Ok I have something very important for you all to read at the bottom here. I find it very sad that over the entire Christmas holiday, I didn't get a single new review. I asked you guys to e-mail me if you wanted me to tell you when I update...I didn't get any. I leave reviews for your stuff...or the stuff that I'm actually able to look at before I get kicked off the internet. And I hardly get any from you guys. I re-did some of my story here, and I didn't write much. (Hard to do with no support.) I'd like to hear about all of your Christmas's, if you all would like to tell me about them. (I personally was real happy to get a PS2!!! *Jumps for joy* S'cuse the pun.) I have a feeling hardly any of you read my authors notes!!! I didn't write much, and I didn't redo much, but I did do some, and it's a crucial part in my story. I'd like some constructive criticizem (And nothing like it needs more detail, because that's WAY too vague. Give a specific part that you feel needs more. Hey I'm a young author, and I'm Irish, so it's hard to figure out what needs more.) If you guys actually read this part, please tell me in your review, or send me an e-mail saying "Serge and Kid are the best Chrono Cross couple." Thx for all you faithful supporters. And for all you unsupporters, I hope you're satisfied. You've given me writers block! Bahumbug!
"LINA-SAN!!!"
*no answer*
*Amelia opened the door.*
The room was basically empty. The bed was made, the windows were open, the see through curtains were blowing dramatically, and there was a note on the bed. What was wrong with this picture?
::Lina doesn't get up this early anymore...what's so wrong with this picture?::
JUST THEN, Amelia notices the note. (Real funny, ne?)
"What's..."
Dear Amelia,
So...you found out my biggest secret. Too bad it was tonight. I was having the best time of my life. Hope you don't tell the others. Goodbye forever, my good friend. I don't believe I'll see you again. If we do happen to meet someday again...you won't recognise me for who I was. I'll have changed skins. G
o
o
d
b
y
e. Lina Inversed (Inverse)
"NO! I didn't!"
*Amelia broke down*
::I was the one who drove her away. Why'd she have to leave?! I wouldn't've said anything...we would have been able to help her. We would've... ::
"AMELIA!"
*Amelia snapped back to reality*
"What?"
"What's wrong?!"
*the note fell out of Amelia's hand*
*Zel read it.*
"My God...she...left?"
"Y-yeah."
"Hey...where's Lina?"
Amelia just stared at Gourry, and started crying again.
"What's wrong with her?"
Zel went outside with Gourry, and closed the door.
"Lina...left last night. Obviously Amelia thinks it's her fault."
"But...why...why would Lina leave?"
"It's all here in her note. Amelia found out a secret of Lina's. Obviously the key to why she's been so sick lately."
Gourry read Lina's note.
"B-but..."
"Gourry?"
Gourry looked terribly pitiful.
He looked down at the floor and a few tears slipped out of his eyes.
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"Son...you're not supposed to cry. Men never cry. Never."
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:: Never. ::
"I'm leaving. I'm looking for her. She's going to explain why she'll look different and why she's leaving...forever."
*DUM DUM DUM!*
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Lina remembered to a couple hours back...
"You wouldn't happen to be...Lina Inverse, would you?"
"Yeah...why? You want anything to do with it?"
"No...it's just...well, you were the one who's mother was...well..."
"I know what you mean. *Lina looked at the ground* Yeah I am."
"Oh...I'm teribly sorry miss. It's just too bad you developed that-"
"I know."
"Your mother never was put in jail, cause they couldn't get your statement."
"That's unfortunate."
"Well...that doctor put up notes on all the town's bulletin boards, about 3 weeks after you left the clinic. He wants to know if you're still alive."
"You mean he's never heard about my reputation?"
"Maybe he has...I wouldn't know."
"You mean to tell me he hasn't moved anywhere since the last time I saw him?"
"Well...actually, he moved about 3 towns from where he used to be located. In fact, anout 2 weeks ago he turned 31."
"Wow."
"So...if you wanted to...well..."
"Visit him?"
"Yeah. It's be about 7 towns and 12 pit stops from here."
::So that makes it a total of 8 towns and 13 pitstops from my friends. ::
"Ok thanks!"
"Oh, you're most certainly welcome!"
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::Now I only have...4 towns and 7 pit stops to go. ::
Lina took some pills before heading out for a light lunch.
She reached a restaurant called "McNally's" and decided this would be the perfect place to dine.
"May I take you order miss?"
"Yeah. I'll have a glass of water, and a bowl of...chicken soup."
"Will you have a large or small glass of water miss?"
"Large."
"And do you want a large or small bowl of chicken soup?"
"Small, thank you."
"Alright. You meal will be ready in a couple of minutes. You can pay now, or when your finished."
"Now is fine."
"Ok that comes to a total of...3 gold coins."
"Ok thank you."
Lina hands the waitress the three coins, and waits for her food.
About ten minutes later, the waitress comes back, and hands her the bowl of soup and the water.
"Thank you."
"Oh you are most certainly welcome!"
"..."
"Is there something the matter?"
"Um..."
"Yes?"
"Have I met you before? Cause I could've sworn I heard an old farm man say that just about 5 hours ago."
"I don't believe we've ever met miss..."
"Are you related to him?"
"Oh yes! Yes that's it. I'm his twice removed niece."
"Um...ok...thank you again."
"Sure! No problem. I was just glad the infamous Lina Inverse didn't order too much for us to make, and not pay for it."
*blink blink*
"Oops."
"Oops is right. How did you know my name?"
"Oh you know...word gets around about what you look like."
"No...it doesn't. Almost all the population has heard of my name, but they don't know what I look like."
"Ok, so I lied...I do know you."
The waitress transforms into a familiar face.
"Xellos!!?"
"Mmmmnyes?"
*Lina stood up*
"XELLOS!!!"
"Lina-san! Truely I meant you no harm!!! I was just...well..."
"PASSING BY?!"
"Yes. Now please...be a bit quieter. I'm undercover for Zellas."
*Lina sat down.*
"Oh really."
"Yes really. She wants to know what's happened to you."
"Well...you know already, don't you."
"No, actually...I was trying to get it out of you the last time we talked."
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"Oh...I'm teribly sorry miss. It's just too bad you developed that-"
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"Oh..."
"Well, Lina...what is it? I don't like secrets being kept from me."
"Oh and you keep them from people all the time!"
"You see!!! I'm a good secret keeper!!!"
"Well...there's no way I'm telling you!!!"
"PLEASE!!!"
"No!"
"Pretty please?!"
"Nope."
"Pretty please with sugar on top?"
"NO!"
"Pretty please with ice cream and-"
"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NOW IF YOU ASK ME AGAIN, I'M GOING TO MASH YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES AND BURN YOU TO DEATH!"
"Sounds fun!"
"Shut up."
"Please?"
"NO!"
Xellos dissapeared.
"DAMN HIM!!!"
Lina calmed down and started on her soup. She finished the water, and set off for another town.
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"She's still running I see."
"Yes."
"Did she tell you what's slowing her down, and keeping her away from all her friends?"
"Actually...no."
"Oh? What happened, my dear?"
"I...um..."
"Yes?"
"I slipped up a little."
"How so?"
"She figured my disquise out. I thought maybe it was a memory defect or something, so I thought if I thanked her in the same was the old man thanked her, and she didn't remember, then I would probably be able to figure it out. But it wasn't that. So..."
"She knows you're tailing her, right?"
"Yes."
"Well then, we'll just have to take a look at her mind without her permission."
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Lina felt a sharp pain in her side. She tripped on something and started falling down a hill. She screamed out in pain as she bumped her head on some rocks on the path. All went black after that.
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Zellas peeked around Lina's memories a little bit.
"So...I was right about her being in the most abusive child abuse case..."
She looked a little deeper.
"OOOH! This is VERY interesting!"
Zellas squealed with delight.
"What is it?"
"OH! She has a crush on someone! And here! Here's what I've been looking for!"
"Hmmm?"
Xellos tried to see what his mistress was looking at, and failed.
Zellas backed away from the cauldron she was looking through.
"This is..."
"Yes? What is it?"
"She's got..."
"Yes?! I'm dying to know!"
"She's...she's going to..."
"Mistress, what is it?"
"This is very bad Xellos. Very bad. You keep an eye on her, you hear me! A very close eye."
Xellos looked at his mistress. Shocked to say the least. She was actually concerned! (AN: And a little out of character, too) He was going to have to find out for himself what was going on!
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*dream*
"Lina? Lina where are you?"
"I'm over here!"
"LINA!!!"
"OVER HERE!!!"
"He can't hear you."
"Why not?"
"Because. You are watching reality. Your friends went looking for you."
"But...why?"
"Because! They care about you!!!!"
"But...but..."
"Yes?"
"Why would they look for me if...if I'm going to...to..."
"Hmmm?"
"If I'm going to die?"
*silence*
"Who are you anyway?"
*Lina turned to see a very surprised Xellos.*
"YOU!"
"Lina-chan..."
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!"
:: He looks hurt! Why? ::
"Lina-chan!"
"WHY?!"
*Lina starts to cry*
"LINA!"
"Go away! Just leave me alone!"
"Lina-chan!"
"Go."
"But Lina-"
"NOW!"
*Xellos dissapeares*
"Lina...where are you?"
*Lina looks up to see Gourry's face staring at her.*
"I'm right here Jellyfish-for-brains. So...come and get me."
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"LLIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNAAAAA!!!"
"Gourry...you're not going to find her by calling her name out really loud."
"Besides, Gourry-san, even if she was around, I bet she wouldn't respond if she heard you."
"But I thought I heard her voice..."
"You were probably just imagining things, Gourry-san."
"Maybe..."
"Come on. Let's go back to the inn. I'm hot and I'm sweaty, and I want a bath."
"Fine, fine. We'll go back."
"Maybe she went left from the inn, instead of right."
"You mean went back to towns we were already at?"
"Yeah."
"Ok...we'll check again tomorrow going that way."
"Good. Now can we leave?"
"Yes, Amelia, now we can leave."
"YES!!!"
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*A blue haired man walks by and sees Lina lying at the bottom of a rocky ditch, unconscious.*
"Lina?
:: What happened to her? ::
"LINA!!!"
AN: How does this mystery man know Lina?!! What will happen to our heroine next?! Will her fate be so terrible that she'll live a living hell?! Oh please! Everyone pray for our beutiful genious sorcerer, so that she makes it out of this alive. (If you don't leave a review after reading this, I will consider you all terrible people, and end the story with Lina died. I expect at least 7 to 10 reviews, and I'll wait at least 10 to 15 days.) Have fun with the update. (If I get less than that in 20 days, I'll just update for my faithful reviewers via e-mail.)
"LINA-SAN!!!"
*no answer*
*Amelia opened the door.*
The room was basically empty. The bed was made, the windows were open, the see through curtains were blowing dramatically, and there was a note on the bed. What was wrong with this picture?
::Lina doesn't get up this early anymore...what's so wrong with this picture?::
JUST THEN, Amelia notices the note. (Real funny, ne?)
"What's..."
Dear Amelia,
So...you found out my biggest secret. Too bad it was tonight. I was having the best time of my life. Hope you don't tell the others. Goodbye forever, my good friend. I don't believe I'll see you again. If we do happen to meet someday again...you won't recognise me for who I was. I'll have changed skins. G
o
o
d
b
y
e. Lina Inversed (Inverse)
"NO! I didn't!"
*Amelia broke down*
::I was the one who drove her away. Why'd she have to leave?! I wouldn't've said anything...we would have been able to help her. We would've... ::
"AMELIA!"
*Amelia snapped back to reality*
"What?"
"What's wrong?!"
*the note fell out of Amelia's hand*
*Zel read it.*
"My God...she...left?"
"Y-yeah."
"Hey...where's Lina?"
Amelia just stared at Gourry, and started crying again.
"What's wrong with her?"
Zel went outside with Gourry, and closed the door.
"Lina...left last night. Obviously Amelia thinks it's her fault."
"But...why...why would Lina leave?"
"It's all here in her note. Amelia found out a secret of Lina's. Obviously the key to why she's been so sick lately."
Gourry read Lina's note.
"B-but..."
"Gourry?"
Gourry looked terribly pitiful.
He looked down at the floor and a few tears slipped out of his eyes.
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"Son...you're not supposed to cry. Men never cry. Never."
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:: Never. ::
"I'm leaving. I'm looking for her. She's going to explain why she'll look different and why she's leaving...forever."
*DUM DUM DUM!*
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Lina remembered to a couple hours back...
"You wouldn't happen to be...Lina Inverse, would you?"
"Yeah...why? You want anything to do with it?"
"No...it's just...well, you were the one who's mother was...well..."
"I know what you mean. *Lina looked at the ground* Yeah I am."
"Oh...I'm teribly sorry miss. It's just too bad you developed that-"
"I know."
"Your mother never was put in jail, cause they couldn't get your statement."
"That's unfortunate."
"Well...that doctor put up notes on all the town's bulletin boards, about 3 weeks after you left the clinic. He wants to know if you're still alive."
"You mean he's never heard about my reputation?"
"Maybe he has...I wouldn't know."
"You mean to tell me he hasn't moved anywhere since the last time I saw him?"
"Well...actually, he moved about 3 towns from where he used to be located. In fact, anout 2 weeks ago he turned 31."
"Wow."
"So...if you wanted to...well..."
"Visit him?"
"Yeah. It's be about 7 towns and 12 pit stops from here."
::So that makes it a total of 8 towns and 13 pitstops from my friends. ::
"Ok thanks!"
"Oh, you're most certainly welcome!"
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::Now I only have...4 towns and 7 pit stops to go. ::
Lina took some pills before heading out for a light lunch.
She reached a restaurant called "McNally's" and decided this would be the perfect place to dine.
"May I take you order miss?"
"Yeah. I'll have a glass of water, and a bowl of...chicken soup."
"Will you have a large or small glass of water miss?"
"Large."
"And do you want a large or small bowl of chicken soup?"
"Small, thank you."
"Alright. You meal will be ready in a couple of minutes. You can pay now, or when your finished."
"Now is fine."
"Ok that comes to a total of...3 gold coins."
"Ok thank you."
Lina hands the waitress the three coins, and waits for her food.
About ten minutes later, the waitress comes back, and hands her the bowl of soup and the water.
"Thank you."
"Oh you are most certainly welcome!"
"..."
"Is there something the matter?"
"Um..."
"Yes?"
"Have I met you before? Cause I could've sworn I heard an old farm man say that just about 5 hours ago."
"I don't believe we've ever met miss..."
"Are you related to him?"
"Oh yes! Yes that's it. I'm his twice removed niece."
"Um...ok...thank you again."
"Sure! No problem. I was just glad the infamous Lina Inverse didn't order too much for us to make, and not pay for it."
*blink blink*
"Oops."
"Oops is right. How did you know my name?"
"Oh you know...word gets around about what you look like."
"No...it doesn't. Almost all the population has heard of my name, but they don't know what I look like."
"Ok, so I lied...I do know you."
The waitress transforms into a familiar face.
"Xellos!!?"
"Mmmmnyes?"
*Lina stood up*
"XELLOS!!!"
"Lina-san! Truely I meant you no harm!!! I was just...well..."
"PASSING BY?!"
"Yes. Now please...be a bit quieter. I'm undercover for Zellas."
*Lina sat down.*
"Oh really."
"Yes really. She wants to know what's happened to you."
"Well...you know already, don't you."
"No, actually...I was trying to get it out of you the last time we talked."
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"Oh...I'm teribly sorry miss. It's just too bad you developed that-"
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"Oh..."
"Well, Lina...what is it? I don't like secrets being kept from me."
"Oh and you keep them from people all the time!"
"You see!!! I'm a good secret keeper!!!"
"Well...there's no way I'm telling you!!!"
"PLEASE!!!"
"No!"
"Pretty please?!"
"Nope."
"Pretty please with sugar on top?"
"NO!"
"Pretty please with ice cream and-"
"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NOW IF YOU ASK ME AGAIN, I'M GOING TO MASH YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES AND BURN YOU TO DEATH!"
"Sounds fun!"
"Shut up."
"Please?"
"NO!"
Xellos dissapeared.
"DAMN HIM!!!"
Lina calmed down and started on her soup. She finished the water, and set off for another town.
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"She's still running I see."
"Yes."
"Did she tell you what's slowing her down, and keeping her away from all her friends?"
"Actually...no."
"Oh? What happened, my dear?"
"I...um..."
"Yes?"
"I slipped up a little."
"How so?"
"She figured my disquise out. I thought maybe it was a memory defect or something, so I thought if I thanked her in the same was the old man thanked her, and she didn't remember, then I would probably be able to figure it out. But it wasn't that. So..."
"She knows you're tailing her, right?"
"Yes."
"Well then, we'll just have to take a look at her mind without her permission."
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Lina felt a sharp pain in her side. She tripped on something and started falling down a hill. She screamed out in pain as she bumped her head on some rocks on the path. All went black after that.
***************************************************************
Zellas peeked around Lina's memories a little bit.
"So...I was right about her being in the most abusive child abuse case..."
She looked a little deeper.
"OOOH! This is VERY interesting!"
Zellas squealed with delight.
"What is it?"
"OH! She has a crush on someone! And here! Here's what I've been looking for!"
"Hmmm?"
Xellos tried to see what his mistress was looking at, and failed.
Zellas backed away from the cauldron she was looking through.
"This is..."
"Yes? What is it?"
"She's got..."
"Yes?! I'm dying to know!"
"She's...she's going to..."
"Mistress, what is it?"
"This is very bad Xellos. Very bad. You keep an eye on her, you hear me! A very close eye."
Xellos looked at his mistress. Shocked to say the least. She was actually concerned! (AN: And a little out of character, too) He was going to have to find out for himself what was going on!
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*dream*
"Lina? Lina where are you?"
"I'm over here!"
"LINA!!!"
"OVER HERE!!!"
"He can't hear you."
"Why not?"
"Because. You are watching reality. Your friends went looking for you."
"But...why?"
"Because! They care about you!!!!"
"But...but..."
"Yes?"
"Why would they look for me if...if I'm going to...to..."
"Hmmm?"
"If I'm going to die?"
*silence*
"Who are you anyway?"
*Lina turned to see a very surprised Xellos.*
"YOU!"
"Lina-chan..."
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!"
:: He looks hurt! Why? ::
"Lina-chan!"
"WHY?!"
*Lina starts to cry*
"LINA!"
"Go away! Just leave me alone!"
"Lina-chan!"
"Go."
"But Lina-"
"NOW!"
*Xellos dissapeares*
"Lina...where are you?"
*Lina looks up to see Gourry's face staring at her.*
"I'm right here Jellyfish-for-brains. So...come and get me."
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"LLIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNAAAAA!!!"
"Gourry...you're not going to find her by calling her name out really loud."
"Besides, Gourry-san, even if she was around, I bet she wouldn't respond if she heard you."
"But I thought I heard her voice..."
"You were probably just imagining things, Gourry-san."
"Maybe..."
"Come on. Let's go back to the inn. I'm hot and I'm sweaty, and I want a bath."
"Fine, fine. We'll go back."
"Maybe she went left from the inn, instead of right."
"You mean went back to towns we were already at?"
"Yeah."
"Ok...we'll check again tomorrow going that way."
"Good. Now can we leave?"
"Yes, Amelia, now we can leave."
"YES!!!"
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*A blue haired man walks by and sees Lina lying at the bottom of a rocky ditch, unconscious.*
"Lina?
:: What happened to her? ::
"LINA!!!"
AN: How does this mystery man know Lina?!! What will happen to our heroine next?! Will her fate be so terrible that she'll live a living hell?! Oh please! Everyone pray for our beutiful genious sorcerer, so that she makes it out of this alive. (If you don't leave a review after reading this, I will consider you all terrible people, and end the story with Lina died. I expect at least 7 to 10 reviews, and I'll wait at least 10 to 15 days.) Have fun with the update. (If I get less than that in 20 days, I'll just update for my faithful reviewers via e-mail.)