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Notes: Woohoo! Update! I know it’s early, but the last one was just a li’l too short. And this is from my writing binge, anyways.
Thankies for your reviews peoples! Oh, and an apology: there isn’t going to be much humor for a while now. Gomen ne!

The three remaining travelers, Lina, Gourry, and Amelia, sat at the table together eating dinner, oblivious to the drama going on around them. “Lina-san, don’t you think Zelgadiss was acting a bit strange when he came back today?” Amelia inquired as soon as the dinner plates had been cleared away.

“I s’pose,” Lina shrugged. “Probably had something to do with wherever he was. Maybe he accomplished something.” She rolled her eyes. “And without telling us he was doing anything, either. I should give him a piece of my mind…”

Then, at that moment, a door squeaked open upstairs. “I’m sorry, Zelgadiss,” said a voice. Xelloss’s. “I can’t deal with you like this. We’ll talk later. Please forgive me.” Lina lifted an eyebrow. The door closed, and Xss css could be heard making his way slowly down the stairs. He looked…tired. “Hello Lina, Gourry, Amelia,” Xelloss smiled at them, but for once it wasn’t very convincing at all. “How are you three doing?”

Lina lifted an eyebrow. “What’re you doing here?”

“Huh?” Xelloss blinked.

“Don’t pretend you don’t know anything,” Lina hissed. “You know what you did.”

“Oh, uh, that…” Xelloss sighed. “Please, can we set our disagreements aside for now?”

“After that stunt you pulled? I don’t think so! I think you need to be taught a lesson.” Lina was up and grinning at him, her favorite predatory-Lina smile. The one that said, “You been bad, so Lina get to punish you!”

“Gee, I’m sorry Lina, but you know…orders are orders.” He shrugged. He didn’t really want to have a confrontation with her now, with Zelgadiss already mad at him. (He was mad, right?) He might wind up killing her, and although that would make his master happy, he didn’t want to do anything to hurt Zel.

“Orders are orders my ass.” Lina snorted and started to form a fireball.

“Lina-san, please don’t do this,” Xelloss pleaded.
Pleaded? Lina halted and lifted an eyebrow. “Something wrong with you too, Xelloss?”

“Ah…no, not exactly,” Xelloss swallowed. This new attitude was not befitting of a Mazoku of his status. He had to get back to normal, fast, even if that meant…no, nothing was worth hurting Zel. Ruby-eye, this was bad.

“Xelloss-san, what’s wrong?” Amelia’s eyebrow furrowed. “Sit down, please.” Lina looked at her like she was crazy, but she ignored it.

“I’m afraid I promised Zel I wouldn’t tell,” Xelloss sighed. It was full of resignation and hopelessness. “But perhaps, under the circumstances…If you guessed it, I suppose it wouldn’t really count.”

Amelia stared. “What? What happened to Zelgadiss-san?!”

“Nothing bad.” Xelloss shook his head. “Just well, something between me and him.”

Lina stared. “You and him?! You two? I thought he hated you.”

Xelloss let out a breath. “Right on the money, as usual.” That’s the smart flame for you… “Zelgadiss and I were together…briefly.”

Amelia sniffed. “What? Butt, ht, how could he choose you over me?!”

“Amelia, you idiot,” Lina grumbled. “He said ‘were.’ Past tense. Calm down.” She turned to Xelloss. “So what happened? Why aren’t you together anymore?”

“We had a disagreement,” Xelloss said. He sighed. “No, I mistreated him. I suppose it is my nature. And I greatly regret it. But now I realize how much I, well, love him…”

Strangely enough, Amelia hadn’t taken it as badly as Xelloss thought she would. She seemed to have already recovered. Or perhaps she was simply distracted by that word he used, one of her favorites: love. “Love? Oh! So you two loved each other, but your horrible evil Mazoku nature got in the way! How sad…” She lowered her head as if in mourning. “If only you hadn’t been born a Mazoku! It’s still not too late, Xelloss-san, to turn away from your evil ways!”

Perhaps it would have been nicer if she had been bawling or accusing him of seducing Zelgadiss. Yes, that would have been much more pleasant. “Well, in any case,” he interrupted, “I was going to apologize to him, but certain…circumstances…has made that impossible.”

“Circumstances?” Amelia asked. Gourry snored. Lina listened intently, but rolled her eyes a bit at Amelia’s antics.

“Well, he’s acting rather strangely,” Xelloss commented.

Lina nodded. “Right. We thought it had something to do with wherever you took him, but I suppose that’s not the case…?”

Xelloss shook his head. “I took him to his room. After we, uh, fought a bit—” at this, Xelloss started to have trouble. He sniffled and choked, while Amelia patted him on the back. She waited for him to continue. “Zelgadiss left. My master called me and I left. I don’t know what he’s been up to.”

Lina nodded. “I see,” she said. “In that case, we’ll just have to ask him. Come on, guys, we’re going upstairs.”

“I wouldn’t suggest that,” Xelloss said.

“Why not?” Lina asked.

“Well…ah, never mind.” Probably wouldn’t hurt Zelgadiss any, so what did he care? Lina shrugged and ran up the stairs.

She pounded on the door. “ZEL! Let us in!” No answer. Xelloss, overhearing, smirked a bit. “We’re coming—” Lina opened the door, to find a naked, aroused Zelgadiss attempting to pull on some pants. “In.”

“Oh, hi Lina!” Zelgadiss said a bit too cheerfully. “Hey Amelia, Gourry.” Silence. “What’s up, guys?” He looked up to see all three of them staring, blushing, and looking rather scarred. Well, Amelia and Lina were anyway. Gourry was just grinning.

“Uh…I…ah…excuse me!!!” Amelia scrambled out the door and slammed it shut.

“Hey, you’re kinda small in the nether regions, aren’t you?” Gourry grinned. “That’s all right, Lina’s kinda small in the—” BAM. Instant unconscious Gourry.

“AAAH!” Broken out of her trance, Lina flung open the door and flung herself out of it. Zelgadiss was left alone in the room with an unconscious Gourry.



Zelgadiss noted that Gourry was, in some ways, rather nice-looking. And Zelgadiss was rather aroused. Xelloss obviously didn’t feel like playing, and his master probably wouldn’t mind… [Do you, master?]

[I don’t see a reason why I should. Go ahead,] she responded. It might actually be of use. This minion of hers was, indeed, turning out to be very useful. And playful, too. Not to mention a perfect assassin for the job, considering Xelloss’ attachment to her minion’s former self.

[Thank you, master,] Zelgadiss grinned.

As soon as she was downstairs, the first thing Lina did was give Xelloss a nice bop on the head. “Oof! Ow, Lina-san, what was that for?”

“You could’ve warned us, you dimwit,” Lina snarled. Lina-anger. If he wasn’t so depressed, he would have enjoyed it.

“But I tried,” Xelloss smirked a little. “Ah well, no matter. By the way, where’s Gourry?”

“Oh, I guess he’s still in there,” Lina observed with a shrug.

Amelia blinked. “You left him in there with Zelgadiss-san?” Lina shrugged. “Then why hasn’t Zelgadiss-san tossed him out yet?” Lina shrugged again.

Xelloss paused a moment and tapped a finger on the table absently. “I think I will taste his aura,” he announced. “The closer I am, the more I can sense.” He phased out.

“Taste his aura?” Amelia whispered to Lina.

Lina shrugged. “Must be some Mazoku thing.”

When Xelloss phased in again outside the door, his eyes began to widen. With the sounds they were making in there, one didn’t have to be a Mazoku to be able to guess what was going on. Zelgadiss was…with someone else? With GOURRY?!

Xelloss started to panic. Had he done something wrong? Was this revenge? Or had he snapped? He had half a mind to teleport in there and just hold him close, tell him it was going to be all right. Maybe something was really wrong with Zelgadiss. Maybe he needed to be comforted, maybe that was all. Maybe he should have let Zelgadiss seduce him, if it would have helped.

But the other half of him was disgusted and hurt. Had Zelgadiss chosen someone else? Maybe Zelgadiss was just trying to get on his nerves. Maybe he had been even more angry than Xelloss had thought. He shuddered as he heard Zelgadiss’ moans, heard him yell out Gourry’s name. No, he couldn’t take any more of this! He teleported back downstairs, his eyes wide and fearful.

“Xelloss? Xelloss, what’s up? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Lina waved her hand in front of his face. He didn’t move.

“Xelloss-san…? You’re scaring me,” Amelia whimpered. “Is Zelgadiss-san all right?”

“I’m not sure.” The words came out as a hoarse whisper.

“Well? Did you sense his aura?” Lina asked him.

“No,” Xelloss said. “I was rather…distracted, I’m afraid. He and Gourry are…” This was all too confusing. He shook his head.

“Zelgadiss-san and Gourry?” Amelia blinked. “Are…are having s-sex?”

Xelloss nodded. “Fucking like there’s no tomorrow.” For Xelloss, it was a little easier to put it that way. Not for the two girls. They paled.

“XELLOSS! YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT IT LIKE THAT!” BAM. Lina’s Iron Fist of Doom came down upon the head of the sinner. If Xelloss were human, he would have been knocked rather unconscious.

“Ow. Lina, you don’t have to hit so hard.”

“Serves you right.”



His master smiled at him. “When you return to that world,” she said, “A few memories might try to make themselves known. That’s just Xelloss’s doing. Those memories are fake. You must disregard them entirely. Am I understood?”

Zelgadiss nodded. “Yes, master.”

“Also remember that the memories I have given you are fake,” she informed him. “Parts of them may seem real. They are just an illusion, so that you may play your part more fully. Interrupt me if you don’t understand something.” Zelgadiss nodded again to show he understood perfectly. She continued. “Your true birth was just a few hours ago. If something happens that makes you want to question that, contact me. I will help you through it. I think that’s it…ah, if you complete your mission successfully, I will reward you. And don’t forget how to use the power I gave you. That is the key to the success of all of this. Tell me you understand.”

“I understand, my master,” Zelgadiss said.

“Good.” She smiled again; he loved to see her smile. “Then you may leave.” The chimera disappeared from sight. Her smile grew into a smirk.



Zelgadiss looked down at the cute figure framed in gold. It was really very pretty in its own way; all his hair twirling around his face, encompassing him. And those pitch-black closed eyelashes. Delicious. After all that activity, he had fallen asleep. He really was an idiot, just like those memories told him. So helpless and fragile, despite those big muscles of his. Even after he’d awoken, Gourry had not resisted at all to Zel’s seduction. He had just said something like, “Oh, sure, Zel, okay. You want me to do this?” Jellyfish brains. He wondered if he was Gourry’s first. Could be. He might not even have known what sex really was. Oh well.

Hm, now what should he do, now that Gourry was asleep? He was rather exhausted himself, so there wasn’t much point in molesting him again. Perhaps he should just kill him, then feed on his pain like his master had taught him to do. Sure, why not? It would be fun. He needed to experiment with his power anyway. Yes, master, he thought, I will test out that power now.

It was a simple matter. All he had to do was take out the black energy from inside, form it into a ball, and plunge it into the blondie. And so he formed it, big and black and deadly. And then he straddled Gourry’s naked body, just for the full effect. Damn he slept soundly; he could hear quiet snores. He lowered the black death ball down onto his skin, then began to push it through. Mmmm, what a pleasant sensation.

Gourry’s eyes snapped open. He screamed. Zelgadiss leapt back. What the hell was he doing?! But it was too late! “GOURRY!” he called out.

“Hey, Zel,” the voice rang through his head. Gourry’s, from this morning. He was downstairs, looking at his friends’ smiling faces. He liked it when they smiled at him. It reminded him that he had friends, and that they cared about him. It was nice.

Zelgadiss blinked at the gory form of the former swordsman. What was he just remembering? Ah well, no matter. He grinned. That had been fun.

And then there were two: a red-headed sorceress and a Seyruun princess.  

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