~Chapter 4~
'What in L-sama's name is she doing? Does she not have a place to go to?'
Much to Val's surprise Ailah was still walking with him, even when he offered to bring her home first before he went to his. She just simply shook her head no and continued to walk beside Val. Val wasn't one to argue so he just let her be not thinking there might be more to it.
'What a peculiar girl!' Val glanced to the girl next to him, who seemed to be in awe with everything around her. The lights from windows and streetlamps seemed to fascinate her as if she had never seen them before. It amused Val how curious she was with them. It was nice to just walk with someone and not have to feel anxious, that was how he always was with Filia, but with Ailah it was different. It was weird because he had just met her and yet he felt as if he had known her all his life. Shortly after they finally arrived to Val's home meeting a panicked Filia at the door. Not noticing Ailah, Filia ran up and hugged him nearly crushing him with her dragon strength. Ok not nearly she really was crushing him.
"Val where have you been this whole time? I woke up from my nap to find you gone and not a word as to where! What if something might have happened to you? You could have been injured or worse and I would not have known. Are you even listening to me?"
If Val could answer he would have but he was still in Filia's bear hug of death. Filia let go of Val so she could hear what he had to say but with a stern look on her face. She really was pissed.
" I just went for a walk and I got lost." Val gasped out sucking in the much-needed oxygen. But Filia seemed suspicious especially when she finally took notice of Ailah. Filia scowled at the young girl and turned to Val, "Right! You were lost! And just who might this be? She doesn't look like a fork in the road!
Val was shocked by Filia's rudeness, but figured that it was just from her worrying about him.
"Filia this is Ailah, I met her while I was in the woods."
Filia walked right past Val towards Ailah until they were toe to toe. The ex-dragon priestess looked the girl up and down as if she was inspecting her trying to find one minor flaw or imperfection. All the while Ailah just stood watching Filia with a smile on her face. That smile was really starting to bother Filia.
"So Ailah is it? Where are you from and what in Ceipheed's name were you doing out in the forest so late and all by yourself?"
Ailah just continued to look at Filia and when she still didn't answer it took everything Filia had not to smack her with her well-hidden mace under her dress. Val noticed Filia's irritation and quickly stepped in between the two girls before the next Kouma war broke out.
"Filia, Ailah can't speak!" he whispered in Filia's ear. Filia had a look of surprise on her face and looked from Val to Ailah and back to Val again. With this new knowledge Filia felt really guilty for being harsh. She didn't even have a reason to be so rude.
Regaining what little dignity she had left, Filia apologized for being small minded and asked if Ailah wanted to stay for dinner. Only L-sama knows why she did that! But Ailah gave the same warm smile she always wore to show she accepted the offer. Then the two girls walked inside the cottage with Val tailing behind them utterly confused by the sudden hospitality of Filia.
As Val sat down at the table waiting for dinner, he couldn't help but think of Ailah and Filia's questions. Where exactly was she from? Who were her parents? Did she have any family at all? Also Val mentally asked himself what was up with Filia. She had never in his life seen her like that unless it was with good reason like a mean customer or something. 'Only Ailah didn't do anything at all! Filia was rude the moment she saw Ailah.'
Dinner went along smoothly that night. Jillas and Gravos were on their best behavior in front of Ailah, who as Val noticed, had impeccable table manners. Even Filia seemed to have gotten over whatever it was when he brought Ailah home. It was kind of eerie how calm everyone was, dinner had never been this quiet before even with guests over. Val grinned at the memory of the last people that came over for dinner…
-Flashback Last Month-
"Miss Lina please that was all the food we had left!"
Val stood off to the side while he watched Filia try to calm down the aforementioned sorceress who was about to fireball his home. Apparently she and her travel companion Gourry came at a bad time for dinner. I say that it was a bad time because Filia had yet to do the grocery shopping and all that was left in the kitchen were some carrots and a wheel of cheese. Well that was what they had before Lina made her presence known so to speak. She didn't let Gourry have even a tiny crumb of food and by the look on his face he needed something to eat and fast. His face resembled that of a skeleton.
"I can't believe this! How can you let a great sorcery genius like myself go hungry? It's wrong I tell you, wrong! I thought we were friends Filia!" Lina still had her self-absorbed way of thinking and it was really making Filia angry. For a moment Val thought he saw her have a tail! (that's right folks he doesn't know she's a dragon! ^_^)
"Miss Lina if I had known that you and Mr. Gourry were going to drop by I would have prepared something more to what you are accustomed to just because of our friendship. But since you came unannounced you shouldn't complain about your empty stomach!" Filia said through clenched teeth.
Gathering what strength he had left Gourry sat up and said "But she needs to eat Filia, I mean how else will her little breasts develop?"
If you were to stand at the bottom of the valley on the other side of town you would be able to hear a shrill "Fireball!" and see a trail of smoke emerging from the earth heading towards the sky.
-End Flashback-
Val was thankful that this dinner wasn't going to be anything like that. It was awhile before they had the house the way it was, before Lina fireballed it. It was nice to have company over, not to mention Jillas and Gravos using table manners for once!
A/N- There you have it the latest installment of Forbidden Love! If you have any questions or comments then feel free to e-mail me or AIM me @ Psychomouse604! I want to thank all the wonderful people who have been there giving me all the wonderful reviews and feedback, it means so much to know my work is appreciated! Gomen that I can't thank everyone personally but I will in time. ^_^ Also for the 50th person to review my fic I will give them a prize of their choice. Either a teaser of an upcoming chapter or I will answer any question that they may have even if it is a spoiler. I have never seen this done before and I hope this will start a trend of some sorts. So please r/r!!!!!
'What in L-sama's name is she doing? Does she not have a place to go to?'
Much to Val's surprise Ailah was still walking with him, even when he offered to bring her home first before he went to his. She just simply shook her head no and continued to walk beside Val. Val wasn't one to argue so he just let her be not thinking there might be more to it.
'What a peculiar girl!' Val glanced to the girl next to him, who seemed to be in awe with everything around her. The lights from windows and streetlamps seemed to fascinate her as if she had never seen them before. It amused Val how curious she was with them. It was nice to just walk with someone and not have to feel anxious, that was how he always was with Filia, but with Ailah it was different. It was weird because he had just met her and yet he felt as if he had known her all his life. Shortly after they finally arrived to Val's home meeting a panicked Filia at the door. Not noticing Ailah, Filia ran up and hugged him nearly crushing him with her dragon strength. Ok not nearly she really was crushing him.
"Val where have you been this whole time? I woke up from my nap to find you gone and not a word as to where! What if something might have happened to you? You could have been injured or worse and I would not have known. Are you even listening to me?"
If Val could answer he would have but he was still in Filia's bear hug of death. Filia let go of Val so she could hear what he had to say but with a stern look on her face. She really was pissed.
" I just went for a walk and I got lost." Val gasped out sucking in the much-needed oxygen. But Filia seemed suspicious especially when she finally took notice of Ailah. Filia scowled at the young girl and turned to Val, "Right! You were lost! And just who might this be? She doesn't look like a fork in the road!
Val was shocked by Filia's rudeness, but figured that it was just from her worrying about him.
"Filia this is Ailah, I met her while I was in the woods."
Filia walked right past Val towards Ailah until they were toe to toe. The ex-dragon priestess looked the girl up and down as if she was inspecting her trying to find one minor flaw or imperfection. All the while Ailah just stood watching Filia with a smile on her face. That smile was really starting to bother Filia.
"So Ailah is it? Where are you from and what in Ceipheed's name were you doing out in the forest so late and all by yourself?"
Ailah just continued to look at Filia and when she still didn't answer it took everything Filia had not to smack her with her well-hidden mace under her dress. Val noticed Filia's irritation and quickly stepped in between the two girls before the next Kouma war broke out.
"Filia, Ailah can't speak!" he whispered in Filia's ear. Filia had a look of surprise on her face and looked from Val to Ailah and back to Val again. With this new knowledge Filia felt really guilty for being harsh. She didn't even have a reason to be so rude.
Regaining what little dignity she had left, Filia apologized for being small minded and asked if Ailah wanted to stay for dinner. Only L-sama knows why she did that! But Ailah gave the same warm smile she always wore to show she accepted the offer. Then the two girls walked inside the cottage with Val tailing behind them utterly confused by the sudden hospitality of Filia.
As Val sat down at the table waiting for dinner, he couldn't help but think of Ailah and Filia's questions. Where exactly was she from? Who were her parents? Did she have any family at all? Also Val mentally asked himself what was up with Filia. She had never in his life seen her like that unless it was with good reason like a mean customer or something. 'Only Ailah didn't do anything at all! Filia was rude the moment she saw Ailah.'
Dinner went along smoothly that night. Jillas and Gravos were on their best behavior in front of Ailah, who as Val noticed, had impeccable table manners. Even Filia seemed to have gotten over whatever it was when he brought Ailah home. It was kind of eerie how calm everyone was, dinner had never been this quiet before even with guests over. Val grinned at the memory of the last people that came over for dinner…
-Flashback Last Month-
"Miss Lina please that was all the food we had left!"
Val stood off to the side while he watched Filia try to calm down the aforementioned sorceress who was about to fireball his home. Apparently she and her travel companion Gourry came at a bad time for dinner. I say that it was a bad time because Filia had yet to do the grocery shopping and all that was left in the kitchen were some carrots and a wheel of cheese. Well that was what they had before Lina made her presence known so to speak. She didn't let Gourry have even a tiny crumb of food and by the look on his face he needed something to eat and fast. His face resembled that of a skeleton.
"I can't believe this! How can you let a great sorcery genius like myself go hungry? It's wrong I tell you, wrong! I thought we were friends Filia!" Lina still had her self-absorbed way of thinking and it was really making Filia angry. For a moment Val thought he saw her have a tail! (that's right folks he doesn't know she's a dragon! ^_^)
"Miss Lina if I had known that you and Mr. Gourry were going to drop by I would have prepared something more to what you are accustomed to just because of our friendship. But since you came unannounced you shouldn't complain about your empty stomach!" Filia said through clenched teeth.
Gathering what strength he had left Gourry sat up and said "But she needs to eat Filia, I mean how else will her little breasts develop?"
If you were to stand at the bottom of the valley on the other side of town you would be able to hear a shrill "Fireball!" and see a trail of smoke emerging from the earth heading towards the sky.
-End Flashback-
Val was thankful that this dinner wasn't going to be anything like that. It was awhile before they had the house the way it was, before Lina fireballed it. It was nice to have company over, not to mention Jillas and Gravos using table manners for once!
A/N- There you have it the latest installment of Forbidden Love! If you have any questions or comments then feel free to e-mail me or AIM me @ Psychomouse604! I want to thank all the wonderful people who have been there giving me all the wonderful reviews and feedback, it means so much to know my work is appreciated! Gomen that I can't thank everyone personally but I will in time. ^_^ Also for the 50th person to review my fic I will give them a prize of their choice. Either a teaser of an upcoming chapter or I will answer any question that they may have even if it is a spoiler. I have never seen this done before and I hope this will start a trend of some sorts. So please r/r!!!!!
