Cloak*and*Dagger: HI!!!!!! Wow, it's been a while. Sorry, but with school
and everything it looks like my updates will have to be weekly instead of
every other day. Oh well. Hey you know what mental connection I just made
with the last chapter? My pen name is Cloak*and*Dagger, and Laky-chan has a
cloak with two daggers on it. If any of you noticed that, it was totally
accidental, if you didn't notice it, then it was all me ^_^;
Thanks To:
Sandi: THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you like this story, it makes me happy! ^_^ *Does the happy dance* (That's rather ironic, because I can't dance to save my life, but for some reason I can always pull off the happy dance!) Well I hope you like this chapter, so happy reading!
Saki: I feel honored to be the author with most reviews from you. PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!! Yay! You like Laky-chan! Ok, as per your request I shall keep writing! Here's the fifth chapter!
Dove of Night: YAY! You think it's good! *Happy dance, again*
Disclaimer: I own Lakota, that's it! (Though I would not mind owning Zelgadis. PLEASE?!?! It's my birthday in a week, and I think Zel tied up with a giant bow on his head would be the perfect gift!!!) I DO NOT own the Slayers, and I STILL DON'T HAVE MY COMIC BOOK!!!!
IMPORTANT!!!!!! Because this is fanfiction, it means that I can alter the story line a bit. Now I'm not screwing up the plot or anything, I'm just making a minor adjustment. After the battle with Shabranigdu the gang went straight to Atlas City, but I'm going to make their journey to Atlas a bit longer than a day. Okie? Okie! ^_^
Chapter5: On the Road.
Fifteen minutes after my little denial-fest, Lina said that it was about time to pack it up and start walking. The walking was pretty simple, Lina and Gourry in the front with me and Zel in the back (Zel was trying not to look at me, so his head was always turned to the left or straight ahead), but after a while the walking got boring. It's pretty funny how the pattern of their walking all matched, and if I timed my stride just right I could throw all of them off track, causing them to trip over their own feet. This earned me several glares, and Lina yelled, "YOU'RE MESSING UP THE FINE KARMA OF TRAVELING!!! NOW GET IT RIGHT OR I'LL HAVE ZELGADIS CARRY YOU!"
"What do I look like, a pack mule!?" Zel countered angrily.
'Hmmmm, looks like some one hasn't had his nightly cup of tea,' I thought. After that I only screwed their walking up once, and I didn't dare do it again, because Lina said she's tie me to the nearest tree and leave me there. Needless to say things got boring again, so I started to look into all of my cloak pockets.
Man I had a lot of pockets! Twenty-seven, to be exact, and in each pocket was at least fifty gold pieces, among other things. What other things? A silver pocket watch, some hair bands, a book, my medicine (don't know how that happened, but hey I wasn't complaining), some tinsel, a few pieces of metal, some crystal phials containing god-knows-what, eight rubies, ten sapphires, and a black, silver, and purple braid of satin that goes around my neck. Basically anything that was shiny was in my cloak. 'Great,' I thought, 'I'm a kleptomaniac elf, sprite, fairy-thing, who's obsessed with shiny stuff.' I could picture the next treasure heist, Lina and I playing tug-O-war with a bag of jewels. She would argue that it was hers because she's Lina Inverse, while I would say that it was mine because shiny things are for Kota!
I really should have just put all those thought out of my head, because the second I realized that I was supposed to be obsessed with glittery stuff, I was. Anything that sparkled would catch my attention, and I would have to pick it up and put it in one of my pockets. After stopping them for about the third time, for an exceptionally shiny rock, Lina turned around and asked, "Are you always like this, or is it a resent development?" And that's when it happened. The mirror in Lina's cloak (the one she had handed to me earlier) caught a bit of starlight, and started to shimmer in a hypnotic sort of way. Quicker than the blink of an eye, before anyone had any idea what was going on (including me) the mirror was out of Lina's pocket and into my hands.
"Hey! That's mine!" Lina looked amazed that anyone could pull a move faster than her eyes could follow.
"How did you do that?" Gourry asked, but I was too busy coo-ing over the shimmery glittering mirror to respond. Until Zel took it away, that is. Immediately I snapped out of my trance, and made a grab for the mirror, only to have Zel wave it a few inches higher over my head. Eventually I was jumping like a dog that was trying to get a treat. "Give it back Zelgadis!!!!!! Shiny things are for Lakota!!!!!!" I couldn't believe that I actually said that.
They all gave me a weird face before Zel asked, "How did you do that? I didn't see any hand movement."
"Me neither," Lina and Gourry said at the same time.
I jumped for it again, only to have it move two inches out of my reach, damn my short stature! "I dunno how I did it, I just wanted the shiny mirror, and then I had the shiny mirror. Now give it back!!!!!" I was yelling at this point, I don't know why it was so important to have that mirror, I probably had my own in a pocket somewhere, but the more the mirror moved the more moonlight it caught. And the more moonlight it caught, the more I wanted it! I was about mid jump when the mirror evaporated out of Zel's hand and re-materialized into mine. I swear my IQ dropped to that of a three year old when I got 'All-that-glitters-isn't- gold-but-it-sure-as-hell-is-Lakota's' syndrome, because the second I got the mirror back I did one of those happy toddler gasps, snuggled the mirror, and then put it into one of my pockets. And then it was gone. I was me again, not some klepto-sprite, who was ready to go on a killing spree for anything that sparkled.
I blinked twice, "What happened?" I asked.
"You tell us," Lina looked as if a dragon had kissed her and then stolen one of her boots.
"I don't know, I saw the mirror and I had to have it. I didn't understand it at first, but the pockets in my cloak are all filled with things that sparkle."
"Not good," Gourry, for once, looked deep in thought.
"Why's that?" I asked.
"It's just like a moth. Moths are attracted to light, so they fly right into the fire and straight into their doom."
"Are you comparing Killian to a moth??" Zel and I did a face fault, Lina still hadn't realized that my name was Lakota.
"I'm just saying that if we ever get into a fight, and some one draws a sword, she may get hypnotized by the metal," Gourry countered.
"We'll protect her if that ever happens," Lina argued, then turned to me and said, "until then try not to look at anything shiny!" **************************************************************************** ***
It was about midnight before we stopped for the night. By then I was so tired I didn't care if we had to camp outside or not. We set up a fire, and just sat around it for a while, the three trying to figure out how I mentally transported things to myself, and me trying not to run into the fire. Sparkle obsessed elf-thing or not, it's so entrancing how the flames lick the air and dance in the wind. At one point I did stand up, but Gourry grabbed my arms from behind, and called Zel over to get me to sit back down (Zel, apparently with his chimeric strength, was the only person stronger than me.) After that lovely adventure, we went to sleep. **************************************************************************** ***
The next day dawned bright and early. Lina had us all up at the crack of dawn so we could hit the road again. The first hour or so wasn't that bad, I was too tired to care that I was being half carried by Gourry, but after a while (when I finally started walking on my own) the hunger set in.
Maybe it was my lack of sleep, need for food, or the lack of technology around me but I started to get quite loopy after awhile. How, you ask? Well I started to sing the lyrics to Brain Stew, by Green Day. Needless to say, they all thought I was crazy. "My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed-" I looked over to my left where Zel was walking. He had his hood and scarf up. "Dried up and bulging in my skull, My mouth is dry, My face is numb, that's the point of delirium, On my own here we go, Dunu, Dunu, Dunu-" I was still looking at Zel, or what I could see of him, when I noticed something. I stopped singing, which attracted his attention, because I had been singing Brain Stew for the past hour. I think he was going to thank me for shutting up, but was cut off when he noticed the maniacal smile on my face, and the evil glint in my eyes.
"W-What?" He asked nervously.
"Zelgadis?" I said slowly, smile widening.
"Yeah?" He asked sounding worried.
"YOU'RE SKIN IS SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I said jumping to grab onto him, but he moved last minute. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cloak*and*Dagger: Sorry it's so short, but it's late and I have school tomorrow. Tune in for the next chapter to see what happens to poor Zelly- chan. Will Laky-chan have her way and collect all the shiny things she sees? *Shrugs* Who knows?
Thanks To:
Sandi: THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you like this story, it makes me happy! ^_^ *Does the happy dance* (That's rather ironic, because I can't dance to save my life, but for some reason I can always pull off the happy dance!) Well I hope you like this chapter, so happy reading!
Saki: I feel honored to be the author with most reviews from you. PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!! Yay! You like Laky-chan! Ok, as per your request I shall keep writing! Here's the fifth chapter!
Dove of Night: YAY! You think it's good! *Happy dance, again*
Disclaimer: I own Lakota, that's it! (Though I would not mind owning Zelgadis. PLEASE?!?! It's my birthday in a week, and I think Zel tied up with a giant bow on his head would be the perfect gift!!!) I DO NOT own the Slayers, and I STILL DON'T HAVE MY COMIC BOOK!!!!
IMPORTANT!!!!!! Because this is fanfiction, it means that I can alter the story line a bit. Now I'm not screwing up the plot or anything, I'm just making a minor adjustment. After the battle with Shabranigdu the gang went straight to Atlas City, but I'm going to make their journey to Atlas a bit longer than a day. Okie? Okie! ^_^
Chapter5: On the Road.
Fifteen minutes after my little denial-fest, Lina said that it was about time to pack it up and start walking. The walking was pretty simple, Lina and Gourry in the front with me and Zel in the back (Zel was trying not to look at me, so his head was always turned to the left or straight ahead), but after a while the walking got boring. It's pretty funny how the pattern of their walking all matched, and if I timed my stride just right I could throw all of them off track, causing them to trip over their own feet. This earned me several glares, and Lina yelled, "YOU'RE MESSING UP THE FINE KARMA OF TRAVELING!!! NOW GET IT RIGHT OR I'LL HAVE ZELGADIS CARRY YOU!"
"What do I look like, a pack mule!?" Zel countered angrily.
'Hmmmm, looks like some one hasn't had his nightly cup of tea,' I thought. After that I only screwed their walking up once, and I didn't dare do it again, because Lina said she's tie me to the nearest tree and leave me there. Needless to say things got boring again, so I started to look into all of my cloak pockets.
Man I had a lot of pockets! Twenty-seven, to be exact, and in each pocket was at least fifty gold pieces, among other things. What other things? A silver pocket watch, some hair bands, a book, my medicine (don't know how that happened, but hey I wasn't complaining), some tinsel, a few pieces of metal, some crystal phials containing god-knows-what, eight rubies, ten sapphires, and a black, silver, and purple braid of satin that goes around my neck. Basically anything that was shiny was in my cloak. 'Great,' I thought, 'I'm a kleptomaniac elf, sprite, fairy-thing, who's obsessed with shiny stuff.' I could picture the next treasure heist, Lina and I playing tug-O-war with a bag of jewels. She would argue that it was hers because she's Lina Inverse, while I would say that it was mine because shiny things are for Kota!
I really should have just put all those thought out of my head, because the second I realized that I was supposed to be obsessed with glittery stuff, I was. Anything that sparkled would catch my attention, and I would have to pick it up and put it in one of my pockets. After stopping them for about the third time, for an exceptionally shiny rock, Lina turned around and asked, "Are you always like this, or is it a resent development?" And that's when it happened. The mirror in Lina's cloak (the one she had handed to me earlier) caught a bit of starlight, and started to shimmer in a hypnotic sort of way. Quicker than the blink of an eye, before anyone had any idea what was going on (including me) the mirror was out of Lina's pocket and into my hands.
"Hey! That's mine!" Lina looked amazed that anyone could pull a move faster than her eyes could follow.
"How did you do that?" Gourry asked, but I was too busy coo-ing over the shimmery glittering mirror to respond. Until Zel took it away, that is. Immediately I snapped out of my trance, and made a grab for the mirror, only to have Zel wave it a few inches higher over my head. Eventually I was jumping like a dog that was trying to get a treat. "Give it back Zelgadis!!!!!! Shiny things are for Lakota!!!!!!" I couldn't believe that I actually said that.
They all gave me a weird face before Zel asked, "How did you do that? I didn't see any hand movement."
"Me neither," Lina and Gourry said at the same time.
I jumped for it again, only to have it move two inches out of my reach, damn my short stature! "I dunno how I did it, I just wanted the shiny mirror, and then I had the shiny mirror. Now give it back!!!!!" I was yelling at this point, I don't know why it was so important to have that mirror, I probably had my own in a pocket somewhere, but the more the mirror moved the more moonlight it caught. And the more moonlight it caught, the more I wanted it! I was about mid jump when the mirror evaporated out of Zel's hand and re-materialized into mine. I swear my IQ dropped to that of a three year old when I got 'All-that-glitters-isn't- gold-but-it-sure-as-hell-is-Lakota's' syndrome, because the second I got the mirror back I did one of those happy toddler gasps, snuggled the mirror, and then put it into one of my pockets. And then it was gone. I was me again, not some klepto-sprite, who was ready to go on a killing spree for anything that sparkled.
I blinked twice, "What happened?" I asked.
"You tell us," Lina looked as if a dragon had kissed her and then stolen one of her boots.
"I don't know, I saw the mirror and I had to have it. I didn't understand it at first, but the pockets in my cloak are all filled with things that sparkle."
"Not good," Gourry, for once, looked deep in thought.
"Why's that?" I asked.
"It's just like a moth. Moths are attracted to light, so they fly right into the fire and straight into their doom."
"Are you comparing Killian to a moth??" Zel and I did a face fault, Lina still hadn't realized that my name was Lakota.
"I'm just saying that if we ever get into a fight, and some one draws a sword, she may get hypnotized by the metal," Gourry countered.
"We'll protect her if that ever happens," Lina argued, then turned to me and said, "until then try not to look at anything shiny!" **************************************************************************** ***
It was about midnight before we stopped for the night. By then I was so tired I didn't care if we had to camp outside or not. We set up a fire, and just sat around it for a while, the three trying to figure out how I mentally transported things to myself, and me trying not to run into the fire. Sparkle obsessed elf-thing or not, it's so entrancing how the flames lick the air and dance in the wind. At one point I did stand up, but Gourry grabbed my arms from behind, and called Zel over to get me to sit back down (Zel, apparently with his chimeric strength, was the only person stronger than me.) After that lovely adventure, we went to sleep. **************************************************************************** ***
The next day dawned bright and early. Lina had us all up at the crack of dawn so we could hit the road again. The first hour or so wasn't that bad, I was too tired to care that I was being half carried by Gourry, but after a while (when I finally started walking on my own) the hunger set in.
Maybe it was my lack of sleep, need for food, or the lack of technology around me but I started to get quite loopy after awhile. How, you ask? Well I started to sing the lyrics to Brain Stew, by Green Day. Needless to say, they all thought I was crazy. "My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed-" I looked over to my left where Zel was walking. He had his hood and scarf up. "Dried up and bulging in my skull, My mouth is dry, My face is numb, that's the point of delirium, On my own here we go, Dunu, Dunu, Dunu-" I was still looking at Zel, or what I could see of him, when I noticed something. I stopped singing, which attracted his attention, because I had been singing Brain Stew for the past hour. I think he was going to thank me for shutting up, but was cut off when he noticed the maniacal smile on my face, and the evil glint in my eyes.
"W-What?" He asked nervously.
"Zelgadis?" I said slowly, smile widening.
"Yeah?" He asked sounding worried.
"YOU'RE SKIN IS SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I said jumping to grab onto him, but he moved last minute. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cloak*and*Dagger: Sorry it's so short, but it's late and I have school tomorrow. Tune in for the next chapter to see what happens to poor Zelly- chan. Will Laky-chan have her way and collect all the shiny things she sees? *Shrugs* Who knows?