Dragoness: Li-chan0767 and I do not own Tales of Symphonia, which really stinks.

Li-chan: yeah, tell me about it. T.T –is a Lloydie stalker-

Ashitaka, her younger twin brother, Lloyd and their younger sister Enya hid behind a massive oak tree along with the family pet "dog", Noishe. The fight going on behind seemed to get worse being that their father had just had to kill his wife to protect his children and was fighting alone. The two older siblings covered Enya's ears not wanting her to hear their dad in pain or hear him have to kill the Desians.

"What should we do? Dad needs help!" Lloyd whispered over to Ashitaka, crimson eyes pleading yet demanding. Ashitaka sighed, closing her jade eyes; as the oldest it was her responsibility to care for her younger siblings. Dad had said to stay hidden in order to stay safe.

"I don't know, Lloyd. We can't just leave here, Dad said to stay here." She finally said, looking at Lloyd in hope that her younger twin would understand. Lloyd gawped at her.

"But-"

"No. Besides who would watch Enya? Noishe is too hurt!" Both brunettes looked to the protozoan; it was true, Noishe was covered in wounds both deep and shallow, from protecting the children from being killed by the monster that had been their mother. Then the twins looked down at the youngest of the three. The little red head looked up eyes wide with confusion in her crimson depths. Lloyd sighed this time.

"You're right." A lightning bolt blasted in front of the twins and Noishe jumped away, avoiding the blast but fell to the ground as a result.

"Found you, you little whelps!" sneered the voice that was responsible for this whole mess. K'var was glaring at the three Aurions as he walked from behind the tree, and as he got closer the dangerous scowl turned into a sinister smile. Ashitaka and Lloyd placed Enya behind them protecting her, and Noishe tried to stand but K'var cast a Lightning on the wounded creature.

A Desian that none of the Aurion siblings knew of snuck behind them, only to grab Enya and knock out the twins. The Desian knocked out Enya before handing her over to K'var.

'Now this is perfect revenge on Kratos, I'll take the youngest and make her the next Angelus Project!' K'var thought, sneering wickedly. 'She has the stone after all! The two can be food for the monsters for all I care!' Little did K'var know that it was Ashitaka that had the Exsphere; Enya gave it to her sister after she had picked it up. Laughing wickedly, he began to walk away.

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Kratos-who was rather fed up with the entire situation-had just cut through a small group of Desians. "I've had enough of you bastards." He hissed, eyes flashing from their usual wine red depths to a deep, perfect sapphire. It was only for the briefest of seconds, but it was still there. The temperature of the air seemed to have dropped significantly, and one of the few Desians who was close enough to the blade swore that it also turned to a deep sapphire.

"For everything that you have caused to happen, you shall suffer an eternity frozen in hell!!" Kratos' voice intoned, and all present knew that they had just signed their death warrant. "Great goddess of frozen wastes and the lunar light, cast your spell upon the unjust! Fimbulvetr!!" At the incantation, a great, whirling blizzard started. The shards of ice tore through armor and cloth to rip open skin. And just when it seemed safe for the Desians to move, a sharp, rapid moving spear of ice shot up from the ground beneath each one, spearing them through.

The last thought the one remaining one had that been killed was that the Seraphim hadn't even given any signs that he was going to use magic; not even his mana had reacted.

Once Kratos was certain that the rest of the Desians were dead, he sighed wearily and looked around for his children and Noishe; it was past time to get out of there. "Lloyd, Ashitaka, you can come out now ..." He called out, eyes spying the tree that the twins had hidden behind with Enya; it had been blasted by a bolt of lightning. "Oh no ..." Feeling the color leave his face, Kratos ran to the tree.

When he got there, Lloyd had begun to slowly regain consciousness, moaning. "Oww ... Darn jerk ..." Lloyd muttered, rubbing his head as he sat up. When he looked up, the six-year-old made eye contact with his father. "Dad!!" Running to Kratos, Lloyd looked around feverently, as if looking for his sisters. "Dad, some Desian came up and ... and ...!!"

"Hush ... they're gone now ..." Kratos shushed him, reaching over and shaking Ashitaka awake. "Wake up, Ashitaka ..." He sighed, eyes scanning around for the younger sibling; where was Enya? Ashitaka woke up slowly, her green eyes slightly unfocused. After shaking her head, the older twin stood up, the Angelus project clenched into her hand.

"Dad ... Daddy!!" Ashitaka finally cried out, running towards Kratos and throwing her arms around his neck. Kratos knew that something bad had happened; Ashitaka behaved older than she was, and hadn't called him 'Daddy' for years. Wrapping one arm around her and the other around Lloyd, he looked around frantically now; there was a barely alive Noishe, bleeding from numerous wounds, and Anna's body.

No Enya. "Enya!! Enya!!" Kratos looked around, eyes wide. Where was his youngest?! Lloyd and Ashitaka looked as well, both of their quieter voices clamoring in the air. No response; a leaden weight hung around the three as the feeling that little Enya was no longer alive began to infect their senses. Kratos looked at Anna again, feeling lost and wounded; Anna had gone down fighting to keep her children safe, and now it seemed that the youngest was … dead.

The thought alone made Kratos stiffen, and he bent his head and drew the twins in closer to him. "No …" He whispered softly, clinging to the twins. Although he couldn't cry, Lloyd and Ashitaka knew what was going on. Lloyd's face grew solemn, although he didn't cry, and Ashitaka began to sob quietly; they missed Enya, and they only just noticed that their adorable-if slightly annoying-little sister was gone.

K'var continued to walk with the unconscious Enya in his arms, not knowing that she was beginning to awake.

"W, whewe am I?! Lloyd, Ashy, Noshy?!" Enya realized that the arms around her were not her daddy's. "Let go! You not Daddy!" K'var changed his hold so that he could grip Enya around her neck.

"Shut the hell up" K'var said dangerously. "You will come with me whether you like it or not." Enya struggled against the hand on her throat. Neither saw the figure on the branch in front of them until she jumped down, stopping K'var in his tracks.

"Let the child go." K'var looked at the female in front of him. She had hair the same color as the shade of crimson blood, dangerously golden brown eyes, red jacket, black fingerless gloves, black pants and red boots. What interested K'var were the weapons at the back of her waist; two kodachis sat at her waist. 'Now why two?' he thought, curiously cautious.

"And why would I do that? I just found this child and am taking her to the nearby village." K'var had a fake smile on his face. 'She looks way too stupid to not believe me.'

"Well if you were doing that then the girl would not be struggling nor would you being going this way. I will tell you one last time; Release the girl and leave!" The temperature as well as the tension increased dangerously. That is when K'var finally snapped.

"Never! Do you have any idea what this girl and her family have put me through?! I will use her against her father and become the Leader of the Five Grand Cardinals!! Everyone will bow to me and no one will ever resist me!! I shall become unstoppable!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" During his little rant, K'var dropped Enya without realizing it. The female picked up Enya who did not object, feeling as though she knew the lady. The female unsheathed one of her two swords, glaring intently at the blond Desian; heaven and hell both seemed to stop and wait for what was to come.

"Well it seems that you have an admirable goal but I cannot allow you that." Flames surrounded the kodachi that she held in her hand. "K'var, Leader of the Luin ranch, for what you have just done, I, Kassandra Aurion sentence you to death for bringing harm to my brother's family and wishing to use my niece as a weapon." The flames increased and mixed with Kassandra's mana on the sword.

"Phoenix Talon!!" The attack sliced K'var's body in half. Kassandra covered Enya's eyes, not wishing for the three year old to see the sight before her. Afterwards she set the body aflame. Once the deed was done, Kassandra looked down at Enya with a smile. "C'mon, let's take you back to your daddy." Ruby wings emerged from Kass's back; she pushed off and took to the sky.

As they were soaring through the air, Enya saw something fast and brown speckled with ruddy red and snapping ginger feathers flew through the air. "Aah!" Kass turned to look, and nearly dropped out of the sky as the Great Horned owl flew in closer; leave it to Kaino to send out Ashura if something was wrong.

"It's alright, Enya--that's just Uncle Kaino's owl ..." She assured the frightened toddler. Ashura flew in closer, his scooping wings silent in the early October air. Slowing to a gentle glide alongside Kass and Enya, Ashura's amber eyes began to glow with a sapphire light.

"Kassandra … what is going on?" Kaino's voice came from the form of his familiar, and if Enya wasn't tucked safely into her aunt's arm, the redhead would've fallen through the sky. "We were going to speak with Rose in Cruxis, and then all of a sudden, you simply vanish."

"I … I had a bad feeling that Nii-san was in trouble!" Kass responded as best she could, shaking her head. Ashura's beak clacked, and Kass could almost see Kaino looking at her in shock. "I've got to get Enya back to Nii-san, and then I'll come back as soon as I can." There were a few moments of silence before a sigh filled the air.

"Alright … just be careful about it …" With that, Ashura winged farther up into the air, and flew towards the south before he vanished in a flash of sapphire light. Enya stared in rapt attention as the bird vanished.

"Who wass tha'?" Enya asked Kass, who smiled down at her youngest niece.

"The voice was your Uncle Kaino." She explained, clutching the little girl closer as she sensed that she was getting closer to where Kratos and the twins were at. As she went into a descent, Kass suddenly realized that as soon as Sakura found out that there would be a mountain of cadavers, she would want to dissect them; K'var's especially. 'She's going to be angry as hell when she finds out …' Kass groaned mentally as she touched down, withdrawing her wings and walking towards where the feeling of Kratos' aura was strongest.

Kratos held his twins who were sobbing uncontrollably; it broke Kass's heart to see her unbreakable nii-san so broken. 'Well after what happened to Anna and believing his youngest daughter to be dead, its understandable.' Kass came closer.

"Nii-san?" Kratos flinched at the sound of one of his sisters seeing him in this state.

"Please go away Kassandra." Kass tightened her hold on the toddler.

"I don't think you want me to do that." Kass released Enya to the ground. Enya ran towards her father and siblings as fast as her little legs could carry her.

"Daddy, Lloyd, Ashy!!" Kratos, Ashitaka and Lloyd looked up and completely shocked. The twins let go of their father so they all could run to the toddler. Naturally Kratos reached Enya first and scooped Enya into his arms as he was kneeling down. Enya clung to her father, tears falling from her eyes. Ashitaka and Lloyd finally reached their father and embraced their sister as best as they could, tears falling from their eyes as well. Kass smiled at the scene before her, but it soon fell; she had to ask the dreaded question, even though she knew the answer. That didn't mean she liked to ask.

"Do you plan to take them to Welgaia?" Kass saw Kratos nod his head.

"Yes I do not plan to be separated from them, not now, not ever." Kass nodded her head slowly in understanding.

"Do you plan to tell nee-chan or shall I?" Kratos visibly flinched; Rose's temper was one to be reckoned with, not to mention that talking to a person with violet eyes was intimidating in itself. "Then I guess I'll tell her." Kass left her brother to his children, praying that nothing bad would happen to her when she went to speak with Rose.

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Well that was Chapter One! It was actually really fun combining characters with Li-chan!

Li-chan: And I enjoyed myself as well, Ryuu-chan. –smiles-

Oh and here's a preview for next chapter, hope you like it.

Li: Omake time!! (random flash of light)

Kassandra: Hey Saku-chan!

Sakura: -Turns around- What do you want now?

Kassandra: -Shrugs- Be that way and here I was going to tell you that were a lot of dead bodies around the Iselia ranch. -Begins to walk away-

Sakura: Wait! Bodies?! -Gets a dangerous glint in eyes-

Kassandra: Yup, and one is even K'var

Sakura: -Pulls dissecting kit out of nowhere- Let's go!!

Kassandra: I can't. I need to leave with Nii-sama -Turns to walk away, takes a few steps & turns back- Oh and to get to K'var's body, just follow the scent of a charred body.

Sakura: Okay! ...Wait! You burnt one of my specimens?!

Kassandra: -Teleports away in a red light- Have fun Saku-chan!

Sakura: Oh well. I'll forgive her just this once, after all now I have more subjects -Teleports away also with a maniacal laugh- Today I discover if you have a heart or not, K'var!!

(And Kai!)

Kassandra: Read and Review peoples! If you don't you'll face my Merlin's 1,001 Traps attack! (Don't ask, Li-chan named the move)

Li: Hey …