"Onegai!!!" Lina screamed throughout the whole school as she reached the
end of her 7th period class. It's now to their 8th period class, which is…
Theatre Arts Class. "Why?" she repeated to no one in particular. "Why me?!"
"Ne, Lina, Theatre Arts doesn't sound so bad…" Amelia said, taking a look at a flyer the Theatre Arts club had put up.
"Looks like some heavy white make-up there…" Zelgadis said hesitantly, sweatdrop on his head.
When the Slayers gang reached the class, they entered in and saw about 10 other students in there. "Ah, welcome!" a bony, fraily woman said, smiling. "Sit, sit!"
"Ne, what's this class about?" Sylphiel asked shyly.
"Ahahah!" Martina laughed loudly. "Surely this class is to show my true talent!"
Zangulus just sweatdropped. "Okay, honey."
"It's all your fault for not giving her enough," Xelloss said cheekily.
"Na-namagomi! You perverted, sick-minded—" Filia began.
"Excuse me, do you Oriental people have anything to tell us over here?" the teacher asked suddenly.
Sweatdrop… "Eh, teacher-san! Don't mind us!" Amelia said, smiling crookedly and waving her hands around.
"Teacher-san?" a blonde girl said. "What's that mean?"
"Kept forgetting this is not a Japanese country, ne?" Gourry said, cackling with laughter.
"Gourry, you seemed brilliantly bright here…" Lina said wearily, eyeing Gourry.
"Eh?" Gourry said, perplexed.
"Never mind…" Zelgadis said, putting his face in his hand. "So what are we doing now? Sleep or pay attention?"
"Why do you need to ask?" Lina asked, yawning and stretching. "Man, this uniform keeps me cold!"
"I like it," Martina said, smiling peevishly. "It fits my curvish body perfectly, whereas for you, Lina Inverse! I don't think any outfit will ever fit you!"
Fires appeared in Lina's eyes. "You know you shouldn't have mentioned anything about my body, yet you do it…" she muttered darkly…a definite aura is around her… Is that a Dragon Slave coming? Nah, she wouldn't do it in school, would she?
"Ne, Lina-san!" Sylphiel said urgently. "You couldn't do that in here! It would endanger the whole school! No, Lina-san, no!"
Lina sighed. "Oh, okay. But I swear, anyone talks to me again about my body—"
"Now that girl over there! You, with the flat chest!" the teacher called.
Zelgadis, Amelia, Sylphiel, Gourry, Xelloss, Martina, Filia and Zangulus immediately looked at Lina, who had turned very red indeed. "You, you—you son of a [tut]! What did you say?!"
The teacher could sense trouble, but boy, was she stupid! "Yes, I'm talking to you! Pay attention will you? Or is your brain smaller than your—"
"Fireball!"
***
"Lina-san, I hope you won't do anything like that again today…" Amelia said, bandages over her face.
Zelgadis was unaffected, as he was 1/3 golem and pig. (Nah, just kidding!) "Oy, Lina!" he said. "You can't do that, you know? There'll be permanent records about us."
"The Author already has ones about us," Xelloss said smartly.
["Hey, how did you know about that?!"]
"Well, even so, they'll probably kick us out of school!" Martina said.
"Even more reason to do it!" Lina said brightly, smiling. "As if this uniform isn't bad enough, I have to deal with the oh-so-bright teachers…"
Xelloss looked around. "School doesn't seem to be too bad, Lina-san."
"Fine," Lina said. "You know what? I think we should separate—except for classes, in between classes and lunch—and find some other friends. See how you guys all like it! I'm sure you'll be agreeing with me by the end of the year…"
"Agreed!" everyone said, running off to their lockers.
"Eh? Are? Are? Wai!!!" Lina yelled.
***
"So, what will you get if you distribute x to (x-9)?" Mrs. Merrit asked, looking around the class.
Immediately the school's smart-aleck raised his hand.
"Yes?"
"It's x squared and negative 9x!"
"Very good, Mr. Gabriev!"
Lina grumbled under her breath, something that sounded oddly like "teacher's pet". In no matter of times after the Slayers gang had "broken up", Gourry had became the brightest guy in the whole school. Yes, it was a mystery, even more mysterious than what's in the school's lunch's soup. It seems as if Gourry is smarter in a non-Japan site than a Japan one.
"Yare, yare, you're jealous, Lina-san!" Xelloss said, smiling at Lina. A few girls giggled after Xelloss spoke.
Lina rolled her eyes. Xelloss had become extremely popular after the break up. He'd entered the basketball team and became quite attached to slutty bimbo girls—especially cheerleaders and girls. If only they knew that Xelloss is a mazoku; a powerful one at that.
"Lina-san, cheer up," Amelia said, smiling perkily.
Lina looked sideways at Amelia, who, in a few days, had turned quite perky and have so many friends it's hard to believe she's a Justice freak. She had gained a few admirers as well, and Lina was sure it was thanks to her figurish body.
"Give me a break, will you?" Lina muttered, writing down an equation.
"I really do enjoy school." Zelgadis smiles. "Who knows? Maybe they'll find a cure in biology! I better ask Gourry about that… Hey, Gourry! Oy, jelly- fished brain!" A few girls glared at Zelgadis for calling smart-Gourry-san that.
Zelgadis had enjoyed school immensely and plan to graduate. How sweet.
"Cheer up, Lina-san…" Sylphiel said, smiling slightly. Sylphiel and Gourry had been labeled a couple ever since Gourry had become known to the students. Why me, L-sama? Lina thought.
A nasty laugh was heard. Martina. "I knew why you're not having such a great time, Lina! After all, you're not so popular as Zangulus and I!" Martina said wickedly.
Lina rolled her eyes. "No thanks." Zangulus and Martina had been known as "The Couple Who Made Out in The Cafeteria Everyday Without Noticing Anyone".
Filia looked at Lina. "I wouldn't have thought it possible, but Lina, you are jealous…" she said. Filia had become the official Home-Economic- Teacher's-Pet. She had owned some admirers because of her blond hair and her body.
While Lina… Well, Lina had been the usual girl she always is. Although she's been known as the Bully-Extinguisher and the Hot-Tempered Girl. She wasn't pleased, to say the least.
"Iya, Lina-san!" Xelloss said as the bell rings, and got up. "You'll have fun here! It's almost to the end of the year, and we're about to finish our Junior year here!"
"Wow, time moves that fast? I haven't noticed!" Amelia said, linking her arms with Zelgadis, to Zelgadis' embarrassment.
"Tell me about it!" Gourry said. "You know, Shakespeare once said—"
"Bore us to death, why don't you?" Lina said scathingly.
"Lina-san, why are you so touchy?" Sylphiel asked sympathetically.
"I hate this school…" Lina wailed as she walked with the Slayers gang. Martina and Zangulus had linked arms again. "I prefer something adventurous!"
"Hey, Xelloss!" a sandy-haired man said. "You heard about the dance yet?" He patted Xelloss' back.
"Yare, yare. What dance?" Xelloss asked mysteriously. His eyebrow twitched. He wished the guy wouldn't touch him in such a happy way…
"The prom, man!" Sandy Man said. "Did you forget that you're supposed to grace the basketball team with your presence? The whole team has to be there!"
"Oh, Gourry-san!" Sylphiel said excitedly. "A dance! We could go together!"
"I suppose… or did it clash with one of my literature class? Ah, I'll get back to you on that, Sylphiel!" Gourry said, beaming down at Sylphiel, who had her head leaned on Gourry's head.
They stopped at their lockers and began turning the combination. "Dance, huh?" Filia said, beaming. "Sounds interesting! I have someone in mind…"
"Filia-san!"
Filia, blushing, turned to the anonymous voice. "Valgarv!" she exclaimed happily. "You're here! Finally! I thought you'd never return from that match!"
"Are you kidding me?" Valgarv said happily. "I'd never leave my girl here alone, would I?"
Filia grinned happily.
Lina sighed at all the sappiness around her. Xelloss is still twitching from Sandy-Haired Guy's touch. "When is this going to stop?"
"Zelgadis-san," Amelia said. "I think we should go together!"
"What a great idea!" Zelgadis said, as if no one had ever thought of it before.
Lina did a facefault. "Wai, are you guys getting all giddy up on this?!" she shouted.
Xelloss tsked at her. "Lina-san, I thought you're open-minded. All of them seemed to except this, especially Zangulus and Martina. Yare, yare, now they're doing it in the store room?"
"Nanii?!" Lina cried, exasperate. "Oh, I give up! I'll be going to my 8th period class now."
"Wai, Lina-san, you really love that class, didn't you?" Sylphiel asked, stuffing her algebra books in her crammed locker, full of love letters from Gourry, supposedly.
"It's the best class I've ever had," Lina said truthfully. "Wai, let's go!"
"Iie," Xelloss said, following Lina with the others. Filia, however, is having a little chitchat with Valgarv and we all know what happened to Martina and Zangulus. ^^;
Lina entered her 8th period class and sat herself between Alison and Gina, a blonde and a brunette who shares the same passion with Lina—acting. Yes, isn't that weird? Lina recently found out that she—gasped—love acting! And Mrs. Fraser, the Theatre Arts teacher, thought that Lina had potential, especially if she auditioned for a guy. For the second time, Mrs. Fraser had gotten fireballed.
Lina looked around. "What's with her today?" she asked.
Gina shrugged. "She's making an announcement," she said.
"Or so she says." Alison rolled her eyes. "You know how she is."
"Hope it's something worthwhile," Lina muttered.
"Class," Mrs. Fraser said. "There's an audition for a play called A Thing Called Money. Now I know that there's talent in each of you, and I hope if you all are interested, you'd come to this auditorium at 3 o' clock on Monday. Capiche?"
"That's her important announcement?" Amelia said.
Lina, however, has stars in her eyes. "A play? About money?" she cried incredulously. "You've read my mind, Mrs. Fraser!"
"Oh, I so totally will, like, audition!" Alison said, grinning wide. "Gina?"
"I don't know…" Gina replied. "I think I have this, like, manicure appointment on Monday…" She sighed. Then, seeing the glare on Lina's face, she smiles. "Are you kidding me? Of course I will! That was my first idea anyway!"
"Yare, yare, a play?" Xelloss said. "That sounds fun! Artistic."
"Xelloss, shut up," Lina muttered.
As Mrs. Fraser explained about how stage effected, Lina turned to the rest of the Slayers gang. "So are you guys planning to audition?" she whispered.
Amelia shook her head. "I don't know. Unless I get to be a star like the last time we auditioned!" she cried happily, and stopped abruptly as Mrs. Fraser continued.
Zelgadis just shrugged. "You know how I am. I'm never auditioning."
"Fine," Lina said. "Gourry, what about you?"
"Can't," Gourry said, shaking his head. "My whole week's packed with all my newspaper and literature and math and astrology club. It's a shame really. If it's a Shakespeare play, you know I'll participate. Oy, Lina!"
Lina had fallen asleep while Gourry was talking. "Huh? Oh. Sorry!" she said sheepishly. "So I guess I'm the only one then?" The rest of the Slayers shook their head.
"Yare, yare! Sounds like fun!" Xelloss said, being his usual smiling self. "I think I'll give it a try, Lina-san. What's it about again?"
"So no one, huh? Okay!" Lina turned back to Alison and Gina.
Sweatdrop. "What's the big idea?!" Xelloss said.
"That's because you're such a namagomi!" said Filia, satisfied, doing a crosstictch.
"Filia, we're supposed to hand that in Home Ec next month," Sylphiel said, looking at the crosstitch.
Filia smiles. "I know!" A perfect example of Home Ec teacher's pet…
"Miss Lina!"
Lina turned to the front, at Mrs. Fraser. She puts up a "sweet" face, but failed horribly. "What?" she muttered.
"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Fraser asked.
"Oh, I'm thinking of auditioning!" Lina said.
"Me too," Alison and Gina said. The others just looked around.
"So who are you auditioning as, Lina?" Mrs. Fraser asked sarcastically, clearly annoyed Lina haven't paid attention. "A man?"
*Twitch, twitch.* "What—did…you…say?"
"You heard what I said—oops, I said a wrong thing again, didn't I?" Mrs. Fraser asked, sweatdrop appearing on her head.
"Fireball!"
"Ne, Lina, Theatre Arts doesn't sound so bad…" Amelia said, taking a look at a flyer the Theatre Arts club had put up.
"Looks like some heavy white make-up there…" Zelgadis said hesitantly, sweatdrop on his head.
When the Slayers gang reached the class, they entered in and saw about 10 other students in there. "Ah, welcome!" a bony, fraily woman said, smiling. "Sit, sit!"
"Ne, what's this class about?" Sylphiel asked shyly.
"Ahahah!" Martina laughed loudly. "Surely this class is to show my true talent!"
Zangulus just sweatdropped. "Okay, honey."
"It's all your fault for not giving her enough," Xelloss said cheekily.
"Na-namagomi! You perverted, sick-minded—" Filia began.
"Excuse me, do you Oriental people have anything to tell us over here?" the teacher asked suddenly.
Sweatdrop… "Eh, teacher-san! Don't mind us!" Amelia said, smiling crookedly and waving her hands around.
"Teacher-san?" a blonde girl said. "What's that mean?"
"Kept forgetting this is not a Japanese country, ne?" Gourry said, cackling with laughter.
"Gourry, you seemed brilliantly bright here…" Lina said wearily, eyeing Gourry.
"Eh?" Gourry said, perplexed.
"Never mind…" Zelgadis said, putting his face in his hand. "So what are we doing now? Sleep or pay attention?"
"Why do you need to ask?" Lina asked, yawning and stretching. "Man, this uniform keeps me cold!"
"I like it," Martina said, smiling peevishly. "It fits my curvish body perfectly, whereas for you, Lina Inverse! I don't think any outfit will ever fit you!"
Fires appeared in Lina's eyes. "You know you shouldn't have mentioned anything about my body, yet you do it…" she muttered darkly…a definite aura is around her… Is that a Dragon Slave coming? Nah, she wouldn't do it in school, would she?
"Ne, Lina-san!" Sylphiel said urgently. "You couldn't do that in here! It would endanger the whole school! No, Lina-san, no!"
Lina sighed. "Oh, okay. But I swear, anyone talks to me again about my body—"
"Now that girl over there! You, with the flat chest!" the teacher called.
Zelgadis, Amelia, Sylphiel, Gourry, Xelloss, Martina, Filia and Zangulus immediately looked at Lina, who had turned very red indeed. "You, you—you son of a [tut]! What did you say?!"
The teacher could sense trouble, but boy, was she stupid! "Yes, I'm talking to you! Pay attention will you? Or is your brain smaller than your—"
"Fireball!"
***
"Lina-san, I hope you won't do anything like that again today…" Amelia said, bandages over her face.
Zelgadis was unaffected, as he was 1/3 golem and pig. (Nah, just kidding!) "Oy, Lina!" he said. "You can't do that, you know? There'll be permanent records about us."
"The Author already has ones about us," Xelloss said smartly.
["Hey, how did you know about that?!"]
"Well, even so, they'll probably kick us out of school!" Martina said.
"Even more reason to do it!" Lina said brightly, smiling. "As if this uniform isn't bad enough, I have to deal with the oh-so-bright teachers…"
Xelloss looked around. "School doesn't seem to be too bad, Lina-san."
"Fine," Lina said. "You know what? I think we should separate—except for classes, in between classes and lunch—and find some other friends. See how you guys all like it! I'm sure you'll be agreeing with me by the end of the year…"
"Agreed!" everyone said, running off to their lockers.
"Eh? Are? Are? Wai!!!" Lina yelled.
***
"So, what will you get if you distribute x to (x-9)?" Mrs. Merrit asked, looking around the class.
Immediately the school's smart-aleck raised his hand.
"Yes?"
"It's x squared and negative 9x!"
"Very good, Mr. Gabriev!"
Lina grumbled under her breath, something that sounded oddly like "teacher's pet". In no matter of times after the Slayers gang had "broken up", Gourry had became the brightest guy in the whole school. Yes, it was a mystery, even more mysterious than what's in the school's lunch's soup. It seems as if Gourry is smarter in a non-Japan site than a Japan one.
"Yare, yare, you're jealous, Lina-san!" Xelloss said, smiling at Lina. A few girls giggled after Xelloss spoke.
Lina rolled her eyes. Xelloss had become extremely popular after the break up. He'd entered the basketball team and became quite attached to slutty bimbo girls—especially cheerleaders and girls. If only they knew that Xelloss is a mazoku; a powerful one at that.
"Lina-san, cheer up," Amelia said, smiling perkily.
Lina looked sideways at Amelia, who, in a few days, had turned quite perky and have so many friends it's hard to believe she's a Justice freak. She had gained a few admirers as well, and Lina was sure it was thanks to her figurish body.
"Give me a break, will you?" Lina muttered, writing down an equation.
"I really do enjoy school." Zelgadis smiles. "Who knows? Maybe they'll find a cure in biology! I better ask Gourry about that… Hey, Gourry! Oy, jelly- fished brain!" A few girls glared at Zelgadis for calling smart-Gourry-san that.
Zelgadis had enjoyed school immensely and plan to graduate. How sweet.
"Cheer up, Lina-san…" Sylphiel said, smiling slightly. Sylphiel and Gourry had been labeled a couple ever since Gourry had become known to the students. Why me, L-sama? Lina thought.
A nasty laugh was heard. Martina. "I knew why you're not having such a great time, Lina! After all, you're not so popular as Zangulus and I!" Martina said wickedly.
Lina rolled her eyes. "No thanks." Zangulus and Martina had been known as "The Couple Who Made Out in The Cafeteria Everyday Without Noticing Anyone".
Filia looked at Lina. "I wouldn't have thought it possible, but Lina, you are jealous…" she said. Filia had become the official Home-Economic- Teacher's-Pet. She had owned some admirers because of her blond hair and her body.
While Lina… Well, Lina had been the usual girl she always is. Although she's been known as the Bully-Extinguisher and the Hot-Tempered Girl. She wasn't pleased, to say the least.
"Iya, Lina-san!" Xelloss said as the bell rings, and got up. "You'll have fun here! It's almost to the end of the year, and we're about to finish our Junior year here!"
"Wow, time moves that fast? I haven't noticed!" Amelia said, linking her arms with Zelgadis, to Zelgadis' embarrassment.
"Tell me about it!" Gourry said. "You know, Shakespeare once said—"
"Bore us to death, why don't you?" Lina said scathingly.
"Lina-san, why are you so touchy?" Sylphiel asked sympathetically.
"I hate this school…" Lina wailed as she walked with the Slayers gang. Martina and Zangulus had linked arms again. "I prefer something adventurous!"
"Hey, Xelloss!" a sandy-haired man said. "You heard about the dance yet?" He patted Xelloss' back.
"Yare, yare. What dance?" Xelloss asked mysteriously. His eyebrow twitched. He wished the guy wouldn't touch him in such a happy way…
"The prom, man!" Sandy Man said. "Did you forget that you're supposed to grace the basketball team with your presence? The whole team has to be there!"
"Oh, Gourry-san!" Sylphiel said excitedly. "A dance! We could go together!"
"I suppose… or did it clash with one of my literature class? Ah, I'll get back to you on that, Sylphiel!" Gourry said, beaming down at Sylphiel, who had her head leaned on Gourry's head.
They stopped at their lockers and began turning the combination. "Dance, huh?" Filia said, beaming. "Sounds interesting! I have someone in mind…"
"Filia-san!"
Filia, blushing, turned to the anonymous voice. "Valgarv!" she exclaimed happily. "You're here! Finally! I thought you'd never return from that match!"
"Are you kidding me?" Valgarv said happily. "I'd never leave my girl here alone, would I?"
Filia grinned happily.
Lina sighed at all the sappiness around her. Xelloss is still twitching from Sandy-Haired Guy's touch. "When is this going to stop?"
"Zelgadis-san," Amelia said. "I think we should go together!"
"What a great idea!" Zelgadis said, as if no one had ever thought of it before.
Lina did a facefault. "Wai, are you guys getting all giddy up on this?!" she shouted.
Xelloss tsked at her. "Lina-san, I thought you're open-minded. All of them seemed to except this, especially Zangulus and Martina. Yare, yare, now they're doing it in the store room?"
"Nanii?!" Lina cried, exasperate. "Oh, I give up! I'll be going to my 8th period class now."
"Wai, Lina-san, you really love that class, didn't you?" Sylphiel asked, stuffing her algebra books in her crammed locker, full of love letters from Gourry, supposedly.
"It's the best class I've ever had," Lina said truthfully. "Wai, let's go!"
"Iie," Xelloss said, following Lina with the others. Filia, however, is having a little chitchat with Valgarv and we all know what happened to Martina and Zangulus. ^^;
Lina entered her 8th period class and sat herself between Alison and Gina, a blonde and a brunette who shares the same passion with Lina—acting. Yes, isn't that weird? Lina recently found out that she—gasped—love acting! And Mrs. Fraser, the Theatre Arts teacher, thought that Lina had potential, especially if she auditioned for a guy. For the second time, Mrs. Fraser had gotten fireballed.
Lina looked around. "What's with her today?" she asked.
Gina shrugged. "She's making an announcement," she said.
"Or so she says." Alison rolled her eyes. "You know how she is."
"Hope it's something worthwhile," Lina muttered.
"Class," Mrs. Fraser said. "There's an audition for a play called A Thing Called Money. Now I know that there's talent in each of you, and I hope if you all are interested, you'd come to this auditorium at 3 o' clock on Monday. Capiche?"
"That's her important announcement?" Amelia said.
Lina, however, has stars in her eyes. "A play? About money?" she cried incredulously. "You've read my mind, Mrs. Fraser!"
"Oh, I so totally will, like, audition!" Alison said, grinning wide. "Gina?"
"I don't know…" Gina replied. "I think I have this, like, manicure appointment on Monday…" She sighed. Then, seeing the glare on Lina's face, she smiles. "Are you kidding me? Of course I will! That was my first idea anyway!"
"Yare, yare, a play?" Xelloss said. "That sounds fun! Artistic."
"Xelloss, shut up," Lina muttered.
As Mrs. Fraser explained about how stage effected, Lina turned to the rest of the Slayers gang. "So are you guys planning to audition?" she whispered.
Amelia shook her head. "I don't know. Unless I get to be a star like the last time we auditioned!" she cried happily, and stopped abruptly as Mrs. Fraser continued.
Zelgadis just shrugged. "You know how I am. I'm never auditioning."
"Fine," Lina said. "Gourry, what about you?"
"Can't," Gourry said, shaking his head. "My whole week's packed with all my newspaper and literature and math and astrology club. It's a shame really. If it's a Shakespeare play, you know I'll participate. Oy, Lina!"
Lina had fallen asleep while Gourry was talking. "Huh? Oh. Sorry!" she said sheepishly. "So I guess I'm the only one then?" The rest of the Slayers shook their head.
"Yare, yare! Sounds like fun!" Xelloss said, being his usual smiling self. "I think I'll give it a try, Lina-san. What's it about again?"
"So no one, huh? Okay!" Lina turned back to Alison and Gina.
Sweatdrop. "What's the big idea?!" Xelloss said.
"That's because you're such a namagomi!" said Filia, satisfied, doing a crosstictch.
"Filia, we're supposed to hand that in Home Ec next month," Sylphiel said, looking at the crosstitch.
Filia smiles. "I know!" A perfect example of Home Ec teacher's pet…
"Miss Lina!"
Lina turned to the front, at Mrs. Fraser. She puts up a "sweet" face, but failed horribly. "What?" she muttered.
"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Fraser asked.
"Oh, I'm thinking of auditioning!" Lina said.
"Me too," Alison and Gina said. The others just looked around.
"So who are you auditioning as, Lina?" Mrs. Fraser asked sarcastically, clearly annoyed Lina haven't paid attention. "A man?"
*Twitch, twitch.* "What—did…you…say?"
"You heard what I said—oops, I said a wrong thing again, didn't I?" Mrs. Fraser asked, sweatdrop appearing on her head.
"Fireball!"
