A/N: I'd like to apologize to all of you who don't like Squigglies. I will no longer mention them within the stories. Also, I would like to dedicate this chapter to CrimsonFire, who has given me the most reviews so far, and Digi-riven, who gave me the first review for this story, and the idea for the Squigglies. I'd also like to inform you that this chapter is going to start off like normal, but from time to time, to make it make sense, I'm going to reveal certain Character's thoughts, mainly Gourry's. (This chapter is one of the reasons that this story is rated PG-13.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers, though I'm sure it would be interesting if I did own the rights to it, though if I did, CrimsonFire would probably steal them from me. Anywayz, here's the next chapter!!

Chapter 8: Reactions

After making camp, Lina noticed that Gourry could not keep his eyes of Zelgadis and William (except when they glazed over in confusion.). He openly stared at them with suspicious. In fact, Gourry didn't even take his eyes off them to eat!!! Xellos disappeared sometime after Lina and Amelia went to sleep. Zelgadis didn't even take a bath in the stream because of Gourry's intense staring. Zelgadis took first watch. Gourry didn't even go to sleep.

Gourry: He was hoping I would go to sleep. Yeah that's it. And then he was going to steal my sword!! Oh, wait a second, he's already got that. Uhhh. Well, he was going to uhm do something bad!! Yeah really bad!!! And as a swordsman, it is my duty to protect people in the name of Justice, no wait that's Amelia. Well then, DRAGON SLAVE!! Oh, wait that's Lina. Oh gosh, what am I to do? Sore wa himttsu desu. No, that's Xellos. Gosh, I've got to bash him with my mace. NO, NO, NO, that's Filia. Gourry, just keep your mind on the sword. Okay, now get up. (Gets up.) Now walk away from Zelgadis.. (Turns away and walks a few steps) Now get him!!! (Runs towards Zelgadis and promptly falls over William.)

"Oh, Gourry! I was sleeping." William groaned.

"Ah ha!!! Trying to attack me in the dark. Well though I was unprepared for that, I will still win!!!"

"Gourry, what are you doing??!?" Zelgadis asked. "Or shall I say trying to do?"

"Return my sword to me, and I shall show you!!!"

"GOURRY!!! THIS IS MY SWORD!!!!"

Suddenly Gourry remembered who Zelgadis was and whose sword that was. "Oh, yeah. But who is this, who ambushed me in the dark. (Snore heard from William.) "See!! That's probably some secret message to bandits who are at this moment about to attack us!!!" Just as he finished speaking, a man in a brown large hat, and wearing a cape of a similar color, appeared from the dark. "Gourry…"

"See!!! SEE!!"

"GOURRY!! THAT'S ZANGULUS!!!"

"Really?"

"YES!!!"

Lina sat up. "If you guys don't all go to sleep right now, I'm going to Dragon Slave your @$$!!!!! Zangulus, Gourry, Zelgadis, and William immediately fell asleep. (Except for Zangulus, who moved over by a tree, sat down and tipped his hat over his eyes, before falling to sleep.)

Xellos wasn't wasting his time sleeping. Zellas had charged him to slow the group down. Xellos had left immediately and gone to the nearest bandit camp. He appeared as a peddler. When the bandits captured him, he 'exchanged his life for information about other travelers'. The bandits then took that information, and left.

Gourry awoke with a start. Gourry's thoughts: William is a spy!! I know it!! I'm sure that snore was a code signal. (What's that again?) Who can I trust with this?!? I know Gourry!!! He's too stupid to understand, but he's a great swordfighter!! I'll go get him. (Starts to get up. Looks around.) Where is he? William must have killed him and hid his body!?! William killed and buried me!!! So this is what it's like to be dead. I guess my body is buried, but my spirit is still able to look around!! I've got to warn Lina and Zelgadis, before he kills them first!! I mean next!!! Gosh, Gourry's stupid!!! Wait a second I'm Gourry!! Lina, how dare you say that in your sleep!! Wait, maybe she's in on it!!! Wait, she can't be in on it, can she?!?

Just then, someone walked up and knocked him unconscious. When Gourry finally awoke, he, Lina, Zangulus, Zelgadis, Amelia, and Filia where tied up in a semi circle. Gourry: I knew it!! I knew it!!! William is a traitor!

Zangulus: Ha Gourry!! If we escape, we spar.

Zelgadis: This is so wrong!! How inconsiderate can these bandits be?!?! Not giving coffee to prisoners when they awaken!!! Oh, they'll pay for that!!

Amelia: William is probably out there using Justice to come to our rescue!!!

Lina: (Whose hands are tied up and a bandit's extremely stinky sock in her mouth) If I could talk, I Dragon Slave them so bad, so bad that they'd rather be gay men in a world full of straight women!!!!

Unbeknownst to them, William was having much greater difficulties. The bandits, after opening his pack, found nothing. (William was as surprised as they were.)

"Where's all the money, boy!!! Give it to us, and we'll be lenient and make it a shorter death, and not such a painful torture as we'd like." William would have replied, but they too had stuffed his mouth like Lina's. "What? An quiet one, eh? Well, we can fix that."

(A restaurant, quite a distance from Lina and Co.) Xellos was quietly sipping some tea. "Ahhh, the smell of sweet hot tea. It tastes like liquid fire upon my tongue."

Just then the waiter appeared. "Sir, you've had TWELVE cups of tea, and we would like to know when you're going to pay."

"Sore wa himttsu desu!!!"

(The Bandit's Hideout) "AHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The muffled screams tore through the sock as William screamed in utter pain. If Xellos had been there, it would have been a buffet.

A/N: First of all, I'd like to apologize for all the mistakes there are in this chapter. Second, I would like you to think about the following questions: Will William escape? Will Xellos stop drinking tea and go save his 'companions'? (Probably not, that would be against orders. Plus we're talking about Xellos here!! Chances of him rescuing anybody, zip.) Why did Zellas want to slow down the Slayers? Why did Zangulus appear? (Well, actually, we already know that. (HINT: CHALLENGE GOURRY!!!) ) Anywayz, hope you enjoyed… Please review!!!