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Amelia ran through the halls of the castle. After what just happened, The voice appearing out of nowhere, Amelia needed to find Xellos. And she did. She burst through the library making both Filia and Milgasia jump right out of their seats while Xellos sat there calmly and looked up at her.
"A very dramatic appearance Princess." He said.
"What's the hurry?" Filia asked, pushing a strand of hair back while regaining her composure.
"Mr Xellos, something...something weird just happened, and I want to know if you know what it was, and if you do no secrets!" Amelia said sternly.
"Umm okay. So what happened?" Xellos asked.
"This...this voice appeared out of nowhere when me and Gourry were discusingthe half reincarntation thing. The voice said that Lina was hers...or something like that." Amelia said. Xellos opened his eyes in shock, before closing them and standing up.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you that Amelia. It's, what you could say, confidential. Even I'm not allowed to tell you whether I want to or not." He said.
"But why?" Amelia asked.
"Now Amelia, you know the answer to that." Xellos said.
"It's a secret." Amelia said flatly.
"Bingo." With that, Xellos dissapeared before reappearing infront of Zelas. He quickly bent down onto one knee and looked up at his master.
"It appears that The Lord of Darkness is acting sooner than we expected." He said.
"So it seems." Zelas replied. She was sitting on her chair so her back was against the one arm of the chair and her legs over the other, cigerette in hand.
"I wounder why? Amelia was asking about her." Xellos said.
"We aren't authorized to ask her such questions. She alone know's what she's doing, but do not let Amelia know about her, or Lina's fate." Zelas replied.
"Yes, mistress." Xellos said with a small bow before leaving her quaters.
"How dare she! How dare she! HOW DARE SHE!"
"Lina calm down already." Tatsuko said with a sigh. Lina had been pacing the room yelling out all sorts of different curses about what just happened with Sylphiel.
"Don't tell me to calm down!" Lina snapped at her.
"But you and Gourry've done the same thing. What makes it so different with Sylphiel?" Tatsuko asked.
"That's the thing! She's cuter! She's got the bigger breast and better personality! She's kind and sweet and not violent! THE COMPLETE OPOSITE OF ME! Who's to say Gourry chooses her! It's more likely if you concider all that!" Lina yelled.
"Oh for heavens sake Lina. You have good qualities too." Tatsuko said trying to get her to calm down a bit.
"Oh yeah? Name one?" Lina chalanged.
"Well...You're smart...and..uuh...strong so you wont...uh really be that much of a burden...and..." Tatsuko trailed off as she noticed Lina's glaring eyes, "Look all I'm saying is that there are probably things Gourry see's in you that the rest of us don't."
"Whatever." Lina muttered.
"It's true Lina! If he really loves you he wont care about your looks. He'd have noticed things that you keep hidden deep inside, like the fact that your anger is mostly and excuse to hide how sad you are and that all you really want to do is break down and cry!"
"Quite mocking me!" Lina snapped, "That's not true! I'm short tempered okay! There's no hidden excuse about it!" Even as she said that, her voice was dround in sadness. Tatsuko sighed.
"Fine Lina. But you are one stubborn brat." She said before dissapearing. Lina looked over at her to yell something at her only to find her not there and there connection temporarily cut off. Lina gave off a frustrated growl before throwing her hands in the air.
"I've had it here! I wanna go home!" She shrieked before falling to the ground and crying. She stayed like that for a while before her sobs stopped all together. She looked up over at the door and slowly got up and walked towards it. She opened it slightly and looked around to make sure no one was about before walking out and down to the library. When she reached it she peeked into the room first before entering and closing the door behind, leaning her back against it as she did. She looked around the dark room for a moment before sumoning a light spell and walking over to one of the bookshelves and skimming through it. She pulled back in surprise.
"That strange," She muttered, "It should be right here."
"You mean this?" Lina's eyes widened when she realized that she wasn't alone. She turned around and stared at Xellos who stood there holding the book she was looking for in his hands. Lina gulped slightly knowing full well that Xellos wasn't someone she should pick a fight with.
"May I have that please?" She asked holding out her hand. Xellos opened the book and started flipping through the pages.
"Why would you want this?" He asked, "All it contains are methods to get from here to earth...or the other way around, or is that what you're looking for?" He looked at her, his smile never fading while cracking one eye open. Lina pulled her hand back and glared at him a little. A mixture of surprise and anger on her face.
"Ah so that is the reason." He said. Lina backed away a bit and tried to get Tatsuko but found their connection still cut off. Lina bit her lip slightly before sighing.
"Please Xellos. I just want to go home for a bit to clear my head." She said. Xellos looked at her for a moment before throwing the book at her. When she caught it he waved his hand at her and a light surrounded her. Lina didn't have anytime to react before she found herself back in her basement where she first left to Moonlight Kingdom. She stood there wide eyed before flopping down on the floor. She looked down at herself and noticed she was in her regular clothing that she had on before they left, only she still had the book in her hands and the Demon blood Talismans were still with her. She gulped slightly before walking upstairs into the kitchen and out the window.
"I'm really home." She whispered. She looked out into the black night one last time before going into the living room and lying down on one of the couches before promptly falling asleep.
Luna walked down the halls of the castle quickly going from room to room. Where is she? She thought. It was lunch time and there had been no sign of Lina all day. It wasn't like her to miss a meal let alone two. Luna spotted Zelgadiss and Amelia and quickly ran down to them.
"Any sign of her?" She asked. Amelia shook her head.
"I've checked everywhere. There's no sign of her." She said.
"She wasn't in the library either." Zelgadiss said. Luna sighed.
"I guess whatever happened yesterday must have really shaken her up more than we thought." She said.
"But where could she have gone where none of us can find her?" Amelia asked.
"Perhaps she went home." Came a new voice. All of them turned around and saw Xellos leaning against a wall behind them.
"What do you mean?" Luna asked.
"Oh surely you noticed the transporter spell book is gone from the library." Xellos asked.
"What?" All three of them asked at once.
"But..." Luna muttered as she realized what happened. Her eyes were wide before she sighed and closed them, "Fine then." She whispered.
"But if Lina's gone home then what are we gonna do?" Amelia asked.
"I hate to admit it but Lina was more powerfull then the rest of us." Zelgadiss said.
"She'll come to her senses," Luna said, "Let's leave it as a test of her inner strength. Don't tell Gourry though, understand." Amelia and Zelgadiss looked at her for a moment before nodding. Amelia looked up at Zelgadiss then pulled him away.
"C'mon." She whispered. Zelgadiss simply nodded and they walked off together leaving Luna standing there with Xellos. Of course after Amelia and Zelgadiss left Xellos himself decided to dissapear leaving Luna lone.
From his domain Hellmaster watched all of this with Amusement. He turned his atention over to a screen which showed Lina walking towards her school. Her hair not properly brushed and her clothes ruffled holding her backpack in her hands instead of on her back. A tired expression on her face. Hellmaster smirked as he watched her. Behind him Seigram sat with Kanzeil next to him with another young girl. She had ruby red hair and was wearing a sort of female pirate outfit and white heeled boots. Her name was Mazenda. Hallmaster turned to face them.
"If I remember corectly, she's aquianted with those four talented young girls. The ones who know of this, but cannot act to stop even though they have the power." He said. Mazenda nodded her head, but kept her gaze on the floor.
"Those girls choose to stick together and not let anyone in. I believe one of them has a brother. The one who is descended from Yayoi." She said.
"I would expect nothing less from you, Mazenda. You keep a good eye on them." Hellmaster said walking towards her, "Tell me. Do you know their names yet?" Mazenda nodded and looked up at her master.
"The descendents from Yayoi are Laia and Huey. The other three are Ruuma, Selena, and Marlena," Mazenda explained, "Ruuma is a young sorceress and I believe Selena is a swordswomen, but not very skilled. As for Marlena, I'm still trying to figure it out. It seems her father knows the time has come and wont speak of there power aloud." Halmaster gave a frustrated sigh.
"It seems that will complicate things a little," He said before smiling, "Still would you care to do a little dance with Lina and them. Get rid of her before she decides to return to the moon." Mazenda nodded.
"Yes, M'lord." She said before dissapearing. Hellmsater turned to Kanzeil and Seigram. He sensed Kanzeils frustration about not being able to finish Lina off himself and smiled a little.
"I don't think Mazenda will get the job done. If she doesn't, you will get your turn to face Lina. Both of you." He said. Kanzeil gritted his teath but managed to nod along with Seigram. Whatever he felt was a mystery, even to Helmaster, but he knew he wouldn't dare turn against him. Helmaster turned to face the screen which showed the moon kingdom and smiled.
"We'll attack their once Mazenda get's back." He said but added quietly, Assuming she does get back. If not, before Inverse returns to the Kingdom.
Alright people listen up! I know I haven't updated in a while but it wasn't because I moved just yet. I'm loosing computor access on friday because that's when everythings being packed up to leave. I figured I'd right one more chapter before I leave and let you know I haven't givin up on this story.
Anyway some info about Yayoi. Yes it's another Japanese Ledgend but the last one because the only other ones I know are stuff like Momotaro (Little peachling) and something about a monkey and a crab which is more like a moral story and some other rather...unusual ones. Anyway Yayoi was a young girl who worked for a nobleman to help her sick mother. Everyday she would pass by and old tree, and she tended to speak to it. When her contract with the nobleman ended she walked home and got stuck in the rain and stayed underthe tree for shelter. She talked to it again but this time it answered and let her know that in a week or a month, I can't remember, the nobleman was going to cut him down and make a huge ship out of it. When the ship would be ready to launch it wont launch. When that happens the noble will offer a reward to the person who could get the ship to launch. When that time comes Yayoi will have to go to the ship and touch it and sing a lullaby tune "This is Yayoi, launch. This is Yayoi, launch." well that is basically what happened and Yayoi asked for a good docter to help her sick mother as a reward and voila! The end.
It's not the best but it was still cute, in my opinion. I figured since Laia didn't really have any magical or fighting qualities about her this would be good 'cause she seemed to fit into Yayoi nicely. Anyway last chapter for another very long time so R&R please.