Konnichiwa, minna!
I'm Kat, and I've been lurking for a few days since I came, and trying to
make it through the sea of unknown to me Ranma and Eva(Despite the fact
that these Anime are so popular, I've seen two episodes of each), when I
finally found a Slayers fic! Slayers is my fave Anime, that's the thing.
And, although newbies are supposed to lurk for awhile, I couldn't help
myself!
Disclaimer: EVAS are heavy,
Roses are red,
If I claimed them as mine,
GAINAX would have my head!
There. Happy?
::giggles:: Kawai!
"I can make it Gourry! I know I can!" Lina Inverse shouted. She skidded
to a stop. She wiped her white hair off her face, as she prepared the
Giga Slave for a second time.
"Lina! Don't!" Gourry shouted back, as he also stopped, followed by
Zelgadis, Amelia and Naga.
Lina quickly muttered the spell, and as the black energy shot forward,
everything became black.
Naga? Is this NEXT (I've heard she made a short appearance there. Then
again, I live in Russia, and real info is hard to find)
Gourry and the others stood around a large bed, where Lina lay. Her
hair was still white even after a week. Naga had said it was because
she had used two Giga Slaves, one after the other. Gourry hadn't believed
her at first, but Amelia and Zelgadis confirmed her words.
Right now Naga was talking to one of the many healers that they had
called,
right now none had come up with a cure for her. She was physically well,
but
she wouldn't wake up.
Finally the healer left.
Interesting plot twist.. On the tpoic of energy emissions, and how they
deal with the caster, and how they can render them in a comatose spell..
But if so, wouldn't she be held by the LoN or someone if she wouldn't wake
up? How much strength would she have to gather to break free?
Gourry looked at Naga as she informed them that this healer hadn't been
able to anything. Naga watched Gourry with a little preoccupation.
Amelia, had
turned around with teary eyes, and Zelgadis managed to look depressed as
he
stared at the roof. But Gourry... Gourry had just sat down and looked at
Lina
for 18 hours straight.
Finally, Naga reached a decision.
You did a good job of describing their reactions.. Naga too, who is
actually also depressed. Say, in your fanfic, are Naga and Amelia sisters?
"Gourry... I think I know a way to help her..." the blond swordsman
grabbed her
by the shoulders as he looked wildly at her. "You know a way?! Why didn't
you
tell me before?!"
"Well... that's because there's a little problem..." she said as she
tried to
get free.
"What?! DO YOU NEED ANYTHING?! THE TEETH OF SHABURANIGDO!? A MAGIC
POTION!?
HAIR FROM THE LORD OF NIGHTMARES?! JUST TELL ME! I'LL GET IT!!"
"Uh... no! I however need you to get off me!" With that Naga zapped
Gourry.
Whoa... Nda. Gourry's going berserk. Then again, he would have to.
"Okay. Here's the deal. The spell I told Gourry about will surround Lina
in a
cocoon, which will remain intact until she has gathered all her energy
and has
woke up. When she does that, the cocoon will break letting her out. She
will
remain as she is until that time has come, and even will gain a little
more
power, since she might stay there for quite some time."
Zelgadis, who had been paying attention and had all the time looked
nervous,
turned to Amelia. "I wonder why she hasn't laughed like a maniac yet..."
he
whispered. Amelia shrugged.
I don't think that's why Zel would look nervous, really. Not like him...
"The real problem about this spell is that Lina might wake up now,
tomorrow,
in 100 years, 1000... you get the idea. In which case we will be very
dead."
"But, will she live?" Gourry asked.
"Yes Gourry, she'll live." Naga said seriously.
"Then that's enough for me." He replied.
They had gathered in a small chamber made of stone, a small altar
supported
Lina's prone body above the ground, they all gathered around her, as Naga
had
instructed.
Gourry walked forward and placed the sword of light in Lina's hand. Then,
after
a moment's thought, he softly kissed her in the lips.
Naga looked at him questioningly.
"I think she always wanted it." He said simply.
"The sword or the kiss?" Naga asked a little amused at Gourry's silence.
The sword against the Angels, huh? And the Angels be Dark Lords?
"Well then, let's start!" Zelgadis muttered.
"Not yet. We're missing someone." Naga answered.
"Who?" Amelia asked.
"That would be me." said a voice from outside the room. Gourry scowled as
Zelgadis placed his hand on is brow. "Xellos." The golem muttered.
"Great."
Not "golem". Chimera.
"Zelgadis, Zelgadis... why the long face? Aren't you happy to see me?"
Xellos asked as he walked inside.
"I'm in Nirvana." Zelgadis growled.
"Xellos? What are YOU doing here?" Gourry asked suspiciously.
"Lina's my friend!" Xellos answered. "Okay, okay, if you really need to
know..."
Gourry nodded and Xellos walked up to him and put his hand to cover his
mouth
as he whispered softly in Gourry's ear. "That... is... a... secret!"
I'm surprised that this guy didn't pulverize 'im on the spot!
"Okay. We're all here, let's start!" Naga said impatiently. "Xellos, if
you
intend to help go stand in your place!"
To everyone's amusement and surprise, Xellos did as ordered.
As Naga began her spell, and the others joined hands to give energy to
the spell,
Gourry looked at Lina as she was slowly covered in a pale cocoon, until
nothing
more could be seen.
So, no one but her and Xellos survived?
"They never cease to amaze me." Xellos muttered. "They blow up the world
once,
then they go and build machines based on what blew it up in the first
place!"
He had watched enough. Rei Anayami had been seriously damaged when her
capsule
had thrashed around the room, and Gendo was trying to open the capsule
with his
bare hands.
He suddenly stopped. He had felt a familiar tug in reality. "Well. Will I
be!"
Xellos smiled softly then, leaning on his staff, he laughed before
disappearing.
Ritsuko turned around. "Did anyone hear that?" receiving only blank
stares she
shrugged and let it pass.
"Hmm. It's seems to be just as it has always been. But... there's a small
stirring."
Xellos looked pensive for a moment. "YES! This will undoubtedly prove to
be VERY
AMUSING!!!"
All righty then! This IS amusing!
'An unfamiliar ceiling.' Shinji thought looking up at the white lights of
the
hospital room he was sharing with the unknown redhead.
He had noticed shortly after he had woken up, since had had been facing
her bed
when he opened his eyes. He turned again and looked at her. She was still
unconscious.
Shinji turned again to look up at the ceiling, when he heard a soft moan.
The girl
had opened her eyes, and was looking around dazed.
Since he had nothing else to do, Shinji decided to make the first move.
"Hi."
The girl looked at him, then placed her hand on her brow. "Where... where
am I?"
"You're in a hospital. Probably in NERV HQ," Shinji offered helpfully.
"Wha... what's a hospital?" The girl asked again, sitting on her bed. She
looked
around. "Where's Gourry?" she looked around again and sighed. "That
idiot! He's
probably eating something right now and didn't invite me! Arghhh!" Lina
stood up
from the bed and studied her surroundings. She then noticed something.
She >looked
younger.
Younger? An after effect? Will this be explained later?
"AHHHHH! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!?!?" She shouted, looking down at her
younger body.
Shinji looked at her strangely as she checked her body over and over
again. "What
happened!?" She grabbed Shinji by the shirt and pulled him up to meet her
gaze.
"Great! Just as I was starting to develop breasts! You. You must know
something!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" the young boy stammered. Lina
let go of
him and slid to the ground. "Great, just great." She then noticed her
surroundings.
"Hey, I've never seen a place like this...where are we?"
Shinji shrugged. "We're in a hospital. I already told you."
Lina looked at him blankly. He then remembered that she didn't know what
a hospital
was. "Basically it's a place where hurt people are treated."
Comprehension dawned in Lina's brain. "Oh, a healing house. So, where are
the
healers?"
Shinji's eyebrow raised. "Healers? Oh, the doctors. I don't know."
Lina thought for a moment. "You said we were in NERV HQ?" he nodded.
"What is NERV
anyway?"
Ritsuko and Misato stood to both sides of Gendo as he watched his son
talk to the
strange girl. "Any information on her?" Gendo asked.
"No, sir. Nothing. There's no record of her existence anywhere." Ritsuko
answered.
"Run some tests on her, and keep looking for information, I want to know
why the
Eva unit grabbed her. And... double check the database."
Misato and Ritsuko nodded.
Eva unit? Hm. So, these things are found of Lina.
"You don't know what NERV is!?" Shinji asked amazed.
"Well, excuse me if I don't!" Lina asked.
"Where have you been the last 15 years? NERV is the last line of defense
against
the Angels."
Lina blinked.
At that moment Misato entered. She looked at both of them, then smiled.
"You did very well Shinji. I'm impressed on how you handled the Angel."
"Yeah, next time you have your arm torn apart tell me, so we can compare
notes."
Misato bit her lip. She hadn't expected that answer. "Anyway. What is
your name?"
"Lina. Lina Inverse." If Lina had expected a reaction from any of them
she was
disappointed.
"Well, Lina, we think you are okay to go, but before that, we want to
make some
tests, just to be sure."
Lina nodded absently, still thinking on what Shinji had asked. 'where
have you been
the last 15 years?'
"Yeah, where HAVE I been the last fifteen years?"
Gendo, looked up at Ritsuko, he held a file containing the results of the
extensive
tests they had done to 'Lina Inverse'. "Are this accurate?"
Ritsuko nodded. "She has no knowledge of history, but she'd pretty good
with everything
else. Except for Geography. She didn't recognize anything, and she also
has no knowledge
of the Angels, the second impact, or NERV. Her story never slipped, so
she's telling the
truth. Her physical test indicate that's she's in very good condition,
although she didn't
seem very enthusiastic about sports. We also made a test to see if she
was compatible with
the Eva units, since she's 14, her initial sync rate was 48%. She also
had a sword with her
along with a couple of things, but we checked them and all seemed
normal."
Gendo looked interested, to say the least. "Very well. Hand her over to
Misato, and tell
her to watch her closely. Also, offer her a place as a pilot. She might
prove useful. One
more child means one more possibility for success."
Ritsuko nodded and left, leaving Gendo alone with his thoughts.
Hm. Does that mean she's not in her world? Or so much time has passed that
the outlines of the world changed?
"Lina?" Lina turned to face Ritsuko as she approached. Ritsuko gave her
clothes back.
"Where will you go now, Lina?"
"Oh, I don't know. Probably wander about, try to find my friends. Why?"
"We were thinking, that you show a lot of promise, and we would like you
to work for us
as a pilot." Ritsuko smiled. "Who knows, maybe you'll save the world."
"Oh, great. I get to do THAT again..." Lina muttered.
"Pardon?"
"Oh, nothing. Can I think about it?"
"Sure. Just don't take too long, you never know if the world will still
be there when you've
finished thinking. In the mean time, you'll stay at Misato's."
Lina nodded, she figured she didn't have someplace else to go anyway. And
they might help her
find Gourry and the others.
She walked behind Ritsuko, and for the first time since her arrival to
this place she started
to take in what she saw.
First the hospital. She had never heard about it, and there seemed to be
something wrong with
the lights. Then all the gizmos that she had seen in the last few hours
were much more advanced
than anything she had ever seen, those computer things, the mechanical
arms, and everything
else made it seem that she was dreaming. The all the names and places
they had mentioned that
she didn't know about, and she had traveled around the world all the
time!
Then the strange clothes, nobody seemed to use swords anymore. Even the
guards didn't. When she
had asked Ritsuko about that Ritsuko had said that a sword wouldn't do
much against a bullet.
Bullets were uncommon in the Slayers world, but there. Slayers TRY,
remember?
Misato looked at Lina a little worried. She had been silent all the time,
and had looked out
the window in a way that wasn't normal. Not that there was a specific way
to look out a window,
but the way she was looking outside, it was as if she was in an alien
world or something. Shinji
wasn't much help either, since he kept to himself and his walkman.
She sighed this didn't look good.
Lina let herself fall in her new bed. This was too much for her mind to
understand yet. She
needed to rest. She sat down on her bed and checked the large bag they
had given her. Inside
she found all her stuff, earrings and such. Between those however was a
small black ball.
Knowing what it was she set it aside and finally dug out the large cloth
covered object at
the bottom of the bag. She slowly uncovered the object.
::blinks:: Did I miss something? What was it?
Shinji had just got dressed after his introduction to Pen-pen, and
decided to check on Lina.
He was glad she had shut her door and hadn't seen him running around
naked. When he approached
her door he heard a loud thump and a soft moan.
Thinking something was wrong, he slid it open. Lina was on her knees on
the ground. Infront of
her, was a half sheathed sword. Shinji had never seen a real sword, and
studied it carefully.
"Hey, Lina, what's the deal with the sword?" he bent down to pick it up.
"Don't touch it!!"
Shinji jumped back startled. Lina slowly crept towards it and grabbed it.
"It must be a fake,
it must be a fake..." She pressed something Shinji couldn't see and
pulled out. The only thing
that came out was the sword's handle. A tear slid from Lina's eye as she
slowly stood up.
"itmustbeafake!" she stammered. "Sword of light, come forth!" Immediately
a white light shot out
of the sword's handle.
Shinji was so scared that he just fell down on his butt.
So, so, so.. Then again, it is real.. So, an Eva with the Hikari no Ken in
hand?
Back at NERV HQ;
"Sir! We have an energy signature!" Ritsuko announced.
Gendo turned around in his office and glanced at the monitor. "Blue?"
"No sir, we're trying to pinpoint it's location... wait, it's
disappeared."
"Did you manage to locate it's point of origin?"
"No, sir."
"Very well. Keep an eye open for future reference."
As the monitor turned off, he looked again at the information they had
gained on Lina Inverse:
namely... nothing.
"If this is another of Seele's meddling..."
Quite the unusual, I might add. But what you're saying is suggesting that
the Hikari no Ken's energy signature is not unknown there. But, wasn't the
Hikari no Ken one of the VERY, very few weapons of the sort? And forgive me
if I'm wrong, but Eva's actually one of the few Anime where there is
NOTHING to even the hint of an energy sword. Then again, I might be wrong.
Mecha Anime I'm not an expert on.
With a sob, Lina had called back the sword. And looked at it longingly.
"I had always wanted
to have this sword." She put it back in the sheath. "But, now... Gourry
would never let go of
it willingly." Shinji had slowly crept back until he had hit the wall
with his back. He then
just sat there watching Lina.
"Hey guys!! Dinner's ready!!" Misato called out. The change in Lina was
almost magical. She
stood up so quickly, that all Shinji could see was a blur. The next
moment he was seated next
to Lina, who had dragged him along.
While Shinji was certainly distressed by having to drink beer, Misato was
pleased to notice
Lina didn't have any problems with it. In fact, she seemed able to
outdrink her!
Never one to be left out, Misato started a competition. Half an hour
later, Lina and Misato
were still at it, Shinji had lost consciousness after his second can.
Another half an hour later everyone but Pen Pen was unconscious.
Blissful, blissful.
Ok, my rants are over. I can't wait to see the rest of it!
Kat