITED HERE!?!'
'We couldn't-hic- find anywhere else-' Kai'ila shrugged, and then burst into tears. Casper blinked at her and staggered over.
'What's up?'
'WAAAAH- I don't know.'
'You were bawling your eyes out!'
'I was?'
They looked at each other and fell over laughing. Yurika sighed and looked at Akito, who had come out of the kitchen and was blinking at the two incoherent out-worlders.
'I think I'll ask them another time.' She muttered.
'Ask them what, Yurika?'
'Ask them what this means.' Yurika held out a piece of paper and Akito scanned through it, sweatdropping.
THIS IS TO KAI'ILA, A INSUFFERABLY CHEERFULREDHEAD WITH GREEN EYES, CASPER, AN ALMOST-HUMAN MAZOKU GUY THAT LOOKS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN
CARROT GLACE, GOURRY GABRIEV AND XELLOSS WHEN HE'S
IN A SADISTIC MOOD, SAID PURPLE-HAIRED PRIEST AND FILIA, CLEO, A PRIESTESS OF CHAOS, DYNAST THE DARK LORD, LINA INVERSE AND GOURY GABRIEV. OH, AND ZELGADIS, A CHIMERA, AND PRINCESS AMELIA WIL TELSA SAILUNNE, WHO IS A JUSTICE-LOVER AND ALSO INSUFFERABLY CHEERFUL. ALSO TO L'RISIA ANOTHER PRIESTESS OF CHAOS AND VAL, AN ANCEINT DRAGON.HI. THIS IS THE LORD OF NIGHTMARES.
VAL AND L'RI ARE IN RUROUNI KENSHIN. KAI'ILA AND CASPER ARE STUCK IN NADESICO. DYNAST AND CLEO ARE STUCK WITH EACH OTHER IN TENCHI LAND, WHILE XELLOSS AND FILIA ARE IN DRAGON BALL Z. LINA AND GOURRY ARE IN DIGIMON AND ZEL AND AMELIA ARE IN POKEMON. YOU'RE GOING TO STAY THERE UNTILL YOU LEARN TO TRUST YOUR FEELINGS- OR IN SOME CASES, REALISE THEM, SINCE MY 'DAUGHTERS' SEEM TO BE SCREWING UP.
YOU'RE ALL VERY AMUSING.
HAVE FUN!
L-SAMA.
(PS- DOLPHIN IS HERE TOO. HURRY UP BECAUSE SHE'S DRINKING ALL THE MARTINIS AND SHABBY REFUSES TO GET OFF MY PLAYSTATION TWO!!)
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Amelia blinked at the piece of paper that had fallen out of the sky. She handed it silently to Zelgadis, who skimmed through the letters quickly.
'Oh. My. God.' He managed, and then slumped down on the sand. 'What the hell do we do now?!?!'
'Um..it says until we learn to trust our feelings or realise them we're stuck here- isn't Pokemon that anime Kai'ila was complaining about?'
'I think so. So we're all stuck in a story?! This sucks!!'
Amelia sighed and sat down next to him, and hugged her knees. They looked out in silence over the blue water. The beach was deserted, and the sky was pink.
I am talking REAL pink. This is Amelia Pink we're discussing. No self-respecting painter would paint the sky Amelia Pink despite the fact that's what colour sunsets in this kind of situation are.
It's just wrong. Anyway…
The sun's dying rays were turned a section of the blue water golden, little sparkles dancing off the occasional crests.
'It's pretty, don't you think Mr Zelgadis?'
Zel hesitated, and then nodded. 'Yes, it is.'
Actually he was thinking that the sky was exactly the same colour that Amelia wore on her shirt but he wasn't going to say that.
'So- what are we going to do for food then?' Amelia asked, trying to strike up a conversation, though she knew it was probably pointless. Zel seemed to consider this idea.
'I think-' he said, and stood up. 'I think- we'll have to think like Lina.'
Amelia glanced at him curiously as he yanked out a strand of his hair and bent it like a hook. He looked around the beach.
'Can you see a piece of string or something, Amelia?'
She looked at the hook in his hand and grinned. 'I'll find one, Mr Zel-'
'Amelia-'
She turned around and looked at him, wondering at the shy sound of his voice.
'Just call me Zelgadis.'
'Ah- sure! Okay! Found some!'
Amelia watched as Zel turned the fish over, placing his hand fearlessly into the flame. She didn't miss the flicker of sadness, and the slight pause as he watched the flames dance around his hand, harmlessly. Poor M- Zelgadis.
'Something wrong, Amelia?' he asked, pulling his hand out of the flames again. She swallowed. He'd caught her looking at him.
'No, nothing.'
He looked thoughtful and then nodded. 'Say, Amelia?'
She looked at the blush on his face curiously. 'Hm?'
'I was thinking- you've got a pretty big library in Sailunne, don't you?'
'Yeah, one of the biggest Mr- I mean, Zel. Why do you ask?'
'Um- I was wondering if I could stay there when we get back, and- wellsinceyoulivethereithoughtyoucouldhelpmelookformycure.'
Amelia paused as she deciphered this. Finally her face broke out into a broad grin.,
'Of course you can! Daddy will be so happy to see you again; it's been ages since he's seen any of you! Of course I'll help!'
Zelgadis nodded, and his little inner voice patted him on the head. There now, that wasn't so hard, was it? By the way- you can start breathing again now…
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L'risia read the piece of paper and her mouth quirked.
'That's- typical.' She managed, and still wasn't satisfied with the word for it. Val nodded. The letter and fallen in Kenshin's laundry, and it had taken them ages to decipher the running ink. L'risia carefully placed the still damp letter on the pavement to dry, and swung herself into the sakura tree.
'Why do you do that? You remind me of Xelloss?'
'I like trees.'
'Any particular reason?'
L'risia looked thoughtful. 'None that I'd like to talk about.' She said finally. Val glanced at her and sat down.
'What was that?'
L'risia opened her mouth to say something and then shut it again. 'Nothing- I got an email!'
'From who? What's an email?'
'It's like a letter you can send in-between computers. It's from Lina and Gourry-'
'What does it say?' Val asked, shinning up the tree and lying down on a branch above the girl so he could read the screen. She tilted it up slightly.
'Dear L'ri and Val- hey guys! Gourry and I are stuck with some kids who call themselves the digi-destined! They've got these weird creatures called digmon but they're kind of cool! I like Flamedramon!- she would,' L'risia couldn't help adding, and waved away Val's questioning look. ' Anyway- did you guys get L-sama's letter? I can't believe she did this to us! I'm engaged already! What did she mean by you guys screwing up? And what's this dragon ball Z business anyway? Come on L'ri, write back or I'll get this kid Izzy to send a virus to you! Okay! Bye! Lina and Gourry.'
There was a pause, during which Val's branch snapped, taking out L'risia's as he fell.
CRASH'OW.' L'risia announced as Yahiko and Kenshin, followed by Kaoru, came running.
'L'risia-dono! Val-san! Daijoubika?' Kenshin asked anxiously.
'Hai, daijoubi- Val could you get OFF me-'
'Ah- sorry L'risia-' Val scrambled to his feet. L'risia kicked the branch off her and got to her feet and then feel over again.
'Ouch-'
'What's wrong?'
'I think I twisted something-' the girl muttered, yanking off her boot and pulling up the leg of her trousers, revealing a swollen ankle. She touched it tenderly and a look of pain crossed her face. Val knelt.
'It's broken, L'risia-dono.' Kenshin said gently. 'We'll take you to Megumi.'
'Great time for my magic to be almost non-existent-' L'risia muttered. Val looked at her curiously.
'What? But- ooh-' he blushed.
L'risia turned pink and whacked him over the head. 'No! Not that you baka! The longer I am here the less my magic seems to get, and I can't heal anything more than bruises!'
'Ow- well- I didn't know!'
The look on L'risia's face told him to shut up while he was ahead, so he did. Kaoru scratched her head.
'But how are we going to get her there?'
'I can ca-' Koru quickly stepped on Kenshin's foot. L'risia's eyes narrowed and then widened.
'Kaoru-dono you WOULDN'T!'
'Val, could you please carry L'risia and follow me?'
'WHAT?!' shouted L'risia, even though she'd been expecting it. Val grinned and swept L'risia off the ground.
'Hey! Put me down you hentai! Now!'
'Sorry priestess.' He grinned. 'You can't walk!'
'So- I'll lean on someone! Put me DOWN!'
'Not a chance.'
L'risia folded her arms and pouted at no one in particular. 'I think Xelloss wore off on you a little too much. Remind me to have a word with him about that next time I see him.'
'Can I warn him first?' Val asked, faking anxiousness.
'No.' L'risia said firmly. Xelloss was going to get the WHOLE Barney song this time.
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Xelloss actually opened his eyes wide as Gohan read over his shoulder.
'AAAAAHHHHHH!' he yelled, standing up so fast the chair flew out from behind him and made a dent in the wall. Filia's eye ticked. 'NOOOO!'
'Who's L-sama?' Gohan asked him.
'Kinda hard to explain-' Filia said as Xelloss went into hysterics. He'd been over-exaggerating lately. She'd decided he was hungry, and that was fine with her. Although if he didn't stop quoting someone called Shakespeare pretty soon he would get the Barney Song.
In the background, Vegeta yelled at Xelloss to shut up, and Trunks told Goten to turn the volume on the TV up.
Xelloss appeared to exhaust himself and sat on the air, thoroughly disgruntled.
'Why me?' he moaned.
'Why us.' Filia corrected. 'We must just be stuck because L-sama wants to set the others up or something.'
Xelloss lifted his head off his hands. 'You think she's setting them up? Well that would explain the Priestesses of Chaos, I'd been wondering what they've been up to. They knew all about us.'
Filia blinked at him. Xelloss sighed.
'Filia, it's quite obvious that L-sama has decided that Lina, Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis are in denial of their feelings.'
'But Miss Lina and Mr Gourry are-'
'Hm. Yes, I'll admit that's a bit queer. Maybe they were drunk when it happened so they haven't actually declared their feelings of-' he gagged and stopped talking. Filia smiled sweetly.
'Love?'
Xelloss nodded, turning green. He looked grumpy. 'I'll bet Zelas is having a good laugh along with the rest of them.'
'But why us together?' Filia mused.
'We were the only ones left.'
'Well- actually Cleo didn't seem that anxious to go with Dynast-' Filia stopped, one possibility occurring to her that she didn't want to have. Xelloss watched her. So, it had occurred to his little dragon too- wait, HIS dragon? Where the HELL had that come from?
He sighed heavily. He was feeling tired, lately, and he had circles under his eyes.
'Xelloss, are you all right?'
'Hm? Oh, yes Fi-chan!' he said brightly, and then to his horror, his coughed. Filia raised an eyebrow.
'You stayed green- you don't look at all well.' She said. Gohan agreed.
'Miss Filia's right, Xelloss, you look terrible! Maybe you should go to bed.'
'….I'm fine!'
Chichi, responding to her son's call, came in and felt Xelloss's forehead, only to snatch it away.
'You're burning up! Into bed! Now!'
'Iie Miss Chichi I'm fi-'
'NOW, XELLOSS!' Chichi yelled. As he let himself be dragged away, Xelloss muttered to Filia,
'She's scarier than you!'
'What was that namagomi? You don't want the Barney Song, do you?'
'No!' he practically yelped. He'd have to get L'risia back for that. Damn Barney to hell.
On second thought, that probably was probably too good for the little purple freak.
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'Where's Tenchi?'
'Gone to school.'
'Where's Ryoko?'
'Stalking him to make sure Ayeka isn't.'
'Where's Ayeka?'
'Stalking him to make sure Ryoko isn't.'
'Sasami?'
'At the movies.'
'Washu?'
'Sub-space laboratory.'
'Goddamnit I'm bored.'
'REALLY?!' shouted Cleo sarcastically. Dynast put a pillow over his head. He hadn't been feeling well lately. In fact, these moments alone with Cleo were the only time when he didn't feel ill, mainly because she wasn't insufferably cheerful like Kai'ila or that horrible justice-loving princess, or just happy like Sasami and Washu, or consumed with love like Ryoko and Ayeka. Tenchi was all right- for a human. His fear of the two girls made him good company for Dynast. Cleo thought he was kind of pathetic.
'Did you read that letter?'
'Yup.'
'What did you think?'
'This sucks.'
'Those guys better get their act together.'
'Tell me about it.'
'I'm hungry.'
'Tell it to someone who cares, Dynast.' Cleo said, examining her fingernails. Dynast grinned. Cleo's little angry outbursts were the highlight in his day, almost as good as when Ryoko and Ayeka were fighting. She glanced at him irritably.
'What're you grinning about, Mazoku?'
'Nothing, Cleo, nothing.' He said quickly and picked up the TV remote. A boy with black hair showed him.
'I choose you, chara-'
'TURN IT OFF!' shrieked Cleo hysterically. In a panic, Dynast turned off the TV. Cleo sighed and slumped back in her chair.
'What was all that about?'
'It was Pokemon.'
'The show that Zel and Amelia are in?'
Cleo opened one eye and looked at him, then the TV thoughtfully.
'Hm-'
Dynast turned the TV on again.
'THAT'S ZELGADIS!' shouted Cleo, on the edge of her seat, and watched the orange dinosaur be blasted off into the sunset after the man they knew as Zelgadis made a sarcastic comment.
'Will Ash ever be able to defeat this strange, powerful new Pokemon? Who is the mysterious girl accompanying him? Find out next time on Pokemon!'
Dynast turned it off and looked at Cleo.
'….' She said.
'Yup.'
'D'you think people can see us on television?'
'L-sama, I hope not. I'm hungry.'
'So? ARGH NO YOU WOULDN'T' Cleo shouted as he changed the station to watch Butt Ugly Martians.
'I need to eat, you know.' Dynast grinned, enjoying her suffering. She glared at him, and shut her eyes before belting out the Barney Song at top volume. Finally Tenchi's dad came in.
'JUST SO YOU KIDS SHUT UP, HOW'D YOU LIKE TO GO SHOPPING?'
Cleo stopped singing, Dynast stopped screaming.
'Shopping? Cool! Thanks!'
'You have to take Dynast with you.'
'NO!' shouted Dynast, but a reluctant Cleo dragged him out the door.
'You need a new wardrobe anyway.' She said, looking at the credit card and fat wallet she now held in her hand. 'I wonder how big his limit is?'
ideas, I neeeed ideas! Writer's block guys! Help me out here!
Ja ne
Star-chan
