Sharingandude: Yo, I'm back with chapter two of this story.
Lloyd: What are you talking about, its chapter one. The other was a prologue.
Sharingandude: Oh yeah, I'm getting ahead of myself.
Lloyd: Can I ask you a question?
Sharingandude: Go for it.
Lloyd: Am I going to have more lines?
Sharingandude: Of course, you're not a baby anymore.
Kratos: What are you two doing? Get on with the story.
Sharingandude: Alright don't kill me, but first say the disclaimer.
Kratos: Sharingandude does NOT own anything that may appear in this fic.
Sharingandude: Thanks, you did a better job than Lloyd.
Lloyd: Hey!
Anna: Who wants lemonade!
All: We do!
"Do what you will." character talking
"You're such an idiot." character thinking/Flashback
"Shining Bind" name of technique/incantation
"You're gonna pay" character anger/ other
14 Years Later
"You need to practice on you reaction time. I could have killed you many times over."
"Well you too fast for me and these weights are heavy. What was the point of this Dad?" said a very tired, bruised up Lloyd.
"To increase your swordsmanship you need to be well balanced. If unbalanced the enemy will use your weakest trait against you." said Kratos as he sheathed his sword.
"He's right, Lloyd. Listen to you father's wisdom" said Anna as she treated Lloyd's injuries.
Lloyd looked at his father and smiled. It had been over fourteen years ago since they had left Sylverant. They arrived in the kingdom of Crimea and traveled the land in search of a place were they could settle. Finally they found a peaceful village by the name of Caldea and settled down. Using what gold they had, they bought a normal sized house to live in. Kratos had established himself as a mercenary as well as helping a few people in the village. Anna stayed home to raise Lloyd until he was old enough to start some basic sword training that she had learned from Kratos.Over the years the people of the village became friends of the Aurion family. The only people that didn't like them were the semi-wealthy family that lived next to the village leader. Throughout the land, Kratos was well known for his powerful sword skills and magic. Soon he was dubbed "War God" by a Land Lord he had protected from various assassins. Lloyd was proud of his father and mother.
"I understand what he means, but what I meant was what's up with the weights."
"The weights are used to build up your movement. They also help to build up leg and arm muscles. That way when you take them off your speed and strength will be increased."
"But is it safe?" said Lloyd as he sheathed his swords.
Kratos let out a small chuckle and said, "Don't worry I went through the same training you're going through. Besides I'm wearing some right now." Kratos revealed the weights he was wearing.
"HOLY CRAP!! You mean you still this strong with those weights on." said a very surprised Lloyd.
"LLOYD AUION HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO SAY THAT!" said a very angry Anna.
"I'm sorry mom. I was just surprised that's all."
"You're very loud Anna." said a new voice.
They turned around and saw Yuan carrying some sort of bag. Yuan had kept his promise and came to visit any time he could and gave them a heads up to what Cruxis was up to.
"Hey, it's Uncle Yuan" said Lloyd cheerfully.
"Lloyd, how many times do I have to tell you that I'm not your uncle?"
"I know, but you're still my uncle whether you like it or not." said Lloyd with a grin.
Yuan let out a sigh and decided not to argue. He didn't want to admit it but he had warmed up to the kid. He noticed he was wearing the Angelus Exsphere.
"So if Lloyd has that exsphere, how does Anna fight?"
Anna touched an exsphere that was on the back on her hand
"Kratos said that it would be best if Lloyd used it and got me a replacement."
"So where did you get that?"
"I asked Dirk if he had any exspheres and gave me one." said Kratos.
"Oh that reminds me. Here are the special blades you had Dirk make." He reached in to the sack and pulled out two magnificent looking blades. One was glowing with the power of fire, while the other was giving off a cold aura. Yuan handed the blades to Kratos. Kratos then turned around and gave the blades to Lloyd.
"T-There for me?"
"Yes, after all I did promise you a pair of new blades for you hard work, besides what better day to give them to you than on you seventeenth birthday."
"Thank you Dad, I promise you that I'll use these blades proudly." said Lloyd with a tear in his eye.
Acquired Material Blades.
"Huh, who said that?" asked Lloyd.
"Who said what?" asked Yuan.
"Never mind."
"Anyway, let's go into the house. I need to tell you what's up with Cruxis."
Kratos and Yuan walked into the house, grab a chair, and sat down. Lloyd was about to follow when: "Where are you going? You're not done training." said Anna with a smirk on her face. "Uh-oh, I knew I should have stayed in bed today." thought Lloyd.
Inside the House
"Let's hear it, Yuan."
"Well, as you know Yggdrasill is making everyone work 24/7 just to find you. He has the entire network focused to find you, he's been holding back the world regeneration garbage." said Yuan.
"Well that's a good thing. Tell me who the Chosen is this time."
"Hmm, I think it was a girl named Collette. She lives in Iselia."
"Do you think that he'll send an angel to escort the Chosen?"
"I doubt it but he might, why do you want to know?"
Kratos was silent for a while but then said "I'm planning to go back and save the Chosen from her fate. Then to settle the score with Yggdrasill."
Yuan shook his head. "I understand you plan, but how are going to defeat him. He has the Eternal Sword at his disposal."
Kratos then took out a sheet of paper and handed it to Yuan. Yuan read it and said, "I see, so this is your plan. I'll call of my renegades from killing the Chosen and ask them to get the items listed. I'll go get this from Derris Kharlan."
"You'll be in danger."
"Don't worry I'll be fine. The only thing this is causing is even MORE paperwork."
"You really must hate paperwork."
"Oh one more thing. Rodyle is acting on his own again and it seems that he's scheming something bad. All we know is that he's working on the Mana Cannon. There is another thing he's working on but he's hidden the files well. We can't find them."
Kratos thought for a moment and said "He's always been this sneaky hasn't he."
Suddenly a few screams were heard outside the village followed by an explosion.
"What the hell was that?" said Yuan.
Then Lloyd and Anna ran into the house with a worried look.
"Dad, a band of bandits is attacking the village." said Lloyd.
"Kratos what do we do?" said Anna
"We'll defeat the bandits, but we need to save the villagers first. Yuan will you help us?"
Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I'll help. I've been aching for a fight for a while." He then took his cape of and materialized his double-bladed Ax. ( It's an ax right?). Kratos unsheathed Excalibur and equipped his shield.
Anna unsheathed a long, steel sword with a red jewel near the hilt. The sword seemed to radiate heat. (I got this idea from Fable.) Lloyd unsheathed his Material Blades and said, "Time to try these blades out."
Soon they ran outside when a villager ran up to Kratos and said, "Kratos, the bandit leader, Zawana has take the Village Chief hostage."
"Dad, what do we do?"
"We'll split up. Yuan, head toward the western side and defeat the bandits from that side. Lloyd, you and Anna head toward the eastern side and defeat the bandits from that side. I'll take on the Bandit Leader," said Kratos
"Dad, you sure you'll be ok?"
"Don't worry Lloyd. Just think this as our first team mission."
Anna caught what he meant and said, "Does that mean-"
"Yes, we are now officially, The Aurion Mercenaries."
With Yuan
Yuan raced toward the other side just in time to save other house from burning down. He sliced a bandit and killed him instantly. The other bandit ran towards Yuan. Yuan spun his ax and blocked the bandit's attack. He then did a vertical slice that instantly split the bandit in two. He saw other bandits run toward him. As they did Yuan thought, "These bandits are weaker than normal desians." He saw them charge straight at him. Yuan let out a sigh, "And they don't have any brains. Well it's better than facing paperwork." It was official. Yuan hates paperwork.
He easily took care of all of the bandits when a surge of lightning barley missed him. He scanned the area and saw a bandit with a pointy hat. "So, you can use lightning magic." The mage responded, "Yes, I'm a magic user who specializes in lightning attacks. There's no way you can beat me." Yuan stuck his weapon into the ground and said, "We'll see who the expert in lightning attacks is." The mage took this as an insult and started to launch a barrage of lightning at Yuan. Yuan countered with his own lightning attacks and thought, "Time to kick it up a notch." Yuan's mana started to flare. The mage looked shocked. "What is that?" Yuan smirked and said, "And you call your self a lightning user. Now take this, THUDER BLADE." The poor mage didn't know what had stuck him. Before he knew it he was struck by a giant, bluish-purple blade. "That takes care of that." Yuan picked up his weapon and saw more bandits running toward him. "Here I thought I was going to relax already, I'll end this in one attack." He started to charge up his mana. "I Call Upon Thee From The Land Of The Dead, To Unleash Thy Fury Of Thunder, INDIGNATION." The mob of bandits was completely vaporized. A few villagers saw this and couldn't explain why a giant lightning bolt crashed. Yuan turned around and headed to help the others.
With Anna
Anna and Lloyd were quickly helping some injured villagers. Anna noticed a few bandits breaking into a nearby house.
She turned to Lloyd and said, "Lloyd go stop those bandits!"
"What about you, mom?"
"I'll be fine, now go!"
"Alright, just make sure you don't lose."
Lloyd turned around and headed toward the house. "He's so much like his father, but he has my personality."
Her thoughts were broken at the sound of a perverted chuckle. Anna turned around to see two of the most disgusting, filthy, most horrid looking bandits she has ever seen in her life. "Ugh, I think I'm gonna barf."
"Heh, heh, heh, look what we have here, a pretty girl who wants to be the heroine. Let's show her what happens when she messes with the wrong people." Said Bandit #1
"Hey, how about we have our way with her after we finish. After all it isn't every day when a pretty girl like her shows up." said Bandit #2
"That's disgusting, I'd rather do Yuan's paperwork than to let myself lose to them." Anna gripped her sword tightly. The flames on her sword intensified as she quickly took her fighting position. The first bandit ran toward her and raised his axe. He slammed down his axe, thinking he was going to hit. Anna jumped back and swung her sword and cried, "Demon Fang." The blast took the bandit by surprise. The attack crippled the bandit's left arm. "AHHHHH, YOU BITCH I"LL KILL YOU!" Anna brought her sword back and trust forward. Her sword flared as she yelled, "Flaming Sonic Trust." The move stabbed the injured bandit straight thought his skull. The bandit's skull bust into flames as she pulled her sword out of his skull. The second bandit stood there in shock. "YOU WHORE, I'LL KILL YOU!" The bandit ran toward her. "Whoa, didn't the other bandit say the same thing." Anna ran toward the bandit. The bandit swung his machete at her. Anna blocked with her sword and immediately kicked the bandit right in the stomach with all of her might. The bandit flinched and grabbed his stomach in pain. Anna swung her sword with an under slice followed by a jumping vertical slice. The bandit dropped dead instantly. Anna turned around and headed to find Lloyd.
"Man, why do I always encounter the disgusting enemies."
With Lloyd
"I hope mom doesn't run into trouble."
Lloyd arrived at the house. He saw three bandits terrorizing a woman and her daughter. The middle bandit was laughing as he said, "Look her lady, either we kill you or you had over you pretty daughter and we might let you live." The other two bandits joined the laughter. The woman was crying as she was holding her daughter. Soon there laughter was ended by an angry voice, "You people are sick. What a cowardly thing to do. You will pay." The bandits turned around to see an angry Lloyd, gripping his swords with all his might. "Just who the hell are you?" said the middle bandit. "Your Death." Lloyd turned to see the woman and said, "You might want to turn around, this is going to be a ugly." The woman understood what he meant and turned around. Lloyd's exsphere started to shine. He ran toward the middle bandit at incredible speed and yelled, "SUPER SONIC THRUST." The bandits were shocked at the boy's incredible speed. The middle bandit last thoughts were, "I-Incredible, I-I d-didn't even see him m-move." The other bandits lunged at Lloyd to try and avenge their fallen comrade. Lloyd side stepped the attack of one of the bandit's and attacked the other. Lloyd gave a multiple thrusts at the bandit and yelled, "Sword Rain Alpha." The bandit fell with a thud. Lloyd turned to the other bandit and gave a couple of strikes. "Out of my sight." Yelled Lloyd as a blue lion head blasted the bandit out of the house. He quickly walked toward the woman and told her to find a safe place to stay until the bandits were dealt with. He ran outside when he encountered a huge man with a spiked-ball connected to a long chain. Lloyd barely dodged his attack.
"Whoa, this guy is huge. What the hell did he eat?" The huge bandit laughed as he spun his weapon at Lloyd. "Damn, I can't get near him, wait that's it." Lloyd observed the bandit's movements. The bandit swung his weapon and Lloyd side-stepped dodged the attack. He ran toward the bandit and spun in mid-air and cried, "Omega Tempest." As soon as Lloyd landed he turned to the bandit and gathered his mana and struck the finishing blow. "Fierce Demon Fang." yelled Lloyd. The bandit fell towards the earth. As he felt his life going away he asked, "Y-Young lad, y-you fought with a-amazing skill, p-please tell me your name before I d-die." Lloyd looked at the man and agreed to tell him his name. "Lloyd Aurion." The bandit chuckled and said, "So I l-lost to the son of the War God. You'll become strong, perhaps stronger than your father." The bandit closed his eyes and said,"Thank you for setting me free." Soon the man died. Lloyd looked at him and thought, "What did he mean by that? Maybe I'll give him a proper burial, but right know I have to find mom and go help dad."
Boss Fight: Kratos Vs Zawana
"What's going on out there? Is that some sort of army? Pah. A bunch of Mercenaries looking for their next meal." Zawana then turned to the Village Chief and said, "Did you hire them? Or was it that pesky family with all of the money?" The village chief looked at him and said, "Your right, that family was the ones who hired them, but I have no need of hiring anybody because Kratos Aurion lives in this village and he will surly defeat you." The bandit leader laughed. "I don't know who that guy is but he sounds like a weakling." Just then a bandit ran up to him and said, "Sir, all of our forces have been defeated. We have to leave before he gets here." Zawana gasped. "W-WHAT! How can our forces be defeated so quickly? Was it those mercenaries?"
"No sir, it was the legendary War God himself along with a few others. I think they call themselves The Aurion Mercenaries. We have to leave! We can't defeat him." said the bandit who was no scared.
The village chief chuckled a bit. Zawana looked at him and said, "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?"
"That you are going to be defeated by the War God aka, Kratos Aurion."
"Y-You mean he is the same guy?"
"Yes"
The bandit looked at his leader and said, "The old coot is right, I'm getting the hell out of here." He ran toward the nearest exit.
"You should do the same as your friend there. That way I don't have to kill you."
Zawana looked at the new figure. His fears had been confirmed. Standing there was the man he had heard about. "Y-your t-the War God!"
"I'd prefer if you just called me Kratos, which is just a title that I don't really like. Now be a good bandit and let go of Chief Rob. If you do, I'll be willing to let you go as long as you don't show your face hear again." said Kratos while giving him the famous Aurion glare.
"S-SCREW THAT, I'M NOT LEAVING UNTILL I TAKE ALL OF THR GOLD HERE. YOUR ARE NOT GETTING IN MY WAY, I"LL JUST HAVE TO KILL YOU."
"Yelling at an opponent just proves that you are scared of fighting."
"S-SHUT UP" said a very "brave" Zawana as he took out a big axe and lunged at Kratos.
"Humph, size does not matter." said Kratos as he charged.
(Insert Kick Ass Battle Theme Here)
Zawana slammed his axe in hopes of killing Kratos. Kratos blocked with his shield and swung his sword. Zawana some how dodged the attack by jumping. "It seems you have some skill in dodging, to bad your not balanced."
"What do you mean?"
"You have strength and some what dodging skills but..."
"BUT WHAT!"
"You're too slow."
"I'LL SHOW YOU SLOW!"
Zawana lunged again at Kratos. Kratos evaded all of his attacks while analyzing his movement. "He's just doing random swings with that attack. He has no battle position ad has too many open areas." Kratos still healed his defensive while Zawana was getting tired and angry and yelled, "IS THAT ALL YOU CAN DO, JUST STAND STILL AND LET ME KILL YOU." Kratos dodged some more attacks and said "I take everything I said, you have no skill." as he sliced him on his left arm. Zawana yelled out in pain, "AAHHH, YOU BASTERD I"LL MAKE YOU PAY."
Kratos looked at him and said, "Tell me how many innocent people have you killed?"
"A lot you bastard and you will soon join them!" Zawana ran toward him and swung his axe. Soon Zawana found him self unable to move. He looked and saw that Kratos had grabbed his wrist before he slammed his axe. "W-What, I didn't even see him move. W-What tremendous speed."
He then heard Kratos say, "Then it is my duty to stop you. I won't let you take any more lives." Kratos then trust his sword forward and said, "Lightning Blade", followed by and an up spiral slash then by a horizontal swing.
"Hell Pyre"
It happened so quickly. Zawana's body was stuck by a bolt and was soon engulfed by an explosive flame. Zawana fell to the ground dead. Kratos sheathed his sword. He looked at the body and thought, "He never stood a chance and he knew that. He should have just left."
Kratos went toward the chief and said, "Rob, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm alright, I just have a few scratches and bruises."
"You sure, you're alright?"
"Yes"
At this moment Yuan arrived, along with Anna and Lloyd. "Dad, are you alright?"
"Yes, Lloyd, I'm alright."
"I see you didn't need help dealing with this guy, right?" said Yuan while giving a small smirk.
"Yeah, you right. Anna, Lloyd, are you two alright?"
"I'm fine, I just need to rest a little bit." said Anna. Soon they heard a huge growl. They a looked at Anna. Anna blushed a little and said, "I guess I'm hungry."
Kratos looked at Lloyd and said, "What's wrong Lloyd?"
"Dad, can you help me bury a bandit that I defeated?"
They all looked at him surprised. Anna then said, "Lloyd why would you want to do that?
Kratos needed no explanation. He saw the look in Lloyd's eyes and said, "Alright, I'll help you."
Lloyd looked at his father and smiled a bit, "Thanks Dad."
Anna was about to ask why when Yuan grabbed her shoulder. Anna looked at him. Yuan shook his head and said, "Let them be."
Soon Rob looked at Kratos and said, "Kratos, I'm very grateful that you defended our village with such honor. Not just you, you and your family. If there is anything I could do for you-"
"Don't worry about it. I lived here for 14 years. This village is our home. I just felt that it was my duty to defend our home from being destroyed."
The chief looked at him and smiled. "Kratos, you really are a brave and honorable warrior."
Yuan then felt a group of people watching from behind a house. Kratos noticed this as well.
Yuan then said, "We need to get rid of the bodies. Perhaps the group behind that house can help us."
They all turned around and saw another group. Standing there was another group of warriors.
There was a woman with red with white colored armor. Next to her was a man with green hair and green armor. The weird part of him was that he had his eyes closed. Then there was a man behind him with green hair as well with red clothing. There was also a man with blue hair and a long cape. There was also a guy with black robes and black hair. He had an angry look on his face.
"These guys just stole our job!"
The woman then spoke, "Now Soren calm down."
"So these are the other mercenaries Zawana spoke of." thought Kratos.
"That guy, who does he think he is?" thought Lloyd.
"What do you mean calm down? We are out of a job."
"That is still no reason to talk that way."
Lloyd then spoke up, "He's right, but you've got to understand that this is our home. We had to protect it. Besides we had no idea that you were hired."
The man with blue hair spoke up, "Don't worry, we understand. Right Soren?"
"Ike, why are you giving them the reason in this, you know we need the money."
"Just calm down, I'm sure we can solve this." said Lloyd.
"How, and besides who the hell are you?"
"Man, what a jackass. I don't like him." thought Lloyd.
"What a miserable little creature." thought Yuan.
"I outta slap him silly." thought Anna
"This is troublesome." thought Kratos.
Lloyd was the first to speak, "Why should I give my name to a Moron who doesn't realize how pathetic he is."
The guy with the green hair spoke, "HAHAHA, You got owned Soren."
"Shut up Boyd."
"Lloyd settle down. Now, are you the leader of this group miss…?"
"Oh, I'm sorry my name is Titania."
"I'm Oscar."
"Hi there I'm Boyd."
"I'm Ike."
"I'm Soren, and you are?"
"Soren be more polite." said Titania
"Nice to meet you my name is Kratos Aurion."
Soren's eyes widen as he recognized that name
"What!" was all he could say.
Unknown Area
"Finally after fourteen years of research I have finally done it."
"Ugh, Where am I?"
"So you're finally awake."
The person looked at the figure and said, "Rodyle, what are you doing?"
"Have you forgotten what happened? I revived you, Lord Kvar. I hope you like the modifications I did to your body."
Rodyle gave a sinister laugh that even scared the now revived Kvar.
Sharingandude: And that was chapter 1
Lloyd: I don't like Soren
Sharingandude: Me neither, but I introduced him early for the sake of the story.
Kratos: Lloyd, you haven't cleaned your room.
Anna: Kratos, you haven't cleaned you room.
Kratos and Lloyd: We will clean it later.
Anna and I pull out Tomatoes.
Kratos and Lloyd: AHHHH. They both run to clean their rooms.
Sharingandude: Hahahaha, well I don't know when I'll be able to update again because of Ike might ruin everything.
Ike: What did I do?
Sharingandude: Not you, Hurricane Ike.
Ike: Oh.
Sharingandude: Well until then, laters.