((i do not own tales of symphonia or namco or anything of the sort. in fact all i own is a bike, an mp3 player and my bed. so sad...))

Kratos stared absent-mindedly into the clear water in front of him, thinking of the fight that lay ahead.

That was why he was here, wasn't it? To see if Lloyd really had the strength to defeat him. To release Origin's power at last. To…die.

The peacefulness of the Elvin forest off set his mood. How could one be depressed in a place of such purity? Yet he was. This for all he knew could be his last day on this earth. His last day of being an auburn haired angel. His last day of running from the truth, from his feeling for-

He heard a snap in the forest behind him but did not move to pick up his sword, which lay beside him.

"Hello Yuan," He said shortly to the aqua haired half-elf that sat down beside him. Wondering slightly why Yuan was here, and even how he was here, seeing as Yuan had been banned from this place long ago.

Yuan cleared his throat unnecessarily, "Good day Kratos. You don't seem so happy that your son has finally defeated Lord Yggdrasil."

Kratos sighed, "It is not that in which I am thinking about," he stated, "Why are you here Yuan? Should not you be rejoicing with your precious Renegades?"

"The Renegades can rejoice on their own," he replied, avoiding the actual question, "What exactly are you doing, staring into a pond like some student stuck on a hard math question?"

"You know very well that I was always good at math and never had trouble. You were the one who couldn't multiply to save your life," he said, grinning at Yuan's snort in reply to his mockery.

"You didn't answer my question."

"You didn't answer mine."

They sat in silence for a minute, Kratos staring into the water and Yuan at the clouds.

A smile spread across Yuan's face, "Do you remember the first time we took Mithos swimming? Back when Martel was still alive?"

Kratos nodded, "He nearly drowned you. Martel nearly killed him. You were never good with water…almost worse than you were at math."

Yuan glared, "That's because you always pushed me whenever you had the chance."

They both went silent again, thinking about memories they'd forgotten. Memories of before Martel had died, before Mithos had split the worlds.

"Do you think we can go back to what the world once was?" Yuan asked suddenly, moving slightly closer to Kratos.

Kratos frowned, paying no mind to Yuan slowly inching closer, " To much has changed. The worlds will never be the same. Fixed, maybe, but the same, no."

Yuan smiled, "I guess that means one thing," Kratos looked at him with a questioning frown as Yuan placed a hand on the back his shoulder "I'll be pushing you into the water from now on," Yuan said, tossing Kratos face first into the reflective surface of the pond.

Kratos popped his head out of the water after a moment, the pond being much deeper than he had assumed, "You blue haired jerk!" he said, playfully splashing the other angel who remained on the shore.

Yuan laughed, tossing his hair in a slightly girly way, "It was too easy." He bent down to the side of the pond, offering a hand to the now drenched human.

Kratos took Yuan's out stretched hand, blushing just a fraction as they touched, and pulled him into the water along side him.

((oh, now u want to know what happens don't u? can yuan swim? will kratos die? are there any pumpkin pies involved? all will be revealed! NOW REVIEW!))