My first attempt at a songfic, so feel free to rip it apart and tell me what I did wrong. As for continuity, this starts at the end of the first half of the first season and works its way through to NEXT. Events are taken from the series itself, so if you don't want spoilers, discontinue now. Otherwise, enjoy.
Definition: oversoul: The absolute reality and basis of all existences conceived as a spiritual being in which the ideal nature imperfectly manifested in human beings is perfectly realized.
The way you're bath in light
Reminds of that night
God laid me down into your rose garden of trust
Gourry stood watching as the chimera made his way to wherever he was going. A part of Gourry wanted to scream, to cry, to drag Zel by his cape and never let him go. But he couldn't. One, he'd already called out to him, but Zel only waved back, never stopping. Two, Lina was badgering him about the Sword of Light. Yeah, like he was really going to give it to her. He might be dense, but he wasn't crazy. And to make matters worse, now she was going to follow him around.
And here I was looking forward to getting rid of her. Though I would have stayed if Zel... get a grip, Gabriev. He's gone, and you have a chick clinging to you for your sword. At least one of them, anyway...
Gourry sighed and headed with Lina to Atlas City. He didn't know what the heck they were going to do there, but to a part of him, it didn't really matter anyway.
He'd never see Zelgadis again.
Everything else seemed grey now...
And I was swept away
With nothing left to say
Some helpless fool yeah I was lost in a swoon of peace
Trapped.
They were surrounded by all these sorcerers. Kill one and two more showed up. And they were getting tired, while the Vrumugun dupes just kept coming.
Great. I did not expect to die like this.
In any event, Gourry, Lina, and Amelia were ready to take a few copies with them...
Then he came back.
What the hell...?
They didn't know what to think when the masked person came crashing through the window, only that they weren't dead.
Then he took off his mask.
Gourry didn't know what to think, let alone feel. On one hand, he was happy to still be alive. And seeing Zel again... well... he just felt good to see the shaman again. On the other hand, he felt a twinge of something he wasn't sure he liked when Zel spoke to Lina first. And then, there was only one thing he could think of saying.
"It's been a long time."
Was it happiness at seeing his friend again? Resentment for him taking this long to find his way back to them? Just something to say because if he said what he wanted, Lina or Zel himself might fireball him? Gourry didn't know, and didn't have a chance to find out. One, the fact that Zel knew Eris made that something he wasn't sure he liked get just a little bit bigger. And then they had bigger things to worry about...
Rezo...
Too bad I can't remember what the guy looked like at first. Stupid accident...
And then Lina had to explains things to Amelia, which was fine with Gourry. He could stand to go over the story himself, plus they wouldn't have to fight... Zel wouldn't have to fight...
You're all I need to find
So when the time is right
Come to me sweetly, come to me
Come to me...
Gods, he hated heights.
But he loved the feel of the body he was holding.
So Koppi Rezo killed Eris. So he summoned some big ugly monster that would try and kill them all and rip the world apart doing it. So it looked like they were going to be fish food. It didn't matter...
He was holding onto Zel.
Maybe he should be worrying about death and monsters and the fate of the world and stuff like that. And yes, looking at Koppi Rezo summon Zanaffar was scary. But he couldn't help it, Gourry was thinking about the body his arms were wrapped around. And if they did die soon, then he wanted to sear the memory in his brain as best he could. He wanted one good thing to take with him to the afterlife... wherever that was. Maybe if he was lucky, he'd share it with Zel...
Love will lead us, alright
Love will lead us, she will lead us
Can you hear the dolphin's cry?
See the road rise up to meet us
He hated despair.
He hated being helpless.
Worse, he hated the fact that Zelgadis was going to die.
All Gourry could do was look at his sword. Nothing was affecting Koppi Rezo. Not spells, not swords... there was nothing they could do. And because of that, they were going to die. Zel was... no. No, even if they were going to die, he had to fight. He couldn't just hand his life over. He didn't work that way. Nope, if Gourry was going down, he'd go down in a fight.
He chanced a glance over in Zel's direction, and knew he felt the same way. Not how Amelia and Phil meant, but just tat he wasn't going to surrender willingly. For some reason, that made Gourry feel bother better and worse, though he couldn't figure out why. Of course, Phil and Amelia's posturing didn't help. It took some effort for Gourry not to laugh at Zel making fun of her. The humor didn't last; they still had no way to fight back.
"If Lina were here, she'd use a spell to power up the sword."
"Alright, and here I thought you were an idiot."
I am, Zel, but not the way you think... "It's just that, she got incredible power out of it the last time she used it... But Lina isn't here, is she now?"
Now what did I say? Before Gourry knew it, they were running back out to face Koppi Rezo again. He didn't know what he'd said, but the look in Zel's eyes meant he was going to fight.
Strangely enough, that better/worse feeling was back, and Gourry still didn't know why.
It's in the air we breathe tonight
Love will lead us, she will lead us
No no no no no! He can't be leaving again! He can't!
Gourry paused in his eating when he heard what Zel was going to do. Now that Koppi was gone, Gourry had this somewhat admittedly naive idea that they all would still keep traveling together. But now...
Damn! And there's nothing I can do! Zel, why do you need a cure? You look fine the way you are! Who cares what other people think! We like you... I... I...
He only kept eating. There wasn't anything to be said. He was stuck with Lina, after all. He didn't mind so much; it was a step above aimless wandering. Still, Zel was leaving...
...again.
He heard Amelia offer Zel a chance to look for a cure in Seyruun. Maybe he can convince Lina to travel back with them. Maybe he can get up enough courage and talk to Zel one-on-one. Maybe Zel will change his mind and stay with them.
Maybe.
Oh yeah, we meet again
Its like we never left
Time in between was just a dream
(Did we leave this place?)
He didn't expect to see them again. Certainly not have to fight them when he did. Still, he made a promise, and if it got him his cure...
But to fight Gourry...
He found he really didn't have as much trouble with the thought of killing Lina or Amelia. Hell, he fought Lina when they'd first met. Nope, no problems there. It didn't say much for his conscious, but when it came to his cure, he didn't have much of one anyway...
So why did the thought of fighting Gourry bother him so much?
He shouldn't care. He really shouldn't. He wanted his cure, and he made a deal with the king, loathed as he was to deal with people like him and Martina. But it was for his cure. He'd be able to be normal again. He wouldn't be a monster anymore...
...on the outside.
What good was getting a cure for his face, when his soul would still be just as ugly?
This crazy fog surrounds me
You wrap your legs around me
All I can do to try and breathe
Let me to breathe, so that I -
So we can be together
Zel could only think of one thing as he walked on.
I am an idiot.
He couldn't believe he'd been taken in by the king and Martina. He'd been a fool. Worse, he was willing to fight the only people who halfway acted like friends because of his foolishness. Okay, maybe he still didn't have a problem fighting Lina and Amelia, but it wasn't just them, was it?
No way Gourry would have just let me anyway. He fought for her the first time we met. He'll always fight for her. Why do I even bother? Why do I stay with them anyway? The minute Lina figures out what it is I'm after, she'll just try and get it for herself. I've seen her do it before. Hell, she doesn't care about anybody but herself...
Like me not caring about anything but my cure...
I hate my life.
Zel didn't slow his steps one bit as he heard Lina yelling after him. He didn't turn around. He didn't want to see them. He didn't want to face them. He just wanted to be alone. Why travel with a monster anyway? That's all he was. Inside and out.
Not a chance in hell, Greywers. Not a chance. Lina has everything you could every want. Everything.
Zel closed his eyes, pretending for a minute that he was alone as the others caught up. Pretending he didn't want to backhand Lina for dragging Gourry around by the hair...
Love will lead us, alright
Love will lead, she will lead us
Can you hear the dolphin's cry?
See the road rise up to meet us...