"I'm HUNGRY, Lina!!!" Gourry walked behind Lina on a trail in the woods, staring at the ground. "I thought we would have enough money for food when we sold Amelia… but we barely got anything…" Gourry's stomach growled.

"Gourry, I'm sick of your complaining!" Lina turned towards Gourry. "It was your bright idea to sell Amelia in the first place! We would have been better off if we'd just skinned her alive and eaten her!" Lina then began thinking of a cooked Amelia on a plate, complete with an apple in her mouth for flavor. "It would have been soooo yummy…." Drool fell from Lina's mouth and hit the ground.

"Ewww, that's disgusting, Lina!" Gourry cringed. "I sometimes wonder whether or not you're a girl… I mean, you have no breasts, you scratch yourself in places that you're not supposed to have, and now you drool on the ground like some sort of disgusting animal…"

Gourry didn't get to finish his sentence as Lina kicked him in his face, using both feet at the same time. Gourry hurled backwards into a nearby tree, his head bashed apart.

"Hey, Lina…" Gourry said, blood pouring from his mouth. "That kind of hurt, I think you should apologize."

Lina covered her face with her hands. "I used to think that pieces of lint or grains of sand were stupid… then I met Gourry…" Lina looked back at Gourry who was attempting to duct tape the crack in his head back together. Lina thought to herself, "It never used to be this way with Naga. Sure, she was stupid, but not THIS stupid! I wonder what ever happened to her…Oh, wait a second, I killed her! I had almost forgot, silly me!"

Gourry looked up and noticed that Lina was laughing to herself. "Hey, Lina," Gourry asked, "Whatcha laughing at?"

"Nothing that concerns you I'm sure, Gourry!" Lina answered.

"Oh, well when it does concern me, let me know." Gourry smiled.

Lina and Gourry continued walking towards the next town…

Tublar Giffnorf was an evil wizard who lived in the town of Quinton. When he had heard of the death of Naga the Serpent, he was crushed. You see, the two of them had a past. They had once been madly in love, however, Naga had ended the relationship for reasons that escaped him. So even though Naga had stopped loving him, Tublar had never stopped loving her. He had always hoped that one day, the two of them could somehow be together again, but now it was impossible…or was it? Tublar had been perfecting a potion that he hoped would be able to bring the dead back to life.

When word had reached Tublar that Naga had died, he ran out to find her remaining body parts in order to use them for his potion. All he was able to find at the scene of her death was her left leg. He remembered when he tried to uncover her dead body at the scene of her death, little children had already gotten there before him and made jewelry out of Naga's other body parts. He didn't even want to think of what kind of jewelry was made from Naga's chest. He remembered one smelly child who thought that he could get a wad of gold coins from the tooth fairy by putting Naga's jaw under his pillow. What a fool, Tublar had thought. He himself had personally killed the tooth fairy three years ago when he caught her stealing liquor from his liquor cabinet.

Now, back at his underground hideout, Tublar prepared to bring Naga the Serpent back to life. He didn't need the entire leg to bring her back to life, only part of it. So he cut off her foot, carved out the inside muscles and bones, and used it as a flowerpot. He had layed the main part of the leg, the part he needed to bring her back, in an old bathtub that he aquired a long time ago at a mystical garage sale. It was a mystical bargain. He had also filled the bathtub with his magic potion that would act as a catalyst in the rebirth of Naga the Serpent. Combined with his magical powers, the potion should help to bring her back to life, hopefully without any complications.

Now that everything was set up, Tublar began to chant the spell he had perfected. "Power from beyond the grave… Grim Reaper who controls the death and life of all people, answer my request! I call forth your power, your power of death. In reverse I shall use it to bring her back transformed, complete with a body and soul which you had since torn…LIFE BLAST OMEGA REVISED EDTION PART II!!!!" And with those words, power from beyond the grave shot through Tublar's hands and into the bathtub filled with the magic potion and Naga's leg.

Naga's leg began to mutate… it began taking shape. Tublar laughed an evil laugh for no apparent reason as the leg continued to manifest itself into Naga's original form.

"Soon, very soon…" Tublar said to himself, "Naga will be back… my love will be returned to me!!" Then Tublar began doing a silly dance around the room, hopping on one foot. Then he switched feet and hopped on the other. He was having so much fun hopping around, he didn't even notice that a large rat had climbed inside the potion filled bathtub in search of food. He didn't notice it fall into the liquid of the bathtub and he didn't notice that Naga's leg and the rat began to merge together as one entity.

Finally the spell and the resurrection of Naga was complete. There was, however, a slight problem. Naga had the head of a rat. Tublar starred in disbelief. "Something must have gone wrong…" Tublar looked at Naga in awe.

"AHH HA HA HA HA!!!!" Naga with the head of a rat began to laugh her old spine chilling laugh. "Lina Inverse, I have returned from the dead!! AHHH HA HA HA!!!! Now I will seek you out and DEFEAT you once and for all, AHH HA HA HA!!!" Naga with the head of a rat looked at Tublar, the wizard from her past who had brought her life once again.

"Naga, my sweet," Tublar said with delight. "I have brought you back to life because I love you so much!" He looked at her whiskers. "I do not mind that you have the head of a rat, it's your body that I was in love with anyway. Um, can you just wear a paper bag over your head when we go out in public?"

Naga stepped towards Tublar. She smiled, showing her bucked rat teeth, and then bit off his head. Blood splattered upon the walls, one of Tublar's eyes fell into the liquid- filled bathtub.

"Now I will get my revenge upon Lina Inverse! Because of her, I have the head of a rat!!" Naga looked into a nearby mirror. "AHH HA HA HA, with this new head Lina Inverse will not even recognize me! I will be able to kill her before she realizes what has happened! AHHH HA HA HA!!!"

Naga set out after Lina….

Lina and Gourry waited for Zelgadis to meet them at a local restaurant in the town of Ugaich. Zel had promised to meet them there a few days ago when they had sold Amelia for money. When they had departed those few days ago, Zelgadis had also promised that he would be able to get money in order for the three of them to eat.

Since Zel was late, Lina took the pleasure of ordering everything on the menu, times two. Gourry wasn't feeling very hungry that night, so he only ordered 25 pounds worth of beef.

"I dunno about this, Lina." Gourry said with a mouthful. "We don't have any money but we still ordered food. What if Zelgadis doesn't show up, THEN what are we going to do?"

Lina took a big bite out of her chicken leg. "Stop worrying, Gourry! Zel will show up, he probably got held up or something. Remember, he's a chimera and its not like he can just walk into town like a normal person would… he's got to be in disguise." Lina swallowed.

"I guess you're right, Lina…" said Gourry. "I mean, if worst comes to worst, we can always kill the waiters with your magic and my sword of light!"

Lina winked at Gourry, "I guess you're NOT as dumb as I thought you were. You continue to surprise me everyday, Gourry! I'd place your intelligence one notch above that of an amoeba."

"Gee, thanks Lina!" Gourry began picking his nose.

Suddenly the door to the restaurant opened and Zelgadis' severed head flew across the room and into Lina's soup. Lina looked at Zel's lifeless head floating in her soup, face down. "You're late, Zel." Said Lina.

"Oh my god, Lina!" Gourry shot up and pushed his chair back. "He almost spilled soup on my sword of light!!!" Gourry began cradling his sword like a little baby. "It will be okay, there there…"

Then in from the doorway stepped someone that Lina never thought she would see again…. Never in a million years… for, that person was long, long dead, Lina herself had made sure of it. "AHHH HA HA HA!!!"

"Oh no…." Lina put her hand on her forehead. "This is impossible!"

"LINA INVERSE!!" Naga with a rat's head pointed directly at Lina from across the room. "I have finally found you, now I will have my revenge!!"

Everyone in the restaurant began to laugh. Naga just stood there feeling stupid, her rat jaw hanging wide open with shock. "Look, mommy!" said one little boy. "It's Mickey Mouse with a chest!" Everyone continued to laugh at Naga's misfortune. She wished she could have had her old head instead of this rat's head…

Anger filled Naga as everyone in the restaurant continued to laugh. "That's enough!" Naga prepared a spell.

"Get over here, Gourry, she's gonna use a spell!!" Lina grabbed Gourry and put up a protection spell around them.

"DIMONA CRYSTAL!!!" Naga shouted and freezed every single person in the restaurant except for Lina and Gourry who were protected by Lina's spell. "You're next, LINA INVERSE!!! AHHH HA HA HA!!!"

"Hey Lina, is she a friend of yours?" Gourry asked.

"Long story, Gourry, long story…" Lina answered

"Well don't worry, Lina, I'll take care of her!" Gourry whipped out his sword and openly attacked Naga with a rat's head.

"Gourry, don't you'll…" Lina cried. But it was too late. Naga casted another Dimona Crystal spell towards Gourry and froze him into a block of ice. The block hit the ground and shattered into tiny little pices, and Gourry was no more.

"Oh NO, Gourry!" Lina cried out in horror. Then she stopped and thought to herself, "This might actually be a blessing in disguise. Now Gourry's sword of light is MINE, ALL MINE!!! But first, I've gotta kill Naga, again.

"AHH HA HA HA! As you can see, Lina Inverse, my powers have grown dramatically since our last encounter! Coming back from the dead boosted my powers ten fold! There is no way you can defeat me!!! AHHH HA HA HA!!!!"

"We'll see about that!" Lina said with determination. "Fire….BALL!!!!!" A fireball shot from Lina's hands and directly towards Naga's rat head. Unfortunately for Lina, the fireball she cast had no effect on Naga.

"AHH HA HA! You see, Lina Inverese?? You simply cannot defeat me!!" Naga continued to laugh.

"DILL BRAND!!!!" Lina cast another spell at Naga, this time causing the ground under her feet to shoot up and engulf her. However, when the smoke cleared, Naga with a rat's head continued to stand without a scratch upon her.

"AHHH HA HA! Now you die, Lina Inverse!!!" and with that, Naga with a rat's head began chanting the words to the ultimate spell in black magic, the DRAGON SLAVE!

"But, you can't do the Dragon Slave, Naga, it's impossible!!" Lina cried.

"AHH HA HA!!!" Naga laughed again. "I think not, Lina Inverse! I told you, coming back from the dead has made me undefeatable!!!"

"Naga Don't do…" Lina wasn't able to finish her sentence.

"DRAGON SLAVE!!!!" the rip roaring spell shot from Naga's hands directly toward lina's small body. If you were in the next town, you would have been able to feel the ground shaking from the sheer force of the explosion. The restaurant was gone, the town was gone, everything in ruins. All that remained was Naga, laughing like crazy.

"AHHH HA HA!" Naga stood laughing. "I told you Lina, but you refused to listen to me. Now you have been defeated by MY hands!! AHH HA HA!"

"I don't think so…" Lina pushed her way out from under the crumbled restaurant.

"Lina??? Alive??? How??" Naga was stunned.

"You think that I wouldn't have some sort of protection spell against the Dragon Slave?" Lina smiled. "I know how powerful the Dragon Slave is, that's why I was able to create a protection spell against it. But it completely drains my powers. I don't know if I have enough energy to defeat you… that is why I won't defeat you with my own magic…but with another being's magic…"

"Wh- what do you mean?" Naga asked with fear.

In her hands, Lina held Gourry's sword of light. "You'll see what I mean in just a second." Lina began to cast a spell, a spell Naga had never heard before during their travels together in the distant past. "Darkness beyond black as pitch, deeper than the deepest night. King of Darkness who shines like gold upon the sea of chaos. I call upon thee and swear myself to thee!! Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power that you and I possess. Sword, accept this darkness, AND OBEY MY COMMAND!!" Lina pointed Gourry's sword of light in Naga's direction.

"Lina what are you…" Naga with a rat's head continued to stare in awe, her beady little eyes shaking like a thousand tiny crystals.

"GIGA SLAAAAAAVE!!!!!!!!!" Lina cried out the same spell she used to defeat the evil Shabranigdo, the dark lord. Unfortunately for her, and the Earth, Lina must have goofed when making the spell. Instead of just defeating Naga, Lina destroyed the Earth and every living soul that walked upon it. That was the power that the Giga Slave possessed, and she learned that the hard way.

Now the Earth is gone, and what of Lina? Is she still alive? Well, I would say, yes under any normal circumstances, however, Lina isn't your everyday normal person. We'll leave that up to you to decide, or until a sequel to this story comes out.