Title: Love...or something like it.(now guess where this title came from!?)

Authoress: Ruby Moon

Summary: You're basic love triangle... hinted shounen-ai, lots of pairings. This is truly Xellos's fault!

Warning: Shounen-ai, X/L, X/F, X/Z, X/G, G/A, G/L, Z/L, Z/A

A/N: Well, I've gotten a few reviews now....I'm amazed people I'm so loved. Tell you the truth this is my 1st Slayers fic, though I posed the 2nd before...did that make sense to anyone other than me!?

D/C: I do not own Slayers, I worship it but other than that....no.

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Lina walked around the little town for signs of Filia, Gourry and Amelia.

"They must have left town or something. I didn't see them anywhere..." Lina said to herself.

Lina asked a few shopkeepers if they had seen one of her friends. One man said he had noticed a pretty blonde girl run into the nearby woods crying.

"That must be Filia!" Lina shouted and quickly dashed off to the woods.

As she walked through the quiet forest, her mind trailed off to the deal she had made with Xellos. 'I wonder what he's plotting this time....' Lina thought. ' He couldn't be doing all this for a real date with me....could he?'

"Zelgadis sure didn't like the idea...." Lina laughed out loud to herself.

Lina walked a bit further until she saw Gourry and Amelia sitting under a very tall tree. They seemed to be engrossed in a big conversation. Lina caught a small laugh from Amelia. It looks as if Amelia was moving in on her man...wait? "Her" man!? Lina didn't even LIKE Gourry. since when did she care who he was with. Lina shrugged, after thinking about it she didn't really care....

"YOU IDIOTS!!! Weren't you going to find Filia!?" Lina yelled furiously. She pushed away her other thoughts for another time.
"We did Lina....she's up in this tree and wont come down! We tried our best!" Gourry explained.

"So just what ARE you two up to now then!?"

"We figured you'd come to find us sooner or later so we sat down and talked." Amelia smiled.

"Talked? About what...?" Lina eyed Amelia suspiciously. Lina knew she liked Zelgadis but why was she now after Gourry!?

"We were telling each other jokes and stuff! Lina didja hear the one about the one legged fisherman!?"

"Gourry! You jellyfish for brains! We have other things to take care of right now!" Lina fumed.

"O-ok Lina..."Gourry whimpered with a puppy eyes.

"Oh Lina! You're so mean to Gourry...." Amelia sniffed. Lina face faulted. What was up with everyone lately?! She glared a bit until she heard small cries from up the tree. Of course...Lina forgot about poor Filia.

Lina jumped up on a branch that hung over Gourry and Amelia's head.

"Lina, where you going?" Gourry asked.

"I'm gonna go get Filia down from this tree, baka!"

Lina scrambled up quickly, it wasn't a hard task for her to do since she was light and agile. She saw Filia sitting on a branch crying her eyes out.

"Filia...." Lina said softly. Filia wiped her eyes and looked down at Lina.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" She screamed and threw her mace at Lina's head. The mace hit Lina dead on and she passed out from the blow. She toppled over and fell down the tree, just as she was going to hit the ground Xellos appeared and caught her in his arms.

"Oh dear, Miss Filia must have done thing." Xellos gasped. He floated to gourry and placed Lina in his arms. She soon woke up and stared at Gourry.

"Y-you saved me Gourry?" She inquired and blushed fanatically. She looked into his deep blue eyes, she felt warm all over.

"Uhhh...nope. Xellos did! You fell out of the tree and he caught you." Gourry smiled. Lina glared and got up. That ruined that dream she guessed. It figures, Gourry couldn't save a fish from drowning....

Lina looked over to Xellos who stood next to Amelia. "Thank you Xellos..." Lina murmured. Xellos opened an eye and watched Lina bow her head to him politely.

"No need to thank me dear Lina, I was only doing a good deed!" Xellos smiled.

"Dear? Good!?" Gourry and Amelia said in perfect unison.

Xellos shrugged his shoulders. "I guess it's up to me to get Filia down."

"WHAT!?" Amelia and Gourry said once again in unison.

"Well, why not?" Xellos asked.

"You're kinda the reason she's up there Xellos...." Amelia said, she didn't want to offend the mazoku but it WAS true.

"Fair enough but she isn't fast enough to strike me." Xellos laughed.

"I say we let him..." Lina had an evil smile on her face. Xellos smiled at her and then teleported up.

After a few seconds, screams were heard....Lina wondered if Xellos would be ok. But as soon as the though entered her head Xellos teleported back down with a screaming Filia over his shoulder. He let her down and she turned her head away from his and sniffed like she was stuck up.

" Oh Filia, wasn't that so much fun?" Xellos teased.

"It was NOT!" She yelled back in his ear. Lina gave Xellos a glare, he took this as a warning. He couldn't loose this bet. After a few seconds, Filia took noticed to the welt that was growing on Lina's head. " MISS LINA!!! I am so very sorry! I didn't mean to hit you!!!"

"Ah it's ok Filia, I'll be alright." Lina sighed. "But can we please just return back to the inn!?" She groaned.

"Fair enough Lina." Xellos said. " I think you should get some ice for those bruises."
Everyone walked back. Gourry and Amelia were still totally into their conversations and Xellos walked next to Filia. Filia didn't seem to notice, she was feeling horrible for what she had done to Lina. And Lina... she lagged behind, glaring at Gourry's back.


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Well, wasn't that crazy? It's only started too! It get's better....or worse....either or both....R/R!!!!