Wow.
It was really hard for me to end this chappie. First, I had no inspiration (known as 'writer's block') and then I had no time... Time is evil.. thanks God, tomorrow I'm sleeping hour longer. Tee hee ; )
So, be lenient as you read these words. I'm really doing the best I can.
Nice reading!
SPECIAL THX TO...
Lina Gabriev
Vin-the-Mazoku
Rukia-sama
Marie Boli-boliMew Takako
AyakoMwafwa
Maddy02
You are just wonderful! I LOOOOVE YOU!
(don't be afraid. It's just platonic love ;P )
I'm really sorry if I missed someone or something (like disclaimer that idea for a song wasn't mine. I tend to forget about such things ; P
"... I... AM I REALLY FAT?"
Zelgadis moved away a bit from her tears-filled eyes.
„No.. of course not! You're just fine!"
But that didn't seem to comfort her...
„You're saying this because you want to be nice!" and she started crying again.
Zel sat for a while, unsure what he should do. 'Dammit, think, think... do something, stupid! Dammit, dammit...' raced through his mind. Eventually, he rose his hand and pat-patted her comfortably.
Suddenly, princess jumped on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. Now Zelgadis had completely no idea what he should do, so he just sat there stroking her hair.
'Wow, she has such nice hair...Damn, control yourself!' he thought„Amelia.. I really meant it, you look... umm... perfectly in my opinion."
Girl rose her head „Really? You do?"
He smiled and nodded.
„Oh, Zel, you're so wonderful!" yelled Amelia hugging him again.
Few tables fort, Gourry turned around and said with his mouth full of food
"Linaph, whis twat Amewia awnd Wel twere?"
"Wha?"
Gourry blinked. "Owh, newewmindw."
Meanwhile...
In the black n' white scenery, we can see Luna walking in a long, black leather coat through the street. From her moves it can be said that she knows perfectly where she's going.
She stopped and her eyes landed on an obscure door with a little piece of paper poorly attached to them. She came closer and read it – it said 'Golden coin pub'.
She smirked. 'You can always find what you want if you know where to look for it.' She pushed the door and entered the dive. 'Sin City isn't an ordinary place. You have to know how to find yourself in here...' thought Luna and sat next to the bar. "One whiskey, please."
Barman turned around "It'll be fiftee... Luna? What are you doing in here? Work?"
"No" she answered "Business. Where can I find him?"
"Him?" barman frowned "He's in the magazine. Room 14."
"Thanks." Luna stood up and walked away, ignoring the fact that all men in the room looked after her.
Maybe if she weren't used to it, she would notice that lower part of her back was in jam. Someone, who sat before her next to the bar didn't know how to eat a sandwich without messing everything around.
Nevermind.
For a while she walked through narrow corridors, then she stopped in front of the door with '14' drawn on them. Not bothering to knock, she entered.
The door creaked terribly and immediately she was blinded with white light.
"Who's there?"
"It's me, dammit, do something with that light!"
"Oh, sorry. It's my new assistant. He'd spent so much money on making his teeth perfectly white, so you see... Stop smiling, Mario! Put that magazine away!"
Quite tall and slim man, who sat in the corner of the room, sighed and threw his 'Playboy' away. Man behind the desk shook his head and turned his attention back to Luna.
"Waddya want?"
Girl pushed away some papers that lain on the desk and sat on it.
"I'm looking for someone." She said seriously.
"Oh." Nodded men. "Waddya you know about him? Or her?"
"Him. Nothing, but this" she took little, gild pendant from her neck, opened it and took from it long stand of blonde hair.
The man rose his eyebrow looking at 3meters long hair Luna was holding.
"Umm.. ya sure it's 'him'?"
"Of course! He's my true love!"
Man grimaced. 'Women' he thought.
Back to Slayers...
Haiiro was running among the people with belt in her one hand and a fork in another, trying to get everyone to their places. Lina & co were already there, with Amelia still in Zel's lap. He had no heart to tell her to 'get off', and of course he didn't mind it very much...at all...
Everyone understands : )
"OMG, you're such an... nevermind. You wouldn't get it anyway, so on to the next round." Said Haiiro after placing about half of ausdience in their places." This time our contestants will see a word or phrase from the text and they'll have to dedicate this song to someone, who'll... well... match in your opinion to these words."
:crickets chirp:
"Naaah, you'll see. As usual, Lina's first."
Redhead stood up and with noticeable nervousness approached to Haii.
Girl rolled her eyes "Oh, come on. Even if I wanted I can't really do anything to you and then say that you chose someone."
"Yeah, sure." Mumbled Lina and took the piece of paper from her hand. Then she rose her eyebrow.
"What? Only one?"
"Yep. I thought it would be more funny if you had only one song." Haiiro grinned evilly.
Sorceress looked back at her card and sighed heavily. "And with such 'choice' who do you think I'll choose? Gourry."
"Oh, what a surprise, I somehow knew it would be him!" smirked Haii
Lina twitched in reply "I'll get you for that." She snapped back and went backstage.
Haiiro faced the public. "So, Lina went to change, meanwhile I'll maybe question someone... or maybe someone wants to say something?"
"Yes! Me!" someone waved from the back
" 'kay, so what... Tasuki? I thought you were drunk!"
Redhead shook his head "Yup, I was, butta those waiters in here are sooo slow, tha I managed to sober."
Haii sweatdropped. "Oh, I'll try do to something with it. Anything else?"
"Nope. I don't rememba wha I was doin' last 2 hours so nope."
Double sweatdrop. "'kay, Lina should be ready by now, so..."
She flew back to the stage and introduced Lina:
"Madames et Monsieurs et all other things... Meet Lina as Madonna in 'Nothing Fails! She dedicated this song for Gourry!"
All lights directed at swordsman and entering redhead.
Lina's hair was wavy, and she had quite visible make-up – red lipstick, black eyelashes and powder that made her look really pale. She also wore very tight, long white dress.
"She chose him seeing only one word – 'silly'!"
Zelgadis started to laugh. "Hah hah, it's clear that she couldn't have chosen anyone else, hahahah..."
Lina glared at him ready to kill, but as music started she decide to add him to her 'waiting to be killed' list and started to sing:
I'm in love with you, you silly thing... WHAT?I REFUSE TO SING IT!„But you have to. Remember our deal?"
Lina mumbled something under her nose
Anyone can see...„That's true!" suddenly yelled Amelia.
Now, she was on the list too.
What is it with you, you silly thingJust take it from me
It was not a chance meeting
Feel my heart beating
You're the one
"Awww..." said Filia and Xellos simultaneously. Surprised, they looked at each other and smiled softly. Although one of them 'aww'ed because of sympathy. And other just mocked.
Awwww... how sweet... back to the story.
You could take all this, take it away
I'd still have it all
Cause I've climbed the tree of life
And that is why, no longer scared if I fall
When I get lost in space
I can return to this place
Cause, you're the one
„NightMARES, Mr Gourry." She replied.
Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails
You washed away my tears
Amelia 'aww'ed leaning her head against Zel's chest. Then she realised what she's doing.
"Eeek! Zelgadis! I'm so sorry I forgot, that I'm sitting here, I'll go now!"
Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails
Nothing fails
"Nah, no problem. You can stay here'" he replied looking away in hope that she won't notice the blush on her face.
I'm not religious
But I feel so moved
Makes me want to pray,
Pray you'll always be here
"Somehow I can't see Lina praying for something. Rather running and throwing fireballs at everything in sight..." commented Filia
I'm not religious
But I feel such love
Makes me want to pray
"Maybe it's her form of prayer?" said Xellos "Like in the past when they were just grunting and yelling..."
"Yeah... I'm sure you can remember it well" said Filia in a mocking tone
Mazoku twitched "You too, I suppose. You look older than me..."
When I get lost in space
I can return to this place
Cause, you're the ones
:BAM:CRASH:
Haiiro shook her head. "How come they're fighting all the time although they like each other?"
Tasaki (who happened to stand nearby, probably brought there in his search for the waiter) looked at her. "They like each otha? I'd ratha say tha they want to kill themselves..."
"Yeah, that's the source of the problem. They can't make up their minds..."
Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails
You washed away my tears
Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails
Lina threw microphone angrily away and run backstage.
"Well, thank you... Dammit, she had to throw it there...Growl..." Haii jumped off the stage and crawled away.
Meanwhile, Gourry was sitting quietly in his armchair looking as if he was thinking, but it's improbable, so we're going to move on. On his left sat Zelgadis with Amelia, then Filia with her arms crossed, and two seats farther Xellos with black eye.
Ame rose her head and looked at Zelgadis, who was still looking away.
'Damn, I'm going to get a crick in the neck' he thought
"Zel... can I ask you a question?"
"Yes?" 'My neck is kiiiiiiiiilliiiiiiiiiiing meeeeeeeee...'
"Why are you afraid of rats?"
"Rats? Oh yeah..." Zelgadis turned his head to look at the princess. "You see, heh heh.. it's kind of stupid.. When I was a kid, Rezo used to tell me scary stories when I was misbehaving and once, he told me the story 'Braindead' and since then I'm quite dreading rats, monkeys and zombies..."
"Oh. I see..."
(Few words of explanation : There is a film 'Braindead'. Extremely yucky... Wanna know what's it about? Well, once upon a time there was an island where monkeys lived. One day a ship crashed near it's coast and rats from the ship run on the island and raped all female monkeys. Well, that's enough to give you impression of that film, I can only add that it turned out, that when creatures born from that.. relationship, bites someone, after a few days he turns into a zombie. Enough : )
Meanwhile Lina came back and now she was sitting next to Gourry.
:poke:poke: "Lina?"
"What?" she asked refusing to look at swordsman.
"Thanks for dedicating this song to me."
"You're welcome."
:poke:poke:"Lina?"
"What?" this time she looked at him, just to see that he's staring at her with eyes full of concern.
"I..."
"'VE GOT IT!" yelled Haiiro jumping from beneath of one table holding microphone in her hand. "So we can continue, Gourry, you're next!"
"'kay!" he said enthusiastically and forgetting about his serious talk with Lina, he went on stage.
"You have these words, read them."
She gave him a piece of paper and for a while there was silence.
"These words make me think of... Lina." He said.
"Okay, now go and change!"
Zelgadis smirked and looked at sorceress.
"I bet it was 'I love you' or something like this." He mocked.
"And who's saying that?" she replied looking at princess in his lap.
Suddenly the door burst wide open and a crowd of blondes filled the room.
Hundreds, thousands of blondes...
And so the average IQ in the room dropped from 1,2 to – 400012...
(And who's writing that.. blonde, actually dark blonde... sigh.)
"Oh my God, oh my God, are we late?"
"Late? For what?" asked Haii terrified with their sudden appearance
"OF COURSE OUR DEAR GOURRY'S PERFORMANCE!" they yelled in unison " My head..." sighed Haii"Yes! We're just in time to see it! Group yay!" one of them yelled
"YAAAAAAAAYYY!"
"Actually, we're starting third round, so you are late... what took you so long?"
"Well, we had problems in Norway, because there were no planes to Mexico, so we flew to Mozambique. Sounds similar, so we thought that it's good too."
"We.Are.Not.In.Mexico. Nevermind, take your seats, Gourry should be ready by now..."
Lina looked at large group of blondes. 'So Gourry does have a fanclub!' she thought with a satisfaction. But her mood suddenly dropped... hmm.. may it me... jealousness?
"SO. People and blondes, I'd like to present you Gourry as Rob Thomas in a song 'Lonely no more'!"
And so Gourry entered the stage. He was wearing a dark green T-shirt and light, torn jeans.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY! WOOOOHhooooo!" yelled his fanclub throwing flowers at him, while the rest of the audience was picking their noses. Yuck.
Lina again found herself staring at swordsman, while he picked on rose and smelled it.
"YAAAAAAAYYY!" "I love you!" "Marry me!" "Sleep with us!"
Redhead looked at blonde mob with irritation. "Grrrrr...What they're so excited about?"
"Gourry decided to dedicate this song to Lina when he saw the following words" Haii took a breath (getting ready to run away) " I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS!"
"WHAAAAAAAt?" yelled Lina"I hear it from you every time we are in an inn, so you know... he." Gourry scratched his head "I.. umm..."
Music started, so Gourry had no choice but to start singing. That probably saved him from saying something more stupid ( and landing in a hospital.. or graveyard, knowing Lina..)
Now it seems to meThat you know just what to say
Words are only words
Can you show me something else
"Hmm. That sounds like an invitation for her..." mumbled Xel looking from the corner of his eye at Lina, who was still fuming.
Can you swear to me that you'll always be this way
Show me how you feel
More than ever baby
I don't wanna be lonely any more
"You don't have to!" yelled one crazy fangirl.
"Security!"
I don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want to know the lover at my door
Is just another heartache on my list
Zangulus and one bully from security took the kicking fangirl out, but other's started jumping on Gourry too. Haiiro looked with panic around the room.
"Hey, you!" she yelled to Zachary "Where is the Tick? Only he can take care of all this mess!"
"And why should I know?"
"Nevermind. I'll go look for him."
I don't wanna you to be angry no more
"Heh, no one wants." Smirked Zel. The glare that redhead sent him almost hurt him.I know I could never stand for this
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
"Tick! Tiiick! I'm paying you for being hereeeeeeEEEEE!" Haii tripped up over somethin big on the floor.
"What the..." she turned around just to see the Tick. Tied down and lying on the floor. "What are you doing here like this!"
"It's a long story, but I'd like to express my great gratitude that you freed me. Let me hug you!"
"NO!" yelled Haiiro backing away "You.. umm... I need you at the stage. There are some crazy fangirls attacking Gourry"
"AAAAAllright, here I come!"
Now it's hard for me with my heart still on the mend
Open up to me, like you do your girlfriends
And you sing to me and it's harmony
"Lina singing? I'd rather call it 'chaos'..." said Filia
"It creates such delightful sorrow!" replied Xellos.
Filia just chuckled and shook her head.
Girl, what you do to me is everything
Make me say anything; just to get you back again
Why can we just try
She wanted this moment to last forever, but suddenly something dropped on her head. She rose her hand to touch it and then looked at her head. It was a white substance.
White substance falling from the air... Lina cursed in her head and looked up just to see...
Tasuki with a yoghurt in one hand and spoon in another. He did his best not to laugh in her face "You should have seen your face"
"Why you little.." she glared at him preparing fireball
"Lina!" yelled Amelia holding her hand. " Not now!"
I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want to know the lover at my door
Is just another heartache on my list
I don't wanna be angry no more
"We can only dream of it..." mumbled Zel. Amelia giggled hearing this.
You know I could never stand for this
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
What if I could hold you till I feel you move inside of me
"Umm... no comments." Said Amelia looking worryingly at Lina, but she was unusually calm.
You can't say that about Gourry's fanclub who was actually trying to jump at their idol and tear his clothes off.
What if it was paradise, what if we were symph..simp...samples...no, not.. umm
What if I gave all my life to find some way to stand beside you
"I think that that's exactly what he's doing right now." Said Filia with stars in her eyes. "Oh, I love romances."
Xellos smirked evilly. 'This can be usefull in the future..' he noted
I don't wanna be lonely no moreI don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want to know the lover at my door
Is just another heartache on my list
In this exact moment fangirls managed to get through the barrier and jumped at swordsman. Lina immediately stood up and started throwing fireballs at crazy fanclub.
I don't wanna be angry no more
:Boooom: "AAAAAargh!"
You know I could never stand for this
:Crash:"My eyelashes! Nooo!"
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure
:Splat: "Oh no! My lipgloss broke!"
I don't want to be lonely anymore
The Tick seeing this whole situation decided, that there is no choice, he has to use his strength. He run and jumped in the middle of the mob yelling "SPOOOOOON!"
I don't wanna be lonely anymore...
:Smack: - and that's the sound of Ticks face hitting the ground.
There was silence for a while as everyone looked at superhero. Then, someone yelled.
"Who ordered sake?"
"MEEEE!" yelled Tasuki jumping from below the table and running in voice's direction. The mob moved away and redhead saw the waiter. "Thanks, wha took ya soo... Oh men." He slapped his forehead. "You, Haiiro or whatever, what made you hire a SNAIL as a waiter!"
She just laughed sheepishly. "Lack of money?"
Tas facefaulted. "Kay, now I'll go somewha' and drink in peace. Have fun, kids."
"Okay, so... Gourry, you can now go and... Gourry?"
Haii looked around, but swordsman's characteristic figure was nowhere to be seen. "Anyone seen Gourry?"
Everyone stood up (even Amelia and Zelgadis, although without any enthusiasm) and started looking for him.
Lina looked under his armchair worryingly. 'He's not the brightest one, so he can be anywhere' she thought 'but.. maybe he decided not to wait for us and went change?' she wondered heading in changing room's direction.
Just after she passed the corner she saw something... terrible.
Gourry. Standing against the wall.
With. A. Girl.
Their. Faces.
Too close. Way too close.
Lina felt anger and sorrow at the same time. Her legs were numb and probably for the first time in her whole life she couldn't find a word to say anything.
Meanwhile...
Luna suddenly stood up.
"Hey, girl, what's wrong?" asked the guy.
"I just felt something... there is something very wrong happening with my true love!"
"Cheer up, gimme a while and I'll finish" he replied looking through magnifying glass at the hair strain she gave him earlier.
Magnifying glass was connected with a big kettle full of something like water, but it was giving strange red aura.
"Hurry up." She said simply.
The man groaned and after something like 2 minutes he yelled "I've got it! Come and see your guy"
Luna quickly approached to the kettle and looked into it. The liquid started to move in strange way, boil and after few seconds there could be seen a face of a handsome man with blue eyes and blonde hair.
"Mrrau" said Luna "Do you know anything else about him?"
"Yeah, his name is.. Gourry Gabriev."
Well, that's all for now.
Damn, I'm so hungry. I hope you enjoyed, at least a little bit this chapter.
And it's so cold in here.
R&R. ! Weeeeheee...
And sorry. I suppose that the last two words of this chapter were painfully predictable : ) damn... I suck...