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Never Cross a Sorceress

It was any normal day for any Talon grunt, but for Chicken Feathers (though his real name was unknown), it was the day he'll finally get some recognition and praise. The scouts had found a mountain load of treasure on some distance terra and if he was credited for bring it back to Cyclonia, Cyclonis would definitely give him the promotion he had waited for. As yes, this was absolutely his day.

Once their Destroyer had landed, the lieutenant along with several other lowly-paid soldiers to where the treasure laid. There gold, crystals, diamonds, pearls, a number of worthy items that could make any man retired to an early life. The leader smirked as the others started to grab the loot. It seemed to be going perfectly before she came along.

"HEY! What do you think you are doing?" yelled a very loud and annoying voice, which caused everyone to look up. Standing on top of the gold was a short, thin girl with long, untamed hair and red eyes that could possible killed a something if they stared at it long enough. The most notable thing about her was the strange clothes she was wearing. It looked like she was on her way to a costume ball. Who else would be caught dead in those rags?

Anyway, the girl glared at them and shouted, "That is our gold! We found it first!" The Talons blinked in confusion; did she just used plural pronouns? Suddenly, there appeared a man much taller than the girl, with long, blonde hair which the bangs covered his right eye, which both were blue. He also wore strange garments, especially the black armor on his chest, shoulders, and thighs. By the look on his face, he didn't seem that smart, which was good since the smaller grunts didn't want to be in a fight.

"Lina, where are we? I thought we were going to that new restaurant for lunch." he complained, looking very hungry. The red-head looked at the man before she started to argue with him. As they fought, Chicken Feathers just blinked, before looking over at the other soldiers. They were expecting him to do something, anything would have been better than standing around like imbeciles. So, he looked back at the two and gulped.

"… Ex-Excuse me," he began, before the couple looked over at him, "But, who are you and what are you doing here?" They stopped fighting (Well, by now, it was her strangling him), and looked over at him. There was an awkward silence as they now realized who had been watching. Now, this was embarrassing.

"My name is Lina Inverse; sorceress genius and supreme beauty," she introduced herself, causing the army groan. She wasn't a beauty, that's for sure. They instantly went silent by the glare. Then, she introduced her partner, "And this is Gourry, the more… mentally-challenged of my other half." The man just waved, causing the audience to sweatdropped. Compared to them, these two wouldn't last a minute with the Storm Hawks.

"… Well, Miss Lina," the lieutenant started, "We found this treasure first. So... Finder keepers, losers weepers." Now, there were several things wrong with that statement. If any of them knew who she really was, they would have gladly given her the entire fortune.

"Are you sure you don't want to share that treasure with us? You can give us ninety-nine percent of it, please?" she pleaded, showing her puppy-dog eyes in innocence. The army just sweatdropped even more; that was way too much for the two. It would have left the Talons with dog scraps.

Chicken Feathers thought that it was now time to step up and retorted, "Look, missy! Cyclonians don't share what they had found! Especially with a little kid who looks like a stick figure!" If he had noticed the girl, he won't have seen her grinding her teeth at being called that. "Now, move along, you two. Go back to your costume party."

The grunts went back to work, not noticing the fiery aura around Lina. Her big, dumb lacky noticed and blinked. He had gotten pretty good at reading the red-head's language when she wasn't speaking during the years traveling together; she was pretty much like an open book. So, he asked, "Hey, Lina, are you mad?"

The sorceress took a deep breath before answering, "Oh, I don't get mad. I get even."

With the treasure loaded, the Destroyer took off, with all the gold and jewels onboard. Chicken Feathers smirked, now having the very thing that would make him famous. He was now imaging Cyclonis rewarding him and now having the starring role in the movie chronicling the rise of the Empire. He was about to rescue his comrades from the evil sky knights until reality hit him again.

"Ummm… Sir," a lowly grunt interrupted the lieutenant's day dream, "That girl who the treasure is now chanting something." All the talons looked outside seeing that the first person to observe was right. The red-haired girl was chanting something strange while gathering some red energy around her. But whatever she was doing, they didn't care. They were on one of the most indestructible ships in the Atmos.

However, they soon change their tune when she yelled out, "DRAGON SLAVE!" The sorceress soon fired the blast she had gathered at the ship, which exploded on impact. The Talons didn't have time to evacuate and soon, they were falling out of the sky with their parachutes, charred and all. Chicken Feathers was now depressed; how was he going to explain lost treasure and a destroyed ship to the Master now.

"Hehehe, that's what you get for messing with Lina Inverse," the girl said, as she dusted her hands off. The two admired her handy work on the floating airship as it fell to the ground. It was only a few moments later that Gourry remembered something.

"Hey, Lina, that treasure was on there, right?" he asked, causing the red head to nod in triumph. However, she soon cracked, realizing what she had done. All that treasure gone; the Lord of Nightmares must have been having a field day with this.

Now on this day, the Cyclonians learned a valuable lesson: Never Cross a Sorceress, especially one of little figure.

Author's Notes:

Yea, it was kinda short on characters for a crossover. Don't worry, there's more after this!

Anyway, please read and review!