Crimson Drowned in Blue Chapter 6: New Awakenings, a slayers fanfic

Sorry it took so long to update. I won't lie, I got lazy, with summer break and another school year coming up I decided that updating would be too much on my brain…but it turns out it was the exact opposite, hahahaha. Anyway here's the 6th chapter to "Crimson Drowned in Blue"

CHAPTER 6: New Awakenings

ZELPHILIA

Lina's eyes popped open with a shock, with the memory of her sister still fresh on her mind. All she remembered was passing out, and who knows what could've happened to her afterwards. She could she tied down to a chair, or locked away in some terrible room for special training and discipline, she could…she could for all she knew be dead! She closed her eyes tightly to regain her train of thought.

"Okay Lina, just calm down….calm down." She thought. "There a reasonable explanation for this, there always is."

She opened her eyes again renewed of her temporary boost of confidence and lifted her hand to her face.

"I can move!" she said shockingly. She lift her other hand to her face and even lifted herself up.

"I can't believe it! I can move! Luna didn't do anything to me and Gou-…Gourry!" she remembered and frantically looked around for her companion.

"Gourry! Gou-" she fell silent when her eyes fell on him right beside her asleep in a chair. He couldn't have been comfortable because the chair looked like it was very stiff and had no arm rest to get comfortable. Yet he still sat in it by her side with his arms crossed and right angle resting above his left knee as if he's been waiting and nodded off.

She smiled a gentle smile and took the extra blanket off the foot of the bed she was in to cover him up. He was so big that it barely covered him up but it got the job done.

She stepped back and sat on the edge of the bed to look at her protector. He looked so handsome when he was asleep and gorgeous when he smiled; hard to believe he had the I.Q. of a jellyfish. The thought made her laugh. It's hard to believe every thing they've been through, and now…she sighed and lay in bed. Now she was back at home in Zephilia to stay by her dying fathers' side. It felt like yesterday when she had snuck out of her window to begin her journey.

She remembered it so clearly….

FLASHBACK

BOOOOMMMM!

"LINA!" a young woman yelled furiously. "Look what you did now!"

The small red haired girl looked around at the remains of her school house and smiled sheepishly to the other girl.

"Whoops, hahaha guess that one got a bit out of hand. Hahahaha."

"A bit out of hand!" she grabbed the young teenager girl by the collar and pulled her to her face before continuing her assault.

"Lina this was the most elite school in the country! Mother and father had to pay a lot of money to get you into this school, now they're gonna have to pay a lot of money to build it up!" she yelled.

The little red head pressed her index fingers together with her head down in pity.

"I'm really sorry Luna…I-"

"Sorry is not gonna cut it! I'm always the one who has to clean up your messes; I'm training to be a knight a Cepheid you know! I don't have time for your faults!"

"I said I was sorry!" Lina yelled angrily with tears flowing down her eyes.

LATER THAT NIGHT

The Inverse family sat in their home late that night after dinner to discuss the current problems of their youngest member.

"Oh Luna I think it's great that Lina wants to follow in her big sisters foot steps." commented Mrs. Inverse.

"No it's not mother! The little brat is always taking things to the extreme!" she argued back. "She destroyed the school and could've killed hundreds of innocent people…using such a spell."

"She's still young," her mother added smoothly. "Just give her a chance to develop her powers and-"

"Mother she just destroyed a school and nearly half the country side with a dragon slave! And you're just gonna pat her on the head and send her to bed! No way am I going for that!"

"You're exactly right Luna." stated her father calmly. "You're still working part time to repair the castle she destroyed with a barrage of fire balls."

"And I still will for the next 7 years to pay it off!" she snapped "That man didn't really care about the damages; he said he enjoyed the fact of knowing magic was being used all around. We had the money to pay it and yet you still make me work to it off! It's not fair!" she whined.

"All part of growing up." he came.

"You're joking right! Papa that little runt is making my life miserable! She's so irresponsible! And she-"

"Will be married off to Aric on her 15th birthday; the preparation has already been set." Her father finished.

"What…"

"You said so your self Luna. You don't have time to run around town fixing your sisters mistakes, so your mother and I decided to let someone else start fixing them for her; a husband."

"But papa…."

Gasp!

A small one escaped the 12 year old lips of Lina Inverse who had been hiding at the top of the stairs listening to her family's conversation about her.

Married?

"She's way too young!" her sister argued in defense for her. "Engagement at age 12 and marriage at age 15……that's insane!"

"It was her or you darling." Spoke her mother in awhile in that night. "You have been going on and on since you were a little girl that you wanted to be a night of Cepheid." She reminisced. "And in order to do so one must be a shrine maiden, meaning you have to remain a virgin, otherwise you don't qualify to become one. And the family needs an heir."

"Yeah but…15?" Luna paused before looking away in defeat. "Mom that just doesn't seem right and you know it."

Lina couldn't take it any more, she had to leave! She wanted to get married more than anything in the world. But she didn't want it to be with a guy her parents arranged for her and just make her limit her magic and spells.

She silently crept back to her room and shut the door quietly to not gain attention.

"They're gonna marry me off?" she thought. "And to somebody…I don't even know." She finished sadly and walked over to her bed.

She stood there staring at it, contemplating on what to do? She heard of the Enlightmen family through neighbors and other people in town. They were said to be a family that exhaled in magic through their male descendants. Which meant there was no room for her to practice or learn any new magic; it was her life, her blood, and she wasn't gonna give it up without a fight!

So without a second thought she grabbed her traveling sack and loaded it with things she'd need on the road, including a dagger and her money from her piggy bank for safe measures. Who knows how the road ahead will go?

With her declaration made she climbed out the window and down a vine that grew along the wall of the house. Jumping the last few feet down she crept her away around the house until she came to the living room window were just her mother and father were still talking.

"Tell me dear do you think will wear this?" asked her mother holding up a red dress that had huge yellow and pink floral patterns on it.

"No way in hell!" Lina thought

Her father sweat dropped and made a face at the outfit. "No Jenell, I feel that if Lina saw that she'll probably try a new fire spell on it." He chuckled.

"Right on dad! You know me better than anybody!"

"Oh that's too bad." Jenell said sadly, folding it in a square. "And I thought she'd look so cute in it for her birthday tomorrow."

"That's right! Tomorrow is my birthday, I can't believe I nearly forgot! But…."

She took on last look at her parents before her eye sight became blurry with tears.

"I made up my mind!" she declared wiping the tears away. "I'm going to leave home to start a new life! A better one and travel the world to see all of its glory."

"Mom…." She began, her eyesight focusing on her. "I promise you I'll get married someday, but right now I just wanna be myself. And dad…I know how much you care but please don't worry much. Stay in good health and I'll be home soon."

END OF FLASHBACK

That was five years ago….but who would've thought she'd be coming back because of her fathers illness. The very thought of it made her sad; she couldn't believe it all came down such a dramatic circumstance. She knew he worried…a lot! And that just couldn't be helped. There were times when she was little that she'd be late coming home from the grape vineyard by only a couple of minutes and her father would be standing by the doorway waiting until she got home to give her a piece of his mind. At times she thought he was just really strict but as time progressed she soon realized it was just out of love.

She turned on her side to gaze at her sleeping protector. He was so handsome; it made her smile just knowing she had someone like him to show off. As she continued to ponder on the status of their relationship, the events from earlier that day replayed in her head.

"Gourry….." Rebecca started. "So that's your name." The girls and I were wondering who the handsome swordsman was who strolled into town. We saw you walking but didn't see Lina until you got a bit closer towards us." She said casually.

"You couldn't see me! What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Lina yelled in anger.

"Exactly what I said! There's no way some one of your…."structure" could possibly gain the love of a man such as Gourry, you might as well skip the chapters of men to the last page cause that's all you'll get. Which in other words means that you can't possibly draw a man worth a woman's wild in especially someone like Gourry." She argued.

"Rebecca…." She cringed at the very thought of her. "I don't have to put up with her! She's denying me the beauty sleep I deserve!"

She got comfortable in the bed and laid facing Gourry until her eyes gave up on her and she drifted back to sleep.

SEYRUUN

Although they reached the castle hours ago, Amelia and Zelgadis still didn't go inside because they wanted to enjoy the cool night air awhile longer. Not only that, but their conversation never seemed to end. They learned so much about one another and were still learning more and more.

Their walk soon led them to the palace gardens toward the garden maze.

"You all have your own maze here?" he asked in amazement.

"Yes, it was my mother's favorite place to be and soon became mine. There's a fountain in the center that I wanna show you."

He nodded in allotment and followed her through the maze. He first began to just admire the structure of the maze and the way the moon lit its path. But he soon concluded that he was walking too slowly for Amelia's pace when she walked back and grabbed him by the hand to keep up. Usually he would grunt and become hesitant to hold her in such and manner and pull back. But her hands….her hands were so soft; he couldn't help but admire them.

A blush rushed its way to Amelia's face when she noticed what was going on. She knew she intentionally grabbed Zelgadis's hand but that was to help lead him through since it was so dark out. But the more she felt his thumb caress her hand, the more she felt her heart thumb until it was all she heard. It was all becoming unbearable…so unbearable that…that…

"Is this the place?"

She was interrupted by her train of thought by his question. She snapped out of her dream space and glanced around to find they had already made it to the fountain. She must have absentmindedly led them there; it's a go figure considering how many times she's been there.

She turned her head away from him even further to hide her faint blush and released his hand to walk toward the center of the area.

"Yes, this is where my mother came when she wanted to be alone."

"I see." He said understandingly, walking to her side. "So now it's your favorite place to be alone."

She nodded and a strong gust of wind blew in from the south sending a chill through her body. She shut her eyes tight and grasped herself to keep warm and continuously rubbed her arms to keep warm. Her effort seemed futile at first until her body suddenly felt a warm tingle throughout its existence. It was a wonderful feeling that touched the very core of her being with strength and protection.

Amelia felt she was on cloud nine and slowly began to open her eyes when she felt a nose gently nuzzle her neck from behind and an exotic voice in her ear.

"It's getting cold out…" he whispered. "We should start heading in."

She was in a lost of words and felt week in his arms. She could barely stutter the words she meant to say, and gave him a weak nod before collapsing in his embrace.

Moments Later

She awoken in a dark room and became frightened. Wasn't she just in the garden with Zelgadis!

"Zelgadis? Mr. Zelgadis?" She called climbing out of bed toward the door.

She was frantic at not knowing what was going on, and desperately went to seek out the warmth she once had.

"ZELGADIS! MR.ZELGADIS! ZELGADIS! ZEL- hmpf!"

She bumped into someone walking out of the room, and looked up to try to make out the face in the dark with the little hall light that was available.

"Zelgadis?" she questioned the mysterious figure.

"Geez, I'm starting to wonder just how much you think about me." He grunted, walking over to turn on a lantern.

She quickly locked toward the floor like an innocent school girl to hide her blush and fumbled in her mind on what to say next.

"Well y-you see I was worried that something may have happened to you, considering we were last in the garden." She mumbled.

"Yes, well unfortunately for me the cold air must have really gotten to you because you passed out and I had to get us out of that crazy maze on my own!"

"Oh I'm sorry Mr. Zelgadis! I didn't mean to cause you the trouble." She apologized.

"Don't worry about it; I just flew over it all after 5 minutes of walking around." He admitted.

"Oh well that's a relieve, I thought for sure you would've tried to walk out the maze Mr. Zelgadis since you like puzzles and stuff. But with my extra weight it's a go figure you just flew over." She laughed nervously and seated herself at her desk chair while he studied her bookshelf.

After a moment of silence he asked, "Why do you call me that?"

"Hmm? Call you what?" she asked innocently.

"Why do you always call me 'Mr. Zelgadis'? Just a while ago you were calling me Zelgadis." He observed.

Her cheeks started to burn before trying her best to answer modestly. "Well I…it's because I respect you Mr. Zelgadis, the same as Mr. Gourry."

"But when was the last time you called him that?" he asked, scowl forming on his face.

She looked at him in wonder of what would have brought this up to see his trembling body facing the bookshelf. Being instantly worried about him she walked toward him in effort to comfort him.

"Well….because…."

She was just two feet away from him with her arms outstretched to touch him when he quickly turned around, grabbed her arms to pull her into another one of his embraces.

He face felt hot and she felt she was going to pass out again until he began talk.

"I don't want any formalities Amelia. I just want you to be yourself around me. You haven't called Gourry 'Mister' in quite awhile and I just want that same type of attention. (a pause) I'm sorry, I must sound crazy to you."

"No…" she chocked, as tears broke their boundaries flowed down her face. "You don't."

He looked up at her and wiped the tears from her face with his thumb and continued to stare into her deep blue eyes. The moment they were sharing began to become intense and Amelia felt that something was bound to happen that night.

He leaned forward and she closed her eyes from the closeness felt a light brush of his lips on her cheek.

"We should get some sleep tonight. I wouldn't want Phil to worry about his daughter's condition tomorrow morning." He said absently walking past her to the door.

"Sorry if I was troublesome to you today, but I was serious at what a said awhile ago. I…I really want you to be casual with me, because I want us to get to know each other better. I feel we're going to be together for awhile Amelia, so I'm sorry if I was to straightforward." He gave her a smile and said his goodnights, exiting her room.

She turned off the lantern and plopped down on her bed to lay and face the ceiling.

"Oh Zelgadis." She moaned silently turning to see the stars out her window.

"If only you really knew." She whispered, as her final tear of the night fell on her bed.

TBC

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