Slayers academy
Chapter Five-Clues Gather
The school had been in a buzz ever since Gourry's arrest but no one could really worry about him or his trial. Preparations for the tournament were underway and all the participants were busy training for their divisions. Only three days away was the first event and Celeste still hadn't helped Sylphiel free Gourry. School was off until the tournament, allowing some students to go on a short vacation, but to Celeste it meant an easier time looking for clues. "What's the point?" Sylphiel whimpered, "Maybe Gourry-sama did do it and I'm in love with a.with a.." She trailed off and burst into tears. Celeste gave her friend an encouraging pat on the back. "You don't really believe that, do you Sylphiel?" Celeste asked. Sylphiel shook her head but continued to sob. "Come on, the cops finally left so we can finally go and check out the scene of the crime. Then we'll be sure to find something the cops didn't notice and will probably set Gourry free." Sylphiel sniffed and looked at Celeste, "You think so?" "Of course, now come on." Celeste pulled Sylphiel up and dragged her in the building. Gaav's room was not hard to find since it was barricaded and covered with yellow tape. Celeste laughed, "This is the best they could do?" She quickly got trough the barrier and pulled Sylphiel along. "Okay, look for anything that looks suspicious or not exactly right." Celeste noticed that Sylphiel was turning green, "You okay Sylphiel?" "So much blood." She trailed off and shook her head, "But we've got to free Gourry!" "Right!" Celeste agreed walking over to the table where Gourry's sword lay. She reached for it. "Wait! Put these on first." Sylphiel handed Celeste a pair of gloves, "You know they've got all sorts of ways to track people now just by their fingerprints. Apparently it gets everywhere, and we don't want people to think we were tampering with evidence." Celeste grinned. "Sylphiel, super-spy extraordinaire!" She turned back to the sword and picked it up. It looked like Gourry's sword but something was wrong, she just couldn't name it. Wait! Few people knew about the history of Gourry's sword. She quickly pressed a small latch on the hilt. The metal blade fell off, revealing.the light of Gourry's real sword. "Darn it!" She hooked it back up and placed on the table. "Hey Celeste," Sylphiel called from her kneeling position on the floor, "Look at these footprints in the blood. I see Gourry's but then I see two sets that look like Gaav's. One is the obvious skirmish with Gourry while the other looks as if Gaav leaves after the.well, you know." "That's good stuff, but is it enough to convince to jury?" Celeste questioned. "I don't think so." Sylphiel sighed and stood. I think that's all we can find here. We better-" "You had better leave!" A voice shouted from behind the two girls. They turned and found Eris looking angrily at them. "You two are not supposed to be back here, this is a restricted area!" Celeste started. "But Miss Eris, this is for Gourry's defense! We are writing an article-" "Don't even try it young lady. You two go to your dorms. You are now restricted to your dorms until tomorrow morning. I don't even want to hear of your leaving the room or else you'll both have detention for as long as you can dream it." "But-" "Yes Miss Eris." Sylphiel said calmly. She pulled Celeste out of the room and towards the dormitories. "Don't worry Celeste, we still have two days until the tournament." "I really don't like that woman." Celeste muttered. "Neither do I, Celeste. Neither do I.
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Crescent pulled the string back. Release! She said it in her mind as well as physically doing it. The arrow flew and struck the target. Perfect. Crescent smiled, she loved the feel of the bow. It took strength to pull that string, especially in the bow she used. She knocked another arrow, pulled the string..Re- "Hey Crescent!" The arrow sailed into the sky. Crescent turned and watched as Selene and Rune approached. Selene was laughing. "Hey Selene. What's up?" "Your aim?" At this both Selene and Rune laughed. Crescent couldn't help but smile either. "I was doing just fine, ya know." Selene nodded. "We know. Anyway, we found out the competitors names from Mozoku High." Crescent looked up. "Yes," Rune smiled, "It turns out they aren't making it strictly boys against boys, girls against girls. In fact, I think there is only one female competitor on their team. And she's fighting me." "Okay, so what's the name of the boy's ass I'll be kicking?" Selene asked. Crescent looked at her. "Okay, okay, Rune went and got the list. I went and set up a couple pranks with Xelloss and Valgaav." "You will be fighting a boy named Juntai the Swift." Rune said, smirking. Selene grinned. "That's his name? You're joking right?" "Nope," Rune turned to Crescent, "You're competing against some guy named Duran the Dashing." Crescent had knocked another arrow during the conversation; she almost let it fly again. Carefully controlling her face she tried to laugh it off. "Really? These guys, heh, heh, they sound pretty full of themselves. Heh, I bet they're a bunch of wimps." She tried to smile but figured that probably both Rune and Selene had caught on. "Well, I've got to tell everybody else who they're fighting." Rune began to leave, "Get this, Zelgadis is fighting some guy named Moro the Wolf God!" she laughed and walked away. Selene turned back to Crescent. "I recognize that name, Crescent. Isn't he the guy who-" "Yeah, so?" Crescent replied harshly, lifting her bow and aiming for the target. "Just be careful and don't let this guy get to you. He is just a jerk who thinks he rules the world." "I know that!" Crescent released the arrow. It hit five spaces off the middle. She sighed. "Don't worry, I won't let him get to me." "Good." Selene smiled, "I've got to go practice more. Cya, okay?" "Fine, fine, Cya." Crescent nodded, knocking placing another arrow in her bow. She aimed.re- "Hello." The arrow went sailing through the air and landed ten feet behind the target. "Aargh!" Crescent shouted, turning around, "Can't you just leave me alone!" It was Zelgadis who had spoken. He stood there staring at Crescent. Lina stood behind him, laughing. Crescent blushed. "A little stressed, Crescent?" Lina asked, jumping in front of Zelgadis and put an arm around Crescent's neck. "I've got the cure for that. Let's go to a restaurant and get some food!" "Food doesn't cure everything, Lina." Zelgadis said pointedly. "Crescent probably had to practice which is why she would be ticked off." Crescent nodded. Lina stared in mock horror at them both. "How could I have such boring friends?! Besides, I don't have any money and I know Crescent does. Come on!" "Fine, what do you do with all the money you earn from work?" Crescent asked lightly, putting down her bow. Lina shrugged, "I guess I buy to many magick artifacts and stuff.some of them get pretty expensive.that and food of course." "I'll pay then, I guess." "Of course! And Zel is coming too, right?" "Whatever." Zelgadis muttered. "Hey," Crescent looked at Zelgadis, "Did you find out who you're fighting?" "No." Zelgadis replied. "His name is Moro the Wolf God. Funny, hmm?" "I guess so, it's at least fairly odd. So who are you going against?" Zelgadis asked. "Ummm." She paused; Lina was also waiting expectantly. "Can you believe it? Some guy named Duran the dashing!" She laughed loudly, as did Lina, but Zelgadis was still looking at her. She glared at him, mentally telling him not to say a word.
The next day
"Hi Romulus. What's the matter?" Celeste asked her boyfriend, sitting down next to him and Sylphiel sitting next to her. It was still morning and the two had gotten up early just to find Romulus. They had, and he looked pitiful and unshaven. Like he was very, very depressed. "What's the matter?" Romulus asked weakly, "What's the matter! A guys best friend has been arrested for murder and you ask him what's the matter?" Celeste nodded, "You know me and Sylphiel are going to find out what really happened. We'll be able to get Gourry out of that prison before tomorrow's tournament for sure. We just need to ask you some questions." "What's the point? They've moved Gourry's trial up to the exact same time as the tournament and you'd have to present any evidence you had then." "What!?" Celeste shouted. "They've moved up the trial!? How come I wasn't notified immediately!?" "I think they only notified the lawyers." "Me and Sylphiel are Gourry's Lawyers!" "What?" "Celeste and I are Gourry-sama's lawyers. You see, in the city they do not let the defense hire professional lawyers. They either have to defend themselves or get unprofessional help." Sylphiel replied helpfully. "Gourry chose you two?" "YES!!!" Celeste shouted, "Now are you going to help or not?" "Alright, I'll help. What do you want to know?" "Describe in full detail exactly what happened that fateful morning." Celeste said, pulling out a tape-recorder. "Oh, and by the way, will you be able to appear in court?" "Yes, yes. Here's what happened."
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"So first Aqua tells you and Gourry to go to Gaav's office. Then Eris stops you and tells Gourry to continue to Gaav's office. And then you hear the scream. Now did it sound like Gaav?" Sylphiel questioned Romulus. "I guess so. It was a male scream." "Okay. So did anything seem suspicious?" Celeste asked. "Sure, Eris was accusing me of cheating on a paper that I didn't even turn in." "Really?" Celeste said. "But how do you have chemistry?" "I've already taken a ton of laguage classes." "Really?" "Yes really, now are you two done, you're starting to creep me out." Celeste smiled and pecked Romulus on the check. "Thanks Rommy, I'll see you in court." She left and Sylphiel walked beside her, looking apprehensive. "What's up Sylphiel?" "How do the teacher's communicate in school?" "Dunno. Wanna go ask Aqua?" "Definitely. Something is defiantly not right." "Besides the fact that Gourry is totally incapable of murder?" "That too. Let's go."
Once the girls had found Aqua they began questioning her relentlessly. "How do the teachers communicate during class?" Celeste asked eagerly, "I mean, it seems as if you guys just know what each other are thinking." Aqua nodded, "Well girls, it is sort of an ESP link we have set up, we can communicate to all the teachers or to a specific few. It's good so that kids and teachers are not always interrupting class." Sylphiel nodded. "So when Gaav called Gourry to his office was he broadcasting to the entire school or just to you?" "Why, just to me, dear, don't forget, he also called Romulus. It is a shame Romulus wasn't with Gourry in the office. I'm sure nothing would have happened then." "Me too" Sylphiel agreed distantly, "Me too. Come on, Celeste, we're done, I think we've got everything we need." "What?" Celeste shouted, "We've interviewed, like, two people!" "I know. Aqua, will you be ale to appear in court?" "Yes dear," Aqua replied, smiling. Sylphiel thanked Aqua and pulled Celeste away from the teacher and into the hall. "Listen, trust me okay? I think I got.sort of.anyway, just trust me, okay? I know for sure that Romulus, Eris, Aqua, and Gourry will be at the court.those are all the people we need." Celeste frowned, "If you say so Sylphiel.I hope you know what you're doing." "I do." Sylphiel said more firmly then Celeste had ever heard her say anything. This assured Celeste far more then anything had in the past couple of days. She smiled and tagged Sylphiel on the nose. "You're it. We've got a day and a half till the tournament/trial with absolutely no school. Let's have some fun!"
The school had been in a buzz ever since Gourry's arrest but no one could really worry about him or his trial. Preparations for the tournament were underway and all the participants were busy training for their divisions. Only three days away was the first event and Celeste still hadn't helped Sylphiel free Gourry. School was off until the tournament, allowing some students to go on a short vacation, but to Celeste it meant an easier time looking for clues. "What's the point?" Sylphiel whimpered, "Maybe Gourry-sama did do it and I'm in love with a.with a.." She trailed off and burst into tears. Celeste gave her friend an encouraging pat on the back. "You don't really believe that, do you Sylphiel?" Celeste asked. Sylphiel shook her head but continued to sob. "Come on, the cops finally left so we can finally go and check out the scene of the crime. Then we'll be sure to find something the cops didn't notice and will probably set Gourry free." Sylphiel sniffed and looked at Celeste, "You think so?" "Of course, now come on." Celeste pulled Sylphiel up and dragged her in the building. Gaav's room was not hard to find since it was barricaded and covered with yellow tape. Celeste laughed, "This is the best they could do?" She quickly got trough the barrier and pulled Sylphiel along. "Okay, look for anything that looks suspicious or not exactly right." Celeste noticed that Sylphiel was turning green, "You okay Sylphiel?" "So much blood." She trailed off and shook her head, "But we've got to free Gourry!" "Right!" Celeste agreed walking over to the table where Gourry's sword lay. She reached for it. "Wait! Put these on first." Sylphiel handed Celeste a pair of gloves, "You know they've got all sorts of ways to track people now just by their fingerprints. Apparently it gets everywhere, and we don't want people to think we were tampering with evidence." Celeste grinned. "Sylphiel, super-spy extraordinaire!" She turned back to the sword and picked it up. It looked like Gourry's sword but something was wrong, she just couldn't name it. Wait! Few people knew about the history of Gourry's sword. She quickly pressed a small latch on the hilt. The metal blade fell off, revealing.the light of Gourry's real sword. "Darn it!" She hooked it back up and placed on the table. "Hey Celeste," Sylphiel called from her kneeling position on the floor, "Look at these footprints in the blood. I see Gourry's but then I see two sets that look like Gaav's. One is the obvious skirmish with Gourry while the other looks as if Gaav leaves after the.well, you know." "That's good stuff, but is it enough to convince to jury?" Celeste questioned. "I don't think so." Sylphiel sighed and stood. I think that's all we can find here. We better-" "You had better leave!" A voice shouted from behind the two girls. They turned and found Eris looking angrily at them. "You two are not supposed to be back here, this is a restricted area!" Celeste started. "But Miss Eris, this is for Gourry's defense! We are writing an article-" "Don't even try it young lady. You two go to your dorms. You are now restricted to your dorms until tomorrow morning. I don't even want to hear of your leaving the room or else you'll both have detention for as long as you can dream it." "But-" "Yes Miss Eris." Sylphiel said calmly. She pulled Celeste out of the room and towards the dormitories. "Don't worry Celeste, we still have two days until the tournament." "I really don't like that woman." Celeste muttered. "Neither do I, Celeste. Neither do I.
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Crescent pulled the string back. Release! She said it in her mind as well as physically doing it. The arrow flew and struck the target. Perfect. Crescent smiled, she loved the feel of the bow. It took strength to pull that string, especially in the bow she used. She knocked another arrow, pulled the string..Re- "Hey Crescent!" The arrow sailed into the sky. Crescent turned and watched as Selene and Rune approached. Selene was laughing. "Hey Selene. What's up?" "Your aim?" At this both Selene and Rune laughed. Crescent couldn't help but smile either. "I was doing just fine, ya know." Selene nodded. "We know. Anyway, we found out the competitors names from Mozoku High." Crescent looked up. "Yes," Rune smiled, "It turns out they aren't making it strictly boys against boys, girls against girls. In fact, I think there is only one female competitor on their team. And she's fighting me." "Okay, so what's the name of the boy's ass I'll be kicking?" Selene asked. Crescent looked at her. "Okay, okay, Rune went and got the list. I went and set up a couple pranks with Xelloss and Valgaav." "You will be fighting a boy named Juntai the Swift." Rune said, smirking. Selene grinned. "That's his name? You're joking right?" "Nope," Rune turned to Crescent, "You're competing against some guy named Duran the Dashing." Crescent had knocked another arrow during the conversation; she almost let it fly again. Carefully controlling her face she tried to laugh it off. "Really? These guys, heh, heh, they sound pretty full of themselves. Heh, I bet they're a bunch of wimps." She tried to smile but figured that probably both Rune and Selene had caught on. "Well, I've got to tell everybody else who they're fighting." Rune began to leave, "Get this, Zelgadis is fighting some guy named Moro the Wolf God!" she laughed and walked away. Selene turned back to Crescent. "I recognize that name, Crescent. Isn't he the guy who-" "Yeah, so?" Crescent replied harshly, lifting her bow and aiming for the target. "Just be careful and don't let this guy get to you. He is just a jerk who thinks he rules the world." "I know that!" Crescent released the arrow. It hit five spaces off the middle. She sighed. "Don't worry, I won't let him get to me." "Good." Selene smiled, "I've got to go practice more. Cya, okay?" "Fine, fine, Cya." Crescent nodded, knocking placing another arrow in her bow. She aimed.re- "Hello." The arrow went sailing through the air and landed ten feet behind the target. "Aargh!" Crescent shouted, turning around, "Can't you just leave me alone!" It was Zelgadis who had spoken. He stood there staring at Crescent. Lina stood behind him, laughing. Crescent blushed. "A little stressed, Crescent?" Lina asked, jumping in front of Zelgadis and put an arm around Crescent's neck. "I've got the cure for that. Let's go to a restaurant and get some food!" "Food doesn't cure everything, Lina." Zelgadis said pointedly. "Crescent probably had to practice which is why she would be ticked off." Crescent nodded. Lina stared in mock horror at them both. "How could I have such boring friends?! Besides, I don't have any money and I know Crescent does. Come on!" "Fine, what do you do with all the money you earn from work?" Crescent asked lightly, putting down her bow. Lina shrugged, "I guess I buy to many magick artifacts and stuff.some of them get pretty expensive.that and food of course." "I'll pay then, I guess." "Of course! And Zel is coming too, right?" "Whatever." Zelgadis muttered. "Hey," Crescent looked at Zelgadis, "Did you find out who you're fighting?" "No." Zelgadis replied. "His name is Moro the Wolf God. Funny, hmm?" "I guess so, it's at least fairly odd. So who are you going against?" Zelgadis asked. "Ummm." She paused; Lina was also waiting expectantly. "Can you believe it? Some guy named Duran the dashing!" She laughed loudly, as did Lina, but Zelgadis was still looking at her. She glared at him, mentally telling him not to say a word.
The next day
"Hi Romulus. What's the matter?" Celeste asked her boyfriend, sitting down next to him and Sylphiel sitting next to her. It was still morning and the two had gotten up early just to find Romulus. They had, and he looked pitiful and unshaven. Like he was very, very depressed. "What's the matter?" Romulus asked weakly, "What's the matter! A guys best friend has been arrested for murder and you ask him what's the matter?" Celeste nodded, "You know me and Sylphiel are going to find out what really happened. We'll be able to get Gourry out of that prison before tomorrow's tournament for sure. We just need to ask you some questions." "What's the point? They've moved Gourry's trial up to the exact same time as the tournament and you'd have to present any evidence you had then." "What!?" Celeste shouted. "They've moved up the trial!? How come I wasn't notified immediately!?" "I think they only notified the lawyers." "Me and Sylphiel are Gourry's Lawyers!" "What?" "Celeste and I are Gourry-sama's lawyers. You see, in the city they do not let the defense hire professional lawyers. They either have to defend themselves or get unprofessional help." Sylphiel replied helpfully. "Gourry chose you two?" "YES!!!" Celeste shouted, "Now are you going to help or not?" "Alright, I'll help. What do you want to know?" "Describe in full detail exactly what happened that fateful morning." Celeste said, pulling out a tape-recorder. "Oh, and by the way, will you be able to appear in court?" "Yes, yes. Here's what happened."
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"So first Aqua tells you and Gourry to go to Gaav's office. Then Eris stops you and tells Gourry to continue to Gaav's office. And then you hear the scream. Now did it sound like Gaav?" Sylphiel questioned Romulus. "I guess so. It was a male scream." "Okay. So did anything seem suspicious?" Celeste asked. "Sure, Eris was accusing me of cheating on a paper that I didn't even turn in." "Really?" Celeste said. "But how do you have chemistry?" "I've already taken a ton of laguage classes." "Really?" "Yes really, now are you two done, you're starting to creep me out." Celeste smiled and pecked Romulus on the check. "Thanks Rommy, I'll see you in court." She left and Sylphiel walked beside her, looking apprehensive. "What's up Sylphiel?" "How do the teacher's communicate in school?" "Dunno. Wanna go ask Aqua?" "Definitely. Something is defiantly not right." "Besides the fact that Gourry is totally incapable of murder?" "That too. Let's go."
Once the girls had found Aqua they began questioning her relentlessly. "How do the teachers communicate during class?" Celeste asked eagerly, "I mean, it seems as if you guys just know what each other are thinking." Aqua nodded, "Well girls, it is sort of an ESP link we have set up, we can communicate to all the teachers or to a specific few. It's good so that kids and teachers are not always interrupting class." Sylphiel nodded. "So when Gaav called Gourry to his office was he broadcasting to the entire school or just to you?" "Why, just to me, dear, don't forget, he also called Romulus. It is a shame Romulus wasn't with Gourry in the office. I'm sure nothing would have happened then." "Me too" Sylphiel agreed distantly, "Me too. Come on, Celeste, we're done, I think we've got everything we need." "What?" Celeste shouted, "We've interviewed, like, two people!" "I know. Aqua, will you be ale to appear in court?" "Yes dear," Aqua replied, smiling. Sylphiel thanked Aqua and pulled Celeste away from the teacher and into the hall. "Listen, trust me okay? I think I got.sort of.anyway, just trust me, okay? I know for sure that Romulus, Eris, Aqua, and Gourry will be at the court.those are all the people we need." Celeste frowned, "If you say so Sylphiel.I hope you know what you're doing." "I do." Sylphiel said more firmly then Celeste had ever heard her say anything. This assured Celeste far more then anything had in the past couple of days. She smiled and tagged Sylphiel on the nose. "You're it. We've got a day and a half till the tournament/trial with absolutely no school. Let's have some fun!"