I'm here to combine the best in fantasy, Slayers, and the best in computer games, Soul Reaver. But, as the song says, don't be discouraged, because you don't need knowledge about Soul Reaver, besides most of the story doesn't have to do anything with Soul Reaver. I'll let you know everything you have to, though if you do know it, then you know that the concept is much like Slayers.
For those who have no idea what's Soul Reaver- In Soul Reaver two worlds exist: the material and the ethereal realm. Much like phisical and astral plains in Slayers. The big and bad are the Hylden, classical deamons with red shining eyes, and the hidden evil 'the dark powers' as everyone refers to it, is one ancient parasite-deamon with a body that exists mostly in the etherial realm, somewhat like a mazoku. The good guys are the race of the Vampires. The story unfolds as an old prophecy says. Two champions, one Vampire and one Hylden, fight for all of Nosgoth (wich is the name of their world), while they were manipulated by 'the dark powers'. The Hylden champion, Raziel, gets to know the manipulation and sees trough the prophecy. He sacrifices himself and gets deminished into the sword of the Vampire hero, wich was than imbued with enough power to defeat the parasite. But, it wasn't destroyed completely...
Some things have changed since you last saw the Slayers crew after Try. Lina and Gourry, but mostly Lina, got a magic shop in the outskirts of Seiruun. They're engaded, and live happily. Amelia and Zelgadiss just married, and they had quite enough of formal life. By the way, Zel's human again. All in all, everything's awfully happy and slow, so they really need some action.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'The Legacy of Kain' series. And I said this enough times, but I still don't own Slayers. I will someday though.
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Chapter I: A dark stranger always means trouble
-in Nosgoth-
After Kain killed Moebius and defeated the ancient paracite-deamon himself, things seemed to go normally. The Hylden were still enprisoned in their own dimension and the Vampire race was saved. And because Moebius the time streamer, the great manipulator was gone, Kain was free to use the knowledge and the equipment he left behind.
Somewhere below a mountain of ruins, in a chamber, a dark figure walks into the middle of a magic circle carved into the ground. It descended to its right knee, like saluting to an unseen boss. "You ordered me, master?" A distinctively male voice said slowly.
A large eye appeared infront of him with only slits as pupils, like a cats eye, and turned to look at the figure. A deep and old voice spoke and it rumbled the whole room. "It is time."
The figure stood up, and the voice continued. "You shall travel to another realm and plant the seeds of the wheel of fate... my seeds." The figure nodded slowly.
"I already sent the needed items. The rest, is up to you." With that more eyes appeared in random position on the wall, all pointing to the middle of the room.
"I won't fail you, my master." and the figure showed his fist as a representation of his confidence.
"Your predecessor, Moebius, was foolish enough to do it. I hope, you learned from his demise." Came the answer to his actions.
As the figure lowered his hand the magic circle under him started glowing, and energy started to emitt from all of the eyes on the wall. Than with a flash of magic light the figure disappeared, leaving a now empty and silent room behind.
All the eyes, except the one that appeared firstly, faded away, than it lit up as if it sensed something. "Kain..."
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In the time-steaming chamber, where Moebius used to manipulate fate itself, Kain kept his eyes on the happenings in the underground room. With the magical portal, he could spy on the plan of the paracite-deamon and the new servant he sent.
After it sensed his appearence, he quicly broke up the spell, and the image faded away.
"You never give up, do you..." said Kain with folded arms to no one in perticular.
He needed to find a way to the dimension the deamon wanted to put hands, or rather tentacles, on. But after extensive research, he only found a way to transfer inanimate objects to the other dimension, so he made a plan and prepared one of the time-streaming chambers.
He pulled out his sword and held it with both hands, like an ancient relic. "Now, Raziel... it's up to you... Find someone worthy, and save Nosgoth once again."
With that, he put the sword and an old amulett into the middle of the chamber, than tuned the device to the apropriate coordinates and started it. Light appeared and electricity shot from place to another making sparks, than the objects disappeared with a flash.
Kain took a last glance at the position, where he put down his sword "And so it unfolds. The battle continues on another level, with combatants of new power and old goals. I'm actually sorry I can't be there."
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-in the Slayers universe-
"Gourry you pinhead!" said a rather annoyed Lina while walking down on the stairs leading to the shop-half of her house. "You forgot your keys again!" But it was too late, the swordsman already left.
"He goes to shop every sunday, and almost every time he forgets something..." Said Lina to no one in particular. "Ah, well. Let's start dinner." and her frustrated expression turned to her usual time-for-food one. She walked to the kitchen and started to gather the pans and knifes, but stopped, when she heard a sound. It came from the shop and sounded like something metal-like hitting the ground.
"It can't be Gourry, he just left." thought the sorceress and started to walk for the doorway, but stopped again when she saw a red flash of light. She redied a spell and her hands started glowing with energy. She walked into the room and found the source of the sound.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" demanded the red-head with her glowing hands pointing at the intruder, who was surely male. He had long white hair tied in a low ponytail but didn't look old. Infact, he looked like he's in his early twenties. He was dressed as a mercanary with shoulderguards and a rather strange wrist armor with blades welded to the sides of it. What really strange was, were his eyes. They were white as well.
The guy pointed his eyes at Lina and inhaled. He stopped and his expression turned to a deeply thinking one. "No idea... and, no idea." answered the stranger.
"What!..."
"I said, I can't remember my name, or anything else."
She walked a bit closer to the man with her spell still armed. "How did you get in here? The door is locked."
"The first thing I can remember is me running into that table." and he pointed at a table full of magical items and bottles. Lina looked over the place and found an amulett on the floor that was thrown there from the table, and shattered while doing so.
"You have to pay for what you break. AFTER I had a talk with you."
Just when she finished her sentence the guy put his hand on his forehead like he was in sevre pain. It only lasted for a second and the guy's expression turned to a quite frightened one.
"The dark powers..." murmured the guy with fear in his voice.
"You' alright?"
He shook his head and his normal confident expression returned. "We're in danger."
"So you remembered something? Like where's your wallet?"
The guy sweatdropped. "I'll pay for that already, but now... I need to remember. I know that a dark force is trying to destroy this world."
"Again? This is atleast the fifth time now."
The stranger raised an eyebrow. "I assure you, I'm not your enemy. Infact I need some help. I was sent here and I have to know why."
"As much as I know, you could be the one that want's to destroy the world."
"If I'm the one, than why would I tell you it."
Lina started to think over all possibilities and made her mind.
"Alright." said the sorceress while dismissing her spell "Tell me all you know."
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The sun is ready to set and the sky's starting to turn red. Ameria's wathcing the perfprmance from a balcony in the palace with her thoughts far away from her body. They're all about her adventures while traveling with Lina-tachi. She really missed those days, even the one's while she had to sleep with Lina. She managed a silent sigh just when the half-closed door behind her creaked open.
"You can't miss one sunset, can you?" said Zelgadiss in a low voice.
"They're too beautiful to miss."
While she said that Zel walked next to her with his gaze at the setting sun just like Ameria's.
"And it still can't beat your smile." and he turned to her. She did the same and gave Zel a smile that really made the sunset look less clourful. He than put his hand on her left cheek and closed in to meet thier lips in a firm kiss.
"Usually I'm the deeply thinking one... What's the matter." said Zel now with Ameria in his arms.
"I always knew I'll miss the travelling, but not this much."
"I know what you mean... You know, we still have three months for a honeymoon. I know you want to go to The beaches in Ralteague. We can trek there like in the old days."
"That would be wonderful! Just the two of us, on road again."
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-meanwhile at Lina's-
Lina and the white-haired intruder were sitting at a table in the dining room, having a conversation.
"What kind of 'dark force' are you talking about?"
He crossed his arms and tried to think "Hmmm... I don't remember much, but I think one with tentacles."
Lina made a classic facefault on the table.
"Geez, now that's enlighting."
The man raised his index finger "Sorry, but my memories are returning slowly, and I only see the small pieces."
"Good thing I had practice." said a bit frustrated Lina with her hand on her forehead. The man raised an eyebrow at that comment.
"Mind as well ask Gourry when he's back. He's a pro when it comes to forgetting things."
"Ooookay..." his voice trailed off "Who's Gourry, what do you mean by pro in forgetting, and why do I need someone who's good in forgetting when I need to remember?"
"He's... my bridegroom." said Lina with a bit of red colour on her cheeks "and he actually has ways of remembering."
Just when she wanted to start another sentence, she was stopped by a knock on the door.
"That's him right now." said the sorceress and walked for the door.
She opened the door to see two giant bags of food and stuff with legs.
"Didn't you forget something?" asked Lina in a sarcastic voice.
"Yeah, my keys." answered the walking shopping basket.
"Just put those down in the kithchen. Dinner's late because we have a guest."
"Oh, and who's it?"
"I dont know."
"Wha'?" Gourry was a bit more confused than usually.
"I thought only I forget things like this."
"It isn't me who forgot, it's him." said Lina while sweatdropping.
"Oh..."
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Gourry packed down everything and they all sat down at the table.
"Oh, by the way... I haven't intoduced myself." Lina put on her most confident smile and pointed with her right hand in the distance making a quite dramatic pose.
"I'm Lina Inverse world famous sorceress extraordinare."
The man sweatdropped.
"That's Lina Gabriev in about a month." said the swordsman while smiling at his loved one's performance.
"I'm Gourry Gabriev. Nice to meet you."
"Well... I would tell you my name, that is, if I remembered it." While he said that, he tried to remove his shoulderguards.
"Man I hate these things..."
While he was having a fight with his clothing, Lina and Gourry leaned close to eachother and started a private conversation.
"He looks like a mercenary, doesn't he?" Asked Lina while looking at the guy.
"If he would be one, than he would know how to take off his own armor."
"You have a point there. Hey... umm... you!" shouted Lina making the guy stop his comic attempt.
"Are you, by any chance, a mercenary?"
"Hmm... don't think so. I hate armor."
After he said that he seemed like he had an idea. He put his hand ontop of his shoulderguard and started a chant just under breath.
"...UNLOCK!"
As the spell succeded, his armor fell to the ground and the guy was quite happy with his success. He made a victory sign and smiled like he wanted to mimic Ameria.
"A warrior mage then..." said Lina to no one in particular.
"Could be... I know a lot of spells." then it hit him like a mace in the head "That's right! I am a mage!"
"Good. Now do you know where is your wallet?"
Now the guy made a deep impression on the table.
"Sometime a hit in the head can help remember. Did it help?" asked Gourry with a childish voice.
"No, but now I have a headache." said the guy, a bit annoyed.
The guy started to rub his head but stopped almost right after and it seemed that it hurt more.
"Remember me not to do that again..." and his voice trailed off while he was looking at a tinch of hair hanging infront of him. He looked quite surprised, than grabbed his ponytail and brought it front.
"Since when is my hair white..."
"We'll take you to Silphiel tomorrow." said Gourry while standing up.
"She's a healer, and a friend of ours." explained Lina.
"Okay... But in the meantime, can I buy new clothes? Oh and..." he cut off his sentence and pulled out a small bag from behind his back. He opened it and gave Lina some golden coins.
"I think these will be enough for the damage I caused."
Lina took a look at the coins and her eyes went wide.
"Where did you get these? They're atleast a thousand years old!"
"That can't be. I got them fresh from the mint. I know, because they were the payment for a job, though I can't remember what it was..." his voice trailed off, crossed his arms and was off thinking.
"You're right. These look fresh." Said Lina with still a bit wide eyes.
"Can't you be wrong? I mean, many coins exist. Maybe you mixed them up." Gourry tried to find an answer.
"I don't DO wrong. I'm absolutely positive. These kind of full golden coins were made only before the Kuoma-sensou."
The guy snapped out of his trance "The what?"
"The Kuoma-sensou... the war of the mazoku." Lina tried to explain, but the guy only tilted his head a bit to the side, and looked confused.
"You know... when Shabranigdo was ressurected and-"
"WHAT! Shabranigdo was ressurected!" the guy shouted with a really frightened voice.
"Now this is getting scary." said Lina to no one in perticular.
She started to look like she was on trail "Okay. Tell me one thing if you're a mage then... What is the strongest black magic you can think of."
The guy again crossed his hands and went into a deep thinking position.
"The Ruby-eye blade."
"Oookay..." Lina's voice trailed off "Do you know anything abot Rei Magnus?"
"Who's he?" asked the guy, again with a tilted head.
"AHA! Now I'm sure." said Lina while she hit her fist into her palm.
"Of what?" asked Gourry who, by now, lost the line.
"There are two possibilities. First one is, that you lived in a cave all your life."
"Wich is not the case." said the guy while sweatdropping.
"The second possibility is..." she inserted a dramatic silence, inhaled, than pointed at the guy and raised her voice "... that you come from a thousand years from the past!"
"That's just plain crazy." said the guy while shaking his head "Now... will someone please help me find a tailor?"
"I'll take you to one." offered Gourry with childish excitement in his voice.
"Wait!" said Lina and walked off to the shop half of the house, and came back with some money "They won't except these here. But I'll make you a deal. I'll buy them." She said that with a large, and mischievful, smile.
They changed bags and Gourry took off with the no named. Just when the door closed Lina seemed to remember something.
"GOURRY! You forgot the..." her voice quited down as she realised they're off "-keys. Whatever."
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As the two were walking down the road, the white haired guy was more amazed by the second.
"This is some city."
"Yeah, it's the holy city of Seiruun, one of the largest cities in the world."
"Sei-ruun... Shabranigdu's ressurection... maybe she is right." the guy said this in a low voice, so that Gourry hadn't even noticed it.
"The shop's over there." Gourry pointed at a building with old styled double push-doors.
They entered the place and the noname started to survail the surroundings. The place was not the one he was used to. It was huge, with all kinds of clothes from warrior to casual women's clothing, everything in every colour. The shopkeeper quicly got their attention.
"Ah, you're just in time, we're closing in half an hour. What kind of clothing are you intrested in?"
"Something like a sorcerer wear, but I need to move a lot. Travelling proof and it must have a cape."
"Must?" asked Gourry who's almost got lost in the clothes. "That's wierd, Lina asked that her clothes must have a cape too... wonder why."
"It's easy, we, sorcerers, can enchant the cape to hold stuff we don't want to loose. Or to be taken away."
"That explains a few things."
The shopkeeper went off to find something, and it didn't take him long to do it. He came back with a clothing that looked somewhat like Zelgadiss' old travelling clothes, but it was light blue and on the ends it had dark purple lines. It lacked the mask and hood, but that was irrelevant to him.
After he tried it on, he made a few training movements to test it and than bought it.
"Now this is much better."
"You can sleep at us, atleast for this night." said Gourry while they were walking back to the house.
"Thanks."
This is, when Gourry noticed an amulett around the guy's neck. "I think Zelgadiss wore something like that."
The guy took a look at it, than put ut under his shirt.
After about five minutes they were at the front door. Gourry made the usual movement and reached for his keys but he quicly realised that there were, again, left behind. He sweatdropped and turned to the guy.
"I think we have a problem."
"Let me solve it." and he put his hand above the keyhole and started to chant, but instead the usual light and the sound of a click, he got an electric shock from the keyhole. He was a bit on the crispy side and only managed to say aowie with some smoke.
"Sorry about that. Lina made the house burglar proof."
"I... noticed that." and he dusted off his new clothes.
After the fireworks Lina opened the door.
"Next time I'll tie the keys to your neck." said Lina with a sarcastic undertone in her voice.
Than she saw the guy.
"Tried the unlock spell, eh?"
"Stupid world... stupid century... stupid electric lock." the guy mumbled.
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On the next day Lina, Gourry and the guy went to see Silphiel and got a surprise when they entered the waiting room. Only one man was in the room and that man was-
"Zelgadiss! Are you or Ameria sick or what?" asked Lina in her usual direct way.
"Hello Lina, Gourry and... you are?" Zel's voice trailed off as he got a good look at the guy.
Both Lina and Gourry looked at the guy, than he shook his head "Still no idea."
"So that's the problem." said Zel looking through the situation at first glance as usual.
"You still haden't answered, Zel." said Lina while doing her tell-me-what-I-want-to-know look.
"Ameria felt sick today morning and I wanted to be on the safe side."
"And why are you out here?" again Lina with her direct ways.
"She asked me to stay here."
"Hmmm..." Lina's voice trailed off as if she just found out the meaning of life.
Zel only raised an eyebrow, and just then Ameria opened the door.
"Lina-san! Gourry-san! It's so nice to see you!" and despite her whoozyness, she grabbed both of them in a hug.
"Ahh... I want my own time." said the guy, almost crying.
"Is everything alright?" asked Zel in a concerned voice.
"Yes, just... some weak flu."
Ameria noticed the guy and turned to Lina.
"A friend of yours?"
"Not really... a man from the past with a message that says, 'a dark force want's to destroy the world'."
"What?" she needed some time to process the information.
"Oh, yeah... and he has amnesia." added Lina.
"Wait a sec!" Zel said while standing up "You said a dark force wants to destroy the world... again?"
The guy sweatdropped.
"What's with you people? Monday picnic, Tuesday dinner with friends, Thursday weekly apocalypse, or what?"
"Well... I'd say yearly." corrected Ameria.
The guy now made an impression on the ground. And a quite deep one. "Why me..."
Ameria crouched down to the still lieing man.
"And how do they call you?"
"Well... Hey you."
Now Amelia sweatdropped.
"You need a real name." said Ameria with her usual bright smile. She started to think, and then snapped.
"Ken!"
Everyone tilted their heads to the side.
"Why?" asked Lina.
"Short for kenboushou."
Now Lina sweatdropped.
"Thipical. You meet someone with an amnesia and name him amne."
Zel only smiled at her choosing.
By now 'Ken' got up. And started to analyze his new name.
"Ken... Ken... Not bad. It'll do, atleast until I found out my real name."
Just then, Silphiel opened the door to call the next patient.
"Gourry-san, Lina-san nice to see you." and she walked to them to greet them.
Ken got a bit of red on his face and forgot to breathe for a few seconds.
"A dowmo. Are you the next patient?" asked Sil with a small smile.
He only stood there, like a statue.
"Oh, my. You must be really sick."
Lina sweatdropped "I don't think you can heal this kind of sickness." and with that she whacked Ken's head. He than pulled himself together.
"Umm... Yes, I am."
"And what's your problem?" asked Sil with her usual shy smile.
"Umm... I forgot."
Lina sighed and put her hand on her forehead.
"He has amnesia. And he has no grilfriend."
Sil was a bit confused at the last comment.
"Oh... and what's your name?"
"Umm..." his voice trailed off and he looked at the others.
"Ken." Ameria said with a smile.
"Oh yeah, Ken."
"Great, this is the second time he forgets his name." said Lina with her hands in the air.
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After a complete checkup, Silphiel couldn't find anything that could cause the amnesia. The whole group was in Silphiels waiting room.
"This is just great. I can't remember anything of use and I have only two things from my own time. My wrist armor and this amulett."
"Amulett? Why didn't you tell me you have one?" asked Lina.
"Well... I forgot. Besides, you hadn't asked."
"Let's have a look at it." and as Lina said that everyone got a bit closer and they surrounded Ken. He pulled out the amulett and took it from his neck. As he gave it to Lina it started to glow, and he dropped it to the ground.
"What in Ciefied's name..." said Ken with as much surprise in his voice as everyone else had on their faces. Everyone backed away atleast a step, and the amulett started to project an image.
It was Kain who stood there.
"This is a recording, and it must be seen by the one that was choosen."
They all glanced at Ken.
"What? I know exactly as much as you do."
Kain continued "Your world is threathened by a deamon wich calls himself a god and his work the wheel of fate. Wich is a well devised plan to feed him. It needs souls as you need food, and will probably deploy Hylden to slaughter the population of your world in order to feed himself."
After that images of the Hylden were shown. Some were three metre tall, green and had blades instead of hands. Others were black and could shoot electricity from the spikes on their body.
"Now that's not good." said Ken while sweatdropping.
"The only weapon that can destroy it, is the Soul Reaver. In order to use it, a human must be imbued with a supernatural force. The other condition is that the wielder has an indestructable soul. That is my job to give you it."
With that said, the amulett flashed a bright red light and you could of felt the energy filling up the room.
"From now on, the persons around you and yourself are bound on the etherial realm, thusly imbueing you with enough power to use the Reaver. Though you must be close, and the amulett needs to be there, but it's a small price to pay for such a weapon."
The image faded away.
"The deamon has sent it's servant to your world. He's designation is to open a portal trough our worlds. For it, he needs five crystals and a place with enough magical power. The choosen one will sense both the servant and the crystals... good luck."
"Is there a replay button on this thing?" said Ken while stepping closer to the amulett.
"If that all's true, then where's that Reaver thing?" asked Gourry.
And as if someone heard that, the amulett gave a last flash of light and the sword appeared above it, than fell to the ground.
Zel had an unreadable expression on his face, Ameria was shocked as Silphiel too and Gourry seemed to lost the line after the first sentence.
"Can you play that again? I didn't quite catch everything." said Gourry while looking at a quite deeply thinking Ken.
"Is it broken?" asked Ameria at the sword's form.
Ken picked up the blade. It was indeed a strange weapon. It had a normal tilt, but the middle of the sword had a vampire skull as a form with large bat-like ears. The blade of the sword came out of the mouth of the skull and was waved four times.
"I think it was ment to be like this."
He than put the amulett back on his neck.
After a few moments of silence...
"Gourry." said Lina with her eyes on him. He glanced back and nodded.
"We'll help you." said Gourry and he put his fist at a shoulder level. Lina put her hand on his, than Ken did the same. "Thanks."
"As a princess of Seiruun and a warrior of justice, my job is to defend the people." and Ameria put her hand on Ken's.
"I'm your husband, my job is to defend you no matter where you go and how many deamons attack." Zel put his hand on Ameria's while their eyes were lost in eachothers.
Than everyone was looking at Silphiel.
She inhaled and wrapped her hand into a fist "Many evil beings tried to destroy the world, and many have died because of them. And now we have the chance to stop it before it happens. I'll go too." and she finished the pile.
Ken made a grin "Let's kick some deamon ass."
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Much thanx for reading! Sorry if the english was a bit too combined, my slang with the old Soul Reaver text. And don't worry every idiotic detail has it's purpose, and yes I REALLY have a plotline. Infact I had to write it down because it got too complicated.
The next chapter'll have some fight and some Xellos bashing. (somevery much by me¢)
