It's after the defeat of Dark Star, and Lina and Gourry have wondered into another small town. Splitting ways with her sidekick, Lina bumps into Filia, the golden dragon in her human form. She is surprised to find that the ryuuzoku is running a pottery and mace shop...
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"Ne Filia... How long do you plan on doing this?" Lina asked the female dragon, looking around the shop from her chair. The shelves were all lined with pots and maces. and more pots and maces. Her eyes settled on tiny baby Valgarv resting on the pink, fluffy pillows that lay in the basked. He was still encased in that aquamarine glow, though growing rapidly for a dragon. Her mouth twisted slightly in distaste for herself. To think she had nearly killed. But that was the past, when she had no choice. He was reborn, and he was living---that's what mattered.
"Doing what, Lina-san?" Filia asked the red haired sorceress, looking up from counting the money she'd made that day. Her gaze shifted to little Val laying in the basket, and she smiled, then her eyes flickered back to Lina.
Lina rolled her eyes. "How long do you plan on living in this ordinary place, in the middle of a quiet town, in the center of a boring land?" she explained. It was a little to calm for her tastes, and if she hadn't stumbled upon Filia, she would have been long gone. She wondered where Gourry had run off to shortly after entering town. Oh well---whatever that jellyfish did was not any of her responsibility.
Filia shrugged. "Probably until little Val has grown and settles. Or at least until he stops glowing. Where did Gourry and the others go?"
The ryuuzoku made the idealistic mother, and Lina couldn't begin to imagine what it would be like. "Oh Gourry is probably admiring some childish things again. As for Zelgadiss and Ameria... I haven't seen them since we parted ways shortly after we defeated Dark Star." She missed them, but that was something she wouldn't admit even to herself.
Filia nodded. She knew Lina couldn't stand the dreary place she lived, in a town where virtually no action took place. She was probably just staying because of her. "You can leave if you want, Lina-san," Filia told the sorceress. "I know you are bored here. Someone like you needs some monster or battle."
"I suppose," Lina replied with a sigh. "Who knows where Gourry has wondered off to, though. It'll take ages to try and find him." Though, waiting for him to find this place was probably a worse idea.
Xelloss happened to phase in on that statement. "If you're looking for Gourry-san he is a few blocks down from here," he told them in a matter-of- fact tone.
Filia glared at the purple-haired mazoku and whipped out her mace-o-sama. "We weren't asking you."
Lina groaned. She never fancied the idea of seeing Xelloss again, but she knew it was inevitable. The priest would never leave her life permanently. "Xelloss, what are you doing here?"
He frowned slightly. "Oya oya, you could have sounded at least a little happy to see me!" he whined. "After all, we haven't seen each other since you defeated Dark Star."
She sighed, then glared at him and instantly had him in a headlock. "That reminds me, I never did properly punish you for taking Galvayro from me."
Filia shook her head. Lina always did remember to repay her grudges. She heard Val give a little hiccup/mumbling sound, and quickly went to check on the baby dragon, glancing back to make sure Lina was still... 'keeping an eye' on Xelloss.
"I-t-t-t... So you remembered?" Xelloss asked with a sweatdrop.
"Of course I did!" Lina screeched back at him, a small white fang revealing itself at the corner of her mouth.
Gently tucking Val back into the pink and white covers, Filia smiled down at the little dragon. She checked on his growing claws and scales, made sure she'd fed him all ready, then turned around to Lina and Xelloss. "Lina- san?"
Lina tilted her head up at the ryuuzoku. "What's up, Filia?" she asked. She tightened her grip on Xelloss's neck as he attempted to get away, nearly pulling his head off his shoulders in the process.
"I'm going to go buy some things. Can you watch the shop for awhile?"
"Yeah, sure," Lina replied. She bonked Xelloss on the head, then let him go. "I'll take care of it," she reassured.
Filia smiled and took a basket sitting under the counter. "Arigato gozaimasu." She went out the back door.
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Gourry walked aimlessly around, with the growling of his stomach rumbling loudly. "Where did Lina say she was going to be?" he asked himself out loud. Then, he spotted a short, red-haired girl walk past him. "Lina!!" he cried joyously. He took hold of her shoulders, spun her around, and came face to face with a strange girl.
"Ahhh! Slave trader! Somebody help me, there's a slave trader after me!" the girl screamed in alarm.
"Huh? No, wait! Shh! I'm not a slave trader!" Gourry said, trying to calm the girl. She let out a high pitched scream.
Lina's ears perked up to the scream just outside. Thinking it was some girl being harassed by a pervert, she stood up and carried a vase full of water to the window.
"What are you going to do with that, Lina-san?" Xelloss asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
"I'm going to do... this." She threw open the window and dumped the water out from her place on the second floor. Then she poked her head out and, not recognizing the blonde swordsman, shouted, "Keep it down out here before you make me do something deadly!" She then shut the window again and sat back down in her chair.
That was harsh," Xelloss commented.
"Urasai, anta," she replied, glaring at him.
Filia saw the cascade of water fall from her shop's window, then heard the shouting of Lina. A look of recognition crossed her face when she saw the man that was now soaked in water. "Gourry-san?" She walked over to him.
"Oh Filia!" He sneezed. "Hey do you know where Lina is?" he asked while trying to get the water off.
"Lina-san was the one who just dumped water on you," Filia informed him, giggling.
"Ahhh!!" The girl continued to scream.
"Hey shh! People will hear you!" he said, looking around nervously. "Filia! Help me!!"
The blonde girl gently laid a hand on the screaming girl's shoulder. "Gourry-san here isn't a slave trader. He just mistook you for someone else."
"See, I'm not!" he stated proudly. The girl stopped screaming, but continued to look at Gourry suspiciously. "I'm not!!" The girl stepped backward, testing him, before turning tail and running off.
"Hey I heard Lina's voice a moment ago!" Gourry said brightly. "I think her voice came from that direction," he said while pointing. "Oi! Lina!"
"Hmm?"
"What's the matter, Lina-san?"
She looked around, confused. "I could've sworn I just heard someone call my name."
Xelloss held a finger out to baby Val, playing around with the tiny dragon. "You must have been hearing things," he answered. He winced slightly as Val bit his finger, feeling a sharp fang or two cut his skin.
"Huh? No answer." Then the swordsman remembered that he was soaked, and a thought came to him. "You said Lina poured this water on me? That must mean... she can transport water!" he said smartly to himself. "Then she must not have heard me with all the water she's transporting! LINA!!"
Lina looked up again in response to the faint call.
"Lina-san?" The mazoku tried to pull his finger back. He glared at the baby, fighting the urge to just rip the dragon's teeth out.
"I think I heard someone call out for me again," she said with a sigh. "I wonder where that idiot walked off to again."
Xelloss forced back a chuckle. "Who knows." Actually, he had heard Gourry's screams and was just pretending not to.
"I... i... oiy..." Filia murmured, a sweatdrop appearing on her head. "Gourry- san... Lina-san is up there." She pointed up at the window just above them.
"Oh! Lina's up there!" he said, looking up at the window.
"Which reminds me... I have to go buy some things for the shop. If you want to see Lina-san, go through that door. She should be in the main room."
"Well! Finding her wasn't that hard. Now to see if she has any food." He patted his stomach as he walked in.
Lina turned to the sound of the door chimes and saw Gourry walk in. "Yo' Gourry. Took you long enough to get here." She paused and blinked at him curiously. "Why are you all wet?" she asked, pointing a finger at his wet outfit.
Xelloss fell down laughing behind her where she couldn't see, hands clamped over his mouth in order to keep quiet.
"Wet? Oh! You know, you transported water into the air and it landed on me!"
"..." A very large question mark popped up above Lina's head, matching her facial expression. She then shook her head quickly and walked over to give Gourry a knock on the top of his head.
"Wha---" His eyes slightly popped out before he dropped to the ground. "What was that for?!" He then spotted a whole plate of seasoned chicken. "Boy, I'm hungry!" He dropped his hurt expression and edged towards the chicken.
She watched him with her eyes narrowed and arms crossed. When he was only two feet from the chicken, she jumped over and popped him on the head with her elbow. "Don't even think about taking my chicken," she said, snatching the plate away.
'Guess I'd better get out of here before Lina-san decides to do something harsh,' Xelloss thought, phasing out of the building just seconds before a fireball exploded inside. Thinking twice about going back in, the Xelloss decided to drop in on a certain ryuuzoku's shopping.
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"Ne Filia... How long do you plan on doing this?" Lina asked the female dragon, looking around the shop from her chair. The shelves were all lined with pots and maces. and more pots and maces. Her eyes settled on tiny baby Valgarv resting on the pink, fluffy pillows that lay in the basked. He was still encased in that aquamarine glow, though growing rapidly for a dragon. Her mouth twisted slightly in distaste for herself. To think she had nearly killed. But that was the past, when she had no choice. He was reborn, and he was living---that's what mattered.
"Doing what, Lina-san?" Filia asked the red haired sorceress, looking up from counting the money she'd made that day. Her gaze shifted to little Val laying in the basket, and she smiled, then her eyes flickered back to Lina.
Lina rolled her eyes. "How long do you plan on living in this ordinary place, in the middle of a quiet town, in the center of a boring land?" she explained. It was a little to calm for her tastes, and if she hadn't stumbled upon Filia, she would have been long gone. She wondered where Gourry had run off to shortly after entering town. Oh well---whatever that jellyfish did was not any of her responsibility.
Filia shrugged. "Probably until little Val has grown and settles. Or at least until he stops glowing. Where did Gourry and the others go?"
The ryuuzoku made the idealistic mother, and Lina couldn't begin to imagine what it would be like. "Oh Gourry is probably admiring some childish things again. As for Zelgadiss and Ameria... I haven't seen them since we parted ways shortly after we defeated Dark Star." She missed them, but that was something she wouldn't admit even to herself.
Filia nodded. She knew Lina couldn't stand the dreary place she lived, in a town where virtually no action took place. She was probably just staying because of her. "You can leave if you want, Lina-san," Filia told the sorceress. "I know you are bored here. Someone like you needs some monster or battle."
"I suppose," Lina replied with a sigh. "Who knows where Gourry has wondered off to, though. It'll take ages to try and find him." Though, waiting for him to find this place was probably a worse idea.
Xelloss happened to phase in on that statement. "If you're looking for Gourry-san he is a few blocks down from here," he told them in a matter-of- fact tone.
Filia glared at the purple-haired mazoku and whipped out her mace-o-sama. "We weren't asking you."
Lina groaned. She never fancied the idea of seeing Xelloss again, but she knew it was inevitable. The priest would never leave her life permanently. "Xelloss, what are you doing here?"
He frowned slightly. "Oya oya, you could have sounded at least a little happy to see me!" he whined. "After all, we haven't seen each other since you defeated Dark Star."
She sighed, then glared at him and instantly had him in a headlock. "That reminds me, I never did properly punish you for taking Galvayro from me."
Filia shook her head. Lina always did remember to repay her grudges. She heard Val give a little hiccup/mumbling sound, and quickly went to check on the baby dragon, glancing back to make sure Lina was still... 'keeping an eye' on Xelloss.
"I-t-t-t... So you remembered?" Xelloss asked with a sweatdrop.
"Of course I did!" Lina screeched back at him, a small white fang revealing itself at the corner of her mouth.
Gently tucking Val back into the pink and white covers, Filia smiled down at the little dragon. She checked on his growing claws and scales, made sure she'd fed him all ready, then turned around to Lina and Xelloss. "Lina- san?"
Lina tilted her head up at the ryuuzoku. "What's up, Filia?" she asked. She tightened her grip on Xelloss's neck as he attempted to get away, nearly pulling his head off his shoulders in the process.
"I'm going to go buy some things. Can you watch the shop for awhile?"
"Yeah, sure," Lina replied. She bonked Xelloss on the head, then let him go. "I'll take care of it," she reassured.
Filia smiled and took a basket sitting under the counter. "Arigato gozaimasu." She went out the back door.
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Gourry walked aimlessly around, with the growling of his stomach rumbling loudly. "Where did Lina say she was going to be?" he asked himself out loud. Then, he spotted a short, red-haired girl walk past him. "Lina!!" he cried joyously. He took hold of her shoulders, spun her around, and came face to face with a strange girl.
"Ahhh! Slave trader! Somebody help me, there's a slave trader after me!" the girl screamed in alarm.
"Huh? No, wait! Shh! I'm not a slave trader!" Gourry said, trying to calm the girl. She let out a high pitched scream.
Lina's ears perked up to the scream just outside. Thinking it was some girl being harassed by a pervert, she stood up and carried a vase full of water to the window.
"What are you going to do with that, Lina-san?" Xelloss asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
"I'm going to do... this." She threw open the window and dumped the water out from her place on the second floor. Then she poked her head out and, not recognizing the blonde swordsman, shouted, "Keep it down out here before you make me do something deadly!" She then shut the window again and sat back down in her chair.
That was harsh," Xelloss commented.
"Urasai, anta," she replied, glaring at him.
Filia saw the cascade of water fall from her shop's window, then heard the shouting of Lina. A look of recognition crossed her face when she saw the man that was now soaked in water. "Gourry-san?" She walked over to him.
"Oh Filia!" He sneezed. "Hey do you know where Lina is?" he asked while trying to get the water off.
"Lina-san was the one who just dumped water on you," Filia informed him, giggling.
"Ahhh!!" The girl continued to scream.
"Hey shh! People will hear you!" he said, looking around nervously. "Filia! Help me!!"
The blonde girl gently laid a hand on the screaming girl's shoulder. "Gourry-san here isn't a slave trader. He just mistook you for someone else."
"See, I'm not!" he stated proudly. The girl stopped screaming, but continued to look at Gourry suspiciously. "I'm not!!" The girl stepped backward, testing him, before turning tail and running off.
"Hey I heard Lina's voice a moment ago!" Gourry said brightly. "I think her voice came from that direction," he said while pointing. "Oi! Lina!"
"Hmm?"
"What's the matter, Lina-san?"
She looked around, confused. "I could've sworn I just heard someone call my name."
Xelloss held a finger out to baby Val, playing around with the tiny dragon. "You must have been hearing things," he answered. He winced slightly as Val bit his finger, feeling a sharp fang or two cut his skin.
"Huh? No answer." Then the swordsman remembered that he was soaked, and a thought came to him. "You said Lina poured this water on me? That must mean... she can transport water!" he said smartly to himself. "Then she must not have heard me with all the water she's transporting! LINA!!"
Lina looked up again in response to the faint call.
"Lina-san?" The mazoku tried to pull his finger back. He glared at the baby, fighting the urge to just rip the dragon's teeth out.
"I think I heard someone call out for me again," she said with a sigh. "I wonder where that idiot walked off to again."
Xelloss forced back a chuckle. "Who knows." Actually, he had heard Gourry's screams and was just pretending not to.
"I... i... oiy..." Filia murmured, a sweatdrop appearing on her head. "Gourry- san... Lina-san is up there." She pointed up at the window just above them.
"Oh! Lina's up there!" he said, looking up at the window.
"Which reminds me... I have to go buy some things for the shop. If you want to see Lina-san, go through that door. She should be in the main room."
"Well! Finding her wasn't that hard. Now to see if she has any food." He patted his stomach as he walked in.
Lina turned to the sound of the door chimes and saw Gourry walk in. "Yo' Gourry. Took you long enough to get here." She paused and blinked at him curiously. "Why are you all wet?" she asked, pointing a finger at his wet outfit.
Xelloss fell down laughing behind her where she couldn't see, hands clamped over his mouth in order to keep quiet.
"Wet? Oh! You know, you transported water into the air and it landed on me!"
"..." A very large question mark popped up above Lina's head, matching her facial expression. She then shook her head quickly and walked over to give Gourry a knock on the top of his head.
"Wha---" His eyes slightly popped out before he dropped to the ground. "What was that for?!" He then spotted a whole plate of seasoned chicken. "Boy, I'm hungry!" He dropped his hurt expression and edged towards the chicken.
She watched him with her eyes narrowed and arms crossed. When he was only two feet from the chicken, she jumped over and popped him on the head with her elbow. "Don't even think about taking my chicken," she said, snatching the plate away.
'Guess I'd better get out of here before Lina-san decides to do something harsh,' Xelloss thought, phasing out of the building just seconds before a fireball exploded inside. Thinking twice about going back in, the Xelloss decided to drop in on a certain ryuuzoku's shopping.
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So now what do you think? Things are getting a little more interesting, ne? Don't worry, plenty more to come! Want to suggest something? Want to praise and worship me? (Just kidding, do that to Purin-chan... she get's really annoyed, just call her Purin-sama...) Review! Click...