PurplePixie: ^_^ Hi, minna-san! YeS! I am back to write MORE fanfics!! BWAHAHAHA!! *...silence...* What?? No frightened anime characters or weird little sisters?! O.O I'm all by myself?? * "All By Myself" starts to play* -_- *sigh* Dang...after hanging around my sis and those insane Slayers characters (which I don't own) for so long, I think I've actually gotten USED to them. T-T I'm so lonely!! *wails!* *lightbulb* I know...I'll create a muse!! ^_^-^_^-^_^ What do yah think? Should I? Or shouldn't I?? ^^; Oh! I forgot. This is supposed to be a FANFIC! *aHeM* On with the fanfic! *silence* WAH! T-T No one steals my lines anymore!!! *runs off*

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"Gourry!!! Those were MY French fries!"

"Uh...sorry?" Gourry glanced at the fuming redhead.

"Sorry my ass!! Urgh, I'll show you the meaning of being sorry!"

"AAAH!!" Immediately, Gourry went to take cover...but it was too late.

"FIREBALL!!"

BoOoOoOoOoM!!

After all the dust was cleared, you get to view a blackened, medium sized, office room. In the middle of all the ashes was Lina Inverse.

"That'll teach him to steal my food," Lina dusted off her hands.

"Miss Lina, you have to learn to control your temper!" said Filia as she crawled out from under a large desk.

"Yeah, Miss Lina!" Amelia's head peeked out from behind a rather crispy couch, soon followed by Zelgadis. "You really have to stop fireballing Mister Gourry! It's so UNJUST! And it's dangerous too! What happens if you happen to hit Mister Gourry so hard on the head that-that-that he gets amnesia and loses his memory or something??"

"Gourry has those??" Zelgadis raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah! Of course he does, Mister Zelgadis! Well-yeah," Amelia sat down on the couch and scratched her head. "At least...I think so."

"Ah, whatever," Lina walked back to the table and gazed lovingly at all the hamburgers and French fries that laid there. "Now, back to my food..."

Just then, the telephone on the desk rang.

*Ring!* *Ring!*

"URGH! Stupid phone! I was just about to eat," Lina stomped over to the phone and yanked it up to her ear. "Yeah, what do you want?!"

"Hello? Uh, is this the...Ghost Slayers office??"

"Yeah, what about it?" Lina snarled to the person on the other line. If you hadn't guess, Lina was not in a good mood at all.

"You kill ghosts and demons."

"Wow, however did you guess??" Lina replied sarcastically.

"Well, I have a job for-"

"Listen, buddy: Get to the point before I track you down and shove a fireball down your throat!"

At this statement, the voice on the phone started to sound rather panicy. "W-well, there's a demon of some kind in the town, a-and it's terrorizing everyone! We need someone to come get rid of it, right away!"

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. That sounds very nice and all, but I have better things to do, like eat, kill bandits, eat, take a nap, eat, steal treasure-"

"We'll pay you well!"

"Pay???" Lina perked up at the mention of money. "Well, your little town IS in quite a little problem. I can't just stand here and let that evil demon frighten innocent people! We'll be right over. Oh yeah, where is your town?"

"We're in Terrotina. When you get here, just ask for Zachary Toppo."

"Okay, see you soon!" With that said, Lina hung up the phone and turned to the crew, whom were all playing cards.

"Alright, everyone! We've got a job!"

"Go Fish, Amelia," Filia said and Amelia picked up a card.

"HEY!! Listen to me!"

After a while of shouting (and a Dragon Slave threat) later, Lina managed to get everyone's attention.

"So, you're saying some guy hired us to kill a demon?" Zelgadis asked as he tied on his cloak.

"Yup, we have to go to Terrotina."

"Uh...Miss Lina?" Amelia turned to the sorceress supreme with a questioning look on her face. "Exactly WHERE is Terrotina??"

"It's near-," Lina blinked in sudden realization. "Well, what do yah know, I have NO clue! Damn it! I forgot to ask that Zachary guy!!"

"Lina! You really don't know?" came a mysterious voice.

"Eh?" Lina looked about the room, searching for the source of the voice. "Who said that??"

"Hello!" Xellos teleported in next to Lina with his usual smile glued in place.

"YOU!!!" Filia snarled and pointed an accusing finger at the mazoku priest. "WHY do you keep coming back here when you know that no one WANTS you here?!!"

"^_^ Nice to see you too, Fi-chan (Filia: DON'T CALL ME 'CHAN'!!)," after watching Filia fume a bit more, Xellos turned to Lina. "So, you have a new job, eh? In Terrotina?"

"Yeah," Lina replied. "Only we have no idea how to get there!"

"Yeah," Amelia piped up. "Miss Lina didn't even bother to ask our client where the place IS."

"Hey! I just forgot, okay?!" Lina turned back to Xellos. "We don't know where it is, but I'm sure YOU do. Don't yah, Xellos?"

"^_^ Yup."

"Really, Mister Xellos? You know where it is?" Amelia smiled.

"=_= Whatever he says, I don't trust him," Filia glared at the smiling priest.

"Me, neither," Zelgadis muttered and giving a glare as well.

"Well, tough cookies. We need the money that that guy offered!" Lina shrugged. "So Xellos, you know where Terrotina is?"

"^_^ Yup."

"Really?"

"^_^ Yup."

"Well, where is it?"

" ^_^ Sore wa himitsu desu!"

"Xellos..." *group glare*

"HEY! I was just kidding! ^^;" Xellos waved his hands defensively. With a snap of his figures, a piece of paper appeared in his hands. "Here you go! This is a map to Terrotina."

"Alright!" Lina grabbed the map and looked through it. "Okay, Terrotina is only...1027 MILES AWAY?!! O.O"

"WHAT?!" Amelia snatched the paper from Lina and stared down at the piece of parchment. "B-but that's so far away! How are we ever going to get there in time?? T-T"

"=_= Knowing Xellos, he probably gave us a fake map," the chimera glared at Xellos.

"Me? Be so mean and deceiving?" a look of surprise and shock crossed Xellos's face. "Why I'd nev-wait. ^_^ I would do that, wouldn't I? Oh, well! Anyways, this map is a 100% real, and it looks like you've all got a LONG way to go! ^____^"

"Darn!" Lina seated herself in a chair and chewed on her lip. "There has to be a faster way to get to Terrotina. If only we could-" Then an idea hit her. Smiling sweetly, the little redhead turned to Xellos. "Oh, Xel- chan! ^_^ You're a mazoku, right?"

Uncertainly, the mazoku priest answered, "Yes..."

"Mazoku could teleport, right?" Lina's smile widened.

"Oh! That's right, Miss Lina!" Amelia turned to face Xel with sparkling eyes full of hope (Xellos: *shudder*). "Can you teleport us there, Mister Xellos? ^_^ Can you? ^__^ Can you? Can you?! ^___^"

"Well..." Xellos sweatdropped and scooted a few inches away from the justice loving princess. "I-I guess I can, but ONLY if you stop doing that! *shudder*"

"Alright!" Lina hopped up from her seat. "Then let's get going!"

"Lina?" Zelgadis tapped Lina on her shoulder. "Shouldn't we find Gourry first?"

"Huh? Oh! Right! Gourry," Lina looked around, scanning the room until she spotted a large Gourry-shaped hole in the back wall. Lina walked over to the hole and peeked inside. "Hello? Gourry?"

"Mommy?" came the dazed voice of the dumb swordsman.

"Gourry!" Lina reached in and pulled Gourry out of the crispy hole. "Come on, Gourry! We've got a job to do in Terrotina!"

"^_^ Okay!" Xellos grinned. "Everyone ready?"

"Yup," Lina gave a thumbs-up.

"Yeah!" Amelia raised a fist in the air. "For justice, we shall punish all wrongs and fight to help those in need!"

"I suppose..." Zelgadis sighed.

"=_= Absolutely NOT!" Filia huffed and glared. "I am not going anywhere with THAT namagomi!!"

"But Miss Filia-!"

"Oh, it's okay Amelia," Xellos smirked. "It's alright if Fi doesn't want to come. She can't defeat a mazoku, anyway. She's no use..."

"Why, you-NAMAGOMI!!" Filia fumed. "I could too defeat a mazoku, and I'm gonna show you by kicking your-!"

But before Filia could finish her sentence, Xellos grabbed her arm and teleported her and the rest of the group away to Terrotina.

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PurpleP: *is seen posting up 'Help Wanted' posters* ^_^ Well? Do you like it so far? Do you wanna know what happens next? If you do, read the next chapter! Duh. Okay, that's all for now! Ja ne! ^_~