Abyssions return

It had been a slow day again for the chief of Mizuho, she was used to this by now however. Since the defeat of Mithos and the rejoining of the world nothing much had happened. It had been ten years since that battle and because of her duties to Mizuho she has found it hard to see her friends.

She sat and pondered on her current situation when a young boy came running into her home.

"Chief Sheena! Chief Sheena!" he cried as he ran over to her

"What is it Nagi?" she asked with a due sense of foreboding. Nagi had a reputation of crying wolf.

"There's an outsider in the town!"

"An outsider what do they look like?"

"Well he's tall, he's got brown hair, red jacket and he has 2 swords!"

Sheena's heart stopped for a moment. Could it possibly be the man who was constantly in her dreams ? The one who broke her heart by choosing to go on his journey with Collete? Before she could ponder anymore on this revelation the man entered her home and stood at her doorway

"It's been a while Sheena" he said

She was shocked to see him. It was the man she hadn't stopped thinking about for 10 years, but he looked very different from how she remembered. A long scar cut through his left eye which was now covered by a patch. His hair was much longer now, much like his fathers, but what worried Sheena most was the fact that the look of warmth that used to reside in his eyes was all but gone.

"What happened to you Lloyd?"

"It's...a long story" he simply stated

She smiled and poured them both some tea. "I have plenty of time to hear it. Nagi you are excused"

Nagi who couldn't stop staring at Lloyd's scar suddenly nodded "Err...Yes Chief Sheena" he said before darting passed Lloyd.

"So you're Chief now"

"Yes Grandpa passed away 2 years ago. I sent an invitation to the funeral to both you and Collete..." Just then Sheena realized he was alone "Where is Collete?" Lloyd looked up from his tea and sighed

"She died, 3 years ago." he said almost emotionless "I broke my promise to her."

Sheena stared at him in disbelief "S-she's dead?"

"A monster from Neflhiem attacked us. We were no match for it, I only escaped because of her sacrifice." he said looking at her with no emotion on his face whatsoever

"Why didn't you tell me?" she said with anger in his voice

"It's hard to explain, but believe me if I could have I would have come told you" he said staring straight through her

"I-I-I'm sorry Lloyd, it mush have been hard for you." he simply nodded "How could that happen? How could that monster escape Nefilheim?"

"I don't know how it escaped or why it escaped, but I believe it has something to do with the devil arms"

'The devil arms?' She thought trying to remember where she had left 'Gates of Hell'

"I think Neblim is coming for them, we need to seal them away."

"I'm not sure where the Gates of Hell are Lloyd."

"Humph. Then I need to go find the others" he said getting up to leave.

"Wait Lloyd. That's it. We haven't seen each other in ten years and now you plan on just leaving" she said. Lloyd looked straight into her eyes and sighed

"I'm sorry Sheena I have to go" he said making his way to the door before stopping and looking at her one more time. "It was good to see you again Sheena"

She watched him leave as she could feel the tears in her eyes well up. Quickly getting to her feet she wiped the tears from her eyes and darted after him

"Wait Lloyd I want to go with you."

"No Sheena. The last person I traveled with died because of me. I wont let that happen again." he said getting on his rheiard and flying off into the distance.

Sheena watched him for a while as the tears formed in her eyes again. 'What has happened to you Lloyd?' she thought as he disappeared from sight. As she watched she felt someone tug on her robe she turned to see Nagi standing next to her

"Just who was that Chief Sheena?"

She sighed "I'm not sure Nagi."

Ok first of all sorry to all Collete fans, but her death is an integral part to the story. Lloyd seems different to the version from the game eh? Well You'll find out why soon, but I promise it'll be interesting.

Hope you enjoy please R/R