THE GIFT OF THW MAZOUKU - A SLAYERS STORY
Chapter 10 - X,Y,Z ! --Enter Bandit-girl Yoyo!
You speak like a green girl unsifted in such perilous circumstance. - Shakespeare
"FIREBALL!"
As Lina & CO watched, a figure emerged from the dust storm that Lina's fireball had raised. It was a woman, about Amelia's height, dressed quite like a bandit, in spiked shoulder and hip guards, tunic and boots, a hand- axe at her side. She wore her vibrantly green hair in a pony tail atop her head and in two pigtails behind her ears. The scruffy bangs that fell over her face almost obscured a pointed scar that ran from her forehead down over her left eye to her chin. She bore a cunning, determined smile as she greeted them all with a wave. "Yo-hai!"
"'Yo-hai!' my ass! Who the heck are you?" Lina demanded.
"That," she said "depends on whether or not you have any treasure."
Gourry, hearing a word he recognized, looked up from his practice game with Zel. "Treasure?"
"No, Gourry!" Lina cried, knowing what was up.
"Sure," Gourry didn't listen to the red-haired sorceress, as usual, "I've got some treasure right here!" he waved the bag they'd stolen from the bandits earlier.
"Good!" the girl grinned and in a fluid motion, threw her axe and set out after it, "Then I'm a bandit!"
Her axe knocked the bag of ill-gotten gains from Gourry's hand, and she caught both the weapon and the bag.
"Thanx! Bye-bye now!" she waved again, winked, and ran like hell.
Lina, with fire in her eyes, screamed after her "Oh no you don't, you arrogant little-- Flare Arrow!" And a bolt of fire flew at the astounded bandit girl.
But before the spell could fry her like it was supposed to, she raised her hand axe, and with a flash of light, she parried it.
Lina's jaw dropped, but Amelia was already on top of it, quite literally, as she leaped onto a tree branch above the bandit's head.
"You may think that petty thievery is forgivable, but in the eyes of justice, all injustices are equal!" Amelia cried, pointing an accusing finger at the girl.
"Hey!" she cried up to the justice freak, "Don't you lecture me about justice! I chased those monsters all over the place, and just as I was about to finally catch them, you lot hacked them into sashimi! All my hard work gone to shit!" she complained. By this time, the Lina crew had surrounded her.
"Huh?" Amelia asked.
"Yeah, those were my monsters to beat up! I still have to build my reputation, y'know."
"Yeah, well, sucks for you. You're pretty haughty for someone who's my prisoner. I'm Lina Inverse!"
"Lina Inverse!" the girl cried. "You mean, Bandit Killer Lina Inverse!?"
Lina took a prat fall. "Well, that's what some people call me, I guess."
"It's better than 'Dragon Spooker'," Zel pointed out.
"Or 'Washboard Chest'," Gourry added.
Lina kicked Gourry in the head, sending him flying. "What brought that up, you Jellyfish brain?!"
"Well, it is, isn't it?" Gourry rubbed his head and rose shakily to his feet. Lina continued to growl at him.
The bandit girl cleared her throat, and Lina jumped to face her, embarrassed.
"So, Bandit Killer, what are you going to do with me?" she asked.
"Well," Lina straightened up and began to look threatening. "Usually, I fry bandits like you right and left without a second thought."
"Or mercy or conscience or-"
"Can it, Zel! Anyway, that's what I usually do."
"But this time?" the bandit prompted.
Zel studied her. She didn't seem as frightened of Lina as a powerless human bandit should have been, but that could have been just out of ignorance. It's one thing to call oneself a bandit killer, and another to be one, he knew. But Lina WAS one. This girl was probably doomed. A pity. She had some spirit in her, and she handled that axe like a pro.
"But this time, I'm interested. You managed to deflect my flare arrow with that axe of yours. How did you do it?"
The bandit held the weapon out in front of her. "It's a magical axe. Cool, huh? Say.you wouldn't want to help me scare up some more monsters for fun, would ya?"
"Miss Lina? I think we should invite her along.before she gets into any more trouble," Amelia kindly suggested.
"Oh sure.well better to know where the enemy is, right? Might as well follow along. We'll sure as hell find plenty of monsters, right Xelloss? Heh, heh!" Lina laughed.
Chapter 10 - X,Y,Z ! --Enter Bandit-girl Yoyo!
You speak like a green girl unsifted in such perilous circumstance. - Shakespeare
"FIREBALL!"
As Lina & CO watched, a figure emerged from the dust storm that Lina's fireball had raised. It was a woman, about Amelia's height, dressed quite like a bandit, in spiked shoulder and hip guards, tunic and boots, a hand- axe at her side. She wore her vibrantly green hair in a pony tail atop her head and in two pigtails behind her ears. The scruffy bangs that fell over her face almost obscured a pointed scar that ran from her forehead down over her left eye to her chin. She bore a cunning, determined smile as she greeted them all with a wave. "Yo-hai!"
"'Yo-hai!' my ass! Who the heck are you?" Lina demanded.
"That," she said "depends on whether or not you have any treasure."
Gourry, hearing a word he recognized, looked up from his practice game with Zel. "Treasure?"
"No, Gourry!" Lina cried, knowing what was up.
"Sure," Gourry didn't listen to the red-haired sorceress, as usual, "I've got some treasure right here!" he waved the bag they'd stolen from the bandits earlier.
"Good!" the girl grinned and in a fluid motion, threw her axe and set out after it, "Then I'm a bandit!"
Her axe knocked the bag of ill-gotten gains from Gourry's hand, and she caught both the weapon and the bag.
"Thanx! Bye-bye now!" she waved again, winked, and ran like hell.
Lina, with fire in her eyes, screamed after her "Oh no you don't, you arrogant little-- Flare Arrow!" And a bolt of fire flew at the astounded bandit girl.
But before the spell could fry her like it was supposed to, she raised her hand axe, and with a flash of light, she parried it.
Lina's jaw dropped, but Amelia was already on top of it, quite literally, as she leaped onto a tree branch above the bandit's head.
"You may think that petty thievery is forgivable, but in the eyes of justice, all injustices are equal!" Amelia cried, pointing an accusing finger at the girl.
"Hey!" she cried up to the justice freak, "Don't you lecture me about justice! I chased those monsters all over the place, and just as I was about to finally catch them, you lot hacked them into sashimi! All my hard work gone to shit!" she complained. By this time, the Lina crew had surrounded her.
"Huh?" Amelia asked.
"Yeah, those were my monsters to beat up! I still have to build my reputation, y'know."
"Yeah, well, sucks for you. You're pretty haughty for someone who's my prisoner. I'm Lina Inverse!"
"Lina Inverse!" the girl cried. "You mean, Bandit Killer Lina Inverse!?"
Lina took a prat fall. "Well, that's what some people call me, I guess."
"It's better than 'Dragon Spooker'," Zel pointed out.
"Or 'Washboard Chest'," Gourry added.
Lina kicked Gourry in the head, sending him flying. "What brought that up, you Jellyfish brain?!"
"Well, it is, isn't it?" Gourry rubbed his head and rose shakily to his feet. Lina continued to growl at him.
The bandit girl cleared her throat, and Lina jumped to face her, embarrassed.
"So, Bandit Killer, what are you going to do with me?" she asked.
"Well," Lina straightened up and began to look threatening. "Usually, I fry bandits like you right and left without a second thought."
"Or mercy or conscience or-"
"Can it, Zel! Anyway, that's what I usually do."
"But this time?" the bandit prompted.
Zel studied her. She didn't seem as frightened of Lina as a powerless human bandit should have been, but that could have been just out of ignorance. It's one thing to call oneself a bandit killer, and another to be one, he knew. But Lina WAS one. This girl was probably doomed. A pity. She had some spirit in her, and she handled that axe like a pro.
"But this time, I'm interested. You managed to deflect my flare arrow with that axe of yours. How did you do it?"
The bandit held the weapon out in front of her. "It's a magical axe. Cool, huh? Say.you wouldn't want to help me scare up some more monsters for fun, would ya?"
"Miss Lina? I think we should invite her along.before she gets into any more trouble," Amelia kindly suggested.
"Oh sure.well better to know where the enemy is, right? Might as well follow along. We'll sure as hell find plenty of monsters, right Xelloss? Heh, heh!" Lina laughed.
