To the end
Ramon: Another Lina and Gourry fic, which many will enjoy.
Sunny: The Slayers and all its characters don't belong to us, it belongs to Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Arazumi. Only Air Jay and Kiko belong to us.
Alandra: we hope that you people can enjoy this fic.
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Chapter 9
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Lina slowly starts to walk to Air Jay with the Ragna Blade on her hands. "Now this is going to end now. Goodbye!" and Lina jumps to the air and makes a sword move against Air Jay.
"Oh no you won't!" shouted Air Jay and throws a fireball at Lina's sword. But in the exact moment that Air Jay's fireball hits the dark blade it was cut in haft like if it was butter. "WHAT!"
"DIE AIR JAY, DIE!"
Air Jay doesn't have the chance to escape and sees the Ragna Blade coming his way to cut his to pieces. "NOOO!"
The Ragna Blade hits Air Jay really hard, dragging him near to a building ,making a big crash on the ground, making pieces of the ground flying to the air, but suddenly Lina stops like if someone made her stand still. "What is going on here? Why did I stop all of a sudden?" and slowly she is being drag away. "What? What is going on? Why am I…….I don't believe it!"
Air Jay starts to show up, holding the Ragna Blade with his two hands, holding it with great pain, his arms are surrounded by veins and he's sweating all over and his hands are practically burning because of the power of the Ragna Blade.
Lina could not believe it, no one has ever hold the Ragna Blade, even if Garv resisted it he could not hold the Blade, but Air Jay is holding it even if he has a very difficult time doing it.
The town's people still remain on their seats watching all this; they have no desire to help Lina in fear that Air Jay might harm them.
"Come on damn it, just die! I hate stubborn guys!" growled Lina, pushing the blade more strongly to Air Jay.
Oh his behalf Air Jay pushes the Ragna Blade to Lina. "Sorry baby, I just don't want to please my haters!"
The struggle between the two forces creates such phenomenon's that makes the houses falling to the ground and turning into pieces, and creating blasts of wind that almost sends people to fly away.
"Man they are fighting with such power!" said Gourry in amaze watching the two fighters giving their best against the other, but they still have move one inch they just continue to try to hold the Ragna blade as best as they can.
Suddenly Air Jay gives one step forward, which forced Lina to back away.
This is really not a good sign.
Lina started to panic, how can it be possible? Air Jay is just holding the Ragna blade with big difficulty and he's already making her drag away. "No I won't let you beat me!" said Lina very determinate and presses her feats to the ground. "I am the great Lina Inverse! I will get the reward that it is on your head. I need it!" and Lina pushes the Ragna Blade more forward to Air Jay, she is very determinate to get that money so that she might give it to Gourry. it the least she can do for him.
Air Jay got dragged more behind but he pressed his feats to the ground, this is the first time anyone has ever push him so far. And he likes it. "Ora Bolas! You thing that you will beat me and get the prize on my head? Many people said that but they are not alive to tell it, and you are going to join them!"
Air Jay took two steps forward with big effort with veins in his arms, Lina still pressed her feats to the ground but she is still being drag, trying her best to hold the Ragna Blade but with more difficulty, this is the first time she is using the Ragna blade like this, not even Garv could hold the Ragna Blade.
The town's people are doing nothing but watch, they do not dare standing near those two phenoms.
Gourry started to get worry, Lina is getting a big disadvantage in this fight, she is probably to tire to even hold the Ragna Blade with all the fights she had with Air Jay. "I must help her!" Gourry picks up his sword and runs directly at Air Jay.
"No Gourry don't!" cried Lina.
"Huh?" Air Jay takes a peek behind to see Gourry running directly at him. "What's he doing?"
Gourry jumps to the air and strikes Air Jay right from behind, making a big cut on his back.
"AAAAH!" cried Air Jay in pain but still holding the Ragna Blade very firmly.
Lina took that chance to push the dark sword more forward to Air Jay.
But Air Jay retains his ground, still with much effort. "Grrr!"
Gourry attacks Air Jay with another sword attack, making another deep cut on his back.
This time Air Jay did not said a thing, he kept all the pain inside himself, but he took that chance to kick Gourry right on the face, making Gourry fall away from him.
"Damn you!" shouted Lina and took that opportunity to press the blade more directly at Air Jay.
But Air Jay immediately pressed his feet to the ground not giving Lina any chance.
Air Jay just could not stop laughing. "Magnificent! Absolutely wonderful! É Demais! Never in my life had I faced a fight such as this!"
"You are insane!" cried Lina holding her Ragna blade as best she can but with much difficulty, she never used the Ragna Blade for so long and she knows that she undoes the spell now Air Jay will take that chance to kill her for sure.
Things are even worst now, Air Jay is dragging Lina very far away.
"HA HA HA HAHA! Its over! You can not hold on for long." laughed Air Jay very loud. "This fight is over, and I am the one who will win this great battle!"
Lina hates to admit it but Air Jay might be right here, he's holding the Ragna blade with his hands, something that no one has ever seen before, and he's dragging Lina away even if she is the one chanting this dark spell.
"After I'm done with you I will kill Ashford, I will kill every one in that town and then I will kill that stupid blond who has cut me on the back." Said Air Jay, very evilly.
"What?" gasped Lina when Air Jay threatened to kill Gourry.
Air Jay loved to see her reaction. "That's right baby! In any way, every one will learn that it is impossible to defeat the immortal Air Jay!"
"No! You will never kill anyone again!" yelled Lina and a powerful aura starts to surround her.
"What the……" Air Jay felt the aura surrounding her, it is so great that the ground starts to shake. "What is going on here?"
Gourry is just as surprised as Air Jay, he never saw that before, and he's amazed to see that it is Lina who is doing this. Gourry has seen Lina cast powerful spells but he never saw Lina releasing such power inside her. What could it mean?
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Xellos who's been watching the entire fight very far away, got stunned, and with his hand shaking in fear. "Its Lina's hidden power starting to break free, the power that we Mazokus have feared for so long. I always knew that Lina would be able to defeat Air Jay, but I never thought that he would push her so far like this. This isn't exactly going as I planed but it will do."
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Lina's body starts to glow, forming a magical sphere surrounding her and creating a explosion of light which finally made Air Jay release the Ragna Blade and making him jump away.
"LINA!" cried Gourry when that magical sphere exploded
But Lina comes out of that light explosion flying directly at Air Jay. "This time is it! You are going to die!"
Air Jay runs directly at Lina with his fists covered in fire "do you think I'm afraid of you? DO YOU THINK I'M AFRAID?"
"It's your end Air Jay! Just die once and for all!" cried Lina and she pressed the Ragna Blade in Air Jay's chest in such speed that he could not defend himself, she pressed the blade with such strength that it has made Air Jay crash against another house with the Ragna Blade still stabbed in his chest. This was all so fast that Air Jay did not have a chance to scream in pain.
BOOM
An enormous explosion occurred in the moment that Air Jay crashed against the house, an explosion which is impossible for anyone to survive.
Lina lands on her knees, sweating like hell, breathing heavily and trembling. "I did it…I did it…I defeated him!" she doesn't know why but this battle kind of reminds her of the battle she had against Garv.
Lina was about to collapse on the flour but Gourry caught her. "You did it Lina, way to go."
And finally all the towns' people came out of their hiding place, dancing and cheering for Air Jay's death. "Yay she did it!" "Air Jay's dead!" "We will survive!" these were some of the things that could be heard.
Some of the towns' people went to Lina and Gourry to congratulate them and to thank them while others went to help Ashford.
"Oh it was nothing, right Lina?" asked Gourry but Lina did not say a thing, she has her attention to the smoke and craters where Air Jay feel and die. "I guess she still can not believe that she beat him for good."
"Now what am I going to do?" thought Lina. "Now how am I going to bring Air Jay's body to Phill? Well, maybe I can bring some of Air Jay's stuff to prove that he's dead. I'll check that out after I recover. But I wonder what was that power inside of me…what ever it was it sure helped me defeat Air Jay."
Suddenly the grounds to starts to tremble.
"What is that?" asked Gourry. "Lina, what is going on?"
Lina did not respond, she is scare that it might be who she thinks it is. "Please tell me it is just a natural thing. Please tell me it is not him…he got hit with the Ragna Blade right on the chest!"
And from the smoke where Air Jay feel, a fire blast emerges to the air, taking the form of a sphere of fire and then appears a human with wings of fire. It is him, its Air Jay alive and well and with out a single scratch in him.
All of the towns people turn pale with the fear when they saw that Air Jay is still alive, some people starts to stutter while some screams in fear and starts to run away.
The ones that were helping Ashford to get up immediately dropped him to the ground, leaving him to his luck.
All the towns people started to run away in fear, some even collapsing to the ground, others are crashing against each other, ones pushing the others aside.
Air Jay who is still in the air is just enjoying what he calls a show.
One of the town's people pushed Gourry and Lina who is still in his arms aside very violently, making Lina hurt her arm.
"Lina, are you alright?" asked Gourry in concern.
"My arm……" wined Lina, holding her arm.
Another one of the towns people were about to run over Lina and Gourry, but Gourry simply punched him out of the way. "That's it, push us all the way. That will help a lot!" and Gourry punched another one.
A few seconds later all of the town's people were out of sight, leaving Ashford still on the ground and unconscious, and leaving Lina and Gourry who are bruised, tire and beat on their own.
"What a bunch of cowards!" Cursed Gourry. "They were all ready to cheer us when they saw that Air Jay was death but now that he's alive they abandon us just when we need them the most."
"We got more important stuff to worry about now Gourry." said Lina looking up to the air to see Air Jay is still up there.
Air Jay did not move an inch since he appeared; he's just glaring carefully to his opponents and in silence, a deadly silence. "This is the first time I ever got pushed to this level……Lina is as powerful as people say, now I understand why people call her the enemy of all living things." He then looks down to his palms, they are still wounded and bleeding because of holding the Ragna Blade for so long. "No one has ever done this to me before!" he starts to tremble with his eyes mad and wide open, but he is not trembling in fear or anger, he's trembling in excitement. "HA, HA, HA, HA! Is this what we feel when we are facing a worthy opponent? I feel every part of me exploding with adrenalin, it is fantastic! I never felt so alive! Finally, after all this years I found an opponent at my level, I have a feeling that this will be the best fight of my live!" after saying this Air Jay closes his fists with blood coming out of his palm and lands at full speed to the ground, landing smoothly. "Come here Lina Inverse! It is time to end this!"
Gourry gently puts Lina to the ground and grabs his sword. "This is bad Lina, we are all to tire and Air Jay just keeps up with out any scratch in him, how are we still going to beat him?"
"I don' t know how to answer you Gourry, he took every spell I made with even blinking, I'm still in shock that he managed to survive the Ragna blade…..but I can tell you this, after what we just saw, I can say that Air Jay is just as strong as Garv was. Maybe even a little more."
Gourry gasped when Lina said that, he still remembers the brutal fight he had with Garv, a fight which he wishes never to fight again, the same man who also got hit with the Ragna Blade and survived. "So……what are we going to do Lina? Are you saying that we don't have a chance? That we are going to die?"
"NEVER!" shouted Lina. "I don't go down easily! I never went easy to my enemies and I won't start now! I still have a lot to do, a lot to see and no one will stop me! Not even this wacko with a strange hair" she said very determinate.
Gourry turns his head at Lina and smiles, he admires how she never loses her calm when she is in a battle, and how determinate she can be. "So do you have a plan?"
"Well……I could try to hit him with the Ragna Blade again, but I will need to cast a healing spell on myself, but it will take time and I don't think he will give us the time."
"How long?"
"I don't know…five, six minutes the least."
"Alright, I'll distract him while you heal yourself, and then hit him with the Ramta Blade." Said Gourry holding up to his sword very tight
"WHAT?" cried Lina with the idea that Gourry had invented just now, she is so shocked that she did not bother to correct him about the name of the Ragna Blade. "Gourry, didn't you heard what I said? I said that Air Jay is just as strong as Garv, you can't beat him on your own! Five minutes may sound like an eternity when we are in a big disadvantage here, we need help!"
Gourry turns back to Lina. "I know, but those towns cowards left us on our own, tthis is the best plan we have. Besides I promised that I would protect you Lina, and that is what I am going to do."
Lina could not hold her tears. "Gourry, of all the stupid ideas you have this has to be the stupidest one off all!"
"I know…" Gourry says nothing more and runs directly at Air Jay, ready to strike him down.
In that moment Lina's heart pounds with horror and fear when Gourry marches at Air Jay to put his plan into action, in that exact moment Lina remembers those nightmare she had in these last days where Gourry dies, can it be that her nightmares are going to happen? "GOURRY, DON'T DO IT, PLEASE!"
To be continued…….
Maliska: I guess we can give this round to Lina, right? Even if Air Jay is still alive.
Ramon: but will Gourry survive the fight?
Sunny: more chapters coming up, so please read and review.
