Disclaimer: I do not own Slayers, nor do I own Yu-Gi-Oh!
- First night of the cohabitation -
Lina arrived at the front-door of Zelgadis' house. She knew where he lived as she did came there once or twice to see her godfather Rezo but this time was different. She was going to live with them for some time. Knocking on the door, she silently hoped that nobody would open the door... but Rezo arrived and greeted her "Hey Lina-chan."
After putting her things in her new bedroom, she walked into the kitchen where Eris was cooking and motioned her to go in the living room.
Rezo smiled at her, holding a board game "Wanna play Lina-chan? It's a game called SLAYERS, we used to play it when you were younger"
"Sure" she answered smiling. After all, it was a fun game.
After more than an hour playing, Zelgadis entered the room, asked curiously "How long have you been playing? Who wins?" He was hoping that Lina and him could be friendly to each other during her stay.
"I of course" came Lina's reply. "I'm kicking his ass with my Dragon slaves..."
Sitting at the table, Zelgadis thought about it for a moment, then shook his head. "How can you beat Rezo with your Dragon Slaves? I never managed to do that..."
Eris interrupted them and chirped "Come here guys, dinner is ready"
Rezo laughed lightly and stood up, heading to the dining room.
Later that night, they were all watching a movie on TV.
Rezo rolled his eyes "How ridiculous can it be? This movie sucks."
Eris nodded while the teenagers paid absolutely no attention to him at all, enjoying the movie.
"Eris, let's go to bed, tomorrow will be another long day" Rezo said, leaving the room, Eris following him.
"Good night kids"
Lina and Zelgadis watched the movie for a bit when Lina asked "Do you have popcorn?"
Zelgadis stood up, put some popcorn bag in the microwave and a few minutes later, came back with a bowl full of popcorn.
"Thanks" Lina said looking at him
They finished watching the movie quietly. As they were eating popcorn, their hands both accidentally met in the bowl. And both were blushing, happy that it was too dark for the other to notice it.
"I wonder why he hangs out with Yami and Jou. He's kinda nice" she told to herself, while at the same time Zelgadis though "She's nice when you get to know her"
- Next morning -
As Zelgadis left early to school, Lina was taking her time in the bathroom. She then heard Rezo calling her "Lina, somebody's here to pick you up"
Mai was standing in front of the door, with a purple helmet on, and holding another one "Come on lady, let's go to school"
Lina walked over to her and muttered "I though you couldn't ride your bike anymore"
Mai asked her a lot of questions during the ride and talked a lot too. Lina was not really paying attention to her and was just thinking about the previous night. During class, they just avoid to look at each other.
- Yami and Mai -
Yami and Mai were staying at Yami's house, since he didn't want to live at Seto Kaiba's.
As she walked in the house, she felt she was not going to have fun. First, she was not used of people telling her what to do and what not to do. As she went outside for a walk, she lit a cigarette on the phone, with Varon, her best friend.
"Hey Varon, I'm on the street feeling as I'm going to kill them... Yes... The grandpa is nice but already took my moto's keys... Alright, see ya tonight"
She stopped her phone call as she saw Yami looking at her disaprovingly. "What do you want?" she hissed.
Yami glared at her and said "Dinner's ready princess"
Mai walked closer and snorted "Dont call me that, boy! Or I'm gonna kick your ass"
Shaking his head, Sugoroku walked over to them and said "Stop this you two, you have to live together so deal with it"
During dinner, they just glared at each other "Can I go for a walk" Mai asked
"No young lady, you're under my responsibility so I won't let you go tonight" was the answer
As Yami chuckled, Mai muttered under her breath "See if I won't leave"
Later, she heard snores from the grandpa's room so she decided to sneak and leave the house when she heard somebody's coughing behind her "Where are you going? Haven't you heard my grandpa earlier?" Yami said rubbing the back of his head.
Mai turned and told him irritably "Leave me alone and see if I care, jerk"
As Yami grabbed her arm to stop her, she slapped him and left, leaving him dumbfounded.
The morning after, during breakfast, Sugoroku just scolded Mai "What if something happened to you Mai?"
She snorted, paying absolutely no attention to him at all, leaning back in her chair.
"Yami, you will make sure that she won't go out tonight, or any other night"
As Mai whispered something, Yami looked at her "This is going to be a long day"
- Meanwhile... -
Xellos Metallium liked to tease people, it was his favorite pastime. And having Luisa Deria as a partner for this project was heaven for him. He just had to imply that she was not the perfect housewife to make her cry.
He wondered how were things for his friends, and his cousin Lina. She was with Zelgadis Greywords, a boring, too smart for his own good guy. His thoughts drifted toward Mai, he really liked her, and was happy to have her as a friend. He was nearly sad for her, as she had Yami for partner. Even if he was fun to tease, with his silly card games, he didn't like him at all.
Filia, for her part, was not happy to have Duke Devlin at her place. He was always flirting with her, even when she told him she dated some very jealous guy.
She called Valgarv whenever she could to express her anger. He was a very good friend so she felt that she could talk about everything to him.
Sylfiel and Valgarv were friends, but they didn't really talk to each other. They were just friend's friends. As Sylphiel was the perfect housewife, she cooked nice meals, cleaned everything after him. Valgarv was happy but there was a lack of common interest.
Gourry and Anzu were doing just fine. Anzu couldn't do anything about Gourry's lack of attention but she was already used to it with her friend Jou.
Jou and Miho had a wonderful time, as they just started dating together.
Yugi had a great time at Amelia's. They shared the same sense of Justice and Friendship. But he got quickly bored with her sister, Naga, who was always trying to flirt with him, badmouthing everybody...
Also, him and Amelia wondered about the others and how they were dealing with their partners. They knew that Anzu and Jou were just fine, but what about Yami and Zelgadis?
