Chapter Seven: The Blonde Duck-boy
Disclaimer: I own no Slayers—or Ranma 1/2—characters. However, I have contracted Meri, Etarnia, and Poison Tree from my siblings. Yeshta was mine to begin with.
Many thanks to the reviews I have gotten! ^_^ Now I'll be adding more Slayers characters to the array! Lina! Nahga! Gourry! Valgarv!
Valgarv?
Read to find out!
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After the defeat of the terrible Nahga-monster, Lina levitated herself up to the window that Nahga had come flying out of.
"I hope Nahga wasn't important to you or anything, 'cuz I don't think she'll be coming back for a while..." Lina laughed, flying in the window. The building had been built especially to withstand magical damage, so it was in fairly good shape. That could not be said of the schoolyard, though. It had been reduced to a crater... Oh well.
"Who are you?" Yeshta asked defensively, standing between Lina and the soaking wet Zel. Zel was halfway trying to hide behind Yeshta, but since she was shorter than (s)he was, (s)he was still spotted by Lina.
"Ah! Zel!" Lina grinned, rushing over to him. "How have you been?"
"Lina, this isn't a good time..." Zel muttered, trying to make his female voice sound as masculine as possible.
"What's wrong? Do you have a cold or something?" She asked, reaching around Yeshta to grab Zel's arm. Yeshta scooted out of the way, and Lina had a full view of Zel.
"AUUUUUUUUUUUG! EVEN ZEL HAS BIGGER BREASTS THAN ME!" Lina shrieked and, than fell over backwards, fainting. Yeshta glanced from the fainted Lina to Zel, than back again.
"What should we do now?" She asked. Zel sighed, moving his hand to his forehead in a clear "I-have-a-headache" gesture.
"Take her home?"
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The unconscious Lina rode piggyback on Zel on the way home. Yeshta walked beside them; after all, she wasn't about to let him out of her sight after how much trouble he had caused. As they walked, their path crossed with Valgarv, who looked as though he had been traveling for quite some time. He was covered in dust, leaning heavily on a walking stick.
"Excuse me, can you tell me where the Furinkan School of Magic is?" He asked in a quiet tone.
"It's just down this road." Yeshta pointed to the school from where they had come.
"Thank you." He said, and continued past them, only to turn on to the first side street that appeared.
"Weird." Yeshta muttered to herself.
"You don't know the half of it." Zel muttered in response, and they continued down the street.
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When they arrived home, Lina was taken in to Meri's care, leaving Zel and Yeshta to wait. After drenching Zel in hot water, they went to the porch to wait in silence.
"So. It's your turn to explain things. Who was that?" Yeshta asked, coldly glancing at Zel.
"Hm?" Zel was snapped out of his thoughts. "Oh. She's Lina Inverse, commonly known as the Enemy of All Who Live."
"And how do you know her?" Yeshta prodded. Zel tried to think for a moment, but couldn't think strait.
"I—I don't remember." His hands come to grasp his now aching head.
"Oh." Yeshta frowned.
They waited for another long, quiet moment, before a strange laughter began to fill the air.
"Zelgadiss Graywords! I have come for your life!" The voice said, only an instant before various weapons attached to chains flew out of the air.
The weapons were quickly avoided, with Zel jumping one direction and Yeshta the other.
"Who's there?!" Zel demanded.
In response, Gourry fell out of a tree, clad in strange white robes.
After standing up and adjusting his glasses, Gourry turned to the tree he had fallen out of and yelled "Zelgadiss! I will destroy you!"
"Uhm... That's a tree." Yeshta piped from where she stood. Gourry adjusted the glasses again, and shrieked in surprise.
"When did this happen?!" He turned to Yeshta, and grabbed her in a hug. "Lina! You're all right!"
Yeshta threw a FireBall at point-blank range, right in Gourry's face.
"What part of me looks like Lina?!" She demanded.
"I know what's wrong." Zel walked over to Gourry, who was still emanating smoke from the Fireball. He removed the clouded glasses from Gourry's singed face. "That should help."
Gourry immediately sat up. "I can see!" He quickly stood up and pointed at Zel. "Now, I will take your life!"
"Aren't you tired of that yet?" Zel asked with a sigh. "All right then, if you want to fight..." He dropped in to a battle stance. "I'll beat anyone."
But that's not me! The back of his mind screamed desperately.
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And that's chapter 7! *applauds self* *ahem* But of course, I couldn't do it without all the support from you guys! And of course, I thank the characters for cooperating with me, even if I AM messing up their universe... *sigh*
