Zelgadis Gets His Revenge...Sort Of

A/N: Truth be told, I wasn’t really sure if I was ever going to continue this again…how long has it been since I last posted a chapter? But anyway. I realized that I really did sort of leave this unfinished, and we can’t have that, now can we? And then my muses pulled out the mallets of inspiration and whacked me upside the head, the result being this (and a concussion). This is probably the last chapter, but if my muses get violent again, who knows, right? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this conclusion (?).

Disclaimer: Insert standard disclaimer here. I’m too lazy to write an original one right now.

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“Oh, yes, they will pay for this,” Zelgadis whispered quietly so Amelia couldn’t hear him. Then he told her that there was something he had to take care of, and ran off into the crowd. Amelia blinked then shrugged and returned to the group.

“Amelia, where’s Zelgadis?” Lina asked her as she approached, but before Amelia had a chance to respond, they were interrupted by an announcement from onstage.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it seems we have a very special group here tonight who would like to perform for you all, so without further ado, I give you ‘Zelgadis’s Revenge’.” Zelgadis appeared onstage carrying a guitar with a rather…large young boy behind him as well as a couple of guys, one carrying a keyboard, the other taking a seat behind a drumset that mysteriously and inexplicably appeared onstage.

“Oh, L-sama, this can’t be good…” Lina muttered as they tuned. Before she could say anything more, however, the little fat boy took the mic and began singing in a rather gravelly voice.

I’m sailing away
Set an open course for the virgin sea
‘Cause I’ve got to be free
Free to face the life that’s ahead of me

Filia looked up, covering her sensitive ears with her hands. “I think you really made Zelgadis-san mad this time, Lina-san!”

Lina winced. “Er…maybe…”

On board I’m the captain
So climb aboard
We’ll search for tomorrow
On every shore
But I’ll try, oh Lord, I’ll try
To carry on

“I’m not sure how much more of this I can take, Lina!” Gourry shouted over the song, also covering his ears.

“Time to end this, then…
Tasogare yori mo kuraki mono…”

“Lina-san! No! There’s a kid up there! And what about all of the other people?!” Amelia cried, grabbing hold of Lina’s arms.

“You’d rather hear more of this?!” Lina retorted.

I look to the sea
Reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We lived happily forever
So the story goes
But somehow we missed out
On the pot of gold
But we try best that we can
To carry on

“I dunno, I’m kinda enjoying it,” Xelloss commented, grinning and tapping his foot.

“You would,” Filia muttered. “You’re probably just feeding off everyone else’s pain!”

“Aw, Fi-chan, you know me too well!” Xelloss grinned wider.

Ehhh
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
Sang to me their song of hope and this is what they said
They said

“Stop singing, perhaps?” an amused voice suggested from beside Lina. Lina turned to find a woman with light hair and markings on her face smoking a cigarette beside her.

“Juu-ou-sama!!!” Xelloss cried, immediately ran over, and glomped onto her.

“Juu-ou-sama?!” Filia, Lina, and Amelia cried in shock. Gourry stood there, looking confused. “Who?”

Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
You guys
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
You guys seriously
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me

“Juu-ou-sama! What are you doing here?” Xelloss asked as he continued to cuddle his master.

Xelas chuckled. “Well, I felt a massive output of negative emotions, and I couldn’t help but wonder if another piece of Shabby-sama had been reborn and someone had forgotten to send me the memo.” Smirking, she looked at the stage. “But now I see it’s something far, far worse.”

Filia looked like she was about to go catatonic. One of the five mazoku lords was sitting right in front of her, smoking a cigarette and engaging in small talk. It was too much for her to handle, and with a quiet “Dear Ceiphied…” she fainted dead away.

“Oh, my, what’s her problem?” Xelas asked, pointing to the very unconscious Filia lying on the floor.

Yeahhhhhh kick ass you guys
I thought that they were angels
But to my surprise
They climbed aboard their starship
And headed for the skies

“Filia-san!” Amelia rushed over to Filia’s side and tried to wake her.

“Huh. I guess having two high-level mazoku around was just too much for her to handle,” Lina muttered.

“Uh, Lina? Who is this lady?” Gourry asked again. Lina didn’t seem to hear him.

They said
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
Uh, you guys
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
Everybody now
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
You guys seriously
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me

At this point, the keyboardist, a tall, lanky fellow with a surprisingly deep voice, took control of the mic.

Make it funky now
(Little fat kid: Hey! You’re screwing up my song! Hey! What’s going on?)

“Xelloss, shouldn’t you be attending to your dragon?” Xelas asked, trying to pry her general-priest off of her.

“Huh? What dragon?” Xelloss replied, blinking up at his master. Xelas slapped a hand to her forehead.

“Oh, never mind…” she sighed. “You know, he always gets like this whenever I leave home…So unfitting of such a high-level mazoku, ne?” she commented off-handedly to Lina while stroking Xelloss’s purple hair.

Lina was shocked that the great, infamous Xelas Metallium was trying to strike up a conversation with her. “W-well, I guess it does seem rather odd…” she replied nervously. Xelas chuckled.

Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
Children

“Hmm…but I can’t really punish him for being so protective of his master…Besides, he’s far too cute to destroy.” She grinned down at Xelloss.

“Uh, yeah…” Lina replied, edging away from them slightly and wondering if this was considered normal behavior between Mazoku Lords and their underlings.

Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
Children

At this point, the fat kid reclaimed the mic.

No, no, no, it’s like this…rock it!
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
You guys
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
You guys seriously

By now, Lina and co. had long since stopped paying any attention to ‘Zelgadis’s Revenge’, as they were a bit preoccupied with the appearance of Xelas Metallium and the unconscious Filia. Even Xelloss was too focused on his master to feed off the pain of the other patrons.

Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
You guys seriously
Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me
You guys seriously

The moment the boy stopped singing, wild applause broke out among everyone in the establishment. Thank L-sama that was over.

Zelgadis set his guitar down on stage and headed for his companions, expecting to see pained looks, or at least some sign that he had succeeded in his revenge. He was greeted instead with the sight of an unconscious Filia, a worried Amelia, a perplexed Lina, and a very confused Gourry, not to mention seeing Xelloss clinging to a strange woman. With a deep, long-suffering sigh, he sank into a chair. “It just never seems to work for me…”

Owari?

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