past5 'Oh my. They should be home soon.' Filia thought. She went downstairs and fixed herself some tea and sat down.

'I wonder why Luna and Zelas even bother. I don't like Xellos… well sort of. But not really. And what do they mean they can't send us back? Hopefully they didn't leave us here.' Filia pondered a moment then heard someone knocking at the door.

"Hello. The kids are sleeping, and Zelas and Luna are in Luna's room. Xellos on the other hand is sleep on the couch." Filia grinned.

"Well thank you for baby-sitting. Lina didn't try the dragon slave did she?" Lona asked

"Well she did but then she stopped." Filia said.

"Oh that's good. Well you go get Xellos and you two can be on your way. It's already late." Lina's father, Jin, suggested.

"Hai!" Filia nodded and exited the room.

"I'm going to go get Gourry…"

"Xellos. Xellos. Xellos wake up." Filia nudged him with her knee. Xellos opened his eyes to see smooth, nice long leg in front of him. His eyes traveled up the leg to the owner.

"Filia?" he asked in surprise.

"Yeah. The Gabrievs and Inverses are home. Time to go sleepy head." Filia bent down to help him up. Xellos blushed when her shirt uncovered some of her breast.

"I er um ah can get up myself." He said standing up.
"Alright." Filia said then motioned him to follow her to the other room.

"Alright! Thanks Filia! Thanks Xellos! Have a good time!" Lona said waving to them. Xellos and Filia waved back then started off.

"You know Filia…" Xellos started a few minutes later. "We can't get back home unless Zelas or Luna lets us."

"Oh shit! … Oops shoot." Filia said covering her mouth.

"Oooh." Xellos said opening one eye.

"Shut up. Anyway. What are we going to do?" Filia started whining.

"Well we could go to an Inn…" Xellos said wincing at Filia whining.

"OK we can do that, But lets eat a little something first." Filia said. They looked around and found a small little restaurant that was attached to it.

"I thought you didn't like human food." Xellos told Filia when they sat down.

"I didn't. But Zelas's food was so good. Hopefully it wasn't just Zelas's food." Filia replied.

"What can I serve Monsieur and Madam today?" The waiter walked up and spoke with a French accent. ***Imagine someone talking Japanese with a French accent ^_^***

"Filia. Get whatever you want. My treat." Xellos offered.

"Really? Well let's see… I'll have this." Filia pointed it out to the waiter.

"Your side dish?" The waiter asked.

"Um macaroni salad." Filia said.

"Alright. And for you Monsieur?" The waiter turned to Xellos.

"What she said." Xellos nodded to Filia.

"What do you want to drink? Zephelia is famous for it's wine." The waiter pointed out. Xellos looked at Filia who shrugged.

"Sure we'll take this kind." Xellos said smiling.

"Good choice. We'll be right with you." The waiter walked off.

"I thought you don't drink." Xellos stated a question.

"I don't. But I figure, what the heck. I got a long life time." Filia laughed. When their food arrived Filia said a prayer .

"What are you doing?" Xellos asked when she finished.

Filia looked surprised. "I just prayed over my food. Don't you?" She asked. Xellos shook his head.

"Oh right. You're a mazoku. I forgot." She said.

"You forgot I was mazoku? What a surprise." Xellos said in a mocking tone. Filia ignored him and took a bite out of her food.

"Hey this is good." Filia said. Xellos looked at his food, then took a bite and agreed with Filia.

"I was wondering what Lina and Gourry saw in this." He laughed.

"Your wine, Madam, Monsieur." The waiter set some wine down before them.

"This wine won't make me tipsy would it?" Filia asked nervously.

"It shouldn't. I picked a kind for you to try out. I'm pretty good at holding achohol so it shouldn't affect me if you decide to get tipsy." Xellos teased.

'Not when we put a stronger one in your drink.' A voice said winking at the person beside her.

"Always gotta satisfy your ego." Filia sighed then took a sip of her wine. "Mmmm. it's good." She sighed again.

"Glad you like it." Xellos smiled then took a sip of his own and went on eating.

"So Filia. What do you like to do?" Xellos asked a little while later. Filia was a little surprised at first but answered.

"I like to do pottery and sell it in my shop. I like being Val's mother…. I like to dance." She smiled at the last part.

"Dance? What kind of dance." Xellos asked curious.

"Any type. Just not that classical stuff. I'm not really into it." Filia said.

"Really?" Xellos asked surprised.

"What? You like that?" Filia asked

"No of course not." Xellos said shaking his head. "Just surprised you like it."

"Like I said… You never asked so you never know" Filia teased. They teased each other through out the meal then paid for the food and left for the Inn.

Filia wrapped her arms around Xellos burying her face in his chest, semi-awake. Xellos stirred besides her, waking up. He started to remember last night. He was surprised when Filia told him he wasn't her first… Really surprised. He lazily opened his eyes and sat up.

"Fii… Filia… Time to get up." He said. She opened her eyes and looked up at Xellos and smiled.

"We need to get up and decide how to get Zelas and Luna to send us back. Maybe we can find out how to get back ourselves." Xellos said standing up to walk to the bathroom.

"Right… Tell me when your out." Filia said lying back down in the bed.

"Alright." Before shutting the door behind him he heard Filia say… "Nice cheeks." Then laughed. He shook his head smiling.

"Alright. We need to go to a sorcerer's guild. Maybe we can find something about time travel." Xellos said at breakfast. Filia nodded.

"We could ask some people about it." Filia suggested taking a bite out of her watermelon. A few minutes later they got up and walked out.

"Excuse me do you know where we can find a sorcerer's guild?" Filia asked a middle-aged lady politely.

"Yes we do have one but it's about a five hour walk." The lady smiled back at Filia.

"Thank you very much. You have a nice day." Filia smiled back and waved to the lady and she and Xellos were on their way. She started humming a happy tune as they walked.

"Er Filia, can you cut the nice, nice stuff?" Xellos asked looking a little green. Filia looked at him.

"Sure." She laughed. Xellos just rolled his eyes.

"It sure is hot this summer." Filia commented.

"Hot? I'm not hot. Of course I never get hot or cold." Xellos teased.

"Oh shut up. Just because your mazoku." Filia scowled.

"Temper, temper. You shouldn't be so worked up on a fine day like to day." Xellos went on.

"You just want to suck up my anger. Well I won't let you." Filia changed her attitude. "It's a beautiful day, It's a wonderful time to be happy. Share a happy smile. Just like a crocodile." She sang. Xellos twitched.

"So just take a breath of fresh clean are. See God's beauty everywhere." Filia sang sweetly. Xellos sweatdropped.

"Like flowers in the month of May. And rainbows on a rainy day." She smiled and looked at Xellos.

"OK! OK! OK! I get the point!" Xellos shouted.

"Oh Xel-chan you really shouldn't get mad like that. It's not you." Filia commented.

"Don't Xel-chan me." Xellos growled.

"What's wrong with it. I think Xel-chan is a perfect name for someone as sweet as you." Filia giggled. Xellos frowned and stuck his hands deep in his jean pockets. Filia just whistled. The birds started to whistle with her. He covered his ears.

"Here Mr. Birdie. Have some seeds." Filia laughed and spread some seeds on the ground for a bird.

"OK Filia I've had it up to here." Xellos motioned waving his hand above his head. "You wouldn't quit the nice, nice stuff so I'm afraid I have to do this."

He turned to her and placed his hands on her waist, and kissed her. Filia's eyes flew wide opened, but slowly she closed her eyes and returned the kiss. He stepped a little closer and wrapped his arms around her waist. She did likewise to his neck. They deepened the kiss. Filia twirled a lock of Xellos's hair. Xellos slowly and reluctantly broke the kiss.

"We need to go, ne?" He asked. Filia nodded. He took her hand before they started walking again.

"Finally we made it here! I still don't understand why you couldn't teleport." Filia sighed.

"I don't know. Maybe Zelas cut it off." Xellos said. They walked into the cool air-conditioned library in the Sorcerer's guild. Filia grabbed a book and Xellos did likewise.

"Hey look. Here's how to travel in time. Let's see." Filia said a few minutes later. Xellos immediately was at her side.

"It says to travel back to the present you have to travel forward then back. It takes three days to do the process. Don't they have anything shorter?" Xellos complained.

"Come on Xellos. What do we have to loose?" Filia said. Xellos shrugged. "Alright lets do it. What does it say do?"

"Clap hands three times spin around. Stand perfectly still and say. Gates of Time! Past, Present and Future! Unlock unto me! Then boom." Xellos said un-enthusiastic.

"Great!" Filia said cheerfully. They clapped their hands three times. Spun around.

"Gates of Time!" Filia's voice echoed.

"Past, Present and Future!" Xellos's voice did the same.

"Unlock to me!" They said in unison. There was a brief wind that circled around them and they were gone. They both landed on their feet.

"Hey that was better then that portal." Filia commented.

"Yeah. Either the Gate of Time is nice or Zelas and Luna love to have laughs." Xellos said dryly.

"So lets see where are we... Hmm, Everything looks familiar." Filia said frowning.

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