Oh God...what can I say... well, now I'm attending the last class of high school and my GCSE/high school finals/bac/matura is getting closer and closer...
I have to learn sooooooooo much : (
But as some people kept insisting on me to update, and besides, I hate unfinished stories, I decided to try and write the next chappie.
I had to re-read last three chapters of this story and study my notes to even remember what's going on :P
But I still don't remember where I was heading. Oh well :P
And reviewers
Niele-Mzk
Airi-chan
Rukia-sama
Magic-Noise
And finally to Iceo, who made me write this chapter
It's nice to know that there are people who remember me : )
THAANK YOU! YOU ARE WONDERFUL!!!
Sorry for mistakes. I know I make them. Hope I'm improving though.
"WHAT CAME UPON YOU?"
Luna looked worriedly at them. "Oh.. sorry.. I though it would be a great joke, here, let me help you..."
Zelgadis eyes her suspiciously. Why she was so nice all of sudden?
They've rose Amelia into a sitting position.
"Amelia? Wake up!" Zel patted her cheek softly "Come on, wake up!"
"Maybe a kiss from the prince charming?"
Zel sent a murder glare towards Luna, who was sitting cross-legged next to him.
She shrugged "It works in fairy tales, doesn't it?"
"Go to hell"
Xellos choked trying to subside his laughter. He was actually pulling it off! Even that all-knowing chimera seemed to fall for his trick.
Mazoku quickly regained his composure and asked
"What are you going to do with her?"
"After you almost gave her a heart attack? I guess I'll just find a place as far as possible from you... and Xellos, until she wakes up." And Zel picked Amelia up (again bridal-style) and made his way towards exit.
"You realise that she fainted because she thought that you are already taken?"
Zelgadis froze. That's right – the princess lost consciousness when Luna told her that they were a couple. So maybe... but just maybe... what he heard from the cook was true, and the girl in his arms really DID like him. Zelgadis smiled softly at that thought and walked away.
Xellos sighed leaning his head on his hand. "Since when do I help Mr. Grumpy hook up with Miss. Cheerful?"
"...Instead of hooking up me and Gourry?"
Xel gulped and turned around to face... an exact copy of him.
"wha?"
Luna giggled (which sounded rather weird in his voice) and brushed his..her.. hair over shoulder. "Surprised? I cannot risk someone seeing the two of us in the same place at the same time so I had to borrow your body."
"Great... What do you want now?"
Luna kneeled down next to him. "You've learned anything?"
Xel took out his notebook "He likes Italian food, most of his free time he sleeps or eats, when he was 9 he was dropped into a cauldron with growth potion and his second name is Hugh."
"Hugh?"
"I've made that one up."
Mazoku decided that introducing Luna to the part of the list that clearly stated that swordsman's ideal woman was Lina was NOT a good idea.
"Okay..these my help..." Luna propped her chin with one hand. "But that's not enough! Focus on your work from now on!" she sent him a warning glance and disappeared.
She re-appeared in tha bar. Refusing to notice that the place is suspiciously empty, she ordered a glass of 'something stronger'. Luna swallowed all at once letting her thoughts wander again to a certain swordsman.
Suddenly she found herself hovering upside-down over the floor, held by her leg.
"Oh, Xellos, nice to see you, now get your rear to the stage RIGHT NOW! THE BREAK IS OVER!" yelled Haiiro and immediately teleported them on the stage.
The audience didn't react at all as they saw the host appear on the centre of the stage with purple haired mazoku with in one hand, and a herring in other, throw the first on his armchair, smack him with a fish and then disappear again.
They've already seen the same scene, only involving Lina and a mackerel and Gourry and a whale.
Mean while ( ;P), as far away from Xellos and Luna as possible...
Zelgadis found himself in a bright room with a cosy sofa, where he put Ame down. He was slightly worried that she was sill unconscious.
He leant over her, getting a closer look at her face. He wiped away a few strands of raven hair from her face, looked at her closed eyes with long black eyelashes, her rosy cheeks, slightly parted lips...
Maybe that idea of waking kiss wasn't that bad at all...
Just then Amelia's eyebrow twitched as a sign that she's waking up
He quickly jumped away fearing that she might overreact when she sees him that close to her.
'I see these headlines' he thought 'Travel companion of the Princess of Saillune accused of molesting her while she was unconscious... that's a bit too long for a headline though...'
"Zel?" she whispered opening her eyes slowly.
"I'm here" he said kneeling down, so their eyes were on the same level
"oh" she smiled faintly, but then her face dropped "and where is.. Luna?'
"I don't know and I don't care" she opened her mouth but he continued "what she said about her and me wasn't true, don't worry!" he caressed her cheek, as she looked at him with wide eyes
'Could it be that he's going to do what I think?'
He leant a bit closer "I could never be with a women like her, because..."
"Yes?"
"Because... I'm in..."
"GOT YOU TWO!!!"
Both Amelia and Zel jumped on their legs, surprised by Haii who appeared over them, holding in her hands a sprat and electric eel...
Some time later, on the stage...
"Now that I've collected everyone, shall we continue our show?"
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAy!
That's when a tape-recorded applause comes useful
"Aaalllright! Our next challenge is... a special dedication song!"
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
"It means that the contestant will be given 5 songs and will choose a person, to whom he or she would like to address this song to. It means he (or she) will MEAN every single word of the lyrics"
Haii grinned.
As Haii was bubbling about no-one-cares-what, Xellos finally got to the stage. For a powerful mazoku, he had lots of problems with moving around without teleportation. Oh his way to Gourry's armchair, he noticed Beastmaster (now occupying his chair) talking with Filia and... himself?
'Might as well listen to what they're talking about'
He leant over them carefully not to gain their attention.
Lina too was eyeing the three. Since she learned that the fruitcake named Xellos is planning something.. well... knowing him that long taught her that he is not to be ignored.
At the moment, he was sitting on the armrest of his armchair, talking with Filia and Zellas, with her sister leaning over him. 'That's suspicious' she decided and quietly snuck behind them.
"...and then I had a vision of two swords falling down and could warn those two that neither of them will win." Filia finished speaking
"Nice one, although I personally prefer telling future from cards, that's more entertaining" came, surprisingly, Xel's voice.
'I never realised he was into prophecies... And cards, just like Luna' Lina glanced at her sister 'I wonder why she's not joining them when it's obviously her subject...' she mused
"Once I... uh... decided to have a drink it that one bar... yes, and I saw two men arguing about something involved with cards. And well... I decided to walk over and offered them a little future telling session... They were very loud as they argued so you know, I wanted to silence them..."
The redhead furrowed her eyebrows. 'That doesn't sound to me like Xellos... and this story sounds suspiciously similar to me' she thought and looked at Luna. The girl was still leaning on their chair, her eyes drifting from Zellas to Filia.
"...and that night one of them learned that he be famous but die early, and the other that his future wife will turn out to be a men!"
The Beastmaster raised her eyebrow in amusement while Filia couldn't help herself and giggled.
Lina's eyes widened. 'it can't be...'
Luna only smiled faintly looking at giggling blonde.
"I didn't know you had such adventures, my priest" said Zellas
"Because he didn't!" yelled the redhead revealing herself "what kind of sick game are you playing now, LUNA?"
The room fell silent. Everyone looked at Lina's sister, who stared at her blankly. Only when Xellos nudged her, she remembered how to speak.
"owch... I mean, I don't know what you're talking about."
"Cut it out, Xellos, I've heard this story thousand times, I know that you've switched bodies!"
Everyone gasped.
"I.. I don't..." Luan tried weakly, but Xel gave her sign to stop. Mazoku slowly stood up and faced Lina.
"It seems that you've gained some brains after all" he hissed and snapped his fingers, changing immediately in Luna.
Lina facefaulted. 'Great, as if one Luna wasn't enough'
"Why did you do this?"
"None of your business, sis" she made her way towards Gourry "but now I'm..."
The sorceress grabbed her by arm "Oh no you don't!"
They had a short glaring mach, but then Haiiro popped between to of them.
"May I suggest something?" she squeezed two pieces of paper in their hands. "maybe you want to sing this?"
The girls studied the text quickly and then looked at each other.
"Okay" the said unison and went backstage
"Don't kill yourselves." She sighed "NOW! Shall we talk with someone? Maybeeeeee... YOU!"
And she flew to a table where three teenagers sat, two boys and a girl. One boy had a snow white hair, glowing green eyes and a tight black and white costume, with a letter 'D' on his chest. The other boy had dark skin, was wearing a pair of glasses, red beret, yellow blouse and green trousers. The girl was a quite typical goth, pale skin, dark hair, black T-shirt with a purple oval printed on her chest, black skirt and black combat boots.
"Who are you and what's your name?" Haii asked the strange-looking boy.. I mean the first boy.
"Umm... Hi" he waved his hand to the public" My name is Danny Phantom and these are my friends, Sam" the girl waved her hand "And Tucker" who was too busy playing on his PD.
"Can you tell me what's the source of that glow around you?" asked Haii. Indeed, Danny was surrounded by faint white light.
"Well... um.. I'm a half-ghost, so..."
"OH NOES! THE UNDEAD!" yelled someone in the audience and everyone started to panic. Some people jumped out of the windows, some hid under their tables, and some just closed their eyes pretending that they are not there.
"Whaddya mean half-ghost?"
"Well" the boy scratched the back of his head "My parents sort of built that ghost portal and I accidentally got into it."
"Oh..great. Are you two going out?" Haii blurted out looking from Sam to Danny.
They both blushed and yelled in unison "WE'RE NOT LOVEBIRS!"
"oookayy... that wasn't exactly the question, but if you say so.. Now, back on the stage, our girls should be ready by now...sooo..."
"WAAAAAAAH!"
"I'd like to introduce you to Lina and Luna as Brandy and Monica in a song "The boy is mine'! Applause!!"
Ignore the yell.
Lina and her sister walked on the stage. Lina was dresses in tight-fitting jeans and a tight, lime-green revealing blouse. She had a bit stronger make-up on her face and some jewellery, mainly gold and green. Luna was wearing a low-cut white t-shirt, jeans mini and black high-heel shoes. Her make-up consisted of a golden eye shadow and dark lipstick.
The tune started and Lina started to sing, quietly at the beginning, then stronger with every word.
You need to give it up, had about enough
It's not hard to see, the boy is mine
"Aaaah... so THAT's what the song is about!" smirked Xel
I'm sorry that you, seem to be confused
He belongs to me, the boy is mine
Lina made a step towards Luna
I think it's time we got this straight
Let's sit and talk face to face
There is no way you could mistake him for your man
Are you insane?
Luna put one hand on her hip and the other above her chest
See I know that you may be just a bit jealous of me
In this moment she petted her chest suggestively
'Cause' you're blind
If you can't see that his love is all in me
See I try to hesitate, I didn't want to say what he told me
He said without me he couldn't make through the day
Ain't that a shame
Lina smirked triumphantly. Everyone stared with amazement at this musical quarrel
Maybe you misunderstood, plus I can't see
How he could wanna take time and that's all good
She shook her hips
All of my love was all it took
This time they sang together..
You need to give it up, had about enough
It's not hard to see, the boy is mine
I'm sorry that you, seem to be confused
He belongs to me, the boy is mine
Lina was getting more and more angry.
'How come nature decided to equip HER with everything and forget about ME?'
Must you do the things you do keep on acting like a fool
You need to know it's me not you well If you didn't know it girl, it's true
Luna was still pretty self-conscious.
I think that you should realize and try to understand why
He is a part of my life, I know it's killing you inside
Now Lina jumped to her sister, caught her by the front of T-shirt and yelled into her face.
You can say what, you wanna say!
What we have you can't take!
From the truth you can't escape!
I can tell the real from the fake!
Luna snorted
When will you get the picture
You're the past I'm the future
Get away it's my time to shine if you didn't know the boy is mine
The audience was left speechless.
You need to give it up, had about enough
It's not hard to see, the boy is mine
I'm sorry that you, seem to be confused
He belongs to me, the boy is mine
Lina was officially pissed of.
You can't destroy this love I've found
Your silly games I won't allow
The boy is mine without a doubt
You might as well throw in the towel
Luna opened her mouth to sing her part, but Lina suddenly pulled her down, so they were on the same level now. This motion left the older one breathless for a second, and Lina continued with Luna's lyrics.
What makes you think that he wants you
When I'm the one that brought him to special places in my heart
It was my lovin' from the start!
And seeing this determination Luna... Luna almost decided to give up.
But as a popular advertisement in my country says, almost makes a big difference.
But anyways, she stopped singing and allowed Lina to finish the song alone
You need to give it up, had about enough
It's not hard to see, the boy is mine
I'm sorry that you, seem to be confused
He belongs to me, the boy is mine
Not yours, but mine
Not yours, but mine...
This was one of these moments where there was no need to put on the tape, audience burst out into applause for the duet. Lina smirked, abruptly threw her sister away and triumphantly walked away, while Luna got herself up and walked off to the exit on other side of the stage.
In the mess that created when everyone started discussing that not-so-ordinary encounter, no one noticed that Gourry got on his feet and jumping over Tasuki who lain drunken in the passage, run to catch up with Lina.
And so, backstage, in front of the changing room...
"Lina!" gasp "Linaaa!"
The sorceress turned around slowly to see the guy of her dreams running to her. He stopped on an arm length from her and breathed heavily to regain his composure.
"Yes?"
"I.. well... this song... umm... well..." for a moment it seemed that he was fighting with himself.
If Lina weren't that taken aback by Gourry's entrance, she would surely be worried about him fainting from thinking too much or something.
"Nice performance by the way... You've surely shown Luna who's the boss here." He smiled the way Lina's heart almost melted
"I wanted to ask you one thing..."he leant a little closer, lowering his voice. The redhead felt that she's blushing…
"Who.. who is that guy you were fighting over?"
"AAAAAAAAARG!" Lina screamed in frustration. Could it be more obvious? She grabbed him by the collar in rage "We were fighting over you, dammit! YOU!"
For a moment there was silence. The sorceress realised what she's just said and tried to withdraw her hands, but Gourry caught her by wrists.
"Huh?"
The look on his face resembled a happy puppy. "Glad you've finally admitted it." He hugged her affectionately and then walked away.
Lina stood there, his words running in her mind
'glad you've finally admitted it ...He is glad ... glad you've finally admitted it ... I admitted that I like him ... you've finally admitted it ... I finally said it... finally admitted it ... wait...'
"YOU! GET BACK HERE! WHAT THAT FINNALY WAS SUPPOSED TO MEAN??!!"
On the stage..
Filia sat cross-handed since Luna's plan was revealed, refusing to even look at Xellos,but now, no one seemed to pay attention to them...
"So it was her for all that time?" she almost whispered, but he managed to hear.
"Yeah" he whispered back
Filia sighed "Could've guessed. You were too nice."
Xellos blinked with sudden realisation. "What did you and Luna do while I was gone?" he asked turning abruptly to her.
Dragoness jumped at his motion. "well... nothing. First I was talking with Zellas, then you... I mean Luna came while we were talking about you and... Zellas told me a few funny stories about you and we laughed a bit..."
"The story about crocodile and diapers too?" mazoku asked
Filia tried hard not to laugh "Well, yes"
Xel hid his face in his hands. "And then?"
"We came here and Zellas said something about fortune-telling, and I said I am interested into it... and you said that you too... and we were talking about it. And..that's when I think you came..." she glanced at him.
"well...at least you enjoyed talking with me for once" he said
She was taken aback by his words, but didn't have a chance to ask him about it, because Haii's next interviewer turned out to be a ghost (like Danny), only more... destructive.
Maintenet... darn it.. Right now whole security was running after him, while his little friend, namely a girl about 12 in red poncho with a spider-web pattern, tried to convince him to stop.
"But Babes, this is fun..." said the ghost throwing a snake at one fat lady
"Beej, this is not fun for these poor people!" she dodged when a table jumped over her, chasing security guards
"But..." he paused catching a bug with his tongue and eating it
"Beetlejuice!"
"Watch with this B word!" he yelled finally stopping his act of destruction
"So listen to me! Argh..." she caught her companion by arm and dragged him outta the room.
"Sorry for him!" she said closing the door.
"Clean this up... if you can... ALLLRIGHT! Time for Gourry to choose a song!" yelled Haiiro when Lina finally got back.
The swordsman walked to the host and looked through the lyrics. " I choose this one"
"And who is your special dedication?" asked Haii wiggling her eyebrows suggestively
"Lina" he sent her a charming smile and disappeared in the backstage
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo"
The redhead blushed AGAIN.
Zel was quiet since Haiiro dragged him and Amelia on stage. It could be easily told that he was thinking very hard about something and, obviously, holding himself back from making someone suffer.
Suddenly Zelgadis stood up and, ignoring Amelia, walked over to Xel.
"May I ask you a question?"
"Uh?" That was rare, Zel voluntary talking with Xellos? That had to be serious...
Filia chose that moment to excuse her and walk away. Somehow, she lost all interest in looking at Xel getting beaten...
"You were in Lunas' body during whole break?"
"Well..."
"So it was you who jumped into me and Amelia screaming something about us being together? What almost gave her a heart attack?"
Mazoku noticed that chimera's hands clenched into fists.
Xel looked around and noticed that Filia was again talking with Zellas, what gave him a free hand. He smirked in his famous way, eyes squinted.
He stood up and walked over to Zelgadis, who shrieked away.
Mazoku put his finger under Zel's chin. "And what if I said I wanted to say this ever since we met?"
Amelia, who eavesdropped their conversation, almost choked.
Zelgadis was boiling with anger and tried to snap his hand away, but Xellos was quicker and disappeared.
Zel hid his face in hand. 'Why do I even try?'
Meanwhile...
Luna sat somewhere in dark corner of backstage
'I never saw Lina so determined to get something... maybe I should quit... maybe... but maybe I should see what's Gourry's reaction!'
And with this thought she got up and ran towards the stage... or where she assumed it was. You can never be sure in this place...
Back on stage...
"Sooo.. lads and gents, greet Gourry Gabriev as Jesse McCartney in a song "Why don't you kiss her", which is specially dedicated to Lina Inverse!"
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Everyone stared at Lina, who was now torn between melting and fireballing the audience.
Anyone noticed lack of aggressive intentions against Gourry?
The swordsmen walked on the stage and every girl (and some boys) in the room gasped.
Some would say that he spent some extra time in front of the mirror to look the best in front of Lina, but some would say that he was always good looking, nevertheless he looked GOOD.Was it for his hair (which looked the same as ever, but who knows?), or maybe his clothes (though what's so extraordinary in black jacket threw over a white T-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans), or maybe in his special smile (... I'm cutting it out).
He walked over to the microphone, a bit nervously.
'Come on, man, stay calm, what's the big deal anyway? She said it, you'll say it... in front of thousands people... what was I.. oh yes, the song!'
Gourry gulped, and started singing; unaware of the fact that Luna watched his every step from above.
We're the best of friends
Luna almost fell of the rod she was sitting on. 'HA! BEST FRIENDS! I KNEW IT!'
And we share our secrets
She knows everything
That is on my mind
The swordsman looked Lina, but she shyly looked away. 'he really thinks so?' she thought
Maybe, something's changed
As I lie awake in my bed
A voice here inside my head
"He hears voices? Like me!!" Xel smiled. Filia, who came back right before Gourry made his entrance, smiled at him.
'You're impossible' she thought
'I know'
Softly says
Why don't you kiss her
Lina and Gourry blushed
Why don't you tell her
Why don't you let her see
The feelings that you hide
Cause she'll never know
If you never show
The way you feel inside
The red head looked at him. 'Now I really don't understand what that 'finally' was supposed to mean, if he..."
Oh, I'm so afraid
To make that first move
Lina raised her eyebrows 'oh'?
"Probably afraid to be fireballed" grumbled Zel
Just a touvh and we
Could cross the line
And everytime she's near
I wanna never let her go
Confess to her what my heart knows
Hold her close
Zelgadis glanced at Amelia. 'I guess I know what he means...'
Why don't you kiss her
Why don't you tell her
Why don't you let her see
The feelings that you hide
Gourry glanced at Lina to see how she's reacting to his song. Now, she was gazing at him dreamily, with a happy smile on her face. Good sign.
Cause she'll never know
If you never show
The way you feel inside
What would she say
I wonder, would she just turn away
The swordsman took a step towards the redhead, what woke her from her trance.
Or would she promise me
That she's here to stay
Now he stood directly in front of her.
It hurts me to wait
I keep asking myself
He squatted, so their eyes were on the same level.
Why don't you kiss her
Suddenly a few guys (looking suspiciously like US5) jumped out from nowhere and sang as backing singers
(tell her you love her)
Why don't you tell her
(tell her you need her)
Tthe 5 guys sand that very emotionally, then they just stood making strange gestures towards the audience, Filia, Xellos, lamp..
Why don't you let her see
The feelings that you hide
Cause she'll never know
Gourry grabbed Lina's hand
If you never show
The way you feel inside
Why don't you... kiss her
Thoughts in Lina's mind were racing like mad and her cheeks were so warm that she was afraid that she was afraid that she's gonna burn there and then
Gourry's face... he was so close..so close that... that...
And then, their lips touched, very lightly at first, than she leant in, deepening the kiss.
Lina couldn't form her thoughts,compleatly lost in that new sensation. She felt him squeeze one of her hands, while her other one suddenly was on his chest, but she couldn't tell which was left, which right...
Then, he slowly moved away, ending their kiss...
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Oh, how I hate it when someone ends a chapter in the least appropriate moment. But now, as I found this sadistic pleasure of finding such moments and ending, I cannot blame people who do it
I realised that it's hard for me to write from Gourry's point of view.
And I had so many problems with the kiss. At some point I wanted to copy it from someone, but that would be cheating :P
Besides, I didn't know whether to let the kiss happen of ruin the situation like I did it before.
So many problems with 3 sentences :P I'm piteous.
See you next time!
I must warn you that I have my GCSE/high school finals/bac/matura (whether language you prefer) in... 97 days.. and I'm SOOOOO not ready...
AND IF ANYONE WANTED TO HELP ME
I am looking for embarrassingly romantic songs (for Lina, Ame and Zel)
And maybe somethin Filia could specially dedicate... Looking for songs (especially when I don't know what I'm exactly looking for) is tiresome : (