- Three Worlds Collide: A Fanfic by Gyppy -
Timeline: Based 1 year after Tales of Symphonia
Summary: If you had to defeat God, what would you do? Will the Eternal Sword be safe?
Pairings: LloydxColette, ZelosxSheena, GenisxPresea, KratosxRaine, StahnxRutee, KylexReala, JudasxReala, LonixNanaly, some OCxOC
Author's Note: There will be spoilers, though this is rather obvious. :p
This is an Author's Universe, as well as a crossover. Kratos didn't return to Derris-Kharlan, and a few other interesting tidbits can be noted. However, on the Tales of Destiny/2 side as well, there will be some AU; Judas, Nanaly and Harold didn't disappear when the timeline was restored (well, Nanaly is still the age she was ten years in the future...), the Swordians aren't silenced, and... well, you can tell it'll be AU by the fact that there's both KylexReala and JudasxReala. :p You'll see the meaning of this as you read the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Tales series or Namco. All the original characters belong to me, however.
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Chapter 1: Belief
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"Well... we all have to die someday."
Lloyd Irving frowned as he observed the funeral that was taking place for his friend, Regal Bryant. The President of the Lezareno Company had been killed by a mysterious, blue-haired axe-wielder, not long after the worlds had been reunited.
"This... this doesn't make any sense!" Sheena Fujibayashi was in tears, her face in her hands. "Why... why did he have to die? He... he was such a nice person!"
Zelos Wilder, the ex-Chosen of Tethe'alla, tried to comfort Sheena as best he could. "We know who killed him! We can avenge his death. And don't worry... he'll live on, always, in our hearts."
"It's unfortunate this had to happen," Kratos Aurion, the ex-seraph of Cruxis, said quietly. "We simply must find and defeat this enemy..."
"He's too much of a threat," Raine Sage, Lloyd's teacher, said, looking at Kratos. "There's no way we can defeat this person. If he managed to defeat Regal..."
"..." Presea Combatir had nothing to say; it was obvious she had been close to Regal, but that was probably more because of her sister Alicia than anything else.
Genis Sage, Raine's little brother, was standing there, crying. He just wanted to pretend that none of this ever happened, that they hadn't been visited by such an ominous threat...
"It'll be okay... it'll be okay..." Colette Brunel, Lloyd's closest childhood friend, kept telling herself. "...Everything will be just fine..."
"Hmph... could Barbatos have reached this world as well? And if so, why is he back? We killed him in front of the Eye of Atamoni at Dycroft... I witnessed it with my own two eyes! I was there to sacrifice my Swordian, and nothing else..."
The new, deep voice shocked everyone. Lloyd and Colette looked back, confused.
"Oh, sorry, I'm just talking to myself." A masked boy of around sixteen, with short, unkempt-looking black hair and purple eyes, stepped closer to the scene. As Lloyd got a good look at the boy, he noticed that he wore black clothing, with intricate designs of pastel blue, and pink frills on his sleeves.
"Where did you come from?" Lloyd asked, tilting his head. "And what is the 'Eye of Atamoni'? 'Dycroft'? And what's a 'Swordian'? Do you perhaps know the name of the villain who killed Regal?"
"Hmph..." The masked boy smirked, stepping a little closer to Lloyd, which made the young man uneasy. "I'm Judas, from Ertheria. You've probably never heard of that world. I'll explain everything to you later."
"Um... okay..." Lloyd nodded, still confused.
"You said you were from Ertheria?" Kratos seemed interested as he turned around. "And you said you had a Swordian? Were you one of the heroes that saved the world?"
"Yes and no," Judas said. "I was originally a traitor, the well-known Leon Magnus, master swordsman of Seinegald. I was brought back to life eighteen years after my untimely death by a woman named Elraine, who was a creation of the false goddess Fortuna. My nephew's close friend, Reala, was also created by Fortuna, but... she's a human now."
"You're Leon?" Kratos looked intrigued. "So you're the infamous traitor that betrayed Stahn Aileron and his team of Swordian masters?"
"Yes, I am Leon," Judas said. "My real name is Emilio Katrea, the brother of Rutee Katrea, master of Atwight. And my nephew... he is the son of Stahn and Rutee, Kyle Dunamis."
"Waitaminute," Lloyd said. "Dad said that Stahn's last name was Aileron. Why, then, is Kyle's last name Dunamis, if he's Stahn's son?"
"You've learned your family tree well, Lloyd," Raine observed.
"Because Kyle was raised at an orphanage," Judas explained. "The Dunamis orphanage, in the village of Cresta in Seinegald. It lies east of what's left of Darilsheid, the capital city of Seinegald."
"I see..." Lloyd nodded, still a little confused. "Well, I'm not interested in the geography of your world, but... why exactly are you here?"
"I was brought here by someone named Andrew Hurricana," Judas said. "He said that there was a great threat about to descend upon your world... I'm personally thinking Fortuna has returned."
"And so, do you know anything about Regal's killer?" Kratos asked.
Judas stayed quiet, hanging his head slightly.
"Well? Do you?" Lloyd was impatient.
"...Barbatos Goetia..." Judas' voice was quiet and hesitant. "The same man... who killed Stahn... in a previous timeline... Kyle's arch-rival... though Kyle, unfortunately, knows no more of him..." he spoke up a little. "...due to the restoration of the timeline with the defeating of Fortuna, Kyle's memories of the time before the restoration are gone, as are his friend Loni's... Reala and I are the only ones with memories, at least as far as I know..."
"Waitaminute," Lloyd said. "If you were resurrected by Elraine, and Elraine was erased along with the timeline... wouldn't you have been erased as well?"
Raine nodded. "It would create a paradox."
"Andrew told me he brought me back," Judas said. "I'm not sure exactly how, as Elraine was the only one resembling a human that had the ability to bring people back from the dead... the details are rather fuzzy. I'm sorry I couldn't explain further."
"It's fine," Kratos said. "I would just like to know where your nephew is."
"My nephew?" Judas nodded. "I wonder where he is as well-"
He was cut off when he heard a sudden cry of, "Reala, don't touch me there! Hey! That tickles!!!"
The masked swordsman sweatdropped, turning around. "I'm sorry to interrupt your funeral, but there he is. My nephew, Kyle Dunamis, his girlfriend, Reala, and his adopted brother, Loni Dunamis."
A blond-haired, blue-eyed boy was laying on the ground, with a brown-haired girl wearing a pink dress on top of him. She was evidently tickling him. A man with silver hair and eyes, as well as darkened skin, was standing there, sweatdropping at the scene.
"So the kid's your nephew?" Lloyd observed, looking at the two on the ground. "He looks like he's only about a year younger than you are..."
"Yes," Judas said. "And physically, Reala is just as old as me."
"Oi, Kyle!" the silver-haired man said. "Stop playing around here! Judas is waiting for us!"
"Sorry, Loni!" The boy named Kyle threw the girl off of himself and stood up, turning to face Judas. "I'm sorry about that, Judas."
"It's fine, Kyle," Judas said. "But you seriously need to stop playing with Reala so much."
"But I love her," Kyle said, looking annoyed. "I should play with her more."
Judas sighed. "Urgh..."
Reala stood up. "I'm sorry, Judas..."
"Heh... it's okay." Judas smiled at Reala.
Reala simply smiled back, and the two shared eye contact for a moment before both looked away.
"Hey, you have a thing for her don't you!?" Kyle looked mad.
"It's nothing," Judas lied.
Kyle nodded, evidently not noticing. "Well then, sorry for accusing you."
Kratos cleared his throat. "I believe we should be going on with this funeral..."
"Yes," Judas said. "I'm... sorry to interrupt."
"You can attend if you like," Lloyd said.
Judas nodded. "...Thank you."
Author's Note: This concludes the first chapter. I might continue this fanfic, I might not. But read and enjoy!