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This is my first shot at a Tales of Symphonia, Kratos/Lloyd/Anna Family fluff. Reviews are GREAT! Constructive criticism…umm…okay?

I'll have you know: I haven't played ToS yet. I just read fanfictions and connect things like wires, but correct me if I'm wrong about anything.

NOTE: This is WAAAAAY before Anna is killed and all those other events that included the future and where Kvar found them. So they're living a seemingly peaceful life right now and Lloyd is a TODDLER okay? So keep in mind, that the way he is talking, is the way I hear toddlers talk. I'm surrounded by them. X.X Also, this story was inspired by freakyanimegal456's story, A father son moment(READ IT! IT. IS. AWESOME!)

Now that I've randomly rambled on, get to reading while I'm thinking of other ideas. O.O

DUCK! …and cover!

"Lloyd, can you say dog?"

"Dwaag!"

"No, no Lloyd; DOG!"

"Drawg!"

"…DOG!"

"DAWG!"

"Yes, you said it!"

"DOG DOG DOG!!!"

This little conversation is what we would call a mommy-son talk.

Anna was teaching Lloyd how to talk, and it just so happened that Noishe wandered by and sparked an idea in Anna's head to teach Lloyd animal names.

The two were in a cave in a random forest near Luin. Anna went bonkers when Kratos told her that. Kratos had to pry himself from her puppy-dog eyes in order to get wood for fire, but not before promising his wife that they'll go there later on in the day.

Right now, Kratos was still gathering wood. (Have you BEEN inside a cave? IT IS FUCKIN' COLD AND DARK IN THERE!)

A few minutes later, Anna…needless to say…was bored. Lloyd was leaning on her stomach while she lay down on her side, head propped up by an arm. Anna sighed, when she saw a duck.

Then she realized something.

She and Lloyd had already covered 'cat', 'fish', 'bird', 'puppy', 'kitty' and all the other animals. Except one, DUCK.

Anna got up and placed Lloyd in front of her, knelt down to his level and asked:

"Lloyd, can you say DUCK?"

Lloyd gave her a blank look and said, "Dupth."

Anna nearly fell over. How hard was it to say DUCK!?

'Is it the –kuh at the end? Or is the Duh- in the beginning?' Anna thought, 'Ooh…I hope Lloyd doesn't have trouble in school when he gets older…' (Oh Anna…I think Raine had/has the idea too.)

"DUCK," Anna said to her son.

"Dauk," Lloyd replied.

"DUCK,"

"Dick," Lloyd said with an innocent look on his face.

Anna stared at her son before clamping her hands to her mouth and immediately cracked up. 'Oh my gosh!' Anna laughed in her head, 'Kratos would FLIP if he heard that!' Anna doubled up in laughter as she imagined her husband's face when he heard his own son saying vulgar things before he was old enough, or even KNOW what that word is!

After Anna calmed down, she went back to teaching Lloyd, whom was giving her a 'Mommy-are-you-okay?' look.

"I'm okay Lloyd, but DON'T say that word again, AT ALL, or in front of your father. He'd bounce off the walls." Anna told her son. "Now, say DUCK. NOT that word."

Lloyd grinned, "…Duke!" he shouted.

Anna sighed. "This is hopeless." She said as she got up. "I don't think Lloyd will ever know how to say 'Duck'."

"Well, I think you should give him some time, Anna."

Anna jumped. She turned around at the cave entrance and saw Kratos with an armful of wood and ran to him, leaving Lloyd in the middle of the cave with Noishe.

"But I've been teaching him for over 10 or 20 minutes now!" Anna protested, "You'd think he'd learn it by now!"

Kratos chuckled as he walked in the cave with Anna, placing the wood down and turned to his wife.

"Perhaps…you could try tomorrow?" Kratos suggested, "It does take time to learn how to talk or do something. Remember when you tried to get me to change Lloyd's diaper??"

Anna remembered. "Haha! It was HILARIOUS!!!!" Anna cracked up, "You had to chase Lloyd everywhere!! HAH!! HAHAHAHA!!!"

Kratos looked like he wished he never said that, as Anna was making him blush and feel weird. "Okay Anna. Let it go now."

Anna grinned at him, "What's the magic word?" she asked.

Kratos sighed then smiled, "Please?" he asked.

Anna giggled, "Alright."

Kratos grinned, (o.o) "We should head back to Llo--"

"DUCK!!!!!!!!!" (Echo…)

On instinct or pure reflex, both Anna and Kratos yelped and dove for the ground.

After a few minutes, the two looked up from their postions, arms covering their heads and squashed together. They both blinked; turned to each other, blinked again, got up and turned to their son.

Lloyd had on an innocent face and Noishe...was doing some kind of weird barking/yipping and was rolling around the cave's floor.

Anna and Kratos looked at each other.

"You suppose Lloyd knew how to say 'duck' but didn't say it until now?" Anna asked her husband, a stunned look was on both their faces. Partially from the shock and wonder.

"I…I'm not sure…" Kratos muttered as he went over to Lloyd and picked him up.

"Hmm…" Kratos mumbled as he looked at Lloyd, who still had on his innocent 'what?' face on.

"Anna…do you think that Lloyd was planning this from the beginning you were teaching him how to say 'duck'?" Kratos asked.

Anna came over to Kratos and Lloyd. "How should I know? I'm not a toddler, and I doubt Lloyd could 'plan' something like that."

As Kratos and Anna were discussing their theories and questions, Lloyd glanced at Noishe, who was looking up at him from his mid-rolling position.

Lloyd secretly grinned and flashed a secret thumbs-up to Noishe, whom bared his teeth in a huge grin; partners in crime; a protozoan and a toddler causes of an ingenious scheme, who would have thought?

Well…was it bad? Good? Confusing? Like I said, I accept constructive criticism and suggestions. And Ideas! LOTS AND LOTS of ideas! xD

Review please, and tell me what you think of this! I might continue it like a lot of one-shots bunched into one. xD

Bye now!