Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 04:40:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Thryth <thrythlind@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Slayers]Kitsune Lina: Watch your Diet
To: ffml@fanfic.ml
"This will get that pesky little sorceress," the
woman laughed as she continued mixing the substances
on the desk in front of her. "And in the name of the
monster Zomalgustar, I shall have my revenge!!!!
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!"
"Now for the last ingredient of the curse," The
green-haired princess turned to leashed fox and bent
down with a knife.
"Grr," *snap*
"AHH!!! Get off my face!! Get off my face!! That
hurts you little creep!!!" The puff of fur snapped
one
more time and then rushed off, leaving Martina with
a
number of shallow cuts and scratches. "Laugh all you
want you nasty little beast. I still got your blood.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"Real lake dragon cuisine!!" someone was
shouting.
"Did you hear that?" Lina demanded of the nearest
person. The other Slayers were still at the inn, she
had gotten bored and decided to go looking for some
fun. Maybe a pickpocket or something to beat up.
"Real lake dragon cuisine, come and get it while
it
lasts!"
"There it is again!!" Lina rushed through the
crowd
of people, getting bogged down at first by sheer
numbers. At least until she began rapid firing dill
brandos. After that it didn't take her long to reach
the vendor calling out dragon cuisine.
"Lake dragon cuisine!" the woman shouted again.
"Lake dragon cuisine, you said lake dragon
cuisine
right?" Lina demanded.
"Err...yeah," the woman appeared quite nervous,
but
that was to be expected considering how Lina managed
to get there. Not to mention the mob of annoyed
people
gathering behind the sorceress. "Would you like
some?"
"YES!!!" Lina screamed in her face. The vendor
shakily handed over a plate of wonderously prepared
meat. "GIMME! GIMME!"
Lina snatched the plate from the scared woman's
hands and began tearing into the meat with a
vengence.
She finished quickly and then stared at the plate
for
a moment.
Hey, this is just roast beef, you...." the vendor
was no where to be seen.
"You know she looked a little familiar," Lina
scratched her head. "Oh well. Hey what are you all
staring at?" She turned to the mob.
"Just who do you think you are?" somebody
demanded.
"Me, I'm Lina Inverse, who did you think I was?"
"LINA INVERSE!!!!!!! NOT THAT!!!" Suddenly the
street was deserted. Lina sweatdropped.
"What's that about?" Then she shrugged and
started
walking irritably back to the inn. "At least I
didn't
have to pay for it."
Amelia got up and stretched out the kinks in her
muscles. She looked over to Lina's bed and instantly
noticed that the red-headed sorceress wasn't there.
"I don't get it," Amelia yawned. "Her clothes are
still here, all of them, where could she be?"
*Thump*
"Oww! What the---?" Amelia looked under the bed
and
found a naked Lina rubbing her head.
"Miss Lina? What are you doing under the bed?"
"I don't know I just...aahhh!!" Lina screamed.
"Where are my clothes?"
"They're on the bed up here." Amelia said simply.
"Give them to me!" Amelia did so, and the room
was
filled with the sounds of Lina trying to get dressed
under the bed.
"What's this?" there was a long pause. "Ewww!!!!"
A
half-dressed Lina rushed out from under the bed and
into the closet. Amelia looked under the bed again
and
saw a half-eaten rat.
"Miss Lina, are you okay?" Amelia asked, trying
not
to gag.
"I'm fine, just a little confused," Lina said
coming out of the closet completely dressed with the
exception of her gloves which were stuck in her
belt.
"Don't tell the guys about this, okay?"
"Uh, sure," Amelia said, following the sorceress
out.
Breakfast went about normal, Gourry and Lina
ripped
through the food, supported in the endeavour a
little
by Amelia while Zelgadis contentedly supped his
coffee, ignoring the other three's antics.
The routine was cut short when some was thrown into
their table.
"That does it!" Lina shoutted.
"Oh no," Gourry sighed.
"Miss Lina," Amelia started, concilatory. "Please
don't do anything."
"I'd like to get out of an inn while its still
intact for once," Zelgadis agreed.
"No he's getting it!!" Lina shouted. Everybody at
the table tensed. "FIREBALL!!!" Nothing happened.
"Look at the little girl that thinks she's a
sorceress." The inn brawl stopped as the first laugh
was heard.
"FLAME ARROW!!! FREEZE ARROW!!! DILL BRANDO!!"
With
each attempted spell the laughing got worse. Lina
was
steaming as she prepared one more spell. "Darkness
beyond twilight, redder than blood that flows..."
"Lina don't..." Zelgadis held out a hand to stop
Gourry.
"Nothing's going to happen." Zelgadis assured
him.
The three of them watched Lina with growing concern.
She reached out desperately finishing the
incantation,
but drawing no power to her.
"Go on home little girl," someone laughed.
"Yeah you wouldn't make it in the real world."
"Stop it!! I AM a sorceress! I'm Lina Inverse!!!"
The laughing got worse.
"Lina Inverse, yeah right, you're the bandit
killer, sure." Gourry stood up and walked forward to
the most recent speaker.
"Excuse me, are you laughing at my friend?" he
asked.
"Yeah, what of it?" Gourry smiled and cracked his
knuckles.
"I don't need help!" Lina shouted. "I'm...I'm..."
Lina ran out of the inn, apparently on the verge of
crying.
"Miss Lina, wait!!" Amelia followed her quickly.
"Gourry," Zelgadis adressed the blonde swordsman
as
he stood up.
"Yes?"
"Shall we?" Gourry cracked his knuckles again,
smiling.
Amelia found Lina a few blocks away, frantically
trying to cast a spell, any spell.
"What's the matter Lina?" Amelia asked. "Are you
on
your period?"
"No I am NOT!" Lina shouted. "Do you think I'd
even
try to cast a spell if I were?"
"Then why can't you...you know?"
"I DON'T KNOW!! I DON'T KNOW!!" Lina slumped to
her
knees. "I don't know." She noticed a glint of silver
beneath her and instinctively reached forward to
pick
it up. The moment she scooped the coin into her palm
she screamed, dropping it again.
"What's happened," Amelia asked nervous.
"That thing's burning hot!!" Lina said, she
turned
her hand to show Amelia. "Look." There was a
circular
brand mark where her flesh had touch the coin.
Amelia bent down to look at the coin, it didn't look
hot. She touched it experimentally and found it cool
to the touch.
"What are you..." Lina started as Amelia picked
it
up. The Princess looked worriedly over at Lina, who
just appeared to be in shock. "How can you hold
that?"
The sound of an explosion further down the street
signalled the downhill slide of the inn battle.
"It's cool to the touch," Amelia said. "but its
silver. Oh no..." Amelia looked at the sorceress
pityingly.
"What do you mean its silver," Lina asked. "What
does that have to do with anything?"
"You woke up naked under the bed, silver burns
you,
and you can't cast magic. You know this better than
I
do Miss Lina what do you think is the problem?"
"But that's impossible," Lina protested. "I can't
be a..."
"Werecreature," Amelia ended, nodding. Lina
slumped.
"Last night was the last day of the new moon,
that
gives two weeks until the full moon and it gets
really
bad," Lina said resignedly. "Don't tell them
anything
about this."
"We really..."
"Please, Amelia."
"Alright, Miss Lina."
"Thank you," Lina said as Gourry and Zelgadis
appeared around the corner.
=====
"Caffeinated Kender? What's that, a berserk spell?"
-
Tribble, Kender Warrior of the Celestial Kingdom
Signed
He of Too Many Names
(Thrythlind/Thryth/Luke/Hyperbole/Pika/Pooka)
http://members.aol.com/thrythlind/snake.html
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