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"Soooo, Xellos." Lina grabbed him.
"W ... w ... what?" Asked weakly the mazoku.
"You like games?"
"Oh, yeah." He pulled a slug out of nowhere.
"AAIIIEEEE!!! DRILL BRANDO!!! FIREBALL!!! MONOVOLT!!!!"
"Ow. *Coughed up the burnt Xellos a little smoke* That costed me more, than I gained."
"Sooo, Do you want to play a game, which I lead?"
"What kind of game?"
"Like, you're telling me what were you supposed to do."
"And if I play along?"
"You can go."
"Uhm, Can I have my staff?"
"Sure ... "Lina tossed it over.
"Thanks. *As he noticed the carved out shaft* Lina-chan, this is theft."
"Oh, you mean this?" She held up the red jewel.
"Gimmie that." Tried Xellos to grab the gem.
"Hold still." She tossed the priest to the ground.
"So, you wanna play?"
"And if I don't."
"Then, there are three simple ..."
"Oh, are you threathening me, Lina-chan?"
"Could say so."
"Aaaaand, what is the first point?"
"The seven geaded Lina-hells."
"Ow, I've been at hell and it's quite comfortable."
"Guest or member?"
"Member."
"In my personnel hell I'm the host and you will be serviced."
"So?"
"It won't be bad to you." Lina gave a cute look and sparkling eyes.
"Oops." *sweatdrop*
"The second is if you resist further, that. *She leans coloser and whispers* I will then call Amelia and tell her that 'You' want to change, to be a 'J-U-S-T-I-C-E-'follower."
*nervous laughter, gulps and waterdrop* "That won't be nessesary."
"And if you're a good boy, I won't tell Phyria that you're here."
"Phyria?" *Another waterdrop and looks around nervous* Is she here?"
"Yepp, she's over there, but relax. Who would tell er that you're here." *evil grin*
"She would kill me." Mumbled Xellos to himself.
"Oh, yeah. I remember something that Phyria said. You know thaaaaat ^I loooooove you Phyria-chan!!!^ stuff at the dragon council, not while ago."
*Sweatdrop, about the twentieth* "I'll play along."
"O.K. wait here. *She stood up and turned around* Phyria, oh Phyira!!!" She shouted.
"Bye Lina-chan." Xellos hid himself.
"I have somthing for you." *mean grin*
The dragon prietess walk towards Lina. "Hello Lina, what will it be?"
"This little pretty." She hands over the gem from Xellos' staff.
"Why you ---" Xellos sweared.
"What was that?" Phyria started to look around.
"Nothing special. *grin* I think just a wild animal or so."
"It's wonderfull Lina, where do you have this?"
"From a common friend."
"Friend?"
"Now Phyria, the others will fill you in, I must talk with somebody and your superior."
"What?" As Lina pushed her towards the rest of the gang.
After Phyria went away. "Lina-chan, that was mean." Crossed Xellos his hands.
"If you try to get it I think that Phyria would probably crush it. *Smiled the sorceress* And I'm not entirely sure what would happen then." *giggle*
"So, Lina-chan. What do you want to kno---" Backed off as Lina rushed to him.
"Everything you trickster." Lina shaked the priest.
"Lina-chan .. ---"
"I know some peace songs aswell."
"Huh?"
"I have heard Amelia a thousand times and I could recite her in my dreams ..."
" ... I thought # 1 will be the Lina hells."
"Ah, no. That would be too good for you, first a little fun with you."
"Fun?"
"I feel good when 'I' can tease you."
"Oh."
"So, do you tell me?"
"No." Xellos vanished.
"Nice trick. *Lina stood up* Phyria!!! oh Phy---" Xellos silenced her.
"O.K. O.K. *sigh and smiles* I have this. *Held up the complete staff* But wasn't it fun? *Then he vanished* So long, Lina-chan."
"Do you like to play so much?" Asked Lina the environment, knowing Xellos is still here.
"Well yeah. I don't know why, but I like it."
"Nooooo ...." *sigh*
"Eh? What's wrong Lina-chan." Appeared Xellos in front of her.
Lina sat down. "You're lucky, the shard won't let me to kill you. Huh? .... And Kage also ... Like I said It's you're Lucky day." She starts to chant at low voice.
"See Lina-chan, you can't ha--- *An eerie light engulfed the priest, who burned a bit* ---rm me ... Ow *coughs up smoke* RIght, you can harm me... But can't kill me."
"Yes, They don't allow me to kill you ... *She finished the chant and held up the Ragna Blade* DIE!!!!! uhhh *sweatdrop* I meant flee!!!" She slashed towards Xellos.
"AAIIEE!!! Lina-chan, be carefull, you might kill me!!" Xellos ducked and jumped.
"Oh, *teasing tone* What's the matter, Xell-kun ... you don't like to play deadly games with me?" Lina laughed and continued the onesided fight.
"But not myself." Vanished Xellos.
"Oh, allright, Shadow?! *The elf walked oput of a shadow* Did you like my ^Insert shard into my shadow^ story?" Mean giggle.
"What?" Surprised himself Xellos.
"Didn't you notice how calm 'Phyria' was? Whe's always ill tempered in your environment, even if she doesn't sees you."
" .... That was mean" Realized Xellos this fact also.
"Now, will you finally be gone?"
"Lina-chan, your becoming a trickster yourself."
"No, just wanted to anger you a bit and it worked out quite fine." She levitated up high nad took a deep breath.
"Now, Lina-chan. What are you up now?"
"XELLOS IS A LOSER!!!!!! *She shouted* LOSER!!! LOSER!! LOSER!! XELLOS IS A LOSER!!"

"What was that?" Amelia heard the echo of Lina voice.
"I think that Lina had her purpose for this." Explained Zelgadis.
"Huh?" Looked Sylphil.
"To anger Xellos." Finished the chimera.
"And Zelgadis-san, do you think it's worked?"
"Well. *Spotted the nearing Lina* Judging from Lina's expression, quite yeah."
"Now, I think we could now get moving." Stated Lina and grabbed her stuff from the pile.
"Where?"
"To get Gourry from Ky."
"Ky?"
"Now, where did I hear that before?"
"The Odd Land." Commented Shadow.
"How much time will it take to get there?" Asked Angela.
"3 days."
"But it's 3 months to get to Ky." Said Zelgadis.
"We could get Phyria in 3 days." Smiled Lina.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Sighed Zelgadis.
"Because it's Phyria?" Asked Angela.
"No ... Xellos comes and goes ... but with Phyria ... Lina is nothing compared to --" *whack* Zelgadis collapsed with a huge smoking boil.
"That should do it, Bunny-chan." The other suddenly backed a bit and stood still.

*Some days later*
"Lina-chan?" Xellos qiuckly hid behind Lina.
"Xellos, what do you do here?"
"Hiding?"
"From?"
"XELLOS!!!! *Screamed a familiar voice* I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, YOU LITTLE NAMAGOMI!!."
"Uh-oh ... *sweat drop* I hope she doesn't fry Xellos with -- *A spell burned up Lina while Xellos managed to escape* me. *cough* That's it pal." Grabbed Lina the fleeing mazoku and hold him tight.
"Phyria ... Oh Phyria!!!" Lina summoned her wings and flew up high with the wringling mazoku.
"Lina-chan ..." Tried Xellos to plead.
"Look what I've got here."
*sweatdrop* "Lina-cchan, do you not ... "
"You let Phyria fry me, sooo--"
 FLAME BREATH!!!!
Sweatdrops on both of them and the spell directly hit them. After the smke cleared the siluette of a dragon could be seen.
"SHin-sama ... *nervous voice* I .. uh .. I .. I didn't wanted to hit you ... I only . ... Lina?"
"Well, yeah. Don't ask .... Nooooo, you brat!!!" She striked a few into the air.
"Huh?"
"I had Xellos in my hands, I wanted to give him to you, but ..."
"Lina, why have you wings like high ranking dragons?"
Lina grabbed into the air and pulled Xellos out of an another dimension. "Xellos. *Lina pounded him a few times* You won't get away this time."
"Xellos!!" Phyria ripped her mace out.
"Uh, Phyria-chan ... *Turns over to LLina and whispers* Let me go please, Lina-chan."
"Hold still Xellos." Lina blocked the moving of Xellos and Phyria let loose her anger  ... with a few mace strikes and "kind" names.
After they beated Xellos halfdead they landed and Lina unwilled her wings.
"My lord?" Kneeled Xellos before Lina.
"Lina... your lord?"
"Damn ... I hate these story tellin sessions." Lina told everything in a short way and didn't forget to kick and stopm the priest a few times in the meanwhile.
"Lina ... if all these are true than Xellos fears you, right?"
"Quite well, after all I have some powers of the dark god, but I can't controll it...
If I would try to use that power the shard would probably awaken in me."
"Now, get us to Ky," Stated Zelgadis.
"Why? Gourry is here." Points Angela at the sleeping warrior.
"I know, but we need to go to Ky. In short, there are some dials that could be used by the mazoku ..."
"Dials? Do youo know where they are?"
"Well, I have one, Xellos another and there are three more."
"And what are they good for?"
"I don't know."
"Can I see it?" Asks ANgela.
"Why not? *She opens her pack and picks out a small dial* Here." She hands it over.
"Lina, do you know what this is?" Stares Phyria.
"Nooo..."
"This is an Emblem."
"Emblem?"
"The Red Emblem of the Flame."
" ... So?"
"This was our Emblem in the temple.... when Darkstar demolished it, it's dissappeared."
"Anyway ...we should go."

Chapter III
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"Who has some money?" Asked Lina.
"What do you want to do Lina-chan?" Asked the priest.
"First. *Kick and punch* I gonna beat you up Xellos. Second. *Grabbed the goldbags from everyone* We need to rest, bath aaaand Third to EEEAAAT!!! *groan* See?!"
Waterdropps appeared on everyone.
"Lina. *Started Zelgadis* Do you know something that we don't?"
"Not quite, but I can't think with empty belly."

Somewhere near the Sea of the Demons. A miracoluos palace floated over the sea, and if it's not enough the inside was covered with watery materia and many kinds of deepsea creatures and plants. The whole construction looked like if it was ripped out of the seas bottom and magically enchanted by some spell. Levitating over the Sea of the Demons, layers of special magic formed somekind of dome-like structure. The inside was quite astouning. Coralls, underwater plants and alike staggered like a tropical jungle. Although this was underwater.
In a greater room wich dwelled with these magnificent plants a Woman sat on a throne. Before her was a black and crimson caped figure.
~~Who are you? And why are you here?~~ Echoed the though throughtout the palace.
"I am Yumiko Inverse. *Spoke the girl with the help of an underwater spell* And I will offer you a contract."
The water around the woman started to swirl and in a few seconds hardened watery tendrils raised out of the womans hands. The tendrils slowly circled around Yumiko.
~~And why do you think that I will accept that?~~ The tendrill lunged forward and stabbed the sorceress. Two of them into her breast and one in the forhead.
~~Puny little human. *laughs* Do you know who am I?~~ She pulled the tentecles back.
The sorceress raised her head, the wound in the forhead was bleeding, though the blood flowed inwards, not speading outwards. The two wounds on the chest were also closing.
"And *eyes flashed one gold, than black* Do you know who am I?" The sorceress raised her hand and chanted something. Something that slowly evaporated the water in the room. Soon almost all the water were gone and the woman sat frightened on the throne. Beacuse there are only a few living creatures that can possibly desintegrate the magical water of the Sea of the Demons and knowing this she feared her opponent.
~~Then *She regained the controll* What is that you want to offer?~~

"Waiter!!! *Lina raised her voice* I need this through this."
"Wha-- What?! *Stood the man shocked* Ah, you mean. *counting the others* This course for eight persons?"
"Eight? *Spotting the 'hello' waving mazoku* Nooo. *sigh* It's just for me."
" ... Miss .. you must be kidding."
*evil glare* "Me?"
"No miss ... *Panicked the waiter* I'll be right back." Zipped he off.
"I think Lina-chan isn't so hungry after all." Xellos sat down and pulled out a teapot.
"Why?" The others except Gourry sat down to an other table.
"Because... *Whoosh* Ugck." Xellos fell.
"Shut up." Said Lina and lowered the hand, wich casted a Fireball at him.
The waiter returned with some others and served Lina, meanwhile some waiters had gotten the menu from the rest who served Lina. In the meantime a  waitress stepped to Gourry, who sat at the other end od Lina's table.
"Sir, what will it be?" Asked she with a kind smile.
"For me this and this."
"These two?"
"And between them."
"B.. bet...between?" Shocked the info the girl.
"Yes, and this one in tripple , please."
"Y...Yes...Sir." The girl went off quite pale, but a few minutes later returned with some help and the menu previously ordered. The tainted amulett in Lina's left arm started to glow and Kage appeared with a small cloud.
"Kage-sama." Notices him Shadow.
"Shin-sama." Greets also Phyria.
"Kage-san, why are you here? Lina-san told us that you merged with her soul." Asked Amelia the dragon.
"Amelia-chan, it is true that Kage-kun merged with Lina-chan's soul to uphold the barrier, but can manifest himself in this world also. *Xellos sips from his tea* Say, old pal, old mate. What do you seek here?"
~~Mazoku, hold your mouth.~~
"Oh. *teasing tone* Aaangry? Will Lina-chan be O.K? Darkness will not corrupt her?" Xellos slowly shaked his head and fell as Phyria whacked him.
"Xellos. *Phyria hid her mace* Shut up."
"Ow, allright. *Tapped his boil* I'm numb."
"What about Lina-san and Gourry-san?" Looked Amelia over to the other table.
~~Lina Inverse already knows this and Gourry Gabriev will be informed later.~~
"Don't forget me." Xellos finished the tea.
"So, what is this all about?" Asked Sylphil.
Lina tossed a round item to the others.
"What's this?" Angela cathed the dial and examined it.
~~It's a dial.~~
"Dial?"
"It looks like our Red Emblem of the Fire." Explained Phíria.
~~It is the Red Emblem of the Fire.~~
"And what is it? *Asked Zelgadis* Does it have power over the fire or what?"
"Xellos!!" Lina grabbed the unsuspecting priest.
He vanishes. "Uh, I hoped that you'd finish the eating later ..." Echoes his voice.
"Maaan!!! How do I hate him when he does that ..."
"Uhm, where is Kage-san?" Looks around Amelia.
"I'm here." Spoke the dragon from Lina's body.
~KAAAAGGEE!!!~
"I don't know how many of them are in the mazokus graps."
"Well KAGE!!!!!! I take over!!!" Declared the angry Lina.
"There is the Blue Emblem of the Water, the Ethereal Emblem of the Air, the Grey Emblem of the Spirit and the Brown Emblem of the Earth."
"We have the dirty-one." Smiles Xellos.
"Than, there are three more."
"Well, who is here? Zelgadis, Gourry, Amelia, Sylphil, Phyria, Angela, Shadow, Kage."
"Lina-san, why don't you count Xellos-san?" Asked Angela.
"Because he comes and goes as he pleases."
"That's right." Ducked Xellos and avoided Lina's punch, but hit his head into her knee.
"Kage goes to the Spirit dial, Phyria to the Air dial and Shadow leads the group to the Water dial. Any objections? Who wants to gp where?"
"I want to go with Gourry-sama." States Sylphil.
"And I'm coming with you, Lina." Said Gourry.
"Nope, I'll go alone."
"I go with Phyira." States Zelgadis.
"And probably Amelia-chan goes after Zel-kun." Xellos teased the girl.
"And? What is if it is?"
"Then it is settled. I go and get the Spirit. Phyria leads the way to the Air followed by Zelgadis, Gourry and Sylphil. Shadow leads Angela and Amelia."
"And what about me? Where should I go?"
" .... Xellos, you brat. Even if I would tell you not to got with anyone of us you'd still lurk around and play your games."
" .... Your right Lina-chan." Nodded admittingly the mazoku priest.
"I'm going with you Lina." Gourry said.
"Gourry-san's right Lina-san, you'll be alone and who knows what dangers lurk there."
"I won't be alone."
"Yepp, I'll be with Lina-chan."
Lina kicked the mazoku in the face." I meant Kage." Sit she down.
"And when should we go?"
"Later ... WAITER!!!!"
"Not again ... "*sweatdrops on everyone*

*later that evening*
"Who wants to go and get a nice, hot bath?"
"Lina, do we have this for this crap?" Zelgadis got a little angry.
"Zelgadis-san's right, Lina-san. We outta hurry before the mazoku get the other emblems. *Amelia pointed to the stars* I Amelia Will Tesla Seyruun will surely do something about it. For it is my path to serve JUSTICE again those who defile our very life and peace. Lina-san, we must follow Zelgadis-san's advice." Said the girl with sparkling eyes.
"No ... "
"No!?" The others stood there quite shocked.
"No, those are protected by an ancient barrier. That is an anti-mazoku, god, and human shield. None of them can pass it." Lina payed her bill and stood up.
"But your soul is merged with two gods, Lina-san." Said Angela.
"I'm human." Lina shaked her head and stepped out.
"Lina-chan's right, she's human ...... yet." Smiles Xellos and vanished.
"Well. *Lina let the sentence go besides her ear* Let's go take a bath, who comes?"
The girls nodded agreeingly. "We'll come."
Zelgadis sighed. "Bet you wanna take a bath eh?" Looked over to Shadow and Gourry.
"Why not?" Looked back Gourry in a usual expression ... dumb.

*later*
The five girls were relaxing in the hot pool. Lina as always ducked deep into the water.
"Lina-san, why do you want to go alone?" Asked Angela while enjoyed the bath.
"Like I said, I won't go a--aaa-- FIREBALL!!!! *she tossed the spell towards Kage* NO PEEPING!!! You!!! You!!! Pervert old dragon!!!" Fetched five towels and gave each to the other girls. In her anger Lina's wings appeared.
The girls wrapped themselves in the towels. Lina tryed to get the towel around her, but the wings blocked the effort.
"Damn..." Mumbled Lina, and then covered herself with the wings.
"But Lina-chan ---" Xellos appeared behind Lina and moved a bit her hair. The result was Lina fried him with a few painfull spells. "OW!!" Fell he over burned and crispy.
"HEY!!!! *Screamed five of them* You filthy mazoku!!! Get outta here!!!" The girls started to bombard the priest, who barely managed to hide himself.
~That wasn't a good idea.~ Thought Xellos. "Lina-chan, your human. You can't get in there too." Xellos answered from behind a tree wich was far away of the pool.
"Remember the seal on the Gayvera, the bow of Dark Star?"
"Lina-chan, the barrier cannot be pirced with the Ragna Blade."
"Whaaaat?How do you know it Xellos? Don't tell me you summoned a spell based on the power of the Chaos."Lina stood up and searched for the mazoku.
"I think, that even the Giga Slave won't scracth that barrier. And I didn't do it, Lina-chan did try it, but with no effect."
"Lina-san?" Wondered Amelia.
"Lina-san was with us all the times." Angela studied the suspiciously grinning priest.
"Xellos meant my shadow, Yumiko and --- *Lina screamed as Xellos examined her wings by lifting the girls hair* Mazoku freak!!!" She wanted to turn around and grab the trickster, but instantly ducked into the water, because only the wings covered her body.
"Nice body." Commented the smiling mazoku. Seeing as Lina started to charge a'well-sized' spell, Xellos leaned closer and whispered. "Lina-chan, don't forget. If you cast a spell the water here will evaporate, soooo" *wide smile*
"Xellos ..."
"Yes, Lina-chan?"
Lina stood up and grabbed the smiling priest.
"But, Lina-chan, I...Could...See...You!!! *Smiles the prist* Wooooo!! *As Lina hurled him against a wall* Ow!! *Xellos pulled his face out of the debris* Better turn around Lina-chan, since I might see you." Xellos stood up and turned around to see Lina wrapped in her wings and chanting something.
"Lina-chan, you know that any spell you would cast will harm the girls too or ... *smile* evaporate the water." Lina lowered her arms.
"Your right, if I would cast a spell that would cause such effect" Finished the chant.
"But?" Xellos stepped closer.
"RAGNA BLADE!!!" Lina summoned the sword of darkness and tryed to slice the trickster into many Xellos'.
"Hey!!! Lina-chan, remember?! You can't kill me!!"
"But Shabby-chan allows a little fun."
"Shabby-chan?! Who's that? ... Lina-san. are you allright?" Phyria tryed to stop the raging sorceress.
"Yeah, I'm fine and with beating up Xellos, I will be even finer."
"But who was that Shabby-chan you mentioned?"
"Think again..." Sighed Lina.
"Shabby-chan is my lord." Xellos leaned before the spell yould pierce him.
"WHHAAAATTT?!!?! Shabranigdo?! As Shabby-chan?" The girls backed a bit.
"Relax, she can't take over me, yet. And she's just a weepy girl." Projected the image of the personalized dark god, also known as Shabby-chan.
"Uhm, Lina-san. I thought the dark god is 'male' or something ....." Said Angela.
"Nope, Lina-chan's right as she calls my lord Shabby-chan. Cause my lord is in Lina-chan, so in this case it is a 'she'." Explained the smiling mazoku."
"Oh, she's quite a simpathic personanility, but when it comes to destruction and pain... etc, shes like Amelia."
"Huh? Me.... Why?" Amelia watched the fleeing Xellos.
"The monologues of Shabby-chan are quite of Amelia. Amelia like to recite her 'JUSTICE' and Shabby-chan uses 'DESTRUCTION' or 'TORTURE' .... keh, what else did you suspect from the personalized dark god .... Although in a very childish manner..." *sweatdrop*
"My lord..." Xellos stepped closer.
Lina stopped and let the spell vanish. "Oh, to the hell with you Xellos."
Xellos seeing Lina's expression quickly left the area, and shortly after Lina chanted an unknown spelll and a red pulsating aura encased the hotspring.
"Well, we can now continue our relaxation. "She unwilled her wings and slipped back into the water along with the other girls.
"Uhm ... Lina-san. *Asked Angela* Do you know what was that black box with Xellos-san?"
"What black box?"
"You know *She projected an image of it* Like this."
"Oh, I remember that." Said Sylphil.
"And?" Asked curiously Phyria.
"I was in a while in Darata and there was somekind of magic show. A weird old man had a black box like Xellos held in his arms previously." Continued the priestess.
"And, what does it?" Asked Amelia.
Xellos appeared behind Amelia and whispered to her. "Amelia-chan, better raise a defensive shield and a strong one, before Sylphil-chan says it to Lina-chan."
"But..."
"Do it if you want to live." Xellos vanished.
"Oh, it uses some kind of varied Illusion spell with a Lighting and a freeze spell."
"I asked 'what' it does, not 'how' does it." Lina stepped closer to Sylphil.
"It flashes once and what was in front of the box is magically transferred onto a piece of paper. It's like a super qiuck painting, just more realistic."
"Hmm, I remember, how he held it when ---" Started Angela.
"XELLOS!!!" Screamed Lina.
"I said to raise that barrier ... Oh, well, I have to save you girls." Xellos phaseshifted the girls to another place.

*Meanwhile*
"Zelgadis, could you say where are we going tomorrow?" Asked Gourry from the chimera, now the third time in that half hour.
*sigh* "Some of us go north, and some west."
"And wo goes north?"
" ... " ~ I hate this.~ While slowly sanking into the water. "Shadow will exclaim everything." The usual depression took over the chimera.
"Shadow, where are we going then?"
"The northern group is led by me, Angela and Amelia will come with me. The western group is led by Phyria, Sylphil, Zelgadis and you."
"And Lina?"
"She goes to get the spirit emblem."
"I will follow Lina, wherever she goes."
"No, you won't."
"Why not?"
"Because no living human, mazoku or dragon could get the emblems."
"Than Lina can't get it either?" Asked Zelgadis.
"She could. Lina can get it, I trust in her abilities."
"Anyway It's comple---" And explosion could be heard from where the girls bathed.
"I think *Shadow held back Gourry* That the girls detected Kage-sama."
"What do you mean?"
"Well Kage-sama sees, hears, feels everything within Lina Inverse's soul. So she banished my lord for the time of bathing, but he needs to be close f not want to begin desintegrating." Explained Shadow to the others.
"And Lina probably threw a Fireball at Kage ... tipycal." Zelgadis sighed.
Another explosion rocked the environment, followed by the girls screaming and a volley of explosions. The screams become more understandable and a 'Xellos' could be heared.
"Now, he's starting it also. "Commented Gourry.
"Anyway, there are two more emblems scattered. I'm not sure if Xellos knows them or not. There's the Black Emblem of the Darkness and the White Emblem of the Light."
"Hmm, two more and who will gather them?"
"Lina Inverse will get the Black Emblem and the White Emblem is hidden somewhere."
"So, there are seven total. Lina and Xellos has one. If paired there's much power, eh?"
"Noone knows."
"Huh?"
"Noone could gather them all, before."
"Xellos comes." Noticed Gourry.
"I think I ticked a liiiiiitle Lina-chan." Xellos appeared.
"What did you do?" Zelgadis carefully lifted the ready layed sword.
"Examined her wings."
"How?"
"By lifting her hair."
"You never change, right?"
"Oh, I must go." Xellos vanished.
"Hmm, what did this mean?"
"I don't know, but this is *Shadow choked a bit* weird, Shadow are you allright?"
"Nothing, just swallowed this water ...." Lied after hearing Lina naming the god.
"We better get going." Adviced Zelgadis feeling something baaad will happen.
As they got out the water and got their clothes back, an eerie light could be seen from the pool where the boys were and a splashing sound cold be heared along with the screams of the confused girls. Shadow quickly streched his out to cover the pool.
"Relax, I cover the pool, in the mean time cover yourselves."
A Dragon Slave erupted not far from here. Sweatdrops appeared on the boys.
"What did you do, Xellos?" Asked Zelgadis from the grinning Xellos.
"Oh, here." He tossed a few papers over to the chimera who burned them instantly.
"Pervert..."
"What did you do?" Asked Gourry.
"You don't want to know it, trust me!" Patted Shadow on Gourry's shoulders.
"Oh, I got copies." Xellos smilingly gave away some of them to the others and didn't forget the girls also.
"AAAIIEEEE!!!" Was the common answer from them.
"It feels sooo *Lina snacked Xellos continously for about a five minutes* I wanna die!!"
Seeing as Zelgadis aproached Lina ~Please do not ...~ Tryed mentally bargain with him.
"Lina, here." Zelgadis gave a few pictures to the mad sorceress.
~I'm doomed.~ Vanished Xellos with the others.

When the group appeared a few sends shock striked the band ... Because the whole cloths they possessed was the towels wrapped around them.
Xellos appeared. "Don't Blame me!! Lina burned the whole cloths, be glad that I could save your accessories and weapons." Placed the items down then vanished again.
"We don't have money and cloths ... but have weapons and accessories." Stated Angela.
"I'll send my shadow for some cloths." The elf released his shade for the search.
"Why do I have a bad feeling, that this was Xellos' work." Sighed Zelgadis.
After the shade returned with some cloths the band took a way towards Seyruun, because there they could get some money and better cloths than the shade brought.

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