Hey! This is my first fic of ToS! There might be some grammar or spelling mistakes, since english isn't my native laguage, so please, don't be too harsh! If there are mistakes of any kind, please let me know. Enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia, but I sure wish I did!

CHAPTER ONE:

An Angel Without Wings

Flashback

"Hey! Look at those birds! Aren't they beautiful?"

"Yes, indeed." Kratos answered. - "C'mon!" said a young girl.

Kratos averted his eyes from the birds and looked at the girl instead. She was gorgeous, her brunette hair and eyes were simply beautiful. He followed her with his eyes and saw her there, standing with her arms pointing to the sky, smiling… that smile, he didn't know what it was, but deep inside, he could feel the warmth growing in his body… - "Let's go Kratos! Hurry up!"

End of the flashback

Why? Why was he suddenly having those memories? Since he was back from Derris-Kharlan, he couldn't help but thinking about it. A ray of sunshine made him wake up, so he laid his head on his arms. He was able to watch for the very first time the sunrise in Iselia, from that hill, it looked beautiful.

He had got a letter, it seemed his son Lloyd wanted to see him, although he didn't know if it was the only reason he had returned, but, it was impossible, he knew his heart would always belong to that young girl with the lovely smile, but still…

"Kratos?"

Kratos was startled when he heard his name even if he didn't show it, then; he saw a figure lit by the sun.

"Raine." was all he said while he turned his head towards the silver-haired girl with blue eyes standing in front of him.

"How long have you been here? I thought I was going to find you at Dirk's house, but I didn't. Anyway…" Raine said "When did you arrive?"

"Early this morning." Kratos wondered how Raine knew he was back, he haven't sent her a letter, so why?

Raine could see Kratos doubtful look, so she said:

"Lloyd was talking about your arrival at school." answering his thoughts.

"I see."

"It's really beautiful!" Kratos looked at Raine, she was staring at Iselia illuminated by the sun, and he could hear the birds singing and feel the breeze softly touching their faces.

"It would be best not to stay here longer." Kratos said while walking away.

"Yes. Lloyd is surely waiting for you at Dirk's." said Raine following Kratos.

They were walking and noticed the Iselia Human Ranch, what was left of it, since Raine destroyed all of them, the only thing that they could see were ashes and piles of rubble. Kratos remembered their journey that began as one of Regeneration and ended reuniting the two worlds. In which he met his son and also Raine, who had become one of his battle companions as well as a good friend.

"…Raine, what were you doing up there, in the hills?" asked Kratos.

Raine stopped and looked at him. "…I…"- Raine stuttered, Kratos had never seen her like that- "…I always walk around…there before going to school." And she kept walking. "So she is still teaching…" Kratos thought. He had always admired Raine for her dedication to those kids, including Lloyd who wasn't the brightest kid, but he could see that Raine had always tried to teach him something during their journey.

"We've arrived." said Raine as she walked trough Dirk's house. Kratos headed forward Noishe's stable and touched it gently.

"From what I've heard, you've been taking good care of Lloyd."

Whine was all Noishe said as a response.

"Than-" but he couldn't finish thanking Noishe, because a pair of strong arms were hugging him.

"Dad! You're here!" a brunette boy said with enthusiasm. Kratos was surprised to feel his son's strength and said:

"Lloyd…I see you are doing well."

"Gahh!" Lloyd released his dad and scratched his head. "Sorry about that." Kratos looked at him; Lloyd was very happy and showed a smile, similar to…

"Well, I will gather everyone so we can have a celebration for your arrival." Said Raine returning from Dirk's house. "Is that fine with you?" asked to Kratos.

"…Certainly" said Kratos without paying attention.

"Then I will call Colette and Genis! We'll organize a party!" said Lloyd and disappeared.

Kratos saw him running away and said to Raine. "It wasn't necessary."

" Well, what it's done, it's done, so I'd better go to the town to buy some ingredients." she smiled. "I'm going to make food for tomorrow!" Kratos looked at her and said:

"Hmm… I think we'd better leave that to Genis."

"What!" yelled Raine. "You think I can't—" but just as she said that, Lloyd appeared with Colette and Genis.

"Yay! Kratos is here!" said Colette happily, and ran towards him but tripped over a root. "Oops, sorry." and stood up smiling.

"Hehe…Colette, you're hopeless…" said a little half-elf with white hair and blue eyes. "Why don't you use your wings anyway?" Colette just smiled. "Oh yeah, I'm sorry." She looked at Kratos. "I'm so happy you've come! We'll have a lot of fun!" said clapping her hands. Kratos was kind of dizzy to see so many people at once; Derris-Kharlan wasn't full of people at all.

"Lloyd, it would be a good idea to let the others know about Kratos." Raine seemed to have forgotten her anger earlier. "Send a letter to Zelos who is probably in Meltokio, maybe Sheena is with him and also send one to Regal, in Altamira, Presea is with him."

"P-presea is coming?" Genis said suddenly feeling a little nervous.

"Sure Genis, she wants to see you too!" said Lloyd teasing him.

"Shut up, Lloyd!" said Genis.

"Yay! We're going to be together again!" said Colette cheerfully.

Kratos sighed… it was going to be a long week.

So? What do you think? I still don't know if I'm going to make it a kraine or a kranna fic, so if you have any opinions, tell me with a review.