Slayers Dream : Chapter 3

Purin-chan: Why am I writing this when I haven’t even finished Slayers Try??? ONE MORE TAPE! ;_; I can’t wait that long to type this fic. Yes I’m ok. Ok I’ll stop after this one until next week when I finish watching to write the rest of this fic! See I’m smart! ::sweatdrops as readers walk up to her with pitchforks and knives:: Uhh…erk…^^; Maybe I can do the next few chapters without knowing the ending?

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    Xellos watched Lina and Sylphiel cry over Zelgadis’s present. He smiled when Lina stood up and placed the golden necklace around her neck, allowing the ruby to hide itself beneath her shirt. "Yare yare, since when did Lina-san become such a crybaby?" he wondered to himself. "And I wonder where Zelgadis-san went to…"

    "Where are you going?"
    Zelgadis stopped dead as his mind registered whom the voice belonged to. "Why do you keep spying on us like this Xellos?" he scowled, turning around to face the mazoku.
    "Sore wa himitsu desu." Xellos replied nonchalantly. "And you still haven’t answered my question."
    Zelgadis narrowed his eyes. "And that isn’t any of your business."
    "Oh yes it is! For one thing, Lina-san is going to beat me to a pulp until I tell her where you went. For another thing, you may be making the biggest mistake of your life," Xellos replied, lifting his finger up in a teacher-like way.
    "Oh really? What kind of mistake?" Zelgadis asked.
    "You’re going to break poor Lina-san’s sweet little heart," Xellos said, pretending to be sad for her.
    "How can I? She has no feelings for me. She has no feelings for a freak of nature," Zelgadis scowled.
    "Hmmm…and here I thought you were intelligent Zelgadis-san," Xellos said, looking up at the leaves above him.
    Zelgadis merely snorted and turned around to walk away. "Oh and I have a favor to ask of you," he said suddenly, causing the priest to look at him in interest.
    "Yes, what is it?"
    "Take care of Lina…"

    "And that is exactly what I am doing," Xellos thought to himself, grinning wildly. It was easy, almost too easy. With Zelgadis gone, Lina was his for the taking. The only problem was that Lina somehow got the idea that Xellos had done something to Zelgadis, which was entirely untrue.
    "Hmm? And where are they going now?" Xellos pondered, watching Lina and Sylphiel run off along the trail. He looked up to see where the trail went. "Oh I see…so Amelia-san is next on the ‘to be crushed’ list…"

    Xellos chucked lightly, arousing Zelgadis’s suspicions. "If you dare do ANYTHING bad to her I swear I will…"
    "Oh no, of course not! I was just thinking about why you seemed to trust me with her that’s all," Xellos replied casually. He had an unusual smirk plastered across his face, but it was nonetheless unreadable.
    Zelgadis smiled in a way that could rival only Xellos’s. "And I was just thinking that I would give you the chance to get her to fall in love with you," he said with an odd tone to his voice.
    "Oh? And what makes you think I want her to love me?" Xellos asked.
    "Because you love her. And there’s not use in denying it because I have already seen proof of it," Zelgadis answered.
    Xellos’s eyes opened and he stared at Zelgadis questioningly. "Mazoku can’t love," he said.
    "Of course I know that," Zelgadis said in a mocking tone. "But you’re not a true mazoku now are you?"

    "Lina-san? Why are you running so quickly?" Sylphiel asked, trying to keep up with Lina’s quick pace of running.
    "Zelgadis is alive. I’m sure of it now. And who better to ask for a search party than Amelia?" Lina said, happiness returning to her voice.

    "Wow! This one’s the best one!" Lina said with stars in her eyes as she held up a golden necklace with a huge ruby on it.
    "Let me see," Zelgadis said, taking it from her. Lina went back to going through the treasure and didn’t notice Zelgadis walking away.
    When he got to a place that he was certain she wouldn’t see him in, he tossed the necklace up in the air and casted a protection spell on it, then caught it and checked it for any visible differences. The only one that showed was a small star in the center of the ruby. He smiled in satisfaction and headed back to where Lina was.
    "Zel! Where did you put that necklace?" Lina asked him, bagging up the rest of the gold and tying it to the inside of her cape.
    "I have it right here," he said, walking over to her.
    Lina smiled and winked at him, making him blush faintly. "Could you put it on for me? I’m not selling that one," she asked him, lifting up her hair.
    "Uhh…sure…" Zelgadis put it around her neck and fiddled with the ends, trying to snap it together. Of course the problem was that he was trembling from nervousness because Lina had leaned into him, sighing in pleasure. "Ok. Done," Zelgadis said, attempting to move away from her.
    However, Lina had caught his arms, and rested them around her shoulders, snuggling into his embrace and hugging him back tightly. She sighed again of happiness.
    "…Lina?"
    "Just a little longer…please?" she whispered to him, breathing in his scent and burning a memory of it in her mind. Zelgadis seemed nervous and unsure of what to do, so he just stood there and waited…
    If only moments like these were forever…

    Lina and Sylphiel were stopped at the castle gates.
    "Let us through!" Lina shouted at the guards, who shuddered and fell back slightly from the rude outburst. "We have urgent news for her highness!" she continued, giving the two guards her very best "Dragon Spooker" glare.
    Sylphiel, on the other hand, was staring at Lina with a half surprised, half relieved expression on her face. She was glad that Lina was returning to normal, even though that meant more lives were at stake from here on out. "Lina-san, please try to calm down."
    Lina merely ignored this request and went on with her rant about "Not knowing her highness’s friends is very rude" and "A beautiful sorcery genius like me should be let through even if she isn’t a friend of the queen’s". She finished her speech with a loud "WAGATA?"
    "H-hai!" The two guards replied, curling up at opposite walls for safety.
    "Yoshi! Let’s go check up on Amelia now!" Lina said. Sylphiel nodded in response and they both ran into the castle together to look for Amelia.

    Lina sat on the deck of the boat, fiddling with her ruby necklace. They were traveling to the outer worlds in hopes of finding Zelgadis’s cure. Lina closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh ocean air, then exhaled slowly as if she were ridding herself of all her problems with that one breath. When she reopened her eyes, she found Zelgadis standing in front of her.
    "Konnichiwa! Zel!" she chirped, letting go of the necklace and getting up out of her chair. Zelgadis simply kept staring at her. "What’s the matter?" she asked him.
    "Are you sure about this?" he asked her seriously.
    "Huh?"
    "Are you sure you want to go to the outer world with me?" he repeated.
    Lina blinked, once, twice. Then, quick as a flash, hit him over the head which she instantly regretted doing. It was only when Zelgadis rubbed his head in pain that she was satisfied. "Of course I’m sure about going with you silly!" she said. Then with a smile she added, "There might me treasures that have been buried for centuries and are worth a fortune out there!"
    Zelgadis sweatdropped. "Typical Lina," he thought. Just then, the boat hit a huge wave, knocking both Zelgadis and Lina off balance. Zelgadis grabbed onto the railing, and Lina grabbed onto him. The necklace however, got snagged on the railing and fell into the ocean.
    "My necklace!" Lina screamed, reaching over the edge of the boat after it. Zelgadis grabbed her.
    "Leave it!" he ordered her, pulling them both down into a sitting position to wait until the rocking stopped. Lina wrapped her arms around him and whined into his chest, making him embrace her back for comfort. "I’ll get you another one like it someday," he said, gently stroking her bright orange hair.
    "Promise?" she asked him, looking into his crystal eyes.
    "Promise."

    "Where is Pr…I mean Queen Amelia?" Lina asked a professor. She was still used to thinking that Amelia was only a princess when actually a year ago, she had become a queen.
    "Well I would think she would be in the garden by her father’s tombstone," the professor replied. He then shook his head in pity. "Her poor highness…losing her father without even being there to say goodbye to him…"
    "Yeah, meanwhile Zel was being cold-hearted to her and everyone else as usual when they were trying to help," Lina thought. "Thanks!" she said and left to go find the entrance to the garden.

    "No! You’re not supposed to put that much flour into the mix!" Sylphiel exclaimed, running up to the chef and taking the bag of flour away from him.
    "Who are you?!" he asked.
    "Oh this dough is ruined!" she said, feeling the tough mixture. "Here let me help…"

    "Otou-san…I’m really sorry I wasn’t there for you when you needed me most…" Amelia murmured as she lay the bouquet of flowers down on the earth her father was buried under. She then kneeled down, careful of her dress, and prayed. "May you rest in p…"
    "AMELIA!"
    Amelia’s eyes shot open. "M…Masaka…"
    "There you are! Amelia!"
    Amelia stood up and turned around, hoping that it wouldn’t be who she thought it was. "Yappari…" she muttered. "Hello Lina-san!" she said happily.

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Japanese dictionary (Note: These definitions are how they’re used in the fic):
Yare, yare – Xellos’s own personal quote ^^;
Sore wa himitsu desu – Another of Xellos’s infamous quotes, means "That’s a secret"
Wagata – Understand?
Hai – Right/yes
Yoshi – Alright/ok
Konnichiwa – Hi
Otou-san – Father
Masaka – It can’t be…
Yappari – I knew it.

This chapter is dedicated to my grandfather who passed away this morning. May your spirit rest in peace.