#xelloss/lina

[yufy01]

Xelloss and Lina

[tyo1999]

Hi, @nocturnalmonarch ! I'm your Secret Santa! I went for your prompt "Lina gets surprised under the mistletoe". I'm not very good at crack humour but I hope you like it anyway. :3

@slayersweek

[frozenhaart]

Another sticker set in making! One of my fav old series from childhood, bless their humor xD Slayers serie was what got me into fantasy even more haha. Gosh i love them and miss them, i guess its time to refresh this show 👀

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[hotwaterandmilk]

Series: Slayers Artist: Miyata Naomi Product: ‘The Best of Slayers (from TV & Radio)’ Album (06/1999) Source: Scanned from personal collection

[setteidreams]

Slayers Try shitajiki featuring Lina, Gourry, Zelgadis, Amelia and Xelloss.

HQ 300dpi on our Discord & 1200dpi on Patreon.

[xellychan040]

Slayers Fic: you escape with a smile

Fandom: Slayers Characters: Main Slayers Crew, no pairs unless you squint Word Count: 2001 Warnings: Gen. Lots of Food (breaks). Little 'Actual Driving' for a road trip, silliness and slice of life vibes

Summary: Three stops, no destination. You and you and you and you and me.

Notes: Written during the 2022 Slayers Secret Santa with @slayersweek for @dazzelmethat for the prompt "or a modern human au of them all going on a road trip. This prompt would focus more on them all as friends". I haven't written much at all this year, so I'm sorry it's a little rusty! But I really had fun trying to imagine the group questing and traveling together with modern conveniences! As per usual, I'm also posting this in the middle of the night, right after my birthday haha, so marry belated Christmas and Happy bday to me! Hope I got everyone's voices more or less right! ***

.hotel.

"Are you all packed up?" Zel knocks on the door frame, an eyebrow arching under his fringe as he peers at the disarray in the room. 

Lina blows her hair out of her face, huffing as she wrangles and fights with her suitcase. A snarl twists her mouth, a triumphant war cry escaping her as she shoves in a shampoo bottle and manages to zip her bulging suitcase. "It's all the same crap, so why is it so much harder to put back the second time around?" Lina huffs, passing her arm over her forehead, wiping away the sweat not caught by the headband. "God, I wouldn't need to pack the value-sized conditioner if Gourry remembered his."

Zel rolls his eyes, pushing into the room, patting the top of her head in passing. "You say that like you don't have as much hair as he does." Grabbing the suitcase handle, Zelgadis ushers her out of the room, hand on her wiry shoulder. "C'mon, check out is soon-- I know you want to dive into the breakfast bar before we go. I'll toss this in the van while you save me some coffee."

Immediately perking up, Lina cheers and hops in place with a fist pump. Bad mood entirely evaporated, Lina bounces up to hug Zelgadis briefly, dropping the handle of her suitcase in his hand. Letting go, she skips down the hallway, waving as she sing-songs, "Don't take too long, Zel! Or else, I can promise you'll have any toast to go with that coffee!"

Zelgadis snorts as he watches Lina's mane trail behind her before she disappears down the other hallway. "Hnn, at least she won't be irritated until lunchtime today."

Making his way down the elevator and into the parking lot, Zel patted his pants for the keys to the van Gourry had fixed up over the summer. However, there was no need, the Van's back was already open and occupied. Zel made a face as he drew near enough to see who it was. 

His exasperation didn't go unnoticed by the occupant as Xelloss covered the speaker of his cell phone and smiled one of the smiles that best dug under Zel's skin. Any other time with any other person, he was made out of stone against many annoyances, big or small, but something about Xelloss that never failed to get a rise out of Zel. And Xelloss knew that. Pitching his voice low so the person on the other end of the phone call wouldn't hear, Xelloss trailed his eyes up and down Zel, then winked, "Ah, doing our Majesty's bidding again, I see." Before Zel could retort, the conversation must have begun again as Xelloss straightened up and uncovered the phone, "I'm right here, I'm listening," Xelloss says, sliding down off the van and moving to lean up against the tire well instead. "It's fine, there's some connection through most of the roads, so I can still keep an eye on things. No, that won't be a problem, Miss."

Glaring at Xelloss through the corner of his eye, Zelgadis kept quiet out of respect as he organized the back and played luggage Tetris to get all the bags fitting without taking up too much space.

"Uh-huh, yes. I already sent in my research. And I made sure to tell Mr. Phibrizzo to kindly, as you put it, 'eat it'. I sent the gift basket you specified, as well, Miss Zelas." Xelloss laughs, the sound of it instinctively making Zelgadis' hackles rise and his shoulders bunch up around his ears in preparation for a snide remark, but a moment later Zelgadis relaxes, letting his shoulders drop. For once that laugh wasn't at his expense. 

Xelloss' conversation seemed to wrap up just as Zelgadis finishes up with his self-appointed chore. The cell beeps softly as Xelloss hangs up, a faint, lopsided smile tugging at his mouth.  

Knowing he shouldn't, Zel still opens his mouth, eyebrow arching as he comments, "Sooo," Zelgadis begins, voice desert dry. "What were you saying about Majesties?" Dusting off his hands, he motions for Xellos to lock the van before leading the way back inside.  

"What can I say, I admire strong, driven women." Xelloss laughs easily, tossing Zel the spare key to give back to Gourry. "The difference between my mother being my actual boss and Lina is that Lina thinks she's everyone's boss." Xelloss' eyes crease at the corners as he hides away a smile. "Not that you seem to mind. Neither do I, for the record."

Zelgadis rolls his eyes, but nods in agreement, albeit reluctantly. "Well. We've got a long trip; maybe you'll get your chance to be bossed around next if you enjoy it so much."

Laughter was Xelloss' only response as they walked into the hotel's dining room.

.rest stop.

"Woooooow!" Amelia exclaims, sticking her head out of the window as Gourry guides the van slowly through a curved road to the rest stop. "I can see the ocean from here." She closes her eyes, tilting her face up towards the sun's rays. Taking a big gulp of sea salt air, Amelia launches herself out of the van the moment Gourry parks. "Ohh, goshhh, feel that breeze..."

Stretching like a cat on the grass, Amelia made small noises of contentment as she shook the numbness out of her legs from sitting still for so long. Going onto her tippy toes, her tank top rolling up to show a patch of smooth belly, Amelia loosened a knot hiding between her shoulders. 

Back in the van, Lina was groaning too, but not with relief. "Ughhhh, I'm not stepping one foot out there if there's nothing to eat." Flopping against her rolled-up window, Lina let out a theatrical sob. "Everyone hurry and pee so we can get some good seafood soon."

Fanning her like a devoted servant with a tourist brochure from the hotel, Xelloss pats her back and makes a sympathetic sound. Despite the obvious amusement towards Lina's dramatics painting his face, he almost sounds sympathetic. "Aww Miss Lina, it's only another forty-five minutes to the beach. Oh! But by then, I wonder if vendors will still be open..." Xelloss contemplates aloud, his finger tapping his bottom lip, a little too gleeful at the moan of misery leaving Lina.

"Oh you guys," Gourry laughs, slipping out of the driver's seat to stretch his own legs. Sliding open the side door to let in fresh air so the van doesn't heat up, Gourry tugs Lina outside with a little smile, patting her face to get her to perk up. "Xelloss is looking at the dashboard clock! It's a few hours ahead, so the restaurants should still be open."

Not fully convinced, Lina drags in a weepy sigh, leaning limply on Gourry like a man with no strength to continue on. "R-really? Will I still get fresh from the ocean seafood?"

Skipping over, putting her gymnastics skills to use, Amelia vaults herself onto the van's hood. Peering down with a wide smile as she kicks her sandaled feet, Amelia gives a thumbs up to Lina. "Most definitely! And even if we did get there late, Mr. Zelgadis and I double-checked when all the seafood places close, so we're good Miss Lina!"

"Sweet, hear that Lina?" Gourry high-fives Amelia, his other arm looped around a slowly reviving Lina. 

Cutting a look Xelloss' way, Zelgadis rolls his eyes when the older man seemingly pouts when he can no longer tease Lina with imminent starvation. "Oh...joy," Xelloss says, voice heavy with a sigh as he slides out of the van, already rummaging for his phone. Another call to mummy, probably. For all that Zelas hardly seems to have a motherly bone in her body. More likely a business call, for all that it was essentially the same thing for Xelloss. 

Hip-checking Xelloss out of the way, Zelgadis digs out a plastic bag of road snacks he hid under his seat. Rummaging around inside, Zelgadis pulled out everyone's preferred snack, tossing a few to the guys, then handing Lina and Amelia their own. "Stop acting like you're wasting away. C'mon, if we stop, we'll just take longer to get there, so eat this."

"Zel's right," Lina says, scrunching up her nose as she tears one package open with her teeth. Gobbling her granola with crumbs falling free, Lina claps her hands harshly, shoving Gourry with her shoulder. Tapping Amelia's thigh as she passes, Lina shouts back at her group, "Chop chop people, I wasn't kidding about everyone hurrying with the peeing! Let's goooooo!"

Laughing, Gourry lets his huge frame be bullied by a tiny slip of a redhead, sharing an amused, commiserating look with everyone. "That's Lina for you, nothing gets her going like food."

.distination.

The sun was going down now, warm reds and oranges reflecting off the waters as the gloom of the evening chased the sunset. Gourry wipes sea water from his brow, feeling the sand on his forearm grit against his forehead. Trudging up the shoreline where Zelgadis and Xelloss kept watch over the towels and bags. "Getting chilly now, think now is a good time for that fire?"  

Zelgadis shrugs, meticulously using a bit of broken-off driftwood as a sculpting tool for his sand sculpture. It was his fourth one of the night. "I could use the light."

Husking a small chuckle, Xelloss nods back towards the water where Amelia hefted Lina up her shoulder and tossed her into an oncoming wave. "Miss Lina might appreciate drying off soon," He says, just as Lina's scream of rage gave way to burbling and the sound of water crashing into itself. 

A burst of water exploded as she rose again, spitting out a stream of saltwater, strand kelp in her hair as she roared at a cry-laughing Amelia, chasing her up the shore.

"Noooooooooooooooooo, mercy, mercy!" Amelia laughs, tears streaming down her face as Lina thunders after her, launching at the younger girl.

They both go down in a dust storm of sand, miraculously missing Zelgadis' sculptures and instead landing in a tangle of limbs beside a failed moat. 

"Never!" Lina cackles, wrangling Amelia down like a hog, a vindictive, fiery light gleaming in her eyes as she brandishes her hands in the shape of claws, readying herself for the tickle of a lifetime. "Prepare to suffer, little princess!" Sand kicked and flew as Amelia let out peels and peels of laughter, failing to escape as she fought to gulp air into her straining lungs. 

Gourry, knowing better than to get between Lina and prey, wisely crept around flailing legs as he gingerly stole the log bundle from beside the girls. "Lina," Gourry cheerfully admonishes, "stop picking on people weaker than you."

"Yeah, Lina, she's about to turn bluer than her blood," Zel snorts, pushing himself to stand, dusting off his legs as he gets the cooler full of corn and s'more supplies. 

Tickling Amelia one last time, Lina nodded decisively to herself before finally releasing her victim. Finally registering the chill breeze and lack of warm sun, Lina shivers and rubs her prickling shoulders, scampering towards Xelloss. Nudging his leg with her foot, she plops down beside him with an expectant look. "You've got a Hawaiian overshirt, give it to me." Her nose scrunches as she glares at him into surrendering his clothes."

Seeing no harm in it, since her tussle with Amelia left her mostly dry, except for her hair, Xelloss draped his overshirt around her shoulders, smiling bemusedly at how large it seemed on her. 

Before long, the fire lights and crackles merrily, eating away at the gloom of the evening. The cool air was replaced by the smell of roasting corn and the smell of melty butter. Lina sighs, happy and tired, leaning her head against Amelia's shoulder as the other girl passes around drinks. "Thanks, guys. This is just where I wanted to be."     

Clacking their soda cans together, the group cheered and murmured. "Same here, Lina."

[xaren-jo]

the rarest pairing i ever wrote is a throuple actually. the media is semi obscure, but the characters are well known and well loved.

two of them form the most popular het pairing in the fandom, and the third guy is like a spicy alternative the main heroine is often paired off with. and i decided, well, she's got two hands, doesn't she?

there are exactly two fics labelled with that throuple tag, and both of them are mine x)

Reblog and put your rare pair in the tags/comments! I want to see the depths people will go to create, for the most random two characters in the most obscure media.

[the-bar-sinister]

First Kiss (but then again?!) (1490 words) by thesavagesabretooth

Summary: Alone together during a quest, Zelgadis finally settles what it's like to kiss Xelloss. The mazoku leaves him with more questions than answers.

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By the time that Zelgadis and Xelloss actually kissed for the first time, Zelgadis felt late to the game– like, despite their tension, everyone else had gotten there first.

He said as much when he broached the subject. The two of them were alone at an inn somewhere along the coast, having split the party in order to cover more ground in their current quest. The quest, ironically, was partially in search for a way to turn Zelgadis back into a chimera– but Zelgadis pushed that out of his mind, as he stood belligerent in front of Xelloss in their shared room.

Xelloss didn't even need a room. It was ridiculous that the recently minted Beast Master was bothering to act as if he did.

At any rate, Zelgadis stood with his hands on his hips. "We might as well get this over with."

"Why, get what over with, Zelgadis?" Xelloss purred, feigning innocence with a wide smile.

"This!" Zel huffed, waving an arm at the little room and its little bed. "You let me arrange a room for one like you weren't even going to stick around, but now you're in those ridiculous pajamas, and I know what's on your mind. There's only one bed!"

"Well I don't sleep of course, now do I?" he cooed, mirroring Zel's gesture with his own hands on his hips. 

"Obviously," Zel snorted. "But I've noticed that you cuddle. I've noticed you in fact, in just about every bedroll in the party at some point, lately."

"Can you blame me, Zelgadis? After all, I've learned what loneliness is," Xelloss' voice was thick with that lilting purr that he always infused it with, and he stepped forward, fully into Zelgadis' personal space. "A lesson I know you've known for a long time."

A shudder went through him– a long held reaction to the sensation of the mazoku being close to him, but this time he didn't step away.

"Very funny," Zelgadis drawled, standing his ground. 

 Xelloss' mouth had been on Lina. It had been on Gourry. It had been on Amelia for gods' sakes. There wasn't much degree of separation between them by now. And the tension was killing him. He was sure Xelloss was getting satisfaction out of it, too– the turmoil of his feelings about whether or not Zel should let the mazoku touch him.

"Oh but I was being sincere, Zelgadis. I promise." Xelloss smiled, and he put a hand on Zelgadis' chest. 

He shuddered again– or maybe it was more of a shiver. Zelgadis had been human for months now, and every time someone touched him it felt strange, and foreign. Vulnerable. It felt more vulnerable than ever to have Xelloss' hands on him. 

"Sincerity from you is still such a bizarre reality for me to cope with," he admitted.

"I know," Xelloss shook his head. "What a pathetic end to our little game. It feels almost like a waste. Maybe you should pretend not to trust me again, and I'll come up with some fun way to manipulate you, hmm?"

Zelgadis felt the foreign sensation of the hot blood crawling up his cheeks in a flush, and he looked away. "I'd rather not."

Xelloss almost certainly knew that the truth of that statement was 'I'd rather not, right now'.

"Well then I guess we'll have to make due with sincerity after all!" Xelloss laughed. "For the moment at least."

He reached up and cupped Zelgadis' warm cheek with a cool, gloved hand, and Zelgadis didn't stop him. He saw the sliver of Xelloss' bewitching eyes under his long, heavy lashes.

"More fools us," Zelgadis muttered, glancing away.

"I'll leave you alone, if you ask me too, Zelgadis. But I can tell that isn't what you want."

"Of course," Zel snorted. "Fucking mazoku."

Xelloss laughed softly, and scooped his other arm around Zelgad's waist, pulling him closer, his hand still on his face.

"You hide your emotions from everyone, Zelgadis. No wonder you don't like that I can see right through you, hmmm? You want me to kiss you."

Zel felt himself flushing even brighter, and he refused to meet Xelloss' gaze. "You've kissed everyone else by this point."

"And you're jealous. Tut tut, that's a truly negative emotion you now."

Zelgadis' stomach knotted. "I'm not! That isn't!!"

But of course there was no way to lie to the mazoku about jealousy. He was eating it up like a good dinner, he was sure.

Xelloss' glove stroked Zel's lower lip and sent another, different kind of shiver through him.

"Now, now, as much as I am flattered– and well fed– by your jealous feelings here, why don't we put an end to them, hmm? And then I'll tell you a secret. I've gotten into the habit of telling secrets recently, so you can have this little one."

"A secret?" Zelgadis couldn't help his curiosity any more than his jealousy.

"Mmhmm, but after we kiss– that is, if you still want to, Mr. Zelgadis?"

Zel found he couldn't take a single moment more of the teasing, and the tension. After years of bitter— whatever it was, between them– here they were. With Xelloss' arms around him, and his hands on his face.

"Gghhh, yes! Alright! Yes, I want you to kiss me damn it, let's get this over with, I'm dying here!"

"Well we can't have that!"

Zelgadis didn't have time to prepare himself as Xelloss jerked him closer, shifting his hand to tug his chin upward into position. Xelloss' mouth cut off his noise of surprise as he pressed lips against lips, and Zel found himself swooning against the mazoku's chest.

Zel was furious at how good he was at it– kissing. At the way Xelloss' lips and the tongue that intruded on his mouth took his breath away and made him want more. He was furious that he'd waited this long to kiss him– with Xelloss constantly sticking his face in his own, getting up close and personal and practically begging to be grabbed and kissed just to shut him up.

Zelgadis grabbed the front of Xelloss' clothes in his fists and jerked him closer to him, kissing him harder in return, driving his tongue into his mouth and sucking at his lips.

What the mazoku got out of this exactly, Zelgadis had no idea. Mazoku emotions were warped, and Xelloss' were even more warped and strange and unnatural than a typical mazoku. But he was certain that in some way, Xelloss was enjoying himself, and that was enough for him.

He pulled back, and gasped for air.

Xelloss just smirked with his usual amusement his arms still around him. "Was it good for you?"

Zelgadis shook him, a low growl of frustration in the back of his throat.

"I'll take that as a 'yes'," Xelloss laughed.

Zelgadis jammed his mouth angrily back against Xelloss' lips– finally taking that moment to shut him up. He kept kissing him, until he was entirely out of breath, and gasping against his shoulder– a human weakness that Xelloss didn't share.

"I suppose that was a long time coming, after all," Xelloss purred, stroking his fingers over Zelgadis' ear and jaw as he leaned on him. "So did you want to hear that secret?"

"Yeff," Zelgadis agreed, his voice muffled against Xelloss' shoulder.

Xelloss tilted his face up toward him, and whispered in his ear. "That wasn't the first time you've kissed me."

All the blood drained out of Zelgadis, leaving him cold and suddenly in shock. He pushed away from Xelloss, still holding on to the front of his clothes.

"What?" 

Xelloss put a finger to his lips secretively. "You were actually the first of the group. I'll tell you the story in the morning. How's that? Does it settle your jealousy?"

Zelgadis' stomach lurched. "What the hell do you mean by that?"

Xelloss smiled widely. "I'll tell you in the morning. Let me enjoy the suspense a while, why don't you? While your mind lunges on what it could possibly mean."

"You bastard! What kind of—"

"Oh hush." Xelloss pecked him on the lips, and Zelgadis was ashamed by how quickly it shut him up. "It's nothing really bad, I promise. And as I said, you kissed me."

"I have no idea how that's possible," Zel pouted, looking up at him with a suspicious gaze.

"And that's what makes it fun!" Xelloss beamed. "Now come on, let's get to bed. You poor humans need your sleep, and I know you sleep better with a big spoon, Mr. Zelgadis."

Zelgadis hated that he was right. He lay awake for a while in the narrow inn bed with Xelloss curled around him, his thoughts going over what Xelloss could possibly mean. But eventually the feeling of the warm weight of Xelloss' physical body lulled him to sleep despite himself. 

He'd just have to hope Xelloss was willing to tell him in the morning.

[yami268]

To Build a Love Nest

Summary: The gang finds Xelloss building a house.

A/N: Hey @xellychan040! I'm your @slayersweek Secret Santa this year and I went with a fic plus illustration of Xellina with unconventional courting. I hope you enjoy it!

To Build a Love Nest

Lina stretched her arms over her head as she and the others strolled through the outskirts of town. It had been a couple of days since they arrived there, and after some rest, they were ready to leave. But before that, they were looking for Xelloss who happened to be with them at the time. Recently, he seemed to be acting strange, more so than usual. He had been looking at architectural books and had been seen with the local carpenter recently. Luckily, the same carpenter told them that he had been heading into the forest. So now they were trying to find him. But they weren’t prepared for what they saw when they made it to where he was.

There, amid a clearing, was what appeared to be a building site. It was easy to assume so since there was a pile of construction wood along with the foundation and flooring. Xelloss was also there, hammering away at a wall frame. The sheer sight of seeing him do something so out of character made them speechless, to say the least.

“Xelloss, what are you doing?” Lina finally asked despite guessing the obvious answer anyway.

“Oh, building a house.”

“We can see that.” Zelgadis crossed his arms as he stared at him. “We would like to know why you are building a house.”

He stopped hammering for a moment before turning to the group. “I’m planning on courting Miss Lina with it. Though the rest of you are welcome as well.”

Hearing that, they all became very flabbergasted, Lina most of all. It was obvious that he did have a distinct attraction to her, albeit a peculiar one. But for him to build a house just to court her seemed unconventional, even for him. In any case, he was hammering away at the wall frame while they remained silent.

After a while, Amelia spoke up, “Mister Xelloss, if you don’t mind me asking, why are you trying to court Miss Lina with a house?”

“Well, you see…” He stopped again and turned to the group. “I was at a library looking for information on how humans traditionally court each other. I did ask one of the assistants there and he must have misheard me because he came back with a book on birds’ instead. Not wanting to correct him, I decided to get the book and read it. I then learned certain species build nests for their mating rituals. And well, it seemed to be the most practical…”

“… Xelloss, you’re ridiculous.” Zelgadis pinched the bridge of his nose.

Rubbing his chin, Gourry said, “I don’t know. I would build a house for someone I really like.” No one was surprised by this.

In the midst of her self-agonizing embarrassment, Lina clenched everything, even her teeth. Of course he would go with the most absurd way to court someone. Not that she wouldn’t want to be with him. If she were honest, she did find him appealing in his own way. Still, this was too much by normal standards.

Feeling that she should at least indulge in his antics, she let out a sigh and looked up at him. “So, Xelloss, what made you choose this place for our house?”

“Well, I remembered that you said you’d like to live in this kind of town.” He then wiped the metaphorical sweat from his brow. “Also, I considered other factors, such as property value, accessibility, view-.”

Waving her hands, she said, “Okay! I get it.” She remained silent for a moment, now scratching her head. “But… What if I change my mind and want to live somewhere else?”

He stopped hammering for a moment, thinking about it himself. “I guess I could teleport it to where you wanted to be. Though depending on its size at the moment and distance, it will take a lot of energy to do so.”

“Hold on, how big are you planning on making it?” Amelia asked, tilting her head a bit.

“Well…” Xelloss stopped and moved closer over to them. Then, he materialized a piece of folded paper in his hand. He started to unfold it as the others watched intensely. Once it was fully unfurled, he continued, “I had planned on starting with a small living area at first. Though this will be the final product.”

Seeing the entire house plan, all of them gawked. There was a small cottage, but it sat between two larger houses. In fact, they were pretty much mansion-sized. There were also plans for a deluxe kitchen, a grand dining room, a library wing, a garden, and other things. It was certainly something that fitted well into a certain sorceress’ extravagant tastes.

Lina’s mouth twitched as the others stared at her judgingly. After a while, Zelgadis sighed. “So, when do you plan on getting it done?”

As he folded up the plans, Xelloss answered, “I think I can manage to get the cottage done in a couple of months by myself. The rest of it…” He then scratched his head. “I estimate a few years or so. Within a decade at best… Perhaps I should find help.”

It was at this point that she found herself getting uncomfortable again. She wasn’t going to lie that she would like that kind of place, but a part of her felt guilty. He certainly put a lot of thought into this. Though if she was honest, this was too much, especially just to be with her. After sighing again, she said, “Xelloss, you don’t need to do this.”

“Oh? I thought you would like a nice place to live. Should I stop and destroy it then?” He turned to her, raising an eyebrow.

“No!” Lina waved her arms frantically. She then placed a hand on her forehead, rubbing it. “What I mean is that you shouldn’t go this far just to go out with someone. I’d be happy if you asked me with no grand gesture involved. So, you can at least postpone building this thing until I’m ready to settle down. Okay?”

Tilting his head, he stayed silent as he thought it over. After a while, he nodded. “I suppose it can wait until then.”

She felt herself filled with relief. Ceipheed knows that would be more excessive than she was willing to deal with. But that didn’t last long when he asked, “So does that mean you’re willing to be with me?”

“Uhhhhh… Oh look at the time! We should be heading off now, right guys?!” Pointing off in the distance, Lina started to head off. Gourry, Zelgadis, and Amelia looked at her suspiciously while Xelloss stood there bewildered.

“Welp,” Zelgadis said as he glanced over at him, “Looks like you’ve got your answer.”

“Oh but on the contrary, she didn’t say no.” He turned to him while flashing his usual cocky smile. With that, he teleported right next to Lina, quickly sneaking in a kiss on her cheek. She went bright red before pushing him away. While she was yelling about how he shouldn’t be so sly, the others followed after them.

“Just so you know…” Amelia said as she looked over at Zelgadis with a faint blush, “I don’t expect anyone to build me a house.”

“Yea, you already have a palace,” he retorted, not noticing her puffed-up cheeks.

Crossing his arms, Gourry closed his eyes. “Well, I would still build a house for someone I like.” And once again, no one was surprised.

[braveryhearted]

@nebula-drcams

SLAYERS TRY, ep. 11: “The Hurdle’s Cleared? Jiras’ Hidden Power!”

bonus:

[setteidreams]

Slayers Next poster featuring Lina, Amelia, Gourry, Zelgadis, Martina, Xelloss and Sylphiel. 

 HQ 300dpi on our Discord & 800dpi on Patreon.

[braveryhearted]

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BLACK BUTLER Sebastian Michaelis-Primary Madame Red-Secondary Lau-Secondary Ronald Knox-Request

SAILOR MOON Usagi Tsukino-Primary Rei Hino-Request

SOUL EATER Death the Kid-Primary Maka Albarn-Primary

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST Ling Yao-Primary Edward Elric-Primary Roy Mustang-Secondary

GINTAMA Gintoki Sakata-Primary Hijikata Toshiro-Secondary Sougo Okita-Secondary Kamui-Request Takasugi Shinsuke-Secondary Otae Shumura-Secondary

MOB PSYCHO 100 Ritsu Kageyama-Request Reigen Arataka-Primary Shigeo / Mob Kageyama-Primary

SLAYERS Lina Inverse-Primary Xelloss-Primary Zelgadiss Greywords-Primary Naga the Serpent-Secondary

SKIP BEAT Kyoko Mogami-Secondary Ren Tsugura-Request Reino-Request

HORIMIYA Izumi Miyamura-Request

SK8 INFINITY / SKATE THE INFINITY Langa Hasegawa / Snow-Request Tadashi Kikuchi / Snake-Request Ainosuke Shindo / Adam-Primary

BLEACH Byakuya Kuchiki-Primary Kaien Shiba-Secondary Ichigo Kurosaki-Secondary

TIGER & BUNNY Barnaby Brooks Jr.-Primary Karine Lyle / Blue Rose-Secondary Ryan Goldsmith / Golden Ryan-Secondary Yuri Petrov / Lunatic-Secondary

FAIRY TAIL Gray Fullbuster-Primary Jellal Fernandez-Secondary Lucy Heartfillia-Secondary Loke-Primary

DETECTIVE CONAN / MAGIC KAITO Ai Haibara / Shiho Miyano-Secondary Heiji Hattori-Secondary Saguru Hakuba-Primary Akako Koizumi-Secondary

TRIGUN

Meryl Stryfe-Primary Vash ( Saverem ) Stampede-Primary Knives Millions-Seconday

CHAINSAW MAN

Kobeni Higashiyama-Secondary

NARUTO

Hinata Hyuuga-Request Itachi Uchiha-Primary

TRINITY BLOOD

Abel Knightlord-Primary Cain Knightlord-Primary Ion Fortuna-Request Esther Blanchett-Primary

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Maki Zenin-Secondary Satoru Gojo-Primary Kento Nanami-Secondary Suguru Geto-Request

BLACK CLOVER

Asta-Primary

SNOW WHITE WITH THE RED HAIR

Zen Wisteria-Primary Shirayuki-Primary

CORRECTOR YUI

Yui Kasuga / Corrector Yui-Primary Synchro-Secondary Control-Secondary

CODE GEASS Lelouch vi Britannia / Zero-Secondary Suzaku Kururugi-Secondary

BLUE EXORCIST

Rin Okumura-Secondary

MLB

Adrien Agreste-Request

SPY X FAMILY

Yor Briar / Forger-Primary

TRC

Fai D. Flourite / YUI-Secondary

ONE PIECE

Tashigi- Primary

PRETEAR

Himeno Awayuki

VIDEO GAMES

FINAL FANTASY SERIES Sephiroth-Request Noctis Lucis Caelum-Primary Zidane-Secondary Aerith Gainsborough-Secondary Vincent Valentine-Primary Clive Rosfield-Primary Cidolfus Telamon-Primary

FIRE EMBLEM SERIES Micaiah-Primary Charlotte-Secondary Celica-Secondary Niles / Zero-Primary Hilda Valentine Goneril-Request Ferdinand von Aegir-Secondary Griss / Gregory-Primary Alcryst-Primary Diamant-Primary Ephraim-Secondary F! Alear-Primary

ACE ATTORNEY SERIES Phoenix Wright-Secondary Athena Cykes-Primary Simon Blackquill-Primary Franziska von Karma-Secondary

PERSONA SERIES Maya Amano-Primary Akihiko Sanada-Primary Mitsuru Kirijo-Primary Sho Minazuki-Secondary Labrys-Primary Naoto Shirogane-Secondary Yukiko Amagi-Primary Tohru Adachi-Secondary Toshiro Kasukabe-Primary Wonder- Request

SMT SERIES Aogami-Secondary

DANGANRONPA SERIES Byakuya Togami-Request Kaede Akamatsu-Request

DEVIL MAY CRY SERIES Nero de Angelo-Secondary Dante Sparda-Primary Lady / Mary-Request V & Vergil Sparda-Primary

TWEWY: NEO Sho Minamimoto -Secondary Nagi Usui -Secondary Shoka Sakurane -Secondary Rindo Kanade -Secondary Hishima Sakazuki -Secondary

TALES OF

Jude Mathis-Secondary Alphen-Secondary Law-Secondary

RESIDENT EVIL SERIES

Karl Heisenburg -Primary Ethan Winters -Secondary Leon Kennedy -Secondary Clair Redfield-Request Jill Valentine-Request Albert Wesker-Primary

DOT HACK GU Haseo-Primary Atoli-Secondary Ovan-Primary

BAULDER’S GATE 3 Astarion Ancunín-Primary Shadowheart-Request Tav / Serenity Caldwell-Primary

FNAF MOVIE Mike Schmitt-Request

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA

Link ( Twilight Princess )-Secondary

TWISTED WONDERLAND

Skully J. Graves-Secondary

METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO

Leon Strohl da Haliaetus-Primary Louis Guiabern-Primary Juani Cygnus-Second

[leonmetal]

What I think about Xellina ship, a monster and a witch dynamic. I think Xelloss would be the one who seduces Lina. As a monster, he probably takes pride in freewill. Maybe his freewill includes falling in love. He desires Lina and he protects her but he wants more. He wants her soul.

He would ask for consent or some kind of deal with her before they have any intimate relationship. Not because he can’t force her. Not because he is someone else’s substitute. Not because she is bored. Because he wants her to desire him, like a high rank monster would prefer.

[braveryhearted]

@nebula-drcams

Xellos against anyone

Vs

against Lina

[artikgato]

10/15/2023

Well, it was raining yesterday, so I didn't go out for the jogwalk. I did today, though! It took me until like 10:30 but I did do it!

I was also up until nearly 1am last night...reading a fanfic. A Slayers fanfic. A 60+ chapter Slayers fanfic, currently unfinished, in the year of our lord twenty twenty-three. I have no excuses. I make it a policy to almost never read unfinished fanfics, for one. I also knew exactly what I was getting into when I saw the chapter count and just shrugged and went YOLO I guess?

Okay, so it all started with Anime Weekend Atlanta announced, less than a month out from their con by the way, a whole slew of new guest announcements. The schedule is out now and it's less than two weeks to the con so I think they're done doing that now, but I digress. They announced Veronica Taylor as a guest. Well, years ago I already had the honor of meeting her and getting her to sign my VHS copy of Pokémon The First movie, so I don't necessarily need her autograph on any more Pokémon stuff. But of course she's in plenty of other things, including Slayers, which is one of my absolute favorite media franchises, period. So naturally I have to get her to sign for Amelia! And Lisa Ortiz, the voice of Lina, will be a guest at a convention I'm going to in March, so I can get her to sign, too! Fantastic!

And then, because I haven't really thought about Slayers in a long time, my brain went I should cosplay from Slayers again. I've been wanting to for a while. I cosplayed Filia (from TRY) waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, maybe I could remake her? (I do still want to do that, FYI, talk about obscure characters though am I right?) Or despite being so tall, I've always liked Lina's character design, she'd be great. I can probably pull that off before Khromakon in March, but absolutely not before AWA. But do you know who I could pull off before AWA?

Yeah, so I actually cosplayed Xelloss all the way back in high school. I never wore him to a convention, and it was a very bad cosplay. Technically, my first cosplay. (Technically, because my actual first cosplay was a very, very very bad closet cosplay of emperor Hotohori from Fushigi Yuugi the year prior, my junior year of high school. Our high school banned Halloween costumes but a gaggle of my stupid friends and I decided to see if we could get away with just wearing regular clothes but clearly being in cosplay. So I was Hotohori, a friend braided her hair and was Duo Maxwell, etc. etc.)

Anyway, my aunt made the cloak for me, and I still have it all these years later. The rest of the cosplay would be easy, because of how skilled I am now. I can 100% do this cosplay in time for AWA, and it'll be fun! He's a pretty recognizable character from a classic anime, so while I'm sure The Kids won't recognize me, I'll get at least a few people excited to find someone else that remembers Slayers. And hey, I already cosplayed one evil purple-haired anime prettyboy this year (Okada Izou) so why not two?

So anyway, I made a deal with myself. I would go to no more than three thrift stores after work one day and see if I could find a yellow turtleneck. If I could, I would proceed with the costume. If I didn't, oh well, it's not like I don't have a closet full of cosplays to wear. And wouldn't you know it, I found the turtleneck at the third Goodwill. So I ordered a wig, and now I just need to do a few minor alterations and possibly make the staff.

And so, with Xelloss Metallium now fully on my brain, I remembered that, oh yeah, Xelloss/Filia was one of the OTPs for me back in the day. One of the very first ships I got really, really invested in. And I wondered if, in the fifteen or so years since the least time I probably looked, any good new Xel/Fil fics had been written. I mean, the last time I was really invested in the ship, Evolution-R and Revolution hadn't even come out yet! A03 didn't exist yet! What was the harm of taking just a little, tiny peak at A03, right?

And that's how I ended up binge reading a 60+ Slayers fanfiction, in the year of our Lord Of Nightmares 2023. I'm not even done reading, but I've got shit to do today!

Time: 21:41 Weather: 63, sunny Humidity: 60% Song of the Day: Ghost, Mystery Skulls