Slayers: The Heroes
WARNING: This story takes place after the events of Evolution R, so throughout the story there will be spoilers on the first five seasons, (Yes, this Fan Fic is based on the Anime), All rights reserved for Funimation and the other makers of the Slayers series.
Lina Inverse woke up on a sunny morning. She saw that she had definitely rolled around in her sleep, considering her bed sheets were in total disarray. She sighed and got out of bed. She walked down stairs to see a huge breakfast made for her. Lina was all of a sudden filled with overwhelming joy as he darted to the food and began eating it down in large bites. She was hardly aware the Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun was looking at her in horror. Lina eventually stopped eating long enough to notice Amelia.
"Hey Amelia, what's up?" Lina said between mouthfuls of pork and beef.
"Ms. Lina, I said you could stay in the castle while you are in debt, but I didn't think you would throw leftover bones all over the floor!" Amelia wailed as she yelled for the castle maids to come and clean up the mess. "Really Ms. Lina, I thought as you got older you would change, but it looks like you are still a really big glutton."
"Stop complaining Amelia, besides, Gourry is a much bigger mess-maker than me. You're luck he's going and forging swords to make money. Otherwise this place would be a much bigger mess." Lina said half ignoring the irritated princess.
"Ms. Lina, will you please just clean up your mess while you are eating. Or better yet, eat with manners." Amelia continued. Lina responded by tossing a bone from a chicken onto the ground. Amelia could barely restrain her anger. "Ms. Lina, pick that up."
"Just get one of your servants to do it." Lina said without a care as she ripped off another piece of pork meet with her teeth.
"If it weren't for our past friendship Ms. Lina, I would have thrown you out, for eating people out of house and home is unjust, and I, Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun, must destroy that evil with the hammer of justice!" Amelia announced as she climbed on top of a nearby table.
"You live in a castle and are really rich, how am I eating you out of house and home?" Lina asked as Amelia stormed out of the room. Lina shrugged and stood up from her seat and walked to the door. "Might as well go and see how Gourry's doing." Lina said to herself as she opened the door and excited the Seyruun palace castle. She walked down the streets until she saw Gourry sitting on a bench. She walked over to him and yelled, "You idiot, I thought you were making us money!"
Gourry turned to Lina in surprise. "Oh Lina, it's you." He said.
"Yes, of course it's me you dunderhead." Lina responded in an annoyed tone.
"I was just looking at the city. At all the people running by, how happy and simple their lives were." Gourry explained.
"Were you thinking how different your life and theirs are?" Lina asked.
"Nope. I didn't think that far ahead." Gourry responded as Lina sighed.
"You're hopeless." She said. "How about we go look for some bandits or something?" Lina asked, trying to get Gourry to help her earn some money.
"But the bandit population hasn't fully recovered, and you've already put an end to pirates in the past year. Do you think we could even find any bandits near a city like this?" Gourry asked. Lina thought for a moment, surprised that Gourry actually thought of a smart question for once.
"Well then, let's just journey on until we find some!" Lina decided.
"Another journey? We keep going on these little quests, yet we always end up getting into some big trouble." Gourry complained.
"Stop whining! We'll just go for a quick trip then come back, nothing will happen!" Lina reassured, though she was really just trying to reassure herself, for she knew of their rotten luck. "Let's go tell Amelia and then head off."
"What? You want me to go with you?" Amelia asked in surprise as Lina tried to confines her to go find bandits with them. Lina had barely come back to the castle, let alone want to leave so soon to find people to fight. "Ms. Lina, I've realized I always get into some big mess whenever I travel long distances with you, so why do you still want me to go through those hardships?"
"Because we're friends. Besides, don't you want to spread justice to all those bandits and other evil doers in the world?" Lina asked, knowing that Amelia's love of justice would kick in at any time.
"I do love justice…oh, Ms. Lina! How dare you use my love for justice as a weakness!" Amelia yelled. "I'll go, but only to bring the hammer of justice upon the evil villains of the world!"
"Whatever suits you best." Lina responded as she turned to Gourry. "Do you have a sword ready that can be used for a long term trip?" She asked.
Gourry nodded and smiled. "Yep, all ready to go!"
"Alright then, pack up your money Amelia, because we're heading out!" Lina announced as Amelia sighed.
"You're still using my rank as a princess and access of money for your own selfish reasons? Ms. Lina, how could you?" Amelia pouted.
"Cheer up Amelia! We're putting your money to good use." Lina reassured her. Lina noticed that Amelia was still unhappy. "This journey will be a lot more fun if you're enjoying yourself!" Lina urged as she placed an arm around Amelia's shoulder and winked at her. "Right?"
Amelia sighed. "I'll go tell daddy that we're leaving for a while." Amelia decided as she walked up the stairs and into another room.
"Hey Lina, why don't we just ask Amelia to pay our debts?" Gourry asked as Lina rolled her eyes in response.
"Alright yogurt brains, you were their when Prince Phil said no, right?" When Gourry shrugged Lina sighed again. "He refused because he said that since we got into debt, we have to get out of it ourselves. Does any of this ring a bell?"
Gourry thought for a moment, then said, "No."
Lina put a hand on her forehead and sighed. Amelia walked down the stairs and stood next to Lina. "All ready to go Ms. Lina." Amelia informed.
"Alright then, there's not a moment to lose! Come on Gourry, let's go!' Lina announced as she and Gourry raced out the door, Amelia trailing behind.
"Ms. Lina, please slow down!" Amelia called after them as she slowly fell behind.
"Come on Amelia!' Lina responded. "Now be on the lookout for bandits, or anything that looks like it would sell for a lot of money. After running for a few minutes Lina and Gourry stopped by a tree. Amelia soon caught up, panting heavily. "You alright Amelia?" Lina asked.
"No Ms. Lina, I'm not. You're making me carry all the supplies, and you don't even slow down to my pace?" Amelia yelled as she dropped the supplies on the ground and crossed her arms. Lina sighed and shrugged.
Suddenly Lina heard a rustle in the nearby bushed. She saw out of the side of her eye a glimpse of a person, and reacted accordingly. "Fireball!" She yelled as she shot a red ball of energy out of her hands. The firry ball hit the bushes, and the person, and exploded, setting the nearby shrubbery on fire. Lina gasped as she saw the person was Martina.
"Lina!" Martina yelled as she collapsed on the ground. After a few moments she leaped back up, face red with rage. "How dare you! I go out for a walk and you shoot me with one of your spells? The Monster Zoalmelgustar will surely punish you!"
"Save it Martina." Lina said half heartedly. "Besides, why would you go on a walk here? Aren't you a little ways away from your kingdom?"
"Zangulus and I are having troubles, so I decided to travel, and my travels landed me here in Seyruun." Martina explained. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to the closest city from here to rest up." Martina continued as she walked off in the direction of the capital of Seyruun, where Lina and Gourry had just come from.
"See you later Ms. Martina!" Amelia hollered. The young princess turned to Lina. "Let's go to the next town soon."
Lina nodded in agreement. "Alright. Come on jellyfish brains, we're leaving." Lina ordered as she gestured to Gourry.
The three of them walked until they came to a quaint little town. As they walked into the town Lina spotted a nearby restaurant that had a sine up that read, "All you can eat buffet!" Lina's eyes glittered as she grabbed Amelia's arm and pulled her into the food building, Gourry following close behind.
Lina Barged into the buffet restaurant and told the man at the front desk that Amelia would pay for everything. Lina and Gourry then grabbed plates and rushed to the food. Amelia sighed as she took out money and paid for the three of them. Amelia walked over to see the food was almost all gone. Amelia sighed again and took what was left. She sat down to see Gourry and Lina eating food with extreme vigor. After a few minutes Lina's and Gourry's food was all gone.
"Ah, that was good. Thanks manager for pricing this meal so cheap!" Lina said as the restaurant manager walked by, crying because all his food was gone for so little gained.
"Ms. Lina, shouldn't you apologize to the manager about eating all his food? You ate 10 meals worth all by yourself!" Amelia asked hopefully.
"What? I paid for it." Lina responded.
"You mean I paid for it." Amelia replied sadly.
"Ha ha ha!" Came a voice from nearby. Lina looked surprised and aggravated at the same time. 'It couldn't be' she thought. Then suddenly a poorly dressed woman came into view. "Well, well, hello Lina."
"N-Naga?" Lina wailed, annoyed at the idea of seeing her old comrade again. "Why are you here?" Lina hoped Naga would leave right after.
"What, can't I see an old comrade again?" Naga asked with a sly smile. She placed her hand next to her mouth and laughed her annoying laugh. Amelia covered her ears at the noise and Gourry just stared at the woman.
"Wow, you're not flat at all!" Gourry noted as Lina punched him hard in the face.
"This can't be happening…" Lina moaned as she placed a hand on her forehead.
"Ahahahah! How can you not be happy to see you're most ruthless and powerful rival with no equal, Naga the serpent?" Naga laughed as Lina held her fists tightly in frustration. "Now Lina Inverse, pay my bill for eating here!" Naga ordered.
"I doubt Ms. Lina will agree to that…" Amelia said quietly.
"Like hell I will! I'm not paying one gold coin for the food you ate." Lina said defiantly as she turned away and crossed her arms.
"Well then Lina, I'll have to react accordingly. Freeze arrow!" Naga hollered as a spear shaped ice bolt shot from her hands and headed towards Lina. Lina somersaulted aside as the ice bolt hit a chair that was behind where Lina used to stand.
Lina quickly reacted by yelling, "Explosion Array!" which caused an explosion to occur under Naga. Naga was then shot through the roof and into the distance. Amelia stood nearby in shock, wondering how Lina could've wrecked the building like she did without remorse.
"Serves her right." Lina said as the restaurant owner ran up to her.
"What did you do? Pay for the damages to my building!" The man ordered. Lina turned to Amelia and smiled.
"The girl here will pay the bill." Lina said with a sly look on her face. Lina then grabbed Gourry's arm and pulled him out of the restaurant, leaving behind a surprised Amelia. Amelia sighed as she took out her purse and removed three gold coins. After paying Amelia caught up with Lina and Gourry. "That was terrible Ms. Lina…" She muttered.
Lina laughed and patted Amelia on the back and winked at her. "It's for the greater good!"
"How is paying for your food for the greater good?" Gourry asked as Lina just hit him. "Sorry." Gourry replied almost immediately.
"Is that anyway to treat your friends Lina Inverse?" Called a voice from behind. Lina turned around to see a slightly beaten up Naga walk up to them. Lina sighed and Naga laughed in her obnoxious way. "Ahahahah! You won't get away that easily Lina!" She yelled as she opened one of her eyes to see Lina's reaction. She smirked when she saw Lina clenching her fists together.
Lina then slapped Naga with a slipper that she seemed to pull out of nowhere. Naga quickly became angry and leaped back a couple of paces.
"Fine, if that's how we're going to do things," Naga scowled as she yelled, "Vibration Blast!"
Lina followed by casting the same spell, and both of the spells hit in between the two sorceresses causing a large explosion. Lina reacted quickly by yelling, "Fireball!" which sent a ball of red energy at Naga.
"Freeze Bullet!" Naga yelled in response as she shot four blue spheres of freezing energy at the oncoming spell. Again both of the spells collided and canceled each other out. Naga then leaped into the air towards Lina and yelled, "Freeze Arrow!" A small spear of blue ice energy was shot forward towards Lina. Lina leaped sideways and dodged the spell which froze the nearby ground. "Ahahaha! I guess it's my turn again1' Naga yelled as she readied to do another spell.
Lina didn't give her the chance. "Flare Arrow!" She yelled as multiple small spears of fire hit right next to Naga and exploded, sending the sorceress into a pile of nearby crates. Lina walked up to Gourry and Amelia. "Let's go before floozy over here get's up." Lina urged as she and Gourry began to walked on.
"You're going to just leave Ms. Naga like this?" Amelia asked.
Lina shrugged in response. Suddenly Naga's arm came out of the pile of crates and grabbed Lina's arm. Naga pulled herself out and glared at Lina. Lina just smiled and began running off.
"Lina Inverse, get back here!" Naga yelled after her. She stood up and chased after Lina with Gourry and Amelia in tow somewhat far behind.