Author's Note: Um, as I reread last chapter Zel struck me as rather OOC but my 'excuse' for the OOCness is that since
he finally got what he wants he has nothing to be unhappy at. Oh well. I hope you like this chapter. By the way Juu-ou
is Greater Beast Zelas Metallium and Kai-ou is Deep Sea Dolphin. Kai and Umi (not Umi from Magic Knights Rayearth)
are my original characters

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Filia woke up the next day feeling more tired and restless than ever after two almost sleepless nights. *If it wasn't for
Xellos... wait what am I thinking* she looked over at the sleeping mazoku. *He does look cute and innocent while sleeping*
Xellos then woke up. "Good morning Fi-chan! How are you today?" he said cheerfully. "I've been better." she answered.
Suddenly getting serious he said "It's those dreams ne? I been wondering about it too and the only thing I've come up with
is that I should ask Juu-ou sama or even Kai-ou sama herself, they say she can see the future." "I don't know." she said
simply. "Ok, I'm just suggesting. Ya know, I'd better get out here, see ya later Fi-chan!" he waved to her as he teleported
out of there. Filia sighed as she got up and got ready for a long day ahead of her.

Over at Wolf Pack Island "Xellos" a woman sitting in a kind of throne, with a glass of wine in one hand and a cigarette in the other said. "Hai, Juu-ou
sama" Xellos answered. "I've been watching you and you've been spending too much time playing with that Golden Dragon
girl and that dragon boy, why did I sent you for?" Zelas asked. "Well, you sent me to either bring the boy dragon so he could
become a mazoku or kill him and his mother?" "Yeah! And you didn't do any of those things, instead you spent your
time playing with the boy and huggling the mother!" she yelled. "Sorry Juu-ou sama, but we've been having these weird dreams
about-" Xelloss tried to say but was interrupted by Greater Beast"Yeah yeah, I know all about it, anyway if you DO want to
know what it means, I don't have the least idea. Either you forget about it or go see Deep Sea Dolphin, bet she'll be able to
tell ya, if she wants to. And after that go and make sure that the dragon boy joins us, I sense great powers from him, he
could be useful to us." "Yes Juu-ou sama." Xelloss said and teleported away. Once Xel was away she thought 'Xel is spending
too much time close to that golden dragon girl Filia, I think he's falling for her. But now that I think of it, she might be useful
too.' She sipped her wine as she made plans for Filia, Val, and Xel.

After his meeting with Zelas, Xelloss had teleported over to Kai-ou's lair in the Demon Sea. He just about to get into Deep
Sea Dolphin's throne room (or whatever) but he was stopped by a young looking girl with long, deep blue hair and sli tted
eyes matching her hair color. She was Umi, Kai-ou's priestess. "Just where do you think you're going Xelloss Metallium?" she
asked. "Well, I came to ask her something, and it's kinda important so move over and let me in." he answered. "Hey, no need
to get violent, just checking." she said as she moved to let Xelloss enter.

Xel entered to Kai-ou's room and she spoke up "What do you want Xelloss Metallium? There's nothing for you here." she said
"Kai-ou sama, I came to ask you about..." he said but was interrupted by Deep Sea Dolphin, "I know you came to ask me
about your and that dragon's stupid dreams, hahahahaha, do you really care that much about that stupid girl to come and
ask ME, the one who hates Zelas, about it? How lame you are. If you wish for an answer go find it yourself, you won't
anything here. Leave!" she ordered.

"Yes Kai-ou sama." Xelloss said. Even if he was a high level and damned powerful he didn't want to find out if Deep Sea Dolphin's
reputation for being insane was true or not. He left without a word. Umi and Kai, (Deep Sea's general) a young man that looked about the same age
as Umi with light blue hair and ice-blue eyes were at the door laughing at him. "How can a Mazoku care for a DRAGON?" Umi
said laughing uncontrollably. "Yeah, and not just any mazoku, but 'the great Xelloss', the Beastmaster himself in love with a
Ryuuzoku, the idea is just too comical." he said laughing as hard as his fellow priestess. Xelloss just ignored them as he
teleported out of sight.

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Back in Saillune the preparatives for Amelia's wedding were at full swing. Invitations were being send, decorations were
being made, hundreds of pounds of food were being ordered, and lots more of plans. Just then a servent informed Amelia
that Lina and Gourry Gavriev had just arrived. Amelia, Zelgadiss, Filia, and Val went to greet them.

"Lina-san! Gourry-san! I'm so happy you're here!" Amelia yelled happily. "Ohaiyou minna-san!" Gourry said. "Hello Lina, Gourry. How are
you? It's been a long time." Zel asked. "Amelia! Zel! Filia! Long time no see, how you've been! And Val, my how much you've grown!"
Lina yelled as she went to hug each of them in turn. "Hello Lina-san, Gourry-san." Filia greeted. A little girl of about 1 year old
walked a bit unsteadily into the room. "Mamma, Papa." she said extending her arms up. Gourry went over to her and took her in his
arms. The girl had long, fiery red hair, one curl falling over one of her deep blue eyes. "Lina-san! Is she your girl? Why didn't you tell
us? How old is she?" Amelia asked. "Yeah, she's mine, I didn't tell 'cause I wanted it to be a surprise for when I saw you. We just
celebrated her first birthday, we were going to invite but since you invited us first we decided to to wait. By the way her name is
Rina, Rina Gabriev." Lina said.

When the greetings were over and Lina and Gourry had their personal belongings in their quarters, Amelia took Lina and Filia with
her to help her with the wedding preparations. Gourry and Zel went outside taking Val with them. Val seemed to have taken a fancy
to Gourry, probably beacuse Gourry was like a child himself, although Val's favorite was still Xel, who was not there at the moment.



"Filia-san are you feeling well?" Amelia asked. Filia snapped out of her sleepiness "Huh? Ah- sure Amelia, I was just um... distracted, that's all."
"Are you sure Filia? You look tired, as if you hadn't been sleeping well." Lina observed. "I'm ok, really." Filia replied a bit angrily, trying to reassure
herself as much as her friends. They went back to fitting Lina for her braidsmaid dress and Filia changed the subject entirely, as she didn't want
to discuss her dream with them. "Say Lina, have you and Gourry thought about having more kids? Filia asked. Lina blushed "Not really, but maybe
we'll have another. I think Gourry wants a boy." "When Zel and I marry I want to have girl and boy." Amelia said. "What about you Filia? Wouldn't
you like to be married and have children?" Lina asked. Filia's thought wandered back to Xellos and how he acted towards her in the last couple of
days 'wait why am I thinking of that namagomi? As if he would ever love me... no, stop thinking about that' she thought "Um, well there's
no one who loves me and as for kids I already have Val." she said rather angrily, but they could see pain in her eyes. For Filia's sake they let
the subject drop and went back to the dress-fitting silently.

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In another of the 4 dimensions created by L-sama a Mazoku god and a Ryuuzoku god were casting a spell, one of the most powerful ever casted
in the whole history of the universe. The mazoku laughed a feral laugh "When we finish with this spell, we'll finally take over Shabranigudo's world"
"Quite true, my friend, and no one will be able to stop us." he said, although the idea of a ryuuzoku calling a mazoku a 'friend' was plain weird.
"Is everything ready? We need to depart tomorrow." the ryuuzoku called Litfied asked. "Of course it is." the mazoku, Chaotic Blue answered as she
took her glass of wine and sipped it.

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Xellos teleported himself to Filia's room that night, waiting for her to return from dinner at the palace. When she and Val finally reached the room
they found a mazoku with a bored look sitting on the couch. "Hi Xelly-san!" Val said sleepily "Hello Xellos." Filia said. "Hello Val, Fi-chan, so now it's
'Hello Xellos', no 'Go away namagomi' or anything?" Filia didn't say anything. She took Val to his 'room' and placed him on the bed. He was asleep
almost instantly. She went back to the living area of her quarters, and found that Xellos was still there. "So Xellos, what do you want now?" she
asked too tired to insult him. He was silent for a moment, as if not making his mind up to tell her.

"Well, um, you see I went to talk to Juu-ou sama and Kai-ou sama about that dream." he said. "Well, so?" Filia replied, begining to get angry at Xellos
attitude. Xellos opened one eye and grinned his fruitcake grin, wagging a finger at her he said "Sore wa himitsu desu." That proved to be too much for
Filia, leaving her tiredness behind she took out her mace and tried to hit Xellos, "Namagomi!" Xellos as always dodged. "Yare yare, you're going to end
up destroying it all Amelia's castle. Not I would mind, but why don't we have some tea instead?" he asked.

That made Filia calm down, just a little but she accepted. She took out her teapot and herbs and in a few minutes she had the tea ready. Filia and Xellos
sat on the couch drinking the tea. Apparently, the tea helped a lot to calm her nerves down. Once she was calm enough she dared to ask "Xellos, what
did Juu-ou and Kai-ou tell you?" "Well to tell the truth, Zelas just sent me to Kai-ou and she, well, let's just say she told me her version of 'sore wa
himitsu desu'. Not much help" he said seriously.

Filia sighed, she hadn't come up with an explanation either. "Maybe, we should just forget about it." she suggested. "Hai, maybe we should. Filia you look tired,
you should sleep." he said looking concerned as he opened his eyes to look at her. Filia blushed as she saw his concerned look, wondering
if it was real or if was tricking her as always, as it was she found herself melting as she met his eyes. "Xellos, I... thank you Xellos." she said softly. Xellos
was unable to take his amethyst eyes away from her sapphire-blue ones. "You're very welcome Fi-chan" he said just as softly, then he closed the distance
between the two of them, taking her sweet lips in a sweet but passionate kiss. Filia was taken by surprise at first but soon melted into the kiss reponding
with the same passion as him.

Xellos was the first to break the kiss, which was followed by a moment of akward silence. "I-uh, gomen nassai Filia." he said nervously. "It's ok Xellos, I don't
mind." she responded, blushing even more. "Xellos, I-I, uh I'm going to my bedroom and try to sleep, you can stay if you want." she continued, then she left for
her room, her thoughts in a muddle. Xellos stayed on the couch, trying to sort out this new feeling. 'What on Ruby Eye's name just happened to me, I thought I
hated her, why did I kiss her when I should have killed her? I softening and that's not good. I need to find out a way to either make her a mazoku or kill her.' he
thought.

Filia got to her room, changed to her pajamas and dropped on the bed, tired. 'What in Cephied's name did just happen back there? Did he actually kiss me and did
I actually enjoy it? I must be going crazy? Why did I even think I love him and that he would love me back? It's an impossible match and I know it. He murdered my
entire race, damn him. But just now he seemed so nice to me, I wonder...' she didn't get farther than that. She was so tired she fell asleep.

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Filia was floating in a sea of darkness. 'Must be the Sea of Chaos but, why am I here?' she thought as she looked around. Besides her Xellos stood
looking around. She shivered, feeling scared. "Xellos, why are we here?" Filia asked him. Xellos as always wagged his finger at her but before he
could talk Filia told him "And don't give that 'Sore wa himitsu desu' routine again!" He pouted but answered anyways "Duh! I thought it was obvious
that L-sama had summoned us." "L-sama? As in Lord of Nightmares?" she asked. Xel looked at her as if she was as dense as Gourry, "Duh! Of course
L-sama as in Lord of Nightmares, the great god!" Suddenly from the darkness emerged a figure of a woman with long blonde hair. She
looked at Filia, who gasped in recognition. It was the Lord of Nightmares herself, the one who had created the universe and everything living in there.
"Ohaiyou L-sama!" Xellos greeted her cheerfully, then he bowed and kissed her hand, "have any work for me?" he continued. L-sama just ingnored
him for a while why she thought 'Why the hell did I decide this fruitcake should be the one to do this job? I hope this dragon girl is better.' L-sama sighed.
Filia Ul Copt. she said, her voice sounding all over the place. "What do you want from me!" Filia yelled scared. It all has to do with the visions I've
been sending you. L-sama continued. "But I, why me?" Filia asked. Because you and the mazoku general/preiest Xellos Metallium are the key pieces
for what is about to happen to your world. she said. "What is going to happen to our world?" Filia asked angrily. In a few days it's going to be invaded
by ryuuzoku and mazoku from another world. "Ok so our world is gonna be invaded, I still don't get why me, I mean everyone knows Lina is much more
powerful." Filia protested. I do know about Lina Inverse, I possessed her once and I know all about her powers, but in this case I need YOUR powers.
Yours and Xellos. You will need this. LON said as she took out a piece of crystal in the shape of a star and gave it to Filia. This is the more powerful
of all the magical weapons ever built. But be careful with it, if it falls in the wrong hands it could end up destroying everything.

"Um, L-sama excuse moi? Isn't that the point of us mazoku? Destroy the world. So what if a few outworld mazoku help us?" Xellos asked. L-sama smiled
an evil smile. Right now I have no intentions in letting you destroy the world. Balance of power must be preserved. "Ok, very good about this power
thing and all, but how do I use this thing when the outworlders invade us?" Filia asked losing her patience. L-sama's smile became more terrifying That
is simple my dear, you must simply recite this incantation 'Power of the light that comes from the stars, come forth.' "That's easy, so I can't still get
why me, Lina could do it much better." Filia said. I don't think so Filia-chan, 'cause to power this weapon you need to feed it TWO different kinds of
power: the one of a ryuuzoku, that means you... she stopped to point at Filia, who at this point was guessing who else's power she would need. And
the power of a mazoku: that means him. she said pointing at Xellos. "No way L-sama!" Filia began. That's not the worst I'm afraid, Filia-chan. This time
combining your powers won't be as easy as with Darkstar. This time it will change you both forever... L-sama said. Realization dawned on them both,
knowing what L-sama meant by 'change'. "Does that mean that..." Xellos tried to say. That's right, each of you will become half of what your race hates
so much, each of you will become half ryuuzoku and half mazoku...


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Ok, Xellos is pretty OOC I think. Oh what the hell I don't care. Please review and tell me what you think it ne?

Sakura Lilly