To Lina's greatest disgust, the prom night finally came. Everyone's
unreachable that night, even Milgasia. Of course, not that Lina wants to
spend time with him telling her all his dragon humor jokes. That's one
thing Lina's not looking forward to, had she have to… She sighs. Everyone
else is preparing to go to the dance, and Lina felt sick to her stomach.
She's the only Slayers gang that won't really go to the prom, other than Xelloss. The reason why Xelloss won't go to the prom is, of course, because there's too many lovey-dovey feeling there…and that's bad for Mazokus… Heh. It would be great to see Xelloss at the prom, trying to dance while trying to search for a negative feeling.
"Lina-san, you'll probably be bored," Amelia said as she walked down from her room, wearing a slinky red dress that brings out the color of her hair. She looks beautiful (especially with that figure, thought Lina enviously) and she looked radiant.
"I know," Lina said, grinning. "But there's always some bandits lurking around…"
"Ahhh, can't help you with that." Gourry went downstairs. He's wearing a general tuxedo with a bowtie and he had taken time to brush his hair and—gulp—tie back his hair. Sylphiel came down after her, her long hair in a bun and wearing a sleeveless dress.
"Oh, Sylphiel-san! You look wonderful!" Amelia said.
Sylphiel, being the lady that she is, blushed. "Thanks, Amelia-sama, you look wonderful as well," she said, eyeing Amelia head to toe. Both soon sat at a table and were discussing on how to make each other look much better.
"Oy, Lina, are you really not going?" Zelgadis said, turning up in the kitchen wearing a white tuxedo.
"Yes, for the hundredth time," Lina muttered, exaggerating just a little bit. "Hey, gack… At least you're wearing something different from every other guys… White tuxedos, huh? Whatever made you think of that?"
Zelgadis grinned. "A little bit of creativity wouldn't really hurt, would it?"
Naga suddenly appeared in the kitchen, wearing a cheerleader's outfit. "Naga?! What are you doing here? You're supposed to get ready for the dance," Lina said, irritated. "And why are you wearing a cheerleader's outfit?"
"Ohohohoho!" Naga laughed.
"You really do love to spoil people's mood," Martina said, sweatdropping. "And I thought it was all a bullshit created by Lina, as usual…" She had come down with Zangulus attached to her, wearing a ballroom gown. Lina must admit that Martina looked good. And Zangulus…looks like Zangulus. He's still wearing his battered hat and his sword is still attached to his waist.
"Dammit, Zangulus, why do you have to bring that around?" Gourry said, his eyes wide.
"Protection…" Zangulus said uncertainly.
"Yeah, whatever," Martina said. "As long as it doesn't poke me while we're making out."
Sweatdrop. "Shouldn't you guys really get going?" Lina said. She turned to Naga. "Eh?! When did you change?" Already Naga was dressed in a purple dress that parted at her hips.
Naga smirked. "That's a tip you would never learn, Lina Inverse."
"Oh, shut up," Lina said. She's getting sick of Naga's childish little comments that she needn't bother to tell her to shut up anymore. One finger up and Naga will be fireball. That simple. Lina, however, had learnt to control her temper… Hmmm… that's very tricky. How, you ask? Sore wa himitsu desu. :)
Lina sighed. It really looks like it's going to be a long night, what's with her being alone and her friends off to the stupid prom… And no bandits too. The scarcity of bandits around this town scares Lina. What kind of a sick town would have no bandits?!
"Yare, yare," Xelloss said, appearing out of nowhere. Filia had come down at the same time, looking ravishing in a pink dress that would sure to drive all men with hormones crazy. "You look absolutely stunning, Filia."
"I don't need a compliment from you to know that," Filia said airily. "I just need to see if Valgarv's here yet…"
"Honestly, what did you see in that guy?" Xelloss said, grinning. "I mean, I didn't know horn attracted girls…"
*Twitch, twitch* *Pop, pop* "Shut up, NAMAGOMI!!!" Filia said, swinging out mace-sama and hitting it on Xelloss' face.
"Itai!" Xelloss said, falling from his stance.
"Iie, Filia-san," Amelia said, grinning. "Mace-sama is coming along too?"
"Of course, he doesn't want to miss a thing…" Filia said, blushing.
"A thing, huh?" Lina said dryly. "I'll be sure to tell Val that."
"Lina-san!" Filia said, blushing even more. "Please don't say that to any one…" she whispers conspiratorially. "If you promise that, I'll bring some food from the prom…"
Boy, Filia sure knows how to bait Lina Inverse. "Deal!" she said, slapping Filia at the back.
Filia's tail went upright. "Uh, ano… I think I need to tie my tail down somewhere…"
"Uh-huh," Lina said. "Demo… what happened to it when you wear uniforms? Those skirts are really short, you know?"
Filia grinned. "It's called self-control, Lina-san."
"Yeah, right," Xelloss muttered. "If she knows self-control, we wouldn't have had fights…"
"Oh, shut up, you namagomi [when I typed this in Microsoft, it came out as a wrong word and their suggestion is changing it to anatomy…gives me a wicked idea, all right]," Filia said, drinking tea.
"Xelloss-chan, you're not going too?" Amelia said, her eyes bulging out.
"Too many lovey-dovey feelings," Xelloss said, shutting his eyes. "Of course, I wouldn't really mind going out for a while… The last party I'd gone to was a death party… after Gaav's killed, of course…"
Sweatdrop. "Riiight." Lina sniffed. "Well, have fun you guys."
Gourry and Sylphiel went out first, followed by Zelgadis and Amelia. Filia, waiting patiently for Valgarv to appear, finally gets her compliment. Valgarv blushed and whisked Filia away. Martina and Zangulus finally stops making out in the kitchen and went to the prom, hoping to find an "intimate" spot at the prom. Naga, in her dress, went out when a blond guy appears at the doorstep.
"Ah, Naga, you look busty as usual…" the blond said cheekily.
"Ohohohohoho!"
Lina could've sworn she saw the blonde shudders.
"So it's just you and me, Lina-san," Xelloss said, his face quite neutral. (Of course, if neutral is when you're smiling non-stop and you never opens your eyes…or if you're Xelloss). "Why aren't you going? It's not like no one's asked you… Gourry wants to, but Sylphiel got to him first, eh?"
"Oh, shut up, Xelloss," Lina said. "I think I'll do something non-violent tonight…"
"What?" Xelloss gasped. "Iya, Lina-chan! You've changed!"
Lina snickers. "Just to see what your reaction might be."
Xelloss wiggled a finger in front of her face, which she ignores. "Yare, yare, Lina-san! You're getting sneakier than ever…" he said, smiling in satisfaction. In an odd way, Lina thinks that makes Xelloss proud… What a weird Mazoku.
It's true. Not like she haven't got anyone to go to the prom with. She's just not in the mood—and those guys aren't her types anyway. Funny. She didn't know she needs to have a type to date… Lina figured if Gourry wanted to ask her, she should let him do the work. Unfortunately, Sylphiel did get there first. Oh well. Losers don't weep. Especially if the loser if Lina.
"So, how do you suggest we spend the night?" Lina asked, yawning. The lack of activity is getting boring…
"Not up to your usual standards, Lina-san," Xelloss said. "Usually you're the one who came up with ideas…"
"Well, I'm not in the mood tonight." Lina shrugs. "No big deal. Say, if you want to go to the prom, just go. I mean, death day party? That sucks…"
"Oh, it wasn't really that bad!" Xelloss said, chuckling. "I'm a Mazoku, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Lina said thoughtfully. "Well. I don't feel like torturing you tonight, and since you like it, I really don't feel like torturing you. Aaarggghhhh… maybe I should just go to bed.
"Lina-san!" Xelloss said, suddenly grinning. The mischievous look is there… Looks like fun.
***
"Remind me to never follow your plans ever again, Xelloss…" Lina muttered grudgingly as she tried to brush her hair into place. Her hair's wild as it is, why does she need this?! She's wearing a sapphire dress that Xelloss had gotten from L-sama knows where… She just hoped he didn't have to kill anyone to get it. Ack. That would suck.
"Iya, Lina-san," Xelloss said, smiling. "If you ever complain when we're doing this, I'll remind you that. If you don't, however, you have to admit my idea's good…"
Lina grumbled something…um…inappropriate for kids. Xelloss' idea of fun is crashing a prom. Honestly. Well, maybe the effect of attending the death day party finally got to him. "So how do we crash a prom?" Lina asked curiously, turning to Xelloss, who's already dressed in a black tuxedo.
Xelloss smiles. "Sore wa himitsu—aahh…" Xelloss said as Lina puts him in a headlock, bonking his head.
"Tell me now!!!" Lina screamed.
"Okay, okay!" Xelloss said. "Yare, yare, Lina-san. You seemed to have suppressed a very wild energy in yourself."
Lina blushes. "I haven't beaten someone in, what, almost one year?"
"You could say that," Xelloss said, shrugging.
"Aaargghhh!" Lina screamed in horror. She cleared her throat. "Back to the matters at hand. "How do you crash a prom, dammit?"
"Relax," Xelloss said. "Just follow my lead."
"Um, Xelloss, we're not dancing, we're crashing a prom, remember?"
"I noticed that, yes," Xelloss said, wearing his ever-so-evil smile.
Lina just rolled her eyes. "I give up."
"Good!" Xelloss said. "Okay, now let's go."
"Oh no!"
"What?"
"Xelloss," Lina said, glaring. "You seemed to have forgotten something… we don't have any transportation. The others have taken it, remember?" she said through gritted teeth.
"Yare, yare, Lina-san, you keep forgetting who—or what—I am!" Xelloss said, gripping Lina's wrist and teleporting away.
**Lina's voice could be heard screaming**
***
"Aahh, this is prom!" Amelia said, dancing cheek-to-cheek with Zelgadis. "It's so peaceful and beautiful…"
"Yeah, whatever." Zelgadis just scanned the crowd. "Seems to be a big social event."
"Of course it is!" Filia said importantly. "Don't you know that the King and Queen of the Prom are going to be crowned at the end of the dance?!" She shook her head as she danced with Valgarv. "Zelgadis-san, it's typical for you to not know about these things…"
"Isn't Filia marvelous?!" Valgarv said incredulously.
"Yeah, marvelous," Gourry muttered endlessly. "Sylphiel! This is the sixth song they're playing and also the eighth song we're dancing to! When are we going to eat?!" he whined.
"But how could you dance to eight songs when there are only six songs played?" Zangulus asked confused, dancing with Martina for the first time. During the first five songs, they were, of course, making out. *sigh* When will they learn?
"We started dancing even before they started putting on songs," Sylphiel said cheerfully. "The two songs I made up in my mind are so realistic!"
Martina just snorts. "Hey…look! There's a kid in the prom! A little kid!"
"Where?" the rest of the Slayers asked, turning to look at the "little kid".
It was Hellmaster Phibrizzo, dancing with some brunette who's at least three times taller than he is… Jeez, kids today are getting so bold. "Oh, hello!" Phibrizzo said as he spotted them. The brunette danced with him still. "Where's Lina Inverse?"
"Um, she's not here," said Amelia, smiling. She still couldn't forget about the killing incident, of course…
"Oh?" Phibrizzo laughed. "Figures!" He danced away.
"Man, how did you know these Mazokus?" Valgarv said, looking at Phibrizzo.
"I have no idea I knew him…" Filia said.
Amelia began filling in about their fight with Phibrizzo.
"Ohohoho! Do you really expect us to believe that?!" Naga said, smiling.
"Of course!" Amelia said huffily. "We deserve some credits, you know! Well… actually Lina did, but that doesn't matter! We helped her come back down to earth without being possessed by that L-sama! Well, actually, Gourry did. That's beside the point!"
"Riight," Filia said, smiling.
"Lina gets possessed by L-sama?! I didn't hear about that juicy part…" Valgarv said. "That's cool. I wish I was possessed by somebody."
"Valgarv-sama," Filia said, smiling. "You forgot that you were possessed by Dark Star, remember?"
"Oh, yeah…"
"I wish Lina's here," Gourry said, scanning the crowd.
"Tell me about it," Zelgadis said.
Amelia and Sylphiel both look hurt. "Not that I don't like you!" Gourry said hurriedly. "It's just that I need someone to clobber me. Man, that sounds whacked!"
"You stole my word!" a Black guy said, dancing away.
"Huh?" Gourry said, confused by all of what's happening around him. [You guys could probably get what that joke meant]
"Shut up and dance," Sylphiel snapped.
Sweatdrop. "H-hai, Sylphiel-sama!" Gourry said.
"Yare, yare, Sylphiel-san, you're quite a dictator…"
Everyone turned to that annoyingly perky voice to see—
"Xelloss?" everyone shouted, followed by a single "Namagomi?"
"Hi, guys…" a girl said timidly next to Xelloss.
"Lina-san?!" Amelia cried. "Ooh!" she hugged Lina. "I'm so glad you're here! The guys wished there's someone who'd clobber them…"
"Oh, really?" Lina glared at Zelgadis and Gourry and proceeded to Gourry first, putting him in a headlock. "What's the big IDEA, huh?! You want to get killed? Is it not bad enough I have to wear a skirt? Now I have to wear a dress and I have to go to the prom?!"
"Uh, ano…Lina-san, you're clobbering my date…" Sylphiel said, sweatdropping.
"That's the whole point of my existence, isn't it, Gourry…?" Lina said.
Gourry just smiles consciously…odd enough.
"Lina-san, come now," Xelloss said, smiling. "We come here to crash the prom, not the skull of someone's date…"
Lina huffed. "Hmph," she said. "Okay. Fine. I'm good. I'm relaxed…I'm the water…the air…the substance that fills everyone's heart with love…I'm a calm woman, I'm the opposite of chaos…"
"'I love Xelloss'," Xelloss whispered.
"Hey, I was going to do that!" Zelgadis, Gourry and Valgarv said at the same time.
"Are? Are?" Lina said, looking confused by the situation. "What happened? Did I just say I love Xelloss?" She asked this only to be glared at by Amelia, Sylphiel and Filia, who all claim that Lina have stolen their dates. "Nanii?!" she asked incredulously. "I'm glad Martina isn't accusing me of that…"
"What? Did I hear my name?" Martina asked, coming up for breath from her making out session.
"Never mind…" Sweatdrop.
"Aah," Xelloss said, smiling. "Come now, Lina… let us crash the prom."
"Are? Are?" Lina said, following Xelloss, seeming quite oblivious to the glares the girls are giving her.
"Hmm, how do we crash a prom, Xelloss?" Lina asked.
"You just have to watch and learn," Xelloss said, grinning. He walked over to the refreshments and took a cup with fruit punch in it. He looks around and spotted a girl who's eating and talking animatedly with her date. A grin came up… It creeps Lina out.
Xelloss quickly teleported in front of the girl and pour the punch all over her and teleported back to where he was. The girl could be seen trampling and beating up her poor date. Xelloss chuckled. "Now isn't that fun?"
"Um…" Lina said, sweatdropping. "You sure have a funny idea of fun, Xelloss…"
Xelloss smirks. "You have a funny idea of 'meditating'. Every guy could've taken advantage of you."
"Including you!" Lina said, glaring.
"Ah, see, Lina!" Xelloss said, winking and grinning. "That's different! I'm a Mazoku!"
Lina glared at him still. "Mazoku my ass."
***Author's Note***
Heh, this one is longer than I expected. Anyway, don't worry, it's not the end yet. Hell no. Are you kidding me? This is just starting! Anyway, here's a little translation for a word that I used that people might not know what I'm talking about:
"Demo…" – that means but. (
"Mazoku" – evil race. Or Xelloss. :p
"Itai!" – a cry for help or something like that.
She's the only Slayers gang that won't really go to the prom, other than Xelloss. The reason why Xelloss won't go to the prom is, of course, because there's too many lovey-dovey feeling there…and that's bad for Mazokus… Heh. It would be great to see Xelloss at the prom, trying to dance while trying to search for a negative feeling.
"Lina-san, you'll probably be bored," Amelia said as she walked down from her room, wearing a slinky red dress that brings out the color of her hair. She looks beautiful (especially with that figure, thought Lina enviously) and she looked radiant.
"I know," Lina said, grinning. "But there's always some bandits lurking around…"
"Ahhh, can't help you with that." Gourry went downstairs. He's wearing a general tuxedo with a bowtie and he had taken time to brush his hair and—gulp—tie back his hair. Sylphiel came down after her, her long hair in a bun and wearing a sleeveless dress.
"Oh, Sylphiel-san! You look wonderful!" Amelia said.
Sylphiel, being the lady that she is, blushed. "Thanks, Amelia-sama, you look wonderful as well," she said, eyeing Amelia head to toe. Both soon sat at a table and were discussing on how to make each other look much better.
"Oy, Lina, are you really not going?" Zelgadis said, turning up in the kitchen wearing a white tuxedo.
"Yes, for the hundredth time," Lina muttered, exaggerating just a little bit. "Hey, gack… At least you're wearing something different from every other guys… White tuxedos, huh? Whatever made you think of that?"
Zelgadis grinned. "A little bit of creativity wouldn't really hurt, would it?"
Naga suddenly appeared in the kitchen, wearing a cheerleader's outfit. "Naga?! What are you doing here? You're supposed to get ready for the dance," Lina said, irritated. "And why are you wearing a cheerleader's outfit?"
"Ohohohoho!" Naga laughed.
"You really do love to spoil people's mood," Martina said, sweatdropping. "And I thought it was all a bullshit created by Lina, as usual…" She had come down with Zangulus attached to her, wearing a ballroom gown. Lina must admit that Martina looked good. And Zangulus…looks like Zangulus. He's still wearing his battered hat and his sword is still attached to his waist.
"Dammit, Zangulus, why do you have to bring that around?" Gourry said, his eyes wide.
"Protection…" Zangulus said uncertainly.
"Yeah, whatever," Martina said. "As long as it doesn't poke me while we're making out."
Sweatdrop. "Shouldn't you guys really get going?" Lina said. She turned to Naga. "Eh?! When did you change?" Already Naga was dressed in a purple dress that parted at her hips.
Naga smirked. "That's a tip you would never learn, Lina Inverse."
"Oh, shut up," Lina said. She's getting sick of Naga's childish little comments that she needn't bother to tell her to shut up anymore. One finger up and Naga will be fireball. That simple. Lina, however, had learnt to control her temper… Hmmm… that's very tricky. How, you ask? Sore wa himitsu desu. :)
Lina sighed. It really looks like it's going to be a long night, what's with her being alone and her friends off to the stupid prom… And no bandits too. The scarcity of bandits around this town scares Lina. What kind of a sick town would have no bandits?!
"Yare, yare," Xelloss said, appearing out of nowhere. Filia had come down at the same time, looking ravishing in a pink dress that would sure to drive all men with hormones crazy. "You look absolutely stunning, Filia."
"I don't need a compliment from you to know that," Filia said airily. "I just need to see if Valgarv's here yet…"
"Honestly, what did you see in that guy?" Xelloss said, grinning. "I mean, I didn't know horn attracted girls…"
*Twitch, twitch* *Pop, pop* "Shut up, NAMAGOMI!!!" Filia said, swinging out mace-sama and hitting it on Xelloss' face.
"Itai!" Xelloss said, falling from his stance.
"Iie, Filia-san," Amelia said, grinning. "Mace-sama is coming along too?"
"Of course, he doesn't want to miss a thing…" Filia said, blushing.
"A thing, huh?" Lina said dryly. "I'll be sure to tell Val that."
"Lina-san!" Filia said, blushing even more. "Please don't say that to any one…" she whispers conspiratorially. "If you promise that, I'll bring some food from the prom…"
Boy, Filia sure knows how to bait Lina Inverse. "Deal!" she said, slapping Filia at the back.
Filia's tail went upright. "Uh, ano… I think I need to tie my tail down somewhere…"
"Uh-huh," Lina said. "Demo… what happened to it when you wear uniforms? Those skirts are really short, you know?"
Filia grinned. "It's called self-control, Lina-san."
"Yeah, right," Xelloss muttered. "If she knows self-control, we wouldn't have had fights…"
"Oh, shut up, you namagomi [when I typed this in Microsoft, it came out as a wrong word and their suggestion is changing it to anatomy…gives me a wicked idea, all right]," Filia said, drinking tea.
"Xelloss-chan, you're not going too?" Amelia said, her eyes bulging out.
"Too many lovey-dovey feelings," Xelloss said, shutting his eyes. "Of course, I wouldn't really mind going out for a while… The last party I'd gone to was a death party… after Gaav's killed, of course…"
Sweatdrop. "Riiight." Lina sniffed. "Well, have fun you guys."
Gourry and Sylphiel went out first, followed by Zelgadis and Amelia. Filia, waiting patiently for Valgarv to appear, finally gets her compliment. Valgarv blushed and whisked Filia away. Martina and Zangulus finally stops making out in the kitchen and went to the prom, hoping to find an "intimate" spot at the prom. Naga, in her dress, went out when a blond guy appears at the doorstep.
"Ah, Naga, you look busty as usual…" the blond said cheekily.
"Ohohohohoho!"
Lina could've sworn she saw the blonde shudders.
"So it's just you and me, Lina-san," Xelloss said, his face quite neutral. (Of course, if neutral is when you're smiling non-stop and you never opens your eyes…or if you're Xelloss). "Why aren't you going? It's not like no one's asked you… Gourry wants to, but Sylphiel got to him first, eh?"
"Oh, shut up, Xelloss," Lina said. "I think I'll do something non-violent tonight…"
"What?" Xelloss gasped. "Iya, Lina-chan! You've changed!"
Lina snickers. "Just to see what your reaction might be."
Xelloss wiggled a finger in front of her face, which she ignores. "Yare, yare, Lina-san! You're getting sneakier than ever…" he said, smiling in satisfaction. In an odd way, Lina thinks that makes Xelloss proud… What a weird Mazoku.
It's true. Not like she haven't got anyone to go to the prom with. She's just not in the mood—and those guys aren't her types anyway. Funny. She didn't know she needs to have a type to date… Lina figured if Gourry wanted to ask her, she should let him do the work. Unfortunately, Sylphiel did get there first. Oh well. Losers don't weep. Especially if the loser if Lina.
"So, how do you suggest we spend the night?" Lina asked, yawning. The lack of activity is getting boring…
"Not up to your usual standards, Lina-san," Xelloss said. "Usually you're the one who came up with ideas…"
"Well, I'm not in the mood tonight." Lina shrugs. "No big deal. Say, if you want to go to the prom, just go. I mean, death day party? That sucks…"
"Oh, it wasn't really that bad!" Xelloss said, chuckling. "I'm a Mazoku, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Lina said thoughtfully. "Well. I don't feel like torturing you tonight, and since you like it, I really don't feel like torturing you. Aaarggghhhh… maybe I should just go to bed.
"Lina-san!" Xelloss said, suddenly grinning. The mischievous look is there… Looks like fun.
***
"Remind me to never follow your plans ever again, Xelloss…" Lina muttered grudgingly as she tried to brush her hair into place. Her hair's wild as it is, why does she need this?! She's wearing a sapphire dress that Xelloss had gotten from L-sama knows where… She just hoped he didn't have to kill anyone to get it. Ack. That would suck.
"Iya, Lina-san," Xelloss said, smiling. "If you ever complain when we're doing this, I'll remind you that. If you don't, however, you have to admit my idea's good…"
Lina grumbled something…um…inappropriate for kids. Xelloss' idea of fun is crashing a prom. Honestly. Well, maybe the effect of attending the death day party finally got to him. "So how do we crash a prom?" Lina asked curiously, turning to Xelloss, who's already dressed in a black tuxedo.
Xelloss smiles. "Sore wa himitsu—aahh…" Xelloss said as Lina puts him in a headlock, bonking his head.
"Tell me now!!!" Lina screamed.
"Okay, okay!" Xelloss said. "Yare, yare, Lina-san. You seemed to have suppressed a very wild energy in yourself."
Lina blushes. "I haven't beaten someone in, what, almost one year?"
"You could say that," Xelloss said, shrugging.
"Aaargghhh!" Lina screamed in horror. She cleared her throat. "Back to the matters at hand. "How do you crash a prom, dammit?"
"Relax," Xelloss said. "Just follow my lead."
"Um, Xelloss, we're not dancing, we're crashing a prom, remember?"
"I noticed that, yes," Xelloss said, wearing his ever-so-evil smile.
Lina just rolled her eyes. "I give up."
"Good!" Xelloss said. "Okay, now let's go."
"Oh no!"
"What?"
"Xelloss," Lina said, glaring. "You seemed to have forgotten something… we don't have any transportation. The others have taken it, remember?" she said through gritted teeth.
"Yare, yare, Lina-san, you keep forgetting who—or what—I am!" Xelloss said, gripping Lina's wrist and teleporting away.
**Lina's voice could be heard screaming**
***
"Aahh, this is prom!" Amelia said, dancing cheek-to-cheek with Zelgadis. "It's so peaceful and beautiful…"
"Yeah, whatever." Zelgadis just scanned the crowd. "Seems to be a big social event."
"Of course it is!" Filia said importantly. "Don't you know that the King and Queen of the Prom are going to be crowned at the end of the dance?!" She shook her head as she danced with Valgarv. "Zelgadis-san, it's typical for you to not know about these things…"
"Isn't Filia marvelous?!" Valgarv said incredulously.
"Yeah, marvelous," Gourry muttered endlessly. "Sylphiel! This is the sixth song they're playing and also the eighth song we're dancing to! When are we going to eat?!" he whined.
"But how could you dance to eight songs when there are only six songs played?" Zangulus asked confused, dancing with Martina for the first time. During the first five songs, they were, of course, making out. *sigh* When will they learn?
"We started dancing even before they started putting on songs," Sylphiel said cheerfully. "The two songs I made up in my mind are so realistic!"
Martina just snorts. "Hey…look! There's a kid in the prom! A little kid!"
"Where?" the rest of the Slayers asked, turning to look at the "little kid".
It was Hellmaster Phibrizzo, dancing with some brunette who's at least three times taller than he is… Jeez, kids today are getting so bold. "Oh, hello!" Phibrizzo said as he spotted them. The brunette danced with him still. "Where's Lina Inverse?"
"Um, she's not here," said Amelia, smiling. She still couldn't forget about the killing incident, of course…
"Oh?" Phibrizzo laughed. "Figures!" He danced away.
"Man, how did you know these Mazokus?" Valgarv said, looking at Phibrizzo.
"I have no idea I knew him…" Filia said.
Amelia began filling in about their fight with Phibrizzo.
"Ohohoho! Do you really expect us to believe that?!" Naga said, smiling.
"Of course!" Amelia said huffily. "We deserve some credits, you know! Well… actually Lina did, but that doesn't matter! We helped her come back down to earth without being possessed by that L-sama! Well, actually, Gourry did. That's beside the point!"
"Riight," Filia said, smiling.
"Lina gets possessed by L-sama?! I didn't hear about that juicy part…" Valgarv said. "That's cool. I wish I was possessed by somebody."
"Valgarv-sama," Filia said, smiling. "You forgot that you were possessed by Dark Star, remember?"
"Oh, yeah…"
"I wish Lina's here," Gourry said, scanning the crowd.
"Tell me about it," Zelgadis said.
Amelia and Sylphiel both look hurt. "Not that I don't like you!" Gourry said hurriedly. "It's just that I need someone to clobber me. Man, that sounds whacked!"
"You stole my word!" a Black guy said, dancing away.
"Huh?" Gourry said, confused by all of what's happening around him. [You guys could probably get what that joke meant]
"Shut up and dance," Sylphiel snapped.
Sweatdrop. "H-hai, Sylphiel-sama!" Gourry said.
"Yare, yare, Sylphiel-san, you're quite a dictator…"
Everyone turned to that annoyingly perky voice to see—
"Xelloss?" everyone shouted, followed by a single "Namagomi?"
"Hi, guys…" a girl said timidly next to Xelloss.
"Lina-san?!" Amelia cried. "Ooh!" she hugged Lina. "I'm so glad you're here! The guys wished there's someone who'd clobber them…"
"Oh, really?" Lina glared at Zelgadis and Gourry and proceeded to Gourry first, putting him in a headlock. "What's the big IDEA, huh?! You want to get killed? Is it not bad enough I have to wear a skirt? Now I have to wear a dress and I have to go to the prom?!"
"Uh, ano…Lina-san, you're clobbering my date…" Sylphiel said, sweatdropping.
"That's the whole point of my existence, isn't it, Gourry…?" Lina said.
Gourry just smiles consciously…odd enough.
"Lina-san, come now," Xelloss said, smiling. "We come here to crash the prom, not the skull of someone's date…"
Lina huffed. "Hmph," she said. "Okay. Fine. I'm good. I'm relaxed…I'm the water…the air…the substance that fills everyone's heart with love…I'm a calm woman, I'm the opposite of chaos…"
"'I love Xelloss'," Xelloss whispered.
"Hey, I was going to do that!" Zelgadis, Gourry and Valgarv said at the same time.
"Are? Are?" Lina said, looking confused by the situation. "What happened? Did I just say I love Xelloss?" She asked this only to be glared at by Amelia, Sylphiel and Filia, who all claim that Lina have stolen their dates. "Nanii?!" she asked incredulously. "I'm glad Martina isn't accusing me of that…"
"What? Did I hear my name?" Martina asked, coming up for breath from her making out session.
"Never mind…" Sweatdrop.
"Aah," Xelloss said, smiling. "Come now, Lina… let us crash the prom."
"Are? Are?" Lina said, following Xelloss, seeming quite oblivious to the glares the girls are giving her.
"Hmm, how do we crash a prom, Xelloss?" Lina asked.
"You just have to watch and learn," Xelloss said, grinning. He walked over to the refreshments and took a cup with fruit punch in it. He looks around and spotted a girl who's eating and talking animatedly with her date. A grin came up… It creeps Lina out.
Xelloss quickly teleported in front of the girl and pour the punch all over her and teleported back to where he was. The girl could be seen trampling and beating up her poor date. Xelloss chuckled. "Now isn't that fun?"
"Um…" Lina said, sweatdropping. "You sure have a funny idea of fun, Xelloss…"
Xelloss smirks. "You have a funny idea of 'meditating'. Every guy could've taken advantage of you."
"Including you!" Lina said, glaring.
"Ah, see, Lina!" Xelloss said, winking and grinning. "That's different! I'm a Mazoku!"
Lina glared at him still. "Mazoku my ass."
***Author's Note***
Heh, this one is longer than I expected. Anyway, don't worry, it's not the end yet. Hell no. Are you kidding me? This is just starting! Anyway, here's a little translation for a word that I used that people might not know what I'm talking about:
"Demo…" – that means but. (
"Mazoku" – evil race. Or Xelloss. :p
"Itai!" – a cry for help or something like that.
