Here is a new Slayer fanfiction! Yayness! This is to be a multi-chapter that will really get going once I finish Olympians At Heart. I do not own Slayers, the characters or anything else like that. Just my OCs. Please read and review! I might not update this for a bit.
Shadows of the Future
Ichi
They thought it would be like any other day when they woke up in their forest camp. Items on the agenda: pack up camp, wail on some bandits, eat, wander, unwittingly become champions of justice at Amelia's expense, eat, become annoyed with Xellos for the fifth time that week (it was only a Tuesday), eat some more; just an ordinary day for the Slayers gang was planned. Yet that nice sunny day in late spring would be different. That day would be more different than the four of them could have even imagined...
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"Aaaahh..." Amelia yawned happily as she and her friends walked down a wooded path in the forest. "What a beautiful day! Don't you agree with me Zelgadis-san?"
"Hmm?" the chimera answered. He had been staring off into space, not really paying any attention to anything other than the road.
"Lina-san? Gourry-san? Isn't today perfect?"
"Sure Amelia. Whatever," Lina replied.
"I think so!" Gourry said happily. "The sky is so blue and the breeze is nice and cool. Have you ever seen such a perfect day Lina?"
Lina just glared at the blond swordsman, wondering where she went wrong. Yeah, she liked Gourry enough and she did enjoy the fact that he was a loyal and strong traveling companion, but he was just very childish at times. It was always him and the Princess, constantly being happy and cheerful while Lina and Zelgadis were content with being shrewd and cynical.
"When are we going to get to a town?" Zelgadis moaned. "I want to find information on that damned Bible..."
"Oh, don't worry Zelgadis-san," Amelia smiled. "We'll be there in no time! Then you can research the Claire Bible all you want!"
"We're almost there? That's good, because I'm really hungry!" Gourry piped in. He chuckled a bit, but then stopped clear in the middle of the road, looking ahead with a blank look on his face.
"What is it?" Lina asked. "What are you staring at?" She prepped herself for some fireballs and Zelgadis and Amelia each tensed for Ratills.
"Us," he said softly. He pointed straight ahead and sure enough, it appeared that there was the four of them standing just up the road talking to one another.
"What the...?" Zelgadis whispered. He squinted to make sure he was not seeing things. "Is that... us up there?"
"Sure looks like it," Amelia replied. Certainly enough, the Lina up the road let off a fireball, blasting the other Gourry.
"Yup, that's Lina alright," Gourry said calmly.
"Why I ought to..." Lina started, but before she could even think about casting a fireball, the ground beneath the four friends suddenly opened and swallowed them up, casting them into a swirling abyss of color.
"The hell...?" Zelgadis said. "Where are we?"
"I remember!" Lina said. She looked around, suddenly remembering everything. It was the time stream. She went through this before, except to go back in time to defeat a monster, not randomly like this. "No, really! This is the time stream! I've been here before, trying to help some midget named Rowdy."
"Sure Lina," Gourry scoffed as they all seemed to fall. "Just another one of your crazy stories again, huh? How many times are we going to hear about the blue-haired midget?"
"No! It's true you jellyfish!" Lina yelled. She would have insisted some more, but the abrupt impact of herself onto hard ground stopped her.
"Ow!" Amelia whined. "That hurt!"
"It worked!" a voice yelled excitedly.
"Who's there?" Gourry demanded, instinctively drawing his sword and bracing for a fight. The room they were in was poorly lit compared to the outside sun they just came out of.
"Hey, there is no need to be hostile," the voice said again. An oil lamp was turned on and it was revealed in the light that the owner of the voice was just a teenage boy. He was average height and had fire-red hair that he kept down to his shoulders. He was dressed in blue and green, complimenting his mismatched eyes of the same colors. A sword lay at his hip and a cunning smile was spread across his face.
"What is your name?" Gourry asked, still trying to be on his guard.
"Albert Orme," the teen said casually. "You are Gourry Gabriev, Lina Inverse, Zelgadis Graywords and Amelia del Seiryuun, right?"
"How did you know that?" Zelgadis questioned brusquely, stepping in front of Amelia, who was still sitting on the floor.
"Easy, because I summoned you."
"Now don't take all the credit you octopus," a sweet female's voice interrupted sharply.
Everyone's attention snapped in the direction of the shadows where two figures came out of the darkness. One was a teenage girl with beautiful black hair that reached her waist, sparkling blue eyes and wore a shirt, pants and cape outfit that was a light pink and white color. The teenage boy next to her appeared to be her elder brother with his hair also dark as the night sky and eyes that were nearly sapphires. He wore a cloak of black over an outfit of scarlet and a sword and it made the gang from the past gasp when they saw his face. From just above his left brow down to his neck, half of his face was a hard stony grey, just like Zelgadis's entire body was.
"Let me introduce you to my associates: Bianca and Cullen Ganymeade," Albert said proudly. "They helped me summon you all here to this time."
"This is all fine and dandy, but why in the hell are we here?" Lina yelled.
"To help us defeat the mazoku before it is too late," Cullen said with disdain. His voice was deep and it carried throughout the small-seeming room easily.
"What mazoku?" Amelia asked.
"One that is going to go into the past and destroy everything!" Bianca cried. "His name is Koronus and he is set to go into the past in a week! We have to find him!"
"How do you know that?" Zelgadis hissed.
"We know because it is said that you four were once some of the greatest fighters in the entire world," Albert said solemnly. He put down the oil lamp on a table and sighed as he leaned against the wall. "Twenty-five years ago, when Koronus first appeared in the past, he came upon you and fought. He won, yet all four of you escaped with your lives and Koronus started his rampage across the lands. It was only right for us to take you from right before Koronus first appeared all those years ago and have you fight him in this time with us."
"What difference would that make?" Lina asked suspiciously. "If we could not defeat him back in the time we just came from, then what makes you think that we can defeat him in this time?"
"If the eight of us fight together, then we will have enough power to defeat Koronus and he will never get the chance to go back to the past. The past will be spared and the future will be set right again," Cullen said grimly. He walked over to stand next to Albert. With doing so, it was shown that Albert was shorter than him by a few inches at the least and him doing so seemed to get on Albert's nerves.
"How do you know that Koronus will go back in time a week from now?" Zelgadis asked.
"Because... because our parents told us," Albert said, pausing for a second as if he were trying to decide on if that was what he was going to say.
"So what we have to do is fight this Koronus thing, save our past and everything will go back to the way it all should be?" Gourry asked, finally lowering his sword.
"Yes," Bianca replied.
"We're in!" Lina said happily. Her three companions, however, pulled her aside and she was smacked on the back of her head by Zelgadis.
"You idiot!" he whispered. "I don't trust them, they seem suspicious to me."
"Everything seems suspicious to you Zelgadis," Gourry noted.
"Zelgadis-san," Amelia added. "I do not think that they are bad people. Look at the one guy! He has half a stone face! You are stone. You are a nice person..."
"Didn't I actually try to kill all of you a few times?" Zelgadis reminded her. Amelia shut up and looked sheepishly at the ground.
"That doesn't matter," Lina said. "We're stuck until they send us back and we either cooperate or fight by force. Besides, I feel at peace dealing with them, as if I have met them before. So, who's in then?"
With a defeated moan from Zelgadis, all three of her friends raised their hands.
"Right then!" Lina said, taking a big step out of the little circle and over towards Albert, Cullen and Bianca. "We will help you out."
"Great!" Bianca said happily. She then brought her voice down to a low whisper. "We have to bring you to safe quarters then to rest up."
"Why? Isn't this place safe?" Gourry asked, looking around the bare room. The walls seemed cracked and crumbling and there was dirt and summoning compounds littered everywhere.
"No, this is just a good space for the three of us to summon you," Albert said. "We have taken to living in the palace above ground."
"A palace?" Lina asked.
"Yeah. It is abandoned and in horrible shape, but we live there," Bianca sadly said. "Come on, let's go." She blew out the oil lamp and cast a light spell that caused a green speck of flame seem to float in her hand. Walking over to a door, she opened it and walked out. Lina, Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis followed with Albert and Cullen taking up the rear. Once they came to a trap door, Bianca muttered yet another incantation and the door slowly opened, revealing that the midday sun was blocked out by thick rain clouds. There was no rain coming down, but there were huge puddles all over as everyone stepped out into the open, as if there was a break in the storm.
"Where are we?" Zelgadis asked as he started to look around. Albert opened his mouth to answer the chimera, yet was cut off by some loud and violent noise.
"ALBERT ORME!" a voice boomed. Spinning around, the gang found themselves face-to-face with a giant green monster. It was thin and reptilian, nearly like a snake with legs.
"Stand back you guys!" Gourry and Albert said simultaneously, drawing their swords at the exact same time as well.
"Look at what we have here," the monster sneered. "Ready to meet your doom with new friends are we?"
"Never shall I fall to the likes of you!" Albert yelled valiantly. He went to go and charge the monster, yet tripped over himself and fell flat on his face.
"Are you okay Albert-kun?" Bianca asked with a worried voice as she went to help her friend to get up back on his feet. Albert blushed. Lina let out an exasperated sigh. Amelia and Gourry simply looked at Albert's bright red face oddly. Cullen stood in the back of their group, brooding and watching his sister's moves with a closely protective glare. Zelgadis just burst ahead of the whole group and slightly laughed.
"Heh. RATILL!" he shouted with a small snicker. He disintegrated the monster in an instant, leaving nothing in its place.
"You didn't have to do that," Albert said, crushed that he did not get to fight the monster. Zelgadis just laughed inside, knowing that he had burst the kid's bubble.
"Well, this just means that you are at the right level of skill in order to help us," Cullen interjected. "The more power you have, the more likely it will be that we shall defeat Koronus."
"Why? How powerful was that monster?" Zelgadis inquired.
"Very powerful," Cullen answered. "Much more powerful than most of the other mazokus around here."
"Hey Amelia," Lina said, looking over at the princess as she stood frozen in her place. "What's going on?" Amelia just did not move. She felt she could not move. Such a thing was impossible.
"Bianca," Amelia whispered. "Where are we?"
"Seiryuun," Bianca replied. "Why do you ask?"
Everyone looked over in the direction of Amelia's gaze and their jaws just dropped open.
There before them in complete ruins, lay the Seiryuun Royal Palace.
Things To Know
Orme: It is some prefix having to deal with dragons.
Albert: Some British name.
Cullen: Middle name of William Cullen Bryant, author of Thanatopsis (which is an excellent death poem if I do say so myself.)
Bianca: A name.
Ganymeade: Chosen because it was there. I think it is a Shakespeare character.
The Blue-Haired Midget: Rowdy, Gourry ancestor (in my mind at least) whom Lina went back in time to help.
My Storyline: Based generally off of the Slayers Motion Picture with the time traveling mazoku thing.