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 Slayers Alternate

Slayers Alternate
By W0nderboy 
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is an alternate story/ending to Slayers NEXT episode
#17:Uwasa no
kanojo wa ZERUGADISU? (The rumored girl is Zelgadiss?) I got the translation
from http://www.inverse.org/
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" Means talking 
Means anything seen inside it is a thought.
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Chapter One
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"Hey, remember all that town which were boys dressed like girls?"

Lina gave him a glance. "Yes Gourry, can we please drop it?"

Amelia heard it and added her two cents. "I can't believe what happened. How
could they do that to their own men? That's mean."

Lina looked at Amelia. "Well they had their own intentions Amelia. They had
a... well interesting reason well enough. I can't believe that the princess
is..." Amelia heard her mumbling then she went back up to talking to a
normallevel. I feel sorry for her. Why she had to put up with it, is beyond
me. And how long she had to put up with it goes to far!"

"Did you really have to Dragonslave the town Miss Lina?"

Lina shrugged her Why Not? look.

"Besides, she threatened me with a knife. A person who does that to Lina
Inverse needs to be punished."

Gourry then asked what they where going to eat in the next town, and
Amelia'stopic was dropped. Amelia, looked back. She was talking to Lina to
get her mind on the two people behind her. Way behind her. She had a sad
lookon her face immediately.

She couldn't believe her luck. Why did SHE have to come along. She sighed
again. The next town was ahead and she would hear:

"Come on Amelia. We're almost at the next town."

Amelia sighed and ran to catch up. Surely some tea would help her forget...


Meanwhile Zel was occupied. He felt happy. Happier then he had ever been.
Andhe looked at her, the reason he felt he wanted to exist in his crummy
life.

Miwan.

She had been traveling with them ever since they had left the town six
monthsago. Miwan was no longer a princess, or at least she hope she wasn't
anymore. She was a just a girl who would be traveling with them for a while.
She never wanted to see that town again.

The reason she was stuck at the town was because the evil Wicked Witch of
theWest mother of hers wanted to influencing her to become a shrine maiden
sobadly. And she wanted to keep her from influence of boys. But she had
gotten rebellious and started to run away from home. She was caught ever
time. Each time punish more harshly then before. She almost made it once,
butbefore she could, a monster came out, thinking she was a snack. But she
was saved by a wandering girl, Lulu. God, why DID I pick that name?[0] The
girl (otherwise known as Zelgadis) saved her and at the same time, foiled
herplan of escaping. He ended up talking to her later. She didn't want to be
a shine maiden. It went well till another one of "Lulu's" sisters dragged
heroff. It wasn't till afterwards when he stopped her from destroying the
shrine, that he realized that she could travel with them. When she announced
who she really was (and everyone in the town ended up being male except the
mother), he had run off embarrassed and in tears. He knew that it meant that
Miwan was... He ran off, making sure that no one could find him. 


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He could think of nothing. Just her face, the dress she was wearing, her
hair, her smile, her bitterness. Just her, and he released that he wanted
herto be a female, because he might of just found her. But then this had to
happen. Tears ran down his cheeks just thinking about it. He couldn't care
about anything anymore, not even Xellos who would find out about it sooner
orlater, and wished that it would return to hell at one point or another. He
just wanted to be left alone. He had a sweet bitterness in his mouth. Yes,
hewas in a abandoned shack. He had ran and ran until he reached it, then he
looked around to see if anyone was coming. No one was coming, so he closed
it. He couldn't believe he had invited her to join them. She might of ended
up being in the way, but Zel knew, knew that he would end up protecting her
as long as he lived.

Now he was in the shack. He didn't regret asking her. Just when she touched
the shrine and announced to her mother she had enough of this life, someone
pitched in and announced he was a boy, not a girl. This hurt him, more then
anything else ever did. And he didn�t know why.

He kept his friendship with Lina and the others, though he usually wandered
back behind them, and in the restaurants, while Lina and Gourry and Amelia
gulped down a lot of food. He was just drinking coffee or tea and thinking
about life. Speaking of Amelia... He looked ahead to see the girl run off to
catch up. He thought he had feelings for Amelia at one point, but they
stopped quick. She still had a crush on him. "One day.", he decided, "I'll
have to tell Amelia I have no interest at all in her." He ended up being in
the shack, for what seemed like two days. On the third day, while it was
raining, Zel was staring out at the window, wondering if they were looking
for him. He would return sometime. Just not now, he was hurt and no one
couldfind him now. But someone did.

That night, Zel was listening to the rain while to a fire he had made when
heheard a knock on the door. It must be Lina getting ready to drag me back.
Well no point not facing the inevitable.[0] He went over and opened it
waiting to see that redhead's new look of hell.

It was Miwan.

She asked around and finally they said they spotted a man in white just
walking towards a shack. They didn't want to mess with him, so they just
lefthim alone. He was gone for three days, then trying to wonder why it had
happened. Why did Miwan have to be a... Miwan shivering broke his thoughts.
He lead her in near the fire. As Zel helped her take off her dress (I guess
she thinks I will feel better if she dresses up like a girl again thought
Zel), he then released the mistake he had made in that sentence that Miwan,
no matter what sex she was, wasn't wearing anything underneath the top. He
started to put his cloak around her, but then she reached out and grabbed
hishand and let the cloak fall to the ground. She took his hand and place it
on her body. Zel released fast, that he was touching a breast. He began to
blush.

"Um..."

"I hope this will convince you that I'm not a boy. I'm a girl, not like
thosemen in drag."

Zel blushed some more.

"Go ahead, it's real."

Zel, felt the object in his hand. The were soft, and memorizing just like
theowner was. He squeezed it gently. And then he released, that it was real.

She wasn't lying. She was a girl. A girl. But how? Zel felt guilty that he
didn't trust her. Then he released that he was still holding it. He let go
and began to blush.

"Is that why you left, because you thought I was a boy?"

"Well, um..."

"Do you dress up as a girl regularly, or was it just to be in town?"

"Well, um..."

She frowned, which caused the area to grow even colder then before. Even the
fire couldn't stop it from happening. "I'm sorry.", she said. "I shouldn't
ofask you so many questions.

"No Miwan, I said I wouldn't deceive you anymore. The truth is, yes. I
thought you were a boy. It hurt me. You see, when we first met officially,
and we talked, I realized that. That you and I were the same. We both
deceived ourselves and each other. But there was something else, and that
wasboth of us had a spirit. The same I think, that's why I asked you to come
with us. He frowned.

"I deceived you too. As Lulu."

"It's ok, I understand why it happened."

She was satisfied with both of her questions answered. She couldn't believe
that this boy had just said that out loud. Everything in her life was a lie.
Was this a lie as well? Zel sat down and leaned on the wall with his hands
behind his back.

"How did you do it?", Zel asked breaking her thoughts." How did you go from
girl to boy to girl?

"It was mother.", replied Miwan. Her voice was bitter when she mentioned
thatwomen. Zel's mind flashed back.

"Even though I was born a male, mother hid it and dressed me like a girl."

Zelgadis frowned. She hated her mother that much? Well after what just
happen, no, before that. He knew that she hated her for many years, for
hiding the fact of her true sex, whatever it was. But why? If she was
originally female... He stared at Miwan. She was showing a saddened face.

"Did you see mother's face when I said I was a guy?"

Zelgadis nodded. That was one thing that was worth seeing. Then he realized
her face, it wasn't in frustration. It was in shock! As if she didn't know
that she was a... He sat up.

"Did you just make all of that up?"

She nodded. "Yes. Someone told me how. He even used magic to disguise my
body, so when I took off my shirt...

"You wouldn't look like a girl. And you didn't have to cut your hair either,
clever." He turned his head away from her

"Yes.. he was a strange man though. I told him what I was going to do and he
told me something else I could do. I guess it worked.

"Yeah."

There was a silence between both of them. Zel was a bit confused about the
matter. A man came to help her using magic. Who? Never mind, he could take a
guess and know that he was right about it. He didn't know the intentions nor
did he care. Miwan was here.

Yet he wanted, ached to know more about her. He knew he might regret it, and
she might say no, worse he might hurt her, but her wanted to know. He heard
the rain outside, it was soft and beautiful. He broke the silence.

"The night is nice, isn't it?"

He turned around and saw Miwan at the window.

"I'm sorry, it's just..."

Miwan began to laugh. He had made her laugh. He joined in and it lasted for
afew minutes. After it had stop, she just stood near the window. Then she
spoke.

"It still pretty early right?"

"It's been about 2 hours."

More silence. The time passed. It was uncomfortable. Half an hour passed
before she spoke again.

"I guess you don't know the whole story. It's confusing in fact."

Zel knew where she was going with this, "Miwan..."

Miwan stopped him. "It's ok, I think we have till morning. I was the reason
why you ran away, I think you deserve an explanation."

Zel nodded.

She turned to face him. "As you know men aren't allowed in the city. My
mother made sure of it. I barely knew my father when... Sorry I'm skipping
ahead. Would you listen to my story?" He nodded his head. He wanted to
listen, wanted to know more about her. He knew that his heart was pounding,
especially now. There was an uncomfortable silence. Zel just waited. Then
shespoke.

"OK, when do I begin."

"Maybe at the beginning?"

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Chapter Two
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Zel listened as Miwan talked. He didn't say a word, he just listened.
Listened to the pain and suffering that this girl had gone through. Her
mother, the shrine maidens, her father. It was awful, and it would of
continued if Lina hadn't come in looking for the Claire Bible. Her mother
wasthe main cause, that damned women. She was worse then any of the monsters
he had seen. Even Shabranigdo, well scratch that, but a lot of the monsters
they had fought didn't com close to this girl's pain. She didn't want to be
ashrine maiden like Silphael and Amelia, she wanted to explore. She had to
explore, like it was in her blood. Zel wondered if her father was
responsiblefor it. Then she stopped.

"I'm sorry that I troubled you with all those problems. I never told anyone
this before."

Zel smiled. He wanted to hear it. Something inside him was telling him how
much more he wanted to listen, to find out more about her. His heart ached.
Was it...

"Miwan, I..." He smiled. Miwan had fallen asleep. He walked over to where
shehad dropped his cloak, picked it up and spread it on her then took off
hisshirt and placed it under her head, then walked back to where he was
before. I wonder what she's thinking about.[0] Then Zel stopped that
thought.So he watched her sleep. Why was it that girls looked cute when they
sleep. Flashback to Amelia and Lina sleeping.

He sweat dropped. Ok, he was wrong, not all[0] girls looked cute when they
were sleeping, in fact once he and Gourry had to share a room with Lina and
Amelia. God, that was pure hell straight off. Lina was a bed-hog and snored.
He had insomnia for a few weeks because Lina's snoring kept popping into his
head, and when she was sleeping she had the strangest face he had every
seen.He promised himself that it would never[0] happen again. Sharing a room
with Lina was bad enough. He still had nightmares from it. Then there was
Amelia... He shuttered. If sharing quarters with Lina Inverse was hell,
then... Was there a worse place then that? Because he had a feeling he had
gone there.

But watching Miwan sleep eliminated that. He couldn't take his eyes off of
her. Something was wrong with his body. His heart was pumping hard whenever
he looked at her, This girl. When he first met this girl he had this feeling
that he had never felt before. The blood in his body was boiling for no
reason, he felt like blushing and could admit it. Why was he like this. Was
it Miwan? Was she doing this to him. All she was, was a runaway princess who
wanted to defy that bastard mother, and Zel knew that he wanted to protect
her. From her mother, from that life of hers, no. He released how long he
wanted to protect her.

All his life.

He released what it was. It was a feeling that was new to him. And he liked
it. But then he realized fear. What if she didn't like him, what if she was
playing with him. What if she really was a he? But then those question flew
out of his head, because he knew she was a girl. He could feel it. Not from
earlier. He didn't know how or why, but he just knew it all along, and she
looked like she liked him. She was willing to give him a chance. And if she
was only playing with him. She wouldn't. It might be wrong but that gut
feeling was telling him that it was ok. It still rained outside heavily, and
it looked like it would never stop, or at least Zel didn't want it to stop.
He wanted to savior this moment, because if this was the only time he could
spend with her, then it would never leave him. At least he hope it wouldn't.
rain poured through the window hitting the fire until it finally went out.

Suddenly thunder rang out of nowhere, waking Miwan up suddenly. Her body was
quivering and she gasp, as if it was in fear.

"Miwan, are you..."

"Sorry, it's just that I'm scared of lightning."

Thunder clapped again, louder, closer. Miwan ran and grabbed on to him very
tightly. Zel began to blush. Her body, she was still... Then he released it
didn't matter. He put he hand around her, as if to protect her from her
worstfears. The rain began to pour and the shed began to flood but Zel still
held on to her tight, letting go was not an option. The thunder got worse
andso did the rain. He closed his eyes, she still held on to him tight. He
could hear the rain pouring down. Miwan was very scared. It seemed like they
were in the end of the world, and then released if it were true, he was with
the one person he wanted to be with, to live with, to die with. But was this
a true feeling? Suddenly...

"It stopped raining."

Zel opened his eye and saw Miwan near the window. He walked over and saw
thatit was true. It had stopped. Finally after hours of rain it stopped as
fast as it had begun, even faster.

"I'm going back."

Zel turned to Miwan, and she smiled.

"I'm afraid of lightning. Just like I'm afraid of mother. I should go back."

It didn't make any sense and when she said it, it was with regret. Zel could
tell this by her face then she spoke again

. "I've been afraid of lightning ever since I was little, just like my
mother. But lightning I can't handle, I think I can handle her." She smiled.
"You were confused, I could tell."

Amazing.[0], thought Zel. It was true, he was confused, and he tried to hide
it, without luck. He went back to what she had said.

"But if you go back, you might be killed."

He turned his head to her and saw she was getting dressed, the clothes
however were affected by the rainstorm.

"But after what happened, especially what your friend did... I appreciate
yousaving me, and trying to help me out, but they might come after you. And
you know I couldn't let you hurt them, even if they were frauds."

"Miwan..."

Then on cue, light began to appear. The never-ending night had finally died.

"I can't come with you. Sorry."

She ran out of the shed, slamming the door behind her.

"Miwan!"

It was too late.

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Chapter Three
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Zel just stood there. He couldn't move, she had left, and there was
nothing... He dashed out the door, with uncertainty in his heat. "Miw..."

It was Lina and the others, and Miwan was with them.

"So Zel you sly dog, this is why you were doing." Zel blushed. "It's not,
it's not what you think!". Lina began to jab and tease him again. Damn, why
did she have to...

"Nothing happened."

Everyone looked at Miwan. She smiled.

"He was just helping me cope with a few problems."

"Oh."

Lina just stopped and looked very bored all of a sudden. Then she changed
moods again.

"We can't stay here for forever, so lets go!"

"Right!" Everyone but Zel and Miwan chirped.

"Um, Lina, I believe I that's right, I think." She honestly didn't know, she
caught it when that massive spell was cast.

"Yeah.", was the reply.

"Do you think you could take me back?"

"Su...sure but why?"

"I wish I knew myself."

That uncertainty again. But why, Zel didn't care. She could leave for all he
cared. All that mattered now was to find the Claire Bible.

"I think it's this way. Hey Zel are you coming with us?"

Zel shrugged, why not?


They walked and walked, it seemed endless. Zel couldn't wait until she left
and then he could continue this quest for the Claire Bible. Yet his heart
ached. like her presence meant something to him, but why? Amelia and Gourry
stayed at the shed. He hope they didn't wander off or did anything idiotic
while they were away, but knowing Amelia...

"This is it."

Lina pointed. "The rest of the way is an easy trail back. We'd go with you."

"But my mother is probably waiting for you.", Miwan finished.

"Yeah pretty much." Lina laughed and so did Miwan. Zel didn't find it funny
at all. He didn't even want to know what she had in store for them. The
thought just scared him.

"Well see you around."

They watched until she disappeared.

"Well Zel?"

"Huh?"

"Let's go."

"In a minute, there's something I gotta do first."

He ran off into the forest where Miwan had went.


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Chapter Four
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Miwan traveled through the forest. She walked slowly hoping that she'd never
make it to her town. If only...

"Miwan wait!"

Miwan turned her head to see Zel running towards her. He stopped when he got
there. He was breathing heavily.

"I..forgot...to say..goodbye...Miwan.", he said between breathes.

"Well goodbye."

She turned around and began to continue on her way.

"Wait, please."

Miwan stopped and turned around again.

"Why couldn't you come with us?"

"She smiled. I'd like to but there's no reason. I'd only get in the way.
Besides, my mother's waiting."

"You believe that?"

"I do...yes. I enjoyed being with you in that shed, I'll never forget it,
butI think we must part ways. Unless you give me a good reason to stay."

Nothing.

She smiled. "Goodbye." Then she started to walk off again.

"I love you."

She stopped cold.

Zel wondered where that came from, but then he released, he wanted to say it
again, because he meant it. That pain, that strange that happened, that he
felt, made sense. It was a feeling he had never felt before.

"I love you Miwan. Ever since I met you, something in my body began to act
weird, I didn't know why until now."

Miwan turned around and began to walk over to him. She was going to slap
him,and he deserved it. He had no idea how he could of said it better but he
had insulted her. He deserved it. She stopped right in front of him.

"Miwan, I..."

He never finished. Miwan grabbed him by his collar and pressed his lips
against hers. He began to blush again, then he released that he wasn't going
to. He closed his eyes and let it sink in. When the kiss was finished he
opened his eyes and saw Miwan looking with sad eyes.

"That's was what I was waiting for."

"Miwan, I..."

Then he stopped. No need to say it. Both knew what each other was think. Zel
went over and gave her a passionate kiss. One that he meant.

One that showed love.

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Chapter Five
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Zel watched the others run to get to the town. He smiled No need to rush. He
had no real reason to. Miwan smiled and so did he.

"Should we join them?"

It took a lot of explaining why she had gone with them. But he didn't care,
she was with him and they both knew each others feeling for one another.

"Why not?"

She began to run and he followed her. They were to together, and he felt
happiness. It was a feeling no one could take away.

"I'll meet you there."

He smiled again. Good times and bad, he knew that were coming. But he was
ready to face them, head on if needed. Because He and Miwan were together.
Heforgot about finding the Claire Bible. Now his mind was on her. He was
wondering how to propose to her, he planned to do it tonight. He hoped she
would say yes, but he was nervous, but didn't show or, or tried not to tip
off Miwan anyways. She was the best thing that happened to him. And he knew
that he wanted to protect and made her happy.

For the rest of his life.

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Copyright: Slayers was created by Hajime Kanzaka and released by 
Software Sculpture
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Author's notes: I hope you liked the story. It's been hanging around my
computer for longer then you can imagine. As mention before, it was inspired
by episode #17 of Slayers NEXT. Truthfully, Zel did show that he had some
feelings for Miwan at one point or another. But yes, at the end Miwan became
a guy. Poor Zel. :( Then came the question, what if Miwan really was a girl?
Well this is the result, which happens after the episode. Yes, what
happened,happened, but Miwan was really a girl dressed like a boy, dressed
like a girl. If you didn't guess the culprit who helped Miwan look like a
boy, it was Xellos. (He was the only person in mind who could do such a
thing.) But poor Zel didn't take it and he ran off and you know what
happenedthere. I hope you enjoyed this story. It was fun to write and
hopefully you can enjoy it to. Please keep in mind that I am not a
professional writer, so this might be OOC, or have some mistakes in them. 

Anyways, that's it. Ja!

-The Author
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