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"Ah...er...thank you." Lina stuttered, her face turning an eerie shade of purple from the shame mixed in with embarrassment. Why had she acted like that? Xelloss was supposed to be the enemy...damn it! A mischievous smile spread across his face as if he knew, just knew, what she was thinking. Xelloss made her do that! He seduced her on purpose! This was all just another one of his games; he hadn't been affected at all. This was his way of showing her that she really shouldn't trust him. Stupid fruitcake. "What's wrong, Lina-san?" He purred, his eyes taunting her with their smug knowledge.

Her mouth opened to respond, but no words would come out. She couldn't move at all. This was humiliating...And to think she was actually starting to believe she just MIGHT have feelings for him, but now she was realizing that she didn't. None of it mattered, and now she was pissed. As her temper snapped the spell was broken and she jumped off the couch. He didn't even blink, only stared up at her as she loomed over him. "I told you Lina-san, I really did warn you." The sound of the bitterness in his voice made her so mad that she could just...slap! Her hand came down hard onto his cheek, stinging her hand in the process. "You...you...there aren't even any words to describe you. I hate you." She spat, her eyes filling with angry tears.

"I can think of a few words to describe him." Zelgadiss's voice wafted through the room, making Lina jump and turn to him. He looked just like she felt, pissed off. His face was red with anger and his hands were clenched into tight fists at his side. "Damn you, bastard. I knew you were no good." Zel zoned in on them, and stopped just in front of Xelloss. "What did you do to Lina?"

Xelloss's eyes were now just a blank, his face hardened almost to stone. Lina didn't know if this was his way of being guilty or being an ass, she didn't like it either way. She put her hand on Zelgadiss's shoulder, not looking at him but at Xelloss, holding his stony gaze. "It's ok Zel, it was my fault. I didn't listen." Zelgadiss shrugged her hand off and growled. "I don't give a shit. He should have known better, no, he does know better." The distinct crack of his fist connected with Xelloss's face made Lina flinch.

"You do realize that this only makes me feel fantastic, don't you? You seem to forget I feed off your negative emotions. This a feast." The empty smile on his face brought a sinking feeling to her gut. Zelgadiss just growled. Lina turned away from them and walked to the door, stopping only to say, "So, that was it wasn't it? I was just another meal..." And she was gone.

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"Um, Ms. Lina? Is something the matter?" Hiyo asked, exchanging yet another worried glance with Zelgadiss. Lina had been eating for the past three hours straight-nonstop. Not that eating had ever been anything abnormal for her it was just that his time it seemed she was taking it a bit too far. One plate after another she devoured with her tiny canine teeth. She stopped for a half a second to give Hiyo a strange look before returning to her food and saying between bites, "Of course! I'm fine, fine! Just hungry."

Hiyo tried to smile reassuringly, but she failed miserably as she felt the sudden need to cry for Lina. When she was moped into the dining room it was obvious she had been crying, but as soon as she had spotted Hiyo she brushed it off nonchalantly and ran back into the kitchen for food. Ever since then she was been doing nothing but eating and eating, Hiyo began to wonder if eventually Ms. Lina would explode.

Zelgadiss had come in not long after Lina had, his face was beet red and he looked very, very mad. She had thought maybe Mr. Xelloss would come in soon to help the awkwardness, but he never came. Neither Lina nor Zelgadiss seemed to care at all either, it seemed like they hadn't even remember he was ever here.

"Where is Mr. Xelloss?" Hiyo asked, trying to lighten the heavy atmosphere, and ended up making it even worse as she saw Lina's eyes start to glow with anger. "I don't know and I don't care! That damn fruitcake can go to hell, and his fingers can go right with him!" Both Zelgadiss and Hiyo frowned in confusion at her, but she ignored it and kept eating.

Hiyo sighed, laying her chin in her hands. This was going to be a very long night indeed.

Xelloss had been sitting on that couch for what seemed to be forever. He didn't know why but that look Lina gave him just before walking into the kitchen made him very uneasy. Now that he'd proven his point to her he wasn't sure if it was worth it anymore, but it did serve the ultimate purpose. This would put a very big glitch in his plans later on since now she didn't trust him at all.

He knew that he had only been taking advantage of her momentary weakness, for there were very few moments that Lina Inverse ever trusted anyone with her body. Hopefully this would make her wary of him now; it wouldn't be any fun to kill someone that didn't put up a fight. No, he wanted to see the anger spark in her eyes just before, he wanted to devour all her emotions and energy and watch as her face twisted in disgust.

Letting himself feel anything for her was out of the question, none of it was worth it. Lina was indeed very interesting and he had to admit it did appeal to him in some way, but Zelas would never accept anything of the sort. This was the only way to set himself from her, keep her on edge, and then break her down slowly till there wasn't a single bit of trust left in her body.

Now that she was angry at him, he supposed he wouldn't be very welcome near them anymore. That was fine, more time to himself.

Lina took another angry bite of her meat, chewing viciously and trying to forget ever seeing Xelloss. She could still feel his hands everywhere on her body, and yet he had barely touched her at all. The bite mark on her neck would likely never fade and she'd have to live with this miserable shame for the rest of her miserable life. In a way she was grateful to him for giving her a reason to doubt him, for trusting him at all scared the hell out of her. Now she could say with confidence that she felt nothing for him, nothing at all.

Finally Lina stopped in mid-chew, realizing that this was not working. She put down her food and left the room, seeking a place to be alone with herself so that she could hit something, anything! As she walked not even did she glance at Zelgadiss or Hiyo as she exited, and found another room. It looked like some sort of tea room, like the dining room but much more elegant. There would definetely be something breakable in here...

"Hello, Lina Inverse." A voice breathed down her neck, and faded as her arm swung around to slap him. He reappeared on the other side of the tiny table set with teacups, and grinned at her. "And how is Ms. Lina today?"

She growled and launched herself at him, crashing to the floor as he disappeared again. Gathering herself she spotted him this time hovering above the ground, waggling his finger at her. "Now Ms. Lina can't we talk?"

She ignored him and started just throwing teacups at him, he dodged each and every one of them, disappearing just before they hit. All of them crashed to the floor, into the glass case, over the chairs, and into the walls. When there was nothing left to throw Lina was panting, feeling oddly satisfied that she had let her anger out on something worthy of her efforts.

"Finished?" The annoying man asked, slowly landing back onto the plush carpet. She glared. "I'm not in the mood for this shit, buddy, so let's get to the point. Are you the one that trapped us here?" He laughed, his eyes twinkling in what seemed to be innocent amusement.

"Why of course I am." He bowed deep like a gentleman, catching her eye. "I am Faroh, the third Knight of Ceifeed at your service Ms. Lina." A triumphant grin spread across her face. "So I was right? You are in leagues with the ryuzoku?" He nodded.

"So just what makes you think they need me so bad to beat your leader?" He laughed again, this time mockingly.

"I see Xelloss has not informed you of what his master's future plans for you are?" She squinted at him suspiciously, wondering if she should believe the next answer to her question.

"What...plans?" She asked slowly, holding her breath as he spoke.

"I assume that it may have crossed your mind once or twice that his orders are to kill you?"

She hesitated before nodding. "You are wrong to think this, Ms. Lina. Why would I want to kill you if Xelloss was already first in line to do so?"

Her teeth chewed on her bottom lip, knowing she wouldn't like whatever he was going to say. "Beginning to see reason? Yes, I assume you are. It is not my place to tell you just what I predict his orders are, I'll let the mazoku decided whether or not he wants to say. Of course whatever he tells you will be his final words in this life."

Lina's eyes widened. "What?"

Crack!

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OMG, what happened to Lina?

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