He stood in the middle of the nothingness. Chaos was probably more than this, and he knew it. Still, what he wanted was different. No, it had nothing to do with what he wanted. It was what SHE wanted. Suddenly, a pillar of light appeared in front of him. It shined so brightly that it was difficult -if not impossible- to retain full sight. But he was a Mazoku: he was able to.
He did what he rarely did and opened his eyes fully, revealing a cat-like expression. Merciless, he started smiling "Ahhh, so this is it. Interesting" he then again closed his eyes and regained his innocent-like position "This will turn out to be way more interesting than what Beastmaster-sama thought it would be! She will be very very pleased with this!" and then disappeared in thin air. The pillar of light followed him shortly thereafter.
The light shined brightly that day in a town in the southwestern part of the continent, where the feared Dra-Mata, bandit killer Lina Inverse and his faithful companion Gourry Gabriev had stopped for the night, and a good dinner. The table was full of different meals, and probably any passer-by would think that that much food would be way too much for a little girl and a swordsman, but there was more to them than what meets the eye. In less than a minute, they had devoured everything.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH this was SO GOOOOD!!!" yelled Lina while rubbing her stomach, leaning back on the chair. She was only sixteen, but had definitely made a name of herself.
"Lina!! You ate my steak!!!" cried Gourry, letting he fall to the table.
"You snooze, you loose!", she said triumphantly.
Suddenly, Gourry noticed some octopus tentacles still left and hurried to grab it with his fork and in no time ate it. He savored victory.
"Huh? Gourry!? That was MY OCTOPUSS!!!!" Lina cried in anger.
Still with his mouth full of the delicious octopus tentacles, Gourry mimicked Lina "You move, you loose!"
Lina got up fairly quickly and hit Gourry with her elbow right on his head, "ITS YOU SNOOZE YOU LOOSE, YOU IDIOT!! AND THAT WAS MY OCTOPUSS!"
"And you ate MY steak!", said Gourry with a full mouth.
Lina tried forcefully opening Gourry's mouth, while he struggled to swallow the last bite "It doesn't matter!!!", cried Lina, while Gourry, victoriously, swallowed his accomplishment. Lina let him go, with her eyes staring directly at the floor.
"What is it Lina?"
When she raised her sight, you could actually feel her wrath. Her eyes were on fire and the repulsive energy was frightening.
"L...Lina?"
"Dill... Brando..." she said, and the whole tavern blew up.
Slayers AGAIN
Episode 1: "An Unexpected Reunion!? Lina's Big Sister is Here!"
Lina and Gourry found themselves running like they've never run before, but there was no one in sight following them.
"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO AND BLOW UP THE TAVERN, LINA!?", cried Gourry. His skin had received minor damages and Lina managed to cure them while they were still running.
"Don't ask stupid questions and just RUN! Besides, you had no right in stealing MY food!"
"And you're the one to talk! You ate MY steak! That was a ONE GOLD PIECE STEAK!!"
"Tsk, just keep running!" said Lina, while flapping her cape.
A few minutes later, they had already lost complete track of people from town.
Lina laid back on the grass, "Damn those unnamed towns! One can't eat dinner without end up being chased!"
"LINA! IT WAS YOUR FAULT!", said Gourry.
"Oh will you quit the technicalities, Gourry?"
The area was wonderfully green, surrounded by trees and a few blossomed flowers. It was clear that spring was already here.
"ACHOO!"
"What is it Gourry?"
"Allergies"
Struggling with boredom, Lina and Gourry decided to take a nap for a few minutes in there. They had been traveling together for almost a year now, and they've been through a lot. First the encounter with one of the pieces of Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo, sealed inside Rezo de Red Priest's eyes. Right after that, fighting an overpowered Copy Rezo drew almost all their resources dry. Then came Xelloss the mysterious priest, and his plot along with Hellmaster Phibrizzo and his own master Beastmaster Xellass-Metallium to annihilate Gaav the Demon Dragon King, and then use Lina and her Giga Slave spell in order to draw everything back to chaos (which, of course, went wrong, and the Lord of Nightmares took possession of Lina's body, annihilating Phibrizzo). And then the most strange episode of them all: defending the world from Valgaav, one of Gaav's apprentices, who had a plot to restart the world along with Dark Star, a Demon Lord of powers comparable to those of Shabranigdo's coming from another world. It was in that incident that the Sword of Light was lost forever, and Gourry had now lost any connection he might have had with magic. But their adventures did not finish at that moment: no, they were far from over. They had been wandering the world without Amelia and Zelgadiss, their companions in adventures, for quite a while now, looking for treasures and defeating bandits. Three months have passed since the last time the four friends met: Amelia was back in Saillune, doing diplomatic works for his father Philionel El De Saillune, and Zelgadiss was probably looking for a cure for his chimera body.
"Gourry?", asked Lina, waking up way before his companion and self-proclaimed guardian.
"What is it, Lina?", said Gourry, stretching and finally waking up.
Lina sat in the grass and smiled "Its so warm here, so comfortable..."
"Lina..."
"I feel like I could stay here forever" she said laying herself down, when she noticed a shadow had covered her head. She looked up and saw a young man with hazel eyes. "ara?" she blinked twice before sitting up before the young man. He was no taller than Lina, and by appearance no older neither. He had short but messy brown hair and was dressing a common peasant outfit: brown loose pants and a green sleeveless shirt.
"E... ex... excuse me... are you... by any chance... Lina Inverse-san?" stuttered the kid.
"Do you know this kid, Lina?" said Gourry
"Not at all. Yeah, it's me. What is it?" said a puzzled Lina.
"Yay!!! I did it! I found you! So it was true, the flat-chested, bandit killer, Dra-Mata, Lina Inverse!!"
"THE WHAT!?!?!?!" said Lina bursting into rage.
"I'm... I'm terribly sorry, Lina-san! Its just the description she gave me..."
"She... who?", Lina inquired.
"A woman. She paid me 5 gold coins to find you. She said you would be in the outskirts of an unnamed town around here"
Gourry was puzzled now too, "A woman?"
"Who was she, kid?", asked Lina.
"Oh, I don't know. She just showed up one day outside my father's farm a few minutes walk away from here, while I was doing my chores. She told me to look for the "flat-chested, bandit killer, Dra-Mata, Lina Inverse". Left me a bag with 10 gold coins and suddenly disappeared..."
Lina tried to put two and two together while suppressing her rage that was showing by a really marked vein in her forehead, but it just made no sense "So she just showed up, gave you some money, an awful description of me and told you to find me? And on top of that she knew exactly where we would be? Who the hell is this person?"
"I don't really know, Lina-san, but she told me to tell you to go to Atlas City, that she would be waiting for you there"
"Atlas City?" said Gourry "Aren't we a bit far from that place?"
"Yeah", said Lina, "but someone like this... we might want to meet her. I don't like invitations after what happened two months ago, with Filia and everything, but this is very interesting. Besides, she paid the kid, I don't think we'll be in trouble. Well, thank you a lot, kid"
"You're welcome, Lina-san!"
Soon, Lina and Gourry started walking away in direction to Atlas city to the north, about a three days walk.
"Oh! Lina-san!!" yelled the kid.
"Huh? What is it?"
"The woman! She also told me something else! She told me to tell you that if you reach Atlas City within one day, she will reward you with 50 gold coins!"
Lina's eyes started shining "50 GOLD COINS!?!?!? COME ON GOURRY, WE'RE LATE!!"
"But Lina! We're like two weeks away from Atlas City!"
"Then I guess we'll have to take a shortcut!!!! Ray wing!!!" she held on to Gourry and lifted off with him, flying at full speed "Bye-bye kid! Thank you!!!" yelled Lina.
Luna Inverse had arrived in Atlas City a few hours ago, and she had already tried every restaurant she could think of. Granted, she didn't have the voracious appetite of her younger sister, nor her irresponsibility, but she still enjoyed a good meal. She would have changed into a better outfit for the occasion, but time wasn't what she had the most, and she couldn't move from Atlas. She was still wearing her waitress outfit, which didn't really embarrass her, but made her look less interesting, to her own sight "Geez, I hope that brat gets here quickly". Suddenly, a shadow was cast on top of her 'Uh! I better get moving', she thought. However, a golden ray crossed the sky and barely missed her. Luna aimed to the sky with her index finger "FLARE ARROW!", and a paper came down. Suddenly, it seemed that time had stopped.
"This is...", the paper had an inscription. It was Beastmaster Xellass-Metallium's seal "Damn it"
"Knight of Ceiphied", a deep thunderous voice raged through all Atlas, unbeknownst to anyone but Luna.
'He's talking directly to my head... a Mazoku no doubt' Luna thought "Who are you, and why are you seeking me?"
"You know better than anyone else, Knight of Ceiphied"
"If you call me by that title, you should know that destroying you should take no more than a few seconds"
"As you wish... Knight of Ceiphied", and suddenly, the shadow retreated and time started flowing normally. "Is this your doing... Beastmaster?"
Lina and Gourry had been flying for the past two hours, nightfall had already come, and Lina was starting to feel really tired. However, her hunger for gold was even bigger and she managed to get past it. Gourry however, was another story.
"Lina... I'm tired", he cried, still clinging to Lina's waist.
"Would you STOP WHINING!? You've been complaining for the past TWO HOURS! And we STILL have four hours left!!!!!"
"But that doesn't mean that we can't camp... come on, the kid said a day, its still a lot of time till the whole day is through..."
"Oh dammit!!! Ok, OK! We'll camp, we'll sleep, BUT THAT'S IT!", said Lina, annoyed to no limit by Gourry's whinings.
They flew over to a plain full of bushes and a few trees. They quickly set up a camp and gathered some woods to keep the fire going.
"Ok Gourry, we might as well make the best of this. You go get us some food, I'll go see if I can find anything interesting nearby"
"Aye aye, sir!" said Gourry, and set off to do some hunting.
Lina walked a few minutes until she could smell some burnt oil coming nearby 'This is my chance', she though. 'Two or three minutes away... excellent!!' She smiled and chanted "Levitation!" and started levitating in order to be stealthier 'Maybe a small gang. Just one fireball put right where it belongs and they'll burn to a cri-...' then she noticed she had surpassed the limit of the coast and reached a cliff and started going down quickly. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! RAY WING!!!!" she said, and took off to the skies. "DAMMED COAST! WHY THE HELL DID I HAVE TO STOP HERE OF ALL PLACES!!!!".
As soon as she was back on her foot on land, she sneaked her way past a bunch of bushes, where she saw a cave guarded by two men, with two torches, the source of the burnt oil smell. 'This is PERFECT!' she grinned 'One fireball inside that cave and KA-BOOM, the treasure is all mine!!'. She put her left hand on her back, while casting the fireball. The small hot red ball was already in her hand, "FIRE...BA-!!!!! huh?" she noticed some bushes had been burned by her fireball and a few sparks flew away. Something started smelling funny, so Lina nullified her spell and walked around the Bushes only to find the bandit's oil stash burning like hell. "WHAAAAAAAAA!!!" she yelled, with the fire catching her off guard. Before she could cast an ice or water spell, the bushes were all on fire and the bandits had already noticed it.
"Hey everyone! There's a fire here! Someone noticed us! We better scram!", one of the guards yelled. Lina couldn't believe what her ears were listening.
"N...no..." she yelled, while trying to get away from the fire.
Suddenly, a bunch of horses and carts stormed right next to Lina, who had already sacrificed a few of her hairs to the almighty fire. "N...no!!!!! My... treasure!!! Come... back... here...!!!!!! DAMN!... this... isn't... my... day..."
About twenty minutes later, Lina came back with nothing but burn marks all over her face.
"Yo, Lina! Err... Lina?" said Gourry, who had caught a boar for both of them.
"Yo... Gourry..."
"What happened, Lina?"
"Don't ask, and just give me some food..."
The next day, they woke up before the sun raised and took off as soon as they got their things together "ITS A THOUSAND GOLD COINS, GOURRY!", Lina had said, but soon she would regret flying all the way to Atlas. After four hours of flying, she was terribly tired, and could barely move her legs.
"Dammit, I can't even think about FOOD! I need to get some rest... what if we find an inn, Gourry?" she said, while they were walking to the entrance of Atlas.
But Gourry did not answer. His attention was on something else. "Lina...".
What Lina saw then was terrifying. The city was covered in Darkness, and no one was to be seen anywhere. It felt as if it was some sort of death pandemonium, with no corpses.
"What... what is all this?" said Lina.
"Do you think that..."
"The woman that was looking for me? I don't think so. This isn't regular magic. Its something only Rezo could have done, and even he would've taken a great toll on it with a city this big, and let's not forget he had one of Shabranigdo's fragments in his body..."
"What should we do?"
"We can't do anything, Gourry. We should probably just find an inn, put on a magic barrier and..."
"I'm not letting you do that, Lina. You're already exhausted as it is"
"So what do you suggest, Mr. Big Brains? No Sword of Light, no magic, its like saying "Hey, come 'ere, everyone! Steal our belongings and kill us while you're at it! Especially you, Mazoku!". Its pretty stupid, if you ask me"
"What do you suggest then?"
"A magic barrier"
"I already told you, Lina. I'm not letting you..."
"And you are right not to" said a female voice coming from behind them. Gourry and Lina unsheathed their swords and turned around.
"Who's there!", yelled Gourry.
Suddenly, a woman covered in a black hood appeared before them "You must rest, Lina Inverse-dono"
Lina was surprised, "Were you the one that was looking for me?"
"Yes I am. Now please follow me. You must rest"
Reluctantly, Lina and Gourry followed the mysterious woman. Her voice was muffled by her dark robe, which covered all of her mouth. She sounded deep and serious, and as they followed her, her walk was equally important.
"Where are we going?", Lina said.
"You need to rest", said the woman, and then didn't say another word for the whole walk.
After a few minutes of walking through the dense and dark mist that was covering Atlas, they came to an inn's door. The woman then started scribbling something on the door.
"What is she doing?", asked Gourry.
"A magic barrier, it will prevent anything from getting inside the inn"
"Doesn't that mean that we won't be able to get into it too?"
"No, moron!" Lina said hitting Gourry in the head, "She's probably going to allow us to pass"
"Please enter", the woman said. As soon as they did, the door closed and the woman was nowhere to be seen.
Gourry yelled, "DAMMIT! I'M FED UP WITH PEOPLE DISSAPPEARING IN THIN AIR!!!"
"Shut up, Gourry. She must be a very powerful sorceress. She's probably going to wait for me to be on full strength again. Why don't you rest a bit too, the trip must have taken a toll on you too"
"Yeah, you're right"
They both went upstairs and found five rooms. Gourry went into the first one and Lina to the one next to it.
"Lina, are you sure you don't want me sleeping next to you?"
Lina got incredibly angered at that comment "NO, YOU PERVERT! I'M PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DEFENDING MYSELF!!!!!!!" she yelled and slammed the door closed. Once inside, she took off her cape and laid in the bed and fell asleep immediately. While she was asleep, though, her mind was working overtime. What happened in Atlas? Who was that woman? Why did she want to meet her so badly?
A few hours later, Lina slightly opened her eyes and noticed that the woman was staring at her from the other end of the bed. She couldn't see her, but she felt her.
"I don't like being watched in my sleep", she said while sitting in the bed.
"I am sorry. You kept your end of the bargain and reached Atlas in less than twenty-four hours. Here is your payment", said the woman while throwing Lina a bag full of coins.
Lina got to catch it and opened it "A thousand gold coins, right?"
"That is right"
"So now let's get to the point. Why don't we loose all the gloominess?"
"What do you mean?"
"The hood"
"Oh. Alright" said the woman and took off her hood, revealing a very long light green hair, and golden eyes, with very delicate factions. "My name is Helena"
"Helena, alright. So what is it you want from me? I don't think you wanted to get me here just to get me killed. You could've done that easily while I was asleep. Besides, why bother with the seal if you were going to kill me"
"That is right"
"So what's the deal here?"
"As you can see, something has happened here in Atlas"
"No kidding"
"What I want you to do is tightly related to what is happening here"
"Cut to the point. What is it?"
"I want your help in vanquishing a certain minion of the Dark Lord"
Lina was extremely surprised, "A... servant of Shabranigdo?"
"That is right"
Lina closed her arms and just smiled, "I'm not doing it"
"I will pay you ten times the amount you just received. Please think about it"
"Its not an issue of money. What makes you think I could even remotely compare myself to one of Shabranigdo's direct servants?"
"You defeated Hellmaster Phibrizzo eight months ago..."
"No I didn't. It was someone else"
"But still, if everything would've gone the way you planned it, you would have been the one to destroy him"
"I'm not doing it. I'm sorry, but I'm off the boat"
"Hmmm... I see", said Helena, with a quirk on her face "So be it", and then she disappeared into thin air just like before.
"What was all that about?", wondered Lina. She got up, got herself ready and walked outside. "Gourry!!! Gourry!!! Get up!" she said, knocking on his door.
The door opened and Gourry said, "What is it, Lina?"
"We're leaving"
"But Lina..."
"NO 'but Lina' NOW. We're leaving"
"What happened?"
"That Elena woman, she wanted me to vanquish one of Shabranigdo's servants"
Gourry was puzzled, "Shabrani-whatsis' what?"
"YOU JELLYFISH FOR BRAINS! DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE ALMOST DIED FIGHTING PHIBRIZZO!?!?!"
"Who's Phibri...whatever?"
Lina sighed, "I guess it can't be helped. Just get some food from the inn, we're leaving right now"
"Alright", said Gourry and headed for the kitchen.
Lina was uneasy about all this 'Why did she want me to vanquish one of Shabranigdo's servants? I didn't think they'd be doing anything else after what happened to Phibrizzo... and on top of that, she left without a word... she didn't even try to convince me. Who is that Elena?'
Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door. "Lina!!! Someone's knocking!!" said Gourry.
"I know! I know! As long as we don't invite them in they can't do anything"
"But what about if..."
"We still have to go outside, so no problem about that. Just get everything ready"
"Alright"
The knocking was persistent, until at one point a familiar voice to Lina yelled through the door "OPEN UP!!!!". That voice was enough to cool down Lina's blood and turn her white as a sheet.
"Wh... wh... wh... WHA!?" yelled Lina staring at the door.
"Lina, I'm getting that", said Gourry "I'm already done gathering some food"
"NO! NO! NO GOURRY! DON'T OPEN IT!!! WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE! RAY WING!!!!!!" she said and hit herself with the ceiling of the inn.
"Lina???", said Gourry.
From outside the door, the voice said calmly "Lina! I know you're in there! Open up!"
Gourry turned to Lina "Lina? Do you know her?"
Lina however did not listen to Gourry, she was already excavating through the Inn's floor "LINA! Don't do that!!! What will the owners do after that!!"
"I RATHER CONFRONT A THOUSAND ENRAGED OWNERS AND PAY A BILLION GOLD COINS THAN CONFRONT WHAT'S BEHIND THAT DOOR!!!!!!!!", said Lina while digging even deeper with her own hands and successfully burying herself below the Inn's flooring.
"Lina, open up!" said the calm voice from behind the door.
"Lina!!!" said Gourry
"WE'RE ESCAPING FROM UNDERGROUND!!!!" said Lina, grabbing Gourry by his hair and pulling him towards the tunnel. Inside, Lina seemed like an overgrown mole, digging extremely fast.
"What are you doing!!!"
"Just FOLLOW ME AND SHUT UP!!!!"
Right then, Lina started excavating to the surface. As soon as she took a few tiles away from the city's floor, she peeked outside "Are we far from her yet!? ARE WE FA-!!!" but before she could finish her sentence, she noticed a well-developed woman in front of her wearing a black and white waitress' uniform and a bandana. Long brown hair covered most of her eyes but followed behind. As soon as their eyes met, Lina screamed like there was no tomorrow and fainted completely.
"So you WERE in there, Lina-neechan", said Luna, staring directly at her.
A few seconds later, Gourry emerged next to Lina and looked at Luna "Huh? Who are you?"
"Oh, you must be Gourry Gabriev-san. Nice meeting you, my name is Luna Inverse, Lina's big sister"
Thirty minutes later, Luna and Gourry were sitting inside the inn, having a cup of coffee and some food Luna prepared, while Lina was resting in a nearby couch.
"I get it! So that's why she's so terrified of you!", said Gourry.
"And she better be, after what she did", said Luna, looking directly at Lina. A brief cold rush went through Luna's body, making her shiver, while a nervous smile covered her face "I still get goosebumps thinking about those dirty villagers watching me naked"
Lina slowly started opening her eyes. "Gourry... I had the worst nightmare... We were in Atlas... and my sister..."
"Yo, Lina!" said Gourry, while Lina sat down on the couch and saw Luna again.
"Hi, Lina-neechan", Luna said.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" she said, and fainted again.
"Lina!!" said Gourry.
"Don't worry, she'll get used to me being around"
A full hour later, and five different faintings from Lina, she was finally sitting next to Gourry, but with her sight completely to the floor.
"So, I'll cut to the point. Lina-neechan...", said Luna.
"YES, M'AM!", she said rising her sight but avoiding Luna purposely.
"Cut the crap, will ya?" said Luna "From today I forbid you from doing any more magic"
"What?" said Lina and Gourry in unison.
Luna put down her cup of coffee and stood up. Pointed directly at Lina and said "You are forbidden from doing any more magic"
"But... Luna-neesama!"
"No buts, you will do as I say"
"But..."
Suddenly, they heard a big commotion coming from outside the Inn.
Luna and Gourry immediately got up. After a few seconds away, a puzzled Lina followed, "What is that!?"
"The Mazoku", said Luna
"MAZOKU!?", yelled Gourry.
"Yes. They have infested this town. That mist you see, the darkness, its all their work. I'm not sure what they want, but I know enough not to take all this lightly"
"Luna-neesama! What IS going on!"
"That is not of your concern, Lina. As I said, you are forbid of casting magic"
"Luna-san!" said Gourry.
"You two, wait here. You are useless in this fight", said Luna looking towards the door and stormed there, leaving the door open. There, Lina and Gourry could see that countless lesser demons were fighting against what seemed to be air.
"What the HELL!?" yelled Gourry.
They both ran outside, watching Luna fight furiously against the Mazoku. Suddenly, one of the Mazoku teared the space and a lot of blood came from it.
"WHAT!?" yelled Gourry completely confused.
"The inhabitants! They're sealed in the Astral Plane! That's why we couldn't see them! And the Mazoku are slaughtering them on both planes!!! Who could actually have the power to do this!"
"I don't get what the heck you are saying but I see blood and that means people are dying!" Gourry quickly unsheathed his sword and ran towards one of the grotesque, horned and unproportional monsters. "HAAAAAAA!!!", he yelled, while slashing the Mazoku with his sword. It seemed to do little, for the Mazoku furiously turned to him and started beating him with its huge claws.
"GOURRY!!!!" yelled Lina. "I'm sorry, sister, but I CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN! FLARE ARROW!!!", she yelled while aiming at the Mazoku. One swift strike and the Mazoku was no more. Gourry was left in the floor, not really hurt, but defenseless against that specific Mazoku.
He got up and smiled at Lina, "Let's fight!"
"Here we go!", smiled Lina "Levitation!" she yelled and lifted off to the air.
"Lina! Stop this at once!" said Luna. Lina shivered at the sound of those words, but her will to save everyone was greater than the enormous fear she felt towards her big sister.
Lina began chanting while moving her arms over her head "Oh, source of all power, light which burns beyond crimson, let thy power gather in my hand... FIREBALL!!" she yelled, throwing a huge fireball towards a group of Mazoku, which blew up in place.
"Damn! They keep coming!" said Gourry fighting one of them.
"Freeze Arrow!" yelled Luna, aiming at one of the Mazoku. It started freezing in no time.
Gourry, on his side, was having a hard time fighting two of the Mazoku at the same time. One of them hit him on his back, almost knocking him down. He got up and smiled "This... isn't over!!!!" he said "HAAAAAA!!!!", while slashing one of the Mazoku in half, rendering him sand in no time. He then proceeded to keep fighting with the other Mazoku, avoiding his physical attacks while trying to slash him with his sword.
"We aren't getting anywhere with this!" yelled Lina from the air, when she saw a Mazoku leaping into the air and going directly at her "WHAAAAA!!! YOU STUPID UGLY MONSTER! BOMB DI WIND!!!!" she yelled, while huge amounts of wind emanated from her hands. The Mazoku then hit the floor in no time, while Gourry came and stabbed it with his sword. "Great going, Gourry!", Lina smiled.
Gourry put up his thumb, "Always a team, Lina!"
"Time to end all this!!!!" said Lina, while staying in flight. Suddenly, red energy started engulfing her "Darkness from twilight, crimson from blood that flow" she started chanting. Gourry got immediately off the way of the spell, since he knew what was about to happen. "buried in the flow of time", Lina continued. Suddenly, she saw Luna up there with her "in Thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness!", the two sisters said in unison "Those who oppose us shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess!". Then, both of them had enormous amounts of energy between their hands, and in a swift move, they released it in the form of a huge red wave "DRAGUUUUUUUUU SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!!!!!!!!!", and both waves combined and hit the city.
In no time, a big part of the city got surrounded by a huge ball of energy, destroying effectively everything in their pass.
When the two sisters landed, Lina smiled at Luna, but in return she was only hit in her head.
"You stupid brat! I told you not to use magic! Look at what you've done now!!!"
Lina just nervously smiled "I'm... I'm... sorry... sis..."
"It will take us MONTHS... no, wait... YEARS to reconstruct this! If I got up there casting a Dragu Slave it wasn't for us to cast it together! It was to AVOID YOU from casting it!!!!"
Lina suddenly started crying like a baby "I'm... I'm sorry... sis...". Her eyes looked like ping pong balls.
Luna just had a sweat drop in the back of her head "This is why you don't hand this kind of works to amateurs!"
Crying, Lina fell to her knees while her tears seemed like rivers flowing from her eyes "But I'm no amateur!!!!"
"Oh will you stop crying, you baby!!!"
From the rubbles, a heavily damaged Gourry emerged "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow that HURTS!!!"
"Gourry-san. I'm sorry for what my idiotic sister did"
Still in the floor, crying, Lina said "But you were the one that got up there with me and started chanting the spell too!"
Luna ran towards Lina, and gave her a look that would've scared any Mazoku in the world. Her eyes seemed to be made of fire and the smile on her face just didn't seem right "What... did... you just say?"
Lina just let go a huge scream and backed away rapidly "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"
Luna got up and with her normal calm face she looked at Gourry "Well, Gourry-san. I hope nothing serious happened to you"
Gourry just smiled with a hand behind his head "Nah, nothing serious at least. I've survived DIRECT Dragu Slaves. But I have to say, that was one impressive show you two put up there"
"Well", said Luna smiling "don't get used to it"
"Wha...?"
"Lina-neechan..." said Luna.
"Y... yes... m'am..." said Lina, crawling her way back to Luna.
"As I said before. I forbid you from casting magic from now on"
Lina got up, "But... But... Luna-neesama..."
Luna then said "but I know you will still cast magic even if I forbid you to. So you leave me no choice but..." she then started drawing a magic symbol, a circled star, in the air, which in turn started shining red.A huge star then appeared below Lina, and a cold breeze ran through her.
"L... Luna-neesama!!!"
Luna just smiled at both of them "Well, I'll be going now. Oh, and if you ever ran into Helena again, make sure you send her my regards!!!!" and she left the city in no time.
Lina felt how despair was getting the best of her, and fell to her knees "I can't believe... what... she just did..."
"What happened, Lina?"
"She... she just sealed my magic away!!!!!!"
"SHE DID WHAT!?!?!?!"
'What will I do now!? Luna stripped me from my magic, and then there's Helena, who wants me to destroy one of Shabranigdo's servants. But without magic, and Gourry without the Sword of Light... what will we do!?'
(To be continued...)