Greetings all...In rereading my writing...I realized the original versions of the first few chapters were horrendous. So, I will be tweaking them. So for old readers, this is Chapter one's rewrite. For new hands...I hope you enjoy the show!

Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia. sob


"Anna Jamison, come forth." yelled Forcystus, leader of the Iselia human ranch.

"Great," Anna whispered, rolling her eyes

A great crowd of people had gathered in the center of Iselia. The Desians were at it again, searching for one of the poor fools that wasted their energy with heroics, trying in vain to stop the Desians. In the center of the town stood the Desian Grand Cardinal Forcystus, flanked by guards and looking down his nose at any human who dared make eye contact. In the crowd itself, lurked a slightly conspicuous man: a mercenary clad in purple, a well used sword at his belt and fierce brown eyes shadowed but spiky red hair. He alone seemed bored with the proceedings, as though it was a normal routine for him.

Behind the villagers of Iselia were three people, arguing fiercely. A young man, Ahmond Senshi, with spiky black hair was red in the face, shaking his head. The blonde woman, Denise Robins, next to him was jabbing a finger in his chest. Between the two stood Anna, a tall, well built brunette who looked as fierce of a warrior as she truly was.

"Don't worry," she said to the man shielding her. "It's fine."

"Are you nuts?" whispered Ahmond. "They murder you!"

"You've fought by my side for how long and you still can't remember how to handle this situation?" she replied.

"Good lord, Ahmond," Denise spat. "Let her go."

"But-"

"It's an order Ahmond." Anna said fiercely. She stepped forward, easing through the crowd.

"Stubborn fool," Ahmond muttered rebelliously.

"Hello, my little chickadees!" Anna called waving mockingly at the Desians. "I guess you found me. Does this mean are little game of hide and seek is over?"

"Anna Jamison," announced Forcystus. "You are hereby charged with the murder of over twenty Desian guards, the destruction of several Desian projects, and the releasing of the following host bodies..."

"Yes, Yes, we all know what I did," Anna said waving the hand that wasn't resting on one of her twin blade swords. "Can we just get on to the part where I kick your ass and go on my way? I've got some of your exspheres that are just begging to be destroyed."

"That's cute," Forcystus laughed. "Well what are you waiting for? Let's see you amazing skills."

"Sorry," said Anna, "But out of common courtesy, I let the weaklings send out their imps first."

The mercenary had been staring at the girl intently, as though trying to place her face. But the minute he heard her words, he let out a soft "Ah," and disappeared into the crowd.

"Pretty confident for an inferior being," Forcystus sneered. "Let's see if you really are the hero these worthless humans have been waiting for."

Anna heard footsteps behind her and she whirled around to find herself surrounded by Desian guards. She drew her twin blade swords and flew at the Desian closest to her.

"Demon Light Spear!" she cried cutting down the first two with a powerful attack. She felt a swift slice across her back and turned around just in time to slice down another Desian. Reversing her cut, she neatly decapitated one Desian, driving her second sword into another's belly. She heard the twang of a bow string and a female shout, telling her that Ahmond and Denise had joined the battle.

On and on she fought…but as she and her comrades found out, there were way too many. She heard Forcystus bark orders, but didn't stop to pay attention. A death cry sprang from the lips of the Desian behind her as she collided with an unfamiliar back. She spun, swinging up one blade to drive it through her foes belly but-

Clang!

Sparks flew as Anna's blade clashed with another man's sword. Anna stared for a moment, trying not to flinch under the most intense eyes that she had ever seen. It felt as though he was looking right inside of her. She shook her head trying to regain her senses and finally looked around. Forcystus and his men were gone. The crowd, plus Ahmond and Denise, were focused solely on Anna and the purple clad stranger.

"Who are you? Did you help us to drive off the Desians?" She asked.

"Yes," he said.

"Why?"

"It was a better use of my time then watching your companions poor swordsmanship." He lowered his blade. "Although yours was not brilliant, if I may say so.

"What the hell did you just say?" Anna and Ahmond yelled in unison.

He sighed and said slowly, as though he was talking to children. "Your swordsmanship is unrefined," he said, lowering his blade. "You need to concentrate on eliminating your weaknesses." He turned and walked away. "If you care about your life."

"Damn you!" Anna yelled. "Get back here!"

He stopped and glanced over his shoulder at her, "You resemble your parents, clearly. Let us hope you don't fail as they did."


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