green = Gaea
Even after his soul had digested the energy of the Ra-Tilt, Zelgadis was still very shaken up about the entire matter. Every spark of spirit in the attack screamed the pain of the earth, so loudly he could not block it out.
Can't you see? Gaea cried. Can't you hear? Can't you feel? Why won't you fight back?
It would do no good. He brushed off her anguished pleas. I can do nothing against Kuroi. My body is dead, all I am is consciousness entrapped.
So you are truely giving up? She now possessed a bitterness in her voice. You are going to let your friends die?
I neither have need nor want for friends. He answered with an ancient exhaustion. If someone I know of dies, it is their own fault.
You can't mean that. Gaea retorted. Every living thing in the world cannot exist by itself alone. Even the Mazoku need the Humans. You can't really mean you want to be left in oblivion forever!
I...
You don't want to be lonely forever, do you, Zelgadis?
... no ...
Why won't you fight back
Because... I always fail. I'll lose again.
Lina fell back with Gourry and Amelia, sweat beading on her face. Her gemstone hued eyes burned with fire as her shoulders heaved. No matter what they attacked him with, their opponant would absorb the spell or phase through the sword.
"What are we going to do, Lina-san?" Amelia pushed her bangs away from her eyes. "Nothing works against this guy."
"I'm going to try the Giga Slave." She held out her hand to Gourry, and he placed the Hikari no Ken into her waiting palm. "He's immune to Black, White, and Shamanist Majiks, maybe Nightmare will have an effect on him." She closed her eyes, her lips moving in the silent chant to invoke the power of the golden over-soul.
"I hope this works..." Gourry gnawed on his fingernails as the sword glowed black.
"GIGA..." Ruby toned eyes locked with emerald orbs, then traveled down to the talisman at his throat. "SLAVE!" She released the Nightmare energy, which thundered towards its target. The gray clad man did not seem the least bit worried by the resulting explosion.
Gaea's almost unlimited patience was running out. Even a mother snaps once in a while, after all.
How do you know you will fail? She asked of her Childe, Zelgadis, one of the few to Master her art.
Because I have tried, and failed. He spoke as if he had been watching the world since time began.
Do you know how to fight him? The ethery essence that was Gaea waffted around the dim white light that was his soul.
I was born and bred to fight.
Did you attack with all you have?
Yes.
Did you fight with fevor, with passion?
I fought with all I could.
Childe of Earth, do not lie to your Mother.
...No.
You fought with cunning and strategy?
Yes.
Is your heart too dead to fight?
What?
Fight the heart with the mind, and the mind with the heart.
It is too late for that.
Then your heart has died...
Yes.
How regrettable.
Yes.
There is no hope, then.
I know.
You were an important part of the plot, Zelgadis Greywers. I am truely sorry that you are unable to participate. Gaea sighed, and the warmth of her essence vanished as she retreated. The spark of light that represented his soul flickered, then darkened, and lastly died out as it sank into despair.
Tears came to Lina's eyes as Kuroi smiled and lifted his hand towards them, the black glow of Nightmare majik spinning on his fingertips.
"How refreshing." He mused. "What a lovely amount of power." He shot it back at her, each lancet leaving small craters where it hit the ground. One of the black daggers sliced through her stomach, and her eyes went wide.
This isn't how it's supposed to be! She thought as she crumpled to her knees. We always win! Why aren't we winning?
"The heros are supposed to win!"