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A cool night breeze blew softly on the countryside. Silhoueted were the figures of the Slayers gang and... someone else.

"What do you want?" Lina said irritably.

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"Nothing much, just a favor." The dark figure spoke softly.

"What kind of favor?" Zelgadis questioned uneasily.

"I want you to do something special for one of my 'employees' I guess you could say. His birthday is in two days, and I was hoping that you would be able to do something for him."

"And which employee would this be?" Lina skeptically asked

The dark figure grinned and a smile played across their lips and they turned to look at the night sky, facing away from them.

"I believe you know him ...as Xelloss" their voice almost crackling with laughter at the very words that left their mouth.

"WA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA!!!!!!" Amelia burst out, unable to control herself, "...And.. I... thought... only ...humans could have birthdays!" she gasped through hysterical laughing. Lina facefaulted, Gourry didn't know what anybody was talking about, and Zelgadis had a sour look on his face at the thought of Xelloss having a birthday. The dark figure just sweatdropped.

"I just thought that you might like a chance to pull a few jokes on him, but maybe I was wrong.. oh well." The dark figure said starting to walk off.

"Wait!" Lina said after recovering, "Give us some time to think about it, and then we'll decide."

Xela turned and looked at their group on more time before grinning and responding "Alright."