Slayers Battle
Disclaim: I don't own or have anything to do with Slayers.
Author's Note: I'm going to start making these chapters a little longer.
Chapter Two
"There is nothing like palace food to fill you up!" Lina said as she patted her stomach. "Yeah, you are right about that!" Gourry agreed. "Man, that was good!"
Zelgadiss just sighed as he sipped on his tea. "Things never changed", he thought. "Not Lina, not Gourry, not Amelia." He looked at his hand and sighed again. "And definitely not me."
"So Amelia, what's up?" Lina asked. "Why did you want us to come to Saillune?" Amelia looked startled. "I didn't ask you to come here, though I had thought about it. Sorry"
Zelgadiss sat his tea down and looked at them. "You mean you didn't send me this note that said, "Come to Saillune?" Looking at Amelia's blank stare as she read the note, he cursed at himself. He didn't have time to be running fool's errands. He had to find a cure for his….condition.
He put his tea down and stood up. "I'm leaving. I don't have time to waste here. Good bye." He turned and walked to the door.
"Wait Mr. Zelgadiss!" Amelia yelled. He turned and looked at her impatiently. "Did you see who gave you that note?" she asked.
"No I didn't," he answered. "But frankly, I could care less. There are some things that I need to do, and what I don't need is unimportant diversions popping up."
"But…." She started.
"Whoa, steady there, Zel." Lina said, coming to Amelia's rescue. "Neither me or Gourry saw who gave us the note either. That means that we, and I mean you too, were followed. Am, I right?"
Zelgadiss let out a long sigh and slipped back into his seat. He looked at his tea dejectedly before taking a sip. "I guess." He muttered. "In any case, what do you purpose we do about this? As you said, no one saw who gave us these notes, so we would have a clue where to get started looking."
"Looking won't be necessary, Mr. Greywords." A voice said from outside a window. All heads turned to look outside. Standing there was a cloaked figure. "Please allow me to introduce myself." The figure stated and with that disappeared.
Lina, Amelia, and Zelgadiss all blinked and looked at each other. Gourry, on the other hand, was already asking the cloaked figure did he see the guy that looked like him outside.
Lina pushed her way towards the figure, but before she got to it, a hand came up. "Miss Lina Inverse, I presume?" Lina was taken back by this, but was not about to lose her advantage. "You were following us, so I assume you know who we are. But we are in the dark about you. Maybe you would care to give us a little light?" The last sentence was more of a statement then a question.
"As you wish" the figure said and pulled back the hood.
The figure was actually a young looking male, around the age of 24. He had long white hair that completely covered his ears, and flowed down his back. His eyes were watery blue, but were wise beyond his outer appearance. "My name is D' Nar Lightwind, and……I have a job for you."
Zelgadiss, who had already looked the man up and down, and was pretty much tired of the whole situation, said "Well, I'm not interested in a job right now. I have personal matters to attend to."
"Even if I told you that there is a spell that can remove the curse that you are currently under?" D' Nar asked, not looking at Zelgadiss.
"How did you know?" Zelgadiss growled, being thrown on the defensive. Zelgadiss had had his share of false information, but at the time now, he really didn't have a strong sense of where his next move was going to be.
"I've been watching you for a while now. All of you, though I couldn't get in contact with one person." He shuddered. "Anyway, let me tell you who I am. I am a priest of dragon-god Ramue. We are in a fight with the dark lord Death Fog. We have seen you destroy two of the dark lords, and we seek your help in helping us defeat Death Fog."
"So let me get this straight. If everything that you are saying is correct, then you aren't even from around here are you?" Lina asked. "Where actually are you from, D' Nar?"
"I'm from another plane. I'm sure that you are well aware of the structure of the universe. Each plane has a dragon god and a dark lord. In your world, you have Ruby-Eye and the Flare Dragon Ceiphied. When you went out pass the barrier you found out about Vorfeed and Dark Star. Now we are asking you for your help. So will you help us?"
"Let us think it over, before we become involved in the whole "world-saving group of heroes" thing again." Lina said.
"Understandable. I will honor you request. I will meet you here for your answer. Until then, good day." And with that, he replaced the hood and disappeared out of sight, leaving everyone in the room to wonder about their new visitor.
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"I'm leaving." Zelgadiss announced, seconds later.
"Zel, wait a second." Lina ventured. "Lets take a little time to think about this. I mean, at least to see if he is telling the truth."
"I've already thought about it, and I've decided that I want no part of it." Zelgadiss fumed.
"But Mr. Zelgadiss!" Amelia piped in. "You can't just leave all of those people who need our help! The are evil and bad people that need to be brought to justice!" Amelia punctuated her speech by jumping on top of the nearest table and pointed out to the great beyond. "We will travel to conquer the evil ones, no matter where they may hide out! We will triumph over......." and with that promptly fell off the table.
"Are you ok?" Gourry asked, helping the dazed heroine to her feet. His face looked serious for a moment. "Though this is very important to Zel, so maybe you should try to understand what he's trying to through."
That little insight from the swordsman was enough to swing Amelia to her senses. Even though she was still a young girl, five years removed from her last adventure, she was mature beyond her years. Even though she tried to hide her finals about Zelgadiss from him, she was pretty sure that others saw right through her facade. She would just have to wait for the right time. But she had to get back to the argument that Lina and Zelgadiss were involved in.....
"Zel, listen, he said that he might have the spell that would remove the spell that Rezo put on you so long ago. Isn't that the reason why you wanted to leave in the first place?!"
"Lina," Zelgadiss breathed, clearly frustration with the redhead's determination to get him to join in on the journey. He knew where this was going. It always started off like this. He ran into Lina and Gourry, and were those two were Amelia wasn't far behind. But he was trying to get on with his own business, so it was always supposed to be a hi and bye affair. But some how it always seemed to lead him into some long drawn out adventure. First it was trying to get Rezo to return him back to normal. Then it was the whole Clair Bible saga. Then when it seemed over, he gets drugged out to the Out World to help save the world from an insane half- Mazoku/half-Ancient dragon. He was getting to old for this. And now Lina wasn't going to let him leave this journey without a fight. He didn't even know why he bothered. He was getting to old for this.
"Ok, ok. I'll consider it. I won't make any promises though." He consented.
"That's the spirit Zel! I knew I could count on you!" Lina exclaimed with a wink. "But all this debating made me hungry. Hey, everyone! How about dinner on Amelia!"
A chorus of yeah's went up, as three figures dashed from the room, leaving Zelgadiss standing shaking his head. He looked at the tea, left untouched where he left it. He shrugged his shoulders, decided it wasn't worth it, gathered his cape around himself, and followed his companions out the door.
Outside, in the garden a figure appeared, looked over the scene until it fit its approval and disappeared as quickly as it had come. Unknown to the figure however, it itself had a set of keen eyes watching........
Disclaim: I don't own or have anything to do with Slayers.
Author's Note: I'm going to start making these chapters a little longer.
Chapter Two
"There is nothing like palace food to fill you up!" Lina said as she patted her stomach. "Yeah, you are right about that!" Gourry agreed. "Man, that was good!"
Zelgadiss just sighed as he sipped on his tea. "Things never changed", he thought. "Not Lina, not Gourry, not Amelia." He looked at his hand and sighed again. "And definitely not me."
"So Amelia, what's up?" Lina asked. "Why did you want us to come to Saillune?" Amelia looked startled. "I didn't ask you to come here, though I had thought about it. Sorry"
Zelgadiss sat his tea down and looked at them. "You mean you didn't send me this note that said, "Come to Saillune?" Looking at Amelia's blank stare as she read the note, he cursed at himself. He didn't have time to be running fool's errands. He had to find a cure for his….condition.
He put his tea down and stood up. "I'm leaving. I don't have time to waste here. Good bye." He turned and walked to the door.
"Wait Mr. Zelgadiss!" Amelia yelled. He turned and looked at her impatiently. "Did you see who gave you that note?" she asked.
"No I didn't," he answered. "But frankly, I could care less. There are some things that I need to do, and what I don't need is unimportant diversions popping up."
"But…." She started.
"Whoa, steady there, Zel." Lina said, coming to Amelia's rescue. "Neither me or Gourry saw who gave us the note either. That means that we, and I mean you too, were followed. Am, I right?"
Zelgadiss let out a long sigh and slipped back into his seat. He looked at his tea dejectedly before taking a sip. "I guess." He muttered. "In any case, what do you purpose we do about this? As you said, no one saw who gave us these notes, so we would have a clue where to get started looking."
"Looking won't be necessary, Mr. Greywords." A voice said from outside a window. All heads turned to look outside. Standing there was a cloaked figure. "Please allow me to introduce myself." The figure stated and with that disappeared.
Lina, Amelia, and Zelgadiss all blinked and looked at each other. Gourry, on the other hand, was already asking the cloaked figure did he see the guy that looked like him outside.
Lina pushed her way towards the figure, but before she got to it, a hand came up. "Miss Lina Inverse, I presume?" Lina was taken back by this, but was not about to lose her advantage. "You were following us, so I assume you know who we are. But we are in the dark about you. Maybe you would care to give us a little light?" The last sentence was more of a statement then a question.
"As you wish" the figure said and pulled back the hood.
The figure was actually a young looking male, around the age of 24. He had long white hair that completely covered his ears, and flowed down his back. His eyes were watery blue, but were wise beyond his outer appearance. "My name is D' Nar Lightwind, and……I have a job for you."
Zelgadiss, who had already looked the man up and down, and was pretty much tired of the whole situation, said "Well, I'm not interested in a job right now. I have personal matters to attend to."
"Even if I told you that there is a spell that can remove the curse that you are currently under?" D' Nar asked, not looking at Zelgadiss.
"How did you know?" Zelgadiss growled, being thrown on the defensive. Zelgadiss had had his share of false information, but at the time now, he really didn't have a strong sense of where his next move was going to be.
"I've been watching you for a while now. All of you, though I couldn't get in contact with one person." He shuddered. "Anyway, let me tell you who I am. I am a priest of dragon-god Ramue. We are in a fight with the dark lord Death Fog. We have seen you destroy two of the dark lords, and we seek your help in helping us defeat Death Fog."
"So let me get this straight. If everything that you are saying is correct, then you aren't even from around here are you?" Lina asked. "Where actually are you from, D' Nar?"
"I'm from another plane. I'm sure that you are well aware of the structure of the universe. Each plane has a dragon god and a dark lord. In your world, you have Ruby-Eye and the Flare Dragon Ceiphied. When you went out pass the barrier you found out about Vorfeed and Dark Star. Now we are asking you for your help. So will you help us?"
"Let us think it over, before we become involved in the whole "world-saving group of heroes" thing again." Lina said.
"Understandable. I will honor you request. I will meet you here for your answer. Until then, good day." And with that, he replaced the hood and disappeared out of sight, leaving everyone in the room to wonder about their new visitor.
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"I'm leaving." Zelgadiss announced, seconds later.
"Zel, wait a second." Lina ventured. "Lets take a little time to think about this. I mean, at least to see if he is telling the truth."
"I've already thought about it, and I've decided that I want no part of it." Zelgadiss fumed.
"But Mr. Zelgadiss!" Amelia piped in. "You can't just leave all of those people who need our help! The are evil and bad people that need to be brought to justice!" Amelia punctuated her speech by jumping on top of the nearest table and pointed out to the great beyond. "We will travel to conquer the evil ones, no matter where they may hide out! We will triumph over......." and with that promptly fell off the table.
"Are you ok?" Gourry asked, helping the dazed heroine to her feet. His face looked serious for a moment. "Though this is very important to Zel, so maybe you should try to understand what he's trying to through."
That little insight from the swordsman was enough to swing Amelia to her senses. Even though she was still a young girl, five years removed from her last adventure, she was mature beyond her years. Even though she tried to hide her finals about Zelgadiss from him, she was pretty sure that others saw right through her facade. She would just have to wait for the right time. But she had to get back to the argument that Lina and Zelgadiss were involved in.....
"Zel, listen, he said that he might have the spell that would remove the spell that Rezo put on you so long ago. Isn't that the reason why you wanted to leave in the first place?!"
"Lina," Zelgadiss breathed, clearly frustration with the redhead's determination to get him to join in on the journey. He knew where this was going. It always started off like this. He ran into Lina and Gourry, and were those two were Amelia wasn't far behind. But he was trying to get on with his own business, so it was always supposed to be a hi and bye affair. But some how it always seemed to lead him into some long drawn out adventure. First it was trying to get Rezo to return him back to normal. Then it was the whole Clair Bible saga. Then when it seemed over, he gets drugged out to the Out World to help save the world from an insane half- Mazoku/half-Ancient dragon. He was getting to old for this. And now Lina wasn't going to let him leave this journey without a fight. He didn't even know why he bothered. He was getting to old for this.
"Ok, ok. I'll consider it. I won't make any promises though." He consented.
"That's the spirit Zel! I knew I could count on you!" Lina exclaimed with a wink. "But all this debating made me hungry. Hey, everyone! How about dinner on Amelia!"
A chorus of yeah's went up, as three figures dashed from the room, leaving Zelgadiss standing shaking his head. He looked at the tea, left untouched where he left it. He shrugged his shoulders, decided it wasn't worth it, gathered his cape around himself, and followed his companions out the door.
Outside, in the garden a figure appeared, looked over the scene until it fit its approval and disappeared as quickly as it had come. Unknown to the figure however, it itself had a set of keen eyes watching........