PurplePixie: ^_^ Hola!! Hehe...I'm taking a Spanish class!

BlueJ: And we don't care. What does that have to do with the fic, anyway?

PurpleP: Absolutely nothing, but I wanted to mention it anyway. =P So, nyah. ^_^ Heh, anyways here's chapie number 3! And I don't own Slayers. Oh, and pleazie forgive me if this chapter absolutely sucks! ^^; It's midnight right now, and I woke up much earlier than I usually do this morning. Plus I didn't get any sleep last night, so...yeah. I'm really tired.

BlueJ: Yup, you could tell by looking at all the bags under your eyes.

PurpleP: *glares* =_=

BlueJ: ^_^ Just thought I'd point out something.

PurpleP: =_= Did I forget to point out the fact that I get VERY cranky when I don't get my sleep???

BlueJ: ^^; Heh, heh, heh...WELL, would yah look at the time! I really think you should get this fanfic going! Wouldn't want the readers to fall asleep while reading this, now would we?

PurpleP: I'm more worried about ME falling asleep while writing this...*sigh* I want my bed! I want my teddy! I want my pillow! *continues whining*

BlueJ: *sweatdrop grows* Uh...on with the fanfic?

PurpleP: YOU STOLE MY LINE YET AGAIN!! *battle aura flares*

BlueJ: I'm sorry! *waves arms defensively* I'M SORRY!!!

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It was a beautiful, bright morning. The sun was shinning, the birds were singing, flowers were blooming, and there wasn't a rainy cloud in the sky. All the happy people of the town were just awakening from a peaceful night's rest, and were merrily getting started for a good day's work. That is, all except one person...

Filia sighed as she leaned on her windowsill. But this time it wasn't one of those 'happy' sighs. Oh no, it was the total opposite. Filia was BORED. EXTREMELY bored, as a matter of fact. It had been 2 weeks since she had seen Xellos. The ex-priestess's mind started to wonder off as she thought about said mazoku. Sure she had always known how great it would be to have him gone and out of her hair, but she never knew how boring things were going to be without him! Wow, Filia mused depressingly, I thought I'd never see the day when I would actually kind of miss that namagomi...OH MY GODS!!! Filia shook her head rapidly. No! No! No! NO! What was I thinking?! Miss THAT namagomi?!! HAH!!

"Namagomi," Filia muttered angrily as she walked out of her room and down the stairs to the kitchen. She then made breakfast and ate it half- heartedly. I guess I might as well start the usual routine, the dragon thought to herself when she finished her meal. The young dragon walked to her pottery shop and flipped on the 'OPEN' sign.

Once again, Filia sighed as she sat down at her desk in the shop. She had been going through this same routine for 2 WEEKS. All she did was sleep, eat, open the shop, sit down and wait for customers, eat, sit down and wait for customers again, close the shop, eat, sleep, and that was her routine. She'd do the same thing the next day, and the day after that, and the day after THAT, AND THE DAY AFTER THAT. Boy, Filia thought sadly to herself, if I keep this routine up, I'll become a lazy, FAT dragon...T-T.

After about an hour, the pottery shop was no longer empty. In fact, the shop was pretty full of customers, whom walked about the room looking for things to purchase. Occasionally, Filia would help her customers when they needed advise on what kind of vase would go best with such and such flowers, or what kind of designs would look cute on plates and cups. You know, that kind of stuff.

Filia was currently helping an elderly lady pick out the perfect tea set (BlueJ: Yup, that's definitely something the tea freak would do), when she heard a very familiar phrase...

"-it's a secret-"

Filia, momentarily forgetting about her teacups, whirled around with her eyes flaring. "AHA! Xellos I knew you come back to taunt me-!"

"It's a secret surprise party!" a young brown haired girl giggled to her friend. "Oh! She'll be so surprised that we remembered her birthday when she comes home tomorrow!"

"Eh?" Filia just stood blinking for a few minutes until the fact that it wasn't whom she thought it was started to sink in. A slight hint of disappointment crossed her face before she felt something tap her shoulder.

"Young lady," the elderly woman raised a teacup with a pink flower on it. "I think I'll take this set, thank you."

"Huh?" Filia snapped out of her thoughts and turned her attention back onto her customer. "Oh! Okay! That's a very nice choice. ^_^ A pretty design indeed."

~*A while later*~

"Let's see," Filia took out her list of groceries as she walked among the crowd in the market. "I need some eggs, flour, sugar, and some vegetables." Filia looked up from her list of things and glanced around for the grocery store. As she looked around the crowd of busy people, the dragon spotted a purple haired person behind her. Guess what her first thought was. Come on, guess. ^_^ Heh, heh, heh...I bet you guessed right.

Growling, the ex-priestess walked right up to the Xellos-look-alike and grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. "HAH! Did you really think you could sneak up on me without me noticing? HAHA! Proves you really ARE a stupid namagomi!!" Filia continued laughing into his/her face until he/she spoke up.

"EXCUSE me!? Miss, exactly who are you?"

"What do you mean 'Who am I'-O.O" Filia, taking a closer look, realized that the Xellos-look-alike was NOT Xellos. In fact, it was a glaring, young girl with long purple hair, and she didn't look like she liked being called a 'namagomi'. "^^; Heh, heh, heh...sorry. I thought you were someone else."

Hmphing, the young girl turned and walked away, leaving a very confused Filia behind.

What is up with me today? Filia questioned herself. I guess I'm not feeling too well. I better go home and lay down for a while...

~*At her home a couple hours later*~

It was a cozy, peaceful evening, but Filia just couldn't get to sleep! Every time she'd try to close her eyes and doze off, she'd always find herself wondering where her namagomi was-OMG!!! Did she just call that namagomi HER'S??

Shaking her head, the young dragon got out of her bed and walked to her window. She peered outside gazed at the lovely view of the town. She sighed and looked at the stars up above.

Wow, they're so beautiful, Filia thought to herself. The stars twinkled and danced among the clouds as she watched the sky. It's so calming, watching the stars...they're so pretty and flawless-oh! One of the stars is dimmer than the others. Indeed, there was a lone star that was drifting a bit further away from the other clusters of sparkling lights, it's shine a bit dull.

"Huh, kind of like me, aren't you?" Filia mused to herself. "I've lost my shine too, although I don't know why. I'm happy. I'm perfectly happy." Filia tried to smile, but failed when she saw the star twinkle before dimming, as if in reply to her statement. "I am happy! I AM! Aren't I...?" The star dimmed a bit more. "Ah, what do you know? I should be able to tell if I'm happy or not! And I'm happy. Or at least...I think I am."

Feeling a bit frustrated (No, I'm not! I am happy, I tell you! I AM!!), Filia walked back and sat on her bed. She was attempting to fall asleep again, when something caught her eye. It was the purple letter in the trashcan. Letting curiosity get the better of her, she started to wonder what could be inside...

"Well," Filia sighed. "I can't sleep anyways." She reached inside the trash bin and pulled out the envelope. The curious little dragon opened it, slipped out the letter, and began reading.

Dear Fi-chan,

Hi, Fi-fi (Filia: 'FI-FI'?!)! I just wanted to write and see how you're doing. So? How are things? Any chaos going around? Probably not. I leave for a couple days and everything goes back to being peaceful! Darn. ^_^ Heh, but don't worry! I'll be back to torment everyone soon! Then everything will go back to normal ^_~. Anyways, I got to go do my job. Beast Master doesn't like me being slow. Okay, that's all I have to say! Ja ne, for now!

Xellos

P.s.

Write!

Filia sweatdropped. Tormenting? That namagomi is so weird. Unexpectedly, a small grin crossed her lips as she took out a sheet of paper and a pen. I know I should just ignore this letter, Filia told herself, but it would be rude not to write back. Yeah, that's right. After a moment of thinking, she began to write.

Xellos,

Hi, namagomi. Before I continue writing, I just want to tell you that I'm just writing back because it's rude not to. So don't get any funny ideas. Namagomi XP. Anyways, things have been going very well over here. In fact, my whole week has been super ever since you left. I got a lot of customers and the weather's been absolutely perfect. I'm doing great, though I keep wondering what kind of 'job' that beast lady's got you doing. =_= Well, what are you doing this time? Hmm? Demolishing cities? Trying to blow up the world? Destroying other people's lives with your presence? Either way, I feel sorry for whoever's on the receiving end of your 'job'. Welp, it's getting late, and I need my sleep so I could wake up to another perfect day.

Filia

P.s.

Don't call me 'Fi-fi'.

Smiling in approval of her letter, Filia slipped it into a pale yellow envelope and sealed it. She was about to write an address on it when she realized that she had absolutely NO clue where Xellos was.

Namagomi no baka! He didn't even tell me where he is! The ex- priestess started to think about what to do, but she started to feel a bit drowsy. Oh, well. I'll just think of what to do about this tomorrow. Laying the yellow envelope onto her nightstand, she climbed into her bed and soon was deep asleep.

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PurpleP: YAY! The chapter's done! *runs into her room and plops onto bed* :L ZzZzZz...

BlueJ: ^^; OoOkay...uh, pretty please review! That's all I have to say. Ja ne!