Slayers Betrayed

Alandra: Here is a cool fic about the Slayers.

Maliska: A dramatic, angst one.

Sunny: And for last, the Slayers and Lost Universe series does not belong to us, it belongs to Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Arazumi.

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Chapter 14

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Darkness surrounds Lina Inverse once again, leaving her nothing but emptiness, she feels like part of her has been taken from her, that part is Gourry Gabrieve who die saving her, and once again she is alone, just like she was when she was a child.

Suddenly, a light appears, showing the dead Gourry, picking up his sword, and once again stabbing himself on the chest to make the demon inside him parish.

"Stop it Gourry! Please stop it!"

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The next thing she knew, Lina was in her room in the Sword Breaker. Which means that this was all a dream? But Gourry death is real. She lost her best friend, her best travelling companion, her comrade, and secretly……..her lover. She lost him…..forever.

"Miss Lina!" cried Amelia very happily as she entered Linas room, accompanied by Zelgadiss. Lina gasped in amazement and happiness in the same time.

"You guy are alive! That is wonderful…...but how? I saw Bastion sending an enormous blast at Zel and….."

"I hate to admit it but this accursed body has saved me again." interrupted Zel. "But I was almost about to die, if Amelia didn't save me."

In this last one, Zel tapped on Amelia's shoulder, which made her blush. Lina smiled at this, but a weak, sad smile.

"And guess what? We managed to get one of the Crystals Grindes." said Amelia, getting back to reality. "Now we can go back to our own time!"

"For what?" said Lina in a low, almost dead voice.

"What?" Booth Zel and Amelia were surprised, never have they hear Lina talk like this. But Zel understood why Lina is behaving like this, she is afraid, she saw Gourry die right in front of her and she could do nothing to save him. This experience in much devastating than the one she had when they all faced the Hellmaster.

"Lina, I know what has happened, and Bastion is the real guilty one and made us believe that Gourry was a traitor. Kain has told us every thing."

"Like always, that moron talks to much!"

"Listen Lina!" continued Zel "We must go back to our own time!"

"WHY FOR? When we left Bastion was already in Gourry's body!"

"That is why you must go back to you own time!" said Kain as he entered Linas room "Bastion of the future is dead, but the Bastion of the Past is still alive, which means that all our efforts might be in vain if we don't stop him back then!"

"I – I can not do it, it is a lost cause!" said Lina in a defeated tone and sobbing.

Zel looks back at Lina, she is defiantly afraid, the horrible experience she faced has totally destroyed her spirit. "For heavens sake Lina, you must help! You said to me once that when you fight, you must fight to win! Or else you will be dead for sure."

"But this is totally different!" Lina shouted, very emotionally. "You guys can not understand! None of you do!"

SLAP

Zel was shocked, he could not believe what just happened, Amelia walked to Lina and slapped her hard in the face. Lina was just as surprise as Zel, Amelia never done a thing like this before.

"Don't you dare say that we don't understand you, Lina Inverse!" started Amelia with such a serious voice that it doesn't seem like hers. "My uncle Randy and my cousin Alfred have betrayed my father, trying to kill him, I know that I never sounded like it but I was devastated to see members of my family trying to kill my father so that they could get power. I almost felt like I never had a family. I understand very perfectly how you felt when you thought that Gourry was a traitor, but you have a second chance to save Gourry from the real enemy, if you chose not to take this second chance you will be the one who is a traitor, Lina Inverse."

Lina looked back at the young princess with one hand covering the cheek which Amelia slaped, never in her life has Lina ever thought that Amelia, the justice girl, would give her such a big lesson.

Lina stated to chuckle a little. "I must have sounded so stupid!"

Zel, Amelia and Kain smiled back at Lina, she looks like she is coming back to the Lina Inverse that every one knows very well. Kain took that time to leave the room to see Millie.

"Alright!" said Lina getting out of her bed. "Let's start planning our next move!"

"Alright !" said Amelia, very enthusiastic " Do you have a plan Miss Lina?"

"Well, we could try to use the sword of light to defeat Bastion and free Gourry!"

"The sword of Light?" asked Zel.

"Yes, when I was fighting Bastion, he said that it was Gourry's ancestors that have defeated him the first time, and that the sword is the only thing that weakens him!"

"So that is why the sword of light was on the ground when we meet up with Gourry!" said Zel remembering that incident when they were in the temple.

"Yes, he still is not strong enough to destroy the sword, so we still have a chance, we shall return a few minutes after Kain and Millie rescued us. Now that all that is resolved, let's eat! But first……." Lina bongs Amelia on the head "Don't ever slap me in the face again!" After that Lina left her room directly to the Kitchen.

"Well, I believe she is finally returning back to normal." Said Zel, with a smirk in his face.

"Yes, and I have this bong on my head to prove it. Ouch!" wined Amelia.

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"She is really going to face Bastion again?" asked Millie who was resting in her bed because of the beating she got from Bastion-Gourry.

"Yes, she will return to her own time and stop from all this madness to happen." Assured Kain.

Booth of them remains in silence for a while until Millie decided to talk again. "Kain, if Lina is going to stop Bastion for good, the future will change! If that happens, do you think that……you and I……will still……will still be friends?"

Kain tapped her cheek, softly "Don't worry, we will! One thing is for sure, the Horde will never exist, we might end up fight another organization, but you and I we shall be together!

Millie blushed.

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The next day.

Kain and Canal leaded Lina, Amelia and Zel to a small white room. It is the time machine that Kain used to get Lina.

"This is the time machine?" asked Lina.

"Yes!" answered Canal "It may be a room, but it is very powerful, believe me and it is already programmed to send you five minutes after you have left".

"Lina Inverse, Are you sure that you don't want me to help you?" asked Kain.

"Not this time Kain! This is a battle that me and my friends must do by our self's!"

"Well then, all I must do now is to wish you good luck" Kain lifted his and shakes hand with Lina Inverse.

"Thank you Kain Blueriver!" said Lina while shaking hand with Kain Blueriver

"It is always a pleasure to fight along great justice heart fighters!" said Amelia.

"But if you ever visit us again, be sure not to bring trouble with you!" warned Zel.

All goodbyes were done and Lina , Zelgadiss and Amelia entered the time machine and send back to their own time.

"Do you think they will make it Kain?" asked Canal.

"You haven't saw Lina's power Canal! It is very unique! Bastion will not live. Victory is at hand!"

To be continued…………..

Ramon: you guys actually thought that this fic was over? Well think again!

Alandra: And this will be the last time that the gang of the Lost Universe appears in this fic.