Amelia was getting scared, "Lina, they're coming over here...."

Lina looked up. The two strange guys were, in fact, walking over to them. It looked almost like the taller of the two was looking straight at her, "Amelia, don't worry about, they won't bug us...." IIf they know what's good for them,/i she thought.

Obviously, they Ididn't/i know what was good for them. Zelgadiss reached Lina and embraced her before he realized what he was doing, "Lina!"

Not surprisingly, Lina pushed him away, "Ack! Getoffame!"

Zel blushed, and looked Lina up and down. He then looked to Amelia, then Gourry, "Umm, Guys? Where'd you get those clothes?"

Amelia freaked, "Look mister! I don't know who you are, but you'd better leave Lina alone if you know what's good for you!"

Sweatdrop, "Eh, heh heh, Amelia? Are you feeling okay? It's me, Zelgadiss," this wasn't working, "Zelgadiss Greywords? "

Amelia was getting worried. This freak knew her name, "Umm...."

Gourry took over. He stepped forward defensively, "Lina? Amelia? Is this guy bugging you?"

"What was your first clue?!"

It was then that Xelloss finally caught up to the group, "Ah, Gourry. Always the protective swordsman. Though you lack a sword." He snickered.

This caught Gourry off guard. Weirdos he could deal with, but this was something entirely new, "Swordsman? Look buddy, I don't know about freak-boy there...." He gestured at Zelgadiss, "But I'm sure not some wack-o swordsman."

Amelia looked at the strange man, dressed in priest's garbs, "Father? I'm a strong believer in god, but I don't know why a priest, even a strange one like yourself, would keep such company! I surely don't...."

Xel snorted, "Princess, please. It wasn't my choice to keep company with Stone-Boy here. It was Lina who met him first. Besides, don't you think calling your crush weird right to his face is very tactful? You're royalty, Amelia, you should have more manners then Ithat./i"

Zel blushed, Amelia was taken aback, "P-Princess....?" Something inside Amelia's head told her this was Inot/i right, "You listen to me, sir! I don't care if you Iare/i a priest, I don't want you accusing me of knowing weirdos. And most of all, I don't appreciate your pet-names! You're a man of god! And yet you're a pedophile!"

Lina, who had been silent until now, stepped forward, "Alright, powder-puffs. You'd better leave, now. I don't want to have to get violent. ..." She rolled up a sleeve.

Xelloss opened one eye, ICould Lina still have her magick?/i He smiled, "Please do. It would be interesting to see how the Dragon Slave would affect this world. So many people packed so close together....Hmm, makes for pain and despair all around. His smile deepened.

Lina blinked, "What? The Dragon Slave? You guys Iare/i from the bar! Did Naga send you? What does that little witch want now?"

Now it was Zel's turn to blink, "A bar? Lina, don't you remember? What's happened to you? Oh, Lina...."

He moved to do.....something, but remembered Lina's current attitude towards him.

Amelia, always the trusting one, looked at Xelloss, "Well, if you guys aren't from the bar, then why are you here? And why do you care about us?"

Xelloss told them the least upsetting parts of the story. Hey, he might be a trickster priest, but right now, without his magick and in a strange world that Lina seemed accustomed to, he decided it might be best to use something he rarely had time for....tact, "Well......."