The next morning the sun came up bright and early as usual and as usual
none of the Slayers
group wanted to get up. What was strange was that Zel wasn't up either. He was always the first
up making coffee and starting breakfast. But this morning he had a good reason not to get up.
'Lina is probably going to drag everyone to some odd town where her beloved lives, profess her
love, find it is returned, and get happily married all because of what I said last night.'
Zel kept gloomily going over this though in his head when all of a sudden he smelled something
burning and a string of expletives come from somewhere on his left. He turned and saw Lina was
up and cooking breakfast. That is trying to cook breakfast. "What are you doing?" Zel asked.
Lina jumped at the sound of his voice and looked at him sheepishly. "I was trying to cook
breakfast." She said in an annoyed voice. Lina turned and glared at the bacon (HeHeHe) in the
pan as if she would like to Fireball it. Which she would, by the way. "I decided to take your
advice, remember?"
"Yeah" Zel nodded. "Here, let me help you with that." He said as Lina swore again. "Keep quiet.
We don't want to wake up Gourry and Amelia until breakfast is ready."
Lina almost looked as if she would refuse his help but gave in to the better cook. The two silently
went about their task, never needing to say anything. They understood each other without words.
When breakfast was done Lina went to check the coffee. That was when Zel noticed there wasn't
nearly enough for Lina, Gourry, and Amelia's breakfast. Zel turned in confusion to Lina and saw
her putting the food and a water skin with coffee into a basket.
"What are you doing?" He asked slowly.
Lina turned to him and grinned. "Folowing your advice, remember. Come on. I don't want to be
gone to long or Gourry and Amelia will wake up and worry." With that Lina turned and walked
of into the forest without looking back.
Zel sighed. 'Its bad enough I helped her make breakfast for her love but now she wants me to go
with her! If I didn't know better I would think she was doing this to torture me."
What Zel didn't know was that Lina was doing this to torture him. Last night after he had
comforted her she lay awake in her bed role thinking about what had just happened. Suddenly, an
idea hit her. (She promptly smacked it back but that is beside the point.) Zel had acted very oddly
during their little 'chat'. Odd enough to make her think he was sad when she said she had feelings
for someone else. Then the way he held her when she, er… was upset. He must have feelings for
her! Her heart thrilled at the thought that her love might actually be returned.
Then she thought about what a hypocrite he was being with all that stuff about telling the one you
love how you feel. This made Lina rather angry but she decided (For once) that Fireballing him
would not be a good idea. Not the best of ways to start a relationship, that. So she decided to
follow that time honored slogan, 'Don't get mad. Get even.' And she would. Yes, Lina Inverse
would get even.
Lina went skipping of into the forest with a dejected Zel following her. Looking up at the sky
Lina thought, 'What a beautiful day! I don't think I have ever seen the sky so blue! I already know
that today is going to be soooooo much fun!' Lina then let her mind drift to several different, and
pleasant, ways to make Zel suffer. 'Hmmm… Wonder what I could do to make him suffer most?
Maybe… Find the nearest village swineherd and fall all over him? … No. To obvious. … This
is harder than I thought!'
Lina began to chew her lip with a thoughtful look on her face. She wanted to make him suffer, but
not to badly. Suddenly, Lina got an idea. As she pondered it her face lit up with a grin some, hell
anyone, would describe as maniacal. 'Ohhh, I know exactly what to do! And when I'm finished,
Zel will be mine! Then, I will conquer the World! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!' (Hey, Lina didn't get
much sleep. She can be a little crazy)
Zel trudged behind Lina feeling rather depressed. He was on his way to help his love find her
true love that was not him. (I really hope that made sense.)You would feel depressed too. Zel
looked ahead at Lina who was smiling and humming while she skipped through the trees. She
seemed very happy with a distant look in her eyes. 'Probably daydreaming about what kind of
dress she will wear in the wedding. And she'll probably want me to be there.'
At this point, if it is even possible, Zel looked more depressed than before. He just knew this
was gonna be a bad day.
All of a sudden Lina stopped and looked around. Bending over she examined something for a
second and then called behind her, "Hey Zel! Come and look at this!"
Zel was snapped out of his depressive daydreams and walked over to Lina. Just as he got there
with a sullen, "What now Lina?" Lina stood up and took a slight step back. This caused a slight
collision, which caused Lina to fall face first into a mud puddle that was conveniently situated
right in front of her.
Sitting up sputtering, Lina glared at Zel and shrieked, "Look what you just did! I got all cleaned
up today to go and tell the man I love my feelings and you toss me in a mud puddle! Jerk!
Asshole! Bastard!"
Zel paled at Lina's onslaught but held his ground. "Lina, it was an accident. I'm sorry. I guess
we'll just have to go back to camp and get you cleaned up. Maybe you can go after this guy
another day."
Lina glared at him some more but realized he was partially right. But he wasn't about to get out
of it that easily. "You know Zel, you're right. I should get cleaned up. But we don't need to go
back to camp. I saw a pond just back aways." With that Lina got up and tried to brush herself off
but it didn't quite work. "You just stay over here so I can find you again. And don't cause any
trouble while I'm gone." Zel then settled on the rock Lina had pointed to and set himself to wait.
Lina walked off into the forest knowing exactly where she was going. She had relatives around
here and had played in this area a lot when she was a kid. Turning Lina gave one last glance at
Zel before she walked into the dense brush and out of site.
Zel gazed around from his perch on the rock. 'Hey,' He thought. 'I can actually see quite a bit
from here.' He didn't realize how right he was. Looking to his left, Zel spotted a small pond. 'Its
very nice here. I think I will just relax until Lina gets back.'
He leaned back and closed his eyes, listening to the sounds of the forest. Some rustling by the
pond, a bird chirp and, What?! A splash. Zel sat up quickly and looked around. 'What was that?!'
Looking towards the pond Zel blinked. Then blinked again. And again. This kept on for quite a
while, but that is beside the point. The point is, Lina was in the pond, butt naked, washing her
clothes. And Zel had a nice view of her front. Zel sat there and gulped as he watched Lina wash
her clothes. When she was finished she lay them on a rock and began to wash herself. Lina turned
towards Zel and reached up to rinse her hair with some soap she had gotten who knows where.
But Zel didn't care about the soap. No, the pervert was closely watching her chest rise and fall
as she moved.
(ZEL: I wouldn't do that!
AUTHOR: Yes you would. I know you like it. ::jab:: Besides, aren't you
"always hard"?
ZEL: What the heck are you talking about now?!
AUTHOR: ::smiles suggestively and wiggles eyebrows::
ZEL: … Oh… ::blushes beat red::)
So, to skip all the Lemony Good Stuff™, Zel watched Lina bathe, and dry off, and brush her hair,
and get dressed. Then he laid back down and to look all kawai and innocent for when Lina came
back. And to try to get rid of that condition our Author mentioned earlier. ::snicker::
Lina made her way back to were she had left Zel, Hoping he hadn't passed out from blood loss.
You see, Lina knew exactly what she was doing the entire time she was washing. She even fell in
the mud on purpose. Bad Lina. Sneaky Lina. Evil Lina. Twisted Lina. I could go on all day but
instead I will tell you the rest of the story.
So Lina came back to find Zel (supposedly) snoozing by the rock. Lina walked over to him, bent
down to his ear and shouted, "HEY ZEL! I finished cleaning up, but I'm hungry now! So lets
eat!"
Zel jumped about three feet in the air and landed with a thunk. "Lina! Why did you do that?! I was
sleeping!" He tried to glare at Lina, but since she was ignoring him he quit. Its hard to glare at
someone who is ignoring you. So Lina set up the picnic basket they had set up and started to eat.
Now, normally I would have a nice, romantic little scene here, but that wouldn't be true to form.
So Zel tried to talk to Lina, who ignored him some more and tore at her food. Zel eventually gave
up and sipped his coffee.
After they finished, Zel picked up what was left (silverware) and stowed it away. They
proceeded to walk. And walk some more. And then a little more. Zel, getting tired of the author
having no imagination, decided to try and talk to Lina, who was happily skipping along up ahead.
"So Lina, exactly who is this guy we're going to see?" He said tactfully. (Yeah… Right) Lina
glanced at him and smiled. "His name is Justin and I've known him all my life. We were best
friends growing up. I haven't seen him in awhile, though, but I always promised I would come
back, and there is this wonderful little church that I have always wanted to get married in. I figure
if everything works out they'll need to get the place ready tonight!" Lina did a little skip twirl
thing that was entirely out of character for her but Zel didn't notice. He was in too much of a
funk. 'At least I will have my memories.' He thought desolately. Fortunately, they were close to the town, so this author doesn't have to bore you with mindless chatter.
Lina walked right down the main street and into an inn. Lina ran up to the counter, jumped it and glomped onto the man serving drinks. "Justin!" she cried. "I missed you so much!" After an initial shock the man looked at her and said, "Lina! Its so good to see you! Its been way to long!"
Both grinned at each other and hugged, as old friends meeting again after years of separation do.
After chatting a bit, which Zel tuned out in his misery, Lina turned to Zel, becoming serious, and said, "I came here for a reason. You know I always said I would come back when I was ready to settle down and get married.
"Well, I finally realized who was the one for me, and I want to do it. He is the most wonderful, caring man in the world and I know he will take care of me and cherish me just like I deserve. Now that I have time to reflect, I finally realize that I can't live without him and I hope he loves me as much. Unfortunately, he is to chicken to tell me how he feels. But when I tell him how I feel, I hope he will agree to marry me. I love him, and I honestly don't think I could live without him."
Zel felt his heart breaking a little more with each word. His entire world was falling apart. He looked down at his hands, to hide the faint shimmer in his eyes. He didn't think he could live without Lina. She made his world complete. She made him complete.
He glanced up to see Justin Looking at him. Lina also saw this and smiled. "Sorry, I forgot to introduce you! Justin this is my traveling companion, Zelgadiss. Zel, this is my cousin, Justin."
At that Zel's head snapped up as he looked at Lina and murmured, "Cousin?" Lina smiled and nodded then said in a soft voice, "Justin, I should have mentioned, he is my soon to be, at least I hope, fiancé."
Zel stared at Lina in shock as she gazed at him calmly. After making several attempts to speak Zel gave up and Lina said, "Zelgadiss Greywers, don't you know a marriage proposal when you hear one?"
Zel looked at her and smiled. Not just any smile, but a smile of pure happiness. "Lina… I would love to spend the rest of my life with you."
At this Lina threw herself at Zel and they embraced, kissing passionately.
"I love you Zel."
"I love you too Lina."
EPILOUGE
The next day, Lina and Zel were married. Amelia and Gourry both showed up, but there were no hard feelings as Gourry had decided long ago Sylphiel was the woman for him, but hadn't wanted to abandon Lina and Amelia had out grown her crush long ago and already had a boyfriend. The group separated, with Lina and Zel deciding to travel around more for a honeymoon and Amelia and Gourry going home. Lina and Zel grew old together, fought constantly, and lived Happily Ever After.
THE END
Special Thanks To: Shel-chan, for helping me when I was stumped, Ab-chan for inspiration and
stuff, and Kel-chan for being so darn kawai!!!
group wanted to get up. What was strange was that Zel wasn't up either. He was always the first
up making coffee and starting breakfast. But this morning he had a good reason not to get up.
'Lina is probably going to drag everyone to some odd town where her beloved lives, profess her
love, find it is returned, and get happily married all because of what I said last night.'
Zel kept gloomily going over this though in his head when all of a sudden he smelled something
burning and a string of expletives come from somewhere on his left. He turned and saw Lina was
up and cooking breakfast. That is trying to cook breakfast. "What are you doing?" Zel asked.
Lina jumped at the sound of his voice and looked at him sheepishly. "I was trying to cook
breakfast." She said in an annoyed voice. Lina turned and glared at the bacon (HeHeHe) in the
pan as if she would like to Fireball it. Which she would, by the way. "I decided to take your
advice, remember?"
"Yeah" Zel nodded. "Here, let me help you with that." He said as Lina swore again. "Keep quiet.
We don't want to wake up Gourry and Amelia until breakfast is ready."
Lina almost looked as if she would refuse his help but gave in to the better cook. The two silently
went about their task, never needing to say anything. They understood each other without words.
When breakfast was done Lina went to check the coffee. That was when Zel noticed there wasn't
nearly enough for Lina, Gourry, and Amelia's breakfast. Zel turned in confusion to Lina and saw
her putting the food and a water skin with coffee into a basket.
"What are you doing?" He asked slowly.
Lina turned to him and grinned. "Folowing your advice, remember. Come on. I don't want to be
gone to long or Gourry and Amelia will wake up and worry." With that Lina turned and walked
of into the forest without looking back.
Zel sighed. 'Its bad enough I helped her make breakfast for her love but now she wants me to go
with her! If I didn't know better I would think she was doing this to torture me."
What Zel didn't know was that Lina was doing this to torture him. Last night after he had
comforted her she lay awake in her bed role thinking about what had just happened. Suddenly, an
idea hit her. (She promptly smacked it back but that is beside the point.) Zel had acted very oddly
during their little 'chat'. Odd enough to make her think he was sad when she said she had feelings
for someone else. Then the way he held her when she, er… was upset. He must have feelings for
her! Her heart thrilled at the thought that her love might actually be returned.
Then she thought about what a hypocrite he was being with all that stuff about telling the one you
love how you feel. This made Lina rather angry but she decided (For once) that Fireballing him
would not be a good idea. Not the best of ways to start a relationship, that. So she decided to
follow that time honored slogan, 'Don't get mad. Get even.' And she would. Yes, Lina Inverse
would get even.
Lina went skipping of into the forest with a dejected Zel following her. Looking up at the sky
Lina thought, 'What a beautiful day! I don't think I have ever seen the sky so blue! I already know
that today is going to be soooooo much fun!' Lina then let her mind drift to several different, and
pleasant, ways to make Zel suffer. 'Hmmm… Wonder what I could do to make him suffer most?
Maybe… Find the nearest village swineherd and fall all over him? … No. To obvious. … This
is harder than I thought!'
Lina began to chew her lip with a thoughtful look on her face. She wanted to make him suffer, but
not to badly. Suddenly, Lina got an idea. As she pondered it her face lit up with a grin some, hell
anyone, would describe as maniacal. 'Ohhh, I know exactly what to do! And when I'm finished,
Zel will be mine! Then, I will conquer the World! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!' (Hey, Lina didn't get
much sleep. She can be a little crazy)
Zel trudged behind Lina feeling rather depressed. He was on his way to help his love find her
true love that was not him. (I really hope that made sense.)You would feel depressed too. Zel
looked ahead at Lina who was smiling and humming while she skipped through the trees. She
seemed very happy with a distant look in her eyes. 'Probably daydreaming about what kind of
dress she will wear in the wedding. And she'll probably want me to be there.'
At this point, if it is even possible, Zel looked more depressed than before. He just knew this
was gonna be a bad day.
All of a sudden Lina stopped and looked around. Bending over she examined something for a
second and then called behind her, "Hey Zel! Come and look at this!"
Zel was snapped out of his depressive daydreams and walked over to Lina. Just as he got there
with a sullen, "What now Lina?" Lina stood up and took a slight step back. This caused a slight
collision, which caused Lina to fall face first into a mud puddle that was conveniently situated
right in front of her.
Sitting up sputtering, Lina glared at Zel and shrieked, "Look what you just did! I got all cleaned
up today to go and tell the man I love my feelings and you toss me in a mud puddle! Jerk!
Asshole! Bastard!"
Zel paled at Lina's onslaught but held his ground. "Lina, it was an accident. I'm sorry. I guess
we'll just have to go back to camp and get you cleaned up. Maybe you can go after this guy
another day."
Lina glared at him some more but realized he was partially right. But he wasn't about to get out
of it that easily. "You know Zel, you're right. I should get cleaned up. But we don't need to go
back to camp. I saw a pond just back aways." With that Lina got up and tried to brush herself off
but it didn't quite work. "You just stay over here so I can find you again. And don't cause any
trouble while I'm gone." Zel then settled on the rock Lina had pointed to and set himself to wait.
Lina walked off into the forest knowing exactly where she was going. She had relatives around
here and had played in this area a lot when she was a kid. Turning Lina gave one last glance at
Zel before she walked into the dense brush and out of site.
Zel gazed around from his perch on the rock. 'Hey,' He thought. 'I can actually see quite a bit
from here.' He didn't realize how right he was. Looking to his left, Zel spotted a small pond. 'Its
very nice here. I think I will just relax until Lina gets back.'
He leaned back and closed his eyes, listening to the sounds of the forest. Some rustling by the
pond, a bird chirp and, What?! A splash. Zel sat up quickly and looked around. 'What was that?!'
Looking towards the pond Zel blinked. Then blinked again. And again. This kept on for quite a
while, but that is beside the point. The point is, Lina was in the pond, butt naked, washing her
clothes. And Zel had a nice view of her front. Zel sat there and gulped as he watched Lina wash
her clothes. When she was finished she lay them on a rock and began to wash herself. Lina turned
towards Zel and reached up to rinse her hair with some soap she had gotten who knows where.
But Zel didn't care about the soap. No, the pervert was closely watching her chest rise and fall
as she moved.
(ZEL: I wouldn't do that!
AUTHOR: Yes you would. I know you like it. ::jab:: Besides, aren't you
"always hard"?
ZEL: What the heck are you talking about now?!
AUTHOR: ::smiles suggestively and wiggles eyebrows::
ZEL: … Oh… ::blushes beat red::)
So, to skip all the Lemony Good Stuff™, Zel watched Lina bathe, and dry off, and brush her hair,
and get dressed. Then he laid back down and to look all kawai and innocent for when Lina came
back. And to try to get rid of that condition our Author mentioned earlier. ::snicker::
Lina made her way back to were she had left Zel, Hoping he hadn't passed out from blood loss.
You see, Lina knew exactly what she was doing the entire time she was washing. She even fell in
the mud on purpose. Bad Lina. Sneaky Lina. Evil Lina. Twisted Lina. I could go on all day but
instead I will tell you the rest of the story.
So Lina came back to find Zel (supposedly) snoozing by the rock. Lina walked over to him, bent
down to his ear and shouted, "HEY ZEL! I finished cleaning up, but I'm hungry now! So lets
eat!"
Zel jumped about three feet in the air and landed with a thunk. "Lina! Why did you do that?! I was
sleeping!" He tried to glare at Lina, but since she was ignoring him he quit. Its hard to glare at
someone who is ignoring you. So Lina set up the picnic basket they had set up and started to eat.
Now, normally I would have a nice, romantic little scene here, but that wouldn't be true to form.
So Zel tried to talk to Lina, who ignored him some more and tore at her food. Zel eventually gave
up and sipped his coffee.
After they finished, Zel picked up what was left (silverware) and stowed it away. They
proceeded to walk. And walk some more. And then a little more. Zel, getting tired of the author
having no imagination, decided to try and talk to Lina, who was happily skipping along up ahead.
"So Lina, exactly who is this guy we're going to see?" He said tactfully. (Yeah… Right) Lina
glanced at him and smiled. "His name is Justin and I've known him all my life. We were best
friends growing up. I haven't seen him in awhile, though, but I always promised I would come
back, and there is this wonderful little church that I have always wanted to get married in. I figure
if everything works out they'll need to get the place ready tonight!" Lina did a little skip twirl
thing that was entirely out of character for her but Zel didn't notice. He was in too much of a
funk. 'At least I will have my memories.' He thought desolately. Fortunately, they were close to the town, so this author doesn't have to bore you with mindless chatter.
Lina walked right down the main street and into an inn. Lina ran up to the counter, jumped it and glomped onto the man serving drinks. "Justin!" she cried. "I missed you so much!" After an initial shock the man looked at her and said, "Lina! Its so good to see you! Its been way to long!"
Both grinned at each other and hugged, as old friends meeting again after years of separation do.
After chatting a bit, which Zel tuned out in his misery, Lina turned to Zel, becoming serious, and said, "I came here for a reason. You know I always said I would come back when I was ready to settle down and get married.
"Well, I finally realized who was the one for me, and I want to do it. He is the most wonderful, caring man in the world and I know he will take care of me and cherish me just like I deserve. Now that I have time to reflect, I finally realize that I can't live without him and I hope he loves me as much. Unfortunately, he is to chicken to tell me how he feels. But when I tell him how I feel, I hope he will agree to marry me. I love him, and I honestly don't think I could live without him."
Zel felt his heart breaking a little more with each word. His entire world was falling apart. He looked down at his hands, to hide the faint shimmer in his eyes. He didn't think he could live without Lina. She made his world complete. She made him complete.
He glanced up to see Justin Looking at him. Lina also saw this and smiled. "Sorry, I forgot to introduce you! Justin this is my traveling companion, Zelgadiss. Zel, this is my cousin, Justin."
At that Zel's head snapped up as he looked at Lina and murmured, "Cousin?" Lina smiled and nodded then said in a soft voice, "Justin, I should have mentioned, he is my soon to be, at least I hope, fiancé."
Zel stared at Lina in shock as she gazed at him calmly. After making several attempts to speak Zel gave up and Lina said, "Zelgadiss Greywers, don't you know a marriage proposal when you hear one?"
Zel looked at her and smiled. Not just any smile, but a smile of pure happiness. "Lina… I would love to spend the rest of my life with you."
At this Lina threw herself at Zel and they embraced, kissing passionately.
"I love you Zel."
"I love you too Lina."
EPILOUGE
The next day, Lina and Zel were married. Amelia and Gourry both showed up, but there were no hard feelings as Gourry had decided long ago Sylphiel was the woman for him, but hadn't wanted to abandon Lina and Amelia had out grown her crush long ago and already had a boyfriend. The group separated, with Lina and Zel deciding to travel around more for a honeymoon and Amelia and Gourry going home. Lina and Zel grew old together, fought constantly, and lived Happily Ever After.
THE END
Special Thanks To: Shel-chan, for helping me when I was stumped, Ab-chan for inspiration and
stuff, and Kel-chan for being so darn kawai!!!