Disclaimer

Disclaimer: Oh I hate writing disclaimer but it needs to be done, oh well.
I don't own Slayers or its characters. They belong to their original creators not me.
To them. Not to me. Them. Not me. Get it? Please don't sue.

Author's notes: This is a Filia/Xel fic with a bit of the other couples too. Mazoku
don't love, I know it only that here they do. This happens a few years after Slayers
Try. Since I don't know the name of the Dragon god I'll invent it: Litfied.
I guess that's all enjoy the fic!

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Dear Filia-san:

Zelgladis and I are getting married and it would please us very much if you would like to be a bridesmaid. We'd love to see you and little Val again, we miss you. The wedding is in a month if you want you can come and spend a couple of months here. Lina-san and Gourry-san are coming too. We can't wait to see you again.

Your friend

Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune

Filia read the letter Amelia sent her. 'Amelia is getting married to Zelgladis, she must be so happy. It's been two years since Lina's wedding and I haven't seen them since then. I miss them. I wonder how Lina and Gourry are. I wonder if Zelgladis found his cure, I'm glad Amelia is getting married, but it seems that everyone is going to be happily married except for me. Oh well at least I have Valterria with me, as well as Jiras and Garbos. I even wonder if Xelloss is ok...' Filia stopped at mid-thought 'why am I even thinking of that namagomi!' she thought.

Just as if on cue Xelloss appeared inside Filia's store. "Konnichiwa Filia-chan! How you've been?" he asked with his ever present grin. "I was fine until you appeared namagomi!" she said as she took out mace-sama. "Hey, no need to get violent! Is that the way you recieve an old friend you haven't seen in years?" Xelloss continued. "You hardly qualify as a friend baka." She swung her mace at him, but he easily dodged it.

"Hey that's not exactly the welcome I had in mind, Filia-chan." he said. "And what did you expect!!!" she yelled. "Dunno, I figured you'd offer me some tea." "Share MY tea with YOU? NEVER!!!" she tried to hit him again but again he dodged.

Val had been asleep but hearing Filia's yelling he woke up and went to look for Filia. "Val you woke up deary. Do you want some tea?" she asked 4-year-old Val. "Sure Mamma, who's that?" Val said. "Oh that, he's just and 'old friend'." she said sneering at the word, just at the same time Xelloss pretended to pout and said "Why does he gets to have tea and I don't?"

"Mamma are you inviting him for tea too?" Val asked innocently. Thinking Val was too young to be seeing her and Xelloss fighting she decided to invite him, and anyway she knew he wouldn't leave until he felt like doing it. "Yeah Val-chan, I'm inviting him too." she said. 'Namagomi no baka why does he always gets what he wants?' she thought.

"Thanks Filia-chan, don't you think you ought to present us?" Xelloss asked. "Um, yeah, Val this is my 'old friend' Xelloss Metallium, and Xelloss, this is my son Valterria." Filia said. "Hi Xelloss-san!" Val said. "Hi Val! What's up?" Xelloss greeted him cheerfully. They talked while Filia prepared the tea.

'I don't get it. For someone who hated Xelloss in his past life they getting on pretty well. I wonder how Xelloss can be so nice to everyone except to me. He's kinda cute when he's not annoying me. Hey wait I didn't think that, did I? As if I cared is nice to me or not!' Filia thought as she made tea. When she returned to the table she was blushing lightly.

'She looks rather cute when she blushes, if only she wasn't so violent. Wait, what am I thinking, this is Filia a selfish, golden dragon.' Xelloss said and also blushed a little.

"Thanks for the tea Mamma. Xelly-san what did Lina Inverse do then?" Val asked. Filia began to choke on her tea. 'She called him Xelly?' Xelloss got up and lightly banged her on the back to help her recover. "Filia-chan are you ok?" Xelloss asked. "Yeah, I'm ok. So what's with Val calling you Xelly?" Filia asked. "Well I let him call me that, right Val?" "Yup!"

"So what's up Filia-chan? Anything new?" Xelloss asked when Val finished his tea and Filia sent him to play. "Well nothing much, oh yeah I forgot, I was invited to Amelia's and Zelgladis wedding." Filia. "Oh so at last chimera-boy is marrying miss justice? It was about time! Too bad they didn't invite me. Well I guess I will just have to show up!" he said with his trickster's smile.

"It's getting late and I'm closing the shop, Jiras and Garbos already left and you should leave too namagomi." Filia said getting angry. "Too bad for you Filia-chan I don't plan to leave just yet. In fact I was planning on spending the night in your house with you." he said.

Filia couldn't resist it. She took out her mace and hit Xelloss in the head "Hentai! Namagomi!" she yelled. "Well ok I won't do anything to you but can I stay here please?" Xelloss asked. Val who had come at the sound of a mace hitting something pleaded. "Oh please Mamma-sama, then Xelly-chan can tell me story before sleeping. Please?"

Filia gave up, she couldn't say no to her son. "Well, alright, Xelloss you may stay, but make sure Val doesn't stay up too late, tomorrow morning well be going to Amelia's castle to help her get ready for her wedding." "Ok" he said cheerfully as he high-fived Val.

Filia spent the rest of the afternoon wondering what Xelloss did to get Val to like him that much. Also she made dinner. Val and Xelloss spent the afternoon playing. Filia was beggining to feel a bit jealous of Xelloss, Val was having too much fun. 'Oh, well, at least we'll be off tomorrow.' she thought.

During dinner Filia and Xelloss tried not to think of each other, not succeeding. 'I guess Xelloss is not such a bad guy after all, and he is attractive, if only he'd stop annoying her...' 'Filia is beautiful, if only she'd stopped calling me namagomi...'

When they were finished Filia said: "Well Val, it's bedtime already, put your pj's and go to bed." "Aw, Mamma-sama." Val said. "No Val, sorry you need to go to bed now." Filia said. "Can't Xelly-san tell me a story?" Val pleaded, "Ok, Xelloss, can you tell Val a story?" she asked. "Sure Filia-chan" he answered. "But don't try to scare with wierd stories or mace-sama and I will kill you." she said. "Ok, Filia-chan." Xelloss answered. He and Val went up to Val's room while Filia did the dishes.

Xelloss was just coming down having seen Val asleep. "Is Val sleeping yet?" Filia asked. "Hai, I just saw to it." he answered. "Good, then I'll show you where you can sleep." she said. She took him to a small room to the right of hers. "Arigatou Filia-chan" he said. Filia mumbled a reply and went to her room.

She changed her clothes and lied in her bed. She soon fell asleep, being very tired from a long day of work. That night the dream came to her...

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Fire everywhere. Blood spilled in all places. Mazoku and dragons fighting against her. "You'll never win, we'll take over your world." she heard a voice said. Then someone attacked her, seeminly from nowhere. "Filia!!!!!" she heard someone yell, she turned around and saw Xelloss fighting alongside her. He took her in his arms and teleported before she was hit. They were attacked again, there was no time even to teleport. He stood in front of her and recieved the hit. "Xelloss!!!!!!!!" she yelled.

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Filia woke up screaming and sweating. She put a hand to her face and her cheek wet with sweat and tears. Hearing Filia, Xelloss came running into her room. "Filia, what's wrong? What happened?" he asked her as he put his arms around her. "Oh, Xelloss, it was horrible, we were fighting against mazoku and dragons a-an-and then..." she trailed off as she began crying, hiding her face in his chest. "Shh, Filia, it's alright. It was just a dream." he said.

He held her until she stopped crying and fell asleep on his chest. He lied her down on her bed again and sat in chair, watching her until he fell asleep himself. What he didn't tell her was that he had had the same too.

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Wai! I finished chapter 1! I'll try to get the next one up soon. If you have some time please review it. Ja ne!