Slayers Nightmares

Here's Chapter four. I think It'll be lots of explaining, but I might sneak in a battle or two. Enjoy!

Lina awoke with a jolt. She was in a makeshift bed and surrounded by, what she realized in a bit, the ruins of Sildar. Gourry was above her with relieved eyes, then he perked up.

"Morning, sunshine," he said.

"I think it's still night," Lina retorted.

"Really?" Gourry looked around. "Oh, I guess it is." A left uppercut came two seconds later from Lina, sending him flying.

"Lina's up," came the voice of Naga. Lina looked around and found Naga and Ian by a fire, not looking at her at all. Ian had just turned his head to look at Lina.

"Man, you slept like a log!" Ian said, coming over to her and bringing a plate of food. "I've only seen one person sleep for three days straight in my life!"

Lina didn't even get one piece of food in her mouth, she was so shocked. "Three days?! I was asleep for three days?!"

"Yeah, and Ian wouldn't let us touch your stuff for one second," Naga replied. "I so wanted to steal all you own."

Two seconds later…

Naga was completely covered in ice. She had burn marks on her, too.

"Lets get back to the topic," Lina said, eaing. "For starters, why did I get knocked out?"

"When I used your energy to power my attack, I took too much," was Ian's reply.

"How were you sucking my energy?" Lina asked. She had already eaten all the food on her plate.

"From the talismans you sold me," Ian replied again.

Lina was stunned. "Why were the talismans calling upon my power?"

"Because you're the new Darkstar," Ian explained. When Lina looked puzzled, Ian added, "You're a demon now."

"WHAAAT?!?!?!?!" Lina yelled. She was on her feet, staring at Ian with giant eyes. "What the hell do you mean I'm a demon?!"

"No kidding," Gourry replied. "She already was a demon." He got torched right afterwards.

"Anyway," Ian said, ignoring the burning smell, "It's common knowledge that by destroying a demon, you get that demon's power. Since even mid-rank demons don't affect you at all, you have to aim for high-rank demons."

"But I've killed Gaav, Hellmaster, and a portion of Shabranigdo!" Lina yelled. "Why haven't I had any change to me by now?!"

"Because you haven't acknowledged the fact," Ian continued. "You have to know you have the power before you use it."

"Then why hasn't my strength been drained every time someone chants Gaav Flare or Laguna Blast?"

"With a new source of power, you need a new chant for the spell," Ian said, almost in an obvious tone, "that's why the talismans didn't work before. Because you were chanting the wrong spell."

"I have a question," Naga said. She had thawed out and was listening to the conversation. "What's the benefit of having this kind of power?"

"Well," Ian started to explain, "As I said before, you technically become a demon. That means you get increased speed, more energy, and you get mild blasts of energy when anger is all around you, but only once in a while."

"Here's a question," Gourry asked. Everyone looked at him, waiting for something dumb, but they never got it. "How is it that you know this?"

"Good point," Naga continued. "How do you know all this when various magic guilds don't know?"

"Yeah, so spill out your ource of info!" Lina said, now holding a fireball in her hands.

"I already told you this," Ian said, not worrying about the fireball, "I will tell you how I got my info when Lina doesn't cost as much or more than twenty gold at lunch time."

"Well, crap," Lina said, throwing her fireball in some random direction. When no one heard an explosion, they all turned to where Lina threw her fireball. A young elf boy was there, holding the fireball in his hands. He looked roughly seventeen years old and had a falcion sword on his hip. He was completely covered in red and black and had red hair. His eyes were black.

"What a waste of a fireball," the boy said, tossing it up and down. "Why didn't you throw it at knockers or blue boy?" He threw it at the gang.

"Mirror Shield!" Ian shouted. The ball went into the swirling something or another and shot right back at the boy, who easily sidestepped it.

"Not good enough, blue boy," the boy stated.

"Dammit, Faren!" Ian shouted. "Why the hell are you here?!"

Faren looked a little confused at first, but then got a smile on his face. "I was just passing by, heard your conversation, and decided to join you guys."

"Well what a welcome present, throwing a fireball at us!" Lina shouted.

'OH HO HO HO HO!" came Naga, "do you really think you can stand up to Naga the Serpent?"

"Heh," Faren replied, "Do you really think you can stand up to a mazoku, knockers?"

"Oh god, not another wannabe," Lina sighed, "did you do something to this guy too, Ian?"

"No," Ian replied, now holding a blue sphere, "but I'm about to. Freeze Bullet!" Ian threw the sphere with a little oomph. The ball jus bounced off him.

"Easy, blue boy," Faren said, "why would you attack someone stronger than you?" An aura of red light surrounded him. "Summon Fire Demon!" A portal went in front of him, and a demon came out.

"Screw him," Ian said. "Dolph Straph!" A shockwave of water came straight for the demon, blowing it to shreds. Then Lina reacted.

"Elemekia Lance!" The beam came straight for Faren, but richoched right off.

"Is that all the new Darkstar can do?" Faren retorted. Lina was pissed and chanted her next spell. "Dynast Bras!"

Lightning rained from the sky, hitting Faren with tons of electricity, but Faren didn't looked scratched.

"Well, your impressive for a demi-human, Darkstar," Faren laughed.

"Celestial Blast!"

Faren's grin turned to worry, and he warped out just before a giant beam of white light came for his face. He reappeard right afterwards. "Where the hell did you get a god, Darkstar?"

"She always had one," came a voice from behind the gang. The voice belonged to a woman with blonde hair. She was as tall as Gourry and had a long sword on her back. She was wearing white all over and had breasts about two sizes down from Naga's.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" came a scream from our mighty sorceress, Lina. "LUNA!!"

Well, there you have it, Chapter 5. Talk about a twist, huh? I finally got Luna in the story. Yes, I had always planned for Luna. Please review. I hope to get a new chapter in next week, but you never know. I bet your all yelling, "SADIST!" at me. Ha!