KONNICHI WA MINNA!!! How's everyone doing? So I don't know Japanese...but I'm trying to find classes for me to learn. Well...I hope you were able to read better with the typing format from chptr 8...let me know, k? Thanks for continuing reading....oh...did I forget to mentioned my grammar sucks... And another thing...Disclaimers...Slayers do not belong to me....I only love watching their episodes... Take care!! Adios!!! ~~Miss "L". On with the fanfic.....
The Slayers group didn't like his look nor where he is implying his words at.
"......Well...at least the blonde idiot and that justice freak. They were present after all and they did sign as witnesses on our marriage license."
".......?!"
"HUH???!!!"
Her merry band looked back and forth between Hallis and Lina.
Now it was Lina's turn to smirk.
"In case you have forgotten, Hallis, I have five things to point out to you. One: I was acting as Minna Inertz, the fiance. Two: Amelia was acting as Ophelia, her hand maiden. Three: Gourry was acting as Garren her butler. Four: Minna Inertz's name is on the marriage license. And last but not least, Five: That wasn't a real, official priest. So with all my verbal evidence, the marriage is nothing but a scam...we really didn't get married officially." Lina gave out her matter-of-factly-speech on her counted gloved fingers as she walked back and forth.
She was expecting Hallis to be furious, instead, to everyone's surprise, she only got from him was a chuckle.
"And what makes you so sure that you three didn't sign your real names? As far as for your made-up name...I had it changed to your real name on the genuine license, Lina, my dear. That old man performing the ceremony, was a real official priest. And......." as soon as he finished coming up with his own evidence, he raised his ringfinger from his left hand, showing the gold wedding band.
Lina was a bit shock, needless to say it goes double for the rest of them. He lowered his hand back down, grinning the whole while.
Uh oh....this...is not good. she bit her inner lower lip. She thought of an idea.
"Hmmm...And why should I believe you? Do you have any physical proof to back up your story...besides ::pointing to his ring:: that."
Even if it's anywhere near the truth....there can't be any evidence after I blew up his home with my Mega Brand. Lina added that bit of info into her thoughts, grinning.
Hallis just stood there, looking nervous, his eyebrows furrowed as his mouth slipped into a displeased frown.
HAH....I got him. she thought, her grin changing into a careless smirk.
Amelia and Gourry were silent during the their conversation, both princess and swordsman of light were thinking what Hallis was talking about, well, just her. The young teenager's memory drifted back where she was signing on the witness' line, signing as...
Amelia Wil Tes de Saillune...::blue eyes widening:: No...I couldn't of... she replayed that bit ...::gasp:: Oh no! I did.. I did sign it under my real name. ::now remembering another addition to the mistake:: Uh-oh....Gourry signed his real name too! Oh...if Lina ever finds out what we did, she's going to kill us!!!... ohpleasedon'tletitexist, oh-please-don't-let-it-exist, oh-please-oh-please-don't-let-it-exist ..... Amelia was silently praying to whatever god is listening.
I wonder if Syphiel can bake me that terrific chocolate cake. apparently he has other things on his mind. Hey...wait a minute here....::Hallis' words catching up to the brain:: ...why did that Hallows guy shook my hand after I signed that piece of paper?
Hmmm...I don't remember signing anything...all I could remember is my 5,000 gold pieces and wanting to get it done and over with the charade. Damn...I think Gourry's short memory span is rubbing off on me. the corners of her mouth were wearing down, her eyes closed and head slightly lowered as she tries to focus on her little charity epic.
Her concentration dropped when she heard a gasp from Amelia, she lifted her head up, glancing at Hallis. A wide, evil smile was bestowed on the mazuko's face.
Lina is getting major bad vibes from this guy, Amelia and Gourry shifted nervously, and the rest are just standing there, perturbed. He snapped his fingers, a small wooden ebony box floated in front of him, he opened it and pulls out a scroll and something small.
"Here you go Lina-chan." borrowing Xellos' pet name for her, he threw the small thing at her.
Lina caught it with her left, there was a slight yellowish glow, she opened her gloved hand, the thing disappeared. Her heart-shape face went blank, puzzled until she noticed a raised bumpy bulge underneath one of her gloved fingers. She took her left hand glove off. Lina and everybody else, saw something glittering on her ring finger....
"A ring?"
Her friends' eyes widened and utters breathless words of pure bewilderment from the sudden realization.
::Gasp:: "The...the...same... wedding... band we... we exchanged at...at...at..." she stammered.
She tries to pry it off and others try their luck, even Xellos and Zel with their super inhuman strength, but it was proven useless...the ring refuse to budge.
"Oh terrific! Just friggen' terrific! It's on very securely. I suppose that means the ring has a strong, weird spell on it, don't it?" animosity glares at still-evill smiling Hallis.
"But of course, don't want your ring to come off accidentally, now do we? ::snaps fingers as if suddenly remembers something:: Oh....and let's not forget about the other important proof." handing her the ribbon-tied rolled up paper.
She snatched the parchment from him, untied and unrolled it. Zelgadiss stood beside Lina, both beginning to read as Gourry and Amelia look over the two's shoulder. As the four read....
"WWHHHAAATTT????!!!!!!"
"OH HELL!!!!!"
"Uh Oohh......"
".........?????!!!" Sylphiel, Filia, Aez, and Val were curious and felt the uneasy tension at the same time. Xellos was getting full from their wonderful negative emotions.
"Does this ::grabbed scroll, holds it up and look at it closely:: mean that Lina is officially married to that ::thumb pointing to Hallis:: Hollows guy?" the blonde man answered the inquisitive Slayer adventurers.
Lina turns around, snatched back the offensive scroll, and reread the marriage certificate. A stress mark appeared, the pupils of her eyes become little flames, her fangs showing, she turns back around at them.
"YOU IDIOTS!!!!" she shrieked, an aura of red anger swirls around her.
The 'idiots' panicked when they saw the MRS. Lina Ryzo's 'kill-kill-kill' facial expression, hugging to each other to dear life as she stares down at the transformed Chibi Amelia and Chibi Gourry.
"HOW COULD YOU GUYS BE SO STUPID AND SIGN UNDER YOUR REAL NAMES?!!" her hands tugging her red hair and stamps her feet as she scrunches up the document under her left hand.
The two humans and the two dragons that were huddling together around Lina, starts to back away from the back-to-normal-selves-but-soon-to-be-burned princess and mercenary. Zelgadiss still remained on Lina's side, quietly. Normally, Xellos would be enjoying his dessert after the 'chicken soup' from what that four were displaying. But something, a little feeling in his little gut, was warning him, telling him to slowly back away from the four. Filia notices what Xellos was doing...
Umm...what is he up to?... If that Namagomi is backing away, then..uh oh..this can't be good...I better warn the others just as she was going to do so....
"Darkness beyond twilight, Crimson beyond blood that flows...." Sylphiel, Aez, and Val had already moved behind Lina and Zelgadiss once they heard her chant the first three words of the Dragon Slave. Filia quickly did the same.
Zel was too, too quiet...eyelids closed, his right hand were balled up into a fist, stress marks were showing, gritting his teeth.
"Buried in the stream of time, is where your power grows. I pledge myself to conquer....."
Hallis even seems to be really nervous.
"Wwww...Wait, please Lina...." pleaded Gourry....
"Y..y..y..yes...pl..ple..please L.L.L.L....Lina!.....WAAAHHH" Amelia stuttered.
Lina is really, really scary Chibi Amelia popped up inside her head before she continued....
"We're sorry....we're very, very, verry, veerryy..sssoorry..." but if fell unto deaf's ears...
"All the foes who stands Before this mighty gift bestowed, on my unworthy hands...." Lina continue to chant thru gritted teeth.
The blonde and the brunette were too petrified to move.
Zel stopped grinding his teeth, raised his shaky, stony fist above her head. Carefully not to release all his fury....
"Let the fools who stand befo....AAAIIIEEE!!!!....."
...and hit on top of her noggin, preventing her to continuing her spell. He grits his teeth again as she was rubbed her sore head gently.
"Owwcchh. That hurts Z..."
"Just. What. Do. You. THINK. You. Were. Doing.?" he interrupted her.
"Huh?" her bright response.
Zel snatched the marriage license from Lina. He uncrumpled it and practically shoved it in front of her face.
"In case you haven't read it very carefully,...Lina....you also signed it under your real maiden name." he pin pointed her signature.
Lina glance at the Bride's signature, the group who were behind her also did the same.
"Hey...that's right. Your real name is on it too."
The sorceress' ruby eyes widened, she blanched at first, then feeling guilty, she blushed. She looked down, her hands behind her back, watching her feet shuffling against the dirt.
"Well, I...um...I...." tries to think of an answer to his question. She starts to get a headache but not from Zel's 'tap'.
"I'm still waiting for your answer, Mrs. Ryzo." extra bitterness in his icy voice.
Lina sighed, her feet stop shuffling at the dirt. She raised her head a little and watched her two index fingers poking at each other instead.
The group was relieved, especially Amelia and Gourry, who she just currently fainted and he collapsed, balled up and just ranting "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." over and over again. Aez and Sylphiel went to comfort their poor, traumatized lovers.
Lina regained her wits then she look up at Zel's cerulean eyes...they displayed the hurt, betrayal, and anger he held within.
Now I did it...I betrayed my true love. she blushed harder, held her tears back, looked away from more guilt, and watched her fingers stabbing each other again.
"I'm sorry Zel...I guess I wasn't thinking straight...I was only thinking about the five thousand gold pieces and how I wanted to leave already...." still blushing and glancing back and forth between the betrayed, frowning, arms folded cursed human and her poking index fingers.
"......?!!"
Everyone stood up with total disbelief at what Lina just said, awakening Amelia and Gourry into full consciousness.
"Wait!! Hold on here.....Did..." Filia spoke first.
"Lina just...." Amelia interrupted her.
"Did Lina just ....." Gourry putting the girls' sentences before he was...
"...APOLIGIZE??!!!" interrupted by Xellos, Aezorl, Valtierra, and Sylphiel from Lina's incredulous words.
Woah....better make that three big surprises from the unexpecting trio in one day! An enigmatic, annoying, tricky, ever smiling and closed eyes mazuko, a skilled, forgetful, unintelligible, jellyfish, yogurt-brain swordsman, and a powerful, stubborn tomboyish, short temper, smart-mouth sorcery genius.
Lina snapped her head at the group. She changed into Chibi Lina, she balled up her hands and stomps her right foot many times.
"Why do you guys always think I'm always so INSENSITIVE, UNFORGIVING, AND UNMERCIFUL??!!"
"Umm...Lina? You were ready to Dragon Slave Amelia and Gourry back to Saillune. So that's actually....." Val spoke out of place.
"FIREBALLLL!!" that what he gets for speaking his mind, especially against back-to-normal-size still furious Lina Inverse, ne?
All Hallis could do during the whole time they were arguing, was sweatdropped and facefaulted. The Slayers had completely forgot about him. He was losing his patience.
"Umm...Excuse me...I'm still here, you know." he tried to get everyone' s attention.
They just still simply ignored him, a big sweatdrop hung behind his head.
"Ummm...HELLO!! Mazuko here, trying to kidnap Lina Inverse and make her a mazuko!" he was flinging his arms around to get their attention...nothing. Various sweatdrops formed on the back of his head.
Zel was still holding the scroll and it seems he's the only one who remembers what's happening in the right now.
"Well....we still ::shaking paper:: have this matter to solve." saying it behind Lina.