Ugh. Just like a man - Zelgadiss left HER, lied to her (yes, when you promise to come back to a place and just decide to NOT, due to vanity, it counts as lying. He could have explained the situation, then gone back, and it would have been much easier for her to get over him. Not even a letter!? I mean, he's an ass to the point of sociopathy in the novels, sure, and Lina's worse, so it's not unexpected... But he has no right to act jealous, stick his nose in her business, say a single word to Xellos unless Anekia asks him to do so, or lead Duuchesney on. He wants her dark hair back, and it's obvious why - But he doesn't trust her enough to let him see her outside the barrier, and he probably has good reason for that. She wouldn't like it. But Amelia never cared. Tbh, I don't see Zel/Amelia as right for each other, but I know they're basically an OTP (one true paring) in canon if we look at the cartoons (less so in the novels). He made his bed with a crazy chick, and 'put it in crazy', as the kids warn against doing lmao. Now he has to lie in it, in every sense of the word.

So, good job, because it's a story that makes me feel something, really. One tip; you use 'your' when you mean 'you are' instead of 'you're', more than a couple times - enough to be noticeable and make me wince a bit. It only detracts from the story for a second, but I'd want to know if it were me, so just a heads up I guess.

Thanks for writing!

This was a great read! D

Ooh, evil Xellos! I think I like that a little too much. D ...Poor Zel, though. :(

Alright. I'm not usually a fan of ZA stories, or stories that have love triangles, but I greatly enjoyed this one. The plotline was wonderful, and Xellos was being sneaky. Sneaky with a lack of morals. For some reason, I like him best when he's protrayed like that.

And I don't know why, but Xellos being whiney during the second to last chapter amused me greatly. Huh.

I love how you protrayed Zelgaddis in this. He is normally my least favorite character, for the reason that he puts finding a cure over all else, but I greatly enjoyed how you wrote his inner conflict about it. And how he ended up choosing the girl over being human, just like any good romance story.

So, the plotline was wonderful, the writing style's beautiful, and everyone was very much in character. All in all, a very, very good story. I'll be looking forward for your sequal(SP?).

...And congrats on 100 reviews. This story earned it.

Ichiban Victory and Earth Star both directed me toward this story, and I'm glad that I read it. The characterization is wonderful, and the plot was very intriguing. I do agree with Pip that I found it a bit odd that Amelia's distrust of Xelloss evaported, but I can see where that could have happened over the course of writing as well.

Thank you for finishing the story! I understand how it is to leave stuff undone so long, come back and find your way through it again.

Likewise, I heard you were writing a sequel that has Lina and Gourry, which were the only things I really missed about this fic (it doesn't help that I have a strong Lina/Gourry bias.) Should you have any questions about Gourry, feel free to ask! And I hear you're being exposed to the awesomeness that is Aqualord. I hope you're enjoying it!

This was a wonderfully written story, and I enjoyed reading it greatly.

The plot was very well thought-out, with many twists and turns, most of them not at all easy to predict (except for the barrier destroying white magic, but hey, no big deal ;) ), and it left me guessing right until the end. It was greatly enjoyable, and you did a fantastic job with it. :D

The characters were, except for a couple of tiny caveats, also rock solid. (No pun intended for Zel. :P) Zelgadiss was portrayed quite remarkably, considering the time he spent as a human had affected him; he was a real human character with real human flaws and feelings. His relationship with Duuchesney was also exceptional, especially considering they were the "other" couple, although I do feel that you took the easy way out with them in the end. Still, while I'm a Z/A fan, I found myself sympathizing with them, if only a little, ;) which is a great accomplishment.

Amelia was also fine most of the time, although at places seemed to perform a self-parody of certain aspects of her personality (justice speeches especially), and had a touch of a certain naive damsel-in-distress tendency which I did not know Amelia for. (Why did her mistrust for Xelloss simply evaporate in the middle of the fic?)

Speaking of Xelloss, for 90% of the story this had been one of the greatest portrayals I have ever seen of him in fanfiction, so much so that this would have made the story great by itself. Everything, from his enigmatic presence to his speech patterns, was written in such a fantastic way that it had me glued to the screen constantly. The remaining 10% was around the end when he lost his cool and became forceful, which in my opinion simply isn't his style, but that's just me. All parts both before and after were so awesome that I am still amazed. :)

Again, thank you for writing and finishing this story. It was a truly remarkable experience. I hear you are planning a sequel - I for one would definitely check it out. :)

When I first picked this up and started reading it I didn’t realize it had been left unfinished for so long. The story flows well together from chapter to chapter, even with the gaps in time it took to create this story. At first I was perturbed by Duuchesney’s involvement in the story, but she grew on me, I guess she was just what the story needed. The final goodbye between her and Zelgadis was a little awkward, in a good way. It was all coming together for them with all they had been through. Everything clicked. I also laughed with Amelia’s attempts to convince Ruulin and Ladia as to who Xellos really was. In the end it’s a great happy ending and I am thankful that you finished it. I’m also thrilled with the bit of mystery you leave us at the very end. Xellos, Amelia and Zelgadis’s are now connected? Excellent.

When I first saw this on the top of updated stories, I thought the site had somehow messed up. I'd dreamed for years how this would end, since I didn't think it would ever be complete, so I'm extremely happy you finally came back to it!

As for the final chapters, despite all of the time I had to brainstorm "what if" scenarios, I was still surprised by how you chose to handle everything, from the whole who will live/die, to whether Zelgadis would remain there or not. Call me crazy, but I also like how you handled Xellos and his attitude toward Amelia living or dying. (I like how he was sure she wouldn't die...maybe.)

Of everyone, I actually feel bad for Duuchesney since she lost out on just about everything, including her hot human boyfriend (ha ha), but hopefully she can get out into the world and make something better of herself.

Last but not least, thank you for not beating us over the head with sap between Amelia and Zelgadis. I like that a lot was left unsaid (such as, while Duuchesney actually recoiled from Zelgadis' chimera self, Amelia didn't treat him any different from if he had been human) and instead focused more on the fact that they were happy for each others' company again. And yay, Zelgadis' wanderlust struck at a good time. _-

Thank you again for coming back to finish this! This was always one of my favorite stories, and now that it's finished, it shall remain so!

I'm so glad you were able to finish the story. This was a good ending to a good story. I hope you're able to write more in the future. _

Now, this is a perfect ending :) Thank you again for the story, for the response on my review and for finishing the fic! It's great to have it finished, isn't it? I hope to read something new from you in future

Very intense, well written story. It's such a shame that you don't update anymore! You wrote that the story was finished, please come back to your faithful fans and publish the ending! :) The Duchess reminds me a little bit of Lina, very interesting OC :)

Hi! I know you dropped the story but I have to say that it's a shame. the plot was very interesting and I liked your stile also. you balanced well dialogues and description making the reading very smooth. I'm very sorry I can't know how it end. very very sorry. -_-

I stumbled across this gem of a story today and was quite pleased with the unique plot. (Nice artwork by you and Gabzilla by the way.) I must say that I am, however, disappointed to see that it has been discontinued. Please do finish this story - it's very well done and I'd hate to see it left unfinished.

Hope all is going well, and that you have not given up on writing!

Please do finish this story. It's very well done and I'd hate to see it left unfinished.

I'm sad to see that you've abandoned this story. Please update at some point, you shouldn't leave a story like this unfinished.