A/N: Happy Halloween folks! This is my little Halloween Special fic. Hope ya like it. I know it's kinda early , but given my record at updating fics, I think it's better this way. And I actually have a pretty good idea on where I'm going with this!

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Please don't sue me!

The Mystery of Kanzaka Manor

A.k.a. Catgirl-chan's Cheesy Slayers Halloween Fic of DOOM!

Part 1

It was a dark and stormy night. In the clearing it was so dark and the rain was coming down so hard, you couldn't see anything except a few vague outlines. Then there was a clap of thunder, and a large spooky looking mansion was illuminated for a brief moment. There was another flash of lightning, and for a short moment one could see two small figures emerging from the trees into the clearing.

"Lina!" the taller figure exclaimed. "I think I saw a house!"

"I saw it too Gourry," the other replied excitedly. "Let's go!" The two tired, cold and wet travelers raced towards the mansion.

"Hmmm, do you think we should knock?" Gourry asked, once they reached the front door. (Luckily it was sheltered from the rain).

"We didn't see any lights coming from here," Lina pointed out. "This place has probably been deserted for years."

"Y-you don't think there are any g-ghosts haunting this place, do you L-lina?" Gourry asked, glancing around nervously.

"Of course not!" And with that Lina opened the door and marched into darkness, before realizing Gourry wasn't with her. She turned around and saw him still standing apprehensively at the front entrance. "Look Gourry," Lina said, getting annoyed, "If there are any ghosts around here, I can easily dispatch them with an Elmekia Lance."

"I-if you you say so…" Gourry said, nervously stepping into to door. The front door closed behind him with an ominous and resounding BOOM, leaving them in complete darkness. "Aaah!" Gourry yelped, clinging to Lina.

"Gourry! Get offa me!" Lina shrieked, whacking him on the head. Geez, who'd have thought such a skilled swordsman could be such a baby?

"Lighting!" Lina's orb of light rose high into the air, illuminating what was apparently an entrance hall. Every thing was covered in a thick layer of dust and cobwebs, which confirmed Lina's suspicion that this place was abandoned. On the side of the hall opposite the front door, there was a grand stair case. At the top of the staircase there was a portrait of a tall blonde woman, who Lina supposed was (or had once been) the owner of this mansion. She was wearing an elegant black strapless evening dress, and she had long blonde hair that came down to her waist, and bangs that completely covered her eyes. The two odd things about the portrait were the strange smirk on her face, and the fact that her right had was resting on a table with an empty flowerpot on it. Weird.

"Hey Lina!" Gourry called, bringing her back to earth. "I'm cold." He had a point. Lina realized that she too was shivering, and she could hear the sound of her protector's teeth chattering.

"Right Gourry, I'm on it." She scanned the room, and spotted a fireplace. There was still wood in it, but it was soaking wet. A few small fireballs later however, there was a roaring fire crackling merrily in the hearth. Lina took off all her outermost clothes and spread them out in front of the fireplace, close enough so they'd dry quickly, but not so close that they'd catch fire. Lina looked over at Gourry to see what he was doing. The blonde swordsman was sitting cross-legged with his head hanging low. He'd fallen asleep. Lina sighed and did the same for his clothes before sitting down next to him, putting her head on his shoulder, and slowly falling asleep.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the mansion, there were two other travelers seeking shelter for the night.

"Mr. Zelgadis, I think we should head back to the village," one implored.

The other sighed. "You're probably right Amelia." Neither one of them fancied going back. It was a long walk, and they were cold tired and hungry. But anything was better than staying out in this weather.

They were about to turn back when Zelgadis spotted something. "Amelia! I think I see a building!""

"What?" Amelia asked, looking around. "I don't see anything."

"There." Amelia looked in the direction Zelgadis was pointing. She thought she could the faint outline of… something, but she couldn't tell what it was. But he did have better vision then she did.

"Alright," she said finally. "We can shelter there for the night." The pair of them trudged off towards the building.

They soon arrived at what appeared to be the back entrance of a large mansion. "Do you think we should knock?" Amelia wondered aloud.

"This place looks like it's been deserted for a while," Zelgadis pointed out. "I'm sure we can go in." He opened the door and went in, Amelia following closely behind.

"I hope this place isn't haunted," Amelia said, glancing around nervously.

"I doubt it," Zel replied. Seeing his companion still wasn't reassured, he added, "You're a Seyruun priestess Amelia. Exorcising a few ghosts should be no problem for you." Amelia was visibly heartened by this.

"You're right Mr. Zelgadis! A mere ghost is no match for my hammer of Justice!"

Zel sweatdropped. "Uh, that's not quite what I meant, but sure, whatever you say," he mumbled. He cast a light spell, which revealed the room they were in to be a fairly large library. Normally he would have gone looking for information on his cure, but right now he was too tired. In the morning perhaps.

While Zelgadis was starting a fire in the fireplace, Amelia was looking at a large portrait above the hearth. It was of a tall blonde woman in an elegant black strapless evening gown. Her hair came down to her waist and her bangs covered her eyes, which made the almost arrogant smirk on her face seem even more conniving. For some reason the woman was holding a shovel. She held it in a way that made it look like she was about to whack someone over the head with it. Strange.

"Amelia," Zelgadis called, breaking her out of her reverie. "Put your cloak in front of the fire so it can dry off." She saw he'd already done the same, and obeyed. By the time she'd finished, Zel was already asleep. She noticed he was till shivering from the cold. Her judgment clouded from a lack of sleep, Amelia snuggled up next to him and nodded off.

Gourry woke up with a start. It was pitch black again, which meant that it was still night, and that Lina's light spell had gone out. (Amazing that he could figure that out, no?) But that wasn't what had woken him up. No, what had woken him up was the feeling that they weren't alone. Several presences were coming towards them fast. And he could tell from the bloodlust they weren't friendly either.

"Lina," he whispered urgently. "Wake up."

"Those were my tater tots Gourry," she mumbled, still asleep.

"Lina!"

"Aah!" Lina cried, finally waking up. "What is it Gourry?"

"Something's coming Lina."

Lina paused. He was right, she could sense the presences too. A moment later several ghosts appeared in the entrance hall.

"I guess this place is haunted," she muttered to no one in particular.

"What do we do now Lina?" Gourry asked.

"Fight them. What else?" Lina Inverse wasn't about to run from a few measly ghosts!

When Zelgadis woke up, he was highly embarrassed to find Amelia snuggled close to him. Blushing profusely, and trying to block out the perverted thoughts going through his head, he slowly disentangled himself from her, careful not to wake her up. She woke up anyways, and asked with a yawn, "M-mr. Zelga-gadis what t-time is it?"

"It's still the middle of the night Amelia. Go back to sleep."

She was about to comply, when something made her sit and frown. "My Justice Sense is tingling," she announced.

Justice Sense? Zel thought, bewildered, What the hell is- A new set of hostile presences interrupted his train of thought. This must have been what the "Justice Sense" thing was all about.

Sure enough, a group of ghosts appeared a few seconds later. Zel quietly chanted a spell, and he could hear Amelia doing the same nearby. So much for a good nights rest.

Gourry drew his Astral Blade (explanation at the bottom) and lunged at the nearest ghost, slashing him and turning into little specks of astral dust.

"Elmekia Lance!" Lina launched her spell, vaporizing another nearby ghost. That's two down, a crapload more to go. "Elmekia Lance!" Three down. It went on like this, the two of them taking down ghosts one by one, but no matter how many they killed, more kept appearing. "Elmekia Flame!" Lina vaporized a group of ghosts, only to have more reappear. This is going nowhere. "Gourry!" She shouted. "Cover me!"

"Right!" Lina began chanting Flow Break. With luck she could get rid of them all at once. But before she could even get halfway through the incantation, several ghost grabbed Gourry from behind, while another grabbed his sword.

"Lina! Help me!" he yelped as they started to teleport away with him.

"Gourry!" Furiously, Lina began chanting faster, but it wasn't enough. She managed to vaporize the remaining ghosts, but Gourry was already gone.

"Blam Blazer!" Zelgadis shouted, destroying a small group of ghosts. Amelia, meanwhile, was chanting a priestess' exorcism spell. Zel knew that those spells could take out large numbers of ghosts and lesser demons. The drawback was they took some time to chant, so Zelgadis concentrated on buying that time for Amelia.

Unfortunately, several ghost grabbed Zel from behind and began to teleport away, like they had done with Gourry. However, they managed to put a sleep spell on him to keep him from casting spells

"Mr. Zelgadis!" Amelia's eyes widened in fear as she watched the ghosts take him away. No! She needed more time to finish her spell! She chanted as fast as she could. By the time she let off her spell, he was already gone.

A/N: Alright folks what do you think? Originally this was gonna be a one shot, but now I've decided to make it 2 or 3 chapters long.

Now there are a couple things I'm sure you want me to explain. First off, Gourry's astral blade. It's a sword I made up, and basically it's a plot device that lets Gourry fight against fight against Mazoku and ghosts. The way it works is that it's specially designed so if you cast a specially modified version of Astral Vine, the spell will last for a couple months instead of a few hours, like it does with Zel's Astral Vined sword. I know I could've used the Blast Blade, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, so I didn't.

The other thing you're probably wondering about is the name of the mansion and the portraits Lina and Amelia were looking at. Firstly, yes the mansion is named after Hajime Kanzaka. But there won't be any connection in the story, it's really just a tribute to him, since he was the original creator of the awesomeness that is Slayers. ALL HAIL KANZAKA-SAMA! -Bows- And secondly, the woman in the portraits is NOT the Lord of Nightmares, despite the resemblance. She is just L, Hajime Kanzaka's "Official Spokeswoman" who appears in the afterwords of all the novels. I realize that L and the Lord of Nightmares are supposed to be the same person, but for plot purposes, they're not in this fic. And L will make an appearance, but she'll be acting completely OOC. Again, it's just for plot purposes. Seeya'll next chapter!