Chapter 4:
by: Sakura Lilly
Disclaimer: Xelloss, Filia, and every other Slayers character featured here belong to Hajime Kanzaka and co. I'm using them for a non-profit story just written as one of my hobbies.
A/N: Some sexual content is suggested in here, not lemon, just lime scented. And I insist it's a XELLOSSxFILIA story with a bit of Amelia x Zel, and Lina x Gourry so if you don't like it, then don't read it. I won't accept any complains about it, cause it's MY fanfic and I'll do anything I want with it.
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Filia woke up from what she thought was just another of her wierd dreams, which she, as she looked at her hand and saw the Star of Light, was not just a dream. She wondered why had the Lord of Nightmares singled her and Xelloss out from all the mazoku and the ryuuzoku (well the ones who still remained) to accomplish these. She knew the elders would never accept the idea of her working besides a mazoku, much less Xelloss. They had barely forgiven her for having worked with him, years ago, when they fought side by side against Dark Star. They had only forgiven her because they had saved the world, but she doubted they'd let her do it again, even for the sake of the world.
'I'll have to tell Lina and the rest about this, they have to know it.' Filia thought as she got out of her bed and went into the shower to take a bath. When she came out, refreshed and already dressed, she went to the living room and found Xelloss still asleep on the couch, and on his hand was similar piece of crystal as the one Filia now carried in a chain around her neck.
She neared the couch and whispered softly in Xelloss ear "Xelloss, wake up." Xelloss turned to face her still asleep and slowly opened his eyes. "Good morning Fi-chan!" he said cheerfully, his fruitcake grin appearing as soon as he saw who woke him up." "Shhh, I don't want to wake Val-chan up, I need to talk to you." Filia said. Xelloss got sat up, leaving enough space for Filia to sit down. and he put on his serious look, "I wanted to talk to you too." he said. Filia took the seat Xelloss left for her, her heart speeding up at feeling him so close to her.
"Xelloss, I think we should tell Lina and the others about our encounter with L-sama." Filia began. "I was thinking about it too, but before you do it, are you sure you want to do this?" Xelloss asked, real concern and perhaps a little fear reflected in his eyes. "It's not like L-sama is giving us any choice." Filia answered simply, trying to be brave, trying not to let Xelloss feel her fear and failing. Xelloss tried not to fall to the temptation of feeding off her, but he too failed in that.
"That may be true, but do you realize what the price is? Are you willing to pay it? Are you willing to become the thing you hate so much? You may think yourself brave enough to do it, but once you're changed nothing will ever be the same for you." Xelloss said. Filia started to get angry at Xelloss 'How dare he say I'm weaker than him!'. "Are you saying I'm weaker than you? That I can't take the same as you? Is that what you mean!?" she asked standing up, starting to reach for her mace. Xelloss stood up and put his hands on Filia's arm not allowing her to take out her mace. "No Filia, that's not what I mean, what I mean is that once you have a mazoku part in you your spirit will be tainted, a part of you will be as evil as me, but the ryuuzoku part of you will regret the moment you changed every day of your life, it could drive you insane, and then you'd be tempted to take the only way out to end your suffering. Val's heart would be broken, and I'd be..." he stoped and looked directly into her eyes.
Filia looked at him, knowing what he meant and fearing the same for him "But Xelloss, if that happens to me it means that when you become half ryuuzoku, you'll gain a conscience, you won't be the same unscrupulous person you are now. And you could meet that same end. Besides Juu-ou probably won't like that you're half dragon and she'd kill you. And I, for me it would be..." Filia said, her eyes begining to cloud with tears. Xelloss reached with one hand and wiped the tears that had started running down her face and guessed what she must be thinking, if Juuou-sama killed him, that meant the elders would kill her. "Filia, don't worry about the elders, if they even think of hurting you they'll have to pass over my dead body to do it." he promised.
Filia looked at him and placed one of her hands over the one he had on her face. "That's not it Xelloss, the Elders may kill me if they want but I just wouldn't be able to take it if Juuou kills you! I won't let her!" she said. They moved toward other and their lips met in a passionate kiss. Filia broke the kiss and went to Val's room to wake him up so they could go to breakfast with Amelia. Xelloss just stood there, trying to think how he would tell Juuou-sama about the mission L-sama had given him.
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"Good morning Miss Filia! Good morning Val-chan!" Amelia greeted as Filia and Val came into the dining room to eat breakfast. Gourry, Lina were already there devouring everything in sight and fighting over food as usual. They stopped eating just long enought to mumble a 'Good morning' and went back to eating. "Good morning Filia and Val." Zelgadis said from his place besides Amelia. "Good morning everyone." Filia said with a rather forced smile, Val just smiled and took a place besides little Rina. Filia sat down too and poured herself a cup of coffee. At that instant Xelloss teleported himself into the room.
"Ohayou gozaimasu minna!" Xelloss greeted everyone at the table. Filia blushed thinking about what had happened in the last few days between Xelloss and her, but she rapidly hid her face behind her coffee cup. But not fast enough for Lina, who saw her blush as soon as Xelloss appeared. Lina made a mental note to ask Filia about it later. Zelgadis groaned when Xelloss entered "Damn, there's that fruitcake again." he muttered, thinking Xelloss hadn't heard. "Oh, can't I come to say hello to my old friends ex-stone boy?" Xelloss asked. Filia sighed inwardly 'How could I have forgotten how much of a fruitcake he can be, but he can be so charming sometimes.' she thought.
"Come on Mr. Xelloss have a seat." Amelia offered with a little less cheer than usual. Xelloss took a seat besides Filia, which made her heart beat faster and her blush get redder, her face still half-hidden by the coffee cup. When she regained control of herself she put the cup down.
"So Xelloss, what brings you here, I know it must be much more than merely to 'say hi to us'. Why did Juuou send you here this time." Lina asked eyeing him warily and glancing every now and then at an extremely calm and collected Filia, something unsual for her when Xelloss was around. "Sore wa himitsu desu." Xelloss said wagging his finger at Lina. That brought Filia back to reality, "Dammit Xellos! Just tell them, er, us already!" Filia stammered, though only Lina noticed. "Ok, no need to get violent Fi-chan!"
"So, I ask again, what bring you here? Juuou-sama?" Lina asked. "Actually no, this time it's L-sama's business." he said. Lina paled as she heard the name of the most powerful being in the universe, the one who had possessed her in the past, the one who she could never hope defeat. "W-what about L-sama?" she asked. Gourry seemed to sense her unease and hugged her tightly to him. "Oh it's very simple. She has a mission for me, for me and one of you." he answered Lina's question giving as little information as possible.
Filia was losing her patience at Xelloss secretiveness, she took out her mace and gave him a light bop in the head. "What he means is that L-sama has a mission for that namagomi and me." she said. "What kind of mission?" Zelgadis asked. "Oh, you know, just the usual, like saving the world from outworld invaders." Xelloss said.
"What!!!???" everyone at the table yelled. "How did this happen?" Lina asked. "Sore wa himitsu desu." Xelloss answered. That was too much for Filia, she used her mace and after that there was a Xelloss-shaped hole in the roof as Xelloss went flying by the force Filia put to her mace. "Sorry for that Amelia." Filia said. "Don't worry about it Miss Filia, I'll get it repaired. So what happened?" Amelia asked. Filia sighed, she had decided to tell them everything except her feelings for Xelloss, which were still unsettled. "You see, for the past two or three nights I've been having these terrible nightmares about a battle, Xelloss has been having those dreams too, which actually weren't either dreams or nightmares. They were visions sent by the Lord of Nightmares to us. Then last night, L-sama actually summoned us to the Sea of Chaos, and she explained to us that mazoku and ryuuzoku from another dimension have made an alliance and will attack and conquer our planet."
By that time Xelloss had teleported himself to room again, this he had a serious look on his face. "What Filia says is true. After that L-sama said that the only way to defeat them was to use this." he said showing them the star-shaped crystal as Filia showed them her part of the crystal. "In order to use it it needs mazoku and ryuuzoku powers combined. But there is a drawback, once our powers combine, we will change. Each us will be half-ryuuzoku and half-mazoku." Xellos finished.
An uneasy silence fell into the room, only Val and Rina continued eating because they didn't understand what had happened. "What happened Mama?" Val asked. "Uh, nothing Val-chan, why don't and Rina go to play while Mamma talks about grown-up things with Aunty Lina and Aunty Amelia?" Filia answered. "Aw, but Rina is baby and she's a GIRL. I don't like to play with baby girls." Val said. "If you do what Mamma tells you I'll play with you later." Xelloss told Val with his fruitcake grin. "Ok." he said, he took Rina and led their way out of the room."
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In another dimention...
"At last! The portal is finished! Litfied, help me hold it while the others pass." When the last dragons and demons were on the other side Litfied and Chaotic Blue passed and let the portal collapse behind them. The Ryuuzoku and Mazoku leaders decided to wait for a day to regain their energy, which had been spent when making the portal. *Everyone will die, and their beautiful planet will be destroyed.* Chaotic Blue thought as she blacked out.
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"Filia, we're not letting you do this alone!" Lina yelled. "She's not alone, she's with me." Xelloss said with his stupid smile. "And much less if he's the one who is supposed to help you. We're all with you, and we may have to call Sylphiel in case we need her powers." Lina continued. "Who's Sylphiel?" Filia asked. "Miss Sylphiel is a shrine maiden of Flagoon. Also she's really good with white magic. If we have her with us I can use all my Shamanic magic." Amelia replied. "Oh, I see, but I don't want you all to risk your lives on a mission that was assigned to me." Filia replied. "I don't care, all of us plus Sylphiel are going with you!" Lina said.
Filia sighed, she knew it was pointless to try to convince Lina. "Ok, but don't kill yourselves trying to save me. I already have no hope." Filia said. Xelloss sighed, he hated to see Filia lose hope like that, he also had no hope but he was a mazoku so he didn't care. But Filia, the once cheerful and hopeful Filia, the Filia he loved *Wait! What I'm I thinking? I can't be in love with her! Love is for the weak, not for mazoku!* Xelloss sighed, "Well, I gotta go to tell Juuou-sama the really good news so I'll see you later." he said before disappearing.
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Sylphiel was doing her chores when she recieved a message through the crystal ball she always carried with her. She took it out and Lina's face appeared on the crystal. "Hello Sylphiel, we need your help, we're all in Amelia's castle at Saillune, please come as soon as you can." she said. "Konnichiwa Lina, but why the rush?" Sylphiel asked. "There's no time, I'll explain when you get here." Lina answered. "Ok, I'll be there as soon as I can." "See ya soon I hope, Sylph." "Good bye." Sylphiel put away her crystal ball and went to pack some of her things for traveling to Saillune.
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Meanwhile, Xelloss had arrived to Juuou-sama's lair and had just explained the situation to her. "Xelloss, I don't what to say, under normal circumstances I'd forbid you to do this, given the consequences. But I can't tell you to ignore L-sama. I just warn you, that if you become ryuuzoku I'm not sure I'll let you continue working for me." Zelas said. "I'm aware of that Mistress, once I finish this mission you may do what you wish with me." Xelloss answered. "You've always been loyal, if you keep your loyalty I may even let you live after that." Zelas said as she took a sip of her wine and waved her hand as a signal for Xelloss to leave her alone. Xelloss teleported out and went back to princess Amelia's castle.
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Xelloss had been gone for a the whole day, Sylphiel had been called and was on her way, and everyone had gone back to their normal chores. That evening, after Rina and Val were sleeping, Lina found a moment to talk to Filia alone. She went to Filia's room and asked if she could talk with her. "Sure Lina, come in and have some tea." Filia said as she let Lina in and served her a cup of green tea. "So, what did you want to talk about?" she asked as both women sipped their tea.
"What's with you and Xelloss? One minute you're 'Go away namagomi' and bashing him to death with mace-sama and the next you're blushing and trying to hide it. And you'd better tell me now or I'll stay here until you do!" Lina said.
Filia sighed, she seemed to be doing that a lot lately. "Frankly, I don't know myself. Over the last few days he has been so kind to me, playing with Val, and comforting me when I woke up from one the nightmares." Lina was shocked, she couldn't believe what she heard, but then again, given Filia's reaction when she saw Xelloss in the morning it made perfect sense. "Don't tell me you've been sleeping with him?!" Lina asked. "No Lina, not at all, he's just been comforting me, that's all! I'm not like that Lina!" Filia replied. Lina let out her breath, "Oh, sorry Filia. I just, forget it." Lina said as she stood up and started to leave the room.
As she walked to her room Filia blushed at the thought of doing what Lina had implied, but dismissed it as she remembered that even if Xelloss had been awfully nice to her he probably didn't love. But Xelloss actions in the past days told her otherwise. She wanted to feel those warm lips on hers again, to feel his breath on her face, his hands on hers... Filia felt a tear escaping from her eyes. *Xelloss, I love you, I wonder if you love me too...*
Filia's tears were now running on her cheeks and onto her dress. Suddenly she felt a hand on her cheeks wiping the tears away, she looked back and found Xelloss back looking at her. "Fi-chan, please don't cry." Xelloss said in an unsually low voice. "I can't stand to you see you cry, as if you've lost all hope." he added. "That's because I've lost all hope about everything. About the mission L-sama gave us, about Val-chan's life, about the fact that you'll never love me..." Filia stopped as she noticed what she said. Xelloss just stared in disbelief. "Filia, I had no idea that you loved me. I-I..." Xelloss tried to say but he couldn't get the words out, so he looked down. Filia lifted his chin with her hands and looked into his deep amethyst eyes "Xelloss look at me and tell all this is not a game of yours or something Zelas sent you to do. What I feel for you is real, I love you and I want you to tell me the truth." Filia said softly but forcefully. "I-I love you Filia, I don't know how it happened but it did, I love you more than my own life and I'd do anything to protect you, even if I had to betray Juuou-sama for you." Xelloss answered.
Filia nodded as she accepted what Xelloss had said. "Thank you Xelloss..." Filia started, but was interrupted as Xelloss place his mouth over hers in a deep, passionate kiss. Filia responded in the same way, she felt his tongue against her lips and she opened her mouth to accept him. Their tongues swirled in each's others mouth as their kisses became deeper.
Xelloss started kissing his way down to her neck, where he nibbled, while Filia kissed and sucked at his ears. His hands started to wander to the back of her dress, pulling at them until the dress felt from her body, while Filia did the same to his shirt. He touched her breasts through her bra, feeling her body. "Oh Xelloss..." He laid her on her back on the bed while he continued kissing her....
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A/N: Oh too bad I had to stop in such an interesting place, isn't it? Well, don't expect any full lemons from me =P just small lime scenes like this one, I'm not that hentai. Well anyways I hope you liked it and please for the next one really soon. Thanks a lot to the persons who have reviewed this story and to the ones who haven't please do it, onegai? Ja ne for now!
P.S: Sorry for the bitchiness above but I hate it when people say "I hate Filia x Xellos pairing" or "I hate sexual content". That's what disclaimers and author's notes are for, so to the people who don't read them, what kind of assholes are you to complain about it? Oops, sorry I got bitchy again. Gomen nasai minna-san. I'll stop now so I won't end up offening everyone. Ja ne!
