Early the next morning, Amelia rose up to make sure Filia was doing all right. She donned on some clothes she had laid out beside her bed, not bothering to look for shoes. She left her door open a crack and went down the hall to Filia's room. She knocked on Filia's door, opening it.

"Ms. Filia? Are you awaaa..?" Her sentence was left trailing seeing Filia hugged to Xellos in an intimate way. The both were sleep, though Xellos looked on guard as if to wake up and snap at any time.

Amelia smiled at the scene, a blush appearing over the bridge of her nose. "How romantic…" She sighed before backing out and shutting the door. She quickly left off to her room to get some writing done.

A few minutes after she left Filia's room a knock on her door was heard. Thinking it was Filia; Amelia quickly got up and opened the door.

"Oh Ms. Filia I didn't mean to see you and Mr.…." Again Amelia's sentence was cut off. Instead of the blonde haired dragon standing, there was a tall and skinny shoulder length green haired boy standing in front of her.

"V-Valgarv..!" Amelia exclaimed.

"Yo… Amelia right? I was certain this was Filia's room…." Valgarv scratched his head thoughtfully.

"Oh no… Ms. Filia's room is over there, but… Aren't you supposed to be um…" Amelia bit her lip and looked for a good word to use.

"Dead?" He grinned.

"No! I wasn't going to say that! I mean I thought you weren't born yet or something…" She babbled.

"Oh now that you say that… I'm not supposed to be born yet…" He stretched out his hand and looked down at it. "But I'm sort of human now!" He grinned.

"Human?" Amelia blinked.

"Long story… maybe I'll explain later. By the way…" Valgarv gave a charming smile and propped his elbow on the room's doorway. "What's a cute girl like you doing alone in a room?"

"I, uh, uh… Um aren't you here for Ms. Filia?" She stuttered.

"Maybe… then again-" A furious chimera cut off Valgarv's sentence.

"Valgarv..! What are you here for?! To try and kill us all again?" Zelgadis's voice was serious, his hands cupped to throw a spell at any moment.

"Mr. Zelgadis!" Amelia exclaimed, stepping in front of Valgarv.

"Oh Zelgadis! I remember you!" Valgarv smirked. "You're the um… um… um…"

Amelia and Zelgadis both face faulted. Amelia slowly stood up. "Mr. Valgarv isn't here to kill us, Mr. Zelgadis."

"Yeah! What she said. I'm here to visit Filia." Valgarv nodded. Zelgadis stood up and was about to reply but was interrupted by a yawning sorceress.

"What's all the ruckus? Is it time for the breakfast VALGARV?!" Lina's eye's popped out, noticing the ancient dragon they once battled.

"Yo!" Valgarv waved then stuffed his hands in his pocket with a disarming grin.

Gourry, hearing Lina's shout, walked out of his room, scratching his head. "Oh hi Zelgadis, Amelia Lina, Valgarv." He yawned.

"Hi Gourry! What about we go over with that Sword of Light of yours again?" Valgarv asked.

*Insert Major Face fault here*

Filia sat up in her bed, rubbing her eyes. She looked over at Xellos, noticing him still sleep, she got out of the bed to get changed before the spell wore off. When she passed his staff an image appeared in her head, flashing for a moment and only to be gone the next. She reached out and picked it up, tracing her fingertips over the ruby.

Her forehead started to warm up as she did this. She frowned and immediately dropped the staff.

"Filia…" A growl from behind her was heard. She gasped and turned around to face an evil looking Xellos. His eyes opened and the purple slits glaring at her ferociously.

"Xellos..! Are you all right? Something wrong?" Filia stuttered and backed up slightly.

"Orders… Kill Filia Ul Copt, the Dragon Girl." He said as if repeating Zellas's words for Filia to hear.

Filia's eyebrows shot up worriedly, backing up against the wall. Xellos reached down and picked up his staff and held the tip underneath her chin. His smirk was something to be reckoned with. Filia shut her eyes tight, clasping her hands together and holding it to heart as if a prayer.

Without willing it to, Xellos's jewel on his staff started to shine a bright yellow. Moving on it's own it shot out a beamed, aimed at Filia's forehead. Filia squeezed her eyes tighter, her forehead growing hotter and hotter with her thoughts. Her jewel on her forehead disappeared and shining there in its place was the mark... shining brightly. The staff, after revealing this, went back to its original state.

Filia's eyes slowly opened and a yellow light enveloped her body. Memories coming back, she looked up at Xellos. "Xellos... It's not true is it?

Xellos's own eyes widened as he shook his head a few times. "No..! You are..!" He backed away a few steps.

Filia tilted her head to the side. "It's not true is it?" She frowned.

"Who... are... you?" Xellos asked, his expression mixed. Before Filia could reply a dark figure appeared and stood beside Xellos, bringing Xellos towards itself. Lina, seeing the bright emitting from Filia's room, dashed into the room followed by Amelia, Zelgadis, Gourry and Valgarv.

"Filia!" Lina exclaimed, rushing over to her side. Lina glared at the figure and Xellos both. "You are…?" She asked.

"What a pleasure to finally meet you, Lina Inverse." The figure tossed its hair over its shoulder revealing its face. "But I'm afraid Xellos didn't finish his task I sent him to do. The obstacle I ordered him to destroy got the better of him I see. You would make a good mazoku, Filia."

Filia gasped, recognizing who it was. "Zellas Metallium..!" She exclaimed, her hands going to her mouth.

Zelgadis, Amelia and Valgarv immediately went on guard. "Lina… that is Xellos's mom?" Gourry blinked, pointing at Zellas.

"Idiot!!" Lina exclaimed, hitting Gourry square in the middle of his head. "That is Beastmaster Zellas Metallium, one of the five high ranking dark lords created by Shabrignigdu!!"

"What?! We have to fight another one of them?" Gourry balked.

"It isn't Lina Inverse I am after currently." Zellas stated simply.

"Oh? Then who is it?" Amelia blinked.

"I'm sure she knows who she is." Zellas grinned, narrowing her eyes on Filia. All eyes turned to Filia in shock.

Lina, noticing the mark on Filia's forehead, gasped. "That's… That's a mark of a mazoku…"

"Correct! Which means Filia has bonded with a mazoku." Zellas said, enjoying Filia's look of terror. "Putting it bluntly, she has bonded with Xellos!"

"That's not true…" Filia whispered, trying to deny it.

"Whether you believe it or not… It's true. Well then since plan A was foiled I'll move on to plan B." Zellas smirk and stretched forth her hand a coil of snakes shooting front it. Directed at Filia, the shot out to entrap her.

"Nooooo..!" Filia screamed, balling her fists and closing her eyes tight. Xellos's eyes snapped open, his staff starting to glow the yellow light again.

"Never again will anyone hurt Filia." He said darkly as the mark of Filia's forehead lit up. A ball of power formed in front of the mark, gathering energy from Xellos. At Xellos's command it exploded, enveloping the room with unbelievable power.

"Everyone… Run!!" Lina shouted, grabbing Gourry's hand and running out of the room.

"Ms. Lina! The people..! They'll be..!" Amelia cried, running after Lina.

"Filia will take care of that!" Lina replied. Sure enough, Filia was standing beside Xellos her hand out stretched as if building a strong shield.

"If I'm correct, Filia will build the shield around the room so the fire will not cut loose." Lina said seriously.

"But then that means that she and Xellos would be killed." Valgarv said.

"Wrong … I'm sure Zellas had different plans for both of them. Though I'm not sure what is going on!" Lina slammed her fist in her palm, a bit irritated by this fact.

"Poor Ms. Filia…" Amelia said soberly.

"Huh?" Zelgadis blinked.

"To have made a bond with Xellos… I never would have known." Amelia continued.

"It was about one thousand years and a decade ago… a little time before the War of the Monster's Fall." A certain blonde female appeared from the shadows, her face sober and her voice downcast.

"What?!" Everyone, even Gourry, was shocked.

"Yes… Sit down here and I'll explain." Filia nodded. After a lengthy explanation, everyone semi-understood yet Gourry had a question.

"Hmm… Hey Filia? What's a bond?" He asked curiously. Lina, loving a moment to explain something, smacked Gourry on his head and placed him in a headlock.

"You don't know what a bond is?! It is a special force between two beings in love. Normally mazoku do not make bonds because normally mazoku don't, quote, "love". Filia being a dragon naturally bonded with Xellos. But Xellos being a mazoku shouldn't be able to bond… I wonder why he did." Lina for once didn't have an answer.

"And he looked upon her and placed his two fingers upon her forehead. Between two different beings, a stamp of a bond was formed. Proof that love could exist between two beings." Filia said this quietly, looking off away from everyone.

"What was that?" Zelgadis asked.

"It's a story from ancient times. I didn't think it was actually more than a fairy tale." Filia replied.

"Ok, ok… I don't get all the poetry, but this is Xellos we are talking about! How was he able to bond with you?!" Lina wanted to know.

"I don't know that really. I can't remember everything. Just about the time when then seal was placed and the mark appeared. Though I want to make this clear. Xellos doesn't exactly love me and I really don't think I love him either."

"Tsk, Tsk… I know this one!" Lina grinned. "Mazoku 'love' is more like a interest and possession over something. So say... um… Gaav was interested in Zelgadis here…" Lina placed her hand on Zelgadis's shoulder.

"What?!" Zelgadis balked.

"And so then if Amelia started to like Zelgadis, Gaav would probably develop a possessive type of 'love' over Zelgadis!"

"I think you hurt Zelgadis's feelings…" Gourry whispered to Lina, obviously pointing to Zelgadis who was in the corner, depressed.

"Aw… He'll get over it! Oh look there's Valgarv with our food and drinks!" Lina waved her hand to wave down the green haired boy.

"You ordered food and drinks in this type of situ-!" Filia's rant was cut off by a surprised look. "Valgarv?! Aren't you supposed to be…"

"Dead?" He grinned.

"No! I wasn't going to say that! I mean I thought you weren't born yet or something…" She babbled.

"Oh now that you say that… I'm not supposed to be born yet…" He stretched out his hand and looked down at it. "But I'm sort of human now!" He grinned.

"Human?" Filia blinked.

"Long story… maybe I'll explain later..."

"I've heard this from somewhere…" Amelia muttered.

While the others were feasting on breakfast, Filia was deep in thought. She really needed answers and she knew where she needed to get them.

A few minutes later Lina leaned back in her chair and rubbed her stomach. "Ah that was good! So Filia… where do we go?" She asked. Getting no answer, her eyes snapped open and her chair sitting up right.

"Ack! Ms. Lina she is gone!" Amelia exclaimed.

Author's Note: I'd rather this be on the darker side...but I like writing a bit of humor here and there.... so don't sue me! I only got enough for one or two anime DVDs... ok maybe for a lil more.