A/N: This scene was mistakenly left out of the main storyline during writing, so I've included it as a bonus scene here. This takes place just before Raine and Kratos find the merchant that agreed to take them out of Triet to Ossa Trail. Since I don't want to have things like this break the flow of the story, I've since tried much harder to catch the extra little scenes in the game and include them in the story.
Tales of Symphonia:
Wonder Edition
Bonus Scene
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In the earliest moments just before dawn broke over Triet, Yuan crept into the Mirage inn, slipping through the window of the room where he was certain Lloyd Irving slept. Kratos wouldn't be there; the other angel would surely be patrolling the inn grounds to be certain there were no attacks. This was the chance he was waiting for to get in and capture Lloyd. With the boy, his plans could move forward much more swiftly and easily.
And then he actually got inside the room.
Yuan had only taken a few steps towards Lloyd's bed, the brunet sound asleep and snoring softly in idle dreamland, when something small flew through the air and hit him square in the forehead sharply. He stumbled back in surprise, uttering a short curse in the old language, and rubbed at his forehead as he searched for the thing that hit him.
"Get out!" a voice hissed towards his direction, and Yuan's hearing pinpointed the source as being on the far side of the room, in the third bed. He heard the 'thwip!' of something else hurled his way and he managed to snatch it out of the air for inspection.
A spoon.
Which meant that figure sliding out of bed and bearing down on him with a giant fork in hand was the Wonder Chef. So, he really was breaking the pact...
"Did you just hit me with a spoon?" Yuan snapped at the blonde, shaking the utensil at him indignantly.
"I'll throw the whole dinnerware set at you if you don't get out." the chef growled softly, pointing the fork in his direction, "And don't think you can use magic on Lloyd or myself. You know full well what the Wonder Fork can do to magic."
Yuan huffed, folding his arms over his chest as he stared down the boy. "I have no interest in you. I'm only here for Lloyd. Don't you already have problems enough with Kratos? If he were to report that you're..." he began and cut himself off when Lloyd suddenly shifted and sat up, looking around in a daze.
"Whoa! What the-?" the brunet cried out in alarm at seeing the cloaked half-elf. Yuan quickly turned and fled out the window, face red at the last sight of the blonde chef's victory grin. Blast it all! The Wonder Chef had been buying time until Lloyd woke up on his own!
Ploy ruined, he retreated to the Renegades base to nurse his wounded pride at being bested for the moment.
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In the meantime, back in the inn, Kratos, Raine, Colette and Genis had all rushed into the room to check on what made Lloyd cry out like that. He was standing in their midst, wide-eyed with surprise that was quickly fading. Adam had already set the fork back against the wall and was crawling back into bed, grumbling to himself sleepily.
"It was just some weird guy that came in here, it was too dark to see exactly, but Adam chased him off with his fork." the brunet was explaining and then his tone took on a more serious note, "I'll be fine, but Professor Sage and Colette, you two be careful. I don't want to even think that someone might be able to sneak into your rooms."
Once assurances were made and everyone began drifting out, Lloyd went back to bed with a yawn, rubbing at his eyes. He gave a slight jump when his bare foot touched on something metal, then bent down to carefully feel it out and pick it up.
"Huh? Hey, Adam, why's there a spoon on the floor?"
