Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia or Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. If I did, Kratos and Noishe would have had alternate swimsuits. And Noishe would have been playable. Poor Kratos and Noishe…

Author's Note: This is a repost of my first completed story. Everything in it, aside from this updated author's note, the removal of review responses, and a little editing, is exactly how it was before. All other author's notes are from the original posting.

I originally finished this work back around 2009, but took it down for various reasons; one of the primaries for that was due to how I felt about the story's content. The pacing is poor, the plot is nonsensical, and the dialogue is awful. I've improved my writing and editing abilities a lot since then and the sulking hiatus, and it got me thinking:

Everyone has to start from somewhere, and the average person will not be perfect at something the first time they try. Taking the story down and trying to forget about how terrible my writing was and the lack of reviews only made me think about it more. It made me want to write more.

So here I offer "A Confession" again, in all of its terribly written glory. If anything, it will become something of a landmark I can use, comparing it to new stories I hope to write in the future.

Read, laugh, make fun of it, but most of all, enjoy.

Title: Tales of Symphonia – Dawn of the New World: A Confession?

Written by: NsShadowSerpent

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family

Rating: T

Warning: There will be much silliness. If you do not enjoy humor or are easily offended by laughter, leave now. You have been warned.

Story Summary: With the world at peace again after the restoration of Ratatosk's power, the gang decides to take a break from their battles at Altamira, at the request of Emil and Marta. Lloyd prepares himself for quite an interesting time with his fellow teammates…


TALES OF SYMPHONIA - DAWN OF THE NEW WORLD: A CONFESSION?

A VACATION?: CHAPTER I


It had taken some days to prepare for the trip to Altamira, with Lloyd and the others busy gathering their items, clothes, and other gadgets for a vacation that Regal had promised to both Emil and Marta after their victory against Richter. Marta had invited everyone else along, saying that Emil wanted all of his friends to join him to see the sights as well, since it would truly be his first time ever just sitting back and having fun for a change. Everyone, other than Emil and Marta, would have to pay though of course, as George made sure to mention. Excitedly, Lloyd began preparing early in the morning before the day when they would leave. According to Dirk, when he asked why, the twin swordsman muttered something about a certain blonde telling him the wrong time and being left behind.

"I'm about ready to take off, dad!" Lloyd called from outside while preparing his assortment of equipment. He saddled them up to Noishe, who appeared to be sleeping still. Dirk stepped outside a few moments later, with a few other things in his arms.

"Leaving already, Lloyd?" he said. "Hope you're not in too much of a hurry to leave your old man behind again."

"Aw, dad come on!" Lloyd said, in the middle of tying a knot to secure his things around Noishe. The large dog-like creature yawned and lifted a leg to scratch behind its ears.

Lloyd gave the knot one last pull, and Noishe yelped a little. Lloyd sweat-dropped and quickly undid the knot, panicking.

"I'm only kidding. Here." Dirk held out the pack to the young swordsman, and he took it in both hands, holding it to his ears and shaking it.

"What's in it?" he asked, inspecting the package wrapped in light blue paper with a red ribbon around it.

"Just something I'm sure you'll need on your trip," Dirk said. "Don't open it until then now."

Lloyd nodded. "Okay, I got it." He tucked the package away in the pack on his back, and saddled up on the Protozoan. "Well, I'm off! Come on, Noishe!" He pointed a finger out forward toward their next destination.

"Lloyd!" Dirk called to him as he took off, "Always remember Dwarven Vow number one-hundred seventy-eight!"

Lloyd finally arrived at Triet a few hours later. He hopped off Noishe, and on instinct, the large dog-like creature immediately ran under an old building near the entrance for shade. Looking around, he caught sight of a certain blonde and raven haired ninja sitting and conversing on the bench outside of the inn. Sensing his presence, Colette perked up, the young woman waving and beaming at him in her usual cheerful demeanor. Lloyd smiled and waved back.

"Hey guys! It's been awhile hasn't it?" Lloyd greeted, walking up to the inn and leaning against a nearby beam.

"Yeah!" Colette chirped. "Yesterday, after you left my house after lunch, I thought tomorrow would never come!"

Sheena sighed, her head drooping a little. "I guess one day is quite awhile for the both of them, huh…" she mused.

"Sheena!" Lloyd flashed his cheery smile at the ninja. "How have you been?"

Sheena's cheeks turned a light pink tint. "Uh…I-I've been uh… good! How about you?"

"Awww… my sweet, voluptuous hunny is getting all embarrassed!" a voice spoke from just inside the inn.

"Shut up, Zelos!" Sheena turned around to face him, fuming. "And I thought you were still inside sleeping!"

"Yes, yes I was," Zelos said, coming out and closing the door behind him, "but even sleep isn't enough for this beauty." He looked around, and catching sight of the red clad warrior, he immediately perked up, more or so if that was even possible. "Lloyd! My bud!" Zelos ran over and tried to hug him.

"H-hey! Knock it off! It's good to see you too!" Lloyd said, struggling to get the red-head to control himself.

"Stop making a scene, Zelos," Sheena said. "We don't need any more unwanted attention, other than what we already get from you."

Zelos did a hair flip, arm still around Lloyd's shoulders. "Sheena's just jealous that she doesn't have the guts to glomp Lloyd like I do."

Sheena turned beat red. "Sh-shut it!"

After a few conversations here and there about what everyone had been doing since their last journey together, with some occasional teasing from Sheena, some cluelessness from Lloyd, some random out of the sky questions from Colette, some flirting from Zelos, and some bashing Zelos over the head for his flirting from Sheena, Genis and Raine finally showed up along with the Reihards they would be using to get to Altamira. The Half-elves greeted the others and together they arrived at their intended destination.

Genis jumped up. "Looks like the Lezereno company did some major renovations to this place. It looks even bigger than before!"

Zelos whistled. "I'll say. And speaking of major renovations…" He wandered off, toward the hotel to speak to one of the rather well-endowed bunny girls at the entrance. "Aren't those even bigger than before?" he asked her slyly, flashing his slick trademark grin.

The blonde bunny girl giggled and nodded.

Sheena tightened her fists at her sides, stabbing her fingernails into her palms until they were red. Lloyd approached her, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Sheena, are you okay?" he asked. "You look like you're gonna explode."

Sheena relaxed and sighed, defeated. "I'll be fine…"

Colette piped up. "She's just about to explode with excitement!"

Genis shook his head. "Yeah… excitement." He rolled his eyes.

Raine's eyes just about bugged out of her head. She pointed to a mess of pink hair covered by a blue cap approaching them. She tried to stifle in her laughter, but failed miserably and held her sides, almost crying.

"Wahoo," the pink haired girl said.

"P-Presea? Is that you?" Genis managed say, which was quite impressive for him; usually he couldn't get anything else out when speaking to her other than her name.

The girl nodded. "Wahoo." She pointed over to the Elemental Railway. "Wahoo, wahoo."

Lloyd blinked and gave a tight smile, sweat dropping. "Um… Presea, what are you doing dressed like that, anyway? I thought you were done with that gig."

Presea sighed. "Wahoo. Wa…hoo. Wahoo!" She waved and flapped her arms, seeming as if she were trying to explain something, panicking.

Raine finished her laughing fit somewhat. "When she's in that uniform, it's a rule that she must only speak Klonoaian," she said, still giggling a little at the girl dressed in blue and black.

Presea nodded. "Wahoo." She pointed over to the inn. "Wahoo."

"What a rather… interesting rule," said Sheena, scratching her head.

"Presea says that after we're done checking into the inn to meet up with Marta and Emil at the Casino." Colette said.

Everyone turned to stare at her.

"She also says that Regal will meet with us later, and we can use the Elemental Railway to look at the new sights."

Sheena blinked. "Colette, you can understand Klonoaian?"

"Yeah!" Colette smiled. "Though, I don't think she necessarily said it in that order!"

Lloyd beamed at her. "That's amazing, Colette! Maybe you can teach me sometime!"

"Sure!" The both of them began walking to the inn. "We'll catch up with you later, Presea!"

Raine looked to Sheena. "I don't think Klonoaian is a real language, but to Colette I guess it could be."

Sheena held her hands up, shaking her head. "To Colette, the tooth fairy could be real."

The women sighed collectively and headed toward the inn.

"Thanks, Presea," Sheena called back to the uniformed girl. "Come to the inn when you're done with work."

Presea bowed. "Wahoo," she said, her pink pigtails bouncing as she saluted them and walked off to patrol the city.

Sheena walked past Zelos, who had been leaning on the gate with his eyes closed, as if he had been waiting for her. She turned around to look back at him over her shoulder.

"Are you finished, you philanderer?" she asked.

Zelos chuckled. "If you must know, The Great Zelos has taken it upon himself to request special reservations at the hotel for all of his friends. I'll make it a priority to make sure you thank me later personally."

Sheena wrinkled her nose. "Hm. Seems like there's always some ulterior motive with you."

Zelos waved a hand. "It's just you, Sheena, my dear." He looked at her over his shoulder as she had done to him, smirking.

Sheena hmphed and turned, pink ribbons trailing behind and up the stairs. Genis came trudging along not soon after with his head down, still thinking about his candy-colored pink-haired love.

"She wants it," Zelos said to the Half-elf, nodding.

"What does she want?" Genis asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'll tell you when you're older." Zelos dismissed him with a hand, ascending the stairs leading into the hotel.

Genis blinked for a moment, then followed in step from behind.


TO BE CONTINUED…

Author's Note: I originally was only going to make this a one-shot, but I've began to like it.

It most likely will be a five part series. What do you guys think? Were they well in character? What was your favorite funny moment? I'm hoping their interactions are on par with how they normally are in the game. Well, until next time in Chapter II.