Hiya folks! Please remember that this is Sakura's POV and I sadly still
don't own slayers. However I am working on that!
I sat down to watch. I didn't have to wait long. Zelgadis was holding a large bag from whatever store he had gotten it at. Amelia's eyes widened as he place a loving kiss on her mouth. It was fleeting and elusive like a butterfly. The as he was blushing, he pulled her into an embrace and murmured "I found this and thought immeadiatley of you." He stepped back and opened up the bag. He pulled out a lovely dress.
The dress was long and flowing. The top of it was encrusted in false diamonds around the neck and the long sleeves. The torso part of it was quite form-fitting, but the part starting at the waist came out just a little like a narrow cloud. It would trail effortlessly on the ground after her when she wore it. She gasped at the color. It was aquamarine just like Zel's eyes which were staring intently at her. The second things he pulled out were just as beautiful as the first.
They were pointed shoes the exact same color, but what caught Amelia's attention was that with her expert's eye she could tell the diamonds on the shoes were real. She had some tears running down her face. Alarmed, Zelgadis put down the clothing, wondering what he had done wrong. As he wrapped his long arms around her slim shoulders she looked up and smiled like the diamonds he had just gotten her. Through her watery eyes she said quietly, but full of emotion,
"Domo arigato!!" He was shocked as he had expected her to hit him or something. Instead she kisses him warmly. I can see from his facial expression that he has finally registered the fact that someone loves him for real and that this isn't a wild fantasy he's having. I have never seen him so happy. That's the reaction most people have when they find true love. Most, not everyone.
I leave them to their kissing and teleport to the next show. As I had watched princess and chimera find their love I could not help the tears of joy which ran from my large pink eyes. Rei would be scornfully calling me sentimental and I guess I am having inherited more dragon than monster. I think though, that no matter what she says, I think she can feel it just like me.
I push those interesting thoughts out of my head and before I start to dwell on them focus on the next to-be couple. Gourry has sat down next to Lina and they are talking. It doesn't seem to matter what the conversation is about. They are just enjoying each other's company. Finally, at a lull in the conversation, Gourry clears his throat. Lina looks at him curiously. He has a bag like Zelgadis, but his is much smaller.
He opens it up and Lina gasps in wonder and awe. Gourry carefully pulls out a sparkling necklace with large gems winking in the dim lighting. It is set on a black chain, probably black opal. At the end a pentacle pendant hangs down. The star-shaped pendant has many little blue and silver crystals one on each point and a bunch clustered in the middle. , sapphires and diamonds, with a large blue diamond in the middle. Lina was stunned and could not say anything. Gourry took this to be a positive sign and gently clasped the necklace around her neck. The star hung just above her breast. Lina just watched as he pulled out matching earrings and put them on her. Finally Lina met his eyes and had the same reaction as Amelia. Her ruby orbs watered. Gourry on the other hand, having many sisters and women in the family, knew that this meant that she loved the jewelry. He wrapped his strong arms around her and pulled her close.
He could hear her murmuring over and over "I love you Gourry. The gods have blessed me to give me such a wonderful protector." Gourry smiled as he held her thin frame against his buff body and told her what a great sorceress she was. Sakura wiped away some more tears of her own and teleported to the last and most crucial couple.
She arrived and sat in a corner. She put up a better shield from Xellos' acute senses. He had just walked in. Filia promptly pulled out her mace and deftly swung it at him. He grabbed it and tugged it away from her. He pulled her into an embrace and whispered very quietly in her ear "When you asked me today what was the matter I wanted to tell you, but everyone was listening. I'll tell you now. I was gazing at your wonderous beauty and what was wrong was I realized something very important."
Filia looked at him longingly and wished with all her heart she wasn't so confused. "I love you Filia." She heard his words and instantly wished he hadn't said them. She loved him, yes that was true, but it would never work. "Xellos I love you too but listen." He looked at her curiously. She was pleading. I decided to make it so I could hear their thoughts. Filia replied "It will never work. I can't, you can't, it just won't work!"
Xellos looked at her sadly. "Are you sure?" His words echoed in her head. "No." she stated quietly. Gods above she was so confused. She was drowning in her thoughts when she heard Xellos say something.
Xellos was looking at her face and could see how confused and sad she was. He certainly didn't want that. He remembered something he had heard. ' This is a long shot but I thought that' he said the next part out loud.
Filia was slipping into a deep state of sadness and confusion. It was like with those three words he had said the lights in her mind had gone out. She loved him more than she could bear. She hated him more than she could bear. It was then that he spoke five more words. It was those words that brought her out of the darkness. They made her see the light. With the regaining of the light she made a decision which would affect her for the rest of her long life.
The most important words she ever heard came from this mazoku. There were eight of these words. The first three were I love you. The other ones he murmured now: "Love overcomes all., even hate." Filia's mind stopped whirling and came to a sudden stop as she realized something very important. She told it to her one and only love.
"I don't hate you, I love you Xellos." As soon as she said it he pressed his mouth against hers and kissed her passionately. When he let go she felt a little dizzy. Both for lack of air as well as the lightning fast rate at which everything was going. It was then that Xellos pulled out the ring. It was on a silver band encrusted with yellow diamonds. The center jewel was a sapphire and an amethyst melded together. He slipped it on her fingers and asked the age old question which made girls' hearts swoon.
"Will you marry me Fi-chan?" Filia's world stopped spinning. She looked at his loving eyes and at the ring on her finger. Everything seemed to be going very slowly. She had two words as options and both would change not only her life but another's too. It was at that moment that Filia remembered that her decision wasn't just about her. It was about him too. Her love, a mazoku. The surprise registered on her face as a small voice talked to her.
She'd never heard the voice before yet somehow it sounded familiar. It was gentle and kind. It told her in as harsh as voice as I could manage with my mother this: "Filia UL Copt, you are the selfish, self-centered brat I know. He is asking you from the bottom of his heart to marry you and you are just thinking of yourself. A more heartless person I've never known." I had to think quickly or else they wouldn't get married. I went on rather rudely. "And you wish to refuse him. And you call him a monster."
I left her to ponder my words. ' Geez,' I thought to myself, ' I'm sounding more like Rei everyday. Filia's eyes began to leak. In a quavering voice she murmured one word.
I sat down to watch. I didn't have to wait long. Zelgadis was holding a large bag from whatever store he had gotten it at. Amelia's eyes widened as he place a loving kiss on her mouth. It was fleeting and elusive like a butterfly. The as he was blushing, he pulled her into an embrace and murmured "I found this and thought immeadiatley of you." He stepped back and opened up the bag. He pulled out a lovely dress.
The dress was long and flowing. The top of it was encrusted in false diamonds around the neck and the long sleeves. The torso part of it was quite form-fitting, but the part starting at the waist came out just a little like a narrow cloud. It would trail effortlessly on the ground after her when she wore it. She gasped at the color. It was aquamarine just like Zel's eyes which were staring intently at her. The second things he pulled out were just as beautiful as the first.
They were pointed shoes the exact same color, but what caught Amelia's attention was that with her expert's eye she could tell the diamonds on the shoes were real. She had some tears running down her face. Alarmed, Zelgadis put down the clothing, wondering what he had done wrong. As he wrapped his long arms around her slim shoulders she looked up and smiled like the diamonds he had just gotten her. Through her watery eyes she said quietly, but full of emotion,
"Domo arigato!!" He was shocked as he had expected her to hit him or something. Instead she kisses him warmly. I can see from his facial expression that he has finally registered the fact that someone loves him for real and that this isn't a wild fantasy he's having. I have never seen him so happy. That's the reaction most people have when they find true love. Most, not everyone.
I leave them to their kissing and teleport to the next show. As I had watched princess and chimera find their love I could not help the tears of joy which ran from my large pink eyes. Rei would be scornfully calling me sentimental and I guess I am having inherited more dragon than monster. I think though, that no matter what she says, I think she can feel it just like me.
I push those interesting thoughts out of my head and before I start to dwell on them focus on the next to-be couple. Gourry has sat down next to Lina and they are talking. It doesn't seem to matter what the conversation is about. They are just enjoying each other's company. Finally, at a lull in the conversation, Gourry clears his throat. Lina looks at him curiously. He has a bag like Zelgadis, but his is much smaller.
He opens it up and Lina gasps in wonder and awe. Gourry carefully pulls out a sparkling necklace with large gems winking in the dim lighting. It is set on a black chain, probably black opal. At the end a pentacle pendant hangs down. The star-shaped pendant has many little blue and silver crystals one on each point and a bunch clustered in the middle. , sapphires and diamonds, with a large blue diamond in the middle. Lina was stunned and could not say anything. Gourry took this to be a positive sign and gently clasped the necklace around her neck. The star hung just above her breast. Lina just watched as he pulled out matching earrings and put them on her. Finally Lina met his eyes and had the same reaction as Amelia. Her ruby orbs watered. Gourry on the other hand, having many sisters and women in the family, knew that this meant that she loved the jewelry. He wrapped his strong arms around her and pulled her close.
He could hear her murmuring over and over "I love you Gourry. The gods have blessed me to give me such a wonderful protector." Gourry smiled as he held her thin frame against his buff body and told her what a great sorceress she was. Sakura wiped away some more tears of her own and teleported to the last and most crucial couple.
She arrived and sat in a corner. She put up a better shield from Xellos' acute senses. He had just walked in. Filia promptly pulled out her mace and deftly swung it at him. He grabbed it and tugged it away from her. He pulled her into an embrace and whispered very quietly in her ear "When you asked me today what was the matter I wanted to tell you, but everyone was listening. I'll tell you now. I was gazing at your wonderous beauty and what was wrong was I realized something very important."
Filia looked at him longingly and wished with all her heart she wasn't so confused. "I love you Filia." She heard his words and instantly wished he hadn't said them. She loved him, yes that was true, but it would never work. "Xellos I love you too but listen." He looked at her curiously. She was pleading. I decided to make it so I could hear their thoughts. Filia replied "It will never work. I can't, you can't, it just won't work!"
Xellos looked at her sadly. "Are you sure?" His words echoed in her head. "No." she stated quietly. Gods above she was so confused. She was drowning in her thoughts when she heard Xellos say something.
Xellos was looking at her face and could see how confused and sad she was. He certainly didn't want that. He remembered something he had heard. ' This is a long shot but I thought that' he said the next part out loud.
Filia was slipping into a deep state of sadness and confusion. It was like with those three words he had said the lights in her mind had gone out. She loved him more than she could bear. She hated him more than she could bear. It was then that he spoke five more words. It was those words that brought her out of the darkness. They made her see the light. With the regaining of the light she made a decision which would affect her for the rest of her long life.
The most important words she ever heard came from this mazoku. There were eight of these words. The first three were I love you. The other ones he murmured now: "Love overcomes all., even hate." Filia's mind stopped whirling and came to a sudden stop as she realized something very important. She told it to her one and only love.
"I don't hate you, I love you Xellos." As soon as she said it he pressed his mouth against hers and kissed her passionately. When he let go she felt a little dizzy. Both for lack of air as well as the lightning fast rate at which everything was going. It was then that Xellos pulled out the ring. It was on a silver band encrusted with yellow diamonds. The center jewel was a sapphire and an amethyst melded together. He slipped it on her fingers and asked the age old question which made girls' hearts swoon.
"Will you marry me Fi-chan?" Filia's world stopped spinning. She looked at his loving eyes and at the ring on her finger. Everything seemed to be going very slowly. She had two words as options and both would change not only her life but another's too. It was at that moment that Filia remembered that her decision wasn't just about her. It was about him too. Her love, a mazoku. The surprise registered on her face as a small voice talked to her.
She'd never heard the voice before yet somehow it sounded familiar. It was gentle and kind. It told her in as harsh as voice as I could manage with my mother this: "Filia UL Copt, you are the selfish, self-centered brat I know. He is asking you from the bottom of his heart to marry you and you are just thinking of yourself. A more heartless person I've never known." I had to think quickly or else they wouldn't get married. I went on rather rudely. "And you wish to refuse him. And you call him a monster."
I left her to ponder my words. ' Geez,' I thought to myself, ' I'm sounding more like Rei everyday. Filia's eyes began to leak. In a quavering voice she murmured one word.