Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Inner Beings ❯ Angelina Wakes and Acts ( Chapter 11 )

A/N: Ah . . . THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS!!! They made me so happy! ^__^ Just in case I have to say it again, I don't own Slayers or anything else in my story that are owned by other people already. Oh yeah, I might not mention this in the story, so I'll say it now. In my story, Luna wasn't born of royal heritage. She was born five years before Lina by the same mother but different father. That's why her hair is different, too. Her father left town when he discovered that their mother was pregnant with Luna. So sad *o* So their mother didn't get married until Prince Inverse came along. Since Luna wasn't working or actually part of the royal family, there was a big debate when she was young as to whether or not she should be allowed to stay in the castle. They soon discovered that only Luna could calm Lina down when she was having one of her crying fits or temper tantrums. So they resolved to allow Luna to sleep and eat her meals in the castle, but work in the nearby inn. Let's see . . . I'll have Angelina do something in this chapter. Prince Zeynon too, but not much. Well, on with the fic!



Angelina Wakes and Acts

It was five minutes until eight later that morning when Angelina woke up. She had been out cold from the mental beating that Lina had given her a few days ago, after blurting out in front of Sylphiel like she did. For those of you who don't know, Lina beating you up mentally is like getting beat up in the astral plane, without using magic, just brute strength. To most people, getting beat up mentally is ten times worse than getting beat up physically because it takes longer to heal. But now she was fully healed and awake.

Angelina quickly looked around and made sure that everybody else was still asleep. They were. She smiled at Kollina and Mazolina and figured that after staying awake to protect Lina while she was "unconscious", they deserved some good rest. After also making sure that Lina herself was unconscious, Angelina silently slipped out of bed and quietly went out the door. She headed towards Gourry's room and quietly went in. She closed the door behind her and saw that Gourry was still sleeping peacefully, sprawled every-which-way on the large bed and snoring.

Angelina softly walked up to the bed and laid herself down on the bed next to Gourry. In a sweet and angelic voice completely unheard of from Lina previously, she whispered, "Gourry-sama. Gourry dear, please wake up. Gourry. . ." Surprisingly, Gourry moaned softly and slowly opened his eyes to reveal two beautiful, sapphire eyes. When Gourry recognized Lina, and saw what she was wearing, his eyes snapped open completely.

Oh, did I forget to mention? Lina was wearing frilly, flowery, white, silk pajamas. It was a two-piece strapless shirt on top and a short pair of shorts on the bottom. The others hadn't seen this earlier because she had been wearing a thick, cotton robe around her when she was confronted by Zeynon in the ballroom. But now, Angelina had conveniently left the robe in the bedroom and Lina's previous spell (the enhanced growth one) was still in effect. She was lying in a way that Gourry could easily see down her shirt. . . (I think most of you know where I could go with this)

Angelina smiled as she watched Gourry look at her up and down, stopping to stare at certain places of her body (Hey, what do you expect? Gourry's still a guy). Looking into his surprised, blue eyes, she whispered, "I haven't seen you for quite a while. Please stay quiet, nobody else is awake yet, besides the servants. I wanted to ask you something in private, before Lina realizes what I'm doing."

Gourry listened to Angelina and figured out from what she said that the woman before him wasn't really Lina, but the angel-spirit Angelina (surprise, surprise). He nodded for her to continue. Still smiling, Angelina crept closer to Gourry and put a delicate hand on his chest. Gourry shuddered at this sudden movement, but said nothing. Instead, he slowly put a shy arm around her, pulling her closer. Angelina loved this, but she knew she had to act fast before Lina woke up.

"Ne, Gourry dear. If you could have anything in the world, what would it be? Try to think carefully now, not something like food or a new sword. It doesn't have to be a material item either." Gourry looked up and actually thought about this. A few minutes later, he looked back at Angelina and smiled.

"If I could have anything, I wish I could have a smarter brain and be able to remember things more easily. That way, maybe Lina, err, you could love me more and I wouldn't get hurt so much. I don't think anybody can have a successful relationship if the woman keeps toasting her partner and occasionally sending him to the hospital. That kind of relationship would definitely not work out and wouldn't last very long. You know?"

Angelina kept on her smile at this. She nodded, showing her understanding of Gourry's words. With a playful grin, she leaned up and gave Gourry a feather-light kiss on the lips. Soon after breaking it off, she took advantage of Gourry's shocked state. Angelina winked and said, "I'll see what I can do." With that, Angelina teleported back to Lina's room, just in time to slip under the covers again before Lina slowly woke up. Back in Gourry's room, Gourry lightly touched his lips (typical reaction after surprise kiss) and smiled to himself. He really liked Angelina.

Once again back in Lina's bedchamber, Angelina quietly allowed Lina to regain control again and Lina opened her eyes. Lina sat up, yawned loudly, and stretched. Her actions woke up Kollina, Mazolina, Zeynon, and Pico. Kollina looked over at Lina and smiled.

"Good morning, Lina-san. Did you have a fitful sleep?" Lina yawned again and nodded. "Very relaxing. Good morning, mina-san. Did you have a good rest, too?" The other three nodded and smiled. Lina pulled off the covers and stood up. She then changed into her royal daytime cloak and spoke in a firm but happy voice. "Good. Then let's go have breakfast. Afterwards, we'll open the rest of the presents. Come on, Zeynon. You can have breakfast with us. You do eat breakfast, right?" Zeynon yipped in excited affirmation (I don't know what sounds weasels make, so I'm making this part up), jumped off the bed, and curled himself around Lina's neck once more. Mazolina, Kollina, and Pico also followed Lina as she lead the way out the door and into the dining hall. Nobody but Gourry and Luna were seated there, and on the long table was practically a buffet of food.

Smiling at Gourry (not knowing what Angelina did yet), Lina sat down across from him and said, "Mornin' Gourry!" She turned to Luna and her smile immediately disappeared. In a solemn, almost bored, voice, she greeted, "Good Morning, Luna-san. I hope you had a good rest." Luna gave Lina a small smile. Lina shuddered slightly at this, but Luna ignored it. "Good morning, Lina. Yes, I did have a nice rest, thank you." Nodding at this, Lina began filling her plate as Mazolina and Kollina also gave their morning greetings. After filling her plate, Lina began to fill her stomach with the delicious food in front of her. By the time she was almost done with her first plate, everybody else had arrived and started eating.

When Lina piled her second helping, she heard a soft whimpering on her shoulder. Looking back to see what it was, Lina saw Zeynon, with saddened puppy eyes staring longingly at her food. Lina looked at Zeynon, her food, and then back at Zeynon. She smiled and whispered, "Sorry, you were so quiet, I forgot about you. Here." Lina held a piece of bacon on her fork in front of him. As quick as lightning, Zeynon swallowed the whole piece in one gulp. He opened his empty mouth, asking for more. Lina chuckled at his eagerness, much like her own, and readily prepared another piece of bacon.

When breakfast was finished, the servants cleared the table, and everybody sat back in their seats with full stomachs and content. Lina had her eyes closed as she enjoyed the feeling of a full stomach. Remembering something, Gourry sat up and looked down, but spoke to Lina. "Ano, Lina? I've been meaning to ask you . . ." Lina lazily opened one eye and looked back at Gourry. "About what?"

"Well, this morning you said that you'd see what you could do about what I wanted. What did you mean by that?" Opening both eyes now and sitting up, Lina frowned. "I don't remember saying anything like that. Earlier this morning, I was asleep still. What did you say you wanted?" Now more confused than before, Gourry looked up at Lina and blushed. "I said I wanted a smarter brain so that you wouldn't beat me up so much for saying dumb things and um . . . so that you'd love me more . . ." Lina blushed but sat back to contemplate this. Suddenly having a suspicion, Lina walked around the table and stood next to Gourry's chair. "Stand up. Don't ask questions, just do it." Puzzled, Gourry did as Lina asked and stood up.

Lina proceeded to put her nose an inch from Gourry's chest, and sniffed a few times. She frowned at what she smelled (don't worry, it's not that Gourry smells bad, she smells something else). She followed the scent up Gourry's chest, to his lips. Now an inch from Gourry's lips, Lina's frown deepened and she stepped back. "Angelina's scent is all over you. Stupid Angelina. She took over my body this morning and talked to you, didn't she?" Gourry nodded and Lina started muttering to herself. "It's not like we don't know how to pull off what she said, but the nerve of her - " Lina stopped talking as she realized something. That morning, before she went back to bed, she had taken off her robe and Lina remembered what she had been sleeping in. Lina turned a bright red and immediately tried to fireball Gourry. Unfortunately, it just so happened that it was once again, her "time of the month". All that came out of Lina's hands were a few red sparks that quickly disintegrated.

She mentally cursed as she went back over to the other side of the table and walked up to where Mazolina sat. Still furious, she bent down and whispered in Mazolina's ear, "Plllllllease fireball him for me. Angelina snuck out this morning and talked to Gourry. And I'm pretty sure she was still wearing what I wore to sleep. My dignity in front of Gourry is hurt, if you know what I mean." Thinking back to what Lina was wearing earlier that morning, Mazolina immediately blushed and nodded. She readily stood up, held up her hand, and fireballed Gourry good. He literally went up in flames and ran around frantically, trying to douse the flames. After a minute or two of no progress besides making the flames bigger, Kollina got annoyed and drenched the fire with an Aqua Create. Amelia or Zelgadis would have done it sooner, but they were no longer there. Luna had sat back, amused at what Lina did to her so-called partner.

After recovering, Gourry looked up at Lina and asked, "What'd you do that for?" Lina still blushed as she answered, "Because of what you saw me in! Ugh. I'll have to keep a closer eye on Angelina from now on. Excuse me. I'll be in the ballroom. Gourry, don't you DARE follow me. Come on, Kollina, Mazolina, Pico, Zeynon. Let's go. I'll see you later, Luna-san." Lina stomped angrily out of the room, followed by everyone she had just listed. Luna smirked and walked out the door, deciding to go back to her job as a waitress. Still puzzled at what had happened, Gourry walked dazed, out the door. As he was thinking of what could have possibly angered Lina this time, he suddenly found himself lost in the corridors. He walked aimlessly until luncheon, when he found himself once again in the dining hall.

On the way to the ballroom, Kollina and Mazolina were trying to calm down Lina so that she didn't end up destroying her castle when she regained her powers. Actually, she still had brute strength, so she could have destroyed parts of the castle in anger. When they reached the door to the ballroom, Lina stopped. She closed her eyes and quickly told the others what she was doing before carrying it out. "Hold on a moment while I beat Angelina to a pulp again. When will she ever learn not to pop out and do something bad to my reputation before consulting me? Grrr . . . I swear, if this gets out . . ." With that, a minute later, Angelina was beaten to a pulp inside Lina, and Lina made her way to her presents.

To list everything that Lina got, and her reactions to them, would take forever. This is because every single person who knew her in Zelphilia(which is almost everyone), even the ones who hadn't attended the ball, had given her a birthday present. Only a tenth of what she actually received was in the ballroom. The rest, Luna had stored inside Lina's private vault. A few of the things that Lina really liked though, are the following: a new ruby and diamond embedded tiara from her father, a plushie of all the traveling companions she had over the years from some of her female admirers (though she had no idea where they had gotten them), a 1000 gold pieces certificate for free food at the Royal Inn from Luna (Lina paled when she saw who it was from, but still liked the gift), and the previously mentioned gold pocket watch from Naga.

Mazolina was surprised at some of the things that Lina got that she liked. A few of them are as follows: a brand new sword with a gold handle and stainless steel metal (^__^ Blood flows right off and leaves the sword as clean as a whistle) from Zelgadis, a tomb (book) of practical jokes and good riddles from Xellos, and a faceless voodoo-doll (she can draw it in herself) from some Revenge Guild on the other side of town.

Kollina was also surprised to find things that she appreciated as well. First, she claimed a large book of powerful spells from the Sorcerer's Guild (Not that she didn't know all the powerful spells already, she just liked it for some enjoyment reading). Next, she took a liking to a new sort of book, a thesaurus, with words from olden times. She liked this because it would be really handy when she created the chants for new spells. This was from a merchant friend of the royal family. The Lina trio split up the presents, as promised, but they were all stored in either Lina's bedchamber or her vault, for lack of a better place. So in a way, Lina got all of the presents anyway. (^o^) After putting away all of the gifts, Lina and co. sat down in Lina's chamber to discuss what to do with Gourry's wish.



A/N: I'll just end it there. If you want me to continue, please review. I realized something that I explained in this chapter. If you didn't catch it, here it is: Part of the reason why Lina acted so coldly to everyone after finding out about the confessions, and what Angelina did, was because of her "time of the month" coming up. It probably didn't help when she realized that the ring Gourry tried to give her to marry her could have practically killed her. I also unintentionally made it so that because of this, Lina practically ignored Luna. She regained some of her fear in this chapter, but not completely. Again, if you want me to continue, please review. I'll be waiting. ^______^