Sylvia

Sunny: here is our fic of the Slayers.

Ramon: and the Slayers series does not belong to us, it belongs to Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Arazumi.

Air Jay: the only characters that belong to us are the Air Jay and the Kiko of this fic

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Chapter 27

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For the first time ever in his life Zelgadiss is being gambled in a difficult situation, in one hand he has his daughter's life and in the other the only cure for his hideous look, which ever option he chooses he will end up wining and losing.

But the way Air Jay talked and said that he wanted to raise Sylvia by himself, he sounded like a father talking. That helped Zel understand one thing. "You………you never wanted to kill my daughter, did you?"

"Of course not!" said Air Jay very calmly but with that evil sneer still on his face. "I am a Pirate, an Outlaw, a cold blooded killer, but I am not a monster. Unlike Phill I don't kill children. And by the way you have been reacting so far it is very obvious that Xellos never told you."

"WHAT!?!?!? Xellos knew about this?"

In the Castle

Every one was in one of the living room of the castle waiting for Zel and Sylvia's return, with Amelia is still in her room.

Xellos watched every one watching from the window which had a perfect view of where Garcia's old home is. All of them with concern look in their faces.

"If I was still a Mazoku I would feast on their sadness." Xellos Thought. "All of them are concern about Sylvia's safety, but there is one thing I deliberately forgot to tell them all about Air Jay's only weakness. Air Jay is a true evil creature, but he is soft when it comes to children. And why not? After all, his little baby brother was killed by Phill, that is why Air Jay does not have the courage to harm kids. That is why I always knew that he was bluffing when he said that he was going to kill Sylvia. I never told the other all of this because I wanted them to suffer for all the humiliations they have put me in these last five years."

Back to the battle field

"Curse him!!!!" Zel shouted in his mind, Xellos knew about all of this and he never told anyone. He let Zel and Amelia bear all this for nothing.

"So what is it going to be Rock-face?" asked Air Jay. "You can have the book but in return I will keep Sylvia as my own kid!"

Zel looks back to the book that Air Jay is holding, every one would say that it is a fake diary of Rezo but Zel knew that it is the real one, Zel watched Rezo's hand wring so many times and he can perfectly say that it is his. There is one thing Zel does not understand here. "How did you get Rezo's Diary?"

"All I can say is that I stole the book from Xellos!"

"Xellos? But how did he get it?"

"As he would say………..it's a secret!"

Zel growled, he did not know who is the one who likes to be mysterious, if it is this man or Xellos. "But why do you want Sylvia? If you never wanted to kill her, why do you want her for?"

"I know about her power, I know that she can be a rock-face anytime she wants, it is an impressive power for some one in her age. So I though that if I could raise her myself, I could corrupt her innocent mind!"

"What?"

"Yes, over the years I can turn her childish life in to a life of evil and disorder….."

"Enough!" said Zel in a low voice

"I can turn her into a genius of crime like me, an evil cold blooded killer as well…….." Air Jay grinned even more when he thought about that.

"Enough!"

"I can corrupt her mind so badly, that I can even make her hate her own family, making her desire to kill every last one of them!"

"ENOUGH!"

"Think how humiliating it will be for Phill and Amelia to know that they were killed by a member of their own Family! HA HA HA HA!!!!!"

"ENOUGH!!!!" shouted Zel.

"ENOUGH WHAT? ENOUGH WHAT?" Air Jay shouted back. "You know how Phill is! You know that it is always his way or the death way! Just look how he managed to corrupt Amelia so bad that she became a justice freak like her father! Do you want your daughter to be like them? Think of all the harm that the Seilune family has done! There they are always speaking of justice but they are cruel to those who have opinions of their own! They killed my family because of that!"

Zel sighed. "You fool! True that Amelia is a justice freak the first time I meet her but she isn't that much now, she is not like her father, she is too kind to do the things that he has done and unlike her father she has seen how the world works when she travelled with Lina and the others, she even helped save the world so many times!"

"So what?" snapped Air Jay. "You know that Amelia always does what her father tells her to do! She is too weak to raise a child!"

"SHUT UP! You know nothing of Amelia! In these last five years she took care of Sylvia by her own and she has done a perfectly good job! But this time she will not be alone, I will be there beside her!" added Zel with a lot of pride in him.

"Oh Reheheheheheheheheheheelly?" Air Jay mocked. "You where never there for her in these last five years, so what makes you think tat you will be there for her now?"

"But things will be different now! I will protect her and Sylvia from punks like you!"

"Yeah right, like you have protected her before? All the ones who trusted you and counted on you always end up hurt or dead!"

"What are you talking about?" asked Zelgadis, this time he is really confused.

"Let's take for example Zolf and Rodimas, your most trustful minions who always trusted you and obeyed your every command."

Zel gasped, once again Air Jay surprised him by knowing off all the things that have happened to the Slayers, especially knowing about other peoples that they have met in the past. How does he know so much? How does he know about Zolf and Rodimas?

Air Jay continued. "They have ended up death by the hands of Shabra-what's–his-name, but of course they have died by their own stupidity!"

"SHUT UP!!!!!!" demanded Zel trying to get up but he couldn't because of the pain. "You have no right to insult them like that!"

Air Jay ignored him and continued. "But the point is that they have die trusting you, and you let them down!"

"That is a lie!!!!!"

"And let's not forget how Amelia almost died two times, by the hands of Phibrizzio and the other Mazoku who had a weird mask on his face. And you could not do anything to stop it!"

"I……I……" Zel did not know what to say, he remembers those times, when Amelia was almost dead by Phibrizio is the worst memory he has, Zel holding her and Amelia begging him to help her.

"And Sylvia!" continued Air Jay. "You did not manage to stop me from kidnapping her!"

"But……but……"

"But nothing! You are saying that you want to protect your family but the truth is that you are a failure! All the ones who trusted you always end up dead or hurt. It is time you stop living in a fantasy world Rock-face and come back to reality! You know very well that you can not protect them and you will never be happy with them. It is better that you let Sylvia with me and you know that. Your best option will be to take Rezo's diary, run away like you always do and never return!"

"And what makes you think I will do that Zelgadiss?" dared.

Air Jay laughed. "You have betrayed and used your friends once or twice when you believed that the kingdom of Zoana had a cure for you, or when you thought that you found a copy of the Claire Bible. So it is easy for you to take the diary and abandon your so called family!"

Zel was in silence, this is defiantly the most difficult decision he has ever made in his life.

"Well, what is it going to be?" asked Air Jay getting tire of waiting.

Zel didn't say a word, he slowly gets up and with his hair covering his face. "……I know that I will regret this for the rest of my life!"

Air Jay smirked and passing the book to Zel. "That's a good boy! Now take the diary and never come back again!"

Zel looks at Air Jay with deadly eyes. "Idiot! You never waited to hear my answer! FIREBALL!!!!!" and the fireball hits Rezo's Diary, burning it to ashes.

Air Jay who is still holding the ashes looks at Zel, for the first time Zel managed to surprise him. According with Air Jay's secret information, Zelgadiss always used all means necessary to find a cure for his accursed body. Air Jay was quite sure that Zel would take the stupid book and run away. "You surprise me Rock face! I never expected this from you!"

Zel continues to look at Air Jay with a knife in his hand "even if I am the lonely one of the grouped all I wanted was to be cared and loved, I lost all hope when Rezo turn me into this creature but Amelia reminded me of my humanity and gave me love and care that I also seek for. I have no right to betray Amelia like this. I will not allow a punk like you destroy my life!!" Zel throws his knife at Air Jay but he dodges it.

"That was nice speech Rock-Face, too bad your aim isn't that good!" Air Jay insulted.

Zel smirked. "That depends on where I was aiming, you fool!"

"What?" Air Jay looks to where the Knife landed, and saw that it was holding his shadow. "A Shadow Snap!"

"Exactly! ASTRAL VINE!" and Zel charged against Air Jay with his enchanted sword.

"Oh Damn, this was really stupAAAAGH!!!!" shouted Air Jay in pain when Zel stabbed Air Jay's chest with his sword.

"DIE!!!!!" Shouted Zel, pressing the sword more deeply into Air Jay, making the blade pass to the other side.

"Do……….you know…………how……….much……….." these were the last words of the cruel man know as Air Jay as he falls to the ground with Zel's sword still stuck in his chest.

Zel lands on his knees, he used almost all the energy he has left to make that last attack, Air Jay is indeed strong but if Zel could not defeat him by strength he would defeat him by intelligence. Then Zel forced him self to get up. "I must….get Sylvia." Zel was now walking in direction of the house to get his daughter.

"Where do you think your going bud?" said a voice from behind Zel.

Zel turns around, and he could not believe who it is.

To be continued……….