Slayers Labyrinth
A Slayers/Labyrinth Crossover
By Sakura
Chapter Two
"Sore wa..."
Lina, concerned by her sister's
sudden silence, flipped the light switch back on and tip-toed to the baby's
crib. "Amelia?" she said quietly. There was no movement from the
flannel pink blanket she had placed over her. Not even a sign of a tiny chest
moving up and down as it breathed.
Truly frightened now, she slowly
removed the blanket only to find that the baby was gone. She let out a blood
curdling shriek as the storm outside began to pick up again. "Luna's gonna
kill me!!!" She frantically looked all over the nursery, under furniture
and in dark corners, hoping to find her baby sister, happily playing at some
games only babies play.
Movement in one of the far corners caught her eye and she leapt toward it.
"There you are, you little brat!" When she reached the corner, a
hideous disfigured creature jumped at her, laughing. Lina screamed and
frantically waved her arms to shoo it away, knocking it clear across the room in
the process. She took a better look at it, now that it had been knocked
unconscious.
It was a baby sized mazoku. She
prodded it with one foot and it began to stir. Jumping back, Lina began to
regret what she had said in anger only moments before. For some reason, her
selfish wish had been granted and now her sister was in the clutches of the
mazoku.
A soft chuckle made her turn around
and thus taking her eyes off the tiny mazoku. The moment Lina's back was turned,
it quickly vanished back to whence it came, laughing all the way. She stared at
the purple haired man who had somehow managed to sneak into her house unnoticed.
He was dressed in a tailored purple
business suit with a vest and shirt several shades lighter than the jacket and
pants he was wearing. He had a rather pleased smile on his face. His eyes were
closed and she was getting a very uneasy feeling from him.
"You're him, aren't you? The
mazoku lord," she said timidly. His smile broadened, obviously enjoying her
fear.
"Xellos Metallium, he said as he
bowed with mock politeness. "You did the right thing by calling on me,
Lina-chan. A powerful sorceress like yourself shouldn't be saddled with a brat
like that. Am I right? Now you have time to perfect your magic."
"Listen, I don't want to sound
ungrateful or anything, I am really, but can I have my baby sister," she
said smiling with puppy dog eyes and clutching her stuffed fox.
"Please?"
Unfortunately, Xellos was immune to
puppy dog eyes. "I'm sorry, Lina-chan, but what's done is done."
"B-but I-I really didn't mean
it!"
Xellos smirked at her. "Oh did
you now?"
"Pleeeaaaase give her
back," she pleaded. "Where is she?"
"Sore wa himitsu desu," he
replied, wagging his finger.
Having her sister abducted had been
murder on her nerves and she was getting nowhere with this unreasonable man.
Lina lunged at the mazoku lord ready to put him into a rather nasty headlock.
Seeing he was somewhat in danger, Xellos stepped aside at the last possible
moment, causing Lina to fall flat on her face.
As much as he'd like to let her
torture him, he had more pressing business to attend to. More specifically, he
had a baby to mazokuize. "Lina-chan, don't you have spells to study? Or
would you prefer to get yourself a nice snack?" he asked helping the
redhead to her feet. "Forget about Amelia, she'll be just fine." She
was almost tempted to do just that forget all this nonsense and fix something
for her shattered nerves, but she knew couldn't live herself if she didn't get
her sister back.
His voice was about to affect her in
a odd way. Its silky tones sent chills up and down her spine in a way she'd
never felt before. And she found she liked it, but she couldn't let it get in
the way of getting Amelia back.
"I-I can't," she said
checking her face for any disfigurement. She had hit the floor pretty hard.
"Ne, Lina-chan, I've brought you
a present," he said, pulling a golden ball out of the air.
"What is it?" she asked, dollar signs popping up in her eyes. She
could not take them off the shiny bauble.
"Oh nothing. Just the Claire
Bible. If you look into it, you'd be able to learn every spell you could ever
imagine," he said holding the ball out before her.
His smirk reappeared as her eyes
widened again and her mouth dropped open on its own accord. As if she were in a
trance, Lina made to grab the shiny ball. Xellos cruelly yanked it away.
"However, this isn't for girls
who take care of screaming babies while their parents go out and have all the
fun." Lina's eyes went from the ball to the still empty crib and back
again. "Do you want it?" he asked, his voice husky and purring.
There was that feeling again. It was
almost like being wrapped in the softest velvet listening to him. She looked at
him and she began to notice how handsome he looked in that suit. She blushed at
the thought. His eyes were half open now, black slitted pupils surrounded by
deep amethyst peeked out from the lashes. She hesitantly took a step toward him.
"Then forget about that
brat," he said using the same husky, purring tone again.
Suddenly a bolt of lightning flooded
the dark room, followed by a crash of thunder, snapping Lina out of her trance.
"I won't," she said
determinedly, "It's not that I appreciate the offer, but I'd rather learn
on my own. And I'd like my sister back."
"Lina..." he warned, taking
the tie off his neck. As he threw it at her, it turned into a snake and wrapped
itself around her neck. "Don't defy me."
Clutching at her neck, she managed to
get the snake off only see that it had turned into a scarf. It began to move and
fearing the snake was still in it, the girl threw it to the floor. It broke into
a thousand pieces and hundreds of tiny misshapen mazoku scrambled about the from
as they burst from the pieces. Some of them had run between her legs and she let
out a bloodcurdling shriek, kicking at them.
Xellos chuckled at the human girl's
frantic actions. "Face it Lina-chan. You're no match for me. Especially
when you can hardly manage a simple fireball spell. Forget about the baby and
take my offer. There won't be another chance." She winced when he said
that. He had to rub it in, didn't he.
"No way, namagomi! I learned
that spell on my own and I can and will learn more on my own! Also I want
Amelia back, NOW! So tell me where the hell she is!"
"Yare, yare, Lina-chan. What a
demanding human you are. You don't even know where to look do you?"
"Just tell me where she is
already!" she yelled. This time she managed to get the mazoku lord into a
headlock and began to give him the ultimate in noogie torture.
"She-she's there," he said
pointing behind them.
Lina turned not letting go of the
purple haired man. Her eyes widened and her jaw hit the ground again. Where a
window had once been was a hill and a vast valley beyond it. The valley's one
feature was a huge labyrinth. The maze stretched as far as she could see and she
could see no visible end to it. In what she hoped was the center, a large castle
loomed over the labyrinth like a lone sentinel.
"Do you still want to look for
her?" he asked softly in her ear, his hands around her petite waist.
Lina jumped, only just then realizing
that she had let go of him while she stared at the sight. Then she proceeded to
slap him silly. Once she'd gotten her point across, which was: touch me again,
you hentai and you're dead, she went back to staring at the labyrinth.
When he recovered from the girl's
sound bashing, he repeated his question. "H-hai she said, swallowing the
lump she had suddenly developed. So intimidating was the view. "She's in
that castle, right?" She prayed she was right. There was no way she'd find
Amelia in all that.
"Clever girl," he said
caressing the pink stains on his cheeks. Xellos grabbed hold of her and spun her
around gently so they could be face to face. She gasped in shock when she saw
they were no longer in her house and now stood on the hilltop. "Turn back,
Lina-chan. Go back before it's too late," he said, his voice gentle.
"I can't," was all she
could say.
"What a shame," he said
sounding almost as if he truly meant it.
The girl took one last look at the
labyrinth and attempted to gauge the distance from the hill to the castle.
"It doesn't look that far," she said with false bravado.
"It's harder than you think and
there's not that much time," he said and pointed to a nearby tree. She
turned and saw what looked like a ornately carved cuckoo clock. On its face were
the numbers one to thirteen. "Unless you reach my castle and find Amelia
within thirteen hours, your baby sister will become one of my subjects."
"Your subjects?" she
repeated, swallowing another lump.
"Forever," he said with
such finality. "Such a pity."
Lina turned to face him, and found
that the mazoku lord had vanished, leaving her alone to figure out just where in
the world to begin. Sighing, she said, "No use wasting time here. Get your
butt moving, Inverse!" With that she started jogging down the hill toward
her destiny.
pessimistic yet lovable chimera Zel!