Chapter 2:There's Something We Can Do? Love Always Seems to Interfere!

By Sailor Dragonslave

Yay! I finally got my Slayers DVD set fro my b-day and even watched some Slayers Next!! I know what happened to Zelly-kun!!! Sayonara, writer's block!!^_^ Many many thanks to the kind pplz who reviewed!!

Zelgadis was, to say the least, confused. He just didn't know what to make of this. The people who stood before him were total strangers. There was a tall, blode, pretty-boy looking man, a rather short young girl, and another girl, barely any taller. The girl with the firey-red hair, in Zelgadis's opinion, was actually quite attractive. But for all he knew, she could be a bitch, he didn't know her(if only you knew, Zel ^^;; n/o, Lina, j/k.).

"Well?! Who are you?!" he repeated, rather forcefuly this time.

"What?! Who are we?" the red head cried in shock."Zel, have you lost it?!"

"What the hell are you talking about?!" he asked."I don't know any of you!!"

The girl who had done most of the speaking thusfar was wide eyed, and mouthed in terror, as was the dark-haired girl."Zelgadis-san, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

How do these people know me?! How do they know my name?"Answer my question!" This time he drew his sword to show how serious he was about the matter.

"Zel..." the red-headed girl spoke quitely.

"If you won't tell me your names, then tell me where I am!" he said.

The same girl took a step forward."Snap out of it, Zel! Why don't you remeber us? What's wro--" Before the girl could finish her sentence, Zelgadis slash forward at her, but deliberately not very fast; it was more of a warning, which was why she dodged so easily. He didn't really want to hurt a girl. But still she looked as if the sword had slashed open her stomach. She was just staring at him with eyes that displayed too many emotions to keep track of; partly sadness, concern, and even rage.

Why is she staring at me like that?

The tall blonde turned to Zelgadis."Hey, Zel, even if you are mad at Lina for something, that's going too far!" He drew his sword. Zelgadis knew that he had a one-in-100 chance of defeating the masculine man, but he wasn't going to back down. Before they could start the duel, a violet-haired man with a staff as big as himself appeared between him and his enemy(much to Zel's releif, although he would never admit it).

The man before him shook his head."Tsk, tsk...this won't do at all."

Zelgadis chose gusto over silence."Whoever you are, get out of my way!"

"My, you where even more of an impetuous person before you were turned into a chimera...maybe you should calm down." the man shot a ball of yellow magical energy at Zelgadis, who collapsed into a temporary sleep.

"For now, we have some peace and quiet to talk things over." Xellos said.

"Well, start by telling us why Zelgadis doesn't remember us!!" Lina said.

"Hmmm...as I feared ...It turned him ALL the way back to the way he was before he was a chimera...meaning he has no memory of you, or anything else that happened to him after that..." Xellos took his hand to his chin and went into deep thought.

Lina was somewhat enraged by the priest's ability to stay calm and rather absentminded in a situation like this."WELL, HOW DO WE CHANGE HIM BACK?!?!?!" she asked, shaking with anger,"And why didn't you tell us this before?!"

"Well, there is ONE way..." he answered, ignoring the last question.

"And what's that?" Amelia said, irritated and somewhat startled by the current events.

"We must travel to the place where the transformation took place, and after that...well, Zelgadis will have to work that out himself, unless by chance, you guys know of any genies that can grant wishes."

"What do you mean, "work that out himself"?" Lina asked in her inquiring voice.

"I meant exactly as I said," Xellos said, putting up his index finger as he spoke."This has somewhat disrupted his spirit in the Astral Plane, and he must correct the error on his own."

"But, where was Zel first turned into a chimera?" Gourry said, trying to act like the intelectual that he was not, but you have to admire the effort."Huh..."

"The Spiral Forest, although it's more of a jungle, in terms of the plant life." Xellos pointed out. He used to train there."

"How did you know that much, fruitcake?" Lina asked.

Xellos giggled slightly and wagged a the same index finger."Sore wa, himitsu desu!!" And with that, his dissapeared once more.

"Just like Mr.Xellos to do something like this..." Amelia sighed.

"Yeah, just leaving us hanging..." Gourry said sollomly.

"We HAVE to find that forest, or we'll never get Zel back!" Lina said."We'll get back to town, and check things out. C'mon, you guys. Gourry, take Zel."

By the time they got back to the town, it was nightfall, and the shop that held maps for sale was thus closed."Dammit!" Lina swore.

"Looks like we'll have to wait till morning." Amelia sighed.

"Ohhhhh, no!" Lina said."We can't wait that long and have Xellos's spell wear off!! Then we'll have to deal with an angry and disoriented teenaged Zel! We'll just have to sneek in and *borrow* a map!!"

"But, Lina," Gourry said, indicating the metal bars over the doors and windows,"How're we gonna get through THAT without causing a ruckus?"

"Ano..." It struck everyone(yeah, just 3 people, but hey) that Gourry had just outwitted(in a sense) Lina, and the girls sweatdropped.

"Er, anyways," Amelia said breaking the silence,"We should rent a room at the inn and wait till morning to get a map. Besides, we going to have to wake up Mr.Zelgadis one way or another."

They rented four rooms, and placed Zelgadis in one. After Lina was the only one in the room, she looked closely at Zelgadis. Man, he really is cute! She blushed at this thought. He looks like a little boy when he sleeps...such a peaceful look on his face... She stopped herself. Jeez, she was acting as if she were Amelia! AHHH! I'm acting as if I were Amelia! And boy, did that scare Lina. She decided that enough was enough, and left to her room. G'night, Zel.

Xellos had watched the trio plus the young and unconcious version of Zelgadis enter the inn from a high spot in tree."Hm...maybe they will be the ones to lead me to what I seek..."

Yeah, it was a short chapter, but hey! What's the next chapter? I HAVE NO IDEA!! Do you?^_^