Recap : They meet each other. They go to a restaurant. Lina blows up the restaurant. Well, not really, she blows a hole through the restaurant because her sister appears. They leave (without paying, of course). They find out that Amelia's peace treaty is with Zefielia (What a coincidence! That's the exact same place Lina doesn't want to go!) Filia and Zel drink pepper tea. After that... Zel disappears. Fun, ne?
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Xelloss got up, rubbing the back of his head in pain. "Lina-san is dangerous with or without magic..." he muttered. Then, he noticed a couple of kids dragging a black, moving bag behind them. "Hmm?"
"Let me out of here!" Zelgadiss yelled as his kidnappers dropped him on something hard. "Matte... I can use magic... Gourry's rubbing off on me," he said to himself, sitting cross legged. Lighting a small flame, he burnt a hole into the bag that held him captive. Stepping out of the hole he looked at the delighted children around him. "Who are you?"
The children all squealed with glee. "He's talking to me!" one said.
"Was not! He was talking to me!" another protested.
"Are you the legendary cold magic using swordsman?" asked a little girl.
"Cold? Magic using? Swordsman?" he replied as a thoughtful look spread over his face.
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"It does, doesn't it? Seem a little unlike him..." Amelia looked around. "Zelgadiss-san!" She started off in search of him, forgetting her 'Justice mission' for the moment.
"Ameria-san!" Filia called after her. "This is wonderful... she needs to tell him how she feels..."
"Hnn..." Lina folded her arms and looked in the opposite direction from Amelia. She ran a hand through her hair and made a face (with those sideways P eyes), then turned back to the remaining people and asked, "So... should we follow them or leave them alone?"
"Feelings? What?" Gourry looked from Filia to Amelia's back.
Lina rolled her eyes at the dumb blonde. "Never mind, Gourry."
"Should we go after her?" The ryuuzoku shifted Val's weight.
"And interrupt? Not a good idea," the sorceress replied, eyes still narrowed.
"???" She sighed.
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"Zelgadiss-san! Zelgadiss-san! Where could he have gone?"
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Zelgadiss looked down from his old clay 'throne' at all the bowed children before him. A sweatdrop appeared at the back of his head as he thought, 'How did this happen...?' He had gotten carried away again... Zelgadiss stood up and started to walk towards the exit quietly.
"Swordsman-sama, where are you goin?" a small girl with a quite high voice asked. His eyes glanced at her face before he continued to the exit. Then, he fell backwards from a forcefull pull at the back of his cape.
"You can't go!" said a boy.
"And why can't I go?"
"Because... because... we need you to... to..." the boy replied, trying to think of a way out of the question.
"Just tell him the truth!" another child piped. It's because you're our older brother!"
Zelgadiss was now thrown against the stone walls by the blow of the explanation. "I'm your what?"
"Older brother!" the all exclaimed at the same time.
Xelloss did a doubletake. "Oya oya... and I'm sure Zel-chan is an only child..." he remarked with a sweatdrop. "Unless the Greywers family was able to hide something from us... though that's unlikely." Upon hearing Ameria's footsteps approaching, he took another position on the roof of a nearby building.
The chimera looked around at all the hopeful faces of the children. "Now look... I'm not your older brother."
"Yes you are! See, here's a picture!" said the small girl with the high voice. She pulled out a wrinkled piece of paper with a stick figure drawn on it.
"...How exactly can you tell that that is me?"
"Zelgadiss-san!" Ameria reached the block with the little children. "Ne!" she called to them. "Have you seen a tall, pebble-faced chimera in white robe-like clothes? ...that's actually really handsome despite his stonehearted coldness..." Her eyes went starry for a brief moment.
Xelloss turned a pale blue and put his face in his hand. "Princess... positive... overflowing..." he gagged.
"Ameria? What are you doing here?" All the children had run to hide behind Zelgadiss, revealing him to the princess's eyes.
"Onii-sama... who's that?" they asked quietly.
"Ahh... well... she's a friend."
"Really?" They cautiously stepped out from behind him.
"Oh... Zelgadiss-san..." Amelia blushed at the thought of him hearing her previous comment. "I... um... eh... are you all right?" She smiled down at the children to avert her eyes from the man, still blushing.
"Amelia, I'm fine... come on, let's go back to everyone..." Zelgadiss said, crossing his arms and walking swiftly away from the children and past Amelia.
"Onii-sama!" the children cried.
"Listen... I'm not your onii-sama and I've never met him... it'll be better if you all stayed away from me anyway," he told them. As quickly as ever he walked away around the corner.
"Umm... aren't you an only child?" Amelia asked as she strode alongside him.
"Yes."
She nodded, silent, a faint redness still spread across her nose, as they made their way to the others.
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"So..." Lina began, turning around and putting her hands behind her head. "What do we do in the meantime?"
"Why don't we go buy some things for the trip?"
"Good idea... almost forgot about that," she replied, adding a thoughtful look to it.
"Let's go, then," Filia sighed, shaking her head.
"Okay. So where's the food market?" the sorceress asked first.
"That... way..." She pointed down a fork off the road. "Why must you alway think of food first, Lina-san?"
"You dragons might live for centuries, but we don't. Gotta live life to the fullest, ne Gourry?" she answered, clasping her hands and drooling slightly at her image of all the foods in the world. The man nodded, drooling with her.
Xelloss reappeared on a nearby rooftop, forgetting that Filia could naturally sense his presence. "Food again... Lina-san's train of thought is so simple."
Filia glanced up at the rooftop suddenly, and glowered at the sight of the smiley face resting there. The finger belonging to the owner of that face pulled on an eyelid and stuck his tongue out at the ryuuzoku. Lina turned back around. "What's up, Filia?" She followed her gaze and noticed Xelloss. She slapped a hand to her face. "'ach... not this again..." Her thought was interrupted by the memory of the recent happening, and her cheeks pinked slightly.
"Xelloss? Hi!" Gourry said cheerfully. "Lina... your face is turning a bit red... do you have a sunburn?"
She kicked him and turned away to hide her face. Folding her arms in mild anger, she muttered, "A'ho." Xelloss sweatdropped and waved back at the swordsman. He was so dense...
Gourry froze a moment before falling over in pain. As he was on the ground in pain, he opened his eyes slightly to see a shadow raise up from the ground. "What the..." he said, sitting up. He watched the small creature take the form of a rather big frog-like creature, only completely black. Its yellow eyes locked in a stare with him. "Oi... Lina..." he managed to say before the creature clawed his nose and sank back into the shadow. He shouted in pain.
"Gourry?" Lina questioned a bit worriedly, though trying to hide it. She hadn't seen the creature, so she didn't know what happened.
Xelloss blinked. "What was that?"
"Nose... nose... my nose!" Gourry cried. His face was only two inches away from Lina's. He was pointing at the bandaged X where his nose was.
"Gourry-san?" Filia turned from making faces at Xelloss. "What did you do to yourself?"
"A-... wakateru wakateru!" Lina stammered, backing away from Gourry. "Umm... Filia, do you think you could heal it?" she asked, trying to get out of the awkward situation.
"H-hai..." she answered, putting Val on the ground. She cast a healing spell on Gourry's nose. "There. Better?" she murmured with yet another sigh. That done, she turned to pick up Val again. Then, she screamed.
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Xelloss got up, rubbing the back of his head in pain. "Lina-san is dangerous with or without magic..." he muttered. Then, he noticed a couple of kids dragging a black, moving bag behind them. "Hmm?"
"Let me out of here!" Zelgadiss yelled as his kidnappers dropped him on something hard. "Matte... I can use magic... Gourry's rubbing off on me," he said to himself, sitting cross legged. Lighting a small flame, he burnt a hole into the bag that held him captive. Stepping out of the hole he looked at the delighted children around him. "Who are you?"
The children all squealed with glee. "He's talking to me!" one said.
"Was not! He was talking to me!" another protested.
"Are you the legendary cold magic using swordsman?" asked a little girl.
"Cold? Magic using? Swordsman?" he replied as a thoughtful look spread over his face.
~*~*~*~
"It does, doesn't it? Seem a little unlike him..." Amelia looked around. "Zelgadiss-san!" She started off in search of him, forgetting her 'Justice mission' for the moment.
"Ameria-san!" Filia called after her. "This is wonderful... she needs to tell him how she feels..."
"Hnn..." Lina folded her arms and looked in the opposite direction from Amelia. She ran a hand through her hair and made a face (with those sideways P eyes), then turned back to the remaining people and asked, "So... should we follow them or leave them alone?"
"Feelings? What?" Gourry looked from Filia to Amelia's back.
Lina rolled her eyes at the dumb blonde. "Never mind, Gourry."
"Should we go after her?" The ryuuzoku shifted Val's weight.
"And interrupt? Not a good idea," the sorceress replied, eyes still narrowed.
"???" She sighed.
~*~*~*~
"Zelgadiss-san! Zelgadiss-san! Where could he have gone?"
~*~*~*~
Zelgadiss looked down from his old clay 'throne' at all the bowed children before him. A sweatdrop appeared at the back of his head as he thought, 'How did this happen...?' He had gotten carried away again... Zelgadiss stood up and started to walk towards the exit quietly.
"Swordsman-sama, where are you goin?" a small girl with a quite high voice asked. His eyes glanced at her face before he continued to the exit. Then, he fell backwards from a forcefull pull at the back of his cape.
"You can't go!" said a boy.
"And why can't I go?"
"Because... because... we need you to... to..." the boy replied, trying to think of a way out of the question.
"Just tell him the truth!" another child piped. It's because you're our older brother!"
Zelgadiss was now thrown against the stone walls by the blow of the explanation. "I'm your what?"
"Older brother!" the all exclaimed at the same time.
Xelloss did a doubletake. "Oya oya... and I'm sure Zel-chan is an only child..." he remarked with a sweatdrop. "Unless the Greywers family was able to hide something from us... though that's unlikely." Upon hearing Ameria's footsteps approaching, he took another position on the roof of a nearby building.
The chimera looked around at all the hopeful faces of the children. "Now look... I'm not your older brother."
"Yes you are! See, here's a picture!" said the small girl with the high voice. She pulled out a wrinkled piece of paper with a stick figure drawn on it.
"...How exactly can you tell that that is me?"
"Zelgadiss-san!" Ameria reached the block with the little children. "Ne!" she called to them. "Have you seen a tall, pebble-faced chimera in white robe-like clothes? ...that's actually really handsome despite his stonehearted coldness..." Her eyes went starry for a brief moment.
Xelloss turned a pale blue and put his face in his hand. "Princess... positive... overflowing..." he gagged.
"Ameria? What are you doing here?" All the children had run to hide behind Zelgadiss, revealing him to the princess's eyes.
"Onii-sama... who's that?" they asked quietly.
"Ahh... well... she's a friend."
"Really?" They cautiously stepped out from behind him.
"Oh... Zelgadiss-san..." Amelia blushed at the thought of him hearing her previous comment. "I... um... eh... are you all right?" She smiled down at the children to avert her eyes from the man, still blushing.
"Amelia, I'm fine... come on, let's go back to everyone..." Zelgadiss said, crossing his arms and walking swiftly away from the children and past Amelia.
"Onii-sama!" the children cried.
"Listen... I'm not your onii-sama and I've never met him... it'll be better if you all stayed away from me anyway," he told them. As quickly as ever he walked away around the corner.
"Umm... aren't you an only child?" Amelia asked as she strode alongside him.
"Yes."
She nodded, silent, a faint redness still spread across her nose, as they made their way to the others.
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"So..." Lina began, turning around and putting her hands behind her head. "What do we do in the meantime?"
"Why don't we go buy some things for the trip?"
"Good idea... almost forgot about that," she replied, adding a thoughtful look to it.
"Let's go, then," Filia sighed, shaking her head.
"Okay. So where's the food market?" the sorceress asked first.
"That... way..." She pointed down a fork off the road. "Why must you alway think of food first, Lina-san?"
"You dragons might live for centuries, but we don't. Gotta live life to the fullest, ne Gourry?" she answered, clasping her hands and drooling slightly at her image of all the foods in the world. The man nodded, drooling with her.
Xelloss reappeared on a nearby rooftop, forgetting that Filia could naturally sense his presence. "Food again... Lina-san's train of thought is so simple."
Filia glanced up at the rooftop suddenly, and glowered at the sight of the smiley face resting there. The finger belonging to the owner of that face pulled on an eyelid and stuck his tongue out at the ryuuzoku. Lina turned back around. "What's up, Filia?" She followed her gaze and noticed Xelloss. She slapped a hand to her face. "'ach... not this again..." Her thought was interrupted by the memory of the recent happening, and her cheeks pinked slightly.
"Xelloss? Hi!" Gourry said cheerfully. "Lina... your face is turning a bit red... do you have a sunburn?"
She kicked him and turned away to hide her face. Folding her arms in mild anger, she muttered, "A'ho." Xelloss sweatdropped and waved back at the swordsman. He was so dense...
Gourry froze a moment before falling over in pain. As he was on the ground in pain, he opened his eyes slightly to see a shadow raise up from the ground. "What the..." he said, sitting up. He watched the small creature take the form of a rather big frog-like creature, only completely black. Its yellow eyes locked in a stare with him. "Oi... Lina..." he managed to say before the creature clawed his nose and sank back into the shadow. He shouted in pain.
"Gourry?" Lina questioned a bit worriedly, though trying to hide it. She hadn't seen the creature, so she didn't know what happened.
Xelloss blinked. "What was that?"
"Nose... nose... my nose!" Gourry cried. His face was only two inches away from Lina's. He was pointing at the bandaged X where his nose was.
"Gourry-san?" Filia turned from making faces at Xelloss. "What did you do to yourself?"
"A-... wakateru wakateru!" Lina stammered, backing away from Gourry. "Umm... Filia, do you think you could heal it?" she asked, trying to get out of the awkward situation.
"H-hai..." she answered, putting Val on the ground. She cast a healing spell on Gourry's nose. "There. Better?" she murmured with yet another sigh. That done, she turned to pick up Val again. Then, she screamed.
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Hai, hai, I know I said we wouldn't update unless we got reviews... well, we got one! ^-^ Thankies! Want to know what happened to Zel? Want to tell me about any mistakes in here? (I didn't type this chapter! Blame it on her! *points to Flame* Just kidding, but she did type it...) Review! Click...