Hello my readers. It has been a while since I'm posted anything on Fanfic, on my old account. But this is my return! With a brand new Slayers fic! XD After reading so many other ones, I have to write my own. So here we go. Ignore my horrible spelling by the way, I'll try to make myself as understandable as possible. Thanks guys! Reviews are appreciated.!

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God how long had this hell been going on for? A week? Two months? Time seemed irreivant now that she was gone. Then again, time spent with her always seemed to fly by. How long was he with her before? Two years? The reality of it was that in those two years, he'd never been happier in his life. He had a purpose back then; he lived to protect her. At least, that's how it started. But it seemed to have turned into something more then that... At least, in his mind. Though he'd never admit it to her, the fact that he was starting to feel more for the young, fiery Sorceress. How could he? He was almost one hundred percent sure she didn't feel the same for him. After all, she did run away from him, not even two weeks after the ordeal with Hellmaster. Which prompted the question, why was he even doing this? Chasing after her, when in all reality, she was going to reject him and run away?

Simple.

He made her a promise. He would always protect her. And Gourry Gabriev didn't break a promise. Until the day, she physically told him to leave her the hell alone, he would follow her to the ends of the world.

So as he traveled down the dirt road, his hung low in thought, his hands dug deeply into the pocket, clutching the note she left him tightly. That note...

I'm sorry.

That's all it said. I'm sorry. He didn't know what that was supposed to mean, all he knew was that she was gone.

For countless nights he would lie awake, thinking, wondering why. Why was she sorry? For what? Did she do something and he didn't catch it? No. That wasn't possible. The only time she was separated from her was when Hellmaster kidnapped him. But even then, the only thing she'd done was blow up some bandits, and possibly Sylphiel. And neither of those were enough to make her run. Killing bandits was what Lina loved to do the most. It was highly unlikely her conscience would kick in now, after how many years of killing the brutes? And Sylphiel? It was hard to say. There didn't appear to be any secret resentment for the Shrine Maiden. So what could it have been?

The idea that maybe she just didn't want to be near him anymore had often crept into his mind before, but even if that was the case, he would still find her. He had to know why. Why did she leave? And if he'd done something to make her leave, how could he fix it?

While the blonde swordsman pondered these questions, he hadn't realized he was being followed. The dirt path was a long and lonely one without the young girl to lecture him on simple things and then bat him in the head every time he would ask her to repeat herself. And he'd been walking down this path since dawn, when the sun rose just above the surrounding trees.

After a few moments, Gourry finally stopped, glancing up at the sky, surprised to find the sun was already setting behind the trees.

"I've been walking this long?" He mumbled to himself, raising his left hand to his forehead, underneath of his blonde bangs, a deep frown sculpted onto his lips. Casually his hand fell, and for the first time all day, he noticed how dark the forest really was. And then he noticed the swift movement between bushes, and his hand instinctively moved to his sword. Monsters? Hardly. Monsters didn't bother with a simple human like him anymore. It seemed the Sword of Light wasn't as interesting as it once was before. Probably because the young Sorceress with the power of the Lord of Nightmares was running around, alone. It was quite obvious who the more 'interesting' prey was. He had to rip the idea from his mind quickly, or else the fear that she might need him would cloud his mind, and leave his wide open. So when the sound of movement suddenly became closer, he was able to rip his sword out of its stealth, and hold it defensively in front of him, as he blue eyes darted around the surrounding area swiftly.

"Who's there?" He growled darkly, his eyes narrowing darkly as they drifted "Show yourself!"

Then the movement came from behind him rather fast. But not fast enough. He spun around viciously with a loud war cry, his blue eyes scanning the area swiftly for the origin of the noise. But the only thing he found was a small grey rabbit, peering its small head up at him from underneath of a large green bush, watching him with fearful eyes. Instantly the anger and adrenaline that had boiled up within him had subsided, and he sighed, realizing how much of a fool he'd just made himself out to be.

"Wow." He mumbled to no one in particular, considering no one was around to hear him. "I really must need some sleep…"

He glanced around once more, paranoia beginning to fill his mind. The un-nerving feeling that something was still out there, watching him couldn't be shaken, but then again, wasn't paranoia something that made you fear things that weren't really there?

Who knew. More importantly, who cared? Gourry sighed softly, bidding his legs forward down the pathway, allowing his mind to focus on a more optimistic view of things, like how when he finally did find Lina, he would ask her what the exact definition of paranoia was. That was, if he even remembered it.

This idea seemed to bring his weary mind away from the grimmer aspect of things, and place a small smile on his face. It made the paranoia vanish too, and the walk down the road shorter. It was not long after that he found himself in the closest town, having left behind the little incident with the rabbit in woods. He'd almost completely forgotten about the rabbit, and how angry he'd gotten by the noise. Even the grim thoughts that settled into his mind not hours prior seemed to vanish underneath of the bustling life of the small town, as the townsfolk began to retreat into they're homes as dusk began to settle. A smile rose to Gourry's lips once more as he thought of the nearest Inn he could find. He knew he had enough gold to get him a two night stay. And that was all he needed. Two days of rest and back out on the road he would go. Besides, he might be able to pick up some information to the whereabouts of his lost Sorceress. With a strange new optimism, he continued into the town, scouting the nearest Inn. He had no idea what the future days would hold for him.

Welp, here she is! Zeh first chapter! I hope you like it. Review and let me know what your thinking.