Zelgadis

And I'd give up forever to touch you

'Cause I know that you feel me somehow

You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment

And all I can breathe is your life

'Cause sooner or later it's over

I just don't want to miss you tonight

He stood in front of the mirror in his hotel room, wishing for all the world that the glass would break just once and prove him right. Unfortunately, the glass refused to break without help from his hands… and that he just wouldn’t do.

Zelgadis had no doubts in his own mind that he wasn’t anything to look at. In fact, it never ceased to amaze him that his little rag-tag group of friends didn’t seem to care what he looked like. The only problem was that it led to some… uncomfortable moments.

Like now.

And I don't want the world to see me

'Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

He walked over to the bed and sat quietly, untying his cloak and allowing the heavy fabric to fall onto the bed behind him. This afternoon, in the heat of the battle… she’d been injured… and then she’d fallen to that vicious attack. The thought that Lina was dying had occurred, but the pressing matter had been keeping the others alive. He’d done what he could to protect them all, to allow Amelia the chance to cast the healing spells needed to keep Lina with them.

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming

Or the moment of truth in your lies

When everything feels like the movies

Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me

'Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

He fell backwards on the bed, recalling the death of the Monster… how he and Gourry had defeated the thing with that old combination of swords and spells… since Gourry didn’t have the Sword of Light anymore, and that made it all the more inconvenient in fighting real Monsters. They’d both rushed to the girls, Zelgadis reaching out to add his own magic to Amelia’s in order to help heal Lina. After what had seemed an almost breathlessly long time, she stirred, opened her eyes, and smiled.