Hello...
All I wanted to say is that now I'm experiencing goods of veeery stressful life – school year ends in less that a month and my notes/marks/whatever are not as good as they used to be... And because of that I'm probably breaking a record of number of bans... sad...
Anyways, I'm trying very hard to both learn a lot and not forget about this story...
So. Read this chapter and review!
As usual special thanx to all who reviewed. Answers to eventual questions at the bottom : )
Lady Dark Angel
Nicci Rockdad
Rukia-sama
E.J.A Roberts
Mwafwa
Lina Gabriev
You keep me alive!
Well. Almost.
Haiiro blinked twice, unsure whether he said what she's heard.
"WHAT?"
To further surprise he 'sheeshed' quieting her and repeated his question.
"Which of those song you think Lina'll like the best? I think I made her mad with that chicken song, you know" and he gave her his sheepish look.
"Umm..I...excuse me please!" Girl suddenly run off backstage, leaving more than usual confused Gourry and the rest of Slayers. "I'll be back in a minute!"
Behind the stage Haiiri leant against the wall breathing heavily.
'Those pleading eyes, full of trust... What am I supposed to do? I have this absolutely humiliating song" she glanced at the piece of paper she still had in her hand. One title was written with big letters and red ink ' But he trusts me... So what should I do?"
Suddenly, Haii's little copy, only with horns, tail and red fork appeared with 'puff' next to her head. (You know, in cartoons evil side is represented by devil and good with angel. That stuff)
"You know what you should do! Give him that song!"
Haiiro looked at her not speaking a word.
...minutes passed...
"So?" devil asked.
"Isn't there supposed to an angel or something to give me advice too?"
Creature chuckled. "But...There's no angel."
"Oh. Sad." Haiiro thought for a while, turned around and made her way back to stage.
Meanwhile, on the stage...
Lina looked at Gourry, who was still standing in the middle of scene. 'What was he talking about with her?' she wondered.
Two seats on her left, Zelgadis glanced again at Amelia. They haven't talked since... that break.
At this moment Ame turned her head at their eyes met. This time it was too obvious to just turn around and pretend that nothing's happened, so Zel decided to say something.
"Ummm... I wonder where did she go." 'stupid' he scolded himself mentally.
"I have no idea either." Princess responded quietly.
And then was silence.
"You know about that accident in that room I was just, you know, I wanted to, I mean I didn't want to..."
"You know, when we run into each other, in that room, that what almost have happened, I was..."
They both stopped and blushed, realising that they've started speaking in the same moment.
"Ladies first." Mumbled Zel.
"I.. just wanted to tell you, that... when we were, you know, I wanted to tell you that I..."
"I'M BAAAACK!" Haii run back to the stage, not letting Ame finish. Again... "Sorry for that, I just had to solve one problem."
She approached to Gourry and whispered to him "Take this song." For a moment she hesitated, but finally she haven't picked up that written with red ink. Gourry took the lyrics without even looking at them and went backstage.
"Okay, now it's time to talk with audience! Let's see..." she flew with her black, leather cape flowing behind her to one table. Man with fiery red hair who sat there seemed not to be in the best condition.
Actually, he seemed to have had too much of sake...
Haiiro, not paying attention to his current state, placed her microphone next to his face.
"S'cuse me? Could you introduce yourself?"
"Whaaaa?" redhead rose his head, so his face could be well seen. Everyone noted that guy had canine teeth so long, that it was sticking out from his mouth.
"Oh my" Haii frowned "Are you a vampire? Not again..."
"Naaah..." man tried to concentrate "Me not a vampi...vami...van... waddya ask?"
Everyone sweatdropped. "Okayyy... could you just tell us your name?"
Redhead thought hardly. "Genrou... or Tasuki... I think."
"Good. What more can you tell me?"
Tasuki looked at her for a while. "... I can make things burn!" he said happily and dozed off.
"Oh. So it seems that you could befriend with Lina..."
"What was that supposed to mean?" Lina yelled
"...anyway. Gourry should be ready by now. Let's see him." She flew back to stage.
All lights directed to the entrance to the scene.
"Freaks, I'd like to present Gourry as... No Doubt in song..."Don't speak"!"
Gourry entered the scene in... Blue, dotted dress. His hair was curled and in the middle of forehead he had strange, red spot.
Audience and Slayers mouthdropped, not in the least because of his astonishing beauty.
Suddenly one man in the audience stood up and yelled "Lala! It's you!"
Gorry shivered "VOLUN:"
Haiiro looked at them two and preventing further destruction (and wanting to show off) yelled "SECURITY!"
Tick immediately yelled SPOON and threw himself on poor Volun.
:phew: Haiiro sighed. "Okay, Gourry, are you ready?"
"Umm.. no. Why do I have to wear this dress?"
"Because you're singing a 'girl' song, remember?"
"It's not that. IT MAKES ME LOOK FAT!"
Everyone facefaulted. No comments.
"Nevermind. So what is your dedication?"
"I'd like to dedicate this sing to Lina. Hope you like this song" he waved to her happily.
Redhead's face colour matched her hair, but she waved to him too.
'Awwwwwww..." one of security man said with stars in his eyes.
Then he started to burn.
"AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" shouting he run to the toilet, while Zachary chuckled.
And music started...
You and me
We used to be together
Every day together
Always
"It looks for me like him and Lina." Said Filia, stroking Xel.
I really feel
I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
Xel, the cat, of course.
It looks as though you're letting go
"Huh?" Lina rose her head with interest. Gourry was looking directly into her eyes. She blushed deeply and turned away.
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know
"Oh, Lina, what a..." Xellos wanted to give her one of his irritating remarks, but he was quietened with her fireball. He coughed up some smoke and looked at Filia. Surprisingly, she hasn't made any move to take her mace or simply smack him on face.
Actually she smiled a little, looking at him with a corner of her eye.
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
"Well, now it's obvious why he's chosen this song." Zelgadis turned to Lina with sarcastic smile on his lips
"He just wanted to tell you not to fireball him every time he doesn't understand everything. Or anything."
Only his chimera speed and good reflex saved him from being burned.
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Our memories
They can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
Lina frowned. 'He really means it?...' she thought
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry
"Well, there was a situation like that, after fighing Phibrizzo." Amelia looked at Lina "I'm still wandering what's happened there... So that we've found you in each other's arms" she smirked
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
"Actually, maybe Gourry meant that Lina's explanations are too much for him, and when she's saying something his brain (if there is any) can't take it..." said Xellos, teleporting immediately to avoid being killed by certain redhead.
Lina was too ticked off to use spells. She wanted to choke him with bare hands.
"COME BACK HERE YOU NAMGOMI!" she yelled
"Lina, it's my line!" protested Filia. Lina turned to her slowly, with murder in her eyes. Cat meowed and jumped off Filia's legs to hide behind the armchair.
"Umm..." dragoness twitched "Nevermind."
It's all ending
I gotta stop pretending
Who we are
You and me
Lina came back to her seat leaving Xellos alive. For now.
I can see us dying...are we?
For a moment Gourry checked his pulse. Coming to conclusion that he's still alive, he shrugged and continued.
Everyone sweatdropped.
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts ...
"YAYYYYYY:clasp:clasp:" apploused audience.
Gourry bowed and walked off the stage.
"Okay! That was great, Gourry. Any comments from the audience?"
One girl with cell phone rose her hand.
"Yes?"
"I have news from Gourry's fanclub. They say that they're now in the Mexico and they are sorry to have missed Gourry's second performance and that they'll try to make for the rest of show."
"Oh." Haiiro sweatdropped.
'So Gourry DOES have a fanclub!' thought Lina feeling warmth in her chest.
"Any more comments?"
"Hayyy!" yelled Tasuki "Ova 'ere!"
"Yes?" Haii hesitantly approached to him.
"Ya'... you woke me up, an' I wanna know what's goin' on? Who's that pretty lady wh's singin' ova there?"
"Umm.. Tasuki... I'm really sorry to tell you this, but...it was a men."
"Damn it... every time I see a girl that I like, she turns out to be a men... Or one stupid guy takes her away... an' he wants to throw me in water... and I can't swim... And my mother was mean to me... an' when I was thirteen..."
"Umm... okay, thank you very much..." Haii backed off to the stage, just in time to see Gourry coming back.
Swordsmen came to Lina and, to her surprise, he asked
"Did you like that song?"
"I... umm... yes. It was nice." She blushed slightly "Even though you were in skirt... "
He smiled back and sat on his armchair.
"Lina, you're next!" Haiiro brought her back to the reality.
Sorceress stood up and crossed her arms. She wanted to choose the song by herself. This time.
"By the way" Xellos took advantage of the fact, that Lina was gone and Filia seemed to be nicer to him "Gourry, what did you mean with words 'don't tell me cause it hurts'?"
"I dunno..."
"Isn't that the fact, that your head starts to hurt when you have too much information?"
"... Could you repeat? I didn't get all..."
"Or is it the fact that Lina smacks you every time you don't understand something?"
Lina twitched while looking at songs Haii gave her.
"Well... she does hit me very often..."
"So it's because of that? You don't want to be treated like that?"
Lina twitched again.
"Well... actually..."
"And she didn't even say 'sorry', did she?"
"... well.. I haven't heard Lina say something like that..."
It was too much for her.
"ARE YOU IMPLAYING THAT I'M RUDE, SELFISH AND BRUTAL!"
Xellos and Gourry immediately quietened, but, unfortunately, yelling Lina changed her arms position and now it really looked as if she was pointing at something.
"So you've made your choice." Host smiled and backed away slightly.
"WHAAAAAT?"
Haiiro ran away and hid behind the Tick. "You can go now and dress up. Would you?"
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
"Lina!" suddenly redhead felt someone grabbing her hand. It was... Gourry?
"Remember about prises, Lina." He said pleadingly.
"Oh, yes..." she calmed down. "I'm gonna sing this. Whatever it is it can't be worse than...she looked at the lyrics. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
"Security!" yelled Haiiro seating calmly in her armchair. Two bandit-like guys took kicking Lina backstage.
"Oookay, now that Lina's gone I will..."
She hadn't had any chance to finish what she was saying, because suddenly everyone heard bloodcurdling yell.
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWTTTTTHHHHH!"
Filia immediately jumped on her legs. "Kitty?"
Xel sprang from the backstage and run to Filia. Short after him came dozens, hundres, no, thousands of nice... okay, bloodthirsty rats.
"IEEEEEEEEE!" yelled dragoness "RATS! RAAAAAAAAAAAATS! AGAIN! HELP ME, HELP ME!" and she jumped in Xellos's arms "Take me out of here! Do it do it!"
Mazoku smirked.
"And you don't care that I'm your worst enemy?"
"Shuddup and TAKE ME OUT OF HERE!" she yelled looking with terrified eyes at the rats that were now running all over the place.
"And you won't say..."
"I CAN EVEN SAY THAT I LOVE YOU BUT TAKE ME OUT OF HERE NOW!"
"Okay." And they've dissapeard.
Amelia, on the other hand, tried not to make any harm to the rodents.
"Ooopss... sorry. Come here, I don't want to harm you, but you can't run on here like tha.. Hey, wait! I won't harm you! Zelgadis!" she turned her head to see him hiding behind his armchair "Zelgadis?"
"Can you take care of them by yourself? I don't really like rats..." Zel said remembering how Rezo's Laboratory used to look like. Sheeesh...
Amelia blinked and then chuckled. "Okay!" and she started to drive all animals in one place. Without any success, pitifully... mainly because of...
"DINNER!" Gourry was running to and from with fork in one hand and spoon in other, trying to catch at least one rat.
"Mr Gourry! What are you doing!"
"Trying to catch my dinner. Have you ever tried rat's soup? Delicious..."
Amelia turned green. "But it's unjust to eat such sweet animals!"
"It is?" Gourry shrugged and returned to his chase.
"SECURITY! SECURITY!" yelled Haiiro. "Where the hell are they?"
Just then she noticed a piece of paper attached to the curtain. She took it and read.
'LUNCH BREAK'
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL WITH YOU!" she yelled
Due to her high-pitched scream all rats lost conciousness and fell on the ground. Amelia looked at her with nasty eyes.
Haii shrugged. "At least we got rid of them for now. Ignore them, please? Lina should've changed by now..."
And as if she heard that, Lina entered the scene. She was dressed in simple jeans and way to big T-shirt, which made her look even flatter than she really was.
But even Gourry knew that it wouldn't be wise to say her that.
"Okay, freaks, this time you'll se Lina Inverse as... Blue.. more suits Zel..."
Zelgaidis twitched.
"... and she'll sing..."Sorry seems to be the hardest word!"
Whispers started to spread along the room.
"I want to have this over. MUSIC!" yelled Lina.
Tune started and so redhead begun to sing...
What I got to do
To make you love me
Haii wanted to interrupt, but sorceress already knew what she wanted
"Gourry! I dedicate it to Gourry, okay!"
Sleyers suddenly found the wall on the right very interesting.
Not that Lina'd just said ''What I got to do to make you love me Gourry...''
What I got to do
To make you care
What do I do
When lightning strikes me
"ZAAAAAAAAAAAAP"
Stream of electricity struck Lina.
"WHO DID THIS!" she yelled
There was silence for a while, and then she looked on her legs.
"Pika."
Lina twitched.
"SING!" demanded Haiiro
And I wake to find that
You're not there
"Pika."
"Get away you stupid, overgrown rat!" redhead kicked it
What I got to do
To make you want me
"If she wants Gourry to notice her she should have a breasts operation..." mumbled Zel just to be smacked by Amelia.
"Men" she rolled her eyes
What I got to do to be heard
What do I say when it's all over
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
"That suits her." Commented Gourry and realising what he'd just done, swordsman jumped behind his armchair.
He stayed there for a while waiting for fireball.
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting
More and more absurd
Fireball didn't come.
Gourry rose his head surprised and looked at Lina, who was still standing on stage and singing.
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over
Was it sorrow he saw in her eyes? (awww..)
Oh, it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
What do I do to
Make you want me
What I got to do to be heard
"I think that she doesn't need anything to be heart, She does good job with the voice she has now..." said Zel "By the way, no offence, by how does Lina manage to sing in such bearable way?"
Haiiro leaned over his armchair. "It happens that she has special module installed in her costume that deforms her voice. Thankfully, she's the only one in here that really needs it..,"
What do I say when it's all over
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting
More and more absurd
Yeah, I agree with that...
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over
"Actually with her short temper, talking anything over can be dangerous to life and health." Mumbled Ame
"You know it from your experience?" asked Zel
"Yeah... it hurts."
Oh, it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
What do i do to
Make you love me
What I got to do to be heard
What do i do when lightning strikes me
"Pika"
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
"I'm gonna kill that fin thing!" yelled Lina throwing spells at everything in sight. Mainly rats which still laid all over the place. It was very good way to bring them to conciousness...
What have I got to do
What have I got to do
When sorry seems to be the hardest word...
Everyone in the room were running in all possible directions trying to avoid 'the running rats show – reactivation'
Amelia desperately tried to save poor animals from Gourry and Lina who were preparing plates for forthcoming dinner...
"Zelgadis, would you please help me?" Amelia was desperate. Zel carefully came out his hideout (how did he fit under the armchair?)
'Don't think about rats, don't think about rats, about their slimy tails, cunning eyes, yellow teeth, don't think, think about Amelia, Amelia, Amelia...' thought Zel clumsily trying to catch one rat.
"I have an ida!" suddenly yelled Amelia "Haii, is there a fire alarm in this building? We could active it and then..."
Haiiro scrstched her head "Heh he... you know.. it was to expensive..."
"Great" Amelia sweatdropped.
'Think about Amelia, Amelia, Amelia, Amelia' Zelgadis repeated in his mind running after one particulary quick animal. 'Amelia, Amelia, Amelia, Amelia, Amelia...'
"Zel?"
Suddenly he realised that he was standing in the middle of the room, ClLEAN FROM RATS ROOM, and everyone was staring at him.
He also realised that his mouth is open, what ment that he was thinking aloud.
He felt warmth coming to his cheeks. "Sorry. I said I don't like rats."
Lina and Gourry exchanged their looks. "Oookay..."
"Pica(c)hu?"
Lina looked at her legs. That. Creature. Was still standing there. Way too close.
"DIE YOU DEMON FROM HELL!" she started to jump on pokemon.
"Die!" :stomp: "Die!" :stomp: "Dieeeeeeeee!"
"I think that's enough." Gourry laid his hand on Lina's shoulder.
Yellow stain on the floor was all that's left of one of the most annoying pokemons.
"And speaking of creatures from hell..." started Zelgadis "Where are Xellos and Filia?"
Sorry that this chapter is... like it is. It was rewritten 5 times and i was already planning to delate all and tart from the beginning. But it'd take me at least one month to write it, so... well, here it goes. Vacations/holidays are coming, during them I'll have more time to write : ) i hope.
"So what would you do it you saw a fight taking place on the stage?" "SPOON!" yelled men I have to say that I didn't understand this part at all.
IMPORTANT – For everyone who haven't seen The Tick. He's the superhero, who is kind of parody of Superman ( The Tick itself is a parody of superheroes.) And in one epicode Tick decides that he needs a shout/cheer – something he would yell before jumping on bandidts.
And it happened that he was eating youghurt when he was pondering this thought.
And he looked at his spoon.
Spoon.
Spoon.
SPOON!
This scene is adorable, Regret if you hadn't seen that.
"Damned audience... so, in round two our contestants are supposed to..." "YAY! WOHO:applause:" "... I hate you... Yeah, well I sort of don't understand this little bit either.
It's like that – ( I know that I suck at explanations : ) ) – audience is backwards. It needs a while to react, or rather reacts in unappropirate moments. And understand Haiiro – everyone would get ticked off in such situation : )
And to E.J.A Roberts – Gourry singing a rap song? What do you think about 50cent? I have some plans for him :D
As usuall r&r!