Tales of Symphonia Chapter 3: The Mysterious Swordsman, a tales of symphonia fanfic

Chapter 3! For being a new author/fanfic writer, I think I'm doing pretty well. This chapter, we have Kratos saying the disclaimer.

Kratos: Why am I here? How did I get here? Why are you making me tell the readers the disclaimer? (Kratos leaves)

Okay then… I don't own Tales of Symphonia or anything else that has to do with it besides the game discs. Hopefully, I won't have to say the disclaimer every chapter if SOMEONE cooperated…

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Lloyd, Colette, and Genis ran up the stairs and saw… the Desians! Well, not yet, of course… But instead, they saw the church leader, who staggered down the stairs. Everybody stopped for a second. Colette gasped.

"Pastor, what's wrong?" questioned Colette.

"It's the Chosen! Please… run away! The Desians are attacking!"

"The Desians?" Genis questioned, "But Iselia has a non-aggression treaty!"

"There's no time to explain! Run…" And with that, he died.

"Let's hurry to the temple!" Shouted Lloyd as he ran up the stairs.

Suddenly, when they got to the top, they saw Phaidra surrounded by a bunch of Desians.

"Where's the Chosen!" demanded one of the Desians. Suddenly, Phaidra noticed them.

"Chosen, run!" she shouted, causing the Desians to direct their attention to the opposite direction. Suddenly, a huge armored knight with a ball and chain appeared.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Genis said.

"Don't worry!" began Lloyd, "What's the worst that could happen?" (Yes, I'm sorry for using that phrase in every chapter.)

"Demon Fang!"

A few minutes later…

"Man, this guy is tough!" Lloyd was exhausted already. There was almost no way they could win. But then…

Suddenly, a sword is swung out at the Desian. The trio turned around to see a mysterious swordsman.

"Get out of the way."

Since no one ever reads the top, I wanted to put this message down here. Many thanks to Nasis the Dragon Hunter for being my first reviewer! You must be enjoying your 5 seconds of fame right now!

And now, your 5 seconds are up. Back to the story!

"First Aid!"

Suddenly, Lloyd's injuries disappeared.

"All right! Now, taste another Demon Fang!"

The Desian couldn't take the next hit and disappeared.

"We did it!" shouted Colette.

"Of course, we couldn't have done it if he," pointing to "the mysterious swordsman", "didn't show up…" replied Genis.

"Who are you?" questioned "the mysterious swordsman" while pointing at Lloyd.

"Give me your name, and I'll give you mine."

"Very well. My name is Kratos. I am a mercenary. I heard that the oracle was being held here, so I decided to come check it out. I didn't expect to see 3 kids being completely destroyed..."

"Who are you calling a kid!" shouted Lloyd.

"Wow, you two are going to be good friends, I'm sure…" muttered Genis.

"As I was saying," Kratos began, completely ignoring their comments, "I am a mercenary. I will protect the Chosen on her journey... for the right price, of course."

"Okay then, let's go into the Martel Temple!" said Lloyd as he started to march inside.

"I would like to ask for you two to stay outside. You'll only get in the way."

"What did you say?" Lloyd shouted. He thought he had every right to help Colette through the Martel Temple. Besides, he wanted to see the inside.

"Wait!" Colette interrupted. "Why can't Lloyd come? And Genis? I would feel a lot safer if they came along."

"Colette..." Lloyd muttered.

"Fine. But they'll only get in the way. Don't blame me if they die." And with that, Kratos entered the Martel Temple.

"Thanks Colette!" Replied Lloyd.

"It's the truth." Replied Colette as they both entered.

"Hey, wait up!" cried Genis.

"I hope that they'll be alright..." muttered Phaidra.

Well, that's it for now. It may seem a lot like the original story, but what I'm trying to do is stick to the original story while putting my two cents on what should have happened. Like all stories, please review! Also, for those of you that are wondering why its rated "T", that's because the game is rated "T". There will likely be no swearing at all.