To Find a Key

At the city of Luin….

"Really nice place!" I said, looking at the waterfall. Unfortunately, we then noticed Sheena and a group of kids.

"Okay, Okay, I'll be it this time!" Sheena said,

"Hehe! Yea, let's go hide!" one of the kids said, as the other split off to hide. Sheena then spotted us and turned.

"What do you want?" She asked

"I was just thinking how awesome you are with kids!" I told her

"What! Just because you say stuff like that doesn't mean I like you, you're still my enemy." Sheena said and ran off.

Oh well!

"Let's go get some supplies and continue on, there is nothing more we can do here," Kratos said with a little sadness

Wonder what's wrong with him? I will have to ask him of that later.

"Can we at least spend the night? I'm tired!" Colette asked

"If the chosen wishes," Kratos said.

Thanks Colette, maybe you aren't that dumb after all!

That night….

I woke up from my bed next to Kratos' room, and saw that Kratos was trying to sneak outside. I quickly got up and went out to talk to him. I found him by the waterfall.

"What's wrong Kratos?" I asked him

"Nothing." He said plainly.

"Liar!" I retorted

"Humph! Can't keep anything away from you can I?" Kratos asked and I shook my head.

"My wife was born here, and this town was destroyed once before." Kratos continued.

"WHAT?" I shouted

"I couldn't save this village, and I couldn't save Anna. When she was finally captured she had just had Lloyd and Kvar unleased her exsphere and had her attack Lloyd, Noishe protected him and then I had to kill her," Kratos explained, with one tear in his eye,

I thought that angels couldn't cry anymore, I guess I was wrong.

"I then had to bring Lloyd to a trusted friend who would raise him properly," Kratos continued

"Dirk?" I asked

"Yes, Dirk was the only one whom I could trust with Lloyd's well-being!" Kratos said and walked back to the inn.

"Gosh, that sucks," I said aloud

Really?

Not you again!

Yes me again!

How did you know what I was thinking?... Wait, duh you are in my mind, I'm such an Idiot!

Really!

Shut up!

You sure bonded with Kratos well!

So what?

Just be careful, good night!

Oh geez, good night!

Next Morning…

"Let's go!" Kratos said

"I'm ready," Colette said and we headed out to Asgard which was a long walk but the good thing was we got more experience in fighting and we all learned a few new techs.

In Asgard…

"The Wind, its strong here," I observed, I was told that this was windy all the time here. Kratos immediately went up the stairs and spoke to a priest. Thanks to the development of my angel senses I was able to hear part of what the priest said.

"Yes, the key is with the head priest at the Balacruf Mausoleum." The priest said.

"Thank you!" Kratos said, he then came back down

"What did you ask him?" Lloyd asked

"Nothing, just how are you doing? He was an old friend!" Kratos answered

SURE!

We went up to the alter at the edge of the village where Raine went off on a ruin rampage…. Again!

"So fascinating! Lloyd, tell me the history of the Balacruf Kings" Raine ordered

Doesn't she know that Lloyd doesn't know? Geez!

"Umm, Uh…." Lloyd stammered

"Stupid Lloyd! The ancient kings of Balacruf constructed this alter to seal away a terrifying evil." I covered for him

"Yeah, that!" Lloyd said

"Lloyd, what do you learn in my classes?" Raine asked

"Art, Crafts, PE….." Lloyd started listing things

"You are hopeless and yes, Martos you are right!" Raine said, while Raine was talking on and on about the significance of the ruins, I decided to see what was behind it. But first I went to Kratos,

"Is she always like this?" He asked

"Yeah, ever since she was born, I guess." I told him, I would have told him more but then Lloyd came up and I decided to go check things out. I went around back and found two guys, a human and a half-elf. They looked like they were about to hatch something, so I listened in, with my angel senses.

"So will this really work?"

"Of course it will, do you want Aisha to die?"

"Well, no but I don't want to completely destroy this ruin."

"Oh, please this is the only way to save her!"

"What is going on?"

Aww Crap! Not Lloyd, Damn you!

"We are not trying to blow up the stage!" one of them said

IDIOTS!

Raine then ran on top of the stage, and began to lay the smack-down on the human and the half-elf.

Hehe! Priceless! (This one is for you, Zelos, snaps a picture of Raine beating the snot out of the two any way's back to the story.) Raine then stood next to the box-like thing that was the bomb and turned it on!

Aw Crap!

"UH-OH!" Lloyd and the two others said as Raine was completely ignoring them.

"Professor?" Lloyd tried to get her attention

"Not now, Lloyd!" Raine said going back to her lecture

"Professor, the bomb turned on!" Lloyd said quickly

"Lloyd, I said not…. What!" Raine said turning to the bomb.

"Oh dear!" Raine said startled.

"Is there a disarm switch?" I said, finally appearing

"No, of course not!" the half-elf said

"Raine, May I?" I asked

"Sure," Raine granted permission. And I proceeded to lay the smack-down on him.

"You idiot!" I said when I finished

"I'll do it then," Lloyd said, and to my surprise, he disarmed it successfully,

I am impressed, Lloyd!

Unfortunately, the Mayor noticed the commotion and ushered us off the alter.

"But we only wanted to study it!" Raine said

"We already have an idiot scholar!" The mayor said

So, we then decided to speak with this other scholar. To our surprise, it was the human from before. Raine saw Aisha and apologized for the trouble and decided to volunteer to be the dancer instead. We went to see the mayor and he agreed as long as he is not responsible for any damage done. Raine agreed and once again.

"You just wanted to study the ruin firsthand!" Lloyd said

Stupid!

Raine then smacked Lloyd in the face.

"Shouldn't you know by now to not say stuff like that in front of Raine?" Genis asked

We went back to Aisha and told them that we had permission to take over the ceremony.

Later…

Raine was ready to initiate the dance. She was dressed in her Maiden costume. (I also snapped a picture of her doing this for Zelos ) She danced to all the little circles on the alter and knelt in the middle. Bright green light rose up and revealed a somewhat strong wind monster known as the Windmaster.

"I HAVE COME FOR THE GIRL!" the windmaster said

"Professor that is not the guardian of the seal!" Colette said

"Then what is it doing here?" I asked as Lloyd and I jumped up and plunged into battle with Kratos, Colette and Genis following behind.

"I won't let you die! HEALING WIND!" Kratos immediately casted.

"Whatever you do, don't use wind spells, Genis!" I ordered

"Ok! STALAGMITE!" Genis casted

"Good! Lloyd, watch it!" I shouted running over, "What the…? HOLY TIGER!" I shouted pulling a small ray of light from heaven and crashing it down.

"Grr! THUNDER BLADE!" Genis casted sending a blade of lightning down and causing electrical sparks to emanate. Lloyd and I began just whacking the Windmaster down and keeping him down.

"PHOTON!" Raine cast as the orb of light exploded and left him staggering.

"Ok, then! Let's get this over with!" I said. I glowed and I cut across him and began the Unison Attack.

"TIGER RAGE!" Lloyd shouted, cutting up, swinging in the air and cutting down.

"THUNDER BLADE!" Genis casted sending a blade of electronic energy upon him and creating a series of shock-waves, damaging it more.

"PHOTON!" Raine casted, causing another light explosion.

"LIGHT SPEAR!" Kratos shouted, spiraling in the air and stabbing the enemy from above.

"ANGEL FEATHERS!" Colette casted, sending three circular rings of holy energy at him.

"ERUPTING FANG!" I said, sending a wave of energy underground and causing an eruption underneath the windmaster. Lloyd and Genis, then teamed up and used…

"LIGHTNING TIGER BLADE!" Lloyd and Genis shouted as Lloyd jumped up with his swords behind him as multiple lightning bolts pummeled Windmaster, Lloyd then finished him by cutting the Windmaster in half.

"Finally, we did it!" Lloyd said, sheathing his swords. The green light vanished revealing a stone tablet, the Balacruf Map, the key to the seal of wind, but it was in an ancient language so Raine and Linar agree to study it while the rest of us take a well deserved rest paid for by the Mayor himself, (Like Wow!)

Next Morning…

"Raine still isn't back yet?" I yelled

"Yeah, she still is with Linar," Genis said

"Perhaps we should go get her," Kratos suggested

"Good idea!" Colette said, we found her at Aisha's house.

"We have just finished analyzing the map, it leads to the ruins to the west of here." Raine said

"She was amazing!" Linar complemented her

"Looks like she got another fan!" Genis exclaimed, not noticing Raine next to him getting a little irritated. She gives him a smack on the head as a reward.

"So, Raine does this map lead to the real summon spirit of wind, Sylph!" I asked her.

"Yes, and that is where the seal is, let's go!" Raine shouted gleefully.

Oh god, not more ruins!

With that settled we left Luin.