Okay. This fan fic is kind of...ok..really long, so don't read it if you don't have a lot of time. CONTAINS SPoiLERS! PLEASE NOTE: Anna is my own made up character, i'm just using her for the role of Kratos' wife. OK?

AND: This fan fic is a combo of Tales of Symphonia, .Hack/sign and a few songs i know.

Italics:song

" ":talking

( ):thinking

:whispering

Chapter One:Memories and a Song

Lost in memories, Kratos Aurion sighed as he remembered that night, so

many long years ago. That horrible night that he had been forced to kill his

beloved wife, anna.

Fifteen years had passed since then, but the sadness still gripped him like an

icy fist whenever he though about it. And because he had killed her, he hadn't been able to see his son, Lloyd, grow up. But now, after all this time, Kratos had met his son once again, even though Lloyd had no idea that Kratos was his father. He eventually found out, but not in the way he would have liked. Lloyd refused to believe it at first, and Kratos couldn't blame him. He was, after all, a traitor.

"Da...Kratos, is something wrong?" Lloyd's voice broke through Kratos' thoughts.

"Hmm? Oh. It's nothing," The group was walking through a dense forest, and while everyone else had been walking ahead, talking happily, he had been walking slowly behind them, saying nothing. Lloyd, now walking beside his father said,

"You were thinking about mom weren't you?" Kratos remained silent. Lloyd didn't push, which was unlike him, but instead walked silently, but not sadly as if he was simply enjoying his father's company. Suddenly, Colette stopped and said,

"Does anyone hear that?" Everyone stopped and listened.

"I don't hear anything." said Sheena.

"Yeah, me neither." agreed Genis.

"You sure you really heard something, Colette?" Zelos inquired.

"M-maybe not..."Colette replied uncertainly. "Let's go." The group began to move further, but after a few minutes, Colette stopped again. This time, Genis said,

"Now I hear something." A soft melody echoed through the trees. It almost sounded like someone was singing.

"It's coming from over there." said Sheena, pointing northeast of the direction they had been heading in.

"Someone's...singing..." nuttered Lloyd to Kratos, but Kratos had already heard it. He was listening with a look of disbelief on his face. Suddenly, he took off at full speed in the direction of the singing.

"Da...Kratos! Wait! Where are you going?" Lloyd yelled.