Happiness Will Come

Happiness Will Come
Chapter 10
Secrets Unlocked
By: Tara-Chan

Disclaimers: Slayers belong to the original creators. This fanfic is based of a Korean drama called: Taeyang Un Gadugi: Happiness Will Come. It belongs to the producers of KBS 2. Do not sue me!

Notes: Please ignore the grammatical and spelling errors. Character may be OOC because it's AU. I apologize for all this! Well enjoy and feedbacks are welcomed!

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Zel slammed the apartment door and barged into Beo's bedroom. He had silent tears streaming down his face, as he faced the man in front of him. Beo looked up and was startled.

"Zel? Is something the matter? Where's Lina?"

"Please!" Zel shouted. "Tell me the truth! Is Lina your biological daughter!?"

Beo looked more trouble. He breathed in deeply and sat down hard on the bed. "Where's Lina?"

"She presumably," Zel shouted out the word 'presumably', "got taken away by someone named Gaav who is her real father!"

"I see…" Beo rubbed his temple. "Now she knows the truth and so will you."

"What?? You mean you are not her real father??" Zel said very panicky.

Beo sighed heavily and turned to look at the young man that he loved as his own son. "I am not her biological father. Years ago, I was just minding my own business and I found Lina's mother laying right outside the parking lot of this very apartment. The woman apparently was kicked out of the house she came from. Lina then, only was like several months old at that time. Since the woman had nowhere else to go, I decided to take them both in. Until Lina was about six years old, we lived like regular couples, with Lina being my daughter. I didn't care about whether she was related to me by blood or not. I loved her and her mother for who they were. When Lina turned six, her mother died from cancer. Oh I met Gaav, several times. He asked me to take care of Lina for him; he even offered to pay me. But I didn't want his dirty money. I wanted to take care of Lina with love. So I did. Gaav did tell me couple times that he would want her back. He never specifically said when, but apparently, he chose the time now."

Zelgadiss remained silent throughout the entire explanation. Few minutes later, he got up with his head bowed. "That bastard. He couldn't even take care of his own daughter, by blood! Yet someone kind like you did, even though you weren't related by blood. He's an asshole. He doesn't deserve to be her father. I am going to go to him myself and demand that he let Lina come back to her real father!"

Zel headed to the door and was about to leave, when Beo suddenly grabbed him and yanked him back into the living room.

"Do you want a death wish? If you do that, Gaav will have you killed!" Beo shouted at him.

"So!! We have to do something! We can't just let some so-called guy come and take her away! We can't do that!" Zel yanked his arms out of Beo's grasp angrily.

"Son. There is nothing we can do." Beo sank down in his easy chair, appearing way older than he is. "You do that, he'll have you killed. Then Lina will kill me for not stopping you. Then she'll come after you and give you a hell of a time. Now I know you don't want to suffer the true wrath of Lina." He let out a small smile.

Zel buried his head in his hands. "Dammit!!"

Beo reached over and patted his back. "I am sorry Zelgadiss. There is nothing we can do."

Zel stood up furiously. "Well! If he takes away Lina from you, I can guarantee that he won't take away our love!!" He ran out of the front door leaving Beo alone in the apartment.

Beo sadly stared after the open door and sighed. Looks like their happiness and mine are gone. The opposing side has entered. I pray to god though that Gaav doesn't try to separate them. Although I know rich people like him would try to do that…

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Lina stood at the entrance of Gaav's mighty house. She felt cold and lonely all around. The apprehension was visible all over the room. The fact that the living room was huge wasn't helping at all. She wanted to go back to Beo. The man that care for her and the man that truly loved her as his own daughter. She also wanted to go back to Zelgadiss. The only other person other than Beo, which she truly loved more than anything in the world.

Lina hugged her arms to herself and remained standing for a few more minutes. The ride here was so uncomfortable that Lina wanted to just barf. While the ride, Gaav tuned her in on her little history. Needless to say Lina felt numb after hearing that. Gaav and Phbrizo entered the living room and both sat down at their reserved spots. Gaav then motioned Lina to sit across from him. She slowly walked to the easy chair. She nimbly sat in it and continued to look down at the floor.

"My my. How you have grown Lina. The last time I saw you was when you were just a little baby. You have grown up to be a fine young lady."

"Is that all the reasons why you called me? To praise about how lovely I have became?"

"No no! Your brother and I missed you, so we decided that this was the best time to bring you back home."

"What if I don't want to leave Beo and Zelgadiss?" Lina asked boldly.

"If you don't do what I ask of you, then both Beo and your precious Zelgadiss will suffer the beating from my trained bodyguards." Gaav and Phibrizo laughed evilly.

"Yeah! Now I know you wouldn't want that sister dear!" Phibrizo mocked as Lina paled at the harsh words.

"Why did you abandon my mother in the first place? She was your wife!" Lina shouted out loud.

"Oh? You mean your mother? Oh dear. She was just my second wife. I didn't need any use of her, so I decided to disown her as my wife."

"My god…" Lina couldn't believe what she just heard. "You mean you just threw her away like she was some piece of trash??"

"Basically," Phibrizo stepped in, "She was a whore! She used to work at clubs and everything as a whore! That's how my dad meant your mom!"

Lina felt as if she was the punching bag, as all the air flew out of her. My gods…this is a nightmare! This is a horrid nightmare! Lina didn't say anything. She just figured that the best thing to do was to play along with this. Or maybe just stay quiet.

Gaav stood up. "Now I am sure you are tired. Why don't you go to your room and sleep. I'll see you in the morning Lina dear."

Lina stiffly stood up and went to her room with Phibrizo, who was leading the way. They climbed couple flights of stairs and there they came to a closed door. Phibrizo indicated her to go in. She went in and closed the door behind her. There she sank to the ground and started to cry.

Phibrizo smirked and went back down to the living room. There his father was smoking a pipe and was relaxing in his seat. "Son," Gaav said suddenly twirling his pipe around, "you have been investigating our dear Lina. Her beloved boyfriend is that nincompoop name Zelgadiss right?"

"Yes father!" Phibby piped in.

"Well one of my other loyal servant found out some more information of Zelgadiss. Shall we use that information to make him and several other people miserable?"

"Wow! Dad you got an idea scheming through your brain right now right?"

"Yes son. I already have the perfect donkey to use for this plan."

"Dad you are the best!" Phibrizo and Gaav both smiled evilly, followed by a very evil sounding laughter.