Well... it was a long break, but I'm back to torture you all! Bwahahahahahahaaaahhh... Oh, I'm so evil... Eckhm. So on with this fic. And sorry for mistakes, my beta, Airi, checked that "fic", but I made a few changes after that and I didn't want to bother her again, so... heheh... please forgive me. You can also correct me, I know that my English is on a how-the-hell-she-managed-to-get-to-the-bilingual-class level, so PLEASE FORGIVE ME!

Oh, and of course THANKS FOR REVIEWS! You are the ones who make me still write!

Grim adventures of Lina and Gourry

(Or: How Gourry became an owner of the sword of light)

(And why Xellos is so dishonest -)

Lina: "Shut up! Prepare for the show."

This story starts in a little house in... umm.. I actually don't know where. Nevermind. So, in the house lived a red haired boy and a 10 years old hamster. His best friend was a little blonde who loved to wear pink...

"Lina, why do you have blond and I have red hair?"

"Gourry, how many times do I have to tell you that I mispronounced a spell?"

"I don't know. But what are you talking about?"

"Aaaaaargh! Fireball!"

I must add that the boy was extremely stupid and the girl was veeery short-tempered.

"Hay Lina, you know what?" asked Gourry

"No, I don't know, and I don't want to know, but knowing you you'll tell me anyway, so?"

"::blink::blink:: You know what?"

Lina sighed. Her friend was never the thoughtful one. Why she even bothered to talk with him – no one knows...

"No, I don't Gourry."

"Today it's Mr. Hamster's 10th birthday! And I'm making a party for him and us. Let's go!"

So they went to Gourry's room where was hamsters' cage. Boy quickly ran to it and took the poor hamster out.

"Umm... Gourry, don't you think that he doesn't look well?"

Indeed, Mr. Hamster was dirty, he had spit and foam around his muzzle, he stunk and... well, he looked like almost-dead hamster. Gourry looked at him thinking hard.

"You're right Lina!" he yelled suddenly " I forgot to give him his birthday hat!" and he put a paper hat with an elastic on hamsters' head, nearly choking him.

Then, suddenly in the room appeared strange green light, which formed into magical portal. From it's centre dripped strange purple fluid which, to children's horror, formed into the shape of tall man with strange staff in hand. It was...

"SANTA!!!!" cried Gourry pointing at strange figure.

Mysterious man facefaulted.

"Gourry it's NOT a Santa. It's..." Lina paused looking at their unsuspected guest.

He was quite tall and slim, he had shoulder length purple hair and his eyes were all the time closed. The stranger was dressed almost entirely in black, just his shirt was beige. In hand he carried strange staff with red orb on it's top.

"... a weird freak."

The guy who just managed to stand up fell down again.

"I am not a weird freak!" he yelled, "I am Xellos, the Beastmaster's priest-general!"

He said straightening. "And because Grim decided to take a few week off I also fill the function of Death, AND I came here to take your hamster with ME."

Minutes pass... Gourry thinks...

"You came here to take Mr. Hamster for a birthday trip!?"

Xellos facefaulted again.

"Noo! You stupid kid! I came here to..." suddenly priest felt that someone is tugging at his cape, so he turned around to see who's that. It was Lina "... what do you want?"

"Mr. Beastmaster's priest-general, I would like you to excuse him, he's just an idiot" said Lina dragging the stranger to a child set – little pink table, little pink chairs, a pot and a few cups. "I understand WHY you are here and I won't let you take Mr. Hamster. Gourry is still my best friend so I don't want you to make him sad."

"And how do you, my little child, want to stop me? " he appeared in purple and black flames "I DECIDE WHETER YOU LIVE OR DIE!!!! Buahahahahahahahahahaaa"

Gourry and Lina looked at the hysterically laughing purple freak.

"Do you know what he's talking about?" asked puzzled Gourry

Lina ignored his question, instead she threw a little spell on Xellos...

"DRAGON SLAVE!"

... very little. Xellos was JUST fried into crisp.

"Would you listen to me now!" priest stood up "I have an idea. Let's play a game. If I win, I'll keep Mr. Hamster. If not, you'll take him."

Xellos smirked. "So self-confident? I agree, tee hee... More – if you win, I promise that I'll give you whatever you want from my master's treasury. But I must warn you – I love playing games and I never lose."

"So do I." Answered Lina

With a cold smile on his face he created a portal which took Lina, Gourry, Mr. Hamster and Xellos to the astral plane.

"So, what game do you want to play?" asked Xel

"You decide"

Priest shrugged. "Okay, so let me think.... Oh, I have an idea!"

Lina lifted her eyebrow.

"Let's play my favourite game" he waved his hand and few steps next to them appeared table, few chairs and a pile of cards. " A STRIP POKER!"

Blonde smacked Xellos right into his face. "Pervert!"

Gourry didn't understand anything (what a surprise...)

"Linaaaa, what's the strip poker?"

"Nothing Gourry, because we are NOT playing it!"

Priest rubbed his head. "But you told me to choose..."

"Hmpf! It'll be better if I choose the game..."

Lina thought really hard.

"I know!" suddenly yelled Gourry "Let's have a snow war!"

Today snow fell the first time... so I'm in a 'snow mood' - - author's note

"All right... If you want to." Xellos again waved his hand and in that second everything was covered with snow.

"Wooooowww..." children's eyes widened.

"Get prepared" priest took a handful of snow and started forming a snowball "Me and you, who is hit is off."

Lina jumped off, but Gourry still stood in the same place when Xel was targeting at him. But when priest threw his snowball, Lina yelled "Gourry, look! There's a chocolate on the ground!"

"Where?" asked Gourry bending and dodging the hit.

"Damn." Cursed priest and stooped to make another ball, when...

"FIREBALL!" yelled Lina melting all the snow around him.

"Oh..." Gourry immediately made a snowball and threw it at him "...No!"

Xel deflected in a Matrix style and had a narrow escape from hit.

"HA! Still you cannot get me!" he stuck his tongue.

Suddenly he heard a voice from behind him. "Are you sure?"

Xellos turned around, but it was too late. Lina, who stood just a few inches behind him, had no difficulty with making a good shoot.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" shouted priest falling on the ground in a dramatic pose.

Minutes pass...

"Lina is he dead?"

"I don't know. Can death be dead?"

"He just substituted him...or...it..."

"Good remark." Lina approached to laying figure and poked it with a stick. "Hello?"

"Linaaa, if he's dead he won't give us that treasure thing he promised..."

Girl looked at him astonished.

"Gourry... you...you...you THINK! Oh, my... We'll take care of it later, now we must wake him!" she said and kicked Xel. "Wake UUUUUUUPPPP!"

Priest was immediately on his legs. "What? Where? Who? Why? I must have fallen asleep." He looked at the children. "What was I... oh yes...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HOW? WHY? BUT... BUT... I'M THE BEASTMASTER'S PRIEST AND GENERAL? And till Grim comes back from Hawaii I'm also Death, SO HOW? I NEVER LOSE!!"

"There is always the first time" Lina grinned "So keep your promise and give us the treasure!"

Xellos sighed "Zelas is going to kill me..." but without any protests he teleported them to the Wolpack Island. Actually to Beastmaster's treasury.

Children's eyes grew really big seeing mountains of gold, piles of diamonds, tons of gems, just unimaginable amount of wealth.

"Take what you want." Said Xel with resignation.

Lina was too shocked to make a move, but Gourry instantly spotted a mysterious sword covered with a glass cupola. His eyes went sparkles.

"Woooww... what a great toy..."

Lina was still speechless.

Little boy run to the blade and gingerly took the cupola off and picked up the sword. He closely examined every inch of it admiring the precision of its workmanship. Gently he removed its cover and a blinding stream of light burst from sword's handle.

"Woooow... Mr. Santa! Can I take it with me?"

Xellos swallowed. "Y..Yo..You.. want... this? Well... umm.. maybe you'd like to take something else?"

"No, I want this!" Gourry made a decision.

Lina still wasn't able to make a move.

"Is that all that you want?" asked priest.

"Yep, that's all" Boy smiled.

Man sighed. 'At least they don't want more..." and with that thought he teleported kids to their home.

Change of surroundings brought Lina to the reality.

"Gourry, what have you done!?"

Red hair didn't answer, because he was too busy polishing his new toy.

"And where did you get that sword from?!"

"Santa allowed me to take it..." boy answered absent-mindedly.

"Did you take anything else?" Lina asked with hope

"No, I said that I don't want anything else..."

"WHAAAAT??? GOURRY YOU BAKA! WE COULD HAVE ALL THOSE GOLD AND YOU SAY YOU TOOK ONLY THAT STUPID SWORD! YOU... " the rest is censored.

Meanwhile, on a Wolfpack Island....

""WHAAAAT??? XELLOS YOU BAKA! YOU GAVE THE SWORD OF LIGHT TO A PAIR OF STUPIS HUMAN KIDS?! CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT???!!!"

Xellos swallowed. "I did it because... umm... hehe... I promised that it they win a game I'll give them anything they want, and... umm.. they tricked me, so... heheh... I had to keep my promise. What was I supposed to do?"

"CHEAT YOU IDIOT!"

The End

Wow, I think that it's the longest part... So what can I say... R&R!

And sleep well!