Orchids & Ice
A Slayers Fanfic
By Yukishiro Megumi
Disclaimer: I'd say I own them, but I'd probably be besieged by the one thing more terrifying that a hungry Lina: lawyers. So I *don't*. Hear that, Lawyer people?! I DON'T OWN THEM DAMMIT! Heh…maybe Xelloss' shadow should eat them [Shameless plug: The last comment was a reference to AmethystAngel's "The S Files". Go read them, they're funny! And while you're at it, go visit her Hamlet: The Manga site. I guarantee a laugh.]
Warning: If you don't like self-inserts, don't read. This isn't even a real one, since I just smacked my name on the newbie. (I'll admit it, I like Zel lots. But I really was too lazy to make a new name. Honest! Iyaaa! Put down the pitchforks!) And…eto…blood? Not to mention that I don't have a sense of humor. At least that's what I think. If you think otherwise, I appreciate it?
Reviews: I'll make kawaii sad puppy eyes and cry forever and ever if you don't review! Just a sentence will do!
Flames? Or does the author have an allergy to them?: Bring 'em on. They're funnier than my stories.
Now for the fic! IKKUSEI!
~Where in hell am I?~
Zelgadis could hear the faint lapping of miniature waves on the edges of a pond, though his eyes could see no such thing. Pine trees perfumed heavy tendrils of fog. Everything seemed lit from within; he could see the details of his surroundings without light to aid him. At his feet, a ruby amulet, large and twinkling like the blood moon. Stony fingers lifted it from a bed of pine needles and curling, twisting ferns.
~Wait, what is my pin doing off my cloak? Itai!~
The strong clasp on its back snapped forward viciously and unexpectedly, startling the young chimera, who dropped it onto the springy forest floor. He watched the palm of his hand where it had lain in morbid fascination. Blackish-red blood seeped from a large puncture on his stony hand, though he felt no pain. His eyes grew wider as the flow became fatal in volume, splashing in shimmering fountains to the ground. Zelgadis calmly grasped his wounded hand in his left hand, but the blood refused to stop. Neither did the guilt.
~Maybe if I let go, I will die here…and repay the betrayal, itoshii~
The puddles of life's fluid grew deeper around his bare feet, warm against his toes. A honey-sweet smile, born of growing madness and embittered by rising desperation, and he released his right hand from the left's grasp. The smile did not fade with the weakness he began to feel, dizziness creeping up behind him like an assassin, and twice as dangerous. It did not fade as the puddle gathered itself, shaping itself into a slim form with dagger-like claws and feminine curves. The blood being solidified behind him and changed colors from the rusty crimsons to whites and pale peaches, and deep violet. The misplaced smile upon his face, morbidly handsome in an odd fashion, began to look more tragic in nature.
~Megumi? Is that you? I'm guilty, ne? Just this once, honey, onegai…catch me. Megumi…~
The claws had already began to sink into his back.
::cries:: I *know* it's short! It's a kinda "bridge" thingy! The next one isn't so short, minna-san!!
A Slayers Fanfic
By Yukishiro Megumi
Disclaimer: I'd say I own them, but I'd probably be besieged by the one thing more terrifying that a hungry Lina: lawyers. So I *don't*. Hear that, Lawyer people?! I DON'T OWN THEM DAMMIT! Heh…maybe Xelloss' shadow should eat them [Shameless plug: The last comment was a reference to AmethystAngel's "The S Files". Go read them, they're funny! And while you're at it, go visit her Hamlet: The Manga site. I guarantee a laugh.]
Warning: If you don't like self-inserts, don't read. This isn't even a real one, since I just smacked my name on the newbie. (I'll admit it, I like Zel lots. But I really was too lazy to make a new name. Honest! Iyaaa! Put down the pitchforks!) And…eto…blood? Not to mention that I don't have a sense of humor. At least that's what I think. If you think otherwise, I appreciate it?
Reviews: I'll make kawaii sad puppy eyes and cry forever and ever if you don't review! Just a sentence will do!
Flames? Or does the author have an allergy to them?: Bring 'em on. They're funnier than my stories.
Now for the fic! IKKUSEI!
~Where in hell am I?~
Zelgadis could hear the faint lapping of miniature waves on the edges of a pond, though his eyes could see no such thing. Pine trees perfumed heavy tendrils of fog. Everything seemed lit from within; he could see the details of his surroundings without light to aid him. At his feet, a ruby amulet, large and twinkling like the blood moon. Stony fingers lifted it from a bed of pine needles and curling, twisting ferns.
~Wait, what is my pin doing off my cloak? Itai!~
The strong clasp on its back snapped forward viciously and unexpectedly, startling the young chimera, who dropped it onto the springy forest floor. He watched the palm of his hand where it had lain in morbid fascination. Blackish-red blood seeped from a large puncture on his stony hand, though he felt no pain. His eyes grew wider as the flow became fatal in volume, splashing in shimmering fountains to the ground. Zelgadis calmly grasped his wounded hand in his left hand, but the blood refused to stop. Neither did the guilt.
~Maybe if I let go, I will die here…and repay the betrayal, itoshii~
The puddles of life's fluid grew deeper around his bare feet, warm against his toes. A honey-sweet smile, born of growing madness and embittered by rising desperation, and he released his right hand from the left's grasp. The smile did not fade with the weakness he began to feel, dizziness creeping up behind him like an assassin, and twice as dangerous. It did not fade as the puddle gathered itself, shaping itself into a slim form with dagger-like claws and feminine curves. The blood being solidified behind him and changed colors from the rusty crimsons to whites and pale peaches, and deep violet. The misplaced smile upon his face, morbidly handsome in an odd fashion, began to look more tragic in nature.
~Megumi? Is that you? I'm guilty, ne? Just this once, honey, onegai…catch me. Megumi…~
The claws had already began to sink into his back.
::cries:: I *know* it's short! It's a kinda "bridge" thingy! The next one isn't so short, minna-san!!