Desert Battle
Once Lina and Jared arrived home, they found Gourry and Jerin waiting. Apparently, Jerin had heard a rumor about students from Geo going into the Duma Desert, and wanted to know what was going on. But she had a cold, and Gourry was looking after her.
"If Jared stays here with me, I'm sure Gourry and Lina can go to the desert," she said.
Lina told her, "Of course we'll go. After that, I'm going to a fancy restaurant with some of the money I earned on our little venture."
"What venture?" asked Gourry, "Where were you?"
"Hunting a monster in the Jungle. I got 200,000 Lucre for the job." Lina answered.
Gourry then begged, "Please take me with you to the restaurant."
"Sure," Lina replied, "It'll be nice to have company. But one crack about my eating habits or chest and you'll find yourself in a full body cast like the one Zolf had on."
"Who's Zolf?" inquired Gourry. Lina facefaulted.
* * *
After screaming at Gourry for forgetting Zelgadis's old servant, she dragged him outside. Then, she began to gather her power and teleported them to the desert. Once there, they began to take a look around, and indeed saw many students. With them was a basilisk woman sitting on a rock.
"Excuse me miss," Lina began, "We were taking a walk and were just wondering what is going on here? Is there an emergency?"
A student yelled, "Hey, what are you doing to Miss Kathinja? You must be spies sent to deter her search. Let's get 'em everyone." With that, the students charged.
The woman named Kathinja suddenly screamed, "STOP!" At once, they all backed off. "These people aren't with Mephianse. Stop clobbering everyone you see."
"Please don't glare at us," one whimpered.
"Yeah," another added, "We don't want to explode."
Kathinja then told the two warriors, "I'm Kathinja, a teacher at the Academy of Magic in Geo. The Principal - - Mr. Mephianse - - stole a valuable spell book from the library. He came into the desert with his students to try some spells, and we're here to get it back. Will you help us?"
"For a price," Lina replied.
Kathinja was willing to pay anything the young sorceress asked. With that, she and the students charged into the desert. Gourry and Lina followed close behind.
* * *
Sometime later, they were stopped by a duo of Mephianse's students. But Lina just sighed, and Fireballed them. Then she and Gourry continued onwards. Along the way, the usual fare of monsters tried their luck - - without success - - to kill them.
After another few minutes, they came across the rest of Mephianse's class. Lina decided against Fireballing the whole student body of the academy, and decided to just Raywing over their heads instead. She grabbed Gourry's arm, and they were off.
When they stopped for a rest, Kathinja caught up. She informed them, "Mephianse's magic is as strong as two sorcerers. You better be ready before we leave."
"But I'm ready now," Lina insisted, "I've defeated way worse than a megalomaniac sorcerer in my days. So I'm sure I can take him."
"Then let's go," she said. With that, they charged ahead.
They found Mephianse and a pair of students working on a large cannon. "Give us back the book," Kathinja demanded.
Mephianse told her, "I threw it out. Useful book, I memorized every spell in it. You see, with this cannon I plan to make a star and control it as I wish. Then I shall destroy the world by making all of the stars fall to the ground."
"You'll never get away with this," she yelled, "We'll stop you."
Mephianse just ignored her. Instead, he tried pushing her out of the desert. Lina managed to hold her ground, and Gourry just grabbed onto his friend - - on her chest. While this would usually be grounds for a Fireball, Lina decided to skip it so she wouldn't be blown out of the desert. Kathinja wasn't as lucky, and was blown away.
"How did you?!" Mephianse exclaimed.
"Never mess with Lina Inverse," she informed him, "Or you'll just get burned in the end." Mephianse suddenly saw Kathinja running back up to them. So he motioned to his students to light the fuse. But things didn't go quite as planned. Instead of all of the stars falling, colorful fireworks lighted up the sky. Lina somehow acquired a tub of popcorn, and sat there eating it. But she did Fireball Gourry when he tried to take some of it from her.
"That was entertaining," Kathinja said. She looked over at Lina and Gourry. "Your sorcery must be great if you are able to block Mephianse's spell. How would you like to teach at the academy?"
Lina replied, "No thanks. I have two apprentices already and they're a handful. I can't imagine teaching a whole class."
The basilisk smiled. "Well in any case, you still have a great power. Maybe you should come to Geo and learn some magic from us."
"I'll think about it," Lina said. With that, she and Gourry teleported away.
- - - -
Well, Lina and Gourry went on another quest. Is it just me, or did I make Jerin sound like she's playing matchmaker? And I always do the popcorn gag whenever something entertaining to the other characters happens - - such as an argument. Just had to add the Gourry and Lina factor to it.
Once Lina and Jared arrived home, they found Gourry and Jerin waiting. Apparently, Jerin had heard a rumor about students from Geo going into the Duma Desert, and wanted to know what was going on. But she had a cold, and Gourry was looking after her.
"If Jared stays here with me, I'm sure Gourry and Lina can go to the desert," she said.
Lina told her, "Of course we'll go. After that, I'm going to a fancy restaurant with some of the money I earned on our little venture."
"What venture?" asked Gourry, "Where were you?"
"Hunting a monster in the Jungle. I got 200,000 Lucre for the job." Lina answered.
Gourry then begged, "Please take me with you to the restaurant."
"Sure," Lina replied, "It'll be nice to have company. But one crack about my eating habits or chest and you'll find yourself in a full body cast like the one Zolf had on."
"Who's Zolf?" inquired Gourry. Lina facefaulted.
* * *
After screaming at Gourry for forgetting Zelgadis's old servant, she dragged him outside. Then, she began to gather her power and teleported them to the desert. Once there, they began to take a look around, and indeed saw many students. With them was a basilisk woman sitting on a rock.
"Excuse me miss," Lina began, "We were taking a walk and were just wondering what is going on here? Is there an emergency?"
A student yelled, "Hey, what are you doing to Miss Kathinja? You must be spies sent to deter her search. Let's get 'em everyone." With that, the students charged.
The woman named Kathinja suddenly screamed, "STOP!" At once, they all backed off. "These people aren't with Mephianse. Stop clobbering everyone you see."
"Please don't glare at us," one whimpered.
"Yeah," another added, "We don't want to explode."
Kathinja then told the two warriors, "I'm Kathinja, a teacher at the Academy of Magic in Geo. The Principal - - Mr. Mephianse - - stole a valuable spell book from the library. He came into the desert with his students to try some spells, and we're here to get it back. Will you help us?"
"For a price," Lina replied.
Kathinja was willing to pay anything the young sorceress asked. With that, she and the students charged into the desert. Gourry and Lina followed close behind.
* * *
Sometime later, they were stopped by a duo of Mephianse's students. But Lina just sighed, and Fireballed them. Then she and Gourry continued onwards. Along the way, the usual fare of monsters tried their luck - - without success - - to kill them.
After another few minutes, they came across the rest of Mephianse's class. Lina decided against Fireballing the whole student body of the academy, and decided to just Raywing over their heads instead. She grabbed Gourry's arm, and they were off.
When they stopped for a rest, Kathinja caught up. She informed them, "Mephianse's magic is as strong as two sorcerers. You better be ready before we leave."
"But I'm ready now," Lina insisted, "I've defeated way worse than a megalomaniac sorcerer in my days. So I'm sure I can take him."
"Then let's go," she said. With that, they charged ahead.
They found Mephianse and a pair of students working on a large cannon. "Give us back the book," Kathinja demanded.
Mephianse told her, "I threw it out. Useful book, I memorized every spell in it. You see, with this cannon I plan to make a star and control it as I wish. Then I shall destroy the world by making all of the stars fall to the ground."
"You'll never get away with this," she yelled, "We'll stop you."
Mephianse just ignored her. Instead, he tried pushing her out of the desert. Lina managed to hold her ground, and Gourry just grabbed onto his friend - - on her chest. While this would usually be grounds for a Fireball, Lina decided to skip it so she wouldn't be blown out of the desert. Kathinja wasn't as lucky, and was blown away.
"How did you?!" Mephianse exclaimed.
"Never mess with Lina Inverse," she informed him, "Or you'll just get burned in the end." Mephianse suddenly saw Kathinja running back up to them. So he motioned to his students to light the fuse. But things didn't go quite as planned. Instead of all of the stars falling, colorful fireworks lighted up the sky. Lina somehow acquired a tub of popcorn, and sat there eating it. But she did Fireball Gourry when he tried to take some of it from her.
"That was entertaining," Kathinja said. She looked over at Lina and Gourry. "Your sorcery must be great if you are able to block Mephianse's spell. How would you like to teach at the academy?"
Lina replied, "No thanks. I have two apprentices already and they're a handful. I can't imagine teaching a whole class."
The basilisk smiled. "Well in any case, you still have a great power. Maybe you should come to Geo and learn some magic from us."
"I'll think about it," Lina said. With that, she and Gourry teleported away.
- - - -
Well, Lina and Gourry went on another quest. Is it just me, or did I make Jerin sound like she's playing matchmaker? And I always do the popcorn gag whenever something entertaining to the other characters happens - - such as an argument. Just had to add the Gourry and Lina factor to it.