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Lina and Tatsuko had soon forgotten the reason for chasing around each other and started playing a small game of tag in the garden. When they were out of breath they fell to the ground next to each other. Tatsuko gave out a laugh.

"Wasn't Amelia out here earlier?" She asked.

"How I am supposed to know?" Lina said with a laugh then looked up at the sky. She sighed, "It's so different here. I haven't seen any birds, let along heard any, and the sky is always dark."

"Yet if you look carefully, you can see the sun." Tatsuko said. Lina looked to the side and spotted the gasy ball of fire.

"Yeah you're right. But yet...it doesn't illuminate the moon like it did on earth. You can feel it's warmth yet you cant see it."

"That's because Kaguya is the light of the moon, remember." Tatsuko said. Lina nodded.

"It's still light here yet it's not that bright. I wounder if it's brighter when Kaguya's well?" She whispered.

"Probably." Tatsuko muttered.

"What are you two girls doing?" Lina and Tatsuko jumped and sat up. They saw Gourry standing over by the bench with a bemused look on his face. Lina blushed and looked away.

"We're comparing." Tatsuko replied.

"Comparing what?" Gourry asked sitting down next to Lina.

"How the earth and moon are different from each other." Lina responded, before falling back down and looking back up, "I like it here. It's peacefull."

"Yeah it is." Gourry agreed.

"But remember it's not going to stay like this for long. Helmaster is going to attack soon." Tatsuko reminded them.

"Meaning we can never rest in ease." Lina sighed.

"So how soon are we talking about?" Gourry asked. Tatsuko shook her head.

"I really don't know, but one thing's for sure, I've been getting these strange vibes lately, like something bad is about to happen." She said.

"Yeah me too." Lina muttered. She changed her gaze from the sky to Gourry. He was looking up and she saw the profile of his face against the sky. She gave a small sigh before sitting up and scootching a bit closer to Gourry. Gourry noticed her move closer to him and looked over at her. She gasped inardly before starting to stutter out a question.

"Gourry...since I'm the...well...I mean...Like how Sylphiel is the other half and...well...do you think..." Gourry smiled and her then placed a hand on her cheak before leaning down and kissing her lips. Lina closed her eye's and leaned into the kiss before Gourry broke it.

"Is that what you want?" He asked. Lina just looked at him wide eyed before blushing slightly and nodding.

"But who are you going to choose?" Lina asked. Gourry frowned and looked back up at the sky.

"Gourry?" Lina whispered leaning closer to him. he didn't respond to her question and just looked down. Lina felt hot tears burn her eyes and she quickly wiped then away.

"You like Sylphiel more don't you?" Lina asked looking down, "It's true isn't it? She...She's better looking, has a good figure, probably alot nicer than I'll ever be. I guess if it's Sylphiel you want then-" She was cut off as Gourry pulled her into and embrace giving her a hard kiss on the lips. Lina gasped slightly before struggling against him. Let go! She begged inwardly, Please let me go!

Tatsuko looked at them hearing Lina's plee's. What was she going to do? There was basically nothing she could do. The only other human she could touch was Lina, it was impossible for her to get imbetween the two of them. She saw Lina's struggles start to get more panicky as she started to punch her fists into his cheast to get him to let go but he refused. Finally she gave a scream through the kiss and tears started pouring down her face. Only then did Gourry let go. Lina pulled herself away from him grabbed ahold of Tatsuko's wrist and ran off, not even waiting for an explanation as to what he did.

When they got a far enough distance Lina stopped and started to catch her breath.

"Why did you run away?" Tatsuko asked.

"I don't know." Lina whined, "I was scared!"

"Why did you ask him who he was going to choose if you didn't want to know?" Tatsuko snapped.

"How'd you...?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet? We're one in the same! I know you're thought's, feeling, everything! I know you don't want to know who he's going to choose!" Tatsuko yelled. Lina didn't respond, she just kept her gaze to the ground. Tatsuko sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Lina...look I'm sorry, but..."

"It's not your fault!" Lina yelled, "I'm at fault here! I stupidly asked knowing that I would get hurt!" Tatsuko sighed. Just then her face hardened as she felt a dark presence loom over them. Lina felt it too and stopped her whining to look up. Flaoting up there was a guy dressed in a long black cloak that covered him from head to toe, and wore a mask that only covered one half of his face, but in place of the eye slot was an emerald.

"Who are you?" Tatsuko demanded. The man gave out a sinister laugh.

"I am a servant of lord hellmaster. My name is Gio Gaia and I have come for your life."

"Talk about lousy lines!" Lina shouted, "Cant you think up something more original than that?"

"Who cares!" Tatsuko snapped.

"I do!" Lina yelled, "Every bad guy, whether it's in a fairytale or real life, uses the same lines! It's so damn annoying!"

"Sorry if I don't fit your expectations, but it doesn't matter." Gio Gaia said before throwing an energy blast at the two of them. Lina and Tatsuko both jumped in opposite directions, missing the attack. Lina rolled over and got two her knees before releasing a spell.

"ELMEKIA LANCE!" She cast send the spell towards Gio Gaia. He simply moved to one side letting the attack fly by him, but Lina wasn't finished yet. Just as the spell was next to him..."Break!" She released the power word and the spell split into multiple different Emekia Lance's manageing to hit him. Gio Gaia let out a grunt of pain but it didn't do much to him. When the spell is broken the affect is split aswell, but gives off pain in all the different places it hits.

"Very clever? But I must know how you know how to do that when you bearly know how to use your powers?" Gio Gaia asked.

"That's none of your business! BLAST ASH!" The multiple different spells came flying right at him from all directions making it near impposible to avoid. The spell hit him full on and he fell to the ground.

"Very impresive indeed." Gio Gaia said standing up.

"I don't need your compliments." Lina snapped. Gio Gaia just smirked under the mask and sent multiple blasts of energy at them both. Tatsuko didn't flinch or make any move to defend. Lina didn't have time to counter for both her and Tatsuko. She just cast a Valus Wall to bloke the attack and stared in horror as the attack moved towards Tatsuko. Tatsuko had her eyes closed and just before the blast hit her, she opened her eyes and they glowed a deep crimson red before a light surounded her.

Lina gasped in amazement. Tatsuko had changed into the dragon she had seen when she and Tatsuko first came in connection with eachother, and managed to block the attack at the same time, vaporizing them apon contact. This took Gio Gaia by surprise. Lina smirked.

"What you so surprised about Mr Gaia? Didn't you know Tatsuko was a dragon?" She mocked. Gio Gaia made no move to respond. Lina's eyes narrowed, "I will defeat you if it's the last thing I do." She said dangerously.

"And how do you plan on doing that?" Gio Gaia asked. Lina smirked. I haven't tried it yet, but Tatsuko said I have the power...if I can pull off the Dragon Slave I know I can end this.

"It's to early Lina." Tatsuko warned her telepathically, "You haven't practiced it. You would need something to amplify your power first."

"NO!" Lina snapped, "I will do it!" She looked up at Gio Gaia and started chanting the spell Tatsuko had told her about.

"Darkness beyond twighlight, Crimson beyond blood which flows, buried in the flow of time is where you power grows. I pledge myself to concoure all the fows who stand, before the mightly gift bestowed in my unworthy hand. Let the fools he stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I posses! DRAGON SLAVE!"

Lina released the gigantic spell towards Gio Gaia destroying him completely. Lina sighed and Tatsuko returned to her human form.

"I wouldn't rest so easily just yet." She said.

"What do you mean?" Lina asked. Tatsuko pointed to the edge of the castle.

"You destroyed part of the castle in the process." She said.

"Huh?" Lina looked over at the castle before lewtting out a shreik, "Luna's gonna kill me!"

"Your fault." Tatsuko muttered before fading away.

oki-doki here's the next chapter. The next chapter should have somemore comotion in it. This is my first attempt at writing a fight scene so please, no flames okay.

anyway R&R please.