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 belong to us.
Alandra: This is the last chapter, we want to thank every one who have read it and review it. And we hope that you enjoy reading as we enjoy making it
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Chapter 14
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A few hours after Gourry was fully awaken, Lina went to Ashford's restaurant and ate to her hearts desire and for the desperations of all the waiters there, but unknown to her is that a mysterious woman is watching her from the window of another building right in front of her.
"So Lina, had a nice dinner?" asked Ashford who finally appeared with a big casket on his neck and on his right arm.
"Yeah I'm fine." Said Lina tapping her belly in delight. "So how are you doing Ashford?"
"Still broken, but I'll survive."
"That's good. Say can you prepare me some food for Gourry as well? I'm sure he's starving."
"Yeah sure!" and Ashford turns to the other waiters. "Alright people prepare some food for Miss Lina to take. Prepare triple portions of what she ate!"
"TRIPLE PORTIONS?" screamed the waiters.
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A few minutes later Lina reaches Urnt's house with a wagon full of food. "Gourry, I'm home! And I brought some food for ya!"
Urnts comes down the stairs. "He's still upstairs, he won't be able to get out of bed yet and….." Urnt almost freaked out when he saw the wagon full of food, food that almost reaches the roof. "Only…..is all that for Gourry? he eats all of that."
"Only when he's on a diet."
"A DIET?"
"Yeah, so how is Gourry? is he alright? No big wounds on him and no more lost of blood?"
"Not at all. I don't know what you have done Lina, but he doesn't have any problems now, it is like he now has a reason to live. But there is one catch……"
Lina didn't like that last call, she's already starting to worry for Gourry's health. "What? What is wrong?"
"Because of the wound that Air Jay gave him, Gourry will be having a big scar on his chest."
"A scar?"
"Yes, it is very big and I don't know how long it will take to pass."
"But Gourry won't have any health problems because of it, is he?"
"No, no, don't worry. he'll be just fine but he will have a big scar on his chest. Still he's not ready to travel yet, he will need to stay at least one week here."
"As long as he's alright then there won't be any problem at all." After saying that Lina went upstairs with Gourry's food.
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In that moment the mysterious woman walks inside the restaurant that Lina was in and took some of her hair samples that were stuck in the chair.
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It is almost sunset and Lina is still in Gourry's room watching the sunset while he's sleeping. She can not believe the adventure she had, she never thought she would have a big fight with some one like Air Jay, it was indeed like her fight with Garv, but she didn't care anymore it is over, Air Jay is dead and he won't come back, never again. She just could not believe that she almost lost Gourry again and this time because she wanted to send him away, but she has learn from this experience that she can not bare to stay away from him. She just wonders what will happen now between them now after this horrible experience.
"Lina?"
Lina's thought were interrupted when she turn around and saw Gourry on his feet with one hand supported on the wall. "Gourry, what are you doing? You should not get up, you are not cured the enough."
"I know, I just can not stand being in bed so long, I'll get bore." Said Gourry as he walks to Lina by the window, watching the sunset.
There as been a moment of silence between them, just watching the sun set.
Lina takes a peek at Gourry and sees him looking at the sunset with her, Lina points her attention to the sunset, this is something that they have never done before but she is enjoying this, just the two of them alone in a romantic environment, a blush starts to form on Lina's face when she realised that.
In that moment Gourry breaks the silence. "Lina…."
"Yes Gourry?" said Lina, never leaving her sight on the sun set.
"When we were at that place in the clouds, and you begged me not to follow the light……"
Lina gasped when she heard that. "What? You mean it was not a dream? It was real." She just doesn't' understand how can that be possible, did they share the same dream? Or was that even a dream?
"I believe so Lina……it was your words that made me come back, it is thanks to you that I am still alive. But about the other thing you said……you said you love me…….is that true?"
Lina realised what Gourry is getting at, it is something she never admitted to say because of her pride and because of the fear, fear that Gourry might never return those feeling for her, but after the battle they went in, and for almost losing Gourry for the second time she must at least tell him the true. "Yes Gourry, is true…..I love you."
Gourry got shocked with Lina's words, his eyes trembling with emotions, and slowly a smile forms in his face, all this time her never knew. With out any excitation Gourry hugs Lina.
Lina did not know what to do, she was divided with two thoughts, punching Gourry so hard that makes him fly out of the house or just stay there and do nothing but wait for his response, the last thought won.
"Lina…..I love you too."
"What?" Lina looks up to his face and sees that he's being truthful, she should feel nervous but she is not, in fact she feels just fine, like if someone juts released a big weight on her back. "Gourry….is this true? Then why you never told me this before?"
Gourry puts a hand behind the back of his head. "Well….. I was never sure if you would return those feelings to me…..I was afraid that you might laugh at me or something of the kind……."
Lina could not believe it; he had the same fear she had. They really do have similar thoughts, not on the intelligence but on the appetites, on the adoration for adventures and the fears most of all, it is true what Zel said once, they were made for each other.
Lina looks up at Gourry with a smile and a tear of joy running down her cheek.
Gourry gently cleans it up with a finger. "Don't cry Lina……you look more beautiful when you don't cry."
Lina blushed with his gentle comment. "Gourry, you once said on the dream, or what ever we were in, that I was beautiful, is it true? You are always complaining about my figure so I want to know if it is true."
"Huh?" Gourry was a little confused. "You mean those comments hurt you Lina?"
"OF COURSE IT DOES! You think that I enjoy hearing them? Do ya?" snapped Lina.
Gourry felt kind of ashamed of himself. "I'm sorry to hear that Lina. You always call me Jelly fish and I never complained. But I am sorry if what I said upset you Lina. And is true what I said, you may have a small chest but still you are beautiful. You're the third most beautiful woman I've ever meet."
"THIRD?" growled Lina, so furious that she is already burning in rage. "Who is the First?"
Gourry hided behind the bed because of Lina's anger. "My mother!"
Lina blinked confused, but that answer was enough to calm her down. "Oh…..then who is the Second?"
"My grandma!"
"Oh…." Lina did not know what to do, but just wanted to laugh of her silliness and Gourry's. Sometimes he can be so childish, but at least she knows that she is indeed attractive to his eyes. "Alright then……" she then climbs up of the bed and holds Gourry's head, and gives him a warm kiss.
Gourry wraps his arms around Lina and returns her kiss.
After a few minutes of kiss they finally break free, but Gourry hold Lina's hand gently. "Lina….."
"Yes Gourry?"
"There is something I wanted to ask you but I never got the chance, and I know I don't have the ring and all……"
Lina's heart started to beat rapidly. "Oh my Gosh…….is he proposing to me?" she asked in her mind.
"Lina, will you marry me?"
"HE IS!" she creamed in her mind. And she gets out of bed with her eyes wide open and almost losing her colour, she had wanted this for so long but she couldn't do it.
"Lina……" Lina's reaction preoccupied Gourry, does it means that Lina does not want to marry him?
"Gourry….I can't."
"Huh? But why?"
"Gourry, don't get me wrong. I love you and I want to have your child." This last one made Lina blush. "But I don't want to settle down yet, I want to continue to travel. There is so many stuff I want to do, so many bandits left to kill, so many treasures left to take and………" Lina was interrupted when Gourry put his hand on her shoulder.
"But Lina, even if are married it does not mean that we have to stop travelling, I also like to travel around with you, Lina."
"But then what will we do when we have kids?"
"You know, normally I am the one who makes a lot of questions. But even if we have kids they travel around with us can they? We can teach them how to read and how write and all, can't we?"
Lina thought about that for a moment. "Well it is true. We can teach them all that, you can teach them how to be great swords fighters and I can teach them the ways of the magic, heck I can even teach them how to use the Dragon Slave."
Gourry almost turn pale. "The dragon Slave?" but then he shakes his head, breaking free of that frightening idea and looks back at Lina. "So…does that mean that you'll marry me Lina?"
Lina wiggles at him with a big smile. "If you ask me again."
Gourry smiles back at Lina and lands on his knees and holds her hands. "Lina, will you marry me?"
"Yes!" responded Lina and lands down to her knees to kiss Gourry once again.
Both of them never felt so relived and so happy in all their lives, finally after almost 3 years of travelling together they know the truth.
Suddenly Gourry pick up Lina, both of them never stopping with the kissing, and puts her on the bed and blows of the candle and………and every thing is dark.
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The first light of morning invades the room, which made Lina wake up. "It is morning already?" Lina looks around and sees that she is sleeping on Gourry's chest with his arms around her and she notices that the only thing covering them is the beds sheets, normally she would freak out with something like this but she didn't care, she enjoyed this and she felt very safe in Gourry's arms. "I can not believe what happen to us theses last days, they have fought a horrible outlaw who almost killed Gourry, and finally we admitted our feelings about each other and we are going to get married. Gourry and me are now more connected than ever and no matter what future adventures await us, Gourry and I will be together……..To the End.
The End
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