WHACK!
That was Lina taking the sword away from Xelloss and hitting him up side his head with it.
"Let her alone, she nearly cried herself sick!"Lina yelled at him.
"Should she be taken to her room?" asked Gourry stepping over Xelloss'dazed form.
" Yes, please do. I think she would prefer it."This came from her father, "What should we do about him?(refering to Xelloss)"
" I got him don't worry "said Lina throwing him over her shoulder.
The King gave her a doubtful look but had the intelligence not to say anything.King or not she can hit hard!
The next morning as the gang got ready to go after Mickelle,Xelloss and Ari were a little slow getting started. Xelloss was sporting a large bump where Lina hit him. Ari was just out and out dreading the confrontation with her sister.
" Are you guys sure your up for this?" Ari asked for the 5th time.
"YES!"was chorused by all of the people going.
" ok I won't ask again I am just nervous. Its not every day you go out to try to stop your evil twin!"
How am I going to do this again? It nearly destroyed me as well as her last time. She is my Twin! For Grace Above! She thought unhappily.
At the palace gates they stopped to put Zelgadiss back on his horse and to tell The King they were going then.
"Where exactly are we headed? I mean we have been traveling for hours and you show no sign of stopping." Lina complaining as usual.
" We have a vast Kingdom and she lives at the Northner most point. It will take at least till tomorrow to reach it if she doesn't come after us first, so keep listening very carefully you might hear her or at least sense her magic as she uses it to fly to us.She started flying this way alittle less than 5 minutes ago. Are you ok?"(that she said to Xelloss who had just turned very white.
"Oh my, thats strange! Suddenly I feel very odd." He looked sick and confused all at the same time then all of the sudden he just fell off his horse.
"Xelloss!" Ari yelled as she jumped from her own horse. She ran to the fallen demon and crouched at his side. He was breathing but just barely. Ari lauched into a very strong healing spell. When she finished she was very tired, and Xelloss didn't look much better, but he was able to stand up.Just when Ari almost collapsed from exahustion Gourry put both Ari and Xelloss on Ari's horse.
"Go back that way awhile and rest we will scout ahead and see if it is safe."
Xelloss slowly urged the horse around and took it to a clearing a couple of leagues back. When he gets there he Gets off the horse and slowly brings Ari to the ground. He checks to make sure that she is only sleeping, then fell to the ground next to her and was soon asleep also.Hours later they were woke up by a very scared Gourry.
"Lina is hurt. Zelgadiss isn't much better, Can you help?"
"I w will try" Ari says trying to get up. Gourry simply picks her up and carries her to where Lina and Zelgadiss are.
He sits her down gently next to Lina.
Zelgadiss sees that she is very weak still from her ordeal with Xelloss.
" I will help you if I can." He promises.
"Can Xelloss help?" Gourry asked.
"I don't know I thought he was a demon. Can Demons do White Magic? You will have to ask him I don't know." Ari replys doubtfully. While Gourry goes to ask Xelloss, and Zelgadiss is begining to try to heal himself, Ari begins on Lina's wounds.
"Xelloss, can you do White Magic?" Gourry asks.
"Oh my, I never tried before so I don't really know but I will try so Ari doesn't do herself harm trying to do it all by herself."
"She only cast a healing spell today why is she so tired?"
"Because magic out here isn't naturual. In the place we come from we can draw magic from almost every thing around us. Here it has to come from within. Ari isn't as powerful as we are but she is close."
Gourry then proceeded to pick up Xelloss and carry him over to the rest of the group.
"Ari, I don't know any White Magic tell me what to do."
"Repeat after me whil holding your hands, palm out, over the wounds.
Sun so warm so bright
I need your healing light
I call apon the sun in all its glory
Help me to heal."
With that a beam that looked like pure sunlight shot from both Ari's and Xelloss'hands. Xelloss look slightly concerned.
"OH my, that feels strange. My hands are tingling and very warm. Is that supposed to happen?"
"Yes, Xelloss, you are perfectly fine the White Magic didn't hurt you." Ari answered him as she lay down in the grass beside Lina.
Zelgadiss finished healing himself and lay back. Gourry noticing everyone needed sleep but him volunteered to satnd watch.
To find out what happened to Lina, Xelloss and Zelgadiss stay tuned