Hell's Breaking Point.
Chapter II – Mission Taunting
Disclaimer: I do not own Slayers, if I did I would have make the Slayers' 4th season
Xellos was assigned a perculiar errand by the Lord Of Nightmare. At first, it was just a simple taunting game but as time goes by, the errand became more extreme until............. (Mostly L/G and a bit of Z/A)
Important notes: I forgot to tell you that this story takes place after Next but before Try so Gourry still has the sword of light and there's no Filia.
It's time......
The deep violet eyes casually follow the blonde swordsman's movement to the Slayers' table. A small smirk plastered on his face as he recall his earlier conversation with the Lord Of Nightmare.
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"You want me to do what?"
The mysterious priest had asked L-sama again in surprise. He really had not expected this. "I said I want you to invoke as many negative emotions from Lina Inverse's protector," she repeated herself wondering why is it so difficult for the Beastmaster's general to understand her command.
"Lina Inverse's protector!? G-Gourry-san!?" he exclaimed in disbelief. "B-but, he is the most laidback human I have ever seen!"
"Hmm, I guess this job is too much of a challenge for you. Never mind then," She waved her hand at him signalling for him to leave. But, Xellos did not move from his spot as he re-thought her request. Sure the request was quite difficult to accomplish but the challenge itself had caught his interest.
"Wait, oka-sama," The Lord Of Nightmare smiles for a short while before turning to face Xellos. Works like a charm, she smugly thought "I accept your request," She nodded as a sign of approval.
"Go then," He bowed at her command as one eye slit open "Ah, but before I leave, may I ask the reason why?" Smiling slyly, she answered.
"That is of course a secret,"
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Sigh, she just had to use his catch phrase, didn't she? Pushing the memory aside, Xellos calmly walked over to Gourry while scheming his own plot.
"Gourry-sa....." he stopped as he felt a ridiculously large amount of negative energy coming out of who else but Lina Inverse. Gah! Why can't the target be Lina-san or Zelgadis-san!? I would not have to crack my mind from finding the right way to accomplish this. In the end, he decided to let Lina do whatever she wants to do with Gourry first before he begin his plan.
Gourry took a seat on an empty chair near his comrades with the same expression he wears everyday while Sylphiel had a daze look on a her face and a smile that couldn't be erased. "Um, I think I'll go to my room," She excused herself before retreating to the inn's stairs, making her way to her room on the second floor. After she had dissapeared from his vision, Gourry picked up the menu and started scanning through it.
"Waiter, I'll have everything from here to here," he ordered as pointed to his orders to a nearby waiter. Zelgadis accidently sprayed his coffee from his mouth while Amelia just gasped in disbelief. Lina and Xellos didn't even bother to react.
"G-Gourry-san! Are you still hungry!?" Gourry nodded at Amelia. "Well, all that walking has made me hungry again," Zelgadis wiped his mouth as he shook his head in disbelief while Amelia wonders at the depht of Gourry's stomach.
"Well, what do you expect from a stomach powered brain guy! Hmph, I bet he used every last penny from Sylphiel to buy his 'treats'! Well, guess what! No one is going to 'treat' you this time!!" the sorceress had stopped eating and was know sitting upright on her chair, her arms crossed and her eyes closed.
"L-Lina-san...." Amelia did not want to indulge in another one of Lina's tongue-lashing neither does Zel as he had this sudden urge to hunch over and just plug his super sensitive ears.
"Well, that's no problem since I have enough money to pay and about Sylphiel's money she had insisted that I didn't have to pay her back. But, still...she bought me a lot of stuff..." Somehow he felt as he had betrayed his grandmother's trust after she had adviced him to always treat woman nicely before she passed away. His mind was hurting from thinking too much about being more chivalry and in the end he concluded that he was not guilty since Sylphiel wasn't mad at him from 'borrowing' her money. He let out a sigh. It's a good thing that it's not Lina's money that I'd use, if not I would have to reduce to being her slave forever just to pay her back......
"NOW you feel guilty!" Gourry snapped back to reality. Who was that- oh, it's just Lina. The redhead was still in her arms crossing position only now her eyes were open and was giving him her trademark glare. Normal people would have wet their pants when Lina gave them the glare but Gourry simply calmly shruged her off. Luckily for him, the waiter and his ordered food came just in time to vanish his guilt.
"Here you are, sir," the waiter spoked while putting down Gourry's lunch on the table while at the same time picking up the rest of the large amount of empty plates. Cursing quietly at his customers, the waiter pushed the plate-filled trolley and dissapears into the kitchen. Not wanting to wait any longer, Gourry quickly swipes his knife and fork and starts his assault on his food. The others could only watch in awe.
Lina pushed her chair as she stand up "I'm done......" and walked off towards her room without another word. "Lina-san?" Amelia and Zelgadis watched their friend walked up the stairs before switching their glances back at Gourry who was busy eating.
"Oh, now you've done it Gourry," Zelgadis spoked "Eh?" Ignoring Gourry's ignorance Zel continues "You'd better talk to her because I don't want to deal with that Lina tomorrow or any time in my life," Eventhough his sentences came out as an insult but deep down under his rock hard skin, he was worried and symphatizes his fury companion.
"Zelgadis-san, that was mean," Amelia spoked but Zel only mouthed out a skeptical 'What?'
The two then noticed that Gourry's eating pace had slowed down and eventually he stopped eating. "I guess I'll try talking to her," Gourry put down his knife and fork, while finding the courage to leave his beloved meal. Patting his stomach, he went off to Lina's room.
"Good luck," Amelia whispered silently while Zel just sighed in relief. But then he turned his attention to Xellos who has been suspiciously quiet the whole time. "So, Xellos. You've been quiet, too quiet. What are you up to?" Zel spoked but Xellos didn't bother to look at him as his eyes were glued to the inn's stairs.
".....this will take a while..." and with that Xellos teleported himself away. "X-Xellos-san!?" Amelia and Zel gasped in surprised at his strange behaviour. Amelia looked at the empty chair before turning her gaze towards Gourry's lunch. I'm sure Gourry-san wouldn't mind.. And so she pulled his plate towards her side before finishing what Gourry had started; eating his lunch. The smile on Zelgadis' lips watching Amelia turned into a frown as he thought back about Xellos. It feels as if we've been sucked in into another one of Xellos's little scheme....
Gourry gulped nervously as he steel himself in front of Lina's room. I know that the conversation will end up with me getting fireballed but here goes nothing. He summoned every strenght in him just to knock on the door. "Lina?"
"Go away Gourry!" the reply came. Of course he won't go away. How could he leave her like that knowing that it was his fault for making her like this.....well, Gourry didn't know why she was mad but when she is, it's always because of him.
"Lina, come on open the door," Gourry tried again. It was one of his duty as her protector to calm her down. He didn't care if she fireballed him as long as that can cool her temper down.
"I said GO AWAY or I DRAGU SLAVE your sorry ass!!!"
"Go ahead! If that can calm you down than by all means go ahead!" he yelled back. Please don't! I was just kidding!! When she didn't reply back, he had thought that maybe he had broken her spirit down. He smiled as he heard the clicking sound of the door unlocking. Grabbing the door knob, Gourry gently pushed the door open when suddenly the door slammed on his face so hard that made him fly backwards hitting the opposite wall. Downstairs, Amelia and Zel prayed for their friend's safety.
Rubbing his pained face, he saw Lina walk through the door. "That," she pointed at his battered face "is for pissing me off," Gourry had expected her to return to her room but he was wrong when she knelt in front of him, her hands on his face.
"Recovery," After his face was fully healed, Lina turned back towards her room when Gourry swiftly caught her right hand. "Wait, I still want to talk to you," He could feel her tense up under his touch. Without turning her head around, she spoked.
"We.....can talk inside," and she led him into her room, his hand still in her grasp. After she had closed the door, Lina went to sit on her bed, her eyes nowhere on her blonde companion. There was an awkward silence before Gourry starts to speak.
"I'm sorry," Hearing his apology, Lina couldn't help but bring her gaze towards Gourry. As their gazes cross path, she could feel her face growing hotter at the sight of his deep gaze. "G-Gourry...." she choked. Gourry closed his eyes as if he was thinking something to say, but when he opened his eyes....
"-is what I like to say if I know what I did wrong," he stated with a big smile. "Umm, but I really don't know what I did to make you mad Lina," he continued with a confused expression on his face. Lina kept quiet alowing him to finish whatever he had to say before she pound him senselessly. "Mmm, all I remember is when Sylphiel ask me out and following your advice, I had agreed and then-" Lina's eyes widen.
"What did you just say? What advice!?" she asked in a confuse and hard tone. I never adviced him to date Sylphiel......did I? A sick feeling started attacking her stomach.
"You know, the advice where you told me to always grab any oppurtunities that may benefit me," he stated to a very confuse Lina.
"Y-you mean that you followed THAT advice and used Sylphiel to gain your own benefit!?" she gapped in surprise not because that he had used Sylphiel but because he had dated her because of her own advice.
"Don't say it like that," Gourry swinged his arms from left to right as the guilt from before crept back to him "Like I said before, both me and Sylphiel had gain something from that date," he explained. For the first time, Lina was the one intently listening to Gourry's explanation.
"So you know then, about Sylphiel's feeling towards you," she didn't know what had made her ask that but she really needed to know his answer.
Gourry looked at her funny "It was kinda obvious wasn't it?" Lina gave out a weak laugh to masked her surprise, He knew it all along...And here I thought he was blissfully unaware of it.... But at the same time, she had clenched her hands at her side as an important question popped into her mind.
"So.....do you have feelings towards her?" she gulped as she stared at her shoes, her face was blazing in red.
"I like Sylphiel but only as a friend and maybe as a great cook," Gourry answered as he thought back about Sylphiel's delicious cooking. Lina watched him as he fantasizes about food and couldn't help but let out a laugh. As her laughter snapped him back to reality, Gourry was surprised to see Lina sprawled on top of her bed, letting out a heartful laughter.
Happy to see her laughing again, he smiled "So does this mean, you're okay?" he asked.
"I'm okay, jellyfish," she chuckled. Gourry then walked up to her and gave her his ussual pat on her head. "That's good then. I'm going to go finish my lunch now," As he walked towards the door, he started to speak "Amelia. You can stop leaning on the door now,"
"Yeah, I could see your little sneaky feet," Lina added, as a hint of pink visible on her cheek. There was a loud thumping sound outside the door and a muffled 'Run away Zelgadis-san' was heard before the sound of feet stomping away echoed in the room. Lina raised an eyebrow not expecting Zelgadis to eavesdrop on them also. As Gourry opened the door he heard her call his name. Turning around, he saw her smile sweetly at him.
"Thanks Gourry,"
"Anytime Lina," And he closed the door behind him. Lina let out a happy sigh as she laid her back on the bed but quickly jolted back up when she heard Gourry yelling downstairs.
"Amelia!! You ate my lunch!!!!!"
The rest of the day went out normally, Lina and Gourry chatting as usual, Amelia and Zelgadis kept running away from Lina afraid that the sorceress would Dragu Slave them for their earlier eavesdropping, Sylphiel with her normal 'Gourry-sama' phrase but one person was missing; Xellos. And from time to time, Zel would wonder about the priest and his evil scheme.
Morning arrive and we found the Slayers back on the road again, resuming their journey to Seyruun. Lina as usual leading the group with Gourry and Sylphiel on her heels, Amelia marching happily while humming the 'Otome No Inori' tune and Zelgadis walking slowly behind her. Everything was going smoothly until an unwanted guest shows up.
"Good morning eveyone!" a cheery voice greeted them making the whole group halt.
"For Pete sake, Xellos! Stop popping in and out like that!" Lina cried in annoyannce. Xellos puts a hand behind his back while giving her a smile.
"Well, if you can put up with Gourry-san's lack of brain cells, you can put up with me. I mean just look at that doofus. I bet every second his brain waste away because he never even used it. Maybe he's just too much of an idiot to know how to use his brain anyway," he spoked, the smile never faded, all this while Lina and the others (minus Gourry) looked at him, surprised and angry by his sudden rude comments about their friend. Gourry still contained his peaceful look.
"Wait a minute, Xellos!" Lina suddenly spoke up "You came here just to insult Gourry! Well if that's the case, you can just teleport your astral ass back to the astral plain!" her voice hold anger towards the Mazoku. Amelia, Zel, and Sylphiel agreed with the red-haired sorceress. Xellos took a second to peek at the blonde sworsdman and was frustrated that he wasn't giving out any reaction. Time to double the insult....
"Well, well, Lina-san. You insult him everyday, don't you?" Lina's eye twitched "But I do not-"Xellos stopped her by wiggling a finger. "Ah, but don't feel bad about it Lina-san. It is true, isn't it?" There was a short silence as Lina and the others had no idea how to counter that comment.
"As I thought. You know, if you two would ever get together in the end, Lina-san, you would probably have to tell him where to insert his big 'sword'. Hmm, but as I think about it, it may not be his fault for being so unbelievably stupid, maybe his parents are already a complete asshole in the very beginning," he said in delight, letting out a chuckle as if whatever he had said was funny.
Lina's face was already red with embarrasment and fury, Amelia and Sylphiel gasped in horror while Zel gripped his hand tightly in anger. All of them were giving out delicious emotions, but Xellos ignored them all. What he was aiming for is Gourry's. His smile widen as he felt a flicker coming out of the swordsman but the smile faded because as quickly as it came, it quickly dissapear. Gourry started walking towards him, his expression never changing.
"I don't know what you're hoping to gain from insulting me and my family like that. But if you're hoping to get me angry with those petty lies, you can forget about it," he said calmly but it was visible to see that he was struggling to keep his composure. Noticing
her beloved companion's struggle, Lina did the only thing she could think off and that is hurting Xellos, badly. Moving between Xellos and his prey, she violently grabbed Xellos by the collar and dragged him downwards so that he was face to face with her. She greeted her teeth.
"If you're quite done, you bastard, why don't you go back to wherever hellhole you just crawl out from!" her voice was thick in anger as she glared him dangerously. "Or I'll make you!" Xellos brought his eyes from Gourry to meet Lina's. Looking at the deep fiery red pools of her eyes, he knew that she wasn't joking. Taking a quick glance at the man behind her, he reply.
"As you wish," and he vanished from thin air.
To Be Continue...
Ranting:
Ahem, so Taroguru-san. When will you be updating your story, ha? Hehe, anyway, thanks for the review .
I like making Lina jealous, Gerao-A, it's fun Thanks for reviewing and about continuing that other story of mine.......I'll think about it....0o;;;;
Thanks for reviewing Magus Black.
Sorry about having no Filia in this story, Mistress DragonFlame but thanks for the review.
I know, I know BlueJellyFish. Don't worry. There'll be plenty of L/G moments in this story to please you XP
Author's Note :
Yumekage: Phew, chapter II done.....
Xellos: I love being a Mazoku, it's so much fun
Lina: Xellos! Come back here so I can kill you!!
Xellos: Whoops, she found me! Bye!
Gourry: ......why me..?
Yumekage: Don't worry Gourry. That's what you get for being my favourote male character in Slayers
Gourry: o0 Any reviews, comments or even flames are fine with the author.