Disclaimer: dont own slayers or pokemon
Chapter 9
Lîna woke up before dawn. She stretched and got up. Quietly, she went towards the door. When she felt something brush by her leg, she gasped.
"Wolf!" Lîna said in a whisper. Wolf whimpered. Softly, Lîna kneeled down and patted his head. "You wanna come with me, boy?" Lîna asked. Wolf licked her cheek. Lîna stood up and opened the door.
Amî woke up to the sun's rays. Yawning, she sat up. Quickly she noticed Lîna's absence.
"Oh, no!" Amî said loudly.
"What? What's wrong?" Amelia asked frantically.
"Lîna's gone!" Amî said looking around, searching.
"You don't need to be so worried about her." Zelgadis said.
"Why do you say that?" Amî said hotly to Zelgadis's back.
"I saw her leave with Wolf this morning." Zelgadis muttered.
"Then you go find her." Lina said.
"What?" Zelgadis exclaimed, sitting up.
"Go find her or you're barbeque." Amî threatened.
Zelgadis got up grumbling. If Amî hadn't threatend him with her fire pokîmon... Zelgadis got dressed and headed out.
"Seviper, come out." Zelgadis commanded. The black snaked appeared, hissing. "Thought you might want to explore with me. We're looking for Lîna" Zelgadis said. Seviper nodded.
They traveled several hours before running into trouble. A swarm of Beautiaflys and Dustaxes attacked them. The leader was an albino Beautifly. Zelgadis tossed an abandoned pokéball he found at the Beautifly. It caught the butterfly pokémon.
The swarm immediatly seperated and was disbanded. The pokéball moved around for several seconds and the stopped.
"Not bad for a beginner." said a voice. Zelgadis spun around. Leaning against a nearby tree was Lîna. Sitting proudly beside her was Wolf, who was eyeing Zelgadis dangerously.
"Where have you been?" Zelgadis growled.
"Walking." Lîna said smartly. Zelgadis just glared. "Why are you here."
"Amî wanted to know what happened to you so she sent me." Zelgadis said.
"Oh. Lîna said. She walked slowly towards Zelgadis. "I wonder why she sent you and not anyone else." Lîna said slowly. She stopped hardly an inch away from him.
Lîna examined Zelgadis. Slowly, she raised her hnd to hs cheek. Quickly, Zelgadis grabbed her wrist.
"Why are you so scared?" Lîna whispered.
Zelgadis stared at Lîna before sayin, "Because I'm a freak."
Lîna gave a small smile. "If i thought you were a freak, you wouldn't be traveling with us." Lîna said softly.
Zelgadis slowly let go of her wrist. Lîna again raised her hand to his cheek. Zelgadis looked at her hand, slightly fearful. Lîna rested her hand on his cheek. Zelgadis flinched . Lîna cupped his cheek. Zelgadis closed his eyes. Lîna rubbed her thumb across some of the rocks on his face. Zelgadis gasped and opened his eyes. He raised his hand to Lîna's cheek. Lîna looked at his hand before looking back into Zelgadis's eyes. Zelgadis cupped her cheek and moved slightly forward. Lîna moved closer, closing the gap. Zelgadis's breathing quickened.
Lîna move her hand to Zelgadis's elf-like ear. She started to scratch it like someone would a dog. Zelgadis suddenly made a soundthat was a cross of a purr and a growl. The vibration went through his chest. Lîna took both of his hands and intertwined his fingers with hers.
Zelgadis stared deep in her anber eyes. They stared at each other for several minutes. Slowly Zelgadis leaned closer. Suddenly, something pushed Lîna forwanrd. Lîna's gasp was caught by Zelgadis's mouth. Lîna quickly pulled away, blushing.
"Sorry..." Lîna said quickly, looking away from him.
Zelgadis said nothing. Suddenly, Wolf had Zelgadis's arm in his mouth.
"Wolf, return!" Lîna said. Wolf returned to his pokéball. "Sorry about him. Are you alright? He didn't get you, did he?" Lîna asked, concerned.
"I'm fine." Zelgadis said. He picked up his newly caught pokémon.
"We better get back. Amî is going to hurt me." Lîna said smiling. Zelgadis nodded. "Well come on, Zel-chan! I'll race ya!" Lîna said, running.
"Come on, Seviper." Zelgadis said as Seviper returned to his pokéball.