Akako: I'm back after so long.
Genis: It is good to have this story continued.
Anna: And it's fun being able to appear at least in the notes.
Kratos: …
Akako: Is he still in shock?
Anna: Looks like it.
Akako: Oh well, he'll get over it, Hoshi if you may.
Hoshi: Akako does not own Tales of Symphonia
Chapter 6: Imposters, Books, and Desians
The party left the dock most of them looking at the city in awe, only for Colette to surprise everyone by bumping into another woman. They both fell over and a crash was heard as the other woman dropped a bottle of Palma Potion. "Oh no, I'm so sorry!" the chosen exclaimed looking worried.
One of the woman's three companions looked infuriated by what happened, his hand inching towards his sword. "Ahh! The Palma Potion that we just received!" the woman gasped, eyes wide.
"Hey lady, that was a very valuable potion! How are you planning on making up for this?" the man growled, glaring at the blond.
"I'll buy a replacement potion right away." the chosen bowed, embarrassed by the accident.
"…Replacement potion? Do you seriously think that's going to be enough to appease my anger?" he snarled, drawing his sword.
"Knock it off, or I knock you out!" Hoshi snarled, broadsword in hand.
"Why, you little…"
"Stop. I'd like to leave here as soon as Mellissa returns. Don't start any unnecessary trouble." the woman who was knocked over interrupted.
"Oh no you don't." the half-demon growled, "Threaten my friends and you have to lose a body part. So Mr. I'm an asshole, would you like to lose an arm or eat you own Testicles?"
"What-did-you-say? Do you know who we are?" he snarled.
"No, who are you?" she growled right back, eyes gold with silted pupils.
"We're the chosen's group!" he smirked.
"Really, then how about the chosen shows everyone her wings. I heard she released the first seal and got them." the violet eyed girl smirked circling around to stand behind the three.
"OK!" Colette chirped, her wings flashing into existence.
The man's eyes widened and he backed up, only to be grabbed by the half-breed at the same time as the woman. Kratos had a hold of the third member of the imposter's group and was sending the sword wielding one a death glare.
The party didn't notice the growing crowd surrounding them or the arriving guards, they were too distracted by the violet eyed woman's different treats. "What is going on here?" the captain of the guard called, "And what are you doing to the chosen and her companions?"
"Do you not see the blonde's glowing purple wings?" Hoshi shouted, "She is the chosen and these retards think they can get away with impersonating us! AND the asshole with the sword threatened Colette, and if you threaten one of my friends you either die or lose a limb!"
"Hoshi, please calm down!" Colette pleaded, wings flapping with worry.
"Ch-chosen!" the captain gasped before turning to the imposters, "You will be returning the Book of Regeneration immediately."
"Mellissa already went to Hakonesia Peak to sell it." the leader of the imposters smirked.
"Can I hurt him?" the half-demon snarled, giving him a glare.
"No." the guard retorted.
"How about I break his arm? He did threaten the chosen."
"Fine."
*Crack*
"AHHHH!"
"I am so sorry for the inconvenience." the Governor-General bowed, "We had no idea that those people were impersonating you."
"I-it's ok." Colette chuckled, "At least they were caught."
"I still wanna rip that guy's arm off, he threatens one of my friends and nearly hit Lloyd when he drew his sword." Hoshi hissed, glaring at the wall.
Kratos' face darkened at those words, but he quickly regained his composer and remained passive. "So, should we go after this Mellissa person?" Lloyd asked, breaking the awkward silence that followed the half-demon's statement.
"It would quicken the journey, after all it is a record of Spiritua's Journey of Regeneration." Raine agreed.
"And we need to catch that other imposter." Genis added with an annoyed look.
"Like hell I'm paying that much of a piece of paper!" Hoshi shouted, eyes promising death to the old man before them.
"I am sorry to have offended such a beautiful young lady." Koton smirked, "Perhaps you should join in the Asgard ruin tour at the Palmacosta travel agency."
"I will kill you." she snarled before Kratos dragged her out of the building.
"What a feisty beauty!" the old man chuckled, "It's a shame she seems like the type to scare off all suitors."
"BECAUSE I ONLY SCARE OFF PERVERTS!" the half-demon shouted from outside the building. Her exclamation was followed by the sound of someone being stabbed, and then curses aimed at the mercenary.
At that moment Colette noticed an old book sitting on a stand, "Hmm? That's a very old scripture…"
"Oh, my beautiful maiden! You have good eye! This here is something I purchased from a companion Chosen of Mana. It's a very rare scripture record that contains the Legend of Spiritua!" the elder grinned, "I've been wanting to get my hands on this for ages! I'd just about given up on Dorr ever letting go of it. It was very fortunate that the Chosen herself was willing to part with it!
"May we see it?" Raine asked.
"Why should I have to show it to you people?" Koton asked, suspicious.
At that moment Hoshi walked in looking annoyed, "Well we're uhh… devote followers of the church and wish to view the text from the first chosen. Colette here is versed in the language of the angels."
"Ah, yes, that's right. I've studied it since I was a child." the chosen replied, catching onto the ruse.
"Well, if it's that important to you, the maiden, feisty woman, and beauty can have a look at it. More than anything, I want the Spiritua Statue that is displayed in the House of Salvation. If you bring me that, I'll consider showing you the book." the old man grinned, ignoring the threatening growl the half-demon gave him.
"You're so stingy! Like it costs you anything to just let us look at it." Genis snapped.
"Shaddup! Get the heck outta here if you don't have money and don't have the statue!"
The group walked out to see that Kratos was sporting a large bruise on his left cheek, shaped suspiciously like a fist. "That'll teach ya not to stab me." the violet eyed woman grinned, "Sure it won't kill me, but it still hurts like hell."
Lloyd was about to say something when the whispers of the people nearby caught his attention. He noticed what appeared to be a tour and walked over to question them. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, you don't know?" The woman in charge stated.
"You all would be better off waiting here for a while. No matter what, you should stay away from Palmacosta." a man explained.
"Did something happen in Palmacosta?" the mercenary asked as the rest of the party joined the teen.
"It seems the Desians are headed for Palmacosta!" an old woman in the tour answered.
"WHAT?" Hoshi roared, before storming off, whispering to herself about torturing the Desians.
"Plus, they say the leader of the nearby human ranch, Magnius, is with them." the man added, looking scared, "I'm going to wait here until things cool down. You should hold off on going anywhere for a while, too."
Colette looked worried and ran after Hoshi, "Wait for me!"
The rest of the group quickly caught up with the two, and headed back to Palmacosta, at both the half-breed and the chosen's insisting. After two days they reached the city and noted how empty the streets seemed before the white haired woman picked up the scent of people in the town square. "How can you smell people?" Genis muttered.
"Half-demons have sensitive senses of smell and hearing." she replied, smirking, "Now hurry up!"
They rushed to the center of the city to see that all of the townspeople were standing there nervously. In the front of the crowd was an executioner's stand with a woman standing there with a noose around her neck.
"Out of the way! Lord Magnius approaches!" a Desian guard snarled.
A red headed half elf with defined muscles strode by the people with a look of disgust on his face. A man near the stand stepped back in fear, "It's Magnius from the eastern ranch…"
Magnius grabbed the man's neck and began squeezing with an enraged look on his face. "That's LORD Magnius, vermin!" with that the Desian broke the human's neck and let the body crumble to the ground.
/end of chapter/
Akako: And done for now.
Lloyd: Glad you finally decided to continue this story.
Collette: It's not her fault that she had writer's block. It always hits writers when they really need to work on writing.
Akako: Yeah, and then my muse decided to focus only on Bleach, but she seems to want to work on both this and my Bleach story.
Hoshi: Glad to hear that. Though wasn't most of this written out several months ago.
Akako: Most of it, but I wanted to end it after Magnius showed up, not after the group learned of the Desians in Palmacosta. It gets to the fight scenes faster that way, and makes the chapters longer.
