SailorStar9: Anyway, Chapter 8 goes up. This is Chapter 9. To all my non-reviewing readers, I love you all! Will love you more if you review! *hugs all round!*

Disclaimers: Nothing here is mine, well, except the plot and the pairing.

Chapter 9: LOVELY! Amelia's Magic Training!

"Yare, yare." Aria sighed, Lina having blasted a group of bandits with a 'Dragon Slave'. "I really need to teach her restrain."

"That was cool!" Amelia gushed.

"Whew, I'm tired and hungry." Lina declared, the group entering an inn. "Boss, I don't care what it is, just bring me lots of food."

"What's up, Amelia?" Aria blinked, Amelia pulling out Lina's chair and offering her a hot towel. "Something wrong?"

"Lina, I didn't realize…" Amelia went into fangirl mode. "You're that famous. You're such a true defender against evil. I respect you so much for fighting for justice. "

"Very much not like that, if you ask me…" Gourry muttered.

"I've made up my mind." Amelia decided. "I will follow you and become an unbeatable ally of justice. So please, for that, can you teach me your 'Dragon Slave'?"

"What?" Lina and Aria exclaimed.

"Hold it!" Aria made a 'T' sign with her hands. "Hold everything. Do you know what sort of spell the 'Dragon Slave' is?"

"A spell for punishing bad guys." Amelia beamed, causing Aria to facefault on the table. "Don't worry, I'm ready for any sort of special training it takes."

"I need aspirin." Aria moaned.

"Lina, don't!" Aria shouted, trying to prevent Lina from casting 'Dragon Slave' on the mountain that separated the two villages. "Oh great…" she muttered, her warning came too late when Lina just blastd the mountain anyway.

What have you done?" an elderly woman exclaimed. "A long time ago, a great priest sealed some evil ghosts in the shrine on top of the mountain."

"Well, actually…" Lina sweatdropped. "I'm starting to think maybe I shouldn't have just done that."

"What was your first clue?" Aria snapped as the sky grew overcast.

"You don't suppose…" Lina trailed as lightning crackled, the sealed spirits breaking free of their prison.

"Here they come." Aria shook her head as the ghosts attacked.

"Elmekia Lance!" Lina blasted off her light arrows.

"This will take forever." Aria reminded, her 'Sapphire Tornado' blowing away another group of spirits.

"What are you doing, Lina?" Amelia asked. "You should use your 'Dragon Slave'."

"Amelia, there is a time and place for using that spell." Aria explained. "If Lina were to use the 'Dragon Slave' now, she'll end up burning everyone in town to a crisp. The most powerful magic spell isn't worth anything unless you know where and when to use it."

"Everything with you is just 'Dragon Slave', 'Dragon Slave," Lina added. "It's like I'm… like you all think I'm stupid!" she wailed, a spirit having possessed her. "Why is everyone so mean to me?"

"Oh great." Aria muttered. "She's been possessed by some nutty ghost."

"What's the problem, dude?" Lina glared, another ghost having taken over. "Don't get all pally with me, buddy. Who do you think I'm anyways."

"A drunk ghost." Aria deduced. "Amelia, isn't this right up your alley?" she asked, Lina hanging on Gourry.

"I can't handle this many by myself." Amelia replied. "Without some kind of magic amplifier, I'm…"

"Wait, I think…" Aria blinked. "Amelia, come with me." She dragged the princess off.

"What a hunk." Lina was now all over Gourry. "You're just my type."

"I hope it's the ghost talking." Gourry prayed.

"Phil, some help here please." Aria shouted as she pulled Amelia off.

Phil tossed the horde of ghosts chasing the girls off.

"If I remember correctly…" Aria mused, using her 'Water Lock' to float them down to the crater. "There." She pointed. "A Stone of Binding."

"If the legends are right…" Amelia picked up the fragment. "Then…" you who are not of this world, pitiful and twisted creatures. She prayed. By the Light of Purity I possess, I bid thee be gone to the nexus of our two worlds. "Megiddo Flare!" the purifying light expanded outwards, vaporizing the ghosts.

"Now you know why Lina refuses to teach you the 'Dragon Slave'?" Aria lectured, using the 'Water Lock' to transport the both of them back. "You specialize in white magic; the 'Dragon Slave' is a black magic spell, so teaching you that would be like adding boiling water to an ice-cold glass. The opposing types of magic energies will run rampant within your body, and cutting into your life span."

SailorStar9: Okay, this chapter is finally down. Read and review folks.