Ok, this is really just a prelude so you don't have to read it if you don't
want. This part involves just some random song addition by me and only
explains really little. So if you don't particularly like song-fics just
forget about it and go on to the next chapter that's why I uploaded them
around the same time.
Disclaimer- I own two pairs of funny looking glasses, a plushie horse with strings attached to it, a strange imagination, and the watch on my arm, but I do not own Slayers or any of their characters (even if I do own Olivia Tirana. who you will meet eventually.)
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"You know I hope they've gotten there already. I mean we gave them three days right?" Lina asks her eyes lit. "They should at least have the decency to be there when we finally get to the blasted place."
"Well considering they said they were going straight through and we took about five and a half detours..." Gourry smirks at her smugly. "Yeah I think they'll be there by now."
"Your right," Lina sighs. "I just want to get this stupid trip over with."
"Well then we should probably have not gone after the four bandit gangs who supposedly robbed the Mosquito Royal family."
"Well how was I to know that Mosquito's royal family was poor anyways. And besides we got a good meal or two out of it." she shrugs.
"Ok well how about that bit with the Cave of Destiny's treasure trove?" He asks arching an eyebrow annoyingly.
Lina sighs, "Well that was a disappointment. but with a name like the "Cave of Destiny" what did you expect." she pokes him in the chest. "Hey Mister Man what about that stop over in Terace Villa? What was that all about?"
Sheepishly he ducks his head, "Well the ladies were pretty..."
"IS THAT ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT YOU DOLT!" Lina palms him in the face knocking the clueless man back about ten feet. She stalks off as he lays there.
Hopping up he runs to catch up with her. "Well dinner was good... but that waitress certainly didn't look like you no matter what they said."
She glares absolute death at him and keeps walking in silence. Gourry stops talking wisely for fear of his life.
After a while Lina starts humming slightly under her breath as she moves at a steady pace on the path to Siphon.
"Hey Lina?" Gourry looks down quizzically at her his hands resting behind his head. "What's that?"
"What?" She looks up innocently. (and that's something to see!).
"What are you humming?" he began.
"Oh! Well I was just thinking of that duet last night at dinner," Lina smiles and keeps right on humming.
"I didn't even know you'd heard that," Gourry laughs, "I mean with you stuffing your face and all."
"HEY!" Lina exclaims offended, "I can do two things at once." she places her hands on her hips. 'Which means I can smile and fireball you at the same time' she grins evilly at the thought.
Noting this look Gourry hastily puts his hands out in from of him in a gesture of surrender.
"Well anyways I memorized the whole song," she grins proudly at her excellent mind.
"The whole thing?" Gourry looks skeptical. "Well then sing some of it."
"What me sing?" she backs up slightly waving her hands back and forth. "No WAY! You wouldn't want to hear that."
"Why don't you let me be the judge. Gourry states calmly waiting.
"O-ok, but don't say I didn't warn you." she warns. Taking a deep breath she begins. Her clear voice ringing out in the forest's silence.
~We were strangers starting out on a journey. Never dreaming what we'd have to go through. Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing. At the beginning with you.~
And just as she takes a breath for the second verse Gourry cuts in.
`No one told me I was going to find you. Unexpected what you did to my heart. When I lost hope you were there to remind me. This is the start!!`
Lina's eyes had been widening since the first word he uttered and now they were as big as saucers, "GOURRY!" she exclaims in shock, "How did you know that?"
"Oh I memorized it too!" he grins looking proud.
'Of course he would remember that when he can't even remember the dark lord's name!' she thinks. "But. why?" Lina eyes question him, "I mean why would you want to remember something like that?"
"Well, um I just wanted to that's all," he says uncomfortably avoiding her eyes.
Arching an eyebrow she thinks 'ok that's strange what's got him all bashful suddenly?' , "Well ok then," she says for once being merciful and letting the subject drop. There is silence for a moment as the slowly walk again side by side. "Well do you want to finish it?"
"What sing with you!?" Gourry's eyes widen to about twice their previous size.
"Sheesh I'm not that bad," She smacks him across the head but doesn't continue.
"No it's not that," he waves off her depreciating comments with a hand. "You have a wonderful voice Lina. I just didn't know you'd want to."
Lina blushes slightly at the compliment but after a second shrugs it off, "well it is a duet after all," she gestures expansively around them, " and it's not like there's anyone around to hear us."
"Well then sure!" Gourry smiles and they both repeat their verses Lina joining in at the second around "when I." singing harmony to Gourry.
~ = Lina | ` =Gourry
~`And Life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep flowing. Life is a road now and forever. Wonderful journey.`~
~`I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing. At the beginning with you.`~
~ We were strangers on a crazy adventure~
Lina opens up her voice full of that fiery determination that all know so well. Then Gourry joins in just as strongly both singing with all they've got.
` never dreaming how our dreams would come true.`
~` now here we stand unafraid of the future at the beginning with you.`~
Taking a step up Lina walks slightly in front of him her eyes shining and face to the canopy. It's as thought she's listening to something only she can here.
~`And life is road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep flowing. Life is road now and forever. wonderful journey.`~
~`I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. in the end I wanna be standing. at the beginning with you.`~
Dropping her head she turns around walking backwards on the while smiling up at Gourry. Her hands form into fists at her side but for once the aren't being used for violence. Mister Blondie is just Grinning like a fool yet some how managing to keep his vowels in check.
~`Knew there was somebody somewhere. Like me alone in the dark. Now I know my dreams will live on. I've been waiting so long. Nothing going to tear us apart.`~
`And life is road and I wanna keep going. ~(Life)~
`Love is a river I wanna keep flowing.` ~(Love)~
~`Life is road now and forever. wonderful journey`~
(Gourry singing chorus with Lina over him singing LIFE...... Love. Joining back in a life is a road.)
~`I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing. at the beginning with you. `~
Letting loose the song reaches it's crescendo.
`eh-eh-eh-eeeehhh`
~`life is road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep going on`~
Lina breaks off from him almost in a dancing of words.
~Starting out on a journey.~
~`And life is road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep flowing. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning`~ ? ~(Lina echoes)~
~`with you.`~
Trailing off the silence is deafening between them. After a few minutes they smile at each other rather sheepishly.
"Well that was fun!" Lina grins and runs up ahead. "but now I see Siphon."
"Really we're there already?" Gourry's statement is clearly unbelieving.
"Yes well as they say time flies," Lina shrugs.
"Who says that, and where are they." Gourry looks around eyes wide.
Shaking her head Lina sighs in exasperation, "Oh never mind. LET'S GO!"
They take off at a sprint racing toward the walls of Siphon to meet up with there three traveling companions.
Disclaimer- I own two pairs of funny looking glasses, a plushie horse with strings attached to it, a strange imagination, and the watch on my arm, but I do not own Slayers or any of their characters (even if I do own Olivia Tirana. who you will meet eventually.)
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"You know I hope they've gotten there already. I mean we gave them three days right?" Lina asks her eyes lit. "They should at least have the decency to be there when we finally get to the blasted place."
"Well considering they said they were going straight through and we took about five and a half detours..." Gourry smirks at her smugly. "Yeah I think they'll be there by now."
"Your right," Lina sighs. "I just want to get this stupid trip over with."
"Well then we should probably have not gone after the four bandit gangs who supposedly robbed the Mosquito Royal family."
"Well how was I to know that Mosquito's royal family was poor anyways. And besides we got a good meal or two out of it." she shrugs.
"Ok well how about that bit with the Cave of Destiny's treasure trove?" He asks arching an eyebrow annoyingly.
Lina sighs, "Well that was a disappointment. but with a name like the "Cave of Destiny" what did you expect." she pokes him in the chest. "Hey Mister Man what about that stop over in Terace Villa? What was that all about?"
Sheepishly he ducks his head, "Well the ladies were pretty..."
"IS THAT ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT YOU DOLT!" Lina palms him in the face knocking the clueless man back about ten feet. She stalks off as he lays there.
Hopping up he runs to catch up with her. "Well dinner was good... but that waitress certainly didn't look like you no matter what they said."
She glares absolute death at him and keeps walking in silence. Gourry stops talking wisely for fear of his life.
After a while Lina starts humming slightly under her breath as she moves at a steady pace on the path to Siphon.
"Hey Lina?" Gourry looks down quizzically at her his hands resting behind his head. "What's that?"
"What?" She looks up innocently. (and that's something to see!).
"What are you humming?" he began.
"Oh! Well I was just thinking of that duet last night at dinner," Lina smiles and keeps right on humming.
"I didn't even know you'd heard that," Gourry laughs, "I mean with you stuffing your face and all."
"HEY!" Lina exclaims offended, "I can do two things at once." she places her hands on her hips. 'Which means I can smile and fireball you at the same time' she grins evilly at the thought.
Noting this look Gourry hastily puts his hands out in from of him in a gesture of surrender.
"Well anyways I memorized the whole song," she grins proudly at her excellent mind.
"The whole thing?" Gourry looks skeptical. "Well then sing some of it."
"What me sing?" she backs up slightly waving her hands back and forth. "No WAY! You wouldn't want to hear that."
"Why don't you let me be the judge. Gourry states calmly waiting.
"O-ok, but don't say I didn't warn you." she warns. Taking a deep breath she begins. Her clear voice ringing out in the forest's silence.
~We were strangers starting out on a journey. Never dreaming what we'd have to go through. Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing. At the beginning with you.~
And just as she takes a breath for the second verse Gourry cuts in.
`No one told me I was going to find you. Unexpected what you did to my heart. When I lost hope you were there to remind me. This is the start!!`
Lina's eyes had been widening since the first word he uttered and now they were as big as saucers, "GOURRY!" she exclaims in shock, "How did you know that?"
"Oh I memorized it too!" he grins looking proud.
'Of course he would remember that when he can't even remember the dark lord's name!' she thinks. "But. why?" Lina eyes question him, "I mean why would you want to remember something like that?"
"Well, um I just wanted to that's all," he says uncomfortably avoiding her eyes.
Arching an eyebrow she thinks 'ok that's strange what's got him all bashful suddenly?' , "Well ok then," she says for once being merciful and letting the subject drop. There is silence for a moment as the slowly walk again side by side. "Well do you want to finish it?"
"What sing with you!?" Gourry's eyes widen to about twice their previous size.
"Sheesh I'm not that bad," She smacks him across the head but doesn't continue.
"No it's not that," he waves off her depreciating comments with a hand. "You have a wonderful voice Lina. I just didn't know you'd want to."
Lina blushes slightly at the compliment but after a second shrugs it off, "well it is a duet after all," she gestures expansively around them, " and it's not like there's anyone around to hear us."
"Well then sure!" Gourry smiles and they both repeat their verses Lina joining in at the second around "when I." singing harmony to Gourry.
~ = Lina | ` =Gourry
~`And Life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep flowing. Life is a road now and forever. Wonderful journey.`~
~`I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing. At the beginning with you.`~
~ We were strangers on a crazy adventure~
Lina opens up her voice full of that fiery determination that all know so well. Then Gourry joins in just as strongly both singing with all they've got.
` never dreaming how our dreams would come true.`
~` now here we stand unafraid of the future at the beginning with you.`~
Taking a step up Lina walks slightly in front of him her eyes shining and face to the canopy. It's as thought she's listening to something only she can here.
~`And life is road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep flowing. Life is road now and forever. wonderful journey.`~
~`I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. in the end I wanna be standing. at the beginning with you.`~
Dropping her head she turns around walking backwards on the while smiling up at Gourry. Her hands form into fists at her side but for once the aren't being used for violence. Mister Blondie is just Grinning like a fool yet some how managing to keep his vowels in check.
~`Knew there was somebody somewhere. Like me alone in the dark. Now I know my dreams will live on. I've been waiting so long. Nothing going to tear us apart.`~
`And life is road and I wanna keep going. ~(Life)~
`Love is a river I wanna keep flowing.` ~(Love)~
~`Life is road now and forever. wonderful journey`~
(Gourry singing chorus with Lina over him singing LIFE...... Love. Joining back in a life is a road.)
~`I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing. at the beginning with you. `~
Letting loose the song reaches it's crescendo.
`eh-eh-eh-eeeehhh`
~`life is road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep going on`~
Lina breaks off from him almost in a dancing of words.
~Starting out on a journey.~
~`And life is road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river I wanna keep flowing. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning`~ ? ~(Lina echoes)~
~`with you.`~
Trailing off the silence is deafening between them. After a few minutes they smile at each other rather sheepishly.
"Well that was fun!" Lina grins and runs up ahead. "but now I see Siphon."
"Really we're there already?" Gourry's statement is clearly unbelieving.
"Yes well as they say time flies," Lina shrugs.
"Who says that, and where are they." Gourry looks around eyes wide.
Shaking her head Lina sighs in exasperation, "Oh never mind. LET'S GO!"
They take off at a sprint racing toward the walls of Siphon to meet up with there three traveling companions.
