Slayers: Dragonne Balle
Chapter 2: An Old Problem Gone Awry
Neirwei was a small village. Just as Amelia said, it was a three days walk from Atlas City. Population: at most, one hundred, give or take a few ten, but it seemed less to Lina and the others as they walked through the village entrance. Zelgadis had told them that merchants from Atlas City and Neirwei would come and go every couple of months to trade goods. That was about all the activities that went on in the village of Neirwei.
"So...this is your hometown, huh, Zel?" Lina said, looking around.
The village was mostly surrounded by grass and trees. The only place where dirt came from was the paved roads that seemed to have worn away from merchants' carts. In other towns and villages, the pathways would actually fork away, leading to different stores and houses. Neirwei's pathway (there was only one) just went straight through the village. There were stores, a quiant inn, and some houses on one side, the other side, it seems, were just houses. Few villagers walked to and fro, minding their own business. Some glanced at the outsiders but did not pay any attention and kept going about their lives.
"It's so...quiet and...slow here, unlike Seyruun," Amelia said, not actually thinking of what she said aloud.
"Well, we're not here to sight see, Amelia. It's a small village, what do you expect?" Zel said and didn't wait for a reply. He followed the path through the village.
"Uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Zelgadis! I mean, it's good that it's like this! It's peaceful, yknow? Ha ha," Amelia quickly said and ran after him, sweatdropping.
Lina sighed. "Looks like this is gonna be another wild goose chase."
"Huh? We're gonna go chase a goose?" Gourry asked.
"Ugh! I don't know how I deal with you!" Lina grabbed her hair in frustration and stomped off in the direction where Zel and Amelia walked off.
"Um...was it something I said?" Gourry asked to no one in particular. With a question mark on his face, he followed Lina.
Little did the four notice a pair of evil eyes bearing down on them, particularly Lina Inverse. Of course the pair of evil eyes were quite hidden behind a bush, which was hidden behind a tree, which was beside a house that seemed to blend in with every other house. In other words, it was pretty well hidden. The evil eyes sweatdropped.
Walking across the village to the house at the end of the pathway, Zelgadis had a few looks here and there from the villagers, but none came to greet him.
Amelia, noticing no reactions to Zelgadis' return, asked, "So how long has it been since you've last came home, Mr. Zelgadis?"
"Long enough," he replied shortly.
"Oh..."
"Lighten up, will ya, Zel?" Lina said. "Geez, you take everything so seriously."
"If you haven't known, what information I find in Rezo's lab may affect my entire life," Zel said with a bitter tone, brows knitted with aggravation.
Lina sweatdropped. She knew better than to cross the line with an aggravated chimera. Changing the subject, she asked, "So, you still got your house after all these years?"
"Rezo's house..." Zel corrected and hesitated. "...he always had this maid that stays and kept the house straight, since Rezo's hardly ever home. She was one of the villagers. I'm not sure if she's still there."
"Oh, that's good. So there'd be no problem gettin' into the house, huh?" Lina asked.
Zel shrugged. "If the lady remembers me, it'd be easier, I guess. But I don't even remember her name."
Lina sighed. "Yep, a wild goose chase..."
"..."
A house, after a few ten years of non-activity, should be dusty, cob-webbed, worn down, etc. It should have been the center of children's haunted house stories, but not Rezo the Red Priest's house. The outside of the house had no weed that grew atop the green grass, the two bushes that stood on each side of the doorway looked trimmed and the flowers seem to color the whole lawn. Everything looked as if someone took care of it everyday for the past ten years. Which was practically true when someone opened the door and stepped out to water the shrubs. It was an old woman, perhaps in her mid-fifties, who slightly bent her back to pour water from a basin into the plants. As she straighten herself, she finally noticed the group of travelers that stopped a few feet away from the house.
"It's been awhile since I've seen outsiders interested in Neirwei," she said, seemingly to herself. "What can I do for you youngsters?"
Zelgadis stepped up and said, "Are you Rezo's maid?"
"Hmm...well, I used to be," she replied and looked around her surrounding. "You can say I'm just house-sitting for the time being."
She looked back at the group. Her eyes fixed on Zelgadis. "And who are you? ...You look familiar."
"I'm....Zelgadis....Rezo's grandson," Zel replied, unsure of what to say. "It's been a while since I've visited...I don't expect you to believe me."
"Oh my," the old woman covered her small exhale, then recovering quickly, she nodded slightly. "Yes, it has been quite a while, my lad. You've...grown."
They all knew that was not the only thing she noticed about him but no one dared point it out. A few awkward seconds went by when the old woman half turned into the doorway.
"Well, come, come into the house," she said and held the door for them. "You all must be tired."
The house was as impeccable inside as it was outside. They all looked around the wooden house. Stepping into the house, another door leading to another room faced them. They noticed the homey chimney to their right, set on the opposite side of the stairs leading to the second story of the house. A warm, worn-down looking sofa sat in front of the chimney, atop a large round, dark-red rug. The old woman closed the door.
She came to stand in front of the group and smiled. "I'm glad all of you are here. This old house need some company after all this time. I'll make some tea. There is a dining table in the kitchen if you all would like to sit." She made her way through the door in front of them, the others in tow.
The kitchen was practically sparkling with cleanliness and smelled slightly of citrus.
"Wow, miss, this house is so clean!" Gourry exclaimed and went to join the others on the square dinner table.
"I'm Marie, dearies. Just old Marie," she said and took a kettle from a cupboard above the stove. She poored water into the kettle and lit the stove. With Rezo's technology, the stove was not a dome of mud, it was steel. As a result, it was less smoky and required less attention in tending the burning logs.
When she was done she looked back at the group and said, "So tell me, dears, was this a regular house visiting?"
Zelgadis looked at old Marie and shook his head. "No. I'm just here looking for something in Rezo's lab, if it is still there."
As Marie prepared cups and tea bags, she looked at Zelgadis briefly and nodded. "Oh yes, nothing's happened to it. I think the incantations on the door are gone by now. The door should be unlocked."
Zelgadis nodded to Marie's slightly hunch back and stood. "Then, if you don't mind, I'll take a moment to look for what I came for." With that, he walked to a little corner of the kitchen and opened the door that looked as if it led to a regular basement, but they all knew better that.
The kettle shook and steamed. Marie put out the fire and poured hot water into the cups.
As she passed around cups of tea, she sighed. "Always an impatient child, that Zelgadis. Nothing's changed." She sighed again and sat down on the seat Zelgadis got up from.
She asked the others questions about the lands outside of Neirwei. It wasn't long before they all launch into a nice conversation.
By the time Zelgadis came up into the kitchen again, night fell. Marie insisted that they stayed for the night but she had to tend to her own house and left. On the second floor were two rooms: one occupied by Zelgadis and Gourry, the other by Lina and Amelia.
As Lina was brushing her red hair in front of a mirror, she looked over to Amelia seated on the bed preparing herself in her jammies.
"Hey, Amelia," Lina said, looking at Amelia's reflection in the mirror.
"Yes, Ms. Lina?" Amelia responded, pulling her night shirt over her head.
"You up for a little bandit hunting?" Lina asked suddenly.
Amelia stumbled as she was putting on her pajama bottoms and said, "What?! Right NOW?"
Lina waved her hands at the younger girl and said, "Oh c'mon. I know a little village like this wouldn't have many bandits preying around but still if you look hard enough, you'll find them!" She gave a wink.
"Ms. Lina! That's not the point I was trying to make!" Amelia exclaimed.
"Geez, Amelia! You don't need to make THAT much commotion outta this," Lina said. "I'm just asking, yknow."
Amelia composed herself, knowing Lina was right. "What are you thinking, Ms. Lina?"
Lina put the brush down and turned on the seat to look at Amelia. "Well, remember what I said about bandits having valuable information?"
Amelia thought, remembered, and nodded.
Lina sighed with relief. "It's so much easier talking to you, Amelia. Gourry would've thought and shook his head."
Amelia sweatdropped, having nothing to respond to that, Lina was right again. "So what about it, Ms. Lina?"
Lina shrugged and said, "Well, let's go hunting some bandits is what's about it. I mean, it's a long shot, but it HAS to be better than cruising through the world lookin' for these so-called 'Magical Dragon Balls'."
"Well...I guess," Amelia said uncertainly. "But still..."
"We'll be helping Zel, yknow," Lina said. "AND bringing justice to the world. I mean, these ARE bandits, yknow, stealing and cheating from innocent villages and towns like Neirwei." Lina peered with a smile to the already flaming young justice-loving princess.
Amelia was already in her justice world to notice Lina's smirk. "Yes, I must get rid of this unjustice-ness in the world, Ms. Lina! Let us go and take care of the criminals of the world!" In all her glory and night jammies, Amelia stood on the window sill and pointed out in the night sky with shining stars in her eyes.
Lina sighed. It scared Lina how easily manipulated the young princess could be.
Matching Amelia's justice-loving energy and enthusiasm, Lina stood up and declared, "Well, c'mon, Amelia! Justice won't make itself served! Let's go spread peace and love!"
"Yea!"
Amelia marched out of the room, feeling the obligation to do just what Lina said.
Lina sweatdropped and shrug. Oh well, what was she gonna do?
An explosion erupted within the forest that stood about an acre or two away from Neirwei. Fire started to spread about the trees that stood innocently in the forest grounds.
"Aqua Create!" Water started to pour across the fire, putting it out.
"Geez, Amelia! Don't burn down the forest in the process of spreading justice!" Lina yelled at Amelia, who had a large bump on her forehead. Lina looked at the princess. "You alright?"
"Oww...how could I have missed my step on that branch? I made a perfect speech and it was ruined by that weak branch," Amelia complained, rubbing her forehead.
"Yea, and don't forget the perfect fireball that you let loose everywhere when you fell down," Lina said, sighing.
They looked around them and saw that the bandits lay unconscious in an ashey heap. One in particular, the boss, was twitching. The two girls walked to him. He looked up to see a red-head smiling a sadistic smile.
"AHHH Wh-Who are you?! Oh my god!! Get away from me!!" He screamed in terror, backing away into rubble.
"Don't you know a supreme sorceress when you see one?!" Lina screamed at him, picking him up by his collar. "Now tell me before I make you eat another fireball: YA GOT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAGICAL DRAGON BALL?!!"
"AAHH!! N-NO! NO!! I DUNNO WHATCHA TALKIN' ABOUT!! P-PLEASE! DON'T KILL ME!!!" He screamed twice as loud and suddenly fainted, wetting himself in the process.
Lina dropped him with a thump.
Amelia sweat dropped. "You really think they don't have anything?"
Lina shrugged. "Well, I dunno but..."
"But?"
"There's no point in letting good gold go to waste!" Lina declared.
Amelia facefaulted. "Ms. Lina! That isn't what we set out to do! We're supposed to be helping Mr. Zelgadis find his cure! Not looting bandits!"
"Oh, c'mon, Amelia! He says they don't know anything," Lina said. "If they don't know anything, they don't know anything. What can we do? No sense on wasting perfectly good gold! And besides, there are others we'll come acro--"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
"Who's there?!" The girls looked around, trying to find who it was.
"Ahahahaha! Lina Inverse! You're still the little, greedy, conniving witch you've always been," the voice said.
A vein popped out of Lina's head. "Why you! How DARE you say that to me?! Who are you?!!"
"Why, I'm hurt you don't remember your old friend, Lina Inverse!" A figure appeared on the tree branch, revealing itself.
"D-DIOL?!!" Lina exclaimed. "How the-! What the hell are you doing here?!!"
"Ehehehe! Having my revenge, Lina Inverse! I swore, when I escaped my captivation that I will kill you for ruining my beautiful experiment! Now I will fulfill that desire!" He continued to cackle maniacally.
While waiting for the old man to stop, Amelia asked Lina, "Who is that?"
Lina sweatdropped. "A crazy old man that's come back to haunt me..." She sighed and held her head.
The cackle stopped, not so unabruptly, and the old man continued, "And now without further ado, I bring to you my latest creation! SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA-GOLEM! Come forth and crush the little witch before you!!"
Silence.
"Eh? Wha-what?" Diol turned on the branch to look behind him and saw nothing but darkness and what destruction Lina and Amelia left behind.
"Wh-where did my golem go?!!!" he exclaimed and realization hit him like a ton of bricks. "Oh dear lord! Did I walk too fast for that bricks for brains to follow?! I was so intent on following Lina Inverse that I left my golem..BEHIND?!!!" After the declaration, a deadly silence rang through the forest and Diol's spine froze with chilling fear. He swallowed hard and turned back to the two girls.
Lina was rubbing her forehead, a really big vein popping from her head, while Amelia facefaulted.
"Conniving little witch, you say? Oh yes, and greedy," Lina said quietly. "You made a BIG mistake to show yourself here, Diol!"
She looked up and with fangs in her mouth and anger in her eyes, summoned a Fireball. "You die now, you old bastard! TRIPLE POWERED FIREBALL!!"
"AAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!"
Meanwhile...
In another room in Rezo's house, down the end of the hall, Zelgadis was looking at the scrolls he found in Rezo's lab under a candle light. He concentrated hard over Gourry's snore across the room. He concentrated even harder to ignore the explosion that suddenly sounded through the night, knowing full well who caused it. He sighed and sweatdropped.
In the village...
"Please make it stop! Please make it stop! Please! Please! Please make it stop!!"
Author's notes:
First off, I'd like to apologize for the looooooong time it took to put up another chapter! ;; I've been so busy!!! Not to mention I didn't really know how to continue the story...i must confess that i am making up the story as it goes... sorry again! I wrote and revised and revised again for this chapter not sure what i should actually put in the storyline. so um...yea, i know, they're STILL not there yet, well don't worry! I guarantee that the next chapter, they WILL be there!!! then i must confess again...when they get there, i'm not sure what the plot line will be...maybe...some suggestions would help? Ok ok, thanks for the reading! :]
Chapter 2: An Old Problem Gone Awry
Neirwei was a small village. Just as Amelia said, it was a three days walk from Atlas City. Population: at most, one hundred, give or take a few ten, but it seemed less to Lina and the others as they walked through the village entrance. Zelgadis had told them that merchants from Atlas City and Neirwei would come and go every couple of months to trade goods. That was about all the activities that went on in the village of Neirwei.
"So...this is your hometown, huh, Zel?" Lina said, looking around.
The village was mostly surrounded by grass and trees. The only place where dirt came from was the paved roads that seemed to have worn away from merchants' carts. In other towns and villages, the pathways would actually fork away, leading to different stores and houses. Neirwei's pathway (there was only one) just went straight through the village. There were stores, a quiant inn, and some houses on one side, the other side, it seems, were just houses. Few villagers walked to and fro, minding their own business. Some glanced at the outsiders but did not pay any attention and kept going about their lives.
"It's so...quiet and...slow here, unlike Seyruun," Amelia said, not actually thinking of what she said aloud.
"Well, we're not here to sight see, Amelia. It's a small village, what do you expect?" Zel said and didn't wait for a reply. He followed the path through the village.
"Uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Zelgadis! I mean, it's good that it's like this! It's peaceful, yknow? Ha ha," Amelia quickly said and ran after him, sweatdropping.
Lina sighed. "Looks like this is gonna be another wild goose chase."
"Huh? We're gonna go chase a goose?" Gourry asked.
"Ugh! I don't know how I deal with you!" Lina grabbed her hair in frustration and stomped off in the direction where Zel and Amelia walked off.
"Um...was it something I said?" Gourry asked to no one in particular. With a question mark on his face, he followed Lina.
Little did the four notice a pair of evil eyes bearing down on them, particularly Lina Inverse. Of course the pair of evil eyes were quite hidden behind a bush, which was hidden behind a tree, which was beside a house that seemed to blend in with every other house. In other words, it was pretty well hidden. The evil eyes sweatdropped.
Walking across the village to the house at the end of the pathway, Zelgadis had a few looks here and there from the villagers, but none came to greet him.
Amelia, noticing no reactions to Zelgadis' return, asked, "So how long has it been since you've last came home, Mr. Zelgadis?"
"Long enough," he replied shortly.
"Oh..."
"Lighten up, will ya, Zel?" Lina said. "Geez, you take everything so seriously."
"If you haven't known, what information I find in Rezo's lab may affect my entire life," Zel said with a bitter tone, brows knitted with aggravation.
Lina sweatdropped. She knew better than to cross the line with an aggravated chimera. Changing the subject, she asked, "So, you still got your house after all these years?"
"Rezo's house..." Zel corrected and hesitated. "...he always had this maid that stays and kept the house straight, since Rezo's hardly ever home. She was one of the villagers. I'm not sure if she's still there."
"Oh, that's good. So there'd be no problem gettin' into the house, huh?" Lina asked.
Zel shrugged. "If the lady remembers me, it'd be easier, I guess. But I don't even remember her name."
Lina sighed. "Yep, a wild goose chase..."
"..."
A house, after a few ten years of non-activity, should be dusty, cob-webbed, worn down, etc. It should have been the center of children's haunted house stories, but not Rezo the Red Priest's house. The outside of the house had no weed that grew atop the green grass, the two bushes that stood on each side of the doorway looked trimmed and the flowers seem to color the whole lawn. Everything looked as if someone took care of it everyday for the past ten years. Which was practically true when someone opened the door and stepped out to water the shrubs. It was an old woman, perhaps in her mid-fifties, who slightly bent her back to pour water from a basin into the plants. As she straighten herself, she finally noticed the group of travelers that stopped a few feet away from the house.
"It's been awhile since I've seen outsiders interested in Neirwei," she said, seemingly to herself. "What can I do for you youngsters?"
Zelgadis stepped up and said, "Are you Rezo's maid?"
"Hmm...well, I used to be," she replied and looked around her surrounding. "You can say I'm just house-sitting for the time being."
She looked back at the group. Her eyes fixed on Zelgadis. "And who are you? ...You look familiar."
"I'm....Zelgadis....Rezo's grandson," Zel replied, unsure of what to say. "It's been a while since I've visited...I don't expect you to believe me."
"Oh my," the old woman covered her small exhale, then recovering quickly, she nodded slightly. "Yes, it has been quite a while, my lad. You've...grown."
They all knew that was not the only thing she noticed about him but no one dared point it out. A few awkward seconds went by when the old woman half turned into the doorway.
"Well, come, come into the house," she said and held the door for them. "You all must be tired."
The house was as impeccable inside as it was outside. They all looked around the wooden house. Stepping into the house, another door leading to another room faced them. They noticed the homey chimney to their right, set on the opposite side of the stairs leading to the second story of the house. A warm, worn-down looking sofa sat in front of the chimney, atop a large round, dark-red rug. The old woman closed the door.
She came to stand in front of the group and smiled. "I'm glad all of you are here. This old house need some company after all this time. I'll make some tea. There is a dining table in the kitchen if you all would like to sit." She made her way through the door in front of them, the others in tow.
The kitchen was practically sparkling with cleanliness and smelled slightly of citrus.
"Wow, miss, this house is so clean!" Gourry exclaimed and went to join the others on the square dinner table.
"I'm Marie, dearies. Just old Marie," she said and took a kettle from a cupboard above the stove. She poored water into the kettle and lit the stove. With Rezo's technology, the stove was not a dome of mud, it was steel. As a result, it was less smoky and required less attention in tending the burning logs.
When she was done she looked back at the group and said, "So tell me, dears, was this a regular house visiting?"
Zelgadis looked at old Marie and shook his head. "No. I'm just here looking for something in Rezo's lab, if it is still there."
As Marie prepared cups and tea bags, she looked at Zelgadis briefly and nodded. "Oh yes, nothing's happened to it. I think the incantations on the door are gone by now. The door should be unlocked."
Zelgadis nodded to Marie's slightly hunch back and stood. "Then, if you don't mind, I'll take a moment to look for what I came for." With that, he walked to a little corner of the kitchen and opened the door that looked as if it led to a regular basement, but they all knew better that.
The kettle shook and steamed. Marie put out the fire and poured hot water into the cups.
As she passed around cups of tea, she sighed. "Always an impatient child, that Zelgadis. Nothing's changed." She sighed again and sat down on the seat Zelgadis got up from.
She asked the others questions about the lands outside of Neirwei. It wasn't long before they all launch into a nice conversation.
By the time Zelgadis came up into the kitchen again, night fell. Marie insisted that they stayed for the night but she had to tend to her own house and left. On the second floor were two rooms: one occupied by Zelgadis and Gourry, the other by Lina and Amelia.
As Lina was brushing her red hair in front of a mirror, she looked over to Amelia seated on the bed preparing herself in her jammies.
"Hey, Amelia," Lina said, looking at Amelia's reflection in the mirror.
"Yes, Ms. Lina?" Amelia responded, pulling her night shirt over her head.
"You up for a little bandit hunting?" Lina asked suddenly.
Amelia stumbled as she was putting on her pajama bottoms and said, "What?! Right NOW?"
Lina waved her hands at the younger girl and said, "Oh c'mon. I know a little village like this wouldn't have many bandits preying around but still if you look hard enough, you'll find them!" She gave a wink.
"Ms. Lina! That's not the point I was trying to make!" Amelia exclaimed.
"Geez, Amelia! You don't need to make THAT much commotion outta this," Lina said. "I'm just asking, yknow."
Amelia composed herself, knowing Lina was right. "What are you thinking, Ms. Lina?"
Lina put the brush down and turned on the seat to look at Amelia. "Well, remember what I said about bandits having valuable information?"
Amelia thought, remembered, and nodded.
Lina sighed with relief. "It's so much easier talking to you, Amelia. Gourry would've thought and shook his head."
Amelia sweatdropped, having nothing to respond to that, Lina was right again. "So what about it, Ms. Lina?"
Lina shrugged and said, "Well, let's go hunting some bandits is what's about it. I mean, it's a long shot, but it HAS to be better than cruising through the world lookin' for these so-called 'Magical Dragon Balls'."
"Well...I guess," Amelia said uncertainly. "But still..."
"We'll be helping Zel, yknow," Lina said. "AND bringing justice to the world. I mean, these ARE bandits, yknow, stealing and cheating from innocent villages and towns like Neirwei." Lina peered with a smile to the already flaming young justice-loving princess.
Amelia was already in her justice world to notice Lina's smirk. "Yes, I must get rid of this unjustice-ness in the world, Ms. Lina! Let us go and take care of the criminals of the world!" In all her glory and night jammies, Amelia stood on the window sill and pointed out in the night sky with shining stars in her eyes.
Lina sighed. It scared Lina how easily manipulated the young princess could be.
Matching Amelia's justice-loving energy and enthusiasm, Lina stood up and declared, "Well, c'mon, Amelia! Justice won't make itself served! Let's go spread peace and love!"
"Yea!"
Amelia marched out of the room, feeling the obligation to do just what Lina said.
Lina sweatdropped and shrug. Oh well, what was she gonna do?
An explosion erupted within the forest that stood about an acre or two away from Neirwei. Fire started to spread about the trees that stood innocently in the forest grounds.
"Aqua Create!" Water started to pour across the fire, putting it out.
"Geez, Amelia! Don't burn down the forest in the process of spreading justice!" Lina yelled at Amelia, who had a large bump on her forehead. Lina looked at the princess. "You alright?"
"Oww...how could I have missed my step on that branch? I made a perfect speech and it was ruined by that weak branch," Amelia complained, rubbing her forehead.
"Yea, and don't forget the perfect fireball that you let loose everywhere when you fell down," Lina said, sighing.
They looked around them and saw that the bandits lay unconscious in an ashey heap. One in particular, the boss, was twitching. The two girls walked to him. He looked up to see a red-head smiling a sadistic smile.
"AHHH Wh-Who are you?! Oh my god!! Get away from me!!" He screamed in terror, backing away into rubble.
"Don't you know a supreme sorceress when you see one?!" Lina screamed at him, picking him up by his collar. "Now tell me before I make you eat another fireball: YA GOT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAGICAL DRAGON BALL?!!"
"AAHH!! N-NO! NO!! I DUNNO WHATCHA TALKIN' ABOUT!! P-PLEASE! DON'T KILL ME!!!" He screamed twice as loud and suddenly fainted, wetting himself in the process.
Lina dropped him with a thump.
Amelia sweat dropped. "You really think they don't have anything?"
Lina shrugged. "Well, I dunno but..."
"But?"
"There's no point in letting good gold go to waste!" Lina declared.
Amelia facefaulted. "Ms. Lina! That isn't what we set out to do! We're supposed to be helping Mr. Zelgadis find his cure! Not looting bandits!"
"Oh, c'mon, Amelia! He says they don't know anything," Lina said. "If they don't know anything, they don't know anything. What can we do? No sense on wasting perfectly good gold! And besides, there are others we'll come acro--"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
"Who's there?!" The girls looked around, trying to find who it was.
"Ahahahaha! Lina Inverse! You're still the little, greedy, conniving witch you've always been," the voice said.
A vein popped out of Lina's head. "Why you! How DARE you say that to me?! Who are you?!!"
"Why, I'm hurt you don't remember your old friend, Lina Inverse!" A figure appeared on the tree branch, revealing itself.
"D-DIOL?!!" Lina exclaimed. "How the-! What the hell are you doing here?!!"
"Ehehehe! Having my revenge, Lina Inverse! I swore, when I escaped my captivation that I will kill you for ruining my beautiful experiment! Now I will fulfill that desire!" He continued to cackle maniacally.
While waiting for the old man to stop, Amelia asked Lina, "Who is that?"
Lina sweatdropped. "A crazy old man that's come back to haunt me..." She sighed and held her head.
The cackle stopped, not so unabruptly, and the old man continued, "And now without further ado, I bring to you my latest creation! SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA-GOLEM! Come forth and crush the little witch before you!!"
Silence.
"Eh? Wha-what?" Diol turned on the branch to look behind him and saw nothing but darkness and what destruction Lina and Amelia left behind.
"Wh-where did my golem go?!!!" he exclaimed and realization hit him like a ton of bricks. "Oh dear lord! Did I walk too fast for that bricks for brains to follow?! I was so intent on following Lina Inverse that I left my golem..BEHIND?!!!" After the declaration, a deadly silence rang through the forest and Diol's spine froze with chilling fear. He swallowed hard and turned back to the two girls.
Lina was rubbing her forehead, a really big vein popping from her head, while Amelia facefaulted.
"Conniving little witch, you say? Oh yes, and greedy," Lina said quietly. "You made a BIG mistake to show yourself here, Diol!"
She looked up and with fangs in her mouth and anger in her eyes, summoned a Fireball. "You die now, you old bastard! TRIPLE POWERED FIREBALL!!"
"AAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!"
Meanwhile...
In another room in Rezo's house, down the end of the hall, Zelgadis was looking at the scrolls he found in Rezo's lab under a candle light. He concentrated hard over Gourry's snore across the room. He concentrated even harder to ignore the explosion that suddenly sounded through the night, knowing full well who caused it. He sighed and sweatdropped.
In the village...
"Please make it stop! Please make it stop! Please! Please! Please make it stop!!"
Author's notes:
First off, I'd like to apologize for the looooooong time it took to put up another chapter! ;; I've been so busy!!! Not to mention I didn't really know how to continue the story...i must confess that i am making up the story as it goes... sorry again! I wrote and revised and revised again for this chapter not sure what i should actually put in the storyline. so um...yea, i know, they're STILL not there yet, well don't worry! I guarantee that the next chapter, they WILL be there!!! then i must confess again...when they get there, i'm not sure what the plot line will be...maybe...some suggestions would help? Ok ok, thanks for the reading! :]