Me: I'v never posted a fanfic online before. I'm nervous

Zelos: Looks like you need a disclaimer and an annoucer

Me: OMG your real! *embrassed.*

Zelos: Tales of Symhponia and it's concpets belong to Namco. My hunnie here owns nothing.

Me: He called me hunnie *faints*

Just recently, the Chosen of Mana and her accompanying group arrived at the Remote Human Ranch, where they killed a half elf named Roydle. The renegade lieutenant, Botta, had died, stopping the ranch from self-destructing. Things seemed to have been down, but they got worse.

"They're cages must have opened automaticlly."Regal said as the group turned to see cages open and revel dragons.

"Let's take them out quickly then!" Lloyd, the leader in red exclaimed, drawing his swords and charged to make the first attack.

"Right Lloyd!" The younger half elf said. He was Lloyd's closest friend. He could tell Lloyd things that he couldn't even tell his sister. He looked up to Lloyd and wanted to be like him, brave and not such a coward. But at the late, his mind has been on other thoughts. Thoughts of Mithos, a boy they had saved in Ozzette after it was destroyed by 'angels.' Thoughts of another half elf that wasn't his sister. His first half elf friend. Why was he so close to him after only a few weeks of knowing each other. The magician broke from his thoughts and casted his spell,

"Cyclone!" The winds of air took out a dragon while Lloyd swiftly killed off the second, Sheena and Zelos finished the last. Although they fought constantly, they fought the best together then they did with the other members of their group.

"There's too many of them." Lloyd complained, holding his arm slightly, tired.

"Mithos...." Genis thought about his friend

"But, your sister's..." "It's ok Genis. I don't know how much use it is but I hope it protects you." The blond 14 year old looking boy said.

Genis played the pan pipe and suddenly a blast of magic came down, breaking the dome up above. "Genis! Everyone!" They looked up and say Mithos land on the ground in a rheaird.

"What was that?!" Sheena said, a bit shocked.

"I I don't know. I was worried about you guys and suddenly, I heard Genis's voice and then that shining bird appeared."

"Shining bird?..Could it have been the Summon spirit Aska?" Raine pondered.

Aska? Why would Mithos's flute....

Lloyd noticed a large dragon come at the two boys.

"Look out!" He charged at his and was attacked by it's fiery breath. He had no time to activate his defense and all he could do was try not to scream.

"Lloyd!" Genis said, holding the teen up as he fell forward.

"Are you alright Genis? Mithos?" The half elves nodded. "We have to get out of here, before more cages open." Regal said, pulling out his wingpack.

"Lloyd is in no condition to fly now."

"Lloyd's unconscious!" Genis worried, as the brunette felt heavier against his body. Then, things got even more confusing.

"Looks like you beat me to it." They turned to see Kratos there.

"Kratos? Why are you here?" Raine asked suspiciously, helping hold Lloyd up. He had interfered before she could heal him.

"I was sent to finish Roydle."

"Internal strife? A bit pathetic really."

The professor added.

"Whao whao. Shouldn't we be getting out of here?" The redhead complained. Suddenly, the renegade leader appeared.

"Yuan!"

"Yuan."

"Kratos.."

Genis, Yuan and Kratos said at once

"I've come for him." He didn't see his boss standing there behind.

"Hand him over." The blue half elf said.

He drew his weapon from mid air and charged towards his target. Genis refused to let him get Lloyd, so he pushed his sister aside, protecting her and took the blast from his lightning himself. His knees gave out from under him as he fell to the ground, Lloyd on top of him.

"Genis!" Raine yelled. Mithos looked at all his friends and held up his hand. They slowly began to faint and then collapse.

Mithos held up his other hand then and blasted Yuan back into a wall.

"What do you think your doing? I told Kratos to finish Rodyle, not you."

"What are YOU doing here?!"

He walked over and slapped Yuan. "I can go where I please. And now you have hurt Genis."

"Mithos.." Genis said weakly and looked at his pan pipe.

"I'm sorry. I broke it." he said weakly. Mithos's hands clamped up and he threw Yuan against the wall, holding him by the collar.

"You will be severally punished for this."

"I understand Lord Yggdrasil." Genis's eyes, although weak, widened. What?!

Mithos walked over and turned in his true form. He was the Crusix Leader, Yggdrasil.

"Things were going to slow so I came to keep an eye on them instead."

His deeper voice rang in Genis's ears, who registered it as Mithos's and now, as their enemy's.

"You can't be Mithos.." He collapsed under Lloyd's weight.

"Kratos." The human angel walked over.

"Take Genis."

"What about Lloyd?" Yuan asked. Yggdrasil glared at him.

"Take him as well." He vanished and Kratos looked over at Yuan.

Damn it. Why the hell did Yuan have to interfere with Kratos's protection. He was trying to keep Lloyd, his dear son, away from Crusix. Now he was taking him there with his own hands.

Genis rubbed his head and sat up in a unfamiliar location. His heart freaked out but his mind told him to stay calm and think.

"Are you awake?" He looked at the Crusix leader sitting in a chair next to the bed the boy was just asleep in.

"You really are Lord Yggdrasil."

"Mithos Yggdrasil." Genis blinked.

"My name is Mithos Yggdrasil." The angel said. Genis gripped the sheets tightly. His enenmy and his friend's name in one person. His logical mind slowly began to break down.

"Remember that day when Raine got sick?" Yggdrasil said.

Genis remember that his sister had randomly collapsed from a fever when they went to Altessa's place once and Mithos knew the cure. The two boys had headed to Fooji Mountain to get a plant that they needed.

"Do you remember what you said?" He added.

"Hey Genis." "Yeah." "We'll be friends forever right." "Of course. I really like you Mithos. I'll stay with you forever." "Is it ok if I take that seriously." "What uh, sure." "Ok then Genis."

"Even knowing who I am now, would you keep up that promise?" The angel hovered over Genis and the silvery haired boy looked down at his hands. His heart and mind were tearing at each other. Logically, he could not be friends with Mithos anymore and had to get back to the group. But his heart told him that he wanted to stay with Mithos. He had promised...

"Let me tell you my plan before you answer." Yggdrasil told him about his Age of Half elves, called by the Desians. He wanted to use exshperes to erase the different bloods between people.

"This is the only way we can end discrimination. You understand as well as I do that humans and elves are heartless beings that won't even tolerate our presence. They treat us like garbage. If lower."

Genis could sense the angel's mana begin to grow in rage. Genis lowered his head. It was angry but it was the mana of his friend. The one he cared so dearly about. He scooted over and sat beside him on the edge of the bed, where the white dressed angel had set himself.

Lloyd opened his eyes slowly and sat up, looking at the strange room. It was purple. Everything had a purple theme to it. It was kinda annoying. He then realized that his clothes were gone except his pants and under shirt, a black tank he wore under the jacket.

"Good, your awake." Lloyd knew that voice.

He turned to see Kratos sitting on the end of his bed, looking down into his hands.

"What the hell? Kratos! why am I here?" The Seraphim looked over at him.

"You were injured from that fight, it burned most of your jacket."

"Stop avoiding my question!"

"I'm sorry Lloyd."

Lloyd blinked. What was with the man's sudden change in heart. He never seen Kratos like this. What was that look on his face...guilt? Fear?!

"No. I'm sorry for yelling." Lloyd apologized. "Where am I?"

"On Derris-Karlon. Lord Yggdrasil had me bring you here with Genis."

"Genis is here?! Is he ok?! Where are the others. What happened to Yuan."

"Calm down Lloyd. Your asking questions I cannot answer."

"Can't or wont?" He said frowning.

The older man turned his face back to his feet.

"I'm sorry you had to end up here. I thought that I could keep you from Crusix's hands."

Lloyd blink. He was really confused now. Kratos had never seemed so .....depressed? Lloyd didn't know how to react. This man showed little to no emotion the enitre time he traveld with them since that day in Iselia..and now? Kratos was his enemy. He hated the man for what he had done but why was he feeling sorry for him.

Kratos stood up, "You should take Genis and leave quickly. Take the emergency exit out of Welgeia and don't come back."

"Kratos!" He reached out and grabbed the cape of the angel as he was leaving. "Why are you helping us?"

Lloyd paused a moment. Where had he seen this scene before? He saw Kratos but his hand didn't appear to be his. It was much smaller and the picture was a bit blurry. He caught glance at Kratos's face. It was smiling.

Lloyd released the cape, having returned to reality. He frowned and grabbed his head.

"Why? Why the hell are you in my head?!"

Kratos turned slightly. "Lloyd."

Lloyd held up his hand and sighed.

"I'm fine. Your just confusing the hell out of me." Kratos raised an eyebrow.

"You help me, you train me, you criticize me, you betray me, you try to kill me, then you help me, betray me, and now that way you look at me."

He silenced himself. He hated this man alot for what he has done. Trying to steal Collette, betraying them and now was he mad that Kratos had taken care of him. He looked at his arms where he should have been burned but found himself completely fine, obviously healed.

"I am your enemy, remember that." Lloyd shook his head and stood up.

"I know that!" The angel stopped at the door. "But I don't want to think of you as a enemy."

Kratos turned, eyes slightly widened under his hair.

"Why the change of heart?"

"I don't know damn it. I see Kratos of Crusix but when I look in your eyes. When you look...that way at me I see Kratos my 'teacher.' Our fellow companion.."

Kratos sighed. "You've grown up."

"What?"

"The Lloyd at the beginning of this journey would have seen all angels as your enemy."

"You can come back! Come help us find a way to save the worlds without sacrifising Collette!"

"...."

Kratos opened the door to leave again and Lloyd once again grabbed onto the cape. Why did he keep doing that?

"Please Kratos! I don't want you to leave me agian!"

Kratos blinked. "You? Don't you mean the group."

"No. Wait yes! I mean. I want to stay with you." Kratos blinked.

Did Lloyd realize who he was. Where were his new views of him coming from?

"It's just. I like training with you. I hate learning but when you teach me about swords..I'm really happy. And even though your part of Crusix, which I hate, you make me fell better just knowing your around. Just like that one night we trained and then you told me about the stars."

On the journey, Kratos had tried to teach the boy to be stronger. They had stopped one night early when Lloyd became fasinated by the stars.

"How many do you think there are?"

"?"

"The stars. I remember that I used to count them all the time. I think I used to count then with my real dad. Dirk wasn't really fanisated by the sky. He prefered to keep his feet on the ground."

Kratos looked at the 'leader'. Lloyd rubbed his head.

"I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm telling you this."

"..."

"Hey Kratos." The angel looked at Lloyd as he stood up. "Thank you for dealing with me. I know I'm not very strong and I'm probley anooying to train..."

"Your not."

"Huh?"

"I don't mind the training."

Lloyd blushed slightly and waved, "I'm going to bed then. Night Kratos."

The man watched the boy dissapear into the light behind the bushes where the camp was. He looked up at the sky.

"I don't mind the training. It's the one thing I can do right for you."

Kratos looked back at the swordsman. His head was looking straight down but Kratos could see them.

The tears beginning to flow. The angel had seen this scene before as well. But he saw a toddler, bearly three years old, clinged to his cape because he was scared, crying.

"Lloyd. Are you scared?"

Kratos seemed to ask his vision out loud. Lloyd gripped tighter on the cape.

"I don't know what's wrong with me. Why the hell would I be feeling these feelings towards you? You of all people!"

"You were tossing in your sleep. Did you have a nightmare." Kratos asked, changing the subject. Lloyd loosened his grip. Why did he feel comfortable around his enemy. He only talked about these kinds of things with Genis. Not even Collette knew about Lloyd's secrets. He didn't want his crush to look down on him for his thought to be irrational fears.

"I have been for a while." He finally said.

"Genis and Collette are in trouble. I go to save them but I'm bearly a kid, more like an infant. I want to help them but my arms don't reach. Then a man picks me up and then we are flying towards them. I can bearly make out their face under their brown....auburn hair."

Kratos's fingers twitched a bit. He knew the man in his dream but he wasn't prepared for the next part.

"Then, I'm flying by myself and my back feels like it's on fire. I feel my mana seem to burst out of me and I fly faster and reach for my friends and I usally wake up."

"Why?" Kratos asked.

"Because I fall and no one saves me."

Lloyd said, sitting on the bed, having released the man's cape. Kratos turned completely at the boy this time.

"That feeling I have when that man saves me. It's strange but It reminds me of being around you. I feel that same feeling again. Like when you teach me or...protect me. I fell like your helping me fly."

Llyod rubbed the back of his neck, "I sound so stupid."

"You don't Lloyd." Kratos looked at his hand and walked over.

"I'm going to play a game with you. I'll say word and you answer the first thing that comes to your mind."

"Uh...Ok." Lloyd wasn't sure why he would agree to this but....he did enjoy games.

"Mana"

"Life"

"Sky"

"Birds"

"Birds?"

"Wings"

That hadn't been part of the game. Kratos was actually asking a question. Why would Lloyd say birds instead of something like clouds, which would seem normal for him.

"Wings?"

"Flying"

"Flying?"

"Freedom."

Kratos noticed that Lloyd has spaced off after he began to repeat his words. He changed the direction of the game, starting to put the pieces together that he had missed so many times during the traveling they had done together.

"Exshpere"

"Mom."

"Parent."

"Dirk."

Kratos paused a bit before saying,

"Dad."

"Kratos."

Lloyd blinked and his eyes widened, realizing what he had said. Kratos? Why the hell did he say Kratos?!

"I'm sorry. I don't know why I said that." Lloyd frowned even more confused.

"Why the hell?! You don't care, your part of Crusix and my enemy. Remember that." He hit himself on the head. Kratos let out a long, almost nogistic groan and stood up.

"I'll get Genis. And Lloyd." Lloyd glanced up a bit and the angel took something from around his neck. He grabbed Lloyd's hand and placed it in his palm, gently wrapping the red fingers around it and leaned down a bit,

"I do care."

Kratos whispered in his hair as he rubbed the boy's spiky hair. It only looked ruff but it was actually soft and comforting. Then Kratos was gone.

Lloyd blinked and looked at the object as he left. It was a locket. A fairly simple one, gold chain with a simple design on it that kinda looked like wings. Lloyd opened it slightly and almost dropped it.

"Whao."

He quickly caught it again before it hit the ground and straighted up. The picture that it held was of a women and a baby. The thing was though, Kratos was holding the baby.

"Why did he?" Then it hit him.

He looked at his exshpere and back at the picture. The same exshpere was on the women's neck without a key crest attached. He knew it was his because Kratos once told him that his gem had an unusual color.

"T t this must be Mom?! But Why would Kratos." He thought back to his replay to 'dad'. He held his hand over his mouth and fell on his kness, wanting to throw up.

"He can't be!" His hands trembled as he sunk closer to the ground.

"K K Kratos can't be...my dad?!"

He wanted something to happen. Someone hit him or knock him out or wake him up. But all he felt was a pain in his stomach and a strange feeling in his chest. He looked over at the picture that hand slipped from his hands and onto the ground.

"If..then this must be me?" His hand hesitated as it reached out and grabbed the chain, pulling it back to his heart.

"What is.."

The door opened and Genis knelt down,

"Lloyd. Are you alright. you look pale."

Lloyd's eyes were shaking and Genis was worried.

"Did Mithos do something to you? Was it Kratos?! I swear if he."

Lloyd lifted his hand and grabbed Genis's arm, pulling him down slightly.

"Hey Lloyd."

"Genis." Lloyd said softly.

"Do you remember that time when we were little. Not long after you joined the village."

Genis thought. "You mean that one time when that thing happened?"

Genis knelt down to his friends level. When they were small, Lloyd was bearly ten, making Genis almost 5, they had an accident. They had been sitting on a hill, watching the skies.

"You know humans can't fly!" "I know that! But Imagine if we could."

"I noticed you staring at birds alot lately." "So!" "You have an obsession with flying?!"

"No!" The younger Lloyd flushed with embarrassment.

"I just like wings." He answered. "That's weird." The 5 year old said.

"S Shut up." Lloyd complained. He didn't know why but whenever he thought of his parents, he thought of the skys. when he would think about his real dad, he thought of wings.

Genis laughed "It's ok. Your weird. But that's why I like you Lloyd. Your different.." He said before trailing off his sentence.

"We better get back before Sis gets mad."

"Oh alright."

The boys headed down the hill side when Genis had slipped and tumbled. He ended up at a cliff side. There were many of them in the woods near where Lloyd lived. Genis held onto the edge.

"Hold on Genis." Lloyd grabbed his hand with both his and tired to pull him up.

"I'm not strong enough." Genis started crying.

"I'm scared Lloyd."

Genis lost his grip and slipped off the edge, Lloyd bearly holding onto him, suspended in the air. Lloyd saw Genis crying.

"Don't cry Genis. I promise I'll protect you! Your my best friend."

The 10 year old's strength began to give out though and he slipped over the edge. He was still holding onto the younger one's hand.

"I'm sorry Lloyd."

"It's not your fault. If I was stronger I could have saved you."

"Are we going to die?"

"No! I won't let you die Genis." Lloyd started crying as well.

"I wish humans could fly. I wish I could fly. I want wings to save Genis!"

He cried, causing Genis to cry more. Lloyd felt his body burn and he gripped tighter onto Genis's arm. It hurt but all he thought about was losing his friend. He didn't even care about his life at the moment. Lloyd felt his back arch up on it's own and they both close their eyes as the approached the ground.

Lloyd wiped his face and sat up, looking at Genis.

"I wish I knew how we survived that."

The half elf said. Lloyd gripped the locket.

"I never told you how I felt did I."

"Huh?"

Lloyd was hiding something from him. Him of all people. The one he told everything too.

"That day. I kept feeling like I was on fire and when I thought you were going to die, I longed to fly you to safety. I...I think I did." Genis's eyes widened, his logical thinking kicking in.

"That's not possible Lloyd. Humans can't fly."

He held out the locket towards his friend. "But maybe...half angels can."

Genis's eyes widened even more then anyone thought possible. He grabbed the necklace.

"This is Kratos! And is this baby you? Kratos is?!"

"My Dad."

Zelos: Reveiw is you wish *winks*

Me: *spinny eyes* please