Based off the anime of course. I don't think they're even IN the manga....are they? It's been awhile since I've even seen Slayers, so bear with me.

Stone

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"So what are you up to?" A familiar voice said oh so conversationally behind him. Zelgadiss stopped mid-step and cringed.

"Nothing. Just going to a boring place. There's no fun for you here, Xelloss."

Xelloss leaned over, looking in the same direction Zelgadiss was, face lined up to his. "Isn't there?"

Didn't he know? Mazoku feed off pain. Xelloss had his eye on this one almost as long as the infamous Lina Inverse. She caused pain wherever she went, but this one...He was pain all by himself, wrapped into one little stone body.

Then again considering where he came from, Xelloss could understand. But understanding is not sympathizing, and if nothing else, he wasn't sympathetic.

Zelgadiss shook his head, pulled his hood closer to his face and continued walking. He was the silent type, Xelloss always liked those. They kept their pain bottled up inside. It wasn't healthy for Zelgadiss at all, but what did he care?

"That is secret."

"I see." Zelgadiss said, and the conversation went much like that for the next few hours. Which is to say it didn't.

When they reached the small run down town, Zelgadiss found himself a room, ignoring the Mazoku following him and shut the door in Xelloss face.

"That wasn't very nice." Xellos said, sitting against the tiny window.

"Go bother Lina."

"And leave you to your sorrow alone?" Xelloss reached out a gloved hand and touched the rocky face. "That wouldn't be nice either."

"You're a Mazoku. You don't do nice!"

"Yes I do."

"When?"

"When I want to."

"And why are you following me now."

"That's-"

"I don't know why I even bothered to ask. Goodnight." Zelgadiss laid on the small bed, his back to Xelloss. If Xelloss wanted to kill him, that was just fine by him. This cure wouldn't likely work either anyway, so what was the big deal?

He froze as a body pressed up against his on the tiny bed. "Goodnight."

Zelgadiss made a mental note to try to kill him tomorrow.

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Zelgadiss sighed into the soft touch, the wonderful feeling of skin on skin. It was wonderful to have his body back the way it was, and the sensations that were so long denied him were his once more. Warmth, Softness...he could brush his hair even or go swimming.

Xelloss brushed his lips against Zelgadiss's softly. "You are happy now, yes?"

"Yes."

"Then my mission is accomplished." Xelloss said, pulling at Zelgadiss's clothes.

"Why did you help me? I thought you fed off pain?"

"You being healed made many people very unhappy." Xelloss said conversationally. "Beyond that is a secret. Stop talking."

Zelgadiss gave himself over to the promised pleasure...

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And awoke in bed very much alone. He held his hand up to the moonlight, and a tear escaped his eye as he saw only stone.