The Betrayal: Before and After

AN: mmkay I have decided to write a Genis and Mithos thingie. I was really intrigued by the whole Mithos Betrayal thing. So I decided that I shall write a 4 chapter fic. 2 stories in one basically, the first 2 chapters dealing with before the betrayal, one from Genis' POV and one from Mithos'. The last 2 chapters are the same thing, only dealing with after the betrayal. Anywho, now that I have totally confuzzeld all of u, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own TOS. I dun own Mithos or Genis. Or any of the other characters. Though I wish I owned Zelos. But alas, I do not :Sigh:

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Chapter One – Genis

They sat outside of Altessa's house, watching the clouds drift swiftly and silently throughout the starry night sky. They sat in silence, neither one feeling the urge to break the comfortable, companionable silence. Everything was just perfect. Not only were they one step closer to defeating Cruxis, now Genis had his very own friend. Not just any friend either. A half-elf like himself. One who understood.

Genis sighed and looked up at the stars. There were billions of them tonight, each of them sparkling their brightest, shining as if there was not a problem in the entire world, or so it seemed from Genis' standpoint.

He was truly glad that he had found Mithos. He was happy that he found someone like himself, someone that he could share things with. Mithos seemed like such a nice guy. Surely, he had been hated as well (what half-elf was not hated?). Yet he was so kind to everyone, and seemed to be content with having Genis as a friend as well.

However, Mithos had had prejudices against the rest of the gang to begin with. Genis recalled so well how Mithos had been shocked at the fact that both Genis and his sister, Raine, were traveling with a group of humans. He also remembered, that Mithos had been reassured when he, Genis, had told him that the rest of the group was not bad. That these humans were good humans.

Mithos had trusted him. It was a feeling that Genis was very unaccustomed to. Trust. Complete and total trust, without question. It felt so good to have that kind of bond with someone. To not be afraid to trust. To be able to simply rely on someone for anything. He loved that about Mithos.

And how courageous he was as well! Genis couldn't even list the number of times Mithos had saved him from danger. And it never seemed to matter that he was putting his own life on the line. He had even stolen a rheiard from the Renegade base in order to help them once. And even though he couldn't fight, he still knew valuable information that he had been happy to share with them on numerous occasions.

Genis envied Mithos. He was so carefree. So brave. Something that Genis could never be. He was such a coward, himself. He wouldn't know how to act brave or noble or anything along those lines. He was just grateful that Mithos was there for him, no matter what.

He stole a glance at his friend. He was staring at the stars as well. He seemed lost to Genis' eyes, and he appeared to be confused as well. Almost like he was having an internal struggle of some sort. This disturbed Genis slightly. Whatever his friend was going through, he wanted to help.

"Mithos?" Genis asked tentatively, not wanting to startle him.

"Mmm?" said Mithos distractedly.

"Um…What're you thinking about?"

"Oh, not much. Just about half-elves, and humans. How different they are," he said, still having a far off look in his eyes.

"Yeah," Genis agreed, "I guess they are different," he paused tilting his head slightly, "but…everyone is different in one way or another. It's not a bad thing. It's just how we're made. People will always be different from one another."

"Maybe not always," Mithos murmured softly.

"Huh? What does that mean?" said Genis, puzzled.

"What?" said Mithos, jumping at the question. It appeared as if he were hearing Genis for the first time.

"I was just wondering what you meant when you said 'Maybe not always'. You don't have to get so defensive about it," Genis consoled.

"Oh, um, it was nothing. I was merely thinking about the future."

"The future?"

"Yeah. What I meant was that maybe in the future, maybe there will be a way for all the races to get along." Mithos said.

"Hmm, that could happen, I guess," Genis frowned, "but I don't think that it will happen overnight. Truthfully, I don't think all the races will ever completely see eye to eye. They are too different. But maybe they will come to an understanding one day."

"Understanding? The races don't want to 'understand'" Mithos scoffed.

"There are some that do. Like Lloyd and the others. We all get along great. Maybe one day, the rest of the world will be like that!" Genis said, trying to be optimistic.

"Hmm…" Mithos said again, lapsing into thought for a few more minutes. "One day, we shall see what the world holds in store for us," he said solemnly, gazing intently at Genis.

Genis was a bit taken aback by Mithos' sudden seriousness. He laughed nervously. "Yeah, I guess we will one day,"

Mithos offered no more comments on the subject, and stared up at the star-filled sky once more. Genis hoped that he had helped Mithos with whatever was bothering him, but somehow he doubted that he had. He only hoped that his friend would share more with him. He felt certain that he would. Mithos was probably just taking his time to figure things out for himself. And when Mithos came to him, he would be ready. Ready to offer advice, and words of comfort. That was what friends were for after all.

Soothed by the company of his friend, Genis settled down once more and looked towards the heavens. They silence resumed dominance over the area, and the two friends sat there like that for a few minutes more before finally heading inside Altessa's house for some much needed sleep.

Genis lay down in his bed and let pleasant thoughts overtake him. His last thought before drifting off to sleep was that he felt sure that he had finally found someone to believe in.

Fin

AN: sooo how was this fic? It is my first fic dealing with both Genis and Mithos, so I hope I wrote them well enough. I am writing this fic on a crappy laptop so its very annoying tee hee. So anywho, plz review this fic! I shall love u forever and give u 10,000 cookies! lol

The next chapter shall be this same situation, only from Mithos' POV, if u didn't get that from the beginning AN.