OH, What do you do with Zel's Body/ What do you do with Zel's Body/ What do you do with Zel's Body/ Early in the plot line?/ Stick him a sub-plot/ Make him suffer/ Stick him a sub-plot/ Make him suffer/ Stick him a sub-plot/ Make him suffer/ Early in the plot line/

Sorry, I got carried away there, at any rate, here's the next chapter, enjoy! And no I don't own Slayers. ~`*~`* ^_^ *`~*`~

"NOOOOOOOOOOOHuhOOOO!" cried Amelia as Gourry tried to comfort her. Lina looked out the window, her eyes blood shot from crying, for once in her life she felt completely lost. Zel was dead; Zelgadis Grayword was dead, that overly self absorbed walking boulder was dead, now what was she supposes to do? Who would she talk to about serious matter, now? She looked across the room to where Xellos stood, still, quite, with his head bent down; he had not moved from the spot from where he had told Amelia the bad news. He looked just as lost as she felt; of course he would, since his all- you-can-eat-buffet just die. Lina walked out of the room she needed to blow something up, really bad, and she couldn't do that here.

Xellos noticed her leaving and figured out why, Lina always did deal with her emotions better if something exploded, he thought. His eyes turned to Amelia and Gourry, Gourry had claimed her down some, but Amelia was still sobbing. This would make a good meal if I had an appetite, he thought. He knew that this was going to be hard on them but he had no clue that he too would grieve like this, if muzskos could cry he would have already. "Please, Amelia, understand that the desert is a harsh place, a barren waste land, it claims lives everyday, to it Zelgadis was just another life it could take," that did not come out right thought Xellos, he had decide not to tell the really reason Zelgadis die. After all if Zelgadis died with it being a secret than he would keep it as such, beside secrets were the one thing he's good at keeping.

"But why?" she cried

"No water; no life, Zelgadis's canteen was dried when I found him," replied Xellos.

"His body?"

"It was better left were it was, decay had already set in., it wasn't a pretty sight Princess." See secrets, the one thing he could keep that would never die on him.

"Now what do we do?" asked Gourry

"I don't know Gourry, I don't know," replied the trickster priest, his voice sounding with unwept able tears.

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Else where, the old lady and the blond hair man sat watching, Zelgadis form, as a younger woman walked into the room. The new arrival was well endowed, to say the least, and had an unlit cigarette in her mouth, "Are you sure he's going to make it?"

"I'm sure" the old lady replied "He's already over the worst of it, it just a matter of time now, and a matter of keeping what we're doing a secret. Should Loki figure out what we are doing than very thing will be for not, it a good thing your 'servant' thinks he is dead."

"True, things should go smoothly now, but do you think he'll go along with this once he wakes up?"

"For their sakes I hope he dose." ~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`*~`~`*~` *
Filia walked the streets of Saillune, it had been a long time since she had seen Lina and company but now was no time to think about old time, no she had another mission for them and she hoped that they would not let her down. It had been six months since Zelgadis-san death and from what she had learned about things, Lina and Gourry were stay near Saillune in order to keep and eye on Amelia. She sighed out of everybody that Zelgadis had meet and affected in his life time, Amelia, was hit the hardest by the news, the poor thing. She had even heard that Xellos would pop up every now and then and try to cheer the Princess up. Now, that she thought about it seemed that Xellos too was hard hit be Zel-gadis's death, she wondered why that was? What was Xellos not tell them about Zelgadis's death? Oh well, she'll would beat that out of him later, right now she had to get to Lina, tell her the problem, and go before the babysitter started to worry. She found them in a small inn near the palace, to her surprise both Lina and Gourry were eating normal size meals and Amelia was sipping on some coffee, her meal already done. Clearly Zel - gadis's death had more effect on them than she thought it would. Now, not to sound cold hearted or anything, but Filia only spent a short two weeks cry over Zel - gadis's death, but then again she really didn't know Zel - gadis that well. What am I going to do if they're too depress to go, she worried. Oh well here goes everything. I just hope she doesn't fireball me for this.
Mouse- Yeah I'm a stinker, cutting it off without saying why Filia is there, oh well. As for those space in Zel's name will I haven't seen that much of Try yet but I get the idea that she mainly hears being called Zel though she know that she full name is Zelgadis, and seeing how he is now dead it would be polite to call him by his full name, but old habits die hard so.. I was going to wait for some more reviews, but I got the "Don't kill Zel" responds that I want already so I decide to post it.(Wish there where more though, Don't You People Like Zel?) And about the question is Zel dead, Alea Seikou, hum no I won't say, but do keep your eyes open, you might find something in the next chapter that might make you feel better. ^_^