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Chapter 2: The million dollar bum

After the fight against the Brogling, the Slayers crew and their two guests went back to the inn they were staying at and sat down to eat and talk about what had happened.
"So, what were you two doing?" asked Lina between mouthfuls of food.
"We were tracking down that Brogling, and we found out that there had been attacks recently in Atlas city, so we came to investigate. By the way, I don't think Ow and I know your names yet."
"Oh, sorry for not introducing ourselves. My name is Lina Inverse, this is Gourry Gabrieve, Amelia Seyruun, Zelgadis Greywords and Filia.um, Filia, what's your last name?"
"It's Copt, I thought you knew that Miss Lina." Replied Filia with an annoyed tone.
"Ya, that's right. Sorry Filia."
"Hey, are you an elf Mr. Thin?" asked Amelia. "You have pointy ears like one, but you seem too tall to be an elf."
"Yep, I'm an elf. I'm just tall because I'm a different breed of elf."
"I see. Your ears look cute on you." Said Amelia.
"Uh, thanks." Said Thin as his face turned pink and he gave a weak smile.
"Ow, why were you after that weird lizard creature?" asked Zel, wanting to move on from the cuteness.
"Well, Thin and I have been after Broglings because we need to find they're lea-"
"Because we were assigned to find and destroy these things to make sure they don't cause any more damage to the world." Thin interrupted. "Isn't that right, Ow?"
"Ya, that's why." Ow said with a nervous look. Everyone just stared at them until Gourry broke the silence.
"So what kind of weapons are those? Are they magic like the Sword of Light I've got?"
"They are magic, sort of." Answered Thin. "They each have a different element. My sword has plant powers, and Ow's ax has ice powers. We call them Thorn and Icicle."
"Are there any more of these weapons?" asked Zel.
"Actually there is a weapon for each element," Ow started "but we've already-"
"We're still looking for the other ones." Thin interrupted once again, giving Ow a look of warning. Ow just nodded his head then said "Why were you guys after the Brogling?"
"We were hired by some guy on the streets to find out who was stealing some valuable books. The man was dressed like a bum, but he made us an offer of 100,000 gold pieces." Said Lina.
"Hey, shouldn't we go get the reward?" asked Filia.
"Your right, lets go!" shouted Lina as she grabbed Gourry and dragged him out the door with the others fallowing.
"Do you think we should go with them?" asked Ow.
"Ya, why not," answered Thin. "Besides, how often do you meet a bum with that kind of money?" They both ran out the door to catch up with the others.
Lina and the others stopped at the alley where they had found the rich hobo.
"Hey, we got the monster that was stealing those books, now give me those 100,000 gold pieces." Yelled Lina. They all stood still and listened, hearing only the dripping of water from a rooftop and the wind in the air. Then they heard a voice call out from the shadows, and a tall man draped in a robe of rags and a huge bag on his back walked around a corner of the alley. His face was hooded, and made it very difficult to see the face. Then he spoke.
"So you got the vile thing. Very good, but I'm sure that you had some help, right?" he said turning his hooded head to face Thin and Ow. Thin felt a wave of nostalgia run through his body.
"Hey, we could have handled it on our own. Anyway, it's time you forked over what you promised us." Said Lina.
"Hmm, very well then." The man said as he dropped the bag from his back and gave it to Lina. As he handed the bag to her, Ow caught a glimpse of his hand. It looked like a white armored glove with a thin blue cross on it.
"Thin, did you see that?" Ow whispered to his companion.
"Yes, I did." He answered.
Lina opened the bag to find a huge pile of gold coins just ready to spill all over the alley floor.
"Oh man Lina, just imagine all the food we could by with that." Gourry said with his mouth drooling. Everyone was in awe.
"Well, it was nice doing business. Seeya." She said as she picked up the bag and started to walk away.
"Don't spend it all at once, hehe." Said the hooded man as he walked off. Everyone fallowed Lina except for Thin and Ow, who ran after the hooded man. The man turned the corner he had came from just as they were getting close. When they reached the corner, it was a dead end, and the hooded man was nowhere in site.
"Hey you two, hurry up!" shouted Amelia. Thin and Ow gave a sigh as they both turned around to catch up to the others.
The seven of them were walking down a busy street to the nearest restaurant to spend all of there newfound money on the biggest dinner ever. Lina was still carrying the giant bag with a huge grin on her face.
"Lina, isn't that thing heavy?" inquired Zel.
"Not really. In fact it feels kind of light." Said Lina.
"Hey Lina, I want to see it again." Said Gourry as he snatched the bag from her hands.
"Gourry, give it back!" Lina screamed as she grabbed one end of it. They both started a tug of war with the bag, and everyone got a sweat drop. The bag began to rip, and then tore completely apart, but instead of gold coins spilling out, only one dropped to the ground.
"Huh? What happened to all the gold pieces?!" exclaimed Filia.
"I think that bum gave us Leprechaun gold." Answered Zelgadis.
"Leprechaun's gold! AAARRRGHH! If I ever see that bum again, I swear I'll Dragonslave him into last week!" screamed Lina as she began to stomp the ground.
"Leprechaun gold?" said Gourry as he picked up the last gold coin, which suddenly disappeared into green smoke. Thin chuckled to himself. "That's his style," he thought to himself. "Cross."
"Well, what should we do now?" asked Ow to no one in particular. There was a gust of wind as a piece of paper lying on the ground flew into his hand. On it, it said:

"Fighting Tournament being held in Zoana, magic will be allowed. There will be a prize of 1,000,000 silver pieces, plus a spot in the new Zoana army. All fighters are welcomed to enter."

"It looks like Martina is trying to recruit soldiers with this tournament." stated Zel.
"Who cares about that, look how much the reward is!" exclaimed Lina.
"What if it's just more of that leprechaun money?" Asked Gourry.
"I'll make sure it's not, or else Martina gets a little nasty surprise." She said.
"It looks like we're off to Zoana then." Said Amelia.
"Would you two like to come with us?" asked Filia to Thin and Ow.
"Sure, why not, it might be fun." Said Ow.
"Ya, we haven't had a real fight in a while. I hope I haven't lost my edge yet" said Thin.
"Then it's settled," said Lina "Let's get ready to fight!"

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I'm sorry there wasn't much action in this chapter, but I promise there will be a lot more in the next chapters that involve the tournament. I'll have some interesting matchups, like Zel vs. Gourry, and Thin vs. Lina, just to name a few. I hope you've liked my story so far, and remember, I'll only update if at least one person reviews this chapter. Later.