Disclaimer - I don't own Slayers. I own Brau in a sort of way, but if Kanzaka wants him he can have him.

OK this time I've some more happy thoughts^_^. This story is an answer to a question I've asked myself: is Zelgadis homeless? Because I've read many fics, and EVERY single one of them portrayed him as a vagabond without any place to return to. Amelia lives in a palace, Lina ran away from her home, Gourry probably has got some family (not to mention Sylpheel^^), but Zel hasn't got any known relatives. Does it mean that he's a wanderer? Let's suppose he's not a one of them shall we^^?

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The summer storm is one of the most beautiful miracles of the nature. If you have a roof over your head that is. Because if you're wandering through the night in the middle of nowhere, the raining, thunder-clashing and wind blowing event isn't pretty at all. And the worst thing is that you can't just cast a Dragu Slave to make it stop.

"Lina-san!" whined Amelia. "How far is it?"

"Don't worry! It should be behind that mountain. Wait the darn fuck, since did that mountain had a tower on it?!"

"Then you've got us lost, right?" asked ever the delicate Gourry. And people say that Xellos is a masochist. Let's skip their wild and usual foreplay shall we?

"Hey Lina-san!" exclaimed Amelia. "There's a light in that tower. Maybe we could spend a night in there."

Lina threw Gourry to the ground and eyed the lone tower. It wasn't at all ruined as she thought in the first place, and there was a light in one of the windows. What did not change the first impression - the building was spooky. It's one of the buildings that come to mind when you speak about haunted houses and things like that.

But this was Lina Inverse. She wasn't afraid of anything and she knew how to deal with ghosts. And if somebody would want to stand in her way to a warm bed he would become a ghost very fast.

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'Check mate. Ha-ha! I wan again!'

'Is it me or is someone pounding the door?'

'Yeah probably some beggars. Screw'em and let's play again!'

'Yeah and they'll try to break in like the last time. I'll go check on them.'

'Chicken! Come on I've got a winning streak right now I don't wanna waste it.'

'Later.'

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"HEY!!! I know you're in there so open this fucking door already!!!"

"Lina-san that's not very nice. You should."

"Be quiet Amelia." Gourry whispered. Of course he was whispering quite loudly so Lina has heard every word he said. "You know how it is when Lina is pissed. She becomes bad and ugly."

"FIREBALL!!!"

This was the moment that the house owner had chosen to open the peephole.

"My god. This isn't happening. I've drank some drugs with my tea and I have a bad dream."

'Really? You naughty boy!"

'Stay out of this.'

"ZEL!?!" gasped Lina. "What the Hell are you doing here?!"

"That's my line I think." He said. "So you are the one that should answer."

"Do you live in here, Zelgadis-san?" asked Amelia with wide eyes. "Why didn't you tell us that you've got a house?!"

"Must've slipped my mind" he said. 'God damn it, I knew this day would come. Now they know where I live!' he screamed mentally.

'Don't worry.' Brau reassured him. 'Dead men tell no tales.'

'Go screw yourself.'

'Gladly. Let's go!'

"WHATEVER!!!" yelled Lina, brought to her limits. "You better let me in, Greywolf. If I'm not sleeping under a roof no one is!!!"

Zel knew she wasn't kidding. He closed the peephole and moved the bolt and then opened the door. The redhead immediately ran inside and he closed the door behind her. Then he opened the peephole again, because Amelia started wailing.

"What?"

"Zelgadis-san!!! What about us?!"

"Oh yeah. Right I forgot about you." He went away. Then he returned with something and had pushed it through the peephole. "Here you go. A nice and cozy tent."

"Demo..."

SHUT!

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"You're not letting them in?" asked Lina surprised. "Why?"

"Look around." he said simply.

She instantly got what he'd meant. Even in the dim light she could see the surroundings. They were surrounded by tons of magic books, colorful bottles and ancient weaponry, obviously some artifact. Let Gourry or Amelia inside and you'll see splendid fireworks. Lina was astonished by the sheer number of valuable things scattered around the room. Then she tripped over a chair and landed in the dust.

"Holy shit Zelgadis!!!" she yelled when she stopped coughing. "Why it has to be so fucking dark in here!?! I can barely see where I'm going!"

"Dark? What are you talking about?" he was quite clueless. Then it hit him. "Oh right. You have normal eyes. Wait a second."

He snapped his fingers and a few more candles lit. Now Lina could finally see clearly his face. She noted that he wore the same ivory outfit he always wore, only without the cloak. She also saw the artifacts more clearly.

"Zel? What the fuck is that?" she pointed a strange green sword.

"Nothing."

"Don't act dumb. It's the Sairag's Bless Blade! Why on Earth is it in your house?"

"I thought I'll keep it in safe place. The city was destroyed after all."

"What about Sylpheel?"

"What could she possibly use it for? She' not a fighter."

Lina glared evilly at him making him slightly uncomfortable. Then she sighed.

"Oh why do I care? Just show me the bed and..."

"Bed?" He asked with a strange expression on his face. "I've got only one bed. Of course you can take it but... you have your own sheets and pillows?"

"And what's wrong with yours? Don't tell me you wet the bed?"

"Har har. No the problem is..."

"Oh come on Lina! Why would a rock need a pillow?" was heard from the stairs. Soon they both saw the source.

'Brau why didn't you tell me about him?'

'You always scold me when I cut in your conversations with chicks.'

'It's going to be a long night.'

'Yeah. Now go for it before the crapcake takes her from under your nose.'

'This is going to be a VERY long night.'

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"So you really don't have a SINGLE pillow in the whole tower? Why don't you sleep on pillows?"

"I don't feel any difference. And besides, can you imagine how hard it is to pull feathers out of my wire-like hair?"

"Oh."

Lina sighed sat on his so called 'bed'. It was a ordinary bunk, made of not planed boards. If she slept there she would have so many splinters in her skin she would look as a hedgehog. But of course Zel had no problems with them. He had other problems.

"What do you mean this is the only bed? Don't you have beds for the guests?"

"The only guest that I have from time to time is fruitcake. Check mate."

"Damn it." Whined the aforementioned priest. "You play as if somebody would be helping you!"

'And I know who IS helping you' he added telepathically.

'Get out of my head namagomi. It's tight in here already.'

'Yeah beat it, crapcake!'

'Speak of the devil.' Xellos grinned.

"Why are you smiling fruitcake?" asked Lina suspiciously. "What are planning in your sick little mind?"

'Not exactly in his mind but she's close.'

'Oh come on Zel. I know there is only one Lina but I'm sure we can share.'

'You're still here? Brau, activate the jamming spell.'

'Yes sir!'

Suddenly Xellos yelped and caught his head in his hands. Now the girl was VERY suspicious. She eyed him with an unpleasant expression.

"Nothing, nothing." said the Trickster rubbing his temples. "I just thought I heard something."

"Hey I've also heard something. Did you Zel?"

"No. It's just your imagination. Want to play?" He wanted to change the subject.

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"Come on here Amelia!" Said Gourry from the tent. "You're soaked and you'll get a cold if you stay on the rain."

"Demo..."

"And besides, they wont hear you in this storm. The thunders are too loud."

"Zelgadis-san has a great hearing. He must've heard me!"

"Then maybe he's ignoring you?"

"Gourry-san!"

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"You're quite sure that you didn't hear something. Then tell why I don't buy this?"

"..."

'Man she's hot when she narrows her eyes that way!'

'How rude! Zelgadis, you should teach that symbiot of yours some manners!' the priest finally broke through the jamming spell.

'I told you to get out. And you Brau stop drooling. I thought demons weren't interested in human females.'

'Hehe. Yes but you are interested. You know I feel everything you feel. The only thing is that I feel it a little different.'

WHAM!!!

"Damn it Lina why did you do that!?!" exclaimed Zelgadis, grabbing his head.

"Sorry but I can't shake of the feeling that you guys are talking about me behind my back." She answered, discreetly rubbing her hurting hand. "Can please speak up. You are doing nothing but sit and glare at each other."

'She and her fucking intuition.'

'But she's right Zelgadis. You were glaring at me as if you wanted to take me on the floor right here.'

'Go screw yourself.'

'Man she's hot!'

'You've said that already, Brau.'

'So? You're saying 'go screw yourself' over and over again.'

WHAAAM!!!

"Could please stop ignoring me?" said the redhead, this time holding her stinging hand openly.

"OK Lina-chan, what do you want to talk about?"

"And why won't you hit him?"

'Man she's hot!'

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Please review (I've come to a conclusion that asking you to read my fic in the end of it is stupid; finally^_^).