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Xelloss awoke to the sight of Gourry making breakfast. Gourry had a slightly concerned look on his face
Lina woke him up to hand over the watch. I wonder if he noticed how sick she seemed... Darn it! Why did I pick this night of all nights to fall asleep!?
Hopping down out of his tree Xelloss walked over to where Gourry was sitting.
"Hello Gourry-san." Xelloss chirped with an attempted smile
"Hi Xelloss..." Gourry said flatly and depressed sounding "How'd you sleep?"
"Pretty good, how about you?" Xelloss said not feeling like trying to feed off Gourry's negative emotions.
"Well I slept pretty good until Lina woke me up.... Hey, Xelloss, did you notice anything peculiar about Lina...?" Gourry pleaded hopefully (not sounding like his usual jellyfish self)
"Yeah I did... I think she's sick or something, although she won't admit it. Why? Did you get that impression too?" Xelloss said growing more concerned
"Yeah... I was hoping that she would be better by this morning, but I don't know..."
"Is she in her tent?"
"Yup, she's still sleeping..." Gourry said gloomily "She hasn't even woken up to the smell of breakfast..."
"This is serious then..." Xelloss said solemnly as he walked towards Lina's tent and peered in. Lina was indeed still sleeping in her tent, but not peacefully. Tossing and turning violently, Lina was broken into a sheen of sweat. She was moaning and whimpering feverish nonsense and was slightly crying, and breathing in heavily as though it was hard to breathe. Xelloss crept over towards Lina's face and touched his gloved to her cheek. Her hot face scorched his hand and he pulled his hand back reflexively, glanced at Lina and ran out of the tent.
"Gourry! Go wake up Amelia! Fast! Lina's even sicker than she was last night! We've got to get Amelia in here fast!" Xelloss said seriously letting his eyes open in a very concerned way.
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"I wish that you guys would've told me sooner... Lina's really sick..." Amelia said as she wiped Lina's forehead off with a damp towel.
"Well she just got sick last night, we didn't have any other signs that she was going to be this sick..." Gourry said dumbfoundedly
"Gourry, it's all right.... I just don't know if I can heal her by myself. She's really sick..."
"I could help you..." Zelgadis said stepping into the tent
"That would help... thanks." Amelia said slightly blushing
Xelloss just sat in the back of the room, watching the events as they unfolded.
"Even if both of us are healing her though, we might not be able to cure her sickness very much... I suggest that we keep traveling towards the nearest town." Amelia said regaining her composure. "Somebody's going to have to carry her I guess..."
"I have to carry all of our supplies, so somebody else will have to..." Gourry said sadly
"Zel, that leaves you." Amelia said looking at him dead in the eyes.
"I volunteer!" Xelloss chirped from the back of the room, seemingly out of nowhere.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about you... Xelloss.." Amelia said skeptically
"We can't let you carry her you fruitcake! How do we know that you won't teleport away with her, huh?" Zel said defensively
"I promise that I won't." Xelloss said with a serious look on his face.
"But-" Zel started
"Zel, if he really wants to, then let him. He promised that he won't teleport away with her. Right Xelloss...?" Amelia said turning to look at Xelloss.
"Yes, I promise!" Xelloss said holding his hands up front of him.
"Oh, all right..." Zel said defeatedly
"Gourry, are you all right with this?" Amelia said now turning to Gourry
"Yeah, sure. I'm okay with Xelloss carrying Lina." Gourry said sounding a little bit cheerier.
"It's settled then, Xelloss is going to carry Lina. Okay!" Amelia said looking very much relieved that the whole dispute was over.
Xelloss continued to look at Lina. Lina looked a little better than before, but she still looked very feverish. He flushed face almost matched her hair, and although she was unconscious, Xelloss knew that she probably wasn't feeling very good.
"We should have breakfast and get going you guys." Amelia said calmly while stretching and getting up.
Xelloss smiled a cheery smile and walked out of the tent.
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"Xelloss, where are you going with that food?" Zel asked as Xelloss walked away with a plate of food.
"I'm going to give it to Lina. She needs it to recover." Xelloss said as he continued walking towards Lina's tent.
"If you can get her to eat it, then go ahead by all means." Amelia said fairly uncaringly. Gourry didn't even say anything because he was too busy eating to notice.
Again, as Xelloss approached the entrance of the tent, he peered inside. Lina was still in pretty much the same condition, and was still unconscious. As Xelloss made his way to Lina's head, Lina whimpered slightly, causing him to stop. He kept going until he was sitting right next to Lina's head. Carefully he broke off a piece of a biscuit and put it into Lina's mouth. Slowly she chewed and swallowed the piece before Xelloss put another piece in.
"Amazing Lina, even in your sleep you're still eating... funny." Xelloss said softly with a wincing smile.
Xelloss continued to feed Lina the rest of the biscuit before continuing on to the soup. Spoonful by spoonful he fed Lina, easing the spoon into her mouth for each bite. Reflexively, and thankfully, she swallowed each spoonful. As Xelloss continued to feed her she seemed to gain more and more consciousness.
"Well there you go Lina, you've finished all of your food. I'll be leaving now." Xelloss said softly as he moved back towards the entrance of the tent.
"Xelloss, don't go..." Lina whispered faintly from her bed, regaining consciousness.
"Lina.... All right, if you insist." Xelloss crept back to her side and wiped her forehead with a cold damp rag and smoothed down her hair. "You sure are sick Lina."
"Yeah, I know..." Lina said quietly before faintly coughing. "I don't get sick that often, so when I do, it's bad."
"Yeah, it's the same thing with me."
"I'm so tired..." Lina whimpered coughing slightly.
"Go to sleep Lina, go to sleep. You need your rest." Xelloss said pulling the covers up. Lina dozed back to sleep and Xelloss started to get up.
"Xelloss!!!!" What are you doing in here that's taking so long!?" Gourry yelled from the opening of the tent where his head was now sticking in.
"I was feeding her, that's all."
"Yeah, sure... It doesn't take that long to feed someone..." Gourry said accusingly
"Gourry-san, Lina woke up and I had to comfort her, that's all." Xelloss said innocently
"All right, but I don't want you pulling any funny stuff while Lina's unable to defend herself..." Gourry said warningly
"Don't worry, I won't..."
"Good, because I care about Lina like a sister. So does everyone else, and we don't want her hurt." Gourry said acting very intelligent.
"I told you already Gourry-san, I won't hurt her." Xelloss said with his usual fruitcake grin.
"I know you won't Xelloss, I know that, but Lina doesn't. I know that you love her, but she doesn't know that. Just keep that in mind." Gourry said for once very cryptically before he left the tent. Xelloss sat looking at Lina thinking about the words that Gourry had said.
"I'll be back in a minute Lina. Just wait here." And he too left the tent.
How was that chapter? I know it was kinda mushy and OOC sometimes, but try to be forgiving please...? Anyway, review!!!!! Please review????????? I like having reviews to see what kind of writing I should put in my fics, so please review me and tell me what you think! Thankyou!!! ^-^
~Anakara
Xelloss awoke to the sight of Gourry making breakfast. Gourry had a slightly concerned look on his face
Lina woke him up to hand over the watch. I wonder if he noticed how sick she seemed... Darn it! Why did I pick this night of all nights to fall asleep!?
Hopping down out of his tree Xelloss walked over to where Gourry was sitting.
"Hello Gourry-san." Xelloss chirped with an attempted smile
"Hi Xelloss..." Gourry said flatly and depressed sounding "How'd you sleep?"
"Pretty good, how about you?" Xelloss said not feeling like trying to feed off Gourry's negative emotions.
"Well I slept pretty good until Lina woke me up.... Hey, Xelloss, did you notice anything peculiar about Lina...?" Gourry pleaded hopefully (not sounding like his usual jellyfish self)
"Yeah I did... I think she's sick or something, although she won't admit it. Why? Did you get that impression too?" Xelloss said growing more concerned
"Yeah... I was hoping that she would be better by this morning, but I don't know..."
"Is she in her tent?"
"Yup, she's still sleeping..." Gourry said gloomily "She hasn't even woken up to the smell of breakfast..."
"This is serious then..." Xelloss said solemnly as he walked towards Lina's tent and peered in. Lina was indeed still sleeping in her tent, but not peacefully. Tossing and turning violently, Lina was broken into a sheen of sweat. She was moaning and whimpering feverish nonsense and was slightly crying, and breathing in heavily as though it was hard to breathe. Xelloss crept over towards Lina's face and touched his gloved to her cheek. Her hot face scorched his hand and he pulled his hand back reflexively, glanced at Lina and ran out of the tent.
"Gourry! Go wake up Amelia! Fast! Lina's even sicker than she was last night! We've got to get Amelia in here fast!" Xelloss said seriously letting his eyes open in a very concerned way.
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"I wish that you guys would've told me sooner... Lina's really sick..." Amelia said as she wiped Lina's forehead off with a damp towel.
"Well she just got sick last night, we didn't have any other signs that she was going to be this sick..." Gourry said dumbfoundedly
"Gourry, it's all right.... I just don't know if I can heal her by myself. She's really sick..."
"I could help you..." Zelgadis said stepping into the tent
"That would help... thanks." Amelia said slightly blushing
Xelloss just sat in the back of the room, watching the events as they unfolded.
"Even if both of us are healing her though, we might not be able to cure her sickness very much... I suggest that we keep traveling towards the nearest town." Amelia said regaining her composure. "Somebody's going to have to carry her I guess..."
"I have to carry all of our supplies, so somebody else will have to..." Gourry said sadly
"Zel, that leaves you." Amelia said looking at him dead in the eyes.
"I volunteer!" Xelloss chirped from the back of the room, seemingly out of nowhere.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about you... Xelloss.." Amelia said skeptically
"We can't let you carry her you fruitcake! How do we know that you won't teleport away with her, huh?" Zel said defensively
"I promise that I won't." Xelloss said with a serious look on his face.
"But-" Zel started
"Zel, if he really wants to, then let him. He promised that he won't teleport away with her. Right Xelloss...?" Amelia said turning to look at Xelloss.
"Yes, I promise!" Xelloss said holding his hands up front of him.
"Oh, all right..." Zel said defeatedly
"Gourry, are you all right with this?" Amelia said now turning to Gourry
"Yeah, sure. I'm okay with Xelloss carrying Lina." Gourry said sounding a little bit cheerier.
"It's settled then, Xelloss is going to carry Lina. Okay!" Amelia said looking very much relieved that the whole dispute was over.
Xelloss continued to look at Lina. Lina looked a little better than before, but she still looked very feverish. He flushed face almost matched her hair, and although she was unconscious, Xelloss knew that she probably wasn't feeling very good.
"We should have breakfast and get going you guys." Amelia said calmly while stretching and getting up.
Xelloss smiled a cheery smile and walked out of the tent.
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"Xelloss, where are you going with that food?" Zel asked as Xelloss walked away with a plate of food.
"I'm going to give it to Lina. She needs it to recover." Xelloss said as he continued walking towards Lina's tent.
"If you can get her to eat it, then go ahead by all means." Amelia said fairly uncaringly. Gourry didn't even say anything because he was too busy eating to notice.
Again, as Xelloss approached the entrance of the tent, he peered inside. Lina was still in pretty much the same condition, and was still unconscious. As Xelloss made his way to Lina's head, Lina whimpered slightly, causing him to stop. He kept going until he was sitting right next to Lina's head. Carefully he broke off a piece of a biscuit and put it into Lina's mouth. Slowly she chewed and swallowed the piece before Xelloss put another piece in.
"Amazing Lina, even in your sleep you're still eating... funny." Xelloss said softly with a wincing smile.
Xelloss continued to feed Lina the rest of the biscuit before continuing on to the soup. Spoonful by spoonful he fed Lina, easing the spoon into her mouth for each bite. Reflexively, and thankfully, she swallowed each spoonful. As Xelloss continued to feed her she seemed to gain more and more consciousness.
"Well there you go Lina, you've finished all of your food. I'll be leaving now." Xelloss said softly as he moved back towards the entrance of the tent.
"Xelloss, don't go..." Lina whispered faintly from her bed, regaining consciousness.
"Lina.... All right, if you insist." Xelloss crept back to her side and wiped her forehead with a cold damp rag and smoothed down her hair. "You sure are sick Lina."
"Yeah, I know..." Lina said quietly before faintly coughing. "I don't get sick that often, so when I do, it's bad."
"Yeah, it's the same thing with me."
"I'm so tired..." Lina whimpered coughing slightly.
"Go to sleep Lina, go to sleep. You need your rest." Xelloss said pulling the covers up. Lina dozed back to sleep and Xelloss started to get up.
"Xelloss!!!!" What are you doing in here that's taking so long!?" Gourry yelled from the opening of the tent where his head was now sticking in.
"I was feeding her, that's all."
"Yeah, sure... It doesn't take that long to feed someone..." Gourry said accusingly
"Gourry-san, Lina woke up and I had to comfort her, that's all." Xelloss said innocently
"All right, but I don't want you pulling any funny stuff while Lina's unable to defend herself..." Gourry said warningly
"Don't worry, I won't..."
"Good, because I care about Lina like a sister. So does everyone else, and we don't want her hurt." Gourry said acting very intelligent.
"I told you already Gourry-san, I won't hurt her." Xelloss said with his usual fruitcake grin.
"I know you won't Xelloss, I know that, but Lina doesn't. I know that you love her, but she doesn't know that. Just keep that in mind." Gourry said for once very cryptically before he left the tent. Xelloss sat looking at Lina thinking about the words that Gourry had said.
"I'll be back in a minute Lina. Just wait here." And he too left the tent.
How was that chapter? I know it was kinda mushy and OOC sometimes, but try to be forgiving please...? Anyway, review!!!!! Please review????????? I like having reviews to see what kind of writing I should put in my fics, so please review me and tell me what you think! Thankyou!!! ^-^
~Anakara
