Untitled!

So far, lets say, "Booze, Egos and proving points!"

Zelgadis glanced nervously around his camping grounds. Everyone's either wasted or asleep… he mumbled to himself mentally, taking a swig of wine. Good thing I have high tolerance, or else I'd be just as drunk as any of THESE fools. He noted, sweatdropping after seeing a very intoxicated Xellos try and back away from Lina, who looked pissed off for some reason, and then stumble over his own cloak, sending him spiraling backwards into a tangled heap and guffaws. Thank the gods.

After fireballing Xellos, she staggered back over to her spot beside Zelgadis and …er…well, USED to be Gourry, but he went to bed. Zelgadis tried not to glance at Lina, fearing that if he did she'd get angry. She tended to be like that when drunk.

Zelgadis furrowed his brows. Why was everyone drinking anyways?! Shrugging, Zelgadis took another sip of his wine. Lina slumped in her spot against the tree behind her, glancing at Zelgadis. "Wine?" Zelgadis nodded, trying not to pay too much attention. She shrugged, holding out her hand. "May I have some?" Zelgadis blushed, seeing that she didn't really need any more just by the look of her flushed face and rosy cheeks, as well as slightly plumper pale cherry lips.

Zelgadis sighed and plopped the canteen into her open palm. "Well…here. Try not to get TOO bad." Lina tried to give him the evil eye, but it came out looking like she had a lazy eye. "What's THAT supposed to mean?!" Zelgadis looked away nervously. "N-nothing."

Lina didn't seem as drunk as the others, but she still was tad tipsy. Lina winced, handing Zelgadis back his canteen after taking a sip. "Ugh…this wine's terrible compared to the stuff I have." Zelgadis arched an eyebrow, taking his canteen back. "Oh?" She nodded, pulling out a small flask. "Here…try some. It's good." She said with a slight slur, dropping it in his hand. Zelgadis looked at it stupidly. "Is there even any more left, Lina?" She nodded. "Just have a sip, Zel."

Zelgadis shrugged and obeyed, raising the brim of the whisk to his lips, parting them a bit as he tilted his head backwards, allowing the liquid to spill into his mouth. Zelgadis choked and put the hip flask down. "That's strong." He muttered, licking his lips and closing his eyes tightly. "Yeah, but it's good, right?" He nodded briskly, raising his head again. Zelgadis shook his head.

Lina chuckled. "You're not used to the good stuff, are ya Zel?" She said, nudging him in the ribs with her elbow. "This stuff's from home. Zelphilia. It's where I used to live…making wine was my life," she murmured inaudibly, tossing the hip flask up and down in her palm. "But then I ran away from home." Zelgadis looked over to Lina, furrowing his brows. "You ran away? Why?" "Well, first of all, I tried to make money off my sister, so she's been hating me ever since and she's crazy, as well as powerful… Not a good mix if you're me." "…how did you make money off of your sister?" Lina giggled nervously. "I tried to sell pictures of her bathing." Zelgadis facefaulted. Getting back up, Zelgadis rubbed his head sorely. "Well, that'll do it…" He muttered. Lina laughed. "Well…yeah."

After some time, Zelgadis had gotten a little tipsy, having Lina's hip flask in hand again. Lina was also resting her head on his shoulder. They'd gone over a lot of things… Who you would want to kill with ease, what you could change about your past.. That sorta thing. Lina yawned, looking up at the now star lit sky. It must have been a few hours… "Hey, Zelgadis?" Zelgadis jerked his head up, saving himself from dozing off. "Hm?" "…did you have anyone back at home before you went off to find a cure?" Zelgadis turned his head to look down at Lina in surprise. She only blinked in response. "Well?" Zelgadis shook his head. "No…and even if I did, I wouldn't trust anyone in that town ever again. A lot of them where Rezo fans, so they supported the whole 'Turn Grandson Into A Chimeric Genie Pig' experiment." She looked back at the sky, narrowing her eyes and furrowing her brows a bit. "I see." Zelgadis nodded.

"Well, how about you, Lina?" Lina blinked. "Huh? Oh, me? Um…no… No one's really waiting for me." Zelgadis frowned, still looking at Lina. "Well… do you have a certain somebody in your life at all?" She looked back at Zelgadis, feeling her cheeks heat up a bit. "What?? What do you mean?" "I mean… is there anyone in your life you'd risk anything for. Someone you…love, maybe?" He blushed, having the force the last few words out of his mouth. Lina blushed a bit darker. "U-um…why?" He shook his head. "I'm just curious… You know, Gourry has that sort of dedication to you…" Lina choked on the very air she was breathing, her whole face going red. "Are you saying that Gourry loves me?!" She gasped, turning to Zelgadis, who was staring at the sky boredly, balancing the now empty flask on his nose. "Yeah?" Lina frowned. "I think you've had a little much, Zelly-boy…" Zelgadis chuckled. "Nah…"

"Well, you know who has that sort of dedication to you, Zel?" He raised his eyebrows, swaying from side to side a bit, narrowing a brow. "…no. Who?" "I think Amelia does." She said slyly. It was Zelgadis's turn to choke, going an easy shade of pink. He hated how blush showed up so easily on his silvery teal skin. "A-Amelia?!" She nodded smugly. "Yep…little miss Justice Freak™." Zelgadis shuddered. "Well… I guess so, actually." He stammered, his cheeks heating up even more so than before. Lina raised her eyebrows. "Reeeeally? And does our chimera-kun agree to her emotions?" She smirked as the words tumbled messily out of her mouth. Zelgadis's eyes bulged, blushing madly. "O-of coarse not!!!" She laughed, kicking her legs. "Well, do you feel the same way for jelly-fish for brains?"

Lina blushed, also going wide eyed. "NO!" Zelgadis laughed a little, smiling. "Yes you do… I've seen the way your eyes light up when he comes to save you. Also at sometimes in camp you try to get as close to him as possible while everyone's asleep." He remarked complacently, crossing his arms. Lina was blushing as badly as the night was black. "Eh…u-um… YOU SAW THAT?!" Zelgadis couldn't help it, laughing aloud. Lina growled and rammed her elbow into his gut. "Shut u-OW!" Lina flew backwards, clutching her elbow. "What the hell ARE y- …oh yeah." She whimpered, rubbing her elbow still. "OW, ZEL!!!" She snapped her gaze back to the chimera, who was slumped over clutching his stomach. "…ow indeed," He huffed in a muffled tone.

She scooted back next to Zelgadis and helped him up. Zelgadis blinked, obviously being fairly dazed. Lina whimpered again, growling soon afterwards. "What?" "I think I friggin sprained my elbow." She whined. "And when a magic person is intoxicated, you can't cast spells." She frowned. "Ah, you're not THAT drunk." She rubbed her elbow again. "Yeah, but I'm still sort of drunk." Zelgadis shrugged. "Not as bad as you, though!! You're acting kinda off…" Zelgadis blinked idiotically, pointing to himself. "I am?" Lina only sweatdropped. "Yes…you are." Zelgadis shrugged, thudding his hand back to his side.

A few minutes later, Zelgadis blinked, feeling his whole right side start to convulse. "Whoa…um…" He looked at Lina, who was shivering madly. "C-Cold!!! IT'S COLD!" Zelgadis blinked a couple times and took off his cloak, throwing it over Lina. She shivered, wrapping herself up in it. "Th-thanks…" Zelgadis only smiled, and then looked out towards the sky again. A few more minutes passed, and Lina was still shivering her brains out. Zelgadis shrugged again, sliding his hands into his shirt and then push it off of his body, sliding the shirt over his body and then completely off of it, his hair falling back into place with a small bounce after taking off his shirt. He tossed that to Lina as well.

Lina slid the shirt over her like a blanket, along with the cloak. She blushed. Zelgadis didn't look that bad, really. She shook her head. No more wine for you! She lectured herself mentally, frowning, kicking her legs in the garb Zel had tossed her. Zelgadis looked down on her, raising an eyebrow. "…um…" Lina sat up and scratched her head, sweatdropping nervously and laughing anxiously.

Lina blinked. "No…seriously…what do you think of Amelia?" Zelgadis looked down at Lina, blushing a little. "Eh?? Well…she's cute, I guess." Lina giggled, poking at his side. "OOooooo…does our lil' chimera like the lil' justice freak?" Zelgadis's blush became a tad bit more visible. "Erm…well…no, actually. She's just cute. I mean, always so hyper, trying to do what's right… Usually when I'm around her I get a little happier because she's…well, contagious I guess." "HA! So you DO like Amelia!" Zelgadis rubbed his temples, eyeing Lina. "I do NOT." "Yes you do!!" She giggled again, kicking her feet playfully. "Oh? Well, then it's safe to assume you like Gourry." "What?! How does that deal with anything?" Zelgadis shrugged. "Well, I already gave SOME of my reasons as to why you'd love the big lug." She blushed, sticking her nose in the air and crossing her arms, which where still in Zelgadis's warm beige cloth. "HMPH." Zelgadis chuckled. "I mean, you've also KISSED him…" Lina blushed, tackling Zelgadis. "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT!?" "Oh! So you really did?! I was just kidding!" Lina snarled and rolled Zelgadis to his back, straddling over his thighs. Zelgadis's face went a rather noticeable shade of crimson, even through dark.

"Now look here," Lina slurred slightly, bringing her face to Zelgadis's, inches away from their noses touching. "I DO like Gourry, and maybe more than a friend, but it doesn't mean he's the only guy I like, y'know. I mean, it kinda made me feel nice that he was going to protect me for his whole life…" Zelgadis was looking to the side of his shoulder, looking nervously at the tree they had been leaning on. "I told you Gourry had real dedication to you." She growled. "WHO CARES!!! Let's drop the subject…" "I mean, did you really think you could keep acting the way you do around Gourry and not get accused of loving him?? You make it obvious enough, Lina." Lina gasped.

(A/N: Eek! This was supposed to be a PWP lemon, but…well, y'know, I'm getting in to it. I think I'll have a chapters for it. **Shrug**)

"ZELGADIS!! SHUT IT!!" She snarled, bringing her face up close to his again. "Geez! What's with you? You haven't dropped the subject in such a long time." Zelgadis blinked slowly. "…um….well, it's a good topic?" Lina sweatdropped, propping her forehead against Zelgadis's. "I'm sure there are other good subjects to talk about, you know." Zelgadis shrugged. "Too lazy." "Yeah, you of all people…lazy." Zelgadis chuckled. "Uh huh." Lina shrugged, remaining still with her head against Zelgadis's, straddling over his thighs.

Zelgadis yawned. "You know Lina, we should be hitting the sack…" Lina nodded her head against Zelgadis's. "Yeah, alrighty." She slid off of Zelgadis, rolling onto her back. Zelgadis blinked. "Er…yeah, I was thinking of sleeping inside of a tent like everyone else." Lina blinked. "Oh, um…I know but…I'm not ready for bed." "Lina, you're paranoid about your beauty rest. So why don't you go and catch up with it?" Lina laughed. "Like I need anymore." She said with a wink. Zelgadis blushed a little, turning his head to the side, sweatdropping. "Errr…yeah." "Unless, that is, YOU'RE tired." Zelgadis blinked. "No, not really." "Then why suggest beddy-bye???" Zelgadis blinked again. "Um…'beddy-bye'? …" He arched a brow. "Riight. Anyhow, you where cold earlier, so maybe you should go to bed before it gets any colder, y'know?" Lina frowned. "I was warm sittin' on you." Zelgadis sighed, feeling a bit annoyed. "Well, you'd be warmer inside one of the tents!" "But Gourry and Amelia took the tent." "We can put up another one." "Where's Xellos?" "UGH!!! I don't KNOW! Can we just set a tent up?" Lina shrugged. "Go ahead. I'll be star gazing."

Zelgadis growled. "Lina…" "…yesh?" She slurred, feeling a little giddy. "Stop being a brat and help out!" He whined. Lina got up and patted Zelgadis's head. "Oooookayy…if it means that much to ya, Zel." He sweatdropped. "Er…yeah, thanks." Is the alcohol finally kicking in for Lina or something?

After a while, Lina and Zelgadis had set up the tent. Zelgadis had did most of the work, since Lina would get sidetracked by the tiniest things, like hearing Amelia mumble from the other tent and comment on how cute it was. Zelgadis grunted, rubbing his arms a bit. "Well, now it's starting to get a little chilly…can I have at least my shirt back Lina?" Lina laughed, throwing his cape over her shoulders and sit on the shirt. "Nope!" Zelgadis blinked. "…Oookay then." He shrugged, opening the front of the tent. "Lina, are you going to sleep out there or what?" Lina blinked. "NO!" "Well, hurry up and get in here." Lina complied, dragging herself and Zelgadis's cape with her, having the shirt over her shoulders like a gym towel.

Lina squeaked, tripping over herself while trying to get in, tumbling over Zelgadis, her face landing right on his stomach with her legs sticking up in the air. Zelgadis groaned. "…ow." Lina simply fell over, her eyes swirled, twitching. "…uh huh…" Zelgadis helped her to a sitting position, smiling. "You're acting worse than before. Does it take awhile for alcohol to hit your system or something?" Lina nodded, rubbing her eyes. "I guess so." Zelgadis shrugged at that, making way to his sleeping roll. Zelgadis slid in it, and blinked. He felt uncomfortable for some reason. Suddenly, something stirred inside his roll and then leaped from it, tackling Zelgadis. "HEYA, ZELGA-KUN!!!" "ACK! Xellos!!!" Xellos giggled, rolling Zelgadis onto his stomach, sitting on his back. "How the hell did you get in here?!" Zelgadis growled. Xellos was also already in his PJ's… "Oh, me? Sore wa himitsu desu! I just felt like doin' something fun!" He chirped cheerfully. Zelgadis sweatdropped, narrowing his eyes. "You're still drunk, aren't you?" Xellos scratched his chin. "Hard to tell, really!" Zelgadis rolled over, making Xellos yelp and leap off of him. Zelgadis frowned, crawling back into his sleeping roll. "Well, I'll be keeping my roll to myself, thanks." Xellos pouted, crossing his arms over his chest and sticking out his lower lip. "Meanie."

Lina giggled at the scene and glomped Xellos. "You are just so damn CUTE!" Zelgadis's eyes bulged just before sweatdropping. Yeah, the alcohol's finally getting to her, He mumbled to himself. Xellos squealed happily and hugged Lina before leaping into his sleeping roll. Lina giggled, opening hers as well, sliding inside of it. "G'night Zel, G'night Xellos." She curled into the covers, smiling to herself.