Technicolor Dreams

Chapter: 4

Tempers Flare

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Zel walked down the street with his hood and mask up. He had replaced them mainly to hid his anger, and because he wasn't normal. He walked stiffly with his hands straight at his side clenched into fists. He was so angry that every once in a while his fists would actually shake. He looked over his shoulder to see Lina silently following him to his apartment. He grumbled under his breath as he continued to walk.

Lina walked behind Zelgadis and was just as pissed off as he seemed to be. At least she thought she knew the level of his anger. As she had observed inside Kenjo corp. Zelgadis was capable of changing emotions in a blink of an eye. 'And, if he is capable of changing his emotions that quick then he is also probably very adept at hiding his emotions,' Lina thought as she continued to follow Zelgadis. "Are we going to walk around all night or do you have a place to live," Lina remarked snidely at Zelgadis' back.

Zel looked behind him and said lowly, "Either shut up and follow or go away."

Lina glared at him as his head faced the front again. 'I can't see him cause of that damned hood...it's like I'm talking with the ghost of Christmas future or something,' Lina thought as she continued to follow silently behind Zelgadis. A few minutes they were going up a set of stairs and Zelgadis unlocked a door. They walked into the apartment with a blonde man flipping through television channels. "Hey Zel, you're home early...hey who's your friend?"

Zel ignored Gourry and walked right past him without making any sound. He walked into his room and slammed the door behind him finally being able to be alone. Gourry just looked at the door in confusion and asked, "What's up with him?"

"He's angry that someone pointed out that he's nothing more than a mind rapping son of a bitch," Lina said as she sat down in a chair to Gourry's side.

Gourry looked at the now know red-haired girl and asked, "Do I know you?"

"No you don't," Lina said as she looked at the tall blonde man before finishing, "But, you know Zelgadis."

"Yeah what about Zel," Gourry asked somewhat confused.

"You mean you're willing live with him knowing he's a mind rapping bastard," Lina stated.

"Zel isn't a bad guy...and what's this whole deal about mind rapping? He's a composer," Gourry answered.

"Don't you know what it means to be a composer," Lina asked somewhat worried.

"Yeah they write music," Gourry answered smiling dumbly.

Lina sweatdropped and thought, 'I probably just need to drop the point...I'm not getting anywhere with this guy.' Lina then looked at Zelgadis' door for a moment then shouted, "Where do I sleep...you owe me."

She heard a grumble and the door swung open. Zelgadis stood in the doorway literally shaking with anger. He stepped forward as that blue aura began to appear around him again. "Just find a place. You don't need me to lead you around like a damn two year old do you," Zel asked angrily as he stepped forward again.

Lina stood up glaring death at Zelgadis as she stepped forward and shouted, "You owe me for what you did to me! Keep this up and I'll send you through the wall again!"

Zelgadis stood in front of Lina, his blue aura of anger still present, and smirked somewhat, "Try me. You won't catch me off guard this time."

"Why you arrogant," Lina shouted as she moved to punch Zelgadis.

She punched just for her fist to go through an after image of Zelgadis. She blinked for a moment, somewhat confused, before she heard from behind her, "A little harder to hit me when I'm ready isn't it?"

Lina spun around to find Zelgadis standing there with his arms crossed over his chest. She glared at him and asked, "How did you do that?"

Zelgadis just looked at her for a moment before he sighed as he began to walk away. Right as he came beside her he said just above a whisper, "It's a side effect of being such a monster," before going back into his room and shutting the door.

Lina turned to look at the door with an arched eyebrow. 'What was that all about,' she wondered as she turned to Gourry and asked, "Where can I sleep at least until tomorrow?"

Gourry looked at her and said, "Well there's the couch or with Zel."

Lina blinked at Gourry and then asked, "Did you say sleep with Zel?"

Gourry nodded dumbly, "Yeah, I mean you two are going out aren't you?"

Lina mouth hung open for a few seconds as her mind ran over Gourry's logic, 'Just because we came in together doesn't mean that.' She stomped up to Gourry and grabbed him by the shirt collar while taking on this dangerously sweet face. "Why do you think Zelgadis and I are going out?!?"

Gourry smiled, not realizing what danger he was in, and replied, "Well, you came home with him and you two fight like a couple so..."

Gourry's statement was interrupted by Lina punching him in the gut. She stood over him as he recovered and shouted, "There is no way I would ever go out with him. That bastard got enough jollies off of raping my mind! You think I would putt myself in a position for him to take my body as well?!?"

Gourry soon recovered from the blow and got up. He walked towards his room while saying, "If that's how you feel I can't change it...but Zel is a good person at heart," before he shut his door behind him.

Lina rolled her eyes and laid down on the couch that Gourry that just vacated. 'A good person he says...yeah right,' Lina thought as she covered up with the blanket Gourry had left. Lina rolled over and started off to sleep as she mumbled, "I'll never trust him again."

Inside his room Zelgadis stared at the wall while he revisited the words Lina had spoken after he left. Another thing she didn't know about his body is it had super sensitive hearing as well as speed. He tired to just roll over and just sleep it off but he couldn't get the words out of his head. They hurt, he would never admit it to anyone, but those words hurt him more that anything else. He continued to try and put them away but they wouldn't leave his mind. He rolled over once more to face the door to his room. He knew Lina was asleep now and was glad. He couldn't take much more of that verbal abuse from the side lines. He had already done all he could to keep it from happening during their argument in the living room. But, now was another story in and of itself. Zel sighed as he heard it call out in a slow, seductive and yet sadistic voice, "Let me have her and I'll show her rape."

Zel shuddered as he tried to fight him off. No one knew it, he didn't even think the surgeons knew, but his body came with one fundamental flaw. Thanks to his body being made out of different things he had a few problems. One third was him, no problems there, but another third was that of a rare creature known as a mazuko. There were few of these creatures left in the world but what he knew of them they were pure evil. And, it was apparent that the surgeons didn't account for the possibility that the third of the mazuko would remain sentient. "Go away. I will not let you touch her," Zelgadis threaten his roommate of the mind.

"Come on Zel," came the liquid velvet tenor of his demon side, "She could be yours. Just break her will and then you can have her whenever you want."

"No!" Zel actually shouted as he sat up in his bed breathing heavily.

"She just outside the door Zel...she could be all yours," called the voice as it slowly faded.

Zel shook his head to clear it of ideas like what the mazuko had implanted. He then got up and found his shirt, socks, and shoes. He dressed and opened his door into the living room. He crept slowly by the couch until he noticed Lina asleep and sprawled out fully. Her small chest rose and fell as she breathed evenly in sleep. Her heart shaped, porcelain face was illuminated perfectly by the moon outside the window. He looked at her while a smile came to his face. As he view this fallen angel the smile turned from genuine into a cruel and evil smile. He moved forward silently as thoughts of taking her beautiful body ran through his mind. He got within an arms reach of her when the smile turned into a scowl as he attempted to fight off the mazuko. He backed away from her and continued his fight for control as the voice called, "She's right there...Just a quick move and she wouldn't be able to fight back..."

"No!" Zel shouted again as he dashed out of the door. He had to get away from her. He had to get away for at least a few hours so he could work up his mental defenses.

Zel continued to walk until he came to the bar. Still scowling he sat at the bar, "Give me the hardest thing you have."

Lina sat up quickly after hearing a shout just to see a blur of ivory rush out the door. She blinked a few times wondering what the hell was going on. 'What the hell was Zel up to at this time of night? And where the hell did he go,' Lina thought as she looked around the room. It was a very simple room with only the couch, armchair, and television to fill the space. She hadn't seen any other rooms and since she was awake she walked towards Zel's open door. "It's a little payback for what he did," she said while trying to rationalize why she was doing this.

She entered the room to find it ordered to the last detail. 'Man, talk about being organized,' Lina thought as she looked over the alphabetized book collection. She looked around the room to find it only had the bookshelf, a writing desk, and the bed. Everything was straight, tidy, and nothing was out of place except for the bed. "Oh well, not much here...I'll get him in the morning," Lina said as she went back into the living room and went to sleep