To the end
Ramon: Another Lina and Gourry fic, which many will enjoy.
Sunny: The Slayers and all its characters don't belong to us, it belongs to Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Arazumi. Only Air Jay and Kiko belongs to us.
Alandra: we hope that you people can enjoy this fic.
------
Chapter 2
------
"SAY WHAT!" screamed Lina to the inn keeper, because she was just informed that Air Jay lifted the city that Lina and Gourry just arrived. "What do you mean that Air Jay left?"
"Well…..he just passed by this city, and left as he mysteriously came. We are very thankful that he did not harm us." Said the innkeeper, with a little fear in his voice.
"I don't believe it!" growled Lina. "I almost thought that I would get Air Jay, but now I'll have to stay in this town city because it is already night time and I need to rest because I've been traveling all day! So Innkeeper, get us some rooms for tonight!"
"Y-yes sir……"
"IT'S YES MADAME!"
That of course made the innkeeper hide.
"Hey calm down Lina, we can try to get him another time." Said Gourry with a silly smile.
"Shut up Gourry, I'm in not mood to hear you!" snapped Lina and walked upstairs to her room.
Gourry did not say a thing, he doesn't know why Lina is acting this way but her temper is getting worst. She is too anxious to capture this bandit, Gourry just wonders why. This bandit has an enourmes bounty on his head which would be enough for anyone to retire, it is obvious that Lina is not after this guy for the money, Lina just loves to travel to retire so soon, it is for something else something that Lina is not telling him. "Lina……"
----
Lina is resting in her room in her warm bed, and looking at the ceiling, She is feeling a little guilty for yelling at Gourry that way, but she did it because of the difficult decision that she made and she knows that the more time she passes with Gourry the more difficult it will be for her to say farewell to him.
This is very ironic for Lina, when she begin her first adventures she wanted to travel alone until she had meet Naga, she was a an annoying witch but Lina admits that there were times when Lina enjoyed her company but she was always competing with her, always saying that she is a much better sorceresses than Lina, always rivals and nothing more, these were one of the reasons why Lina ran away from Naga. But a year later she met up with Gourry, he was a little annoying in the beginning but he's the first one who showed that she cared with Lina, that is why she let him travel with him in the first time, and the more time she spend with Gourry the more she liked, even developed that special feeling that she doesn't want to admit it, but now she is going to leave him for his safety so that he won't end up suffering again like he did with the Hellmaster.
Lina looks up to the ceiling and lets out a small sad laugh. "I haven't separate from Gourry yet but I feel so alone." Tears start to fall down from Lina's eyes.
"Lina!" called a voice from behind Lina's door.
Lina immediately got up and wipe out her tears. "Who is it?"
"It's me Gourry!"
Lina open up the door and she was face to face with Gourry. "Hey Gourry, what's up?"
"I just heard that there is going to be some kind of party on this town tonight, lots of dancing and fireworks. I thought that you might like to come." Said Gourry with his usual smile.
Lina did not say a thing, she normally would enjoy going to a towns party but that would mean that she would have to go with Gourry, and she doesn't want to go somewhere where she can get more close to Gourry and would make her more upset about leaving him. "I don't think so Gourry, I'm not in the mood tonight."
This was not the answer that Gourry was especting, Lina would enjoy a cool party like this, and Gourry wanted Lina to come with him because she's been really upset about not getting that bandit named Air Jay, and deep inside Gourry feels that there is something that Lina is not telling him. This upsets Gourry sometime, he had hoped that after all that they had faced together Lina could trust him the enough to tell him what her problems are, this makes Gourry feels so worthless and makes him believe that he will never gain Lina's trust. But still he can not give up on her, he's her protector until the day he dies. There is another way to make Lina come to the party. "They'll have lots of food in there."
This was more than enough to gain Lina's attention. "FOOD? Then lets go!"
-----
Lina and Gourry passed most of the party eating, a lot two hours eating every thing. After all the food was consumed they sited on a bench, watching the fire works.
"That was some great food, wasn't it Lina?" asked Gourry, tapping his belly in delight.
"Yeah, it was." Said Lina, a little cheerful her self. And looking at the sky, watching the fireworks taking different forms, then she turns her gave at Gourry who was also watching the fireworks. Lina blushed, she doesn't know why, but this scenery kind of reminds her of their moment on the temple sand. "Say Gourry……don't you miss your sword of Light?"
"Well…… a little."
"Then why did you give it away?"
Gourry looks to the ground, with a little upset face. "It belonged to the other world. Besides, that sword causes some problems to my family, so it was best that it stayed away."
Gourry's tone kind of surprised Lina, its was kind of a sad and upset tone, this is a new side of Gourry that Lina never saw, but is certainly clear to her that Gourry also has a sad past like anyone else. "I see……I've made something that has made my sister mad, that was one of the main reasons why I decided to travel." Said Lina with the same tone of voice that Gourry used.
Gourry looked back at Lina amazed. She never told that to him that could upset her, but this could have explained why she was so scared when she got that letter from her sister. Lina could have told him little but she trusted him with her problem.
Lina herself could not understand why she told him that but she didn't care, she didn't told him much but she got out some of the weight in her back out that she's been keeping on for so long.
They remained in silence still watching the fireworks but Lina could not stop blushing, there were just the two of them on this romantic scenery, a scenery that Lina might not enjoy ever again. Suddenly Lina remembers a question that she had made to Gourry a long time ago but he had fall asleep. "Say Gourry……in your village……is there any girl waiting for you in your town? A girlfriend or something?"
Lina looks back at Gourry and find him sleeping. "What? Again? Why must he always have to fall asleep when ever I ask him this?" asked Lina with a sweet drop.
Then she looks back at Gourry with a blush and gets a litlle closer to him. "Why must he sound so cute when he's sleeping?" then she looks at his lips with one thought in her mind. "How would it be like if I kiss him?" asked Lina to herself but then she freaked out and jump out the bench. "WHAT AM I THINKING? There is no way I'm going to kiss Gourry! I'm not going to give my first kiss to him because……because….. Because what?" she then looks back at Gourry, with that blush still in her face.
She starts to walk to him more nervous than ever. "I……I never kissed anyone before, am I going to risk to let Gourry be my first one? Why not? He's asleep and he won't tell anyone……and I have to admit that I've been dreaming on this for a very long time, and I better take that chance because I'll never see Gourry again when we get that bandit." Lina starts to get her face closer to Gourry's, until her lips are connected with his, and Gourry's still sleeping.
After a few moments of kissing, Lina backs away with her face redder than ever. "So……this is how it feels to kiss someone? But still why do I have the felling that this is not the first time that Gourry and I ever kissed?" Wonders Lina, but she looked at the sky, admiring the fire works and waiting for Gourry to wake up, with her hand touching her lips who are still warm from the kiss she gave Gourry.
------
In another city, a duke know as Orchto, who is also know to be one of the most loyal supporters of Prince Phill of Seilune received a threatening message from none other than Air Jay saying that he would kill him, tonight.
Orchto was in his living room trembling in fear, he has heard of the terrible deeds that Air Jay has done in the past, and he knows that he might never get the chance of surviving this. "It's almost midnight, where is he?"
"Calm down Mr. Orchto." Said the mercenary swordsmen that Orchto has hire to be his bodyguard, it is none other than Leon, the same swordsman that Lina and Gourry have meet in the past. "I assure you that I can handle this guy, I have handled with many characters like him and none of them ever managed to defeat me."
But Leon's words did not calm down Orchto. "I could have sent a messenger to get Prince Phill but the messenger would take days, even weeks to reach Phill. What am I going to do?"
"Will you calm down?"
"You don't know who this man is! He's a real monster, no one has ever managed to defeat him."
"Well I can say that you don't know me as well!" said a voice from behind the door which has exploded suddenly and a man appeared, he has a long black hair and on the top he has a strange punk hair that it is difficult to describe, and beside him was a small little furry white dog. It is him, it is Air Jay. "If you were smart you could have hire more bodyguards, but instead you hire just one, you cheapskate!"
"AAAAAAAH!" screamed Orchto, his worst fear has come to life. "How……how did pass my guards?"
"Guards? Oh, you mean those guys who tried to stop me? How I guess they won't be here because they all have broken necks!" laughed Air jay very evilly. "I love being the bad guy!"
Leon unleashed his sword. "Hold it right there pal! You'll have to get by me first!"
"And you are?" asked Air Jay, sounding more like he was mocking Leon.
"My name is Leon. I was hire by Mr. Orchto to defeat you. And since I am at it I can collect the bounty on your head!" replied Leon.
This only made Air Jay laugh. "Did you hear this Kiko?"
"Au, Au Rufff! (yeah, what a dweeb!)" barked Kiko.
"Many tried to defeat me, but they all failed and end up in the grave." Said Air Jay directly at Leon.
"I'm getting tire of hearing you!" said Leon then he striked Air Jay with his sword. "WHAT?" gasped Leon when he saw that Air Jay put his arm up, blocking Leon's attack, and Air Jay's arm is not even wounded or anything considering the fact that he used his arm to protect himself from Leon's blade. Leon took a few steps back so that Air Jay might not try to attack him.
"Oh come on, is that the best you can do? You did not even make a scratch in my arm." Taunted Air Jay. "Come on, try a little harder, I won't even try to defend myself against your attack."
Veins started to form on Leon's forehead, he could not believe the arrogance of this guy. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
Leon made another attack, this time directly at Air Jay's neck, but Air Jay did not even move when the bladed strike against his neck, in fact it did not even made any effect on Air Jay, it was just like it happen with his arm. Leon could not believe what it is happening, is this guy even normal?
"Is that the best you can do? If that is your best, I can say that you are dead!" mocked Air Jay then swigged two fingers with such speed and strength that rip out Leon's left eye.
"AAAAAH!" cried Leon in pain, with so much pain that he landed on the ground.
"What a crybaby!" taunted Air Jay as he saw Leon's pain, the he looks back at Orchto who was trembling in fear because of Air Jay's presence. "Now it is your turn Orchto, you who are a very loyal supported of that moron Prince Phill of Seilune."
"Is that what this is all about, Prince Phill? But you haven't fought with him in years, you haven't fought with him since his wife die! Even is I die here I'm very sure that Phill can defeat you!" said Orchto, trying to be brave even in the presence of an evil killer like Air Jay.
"Defeat me? I humiliate him and defeat him every day!" said Air Jay in an all mighty voice.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Why do you think that Phill makes the bounty on my head much bigger every year? Because I beat them all, sorcerer, bounty hunters, mercenaries, even Mazokus, all of them destroyed and defeated by me. Phill puts on an exaggerated prize on may head to make people come after me, all the ones I defeat is a humiliation to him. And now I'm going to kill one of his loyal supporters."
"No….no please……" begged Orchto, but it is too late.
Air Jay wrapped one arm around Orchto neck and the other holding Orchto head, making him break his neck and killing him instantly.
Air Jay let Orchto dead body hit the flour with an evil smirk on his face. "Oh yeah! Who's the bad guy? Who's the bad guy? Oh yeah, I rock!"
Leon saw the entire thing with his remaining eye, and for the first time in his life, he's afraid, he really underestimated Air Jay, he truly is a monster like people say he is.
"Now it is your turn!" said Air Jay with his hands covered in fire.
Leon understood that Air Jay is going to burn him alive. "No….No, get away!"
To be continued……..
Sunny: a little Lina and Gourry get together and the first appearance of Air Jay in this fic.
Ramon: things are starting to heat up. What will happen next?
Maliska: please read and review. Let us know what you think of this fic so far.
