... Ummm... hi?
I'm sorry I haven't updated in such long time, but... school?
Lack of time?
My plants were sick? ... That's stupid... I know there is no way you could forgive me, but... nah. Just read. And enjoy, I hope.
Special thanks to:
Niele-Mzk
Iceo N. – double! .. heh heh.. sorry? T-T
Zelgadis gulped and slowly turned his head. His heart beat so fast that it had nearly jumped out of his chest and his hands were trembling. There were thousands thoughts in his head, but none of them seemed to be helpful in such situation.
He looked at Amelia.
But she was gone.
Zel blinked, and then there could be heard flushing. Everyone looked in the direction of toilets just to see the young princess walking out.
"I missed something?"
"NO!" yelled Zel before anyone had a chance to say anything. "Everything's under control... and we were just about to start the next round, ne?" he caught Haiiro by shoulders, carried her to the middle of the stage, handled her the microphone, then he proceeded to put everyone in their places.
Amelia tiled her head but decided to overlook Zel's strange behaviour.
Haii cleared her throat. "If so... okay, shall we go on? The nest round will be..."
She paused dramatically, but no one seemed to notice.
":sweatdrop: groan... In the next round our heroes will be supposed to sing in... DUETS!"
YAAAAAAAYYY!
For once, the audience seemed to enjoy what was going on. On the contrary, Slayers froze.
Lina was first to regain her balance
"Can we choose the duets on our own?" she asked
"Of course." Haii smiled
"But?" asked Zelgadis knowing that it's too beautiful to be true.
"The only condition is that these pairs should be man – woman."
Slayers groaned. No one said it aloud, but it was obvious that this single condition made the answer for 'who's gonna be with who?' obvious.
Haii grinned at her own shrewdness. "Okay, so Lina, you're first. I suppose that you'll choose Gourry?"
Redhead grumbled. 'This annoying brat, I'm gonna show her... I'm not going to choose Gourry! Instead...' she looked at her companions. But the thing that caught her attention was Luna, in Gourry's lap, visibly enjoying her time. The swordsman's face was inscrutable as always, but you never know...
"Yes, Gourry, come on!"
"Hai!" yelled the swordsman and with surprising enthusiasm he run towards Lina, leaving her sister alone.
"Hey!" shouted Luna after him. Them, she looked left top see the others staring at her. "He's such a sweetie, isn't he?" she winked and then turned back.
Redhead caught Gourry by arm and went backstage, sticking her tongue at Haiiro along the way. She grinned in reply and turned back to audience.
"Okay, people, now I'm going to give you again a chance to present yourselves. So.. maybe you?"
She flew to one table where five girls sat. Except for the fact, that each of them had a different hair colour (quite unbelievable coincidence) they looked like a normal teenagers. The girl with red hair spoke first.
"Umm... Hi. My name is Will, and these are Irma, Teranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin". The girls waved.
"And what can you say about yourselves?"
"We have magical powers!" yelled the Chinese girl and blonde quickly smacked her over the head.
"Be quiet!" she hissed in annoyed voice
"But... they all in here are strange and they know magic, so I thought that we don't have to keep our secret in here..."
Blonde rolled her eyes.
"Girls, come on, we should be having fun!" said the girl with brown hair "It's Teranee's birthday!"
The girl with dark skin poked her meal with a fork.
"I don't know...it looks suspicious..." she said and at the same moment her meal grew to a size of a small elephant and ate her.
"Teranee!" yelled the girls in unison and jumped on the monster.
"It seems that it was her last birthday..." commented girl with brown hair.
"IRMA!"
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry."
"We have to use our powers!" yelled the redhead. Haiiro sweatdropped looking at Will, who took a pink pendant and suddenly, everything began to glow. Five girls rose in the air, then their clothes disappeared and they were surrounded by strange colourful bubbles.
In the moment when girls clothes vanished, there could be heard sound of photographs.
"Security! Take care of these perverts!"
Then, the bubbles around the girls broke and they flew out, in different clothing and with some extra...'things' here and there...
"They don't look so childish now, ne?" asked Zangulus staring at the blonde and drooling.
"Umm... aren't you married?" asked the random onlooker who sat beside him.
"Naaaah..."
"WATER!" "EARTH!" "WIND!" girls cried trying to defeat the monster, but he only blinked and ate them all in one bite. The creature burped loudly and walked away.
No one actually cared.
Haii flew back to stage. "Lina and Gourry should be ready by now, so greet them with applause!"
:crickets chirp:
":groan: Hello? Guys! Applause?"
"But they're not coming!" yelled someone in the audience.
Haii sweatdropped. "What's taking them so long? ... maybe they haven't noticed that there are two changing rooms..."
Before the changing room...
"Linaaaaa... what are you doing there? I'm waiting here for hours!"
"One more minute, jellyfish brains!" muttered Lina stuffing her bra. How come all these clothes she had to wear were such low-cut? Then, something hit her.
"Gourry... we didn't chose the song!"
"Yes."
"But out clothes are here!"
"Yes?"
"It means that she chose for us!"
"Yes?" swordsman answered again. This answer seemed to be proper in any situation.
"Great..." Lina muttered something under her nose and soon the door opened. Gourry turned his head to see the sorceress and gasped.
Lina was wearing long, white low-cut dress, and had a lot of diamond jewellery.
"Whoa...you look great!"
"Thanks..." redhead blushed slightly. "Now you, go and change."
The swordsman walked in and closed the door. Lina leant against the wall.
On the stage...
Haii was walking in circles and muttering words that are not to be written down. Luna was daydreaming about her wedding, Amelia and Filia were gossiping about Lina's and Gourry's strange behaviour, Zel was thinking and Xel was bored.
'Hummm.. what can I do...' thought mazoku. Then his gaze landed on Zelgadis. 'Wheee...I haven't bothered him in a long time!'
Zelgadis was too lost in thought to notice the forthcoming doom...
'How ironic...now everyone in this room know about my feelings for Amelia but her.' He thought.
Suddenly, arms wrapped around his neck. Zel looked quickly behind to see Xel's tear-shed face.
"You..you really meant that?"
"WHAT, YOU FREAK?"
"That you love her, not meeee!" and he started to cry.
"For God's sake, get off me!"
"But I wuv youuuu..."
"AAAAAAAAH!" Zel started to panic as he couldn't take Xellos of himself.
"STOP IT!" they both turned to see annoyed Haii. "I'm already annoyed, you don't have to piss me off more!"
"Hai." They answered politely and sat back. Zelgadis glared at Xel, but he only winked.
Zel blushed and groaned. 'I swear, one of these days...'
Backstage...
"Gourry?"
"Yup?"
Redhead bit her lips. "Umm... are you planning something with Luna?"
"No." The girl sighed with relief.
"So you...umm... don't like her?" she asked with hope.
There was a while of silence. "Well... I like her. But she's creepy."
Lina wanted to ask one more thing but then the door opened and Gourry got out of the room. Now, it was Lina's turn to mouthdrop. He was wearing a navy blue – grey shirt and dark jeans. The shirt was unbuttoned at the top (because it was a bit too narrow).
Gourry scratched his head. "Why are you asking?"
"Heh, just curious. Let's go."
When they walked on the stage they were greeted with Haiiro jumping on them and yelling "HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR TIME! WHAT WERE YOU DOING?"
"Changing?"
"And of course you haven't noticed that there are TWO changing rooms? Don't answer, we're already late. These are your lyrics. Oh, I forgot to mention that in this round I'M choosing songs for you. Now GO!" she yelled and pushed them on the scene.
"Ladies etc, meet Lina as Whitney Houston and Gourry as Enrique Iglesias in "Could I have this kiss forever"!"
"yay."
Not discouraged by this 'very enthusiastic' greeting, Lina and Gourry begun their performance. Well, first Gourry. As the music started he turned to Lina.
Over and over I look in your eyes
You are all I desire
You have captured me
Lina blushed and looked shyly away. '
I want to hold you
I want to be close to you
I never want to let go
He reached out and grabbed her hand. Redhead looked at him questioningly and he gave her a warm smile. Then he pointed at her lyrics, signing that it's her turn.
I wish that this night would never end
I need to know
"awww...how sweet..." sighed Filia
"oohhh.. how sickening." Mumbled Xellos.
"Bucket?" asked The Tick
Now Lina and Gourry sang together.
Could I hold you for a lifetime
Could I look into your eyes
Could I have this night to share this night together
"Umm..intresting" commented Amelia
Could I hold you close beside me
Could I hold you for all time
Could I,could I have this kiss forever
Could I,could I have this kiss forever,forever
Suddenly, Zelgadis felt a warm breath on his neck. Terrified, he turned around, just to see Xellos dressed up as a girl.
"Hi, honey!"
SMACK
"Bye, honey" hissed Zel through gritted teeth, putting his clenched fist back on the armrest.
Lina began to sing.
Over and over I've dreamed of this night
Now you're here by my side
You are next to me
Lina sent to Gourry a dreamy look, while security had to hold Luna.
I want to hold you
And touch you and taste you
And make you want no one but me
Then, Gourry joined,
I wish that this kiss could never end
Oh baby, please...
I don't want any night to go by
Without you by my side
The swordsman squeezed her hand lightly.
I just want all my days
Spent being next to you
"They're doing it for 5 years, if I'm correct" said Zel
Lived for just loving you
And baby, oh by the way
Could I hold you for a lifetime
Could I look into your eyes
Could I have this night to share this night together
Could I hold you close beside me
Could I hold you for all time
Gourry slightly leant forward...
Could I,could I have this kiss forever
Lina rose her head...
Could I,could I have this kiss forever, forever...
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY"
The applause pulled them both out of trance and they quickly jumped away from each other.
"Heh, umm... You've done pretty well" whispered Lina
"Thanks" answered Gourry.
"Okay, lovebirds, go away and change, remember that THERE ARE two CHANGING ROOMS, now Zelgadis!"
The man stood up and reluctantly walked to Haii.
"Okay, so who's your choice?"
Zel sighed, turned around and looked at three woman he had to choose from.
'Wait a minute, three?' he looked closer. Amelia, check. Filia, check. Xel...Xellos. Of course.
Mazoku was now dressed in a blue top and white skirt. He waved to Zel seductively.
'That's sick...' thought Zelgadis. Thankfully, Filia spotted what our fruitcake was doing and smacked him with her heavy mace.
'Okay, now, who I shall choose?...' wondered Zel. Xellos got up and smiled sheepishly at Filia, she pouted. Then Xellos got up and stood behind Amelia's armchair. Then he started to poke her.
'Let's put it that way – I'm only rescuing Amelia from that crazy mazoku, Filia will handle him. It's not that I want to sing with her because of...anything else' thought Zel.
"I choose Amelia!"
The princess jumped in the air happily and run to Zel, who sweatdropped.
"Oh THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!"
"No prob." Answered Zel quietly.
"Wow, who'd have guessed. Now go and change!"
On their way to the changing rooms, Zel and Amelia went past Lina and Gourry. Seeing them, redhead grinned.
"Have a good fun!" she yelled.
"You and Gourry surely had.." answered Zelgadis.
For the rest of the way they heard Lina's "Let me go! Let me get that stupid brat and kick his rocky as$!"
"OKAY PEOPLE! I'm really trying to entertain you, would you please appreciate it? Okayy... now I'm going to talk with... YOU!"
She flew to a table where, oh what a surprise, again five girls sat. But they looked different. Again, they had different hair colours, but they were unnaturally tall, they had super long legs, they had large eyes and were all dressed in sparkling and colourful clothes.
'Why I chose them?' wondered Haii
"Because you want to humiliate them?" answered Haii's devil.
"Why, hello, who are you?"
The girls giggled. The redhead answered "We are the Winx club!"
"And what can you tell me about yourselves?"
"Well, we're studying in a magic school, and well, I come from Earth and my name is Bloom."
"My name is Stella, I'm beautiful and I'm a princess." Said the blonde.
"My name is Flora and I like flowers" said the one with brown hair.
"My name is Musa and... I like music?" said a girl with pigtails.
"My name is Techna and I'm smart in here." Said the girl with purple hair.
:crickets chirp:
The silence woke up Haii, who seemed to doze off during this 'sweet presentation'.
"Great...yawn."
"When do you plan to have a show with us?" asked Stella "We know that we are beautiful and all, but the next weekend we can't because we have dates, and well... next weekend we are also having dates... maybe next weekend? Because I'm planning to break up with... umm... what's his name..." the blonde seemed to be lost in such a long sentence.
"Well... how to say it... I'm not working with such freaks?" said Haii and flew back to stage.
"Alright, now we're waiting for Zel and Amelia, WHO SHOULD BE HERE IN A FEW SECONDS OR THEY'LL REGRET IT!"
In the backstage, Amelia looked worriedly at the door of changing room.
"Miss Haiiro is calling us!"
"I'm going, I'm going." Answered Zel, butting his waistcoat on. He was now wearing an orange shirt, brown waistcoat and black pants. When he tied his shoes, he opened the door and faced Amelia.
"Oh f..." slipped from his mouth, but he managed to cover it quickly.
Amelia was wearing a green, low-cut, tight green blouse with cuts on the sides, short jeans mini skirt, knee-length socks and sports boots. She also had golden earrings, lots of various necklaces and some bracelets round her wrists.
One word: SeXy.
"Something wrong?"
Zel mentally slapped himself. "No, just...ummm...nothing?"
"Oh..why were you looking like that on me? Maybe I have my blouse back to front?"
" I mean... arggh.. we better be going."
They walked on the stage greeted with loud applause.
Haii went during the break to Carl, the operator, and told him to play the tape with applause when she gives him a sign.
"Okay, now you'll see Zelgadis as Will.I.Am and Amelia as, umm... The Pussycat Dolls in a song 'Beep'! Here you are, the lyrics."
The pair studied them quickly and blushed.
"You are evil..." said Zel
"Be thankful that there are 'beep's!" the girl replied, grinning.
The music started and Zelgadis, red as tomato, started to sing. Talk. Nevermind.
It's funny how a man only thinks about the BEEP
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your BEEP
"Hmm... That's right..." said Lina
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your BEEP
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your BEEP
Amelia blushed. Zel sent her a 'I'm sorry, but it's in the text' look.
Now Amelia sang
I don't give a BEEP
Keep looking at my BEEP
"Is it order?" asked Lina
'Cause it don't mean a thing if you're looking at my BEEP
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your. BEEP
Amelia's eyes nearly popped out and now she looked at Zel. He was hiding his face in hands. That was just TOO embarrassing.
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
Every boy's the same
Since I been in the seventh grade
They been trying to get with me
Trying to Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha-ha
"Well... if she had a figure like that then, I'm not surprised..." said Zangulus
They always got a plan
To be my one and only man
Want to hold me with their hands
Want to Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha-ha
"I know something about it..." sighed Filia. Xellos choked.
"Really?"
I keep turning them down
But, they always come around
Asking me to go around
That's not the way it's going down
"She was of course waiting for Zel! He's not that importunate." Lina grinned
"Hum..that's very probable." Said Gourry.
'Cause they only want
Only want my ha, ha-ha
Ha, ha-ha
'I'm not like that.. am I?' wondered Zel. Then he noticed that he was staring at Amelia's ha-ha-ha. That worried him.
Only want what they want
But, na, ah-ah
Na, ah-ah
Again Zel
It's funny how a man only thinks about the BEEP
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your BEEP
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your BEEP
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your BEEP
"Lina, what are these beeps?"
Amelia was red like a tomato and she felt rather uncomfortable singing such song in front of drooling men. Especially in such clothes...
I don't give a BEEP
Keep looking at my BEEP
How come everyone decided to comply with this...
'Cause it don't mean a thing if you're looking at my BEEP
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your BEEP
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
You didn't know that no
Don't mean yes, it means no
Zelgadis mentally slapped himself. That was ridiculous. He had to stop staring at Amelia. He turned his head and looked at the rest of his friends.
He didn't like Lina's smirk, not a bit.
So just hold up, wait a minute
Let me put my two cents in it
One, just be patient
Don't be rushing
Like you're anxious
"Hmm.. It sounds to me that Zelgadis is perfect for Ame!" commented Lina, loud enough for Zel to hear. Then he looked at Xellos. Mazoku winked at him and sent him a kiss.
'Why me?' he wondered and turned back to Amelia
And two, oh just two us
So try to get your Ahh
Do you know that I know?
And I don't want to go there
Only want
Only want my ha, ha-ha
Ha, ha-ha
Only want what they want
But, na, ah-ah
Na, ah-ah
Zel:
It's funny how a man only thinks about the BEEP
'I'm not like that'
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your BEEP
'I don't think so. No! She has a big heart, but I'm not lookin...argh.'
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your BEEP
'No comments.'
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your BEEP
'Is there?' with every thought Zel was becoming more and more depressed.
And Amelia's turn.
I don't give a BEEP
Keep looking at my BEEP
'Cause it don't mean a thing if you're looking at my BEEP
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your BEEP
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
"Linaaa.. what Zel is playing with?"
Ooh, you've got it bad I can tell
You want it bad, but oh well
It was a funny view – you couldn't tell which of the singers is redder.
Dude, what you got for me
Is something I
Something I don't need
Oh!
'Only one chorus...'thought Zel
It's funny how a man only thinks about the BEEP
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking your BEEP
Amelia glanced at Zelgadis. Well, that's true that because of her... shape, she was always attracting a lot of men, but...she believed that Zel is different. He should know the best that looks don't matter.
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your BEEP
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your BEEP
Amelia:
I don't give a BEEP
Keep looking at my BEEP
'As long as you have pure intentions...'
'Cause it don't mean a thing if you're looking at my BEEP
I'm a do my thing while you're playing with your BEEP
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
Carl didn't have to play the applause tape, the audience was furious. Amelia and Zelgadis smiled at each other, bowed and walked off.
"Hey, babe, don't walk away! I love you!" could be heard from the audience. The unfortunate man was quietened by The Tick's fist.
At the backstage...
Before the changing rooms Ame and Zel stopped. There was an awkward silence for a while.
"Ummm... good performance." Finally said Amelia
"You too" replied Zelgadis quietly. In his mind, there was a hard-fought war between his thoughts.
'Tell her! Keeping secrets from her has led you nowhere!
But... but what if she thinks that I'm only going for her looks?
You'll tell her the truth!
But what if she doesn't understand me? 'Hey, you know, I love you, you have great butt, but it's not the only thing I see in you, you are also'... argh.
It doesn't have sense...
You don't have to tell her that you love her here and now! Just tell her that you like her for who she is! After this song she may have her doubts...'
"Umm..Amelia? Can we talk?"
Amelia looked at him uncertingly "Yes?"
"I just wanted to tell you that... umm... you look great, but it's not the only thing that I see in you. Just in case. That song was quite disturbing."
"Yes... don't worry, you're the last person I'd accuse of judging people by looks. But thanks." She said and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. Then, she ran to the changing room.
Zelgadis touched the place where her lips were few seconds ago. He leant against the wall with a dreaming look in his eyes. 'Whoa' was all that he could think now.
Okay, not that bad moment to end. I decided to write two chapters at once, or at least try to write the most of the second one, so I could update in a week or something.
Thankfully, I already have a song for Xel and Fi
I'm actually in need for some funny/disturbing lyrics, for I'm planning the next round to be particularly unpleasant for Slayers crew ;D
I like being evil. And the song that Zel'll sing is actually the song I wrote this whole fanfic for! I hope it'll turn out the way I want it to. Nevermind.
R&R
Sorry again, and remember, next chapter in a week! Or you can kill me.