Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers. If I did, Xelloss and Lina would take over the world, together.

Author's Note: Hm, I don't really know why I wrote this...I was working on a Beyblade series at the time...Anyway, this one-shot features my OTP, Lina and Xelloss. I don't care if they're not canon, damnit!

Xelloss beamed in that highly disturbing way of his, holding out a hand to her.

Confused, Lina took his gloved hand, which tightened around her fingers in a painful grip. "Xelloss…what are you doing?"

Her words faltered as his haunted eyes met hers for a moment before they both disappeared, only to reappear in the sky.

Beneath them, the city crumbled.

Lina looked down at the crater that had recently been a thriving metropolis and went white. All those people…her friends…all dead.

Except for her…

"Why?"

Horrified and trembling, she almost missed Xelloss's whispered words: "That, too, is a secret."