ending was a little confusing loved the rest

awesome!

One other note: I actually liked the way your story ended. It was rather bittersweet with Xellos loosing both his personalities in the end, and I was a little sad that he had too disappear like that. But at the same time, it ties the story back to the legend of the "Blue Rose" that Lex first told Filia at the beginning. He had a chance to start over with a fresh start. That was very nice.

Hello! I think I read your story back a few years ago when it was still unfinished. I'm very happy to see that you managed to complete it. It's one of my favorite Xel/Fi fanfics and I enjoyed going back and reading it.

WOW! This is a great story, something complete different than the ones I've read so far, but very good.

Though, it's not my preference... somehow...

But I would read it again, even when its not the "typical" I like.

It has a unique and great plot!

It is up to my Favs!

sayo

The ending tastes somewhat like a mixture of sweetness and sourness, yet refreshing at the same time. It's not as dramatic as I'd hoped after Xelloss' reading of the case study, but it's a good ending. Acts and words of endearment aside, Xelloss' reasoning at the end feels just like something the Xelloss I know would say. "Raising hell" and "call down heaven" - this I think is a great metaphor for their relationship. Thanks for writing the wonderful story. :)

Very well written, I enjoyed it a lot.

I DO want to know what happend to the other persinality.

Good story.

Well, yes, it wasn't the best ending. You left Xellos, Lex and made another one... And also turn Filia to some not very smart blonde... but that's maybe because you were already tired with this all work.

I totally had to skip 13; I couldn't read it, and I don't know why.

Ah, well, yeah.

Good chapter, and nice ending.

Umm...I see your reason and I follow your (better)work for long time I ever disturb you and I like your fic,don't worry I will follow your another you _

huh. I can't make up my mind whether I liked this better where you left it the first time or with this new ending. I loved the chapter with evil Xellos showing up and wrecking the picnic. And I enjoyed the scene in the attic where Xellos found out Filia's true feelings even if he was a sneaky little bastard about it. It was a very Xellos way of going about things.

I'm kinda sad with this last chapter though. Probably because it feels like Xellos died with this other personality taking over. I really like Xellos as a character, much more so than Filia. Guess you could say I would have been more satisfied if Val had thrown a fit and gacked Filia and Xellos act of revenge on taking out Val locked Xellos back in his true form. Wow... can't believe how blood thirsty that came out. I think Val's hand in Xellos's 'death' must have ticked me of. Good job on getting me all riled up anyway.

So anyway, I did enjoy this story even if the ending was really sad.

lol... Filia teasing Xellos over his other personality having a crush on her. That was too funny. And then Xellos going into a jealous rage (not that he apparently figure that out yet) over it? *snickers*. I got a good laugh out of that.

Anyway, while I'm here for the moment (consider this a good thing, since you made me laugh hard enough to get off my lazy bum and review before the last chapter) here's some comments on the other chapters I read and didn't review:

I really like how you've cleaned this up. Chapter 2 with the market place is still a bit confusing but it seems to work okay considering Filia herself is confused. I'm a little bit surprised at how quickly Xellos figured out that there was another personality kicking around in his head. I think a paragraph or two mentioning him suspecting what was going on and decided to use Filia to test his theory would have cleared that up a little bit. But over all I really do like this story and I'm sorry you think it sucks. I can see where it would be difficult to write. Xellos is hard enough to write for... writing him when he's crazy must be twice the challenge. I don't have that kind of courage, but so far you've done a nice job with it.

*huggles* if this is over, it was bittersweet ending, but still sweet in a honest way I enjoyed this more then you'll ever realize...if it isn't the end, then i still wish for more XD after all when your addicted you need a fix right? lol especially with good Fanfiction .~

Not a bad conclusion, but it wasn't exactly fulfilling either. However, you'll have to take in the fact that this couple's one of my OTPs, and I'm pretty critical when it comes to fanworks concerning them.

Either way, I still continue to love this story. True, I could tell that you don't quite have the same amount of enthusiasm bound into this one compared to your other Slayers fics, but this still remains a piece that I treasure very closely to my heart. Additionally, I particularly enjoyed how you described the paradox in Xellos' and Filia's relationship. It's a concept a lot of writers have tried and touched upon, but most fail in driving the point home. Yet in this case, you most definitely succeeded. _

Once again, I can only say my problem with the conclusion was the slight hastiness in the way it was executed, and the fact that it rather left a hole in the plot. I'm very saddened by the fact that you didn't have as much enjoyment in writing this piece, but I offer my utmost gratitude for you having created and finished this fic.

Reading this absolutely made my day. ;_;

For not having your heart in this, you put a lot of heart into it. I think the ending is perfect. Melancholy. You sustain that mood throughout this chapter perfectly. Hopes, dreams, reality all balance out in a sensible way, if, at all, you buy into the possiblity that two such different creatures could find common ground. That is the heart of the romance novel, after all. Thank you for completing this.

-KS