SailorStar9: Anyway, Chapter 13 goes up. This is Chapter 14. To all my non-reviewing readers, I love you all! Will love you more if you review! *hugs all round!*

Disclaimers: Nothing here is mine, well, except the plot and the pairing.

Chapter 14: UPSET! Gourry vs. Zangulus

"Here, huh?" Gourry mused. "Rezo's legacy is hidden beneath this?"

"Now that we know that, it's time I cut loose." Lina beamed. "Just leave this thing to me. Fireball!"

"You didn't even scratch it." Gourry gaped.

"I thought as much." Aria realized.

"Apparently ordinary magic won't break the ward Rezo cast." Zelgadis explained.

"Oh yeah?" Lina growled. "Then I'll just blast it open with a Dragon Slave. Ow, that hurt!" she whined, Zelgadis slamming a fist on her head. "What's the big idea?"

"Calm down and think." The chimera remarked. "Eris knows where this place is. So why hasn't she broken the wad herself? Was it because she was after you and Gourry's sword?"

"Light, come forth!" Gourry broke the protection ward.

"I congratulate you on getting this far." Rezo complimented, the group arriving in the crystalized control room. "You've done well, my friends. But this is where your journey ends."

"Hold it." Zangulus cut in. "I thought I was the one who would finish them off. I challenge you, Gourry!"

"What's happening?" Lina gaped when the ground started shining, Eris having activated the transistor to teleport the group off.

"C'mon, let's go look for the others." Amelia suggested, having been transported to the inner library with Aria and Zelgadis.

"Don't forget I'm here to find a way to turn my body back to normal." Zelgadis reminded.

"You're mean." Amelia pouted. "I don't think you have a shred of compassion in you, Zelgadis. That's bad karma."

"I'll do what I want." Zelgadis insisted.

"Amelia, leave him alone." Aria advised. "He's been that way for as long as I've known him."

"You're the same." Zelgadis retorted. "You can't talk."

"Hush you." Aria chided.

"Wait, did Rezo try this?" Zelgadis wondered, taking note of a page.

"What happened to Lina and the others?" Amelia sighed. "They've got me worried, and not in a usual way."

"Don't wander off, Amelia." Aria warned. "There's no telling where we'll find a trap here. Zel, we've got a problem!" she shouted.

"Now what?" Zelgadis stormed over.

"I swear I didn't touch anything!" Amelia screamed, her body sucked halfway through the wall as Aria was trying her best to pull the cleric free. "I just touched the wall."

"It's too powerful!" Zelgadis winced, the force sucking him and Aria in as well.

"Aria, Amelia!" Lina exclaimed, the trio dropping in from the air.

"Lina." Aria blinked.

"Sylphiel." Amelia beamed.

"Sylphiel, are you okay?" Zelgadis asked.

"Hey, what about me?" Lina snapped.

"No, I didn't mean it like that." Zelgadis corrected. "And would the two of you please get off me?"

"Sorry about that." Amelia apologized.

"I certainly don't hear you complaining the other night." Aria teased.

"Look, he's blushing." Lina grinned.

"Leave me alone." Zelgadis retorted. "I see." He noted, putting up a shield when the rock golems' punches rained on them. "This must be a place to finish off any intruders."

"The golems are coordinating their strength." Aria mused. "Very logical tactic. Zel, drop the barrier when I give the word." She went into commander mode. "Sylphiel, when he does, I want you to find whoever is controlling them. We'll block off any attack from them."

"Wait a second." Amelia voiced. "Am I supposed to help block any attacks too?"

"Of course." Lina remarked. "I'm counting on you, Amelia."

"Zel, hit it." Aria gave the cue.

"Burst Rondo!" Lina let her attack loose once the shield was down.

"Now!" Aria shouted, the group sprinting off.

"Flare Arrow!" Lina shot off her attack.

"Fireball!" Amelia tossed her flame ball.

"Freeze Arrow!" Lina let loose her rain of ice beams.

"Fireball!" Zelgadis blasted a golem's arms before it could attack Sylphiel.

"Leviathan's Arrow!" Aria's water beam took out the rest of the golem. "Come on, Sylphiel." She urged.

"Got it." Sylphiel reported. "The relief of Rezo on the wall over there." I sense an evil power coming from it."

"Thanks, Sylphiel." Aria grinned. "I'll take it from here. Equip!" she jumped, summoning a pair of angel wings on each of her heels in mid-air. "Aqua Mirage!" she tossed her ice-water ball at the stone relief, shattering it.

"Rest in pieces, guys." Lina smirked.

"That was close." Amelia sighed in relief.

"Wait a minutes, where's Gourry?" Sylphiel wondered.

"I'd say he was taken to some other place by himself." Zelgadis concluded. "Lina, what's wrong?" he asked when Lina gasped.

"I hear a sword fight." Lina replied, after hushing the others.

"Gourry!" Lina shouted, the group bursting in through the wall.

"Hi, you all okay?" Gourry waved.

"They're going to interrupt us, again?" Zangulus snorted.

"I'd say we have good timing." Lina chuckled.

"Gourry, we'll help you…" Sylphiel offered.

"Don't worry." Lina stopped her. "If we butted in, Gourry'd never forgive us. We'll wait here and let him do what he wants."

"But…" Sylphiel protested.

"Alright." Gourry grinned. "They understand."

"So, we're free to fight to our hearts' content." Zangulus chuckled. "Then let me show you the might of the Howling Sword."

"He's fine." Lina assured, Zangulus sending a tornado at Gourry.

"No, not quite." Zelgadis corrected, Gourry dodging the whirlwind.

"The shockwave gets stronger with every reflection." Aria explained, Gourry dodging each and every reflected hurricane.

"Hey Gourry!" Lina shouted. "If you win, I'll treat you to dinner!"

"Talk about motivation." Aria joked.

"I'm not gonna forget that promise, Lina." Gourry grinned.

"Now it ends, Gourry!" Zangulus readied the finishing blow.

"No, it's just beginning." Gourry corrected and charged in.

"Too slow, Gourry." Zangulus taunted, releasing his attack.

"What's he doing?" Amelia gaped, Gourry taking on the hurricane with his sword.

"He's resonating the Sword of Light with the Howling Sword to absorb the shockwave." Zelgadis explained. "Absolutely incredible."

"That's rare, coming from you." Aria mused.

"Go, Gourry!" Lina encouraged.

With a roar, Gourry sent the attack back at Zangulus, the impact breaking the Howling Sword into half and sending Zangulus flying back.

"He won!" Amelia cheered.

"It's a mystery to me why people with so much talent can seem to be so empty inside." Zelgadis sighed, handing Zangulus' hat back to him as Lina and Gourry manhandled each other. "The minute they even start to act serious about each other, it always turns into this foolishness."

"So it would seem." Zangulus agreed. "They're after something in the deepest chamber, you know." He supplied. "But I'm afraid I don't know what it is they want down there." Turning away, he waved them off.

SailorStar9: Okay, this chapter is finally down. Read and review folks.