Hey, everyone. What's up? Well, here's chapter 2 of the story.
... Yeah... I have nothing to say for this chapter. But this is where everything gets interesting. So, here it is. Enjoy.
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Chapter 2:
In the world of Terendos
Last time...
Lloyd, his friends and everyone from Sylvarant were trying to find Colette everywhere in the world. They weren't able to find her at all. She was not somewhere around here.
However, Lloyd found out from the summon spirit of heart, Verius, that Colette is somewhere in another world, out of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. With a lot of confidence, Lloyd was about to search her out of the world.
However, before he could do that, the warriors in back armors were attacking Iselia, leading by a mysterious man named Dhaos. With that, Dhaos took Lloyd, Raine and the villagers somewhere. They all disappeared from the village.
One question remains in our heads...
Where is our hero, Lloyd Irving?
Somewhere else... In a forest deep within...
It was the morning, as the sun shines brightly down the earth. The forest lets out the air from its organs. The forest is the source for all of the living beings to live.
Right under one of the trees, there was someone under there. Unconscious, it seems. It looked like he was under there for the entire day. Then, a small drop of water came up from one of the leaves of the tree, dropping on the man's face. The young man slowly opened his eyes. "Mm... What... what happened...?" He slowly sat up, blinking his eyes.
For those who may know who it was, it was Lloyd Irving himself.
Lloyd suddenly came around here, in the forest for no explicable reason. He looked around him and saw a lot of trees. "What... What am I doing here...? What's going on around here..." After a few minutes of thinking, he suddenly remembered last time. He quickly stood up and looked around again. "Where am I? What am I doing here? Where's everyone? Where's Professor Sage? Where's that Dhaos guy?!" he asked to himself.
With no questions answered, Lloyd ran off in the forest, searching for anyone around here. "Hello?! Is anyone here?!" he cried out to someone. No responces. He kept on running around the forest to search for, at least, one person. He has gone around for 10 minutes straight. "is anyone here?!" he cried out again. Still no responces.
He had no idea where he was. The forest looked unfamiliar to him. He had been in many forests, but this one was unfamiliar. No familial places were known to Lloyd. After running around, with no luck, he stopped running, trying to catch some breath. "Where is everyone...? Where am I...?"
Then, he suddenly heard some ruffling near him. "Huh?" He looked toward the direction of the ruffle, at a bush. "What the heck?" Suddenly, the bush moved, making a ruffling sound. Suspicious, Lloyd decided to see it closely. He slowly moved toward the bush and examined it. "Hm... Is anyone in there?" he asked to the moving bush. When he moved a little closer to it, a boar suddenly came out of it and attacked Lloyd.
"Whoa!" Before it gets a chance to attack him, Lloyd quickly drew out one of his swords and sliced it horizontally, cutting it in two. The two, cutted part of the boar crashed behind Lloyd, on the sides. "Whoa... That was close. It caught me off-guard..."
Then, he heard some more ruffling in another bush. Then another. And another. And another. "Uh oh..." Knowing what was going on, Lloyd drew out his other sword and prepared his fighting stance. "More monsters... Great..." Then, 5 boars came out of the bushes and surrounded Lloyd, facing him with rage. "I don't like the looks of those glares. But I guess they want to fight."
The battle started. One of the boars charged at Lloyd, with its horns ready to stab him. However, Lloyd easily thrusted one of his swords on the boar, killing it easily. "Weak!" Another one of the boars charged at Lloyd as well. But instead, it jumps off the ground and attempt to slam down its horns at him. However, like the first one, Lloyd could easily find the weak spot of the attack. Before the boar could even touch Lloyd, he slashed it vertically, cutting it in half. "Heh! No problem!"
The next thing, all of the three remaining boars attacked Lloyd all together. They all jumped off and dived at him. "You gotta be kidding me!" Lloyd spun himself around, with his swords pointing at the sides. The boars were slash from his swords, and fell on the ground, dead. Lloyd defeated all of the boars without a problem. "Heh! Those boars are no problem at all." Lloyd sheathed his swords back in his sheathes.
However, after doing this, he felt a thumming on the ground. "Huh? What the...?" He felt the thumming getting larger and larger, getting a little closer. When the thumming is getting larger, some of the trees fell of the ground. A monster revealed its appearance. It is a large version of a boar. It growled loudly. "What the...? A mother?"
Another battle started. The mother boar charged at Lloyd, with its horns attempting to stab him deep. Lloyd quickly drew out his swords and blocked the horns from reaching him, stopping the charge. He then pushed the mother off of him and tried to slash it with one of his sword. "Take this!" However, the mother lifted its horns up and blocked the attack. "Damn!" This time, it pushed Lloyd off of it.
Lloyd regained his balance, after backing off a few feet away. "Alright. I guess it's time to use an Arte!" Lloyd backed up one of his sword behind and swung it to the ground, creating a shockwave. "Demon Fang!" The Arte moves forward to the boar, attempting to reach it. The mother guarded itself and let the Arte attack it, getting small damage from it. "Hm... No good..." It began to charge at Lloyd once more. Lloyd noticed it and guarded himself with his swords. However, once its horns touched the swords from below, it lifted them up, sending Lloyd flying. "Whoa!" Lloyd was sent up in a few feet away from the mother. This was a great opertunity to attack it directly.
Lloyd turned himself away to the boar and dived down toward it, readying his swords at it. "How about this?!" However, the boar easily dodged Lloyd and he crashed on the ground. "Grr...!" he groaned. He stood up from the ground. "Damn... None of my attackas are working... Maybe an Arcane Arte should do it." Lloyd formed his swords together with each other and moved them up and behind his back, using an Arcane Arte. "Fierce Demon Fang!" He slamed his swords on the ground hard.
However, strangely, nothing happened. "Huh...? What the...?" Lloyd was confused. Again, he moved his swords back again and slamed them down again. "Fierce Demon Fang!" He cried out the Arte again. However, nothing happened, just like the first time. "What's going on? Why can't I use my Arcane Arte?" Suddenly, the mother ramed on Lloyd, sending him flying back a few feet away. Lloyd groaned in pain of this sudden charge. "Gr... Damn...!"
The mother boar walked toward the fallen swordman. As it stopped close to him, it attempted to do a final attack. It pointed it horns at him, readying to stab him hard. "Grr...!" Lloyd tried to lift his swords up, but it was too hard. He can't get it up, with the damage he took. "What's going on...? Why am I feeling... weak...?" With no question answer, the mother thrusted its horns at him. Lloyd closed his eyes, to prepare for the fatal strike.
Fortunately, a miracle came. Before the horns could reach him, the boar felt a strong slash on it. It felt down on the ground, unconscious. Lloyd, who was preparing for the blow, felt that, after a while, the blow hasn't been made. He slowly opened his eyes and saw someone in front of him. "What...?" He looked up to see that person's head.
That person turned his head to Lloyd. "You alright?" He turned his entire body to Lloyd, making Lloyd to see his full appearance.
The man had a short, blond hair and a pair of blue eyes. He wore a white shirt and an orange jacket over it. He wore brown gloves as well. He also wore a pair of black pants, a pair of brown boots and a green belt, so it could hold his sheath and sword. He wore a green neckband with a pendant attached to it too.
"Who... are you...?" asked Lloyd to the young man.
Before the man could answer, the mother boar slowly got up from the ground, regaining its consciousness. "No time to talk. You know how to fight?" he asked Lloyd.
Lloyd slowly got up, with a little hard work, and readied his swords. "Yeah... I know how to fight."
"Good. Because it looks like you need help with defeating the mother. Now, get ready!" The man got on his fighting stance.
"Right!" Lloyd got on his fighting stance as well.
The battle resumed. The mother charged at the two swordmen. They both jumped out of the attack and were on the sides of the boar each. They both charged at it with their swords ready. But it backed up from them, dodging the charge from both the swordmen. "Hmph... No good. I guess it's time for a little Arte attack." said the man. He moved his sword back and swung it to the ground. "Demon Fang!" A shockwave was made. The Arte moved toward the boar. Like last time, the mother guarded itself from the attack, resulting a small damage.
"It's not working! It guarded from that Arte!" said Lloyd.
"Well, time for a little strategy. Listen up. When the mother charges at us again, jump off behind it, alright?"
"What's next?"
"I'm going to use Demon Fang at it again. Once it release itself from guarding, go and thrust your sword at it. That should finish the job."
"Ok. Got it."
"Good. Here it comes again!" The mother charged at the swordmen again. This time, Lloyd jumped off the ground and landed behind it. With that, the man used his Arte again. "Demon Fang!" The shockwave was made and it moved toward the mother again. Like the first two, it guarded itself from the attack. "Now!"
"Alright!" Seeing the perfect time to strike, Lloyd charged at the boar , moving his sword back. As it released from guarding, he used an Arte. "Sonic Thrust!" He thrusted his sword at the mother. The thrust was so powerful that it broke the wind around it. With that, Lloyd was able to stab the mother hard. In result, it fell down on the ground, dead. "Whew... That was close." He pulled his sword from the corpse of the boar, wiping the blood off.
"Hey, that was nice. You're not a novice swordman, are you?" asked the man, sheathing his sword in his sheath.
"No. I'm not a novice. I'm an expert swordman. Although..." Lloyd looked down to his swords. "... I can't seem to use my Arcane Arte... I don't know why I can't use it..."
"Ah. I see. So, this is the first time you came in this world, right?"
"First... time?" Lloyd was confused. What did the man mean by "first time"? "Wait, we're in Sylvarant, right?"
This time, it was the man who got confused. "Sylvarant? What's that?"
"Wait, you don't know what Sylvarant is? Do you live in Sylvarant or Tethe'alla?"
With that, the man knew what Lloyd was talking about. "Ah... Sylvarant is a worl, huh? Your world?"
"Uh... Yeah. What do you mean?"
"Well, hate to break it to you, man, but..." He took a sighed before saying something else. "... You're not in your world anymore."
"Huh? What?"
"I'm afraid that you've been sent to another world."
"Another... world...?"
"Welcome to Terendos. The Ancient World of Mana."
"What...?" Lloyd couldn't believe his ears. Is it really true? Is Lloyd really in another world. Then, he remembered something back in Iselia. "Wait... That guy... Dhaos... Did he sent me into another world...?"
"Dhaos?" said the man. After a while, the name came back to him. "Ah... Dhaos. One of the commanding officers of the Dark Raiders."
"You know him?"
"Yeah. Dhaos was known from the entire world. He's the most fearsome guy the people ever met. And also, I heard that he is the most trusted officers of the Dark Raiders."
"The Dark Raiders... Who are they?"
"I'll tell you. But I won't tell you here. More monsters could find us here, if we stay."
"I see. Well, let's go then. Where do we go?"
"I'll take you to a town nearby. Follow me." The man walked in a random direction. Lloyd followed him.
As the two swordmen walked their way outside of the forest, the man then spoke. "Oh yeah. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Guy Cecil. Nice to meet you."
"I'm Lloyd Irving. Nice to meet you too."
"By the way, you said something about you not doing any Arcane Artes, right?"
"Yeah. I can't use my Arcane Arte. I don't know why I can't use them..."
"That's because, Lloyd, you're not in your level you were before anymore."
"What? What do you mean?"
"Well, let's see... Back in your world, you learned all of the Artes, right?"
"Yeah. What about it?"
"Well, you see, your level was reverted back to your first level."
"What...?"
"Once you were sent to another world, the world of Terendos, your strenght was reverted. Everything you learned and achieved are all forgotten. You're not the master swordman anymore, Lloyd. You're back into your past state."
"I'm... in my past sate... Level 1...?"
"Yeah. Sorry about the loss. That happened to me too. I lost all of my strenght and Artes that I achieved along the way. And now, I'm trying to regain them while I'm in this world. You should do it too. That's how everyone who are warriors and sorcerers do when they're in this world."
"I see. Well, I guess I have to get moving, huh?"
"Right. Don't worry. It's not too hard to regain your strenght."
"I see."
"Well, anyway, we're close to get out of this forest."
And so, after a long while, Lloyd and Guy were finally out of the forest. They could see the outside of the forest.
Outside, it was a huge landscape. Many green grass were on the ground and a few mountains in some part of the land. And in front of their eyes, they saw a town, just on the center of the land. "See that town over there?" asked Guy.
"Yeah."
"That's where we're going. I'll explain to you all about the Dark Raiders and everything else." Guy began to walk down the road to the town. Lloyd followed him along the way.
To Lloyd, it was a new way to see. He was in another world. Another area. Another land. He didn't know very well in this world. But he was really hoping that Colette would be in this world. If she was, he would be able to go and save her. But Lloyd also knew that he was too weak to go against the Dark Raiders. So, along the way, he'll train to regain all of his strenght and Artes.
After a long while on walking down the road, the swordmen reached the town. They came throught the entrance. To Lloyd's surprise, there were a lot of people in the town. He never seen so many people before. Except for Meltokio. They were all walking around the town, buying stuff, living in and anything else. All of the buildings were all made of solid blocks and wood. It was like living in Middle Age. "Whoa... I never seen so many people before..."
"Yeah, well, the Dark Raiders had been taking people in Terendos more often now. I don't know what they were thinking, though." said Guy.
"What's that town called?"
"It's called Gangur. But we'd like to call it Traverse Town. This is where most of the people who were taken in this world found and lived in there."
"Most?"
"Yeah. I heard that some people were taken somewhere else, other than near Traverse Town. They could be anywhere else. Or worse, near the Dark Raiders' bases."
"Oh yeah. Who are the Dark Raiders, anyway?"
"Oh yeah. The Dark Raiders are a group of soldiers and powerful beings. They were raiding many worlds and take everyone in those worlds in this world, Terendos. We don't know the reason why they took the people to here. And what's more, the Raiders are a fear to everyone around the world. They can summon monsters from one crystal shard."
"Crystal shard?"
"Yeah. They use the shards to summons monsters. Even bigger ones. But it takes a lot of energy to summon a large monster. The crystal shards are called the Auracite. The shards are found from somewhere around the world. The Raiders can easily find them with something, I heard."
"I see."
"Anyway, their leader is a demon called Chaos."
"Who is he?"
"Chaos is the God from hell. We heard that Chaos came in Terendos in search for a powerful crystal. Even powerful than the Auracite. So far, they couldn't find anything that ressembles that."
"What kind of powerful crystal is it?"
"To us, it's called the Manacite. But to most people, they'd like to call it the Hell Crystal."
"Why?"
"Well, it says that the Manacite were made from hell. But it was just a rumor. We don't exactly know for sure. And because of that, I'm on a quest to find the Manacite."
"What good is it?"
"I don't know. That's why I want to examine it closely. I don't know what's it like, so I'll have to find out."
"Ok, now I see what's going. We don't know why the Dark Raiders are taking a lot people in here and we don't know what kind of power is that Manacite, right?"
"That's right. And I'm guessing that the Raiders are trying to find the Manacite for dark reasons."
"Of course. What else were they attacking Iselia..." Lloyd thought about all of this for a while now. Then, he almost forgot about something. "Hey, do you know a person named Colette?"
"Hm?"
"Colette Brunel. Do you know her? She was taken by those Dark Raiders somewhere. I think it's obvious that she's here. Do you know her?"
"Hm... No, sorry. I don't know anything about her."
"Oh... I see..."
"But... I do heard from someone about her. He said that the Dark Raiders captured a blond girl, named Colette."
"R... Really?!" Thet made Lloyd's spirit up high. "Where is she?! Did he said something about her location?!"
"No. He wasn't sure about the location of where she was taken. But we know that she's in one of the Dark Raiders' bases."
"So where are the bases?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You're not seriously thinking about going in there, are you?"
"Colette is my friend. And she's precious to me. I gotta go and save her!"
"Lloyd, calm down! You're not strong enough to take on the Raiders. They're too strong for you. Didn't you face them before?"
By hearing this, Lloyd did remember what happened in Iselia two months ago. "Oh yeah... I forgot..."
"Well, you know their strenght. They were too powerful and too much for you to take. Sorry, Lloyd, but there's no way for you to survive."
"But... Colette..." Lloyd looked down on the ground, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Guy placed his hand on Lloyd's shoulder, trying to comfort him. "Hey, don't be sad. I'm sure there's some way to save her. Just don't give up hope."
"Yeah... Thanks, Guy..." Lloyd tried to cheer himself up from the sadness. Then, he remembered something. "Professor!"
"Hm? Professor? Who you were talking about?"
"Professor Sage! She must be here in town! She was taken with me in Iselia."
"S... S... She...?" Hearing that word, Guy shivered a little.
"Hm? You ok, Guy?"
"Um... Yeah... I'm... I'm ok. No worries." Guy coughed a little. "Anyway, let's go to the town department. This is where they have a list of all the people who are in the town."
"How can they catch up with a lot of people? There's, like, a thousand of them."
Guy chuckled. "Well, you'll see soon enough. Now, come on. Let's get going." Guy then walked toward to where the department is.
"Right." Lloyd followed him once again.
Upon following him, he looked around to see everything in Traverse Town. He saw that the town has almost everything. They got a lot of stores, a lot of houses and a lot of... Well, something. It was just the same as Meltokio. "Whoa... That's awesome..."
"Yep. Traverse Town is one of the most popular places in Terendos. The good reasons are that everyone can get everything in there. However, the bad reasons are that the town is one of the Raiders' primary targets."
"Ouch."
"So yeah. Traverse Town is the best there is. Nothing bad happens in-" Before he could say anything else, a woman screamed suddenly. The swordmen looked at to where the scream was heard and saw something. "Oh no..."
What they saw is a woman who got her arm hold by a soldier, in silver armors. "Let me go! I didn't do anything! I don't steal anything at all!" said the woman in distress.
"No way! I saw what you did lately! And I'm taking you in!" said the soldier.
"No! Let me go!"
Seeing this, Lloyd decided to step in. "Hey! You!" He walked toward the two people.
"Oh no..." Guy, knowing what will happen if Lloyd steps in, followed him with caution.
Seeing Lloyd, the soldier looked at him. "Huh? What do you want?" he said.
"Let go of that woman. Right now." demanded Lloyd.
"No way. I saw what she did. She was trying to steal something from the Accessory shop! And I'm taking her in!"
"But you have no proof! You could have just at least observe a little more closely!"
"Look, kid! I'm a soldier from the security system of Gangur! So back off!" The soldier was about to proceed on taking the woman to jail.
Lloyd was furious. "Let her go! Or else, I'll kick your ass!" Lloyd was about to draw his swords out, until Guy placed his arms in front of him. "Guy...?!"
Guy smiled. "Don't sweat, Lloyd. I'll handle this." He then looked at the soldier with a serious face. "Hey. Let her go. That's an order."
"An order?! Who the hell might you be, you son of a...?!" yelled the soldier.
"You don't remember me? I am Guy Cecil, of Gangur's main security system unit. And everyone from the security system must take orders from us."
The soldier's eyes widened. "M... M... My apologies, General Cecil." He let go of the woman's arm.
"Good. Thank you. And next time, observe your target before going to take them in jail. That way, you'll be a good soldier, just like everyone else."
"Yes... General Cecil."
"Good. Now, go back to your position."
"Yes, General Cecil!" The soldier ran off somewhere, leaving the three people alone.
The woman looked at the two swordmen with happiness. "Oh thank you! Thank you for saving me!" She looked at Lloyd and gave him a kiss on a cheek.
Lloyd blushed a little. "Um... Uh... I..."
She was about to do the same with Guy, but suddenly... "AAH!!!" Guy suddenly back away from her.
"Huh?" She was confused. She walked a step forward to him, but he backed up one step. She walked another step, but he backed another step. Then another, then another, then another... "Why are you backing away? Are you afraid of me?" she asked Guy.
"Uh... N... No... It's just that... I got this... Well... Disease and I... Well... I..." Guy tried to explain, but it didn't look like he has the courage to say it to a lady.
"Hmph... Fine then. If you don't like me, then I'll just leave. Farewell." She walked away from the swordmen with a humph.
Lloyd looked at Guy with confusion. "Guy, why are you so afraid of her about? She's not dangerous and all."
"Um... Sorry... It's just that..." Guy sighed.
"Yeah?"
"Well... To tell you the truth... I got this phobia. A phobia of girls."
"Phobia? What's a phobia?"
"You don't know what's a phobia?"
"Uh... No. Not really."
"... Who taught you, anyway?"
"Professor Sage."
Guy sighed. "Anyway, a phobia is a fear of some objects or living beings. I had a phobia of girls when I was young."
"What made you have this phobia?"
"That's... Well, I don't want to say it. Personal reasons."
"Oh I see."
"Anyway, let's get to the department."
"Right." And so, the two of them continued to walk to the department. While walking, Lloyd hd something to asked Guy. "Hey, Guy?"
"Hm? What is it?"
"That guy back there... He called you General, right?"
"Yeah?"
"And you said that you're from the main security system, right?"
"Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you about that. You see, I was in the security system of Traverse town two months ago. A month later, I was being promoted to the main security system. The system were made to protect the town from Dark Raiders. But unfortunately, only a few of the system, including me, are able to hold them off. We lost a lot of security soldiers since then."
"That's a huge loss."
"It is." They continued to walk to the department, until they stopped in front of a large building. A building this large is sure to be the department. "Well, here we are. The town department. The employees might have your professor on their list. Let's go inside." Guy went to the front door of the department and opened it wide, going inside of it. Lloyd followed.
Inside of the department, there was a room with two people sitting behind a large desk. Behind them, on the wall, was a large board, with numerous of people's names on it. Lloyd stared at the large board. "Wow... That's a big board."
"Well, wait until you see why they got the list of so many people in time." said Guy.
Lloyd observed the board a little more closely. Then, all of the names gone up, removing the one name on top of all. And all the way of the bottom, a new name was made, by magic. Lloyd was very surprised. "Whoa..."
"You see? That's how they got the names on time. It's one of Traverse Town's magics."
"Magics?"
"Traverse Town has a lot of special secrets within. Only us security system soldiers know all of them."
"That's awesome."
Meanwhile, the two people who were behind the desks noticed the new name on the board. "Well, what do you know? Someone came in." said one of them.
"Right after Lloyd Irving. Let's write it down." The other one took a sheet and wrote down the name of the newcomer.
To describe what they looked like, one of them has red hair and yellow eyes. The other has blue hair and green eyes. They wore a plain, old citizen clothes. However, they did have a badge on their shirt. It was a bird with a cross mark on its chest. After writing the name down, they noticed Lloyd and Guy. "Ah! General Guy! It is nice to see you once more!" said the red-head.
"A pleasure to meet you again, General Guy!" said the blue haired man.
Guy chuckled. "Please. Call me by my name. Not my status."
"Of course, Gene... I mean, Guy." said the red-head. Then, he quickly took notice at Lloyd. "Hey, who's that with you?"
"Oh him? That's Lloyd Irving. The newcomer. I took him in the town to show him around."
"Ah, yes! Lloyd Irving! A pleasure to meet you!"
"Me as well, Lloyd Irving!" said the blue haired man.
"Nice to meet you guys too."
"Allow us to introduce ourselves. My name is Soichi." said the red-head named Soichi.
"I am Gebert." said the blue haired named Gebert.
"Nice to know you. Soichi, Gebert." said Lloyd.
"So, Guy, what brings you in here with him?" asked Soichi.
"Well, Lloyd wants to see if someone he knows is here." answered Guy.
"Is that so? Then who might it be, Lloyd?" asked Gebert.
"I'm looking for Raine Sage. She is my teacher. Did you guys got her name?" Lloyd asked.
"Hm... Let's see... You're new around Terendos, are you?" asked Soichi.
"Yeah. Raine is also new. She and I were sent here by that Dhaos guy."
"Dhaos, huh? He's one of the commanding officers of the Dark Raiders, I tell you.
"Yeah. Guy already explained it to me."
"Anyway, which day did this Raine person came?"
"I don't know. Today or yesterday, I think."
"Hm... Let's see today and yesterday's list." said Gebert. He took a bunch of sheets, with numerous of names written on them. Both Gebert and Soichi looked through all the pages, searching for the name "Raine Sage". After a while, there's no Raine Sage. "Sorry. Raine Sage is not on our list. She must be somewhere else."
"Oh. I see, then. Thanks anyway."
"However..." said Soichi. "... We do have another Sage in here."
"Another... Sage?"
"Yes. Genis Sage. He came in Traverse Town just three days ago. And he's still in here ever since."
"Really? Genis is here?"
"Yes."
"Thank you. I appreciate this." Lloyd turned to Guy. "Guy, we have to go look for Genis. He's my pal."
"Alright. Let's find him. But to find him easily, what does he look like?" asked Guy.
"Genis has long silver hair and a pair of blue eyes. He wears a pale blue shirt, shorts and boots. He can use magic and all."
"Hm... That sounds familiar..."
"What do you mean?"
"I think I saw a short boy a while ago, before I came and saved you."
"Really?!" That made Lloyd surprised. "Where is he now?! Tell me, Guy!"
"I think I saw him going to the plaza, where a large fountain is. I'll take you there if you want."
"Thanks, Guy!"
"No problem. Now come on. I'll take you to the plaza." Guy began to walk toward the front door, about to leave the department. But before he leaves, he turned to the two employees. "Thanks for the help. Lloyd is really happy to find at least one of his friends here."
"It's not a problem. Until we meet again, General Guy." said both Soichi and Gebert at the same time. Guy chuckled and opened the door, leaving the department.
Lloyd followed him. "Thanks for the help, guys!"
"It's not a problem. We'll see you soon, Lloyd Irving."
And then, the two swordmen left the department.
Lloyd found out that Genis Sage, his friend, was here somewhere in Traverse Town. Now, he and Guy were on their way to see him. But one question remains...
What happens next after they see the young Sage? We will find out soon enough.
End of chapter
There. Done with that chap. Anyway, Guy is introduced and Genis will appear in the next chapter. Just you wait, everyone.
And before I'm done with this, there's something that I need to tell you guys about. After the next chapter, I'm planning on making a skit chapter for you guys. Chapter 1 to 3. So, there will be a lot of skits in this story. And if you guys want, you can tell me your ideas.
Anyway, see ya later! And review, please!