From Hero to Heroin
What might have happened if Lloyd or rather Lydia decided to stay a girl, what will happen? Well just read and find out! From the story Gender bending by cyberbanjo. Give some credit to the following authors: cyberbanjo and the amazing Chris okay.
The beginning of the first chapter is a part of the last chapter in the story Gender bending. Well enjoy.
Lydia was once again left with her thoughts it wasn't long, however, before Lydia heard a third knock on her door. She went to open it, and found herself staring straight at a serious looking Zelos (before him Kratos and Sheena came to talk to her…if you want to learn more about that then read the story Gender bender by Cyberbanjo-in case you didn't read the top like some people like doing read it now before you move on).
"Can I talk to you for a bit?" He asked.
"Of course. Come in." She opened the door. "Wanna go out on the balcony?"
"I guess so." He said, acting uninterested. There was something troubling him. As they walked onto it, he asked her, "What are you going to do about the cure tomorrow?"
"I don't know..." Lydia said as she sat on the bench on the balcony and Zelos sat behind her. "Sheena was just in here and gave me some things to think about. She told me to think about what the others wanted..." She glanced over at Zelos who was watching stoically. She'd never seen him this serious before. "...but what about what I want?" She asked as she slid closer to the Chosen and she put her hand on top of his. Startled, Zelos looked at her.
"What do you want?" Zelos asked.
"I want things to stay the way they are right now." She responded, staring deep into his eyes and leaned forward. "What about you?"
"I actually think... " He said as he leaned his face towards hers. "Argh! Damn these hormones!" The Chosen said as he turned away. "You shouldn't care about what I think." Whatever Lydia might have been expecting him to say, it wasn't that.
"But I do care." She said, touching him lightly on the shoulder. "You've been there with me throughout this whole thing. You found me first after I changed, you let me hide out in your mansion, you even helped save me from Sheena and that magic lipstick."
Zelos continued sadly, but unflinchingly. "You shouldn't choose to stay like you are now because of me. Soon, you're not going to give a damn about what I think. Trust me." He stood up to go.
"Why?" She stood up and grabbed his arm. "What are you talking about?"
He turned to face her with a stern look, but those large chocolate colored eyes weakened his resolve. "I...I... I'm going to regret this." He put a hand softly on her chin and pulled her slowly towards him. He leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips. Neither of them were sure how long the kiss lasted, but Zelos pulled away first. "We can't do this. Please..."
"Why not?" Lydia asked in confusion. "What's so wrong about us?"
"Firstly, you used to be a boy..." Zelos began and she glared at him. "...but that's not the reason. I'm probably not going to be around much longer and I don't want to hurt you."
Lydia gasped. "Do you mean you're going to die?"
Zelos chuckled a little bitterly. "You could say that." At least I will be when I betray everyone. I doubt any of the others will let me live.He thought. Zelos turned and over his shoulder said. "You'll be happier going back to the way things were. Just... please take the cure." If he had been facing Lydia, she would have seen a single tear on his cheek. "I'm sorry." He left.
Lydia was up for the remainder of the night trying to decipher Zelos' cryptic comments. The next morning everyone met in her room. When they entered, they saw she was wearing her female clothing (*a somewhat altered description is at the end of the chapter). Everyone understood the silent message: Lydia wasn't going to take the cure.
"So you've decided?" Regal asked.
"Yeah." Lydia replied. "I'm sorry but I'm going to stay like this a little bit longer."
"Oh" Genis said, sounding a little disappointed.
"I've realized I was completely distracted about the change and I'm sorry. In fact we were all distracted," Lydia said gently.
She noticed the pause, so she continued.
"I know I've been acting totally different and all, but I promise I'll be back to normal in no time. But, that doesn't mean I'll change my gender, it was already painful enough the first time."
She walked up to Genis, holding his shoulders gently. "Genis, I'm sorry I was neglecting you. I promise that's not gonna happen again."
"Really?" Genis asked, sounding rather hopeful.
"Yeah, really." She walked up to Collette next.
"Colette I'm sorry that I've been so careless around you, but don't worry." Lydia grinned, "cause I've got you covered just like I always have before."
"I'm glad to hear it, but you don't have to worry so much about me," Colette chirped.
Then she went up to Sheena.
"Sheena what I feel about you hasn't changed, you will always be like a sister to me." She stared into Sheena's eyes with all seriousness, then gave her a goofy grin, "and I guess even now more than ever."
"…Yeah you're right we are like siblings…" Sheena, though a bit disappointed, seemed to accept Llo-Lydia's choice.
"And everyone else, I apologize that I wasn't acting like myself. But now that I've set my priorities straight, let's keep going on our journey." Lydia grinned. "So thanks anyway for the cure Yuan, but I won't be needing it."
"Damn, okay…" Yuan grumbled.
"At any rate Yuan we need to get back to Cruxis," Kratos added. He, himself, suffering an internal struggle over his son's choice; bringing back memories he fought to bury so long ago.
"Fine; Lydia, Chosen…we will meet again." Yuan retorted.
With that said, both Cruxis angels warped away.
LINEBREAK! :3
The groups left Altamira and were flying the skies when Lydia suddenly said, "I haven't trained in two weeks!"
"That is true; you must be out of practice," Regal added with a light smile.
"Then where should we go to train?" asked Presea.
"Since we're going to Altessa's to learn more about Colette's illness, Lydia can train with a select few in our group" Raine answered. "That way, the remainder of us can go to Altessa's. Killing two birds with one stone."
"Good idea Professor, hey Genis want to come with?"
"Yep, this is gonna be fun!" Genis grinned with glee.
"Does anybody else want to come?"
"I will come to help you master your balance with…err…your upper and lower body, if you wish, that is." Regal added, somewhat embarrassed.
"I'd appreciate all the help I can get. Though, two people are enough. The rest should listen to what Altessa has to say. What's happening to Colette is much more important."
And that ends the chapter.
* Like I promised I will describe Lydia's clothes.
She was wearing what essentially looked like a female version of Lloyd's original clothes. The shirt was almost identical; red, with the buttons and even the two white tassels coming from the neck. However, the sleeves cut off before her elbows-and the shirt was a belly shirt, she wore elbow length gloves; the Ex-sphere showed, and her overalls were gone.
The overalls were gone because in place of it were pants resembling skinny jeans (the same color as her overalls).
The boots were also longer and went up higher on Lydia's legs, but still stopped pretty far below the knee. Overall, the clothing fit snugly everywhere and weren't overly tight or loose in any places. She'd completely abandoned the idea of a ponytail and let her hair hang down. Her sword's where still the same-strapped to her waist.
A message from Cyberbanjo: :3
Cyberbanjo:Hey there, everyone! This is Cyberbanjo, and I'm the beta-reader for this sequel. I liked seeing LunaLocket's interpretation of this plot idea, and hopefully you all did too! Oh, and in case you didn't know, both The Amazing Chris and I have both written different sequels as well, but, make sure to make their sequels a priority over mine, due to the fact that they have (in my opinion) better stories!
The previous message was by Cyberbanjo- I PM him the whole chapter so he can check it and added what he had to say to it. Ain't he sweet, well anyway review please.
Edited 7/01/2012