A/N: Some breaking news for you! I said last chapter, that I would make the story

more "Anime" style, but found out that I liked the game so much, that I'll try and fuse

the two together. This chapter, begins my fusion of the Anime way and the way of

the game. Tell me how you like it!

Chapter 2: Where's the Professor?

Noishe, ran as hard as his legs would move, carrying Lloyd and Colette, the whole time. They \

passed by the Iselia forest and ran through the flat plains, onward towards Triet.

"Let's go, Noishe!" Lloyd yelled, holding him by the scruff of the neck, "it's not like the Professor

to miss class...so something must be wrong!"

"Ruff!" Noishe barked.

"Do you think we'll find her?" Colette asked.

"I don't know, Colette...," Lloyd said, "...I hope so!"

Lloyd, continued on his way, giving Noishe orders to move faster. They ran over the grassy fields,

passing farmers and people walking along the roads.

"Hello, Lloyd!" came a woman's voice, just up ahead. It was a friend of the Professor's, Mr. Karon.

Lloyd, stopped Noishe and bent down to talk.

"Hello, Mr. Karon...," Lloyd, quickly greeted, "you haven't seen the Professor today, have you?"

"Well, yes actually!" Mr. Karon said, giving Lloyd the raised eyebrow, "I saw here only a few hours

ago...she was heading out of the village, when I was off to work."

"What was she doing?" Lloyd asked, "where did she say she was going?"

"Oh, I don't know that...," Mr. Karon admitted, "she seemed in a hurry...so I naturally thought,

that she was off to some ruin site, to find some new found artifact or something like that!"

"She was supposed to be in school, today!" Lloyd said, "she was supposed to be teaching us!"

"Oh?" Mr. Karon, raised an eyebrow, again, "she told me, before she ran off, that school was

canceled, because of a broken water pipe!"

"What?!" Lloyd gasped, "you believed that?"

Lloyd, gave Noishe a nudge and they were off, once again.

"What does he mean?" Mr. Karon, asked himself. He shrugged and went back to work.

Lloyd and Colette, had just now entered the Triet desert area, after a quick 20 minutes of riding.

They ran hard, feeling the full heat, above them. Lloyd, was able to see the Triet town, even

with a strong dust wind, blocking their sight. After a 15 minute run, they made it to the Triet

town and ran through the main door. The two, jumped off Noishe and walked him over to the

stable. Lloyd tied his leash around the post, and gave him a pat on the head.

"Stay here, Noishe!"

"Arrrooo!" Noishe whined.

The two, walked out of the stable and looked around. Lloyd knew only one person, who may

know where the Professor is. He walked up the street, along the busy market place. He passed a

food stand, and the Katz booth. He made his way up the side of the Inn, and around the corner.

He looked around and sighed. The gypsy woman was gone. Her tent was no longer on the edge

of the pond, where it had been, 3 years ago. Lloyd, spotted a man and stopped him.

"Excuse me...," Lloyd asked, holding the guy on the arm, "do you know what happened to the

gypsy woman in the tent?"

"Hmmm?" the man, thought, "oh, you mean Jasmine?...She decided to shut down her tent and

move on to a different town. We were sad to here it...she was one of the most popular

residents, in Triet!"

"Gone?" Lloyd sighed, dropping the guy's arm, "...damn! Do you know where she is, or maybe

somebody I can ask to find a missing person?"

"You can ask our Mayor," the man said, pointing to a building that was just beyond the area

where the gypsy woman was, "he's new to our town, because we decided on a ruling leader,

just for our small town. If anyone knows where your friend is, he'll know!"

"Thanks!"

Lloyd and Colette, rushed past the man and headed up the slope to the Mayor's building. They

were out of breath, once they got there, and had to take a breather, once they made it to the

steps of the building. They caught their breath, and walked up the high steps. They saw, two

guards, on either side of the door, and stopped when they placed their swords in between Lloyd

and the door.

"Who are you, kids?" the guard, on the left, asked.

"Nobody can see the Mayor, right now!" the other guard, spoke.

"Why not?" Lloyd asked, "I have an urgent matter...I need to find somebody!"

"The Mayor is currently in a very important meeting!" the first guard, snapped.

"I suggest you come back at a later time!" the second one said.

"I don't have time for this!" Lloyd barked.

Battle Sequence

"Let's see what you got kid!" number one, taunted.

"We're elite guards, you do know that, right?" number two added.

"I need to save my friend!" Lloyd yelled.

The first guard, attacked and jumped into the air. He swung his sword, downwards.

"Haaaa!"

"Amateur...," Lloyd sighed. He jumped up and took out both his swords, "...Phoenix Cross!"

Lloyd, took both his swords, crossed them in an "X" shape, and they lit up like an inferno. He

made a large, cross slash and cut the first guard across the chest. He fell to the ground.

"Why you...," the other grunted. He was next to attack and came from below. He was going to

do an upward cut attack.

"I'm sorry," Colette apologized, "Ring Whirlwind!"

"That was pathetic!" Lloyd scowled, as he put his swords away. They both, ran up the stairs, the

rest of the way, and pushed open the door.

Inside, a few servants, were walking around with trays of food. They stopped when they saw

Lloyd and Colette

"Hey...who are you?!" one servant asked. Lloyd didn't answer, he ran and jumped up, and

grabbed the chandelier. He swung forward and jumped up to the top staircase. He pushed past

another door, and inside, he saw a man with a large, handlebar mustache, sitting at a desk,

singing some papers. He jumped when he heard Lloyd, barge into the room.

"My word...," he gasped, jumping up, "...who the devil are you?!"

"I'm sorry about the intrusion...," Lloyd apologized, "...but I have an urgent matter to discuss

with you!"

"Oh?" the mayor wondered.

Lloyd, sat down at the desk, by pulling a chair from the corner and sitting in it.

"So, my boy...," the mayor asked, folding his hands on top of the desk, "...what can I do for

you?"

"I live over in the Iselia town, a few minutes from here," Lloyd explained.

"Oh, yes," the mayor agreed, smiling, "lately, they have been helping us with projects, and they

had funded most of them! We are very grateful for the help...we were devastated when the war

between the angels and humans almost wiped out our town!"

"Yes...," Lloyd agreed, a little impatient, "...my school professor, was investigating some ruins

close to here, and she had found something that she was very excited about!"

"Oh...what might that be?"

"I don't know...," Lloyd admitted, lowering his head, "...but lately, the professor has been acting

a little more...nuts...then she usually acts...even for her!"

"I have heard about this Professor of yours," the mayor complimented, "...Professor Raine Sage,

if I'm not mistaking."

"Yes, sir," Lloyd agreed, "but with this new discovery that she has found, she's spend a lot of

time out here, but she hasn't told us anything about it!"

"Well, I think it's too early to worry, my boy," the mayor smiled, "she may a little strange when it

comes to ruins and such, but it's only natural!"

"No!" Lloyd disagreed, shaking his head, "she's way too...intense about what's she's found...

when we asked her if we could come along, she almost bit our heads off!"

"What do suppose it is?" the mayor asked.

"I don't know...," Lloyd admitted, "...but I think we need to investigate it. My friends will be here

shortly and we'll check things out for ourselves!"

"I see...," the mayor said raising an eyebrow, "...but do you even know where to look?"

"No...," Lloyd admitted, again, "...but I do know that she could not have gone far...she did tell us

that she was looking in the Triet region."

"That means that your search will be easier to investigate, I think!"

"Yes...," Lloyd agreed, "once my friends get here, we'll leave in the morning!"

"Very well," the mayor nodded, "for the purpose of finding your Professor, I'll give you a written

document, that will give you full clearance, to search the entire Triet area, to find her!"

"Thank you, Mayor...," Lloyd thanked, but stopped.

"My name is Mayor Alexander Baxton!" he introduced.

"Thank you, Mayor Baxton!" Lloyd thanked, fully.

Lloyd, got up, bowed and left the room. Downstairs, he apologized to the maids and servants,

and told them that he would pay for the damages.

Lloyd handed over 1,000 Gald

Lloyd and Colette, left the building and took comfort in the Inn, until his friends showed up. After

waiting for almost 5 hours, Genis came in, and told Lloyd that he had gathered the group. Lloyd,

ran out of his room and down to the lobby. There, waiting in the lounge, was Sheena, Regal,

Presea, and Zelos.

"Well, well," Zelos mumbled, smirking.

"Lloyd!" Sheena yelled, with a smile, also, "been a while, hasn't it?"

"I'm glad to see you are doing well," Regal added.

"Lloyd," Presea included, "hello!"

"Hey, guys!" Lloyd cheered, "in the morning, we can say our "hi's", and then we find the

Professor!"

"Ok!" they all agreed.

The group, walked off to their rooms and went right to bed. They night went slow, and Lloyd

was awake the whole time.

I feel something is wrong! Lloyd thought, trying to close his eyes. He finally got to sleep, after an

hour.

In the morning, the group got up and had some time to say, hello to Lloyd.

"Great to see you, again, guys!" Lloyd smiled, "but we need to hurry! I feel something isn't right

with the Professor!"

"You got it, bud!" Zelos agreed, giving a shiny grin, "off to find the gorgeous Professor!"

The group, packed up and walked out the door. They walked along the streets of Triet, bought

a few last minute items, and then left.

Lloyd, walked over to Noishe and petted him on the head.

"You stay here, Noishe!" Lloyd said, "this isn't something you can join us on, right now!"

"Row...ouuu...," Noishe howled, at Lloyd's words.

"I'll be back, soon...I hope!"

The group, turned and left out the main gate. They boarded the Rehairds, Lloyd and Sheena

sharing one, since they were short a few, and they were off. They headed off in the direction of

the Triet Ruins. That was the first place Lloyd, thought off.

They got on the rehairds, took off, and whizzed through the desert sand, with a good view of

where they were going. They didn't know what awaited them, but they knew that it wasn't

good.

A/N: Hoped you like it! I didn't say I was going to fuse Anime style and Game style, to

the extreme...just little bits, here and there! Next chapter, coming soon!