Well, I must admit, it's about time I actually wrote another multi-chaptered story, eh? At the moment, unfortunately, I don't have Microsoft Word working for me so it's in WordPad. But trust me, I will be trying to make sure it doesn't have much spelling mistakes. Oh by the way, I thought of this story when I was folding laundry. Kinda weird, eh? Any way, it has spoilers for the ending 'cause it takes place after the ending. ;D But that'll be explained. Well, shall we?

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of the Abyss or any of the characters from it. I do, however, own the OC characters. So enjoy.

Pairings: LukexTear, and probably other pairings later as the story goes on.

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"Evangeline, please stop being so stubborn." said an old, raspy voice coming from the doorway. The young woman sighed, while standing up.

"I chose to be like this because they haven't been giving me any thing to do lately, Zarith." Replied the young woman. Zarith walked over to her.

"Evangeline, they have summoned you to join them in a meeting. They have some thing for you to do and I think that--"

"I have a mission? It's about damn time, too!" Evangeline interrupted, feeling slightly angry. Zarith shook his head and walked back to the doorway.

"They'll be waiting for you in the Meeting Room." Zarith simply stated, as he left. Evangeline got up, and went through the dark halls to the Meeting Room. The wooden floors creaked with every step and it started to get quite annoying to Evangeline. Once she got to the Meeting Room, she knocked rapidly on the door, even though she just wanted to burst through. A young man answered the door.

"Ahh, Evangeline. It's nice to see you. Please come in." He said, gesturing her to come in. Evangeline rolled her eyes as she walked past. She then sat at the table where three other men, including Zarith, were at. An older man then the one at the door stood.

"Evangeline Zella Fortune, it is quite an honour to see you again. Ahh, and your eye is as red as ever!" He said gleefully. Evangeline rolled her eyes once more.

"It's Miss Fortune to you, Gareth." Replied Evangeline angrily. "And enough about my eye. What's my mission?" Gareth chuckled.

"As impatient as always, I see." He laughed. "Well, we have a bounty hunt for you."

"A bounty hunt? Sounds quite fun." Evangeline said, while smirking.

"Yes, and you have quite a few victims. Although only two of them you can't 'take care of' since they are... well... important to use for blackmail and such."

"Alright. Who are they?" Gareth then set out a paper on the table with descriptions of six people and detailed sketches.

"This one" He began, pointing at Jade, "Is Jade Curtiss, or rather, Jade the Necromancer, the Colonel of the Malkuth Imperial Division. From our sources, we believe he was helping out our main target" he then pointed at Luke, "Luke fon Fabre, who actually believed to be the replica to actual Luke, but his status is currently unknown. Then, there is Tear Grants" He pointed at Tear's picture next, "Or Mystearica Aura Fende, as her real name is. She is the granddaughter of Teodoro Grants, who is apart of the Order of Lorelei, and she is also Van Grants' younger sister. Then--"

"Van Grants? That sounds familiar..." Evangeline interrupted. Gareth rose an eyebrow.

'Vandesdelca Musto Fende is his full name, and he is believed to have such great power within him, although unfortunately, he was believed to have died at the remains of the where the replica of Hod was." He then stared at Evangeline. "Now may I continue?" He waited for her nod in approval and continued. "The last one you get to enjoy spilling blood is Guy Cecil, also known as Gailardia Galan Gardios, who was apart of a royal family that were brutally murdered right in front of him in the Hod War. This situation seems a bit ironic but that doesn't really matter. Any way..." Gareth then pointed at the sketch of Anise, "Anise Tatlin, who is now the current Fon Master, is one of the two you must kidnap. The other," Then he pointed at the sketch of Natalia, "Is Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear, who is the princess of Kimlasca. Although her father must have a whole army by her side, I'm sure she'll be quite easy to get. Now then," He smiled at Evangeline, "Any questions?"

"Uh, yeah. Why these six?" She asked curiously. Gareth looked towards the floor.

"Because they destroyed the town of our main base where most of us were -- Akzeriuth."

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"Ahh, Luke, it's wonderful to have you back!" Anise gleefully stated, hugging Luke's waist, making him slightly blush. When Luke had returned that night unnexpected, they had travelled over to Chesedonia to stay at the Inn, since it was the closest city.

"Now, now, Anise, maybe you should give Tear some time alone with Luke." Jade grinned as he said it, making Luke blush even moreso. "I'm sure that they would appreciate it very much." He then stood and headed out the door of the room.

"Booo..." Anise complained, crossing her arms. "You better not take too long, I sleep in this room, too!" She said, and then left the room, closing the door behind her. Luke looked over to Tear, who was sitting at the bed across from him.

"Tear..." He began, looking slightly sad. "...You haven't said any thing since we were near Hod... What's up?" Tear shook her head.

"It's ... nothing..." She simply said. Luke stood up.

"It doesn't look like nothing!" Luke replied, a little flustered.

"I-I don't know what's wrong... I've been having this pain in my head for awhile now... And it's also so hard to believe that you're actually back... I feel like I'm dreaming but this is different from... a dream... It's all too confusing..."

"Maybe you're sick...?"

"No, I'm not sick..."

"You never know, you could have a head cold or some thing like that!" Luke was grinning now. It made Tear smile a bit.

"Since when did you know what a head cold was?" Tear asked teasingly, which made Luke blush.

"Hey..." He replied, sitting next to her. Tear smiled a little bit more.

"Well... I'm just glad you're back..." She said, giving Luke a hug at that moment, making him blush. They then heard a muffled 'Aww...' from behind the door. Luke stood up.

"Anise, were you eavesdropping?!" He yelled, making his way to the door angrily.

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And there you have it! The first chapter... Well, make sure to review so I'll get the second chapter up and ready!

-Tammeh tha Teh Mana Master, aka Indignation Judgement