'Stupid Xellos. Stupid Filia. Stupid inn. Stupid prophecy! Stupid
baby! STUPID PANTS!!!!' Line mentally growled as she looked through the
clothes. They all looked nice enough, but none of them were big enough. She
didn't like the bigger sizes. They weren't her size! She wasn't fat! She
knew she wasn't fat!
The baby gave a gentle kick as it moved inside her. She glared at it. All of this was that little creature's fault. She loathed the being growing inside her. It wasn't suppose to be there. She didn't want it there. How could she let it grow there? How could she be dumb enough to get pregnant in the first place? How could she have not known sooner?
Her mind came back to the last question. That was the one she had the most trouble with. She had always been very careful to keep track of everything about her body, especially after she and Gourry had eloped. It seemed impossible to think she wouldn't notice being late for four months. Yet, the kicking and moving inside her belly was a constant reminder that she had lost track. She had not paid attention just once... 'This is all Gourry's fault!' she mentally grumbled. 'He did this to me and I will make him pay for it for a VERY long time.'
"I think it would be very pretty on you, Miss Amelia," Filia stated. She and Amelia had moved over to another part of the little shop after Lina had given them the look of eminent dragonslaves for trying to help her pick out clothes.
Amelia held the lovely green dress back so she could look it over carefully. "I don't know. Green really isn't my color."
"You could still try it on," the blonde insisted.
Lina growled and went back to the clothes before her. She reached out and grabbed a pink pair that came close to the color of her current clothes. They were bigger around the waist and looked like they would hang off of her. She had to get them bigger then she currently needed, though. This baby was going to get bigger and so was she, so too big was necessary. The sorceress let out a disgruntled sigh before trudging off to the little cloth changing rooms. She struggled out of her old pair of pants and then slipped on the new ones. They felt baggy all around and only stayed up when she had her belt on. 'This stinks! I look fat in these!'
A fluttering in pit of her belly reminded Lina once again of the being inside her. "Don't you ever sit still in there," she breathed out. It kicked back. "Guess not." One of her hands traced over the slight curve now showing on her petite body as she willed the baby to be still yet unconsciously encouraged it. "None of this is personal against you little baby, I just don't really want you. Frankly, you'd have been better off with some happy couple that actually wanted kids. You got to understand Gourry and I aren't exactly the parenting types... Well, maybe Gourry is, but that's because he has the IQ of a kid... and he'd guard you with his life. He... well, Gourry... is, well..." 'is already thrilled about all this and can't wait to see his child,' she mentally finished. "Just... just don't tell him any of this, okay? I don't need him making any more of a fuss over me then he already is. I don't even want to know what comes after carrying me everywhere and insisting on going ABSOLUTELY everywhere with me. We'll just, you know, keep this between the two of us for now, okay?" The baby gave another kick...or a punch. She wasn't sure which was which. Sometimes she thought the baby did both just to annoy her. Lina unconsciously smiled as she rubbed a hand over where the baby had moved.
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"Well, maybe something in blue would look good," Filia suggested as she pulled out a simple yet pretty blue dress. "It might bring out the color of your eyes a little."
"I really don't need anything," Amelia insisted. "I already have more clothes than I know what to do with at home. I don't need any more. Besides, dresses aren't all that good for climbing trees or doing acrobatics in. I think I'll stick with what I already have."
The dragon woman gave a disappointed sigh and put the dress back. She really preferred helping people shop over doing it for herself. She could never find things for herself, but she had always been good at spotting things that would look good on others. It was something she had picked up when she use to shop with her mother as a child. Part of her missed being young and naive again even if she was still horrified about what her people had done to the ancient dragons.
Filia's whole body suddenly became tense. Her tail popped out and caught some curious glances from the people near by. A serge of anger passed through her body and she instantly knew who it was.
"Looking for a new outfit, Filia?" his smug voice inquired. "About time. You should have replaced that drab little dress a long time ago..."
"XELLOS!!!" she roared. The blonde whirled around, mace in hand, and came nose to nose with the monster in question.
"Yeeesss?" the trickster asked in an arrogant tone which only furthered her anger.
Her hand tensed around the handle of her mace as she struggled not to lose her temper. "Go away!" she barked.
Xellos' smile only grew. "And where would you like me to go?"
"Anywhere but here!"
The priest reached out and grabbed her shoulders. They both suddenly disappeared and reappeared a few centimeters from where they had just been standing. "How about here? Is this better?"
She growled and her knuckles began to turn white from where she was holding her mace. "Go back to where you were before this!" They were teleported back to where they had been standing only a few moments ago. "I mean before you came here!!" she roared.
"Oh. Well, if you wanted to go home with me, you shou..."
"NO!!!" she screeched as she leaped back. "I'm not going anywhere with you!" She swung her mace several times but missed him and managed not to damage the sop as well. "Hold still!"
"Only if you do as well," he teased as he appeared behind the infuriated dragon. He took a deep whiff of her hair before teleporting to avoid another swipe of Filia's mace.
"Pervert!!!" she cried.
Lina came running out of the dressing room and stopped next to Amelia. "Oh, great, he's back," the sorceress grumbled.
"Is this ALL we came back to do?" Xaina griped. Lina and Amelia glanced to the right and saw the child sitting in the air as if there was an invisible chair there. The girl had a rather cross look on her face. "There are more important things then annoying Filia."
"Tell that to Xellos."
"I'm trying," the girl insisted. "He's not listening. Why don't people listen to me?"
Lina smiled and held out her arms to child. Xaina floated down and happily snuggled up to the sorceress. "Your little. Nobody listens to the little people until the little people cast dragon slaves. Trust me on this one." Xaina giggled which caused Lina and Amelia to giggle as well. "Dragon slaving them here might not be a good idea, though."
"So then what do we do?" the child inquired.
"We sing the "life is wonderful" song," Amelia chirped. Xaina tilted her head to one side and blinked her amethyst eyes curiously. The princess took a deep breath and began to sing in as loud as voice as she could manage, "Life is happy. Life is wonderful. I love life. You love life. Everyone loves life because life is happy happy happy." Xellos cringed and his face started to turn green. "Life is happy..."
"Life is wonderful," Xaina joined in. "I love life. You love life. Everyone loves life because life is happy happy happy..."
The trickster rounded on the singing girls and glared at them through his closed eyes. "Xaina! Stop singing! Your only helping them!"
"I know," the girl replied with a delighted grin. "Life is happy. Life is wonderful."
"Traitor," Xellos grumbled. He teleported to Lina, grabbed the girl, then teleported away.
Everyone in the shop was still staring at the slayers women. Lina suddenly became very aware of those eyes and blushed a deep crimson. She quickly rushed over to pay for the pants and then dragged her companions out of there.
~~~~~
"You do not sing such demented songs!" Xellos scolded when the reappeared on Wolfpack Island in Xaina's room.
"Why? They're fun." Xaina stated.
"Because they are at a level of cruelty that even I would not touch with a ten foot poll."
The girl scratched her head as her teacher dropped her on her bed. "But they're just happy songs."
"They're bad songs for monsters. They hurt monsters," he explained.
"But they didn't hurt me when I was singing them."
He let out a deep sigh. "That's because you're a special monster." The child was about to offer another protest but Xellos cut in before she could. "They don't hurt you because of your human side, but they hurt everyone else. Don't do it, alright?"
"But if they just hurt everyone else and not me, then why should I stop?" she asked with a devilish grin.
Xellos gulped. He was beginning wish she was still afraid of him. 'I've really created a little beast now, haven't I? Perhaps it's time to STOP teaching her to be sneaky and mean.' "Uh, well... uhhhhh... you shouldn't because... ummm... because I told you so! And don't argue with me! I'll make you do more training with the master if you do!" Xaina moaned and pouted. "Good little obedient Xaina," he teased as he ruffled her black hair. She stuck out her tongue at him.
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Eh, sorry this chapter took so long to get done. Every one of my teachers is cramming as much as they possibly can in before finals and I haven't had much time for anything else. I have no idea when the next chapter will be done, but I guarantee it wont be until after finals.
Mika-Mika Tou , thank you for the compliment. God, Zel is so hard to work with sometimes. Poor little angsty guy. I know I promised some z/a and l/g, but, well, it didn't come out that way. I will really try and have something in the next chapter, which may turn out kind of long with what I want to do with it. And I would never steal anyone's characters, Sarah_Seyruun_Greywords. I think stealing other's characters is wrong. Yours do sound quite cute, though.
Alright, one last thing before I go. I had a friend read a little of this and she asked me why I thought Lina would not like her kid. At this point, it really does seem like Lina kind of hates her baby. Well, she does in a way. Lina has always struck me as someone who does things by her rules and her's alone. This child does not follow in to her whole scheme of things. It hasn't followed her rules. You upset Lina's balance of things, and well, you have trouble. Problem is, she can't really do a whole lot to pay this trouble back. I have read several fics where Lina is thrilled to have a child but I personally don't think she would be right away. No, this doesn't mean she'll hate this child forever; she really is just not happy now. I know she will have warmed up to it a it by the time it is born. Anyway, I thought I should explain why I have her thinking the way she currently is. I'll get back to my studies now and let the rest of you go back to your lives.
The baby gave a gentle kick as it moved inside her. She glared at it. All of this was that little creature's fault. She loathed the being growing inside her. It wasn't suppose to be there. She didn't want it there. How could she let it grow there? How could she be dumb enough to get pregnant in the first place? How could she have not known sooner?
Her mind came back to the last question. That was the one she had the most trouble with. She had always been very careful to keep track of everything about her body, especially after she and Gourry had eloped. It seemed impossible to think she wouldn't notice being late for four months. Yet, the kicking and moving inside her belly was a constant reminder that she had lost track. She had not paid attention just once... 'This is all Gourry's fault!' she mentally grumbled. 'He did this to me and I will make him pay for it for a VERY long time.'
"I think it would be very pretty on you, Miss Amelia," Filia stated. She and Amelia had moved over to another part of the little shop after Lina had given them the look of eminent dragonslaves for trying to help her pick out clothes.
Amelia held the lovely green dress back so she could look it over carefully. "I don't know. Green really isn't my color."
"You could still try it on," the blonde insisted.
Lina growled and went back to the clothes before her. She reached out and grabbed a pink pair that came close to the color of her current clothes. They were bigger around the waist and looked like they would hang off of her. She had to get them bigger then she currently needed, though. This baby was going to get bigger and so was she, so too big was necessary. The sorceress let out a disgruntled sigh before trudging off to the little cloth changing rooms. She struggled out of her old pair of pants and then slipped on the new ones. They felt baggy all around and only stayed up when she had her belt on. 'This stinks! I look fat in these!'
A fluttering in pit of her belly reminded Lina once again of the being inside her. "Don't you ever sit still in there," she breathed out. It kicked back. "Guess not." One of her hands traced over the slight curve now showing on her petite body as she willed the baby to be still yet unconsciously encouraged it. "None of this is personal against you little baby, I just don't really want you. Frankly, you'd have been better off with some happy couple that actually wanted kids. You got to understand Gourry and I aren't exactly the parenting types... Well, maybe Gourry is, but that's because he has the IQ of a kid... and he'd guard you with his life. He... well, Gourry... is, well..." 'is already thrilled about all this and can't wait to see his child,' she mentally finished. "Just... just don't tell him any of this, okay? I don't need him making any more of a fuss over me then he already is. I don't even want to know what comes after carrying me everywhere and insisting on going ABSOLUTELY everywhere with me. We'll just, you know, keep this between the two of us for now, okay?" The baby gave another kick...or a punch. She wasn't sure which was which. Sometimes she thought the baby did both just to annoy her. Lina unconsciously smiled as she rubbed a hand over where the baby had moved.
~~~~~
"Well, maybe something in blue would look good," Filia suggested as she pulled out a simple yet pretty blue dress. "It might bring out the color of your eyes a little."
"I really don't need anything," Amelia insisted. "I already have more clothes than I know what to do with at home. I don't need any more. Besides, dresses aren't all that good for climbing trees or doing acrobatics in. I think I'll stick with what I already have."
The dragon woman gave a disappointed sigh and put the dress back. She really preferred helping people shop over doing it for herself. She could never find things for herself, but she had always been good at spotting things that would look good on others. It was something she had picked up when she use to shop with her mother as a child. Part of her missed being young and naive again even if she was still horrified about what her people had done to the ancient dragons.
Filia's whole body suddenly became tense. Her tail popped out and caught some curious glances from the people near by. A serge of anger passed through her body and she instantly knew who it was.
"Looking for a new outfit, Filia?" his smug voice inquired. "About time. You should have replaced that drab little dress a long time ago..."
"XELLOS!!!" she roared. The blonde whirled around, mace in hand, and came nose to nose with the monster in question.
"Yeeesss?" the trickster asked in an arrogant tone which only furthered her anger.
Her hand tensed around the handle of her mace as she struggled not to lose her temper. "Go away!" she barked.
Xellos' smile only grew. "And where would you like me to go?"
"Anywhere but here!"
The priest reached out and grabbed her shoulders. They both suddenly disappeared and reappeared a few centimeters from where they had just been standing. "How about here? Is this better?"
She growled and her knuckles began to turn white from where she was holding her mace. "Go back to where you were before this!" They were teleported back to where they had been standing only a few moments ago. "I mean before you came here!!" she roared.
"Oh. Well, if you wanted to go home with me, you shou..."
"NO!!!" she screeched as she leaped back. "I'm not going anywhere with you!" She swung her mace several times but missed him and managed not to damage the sop as well. "Hold still!"
"Only if you do as well," he teased as he appeared behind the infuriated dragon. He took a deep whiff of her hair before teleporting to avoid another swipe of Filia's mace.
"Pervert!!!" she cried.
Lina came running out of the dressing room and stopped next to Amelia. "Oh, great, he's back," the sorceress grumbled.
"Is this ALL we came back to do?" Xaina griped. Lina and Amelia glanced to the right and saw the child sitting in the air as if there was an invisible chair there. The girl had a rather cross look on her face. "There are more important things then annoying Filia."
"Tell that to Xellos."
"I'm trying," the girl insisted. "He's not listening. Why don't people listen to me?"
Lina smiled and held out her arms to child. Xaina floated down and happily snuggled up to the sorceress. "Your little. Nobody listens to the little people until the little people cast dragon slaves. Trust me on this one." Xaina giggled which caused Lina and Amelia to giggle as well. "Dragon slaving them here might not be a good idea, though."
"So then what do we do?" the child inquired.
"We sing the "life is wonderful" song," Amelia chirped. Xaina tilted her head to one side and blinked her amethyst eyes curiously. The princess took a deep breath and began to sing in as loud as voice as she could manage, "Life is happy. Life is wonderful. I love life. You love life. Everyone loves life because life is happy happy happy." Xellos cringed and his face started to turn green. "Life is happy..."
"Life is wonderful," Xaina joined in. "I love life. You love life. Everyone loves life because life is happy happy happy..."
The trickster rounded on the singing girls and glared at them through his closed eyes. "Xaina! Stop singing! Your only helping them!"
"I know," the girl replied with a delighted grin. "Life is happy. Life is wonderful."
"Traitor," Xellos grumbled. He teleported to Lina, grabbed the girl, then teleported away.
Everyone in the shop was still staring at the slayers women. Lina suddenly became very aware of those eyes and blushed a deep crimson. She quickly rushed over to pay for the pants and then dragged her companions out of there.
~~~~~
"You do not sing such demented songs!" Xellos scolded when the reappeared on Wolfpack Island in Xaina's room.
"Why? They're fun." Xaina stated.
"Because they are at a level of cruelty that even I would not touch with a ten foot poll."
The girl scratched her head as her teacher dropped her on her bed. "But they're just happy songs."
"They're bad songs for monsters. They hurt monsters," he explained.
"But they didn't hurt me when I was singing them."
He let out a deep sigh. "That's because you're a special monster." The child was about to offer another protest but Xellos cut in before she could. "They don't hurt you because of your human side, but they hurt everyone else. Don't do it, alright?"
"But if they just hurt everyone else and not me, then why should I stop?" she asked with a devilish grin.
Xellos gulped. He was beginning wish she was still afraid of him. 'I've really created a little beast now, haven't I? Perhaps it's time to STOP teaching her to be sneaky and mean.' "Uh, well... uhhhhh... you shouldn't because... ummm... because I told you so! And don't argue with me! I'll make you do more training with the master if you do!" Xaina moaned and pouted. "Good little obedient Xaina," he teased as he ruffled her black hair. She stuck out her tongue at him.
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Eh, sorry this chapter took so long to get done. Every one of my teachers is cramming as much as they possibly can in before finals and I haven't had much time for anything else. I have no idea when the next chapter will be done, but I guarantee it wont be until after finals.
Mika-Mika Tou , thank you for the compliment. God, Zel is so hard to work with sometimes. Poor little angsty guy. I know I promised some z/a and l/g, but, well, it didn't come out that way. I will really try and have something in the next chapter, which may turn out kind of long with what I want to do with it. And I would never steal anyone's characters, Sarah_Seyruun_Greywords. I think stealing other's characters is wrong. Yours do sound quite cute, though.
Alright, one last thing before I go. I had a friend read a little of this and she asked me why I thought Lina would not like her kid. At this point, it really does seem like Lina kind of hates her baby. Well, she does in a way. Lina has always struck me as someone who does things by her rules and her's alone. This child does not follow in to her whole scheme of things. It hasn't followed her rules. You upset Lina's balance of things, and well, you have trouble. Problem is, she can't really do a whole lot to pay this trouble back. I have read several fics where Lina is thrilled to have a child but I personally don't think she would be right away. No, this doesn't mean she'll hate this child forever; she really is just not happy now. I know she will have warmed up to it a it by the time it is born. Anyway, I thought I should explain why I have her thinking the way she currently is. I'll get back to my studies now and let the rest of you go back to your lives.