The crystal swung in front of his eyes. It had a glittering splendor to it that was very enchanting. He wanted to tear his eyes away from it, but found he couldn't, he watched it swing to one side then to the other.
"Zelgadis, your eyelids are getting heavy...." a high but collected voice spoke. Zel's eyelids dropped a little.
"You're getting sleeeeepy, you want to go to sleep." His eyes blurred out with sleep.
Lina Inverse grinned, it had worked!!! She had succeeded in the first stage of hypnotism, she was free to make an idiot of Zelgadis.
"Lina, don't you think that he'll be mad when he wakes up??" Gourry inquired from behind her.
"Awwwww come on Gourry!! I'm just gonna make him look like a fool, nothing much. Now make sure he stays here while I go get my book of '100 ways to make someone look like an idiot while hypnotized.'"
Gourry nodded, and then Lina took off towards her bag. Suddenly a cute chipmunk ran down and in front of him. He looked at it, it looked at him.
Then it attacked his face.
Gourry ran off into the forest screaming all the while, Xelloss took this opportunity to sneak over to Zel and whisper in his ear. Just a little suggesting to make things more interesting, aaaaaand to embarrass Zelgadis. He then smiled and snuck off.
Lina returned to where Zelgadis was still standing, his head drooping down in a sleeper's nod. "Zelgadis? Can you hear me?" she said softly. His head snapped up and he grinned seductively.
"Yes Lina I heard your sexy voice."
"What - ?!!!!" She looked him over, usually Zelgadis stood straight, but with his head slightly down. But now he was leaning against a large tree, his eyes lazily gazing over her. A smile tugging at the sides of his mouth, he winked at her.
"Uhhhhh....Zelgadis?" she asked carefully, "Are you feeling okay??"
"Just fine, now that your here.." he said quietly.
Lina noticed then that Zel's arm was wrapped around her small waist. She blinked a few times, trying to get a grasp on what was happening. She looked into Zel's face, which in fact was very close now. He was gazing at her with his blue/gray eyes.
Lina decided to run.
Zelgadis shrugged, there were plenty of young sweet things for him to lust over. Zel grinned.
Amelia was collecting wood for the fire, when she heard a crack of a twig from behind her. She spun around, and there was a shadowy figure. Amelia's heart began to pulsate, and she asked in a tiny freaked-out voice, "Who's there?...."
The figure stepped out of the shadow's, it was Zelgadis. "It's just me Amelia. Nothing to be afraid of, I won't bite." He moved closer, paused then continued. "Unless you want me to..."
Amelia blinked once, twice. Why was Mr. Zelgadis acting so weird?? She didn't get the comment about biting, and she was pretty sure she didn't want to...
Zelgadis came over and slung an arm around Amelia's small shoulders, then pulled her a little closer.
"Mr. Zelgadis, what are you doing?" She asked, a little freaked-out. Mr. Zelgadis didn't usually act this way. He always acted depressed.
"You know what Amelia? You are one foxy little princess." He winked at her.
Her eyes grew wide and hopeful, did this mean Mr. Zelgadis liked her?? He grinned a shark-like grin, and whispered something in her ear. I won't even repeat it, it's too disgusting. Amelia cried out and slapped Zel in the face, then ran off shrieking something about a pervert. Zelgadis rubbed his face, ah well he had not yet begun to fight!!
Gourry finally stopped running from the chipmunk, that's because he tripped over Lina. She was sitting on the ground, her knees pulled up to her non-existent chest. Gourry picked himself off the ground and crawled over to Lina.
"Lina? Lina are you okay?" He was scared now, Lina looked scared, of something... and if Lina was scared of it, then it had to be powerful. "Lina??" Gourry took her little face in his hands, and tilted it till he could see her eyes.
"Gourry, something's wrong with Zelgadis, it's like he's been possessed. He...he.." she said in a small voice.
"He what Lina??"
"He came onto me." Gourry looked dumbfounded, Zelgadis?? Coming onto Lina??
She stood up quickly, her eyes hard. "No...not possessed.. hypnotized. Gourry, when I went to get my book to use on Zel, did anyone say anything to him?"
Gourry blushed. "Well, uhhh I kinda left him standing there...a chipmunk.. uhhh attacked me."
Lina looked at him weird, then shook her head. "That means anyone could have used this oportunity to make him into a love machine, so that when he wakes up, he'll look like a fool. But who would do such a tricky thing.." Lina said. The two looked at each other, then said it in unison.
"Xelloss."
Xelloss was standing in the shadows of the forest, much enjoying the show. He never thought Zelgadis would be so aggressive in love, but looking like he did, Xelloss guessed Zel didn't get sex very often. Or at all. Xelloss smiled and hoped Lina wouldn't spoil his fun just yet, it was just getting funny!!
Zelgadis walked by, and Xelloss reached out and tapped his shoulder. Zel looked at him like he was a disgusting bug or something.
"You know Zelgadis, Silphyl is at the camp...all alone."
Zelgadis grinned evilly, then ran of in the direction of the camp. Xelloss giggled, then heard a slap. He blinked. His head dully ached with pain, he looked behind, and there he saw Lina. Hands on her hips, looking sternly at him.
"That was for screwing with Zel's mind before I got to. What exactly did you say to him?" Lina demanded.
"I just told him to act like he was the most irresistible man in the land, and to go after every woman, and not to give up until he got some."
Lina whacked him again. "Where did he go? Tell me NOW!!"
Xelloss pointed, Lina ran off in the direction. Still rubbing his head he thought, "Lina may be little but she sure packs a wallop."
Lina did find Zelgadis, but he was on top of Silphyl.
"Zel get off of her!!" she cried. Silphyl's face was filled with fear and confusion. Lina kicked Zel off, then helped Silphyl up. "You okay?" She nodded. "Good, now run. Gourry is in the woods, stay there until I come and get the both of you."
Silphyl ran off, not wanting to stick around to see what Lina was going to do to poor Zel.
Lina faced the horny chimera. He grinned, (he was doing alot of that....) then advanced on her. Lina ran at him and knocked him to the ground. He rolled on top of her. Lina whipped out the crystal that she had used before, and began to swing it in front of his lust-filled eyes. They wavered, then fell shut.
"Zel, when I snap my fingers you'll wake up, you'll have no memory of what you did, and you'll act just like you did before all this crap happened. Okay?"
'Snap!'
"Argh, what happened?..." Zelgadis began in a groggy voice.
"I hypnotized you, but it got a little out of hand." Lina explained simply, she really didn't want be the to tell Zelgadis that he was attacking all the women in an attempt to get laid.
Zelgadis looked down and realized he was on top of Lina, a dark blush crept over his entire face and to his ears. He quickly got off. Too quickly in fact, he tripped over his own feet and fell back down onto the ground. Lina stiffled a giggle, "You alright Zel?"
Zel looked at his shoes, trying to hide the fact that he had gone even redder. He nodded. Lina stood and offered a hand out to him, and helped him to his feet. She looked at her hand, Zelgadis's was still grasping hers. This time she went a little red. Zel noticed, then blushed.
"Have I ever noticed she was so cute before?" Zel's mind mused. He looked her over, bright orange-red hair, big expressive eyes, little nose, a sweep of blush on her cheeks, her little body.
The two stood there for a moment, then Zel broke the silence. "I didn't anything too stupid did I?" He asked warily. Trying to take his eyes off of her, but failed to do so. Gee she was awfully cute.
Lina looked up at him, winked, and slung an arm around his shoulders. "No, no nothing too bad." She said as she guided him back to camp, where a now roaring fire was to warm them.
Not that they needed it, they were already warm from embarrassment, and of course, attraction.