"Ugh, I've got a headache the size of Seyruun. What? Why are you all
staring at me? Is there something on my face?" asked Zel. The rest of the
group just stared blankly at him.
"Huh? Who's he?" asked Gourry.
"What do you mean? It's me, Zelgadis."
"Naah, you can't be Zelgadis, Zelgadis is a Chi-, Kime-, err, blue- thingy."
(Mass Face-Fault)
"GOURRY NO BAKA" shouted Lina, as she pulled a slipper out of nowhere and proceeded to bash Gourry over the head with it.
Zelgadis sweat-dropped before brushing an errant strand of hair out of his face. 'Wait, hair?' he thought. He looked at his hands. "WOOHOO, I'M HUMAN AGAIN!" Zelgadis fell on his knees and just stared at his hands with a look of tearful joy on his face. Everyone else stepped back a few paces. They had never seen Zel so happy before, and it was slightly unnerving. Then Xellos phased in.
"I see Zelly-chan is human now" he said with a smirk.
"Do NOT call me that" growled Zelgadis.
"You may want to watch that temper of yours, it may be your downfall yet" said Xellos.
"And why, pray tell, would that be?" snarled Zelgadis.
"See for yourself" said Xellos smugly. Xellos reached within his cloak as he spoke and produced a small mirror.
"WHAT? NOOOOOOOOOO!" wailed Zel, for as he looked upon his visage, he slowly reverted to his chimera body. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME? If you don't answer I swear I'll destroy you."
"I didn't do anything Zel-chan, you did it yourself. You should try to avoid getting worked up like that. I'm only IN-directly responsible this time" said Xellos. "In fact," Xellos continued, "I'm here to help."
"Damn fruitcake, why would YOU want to help me? What are you trying to pull?" asked Zelgadis in a suspicious voice.
Filia stood up and said, "That's right, whenever you 'help' us you end up balancing it out by screwing us over."
"Yare-yare* Filia-san, is that any way for a priestess to talk?" said Xellos.
Filia started to blush furiously, but then growled and whipped out mace-sama, and stalked over to Xellos and proceeded to beat the crap out of him.
"That's it Filia, I like it rough" purred Xellos.
"XELLOS NO HENTAI!" shouted Filia, and then smashed Xellos into orbit. "Filthy namagomi."
During the confusion, Zelgadis had sidled his way over to a wardrobe mirror, and was touching his face, trying to deny the existence of the stones decorating his face, and the demonic eyes that stared back at him. Then he noticed Amelia's reflection beside his. "What do you want?" he said more gruffly than he had intended.
"I just wanted to tell you, I'll always be there for you, no matter what happens." Amelia then summoned all of her courage and leaned over to kiss the man she loved so much. Zelgadis saw what she was trying to do and pushed her away before she could. "But Mr. Zelgadis, I just-"
"No Amelia." growled Zelgadis. "You saw what happened last time, it's not safe. I can't control myself anymore, leave me alone." Amelia's eyes filled with tears, and Zelgadis looked away, so that she couldn't see the heartbreak he felt.
"I'm sorry Mr. Zelgadis, if you don't like me..." Amelia looked at her feet so nobody could see the tears streaming down her cheeks.
"It's what's best" said Zelgadis. Then Zel stalked out of the Inn.
"HEY AMELIA!" Lina shouted directly in Amelia's ear. "Are you nuts or what? Go after him."
"But Ms. Lina, he doesn't lov-, err, like me that way."
"Are you daft? He was just saying that to protect you" said Lina.
"Protect me from what Ms. Lina?"
Lina looked Amelia in the eyes and said in somber tones, "himself."
"Huh? Who's he?" asked Gourry.
"What do you mean? It's me, Zelgadis."
"Naah, you can't be Zelgadis, Zelgadis is a Chi-, Kime-, err, blue- thingy."
(Mass Face-Fault)
"GOURRY NO BAKA" shouted Lina, as she pulled a slipper out of nowhere and proceeded to bash Gourry over the head with it.
Zelgadis sweat-dropped before brushing an errant strand of hair out of his face. 'Wait, hair?' he thought. He looked at his hands. "WOOHOO, I'M HUMAN AGAIN!" Zelgadis fell on his knees and just stared at his hands with a look of tearful joy on his face. Everyone else stepped back a few paces. They had never seen Zel so happy before, and it was slightly unnerving. Then Xellos phased in.
"I see Zelly-chan is human now" he said with a smirk.
"Do NOT call me that" growled Zelgadis.
"You may want to watch that temper of yours, it may be your downfall yet" said Xellos.
"And why, pray tell, would that be?" snarled Zelgadis.
"See for yourself" said Xellos smugly. Xellos reached within his cloak as he spoke and produced a small mirror.
"WHAT? NOOOOOOOOOO!" wailed Zel, for as he looked upon his visage, he slowly reverted to his chimera body. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME? If you don't answer I swear I'll destroy you."
"I didn't do anything Zel-chan, you did it yourself. You should try to avoid getting worked up like that. I'm only IN-directly responsible this time" said Xellos. "In fact," Xellos continued, "I'm here to help."
"Damn fruitcake, why would YOU want to help me? What are you trying to pull?" asked Zelgadis in a suspicious voice.
Filia stood up and said, "That's right, whenever you 'help' us you end up balancing it out by screwing us over."
"Yare-yare* Filia-san, is that any way for a priestess to talk?" said Xellos.
Filia started to blush furiously, but then growled and whipped out mace-sama, and stalked over to Xellos and proceeded to beat the crap out of him.
"That's it Filia, I like it rough" purred Xellos.
"XELLOS NO HENTAI!" shouted Filia, and then smashed Xellos into orbit. "Filthy namagomi."
During the confusion, Zelgadis had sidled his way over to a wardrobe mirror, and was touching his face, trying to deny the existence of the stones decorating his face, and the demonic eyes that stared back at him. Then he noticed Amelia's reflection beside his. "What do you want?" he said more gruffly than he had intended.
"I just wanted to tell you, I'll always be there for you, no matter what happens." Amelia then summoned all of her courage and leaned over to kiss the man she loved so much. Zelgadis saw what she was trying to do and pushed her away before she could. "But Mr. Zelgadis, I just-"
"No Amelia." growled Zelgadis. "You saw what happened last time, it's not safe. I can't control myself anymore, leave me alone." Amelia's eyes filled with tears, and Zelgadis looked away, so that she couldn't see the heartbreak he felt.
"I'm sorry Mr. Zelgadis, if you don't like me..." Amelia looked at her feet so nobody could see the tears streaming down her cheeks.
"It's what's best" said Zelgadis. Then Zel stalked out of the Inn.
"HEY AMELIA!" Lina shouted directly in Amelia's ear. "Are you nuts or what? Go after him."
"But Ms. Lina, he doesn't lov-, err, like me that way."
"Are you daft? He was just saying that to protect you" said Lina.
"Protect me from what Ms. Lina?"
Lina looked Amelia in the eyes and said in somber tones, "himself."