Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers and don't claim to have created it or any of the characters.

Chapter 1

Lina and Gourry were silent as they walked along the beaten track towards the next city. There was an uncomfortable silence between the pair as they continued. Gourry was just beside Lina as usual. Gourry occasionally looked down towards the diminutive sorceress with a look of worry in his blue eyes. Meanwhile Lina looked determined and slightly spiteful as she marched on with even more vigour.

"Maybe we should stop and rest for a bit." Gourry said nervously.

Lina just seemed to ignore the swordsman and continued walking.

"Lina, we should stop. You're…"

"SHUT IT GOURRY!" Lina spat back harshly and continued walking.

Gourry froze in mid-step as he looked on at Lina marching on.

A couple of hours earlier, Gourry was locked in battle. He was sword to sword with the last man of a group of mercenaries who had been tracking them for the past couple of days. It seems finally another of the mazoku lords had set a plan in action, and their first plan of action was to eliminate Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev, so there would be no trouble for them in the later stages of their plan.

The mazoku underlings had been sent to fulfil their duty and their first plan of action was to send this particular group of mercenaries after them. The days of pursuit had worn the sorceress and swordsman down a little. However they were still as effective as ever and they had dealt with most of the mercenaries the second they caught up.

"GYYYAAAHHHHH!" Gourry yelled as he broke the sword lock and went onto the attack, whilst the leader had to go on the defensive, doing his best to keep up with the blur of sword strikes. Lina meanwhile had finished with her share of the fight and looked to Gourry.

Suddenly a mazoku phased into the physical world behind Lina. She sensed it the second it happened and quickly chanted as she darted to the side. She just missed the heat of the plasma burst and continued chanting. Then suddenly she screamed and jumped straight for the mazoku.

"RAGNA BLADE!" She yelled, as the black massless void of energy shot forth in her hand, sparkling with golden energy. She'd grown in experience since the third rising of Shabranigdu and was finding that she needed less and less time to chant her spells. However it still wasn't quick enough.

She struck down hard with the blade and watched it rip through he shoulder and body of the mazoku, but simultaneously she felt the sharp pain in her neck. She lost control of the blade and it disappeared but it was still enough to eradicate the mazoku.

She slumped to the floor and brought a hand to her neck, where she felt a dart protruding. Gourry used the commotion and lack of concentration to defeat the final opponent, but seeing Lina down; he panicked and ran straight towards her. He knelt down beside her and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Lina? Lina? Are you ok?" He asked seeing the dart.

Lina pulled the dart out immediately and winced.

"I…think so…" She responded unconvincingly.

"What is it, Lina?" The blonde man asked, looking at the strange dart. It was unlike any he had seen before. Infact it looked like it was made of human bone.

Lina looked closer at the dart and closer to the tip. Then suddenly the information shot through her like lightning. The books she read through all opened up, revealing the knowledge she needed to work out what it was. Her mind filled with images of the mazoku who had attacked her. She suddenly felt dread run through her, and for the first time she felt herself getting cold. She shivered.

Gourry sensed it immediately. "Tell me Lina, you're scaring me now. What's going on?"

Lina slowly looked up at Gourry, and Gourry read it in her eyes immediately. She didn't need to tell him, but she had to just to confirm it. "I'm dying…"

Author's Notes: Hey there. Well this is my first serious attempt at writing a story by myself. I'm currently writing another story with my friend Omoni and it's called DramataKurage and is an RP where I write as Gourry and she writes as Lina.

Well back to this story. I don't really have a plan on where I am going with this, and is basically being written on the spur of the moment. I'm posting each chapter on my livejournal, and I have seven at the moment. How long it goes on for? I have no idea. I'll probably end up getting bored of it in the end like I've done with any other piece of fanfiction I have tried to write. This is the most I've ever written so far.

I appreciate any comments whether they are positive or negative. I'd like to take this as a learning experience and realise where I need to improve in my writing ability. I will be the first to say that I am terrible with English. It was never my strong subject at school, and I much preferred Maths or Physics.

If you guys are interested in this, then I might keep it going and we'll see where it goes. As for now well I have a few ideas and I'll keep going with those for now.

Enjoy!