After a whole day wasted searching for Justice and another day wasted
searching for food, the group was getting very fed up with it all.
Actually, Amelia wasn't, seeing as how they were looking for her dog, and
the thought of food kept Lina, Gourry, and Filia going. So it was really
just Zelgadis who wished to stop. But no matter what he said the four of
them wouldn't listen to him. In fact, at one point Lina, Gourry, and Filia
considered eating him but that thought didn't last very long as they
figured out that he wouldn't taste good.
"Look," Zelgadis said, deciding that this would be his final attempt before he gave up, "This is the third day we've been searching through this forest looking for that dog! Do any of you realize how small this forest is? We've been through the entire place several times! We could pick any direction to walk and we'd reach a town in twenty minutes or less! I don't think you're going to find Justice here! And if you three want food so bad why don't you go to one of the towns within the three-mile radius around here? I can see one of them from where I'm standing! There's a RESTAURANT right over there!"
Filia stared at the restaurant for a moment, "I've heard they have terrible food there."
"Yeah," Lina agreed, "They don't even have any deserts."
"Let's find a different restaurant," Gourry said.
"I can sense Justice's presence nearby!" Amelia said almost in a daze. Everyone else was pretty sure that she'd lost it.
Just then, Xellos appeared in front of them. He stood staring at them and blinked a couple of times. "Wait… this isn't the Mazola Convention…"
Amelia gasped, "Mr. Xellos stole Justice! I can tell by that evil smile on his face!"
"But he's not smiling…." Lina said.
Amelia gasped again, "Mr. Xellos is ALWAYS smiling! He must be frowning because he's done something terrible… Like steal an innocent puppy!"
"Actually," Xellos said, "I WOULD be smiling but, unfortunately, I'm unable to."
"And why is that?" Filia asked, crossing her arms over his chest.
"Well, I was trying to give myself plastic surgery…" he began.
"Plastic surgery for what?" Zelgadis asked.
"To give myself dimples, of course!" said Xellos, "But I guess my basic medical training wasn't quite enough and I screwed it up."
"And now you can't smile?" Filia shrugged, "Good! You're smile is so annoying anyway!"
"Oh?" Xellos frowned seductively, "So you're saying you really like my new look?"
"No!" she stormed away to drown all her troubles away in food.
"If you didn't steal my beloved Justice… Then just who did!?" Amelia asked.
"Hm…" Xellos thought for a moment, "I believe I saw some children setting a dog aflame back that way." He pointed towards the town.
"Justice!" Amelia shrieked and ran off towards the town.
"You like doing that, don't you?" Lina asked.
"Yup!"
"What were we looking for, again?" Gourry asked.
Later, it began raining so they decided that it would be best to stay at an inn. Unfortunately, they somehow managed to get lost in the tiny forest. After many hours of searching they finally found a city… but the only inn the town had no continental breakfast so they set off to find another town. When dusk set in, the rain had stopped so they just decided to set up camp.
"So, Gourry," Gourry said to Jilias, "You say you're the sworn protector of Lina Inverse that carries the sword of light? What a coincidence! Me too! We have a lot in common!"
"That's right!" Jilias replied.
This time nobody bothered to try to get rid of Jilias. He didn't seem to be doing harm anyway.
"Ms. Lina," Filia whispered, "I'm really starting to worry about Mr. Gourry. He just seems to be getting more and more gullible! I didn't think he could possibly get any dumber but…well…"
Lina looked casually back at Gourry and 'Gourry', "I wouldn't spend too much time wondering about him… It's Amelia I'm concerned about. She's been saying Justice over and over again that I'm sure the word will lose all meaning to her."
At the moment, Amelia was laying on the ground rapped in her cape, still repeating the word 'Justice'. Zelgadis was next to her trying to light a fire by hitting the rocks on his hand together to create sparks. You'd think it'd be easier to just use magic… but it wasn't.
Xellos was perched in a tree above the camp reading a book titled 'Plastic Surgery for Mazoku'. Finally, when he got to one part he figured out what he'd done wrong.
"Ah, so THAT'S it!" he said, "I used far too many explosives!"
That night, Amelia had finally stopped chanting the same word and looked around. Everyone else was asleep. She wondered what time it was as she looked up to see the moon in the sky.
The silence was broken as she heard a very frightening sound. She turned to see it was none other than her beloved Justice. But Justice didn't look the same as it had when she'd last seen it. It had an evil glint in it's eyes.
"Justice?" her voice squeaked. Then she saw Justice was doing something. She moved closer to the glow of the embers in the fire pit. It became obvious that the dog was writing with it's paw in the mud. Amelia squinted and saw that the dog had written the word 'Justice'. She smiled. "Justice! I didn't know you knew how to write!" The dog grinned evilly. It lifted it's leg right above where it had written the word and…
Amelia woke up screaming, "NO! Justice! Don't do it!!!" She stopped as she realized that Justice was no where to be found and everyone was staring at her.
"Amelia?" Zelgadis was next to her, "What's the matter?"
She sighed in relief, "It was all a dream…"
"What was?" Lina asked.
"Well, I dreamt that Justice was evil!" she told them.
"Justice?" Gourry was confused again, "What's Justice?"
"Oh, Mr. Gourry!" she exclaimed, "Don't tell me you've forgotten about my dog again!"
"You're dog?" he still didn't get it, "Why would you name your dog that? What is 'justice'?"
"You're impossible, Mr. Gourry!"
"No really," Zelgadis said, "What does that mean? I don't know either."
"What!?" Amelia was surprised. How could HE not know what it was? "Surely, you're joking! It's not a very nice joke to play on me Mr. Zelgadis!"
They all stared at her blankly. "Well? Are you going to tell us what justice is?" Filia asked.
"Justice is fairness and what is right!" Amelia was starting to sound panicked. She was even more frightened as they all began to laugh.
"What are you talking about, Amelia?" Lina asked, "There's no just thing as 'justice'! Everybody does whatever they please!"
That was it, it was the last straw. Amelia began screaming and ran away. As she ran she saw that they had been right. All over, people were being unjust! She screamed louder and ran faster.
Amelia woke up screaming again. She stopped and saw everyone staring at her again. Groaning, she realized that it had been another dream.
"Amelia?" Zelgadis was next to her, "What's the matter?"
"I had a bad dream," she told him, "You and Filia and Lina were there and-"
"Lina?" Gourry was confused, "Who's Lina?"
"Yes," Filia nodded, "Who's Lina?"
Now Lina didn't exist! Amelia was frightened once again. She prepared herself to run away screaming again. But instead she just shrugged, "Oh, well."
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^_^ More to come soon.
-MeowthMix
"Look," Zelgadis said, deciding that this would be his final attempt before he gave up, "This is the third day we've been searching through this forest looking for that dog! Do any of you realize how small this forest is? We've been through the entire place several times! We could pick any direction to walk and we'd reach a town in twenty minutes or less! I don't think you're going to find Justice here! And if you three want food so bad why don't you go to one of the towns within the three-mile radius around here? I can see one of them from where I'm standing! There's a RESTAURANT right over there!"
Filia stared at the restaurant for a moment, "I've heard they have terrible food there."
"Yeah," Lina agreed, "They don't even have any deserts."
"Let's find a different restaurant," Gourry said.
"I can sense Justice's presence nearby!" Amelia said almost in a daze. Everyone else was pretty sure that she'd lost it.
Just then, Xellos appeared in front of them. He stood staring at them and blinked a couple of times. "Wait… this isn't the Mazola Convention…"
Amelia gasped, "Mr. Xellos stole Justice! I can tell by that evil smile on his face!"
"But he's not smiling…." Lina said.
Amelia gasped again, "Mr. Xellos is ALWAYS smiling! He must be frowning because he's done something terrible… Like steal an innocent puppy!"
"Actually," Xellos said, "I WOULD be smiling but, unfortunately, I'm unable to."
"And why is that?" Filia asked, crossing her arms over his chest.
"Well, I was trying to give myself plastic surgery…" he began.
"Plastic surgery for what?" Zelgadis asked.
"To give myself dimples, of course!" said Xellos, "But I guess my basic medical training wasn't quite enough and I screwed it up."
"And now you can't smile?" Filia shrugged, "Good! You're smile is so annoying anyway!"
"Oh?" Xellos frowned seductively, "So you're saying you really like my new look?"
"No!" she stormed away to drown all her troubles away in food.
"If you didn't steal my beloved Justice… Then just who did!?" Amelia asked.
"Hm…" Xellos thought for a moment, "I believe I saw some children setting a dog aflame back that way." He pointed towards the town.
"Justice!" Amelia shrieked and ran off towards the town.
"You like doing that, don't you?" Lina asked.
"Yup!"
"What were we looking for, again?" Gourry asked.
Later, it began raining so they decided that it would be best to stay at an inn. Unfortunately, they somehow managed to get lost in the tiny forest. After many hours of searching they finally found a city… but the only inn the town had no continental breakfast so they set off to find another town. When dusk set in, the rain had stopped so they just decided to set up camp.
"So, Gourry," Gourry said to Jilias, "You say you're the sworn protector of Lina Inverse that carries the sword of light? What a coincidence! Me too! We have a lot in common!"
"That's right!" Jilias replied.
This time nobody bothered to try to get rid of Jilias. He didn't seem to be doing harm anyway.
"Ms. Lina," Filia whispered, "I'm really starting to worry about Mr. Gourry. He just seems to be getting more and more gullible! I didn't think he could possibly get any dumber but…well…"
Lina looked casually back at Gourry and 'Gourry', "I wouldn't spend too much time wondering about him… It's Amelia I'm concerned about. She's been saying Justice over and over again that I'm sure the word will lose all meaning to her."
At the moment, Amelia was laying on the ground rapped in her cape, still repeating the word 'Justice'. Zelgadis was next to her trying to light a fire by hitting the rocks on his hand together to create sparks. You'd think it'd be easier to just use magic… but it wasn't.
Xellos was perched in a tree above the camp reading a book titled 'Plastic Surgery for Mazoku'. Finally, when he got to one part he figured out what he'd done wrong.
"Ah, so THAT'S it!" he said, "I used far too many explosives!"
That night, Amelia had finally stopped chanting the same word and looked around. Everyone else was asleep. She wondered what time it was as she looked up to see the moon in the sky.
The silence was broken as she heard a very frightening sound. She turned to see it was none other than her beloved Justice. But Justice didn't look the same as it had when she'd last seen it. It had an evil glint in it's eyes.
"Justice?" her voice squeaked. Then she saw Justice was doing something. She moved closer to the glow of the embers in the fire pit. It became obvious that the dog was writing with it's paw in the mud. Amelia squinted and saw that the dog had written the word 'Justice'. She smiled. "Justice! I didn't know you knew how to write!" The dog grinned evilly. It lifted it's leg right above where it had written the word and…
Amelia woke up screaming, "NO! Justice! Don't do it!!!" She stopped as she realized that Justice was no where to be found and everyone was staring at her.
"Amelia?" Zelgadis was next to her, "What's the matter?"
She sighed in relief, "It was all a dream…"
"What was?" Lina asked.
"Well, I dreamt that Justice was evil!" she told them.
"Justice?" Gourry was confused again, "What's Justice?"
"Oh, Mr. Gourry!" she exclaimed, "Don't tell me you've forgotten about my dog again!"
"You're dog?" he still didn't get it, "Why would you name your dog that? What is 'justice'?"
"You're impossible, Mr. Gourry!"
"No really," Zelgadis said, "What does that mean? I don't know either."
"What!?" Amelia was surprised. How could HE not know what it was? "Surely, you're joking! It's not a very nice joke to play on me Mr. Zelgadis!"
They all stared at her blankly. "Well? Are you going to tell us what justice is?" Filia asked.
"Justice is fairness and what is right!" Amelia was starting to sound panicked. She was even more frightened as they all began to laugh.
"What are you talking about, Amelia?" Lina asked, "There's no just thing as 'justice'! Everybody does whatever they please!"
That was it, it was the last straw. Amelia began screaming and ran away. As she ran she saw that they had been right. All over, people were being unjust! She screamed louder and ran faster.
Amelia woke up screaming again. She stopped and saw everyone staring at her again. Groaning, she realized that it had been another dream.
"Amelia?" Zelgadis was next to her, "What's the matter?"
"I had a bad dream," she told him, "You and Filia and Lina were there and-"
"Lina?" Gourry was confused, "Who's Lina?"
"Yes," Filia nodded, "Who's Lina?"
Now Lina didn't exist! Amelia was frightened once again. She prepared herself to run away screaming again. But instead she just shrugged, "Oh, well."
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^_^ More to come soon.
-MeowthMix