Episode 4: On the Move! He's Out for Revenge?

VARGARV: Hahahaha!

AMERIA: Aeh! It isn't going to hold!

LINA: First Xelloss shows up, and now THIS! What's going on here?! And why's this happening to us here in the outer world?!

VARGARV: Heheheheheheh! How pathetic! Is this all you're capable of, eh, Lina Inverse?!

(L, Z, & A scream as they are thrown back)

LINA: Eh...
(Vargarv punches her)
LINA: Hwah! Eh...

AMERIA: Lina-san! Uh?!
(Vargarv throws her)
AMERIA: Aaaah!

ZELGADISS: Hwaaaah!
(charges Vargarv)

VARGARV: Hyah!
(throws Zelgadiss back)

GOURRY: Hyaaaah!
(charges Vargarv, gets thrown back)
GOURRY: Uwaaah!

LINA: Uh...

VARGARV: Don't disappoint me. You have more tricks up your sleeve, don't you? Heheheheheh...hahaha!

LINA: I see. You've inherited Garv's love for battle, haven't you? Well, I think it may be boasting to say you're Garv's equal, but it definately looks like you're pretty powerful.

VARGARV: Hm.. If you understand that, then start fighting seriously. It's the least you can do for someone who's traveled all this way just to kill you, right?

LINA: How about you? It's only polite not to treat an enemy you're facing for the first time like they're just useless cannon fodder.

VARGARV: Unfortunately, my nature won't let me be that generous. Not as long as you speak so insultingly to me!

ZELGADISS: Lina!

VARGARV: You understand, don't you? I will show you no mercy!

LINA: No kidding. What do I do? If I take him on toe to toe, I can only use the Ragna Blade!

VARGARV: You have no time to think this over!

GOURRY: Lina!
(charges Vargarv)
GOURRY: Hyaaaah!

VARGARV: Hmpf.
(meets Gourry)

GOURRY: Huwah! Yaaaaah!

VARGARV: Hmpf. Gorun Nova?

GOURRY: What?

LINA: Gorun Nova? Isn't that what Garv called the Sword of Light?

GOURRY: Gwaaaaah!!

*

ARMEIS: Ragud Mezegis is reacting. Gorun Nova...? What are you doing, Vargarv? Hurry up and take it!

*

VARGARV: I know! Don't be so eager... Come on. Give that to me!

GOURRY: Ngh! Gah! You damn thief!

VARGARV: I beg your pardon! I just want it BACK!

GOURRY: What?!

ZELGADISS: Take this!

ZELGADISS & AMERIA: Bomb Di Wind!

VARGARV: What?

(gets thrown)
GOURRY: Gwaaaaaah!

LINA: Huh!

XELLOSS: I've finally found you, Vargarv.

VARGARV: Xelloss...

LINA: Xelloss?!

VARGARV: Grrrrr!

XELLOSS: Hmpf!

VARGARV: Hwah! Dyaah! Na...?

LINA: Elmekia Lance!

VARGARV: Uwah!

GOURRY: Don't count me out yet! If you're thinking I'm at a disadvantage, then you're DEAD wrong!

VARGARV: Well, now. You seem to be angry! Hmpf. Working together, eh? That isn't very fair of you.

LINA: Don't tell me you want to fight one on one now! Garv took us on in this same set up! Are you bluffing when you say you're as powerful as Garv was?

VARGARV: I see! You want me to prove that I am by taking you all on at once? Heheheheh... What a transparent proposal... Sounds fun!

LINA and AMERIA: Keh...

VARGARV: Let's try it! Let's try it!

(earth shakes)

VARGARV: What the...?!

FAB 4: Woah!

LINA: Now what's happening?! Waaaah!

*

GRABOS: Eh! Wh- What's going on?!

JIRAS: Owah!

GRABOS: Ngrrrrrr!

JAWAS: Hwah!

*

VARGARV: Huh?

(Vargarv and Xelloss lash out at each other and then...)

AMERIA: They disappeared...

(earth shakes again)

AMERIA: Hwaaaah!

*

JIRAS: Ack! Uwaaaaaah!

(falls on Jiras)
GRABOS: Keh! Dammit! We almost had it out! What is this thing?!

JIRAS: Uh, Boss...?

*

LINA: It stopped?

ZELGADISS: Hm. It seems that way.

AMERIA: Huh?

ZELGADISS: Oh...?!

(notices she's gripping Zelgadiss's waist)
LINA: Whoops! Hahaha! Ahahaha! Haha! Heheh-

XELLOSS: Oh, my! How sad! How very sad! Looks like he managed to stay one step ahead of me. It seems he'll be a difficult opponent to deal with. Oh? Hello, my friends! Fancy meeting you all here! What an unexpected pleasure!

LINA: Xelloss! Wow, no kidding! Must be fate! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?! You crazy priest! How many times will you use us before you're satisfied?!

XELLOSS: Ow, ow, ow... Oh? You've figured that out?

LINA: Of course I have! Just like you were after Garv, a traitor to the Mazoku, you're after Vargarv, his remaining minion, too! I'm right, aren't I?

(Ameria draws line in sand connecting black rock to white rock)

XELLOSS: Yes. And, on the other hand, so he can avenge his master, Vargarv is after you, the one who killed Garv.

(Ameria draws line connecting white rock to red rock)

AMERIA: So, you used Lina-san as bait to make it easier to lure him out and attack.
(draws line connecting red rock to black rock)

BLUE ROCK: Hmpf. That's a sick little love triangle.

XELLOSS: But I wasn't able to catch him in the end. Vargarv suddenly gained a lot of power recently, and it's been impossible for the Mazoku to keep up with him.

LINA: So... You're implying he's got someone powerful backing him now.

XELLOSS: Well, who can say?

ZELGADISS: What we know for sure is that we have a nasty new enemy.

(Good call, Zelgadiss.)

AMERIA: I guess this has to do with the threat to the world that Filia-san mentioned, doesn't it?

GOURRY: By the way, where'd Filia go?

LINA: Heh? I forgot all about her!

XELLOSS: Filia?

LINA: Filia!

AMERIA: Filia-san! Where are you?

LINA: Filia?

GOURRY: Filia!

LINA: Answer us!

*

GRABOS: V-Vargarv-sama, it's true, I tell you!

JIRAS: When the boss tried to draw the sword...! It stopped when he let go.

VARGARV: This thing? Hm. Some sort of magical ward? I see... We can use this. All right, Grabos. If we draw this sword they'll end up coming near this cave. Wait for my signal.

GRABOS: Huh? But, sir...!

VARGARV: All you have to do is do what I say!

GRABOS: Vargarv-sama?!

*

ARMEIS: Ah... You're going to use Ragud Mezegis, are you?

VARGARV: Yes. An annoying Mazoku's shown up on my trail.

ARMEIS: Hmpf! That troublesome pest. Well, no matter. I'll give you one warning. Don't let your blade cross with Gorun Nova's.

VARGARV: Right. I won't.

ARMEIS: Then take it.

VARGARV: I'll make you pay, Xelloss. And you, Lina Inverse! Hahahahaha!

*

ARMEIS: He doesn't know the true horror of our weapons as I do. Just follow my dance as well as you can.

*

FILIA: How cruel! Lina-san, how could you?! Not only do you abandon me, but now you bring this filthy Mazoku into my presence!

LINA: Hey, I said I was sorry. Anyway, maybe this was all just a pretext for luring Vargarv out, but... Ehhh... I guess this means you ended up saving us again.

XELLOSS: You don't have to sound so sad about it.

FILIA: Xelloss! The Ryuzoku's enemy during the War of the Mazoku's Fall... The one who nearly destroyed my people! He's a demon among demons!

XELLOSS: Oh? Am I really that bad?

FILIA: Look, I found Lina-san first! I don't know what you're planning, but stop interfering! Stay out of our way!

XELLOSS: I'm not getting in your way. Oh, I get it. It's okay for YOU to get Lina out here on a pretext, but it's horrible if I did it first?

FILIA: Even if I did use a pretext, I'M trying to save the world from a threat! It isn't like the selfish pretexts a Mazoku would use!

XELLOSS: A pretext is a pretext, isn't it?

FILIA: Rrrrrrrrrr!

LINA: Ngeh...

GOURRY (whispering to Zelgadiss and Ameria): You get the feeling those two don't really like each other?

AMERIA: Well, one's a Mazoku and the other serves the Gods as a priestess of the Fire Dragon King.

ZELGADISS: A grudge that's gone on since the War of the Mazoku's Fall.

LINA: Look, look. Anyway. Can we all calm down here? Let's sort out what we've learned so far. Xelloss, for once I want you to tell us EVERYTHING you know.

XELLOSS: As far as I know, the enemy has three objectives.

LINA: Three?

XELLOSS: First, as you already know, your life!

LINA: To avenge Garv.

AMERIA: He has no reason to hate us!

XELLOSS: The next one is Gorun Nova, which Gourry possesses. In short, the Sword of Light!

GOURRY and AMERIA: Huh?

LINA: Can I ask you something? What do you mean "Gorun Nova?" Is that your peoples' dialect?

XELLOSS: Hm? Oh, no. You see, Gorun Nova is the proper name for it. From ancient times.

GOURRY: Now, hold on here! This has been passed down through my family! In other words, it's MINE!

LINA: That's not the problem here!

XELLOSS: Never mind! Never mind! I recognize your ownership of it.
(starts to whisper)
XELLOSS: While it's to my advantage, at least...

LINA: What are you mumbling about?!

ZELGADISS: And? What's his last objective?

XELLOSS: It seems he's looking for a weapon similar to the Sword of Light, but more powerful.

AMERIA: Now that you mention it... Remember those greedy people we saw when we arrived? They seemed to be really busy looking for something.

LINA: You think they were involved with this, too? That's silly. Besides, if it was true and they had a weapon as strong as the Sword of Light, they wouldn't have run away!

XELLOSS: True... But it's a fact that they're in a frenzy to find something. Currently, their eyes are on the Holy Sword held by the Sand People.

LINA: The Holy Sword of the Sand People? Wait, how do you know that much?

XELLOSS: Before I ran into you all, I saw them attack a Sand People village. I came to see this for myself, after all.

LINA: So... What's happening in the village now?

*

XELLOSS: See?

AMERIA: Rrrrrrrrrrr! Xelloss-san! You mean you just LET that village be attacked? I don't believe it!

XELLOSS: Well... If Vargarv isn't there, it's none of my business, is it?

LINA: You sure know how to do government work, don't you? Anyway...

ZELGADISS: You're going?

LINA: Exactly! I'll take the Sand People's treasure for myself!

AMERIA: What?! You're not going to save them?!

GOURRY: Wait for me!

FILIA: Lina-san!

XELLOSS: Pardon, Filia-san, was it? So, how's the Fire Dragon King these days?

FILIA: Aaaaaaaaaah! Don't set one foot inside this line! You cockroach! You GARBAGE!

XELLOSS: Garbage...?

FILIA: You come near us and you'll be sorry! Hwaaaaaaaah! Lina-sa-a-a-an!

XELLOSS: Hmhemmgh... Garbage...?

*

JIRAS: Here they come! HERE THEY COME! Here they come! Boss! They're coming!

GRABOS: Eh...

VARGARV: Do it!

GRABOS: Don't blame me for what happens!

(tremors)

GRABOS: Dwaaaaah!

JAWAS: Meeep!

JIRAS: Hwuh!

*

(rock crashes off pillar)

ZELGADISS: Uh!

LINA and AMERIA: Aaaah!

LINA: What?!

(ground explodes under feet)

FAB 4 + Filia: Dwaaaaaaah!

LINA: Hih!

WORM: Gwaah!

(Vargarv starts slicing at Lina)

VARGARV: Hmm! Tyah! Ha!

(Gourry performs heroics)

VARGARV: So, the protector I've heard so much about...

GOURRY: Yeah. Just earning my pension.

LINA: What is that? What's that weird weapon?

VARGARV: Are you saying you'd like to see it?

LINA: It can't be! It's a weapon just like the Sword of Light?! Gourry!

GOURRY: There's only one Sword of Light in this world! And it belongs to my family!

VARGARV: In that case, care to test it?

GOURRY: Hm!

VARGARV: Tyaah!

*

WORM: Rrrr!

AMERIA: What is that thing?!

ZELGADISS: Tch. We'll have to finish it off.

GRABOS: Ow... Look! I warned him, didn't I?!

ZELGADISS: What do you mean?

(ears fall in shame)
GRABOS: It was this thing! Pulling it out is what summoned that monster!

AMERIA: What? Then...!

XELLOSS: Oh, I see!

AMERIA: Xelloss-san!

XELLOSS: It seems the Sand Peoples' Holy Sword was simply a key for keeping that monster sealed.

AMERIA: Do something, please!

XELLOSS: Oh, no. If I go doing things for my own reasons, Greater Beast-sama will be angry with me.

ZELGADISS: Typically useless! Nn?!

WORM: Rrrrr!

GRABOS: Look, I dunno what's going on here...

JIRAS: We'd better use this chance to run!

AMERIA: Uh? Come back!

(Grabos and Jiras come flying unwillingly back)

GRABOS and JIRAS: Iiiya!

AMERIA: Filia-san!

FILIA: You won't be forgetting about me THIS time! Rrrr!

*

GOURRY: Gyaaah!

VARGARV: Well? Are you satisfied now?

GOURRY: Huh. You're pretty tough. Does this mean you've found what you're looking for?

VARGARV: One of them, at least.

LINA: ONE of them?! You mean there are others?!

GOURRY: Then let's stop playing around!

VARGARV: If we didn't, where would the fun be?

*

FILIA: Come on! We have to get that sword back where it belongs!

AMERIA: All right! Leave it to me! So, where's it belong?

XELLOSS: Inside that shrine over there, I believe.

JAWAS: Meep! Eep!

AMERIA: A- All the way over there?

ZELGADISS: How much to you weigh?

AMERIA: Rrr!
(uses sword for much needed smacking of Stone Boy)

ZELGADISS: I was asking you seriously!

WORM: Rrrrrr!

(Ameria whispers weight into Zelgadiss' ear)

ZELGADISS: All right! Direction, 30 degrees. Firing angle, 20!

AMERIA: Um, Zelgadiss-san...?

ZELGADISS: Relax! Let's get going! Bomb Di Wind!

AMERIA: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woah! Zelgadiss-san... You're so mean...

*

WORM: Rrrr...
(CRASH)

ZELGADISS: Seems to have worked.

XELLOSS: So, where's Lina-san?

*

VARGARV: Whichever weapon is stronger will win!

LINA: No! Don't let him provoke you!

GOURRY: I'm already provoked! KYAAAAAH!

(swords go crazy upon meeting)

VARGARV: Wha... What the...?!

GOURRY: What is this?!

XELLOSS: That's...!

GOURRY: What's happening!

VARGARV: Gwaah! Waah!

(swords go boom)

GOURRY: Waah!

VARGARV: Uh!

(Armeis APPEARS)

XELLOSS: Hrruh! Uhh!

VARGARV: Armeis...

ARMEIS: Retreat.

VARGARV: Why? I'm so close to finishing them off! Why retreat?!

ARMEIS: I said retreat.

LINA: Like we're gonna let you do what YOU want?!

ZELGADISS: You're not getting away!

LINA: ELMEKIA FLAME!

ZELGADISS: RAH TILT!

ARMEIS: Heheh.

LINA: Wha-?!

ZELGADISS: Huh?!

FILIA: Their magic wasn't strong enough!

XELLOSS: No, that's not right.

FILIA: Uh?

XELLOSS: It's not that it isn't strong enough. It's meaningless to even try using magic on one of his kind.

FILIA: Huh!

LINA: What does he mean...?

VARGARV: Damn it... Mark my words, Lina Inverse! I will kill you!
(disappears)

LINA: Impossible... Who are these guys?!

XELLOSS: Looks like another major battle has begun.

FILIA: Is that... Is he the one who will fill the world with darkness?

XELLOSS: Apparently so. Just as your prophecy says... The threat to the world.

*

LINA: Let's go to the temple of the Fire Dragon King! Filia! Xelloss! What is the problem with you two?! Next time: "A Wild Rumor? You Can't Have Smoke Without Fire?" You better watch, or I'll REALLY cause some trouble!