~Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers. I DO own this version of Grau and Grou.
Don't steal them.
Author's Notes: This ties in with Frozen Summer....sort of. You could say that this is a side plot taking place during the course of Frozen Summer. (further than the six chapters I have written so far) I may mention things that happen in FS, but not anything too terribly important. ^^ Sorry, this one is short. And sorry it's taking me a while to update these things; school is taking up a lot of time.
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Lina Inverse was not a happy sorceress. Not only were they further away from the town than anyone had dared guess, but those two kids had -tricked- her! The fact that she had given in to them had gone completely over her head. Her stomach grumbled loudly. It was a good thing those bandits had all that money on them; she could now afford the meal she had been fantasizing about all morning.
Grau and Grou had scented danger soon after the group had started off, and had retreated behind Lina, and were now trying to figure out how long the camcorder could record for before it ran out. "It doesn't have a tape..." Grou said as he slowly turned the camcorder in question as he inspected it. "Of course it doesn't! It has a memory!" Grau chirped. Amelia, who had been silently watching the twins, asked, "Why are you using it if you don't know how to work it?" "Oh, we do know how to work it; it's just that we don't know the....finer points of using it," Grou replied. "So," Lina began, "what's the point? Of taping us, I mean." Amelia struck a pose, and said with starry eyes, " I know what it's for!! To spread the word of JUSTICE!! These children want to record our images doing just deeds to show the world that JUSTICE is the way!! When people see our justice, they will be inspired to follow in our footsteps!! Justice will become the way of everyone, and all people will live in peace!!"
".............."
Everyone was silent for a good thirty seconds, their sweat drops saying all that needed to be said. "Riight," Grau said as his sweatdrop slowly disappeared. "......Come on! Let's go!" Lina exclaimed and continued to march onward. Amelia was still in her pose, starry eyed. Lina-tachi kept on going anyway. Amelia eventually figured out that she had been ditched, and Raywinged back to the group. And, as you have probably already guessed, they had to endure another Justice Speech, this one longer than the last, about the unjustness of ditching people. Needless to say, Xelloss, Grau and Grou weren't feeling very well when they finally hit the town at around noon. Gourry noted that Grau and Grou were behaving like Xelloss as far as positive emotions went, but said nothing, figuring that Lina and the others had already figured it out.
"Uuuuhhh..." Grau said. "Uuuuhhh," Grou agreed. They had gotten to the inn/restaurant, and had managed to sit at a different table than the one that Lina and co. were eating at, saying that the camcorder would break if it got wet, and they didn't want it splattered with airborne food particles, either. Xelloss had decided to sit with Grau and Grou, and no one (particularly Zelgadis) had any objection to Xelloss being at a different table. Xelloss watched the twins, amused. They rarely left the Northern Footholds, so they weren't used to being around humans, particularly ones who were literally oozing positive emotions. You could practically look at Amelia's astral presence and see the positivity oozing. Grau put his head down on the table and moaned. "You two could be more subtle about it," Xelloss said, "They'll notice that you're ill once they're done eating." "I pity their kids should they have them," Grou said. "Yeah, if the kid starts to choke and dies during a meal, they wouldn't notice until they're done eating," Grau agreed. Xelloss sweat dropped.
The din at the other table suddenly stopped. Grau and Grou got a load of how many plates were stacked up. "Did they eat the restaurant?" Grau asked, wide eyed. "I dunno," Grou said as he aimed the camcorder at the plates, "can humans even hold that much food?" Lina leaned back in her seat and sighed, not hearing what Grou and Grau had just said. "We're pretty full now, so let's get going again! We need to get Gourry that new sword!!!" she said. "Yes!" Amelia quickly agreed, "Mr. Gourry needs a new sword so he can once again be a defender of JUSTICE!!" "What?" Gourry asked. "Baka!!" Lina yelled, and proceeded to pummel the mercenary. "Don't you remember??" Lina yelled in-between blows, "You gave your Sword of Light back to Sirius, from the other world!! You need a new sword!!"
"Yes," Amelia said, "We have to visit a sword smith so Mr. Gourry can at least defend himself, and then Miss Lina has to enchant it! Then Mr. Gourry can go on and continue to be a warrior of Justice!!"
"Ah, Amelia, Lina?" Zelgadis interjected. "What?" The girls said simultaneously. "I don't have any objection to Gourry's getting a new sword, but don't you think it's a little late?" Zelgadis asked. "Late? What are you....oh." Lina said. She had turned to look out the window and due to the Author's demand, it was nighttime. About 10 o'clock, to be exact. "W-what the......?!" Lina stammered, as she not used to this Author using such a cheap trick. "Miss Lina! We need to get rooms!" Amelia cried. She took Lina's stupor to her full advantage and actually got Lina to get six rooms, one for each person (Grau and Grou share a room). Lina then went into another stupor, this one featuring incoherent stammering, when she figured out that she had just paid for six rooms.
Amelia passed out the keys, and dragged the still sputtering Lina upstairs, closely followed by Grau and Grou, who immediately went to inspect their room. They walked in, and surveyed the room. It was a typical inn room, with a bathroom, a vanity, a window, and not one, but two twin beds. "Our room at home is nicer than this," Grau observed. "Well, yeah," Grou said from the window, "Lord Dynast doesn't settle for less than the best of -anything-, after all." "That's true," Grau said absently as he inspected the blankets and sheets. "We can make a fort with this!" he said. "Really?" Grou asked as he walked over to his twin. "Hey, you're right!! We can string it up!!" he exclaimed happily. So the twins made themselves a spiffy little fort in their inn room, and made their beds in there, rather than on the bed. They were no longer nervous about having taken the camcorder without permission; Sherra would have come to yell at them by now if Lord Dynast was mad. He never laid a hand against his direct subordinates, but he was still intimidating when he was mad, and it was something Grau and Grou would rather skip altogether. That and the punishments he gave them. Shoveling with teaspoons or dusting with toothbrushes was not on their list of fun things to do.
"Hey, why don't we spy on these humans and see what they're up to? I want to get their real selves on this," Grou suggested as he motioned toward the camcorder which had its very own corner complete with a makeshift stand in their fort. "Hm, good idea. We can cloak ourselves; they'll have no idea that we'll be watching them. Save Xellos, of course, but he won't care," Grau agreed. "What if he does?" Grou asked. "We can give him something for his bag," replied Grau with a nonchalant wave of his hand. "Hmm...what can we tempt him with....oh!" Grou said as he rummaged through his pack, "Lookie! An implement of torture! I have no idea what it does, but we can give it to him!!"
Satisfied that this nameless implement of torture would assist them in making amends with Xelloss should he get perturbed, the twins retreated to the Astral Plane, and took the camcorder with them to go and see what the Slayers were up to.
::End chapter:: So...what did you think? I know it's short. More is to come. Please review!! I won't update if I don't get at least 7 more reviews! (making 14 altogether) ^^ Remember, suggestions and/or CREATIVE criticism are most welcome. Pointless flames will be removed. Mwa ha ha!! I'm making my rounds. Luna's Vacation is up next for an update...unless I get inspired for something else. ^^
Author's Notes: This ties in with Frozen Summer....sort of. You could say that this is a side plot taking place during the course of Frozen Summer. (further than the six chapters I have written so far) I may mention things that happen in FS, but not anything too terribly important. ^^ Sorry, this one is short. And sorry it's taking me a while to update these things; school is taking up a lot of time.
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Lina Inverse was not a happy sorceress. Not only were they further away from the town than anyone had dared guess, but those two kids had -tricked- her! The fact that she had given in to them had gone completely over her head. Her stomach grumbled loudly. It was a good thing those bandits had all that money on them; she could now afford the meal she had been fantasizing about all morning.
Grau and Grou had scented danger soon after the group had started off, and had retreated behind Lina, and were now trying to figure out how long the camcorder could record for before it ran out. "It doesn't have a tape..." Grou said as he slowly turned the camcorder in question as he inspected it. "Of course it doesn't! It has a memory!" Grau chirped. Amelia, who had been silently watching the twins, asked, "Why are you using it if you don't know how to work it?" "Oh, we do know how to work it; it's just that we don't know the....finer points of using it," Grou replied. "So," Lina began, "what's the point? Of taping us, I mean." Amelia struck a pose, and said with starry eyes, " I know what it's for!! To spread the word of JUSTICE!! These children want to record our images doing just deeds to show the world that JUSTICE is the way!! When people see our justice, they will be inspired to follow in our footsteps!! Justice will become the way of everyone, and all people will live in peace!!"
".............."
Everyone was silent for a good thirty seconds, their sweat drops saying all that needed to be said. "Riight," Grau said as his sweatdrop slowly disappeared. "......Come on! Let's go!" Lina exclaimed and continued to march onward. Amelia was still in her pose, starry eyed. Lina-tachi kept on going anyway. Amelia eventually figured out that she had been ditched, and Raywinged back to the group. And, as you have probably already guessed, they had to endure another Justice Speech, this one longer than the last, about the unjustness of ditching people. Needless to say, Xelloss, Grau and Grou weren't feeling very well when they finally hit the town at around noon. Gourry noted that Grau and Grou were behaving like Xelloss as far as positive emotions went, but said nothing, figuring that Lina and the others had already figured it out.
"Uuuuhhh..." Grau said. "Uuuuhhh," Grou agreed. They had gotten to the inn/restaurant, and had managed to sit at a different table than the one that Lina and co. were eating at, saying that the camcorder would break if it got wet, and they didn't want it splattered with airborne food particles, either. Xelloss had decided to sit with Grau and Grou, and no one (particularly Zelgadis) had any objection to Xelloss being at a different table. Xelloss watched the twins, amused. They rarely left the Northern Footholds, so they weren't used to being around humans, particularly ones who were literally oozing positive emotions. You could practically look at Amelia's astral presence and see the positivity oozing. Grau put his head down on the table and moaned. "You two could be more subtle about it," Xelloss said, "They'll notice that you're ill once they're done eating." "I pity their kids should they have them," Grou said. "Yeah, if the kid starts to choke and dies during a meal, they wouldn't notice until they're done eating," Grau agreed. Xelloss sweat dropped.
The din at the other table suddenly stopped. Grau and Grou got a load of how many plates were stacked up. "Did they eat the restaurant?" Grau asked, wide eyed. "I dunno," Grou said as he aimed the camcorder at the plates, "can humans even hold that much food?" Lina leaned back in her seat and sighed, not hearing what Grou and Grau had just said. "We're pretty full now, so let's get going again! We need to get Gourry that new sword!!!" she said. "Yes!" Amelia quickly agreed, "Mr. Gourry needs a new sword so he can once again be a defender of JUSTICE!!" "What?" Gourry asked. "Baka!!" Lina yelled, and proceeded to pummel the mercenary. "Don't you remember??" Lina yelled in-between blows, "You gave your Sword of Light back to Sirius, from the other world!! You need a new sword!!"
"Yes," Amelia said, "We have to visit a sword smith so Mr. Gourry can at least defend himself, and then Miss Lina has to enchant it! Then Mr. Gourry can go on and continue to be a warrior of Justice!!"
"Ah, Amelia, Lina?" Zelgadis interjected. "What?" The girls said simultaneously. "I don't have any objection to Gourry's getting a new sword, but don't you think it's a little late?" Zelgadis asked. "Late? What are you....oh." Lina said. She had turned to look out the window and due to the Author's demand, it was nighttime. About 10 o'clock, to be exact. "W-what the......?!" Lina stammered, as she not used to this Author using such a cheap trick. "Miss Lina! We need to get rooms!" Amelia cried. She took Lina's stupor to her full advantage and actually got Lina to get six rooms, one for each person (Grau and Grou share a room). Lina then went into another stupor, this one featuring incoherent stammering, when she figured out that she had just paid for six rooms.
Amelia passed out the keys, and dragged the still sputtering Lina upstairs, closely followed by Grau and Grou, who immediately went to inspect their room. They walked in, and surveyed the room. It was a typical inn room, with a bathroom, a vanity, a window, and not one, but two twin beds. "Our room at home is nicer than this," Grau observed. "Well, yeah," Grou said from the window, "Lord Dynast doesn't settle for less than the best of -anything-, after all." "That's true," Grau said absently as he inspected the blankets and sheets. "We can make a fort with this!" he said. "Really?" Grou asked as he walked over to his twin. "Hey, you're right!! We can string it up!!" he exclaimed happily. So the twins made themselves a spiffy little fort in their inn room, and made their beds in there, rather than on the bed. They were no longer nervous about having taken the camcorder without permission; Sherra would have come to yell at them by now if Lord Dynast was mad. He never laid a hand against his direct subordinates, but he was still intimidating when he was mad, and it was something Grau and Grou would rather skip altogether. That and the punishments he gave them. Shoveling with teaspoons or dusting with toothbrushes was not on their list of fun things to do.
"Hey, why don't we spy on these humans and see what they're up to? I want to get their real selves on this," Grou suggested as he motioned toward the camcorder which had its very own corner complete with a makeshift stand in their fort. "Hm, good idea. We can cloak ourselves; they'll have no idea that we'll be watching them. Save Xellos, of course, but he won't care," Grau agreed. "What if he does?" Grou asked. "We can give him something for his bag," replied Grau with a nonchalant wave of his hand. "Hmm...what can we tempt him with....oh!" Grou said as he rummaged through his pack, "Lookie! An implement of torture! I have no idea what it does, but we can give it to him!!"
Satisfied that this nameless implement of torture would assist them in making amends with Xelloss should he get perturbed, the twins retreated to the Astral Plane, and took the camcorder with them to go and see what the Slayers were up to.
::End chapter:: So...what did you think? I know it's short. More is to come. Please review!! I won't update if I don't get at least 7 more reviews! (making 14 altogether) ^^ Remember, suggestions and/or CREATIVE criticism are most welcome. Pointless flames will be removed. Mwa ha ha!! I'm making my rounds. Luna's Vacation is up next for an update...unless I get inspired for something else. ^^