Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers or the characters. I own Kira and the look-a-like girl. Well then on with the fic...

The group had been traveling for 2 days straight and still were a two days walk away from Siren. "We aren't going to make it to that manor in time. We still have alot more miles to go." Lina said, sighing in defeat.

"Lina we can't just give up. We might just beable to make it." Zelgadiss said, a little hint of hope in his voice.

"Zel, face it. The 20th is tomorrow and we still have an extra day of walking after today. I don't want to believe that we aren't going to make it there in time either, but we have to face the facts." Lina said, her eyes full of grief.

"So are we going to give up and let Amelia die? It's our fault she's been captured in the first place." Zelgadiss stated, almost yelling at Lina causing the fiery sorceress to stare at him strangely.

"Look here Zel, I don't want to have Amelia dead just as much as you, but there is nothing we can do so stop blaming me. It's not my fault, okay!" Lina yelled back at the chimera, her eyes on fire.

Gourry smiled sheepishly as he looked on. "Look calm down you two. You two fighting isn't going to help Amelia." Gourry said wisely, stepping inbetween the feuding chimera and sorceress.

Lina sighed, releasing all of her irritation in that one breath. "Gourry's right for once. So I guess we should keep walking just incase we get a lucky break!" Lina said while turning.

The red headed sorceress turned around and came face to face with the trickster priest, scaring the hell of of her. "AHHHHH!! Don't do that, Xellos!" She screamed at the mazoku trickster as she pounded him into the ground.

"Oi Lina-san, I just came to help you out on your quest to save Amelia-san." Xellos exclaimed, muffled as his head was pushed further into the soil.

Lina pulled his head out of the dirt immediatly. "What? Why do you want to help us get back Amelia, Xellos?"

"Sore wa himitsu desu." the purple haired mazoku said, trying to strike his infamous pose, but finding it hard due to being in his current position.

"Damn garbage mazoku!!" Zel growled, bawling his stone hands into fists. 'Calm down Zelgadiss. Do it for Amelia. Do it for Amelia.' the chimera told himself, trying to calm himself down.

"Fine but how can you help us? We have about an extra day's walk to get to Siren. The closet town we could reach in our alotted time is Sairaag. Unless you can stop time, I doubt you can get us to Siren in time." Lina plainly stated.

"That was all I needed to know." the trickster priest said while creating a bubble around the group and about to enter the Astral Plane when...

"LINA INVERSE! I command you to wait for us in the name of Zoamelgustav-sama and the new kingdom of Zoana." the voice of a woman shouted from like a mile away.

"Please don't tell me that it's Martina and Zangulus." Lina said, grief in her voice.

"Too late, Lina. Besides we could use the help against whoever this person is." Gourry stated wisely.

"Unusally smart of you Gourry." Lina said, shock in her voice as the mint haired queen and her husband stopped infront of the group. Martina, in her usual outfit as well as Zangulus.

"Martina, Zangulus, hey. How's it been going?" Gourry asked in a friendly matter, offereing his hand to the two.

"Good, how's life been treating you guys?" Zangulus asked, shaking Gourry's hand heartily while sending his a challenging look.

"Hello Lina." Martina said with a friendly voice.

"Umm..hey Martina. Why are you here?" Lina asked the Queen of Neo-Zoana.

"Because I am on a quest to help save Amelia of course. After all of the Phibrizzo mess, Amelia helped Zangulus and I build our kingdom up again. We have become strong allies so I feel it my duty to help rescue her." Martina stated noblely, shocking Lina, Zel, and Xellos.

"You've changed over the years." Zelgadiss commented.

"Well ruling your own kingdom does change you with all of that responciblity for other people's lives instead of when my tousan ruled his kingdom." Queen Martina explained.

"Well I would love to chat more but Lina-san, Gourry-san, Zelgadiss-san, Martina-san, and Zangulus-san, aren't we on this quest for a reason? We can't waste time unless you want Amelia-san dead. Now I suggest we all get into the forcefield and leave for Sairaag." Xellos said, ushering everyone into the bubble and disappearing into the Astral Plane.

A woman returned to the dead city of Sairaag, her old home. She had made graves for those people that were killed and manipulated by Copy Rezo and Hellmaster. First Copy Rezo destroyed the town and its people when he and Lina were fighting. Then Phibrizzo had just used the people of the dead town as puppets to hurt her and her friends, Lina Inverse, Gourry Gabriev, Zelgadiss Graywords, and the one that she was here for, Amelia Wil Telsa Seyruun.

The woman was Sylphiel Nels Lahda. She had come back to Sairaag, the place she vowed never to return. She had heard of Amelia's kidnapping a few days earlier and was about to go to go to Seyruun until she had a vision that told her to return to the heart wrenching sight of where Sairaag was. So there she went and waited. Waited for anything. Waiting for anyone. Just waiting for a sign. Any sign at all.

The Slayers group fell out of the Astral Plane portal, into the city they could never forget. The once beautiful city of Sairaag, now lay in rubble, all life had been obliterated in this town or so they thought.

Xellos colapsed out of exhaustion, beads of sweat rolling off of his face. The group looked at him weirdly. "It (pant, pant) takes a lot (pant) of energy to bring (pant) mortals into the Astral (pant) Plane and mantain them (pant) there for a hour." Xellos pointed out. Gourry picked up Xellos and then they continued their journey.

"Lina-san! Zelgadiss-san! Gourry-sama!"

"Sylphien! B-but how did you get here? I thought this would be the last place we would see you." Lina said as the blue haired woman embraced her, then Gourry and Zelgadiss.

Her expression turned grim. "I am sorry. I heard about Amelia-san. Do have any clue who has captured her?" Sylphiel asked hopefully.

"No. All we know is that this person wants revenge on me and Zel." Lina stated dryly.

"Well I think I know who it is..." Gourry began, all eyes turned onto him, "I think that the only person that would want revenge on Lina and Zel, have alot of power, and undetectable by Xellos is that red guy... umm... You know. The blind one."

"REZO?!" Lina, Zelgadiss, and Sylphiel filled in.

"Of course! Gourry's probably right." Zel said, smacking his hand to his head.

"But how? He's suppose to be dead.." Lina and Sylphien said in a panic.

"It is possible..." Xellos said, his mazoku eyes having a distant look in them. He did not look as convinced as everyone else.

"Well now that we know who we're up against, it should be easy. So Sylphiel, you're joining us, aren't you? We could use another "Dragon Slave"er." Lina coxed the blue haired woman.

"Okay Lina-san." And with that they were off to face the dangers that lie ahead for the sake of a friend.

Amelia's nightmares and mistakes of the past continued to plague her since the mazoku had put a sleep spell on her. She saw her friends get hurt because of her and her mother's death. She now knew that her mother's death hadn't been just an attack on the kingdom of Seyruun. It was to prevent the Queen of Seyruun from becoming very powerful and unleashing her powers upon the mazoku race. She also knew who had murdered her mother. The memories she tried to hide in the back of her mind, resurfaced:

Young Gracia and Amelia crawl into their mother's bed, waiting for a story. The story that night was about the brave knight and his victory over the evil dragon. Their mother sat in the middle of them and opened the book in her hand.

The windows shattered, scarring Gracia's hands forever. A short, cloaked figure appeared and began to chant, "Darkness beyond pitchest black, deeper than the depest night. Lord of Darkness, shining like gold apon the Sea of Chaos, I call apon thee, I pledge myself to thee. Let the fools who oppose us be destroyed by the power you and I posses! Giga Slave!" the voice of a young man was heard as a small black ball formed in his hands.

He threw the black ball at the Queen of Seyruun. It made contact to the queen's back and began to eat away at her flesh. The intruder jumped out the window. Gracia ran over to her mother and laid the queen's head on her lap. All of their mother's blood soaked Gracia's once white silk nightgown. The older princess got up shakily, walked over to the mostly destroyed dresser, took something and ran out of the room and Amelia's life.

Amelia then approached her dying mother. The young princess tried a recovery spell but failed. So she watched as life slipped out of her mother's body.

"Amelia," the queen grasped Amelia's small hand, "always remember...I love you..your s..sister and your father. Please...take care...of everyone since...I can't any...longer." The Queen of Seyruun choked out with her final breath. Her muscles relaxed and the hand let go of her daughter.

A white light came out of the death queen's mouth. It took the form of an older Amelia with pure white hair and lips, "Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun." the girl said in a soft motherly voice, "I need to ask a favor of you. I gave your mother the same choice as I am about to give you. She had agree to it, but what will you say?"

The young Amelia was still frightened by what had just happened...but... she knew she could trust this figure. Besides, villians don't wear white. "What is your favor?" the 5 year old asked.

Kira looked at the sleeping princess as her mind confereced:
'I don't understand how she could have found out who we really are.'

'You aren't the only one. I thought that the princess would be the last person to find out. My bet was on the blond swordsman to know who we are, but it seems his mind is on a different track.'

'I thought that Zelgadiss-sama would have atleast remembered who I am. I mean we were best friends that is until that cursed priest changed him into a chimera and Zelgadiss-sama shut me into the dark.'

'Well don't worry we will have our revenge.'

Kira smirked at the word revenge. The word that had held her on for all those years in the psych ward. A fateful night about a year ago she began to give up hope until a miracle happened. She once was a human, but then fused with one of the most powerful mazoku. He promised her power and she promised him her body. It was the start of this entire fiasco.


Well that's it for this chappie. I will try to get another one out very very soon. I sorta gave away a few things and you people, by now, should know exactly who fused with Kira but if you don't you'll have to find out later. And now to answer people's questions and just make them famous:

Ryo Hoshi, I sorta agree with you on that romance doesn't have to be the main flavor. I also agree with you about the chapter. I think I could have written it alittle bit better. Well that's for stickin with me.

KellyChan, thanks. I tried the best I could for the dreams. Since I've only seen Slayers Next, I used my imagination. And the nightmares were supposed to be vivid.

MoroTheWolfGod, ofcouse Zelgadiss-san is going to get hurt. The story needs blood and pain and Zel-san is the one for that. Well they all are gonna get their, pardon my french, asses kicked but Amelia the most since she has a huge score to settle with P...I mean the villan. Thanks for your review.

Vivi Laney, gomen but "Sore wa himitsu desu!" Kira will be revealed in like the next chapter or the chapter after that. Now the woman helping Amelia-san is a very important person but I can't tell you who it is yet or that would ruin the cliffhanger. I am touched once again by your review and I'll try to produce more chappies faster.

Well that's it. More secrets and mystery in the next chaper. Ja ne minna-san.