Hello dear readers, I have read fanfiction for a while, but thanks to my good friend Shadigan Shinen, I mustered up my writing spirit and got started. So, here goes!
This story combines characters from Tales of Symphonia with the universe of Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
The Tales of Symphonia timeline will be after the final battle in the first game. And for KHR, after the end of the manga, so spoilers from both universes.
Disclaimer: Copyrights for Tales of Symphonia goes to Namco and Copyrights for Katekyo Hitman Reborn goes to Akira Amano. Zero credits to me, I own nothing.
This is my first FanFic, so I hope you'll review and tell me what you think of it, of what is good, what is O.K. or what is awful and needs to be thrown in the garbage can.
Please enjoy.
Chapter 1: A New Journey
It was the day of the Summer Festival in Namimori Town, and most of the city was bustling either to prepare, manage or enjoy all the festivities Namimori could present.
But in a certain unsuspicious office building near the edge of the town, in its ordinary looking basement complex, the building had several extra basement levels, a secret well kept and hidden away from any innocent and not so innocent curious eyes.
In one of those basements, a man wearing an expensive looking black suit just entered. With a frown on his face, he looked across a large laboratory filled with machinery, as well as many computer stands constantly working and being monitored by personel.
Suddently, one of the computer terminals sprang to life and signalled its discovery, three scientists hurried over to see the computer's report and started to talk excitedly with each other. After double checking its readings with other terminals, they fell silent and turned toward the man in the suit.
"Well?" He asked the scientists. "Status?"
"Sir, we have confirmed the authenticity of the readings." One of the scientists started. "We found one, sir."
The man broke into a feral grin at the news. "Excellent, absolutely excellent!" he laughed.
The scientists couldn't help but dare to smile themselves.
"And it's great timing too," he continued after the laughter had died down, "but we need to hurry, prepare all that's needed. This year's Summer Festival will be our sign for celebration! Bring our gifts to Namimori Shrine immediately."
"Yes Sir!" Many voices chorused in reply.
"The fireworks will be the signal to activate them ..." Heh, when this project is complete, those Vongolas will learn to fear our name. He then turned to leave the laboratory.
The festivities were well underway in town and people were enjoying themselves. Around Namimori Shrine were stands lined up containing everything from edible goodies to souvenirs and games with prizes.
Amongst the many visitors, a large group of friends could be seen around the game stands, cheers from the spectators and wails from stand owners could be heard everywhere, especially at the ball-throwing games and shooting range, which were completely conquered by a black haried swordsman and a little baby wearing a black suit and fedora.
After the crushing defeats of those two stands by the hands of Yamamoto the Swordsman and Reborn the Hitman and ex-Arcobaleno, their friends gathered to congratulate them, even though their victories came as a surprise to no one.
Sawada Tsunayoshi, with his famous brown, gravity defying hair, and his Vongola Guardians as well as his friends had decided to make the Summer Festival a group event for them. All of his Guardians had arrived at the festival, even the Devil Prefect of Namimori Middle School, though he was in the middle of 'asking for donations' for the Disciplinary Committee activities from the stand holders.
Chrome was walking together with Kyoko, Haru, Hana and the kids, Lambo, I-Pin and Fuuta, concentrating mostly around food and candy stores.
Tsuna's other family of friends as well as his allies, Enma and the Simon Famiglia, were also present. They were trying to see everything there was to see before the scheduled fireworks, since they had agreed on a meeting spot, so they could see the show together with Tsuna and his friends.
Tsuna looked at the night sky while one yelling "Extreme!" could be heard from somewhere in the crowd. He couldn't help but laugh a little at that. I sure hope everyone are having a good time. Eh!? Sigh, I can feel Mukuro using his Mist flames, probably scaring others with his illusions again. I should find him and the Kokuyo Gang and make them calm down abit... hopefully. This should be fun for everyone, not a horror show at the expense of innocent bystanders!
Unknown to the people at the festival, a group of newcomers were scheming at the edges of the festival. With them, they were carrying odd looking boxes the size of their heads, and placed them out of sight in bushes, in stands or other places so they would be forming a circle around the shrine and the festival.
Night had fallen and Tsuna and his friends had gathered in a clearing at the shrine, according to Reborn, this was the best viewing spot for the fireworks. They got comfortable and waited for the show to start, except that Tsuna couldn't sit still, he kept looking from side to side as if searching for someone, but all of their friends were already in the clearing.
"Tenth, is something bothering you?" The silver headed bomber, Gokudera asked him.
"Ano, Gokudera-kun. I'm not sure, I just have this feeling ... that something is about to happen.. here." Tsuna replied.
The baby hitman Reborn thoughtfully looked at his student.
"Geh! Is it an enemy? I'll take them out!" Gokudera stood and took out a handful of dynamite sticks from his jacket.
"Hiie! You had those with you all day? What if they were lit by accident!?" Tsuna exclaimed.
"He he, don't worry Tenth, something like that wouldn't happen." Gokudera smiled at his beloved boss.
I sure hope Gokudera-kun is right about that. I want to watch firework, not become it. Tsuna thought grimly.
They saw a flash in the distance, and turned just in time to see the start of the fireworks. A few moments passed where they all just enjoyed the show together.
"HIIIE!" Tsuna suddently yelled out in surprise.
They all turned to him and saw that Tsuna's forehead was on fire and his mittens had turned into his Vongola Gear, and that his Vongola Ring was glowing with his Dying Will. At once, the Vongola's and the Simon's Dying Wills also activated, to the wonder of them all. They could feel that their flames were pulled out of them, they tried to cancel the flow of flames, yet they couldn't do anything to stop it from evaporating into thin air.
The non-Dying Will users could only watch helplessly, as their friends gradually got weaker from the loss of their Dying Wills.
After some minutes, the draining finally stopped, allowing them to cancel their flames and catch their breaths.
Reborn hurried to check that they all were in decent shape, before muttering to himself, "Che, I wonder if that Verde is messing with us now." before saying out loud, "Dame-Tsuna, get your family and allies safely home, I'm going to pay a visit to the green haired scientist." And with that, Reborn took off.
As the rest of them got to their feet and started to walk home, Tsuna couldn't help but be disappointed of the outcome of the Summer Festival. I hope it's as simple as Verde messing around, but I have a feeling that it's much more serious than that.
As they left the shrine and festival area, Tsuna tiredly looked up at the night sky, seeing the fireworks explode everywhere. I hope Reborn will return with some answers.
At the same time in the newly combined world of what was previously know as two parallel dimensions, Sylvaranth and Tethe'alla, a seedling of the Great Tree meant to tie the two worlds into one had just been given a name. Especially one group of friends were to thank for the merging of the worlds, those same friends were currently on their way to a small village, the village where their great journey originally began and the home of some of them: the village of Iselia.
Upon their arrival, Iselia's major as well as a smaller part of its villagers came to greet them. The villagers were looking expectantly at the travellers that they recognized, one of the travellers, a blond, long haired girl clad in white and light purple exchanged glances with a young man wielding two swords and clad almost entirely in crimson red.
"Don't worry. Just say what's in your heart, and they'll see it your way, positive." He gave her a reassuring smile to which she responded with a smile of her own.
She stepped forward and adressed the villagers.
"Everyone, please listen to what we have to say." She started out, her eyes showing her determination to be heard. "The Journey of World Regeneration that we embarked on, started out just like the previous Chosen's, but partway along it, we learned new truths of our world as well as of a world living side by side with ours, Tethe'alla, we learned of the secrets behind the title 'Chosen' .."
When she mentioned that title, an extravagant, red haired young man gave a slight nod to no one in particular. Finally free ..
".. and of the contest for mana, these two worlds were having. Through many hardships, we succeeded in changing this system, by recombining the two worlds into one, the contest has been stopped. A special tree has been planted as a link to keep the world together, and by showing love and adoration for that special tree and nature in its whole, it will one day grow and fill the world with enough mana to bring life and happiness to everyone. With the fall of this Chosen system, i am no longer a Chosen of Mana, my only title from now on is my name: Colette Brunel. With this, humans, elves and all the lives caught in between, will be able to share the same world. It will need work and good intentions from all sides, but I have hope that we all can learn to live in harmony with each other!" As she said the last bit, her face was smiling as radiant as the sun.
All the villagers burst into cheers and started to congratulate not only Colette, but also all her traveling companions. The major even personally came and congratulated the two he previously had exiled from Iselia.
Among all those who congratulated them, Colette saw her father and grandmother and she jumped into their arms to hug them. They returned the gesture and told her how much they had missed her while she was away, Colette was so happy to see them again, causing a few tears to escape her eyes.
The villagers spread out into Iselia in order to tell everyone about the return of the Chosen, Colette Brunel, and about the altered version of the Regeneration of the World.
Suddently, some of the villagers yelled out in surprise, and the traveling group saw that they pointed towards the Tower of Salvation. They all turned their heads in that direction, and saw a giant, dark cloud, materializing above the ruins of the Tower of Salvation.
A gasp could be heard through the villagers, when a large beam of darkness erupted from the cloud and headed straight for Iselia. The beam made a spiral circle around the village and proceeded to dive straight down into the black haired and purple clad ninja in their midst.
The ninja yelled out in surprise when the beam hit her, covering her entire body with its width.
"Sheena!" they all called to her in alarm.
"I .. I can't move my body!" she exclaimed.
"It feels like mana ... but at the same time as something else too!" A short, silver haired half-elf said in surprise.
The group around her tried to reach into the beam of darkness to get to her, but the darkness pulsated and pushed them away. They could only stand and watch, as they saw 8 of her Summoner Cards levitating out of her inventory with an aura around them similar to the dark beam.
Suddently, they saw that the beam left Sheena and took to the skies again, carrying along with it the glowing Summoner Cards. They saw the beam return to the giant cloud above the ruins of the Tower of Salvation, the beam merged with the cloud followed by the disappearance of them both, as if they were never there to begind with.
"Wha ... by Martel, what just happened here!?" Sheena yelled in shock.
"Something just took the cards you use to call the Summon Spirits, but can't you just use another card, a blank card maybe?" The crimson swordsman asked.
Sheena used some time to think about that theory, "All right Lloyd, I've never tried to summon with a blank card before, but here goes!" Sheena grabs a clean piece of paper from her inventory, and call out: "Hammer of purple thunder that reinforce the brave god, by right as the pact maker I command thee. Come forth, Volt!"
Everyone around her expected Volt to appear, so they took a step back in order to not get hit by any stray lighting bolts. But seconds passed, and nothing happened.
"Nothings happening .. a shame, it was such a brilliant idea." Said the little, silver haired magican in order to tease the swordsman.
"Yea, it was a good idea wasn't it, a shame nothing came of it." "!". Lloyd suddently turned to look at the silver head. "Shut up, Genis! It was worth a try atleast." He retorts half teasingly, half seriously to his friend.
Sheena was concentrating with her eyes closed, "Guys, I can't feel them, I just can't feel the mana signatures from any of the Summon Spirits I made pacts with, except from Origin and Maxwell, and even those two feel .. weird. They're there, but I can't reach them." She said, agitation evident in her voice.
One of the other swordsmen in the party, one clad entirely in light and dark purple, decided to share his view of the unknow situation. "That cloud looked like some sort of portal or gateway, and since Sheena cannot feel the presence of most of the Summon Spirits, I suspect the portal originated from somewhere not on this planet, not even from the one above us."
"But the world still needs all of the Summon Spirits, right?" Lloyd asked. "Even though the mana links were no longer needed when the worlds became one, we still need the Spirits, right? Kratos?"
"Correct." The purple swordsman answered. "The Summon Spirits are necessary for the world, they manage the planet's growth of life and without them, the world will wither away and die."
"Oh no, we can't let that happen. We must bring them back!" Came Colette's concerned voice.
"You're right!" Lloyd agreed with Colette, he unsheathed his two swords, one blue as the ocean and glaciers while the other yellow as the sun and red as molten lava, each a gift from both of his fathers, pointed them towards the skies and called to the legendary sword. "Eternal Sword, I need your help."
Lloyd's two swords levitated out of his hands, each glowing in their respective color. While they gravitated towards eachother, their glow merged and became purple. When the light dimmed, it revealed that the two swords had become one, big, two handed, purple sword. The sword slowly descended, where Lloyd grabbed it.
"You who possess the Right of the Pact. What do you ask of this sword?" A voice from within the purple sword echoed in their minds.
"Eternal Sword, the world's Summon Spirits have been taken away, bring them back to this world." Lloyd said to the sword.
There was a moment of silence, before the Eternal Sword spoke again. "Forceful return of the Summon Spirits is not possible."
"Why is it not possible?!" asked Colette pleadingly.
"The cause is due to the negative influence of waves outside our dimension. The only solution would be to physically remove or alter any negative influences and then push all the Summon Spirits back into this world."
"Can you bring us to where the Summon Spirits were taken?" Lloyd questioned.
Silence ..
"I can bring you there, but an unknown energy source is present in that world, and it is therefore unknown if this sword can bring you back."
"I see .." Lloyd said, "so it's possible that it's a one-way-ticket into an unknown world." He looked at his friends. "Friends, I'm going to that world to search for the spirits. Since I might be trapped there, I won't ask you to follow me on this one."
"LLOYD!" Colette exclaimed. "How can you say that! I won't let you go alone."
"Me neither!" Came Genis's reply.
All the others in the group nodded, smiled at each other and took steps towards the stunned swordsman, who managed to say: "Y.. you'll all come with me? We might be stuck in that world, you'll be leaving everything behind!" He stressed to the others.
"You were willing to do the same, don't forget that." Genis laughed.
"We will brave the unknown to save the Summon Spirits! Yeah!" Sheena cheered.
"Looks like you're stuck with us. And if we do end up being trapped in that world, as long as we're together it can't be that bad, right Lloyd?" Colette said brightly.
"Aw, thanks guys, I really appreciate it." Lloyd smiled at them all. "Okay. Eternal Sword, bring our travel group to where the Summon Spirits were taken to."
"Very well, this sword will bring you as close as it can."
At once, the Eternal Sword started glowing a sharp purple, and formed a sphere around the friends. From the eyes of those inside it, it was as if a giant, purple curtain was hanging between them and the rest of the world. They only saw their friends for a couple of seconds before they too disappeared from sight. Yet, they all somehow knew, that they were following the mana trail of the Summon Spirits.
While walking home from the Summer Festival, their group had shrunk down to Tsuna, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Fuuta, Lambo and I-Pin. They had almost reached the Sawada residence, when they heard a large explosion in the distance, they turned to face the sound and saw a giant purple explosion light up the skies, followed by nine tails from the explosion that dropped toward the earth in different directions around Namimori.
"Gahahaha, a big boom!" Lambo cheered
"Maa maa, that big one was some impressive firework." Yamamoto commented.
Firework .. was that really firework ..? Tsuna thought.
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