Slayers WONDERFUL
By Shimegami and Lerithanei
You should know what's happening by now.

Slayers WONDERFUL Episode One: What? Phibrizzo's been killed!?

Our story continues...

It opens in an inn, showing a typical Slayers meal. Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev are stuffing their faces, Amelia trying to keep up,
Zelgadis drinking coffee, Xelloss being Xelloss-y, and Filia acting all high and mighty. (Gee, which character do we hate?)
Suddenly a young woman passed through the door, face hidden by her cloak. Dressed in priestess garb with green hair poking out from the
hood, she quietly goes and sits in a corner.

________________________________________ Part One

"What's wrong, Filia-san?" Amelia asked. The dragon priestess was looking around frantically, as if searching for something.
Lina and Gourry stopped eating to regard Filia.

"Yeah, Filia, what's up?"

Filia looked angry for a second, but then turned worried.

"I sense another powerful Mazoku in this room aside from namagomi. But I can't pinpoint it..."

"It would seem Filia-san is right!!" Xelloss chirped.

"Yeah, namagomi, you know who it is, don't you?? You probably asked them to come!!" Filia withdrew her mace from her skirts and was
threatening Xelloss with it.

"Eh.......I'm afraid I don't know why they're here.....or even who "they" are....."

"Lying filth!!"

"But he is telling the truth, dragon-dear." Filia jumped and screamed, whirling around to come face to face with a diminuitive girl
with green hair and eyes. Xelloss took one look at the girl and paled, getting a huge sweatdrop.

"You.....you got free!!!"

"Hmm....that would seem to be the case...Xelloss-san, is it? Vyria would be VERY happy to see you."

"Vyria....is free too?" Xelloss asked, with noticeably less nervousness and a great deal more curiosity.
Carelle noticed this and stored it away in her memory for later match-making use.
At this time, however, Lina decided to jump in.

"Xelloss……just WHO is this girl?"

"Ah, Lina-san! This happens to be my....friend, Carelle-san. She also happens to be Mei-ou-sama's priestess." Xelloss replied,
grinning at Lina-tachi's reaction to this news.

"WHAT!!??? I thought Phibrizzo was dead!!"

"Mei...ou? Who's that?"

"AAHHHHHHH!!!!! Another Mazoku to interfere with the workings of justice!!!!!!"

"Hn. Bakas."

"ANOTHER NAMAGOMI MAZOKU??? I'M SURROUNDED BY THEM!!!!!!!"

Xelloss and Carelle sweatdropped, then Carelle noticed something...

"Nama....gomi? I'm raw trash?" (It would be noticed at this point that she had started glowing, and Xelloss was moving far away.
However, Filia didn't notice this small fact, and so said a stupid thing.)

"Yes! You're a Mazoku!! All Mazoku are raw trash!!"

"HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!???????????" Carelle roared, spitting fire. Filia shrieked and hid under the table.

"No! No! I'm sorry!! You're just fine!! Just don't kill me!!!!!" (Needless to say, all the inn's other patrons had evacuated.)

"Okay!" Carelle chirped and then sat next to Xelloss at the table. Ordering chocolate-chip cookies from the scared to death waitress,
dinner resumed it normal activities. That was until Lina-san finished her meal.

Putting her cup down calmly, Lina started questioning the newest member of the group. "You're Phibrizo's priestess? Then what business do
you have with me?"

"Anno... Lina-san, was it? What makes you think I have business with you...?"

Lina fumed and muttered, "Don't tell me she wants revenge on behalf of her master's demise." but unfortunately Carelle caught it.

"D-de... mise...?" Carelle trailed off, Lina could have sworn she looked like she was holding back tears...

"How long have you been free, Carelle-san?" Xelloss actually looked a bit concerned for once.

"About...a few days..."
Lina looked from Xelloss to the girl back in forth staring in disbelief. Not knowing what to say, while nobody else dared to speak.
Well, almost nobody...

"... wasn't Phibrizo killed??" Gourry has his classic jellyfish look on his face.

Lina pounded him into the ground while the green haired mazoku promptly broke out into tears.

~TBC~

AN: Poor Leri-chan. She likes Phibby-chan a lot. I, however, cling to Xelloss-sama as my Mazoku of choice. Read on, fair readers!