Hi, and welcome to my first adventure story, Corruption!

Me and a friend came up with this idea, and I decided to write it! :D
(After fixing some slight details of course.)

Anyway, this will be a story over a few chapters, and I hope it'll be over 10k words when finished.

Rating:T 'cause I feel like it. And the game is T, so it makes sense.

Pairings: Colloyd (of course) Maril (EmilxMarta, I know funny combination),very slight Gesea.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of symphonia. Well, I do own a copy, but not the copyrights.

Important!

In this fic, Colette, Lloyd, Emil and Marta live together in an apartment. (yes, together, you've read right)
The fic takes place some time after the second game. No more information is needed.

Get on with it now!

Colette Brunel sighed as she finished buttoning her shirt. Next to her, on the bed, laid an identical dress like the one she'd just put on, only that the clothing on the bed had seen better days. She took the old clothes and threw them down into the to-be-trashed bag. The petite chosens normal white and blue everyday clothes were torn apart. She sighed as she remembered how they became so torn. She and Lloyd had been confronted with an unormally strong monster when going for training. The battle went quite good until the duo learned that the beast can use Meteor Storm.

From that point on, it had simply been about surviving.

When the battle finally ended, Lloyd had recieved a very deep wound in the shoulder area. It did seem to cause great pain, but if it was, he wasn't willing to show it. He also got a new collection of bruises. Colette, however, didn't get any deep wounds. Instead, she got more bruises than she ever had in her entire life. This is due to coming close to a meteor that slammed into the ground, right next to her. The heat of the explosion also caused the clothes to catch on fire, but she managed to extinguish the fire before it did any serious damage. Once the battle ended, she tried to use the remaining clothing to cover the most...important parts, causing a certain twin swordsman to blush madly.

But they survived, and that's all that matters.

Colette went out of the room, and turned around to see her friends fussing around Lloyd. Colette guessed that they're healing him. She also guessed that he objected to it. At least until she had gotten her treatment first. That's so like Lloyd. Always putting me over yourself, not matter what cost...and I would do the same for you, Lloyd...because I love you.

"First aid!" The brunette that just casted the spell moved closer to inspect the wound. "This doesn't look like something that'll go away with a single cast...I'll probably use up all my strength on this."

The wound itself did indeed look nasty. It was deep, and it glows with a dark, purple aura. The nature of the wound worried everyone, but they'd already tried casting Recover, with no effect. So they reasoned that whatever it was, it wasn't anything poisonous or anyything of the sort. But the news that it was so deep that all TP will be used didn't fit the swordsman at all.

"No way Marta! You've to heal Colette first!"

The brunette's eyebrow twisted.

"Lloyd, how many times do I have to tell you? You got a very deep wound that needs to be cured, and all Colette got is scratches. The only thing of Colette's that is seriously damaged would be her pride, for having a lack of proper outfit. And for your safety, I hope you didn't stared." That last comment was said with an quite angry tone. However, the swordsman didn't give up.

"I'm not gonna let you heal me until you've healed Colette."

Marta sighed. Sometimes Lloyd was just...stubborn.

"Okay fine, fine. You win. I go and get Raine so we can heal the two of you. Is that okay with you, Mr. I-don't-care-what-happens-just-my-girlfriend-is-okay?" Marta said, sighing in defeat. Lloyd however, looked happy. Marta didn't look all that overjoyed. "Take care of Emil. I'll be back soon."

Lloyd looked over to Emil. He sat leaning against the wall, mumbling things in his sleep. The party believed he'd fever, it started right after Lloyd and Colette came back from the battle. The he turned around to see Colette running towards him. He smiled. Yes, as long as Colette was okay, he was too.

As to contradict himself, the wound suddenly started to hurt severly. His hand clutched around the wound. Suddenly, everything became foggy. He felt that he was losing consciousness. He tried to fight back, but then he realized who he was fighting. He tried to warn his friends, but there was a small problem. His mouth didn't open. And when it did, it didn't say what he wanted it to say.

"Lloyd? What's the matter?

The petite Chosen that ran up to Lloyd now was staring on him with a worried look. "Is it the wound? Are you hurt?" The brunette did share her worry too. "Lloyd, I have to heal it, it seem to be hurting and-"

"There is no need."

Both teenage girls froze as they heard his voice. It was changed. It sounded darker, and more masculine. And what's worse, it didn't sound like Lloyd. A thought of him going though puberty a second time crossed Marta's mind, but she quickly discarded it as ridiculous.

"Lloyd, are you okay? I have to heal you, even if you insist on Colette getting healed first." Marta said with a worried tone.

Lloyd frowned. "Her bruises are not a priority matter. And again, there is no need to heal me."

If the girls was shocked to hear his voice, they were frightered to hear what he said. Both Marta and Colette gasped in shock. They both knew that Lloyd's priority list was always, always, topped by Colette. There was almost no expections. And when it was, it was because someone convinced him. And one thing more that shared their thoughts-Lloyd didn't talk like that. Especially not about Colette.

Marta frowned. "Lloyd what are you talking about?! This...this isn't like you! I'll go and get Raine to heal you, whenever you like it or not!" And with that, she stormed out of the house.

Colette really wondered what happened to Lloyd. But she decided that now's not the time to talk to him, so she use an excuse to go in to their room. Left was Lloyd and an sleeping Emil.

Lloyd watched the Chosen go out of the room. When he was convinced that she was out of hearing range, he let out a sigh. He turned around to face the door that Marta just stormed out of. He muttered under his breath, talking to himself.

"Maybe...I should act more like him."

He got interrupted in his thoughts when he felt a screaming pain coming from his wound. He clutched the wound with his hand. He quickly scanned the room, making sure no one could see him. He then turned his attention to the wound, focusing on it for a while. Then, he muttered some words quietly, so that no one heard him.

"First aid!"

Ohhhh, exciting. At least I think so.

In case you wanna know who this monster meteor storm dud is, he's inspired from Behemoth of FF. We fought the Mario sports mix version, with Colloyd as Mii charathers. Freaking funny. And yes, we barely survived.

I found out this nice thing called reviewing. It sounds fun. *wink wink*
Anyway,what did you think? Please tell me somehow... *wink wink*