Meow? Roar? Revenge of the Noonsas
Lina was sleeping until a noise echoed from nearby. The noise was a laugh; the laugh was loud, annoying and full of hot air...
"Ah, Nagha!" cried Lina, recognizing the sound and falling out of bed.
When she fell out of bed, she sneezed and flames caught the bed on fire.
"Aqua Crete!" she commanded and the flames were extinguished (with the bed being soaked in the process).
She quickly threw on her clothes and ran out of the room. She ran out of the inn, went around the corner, through town and to the edge of the hill. There, she saw Xellos hunched over, covering his ears in wincing pain as Nagha laughed.
"Nagha?! Xellos?! What are you two doing here?!" shouted Lina.
"Well, I was here in town when I saw this Monster just standing here. I thought it was funny that he should be here just standing," replied Nagha, as she kept laughing.
"Yeah, that is FUNNY isn't it? Xellos, what's going on?" demanded Lina.
"Fine I'll tell you, just make her stop laughing!" cried Xellos in pain.
"Okay, Hey Nagha; quit the hysterics would you?!"
"Lina Inverse, after years of trying to find you; I your greatest rival Nagha the Serpent, challenge you!" declared Nagha.
"Fine, Vans Reil!" cast Lina and Nagha was frozen solid.
"That won't hold for too long. Now start explaining!" demanded Lina with a fire sneeze.
"Well, your friends wanted to pass the time and so I told them that a fish broth soup would help with your ailment. I told them where they could find fish; in a lake about five miles away from here. That's all I'll say,"
Xellos suddenly found himself in a headlock, then Lina used some wrestling moves on him.
"If you don't tell me then I'll sneeze on you, melt the ice around Nagha, and make her laugh you until you can't take it anymore!" threatened Lina.
"Okay, okay. That lake is actually a habitat where Fish People live; fishing there is forbidden and severely punished. Greater Lord Beasmaster told me to check it out because there is a rumor of a giant demon animal threatening all of the Fish Men," explained Xellos.
"Wait, fishing is forbidden and you sent Gourry and the others there to fish! You are coming with me to help them..." ordered Lina.
Then she sneezed on the frozen Nagha and the ice around her turned into water which soaked Nagha.
"Lina, that wasn't fair!" shouted Nagha.
"Nagha, drop it. Now, I need you to help me with something. You see my friends are in trouble and I need Xellos here to stay around... I want you to help by making sure he stays with me," explained Lina.
"You expect me to help you?!" laughed Nagha.
Yes, I'll give you something for it..." hinted Lina.
"Really? How much?"
"100 gold coins,"
"Really?! Really....?" Switched Nagha now suspicious.
"Yes, I know where you can get your hands on that," assured Lina.
"Okay! You Monster, stay put and make things easier on yourself because I know your weaknesses, got it?" agreed Nagha, glaring at Xellos.
The two seemed to be sending vibes to each other, which Lina noticed but decided to ignore them.
"Let's hurry, who knows what'll happen to the everyone!"
Gourry, Zel and Amelia were tied together and sat on a cliff above the lake. The mayor of the Fish People approached them.
"For countless violations against us Fish People you are going to be punished while helping us out. You see, there is a horrible beast of a demon who threatens all of us. He demands that sacrifices be made to him or he'll eat all of us. So you will be the sacrifices sent to appease him," explained the Mayor Noonsa.
"Appease? Is that like an apple?" asked Gourry.
"No, stupid; it means to make us food for the demon beast," replied Zel.
"Oh... so we're going to eat with the demon beast?"
"No, he's going to eat us!"
"This is hardly what I call justice!" interjected Amelia, pointing a finger at the fish men. "Shouldn't we be innocent before proven guilty, you haven't even heard our side of the story and yet you are sacrificing us to a demon beast? You are the real villains, and as villains you shall be...!"
Continued Amelia but then she was interrupted by one of the Police Fish Men, place a brown sack back over Amelia head and tied her hands behind her back.
"I don't recall placing sacks over their heads as part of the sacrificing," said one of the Fish Men to him.
"It isn't required, I just did that because she was getting on my nerves," confirmed the Police Noonsa.
Suddenly, the ground shook. There was a loud "thud" as feet were walking towards them and as it got closer to them the shaking got more violent.
"There, there he is... the demon cat beast; Nekozilla!" announced the Mayor Noonsa.
Around the corner entered a giant dragon-sized tabby cat. Literally, a gray house cat with black strips sat and licked its paws with its tongue revealing its enormous and exaggerated fang teeth (making him seem more like a Saber Tooth Tiger).
"That's the Demon beast!" cried Gourry and Zel not knowing whether to laugh hysterically or be embarrassed that they'll be sacrificed to THAT.
"What, what's going on? I can't see with this bag over my head!" whined Amelia.
"You're better off not seeing him. It's like they said; a big, demon cat beast," commented Zel.
"Nekozilla, here are the sacrifices to appease you!" declared the Mayor Noonsa.
"Ha, ha, we get to watch him eat apples, right Zel?" giggled Gourry.
"Where is Lina when you need her?" sighed Zel in frustration.
Nekozilla stood up and glared at Gourry, Zel and Amelia. It advanced towards them, stepping around the water of the lake ('cause cats hate water) and meowed, which roared. Then it lifted its paws, extending its claws and started to take a swipe at them.
Suddenly, a Fire Ball interrupted and a wall of flames stopped the cat in its tracks. Everyone looked across the lake to see Lina.
"Lina!" said Gourry and Zel happy to see her.
"Miss Lina, where?" asked Amelia voice.
"Lina, they're being sacrificed to that Demon Cat," interjected Xellos, next to Lina.
"That's not going to happen... Digger Volt!"
Commanded Lina and a lightning spell spooked the cat and caused it to back away from the others.
"Lina, use a Dragon Slave now!" suggested Zel.
"No!" replied Lina firmly.
"No?!" repeated everyone in unison.
"Lina has never, refused to cast the Dragon Slave before. Lina, why won't you use the Dragon Slave?!" asked Gourry.
"Because..." began Lina seriously. "I like cats," she replied, with a cute face and watery eyes.
Gourry and the others fall over in exasperation.
"Besides, Sis REALLY loves cats and if she heard that I killed a cat with one of my spells, she'd kill ME," added Lina.
The cat regained its composure and leapt for the others.
"Nagha, I need your help on something!" called Lina behind her.
"What, really? What do you want me to do?"
"Make a golem to fight that cat,"
"Okay, but what should it be of?"
"A cat is a fish's enemy, so what is a cat's enemy?" quizzed Lina.
Xellos whispered the answer to Nagha and she nodded.
"Oh, right.... Vue Vrimer!" commanded Nagha.
That's when a giant golem began to form and loomed above Nekozilla. It was a golem of a dog. At the sight of the dog golem, the cat froze, hissed and got into defensive formation with fur pointing. The dog golem, spotted the cat and leapt at him. The two fought each other. There were loud "Meows" and loud "Barks" along with crashing.
"Now that the cat is out of the way, don't you think that it's time we got this little scheme over with..." shouted Lina at the fish people.
"What are you talking about?" demanded the Police Fish.
"You see cat demons and dog demons couldn't be able to demand sacrifices. They just attack and eat when they are hungry, so they don't care whether there is a sacrifice or not. So somebody was ordering it to, isn't that right...!"
Explained Lina pointing to the Fish Men with a fire sneeze.
Lina was sleeping until a noise echoed from nearby. The noise was a laugh; the laugh was loud, annoying and full of hot air...
"Ah, Nagha!" cried Lina, recognizing the sound and falling out of bed.
When she fell out of bed, she sneezed and flames caught the bed on fire.
"Aqua Crete!" she commanded and the flames were extinguished (with the bed being soaked in the process).
She quickly threw on her clothes and ran out of the room. She ran out of the inn, went around the corner, through town and to the edge of the hill. There, she saw Xellos hunched over, covering his ears in wincing pain as Nagha laughed.
"Nagha?! Xellos?! What are you two doing here?!" shouted Lina.
"Well, I was here in town when I saw this Monster just standing here. I thought it was funny that he should be here just standing," replied Nagha, as she kept laughing.
"Yeah, that is FUNNY isn't it? Xellos, what's going on?" demanded Lina.
"Fine I'll tell you, just make her stop laughing!" cried Xellos in pain.
"Okay, Hey Nagha; quit the hysterics would you?!"
"Lina Inverse, after years of trying to find you; I your greatest rival Nagha the Serpent, challenge you!" declared Nagha.
"Fine, Vans Reil!" cast Lina and Nagha was frozen solid.
"That won't hold for too long. Now start explaining!" demanded Lina with a fire sneeze.
"Well, your friends wanted to pass the time and so I told them that a fish broth soup would help with your ailment. I told them where they could find fish; in a lake about five miles away from here. That's all I'll say,"
Xellos suddenly found himself in a headlock, then Lina used some wrestling moves on him.
"If you don't tell me then I'll sneeze on you, melt the ice around Nagha, and make her laugh you until you can't take it anymore!" threatened Lina.
"Okay, okay. That lake is actually a habitat where Fish People live; fishing there is forbidden and severely punished. Greater Lord Beasmaster told me to check it out because there is a rumor of a giant demon animal threatening all of the Fish Men," explained Xellos.
"Wait, fishing is forbidden and you sent Gourry and the others there to fish! You are coming with me to help them..." ordered Lina.
Then she sneezed on the frozen Nagha and the ice around her turned into water which soaked Nagha.
"Lina, that wasn't fair!" shouted Nagha.
"Nagha, drop it. Now, I need you to help me with something. You see my friends are in trouble and I need Xellos here to stay around... I want you to help by making sure he stays with me," explained Lina.
"You expect me to help you?!" laughed Nagha.
Yes, I'll give you something for it..." hinted Lina.
"Really? How much?"
"100 gold coins,"
"Really?! Really....?" Switched Nagha now suspicious.
"Yes, I know where you can get your hands on that," assured Lina.
"Okay! You Monster, stay put and make things easier on yourself because I know your weaknesses, got it?" agreed Nagha, glaring at Xellos.
The two seemed to be sending vibes to each other, which Lina noticed but decided to ignore them.
"Let's hurry, who knows what'll happen to the everyone!"
Gourry, Zel and Amelia were tied together and sat on a cliff above the lake. The mayor of the Fish People approached them.
"For countless violations against us Fish People you are going to be punished while helping us out. You see, there is a horrible beast of a demon who threatens all of us. He demands that sacrifices be made to him or he'll eat all of us. So you will be the sacrifices sent to appease him," explained the Mayor Noonsa.
"Appease? Is that like an apple?" asked Gourry.
"No, stupid; it means to make us food for the demon beast," replied Zel.
"Oh... so we're going to eat with the demon beast?"
"No, he's going to eat us!"
"This is hardly what I call justice!" interjected Amelia, pointing a finger at the fish men. "Shouldn't we be innocent before proven guilty, you haven't even heard our side of the story and yet you are sacrificing us to a demon beast? You are the real villains, and as villains you shall be...!"
Continued Amelia but then she was interrupted by one of the Police Fish Men, place a brown sack back over Amelia head and tied her hands behind her back.
"I don't recall placing sacks over their heads as part of the sacrificing," said one of the Fish Men to him.
"It isn't required, I just did that because she was getting on my nerves," confirmed the Police Noonsa.
Suddenly, the ground shook. There was a loud "thud" as feet were walking towards them and as it got closer to them the shaking got more violent.
"There, there he is... the demon cat beast; Nekozilla!" announced the Mayor Noonsa.
Around the corner entered a giant dragon-sized tabby cat. Literally, a gray house cat with black strips sat and licked its paws with its tongue revealing its enormous and exaggerated fang teeth (making him seem more like a Saber Tooth Tiger).
"That's the Demon beast!" cried Gourry and Zel not knowing whether to laugh hysterically or be embarrassed that they'll be sacrificed to THAT.
"What, what's going on? I can't see with this bag over my head!" whined Amelia.
"You're better off not seeing him. It's like they said; a big, demon cat beast," commented Zel.
"Nekozilla, here are the sacrifices to appease you!" declared the Mayor Noonsa.
"Ha, ha, we get to watch him eat apples, right Zel?" giggled Gourry.
"Where is Lina when you need her?" sighed Zel in frustration.
Nekozilla stood up and glared at Gourry, Zel and Amelia. It advanced towards them, stepping around the water of the lake ('cause cats hate water) and meowed, which roared. Then it lifted its paws, extending its claws and started to take a swipe at them.
Suddenly, a Fire Ball interrupted and a wall of flames stopped the cat in its tracks. Everyone looked across the lake to see Lina.
"Lina!" said Gourry and Zel happy to see her.
"Miss Lina, where?" asked Amelia voice.
"Lina, they're being sacrificed to that Demon Cat," interjected Xellos, next to Lina.
"That's not going to happen... Digger Volt!"
Commanded Lina and a lightning spell spooked the cat and caused it to back away from the others.
"Lina, use a Dragon Slave now!" suggested Zel.
"No!" replied Lina firmly.
"No?!" repeated everyone in unison.
"Lina has never, refused to cast the Dragon Slave before. Lina, why won't you use the Dragon Slave?!" asked Gourry.
"Because..." began Lina seriously. "I like cats," she replied, with a cute face and watery eyes.
Gourry and the others fall over in exasperation.
"Besides, Sis REALLY loves cats and if she heard that I killed a cat with one of my spells, she'd kill ME," added Lina.
The cat regained its composure and leapt for the others.
"Nagha, I need your help on something!" called Lina behind her.
"What, really? What do you want me to do?"
"Make a golem to fight that cat,"
"Okay, but what should it be of?"
"A cat is a fish's enemy, so what is a cat's enemy?" quizzed Lina.
Xellos whispered the answer to Nagha and she nodded.
"Oh, right.... Vue Vrimer!" commanded Nagha.
That's when a giant golem began to form and loomed above Nekozilla. It was a golem of a dog. At the sight of the dog golem, the cat froze, hissed and got into defensive formation with fur pointing. The dog golem, spotted the cat and leapt at him. The two fought each other. There were loud "Meows" and loud "Barks" along with crashing.
"Now that the cat is out of the way, don't you think that it's time we got this little scheme over with..." shouted Lina at the fish people.
"What are you talking about?" demanded the Police Fish.
"You see cat demons and dog demons couldn't be able to demand sacrifices. They just attack and eat when they are hungry, so they don't care whether there is a sacrifice or not. So somebody was ordering it to, isn't that right...!"
Explained Lina pointing to the Fish Men with a fire sneeze.