Part 4: Uncertain
Xelloss teleported into the room, holding the tray.
"Lina-san, wake up! This peppermint tea..." Xelloss looked around, seeing the bed in shreds and the floor ripped open. "My, my, Lina-san...I didn't know you had such a temper..."
'XELLOSS, YOU DAMN MORON!!!!' A stress mark popped on Lina's head as she slowly was losing consciousness. She made the loudest choking-sound she could. Xelloss looked toward her way.
"Xelloss Metallium!!" the demon growled.
"Well, if it isn't Malileo Raage! How pleasant to see you again." Xelloss said cheerfully yet very darkly. He set down the tray on the ruined bed. He turned to Malileo, his eyes slowly opened, sending chills of precaution down Malileo's back.
Malileo threw Lina across the room as if she was a rag doll. Lina gasped as she was about to crash into the wall. Xelloss teleported, easily catching Lina in his arms. Lina wrapped her arms around his neck instinctively. She blushed as she realized this.
Xelloss's sharp amethyst eyes pierced the red, glowing eyes of Malileo, "That wasn't very nice, Malileo--what ever happened to your manners?"
"Your woman, Metallium?" Malileo glared at Lina.
Lina's eyes grew round. Her? Xelloss's...woman...? Her face turned many shades of red from both embarrassment and anger.
'LET ME AT HIM, XELLOSS!! I'M GOING TO BLAST HIS ASS INTO HELL WHERE HE BELONGS!!!' Lina thought to Xelloss, struggling to get out Xelloss's firm hold around her waist.
Xelloss winced from her loud mental "yelling", yet he absorbed her anger, which was very tasty and fiery. He could tell she was very, VERY angry and embarrassed.
'Lina-san, you should really take it easy or else---' Xelloss thought back.
Lina felt vertigo seize her and she instantly stopped struggling, shutting her eyes tightly as she fainted, yet was somewhat awake.
"Mmm..." Lina tiredly felt limp in his arms and leaned against him again.
'---Or else THAT would happen.' Xelloss thought.
'...must...kill...Malileo...' Lina thought tiredly. She really wished her powers would work now...to Dragon Slave that demon would give Lina happy dreams.
"That's exactly what I am planning to do." Xelloss murmured darkly, not letting Lina hear. He put Lina down on the floor gently, letting her lean against the wall in a sitting position.
"I thought you ran away to another dimension," Xelloss remarked as he turned his eyes toward Malileo. "Your vacation ended so soon?"
"I must kill Lina Inverse to prove myself worthy to Zellas-sama!!" Malileo exclaimed.
"Oh, now, I won't let you live long enough to talk to Juu-ou! You ran away, remember? And I don't want her to be bothered by your presence." Xelloss said, his eyes slightly narrowing.
"I WILL kill Lina Inverse though!!!" Malileo protested. "The most powerful human sorceress!!!"
"Now, Lina Inverse is MY case---not yours." Xelloss said.
"When did the 'Great' Xelloss Metallium fall in love with a simple human?!?" Malileo snarled. "You grow weak through the years!"
"Oh, really? Weaker, am I?" Xelloss's eyes narrowed at such an insult. He raised his gloved palm toward the demon. "I don't like your opinion very much."
Malileo stepped back, his wings quivering.
"And for your information, Juu-ou seems to favor the Inverse clan---of course, you did not know that, Mr. low-class demon." Xelloss said, black energy forming into his hand.
Malileo stepped back, his red eyes twice their size.
"Metallium, NO---------!!!!!!" Malileo pleaded.
In a matter of seconds, the black demon was blasted into tiny dust particles.
"Now, Lina-san, would you like your tea warm or hot? I got it from Filia-san and it's good for your sore throat." Xelloss said cheerfully, his eyes closed. He held out a gloved hand to Lina.
Lina hesitantly took his hand. He seemed like a completely different person a few seconds ago...
After Xelloss replaced the ruined bed in a snap, Lina crawled back in. She felt worse...
"What to do with the floor...?" Xelloss looked at the ripped open floorboards. He then pulled a heavy rug over it.
"Better!" Xelloss said.
A sweat-drop rolled down Lina's head. That didn't really help the poor floor...but whatever...
"Now, Lina-san, drink this tea." Xelloss held out a teacup in his hand.
Lina raised her hands to hold the tea cup but she felt to weak and her hands fell limply to her sides. She closed her eyes, her face sickly pale.
She turned her head away from Xelloss, not wanting someone to see her so vulnerable.
'Your condition is worse, ne?' Xellooss thought to Lina.
'It's that OBVIOUS, is it?' Lina thought back sarcastically.
'Well, if you drink the tea, I'm sure it'll help you.' Xelloss thought.
'...I'm too tired...' Lina thought, embarrassed that she was too weak and tired to help herself.
'I'll just help you then!' Xelloss thought
Lina promply glared, slightly red from embarrassment. A full grown woman who needs someone to help her drink...how pathetic!
'No need to be stubborn, Lina-san! It's only me!' Xelloss thought cheerfully.
She hesitated for a moment '...Do you swear you won't tell ANYONE about this?' Lina thought.
"I swear on my parents' grave!" Xelloss said to her.
'You're a mazoku...you don't HAVE parents.' Lina narrowed her eyes.
"Oh, darn, I was hoping you wouldn't know that." Xelloss sighed.
Lina glared.
"Okay, okay, I swear!" Xelloss said, a sweat-drop rolled down his head.
Lina hesitantly turned her head to Xelloss as he put the tea cup to her lips and slightly tilted it, letting the warm, minty tea into her mouth. Xelloss pulled the tea cup away.
"See? It wasn't that bad, ne?" Xelloss asked.
Lina was blushing a light pink.
'This is so pathetic, so embarrassing, so---'
"I get the idea, Lina-san." Xelloss said, he tilted the cup again, letting her drink again.
"Is your throat feeling better?" he asked as he pulled back the empty cup.
'Sorta---I guess Filia really knows her tea.' Lina thought.
'Yes---she's not as dumb as I think she is.' Xelloss remarked.
Lina smiled and thought 'I wouldn't think you would say something like THAT about Filia.'
'Why's that?' he thought back, a questionable expression on his face.
'Because you like her.' Lina replied simply.
Xelloss almost dropped the tea cup as he gagged. He set the teacup down.
"N-nani???" Xelloss looked at her with eyes open (YES. OPEN.) and blinked, wide-eyed.
Lina had to admit, he looked pretty darn cute--but whatever.
'Well, it's OBVIOUS that you like Filia, even if she's dragon!' Lina thought. 'Even AMELIA thinks you guys make a good couple.'
'Well---Amelia IS a child,' Xelloss thought back, a bit annoyed by the idea of HIM and FILIA as a couple. 'Anyway, I don't believe me and Filia have ANY chance of becoming, oh, what do you call it..? An item.'
Lina shrugged, 'Well, who DO you like then? Martina?'
'Oh, no, she was an..eccentric (that's an understatement) girl, but not specifically my type.'
'Do you like...Amelia?'
'Oh, Lina-san, is that supposed to be some cruel joke?'
'Well, WHO then? Zelgadiss?!'
Xelloss looked at her strangely, 'I don't go for the same sex as myself.'
Lina laughed, but coughed violently and curled over on her side toward him, covering her mouth with her hand as the coughs raked through her petite body. Xelloss patted her back gently.
"I almost forgot...you should take it very easy, Lina-san." Xelloss said to her as he rested his hand on her shoulder as her coughing slowly subsided.
Lina found his hand comforting as she slowly drifted into sleep, her eyes closed.
'...who..do you like, Xelloss...?' Lina thought sleepily.
'Sore wa himitsu desu.' Xelloss thought.
'Damn secrets...' Lina thought.
"From what I can see, you'll be better in no time at all, Lina-san!" Xelloss said.
'... ...'
Lina fell asleep.
Xelloss pulled the blanket over her shoulders.
"...no time at all..." Xelloss said quietly, not understanding if he was happy or not.
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Xelloss teleported into the room, holding the tray.
"Lina-san, wake up! This peppermint tea..." Xelloss looked around, seeing the bed in shreds and the floor ripped open. "My, my, Lina-san...I didn't know you had such a temper..."
'XELLOSS, YOU DAMN MORON!!!!' A stress mark popped on Lina's head as she slowly was losing consciousness. She made the loudest choking-sound she could. Xelloss looked toward her way.
"Xelloss Metallium!!" the demon growled.
"Well, if it isn't Malileo Raage! How pleasant to see you again." Xelloss said cheerfully yet very darkly. He set down the tray on the ruined bed. He turned to Malileo, his eyes slowly opened, sending chills of precaution down Malileo's back.
Malileo threw Lina across the room as if she was a rag doll. Lina gasped as she was about to crash into the wall. Xelloss teleported, easily catching Lina in his arms. Lina wrapped her arms around his neck instinctively. She blushed as she realized this.
Xelloss's sharp amethyst eyes pierced the red, glowing eyes of Malileo, "That wasn't very nice, Malileo--what ever happened to your manners?"
"Your woman, Metallium?" Malileo glared at Lina.
Lina's eyes grew round. Her? Xelloss's...woman...? Her face turned many shades of red from both embarrassment and anger.
'LET ME AT HIM, XELLOSS!! I'M GOING TO BLAST HIS ASS INTO HELL WHERE HE BELONGS!!!' Lina thought to Xelloss, struggling to get out Xelloss's firm hold around her waist.
Xelloss winced from her loud mental "yelling", yet he absorbed her anger, which was very tasty and fiery. He could tell she was very, VERY angry and embarrassed.
'Lina-san, you should really take it easy or else---' Xelloss thought back.
Lina felt vertigo seize her and she instantly stopped struggling, shutting her eyes tightly as she fainted, yet was somewhat awake.
"Mmm..." Lina tiredly felt limp in his arms and leaned against him again.
'---Or else THAT would happen.' Xelloss thought.
'...must...kill...Malileo...' Lina thought tiredly. She really wished her powers would work now...to Dragon Slave that demon would give Lina happy dreams.
"That's exactly what I am planning to do." Xelloss murmured darkly, not letting Lina hear. He put Lina down on the floor gently, letting her lean against the wall in a sitting position.
"I thought you ran away to another dimension," Xelloss remarked as he turned his eyes toward Malileo. "Your vacation ended so soon?"
"I must kill Lina Inverse to prove myself worthy to Zellas-sama!!" Malileo exclaimed.
"Oh, now, I won't let you live long enough to talk to Juu-ou! You ran away, remember? And I don't want her to be bothered by your presence." Xelloss said, his eyes slightly narrowing.
"I WILL kill Lina Inverse though!!!" Malileo protested. "The most powerful human sorceress!!!"
"Now, Lina Inverse is MY case---not yours." Xelloss said.
"When did the 'Great' Xelloss Metallium fall in love with a simple human?!?" Malileo snarled. "You grow weak through the years!"
"Oh, really? Weaker, am I?" Xelloss's eyes narrowed at such an insult. He raised his gloved palm toward the demon. "I don't like your opinion very much."
Malileo stepped back, his wings quivering.
"And for your information, Juu-ou seems to favor the Inverse clan---of course, you did not know that, Mr. low-class demon." Xelloss said, black energy forming into his hand.
Malileo stepped back, his red eyes twice their size.
"Metallium, NO---------!!!!!!" Malileo pleaded.
In a matter of seconds, the black demon was blasted into tiny dust particles.
"Now, Lina-san, would you like your tea warm or hot? I got it from Filia-san and it's good for your sore throat." Xelloss said cheerfully, his eyes closed. He held out a gloved hand to Lina.
Lina hesitantly took his hand. He seemed like a completely different person a few seconds ago...
After Xelloss replaced the ruined bed in a snap, Lina crawled back in. She felt worse...
"What to do with the floor...?" Xelloss looked at the ripped open floorboards. He then pulled a heavy rug over it.
"Better!" Xelloss said.
A sweat-drop rolled down Lina's head. That didn't really help the poor floor...but whatever...
"Now, Lina-san, drink this tea." Xelloss held out a teacup in his hand.
Lina raised her hands to hold the tea cup but she felt to weak and her hands fell limply to her sides. She closed her eyes, her face sickly pale.
She turned her head away from Xelloss, not wanting someone to see her so vulnerable.
'Your condition is worse, ne?' Xellooss thought to Lina.
'It's that OBVIOUS, is it?' Lina thought back sarcastically.
'Well, if you drink the tea, I'm sure it'll help you.' Xelloss thought.
'...I'm too tired...' Lina thought, embarrassed that she was too weak and tired to help herself.
'I'll just help you then!' Xelloss thought
Lina promply glared, slightly red from embarrassment. A full grown woman who needs someone to help her drink...how pathetic!
'No need to be stubborn, Lina-san! It's only me!' Xelloss thought cheerfully.
She hesitated for a moment '...Do you swear you won't tell ANYONE about this?' Lina thought.
"I swear on my parents' grave!" Xelloss said to her.
'You're a mazoku...you don't HAVE parents.' Lina narrowed her eyes.
"Oh, darn, I was hoping you wouldn't know that." Xelloss sighed.
Lina glared.
"Okay, okay, I swear!" Xelloss said, a sweat-drop rolled down his head.
Lina hesitantly turned her head to Xelloss as he put the tea cup to her lips and slightly tilted it, letting the warm, minty tea into her mouth. Xelloss pulled the tea cup away.
"See? It wasn't that bad, ne?" Xelloss asked.
Lina was blushing a light pink.
'This is so pathetic, so embarrassing, so---'
"I get the idea, Lina-san." Xelloss said, he tilted the cup again, letting her drink again.
"Is your throat feeling better?" he asked as he pulled back the empty cup.
'Sorta---I guess Filia really knows her tea.' Lina thought.
'Yes---she's not as dumb as I think she is.' Xelloss remarked.
Lina smiled and thought 'I wouldn't think you would say something like THAT about Filia.'
'Why's that?' he thought back, a questionable expression on his face.
'Because you like her.' Lina replied simply.
Xelloss almost dropped the tea cup as he gagged. He set the teacup down.
"N-nani???" Xelloss looked at her with eyes open (YES. OPEN.) and blinked, wide-eyed.
Lina had to admit, he looked pretty darn cute--but whatever.
'Well, it's OBVIOUS that you like Filia, even if she's dragon!' Lina thought. 'Even AMELIA thinks you guys make a good couple.'
'Well---Amelia IS a child,' Xelloss thought back, a bit annoyed by the idea of HIM and FILIA as a couple. 'Anyway, I don't believe me and Filia have ANY chance of becoming, oh, what do you call it..? An item.'
Lina shrugged, 'Well, who DO you like then? Martina?'
'Oh, no, she was an..eccentric (that's an understatement) girl, but not specifically my type.'
'Do you like...Amelia?'
'Oh, Lina-san, is that supposed to be some cruel joke?'
'Well, WHO then? Zelgadiss?!'
Xelloss looked at her strangely, 'I don't go for the same sex as myself.'
Lina laughed, but coughed violently and curled over on her side toward him, covering her mouth with her hand as the coughs raked through her petite body. Xelloss patted her back gently.
"I almost forgot...you should take it very easy, Lina-san." Xelloss said to her as he rested his hand on her shoulder as her coughing slowly subsided.
Lina found his hand comforting as she slowly drifted into sleep, her eyes closed.
'...who..do you like, Xelloss...?' Lina thought sleepily.
'Sore wa himitsu desu.' Xelloss thought.
'Damn secrets...' Lina thought.
"From what I can see, you'll be better in no time at all, Lina-san!" Xelloss said.
'... ...'
Lina fell asleep.
Xelloss pulled the blanket over her shoulders.
"...no time at all..." Xelloss said quietly, not understanding if he was happy or not.
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