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Chapter 3: The castle is WHERE!?

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"Huff...huff...I...thought it was closer..." Filia panted as the gang flew over the ocean.

"Brr! It's cold here to! What season is it there, Ms. Filia?" Amelia asked.

"Winter." She replied.

"WHAT? MORE COLD? And just when I though I'd be warm again." Lina sulked.

They flew for a few more minutes, when Gourry saw something in the distance.

"What's that? Is that Woolmack Inland?" He asked.

"It's called Wolfpack Island, you jellyfish brain!"

"That's it! Finally, I'll be able to rest! My poor aching wings...ooh, when I get my hands on that namagomi, I'll make him pay for making me fly all the way here!"

Filia flew above Wolfpack, and circled the island, looking for a landing pad. After going around it a few times, she found a suitable spot.

"Hang on! We're gonna land!" Filia yelled as she decended.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Her terrified passengers screamed as she dove towards the ground. She slowed at the last second, landing gracefully on the ground. The rest stumbled off her back, their hair standing on end. After everyone was off, she transformed back to her human form.

"Well, that was a pretty smooth landing if I do say so myself." She said, beaming with pride. Lina was the first to regain her composure.

"Smooth landing? SMOOTH LANDING? YOU CALL THAT SMOOTH? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" she yelled to Filia, the vein in her forehead twitching.

"Filia..." Zelgadis asked, "Could you not have landed more SOFTLY? I'm 1/3 golem and it hurt!"

"Mr. Zelgadis, don't yell at Ms. Filia like that. It's very unjust." Amelia said.

"Amelia? Cram it!" Lina said, as she stomped off toward the bushes. "C'mon, we may as well get...huh?...are these...AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Lina shrieked as she jumped into Gourry's arms. "EWW! EWW! SLUGS! GET THEM AWAY FROM ME! GET ME SOME SALT! DO SOMETHIIIIING!" She cried, clinging to Gourry.

"*sigh* Fireball!" Zelgadis said, killing off the slugs.

"Ahh. Thank you. Huh? GOURRY? Would you let go of me? What's the big idea, carrying me like that!?" Lina said, with a small blush on her face.

"What did I do?" Gourry said, puzzled.

"Can we go now? I wanna find the namagomi so I can kill him!" Filia said, walking down the path the fireball had made.

"Yeah! Let's search for the clue! We will surely find it, for we have Justice to help us!" Amelia said, striking a pose.

"Oh for the love of L-sama..." Lina said, her, Gourry, and Zelgadis following.

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"Uuhhg! Where is it? We've been walking for hours! I'm tired, and I'm hungry!" Lina complained, trudging along with everybody else.

"It should be somewhere around here. I'm sure I smell the stink or the namagomi." Filia replied.

"What are we looking for?" Gourry asked.

"For the fifth time, we need to find Zelas, one of the Mazoku Lords." Zel growled.

"Oh. Does she have whitish hair?" Gourry asked.

"Yes."

"And a bandana?"

"Yes."

"And is she a smoker?"

"Yes."

"And is she really tall?"

"Yes...Gourry, where are you getting this all from?"

"I saw a castle with a picture of her on it by where we landed."

"You...WHAT?" Lina yelled, glaring at Gourry. "Are you telling me we walked all this way for NOTHING? Oohhh, THAT is IT! MEGA BRANDO!"

"AAAAAHHHHH! *boom* Ouchie..." Gourry said as he came crashing back down.

"*sigh* Well, let's go back." Zelgadis said. They turned around and started walking back the way they came.

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"Ok, Mr.Gourry. Where is the castle?" Amelia asked

"Right over here!" he said, leading them through a grove of trees.

"FINALLY!" Lina said.

"Maybe the namagomi's in there! C'mon! Lets go lets go lets go!" Filia said, running into the castle.

"Wait for us!" The rest yelled, running after her.

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"Namagooomiiiiiii?" Filia called, peeking into various rooms as the traveled down the corridor.

"Where is that Zelas? I want that clue!" Lina growled.

They walked to the end of the corridor. At the end, they found a large door. They opened it up, and walked inside, finding themselves in a massive throne room.

"Whoa!" Gourry exclaimed.

"Who are you?" said a voice. The group looked towards the middle of the room, and saw a figure sitting in a throne.

"We're looking for a purple-haired fruitcake named Xellos. Ya seen him?" Lina asked.

"Careful what you say, human. That 'fruitcake' is my General and Priest. And he left a long time ago. He left this note for you." Zelas said, handing Lina the note.

"Hmm...go to the island famouse for it's healing hot springs...hey! That's Mipross Island! I went there with Naga once! If I remember right, the hot springs were man made."

"Who's Naga?" Gourry asked.

"Oh, she and I used to travel together. She was always following me around."

"Oh."

"Let's go!" Filia said impatiently "I wanna find the namagomi?"

"Who is the namagomi?" Zelas asked with a menacing glare on her face.

"Uhh...hehe...the namagomi is...my...mother-in-law! Yeah, that's it!" Filia said with a frightened smile on her face.

"Uh-huh..." Zelas replied, looking unconvinced.

"Well, we really must be going! Bye!" Filia said, running back down the hall, dragging Lina and crew with her.

"Well, we're off to Mipross Island!" Amelia said.

"Would you quit saying that?" Lina growled.

And with that, they emerged into the sunlight, Filia transformed, and they flew off towards Mipross Island.

"Hey, Filia? Mipross Island is the other way." Lina said.

"Why do you people never tell me these things until AFTER I've started flying?" Filia said with a groan.

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C-sama: There, and extra long chapter, just like I said ^_^ What will they find when they go to Mipross? Well, you'll have to wait to find out! Please read and review! Thanks!