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Slayers: A Past Reborn
Chapter 9: Secrets Revealed
As Lina lay dying, the two mazoku's continued their fight.
"What do you want with her Xellos! How
can she be so important to Beastmaster!"
"I'm afraid that is a secret, Jeran. All you need to know is that you have
interfered for the last time!" using an astral rift, he appeared behind Jeran
and stabbed him through with his staff, sending a powerful spell through it at
the same time.
"Damn you Xellos!" Jeran yelled as he fell to his
knees. Zelgadiss took this moment of
weakness to attack the shield around Amelia.
"Flare Arrow!" the shield, weakened by Jeran's defeat, gave
way and Amelia fell out. Zelgadiss ran
to catch her, and she opened her eyes and smiled at him.
"I knew you'd come…Mr. Zelgadiss."
"Amelia…" Zelgadiss smiled down at her, then remembered the
predicament at hand, "Do you feel strong enough to cast a healing spell?"
Amelia nodded as she stood up and then she saw Lina, "Oh my
god! Lina!" running over to her, she began to cast the spell. That's when she saw for the first time Naga.
"Gracia?!?"
"Oh, h-hi Amelia…" Naga/Gracia smiled at her little sister,
"How are you?"
"When did you get back?"
"Um, excuse me girls, but maybe this family reunion could
wait until later?" Xellos called over from where he stood over Jeran. Naga and
Amelia nodded and continued their healing spells.
"It's not working! She's not healing!" Naga exclaimed, as Lina's body continued to reject
the magic.
They all heard laughter and looked towards Jeran, who was
lying on the floor, "That's because, princesses, it was a knife with a special
poison on it! You'll never heal her now! Even if I die, at least she will too!" he continued laughing.
"Oh, shut up," Xellos sneered down at him, "You haven't
really won."
"Nobody can help her! I have won!" he began to laugh again
but was cut off.
"I can." A woman's voice came from nowhere, then a figure
began to appear, a purple haired woman whose face could not be seen.
"Who the hell are you?" Zelgadiss yelled, sick of all these
people appearing.
The woman ignored him as she walked to Lina. Xellos bowed slightly as she past him, and
she nodded at him. Walking to Lina, she
moved Naga and Amelia's hands, "Let me." They nodded, a bit confused, and moved
out of her way. A light purple/blue
glow came to her hands and she pressed it to Lina's wound. Slowly the blood began to seep back into the
wound, as if it had never bleed.
"Who is she?" Amelia whispered to Zelgadiss.
"She is the Knight of Ceifeed," Xellos interrupted them.
"The Knight of Ceifeed?"
"Yes…Luna Inverse."
"Luna….Inverse?" Amelia gasped, "Lina's sister??"
"No other," Xellos nodded 'I wonder how she knew?'
Luna finished the spell and stood up and looked at Gourry,
"She'll be alright. Just needs to
rest." She turned to Xellos.
"Hello Luna," He bowed again.
"Xellos."
"How did you know about this?" Zelgadiss questioned.
Luna looked at him for a second, then back at Xellos, "Tell
Zellas it's time."
Xellos's eyes flew open, then he shut them again, "Time?"
Amelia, Naga, Zelgadiss and Gourry watched back and forth
between them like people at a tennis match.
"Yes, time." Xellos nodded and teleported out. Luna walked to Jeran and looked down at him.
"What do you want?" Jeran asked angrily, in pain.
Luna smirked at him, "Nice try," and held up one hand, a
ball of energy flaring inside it, "Good-bye," and with that she quickly
dispatched him, so there was nothing but dust left. Everyone gapped at her as she dusted her hands off. "What?"
"Now I see where Lina get's it from…" Amelia whispered to
Zelgadiss, who nodded. Luna looked at
her and just then Xellos reappeared with a blonde girl (hint: the same girl who
was in Chapter 4, you know, the disguised old lady?) in a light blue tunic and
leggings. She kept her head down, as
not to look at any of the others present. Xellos nodded at Luna, who nodded back and walked to Lina.
"What is going on!!" Zelgadiss yelled, unable to take any
more suspense. "Who is this girl!"
Xellos ignored him and turned to Luna, "Where?"
"Here will work," she reached for Lina, who was still
laying in Gourry's arms.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Gourry asked, very confused at
what was going on.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt her…." Luna said, then
under her breath added, "at least, not until she's awake."
Gourry frowned, but let her take Lina. If this was really Lina's sister, then why
did he have to worry about her safety?
Lina silently stirred as she was shifted from Gourry to
Luna, and slowly opened her eyes. Expecting to see Gourry, she was a bit surprised to find herself looking
at a woman with purple hair, bangs that hung in her face…wait, purple hair
with…?
"AHHHH!" Lina screamed, and tried to pry herself away from
Luna.
"Lina! Knock it off!" Luna yelled, letting go of her so
that she fell on her butt.
Lina, now on the floor, looked up at her big sister.
"L-Luna? What are you doing here?"
"Saving you. Now,
come on. We have to talk."
Lina stared at her wide-eyed for a moment, then nodded and
got up and stood next to her sister.
"Lina, I lied to you." Luna looked down, or at least, Lina
thought she looked down, she really couldn't see her eyes.
"You lied to me?"
Luna sighed, "It's time to set things straight. When you were six, something terrible
happened. And to keep you from
remembering, a put a mind block on you."
"You-You did what?!?" Lina yelled, clenching her fists.
"Well, it seemed right at the time!" Luna yelled back,
causing Lina to loose some of her anger.
"Ok, so what did you hide from me?"
Luna shook her head, "It's too much to tell you. I'll just show you." And before Lina could
say another word, Luna place her hand on Lina's forehead and chanted some words
under her breath. Lina's eyes flew wide
open as she memories came flooding back to her…
…she was a young girl, about six, living in Saillune. One day she was playing in the yard, with
the neighbor boy. He went home and she
went inside, it was getting dark. Her father
wasn't home from work yet and her sister was practicing her magic,
upstairs. She walked down the hall,
into the kitchen, looking for her mother. She found her sitting at the table, playing with her little sister. Suddenly there was a knock at the front
door.
"I'll go get it!" Lina yelled, excited at the idea of a
visitor. Lina's mother smiled.
"Go ahead dear." Lina ran ahead of her mother and sister to
go answer the door. Remembering what
her mother had taught her, she called out first, "Who is it?"
"Um….I'm selling….magic books…would you be interested?"
Lina, even at six, was obsessed by magic. Opening the door wide open, she smiled up at
the man, "Magic books? What kind! How much! Where are they?" she looked around
him and realized he carried no bag with him. There were another man with him.
"Can I help you?" Lina's mother walked up, carrying the
toddler.
"Yes, you can Mrs. Inverse," The man smiled and walked in
further, pushing Lina aside. The other
man followed him and closed the door.
Lina's mother narrowed her green eyes. "What can I do for
you?"
"Well, Mrs. Inverse…" The man reached into his coat and
pulled out a long dagger, with a crest on it, "You can die!"
"What!?" Lina's mom gasped.
"Mommy!" Lina ran to her mom, who pushed her towards the
stairs.
Lina's mom yelled to her, "Get your sister!" and then ran
down the hallway, back to the kitchen. Lina ran upstairs, one of the men
beginning to climb the stairs, and burst into Luna's room.
"What are you do-"
"Mommy needs help!"
"What?" Luna started for the door, then saw the man, "Who
the hell are you?"
The man sneered, "You will all die, demon children!"
Luna's eyes narrowed (yes, back then her bangs were
actually short). "FIREBALL!"
Luna, grabbed Lina's hand and, jumping over the charcoaled
man, headed down the stairs, back to their mother. They found her in the kitchen, lying on the floor, habing been
overpowered, and the man holding their sister, who was crying.
"Let go of her!" Lina yelled. The man looked at them and laughed.
"This is for the good of man! None of you should be allowed to live, especially not this one!"
"Hey! She said, let her go!" Luna growled, and charged up
for a spell.
The man ignored her, "Demons Spawn must DIE!" He raised the
knife and was stopped by Lina and Luna's father, who had just entered the
room. He still held the sword's hilt
that was through the man's back.
"Luna! Lina! Take Lara and get out of here!" their father
yelled, turning around where more men were filing in (who had just appeared).
"But…Daddy!" Lina yelled.
"Go!" He yelled and pulled the sword out of the man as Luna
grabbed Lara. "Be a good girl Lina…listen to your sister…" he smiled, and then
went to fight the men. Luna grabbed
Lina's arm.
"Come on!!" and dragged her out of the house, into the
woods. She handed Lara to Lina, "You hold her, and I'll hold anyone off!"
Lina grabbed hold of Lara and ran after her big
sister. They ran into a clearing and
stopped to rest.
"Luna! Who were
those guys? Is mommy gonna be alright?" Luna didn't answer her, "Luna!"
"Shhh!" Luna looked towards the way they had come, hearing
a noise. Lina looked as well and stood up, hearing their voices. Wide eyed, she looked at her sister as they
charged into the clearing.
"Here they are boss!" one of the men yelled, and the girls
took off again. This time, the men had
been prepared and had some men all around. One of the men grabbed hold of Lina while Luna blasted two others.
"Gotcha ya little brat!"
"No! Luna!"
"Just give us the little one! That's all we want! She's the
demon child!"
"NO!" Lina bit his arm and fell out of his arms, losing her
grip on Lara, who remained in the mans arms.
"Thanks!" he smirked and began to run away.
"NO! Lara! No!" Lina yelled, and began to take after him,
but was stopped by Luna.
"We can't do anything! We gotta go! Dad will probably get
her!"
"But-But-Daddy said too-"
"Said to listen to me! Now, let's go! RAYWING!" Luna
grabbed Lina's arm and pulled her into the sky with her, taking off towards
Saillunes border, away from there. She
knew that her father wasn't going to be able to get Lara…she looked down at her
little sister crying, clutching her arm. 'She can't remember this….it would be
too difficult…' Luna thought carefully about what she would do. When she found an abandoned cottage and
landed entering the house and layed Lina down, who had cried herself into
sleep. She looked at her and sighed, knowing
what she would do. Placing her hand on
her forehead, she chanted the words that her lord had taught her and erased her
memories. The next morning, when Lina
awoke, Luna filled in the void she had made in Lina's memory with memories of a
happy life in Zephilia, where they had landed.
Unknown to the sisters, the man who had stolen Lara away
had been struck down by a young, purple haired mazoku, who took her to his
master…
Lina's eyes shut, as she absorbed all this new
information. Opening them, she looked
at Luna. "Why?" she whispered, "Why didn't you tell me this before?"
Luna sighed. "You weren't ready then….you are now. We all are."
"But…I never knew about Lara…I mean, nothing…"
"Of course not, I told you our parents died when you were a
baby, how could you have a little sister. And besides that, I thought she was dead. But, apparently she is not."
"She's not?" Lina looked up, eyes shining from tears held
back, "What happened to her?"
Luna pointed over to where Xellos stood with the blonde
girl. Xellos pushed her forward a
bit. Lara looked up at them and said
nothing.
"And now it's time for you to take your place Lina, Lara."
Xellos said to them.
"Our…place?"
"Well, Luna is the Knight of Ceifeed…but there is more than
that. Lara is meant to be the Knight of
Shabranigdo."
All present, except Lara, Luna and Xellos gasped in shock,
"Shabranigdo?"
Luna nodded. Amelia thought about it, then asked, "You said
they both had a place to take… What is Lina then?"
"Yeah, there is only Ceifeed and Shabranigdo." Zelgadiss
commented.
Xellos laughed, "To you, maybe…Lina is the Knight of
Argantus."
"Arga-who?" Naga asked, "I've never heard of him."
Zelgadiss and Amelia agreed and Lina thought back if she
had.
"I have." Gourry stated.
"YOU have???"
Gourry nodded, "He's a mythological Lord, one who is supposed
to look after everything in between Demons and Gods. You know, humans, elves, fairies, stuff like that."
"How do YOU know this?" Lina asked, dumbfounded.
"Well, I was taught it by my grandfather.." Gourry rubbed
the back of his neck in a very Gourry like way. "He told us a lot of
stories. That was one of my favorites."
"Well Gourry, it's not a myth. Argantus does exist. And
Lina, you are his Knight."
Lina blinked and looked at Luna. This was WAY too much to take in one day. "Here Lina, take this…" Luna handed her a
bracelet, with a charm that matched her necklace and broach.
"What do I do with this?"
Luna pointed at her neck, "Combine the three." Lina did so and they began to glow, then a
beam of light broke out and shined in the middle of the room and all of them
had to shield there eyes. A voice came
from the light, that boomed around them, "Inverse's three, now is your
time."
Hope you all enjoyed!
Please review…sorry if it got confusing…my mind is a little that way…^_^