Slayers Dream : Chapter 6

Purin-chan : ^^;;; Sorry for the long wait. I had this chapter done, just never got around to typing it. *sigh* I'm getting less enthusiastic about writing this ficso chapters will probably be getting up really slowly

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Xellos laid Lina back down on the bed, taking the orb from her limp hands and inserting it back into his staff. He looked down at her pale body, feeling a slight twinge of pain in his chest. He reached down gently and caressed her cheek, his hand pausing near her now white lips.
"You got here too late, Zelgadis-san. She's already gone."

Amelia sat down in a chair in front of the fireplace. She ordered a nearby butler to light the fire, then leave the room.
"Please sit down," Amelia said, gesturing to the seat near her. Sylphiel nodded and sat down. Amelia watched her silently, sipping politely at her tea. The butler handed Sylphiel a cup, bowed, and left the room.
Placing her cup back down on her plate, Amelia began, "You are wondering why I brought you here, are you not?"
Sylphiel placed her cup down on the table. "Yes I am, Amelia-san"
Amelia's gaze hardened. "I want you to tell me how Lina-san has been taking his disappearance."

The young man walked quietly over to her bed, his cloak hiding his soft, kind face. Xellos watched cheerfully, his orb glowing brightly due to the energy it had felt and consumed as it rested in her hands.
"It's a pity, really," Xellos said. "If only you hadn't given her up in exchange for your cure"
His hand reached out instantly, grabbing Xellos by the collar. "Kisama I should never have trusted you with her." His hood shifted slightly, giving Xellos a better view of his face.
Xellos smiled, "You know, if you wanted me to, I could turn you back into a chimera so you can save her." He opened one of his eyes, searching Zelgadis's soul and drinking all of his misery. "And there's no reason for you to hide your face anymore. You're human again remember?"
Zelgadis scowled at him. "I'll do whatever I want, you double-crossing mazoku," he said, pressing the mazoku against the wall. "If she's dead, I swear I will"
"Oh no she's not dead," Xellos said, interrupting his threat. "I would never kill Lina-san, you know that."
Zelgadis backed off slightly. "You mean you weren't"
Xellos shook his head slowly, turning to Lina. "But orders are orders, even if they are orders I do not wish to take." He looked back at Zelgadis. "It's odd really. Lina-san did not fall to any of the other mazoku, yet she fell easily to me."
Zelgadis glared at him again. "Forget that. Tell me how to get to her," he said.
"Are you willing to give up your body again?" Xellos asked. He looked into Zelgadis's cerulean eyes, even though they were still shadowed by his hood.
Zelgadis paused, then slowly nodded. "If that will allow me to reach her I'm willing to do it." He glanced at Xellos warily, not sure if he should trust him or not.
Xellos smiled and said, "Good. Just leave the rest to me"

"How Lina-san has been?" Sylphiel asked, repeating Amelia's question. She saw the young queen's acknowledgement, and in response, said, "But I just found her yesterday."
"You have still been with her longer than I," Amelia said, contradicting her. "She has been travelling alone for some time now, and you are the first person to come into contact with her for over a year now."
Confusion was written across Sylphiel's face. "Amelia-san But how did you?"
"I have my sources," Amelia replied, sipping at her tea quietly. "None hat you need to know of."
"Amelia-san? You seemdifferent," Sylphiel said slowly, wondering why Amelia was acting so distant from them.
Amelia simply looked at her, shook her head, and said, "It is Lina-san who is trying to break away from me. I've simply been feeling uncomfortable with her around." She sighed. "I suppose now you're wondering why she's trying to break away from me? It's rather simple actually. She knows I love him too."

"Stand still," Xellos ordered, pointing the orb end of his staff at Zelgadis. It flared up brightly, turning a bright, neon green in the process. He began to recite a spell, muttering it quietly under his breath.
Zelgadis stared at the orb. It felt warm, comfortable even, but that moment ended quickly as he felt an all too familiar pain coursing throughout his body. Instead of panicking as he had done the previous time, he stood still and welcomed the transformation

Sylphiel stared at Amelia with some sort of horrific shock written across her face. "Oh dear Ceiphied this can't be good" she murmured, placing a hand over her mouth.
Amelia shook her head. "Please do not worry, I will accept Zelgadis-san's decision either way." She sipped at her tea again, pure confidence in her eyes.
Sylphiel's thoughts twisted together, making her feel suddenly sick. "Amelia-san, can I step outside and get some fresh air? I feel a bit faint"
Amelia nodded, motioning for a servant to guide her outside. She watched Sylphiel leave the room and waited patiently for her to return.

Zelgadis looked down at his hands, blue and covered with small rocks once again. He touched his hair, finding it had turned into wire.
"So how do I get to her?" he asked, returning his attention to Lina.
"I'll take care of it. First, though, you have to stop suppressing your mazoku power," Xellos said, chuckling lightly at Zelgadis's surprised expression.
Zelgadis growled slightly, baring his new fangs at the mazoku. "And why do I need to do that?" he asked.
"Because only one who's part mazoku can travel in the astral plane," Xellos replied, lifting his index finger in an intellectual way.
Zelgadis sneered, but slowly obliged to the offer. His pupils became unusually slitted, rather similar to Xellos's.
Xellos held his staff in both of his hands, charging it with dark power. He whispered a spell in some foreign language, then slammed the end of the staff into the ground directly in front of Zelgadis.

He stood in a void of darkness. Glancing down at his hands, he began to notice a strange ghost-like aura surrounding them. "Where am I?" he thought. He was rather surprised to find his thoughts echoing in the void, feeling uncomfortable as he floated around.

"Well? So how do I find Lina?" Zelgadis asked, looking around. His voice alternated, sounding harsh at times because of his mazoku side.
A while passed before he received a response.
"Look down."
Zelgadis couldn't tell which way was up or which way was down. On instinct, he looked towards his feet and saw doors of light below him. "Well? Which one?"
A pause. "I can't tell you. You have to make the decision yourself, Zelgadis-san. However, pick a wrong path and you may be stranded here forever"
"Just what I needed to know" Zelgadis muttered. He floated down, completely surrounded by lit doorways now.
"Lina"

Xellos sat down on the bed beside Lina's lifeless body. "He's so gullible isn't he?" He reached over and slid the hair from her face. "Noble and honest too, but he doesn't realize he has lost his chance to be human. He does not realize that his mazoku form is slowly taking over his body"

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