SaliorStar9: Well, another new fic coming from me after re-watching the entire 5 seasons of Slayers. So, please be a dear and review.

Summary: Endymion and Serenity weren't the only couple during the Silver Millennium. Senshi Mercury had been engaged to Senshi Pluto's apprentice, Zelas. After the fall of the Moon Kingdom, Zelas was reborn in the wrong timeline as Zelgadis Greywoods with all of his past memories intact. Pluto comes to him after EVOLUTION-R with a proposition; she returns him back to normal but there's a catch, he is to protect Senshi Mercury without revealing himself to her until she (Senshi Pluto) says otherwise. Zelgadis agrees and vanishes from the Slayers world altogether with Pluto.

Disclaimers: I do not own the animes. But I do own the pairing, I hope.

Prologue

"Chronos Typhoon!" Pluto's energy vortex blasted the Berserkers off. "Zelas." She turned to the chimera.

"Pluto." Zelgadis greeted his one-time teacher. "I was wondering when you'll find me."

"It's your fault for miscasting the spell." Pluto reminded, smirking.

"Don't remind me." Zelgadis muttered.

"Anyway, I'm here to take you back to the proper timeline to where Adeline and the others are reborn in." Pluto started. "And I can return you to your human form."

"What's the catch?" Zelgadis was immediately on alert.

"Same old Zelas." Pluto grinned. "On one condition, you can't reveal yourself to Adeline until my say-so."

"What?" Zelgadis exclaimed. "I've waited too long to be with her and now you tell me…"

Pluto cut him off with a raised hand, "For one, the girls won't remember you as Selenity's memory seal still holds on strong. And secondly, their powers are reduced to first stage, so Mercury will need your help in defeating the stronger youma."

"I…" Zelgadis trailed. "Understand."

"Good." Pluto nodded and teleporting them both to the Gates of Time.

"Drink this." Pluto tossed him a vital of smoky-white liquid. "Hecate owned me a favour. Just be warned it'll be painful."

"So be it." Zelgadis retorted and downed the liquid in one gulp. The second he did, his whole body seemed to fill with fire, barely contained by his skin. His lungs contracted and his throat tightened as he almost collapsed, gasping for air.

"Told you it'll be painful." Pluto muttered.

"So… you… did…" Zelgadis hissed.

"And now," Pluto readied her Time Staff after the now human Zelgadis settled in. "We start training."

"Of course." Zelgadis drew out his sword and the master-and-apprentice pair started to spar.

SailorStar9: Now that's done, read and review.