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Lina and Tatsuko ran through the halls heading strait for the library. That's where Luna and Filia where right? They weren't really sure but better safe than sorry right? Lina burst into th room, the door making a load crash as it banged agaist the wall behind it. She stood there breathing heavily before noticing Filia and Luna sitting at one of the desks with their faces, litterally in a book. They seemed to have past out, but there was someone else in the room too.
"Xellos?" Lina asked. Xellos looked up at her and smiled.
"Ah, Miss Lina, I didn't hear you come in." He said.
"What are you? Deaf?!" Tatsuko asked completly in shock that he didn't here Lina come in with the entrance she just made.
"I'm kidding. I heard you, but I suppose now is no time to be playing games, ne?" He said. Lina and Tatsuko sighed and walked over to the table.
"So what's wrong with them?" Lina asked.
"It appears someone put a spell on the entire castle. Anyone in it would simply fall asleep." Xellos explained.
"Uh...right. So how come you're still awake?" Tatsuko asked with a little bit of a snobbish attitude.
"Well I was in town when I saw a Dragon Slave go off. Great job by the way Miss Lina." Xellos said.
"I don't need your praise right now. How do we wake them up? What kind of spell is it? I don't think I can handle something like Flow Break." Lina said before poking Luna on the cheak. she giggled, "This is fun. Maybe we can keep her like this."
"Lina!" Tatsuko snapped.
"Okay, Okay. Sorry." Lina muttered. Xellos gave a small laugh.
"I have no idea what sort of spell they're under. If any, it's probably something that will only go away when the enamy is out of the area or if the person who cast the spell were to die. That's just a guess anyway. I really don't know." He told them.
"Oh that's just great!" Lina snapped.
"It's just and ordinary sleep spell." Tatsuko said.
"Huh?" Xellos and Lina asked together.
"It's just an ordinary sleep spell," Tatsuko repeated, "It's just been ampified to a great extent."
"So if I can use the reversal, they'll wake up?" Lina asked.
"Or you could just let them sleep so you don't have to go through the punishment of blowing up half the castle wall...Oh my goodness!" Tatsuko started to freak out.
"Tat? Hey Tatsuko what's wrong?" Lina asked.
"Princess Kaguya! What if this is just a deversion?" Tatuko asked.
"Oh no need to worry about that!" Xellos said cheerfully.
"What do you mean 'don't worry'?" Lina and Tatsuko yelled at the same time.
"Phibrizzo said that we have till the last full moon of next month, then we have that long to wait. I doubt he would go against his word." Xellos said.
"Oh? And how exactly would you know that?" Lina asked.
"Well you see, I am a Mazoku myself. We may be evil creatures but we atleast have our own pride." Xellos said, then added, "Though there are times when things will get desperate and then we turn against our pride."
"You're a WHAT?!" Tatsuko screamed.
"Um...I don't mean to sound stupid but what exactly is a Mazoku?" Lina asked.
"It's hard to explain." Tatsuko muttered, I'll tell you later okay. She said to Lina tellapathically. Lina just sighed.
"Whatever." She muttered, "But still, we need to wake them up then go get Zelgadiss. he was in the castle at the time after all."
"We should go ther first." Tatsuko said turning towards Lina. They nodded to each other before running out.
Amelia and Gourry watched Tanabata fall to the ground after Amelia's attack.
"No...Darling..." Tanabata's words rang through Amelia's head as she watched her hit the ground, blood pooling out around her. Amelia looked at her then looked away. Gourry walked over to Tanabata, watching her breathing come in short gasps. She looked up, her eyes showing no emotion.
"Why...? Why does this happen...to me?" She asked, "Why doesn't anything...work out the way...I want it to...?" That was the last thing out of her mouth before she stoped breathing. Amelia didn't look over at her, but a small, sympathetic laugh escaped her lips.
"Who know's," She whispered, "I guess happy endings...just weren't ment for you..."
"Amelia?" Gourry looked up at her. That was the last thing he'd expect her to say, but then he noticed a small tear fall down her cheak.
"How touching." Kanzel's voice broke through the silence, "To bad for her. She was going to die anyway. Just like her husband." Amelia growled and looked up at him, her eyes blazing with fury.
"You monster!" She growled, "How dare you toy with another persons heart!"
"It wasn't my doing, only Lord Helmasters." Kanzel replied, the smirk never leaving his face.
"Are you saying that you tricked her?" Gourry asked, "That her husband was already dead!?"
"You catch on quickly." Kanzel replied.
"That's just plain dirty!" Gourry snapped.
"What do you expect!" Amelia yelled. Gourry looked over at her, to see her crying. Her fists were clenched tightly and her whole body was shaking with anger, "I wont ever...LET A MONSTER LIKE YOURSELF LIVE ANOTHER DAY!" She ran towards him, a spell already ready to go in her hand.
"RA TILT!"
"Damnit!" Lina cursed under her breath, "This place is like a maze."
"What do you expect?" Tatsuko asked as they turned another corner, "The goddess of the moon lives here."
"There it is! Zel's room!" Lina cried out ignoring Tatsuko completly. Tatsuko sighed and just followed Lina. They stopped at the door and Lina tried to open the door.
"It wont budge!" She cried out in frustration.
"Then blast it open!"Tatsuko snapped.
"Whatever you say..." Lina said warily before casting her spell, "DAM BRASS!" The spell blasted the door apart revieling Zelgadiss lying face down on the ground. Lina ran over to him and bent down.
"You know I'm not even gonna try and wake him up with a counter spell. Let's do this instead. AQUA CREATE!"The moment she said it water appeared out of nowhere and soked Zelgadiss. He woke up with a start and looked around in a daze.
"Mornin' Zelly-boy." Lina said with a teased.
"Huh? WHAAAAT!" Zelgadiss yelled when he realized he was soked.
"Don't look at me. It was Lina's idea." Tatsuko said turning her head off to the side.
"Lina!" Zelgadiss growled while glaring at her. Lina laughed nervously.
"N-Nevermind that Zel. Amelia's in trouble." She said.
"What?" Zelgadiss asked.
"While you were sleeping peacefully, Helmaster's goones attacked us and yeah, Amelia's caught in the middle of it being used as a shield."
"Then why the hell aren't you helping her?!" Zelgadiss shreiked grabbing ahold of Lina's coller pulling her closer to him.
"Gourry's there!" Lina snapped pulling away from him, "And I don't know how long he's gonna last."
"Then let's go!" Zelgadiss yelled running out the room. Lina watched him go then turned to Tatsuko.
"Think he likes her?" She asked.
"Hai.." Tatsuko replied rather bord. Lina shrugged and got up before running out with Tatsuko not far behnd her.
"RA TILT!"
Amelia sent her spell flying directly at Kanzel. He gave a surprised yelp but couldn't get out of the way in time and the spell hit him full on. Amelia watched with satifaction as her spell exploded around him, enveloping him in blue flames.
"That was easy..." Gourry muttered.
"I don't think so."
"HUH?" Amelia and Gourry looked over at the flames and watched in horror as the shattered and Kanzel stood there unharmed.
"Uh oh..." Amelia muttered taking a few steps back towards Gourry.
"Your spell was powerfull, but it wasn't good enough to kill me." Kanzel said with a smirk.
"Then how about this." Came a new voice, "Laguna Blast!" Panick flashed across Kanzels face before he quickly dissapeared before the spell hit him. Amelia's eyes widened and grabbed Gourry pulling him out of the way as the spell hit Tanabata's dead body, inahilating it completly.
"Lina!" Amelia snapped looking over at the group that just walked in, "You could have killed us!"
"What...was that?" Gourry asked looking down at Tanabata's remains.
"The Laguna Blast calls apon the power of Helmaster Phibrizzo. I doubt it would really do much harm to Kanzel but it doesn't look like he was going to risk it." Amelia explained.
"That's why I used it." Lina explained walking over to them.
"You okay Amelia?" Zelgadiss asked kneeling down next to her. Amelia smiled and nodded.
"Save the fluff for later. Kanzel's still here." Tatsuko said interupting the two. They all looked towards the sky spotting Kanzel floating there.
Using Lord Hellmaster's spell like that...she's no ordinary worrior that's for sure. He thought.
"Correct." Hellmasters voice rang through his head, "That is why you must leave."
What!? Kanzel asked.
"You'll face her another time. I would like to know what else she's capable of." Hellmaster said.
As you wish Kanzel said then looked down at them.
"It appears I must retreat for the time being. But don't think this is the last you'll ever see of me." He said before phasing out. Lina stood there looking up at him.
I'll be waiting kanzel. And next time, I'll battle you face to face. She thought before turning to Amelia.
"Let's go inside and see if the others have woken up yet." She said.
"A sleep spell?" Amelia asked. Lina nodded then turnd to walk inside. Gourry looked at her before following and walking up beside. Tatsuko just shrugged and dissappeared. Amelia and Zelgadiss looked at eachother.
"Shall we go?" Zelgadiss asked.
"Let's shall." Amelia responded before grabbing ahold of Zelgadiss' hand and pulling him into the castle.
Sorry for taking so long to update. Things are hecktic at home since we're moving. And I don't mean to a new house I mean to a new province. We've been working none stop for two weeks so my updates aren't going to be as often anymore. Anyway I won't be moving untill the summer at the latest so, I'm good. I'm just curious as to how I've been able to survive with hardly any computor time. oh well, such is the mysteries of life.
Anyway R&R please