Doushite? Doushite?! Why has it taken me this long to update?! And I wrote so little too! I think…u ppl be the judge of that. But I guess I lost interest in writing this, but now that I'm all happy and interested again (and someone is actually emailing me, befriending me, and asking me to write more) (THX SAKURAFANS!) Wyrm…I'm sorry I totally forgot about the time gap here. I changed the computer to a card catalog…don't know if I did that on FF.net yet, but it's changed on my computer! (and yes I finally got Microsoft Word to work, so no more spelling errors and hopefully no more grammar errors.) And I'm keeping the treatment center…it's just a very new thing to people…ok? Does that make u happy? I try to satisfy everyone…^^. I know it took me a long time to review, but what can I say? I was kinda not interested for a while. Now I have to push myself to work on this with high school coming around the corner and everything. I'M GOING TO BE A NINTH GRADER!!!!! EVERYONE CHEER!!!!! Demo…you want to read, so I'll leave u be. OH, and I finally got around to writing this. The poem at the beginning of the story isn't mine. I was sent a chain letter email thingy and I just changed the name Misty to Lina, and most of the daddy words to mommy, because it really fit into my story. But I so kept on forgetting the disclaimer. So whoever you are out there! You write really good poetry, and even though I didn't ask permission, I had to borrow it for a while. My friend suggests you get it copyrighted! Ja - KT-chan
"But Lina-chan...I'm not." (last sentence in chapter 6) (IF you don't read the authors notes now, can you read them when your done reading this chapter? THX!)
*A Couple Hours Later*
"Shimo...has she improved?"
"No. Maybe we...
"Maybe we should give her drug M?"
"Yes."
"That would speed up…the…"
"Yes, I know. And Lina doesn't even know."
"Yes, but if we give her the drug, she'll forget all the bad memories."
"Which means, we're hoping, that she'll remember she's 18."
"Yes. That's a plus."
"Do you think we should even though we haven't gotten her consent?"
"Yes. I think we should. You don't think we could get jailed for this?"
"I dunno, but it's a risk I'm willing to take."
"Same here."
*10 minutes later*
Shimo walks into Lina's room with a needle. Lina is asleep. She injects Lina with the needle, containing drug M. Lina groans a little as Shimo punctures her skin with the needle.
"S-Shimo? What are you doing?"
"I'm just giving you some medication, ok?"
"Alright, but I just got here…where's Kaji? I was supposed to go out to dinner with him to talk about some...things."
"Oh thank goodness Lina, you're back to normal!"
"Why...what was wrong?"
"Oh…well you were thinking you were 12 again."
"Really?"
"Yes...really."
"Then I..."
"Yes, Lina-chan. You glomped Kaji when he came in the room."
"Oh geez. I can't believe I did that."
"Ah...so you don't have that crush over him anymore?!"
"SHIMO!!"
*laughs* "I'm sorry, Lina...I just couldn't help it!"
"Ok I'll let that one slide, Shimo!"
"Lucky for me, right?"
"Yes. You don't want to be on the bad side of Lina Inverse!"
"Oh of course not!"
"Well Lina...Kaji will be in in a couple minutes to check on you. He just has to get rid of this Mr. Mettalium who is insistent on seeing you."
"Mettalium? With purple hair? Smiles all the time? THAT Mettalium?"
"Why yes...that sounds like him...is he a friend of yours?"
"Uuugh...send him in for a couple minutes. You can't make Xellos go away."
"Ok Lina-san………"
*5 minutes later*
"Hello Lina!"
"What do you want slime ball?"
"I want an explanation!"
"Of what?"
"Why are you in a cancer treatment center?"
"Why do you think, dumbass?!"
"Uuuuhhhh….."
"Ok now you're sounding like Gourry..."
"Ah...missing the jellyfish brains already?"
"No..."
"Of course you are. Oh well. So do you really have cancer?"
"Yeah…why does it matter anyway?"
"Well...Xellas wouldn't tell me anything and I was just SO curious I just HAD to ask. I mean…it's not fun when people know secrets about their friends and they won't say anything."
"No, ya think?!"
"I wasn't talking about me!"
"Go figure...ok well I have an appointment I must go to, so I'll be seeing you, Xellos."
"Lina..."
"I'm sorry, your time is up."
"Ok...but...what do you want me to tell Gourry? I know how...well Lina...he'll be a wreck unless you tell him SOMETHING!"
"Ok, messenger boy..."
"I am no one's messenger boy!"
"That's what you sound like! Ok now listen up. Tell Gourry that I'm fine. Don't come looking for me cause I can take care of myself." (Anyone thinking of Fushigi Yugi here?)
"Right like he's really going to believe that."
"Well it's true-"
"It may be true, but Gourry most certainly won't believe it."
"Oh well...and don't you dare say anything else but that! You promise?"
"Yes Lina-chan. Unless you tell me otherwise, I swear upon my masters great power that I will tell him nothing but that."
"Good. Bye!"
"Alrighty then! Nice seeing you Lina!"
*Xellos disappears*
"So, Kaji...ready to go?"
"Sure am Lina!"
*Kaji took off his white doctor jacket and put on a nicer one stored in the closet*
"Ok...now I feel bad. I have nothing nice to wear."
"Well that's ok Lina. What you have on is fine."
"Ok."
"Let's go."
"Right behind you."
*At the Restaurant*
"So…what's this restaurant called again?" Lina surveyed her surroundings. She was sitting at a nicely carved table with lots of other similar tables. The walls were covered with newspaper clippings, but Lina didn't have time to go and look at them. The silverware was nicely polished silver, and the napkins were fabric with real leather bindings on the side. Everything in the restaurant was the best of the best.
"Oh this little place? It's nothing. Really!"
"This is your restaurant, isn't it?"
"Why yes…now that you mention it…"
"So…what are the newspaper clippings of? And what is it called again?"
"Well…the newspaper clippings are all about you. And this is the official 'Lina Inverse Restaurant.'"
"You're kidding…right?"
"Why no…actually." Kaji smiled. He was very fond of this place. Hardly anyone came in here. Everyone was afraid of the 'Enemy of all who live.' Why would they want to go to a restaurant in her name? It was insane. But Kaji new Lina before she became famous. She's a good kid. Bound to great things, but…she's slowed down again. And something very important is happening.
"So…what was it you wanted to talk about?"
"Lina…what I'm about to say is very hard to believe. It's very big, and you have to believe me. There was no other option. It was a decision made on a whim."
"Ok…continue" Lina eyed Kaji warily. He was going to let out a big secret. She could tell, because Xellos gets like this when he talks about his secret knowledge.
"Well, when we brought you here, I had Shimo check on you while I took my rounds…"
"Yeah and you said my cancer was spreading…I know. Get on with it."
"That's not the only thing Shimo found. Most certainly not."
"Well…what is it?" Lina stared at the waitress that was walking up to them.
"Well-"
"Can I take you order? We don't get many customers here! And Lina Inverse has never come into her own restaurant before! NEVER!" The waitress had on a short magenta skirt. The shirt was white, and went down to her elbows. The over shirt was a magenta vest, and her chest was basically hanging out of the outfit. The waitress had purple hair, and you couldn't see her eyes since her bangs covered them. She had a mocking smile on her face.
"Ane-chan?"
"Excuse me?" The waitress lifted up her purple bangs and revealed a pair of two smiling eyes.
"XELLOS!" Lina stared at him. "Xellos?"
"Hai?"
"XELLOS?!"
"Yes, Lina-chan?"
"EEEeeeeeewwwwwwWWWWWW!!!!!"
"What?"
"YOU'RE A…a…a…a…a…a…oh that's just gross!"
"You mean to tell me that just because I am disguised as your sister that I'm gross?"
"NO! You're…a…a…a…a…oh gross you made yourself into a woman you freak!"
"Oh…is that it?"
"YES! Now go away!"
"OK…fine. But I'll be back!!!!!" Xellos cackles evily as he walks away.
Lina lets out a big sigh of relief, "Finally he's gone. Now…what were you going to tell me?"
"Oh…I was just going to say that you were pregnant."
Lina stared at him…and stared.
And stared
And stared some more.
"Lina-chan? Are you…OK?"
Lina blinked in reply.
"OK good. For a minute there I thought you hadn't heard me."
Lina blinked some more.
"Well…will you make some noise so I know you're alive?"
Lina got up from the table and walked over to the surprised looking Luna-Xellos, and screamed, "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!! You didn't hear that did you? OH MY GOD!!!!!" Lina walked back to her table and sat down.
"OK…I'm satisfied."
Lina blinked some more.
"I know it's hard to believe. I nearly chocked when Shimo told me! But…don't worry about it. It'll all be over in a month."
Lina blinked with a very surprised expression on her face.
"I know it does normally take nine months, doesn't it? But you remember that medicine Shimo gave you without asking?"
Lina blinked.
"Good, well it made you forget all your bad memories, but also speeds up the aging process on children. So…in one month your problem will be over! OH and before I forget! To make it easier…she'll grow up to be six years old in six months. Easy, yes? So now that I've told you the big news, you can tell me that you want that bone marrow transplant, ok?"
"Excuse me for a minute, will you?" Lina walked into the kitchen, where she found Luna-Xellos. She walked up to him and started crying on his shoulder.
"Lina-chan?"
Lina started crying even harder.
"Lina…it's ok! Everything's ok. You didn't blow up the world. You just got knocked up! That's it!" Xellos tried the comforting method. It made him gag, but this is what friends are for, right? Even a half friend would do this.
Chills racked through Lina body as she continued to cry.
"Ok…maybe that's not helping…BUT!" Xellos thought of a new option sticking his index finger high in the air. (like he's some kind of genius)
"NO! Don't you dare take me to Gourry. I'm strong! I have to be. Or else I wouldn't have made it this far." Lina pushed herself away from Xellos a bit.
"But Gourry melted your heart didn't he? And in turn it made you afraid." Xellos stared at Lina.
"Fearlessness was my only refuge from this disease. Now it's gone. I'm afraid again. And now I'm going to die. For sure." This was a depressing matter. But there was nothing Lina could do. Fate works in mysterious ways.
"Lina-chan. That's not true! What about the operation?" Xellos looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Xellos…do you really think someone wants to help the 'Enemy of all who Live' stay alive?" Lina stared at him incredulously.
"HEY!!! Kids can be perks, ya know! With those little angelic faces of theirs. Besides these people from your village…they talk about you in sincere reverence!" Xellos smiled putting his index finger near his face. ('Sore wa himitsu desu' mode)
"Yeah. That's because they all know what happened to me." Lina sighed.
"So, maybe you will find someone." Xellos smiles one of those rare very evil looking smiles as he leaned his face close to Lina's and opened his eyes.
Lina stared at him, "It's no use Xellos. I've made too many enemies." Lina started to cry again. Her life just wasn't fair. And definitely not today.
"Setai Daijobu dai yo…it'll be ok, for sure." Lina looks up and sees herself in Gourry's arms.
P.S. Please don't shove forks up my ass!!!!! .
"But Lina-chan...I'm not." (last sentence in chapter 6) (IF you don't read the authors notes now, can you read them when your done reading this chapter? THX!)
*A Couple Hours Later*
"Shimo...has she improved?"
"No. Maybe we...
"Maybe we should give her drug M?"
"Yes."
"That would speed up…the…"
"Yes, I know. And Lina doesn't even know."
"Yes, but if we give her the drug, she'll forget all the bad memories."
"Which means, we're hoping, that she'll remember she's 18."
"Yes. That's a plus."
"Do you think we should even though we haven't gotten her consent?"
"Yes. I think we should. You don't think we could get jailed for this?"
"I dunno, but it's a risk I'm willing to take."
"Same here."
*10 minutes later*
Shimo walks into Lina's room with a needle. Lina is asleep. She injects Lina with the needle, containing drug M. Lina groans a little as Shimo punctures her skin with the needle.
"S-Shimo? What are you doing?"
"I'm just giving you some medication, ok?"
"Alright, but I just got here…where's Kaji? I was supposed to go out to dinner with him to talk about some...things."
"Oh thank goodness Lina, you're back to normal!"
"Why...what was wrong?"
"Oh…well you were thinking you were 12 again."
"Really?"
"Yes...really."
"Then I..."
"Yes, Lina-chan. You glomped Kaji when he came in the room."
"Oh geez. I can't believe I did that."
"Ah...so you don't have that crush over him anymore?!"
"SHIMO!!"
*laughs* "I'm sorry, Lina...I just couldn't help it!"
"Ok I'll let that one slide, Shimo!"
"Lucky for me, right?"
"Yes. You don't want to be on the bad side of Lina Inverse!"
"Oh of course not!"
"Well Lina...Kaji will be in in a couple minutes to check on you. He just has to get rid of this Mr. Mettalium who is insistent on seeing you."
"Mettalium? With purple hair? Smiles all the time? THAT Mettalium?"
"Why yes...that sounds like him...is he a friend of yours?"
"Uuugh...send him in for a couple minutes. You can't make Xellos go away."
"Ok Lina-san………"
*5 minutes later*
"Hello Lina!"
"What do you want slime ball?"
"I want an explanation!"
"Of what?"
"Why are you in a cancer treatment center?"
"Why do you think, dumbass?!"
"Uuuuhhhh….."
"Ok now you're sounding like Gourry..."
"Ah...missing the jellyfish brains already?"
"No..."
"Of course you are. Oh well. So do you really have cancer?"
"Yeah…why does it matter anyway?"
"Well...Xellas wouldn't tell me anything and I was just SO curious I just HAD to ask. I mean…it's not fun when people know secrets about their friends and they won't say anything."
"No, ya think?!"
"I wasn't talking about me!"
"Go figure...ok well I have an appointment I must go to, so I'll be seeing you, Xellos."
"Lina..."
"I'm sorry, your time is up."
"Ok...but...what do you want me to tell Gourry? I know how...well Lina...he'll be a wreck unless you tell him SOMETHING!"
"Ok, messenger boy..."
"I am no one's messenger boy!"
"That's what you sound like! Ok now listen up. Tell Gourry that I'm fine. Don't come looking for me cause I can take care of myself." (Anyone thinking of Fushigi Yugi here?)
"Right like he's really going to believe that."
"Well it's true-"
"It may be true, but Gourry most certainly won't believe it."
"Oh well...and don't you dare say anything else but that! You promise?"
"Yes Lina-chan. Unless you tell me otherwise, I swear upon my masters great power that I will tell him nothing but that."
"Good. Bye!"
"Alrighty then! Nice seeing you Lina!"
*Xellos disappears*
"So, Kaji...ready to go?"
"Sure am Lina!"
*Kaji took off his white doctor jacket and put on a nicer one stored in the closet*
"Ok...now I feel bad. I have nothing nice to wear."
"Well that's ok Lina. What you have on is fine."
"Ok."
"Let's go."
"Right behind you."
*At the Restaurant*
"So…what's this restaurant called again?" Lina surveyed her surroundings. She was sitting at a nicely carved table with lots of other similar tables. The walls were covered with newspaper clippings, but Lina didn't have time to go and look at them. The silverware was nicely polished silver, and the napkins were fabric with real leather bindings on the side. Everything in the restaurant was the best of the best.
"Oh this little place? It's nothing. Really!"
"This is your restaurant, isn't it?"
"Why yes…now that you mention it…"
"So…what are the newspaper clippings of? And what is it called again?"
"Well…the newspaper clippings are all about you. And this is the official 'Lina Inverse Restaurant.'"
"You're kidding…right?"
"Why no…actually." Kaji smiled. He was very fond of this place. Hardly anyone came in here. Everyone was afraid of the 'Enemy of all who live.' Why would they want to go to a restaurant in her name? It was insane. But Kaji new Lina before she became famous. She's a good kid. Bound to great things, but…she's slowed down again. And something very important is happening.
"So…what was it you wanted to talk about?"
"Lina…what I'm about to say is very hard to believe. It's very big, and you have to believe me. There was no other option. It was a decision made on a whim."
"Ok…continue" Lina eyed Kaji warily. He was going to let out a big secret. She could tell, because Xellos gets like this when he talks about his secret knowledge.
"Well, when we brought you here, I had Shimo check on you while I took my rounds…"
"Yeah and you said my cancer was spreading…I know. Get on with it."
"That's not the only thing Shimo found. Most certainly not."
"Well…what is it?" Lina stared at the waitress that was walking up to them.
"Well-"
"Can I take you order? We don't get many customers here! And Lina Inverse has never come into her own restaurant before! NEVER!" The waitress had on a short magenta skirt. The shirt was white, and went down to her elbows. The over shirt was a magenta vest, and her chest was basically hanging out of the outfit. The waitress had purple hair, and you couldn't see her eyes since her bangs covered them. She had a mocking smile on her face.
"Ane-chan?"
"Excuse me?" The waitress lifted up her purple bangs and revealed a pair of two smiling eyes.
"XELLOS!" Lina stared at him. "Xellos?"
"Hai?"
"XELLOS?!"
"Yes, Lina-chan?"
"EEEeeeeeewwwwwwWWWWWW!!!!!"
"What?"
"YOU'RE A…a…a…a…a…a…oh that's just gross!"
"You mean to tell me that just because I am disguised as your sister that I'm gross?"
"NO! You're…a…a…a…a…oh gross you made yourself into a woman you freak!"
"Oh…is that it?"
"YES! Now go away!"
"OK…fine. But I'll be back!!!!!" Xellos cackles evily as he walks away.
Lina lets out a big sigh of relief, "Finally he's gone. Now…what were you going to tell me?"
"Oh…I was just going to say that you were pregnant."
Lina stared at him…and stared.
And stared
And stared some more.
"Lina-chan? Are you…OK?"
Lina blinked in reply.
"OK good. For a minute there I thought you hadn't heard me."
Lina blinked some more.
"Well…will you make some noise so I know you're alive?"
Lina got up from the table and walked over to the surprised looking Luna-Xellos, and screamed, "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!! You didn't hear that did you? OH MY GOD!!!!!" Lina walked back to her table and sat down.
"OK…I'm satisfied."
Lina blinked some more.
"I know it's hard to believe. I nearly chocked when Shimo told me! But…don't worry about it. It'll all be over in a month."
Lina blinked with a very surprised expression on her face.
"I know it does normally take nine months, doesn't it? But you remember that medicine Shimo gave you without asking?"
Lina blinked.
"Good, well it made you forget all your bad memories, but also speeds up the aging process on children. So…in one month your problem will be over! OH and before I forget! To make it easier…she'll grow up to be six years old in six months. Easy, yes? So now that I've told you the big news, you can tell me that you want that bone marrow transplant, ok?"
"Excuse me for a minute, will you?" Lina walked into the kitchen, where she found Luna-Xellos. She walked up to him and started crying on his shoulder.
"Lina-chan?"
Lina started crying even harder.
"Lina…it's ok! Everything's ok. You didn't blow up the world. You just got knocked up! That's it!" Xellos tried the comforting method. It made him gag, but this is what friends are for, right? Even a half friend would do this.
Chills racked through Lina body as she continued to cry.
"Ok…maybe that's not helping…BUT!" Xellos thought of a new option sticking his index finger high in the air. (like he's some kind of genius)
"NO! Don't you dare take me to Gourry. I'm strong! I have to be. Or else I wouldn't have made it this far." Lina pushed herself away from Xellos a bit.
"But Gourry melted your heart didn't he? And in turn it made you afraid." Xellos stared at Lina.
"Fearlessness was my only refuge from this disease. Now it's gone. I'm afraid again. And now I'm going to die. For sure." This was a depressing matter. But there was nothing Lina could do. Fate works in mysterious ways.
"Lina-chan. That's not true! What about the operation?" Xellos looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Xellos…do you really think someone wants to help the 'Enemy of all who Live' stay alive?" Lina stared at him incredulously.
"HEY!!! Kids can be perks, ya know! With those little angelic faces of theirs. Besides these people from your village…they talk about you in sincere reverence!" Xellos smiled putting his index finger near his face. ('Sore wa himitsu desu' mode)
"Yeah. That's because they all know what happened to me." Lina sighed.
"So, maybe you will find someone." Xellos smiles one of those rare very evil looking smiles as he leaned his face close to Lina's and opened his eyes.
Lina stared at him, "It's no use Xellos. I've made too many enemies." Lina started to cry again. Her life just wasn't fair. And definitely not today.
"Setai Daijobu dai yo…it'll be ok, for sure." Lina looks up and sees herself in Gourry's arms.
P.S. Please don't shove forks up my ass!!!!! .