"Mom? Are you home?"
Valgarv knocked a little harder on the door this time, nearly losing his balance in the process. He glanced down at the unconsious female in his arms. The frail looking girl certainly didn't look her weight. Steadying himself, he gently set the readhead on the ground, and pulled a pair of dangling keys from his back pocket.
He unlocked the door and picked her up again with a grunt. Kicking the door closed behind him, Val remembered that his mother had gone out to sell her clay 'works of art' in the market. He set the girl on the sofa, and went to fetch a basin from the bathroom. In fact, Val thought to himself as he pulled out a towel, she should be home pretty soon.
Suddenly, he heard a loud groan from the living room, followed by a faint grumble of "Where am I?"
Val felt relieved and quickly brought the basin out. The redhead was rubbing her eyes and yawning continuously.
"How are you feeling?"
She (whom we should by now recognise as Lina Inverse) looked up and made an attempt to focus on the blurry object before her. Slowly, the aqua waves shaped into hair and the fuzzy peach into a familiar looking face. She blinked hard. Who....? she wondered for a moment. Then it hit her.
"Va...Va...???" she stuttered pointing a finger in his face.
"Um...Do... you feel any better? You've been unconscious quite some time."
"Fireball!" A huge ball of fire hit the ryuzoku hard in the chest and he was thrown back against the mantelpiece behind him. A vase came flying to the ground only inches from where his leg lay. "****!" he muttered under his breath. "What the **** was that for?" he shouted to the mesmerised girl.
If she had heard him, she didn't make any reply. Actually, she was concentrating hard on the possible explanations why Valgarv was here. Millions of reasons flew through her mind. Ressurection(sp)? His twin? Koppi...? Koppi! That's it, she decided. Some idiot has created a koppi of ******* Valgarv and now he's here to avenge that stupid Gaav. AGAIN!
As Lina continued to stand there unmoving like a statue, Val moved to retrieve the remains of the fallen vase. "Oh ****," he cussed. "You broke my mother's - ... SHIELD!"
"Freeze Arrow!! Fireball Fireball FIREBALL! Fireball!"
Each attack she used evaporated into Val's shield like water; (which was meant actually to discourage her, but) only motivated her to use stronger spells.
"Diga Bolt! Aqua Flash!!"
"STOP IT!" Valgarv yelled over her spells and their destruction. "What are you doing?! Stop it NOW!"
As if she suddenly decided to oblige him, her spells immediatedly ceased. He gave a sigh of relief and took his shield down. He made a mental note to never take some unconscious female he didn't know home ever again.
"...Hey?"
She mumble something in reply, her head downcast.
"Sorry? I can't hear you..."
"Crimson from blood that flows, buried in the flow of time..."
Val sweatdropped and took a step back. The dragon slave...?!
"Those who oppose us shall be destroyed by the power you and I - "
Lina was interrupted as he charged straight into her and pinned her down by the shoulders. "WHAT IS YOUR MOTHER******* PROBLEM?! You've destroyed my living room, and then you try to dragon slave my home?!"
She struggled hard under his grip to no avail. "Let go of me!" she spat. "No one treats Lina Inverse like this! Especially some fool like you!"
He snorted. "I've never heard of some violent, flat-chested girl like you!"
"How dare you - you - "
"How dare I what? And why are you crying?! I'm the one who should be upset here! How am I ever going to repair all of this?!"
Lina clenched her teeth and narrowed her eyes into slits. "Get off me NOW, Valgarv."
His grip loosened slightly. "Wha - How'd you know my - "
He was cut off by the sound of the front door opening. Both turned their heads to see a shocked Filia.
"What on EARTH has happened in here?! And just what are you... Oh. Oh my."
"god... Filia?"
"Oh my god. Lina?"
Val swallowed nervously. "Oh god. You know this fire eating thing?"
Lina released the breath she had been holding. "Oh thank god! Filia, please help me! Get him off me PLEASE!!"
Filia shook her head several times in confusion. "Valgarv. What are you doing atop of Lina?!"
Chapter 2 | Fanfiction