Miss: 'Ullo… I just got a very sudden burst of… I don't know what… Ideas? Anyways it's for a new fic, and I swear that I WILL finish this! I SWEAR! Well… the other fics will be finished too… just…. In a period of time… Heh… shifty eyes.
Mais- Oh, come off it Miss, you'll never finish those stories XD
Miss-You shush it, you don't know me! I will finish them! I WILL! I'LL FINISH THEM! pulls out sword and starts hacking random people.
Mais- O.O omg… MISS SNAP OUT OF IT YOU SWORD FREAK!
Miss-looks around at all the dead bodies... Heheh… She did it! Thrusts sword at Mais and runs to another room.
Mais-O.o Miss you little….
Miss-Ahem, anyways. On with the story!
DISCLAIMER:I do not own Tales of Symphonia… I don't… I DON'T!
Miss: Anything in italics are thoughts. By the way, I should tell you… This does not necessarily fit into the storyline anywhere… So I'm gonna say it's a few years after the whole Mithos thing. And also… BEWARE OOC-NESS AHEAD! (just to let you know .)
On with the story! (X.x…. again….)
The Battle Of Raine
Life continued normally for The Heroes of Symphonia, well… as normal as it can get while being famous. Lloyd and Colette had successfully collected all the Exspheres in the conjoined worlds, and Kratos had sent them off into space where they drifted idly, shining in the darkness of night. The stars.
Sheena had been very successful as the new chief of Mizuho, all her people respected her. And as the ninja lifestyle became more known, many people would travel near the small town, and camp nearby. Perhaps to catch a glimpse of the Mizuho people, seeing as all entrance had been denied. Of course, the new security of the village would never stop the red-headed chosen from seeing his favorite hunny. On many occasions Zelos would visit the summoner, and they would have a nice little chat. Not once though had they talked without the pervert trying to… well, you know.
Regal finished off destroying the Toize Valley Mines, and now was working hard to fix the damage caused by the Tower Of Salvation falling. And now, with his handcuffs removed he was more able then ever to aid in the rebuilding of Ozette. Presea was also helping out at Ozette, bringing it back to it's original beauty.
The two half-elves had journeyed out over the regions of the worlds, preaching in every village, town and city, for the sake of half-elves. Many people listened, and took their words to heart, although there were the few who didn't want to hear of it. Raine, paid no attention to these few, while her younger brother, Genis, would show them a thing or two. Most of the time, a small earthquake worked, but there was the occasional hair lit on fire.
And now, as I have told all that everyone had been doing for the past years, the story can begin…
"Three years… Can you believe it Raine? It's been three years since we've seen anyone!" Genis said excitedly as he rushed into the Flanoir inn, Raine walking calmly behind him. Genis had grown a fair amount, now nearly Raine's height, and his silver hair was still the same length, if not a little messier.
Raine smiled gently at the thought, "Yes… I can believe it Genis." An invitation had been sent to them to join a reunion that Sheena had thought would be a good idea. The moment the two walked into the noisy lobby they were attacked by greetings, questions, and hugs.
Raine stopped suddenly as she felt two arms wrap around her and a sweet voice greeting her, "Hello professor!" Raine laughed slightly. "Hello Colette."
Letting go of Raine, Colette turned to Genis and they said hi. "Hey Professor." Lloyd called from the other side of the room, waving. Unable to keep the smile from her face she waved back. "Hey hunny…" Smack! "Hello Zelos." Was her short reply after sending the chosen onto the floor.
The greetings continued and soon everyone was sitting around the fireplace, chatting merely. Everyone except Kratos that is, who had not arrived yet. "Is dad coming?" Lloyd asked, looking over at Sheena. Sheena frowned and shrugged, "I'm not sure…"
Lloyd sighed then turned back to his conversation with Genis. Raine closed her eyes, and leaned back… It felt good to be around her friends again.
Nobody realized as the door opened slowly and a figure walked in, silently. A small smile played on his lips as he watched the happy group chattering on mindlessly, all smiling. Slowly he made his was towards the group, not drawing any attention to himself. He stopped right behind the silver haired women, her eyes shut gently.
Gently he put his hands on her shoulders and felt as she jerked slightly from the sudden touch. Her eyes flashed open and she looked to her shoulder, seeing the familiar purple glove she tilted her head and looked up. By now, everyone was watching the pair, Raine's sudden gasp when she jerked causing pure silence in the room.
Her bright blue eyes gazed up into the seraphim's dark brown one's as he looked down at her. "Hi…." She said slowly, after a long moment of silence, of staring into his eyes. A smile tugged at his lips as he looked down into the half-elf's face. "Hello." He said gently.
Raine tilted her head slightly, Is he… smiling? She thought to herself. Yes, he was smiling, but only she could see it, for it lasted merely a moment. After another, fairly long moment of silence Lloyd spoke up. "Hey dad."
Reluctantly Kratos let go of Raine's shoulders and walked towards his son. "Hey." He said calmly, ruffling the young swordsman's hair. Now the hellos were flowing fluidly to the angel from everyone, except Regal who merely glared daggers at him. Competition… Bring it on. Regal thought with a sneer.
After all was said and done, the angel sat down beside Raine on the couch she was sharing with Regal. Raine pulled her feet up onto the couch underneath herself.
"Whoops! I'm sorry! I'm soo sorry!" Colette said apologetically as she picked up pieces of a shattered vase. Another woman, the worker, was shaking her head, helping the blond pick up the glass.
Everyone started to laugh, even Kratos cracked a sly smile. "That's our Colette!" Genis stated loudly, smiling madly. "Yep, nothing's changed." Sheena commented.
A few hours later, everyone was beginning to yawn. Deciding, this would be a good time to explain the sleeping arrangements Sheena cleared her throat and the room went silent, all except for Colette and Lloyd who were still talking loudly.
"Lloyd! Colette!" She said, getting their attention immediately. Sighing and shaking her head and Colette began to apologize, she pushed on, cutting off the chosen. "Anyways. I've booked a few rooms here at the hotel. I really wasn't sure who should be room mates… so…" She remained silent for a second then pulled a baseball cap out of nowhere and held it up, shaking around the papers in it. "We're going to draw names!"
"Eee… This is going to be fun!" Colette exclaimed jumping up. Everyone sighed.
"Okay, I booked five rooms and there are nine of us… soo… One person will be alone." Sheena shrugged. "And also… there's only one bed in each room…" She casted an evil glare at Zelos who was smiling.
"I wanna pick first!" Colette said, rushing over to Sheena who held out the hat for her. Colette dunked her hand into the hat and pulled out a slim piece of paper. Unfolding it with anticipation she smiled reading the name. "Presea! This is going to be so much fun!" Colette squealed as she ran over to Colette.
Presea smiled and nodded, "Yes, it should."
"Me next! Me next!" Lloyd walked over to Sheena and grabbed a paper. "Alright! Genis, we're roomies!"
"Yes!" Genis jumped up and they high-fived each other.
A smirk played across Zelos' face as he put his hand next into the hat, drawing one of the few remaining papers. "What?" Zelos said outraged. "How did I draw my own name?" He whined as Sheena and Raine laughed, both slightly relieved.
"That means you're on your own Zelos," Raine explained kindly to him, suppressing the laughter as she drew a paper. "Sheena." She stated calmly with a smile on her face. Sheena smiled too then turned to Regal and Kratos. "This means, you two are room mates."
After Sheena handed everyone a key, they all headed to their rooms.
Colette & Presea
Colette sighed as she lay back against the head bored. Presea sat quietly on the end of the bed, staring blankly out the window at the rapidly falling snow. "There is about a… 89.45 percent chance that we will be snowed in and will have to stay longer." Presea said robotically.
"Oh… Oh well!" Colette replied cheerfully. "That means our group will get to spend more time together before we all go our separate ways again!" Presea smiled at the blond's optimism. "Yes…"
Lloyd & Genis
"Hey Genis, you still got the hots for Presea?" Lloyd snickered as he watched his young friend's face turn a light shade of pink. "I-I…" Was all the mage could manage to spit out.
"You know, she's kinda your age, now that she's started aging again." Lloyd added. Genis glared at him.
Zelos
"Erg… So boring…" He said loudly as he flopped back onto his bed.
Sheena & Raine
Both Raine and Sheena were sitting quietly on the bed. The healer had a book out and was reading it with only slight interest. The Mizuho Chief was sitting on the bed, cross-legged, watching the professor.
"Say Raine… What's going on between you and Kratos?" She asked calmly.
Raine's face flushed immediately and she looked up from her book. "Absolutely nothing," her face began to return to it's normal color, "how could anything possibly be going on when we haven't seen each other in nearly three years?" Book marking her place, she set the book onto the nightstand.
Sheena smirked, "So you admit that you wouldn't mind if something happened?"
Immediately Raine's mouth opened, "I never said that!" Her face began to flush from embarrassment. Her eyes grew narrow as she watched the summoner. "What about you and Zelos?" She asked slyly.
Immediately Sheena's smirked disappeared to be replaced by a shade of pink. "N-nothing's happened…" A smirk began to grow on the half-elf's face now. "And I don't want anything to happen!" Sheena added quickly.
Kratos & Regal
Regal had not said a word to his companion, merely glared. Kratos raised a brow at the convict's actions. "Is something bothering you?" Kratos asked kindly.
Regal exhaled slowly. "No." He said rather rudely. Kratos simply shook his head and leaned back against the wall, hands behind his head. He was thinking over what could make Regal upset with him. He had to admit, the blue-haired man could not lie very well.
Regal stood near the window, staring at the seraphim. "Is it… the snow?" Kratos asked staring just past the president at the window. No answer. "No… Is it…" He paused, thinking. Regal continued to glare at the man, his hands balled up into fists, but still Kratos kept his cool complexion.
"That you don't want to be here? No…" Kratos answered himself, seeing no change in Regal's movement or breathing, or anything else. "Hm…" Then finally it clicked. Kratos raised a brow, smirking slightly. "Is it about Raine?"
The convict let out a quiet growl and his knuckles began to turn white. "Hmph. You've had three years Regal, three years. And not once did you ever try to win her heart… She's fair game Regal…" Stated the seraphim calmly, walking towards the bed.
Suddenly, as if offended by Kratos' words Regal headed towards the door. "Where are you going?" Kratos asked. "I'm switching room mates." Regal said angrily, his first words to him. Kratos shook his head and sighed, deciding to go to sleep. "Let the games begin…" He muttered quietly, sneering.
Zelos
Knock. Knock.
A wide smile spread across Zelos' face. My hunnies are coming to keep me company! "Hello," Zelos opened the door and his smile faded, "Regal…" He finished sadly. "What brings you all the way down the hall buddy?" Zelos asked casually.
"I was wondering if I could stay with you instead of… Kratos."
Zelos stared at him for a moment, then moved so that he could come in. "Sure dude."
The Next Morning
Raine yawned as she sat up, the soft knocking on her door having woken her up. She rubbed her eyes and looked around the room as she headed towards the door. Sheena had already left earlier. Slowly Raine opened the door and immediately woke up as she felt arms snake themselves around her waist and a gentle kiss being placed on her forehead.
"Good morning Raine…" The soft voice said gently, as the strong arms loosened, allowing her to look him in the face. "…G-good morning…" Raine looked up, only the slightest shade of red on her cheeks. She looked up into his eyes, seeing her own reflection in the dark brown.
"Let's go down and get something to eat." Kratos said simply, putting his arm around her waist as they walked, then sneering at Regal as they walked by him. The blue-haired man's face was red with anger. "Erm… okay…" Raine replied, rather uneasy of what the others would say when they walked into the lobby… Especially with his arm around her!
End
Miss-There's Chappie one. Hope you like it and please review. Flames are welcome… Just nothing too harsh…
Mais- Yeah, 'cause the little baby would be crying all night.
Miss-whacks Mais over the head. Nu uh!
Mais- X.x