Chapter 8
Hi! You really think its AU, Samanda? It's not supposed to be, oh well. I'm glad you like it! As I promised, this chapter will be longer and will have some action in it. Hope you keep reading.
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"So, dare I ask the stubborn-OW!" Seiya stopped in mid-sentence when Lina punched him in the gut. Lina grinned and turned to continue walking, the town of Windsmill far behind.
"Oh, you'll live," Lina said; she stopped when a slight tug came from her cape. "Let me guess, you're tired?"
The kit nodded and, smiling, Lina stooped down and picked up Spitfire. Spitfire quickly scrambled onto her shoulder and they began to walk again.
"Lina," Zel ran up to her to speak with her. "Do think that walking with a baby dragon on your shoulder is such a good idea?"
"Nope," Lina said as they began to approach a fork in the road. To the right, there was a lush, green forest. To the left there was a dirt path that lead on for miles. "But do you think that it would be very motherly if I made my child, a child that is not even two years of age, walk the entire way?" Zelgadis shut up.
"So, Miss Lina," Amelia obviously hadn't gotten the idea of quiet. Lina nearly erupted in laughter when Fi said –She really isn't very smart, is she? -, It appeared like Zel had caught that remark as well and had turned his head to hide his smile. "Which way?"
"We go to the right." Lina said as she began into the forest. No one argued because Lina seemed preoccupied. And she was.
-You know, didn't we just get out of a forest? – Fi asked as she nibbled on an end of Lina's hair, a habit she had been doing a lot.
Yep, but that was a different forest, this one isn't as long and leads to a special place.
And where does it lead, Lina? Lina's head snapped to the right to find Zel looking at her, eyebrows raised.
I didn't know you could hear us, or talk to us for that matter,
Comes with the mazoku part of me. If Xellos were here, he would be able to do it too.
Oh,
-Hello? Remember me? – Lina smiled as Fi began to complain.
Take a nap She said as she placed a sleep spell on the kit.
Is that healthy?
Nope, but she was beginning to complain
I hate to interrupted, but where are we going, Chibi Hi? Both heads turned to face Seiya. What? You didn't think I couldn't do it?
That's right, we have the same mother. You, of all people, should know this path, Seiya.
Let's see Lina turned away to face Zel
This will take a while, my brother does not have the best of memories, if you must know, we're going to my hometown, Zelphiria. Seiya froze and stared at Lina, wide eyed. Zelgadis raised an eyebrow and Lina giggled. Seiya's afraid of going home too.
Really? Well, that's interesting
Everyone froze and Lina, Seiya, Elkin, and Zelgadis turned to face a side of the forest. There, sitting in the trees, were twenty to thirty bandits. They all had hoods that covered their eyes and had some kind of weapon.
"Not again," Lina mumbled, then turned to Amelia and handed her the sleeping kit. "Amelia, take her and go hide, this is not going to be pretty." Amelia obeyed and Lina turned back to the bandits as he began to speak. Lina silently mouthed along with him.
"Give us the girl and we won't hurt you!" Though it sounded very serious, Zel, Elkin, and Seiya were trying to keep a straight face while watching Lina. While she was mouthing along, she was making funny faces to go with the remarks. "GET THEM!"
"Everyone, scramble!" Lina called out. Zelgadis jumped out of the way of a sword and quickly drew his own, bringing on a battle. Elkin and Seiya took on defense while Gourry ran for his life as Lina threw attack after attack.
"FIRE BALL! FLARE ARROW! MEGA BRANDO! BURST FLARE!" Lina screamed. She ran into the now charred remnants of the forest to get better ground.
Zelgadis charged at his opponent, knocking his sword to the ground. Zel smirked and began to chant under his breath. "RA TILT!"
Elkin switched to offense and charged at around three of the bandits. "GAVULET FLARE!" He screamed.
Seiya looked at Zel who shrugged his shoulders and took on another bandit. Seiya shook his head and began to chant under his breath. Zel looked up and noticed a certain sorceress chanting in tune with Seiya. Soon, Elkin joined in and Zel grabbed Amelia and Gourry and got away just before they released the spell. "DRAGON SLAVE!!!!!"
The entire clearing erupted into a huge blast of energy, revealing just how many bandits there really were, around seventy or eighty! And what's more is, most survived! Lina jumped over to one and grabbed him by the arm. "FIRE BALL!"
As she was landing, Lina tripped and landed on her face. One of the bandits took this as an opportunity. "EARTHEN TRAP!" As he said this, the ground came up on Lina and snatched her by the hands. With her hands now buried, the bandits slowly approached her, but as they were nearing, a huge blast sent them running, Lina looked up in surprise and watched as the bandits teleported out. "Mazoku!"
A figure dressed in white approached Lina and pulled out a knife. Everyone held their breath as the figure cut Lina's hands out of the earth that held her. The figure stood up, and Lina gently rubbed her wrists. "Thanks a lot, sis! I thought I was done for!" Lina stood up as well and then grabbed her sister by the arms and pulled her into a hug.
"Luna!" Seiya exclaimed and ran over to join the reunion. Lina smiled and Luna pulled her hood down to reveal shoulder length purple hair. Her bangs were in the way of her eyes, but she looked up to reveal beautiful aqua eyes filled with emotion.
"Long time, Lina, Seiya," Luna nodded towards her siblings and then turned to Lina. "I'm guessing you're finally coming home?" Lina smiled and nodded. Luna smiled back and then began to walk the way she came with Lina and the others in tow. As they were walking, Fi scampered up and climbed onto Lina's shoulder, and Zel walked up to walk beside her.
I thought you were afraid of your sister Lina smiled at him.
I am, but she is my sister, and I love her, she's family, even if she is scary
Zelgadis raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything. Lina shook her head and followed her sister.
"Lina," Luna said, not taking her eyes off the road. "You never introduced me to your friends."
"Oh!" Lina laughed nevously and put a hand behind her head. "Right, um, that's Amelia," Lina motioned towards the brunette at her right. "Zel, and Gourry."
"Ah, Zel," Luna said softly so no one heard them. "He's a chimera, right?"
"How did you know?" Lina asked, stopping for a brief moment.
"His skin isn't the right color for an earthen elf, which was my first thought, and elf's eyes are not silted." Luna smiled and gave her sister a wink. "The only thing I could think about was a chimera, he's got some mazoku, I know that. And he still has his humanity, other wise he'd be around crazy right now. The only thing I don't know is the third part."
"Who said there was a third part?" Lina inquired, trying to find out as much as she could.
"Well, I don't know of any humans or mazokus that have pebbles." Lina blushed slightly, a little embarrassed.
"You're right, the third part is Golem." Luna nodded and smiled.
"So, how did you meet him?"
"Hm? Zel? Oh, we met a while back. I had this stone he wanted, so he ended up kidnapping me, and then we became friends." Lina shrugged and Luna laughed.
"Well, look, we're home." Luna smiled as Lina looked around her hometown. It was the same. There were stores boarding the single dirt road that led in and out of the town. The town wasn't very big, and everyone knew everyone else. "Everyone! Look who's home!" She called. Everyone in the area turned their heads and then rushed over.
Lina was immediately crowded with people. She was receiving more hugs then she had in her entire life. Lina smiled as people welcomed her home.
"Lin!!!" A voice from the back of the crowd called. Everyone made way as Lina rushed through, the others in tow.
"Jess!" The girl Lina called had extremely short blue hair and violet eyes. The two ran over to each other. Surprisingly, Jess was smaller than Lina. Jess jumped the rest of the distance between the two and Lina caught her by the undersides of her arms, and spun her around. The two stood there for a moment before Jess grabbed Lina and pulled her towards a nearby store. The store was two stories high; the top one had two windows, one of which opened up to reveal a tall girl around Lina's age. She had auburn colored hair that went down just below her shoulders.
"Hey, Nick! Look who came back!" Jess shouted to the girl. Nick looked out the window, gasped, and using her left arm to lift her, jumped out of the window and landed beside Lina.
"Lina Inverse! Long time no see!" The two girls hugged and then went into happy gossip. After a few minutes, Nick spoke up.
"Well, now we have to get Angel and Amy, to complete our group!" Lina nodded, but then realized she had forgotten something.
"You guys! I have to introduce my other friends." She motioned for the others to come over, which they obeyed. "Fist off, this," She said, pointing to the creature on her shoulders. "Is Spitfire, but we just call her Fi. That's Zel, Amelia, Gourry, and you remember my brother, don't you? You guys, this is Jessica Raymond, and Nicole Dormant." Everyone introduced them selves and then looked at Lina for further instructions. "Um, Nick, Jess, why don't you guys go and get Ang and Ames and then meet me at my house, I still have to get accommodated."
Jess and Nick nodded and, after saying their see you laters, left. Lina turned to her friends. "Well, come on, my house is this way!"
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Okay, see? Longer and action! Okay, you guys, I need some help for the next chapter. We have three choices. 1) I can have Lina and Zel get together, turning this into an action/adventure/romance fic 2) Lina could get together with her old friends, and then they could do something none of you would guess! Or 3) we could have a short side story with Luna about how annoying younger siblings can really be.
It's your choice! The one with the most votes will get in the story! So choose wisely!