I'm Sueslayer2! don't own, so don't sue.
"I'm bored," Lloyd Irving announced to the general world around him. (The general world being his friends Colette, Genis, Presea, Regal, Zelos and Sheena, his father Kratos, and teacher Raine.)
"So entertain yourself," Kratos, who was reading a book, said. It was entirely unhelpful, and yet a suggestion all the same. One of Kratos' specialties.
"Want to go for a walk?" asked Genis, Lloyd's best friend.
"Sure," Lloyd said. "You coming, Colette?"
"Okay," the blond girl said.
The three friends walked away from the inn. Lloyd admired the forest around him, happy for the fresh air and movement. He heard Colette suddenly say, "Awww! That's so cute!"
Lloyd turned around, expecting to see his cheerful friend looking at a baby squirrel or something. Instead, he saw what looked like a small blob, about a foot long and a foot high. Its round body was a light shade of pink, and it had two tiny pink arms sticking out the sides, and two tiny red feet sticking out the bottom. There were no distinguishable fingers or toes, just little oval shaped blobs. It had big, oval-shaped blue eyes and a closed mouth. It was bouncing around, flipping over easily, and happily dancing.
"Awww!" Colette said again. "Look at it! Isn't it so cute?"
The creature bounced into Colette's arms, snuggling closer to the blond Chosen. She patted its head happily. Then she looked pleadingly at Lloyd. "Look! It likes me! Can we keep it? Please?"
Genis looked interested. "We haven't seen anything like this in Symphonia before. I think Raine might want to see it, and we should ask the grown-ups before keeping it. Let's head back."
"OK," said Lloyd. "Somehow I get the feeling that I'm not gonna be bored for long."
The three walked back to the inn, Colette still cuddling the pink thing.
When they reached the inn, Raine looked up from her book. "You're back," she said. Then she noticed Colette holding the pink thing. "Hey, is that... it is!"
"You know what it is, Professor?" asked Lloyd.
"Yes," Raine replied. "It's a Kirby."
A while later, the whole party sat in a circle outside of the inn, with the pink thing in the centre.
"So what is that thing?" asked Sheena.
"It's something called a 'Kirby'," said Raine. "They were spoken of in a couple of the older legends. It's supposedly a being from another land that occasionally ends up here. Also... I think they can use other beings' power by swallowing them."
Lloyd looked at the little pink thing, that was now staring wide-eyed at them.
It sort of bounced over to Kratos, and stared at him for a moment. Then it opened a large mouth and started to suck in air, surprisingly hard. Kratos went flying toward the little thing. As he did, he shouted "Judgement!" and a beam of light hit the Kirby and Kratos. The Kirby, which had swallowed Kratos at that time, then spit him out. He appeared to be unconscious, and the Kirby collapsed beside him.
The group ran over to surround Kratos and the Kirby. Both seemed to be out cold.
Lloyd looked at his father. "Let's poke him," he said.