"Hey Lina, how much further is Seyruun?" Gourry asked, stopping for a moment to look around.
"It shouldn't be too much farther away...oh who am I kidding, I have no idea where we are!" Lina replied. "You'd think with as much as we have been to Seyruun, that we would remember the way back."
Gourry looked at her and asked, "Why again are we going back to Seyruun?" Lina balled her hand into a fist and smashed it down on Gourry's head.
"How many times do I have to tell you, we are going to see the new portal that Amelia discovered. Phil is about to order a search party to go into it and see where it goes. I want to be with that party," she said, and started running ahead of him. "Not only that, but I AM HUNGRY!" Gourry took off after her.
All of a sudden, Lina stopped in her tracks. "Lina, what's wrong?" asked her dimwitted partner.
"AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! AHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
Gourry looked over at Lina. "Lina," he said, "WHAT IS THAT HORRIBLE NOISE?!?!?!" She didn't answer him, but grabbed his arm.
"We have got to get out of here, and fast, before she finds us.." Lina said to him, "Rey Wing!" The two of them began flying into the air, when she saw the source of the laughing.
"Finally! After all this time, I have finally found you, Lina Inverse!" Gourry looked down, and saw a girl dressed in a cape and a bikini.
"Wow Lina, she has breasts!" Gourry exclaimed, earning him another smash on the head.
"Naga, how in the Hell did you find me?" Lina screamed.
"Well Lina, after you left me sleeping 2 years ago, to try and take all our business deals for yourself, I searched and searched for you. Then I heard you had killed a bunch of naughty monsters. How dare you have so many adventures without me!"
Lina flew down to the ground, dropping Gourry about half way. "So where are you going now?" Naga asked, running up to her. "And who is this? Your boyfriend?"
Lina heard that and turned red. "No he isn't my boyfriend, he has my Sword of Light and is my protector!"
"The sword is mine, Lina."
"You promised it to me, remember? Anyway...we are going to Seyruun. A friend of ours, the crown princess Amelia, discovered a portal that goes somewhere, and I intend to be part of the party that finds out where!"
"AH HA HA HA HA HA HA! Then I am coming with you. It's about time I returned home for a while."
"Home?" Lina asked.
"I'll explain later. Let's go!" Naga said, and the three of them walked off together.
Xellos followed close behind them, not wanting to be seen. After watching Lina run from Naga, and falling out of a tree because he was laughing so hard, he kept up following them. "It will be so much fun to work with you again, Lina," he said to himself. "We have so much to catch up on."
Amelia was running around her room in the palace at Seyruun, grabbing a few things before she led the first party into the portal. Among them were a magic amplifying amulet, made from one of her mothers bones, and a magical compass. "Hurry up, Daddy! You are going to make us late to our own presentation!"
Phil on the other hand was patiently awaiting his daughter in the throne room. "I am ready, daughter, but I still think you should reconsider letting me come with you. You have no idea whats through that odd looking thing, there could be life threatening danger!"
"Daddy, I will be fine! As long as the light of justice burns within my heart, I will be victorious, and protected! Besides, I lived through 2 years of travelling with Lina and Gourry, remember?"
"Don't remind me. The last time she was here she blew up half the city!" As he said this, Amelia walked out of her room, her finger pointed to the air.
"Let us go! For the judgement of justice is upon this new world!" The two of them walked out of the throne room, and left the castle.
"AIEEEEEE!" A woman screamed, and a loud crash could be heard.
"Flare...Arrow!" Yelled a man, noone could tell where, until the spell came flying from the sky.
"Balis Wall!" Amelia shouted in response to the spell, creating her own shield. She looked into the air, and saw an odd looking man floating there. "How cowardly of you to float in the air up there to fight, come down here and let the light of justice shine upon you!"
The man looked down at her and laughed, "That sounds fun, I'll be right down!" With that, he began lowering to the ground. As he landed, he spoke again, "Let us begin...Dill Brand!" Amelia was blasted into the air as the spell went off beneath her.
"AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! AH HA HA HA HA HA! How dare you attack the home of the great Naga the Serpent! You are a foolish and very naughty man!"
Phil looked up to see Lina, Naga, and Gourry running into the courtyard. When he saw Naga, he went white, as if he had seen a ghost. "G..Gracia..." He whispered, before passing out.
"Who the Hell are you?" demanded Lina running up to the man.
"You will find that out soon enough. Flare...arrow."
Lina dodged the arrow with no problem, but wasn't lucky enough to dodge Amelia, who came falling from the sky and landing on Lina's head. Lina fell over, and Naga ran over to her.
"You fool, first you try to destroy my home and then you ignore me! How foolish..Demona..Crystal!" She shouted, and froze the man in an icy cage. "AH HA HA HA HA HA HA AH HA HA HA! That will teach you to challenge Naga the Serpent!"
The man started glowing, and the ice began to melt. "Naga, don't just stand there, do something! He is about to be free!" Lina yelled, "Never mind! I will do it myself. Darkness beyond twilight, in crimson blood that flows...buried in the stream of time, is where your power grows.."
Gourry ran and grabbed hold of Lina, to keep her from casting the Dragon Slave. "If you cast that spell you will destroy Seyruun!" Amelia yelled at her.
"Oh alright! Fireball!" Lina yelled back, and the man was blasted out of the city. That was when Amelia noticed Naga standing there looking at her. She passed out at the sight.
"Oh my, I knew this would happen.." Naga said, kneeling before Amelia and Phil, "Awakening!" Slowly, the two began to wake up. Lina piped in then.
"Maybe we should take this little reunion back into the palace guys, people are starting to stare, and there could be more of those weird sorcerors," she said. The four walked into the castle, with Gourry lagging stupidly behind. Once they got inside, they walked to a huge dining hall, and all sat around a table.
Phil had been totally silent since he saw Naga and passed out, even after she cast her spell on him. "Gracia...my daughter...where have you been?" he asked silently, looking up from the table at her, "Why did you leave...?"
Naga looked at Phil and Amelia, and silently said, "Father...sister...I..." and a tear formed in her eye. She wiped it away and closed her eyes.
"Think back 7 years...when Mother was still alive.. Amelia had become just like you, and I just like Mother. That day that we watched her die....laying in a puddle of blood..I knew that I couldn't stay here. The pain was too much for me. So I set off into the world, taking the name Naga the Serpent. I learned magic..and learned the street life..and met Lina. We got revenge on the people who killed Mother, and she became my business partner. Before you say anything Lina, shut up and listen. I've never admitted this before, but Lina is my best friend...We had so much fun together..." Naga was crying by the end, and leaning over onto the table.
Amelia was also in tears, as she stood up and walked to her sister. "Gracia..." she began when Naga cut her off.
"Please Amelia, call me Naga..."
"Naga..I have missed you so much...and to think, you met Lina before I did. So much has been happening since you have been gone. Lina and Gourry defeated the Dark Lord Shabranigdo, and we all defeated the Demon Beast Zannafar. Hellmaster Phibrizo and Gaav, the Demon Dragon King too...I wish so much that you could have been there with us.."
"Um...guys, could I cut in here for a minute?" Lina asked, slamming her hand down on the table.