Zelgadis looked depressed...it was his adventure, his problem, and he didn't want his friends involved, he walked behind the group, lost in his thought, when he realized an aching in is side...("poke poke" Xellos was floating upside-down in mid air, poking him with a stick)

Xellos: Hey you! Come on! Awaken!

Zelgadis: (catching him by his throat and shaking him, and so putting him on the right-side up) 'What do you want fruitcake?' he said with an icy cold tone.

Xellos: Ho, calm down here, I just wanted to cheer you up! ||^_^|| Isn't it great all of us reunited on the road again? Come on, make uncle Xellos a smile...||^_~||

Zelgadis: Why you! Go bother someone else! (sent him flying in the direction of the group)

Gourry: (catching a flying Xellos) Ho, Hi Xellos, how do you do? Say...why are you flying like this?

Xellos: Err...practicing horizontal levitation?

Amelia: Hey! You're lying!

Xellos: well, in that case, I guess it's a secret!

Amelia: Mister Xellos, do you know lying is evil? You have to repent!!! Come on, say it after me: Lying is evil, when I lie, other lose confidence in me, people in which we can't have confidence cannot be trusted, they lose their friend, and they end up swearing allegiance to monsters! Come on, repeat!!

Xellos: Err...now look...(sweat drop)

Amelia: Come on, swear to me you won't lie ever again, and I'll forgive you! Because a true warrior of justice MUST BE ABLE TO FORGIVE EVEN THE MOST ROTTEN MAZOKU! BECAUSE THEY ARE PURE AT HEART AND THE HOLY LIGHT OF TOLERANCE GUIDE THEM TO A NEW WORLD OF JUSTICE!!!

Xellos: (with a green face and a big headache) Err..I'll se you all later! ( disappears, replaced in Gourry's hand by a small furry animal, cross bread of a cat and a rabbit...Miiaaawww!!!!!)

And thus, the group pursued their advance, as they where heading up north, the weather kept getting colder, while the chimera didn't seem to affected by it, the others where chilled to the bone...

Zelgadis:(thinking to himself) This is my fault, they shouldn't had accompanied me, they will get sick, and I will be the one to blame...

Zelgadis approached Amelia and Sylphiel, seeing how they where the most affected by the chilling cold, enveloped the both of them with his cape, holding them tight to keep the warmth.

Gourry, walking with Lina in front, saw that she was getting goosebumps, although she tried not to look cold, he came nearer to her, and tightening an arms around her, trying to make her feel better.

Lina: Gourry! What do you think your doing? Hands off you perv!!!

Gourry: But Lina...I'm cold, won't we share our heat together? Please?

Lina: (It's true that I am freezing, but if he is the one who ask for help...why not?) alright, but keep your hand at a decent place, else I'll warm you up with a Dragonslave!

And so, the little group traveled close to each other, the chilling breeze becoming more and more bitter, as if some ice demon was having fun making them suffer...but they finally made it to a town, one covered in snow, with smoke coming out from chimney.

They all ran up as fast as they could to the Inn, entering it and letting out a sight of relief, as the sweet warmth of the fire helped them to recover. They stood up close to it for a long time, before going to ask for a room, and with this, they asked the bartender if he could arrange a tailor for them, since they would need warmer cloth to travel through this land.Then, they sat down at a table, and everyone ate like hungry wolves, even Zelgadis, who's had to carry Amelia and Sylphiel in the last few miles, for they had collapsed from the cold. Lina ordered the place Inn's specialty, polar bear steak along with whale rice and a frozen cake, she ordered it ten times of course....