Zel: begrudgeingly Hello, my name is Zelgadis Greywyrs. A typical manic depressant human-turned-chimera by my grandfather/greatgrandfather Rezo the Red Priest. In trying to find my cure I have unknowingly transported myself to the mysterious world of El Hazard without a means of return home. What is going to happen to me in this unpredictable place?
Zelgadis slowly stretched as he sat up in bed. He had a really peaceful sleep. That is, once he cast his sleeping spell so Amelia would do the same. After having a cup of coffee and making real sure that he was properly dressed, he decided against waking her up. After all, he had Ifurita still in the Eye of God looking for the way back to his world, didn't he? And seeing as Amelia didn't know where they were due to the fact that he had used his new power to get here, he'd be free of her once more.
Just then one of the assistant fire priestesses, who knows which seeing as they both look alike just like the two at the Shrine of Water do, walked in. "Good morning, Mr. Zelgadis. I'm sorry but neither Shayla Shayla nor Alielle have returned yet. We finished making breakfast for you and your friend. Has she woken up yet?" Considering Zelgadis' usual ability to spook people without trying, she was acting as if she's known him almost every day of her life.
"No, Amelia can be a heavy sleeper at times." He told her. 'Especially if you cast a sleeping spell on her.' He continued on, "And tends to be rather cranky when she wakes up." 'Especially when she had a sleeping spell cast on her the night before.' "Maybe you should let her sleep some more, she'll appreciate the beauty sleep."
The assistant priestess nodded. "Yes, I guess you know your friend best. What about you? Will you be joining us soon?"
Zel shook his head. "I don't eat much really, and at the moment I'm not hungry. Maybe when Amelia wakes up I'll want something to eat."
She nodded again and left, joining her look-alike at the table.
"Where's Mr. Zelgadis and his friend?" the second assistant ask the first.
"Oh, Zel will join us later. And his friend Amelia is having some beauty sleep."
"Beauty sleep?" the second asked, "If there was such a thing, Shayla Shayla would be the most beautiful woman in all of El Hazard."
The first girl laughed. "Oh, that's so true! But that Amelia sure is beautiful... Maybe you just have to know about how to sleep the right way."
"I guess so... Oh well, let's eat!" At that, they dug in.
It was at that moment that Zelgadis rushed in. "What happened to the Eye of God?" he demanded.
Priestess #1 answered for him. "You must be as much of a heavy sleeper as your friend. Some idiot activated the Eye last night and it was about destroyed the world. But then, these beams of light came from the direction of Rashtaria and slammed into the Eye. It took about 6 hits and then fell crashing to the ground somewhere."
Zelgadis lowered his head. 'I can't believe it... Ifurita, you paid the ultimate price for my sins. I see now that my quest for a cure, to escape the punishment for my lust for power, was as much a sin as my desparation in gaining power. I never thought anyone would have to pay for my sins but me...' Tears forming in his eyes, he ran out in shame. Never before had he ever truly felt as alone as he did right now.
Eventually he stopped. "Blasts of light... Lina? It had to be. Dragon Slave, I'm pretty sure. And Lina's the only one - who could cast it - many times so easily." Having gasped that out while catching his breath, he turns his gaze skyward to shout at the heavens. "Lina! She wasn't evil! You didn't have to kill her! You could have killed me instead! You-"
Suddenly, he paused in mid-rant. His voice returned to normal as he looked straight ahead once more. "...wanted to kill me. Lina's too smart to not have figured it out. She should have known right away that anything going wrong with the Eye was my fault. If she had gone to the Eye she would have found Ifurita and learned that she was only trying to help me. If Amelia didn't appear on top of me I'd still be there. I would have died along with her..."
Enraged by this conclusion, Zelgadis put his new ability to work, not wanting to waste any time in giving Ifurita the vengeance she deserved.
* * * * *
Back in the Shrine of Fire, the two twins were concerned about Zelgadis.
"He looked sad. That's odd... Do you think we should go try to cheer him up?"
"No," the other responded, "we don't know what's wrong, and we might make him even more depressed if we try to find out."
"Hmmmm.... Oh, I know!" the first exclaimed, "His friend Amelia would know how to make him feel better! I'm sure she won't mind if we wake her up to do a little cheering up."
"What a great idea! Let's go!"
Together, the two went to the room they gave Amelia for the night. It took them a minute to remove the furniture Zelgadis placed in front of the door to keep Amelia from escaping so easily when she woke up. But they got in soon enough and nudged Amelia out of dreamland where she had been pummeling Xellos to death with a biggest, softest, and -most importantly- happiest pillow she could imagine. One should not confuse this dream for Amelia having secret desires for Xellos, as Zelgadis was also in the dream standing nearby. He was watching the fight and hoping she would finish Xellos off soon so she could rescue him. He would have helped in the battle, but was too busy desparately needing to be 'rescued' as it were.
"Wh-What's going on?" She yawned out as started to sit up in bed. 'And it had better be good. I was just about to rescue Zelgadis.'
"It's Mr. Zelgadis," they explained at the same time, "We told him about the Eye of God being destroyed last night by these beams of light and for some reason he got all sad and ran out of the shrine. We were wondering if you could go cheer him up.
At first, Amelia was silent, trying to figure out what they just said. She was still a little sleepy, and despite the fact that she knew Zelgadis had placed a sleeping spell on her last night wanted only to get back to that wonderful dream she was having before. Suddenly, a premonition swept over her of Lina screaming in pain as a sword Amelia reconized all too well thrusted through her. Everything quickly came together after that.
"He doesn't need cheering up!" She shouted as she hastily got her stuff together, "He needs someone to hold him back before he does something he'll regret for the rest of his life!"
* * * * *
"Ifurita! What the hell were you doing in the Eye of God? I thought I told you never to go in there again!" Instead of being happy she was still alive after watching the Eye get destroyed, Jinnai still needed someone to vent his anger on. Makoto and his friends got the real Chico instead of the fake he had wanted them to, and it WAS the activation of the Eye of God that caused him to give an order that wasn't properly understood. Maybe he would have been warmer to Ifurita if his morning tea hadn't been one degree too cold.
"I don't know master. I remember trying to find that strange blue man just like you told me to, but instead I ran into that old wind lady. She must have beaten me this time because the next thing I remember I woke up in the Eye and everything was shaking about like it was going to fall apart. Once I got out I came straight here."
"Oh really... Well, that's nice..." Ifurita looked relieved as he said this, not expecting what was about to come. "BUT YOU FORGOT TO COMPLETE YOUR MISSION!!!!"
"I-I did?"
"Yes! You were sent to spy on the blue man, and you didn't do it! Now go find out everything you can about him!" Jinnai already knew about Zelgadis of course, especially after his childhood idol Xellos had made an appearance. He was afraid that Xellos might return, find out about Ifurita, and steal her from him. Ifurita was stupid, yes, but she was also a very powerful weapon. One that was much better suited helping him conquer all of El Hazard then destroying it at Xellos' command. He couldn't rightfully call himself Lord God Jinnai of Nothing. It just doesn't have the ring that Lord God Jinnai of El Hazard would.
* * * * *
"What am I going to do about Miss Lina?" Rune Venus asked her hand puppet as she sat in her bath. The little dragon-like figure just looked at her curiously. While she had gotten rather good at giving the thing very life-like movement over the years, the princess was no ventriloquist.
"If I give her the gold, the people will lose faith in our kingdom's wealth. We can't have that." The puppet turned it's head into a different position, and looked on at her.
"But, you saw what she did to the Eye of God, didn't you? If I don't give her the gold she might do that to Rashtaria, and what will my people do then?" The puppet was still for a moment, then raised it's arms in triumph as if it had an idea.
The idea shocked Princess Rune, and she told him so. "No, Makoto wouldn't allow that. He would never be able to forgive me if I made such an order." Defeated, the puppet lowered it's head in shame for thinking such thoughts to his mistress.
Rune and the puppet sat in silence for some time before Rune allowed herself to sink into the waters. "It's no use... there's no hope."
Zelgadis slowly stretched as he sat up in bed. He had a really peaceful sleep. That is, once he cast his sleeping spell so Amelia would do the same. After having a cup of coffee and making real sure that he was properly dressed, he decided against waking her up. After all, he had Ifurita still in the Eye of God looking for the way back to his world, didn't he? And seeing as Amelia didn't know where they were due to the fact that he had used his new power to get here, he'd be free of her once more.
Just then one of the assistant fire priestesses, who knows which seeing as they both look alike just like the two at the Shrine of Water do, walked in. "Good morning, Mr. Zelgadis. I'm sorry but neither Shayla Shayla nor Alielle have returned yet. We finished making breakfast for you and your friend. Has she woken up yet?" Considering Zelgadis' usual ability to spook people without trying, she was acting as if she's known him almost every day of her life.
"No, Amelia can be a heavy sleeper at times." He told her. 'Especially if you cast a sleeping spell on her.' He continued on, "And tends to be rather cranky when she wakes up." 'Especially when she had a sleeping spell cast on her the night before.' "Maybe you should let her sleep some more, she'll appreciate the beauty sleep."
The assistant priestess nodded. "Yes, I guess you know your friend best. What about you? Will you be joining us soon?"
Zel shook his head. "I don't eat much really, and at the moment I'm not hungry. Maybe when Amelia wakes up I'll want something to eat."
She nodded again and left, joining her look-alike at the table.
"Where's Mr. Zelgadis and his friend?" the second assistant ask the first.
"Oh, Zel will join us later. And his friend Amelia is having some beauty sleep."
"Beauty sleep?" the second asked, "If there was such a thing, Shayla Shayla would be the most beautiful woman in all of El Hazard."
The first girl laughed. "Oh, that's so true! But that Amelia sure is beautiful... Maybe you just have to know about how to sleep the right way."
"I guess so... Oh well, let's eat!" At that, they dug in.
It was at that moment that Zelgadis rushed in. "What happened to the Eye of God?" he demanded.
Priestess #1 answered for him. "You must be as much of a heavy sleeper as your friend. Some idiot activated the Eye last night and it was about destroyed the world. But then, these beams of light came from the direction of Rashtaria and slammed into the Eye. It took about 6 hits and then fell crashing to the ground somewhere."
Zelgadis lowered his head. 'I can't believe it... Ifurita, you paid the ultimate price for my sins. I see now that my quest for a cure, to escape the punishment for my lust for power, was as much a sin as my desparation in gaining power. I never thought anyone would have to pay for my sins but me...' Tears forming in his eyes, he ran out in shame. Never before had he ever truly felt as alone as he did right now.
Eventually he stopped. "Blasts of light... Lina? It had to be. Dragon Slave, I'm pretty sure. And Lina's the only one - who could cast it - many times so easily." Having gasped that out while catching his breath, he turns his gaze skyward to shout at the heavens. "Lina! She wasn't evil! You didn't have to kill her! You could have killed me instead! You-"
Suddenly, he paused in mid-rant. His voice returned to normal as he looked straight ahead once more. "...wanted to kill me. Lina's too smart to not have figured it out. She should have known right away that anything going wrong with the Eye was my fault. If she had gone to the Eye she would have found Ifurita and learned that she was only trying to help me. If Amelia didn't appear on top of me I'd still be there. I would have died along with her..."
Enraged by this conclusion, Zelgadis put his new ability to work, not wanting to waste any time in giving Ifurita the vengeance she deserved.
* * * * *
Back in the Shrine of Fire, the two twins were concerned about Zelgadis.
"He looked sad. That's odd... Do you think we should go try to cheer him up?"
"No," the other responded, "we don't know what's wrong, and we might make him even more depressed if we try to find out."
"Hmmmm.... Oh, I know!" the first exclaimed, "His friend Amelia would know how to make him feel better! I'm sure she won't mind if we wake her up to do a little cheering up."
"What a great idea! Let's go!"
Together, the two went to the room they gave Amelia for the night. It took them a minute to remove the furniture Zelgadis placed in front of the door to keep Amelia from escaping so easily when she woke up. But they got in soon enough and nudged Amelia out of dreamland where she had been pummeling Xellos to death with a biggest, softest, and -most importantly- happiest pillow she could imagine. One should not confuse this dream for Amelia having secret desires for Xellos, as Zelgadis was also in the dream standing nearby. He was watching the fight and hoping she would finish Xellos off soon so she could rescue him. He would have helped in the battle, but was too busy desparately needing to be 'rescued' as it were.
"Wh-What's going on?" She yawned out as started to sit up in bed. 'And it had better be good. I was just about to rescue Zelgadis.'
"It's Mr. Zelgadis," they explained at the same time, "We told him about the Eye of God being destroyed last night by these beams of light and for some reason he got all sad and ran out of the shrine. We were wondering if you could go cheer him up.
At first, Amelia was silent, trying to figure out what they just said. She was still a little sleepy, and despite the fact that she knew Zelgadis had placed a sleeping spell on her last night wanted only to get back to that wonderful dream she was having before. Suddenly, a premonition swept over her of Lina screaming in pain as a sword Amelia reconized all too well thrusted through her. Everything quickly came together after that.
"He doesn't need cheering up!" She shouted as she hastily got her stuff together, "He needs someone to hold him back before he does something he'll regret for the rest of his life!"
* * * * *
"Ifurita! What the hell were you doing in the Eye of God? I thought I told you never to go in there again!" Instead of being happy she was still alive after watching the Eye get destroyed, Jinnai still needed someone to vent his anger on. Makoto and his friends got the real Chico instead of the fake he had wanted them to, and it WAS the activation of the Eye of God that caused him to give an order that wasn't properly understood. Maybe he would have been warmer to Ifurita if his morning tea hadn't been one degree too cold.
"I don't know master. I remember trying to find that strange blue man just like you told me to, but instead I ran into that old wind lady. She must have beaten me this time because the next thing I remember I woke up in the Eye and everything was shaking about like it was going to fall apart. Once I got out I came straight here."
"Oh really... Well, that's nice..." Ifurita looked relieved as he said this, not expecting what was about to come. "BUT YOU FORGOT TO COMPLETE YOUR MISSION!!!!"
"I-I did?"
"Yes! You were sent to spy on the blue man, and you didn't do it! Now go find out everything you can about him!" Jinnai already knew about Zelgadis of course, especially after his childhood idol Xellos had made an appearance. He was afraid that Xellos might return, find out about Ifurita, and steal her from him. Ifurita was stupid, yes, but she was also a very powerful weapon. One that was much better suited helping him conquer all of El Hazard then destroying it at Xellos' command. He couldn't rightfully call himself Lord God Jinnai of Nothing. It just doesn't have the ring that Lord God Jinnai of El Hazard would.
* * * * *
"What am I going to do about Miss Lina?" Rune Venus asked her hand puppet as she sat in her bath. The little dragon-like figure just looked at her curiously. While she had gotten rather good at giving the thing very life-like movement over the years, the princess was no ventriloquist.
"If I give her the gold, the people will lose faith in our kingdom's wealth. We can't have that." The puppet turned it's head into a different position, and looked on at her.
"But, you saw what she did to the Eye of God, didn't you? If I don't give her the gold she might do that to Rashtaria, and what will my people do then?" The puppet was still for a moment, then raised it's arms in triumph as if it had an idea.
The idea shocked Princess Rune, and she told him so. "No, Makoto wouldn't allow that. He would never be able to forgive me if I made such an order." Defeated, the puppet lowered it's head in shame for thinking such thoughts to his mistress.
Rune and the puppet sat in silence for some time before Rune allowed herself to sink into the waters. "It's no use... there's no hope."