Chapter Six: So long, Nahga
Disclaimer: I don't own any Slayers characters. However, Yeshta is mine: Poison Tree, Meri and Etarnia are on lease from my siblings.
Been a LONG time since I worked on this story... But, here's the update you've been begging for!
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"You want to walk me to school?" Zel asked, looking up at Etarnia from his breakfast.
"No, not me. You should walk with Yeshta to school. After all, she is your fiancé, right?" With a snide grin, Etarnia disappeared through the door. Yeshta came in that same door a moment later.
"Did she leave already?" She asked, watching the trail of dust that Etarnia had kicked up settle.
"I think so." Zel answered. Yeshta looked at him and glared.
"You." Her nose twitched in annoyance. Ignoring the glare, Zel stood up.
"Shouldn't you be going? You'll be late for class." Meri asked, handing them their packed lunches. Yeshta's eyes widened.
"That's right, we will!" Yeshta grabbed Zel and tried to yank him up. "Oof! What are you made out of?!" She demanded, after her attempt to pull him up failed.
"Rocks, mostly." He said coldly, standing up on his own. "Couldn't you tell?" There was an awkward silence for a long moment, before Meri broke it.
"School?" She reminded them timidly.
"Oh, that's right!" Yeshta said in a halfway whiney voice, grabbing her books (and lunch) with one hand and Zel's arm with the other. This time, Zel allowed himself to be drug off.
"Have a nice day!" Meri called after them, waving.
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As they entered the schoolyard, a drove of boys approached in various battle stances with cries of "Yeshta! Your lunch!" "I'll be the one to beat you today!" "I'll be the one to win!"
"Out of the way, I'm late!" She exclaimed, dropping Zel to start spellcasting. Zel watched as she disappeared in to a cloud of dust, magic spewing everywhere. When all the opponents had been defeated, Yeshta stood, trying to catch her breath.
"Honestly. I know Meri makes good lunches, but this is just ridiculous!" Yeshta brushed a strand of hair out of her face. Zel walked up to her slowly.
"What was that all about?" He asked.
"Quiet. The worst is yet to come." She waved a hand to silence him, then pointed to a patch of bushes. "Watch that spot."
All was quiet for a moment, while Zel stared at those bushes and Yeshta chanted the incantation for a spell.
"Three... Two... One..." Yeshta counted down slowly, holding the spell. "NOW!"
On the "now", the worst sound known to the Slayers universe filled the air.
Nahga BOING-ed out of the bushes Zel had been watching, laughing at the top of her lungs.
"So you've defeated them all, Yeshta. Today, I will win that delicious lunch!" Although the laughter had been broken long enough for Nahga to speak, it filed the air once more.
"Stuff it, Nahga! This is my lunch!" Yeshta cried, firing the spell she had charged up. Nahga just blinked as the spell approached, then was sent flying away by the impact.
"And that's that." Yeshta dusted her hands as the bell rang. "Oh no, we're lateeee!" She cried, dragging Zel in to the building.
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"This is your fault, you know." Yeshta said coldly, standing beside Zelgadiss in the hallway with a bucket of cold water in each hand.
"My fault? How do you figure that?" Zel asked with a small from forming on his face.
"If I didn't have to drag you to the classroom, I would have been on time!" Yeshta snapped, then added quietly. "I even beat them on time."
"What was that all about, anyway?" Zel asked after a thoughtful pause.
"At the opening ceremony this year, Nahga told everyone that if they could defeat me, they could have my lunch." She paused.
"Lunch is an awfully important thing to some people." Zel nodded, thinking of Lina and Gourry.
"And since Meri attended this school, no one can argue that she's a fantastic cook. So every morning, I have to beat them all up to protect me lunch." She sighed.
SPLASH!
A splash of water came from down the hall, where the drenched Yeshta and Zel turned their heads. Nahga stood there, holding an empty bucket.
"I'll win it now!" She cried, then started to laugh again. Zel froze, entirely unsure of what to do now. Yeshta knocked Nahga through an open window with a spell. As they watched her plummet, another spell, a larger one hit her, knocking her back up.
What spell was it?
"DRAGON SLAVE!"
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Lina's here! What happens now? How will Zel hide?! All this and more in the next chapter of Zelgadiss 1/2!
