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

Hello again^_^. This time we're meeting in another place and time: in the town where Filia has got her shop and about two or three months later. This may develop or end as an open ending^^. The choice is yours. Enjoy^_^.

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'Dear Filia-san,

I know it was a long time since I last wrote and I'm sorry. I was very busy because my dad was

on one of his journeys to battle injustice again and I had to take his place. But now my beloved

fiancé, Zelgadis-san, is helping me in rule so I have some time for myself.

Where to start? Well for the start, he has abandoned his hopeless search for a cure and decided

to stay the way he is. Isn't it great? I always thought he's just adorable with all of his rocks and

pebbles, completely kawaii^_^. He also said that he'll ask for my hand right away when my father

shall return. Of course you and the others are invited for the wedding. I would love to see you in

pair with Xellos... '

Filia's hand unwillingly tightened on the letter.

'No way in bloody Hell am I going to dance with this rotten piece of crap.' Thought the dragoness. She proceeded to read further.

'…And about the wedding: could possibly tell me where to find Lina-san and Gourry-san? I simply

cannot imagine my wedding without them and I'd love to have Lina-san as my maid. I would also

want to know which one of you will catch the bouquet…'

This time the poor piece of paper was ripped to bits. Pigeons in all corners of the town launched in the air with fear, when the ex-priestess started swearing. Dark clouds started to gather. And it was still morning.

"Hey boss! Stop it! You'll scare off the customers again."

"Sorry Gravos just lost my mind for a moment. And don't call me boss."

"OK boss."

She sighed. To think that it was going to be a beautiful day. She took her hip flask and drank some of the beverage. That had calmed her a bit and she looked around.

"Where is Jiras? He better not be making another bomb."

"No he's gone shopping boss. We're out o' olive oil. And ya don't want your precious maces to rust do ya boss?"

"Quite right..."

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'Why can't that blockheaded Ogre or whatever he is do this kind of stuff?!' complained Jiras silently. 'I'm tired of fetching heavy stuff! Why do I...?'

He stopped in a mid thought. He heard some strange noises, as if somebody was fighting. Or rather hurting somebody badly. The fox thought that some entertainment would be very appreciated and raced in that direction.

It was one of the strangest fights he had ever seen*. One unarmed guy was beating shit out of a band of hooligans. He wasn't using any kung fu or anything like that. He was simply blocking their blows with his arm and hitting them with fists. And boy was he strong! He blew one of the bandits about a hundred yards in the air. The other was kicked so hard he went through a wooden wall of a nearby house. Now the one man-army was bending the arm of another one. Soon a disgusting crack and an awful scream were heard.

'I think I saw that guy somewhere.' thought Jiras for a moment. He didn't see his face but the way the guy was dressed resembled somebody. Then it hit him. 'Of course! The stone man! What was his name now? Oh yeah, Zelgalis!'

"YO!!! ZELGALIS!!! REMEMBER ME!?! IT'S ME JIRAS!!!"

Something flashed in the air. With a thud a curved knife was plunged in a wall half an inch from his fury head. When he turned to look at the strange stone guy he appeared to be standing right in front of him. The chimera caught his neck and pulled him face to face.

"My name is ZelgaDIS you lousy excuse for a mongrel." was said by a menacing, hissing voice. "Mispronounce it again and I'll tear you apart with my bare hands. Got that?"

"O-OK boss" whimpered the fox. "I won't. Say why don't you come with me and have a nice cup of coffee?"

Jiras was making puppy dog eyes. Zelgadis eyed him with disgust but had calmed a bit. He had even let go the little mercenary. Literally.

"Ouch!"

"So this is where Filia lives? I've always wondered where that place is." said the chimera looking around.

"That's because you never bother to give an answer to our letters." said Jiras while dusting himself off. "Besides you probably forgot that you've promised to help me in constructing a new type of a weapon." 

"Oh yeah. Right, thanks for reminding me. Still working on it?"

"Of course!" snapped the fox. They didn't even notice that they started heading towards Filia's house. What else can I do with my free time? Write poems?"

"Well maybe you're right." Agreed the chimera. "But what about Filia? Did she allow you to make it?"

"Well... not technically."

"Oh whatever. I've got nothing to do for a while anyway so I think I can help you a bit."

"Really? Wait. What about that quest for a cure of yours?"

"I have no clues for now. I don't want to talk about it if you don't mind."

"Sure."

It was strange but the two of them had something you could call friendship between them. They were both smart and they were both the inventing type. They didn't meet very often and didn't do anything to make friends with each other, but their zeal in the craftsmanship had allowed them to become... kindred spirits?

"So how is your relationship with your...?"

"I don't you to talk about it either. How is Filia doing?"

"Good. She would be doing a lot better if it wasn't for that Xellos guy."

"Should've anticipated that." sighed Zel. "So he's visiting you from time to time? How often?"

"Too often."

"It must be love."

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"Val? Where is Val?" asked Filia none in particular. "He should be gone school already."

"I'm coming mum!" said the ever grumpy ancient dragon. He came from the back of the shop dressed in an adorable blue sailor-like school uniform outfit. "Mother why do I have to wear this shity outfit?"

"My Dear Cepheid! Where did you learn such language?!"

"Sore wa himitsu desu." Val grinned impishly. He knew that by saying that he would give Filia a heart attack. And of course he almost succeeded.  

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"Do you have that often?" said Zelgadis calmly when one of Filia's laser beams had missed his head by inches.

"Yeah. This place is a war zone. A constant one. You wait till Xellos pays us a visit. Then you'll see Hell."

"I can imagine."

"No. Believe me. You can't."

Meanwhile they entered the shop where Gravos was able to tame Filia's rage and send Val to school. The golden dragoness was panting hard and looking madly around. Then she had spotted Zelgadis and Jiras. She still wasn't herself so she asked:

"What are you doing here?"

"Excuse me?"

That was the moment that she realized what had she said. She became flushed and started to stutter.

"I-I mean... I'm sorry Zelgadis-san I thought... that is you should've been... and for the record..."

"It's OK boss, you should just sit down and relax." Said Jiras helping her to a chair. "You know you should take everything so seriously. I'll make you some tea OK?"

"OK." she agreed. When the fox went to the kitchen she took her hip flask again and took a big swallow. "Want some?"

"Sure." said Zel and took the bottle. After the first sip he felt as if he was belching fire and had an oven instead of a stomach. He even had tears in his eyes. "Wh-what is this stuff?!? Liquid fire?"

"No just rectified spirit." she said quietly. "It's the only thing that can calm me down a bit. You know I'm a dragon and everything."

"O... oh..." he managed to say. He also sat down because he wasn't very certain of his legs. He started after a while, when he got his voice back. "So what did you want to ask me?"

"Well... I've received a letter from Amelia and... she wrote that you're in Seirun and are helping her in ruling and were going to merry her and... I don't know what to think about it."

"Seirun?" asked Zelgadis with large eyes. "I haven't been there in ages. What came over her?"

'She must've gone bananas.' Brau stated.

'I have to agree with you on that one.' thought Zelgadis. "Could I see that letter?" he asked out loud.

"Well I'm afraid I've destroyed it." said the girl blushing. "You see Amelia wrote something about me and Xellos as a pair and..."

"I see." He shook his head, which made her blush even more. 'I don't know who is more hopeless: her or Amelia.'

'Me too. You know what the funniest thing is?'

'I'm not sure if I WANT to know.'

'I think she is jealous. Of Lina.'

'You mean she... You're out of your mind demon spawn.'

'Oh come on! It's obvious!'

'The only thing obvious for me is that thanks to you I've almost ripped the whole town to bits. Again.'

'Hey! Does assholes deserved the beating we gave'em!'

'You remember darn well what happened when I... I mean you... WE were last time out of control!'

'Yeah so? Big deal. We're alive aren't we?'

'Right I keep forgetting who you ARE. A dirty son of a bitch.'

'Hey!'

"So Filia." Zel decided to ignore the symbiote. It worked most of the times. "She said that she is going to marry me?"

"Well, to be exact, she said that you proposed to her."

"WHAT!?!" his outburst was so sudden that Jiras had almost dropped the tea pot when he came in.

Filia could swear she SAW dark energy gather around the chimera. 'Something's wrong with him.' she thought. 'He never acted this way before. To say nothing about this aura.' She went to him to do something to calm him down.

'Even Amelia isn't dumb enough to write a thing like that.' thought Zelgadis. But quickly he got his composure back. 'Not here. Not now. Hold your horses Brau.'

'Right. But when we go to Seirun the bitch will...'

'We are NOT going to Seirun!!! I don't want a bloodbath just because you don't like Princess Don Quichote.'

'But...' suddenly Brau stopped and then said in a changed voice. 'Crapcake alert.'

'Shit! Not now!'

"HELLO Filia-san!!! Zelgadis-san! I did NOT know you are cheating on poor Miss Lina. Shame on you. And you Filia, do you want to make me feel jealous?"

He was referring to their position. Filia was holding Zel's shirt while he was oblivious of his hands grabbing her arms. When they've noticed that they jumped away from each other blushing strong. Then it hit Filia.

"Cheat on Lina-san?" she eyed the now very awkward chimera. "What is the meaning of this mister Zelgadis?"

"H-his just talking gibberish! Don't listen to him!"

"Oh really?" said the smiling priest. Then he dematerialized and appeared behind him.

'Look out!!!' yelled Brau at top of his lungs**. Too late. The purple-haired demon had already pulled off his hood. Revealing...

"What?" said Filia with a bored look. "So mister Zelgadis has got an earring in his left ear. In some parts of the World it's quite common..." it slowly dawned to her where she had seen the earring. "... custom... Oh my fucking Cepheid!!!"

"Such language." Xellos scolded her. "And to think that you are taking care of a developing little boy. Tisk tisk."

"How did you know fruitcake?!" roared Zelgadis grabbing the priest by the collar. "You were imprisoned in a lamp back then! So how?!"

"Sore wa..." the demon's head had evaporated.

'Oops I did it again***!' Brau started to sing.

'Shut up.'

'Spoilsport.'

"Why did you come here Namagomi?" asked the shaman kicking the headless body. Then it disappeared and appeared again with a head this time. A head that was soon crushed by Filia's mace.

"That's my line I think." she said. Xellos fazed out and reappeared one more time but out of their range.

"Well I just wanted to say that you're both invited to a wedding. A wedding of Amelia Will Tesla Seirun and me..." he then morphed his appearance to... "Zelgadis Greywolf."

The dragoness and the chimera stared at him with wide eyes. They were simply speechless.

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* - Consider that he hasn't known Lina for very long^_^.

** - A figure of speech.

*** - I'm not a fan. I've only heard on TV. And again you should my previous one shot story^_^.

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Review if you want me to continue. If you don't I will just leave it this way^_^.