Even in Death

by Kaimei

{ AU-ish, but not really. LG. AZ. } The gang meet up with an old Ryuuzoku who's been hiding in a cave. A cheerleader spies, and just what is with the deformed squirrel!

3. Chapter Three

Chapter Three.

Students had already arrived by the time Amelia's limo pulled up. The driver, once more, went around and helped Amelia out. It was Friday, a day after the mall incident. Amelia had gotten a letter from her teachers, letting her know that her last class had been changed to Family Care. Amelia stepped out of the car, not even saying "You didn't have to do that" to the drive like she normally did. She seemed a bit irked by something as she looked around for Lina.

Lina was merely standing around casually, looking rather sleepy. She rubbed her eyes with a clenched fist, her lips parting to allow a diminutive yawn to escape. It took her awhile to notice Amelia's arrival, and once she did, Lina blinked a few times and sauntered over towards her lazily, emitting another yawn. "Oi Amelia."

The limo left, and a few people passed them, they had five minutes before the bell rang.

Amelia wasn't quite as cheerfully as she usually was, "Lina-san! How could you? Abandoning me in a movie theater like that!? If you were going to leave you could have woken me up and said so!"

Lina released a nervous chuckle, scratching her cheek. "Woops...! Oh yeah, that's right... you were there..." Lina wrinkled her nose, sweat dropping a little, "Something... unexpected came up."

What the two didn't see was the boy watching them, mainly Lina, with sunglasses and a hood over his head.

Amelia pouted, "Well you still could have woken me up and told me..." She closed her eyes and sighed loudly, "Well, let's get to class."

Lina nodded quickly, thankful that Amelia didn't ask any further questions. She positioned her arms behind her head, fingers intertwined with her briefcase's handle. "Yeah, yeah."

The bell rang, and the two hurried off to their class. The day passed rather quickly; as the students, and teachers all wanted to get to the weekend. However, as the two girls entered their last class, Family Care, the room was half full, and, Zelgadis and Gourry were there. "Please, take a seat." The teacher, a woman, had said, smiling happily.

Zelgadis was nervous and fidgeting a bit, why was he moved to this class?  He never asked for it...the classes he had were fine.

Amelia sat down in an empty seat. Her happy mood had returned by now… though she hadn't signed up for this class she knew it would be very usefully in the future… the very, very distant future that is!

Gourry yawned, leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, he was bored, and this class seemed boring, like the rest of his classes.

Lina slumped a little. Why am I in this class again? Bah...  She grumbled and dragged herself to an empty seat behind Gourry, resting her head on the desk.  I'll sleep through this one too...

The teacher tapped Lina lightly. "We are doing a project, please stay awake." She whapped Gourry's head, "And, sir... don't lean back. We're not covered for head damage." She muttered, and went to the front of the class, where a big box was placed. "Today, and as a weekend project, I have asked that your other teachers don't give you other assignments." Which the teachers agreed, and didn't give them any, "You will all be assigned to a partner." She paused.

Zelgadis blinked. Well, no assignments were good, but what kind of project would the teachers do that for?  He shifted uncomfortable again, eyeing the box and listening.

Amelia blinked. A project the first week of school? Well that was certainly Unjust... but she did go out of her way to make sure they had no other work... so it wasn't completely Unjust in that case. Since the class was Family Care she could easily guess what kind of project they had.

Gourry slumped a little, and grumbled.

Lina twitched faintly and sat up properly, folding her arms across her chest.  We never had to go through any of this educational crap in our past lives... who invented this school crap?! WHO?!  Lina yawned, and reluctantly listened to the 'wise one's' words boredly.

The teacher smiled. "I am assigning you partners, so you two can take care of... a child." By now, the rest of the class yelped, and squeaked, staring down at the teacher. "What?!"

Zelgadis paled slightly and made a noise, staring at the teacher.

Amelia was one of the people that squeaked. It'll be a good learning experience. She tried to tell herself. She hoped that she wouldn't end up with a partner that would make her do all the work.

Gourry didn't seem to care; simply yawning.

Lina sunk into her seat, tugging on her hair.  Nooo... damn it! Gah...  She began having a rather insane twitching fit. Lina didn't like the idea; she didn't like it at all. But school always seemed to be infested projects that'd she'd always end up disliking tremendously, ne? "Maybe I'll get lucky and won't be stuck with an idiotic pervert..." She grumbled to herself, allowing her arms to fall limply at her sides.

The teacher lifted up a piece of paper. "I already gave you all partners." She then began to read the names. "Amelia Seyruun and Zelgadis Graywords." She said a few more names, "Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev." She continued until everyone was partnered up.

Zelgadis Graywords paled further, why was he with her again!?  He glanced to her, at least he knew her a bit... it could be worse... or maybe not.

Amelia blinked, glancing at Zel. That guy she was partnered with in Chemistry? Well that didn't seem so bad. He didn't seem like someone who would make her do all the work...

Gourry leaned back in his chair again, tilting his head back to look at Lina, and blinked.

Lina blinked also, straightening herself.  Okay... maybe this might not be so bad…  She smirked deviously and grasped a chunk of his hair, leaning closer. "Aha. You're stuck with me. I bet you're SO happy now, aren'tcha?"

The teacher shook her head at Lina and Gourry, and continued on, taking out an egg that had it's eyes closed, and the mouth a line. It also wore a diaper. "These are your children. You will spend the entire weekend with your partner, and you cannot leave each other's home. You can pick which home you wish to stay at, but you must be with that person all the time, and you must both take care of the baby." (Think Batman Returns, with the eggs.)

Zelgadis stared at the teacher, wide eyed.  Was she -mad-?!  After this was over, he was going to plead with all his life to Rezo to go back to home schooling. 

Amelia tilted her head slightly to look at the eggs from a different angle. Those eggs were certainly... unique. She gave the teacher a wary glance, a teacher telling boy-girl students to stay at each other's houses? This teacher was certainly very weird.

Gourry blinked again, and shrugged a little, ignoring what the teacher had said. "I dunno... should I be?"

Lina huffed and yanked on his hair violently before releasing it, folding her arms. "Be prepared to get your little bottom burned off after this..."

The teacher then explained what the eggs do, etc, etc. "Now... for the next thirty minutes of class, talk to your partner about where you two will stay."

Zelgadis glanced to Amelia again, slowly getting up.  He hoped if he had to stay at her house it wasn't... girly... or anything... A slight shudder went through him, eyes closing for a second.  He opened them again and went over to where she was sitting. 

Amelia blinked at Zel when he shuddered, was he sick or something? "Hello again Zelgadis-san!" She was trying to be polite but she idly wondered what her Daddy would think of all this...

Gourry whined a little, and moved the chair back on all four legs, turning it around so he would face her. "I'm not gonna go to your house... your sister might kill me..."

Lina nodded in agreement, placing her arms on the desk, and then plopped her cranium on them. "Yep... so, your place then. ... Just, keep your brother away from me."

The teacher sat on her desk while rocking the egg in her arms. "Also, class, remember, if you drop the eggs, they will break, just like a child if you dropped them."

Zelgadis nodded slowly. "Hello..." He muttered quietly.  "... Uhm... which house do you want to stay at? ... Yours? ..."

Amelia tapped her chin; "Well definitely have enough space at my house. But, daddy might think you're my boyfriend or something at first until I explained it to him.... And then he'd probably watch us the whole time, but that's not so bad..."

Gourry placed his chin on the desk, blinking at her. "What do we have to do again?"

Lina released an exasperated sigh and flicked his nose, "Baka! You forgot already? We're supposed to take care of some demented egg as if it was our kid for the weekend."

The teacher then began handing out the eggs to the 'couples'. "Do take care of them, and if any of you come back with a broken one... you fail this class."

Zelgadis blushed a bit and took the egg, he did not want that happening if he went to her house, oh no.  "... Uhm... Well I just live with my grandfather... We don't have that big of a house but we have extra rooms.  I don't think he would mind much, after I tell him about the project." Then again, Rezo had a habit of talking to new people he met a lot... Sometimes embarrassing talks.  As he thought about this he blushed again.  

Amelia sweat dropped at the teacher. Drop the egg and you fail the entire class? That didn't seem Just. She nodded at Zel, "Okay, your house then!" She reached for the egg, "Oh we should name it Seigi!"

Gourry blinked at her, poking at the egg. "I never knew you could lay eggs, Lina...."

Lina stared at him blankly for a moment, "BAKA! I never LAID the egg! That's something some animals do!" She huffed and removed her head from her arms. "I say we call it... Egg."

The teacher finished handing out the eggs, and went back to her desk. "At four fifteen, the eggs will be turned on." She paused, and the bell rang. "I'll see you all in the morning on Monday."

Zelgadis gave her the egg, then stared at her oddly. "We don't have to -name- it... Its just an electronically doll..." He backed up a bit, heading to the door slowly.  "... Uhm... How are you going to get to my house?"

Amelia cooed at the egg. How she could find an egg cute we'll never know. "Well we have to feed it and all that other stuff right? So we might as well name it" She blinked, "Well I'll have to call daddy to tell him I won't be home... Don't you have a car?"

Zelgadis sweat dropped a bit.  "... I don't have a car... I ride on my bike... Uhm... Don't you want to pack, extra clothes or something's like that?  "

Amelia blushed slightly, "Oh, right! I guess I'll call daddy, and get the limo to take me home to get some clothes then take me to your house if you give directions?"

"Yes, it should be at the front of the school like always."

Zelgadis sweat dropped and blushed a bit also, wondering what the 'won't do anything' was supposed to mean.  At least things seemed to be going ok so far.  He waited for Amelia to finish on the phone.

Amelia took out a cell phone form her bookcase, called her father, and spoke to him about it. "Alright, bye daddy, love you!" She hung up the phone then put it back in her bookcase. "Daddy's okay with it. The limo should be in front of the school to take me to my house to get some stuff then to take me to your house, Okay?"

Zelgadis nodded a bit, heading down the hallway to the front when she caught up with him.  "I'm going with you, to your Dad's house first, right?  So, I can show you the directions when we are coming back?" 

Amelia nodded and reached out for the egg. "Yep!" Well, now was as good a time as any to start a conversation that wasn't about the project. "So, why do you live with your grandfather?"

Zelgadis gave her the egg, going to the front of the school.  "... Well... He is the only family I have, not many other choices."  He looked down at the ground while he walked, swinging the bookcase at his side a bit.

The driver was waiting, a hand over his mouth as he yawned.

Amelia followed him, since that seemed to be a pretty sad subject for him she changed it and held up the egg. "Are these things just so cute?" She beamed until she spotted the limo and waved at the driver.

Zelgadis sweat dropped again and glanced at the limo, heading down the steps to it.  "...They are just egg-shaped things...how can they be cute?"

The limo driver stepped over, raising an eyebrow at Zel, but opened the door anyway.

Amelia hopped into the limo, blinking at the egg. "I don't know... It just seems cute to me... maybe if a put it in a dress!" She giggled a little to herself at the visual image of the giant egg thing in a frilly dress.

Zelgadis frowned and looked down, starting to fidget again as he got in the limo after Amelia, ignoring what she was saying about the egg.

The limo driver closed the door, went to the drivers, climbed in, and began to drive.

Amelia continued to giggle a little to herself, holding the egg an arm's length away from her as she imagined it in various outfits. She glanced over at Zel and blinked, "Is something wrong Zelgadis-san?"

Zelgadis irked and glanced to her before shaking his head slowly.  "... No. I just never... went to another persons house without my Grandfather or him sending me there for an errand..."

Amelia found this a little hard to believe, "You mean you haven't had any friends before!?"

Zelgadis blinked at her and shook his head. "No... I just got into public schooling... Grandfather always home schooled me..."

Amelia set the egg in her lap, "Oh, I'd never be able to stand that! Staying at home all day with no one to talk to? Me and my daddy just moved here, he's the mayor of where we used to live, and so far I've only met you and Lina-san."

Zelgadis blinks at her, eyes widening.  "Your Dad is the mayor?  Wow... my grandfather is a priest... he heals people's illnesses, some people go to him instead of the doctor...."

Amelia blinks, "How does he heal people? With spells or something, that kind of stuff is so cool!" She beamed.

Zelgadis erred then frowned, thinking.  "I suppose you could call it cool... I don't really think much of it. "

The limo pulled up in front of the house. "Amelia-san, should I wait here for you?" The driver asked, looking at the two from his mirror.

Amelia nodded, "Yes, I shouldn't take long! Here, hold Seigi-chan" She handed the egg, now dubbed 'Seigi-chan', to Zel the hopped out of the car and into the house.

Zelgadis irked and took the egg, refusing to call it, Seigi-chan.  He guessed he just waited in the car...He glanced to the mirror and shifted uncomfortably, glancing to the door of the house.

The driver smiled, and waited. Phil was currently over run by multiple people from Seyruun. "Sir, you cannot pass this law!" "No, you have to pass it! The people need the law to beat their children!" "It's Unjust to beat children!" Phil roared, and the man shut up rather quickly. And, the arguing was brought back up by another; "But kids need discipline!" The butler walked over to Amelia. "I'm sorry, Miss, but your father is still quite busy..."

Amelia sighed, "Alright..." She went up the stairs and into her room. She set her bookcase on the bed then grabbed a duffle bag and began stuffing all the stuff she'd need for the weekend inside.

Zelgadis blinked, hearing some of the yells from inside of the house.  He shifted again. It must be busy being the mayor and all.  He watched the door of the house as he thought, waiting for her to come back.

The driver sighed, shaking his head. "I wish they'd just go away, the Mayor has no time to be with his dear daughter now..." He gazed over his shoulder. "She's already dating."

Amelia put the last item in the bag, some toothpaste. Then skipped down the stairs. "Bye daddy!" She yelled, though she doubted he heard it then made her way outside toward the limo. Luckily she didn't hear the driver's last comment.

Zelgadis blushed profusely and shook his free hand quickly in front of him, flustered.  "OH!  Nooo!  I-its not like that!  S-she has to stay at my house for the weekend, for a school project."  He motioned at the egg he was holding, not noticing Amelia coming back.

He chuckled, winking at Zel. "Right, right. Welcome back, miss." He said, as Amelia entered the limo. "Where to?"

Amelia luckily didn't hear the rest of their conversation either. "Zelgadis-san's house... Um you can tell him the way Zelgadis-san?"

Zelgadis blushed more, nodding slowly.  "... Ah... Yes... Just go back to the school and I'll tell you the way from there..."

The driver turned the limo around, and drove back towards the school.

Amelia picked up the egg and blinked at it, "It should be turning on soon..."

Zelgadis frowned.  "Just... be careful not to drop it... Ok?"

The driver reached the school, and followed the directions Zel gave him, and flinched as a sudden loud wail emitted from the egg.

Amelia pouted, "What makes you think I'll drop it?" Sure she was a klutz and all but... she yelped and almost -did- drop it when it suddenly wailed. She began rocking it, "Um, it's okay, don't cry!"

Zelgadis winced and put his hands over his ears, glancing to it.

The baby continued to wail, when there was a sudden very... disgusting smells filling the limo.

Amelia sweat dropped and held her nose, "Oh yea... these things can actually do... that. How far to your house so we can change it's diaper?"

Zelgadis also held his nose.  "Just do it in here so you can make it stop wailing!!!"

The wailing continued as the driver noticed the shrine's sign, and pulled up. "There."

Amelia sweat dropped, "Do we even have any diapers?" She noticed the sign too and immediately stepped out of the car, holding the egg and arm's length away from her.

Zelgadis Graywords groaned and practically snatched it from her, taking the extra diapers the teacher gave him and, changed the baby's diaper right there in the car, eyebrow twitching as he did so.

Amelia blinked, she was impressed. "Have you ever done that before?"

The driver seemed to be gagging on the stench, trying not to throw up. A family with a newborn baby was coming down the multiple steps as they blinked at Amelia. "Must be wanting her fortune read...." The woman told her husband, who nodded.

The blush grew on the bridge of his nose as he finished, nodding slightly.  "Yeah..." 

Amelia picked up the dirty diaper, holding it with her thumb and index finger. She grabbed her duffle bag and stepped out of the car, "We better go before the driver throws up… Bye!"

Zelgadis climbed out of the limo, making sure he had everything. 

Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun still held the dirty diaper, "Where can I throw this away?"

Zelgadis pointed to a garbage can outside the shrine, holding the egg with one arm.  "Over there..." 

Rezo began walking towards Zel, and he was -glaring- at him.

Amelia quickly deposited the dirty diaper in the garbage can then blinked at Rezo. She glanced between Zel and Rezo... that didn't look good

Zelgadis blushed a bit and his eyes widened, looking as if he wanted to shrink or disappear. "G-Grandfather!  I can explain!  R-really I can!!!!" 

Rezo hugged Zel, and blinked. "Explain what?" He hadn't noticed Amelia, and he figured the egg was a project.

Amelia sweat dropped, the hugging thing certainly wasn't strange to her, it happened to her all the time. The glaring was the strange part... She stepped towards them and held out her hand to shake, "Hi! You must be Zelgadis-san's grandfather, I'm Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun I'm working with him on a project for school."

Zelgadis exhaled heavily, the blush leaving.  "Ah… this is Amelia..." He motioned to Amelia with his free hand.  "She has to stay at our house for the weekend, it's a school project, for that new class I told you about..." He nodded his head at the egg.  "We have to take care of this egg, thing.  So it might start crying a lot over the weekend...You don't mind, right?"

Rezo slumped. "For the first time in nights I thought I'd actually get some rest... those nightmares of mine haven't stopped coming... Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun? Named after the Princess who died, thousands, and thousands of years ago?"

Amelia blinked, "Nightmares? ... I didn't even know there was a princess that lived thousands of years ago with the same name as me! That's so strange!" She suddenly had a brief flash of deja vu, but she brushed it off as just that, deja vu.

Zelgadis frowned to him.  He seemed to act less nervous around Rezo than he did at school and in the limo.  "You've tried everything?  I'll try to keep the crying to a minimum..." He watched Rezo and Amelia talk. He had heard the story of the princess, but he had forgotten her name a while ago, since it was one of those stories he heard of as a child. 

Rezo nodded. "Oh yes, the crown princess, daughter of Philionel El Di Seyruun. She fell in love with a chimera.... Zelgadis Graywords." He mused, watching the two. "But then something happened... and they left. The people of Seyruun never seen their princess alive after that."

Amelia decided to stay out of their conversation about nightmares... though, she blushed after hearing the story of the princess, "That's very weird... That's my Daddy's name and that's Zelgadis-san's name..."

Zelgadis blushed a lot and glared at Rezo, still holding the egg in one arm.  He thought Rezo probably made up those names, just to tease him again like he always did. 

Rezo tapped his chin, resting on his staff. "But then there was Lina Inverse... The Dragon Spooker, Bandit Killer, etc, etc... And her 'knight', Gourry Gabriev."

Amelia was pretty creeped out by now, "I-I Have a friend named Lina.... Lina Inverse."

Zelgadis blinked, remembering those named from when everyone was being paired up in class... oh well, Rezo did know a lot of people.  He sighed heavily and shook his head.  "... Rezo?  Are you done in the shrine for today?"

Rezo nodded. "Yes. Do you want me to fix you all dinner?"

Amelia tried to shrug off all the... very strange coincident. "That would be nice!"

Zelgadis shifted the egg to his other arm.  "Yeah, unless you want me to again." 

Rezo glowered at Zel. "Don't be smart with me, boy... Amelia, dear, go ahead and have Zelgadis take you to his room, make sure that thing's taken care of."

Amelia sweat dropped, "Okay..." She reached for the egg again and waited to follow Zel... This was a weird family; of course she was probably the last person that should say that.

Zelgadis had grinned a bit when Rezo glowered at him, it seemed they had little arguments often.  He gave her the egg and started to lead her to the house. 

Amelia followed him, rocking the egg a little. "So what do we have to do? Feed it, change it and entertain it all weekend?" Rezo hesitated, before he limped after them, using both hands on the staff to help him. He panted, and stopped every so often for a break. As he went into the house, he leaned against the wall. "Zelgadis! Before you eat lunch, I want you to make sure the guest bedroom has plenty of blankets." He then limped into the kitchen, grumbling.

Zelgadis glanced back worriedly at Rezo, before nodding.  "Right." He led Amelia to the guest room, watching the ground as he muttered a few different things under his breath. 

Amelia blinked, glancing between Zel and Rezo again. "Is something wrong with his legs or something?" "He is just getting old... He refuses to admit it, and let me do some things for him.  Like cooking."  Zelgadis sighed heavily, setting up some things for her.  "I wish he would."

Amelia looked down at the egg to see if it was sleeping since it hadn't made any noise lately. "That's so sad!"

Zelgadis didn't look at her, finishing setting up the guestroom.  "I suppose you could say it's sad.  I don't think he is going to... go... anytime soon, he doesn't look that old, so his health can't be too bad.  He -is- a priest."

Amelia set her duffle bag down somewhere in the room, "Are you going to be a priest too? Is the position inherited I mean?"

Zelgadis blinked at her, surprised by the question. "I never really thought about it.  It wouldn't be that bad of a job." He shrugged and brushed himself off a bit.  "Perhaps you should put the egg down somewhere."

Amelia blinked and looked at the egg again, "You mean just leave it here? I think we're supposed to treat it as if it were a real child..." The egg began to wail once it 'heard' it was going to be left.

Zelgadis winced and covered his ears. "OKAY, OKAY!  WE WON'T LEAVE IT!" The egg shushed.

Amelia winced, holding the egg away from her. "No! Its okay!" She said to the egg then sweat roped… it was kind of hard trying to soothe... an egg.

Zelgadis twitched and glared at the egg, muttering.  "How are we going to feed it..." He said, heading back out of the guest room.

Amelia followed him while rocking the egg, "Didn't the teacher give us bottles?"

"Yeah." He muttered, picking up his bookcase that he left outside the guest room, taking out a bottle from it.

Amelia took the bottle and blinked at the egg's mouth, "I guess Seigi is hungry!" She held the bottle close to its mouth. Guess she's back to calling it Seigi again.

Zelgadis sweat dropped and headed to the kitchen, looking to see if Rezo finished. The egg's mouth remained shut, and it groaned. Rezo had finished, and was lying on the couch, soft snores emitting from him.

Amelia blinked, "Well maybe she's not hungry..." Now she was calling it a 'she'!

Zelgadis smiled slightly and turned to Amelia, putting his index finger in front of his mouth as a 'shh' sign. Amelia nodded and following him to the kitchen while whispering, "Well she's not hungry and we've already changed her so now what?"

"We should take our food back to the guest room. We don't want to be eating and it start crying suddenly, and wake him up."  He whispered back, picking up his plate. Amelia balanced the egg with one arm while picking up a plate with her other one, "Okay!"

Zelgadis lead her back to the guest room quietly, closing the door behind them when they got in. Amelia sat down, putting the egg next to her and hoping it wouldn't roll away. "I get the feeling this is going to be really boring" She pouted.

The egg began to wail. Zelgadis jerked, wincing, his hand quickly reaching out to pick it up. Amelia face faulted and set her plate on the opposite side of her then reaches for the egg at the same time he did which caused her fingers to brush against his. And they got spiffy quick images of memories through their heads, all of their memories returning. Zelgadis emitted a shout, backing up quickly, and eyes wide.  He stared at the egg for a moment, before looking to Amelia.  His mouth opened a bit, as if to say something but couldn't.  He closed it and looked down at his hands, an expression of joy going across his face for a minute. 

Amelia stared blankly ahead with her mouth slightly open as the memories flashed across her mind. When that was over she blinked several times then stared at her hands with an expression of disbelief. She broke the silence by literally jumping in the air shouting, "YATTA! I'm alive!"

A small chuckle came from his throat, closing his hands then opening them again slowly.  He whispered something under his breath, ignoring Amelia.  "I'm... human."  He said again, a bit louder, seeming to forget the egg was still wailing, and Amelia was there.

Amelia was basically hopping up and down, rambling to herself. She didn't seem to notice Zel or the egg either she was simply that excited. "Oh, I wonder if the others are alive too! Oh, that's right they are! I wonder if they know? I wonder how it happened... Its true, Justice DOES always triumph!"

"Ha -HA!-" He exclaimed, grinning.  He backed a bit and tripped on his own feet, falling down to a sitting position.  He blinked in shock for a few seconds before getting up, grinning again.

Amelia turned around and noticed Zel was there for the first time. She literally glomped him, jumping towards him and sort of tackling him into a hug with her arms around his neck. "Zelgadis-saaaaan!"

Zelgadis blushed, blinking.  "Ah..." He began to get over himself being giddy, the wailing of the egg and Amelia reminding him.  He stood there in shock for a minute before he recovered fully.  "We... have to get the egg to be quiet..." He muttered, remembering about Rezo and the project.

Amelia didn't move from her position she just looked up at him and blinked, "Egg? What egg- Oh that!" She stood and picked up the egg. "Don't cry! Today is a good day!"

Zelgadis blinked, and glanced at the door, hoping all the shouting and the wailing didn't wake him up. He suddenly glared at the door remembering his other relationship with Rezo.  He crossed his arms, thinking.  This wasn't the same Rezo, it was a different one... kind of.  He didn't have to be mad at, this one.  But this one was so -close- to the other one.  He shook his head and looked back to Amelia and the egg. The egg then shut up, cooing.

Amelia sat down, holding the egg awkwardly; it suddenly felt very weird to be holding a giant egg. She blinked at Zel, "Um... Zelgadis-san... What happened?"

Zelgadis shook his head slowly.  "Don't know..." It did all seem very strange... he was sure they had, died.  So what -did- happen?  Rezo walked in, after knocking. "Zelgadis?" He looked rather weary, and his dark brown eyes were rather 'sad' in a way. The egg began to snore.

Zelgadis jerked, watching him for a minute before a slightly worried expression went over his face.  "What's wrong? Did, ah, we wake you up?" 

Amelia erred, she remembered the other Rezo, the evil one that they had to fight... But this one wasn't was he? She tried to seem 'normally' and busy taking care of the egg. Rezo seemed to notice how they were feeling towards him, and paused, before shaking his head, staring at the ground. "I just... thought I'd tell you that I was going to my bedroom..." He shifted a little, gazing from one teen to the other, and then to the egg. "It's how most children are... they know what they want. Their parent's just don't know -how- to give it to them." When saying this, he gazed directly at Zel.

Amelia looked up at Rezo. Did he have his memories back too? He seemed sad or guilty about something, maybe turning Zel into a chimera in his past life? Well, he doesn't seem evil she concluded so it was okay to be nice to him. "Good night, Rezo-san!"

Zelgadis his eyes widened slightly, going quite still.  "Ah..."  He snapped out of it and also shifted, looking away to the egg.  "Right... try to have better dreams tonight..."

He chuckled. "Doubt it... don't stay up too late..." He whispered hoarsely, and left the room, shutting the door quietly.

Amelia set the egg down, "Now what?" At first, he didn't seem to hear her, but snapped out of it and looked up.  "We should wait until Monday... Perhaps Lina, or Gourry, have their memories back..." The egg began to wail, once again.

Amelia nodded, looking down at the egg again. After remembering her entire past life which was filled with action and adventure, taking care of some electronic egg for a school project didn't seem so important. She sweat dropped and picked the egg up, starting to rock it. Even if it wasn't that important anymore she still couldn't let it cry!

Zelgadis sweat dropped, watching her with his hands over his ears.  "I hope it doesn't wail overnight..."

Amelia began rocking the egg, patting it on it's 'back'. "I wonder if we can still do magic?" She suddenly wondered. It wailed more, it's 'stomach' making a gurgling noise. Zelgadis looked for where Amelia put the bottle, grabbing it and putting it to the baby's mouth while Amelia was holding it.  "Doesn't it have a 'sleep' button or something?"

Amelia sweat dropped, "I don't think so... I guess there's a reason why no one build giant eggs when we were alive..." It took the nipple of the bottle, and began drinking. There was a crashing noise outside.

Zelgadis irked, glancing.  "I'll go look." He muttered, handing the bottle to Amelia while trying to let the egg still drink from it. 

Amelia stood up while still holding the egg and the bottle and followed Zel. "I'll go too!" "Uhm… alright." He muttered, opening the guest room door and went outside to see what the noise was.

The trashcan had been tipped over, and trash was -everywhere-.

Amelia wrinkled her nose, she would try to grab it but her hands were full because of the egg. "What do you think did that?"

Zelgadis raised an eyebrow and looked around, trying to see if anything was moving, or something that resembled a person, or animal.  "Dunno yet."  There was no movement.

Amelia wondered if it was a mazoku. She shook her head, of course not! They'd certainly mostly died out by now, right? And they wouldn't bother knocking over a trashcan. "...Tch, might have been a cat."  He said, as he leaned down to pick up the trashcan and put it back up straight. And, a dog tackled Zel to the ground.

Amelia sweat dropped and looked down at the egg. She wondered if she could just set it down and help Zel. He shrieked, loudly, and held his arms up in front of his face, eyes huge.

Amelia's sweat drop became bigger. Zel never acted like that when he was attacked in his past life... but he was a chimera then and she wasn't sure if they could even use magic now. "Shoo!" She waved her foot at the dog since her arms were full. The dog bit at Amelia, and licked Zel's face. The dog had been the stray Rezo's been feeding for a couple of weeks now, but Rezo had forgotten to feed him that day.

Amelia scooted back to avoid getting bitten. She hoped the egg wouldn't start wailing again.

Zelgadis blinked and muttered, trying to block his face from the dog.  "Agghhh, stop it.  Get off.  I'll feed you, OFF." The dog continued to give him 'kisses'.

Amelia sweat dropped, "You know that dog, Zelgadis-san?"

Zelgadis tried to push it off of him, sighing.  "Yeah, it's a str- OFF!  Blegh... It's a stray that Rezo has been fee- grrr... feeding." It got off him, and whined a little, giving Zel puppy eyes. It looked to be a Labrador, a chocolate one.

Amelia reached out to pet him, "Awe, he's cute!" It sniffed her hand, and then began to lick it, standing on Zel to do so.

Amelia backed up a little, hopefully so that he would follow her and move off Zel.

Zelgadis muttered, glaring at it.

The dog sat on Zel, barking happily.

Amelia carefully set the egg down then tried to push the dog off Zel, "Off, please?" The dog whined, and stepped off him... then tackled the egg.

Amelia practically screamed, "Nooo!"

Zelgadis got up and muttered, brushing himself up.  "Dumb dog..." glanced, and began to pale, a lot.  "ACK!  BAD.  NONONO!"

The egg wailed, and the dog licked it, barking. "...At least it didn't break..." He muttered.

Amelia made a dive for the egg.

The dog rolled it away with its nose.

Amelia ended up just falling flat on her face then. She lifted her face off the ground, groaning a little. Zel made a sharp whistle, picking up a bowl from the ground and tapped it a bit. The dog ignores the tapping and whistling completely, running away with the egg as it wails.

Zel twitched and chased after it. "COME BACK HERE!"

Amelia got up and chased it too. At times like this she wished she could cast a levitation spell... wait a minute, maybe she could! The dog continued to run away with the egg, and then accidentally rolled it down the hill.

"AGH!  NO!  STOP! IT MIGHT BREAK!"  He kept yelling different things, chasing it as fast as he could, in the back of his mind he wished he were a chimera again, he could have caught up to it by now if he could.  But he put that thought away very quickly.

Amelia ran towards the hill then jumped down it head first with her arms stretched out in front of her shouting, "Levitation!" She prayed that it would work... Otherwise this was going to hurt.

The dog stopped once the egg began rolling down the hill, and looked up at Zel. Yes, Amelia could cast levitation. However... the wailing egg continued rolling down the hill. The shrine and house was placed on a large hill, thus the steps leading up to it.

Zelgadis' eyes got huge and he rushed past the dog, continuing to run down the hill.  He nearly tripped now and then, from going downhill, but managed to stay upright, and keep running.

The egg rolled down and landed in a bush... but gravity made it roll into the road.

Amelia cracked an eye open. "It works!" She cheered then tried to go faster, chasing the egg into the road while only about a foot or two above ground so that she could make a quick grab for it... She was suddenly aware of how cold it was near her legs and remembered why she never wore skirts or flew at this angle when she did!

Zelgadis stopped when Amelia got ahead of him. He looked, and a quick blush went over the bridge of his nose, a sweat drop going down the side of his face.  He made a small 'eep' sound, the blush growing as he stared for a few more seconds before quickly averting his gaze, seeing if there were any cars or vehicles coming.

The dog howled from where it was, and the egg stopped rolling.

Amelia suddenly stopped her flying and stood in the middle of the road with her hands on her butt and a huge blush on her face. She blinked and began walking over to the egg cautiously, to see if it was broken. The egg was wailing hysterically, but it wasn't broken or cracked.

Zelgadis gulped and watched for any cars, walking to the edge of the road, catching his breath.

Amelia breathed a sigh of relief with a hand on her chest then picked up the egg and tried to calm it. Why couldn't Zel ever be the one to calm the egg? The egg continued to wail and scream. A few people turned on their lights and yelled; "SHUT THAT BABY UP!" as it was already pretty late.

Zelgadis sweat dropped and ran over.  "Here, let me try." Amelia handed the egg to Zel, seeming glad to be rid of it. She began straightening out her skirt nervously even if she didn't need to.

Zel began to rock it slowly, muttering 'shh' over and over. It continued to wail, and the dog walked over, nudging Zel's leg as it whimpered.

Zelgadis nodded to the dog a bit, and then looked back to the egg, he swallowed hard then began to hum softly. The egg whimpered as the dog walked over and nudged Amelia, whimpering.

Amelia patted the dog on the head then cooed, "That's so sweet!"

Zelgadis continued to hum softly, blushing a bit as he headed back up the hill, motioning with his head for Amelia to follow.

Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun followed Zel, "I hope those people aren't too bad..."

Zelgadis sighed heavily, sweat dropping. "Oh well..." He leaned down for a minute to pick up the bowl he had dropped on the way down the hill, continuing up it.

Amelia smiled, "Well... at least now we know we can still use magic, or most of it!" She flashed the Victory sign. The dog growled, and chased a squirrel up the tree, barking at it.

Zelgadis moaned, glaring at it.  "Shut UP already, stupid dog." He muttered and went inside.

Amelia mushroom cloud sighed and followed Zel, "Do you think we should try visiting Lina-san and Gourry-san tomorrow?" "We don't know where they are.  We can wait until Monday..."

Amelia sighed, "Well I'm ready to go to bed." The dog stopped barking and looked at Zel. Animals aren't stupid, and just because they don't really understand, they know when they're 'disliked' 'or people are mad at them'. The dog lowered its head, and padded down the road. The egg continued to snore.

Zelgadis stopped and glanced at the dog, frowning.  "Oh come on, I'm going to feed you."  He said to it, and then glanced to Amelia.  "Are you going to keep the egg with you?  Or is it staying in my room?"

"How about the egg stays with me today and with you tomorrow?" She asked. The dog slowly padded back, but a few feet away from them.

Amelia blinked at the dog, "I think you hurt his feelings!"

Zelgadis sighed heavily and shook his head.  "Alright..." He handed the egg to her then nearly moaned at what she said.  "Just, go to bed now... I need to feed it still."

Amelia took the egg and glanced at the dog one last time. "Okay, good night Zelgadis-san!" She giggled slightly and stood on her toes so she could give him a peck on the cheek then scurried off to the guest room. The dog watched this, and gave some growl noise, not offensive... but more like... ah... well, you know. And the dog even seemed to 'wink'.

Zelgadis made a small noise, eyes widening and a quick blush spreading across his face.  He stared after her, his mouth slightly open.  He shook his head quickly and glanced to the dog, blinking.  "Ah... well, I have to feed you then, don't I?" He went into the kitchen and searched around quietly for some dog food. The dog followed, wagging its tail. He poured some dog food and went back outside, placing the bowl down.

The dog began to eat rapidly, making a big mess. Zelgadis sweat dropped and sighed heavily, heading back inside. The dog quickly finished, and ran after him.

Zelgadis glanced at him. "You are supposed to stay outside..." The dog whimpered. Zelgadis erred and blinked before sighing heavily.  "Oh, fine.  But don't let Rezo see you." The dark barked and followed him.

Zelgadis shushed him quickly and sneaked into his room, letting the dog in. The dog ran... and jumped on Zel's bed.

Zelgadis stared at him, gaping.  "No!  No, no!  NOT on my bed!" The dog began to bounce on the bed. "Off!" He hissed, trying to move it off the bed. The dog jumped off and scratched at the door.

Zelgadis sweat dropped and opened the door, blinking.

The dog ran down the hall, and into the living room. It found a corner, squatted.

Zelgadis paled and sweat dropped, eyebrow twitching a bit, the dog... simply crapped.

Zelgadis moaned loudly, slapping his forehead. 

The dog climbed onto the couch, and curled up.

Zelgadis whined and got some paper towels, cleaning it up, a bit of blue tinting his face.

The dog began to snore. However, Rezo limped out of his room, and into the kitchen, he was wearing his usual night attire, and got himself a glass of water, he leaned against the fridge, and dropped a few unknown pills into the water. After a moment, Rezo drank the entire cup, still not noticing Zel.

Zelgadis blinked at Rezo, watching him. Rezo poured himself some more water, and dumped two more into it, and drank it again, panting. Zelgadis blinked and tried to see the label of the bottle Rezo was getting the pills from. Rezo set it down, and stumbled back to his room, he had been clutching his chest as he did so. A worried expression went over his face... he shook his head quickly and muttered, why would he be worried about Rezo -now-? But still... He glanced at the bottle and took it, looking at the label.

The bottle was a type of pills that help with a heart disease. However... you were only supposed to take two pills with water. Zelgadis blinked, the worried expression growing.  "Doesn't he read the -directions-..." He whispered slightly, glancing to Rezo's door. The dog had awoke and was nudging Zel's leg, whimpering. Zelgadis blinked at the dog and petted him slowly, glancing back at the door.

The dog emitted another whimper, and walked up to Rezo's door. There were sounds of Rezo walking around his room, before finally getting into bed.

Zelgadis got up.  "Don't wake him up... I'll talk to him in the morning..." The dog whined, and walked over to the guest room's door, and scratched on it.

Zelgadis blinked.  "Don't wake -her- up either..." It whined, and padded around in circles.

Zelgadis "What is wrong now?" He rubbed his head, watching it. It tackled Zel, and cuddled against him. Awe, the puppy wants cuddles.

Zelgadis resisted shouting again, sweat dropping.  "You are going to keep me up -all- night, aren't you?" It tugged on his shirt, as if trying to drag him to bed.

Zelgadis muttered and got up, shooing it away from his shirt as he went into his room. The dog pranced after him.

Zelgadis closed the door and muttered.  "No going to the bathroom in here, got it?" It nodded, and jumped on the bed. Oh... by the way... the doggy is a girl. "Off the -BED-" He pointed to a corner of his bedroom. She whimpered, tilting her head to the side.

"Off.  Bed."

Slowly, she got off the bed.

Zelgadis Graywords twitched, watching. She padded over to a corner, and sat in it. Zelgadis twitched and shook his head; by this time he was extremely tired and wasn't even going to bother changing into his pajamas. He simply began to climb into bed. The Labrador took a step towards him.

Zelgadis glanced.  "What?"

She sat down.

Zelgadis raised an eyebrow but laid down, watching it for a bit until he looked up at the ceiling. She took this time to sneak over to him, and put her head on the bed. Zelgadis glanced but let her, squinting a bit. She put a paw on the bed, and whimpered, giving him big eyes... similar to Amelia's.

Zelgadis sweat dropped and muttered a lot, but he gave up and pointed at the foot of the bed. She moved down, and climbed onto the foot of the bed, rather happily.

Zelgadis glared at her before turning on his side, muttering more.

Morning came, but twice Amelia was woken by screams from the egg. And the doggy is now stretched out over Zel.

Amelia stepped out of the guest room, holding the egg in one arm. She covered her mouth as she yawn. There were faint lines under her eyes, due to her being awakened twice.

Zelgadis is still fast asleep, muttering things in his sleep now and then. The doggy rolled over, her back paws being put into his face. Rezo was cooking sausage, bacon, ham, pancakes, and eggs.

Amelia stepped into the kitchen and blinked... Rezo cooking breakfast was a weird sight "Good morning, Rezo-san!"

He forced a smile, and waved over at her. "Ohayou, is Zelgadis up?"

A loud shout and some frustrated yelling emits from Zel's room as he shoves the dog off him.

Amelia sweat drops, "Well he is now..." The doggy yelped, and fell off the bed. Rezo blinked. "I... see...."

More yelling.  "GOD DANGIT.  NOW I SMELL LIKE DOG."  Zel isn't a morning person until he has had his coffee, or tea.

The dog ran into the door repeatedly, trying to get out.

Zelgadis got up and opened the door, twitching a bit. 

Amelia sweat dropped more, "Um... should I check on him?"

The dog ran out, tail between her legs, as she tackled Amelia, whimpering.

Zelgadis twitched again, a few hairs sticking out, he closes his door and went to do, morning things.

Amelia tried to sit up with the dog still on her, "Wha?" Rezo blinked at the dog, and set down a plate of two pancakes, three sausages and two bacons for it. The dog got up, and quickly ran over, beginning to eat.

Amelia stood up and dusted herself off. She picked up the egg and sat down, putting the egg in her lap. "This looks good, Rezo-san!"

Rezo gave Amelia a plate similar to the dog's, but with eggs. "Here you go." He also gave her a glass of milk. "Here you go." The dog finished it, and padded over to a corner, where she sat, ready to run incase Zel came after her.

Amelia wondered why Rezo seemed sad, "Thanks Rezo-san!" With that she began digging in, eating like she used to... She hadn't eaten like that in a long time and it felt good.

Zelgadis came out of his room now, running a hand through his hair, he had changed his clothes.  When he saw Rezo he remembered last night and frowned.  "Rezo? Can I talk to you?"

Rezo nodded, and turned the stove off, walking over to Zel. "Yes?" "Uhm... I... think you were to tired last night... but... well..." He looked away and toward the counter Rezo had left the pill bottle.

Amelia glanced back and forth between them, and then looked to the side to let them know she wasn't listening.

Rezo followed his gaze, and gave a small twitch, but he laughed. "Yes, they're for my heart. But you don't really care about that, right? Right." He turned, and went back to the stove, fixing Zel some food. "I know, I took too much last night, but I was really hurting."

Amelia stared, while Zel stepped forward, "But… why that many?" He whispered.

Rezo shook his head. "You shouldn't have to care about this old man. I knew my grandson was incarnated; I knew you had hated whoever I was. When you were born, a part of you disliked me. But as you grew, you didn't show that part, until last night." He gazed to Amelia, and chuckled again, turning back to Zel. "When you were young, after your parents left you with me, I did a lot of research about your past."

Zelgadis' eyes widened and he gaped at him, at a loss for words.  "I-... I... R-... Rezo..."

Amelia turned in her seat to face them. She frowned slightly but decided it was best for her to stay out of it for once.

Rezo smiled over his shoulder. "It's alright. I'll rent you an apartment if you'd like, Zelgadis. I doubt you'd want to stay with someone who looks like the person who... turned you into something."

Zelgadis gaped at him for another moment or two before he glared at him, however, the glare didn't seem to be all anger. He quickly turned and went back into his room, slamming the door behind him.  

Rezo looked down at the stove, and laughed. "Did I say something wrong?" The dog slowly approached, sitting by Amelia as she tilted her head at Rezo. 

Amelia frowned, glancing at Zel's door then at Rezo. "So... you know we've had a past life?"

He nodded. "Just recently. I had to learn about the Princess Amelia before I learned anything about   Zelgadis... I will rent him an apartment, and... he's also in my will. Whenever I die, he gets all my money I've made, the house, and the shrine. The entire yard, too." The dog whimpered a little. 

Amelia couldn't stand it, she had to do a Justice speech or some form of speech! "Rezo-san, don't talk about dying like you have nothing to live for! Okay, I'll admit that Zelgadis-san didn't like the Rezo that we knew back then and he was very evil, we had to stop him from destroying the world. But even that wasn't his fault; he was... possessed by an evil lord if you can believe that. But you're not evil and you've never done anything to Zelgadis-san to make him hate you now!"

Rezo smiled, and looked over at Amelia. "I hope you will be my granddaughter in law one day... but you see... it's not that what might make him hate me... it's my name... and that I look like him. That's why I took more pills than I should have. When I seen your expressions, I knew that you two knew... and it hurt me. I got scared he would hate me... He's the only child that was really a son to me. His mother was taken from me when his grandmother divorced me, you see..."

Amelia blushed at his first comment, "Zelgadis-san is really stubborn, he's probably trying to make himself hate you but I don't think he can... He still remembers everything you've done in this life too."

Rezo nodded a little. "Oh, yes... he can be very stubborn, especially when he was five, and didn't want a bath..." He paused, and shook his head. "Anyway... eat your break fast, I'll... go see if Zelgadis is hungry..." He stumbled into the hall, and lightly rapped on Zel's door.

There was some shifting before Zel's voice comes from his room, its tinged with some anger.  "What is it?"

Amelia blinked, sighed then began eating what was left of her breakfast. 

Rezo placed his forehead against the door. "Do you wish to eat breakfast?" There was a pause for a second. "Yes."

Rezo sighed. "Well... come on out and eat... I'll go to the shrine." There is another pause of silence before he came out of his room, heading to table.

Rezo went into his room, and took his staff, from there, he went to Amelia, and whispered quietly. "When you get a chance, not yet... but if you two leave, tell Zelgadis that I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up. I have a feeling I won't see him..." He paused, and looked away, then he quickly went outside. The dog stared at Zel and Amelia.

Amelia blinked, "Okay Rezo-san..." She hoped he didn't go and kill himself or something.

He glanced at Rezo leaving at sat down at a chair, eating slowly. The dog walked over, and nudged Zel.

Zelgadis glanced to the dog.  "What do you want now?"

Amelia sighed, looking at the egg. "Zelgadis-san do you really hate this Rezo?" The dog tilted her head, and barked.

Zelgadis ignored the dog and glanced to Amelia. He chose to simply not answer her, going back to his food. Amelia frowned slightly then blinked at the dog. The dog growled, and bit his leg, not hard, but nipped it, as if telling Zel that was wrong. She padded over, and nudged Amelia's leg.

Zelgadis twitched and jerked his leg away, but didn't do anything else, continuing to eat slowly.

Amelia blinked, patting the dog on the head then looking back at the egg. The egg suddenly began to smell... bad.

Zelgadis glanced to the egg then to Amelia, wondering if she wanted his help again or not in changing it's diaper.

Amelia sweat dropped, "Not this again…" She held the egg away from her, "Um Zelgadis-san where are the diapers?" Not that she had ever changed a diaper before but there was a first time for everything.

He got up and went into his room, coming back out with his bookcase, rummaging around in it until he found the extra diapers the teacher gave him, handing them to Amelia.

Amelia took the diaper then scoot her chair away from the table while sweat dropping. "Okay first you just... take off the old diaper..." She took off the dirty diaper then held it away from her with two fingers, "And then you just... um...."

Zelgadis sighed and took it from her, putting the new diaper on, slowly, so Amelia could see how.

Amelia stood up to throw away the old diaper. "I think we should visit Lina-san and Gourry-san… they're probably in the phone book right?"

The dog merely walked to the couch and jumped onto it.

Zelgadis sighed.  "We don't know which house they are staying at... you want to call both?"

"I don't know who's house they're at though... Who's house do you think they'd rather stay at, Lina-san's or Gourry-san's?" She asked.

Zelgadis shrugged.  "How should I know?" The dog begins to snore, with the egg.

Amelia mushroom cloud sighed, "Guess we'll just have to guess... Well Lina-san is really scared of her sister and I don't know anything about Gourry-san's family." He mumbled slightly, going off to get the phone book.  Amelia set the egg on the couch, trying not to wake it up. The dog whined in her sleep.

Zelgadis came back, putting the phone book on the table, and began to clean up the table.

Amelia picked up the phone, don't ask how she knew where it was. She began flipping the pages until she made it to the I section. "Hmm. There! Good thing Inverse is a pretty uncommon name." She began dialing a number then waited.

The phone rang three times before someone answered. "WHAT?"

Zelgadis blinked and looked over at the phone, sweat dropping.

Amelia sweat dropped, making a small 'eep' sound, "Er... I-Is Lina-san there?"

"Who the hell is Lina-san?! I DON'T KNOW ANY LINA-SAN! Go to hell and DIE! I don't LIKE bill collect-..." There was a small pause. "Oh, Lina? She went to some friend's house for a project or something."

Amelia, "Okay bye." She squeaked and immediately hung up the phone.

Zelgadis sweat dropped.  "I can see why she is scared..."

The egg let out a random fart.

Amelia flips over to the G section, "She's at Gourry-san's house then." She then sweat dropped at the egg.

Zelgadis sweat dropped, glancing at it.  "You want me to call them?"

Amelia blinked, "Do you want to?"

Zelgadis shrugged slightly.  "I was just offering."

Amelia ran her finger down a page in the phone book, "Found it! Good thing Lina-san and Gourry-san have weird last names..." And so she dialed the number. The phone only rang once before a female voice answered. "Hello?"

"Hi! Is Lina there?"

"Who is this?"

"This is Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun, I'm a friend of Lina-san's from school."

"Oh, well..." There was a pause, before the voice hollered; "Lina! There's a friend of yours on the phone!" Another pause. "Oh, I'm sorry, I think Gourry and her are still asleep."

Amelia sweat dropped, "Okay, thanks anyway. Bye."

Zelgadis had finished cleaning, and was watching her while leaning against the counter.  "What happened?"

"She said that Lina-san and Gourry-san were still asleep." She murmured, disappointed.  Amelia stood up and picked up the egg. "We should take Seigi for a walk!"

"A walk?  Why would we do that?  Even if we are trying to 'treat it like a real baby'?" He said, raising an eyebrow at her. Amelia shrugged, "Well it's better than just sitting around here all day!"

"Well... normally I didn't mind doing that... I just read books... Ah, I mean."  He hadn't realized he had slipped into talking about his current life.  It wasn't a -bad- thing to do he supposed.  He looked down for a minute before looking up again.  "I guess we could go on a walk..."

Amelia skipped towards the door, "I wonder how many people have been reincarnated too? I've seen Filia-san, Lina-san's sister, Sylphiel-san, Val, My daddy..." The egg began to cry.

Zelgadis was about to continue for her until the egg began to cry, looking to it.

Amelia blinked at the egg, "Do you think she's hungry?" The egg wailed.

Zelgadis didn't hear its stomach growling so didn't think so.  "Maybe not, but the last time I saw the bottle it was in your room..." He picked up the egg and began to cradle it slowly.

"I wonder if she can actually see things? Like watching some Disney movies..." She thought aloud. It stops suddenly.

Zelgadis chuckled slightly at the thought of it watching Disney, then blinked at the egg.  "Do you think, when it was rolling down the hill, some of its circuits got jumbled? It has been stopping a lot for some reason when we didn't really do anything to stop it." Amelia poked the head and blinked, "Maybe... but its not cracked."

The weekend passed quickly, well, for Lina and Gourry anyway. For Amelia and Zel, their traumatized egg continued to cry during the nights, waking both, and Rezo. Now, being Monday, the family care class had been moved to the first class, to rid the eggs ASAP. The -entire- class looked like hell, as most hadn't gotten much sleep during the weekend. The teacher took the eggs when they entered, and took out a chip from each egg. She put it into a computer.

Amelia flopped her head onto the table. A nap sounded perfect at the moment, but she knew that it would be rude to sleep in class. So she propped her chin on her raised palm and waited to hear the results. "My little Seigi is all grown up..." She said with a slight sniffle.

Zelgadis had his arms crossed on the desk his head laying on them with his eyes half closed, muttering over and over about how he needed sleep -now-. 

Lina seemed to be one of the very few who appeared to be completely awake... along with looking bored. She opened her case briefly, shoving her svelte fingers inside, pulling out a simple nail filer. And obviously, she began filing her nails. There really wasn't anything else to do. "La ti daaaaa..." Gourry's hands were behind his head, ankles on his desk, and just leaning back boredly. He too was one of the people that looked all right, but more bored than anything.

The teacher printed out the results, and sat on her desk, giving Gourry and Lina a glower at them. She then began to read the people who had F's... and the teacher even began to tell them what they did wrong, in front of all the other students. When the two couples weren't called, she moved onto D's. Now, couples were called for the D. "Amelia and Zelgadis." She blinked, and gazed at the two in slight confusion, she thought they would have gotten an A.

Amelia sniffled a little. She didn't care about grades as much as she had before with all the recent events, but the other students expected her to be a little overdramatic didn't they? "Oh, Seigi where did I go wrong raising you?" She glanced at Lina and Gourry; she would have to find out of they had their memories back. Between classes wasn't a good time though, maybe at lunch.

Zelgadis heard his name and snapped out of his half daze, jerking up quickly.  "Wha?  Huh?  What did we get again?"  He looked to Amelia, then back at the teacher.

Lina didn't really notice the glower, really. She lifted her head up once Zel and Amelia's grades were announced, and gave them a brief stare. Whoa. And here I thought they'd be the best parents. I'm surprised we didn't get an F… Gourry yawned, closing his eyes, and just leaning back, boredly. He simply ignored what was going on, not like it really matters or anything. The teacher faintly twitched, but she expected this. She then began to describe everything Amelia and Zelgadis did wrong. "It says your baby rolled down the hill, it says it was harassed by a dog. It also says it was scarred by your dancing... The baby was thrown out of the window three times last night... And it is definitely traumatized..." She shook her head, and went about to calling out more D names. Still, no Lina or Gourry.

Amelia sweat dropped and chuckled nervously. How could she find out all that from some kind of chip? The dog and the hill really wasn't -their- fault... But did that mean she would grow up to be a bad parent? Oh no! Zelgadis gaped slightly, that thing could RECORD all that?! "Wait, dancing?" He became quiet and stared at the table, trying to remember when he was dancing... Sure, he threw the baby out the window a couple of times, but... dancing?

Lina blinked slowly. Dancing, huh? Hm. Probably Amelia, but who would be scarred seeing Amelia dance? Unless. .... Nah. She shook her head a little, somewhat paying attention to the teacher's announcements. "Hm." Gourry yawned, and remained how he was, still pretty much ignoring everything.

Now… the teacher reached the A's, still no Lina or Gourry, until that was done, and she got to the A pluses. Only two couples got A's, and only ONE got A Plus... that one couple was... "... L-Lina and Gourry?" She squeaked, staring at the two teens in amazement. "T-there might be a mistake b-but.... You two got... Pluses... You kept your baby happy, clean.... and f-fed.... you two are the perfect... couple and perfect p-parents..." The teacher seemed like she was going to faint.

Amelia stared at Lina and Gourry. Sure, she thought they were the perfect couple but she'd always been a bit skeptical about how they would raise a child if they had one.

Zelgadis was still wondering when the HELL he was dancing until he heard what Lina and Gourry got, jerking up and looking around to them, wide-eyed.  "Well, it is very possible it was broken..." He whispered to Amelia, or maybe more to himself to reassure that they weren't better than him. 

Lina stopped fiddling with her nails, not bothering to even look up. She stared at them blankly and set the willowy nail filer onto the desk, leaning over the desk itself a little to whisper in Gourry's ear. ".... Did you... take care of that thing while I wasn't looking...?"

Gourry leaned his head back to look at her, and shook his head. "I was gonna ask you that... it just wouldn't shut up, so I shoved it under the bed... remember?" He blinked a few times, confusedly.

The teacher put a chip into the computer, and looked over it. "Well... it says here there was no malfunction, they just... took good care of it." She blinked a few times, and the entire class stared at Lina and Gourry, most girls were impressed with Lina... and a few even began to think Lina would be their best role model.

Amelia was about to say 'Maybe' to Zel when she heard what the teacher said. "That's just... really strange." She blinked a few times

Zelgadis squinted and began to mutter quietly to himself.  "Of course there is something wrong... There has to be.  Perhaps the malfunction took over the circuitry and made it so the chip 'stopped' at one point and rewrote its information..." He continued muttering softly to himself, staring at the desk.

Lina blinked slowly, shrugging. "Yeah... that's right. Wow... maybe we got lucky. .... Let's keep this to ourselves." She nodded quickly and leaned back into the chair, scratching the back of her cranium.  Weird... Gourry shrugged, and yawned, continuing to lean back. And the class was dismissed, too much confusion to the teacher, who continued to study the chip.

~ A/N: Sorry for this being so long, I had a lot of other things to do. Thank you for all the reviews! Chapter four should be done soon, hopefully. ~