Disclaimer: I REALLY don't own Slayers. I don't even own Xelloss, I just borow him for my occasionally enjoyment.... and others too. ^^;; Don't look at me like that . just read and review, OK?


Eros looked around his new surroundings they were upside down.
Then looking up he realised he was being held upside down by one foot.

Xelloss gave no concern to the child he was holding as he jumped into a tree and scanned the forest quickly. Then teleported to a rocky shore somewhere Eros hadn't never seen before.

"Here." Xelloss said, putting the kid down on a rock and giving him a small wooden puppet.

"For me?" he exclaimed grabbing it greedily and pulling the arms off.

He watched Eros quietly and thoughtfully. He'd been ordered to fetch the half mazoku child for Juu-ou.

Details about how Eros had come to be were known only to Juu-ou and Filia. But as he watched the dark haired child destroy the puppet, something flashed into his mind. a memory. And it made him quite uncomfortable.

*** "I have twenty minutes, then I'm leaving, and more importantly, I'll be made to lose these feelings I have been having. So what we do until then is up to you." ***


When had he said that? Why did he say it? Why was he remembering it now?
Shaking his head he dismissed the thoughts quickly. Juu-ou wanted the child in her presence, that was all that mattered.

Eros Watched Xelloss float up into the air, before diving down and picking him up.
Once again, Eros was awed at the ease the man used to fly.

*** "I'm going to miss you, Namagomi"***

Xelloss winced and took rest in a tree. Puzzled now more than ever. Now he was hearing voices that he shouldn't be able to. And the made him feel drained.

***"Filia... I'll miss you too.... more than anything...."***

Had this really happened? The way he was 'remembering' these voices, although he couldn't place them ever happening, was getting all too confusing for the mazoku. He grabbed Eros again and warped outside Zelas' chambers.

***"I guess thats it then."***

She was taking what seemed ages to acknowledge his arrival.

***"It's all over..."***

Xelloss waivered as Zelas called him in. he held the child by one hand and dragged him in.

***"I ... loved... you... like....this..."***

Zelas smiled as the two entered. moments later, Xelloss fell to the floor with a thud, then abandoned the physical world for the astral plane. She wasn't angry at the, her servant was far too weak to do otherwise. That had been expected.

Eros stared at what he saw before him and froze. For some reason the child didn't understand, he was terrified of the woman he saw before him.