Ch. 6: Maybe They Do Care

SilverMoon: Okayz! I've finally decided to update this.

Lloyd: Uh huh....i don't really care.

Me: Well.....I don't care about you! -smacks-

Lloyd: Okay...SilverMoon doesn't own ToS or Namco.

Me: I NEVER TOLD YOU TO DISCLAIM ME YOU JERK!!!

Lloyd: -falls asleep out of boredom-

Me: Whatever....Onto the story...I guess....

Okay..everyone seemed to be angry at him lately. They all kept avoiding him and giving him really weird stares like they didn't even know who he was. Lloyd was acting like he normally did, nothing different here. Or, so he thought.

According to the group (that being Raine, Genis, Colette and Kratos) seemed to think that everything had changed about Lloyd. Especially now that he was an angel and that whenever they got into a fight, he took out his wings and fought while floating in the air. It was like they were all scared of him, even though Colette did the same thing all the time.

But secretly, every night he would go out and practice flying. He was always trying to learn how to do some of the stunts that his dad could do when Lloyd was little. He would picture the memory in his mind and take off, twisting and turning in midair while prentending to fight some imaginary enemy.

One night, while Lloyd was up in the air, no more than a shadow on the midnight sky, Kratos had wandered away from camp to get some more firewood while Raine kept watch. He had looked up because he saw a shadow on the ground and saw Lloyd flying in the air, an exact image of Kratos when he was still with Anna.

He gasped slightly and almost dropped the firewood. Lloyd's wings completely blended in with the night sky now. Only the edges of his wings were still glowing silver. The middles of each wing had turned into a cerulean blue, like Kratos'.

Both his swords were out and he was slashing at enemies that weren't there. He hadn't even noticed Kratos walking up he was so lost in his imaginary fight. With each slash he would do, he would dodge again or twist to the right or left. He did a summersault, yelling "Tempest!" while he was still flipping. When he was straight up he brought both swords down and screamed "Fierce Demon Fang!".

He was breathing heavily and sweating pretty badly. "I should probably go back now...." He muttered and descended to the ground.

"You're guard was still open. Even the slightest opening could lead to your death." Kratos said then turned and walked out of the clearing. Lloyd looked up having just realized he was there.

"Um...thanks?" He said. He put his wings away and jogged after Kratos.

He helped him collect firewood and then they headed back to camp together.

"Where were you?" Raine asked as they walked into the clearing that was their camp. She looked at Lloyd with slight fascination. Of course, he was nothing more than another research subject to her. Suddenly, he felt bad for Colette.

"I was out training while flying. Sorry..." He mumbled and went over to his sleeping bag.

"I can take over watch now, if you'd like." Kratos said while sitting down beside Noishe. Raine nodding in thanks and went back to her sleeping bag, which was conviently farther away from Lloyd's.

Lloyd turned over onto his side, facing away from everyone. He felt no need to sleep, but decided to try anyways. Its not that he couldn't sleep, he just perferred not to. He really didn't need to eat or sleep anymore, but he liked to anyways. To remind him that he was still half human. He could hear everyones even breathing, even Kratos'. Even though he was nightwatch, he always had calm breathing.

Eventually, Lloyd managed to force himself into a peacful sleep.

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When he woke, there was a bunch of noises. Very loud ones. He sat up and opened his eyes, realizing that it was everyone's voices and Genis making breakfast. No one had bothered to wake him up.

"Morning guys." Lloyd said, sitting down by the fire. Genis handed him a plate of eggs and a fork.

"Morning Lloyd." Genis said with a small smile. Okay, so not everyone hated him. Maybe just Raine and Kratos. Well, how could Kratos hate him when he was his son?

'Which reminds me,' Lloyd thought, 'I have yet to ask him about that.' "Yum, eggs." Lloyd said while digging into the food on his plate. As he chewed he took the time to see what everyone was doing at the moment. Raine was still eating, Kratos was packing their bags onto Noishe, and Colette was attempting to roll up her sleeping bag without tripping.

So far, they had unlocked one seal, the seal of fire. Sad right? Currently, they were on their way to the Ossa Trail and after that, came trying to find a boat to get to Palmacosta. Kratos had said something about a place called "Izoold" or something like that.

"Hey um, Lloyd?" Colette asked from where she was standing. Lloyd looked up, "Could you roll this up for me? I'm sorry if its too much of a thing to do!" She said, holding her hands out and looking down at her feet.

"Don't apologize so much." Lloyd said and walked over to roll up the sleeping bag. He finished and handed it to Kratos to attach it to Noishe. Lloyd looked at Kratos, meeting his gaze for a second before Kratos' eyes looked quickly off to the side.

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Once they had gotten on the Ossa Trail, Lloyd could tell that something was up. He kept glancing at Kratos, as if to get him to understand that something was wrong. But Kratos didn't seem to be telepathic because all he did was keep on walking like it was a sunny weekend in the middle of Iselia.

When they got to around a quarter of the way in, he heard footsteps and soon someone jumped down from a cliff, yelling, "Stop!" He saw it was a girl who wore unusual purple clothes with a pink sash tied around her waste. She had black hair tied in a short ponytail in a pink ribbon as well.

"Who're you?" Lloyd asked, immediately on guard. She looked at him, and noticed his wings.

"Are you the Chosen of Regeneration?!" She yelled. She had been told it was a girl, and here was a boy, with midnight/cerulean blue wings on his back.

"Actually, that's me!" Colette said with a chuckle.

"Prepare to die!" The assasin yelled and charged at Colette. Colette tried to move but ended up tripping and flipping a nearby switch, opening a trap door. The assasin fell in, having not noticed it and the blonde angel started to freak out.

Genis proceeded to say some really smart stuff about Gravity or something. Lloyd really didn't care at this point, he just wanted to get moving, in case the assasin climbed back out.

"Gravity constant...?" Lloyd asked, looking very confused.

"We should get going." Kratos said. Everyone quickly agreed and they were on their way...again.

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When they had reached the end, a huge piece of wood attached to the cliffside fell down and the assasin was back again. This resulted in a battle that Lloyd really would liked to have not fought.

First, he charged at the bird, wings out, and flipped in midair shouting, "Psye(sp?) Tempest!" He managed to slice the bird on both of its shoulders, effectively wounding it. He floated behind it and quickly flew up and spiraled down, straight at the bird. He brought his swords together and stabbed it right in the arm, cutting it off.

While he was rebounding, he didn't notice the assasin coming up behind him until she shouted "Pyre Seal!" He felt some force hit him and flew backwards and into a tree. He grunted and stood up, ingoring the searing pain in his back. He flew towards the black haird women and sliced her across her back, not wanting to kill her. That was his mistake.

She had managed to grab ahold of his wings and rip out a good sized chunk of his feathers. He screamed in agony and it the ground, hard. He felt tears well up in his eyes. He heard Kratos yell his name and then the assasin scream.

He shakily stood and looked around him. The girl had ran away and the bird had disappeared. He turned to asses the damage done to his wings, he noticed that part of the outer ring of feathers was missing. Also that there was a red liquid on them, blood.

The group walked over to him and Kratos healed his back.

Lloyd rubbed his injured wing, trying to soothe the pain. He grimaced when he hit the damaged part. He looked at everyone, who were also staring at him, worried looks on their faces.

"Are you alright?" Genis asked staring at his wing.

"Yeah. Just stings a bit." He gave a pained smile. "Well, are we going or not?" He asked with a more excited grin that was obviously forced. They all nodded and walked off. Lloyd put his wings away with a wince and walked after them.

When he caught up, Kratos gave him a worried stare. Lloyd smiled, "Don't worry. I'm fine." He gave him a thumbs up and ran to catch up with Genis. They began a random conversation.

Kratos worried stare boring a whole into his back to whole time.

Me: Okay, so not long at all but...I still liked the chapter. I hope you did too. :D I tried to make it over 2,000 words, but I think I might've failed. I haven't saved it yet so we'll see. XD

Lloyd: Well..it was okay....

Me: OMG! Did you actually enjoy this chapter Lloyd? Seriously? I'm shocked.

Lloyd: I'm going back to sleep now. -falls asleep-

Me: Okay..so this was written in about an hour and I really didn't spell check it so...yeah...um....I hope you are all glad that I at least updated! I'll write more soon, I swear it!!!

Lloyd: -mumbles in sleep- Wordcount was........1,934...good job. -snore-

Me: REVIEW OR I WILL STEAL YOUR SOUL AND PUT IT IN MY PILLOWCASE OF SOULS!!!