Ok this is ok I guess, there are some very good parts in this but some very bad too. Just read and (hopefully) enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not my house, my computer (which I finally managed to semi fix), my car, my dog (we don't really have a dog), my glasses, my brown and gold fingernails, my little sister, my Aunt Sandy, my cat named Chaos (I actually do have one of those), my bright green teddy- bunny, my hat, my bed, my electronic tooth brush, my plush puppet named Jessica, my retainer, or my orange smelling gel candle in the gold holder. And on top of all that you're saying I can't have Slayers either? You're just cruel.

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Now I don't want anyone else to be pulled in so, Sylphiel tie up Gourry," she turns away from the Xellos and towards Amelia, "and Amelia!"

"Yes Miss Lina?" she looks up inquiringly. "You take care of tying up that other guy." she gestures to the brown haired man kneeling in a puddle of his own tears.

"UH...." Amelia looks to the man apprehensively. "But-but." At Lina's implacable look she sighs and goes to do her bidding.

A few minutes later the orders are done. Gourry and the man are both tied with an extremely thick hemp rope to the nearest large tree. Meanwhile Lina and Xellos (after having threatened him with Justice speech number 234) had finished setting up camp. Zel was still blushing but seemed to be able to talk in full sentences again.

"Well now we either have to go back to town...." Zel said softly. "To talk to this old woman-"

"Going back to town isn't an option," Lina panted as she fixed the third tent again. Xellos seemed to have little experience setting up a sleeping area. He kept trying to turn the white covering the wrong way which of course knocked down the entire thing.

"But why not Miss Lina?" Amelia asked softly looking up from tightening the rope. Gourry had finally waken up and he was extremely vigorous in his attempts to reach his "Lovely Lina's" side.

"Because Amelia. MEN LIVE THERE!" She shouted finally losing patients flinging the tent poles at Xellos she stalks over to the nearest rock and sits.

"Well then," Xellos grins rubbing his forehead slightly where the poles had slammed into him. "I guess we just have to figure out how to break the curse."

Lina looks up sharply at him. "How do you suppose we do that?"

"That is a secret!" he grins and waggles a finger at her.

Zelgadis growls at him and walks slowly over to set up the abandoned tent himself. "Oh, be quiet Xellos you have no idea how to break it either."

Xellos looks the least bit chagrinned. "Oh yes I apologize, force of habit and all that, you know."

"Mister Xellos," Sylphiel walks to him slowly. "DO you have a way to free my Dear Gourry from this spell?"

Xellos turned towards them a wicked light shining from his now slightly open purple eyes. "Well no, not as of right now."

"Well than what use is that!" Lina growled standing up. "I'm Lina Inverse, I can't have men falling at my feet even more than they already do!"

"But Miss Lina?" Amelia moves away from the makeshift jail. "Isn't that normally in fear not love?"

"EXCUSE ME?!" Lina's eyes burn like the fires of Hades.

Xellos smoothly interrupts what's sure to be an eruption. It would be wonderful to watch them fight all day but right now he had a better plan, one sure to get him a ton of chocolate dessert. "You see this is obviously a love spell and since Zelgadis managed to escape it-" he pauses briefly, "There must be a trigger for it and a way to break it."

"We already knew that Xellos!" Lina grits out under her breath. "So why don' t you get to the point."

"The point is," he holds up a finger as though to use his wonderful catch phrase. "if we figure out the trigger we're sure to learn how to break it."

Lina looks thoughtful for a minute. "I think you may be right but Gourry's already been pulled under," she gestures to the blonde man currently shouting many strange compliments. Such as "you're hair is the color of grapefruit" and "Oh beautiful bride of mine, we'll eat at the same table for eternity". "Zelgadis has already broken the spell, and mystery guy over there is still weeping." She cocks her hip to the side and points her thumb over her shoulder at the brown haired man. "So unless you see any other males around to try it on." she trails off for a second.

Sylphiel, Amelia, and Zel all angle themselves properly to stare up at Xellos with shocked eyes.

"And why not Lina? I am insulted. I am a perfectly good male." Xellos grins wickedly his eyes half open.

"YOU'RE A MAZOKU!!" Lina shouts an outraged look crossing her face.

"Yes Mister Xellos." Sylphiel speaks quietly. "Mazoku cannot love. So, you couldn't fall under the spell."

"Sylphiel wherever did you get your information from?" Xellos winks and tilts his head. "Yes, base, lower level

Mazoku are incapable of feeling any emotion but hate and anger. I on the other hand are a rather high level Mazoku. Therefore, I can feel though I do pride myself on wonderful self control. In the name of friendship, however, I will allow myself to slip, just this once."

"Mazoku c-can love?" Amelia stutters looking shocked, "b-but I thought- is this true Miss Lina?"

"Yes it's true." Lina sighs. "Fine we'll give it a try but-"

"Yes?" Xellos interrupts 'appearing' completely serious.

Zelgadis cuts in, "just get on with it. We shouldn't be wasting time."

Throwing Zelgadis a "you have no room to talk" look Lina slowly walks over to stand in front of Xellos. Staring up at his annoyingly cheerful (if a little green) face she waits.

And waits.

And waits.

Blushing slightly Lina makes to move away when suddenly Xellos spins around and faces the other direction. With his back to the group and his front facing into the forest the whole area is put on pause. After several moments of this he spins back around and looks down at Lina. However it wasn't a Xellos any of them recognized. He had widened his eyes as far as they would go (which is a little scary) and he was smiling down at her in a sickly sweet sort of way.

"LINA!" he exclaims in complete school boyish idolatry.

'OH GODS THIS IS HORRIFYING!' she thinks utter embarrassment filling every pore of her body.

"Lina Inverse where have you been all my life?!" His question echoes out into the silence of the area. Gourry had finally stopped his tirade and the mans sobs had fallen to just shaking.

"Well for the first 1000 or so she wasn't born yet." Zel comments dryly getting back to his old self. That bit with a the love spell had done him a real number. Telling Lina he loved her of all things!

"Ok now let's break him out of this," Lina turned to Amelia and Sylphiel for help. "before it gets any stranger."

"Alright" they say in unison. Moving around the Mazoku priest they begin saying things. They try everything to snap him out of the spell. They pinch him, slap him (it worked for Zel), hit him over the head with a rock. (don't worry it's Xellos he probably liked it- the masochist). After several minutes of abuse they began saying things. (Well I'm not going to give details but it gets weird to say the least.) It seems like nothing will break him out of the spell.

"Why won't any of it work!" Lina shouts frustrated once again as Xellos has been complimenting her eye, figure, destructive capabilities, and wonderful wit.

"Because it's not meant to my dear." Xellos winked a strange glint in his eyes. Xellos grinned he loved watching the group squirm like this. He wondered how much longer he could milk it before the sweetness overwhelmed him. If he didn't get away quick he would puke (which was really hard to do considering he didn't really eat).

"What do you mean?!" Lina growled she was getting a nervous twitch in her cheek.

"WE WERE MEANT FOR EACHOTHER!" he exclaimed his hand coming up to his stomach. He was doing a good job as playing it off as stomach flutters but god that last line was like a sucker punch. He smirked slightly.

"Agh! Not that again!" Lina looked at Xellos, "What are YOU smiling at?!"

"Nothing it's just that-" Xellos broke off.

"WHAT?!"

"I'm so glad that, as you know, higher-up Mazoku like myself are capable of having feelings such as love! For I would give up my Mazoku ways any day for you, my sweet sorceress." he smiled goofily, on the outside at least. Inside Xellos was nauseated 'I really said that?' At least the embarrassment emanating from Lina made up for it. He enjoyed her emotions best, they were like a wonderful, rich chocolate chip cookie. So, for another helping...

"Lina, my Lina, come and live with me at Wolf Pack Island!" he leans forward eyes open until......... Lina's eyes widen at what she's pretty sure he's about to do. "Xellos, don't you dare!" Lina says warningly but is cut off by a finger pressed firmly over her lips.

"Ah, but I always dare, Lina Inverse." Xellos winks and kisses her lightly on the nose before disappearing into thin air.

"Y-you fruitcake!" Lina shouts blushing furiously as he disappears laughing gleefully.

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Ok this chapter wasn't all it was cracked up to be but I'm going to have to fix it. I need your opinions on this however so please R&R. I'll repost this chapter when it's revised but to revise it I need to know what's wrong (other than the fact that I wrote most of it at 2 A.M).