Happiness Will Come

Happiness Will Come
Chapter 5
Hellos, Goodbyes, and New Love
By: Tara-Chan

Disclaimers: Slayers belong to the original creators. This fanfic is based of a Korean drama called: Taeyang Un Gadugi: Happiness Will Come. It belongs to the producers of KBS 2. Do not sue me!

Notes: Please ignore the grammatical and spelling errors. Character may be OOC because it's AU. I apologize for all this! Well enjoy and feedbacks are welcomed!

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One and a half year later…

Zel lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling. "How things changed since a year and a half ago." He turned and lay on his side now. "Xelloss and Filia are still strong. They are even planning about marrying after he and I come back from our little army adventure. Stupid Korean law. The mandatory service of where men reached the age of 20 and have to serve in the army for 2 years…that sucks!"

Zel sighed and went to his desk. "Then again, not that it matters for me. Even seeing them together hurts like hell. Maybe the army life will change me…"

Zel grabbed one of his architecture textbooks from the shelf and tried to study. Few minutes later he just threw the book on the ground and buried his head in his arms. "Gah. I can't concentrate. Living with Beo isn't so bad at all. Although I do miss my dorky roommate and my best friend, but I know that if I lived there, those two making out in front of me would have drove me insane."

He stood up and left his bedroom and went out to the living room. He glanced around. Beo's apartment was small, but it was still a reasonable size. Other than the living room and his room, there was Beo's room, which was the master bedroom. Also another bedroom was next to Zel's, which presumably belonged to Beo's daughter. Also there was a small joint kitchen and dining room. Not to mention a bathroom. It may have been small, but Zel felt comfortable in this cozy apartment.

Beo came out of his bedroom. "Delgado's, I'm going to go run some errands, I'll be back in a bit." He grabbed his coat and left Zel with a ringing phone. Zel reached over and picked up. "Hello?"

"Zel? How's my baby brother?" Sylphiel's sweet voice was on the other end.

"Hi Nuna (1). It's been a while. What's up?"

"I'm at the Gabrieves house. Remember how I couldn't come up to Seoul until I sold our land? Well I finally got a buyer. I'll give you half the money later."

"Wow nuna. That's good! So you are in Seoul now! We get to see each other more and," Zelgadiss switched his tone to a more squeakier one. "Now you get to see more of your 'Gourry Dear'!!"

Zel could swear that he could feel Sylphiel's blush over the phone. "Now don't you start that Zelgadiss Graywords! We are just friends!"

"Uh-huh. Yeah." Zel rolled his eyes. "Like I'm made of marshmallow and chocolate."

"Whatever…so you are going to go to the base a week later?"

"Yeah. I can so hardly wait." He said this sarcastically.

Sylphiel sighed. "Look I know you hate anything that deals with military, but it's the law."

"Then let law be damned…but then again, I think this will make me a new man!"

Sylphiel giggled. "You are already a man."

Zel rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Just go chase after your 'Gourry Dear'."

"He's next to me…"

"Should've known. Well I'll see you sometime next week before I leave okay?"

"Okay Zel. Take care."

"I am. Bye." Zel hung up the phone. Now my sister is up in Seoul. I wish for her and Gourry to have all the happiness in the world. Zel sighed. Will I ever be happy like my sister and Gourry? Or like Xelloss and Filia?

Zel jumped up suddenly when he heard noises outside the door. What the?? Zel stood up and saw that the door was being opened. Hm…maybe Beo has come back. Zel was about to greet hello to him, when the door opened suddenly and in front of him was a woman, with fiery red, wavy hair. She had on sunglasses, and was carrying a suitcase. They stared at each other for a few minutes before she started to hit him with her suitcase.

"AHHHHHH!!!" She screamed. "WHO ARE YOU!! DID YOU DO SOMETHING AND TOOK OVER THIS HOUSE?? WHAT ARE YOU A BURGULAR??"

Poor Zel was trying to avoid her suitcase and was too busy trying to defend himself to answer. That just made her more suspicious. She was about to hit him on the head, when suddenly Beo came in to the apartment and saw all the commotion.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE??" He exclaimed.

Both heads turned toward the entrance. There Beo stood with a perplexed expression and had his arms crossed over his chest.

"DAD!! WHO IS THIS GUY!!"

"..." Zelgadiss stared. DAD?? This is Beo's daughter? This is the daughter that was supposedly sweet, gentle, and kind?? No way!!

"Lina, why are you back so soon? You have another year in the states!"

"I finished my courses earlier than I thought, so I was free to come home. Beside dad, I missed you! And I miss Filia of course! My best friend! BUT DAD!! Who is this guy???"

"Oh, don't worry dear. This happens to be Zelgadiss Graywords. He is one of my workers and is a college inmate of mine. Zelgadiss this is my daughter Lina. I believe both of you the same age. Now I am sure we will all get along nicely!"

"…" Both of them had huge sweatdrops. They stared at each other. Then quickly turned their heads the other way.

Me? Get along with that woman that just tried to kill me with her suitcase? Now that's funny!

Me??? Get along with that guy who might just be nice to my father for his money? I don't think so!!

Beo chuckled loudly. Looks like they will get along just fine. Now that my baby girl is back, maybe she can get through Zelgadiss. Not to mention she'll be keeping me company when he leaves next week. "Well now, let's get ready for dinner? Lina, I'm sure you are exhausted from that long trip of yours, so you go to your room and rest. Me and Zel will fix dinner."

"Yes Dad." She got her things and walked past Zelgadiss. "Come with me NOW." She whispered to him.

Zel bemused and curious decided to follow the energetic girl to her room.

They stepped in her room. Zel realized that he has never been in here before and took this opportunity to look around. The room was too…PINK. Zel saw pink carpet, pink curtains, pink bedspreads, and pink furniture. Zel had a sweatdrop. Man this girl must be crazy about pink…

Lina threw her suitcase and purse on the bed. She turned around to face him with her hands on her narrow hip. Zel couldn't help but noticed that her…ahem cleavage didn't fill out much. However he did notice that her body was very slim. At that moment bunch of hentai stuff was going through his mind. He closed his eyes tightly. No! Why am I thinking about this!! NO!! I don't even know her!! Zel opened his eyes and saw her face right in front of his. "GAH!" Zel stepped backward in surprised.

"Now I know that you are thinking naughty, so erase those thoughts Zelgadiss!"

"…" Zel just glared at her. She glared back.

"Now you better not be nice-nice to my dad, just for his money!!"

Zel blinked several times. "Now where did you get that idea!? Have you been watching too many crime shows at the states or something?"

"Have you?" She retorted. "If you have, then you do know that if you do something illegal, I'll torture you to death!"

"Oooh. I am being threatened by the all mighty Lina!" Zel snapped back sarcastically.

Lina faced became bright red. "Are you mocking me?? You are so rude!!"

"Look who's talking. You don't even know me and here you are threatening me."

Lina became redder. "Just shut up!! Now leave me!! I don't want to undress in front of you and don't you dare think of X-rated stuff!"

Zel rolled his eyes. "Now why would I think of that? For someone like you is rude anyways."

Lina threw her suitcase in his face and he left her room with a bloody nose. That woman is going to be a nuisance now!

Zel walked to the kitchen and started to help Beo. Beo glanced up and saw the bloody nose. He didn't say anything to Zel's relief.

Beo bent over and started to wash the vegetables. He smiled widely. Looks like those two are going to get along VERY fine. Amazing. Only been 15 minutes and already they had their first quarrel.

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A week later…

Both Zel and Lina couldn't wait till Zel went to the base. The apartment became a war-zone for them. How Beo managed to stay sane with all those noises made their neighbors wonder. Beo drove them all to the train station, so Zel could go to the base. At the train station, they were going to meet the Gabrieves, Xelloss, and Valgaav. This will be the last time they see each other for the next two years. After their two years term, Zelgadiss and Xelloss will be back in Seoul forever.

They soon got to the train station and saw the rest of the group. Xelloss and Zelgadiss blushed when everyone else was commenting on their new army haircut. Everyone else said it was very nice, but Lina on the other hand said this to Zel, "Looks like you're going bald!"

Xelloss had to restrain his best friend from slapping her. Geez…those two are always on WW III with each other. I'm surprised they haven't killed each other yet. Then again they do make a cute couple… Xelloss smirked.

"Now you do take of yourself up there. Beware of the North Koreans." Beo warned them.

"Xelloss, Zelgadiss do take care. Also Zel don't forget to tell Xelloss that he's a 'Namagomi' every minute okay?" Filia said this and kissed Xelloss on the lips.

"Zel. Do take care. Make sure you eat well okay?" Sylphiel gave him a hug.

Gourry, Valgaav, and Mr. Gabreieve all shook their hands and wished them good luck.

Finally Lina stepped up and leaned over and whispered, "I pray that you do meet a North Korean and that he blows your brain out. But I also pray that you take care okay?" Lina grinned at the look on Zel's face. Then Lina shove him into the train. "Do have a terrible time!"

Xelloss followed him inside the train and they took a seat next to a window seat. They both waved to the huge group. Xelloss blew a kiss to Filia. The train started to move.

"Goodbye!!!" Everyone called to them.

Xelloss and Zelgadiss waved until they couldn't see them anymore.

Zelgadiss sighed and turn around to look at his best friend. "A new adventure for us!"

"Yep! You and me! We are going to have so much fun!!"

"You can count on it!" Zelgadiss gave Xel a high-five.

(1) Korean for older sister. Male use this only!