Cloak*and*Dagger: Hi everybody!! I apologize for the slight delay with this
chapter. The main reason it took a bit longer than usual was I got caught
up reading Star Wars fanfics. I really like the Vader stuff! Anyway, I just
want to let you know (even though you'll soon wish that I hadn't told you)
that I'm sorry if there are a lot of mistakes in this chapter, you see the
thing is I was peeling potatoes so that I could fry them (which I did by
the way, mmmmm seasoning salted home fries!) but as a result of my horrible
peeling abilities I now have a blister on my thumb, which is making it hard
to type. Just thought I'd let you know why there might be mistakes, but if
it has to do with grammar then it was all me Baby! ^_^; I don't think
that's something to be proud of! Oh well.
Thanks to:
Saki: THANK YOU!! I don't really think I'm that good of a writer though, and as for keeping them all in character, well, I just watched the DVD a lot. By the way, once my schedule clears a little I'm going to go out and read your story. I glanced at the summary, and looks interesting.
Krazy Edward: You know I really have to say that I'm sorry. What happened was I ended up posting that chapter before I re-checked my reviews, and well, there you were, so I suppose I owe you a double thanks. I'll try and take your friendly advice and not describe everything to death, try being the key word, I'm not sure if I can do it or not ^_^; Hehehe you liked Zelly-chan's shirt, eh? So do I, I saw a bathrobe like it the day after I wrote that last chapter (Needless to say I was kinda creeped out) I WANT THAT SHIRT!!!!!!!!! ....uh, yeah. Well anyway, have fun, and I hope you like this chapter!
Niriko Inverse: You're very perceptive! I think I'm going to re-write the whole CopyRezo thing, with Kota of course, and then take it from there. My birthday is on the 14th so I'm hoping that Slayers Next makes my parents list.... If all else fails I'll just find some good sites. Xellos will be in it sooner or later, as will everyone else that they meet, but this takes place pretty early, as they haven't even met Amelia yet, so all will come out in due time. I still have a few kinks in the plot line to work out.
Disclaimer: I own Kota (or Killian to the gang), her friends, and family. The town Elensvale is based on Hopewell Jct. New York. And finally I DO NOT own the Slayer (but if UPS would hurry up their slow @$$ then I WOULD have the first 6 volumes of the manga version.)
Chapter3: Mall Fun.
It didn't take too long for James to pull up (James is a bit older than the rest of us, that's why he can drive) and then get us to the mall. Conversation in the car was at an all time low, and I think Ford could tell that something was really shooting my nerves. Not to mention the fact that every time someone would call me Kota, Zel and Lina would shoot me questioning looks, and that never seemed to go by un-noticed, which basically just earned me more questioning looks from my friends. And to make matters worse I kept forgetting my own lies! I had introduced Gourry and Zel as two of Lina's friends, and Lina as my second cousin, (If it hadn't been my best friends I was talking to, I probably would have been able to pass her off as my twin, the only real difference between us was hair length and color, and eye color, it was kind of disturbing.) Needless to say I was very glad to reach the mall, and welcomed the sight of the bubble-gum and cigarette stained parking lot, as long as I could get out of that car.
The shopping, and hanging out around the mall went relatively well. Lina seemed to get along well with the guys, as well as Gourry (who I'm pretty sure had no clue what was going on), but Zel was really starting to drive me up the wall. Sure he talked, and listened, but no more than was absolutely necessary, he was more like a robot or a zombie then a teenager. I think it was all the people though; he seemed pretty tense every time a large group would pass (See? He still hadn't grasped the fact that he was human!) Other than that, I was thrilled. We had been at the mall for close to an hour and nothing had gone wrong! Now if it could have only stayed that way.
By all accounts it truly was my fault that anything happened, and not theirs. You see even though I took my medicine I still wasn't quite back on top of things. I didn't pass out or anything, it was just that I was having trouble keeping up with everyone (I'm a known and hated person for that fact that I always seem to walk too fast) and I imagine that I was pale in the face. Well, leave to Roamanthony to notice something like that. It didn't take him that long to say anything either.
"Hey Lak, (Most people call me Kota, but he just loves to call me Lak. What an evil pet name!) you ok?" He was looking me right in the eyes, and Roamanthony has the astounding ability to tell when people lie. Basically I was six feet in the ground with no ladder to get back up. So I told them, conveniently leaving out my passing out the second time, but remembering to tell them that my family had gone out of town.
They really overreacted in my opinion. I got a lot of those stern disapproving 'And you still came to the Mall with us!?' looks. The worst part by far had to be when they noticed Lina, Gourry, and Zel's confused looks, and realized that they had no clue as to what was going on. I was doomed, and it didn't really matter how many 'ixnay' signs I made, the boys still told them. Needless to say Lina was a little huffed that I hadn't told her about it at all, but then again they had never asked, so it just never came up.
I *really* knew I was in for it though, when James started going into 'over protective big brother mode' (I swear, if I ever had a brother he would probably be like James) and said that he was going to stay at my house to make sure that I was ok. That probably would have been better than what was decided upon next.
It was Lina. "Don't worry James, we'll take care of her."
"No that's-" I was cut off.
"Are you sure?" James asked, "Because the boys I could help you." He said pointing at Ford and Roamanthony.
"Really people I'm-" I was cut off *again*, this time by Zel.
"We'll make sure that she rests," I was starting to wish that Zelgadis would just go back to being anti-social, because I was really starting to hate that tone in his voice that was directed towards me, and practically said 'You'll regret it if you disagree. You can't win this one.'
But I was trying anyway, "Guys you don't need to-"
"Ok then. We should probably start heading back to the car," James stated.
"Stop talking like I'm not here," I sounded like a whiny two year old, but it's my life and I wanted a say in this. Especially after Zel's silent challenge of authority. Of course they ignored me completely, but I suppose that it could have been worse, Gourry could have gone into over protective mode. Actually he seemed to be the only person that hadn't.
As we walked back to the car I looked down at the symbol on my shirt. Luck. Oh yeah I had gotten lots of luck. *Bad* luck. **************************************************************************** ***
Being back the house wasn't much better than being at the mall. James&Co. had stayed for a little, until Lina and Zel had fully reassured them that they wouldn't let me out of their sight. All the while I was still trying to tell everyone that I was ok, I was failing horribly, but I felt it was my duty to defend myself. That was about when Gourry's over protection started to kick in, and well, he just starting to tick me off, so I resolved to *silently* fume over this predicament. 'You may have won the battle, but you won't win the war!' If that was the way that they were going to play, then I would be the whiniest annoying person to ever hit this side of Earth. They'd pay for their 15 seconds of control. **************************************************************************** ***
At least, I had hoped that they would pay for their 15 seconds of control. I tried to be whiny and annoying, but I either just wasn't pulling it off, or they just weren't fazed by it. Either way it looked like I was loosing the war as well. Basically I was stuck sitting on the couch all day (they wouldn't let me get up and walk around) doing nothing. I was relieved when Lina and Gourry finally went upstairs to go to sleep (they were using my sisters rooms), but that still left Zel (who was probably the only person I had to worry about in the first place), and I was dieing to get online and check my mail. Thinking quick I figured that I would simply out last him. Channel surfing all night was one of the things I did best, and he did look kinda tired.
It must have been sometime around midnight when he finally fell asleep. Taking the opportunity, I stood up and started to walk from the family room to the living room (one room over) when I suddenly felt extremely strong arms snake their way around my middle and lift my feet off the ground. I was put back on the couch by Zelgadis who was wearing an expression that I couldn't quite read (It was like a mix between being irked and being smug... Had I not been in 'trouble' for being caught I would have laughed at that.) He raised an eyebrow at me, smirked in a smug way and then sat back down on the couch without a single word passed between us. 'DAMN!' I thought. 'I don't care if he is human again, he's still impossibly fast. I want to know how I woke him up in the first place, there wasn't much noise, if any at all.' I growled in frustration, which just earned me an odd raised eyebrow look from Zel.
"You should have know that it wasn't going to work," he told me, that same damn smug look on his face that I just wanted to smack off of him.
"I just wanted to check my e-mail," I mumbled, then added, "You know it won't kill me if I walk around a little."
Well that sure took the smugness off his face. He didn't say anything for a while, just kind of sat there thinking before he said, "Maybe in a day or two."
If I had been an anime character I would have done one of those face falls, with a giant sweat drop on my head. "A DAY OR TWO?!?"
He just raised both his eyebrows, smiled, and blinked twice. There it was! That authority challenge again! "Yes *Lakota*, a day or two." Ah. So he had caught on to my little name game, Lina sure hadn't.
I sighed in resignation, there wasn't much I could do against him. He may have been human, but he still seemed to retain some of his chimera abilities (like speed for example), and I really wasn't any match for that (I may have been stubborn, but the truth is I had drained whatever strength I had recovered when we went to the mall, so really I was defenseless against the three.)
After that, I watched some more TV before finally falling asleep around 2AM, and let me tell you *nothing* could have prepared me for what I was going to see when I woke up. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cloak*and*Dagger: Dun, Dun, Duuuuun! What is it? What will Laky-chan see?!? If you want to know, you must do two things. 1) REVIEW!!!!!!!! 2) Stick around for the next chapter!! 'Til next time everybody!
Thanks to:
Saki: THANK YOU!! I don't really think I'm that good of a writer though, and as for keeping them all in character, well, I just watched the DVD a lot. By the way, once my schedule clears a little I'm going to go out and read your story. I glanced at the summary, and looks interesting.
Krazy Edward: You know I really have to say that I'm sorry. What happened was I ended up posting that chapter before I re-checked my reviews, and well, there you were, so I suppose I owe you a double thanks. I'll try and take your friendly advice and not describe everything to death, try being the key word, I'm not sure if I can do it or not ^_^; Hehehe you liked Zelly-chan's shirt, eh? So do I, I saw a bathrobe like it the day after I wrote that last chapter (Needless to say I was kinda creeped out) I WANT THAT SHIRT!!!!!!!!! ....uh, yeah. Well anyway, have fun, and I hope you like this chapter!
Niriko Inverse: You're very perceptive! I think I'm going to re-write the whole CopyRezo thing, with Kota of course, and then take it from there. My birthday is on the 14th so I'm hoping that Slayers Next makes my parents list.... If all else fails I'll just find some good sites. Xellos will be in it sooner or later, as will everyone else that they meet, but this takes place pretty early, as they haven't even met Amelia yet, so all will come out in due time. I still have a few kinks in the plot line to work out.
Disclaimer: I own Kota (or Killian to the gang), her friends, and family. The town Elensvale is based on Hopewell Jct. New York. And finally I DO NOT own the Slayer (but if UPS would hurry up their slow @$$ then I WOULD have the first 6 volumes of the manga version.)
Chapter3: Mall Fun.
It didn't take too long for James to pull up (James is a bit older than the rest of us, that's why he can drive) and then get us to the mall. Conversation in the car was at an all time low, and I think Ford could tell that something was really shooting my nerves. Not to mention the fact that every time someone would call me Kota, Zel and Lina would shoot me questioning looks, and that never seemed to go by un-noticed, which basically just earned me more questioning looks from my friends. And to make matters worse I kept forgetting my own lies! I had introduced Gourry and Zel as two of Lina's friends, and Lina as my second cousin, (If it hadn't been my best friends I was talking to, I probably would have been able to pass her off as my twin, the only real difference between us was hair length and color, and eye color, it was kind of disturbing.) Needless to say I was very glad to reach the mall, and welcomed the sight of the bubble-gum and cigarette stained parking lot, as long as I could get out of that car.
The shopping, and hanging out around the mall went relatively well. Lina seemed to get along well with the guys, as well as Gourry (who I'm pretty sure had no clue what was going on), but Zel was really starting to drive me up the wall. Sure he talked, and listened, but no more than was absolutely necessary, he was more like a robot or a zombie then a teenager. I think it was all the people though; he seemed pretty tense every time a large group would pass (See? He still hadn't grasped the fact that he was human!) Other than that, I was thrilled. We had been at the mall for close to an hour and nothing had gone wrong! Now if it could have only stayed that way.
By all accounts it truly was my fault that anything happened, and not theirs. You see even though I took my medicine I still wasn't quite back on top of things. I didn't pass out or anything, it was just that I was having trouble keeping up with everyone (I'm a known and hated person for that fact that I always seem to walk too fast) and I imagine that I was pale in the face. Well, leave to Roamanthony to notice something like that. It didn't take him that long to say anything either.
"Hey Lak, (Most people call me Kota, but he just loves to call me Lak. What an evil pet name!) you ok?" He was looking me right in the eyes, and Roamanthony has the astounding ability to tell when people lie. Basically I was six feet in the ground with no ladder to get back up. So I told them, conveniently leaving out my passing out the second time, but remembering to tell them that my family had gone out of town.
They really overreacted in my opinion. I got a lot of those stern disapproving 'And you still came to the Mall with us!?' looks. The worst part by far had to be when they noticed Lina, Gourry, and Zel's confused looks, and realized that they had no clue as to what was going on. I was doomed, and it didn't really matter how many 'ixnay' signs I made, the boys still told them. Needless to say Lina was a little huffed that I hadn't told her about it at all, but then again they had never asked, so it just never came up.
I *really* knew I was in for it though, when James started going into 'over protective big brother mode' (I swear, if I ever had a brother he would probably be like James) and said that he was going to stay at my house to make sure that I was ok. That probably would have been better than what was decided upon next.
It was Lina. "Don't worry James, we'll take care of her."
"No that's-" I was cut off.
"Are you sure?" James asked, "Because the boys I could help you." He said pointing at Ford and Roamanthony.
"Really people I'm-" I was cut off *again*, this time by Zel.
"We'll make sure that she rests," I was starting to wish that Zelgadis would just go back to being anti-social, because I was really starting to hate that tone in his voice that was directed towards me, and practically said 'You'll regret it if you disagree. You can't win this one.'
But I was trying anyway, "Guys you don't need to-"
"Ok then. We should probably start heading back to the car," James stated.
"Stop talking like I'm not here," I sounded like a whiny two year old, but it's my life and I wanted a say in this. Especially after Zel's silent challenge of authority. Of course they ignored me completely, but I suppose that it could have been worse, Gourry could have gone into over protective mode. Actually he seemed to be the only person that hadn't.
As we walked back to the car I looked down at the symbol on my shirt. Luck. Oh yeah I had gotten lots of luck. *Bad* luck. **************************************************************************** ***
Being back the house wasn't much better than being at the mall. James&Co. had stayed for a little, until Lina and Zel had fully reassured them that they wouldn't let me out of their sight. All the while I was still trying to tell everyone that I was ok, I was failing horribly, but I felt it was my duty to defend myself. That was about when Gourry's over protection started to kick in, and well, he just starting to tick me off, so I resolved to *silently* fume over this predicament. 'You may have won the battle, but you won't win the war!' If that was the way that they were going to play, then I would be the whiniest annoying person to ever hit this side of Earth. They'd pay for their 15 seconds of control. **************************************************************************** ***
At least, I had hoped that they would pay for their 15 seconds of control. I tried to be whiny and annoying, but I either just wasn't pulling it off, or they just weren't fazed by it. Either way it looked like I was loosing the war as well. Basically I was stuck sitting on the couch all day (they wouldn't let me get up and walk around) doing nothing. I was relieved when Lina and Gourry finally went upstairs to go to sleep (they were using my sisters rooms), but that still left Zel (who was probably the only person I had to worry about in the first place), and I was dieing to get online and check my mail. Thinking quick I figured that I would simply out last him. Channel surfing all night was one of the things I did best, and he did look kinda tired.
It must have been sometime around midnight when he finally fell asleep. Taking the opportunity, I stood up and started to walk from the family room to the living room (one room over) when I suddenly felt extremely strong arms snake their way around my middle and lift my feet off the ground. I was put back on the couch by Zelgadis who was wearing an expression that I couldn't quite read (It was like a mix between being irked and being smug... Had I not been in 'trouble' for being caught I would have laughed at that.) He raised an eyebrow at me, smirked in a smug way and then sat back down on the couch without a single word passed between us. 'DAMN!' I thought. 'I don't care if he is human again, he's still impossibly fast. I want to know how I woke him up in the first place, there wasn't much noise, if any at all.' I growled in frustration, which just earned me an odd raised eyebrow look from Zel.
"You should have know that it wasn't going to work," he told me, that same damn smug look on his face that I just wanted to smack off of him.
"I just wanted to check my e-mail," I mumbled, then added, "You know it won't kill me if I walk around a little."
Well that sure took the smugness off his face. He didn't say anything for a while, just kind of sat there thinking before he said, "Maybe in a day or two."
If I had been an anime character I would have done one of those face falls, with a giant sweat drop on my head. "A DAY OR TWO?!?"
He just raised both his eyebrows, smiled, and blinked twice. There it was! That authority challenge again! "Yes *Lakota*, a day or two." Ah. So he had caught on to my little name game, Lina sure hadn't.
I sighed in resignation, there wasn't much I could do against him. He may have been human, but he still seemed to retain some of his chimera abilities (like speed for example), and I really wasn't any match for that (I may have been stubborn, but the truth is I had drained whatever strength I had recovered when we went to the mall, so really I was defenseless against the three.)
After that, I watched some more TV before finally falling asleep around 2AM, and let me tell you *nothing* could have prepared me for what I was going to see when I woke up. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cloak*and*Dagger: Dun, Dun, Duuuuun! What is it? What will Laky-chan see?!? If you want to know, you must do two things. 1) REVIEW!!!!!!!! 2) Stick around for the next chapter!! 'Til next time everybody!