Tales of Symphonia Chapter 10: YOU ATE MY DONUT?, a tales of symphonia fanfic

Prosser783… Don't be shy! Type a review! You know you want to. MogOfWar has given me a way to stretch the fourth wall… CHAPTER 10!!! The long chapter you have been waiting for! Prepare to read more than 5,000 words! Today's disclaimer is by… me! I don't own Tales of Symphonia. Still. Now… THE LONGEST CHAPTER SO FAR BEGINS!!!

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Lloyd and Genis entered the forest. That began the onslaught of mushrooms, bees, more mushrooms, rabbits, giant bees, bunnies, wolves, and mushrooms.

"Stupid Mushrooms!"

"Lloyd, I think THEY get it now."

The "fourth wall" that Lloyd once knew had been forgotten. "Who's THEY?"

Genis faces the fourth wall. "Hopefully, YOU know who you are."

"Genis, who are you talking to?"

"THEM."

"Who's THEM… never mind."

Lloyd continues beating up mushrooms.

"Hehehe… He's so stupid, don't you think?"

"Genis, are you talking to yourself again?"

"I'm talking to THEM!"

"Who's… Never mind."

Halfway through, Lloyd realizes that Genis isn't there anymore. He turns to see Genis heading toward the Human Ranch.

"Genis!"

"I know, I know, we're not supposed to be here because the mayor said not to and because it breaks the non-aggression treaty, but I have a friend there who I need to tell things to, like a REAL FRIEND, unlike SOME PEOPLE I KNOW, and… you're not paying attention at all, are you?"

"I AM!"

"No you're not!"

"YES I AM… yeah, you're right, I'm not."

"HA! (space) HA! (pause) HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Genis…"

"Wait, I'm not done. HAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Okay, I'm done."

"Okay… So, now that I'm actually paying attention, AND I read the paragraph up above us, who's this FRIEND of yours?"

"Paragraph? Above us? Looks like you know THEM also!"

"Who's THEM?!?"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA…"

SMACK!

"Owww…"

Lloyd faces the fourth wall. "You know, it might be child abuse to put in so much violence of me smacking Genis in almost every chapter, excluding the first."

"And second!"

SMACK!

"Owww…"

"SHUT UP!"

"Fine… But you just admitted that you knew about the fourth wall the whole…"

SMACK!

"OKAY, I'LL STOP! STOP SMACKING ME!"

"I'm glad we came to an understanding."

"Now, let's go visit Marble."

"Who's Marble?"

"Sigh… Just follow me."

Lloyd and Genis clumsily snuck up to a certain chain fence wall, clueless of the security camera above the front gate of the Human Ranch. When they got there, they saw an old lady who HAPPENED to be there at the RIGHT TIME to see them AND have a conversation, despite the Desians who could easily see her and kill her for it.

"Genis, how are you?"

"Hi Marble! Lloyd, this is Marble, and Marble, this is Lloyd."

"We came all this way to a DANGEROUS Human Ranch that has the POWER to destroy the ENTIRE TOWN if they SEE US so that we could talk to an OLD HAG?"

"Lloyd! Don't be rude! But yes, she is an old hag."

"Now THAT'S rude."

"Sorry Marble." They both said.

"It's okay…"

"Oh yeah, the Oracle was today, Marble!"

"Really? Well that's marvelous."

"Really?"

"No, but that's what you expect OLD HAGS TO SAY!"

"Marble, we said we're sorry! We're really sorry!"

"Yeah! No, wait. No, we're not."

That's when Lloyd noticed the exphere on Marble.

"Marble…"

"What?"

"You have an exphere on your hand."

"Oh, so that's what this ugly, pulsating, round thing on my hand is. The Desians put it on me after they ABDUCTED ME from Palmacosta."

"An exphere without a key crest is dangerous."

"Lloyd, I know that I'm the smart one, but what's a key crest? And how does it affect the exphere?"

"Expheres are dangerous and can basically kill you if it's on your skin. Those with key crests don't. They make you stronger."

"But it looks like Marble's exphere doesn't have a key crest."

"YOU THINK?!?"

"…"

"Sorry, just overreacting."

"Lloyd, can't we do something?"

"I think I can make a key crest. But, it's Dwarven technology."

"BUT YOUR DAD IS A DWARF!"

"Oh… Right…"

"Can't you do something? At least ask him!"

"Hmmm…"

"…"

"Lloyd!"

"I know, but the stupid person in front of the TV hasn't decided on what I'm going to say!"

"What?"

"Okay, I'll try."

"That took a while."

"It wasn't my fault!"

Suddenly, they heard the shouts of the Desians from behind Marble.

"Oh no! I can hear the Desians coming!" Marble screamed.

"Let's run for our lives!" And with that, Lloyd began to walk away.

"I'm sorry we couldn't stay, Marble!"

"Oh, it's okay. Come another time."

"Bye!"

Lloyd began to run for whatever life he still has.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Lloyd!" Genis loudly whispered.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH… What?"

"Screaming will get their attention!"

"WHAT?!?"

"I said to be quiet!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?"

"I SAID TO BE QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????

"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"GENIS!"

"WHAT?!?"

"I THINK THEY HEARD YOU!"

"WHO?!?"

"THE DESIANS!"

"NO THEY DIDN'T!"

"WHY NOT?"

"BECAUSE THE GAME PREVENTS THEM FROM SEEING US WHEN WE ESCAPE!"

"OH!"

"LLOYD!"

"WHAT?"

"LET'S STOP SCREAMING NOW!"

"WHAT?!?"

"LET'S STOP SCREAMING NOW!"

"OKAY!"

Lloyd and Genis stopped screaming to notice that they heard cries of pain from within the Ranch.

"What was that?"

"I don't know. Let's go climb up the cliff over there!"

Suddenly, a text box appears. It read:

What is the action button? The "A" button is the action button. When you see it appear on the bottom right, press the…

Lloyd suddenly sliced the text box in half.

"It's not even on the bottom right…or is it?"

"Stupid text boxes…"

"Anyway, I'm going to jump up there. I'll help you up when I get there."

"You're talented enough to jump that high?"

"No, but I'm talented enough to press the "A" button."

"What's the "A" button?"

"You may not know, but THEY know."

"See?!? You DO know THEM!"

"Who?"

"Never mind, just wait for them to press the "A" button."

Like magic, or at the press of a button, Lloyd suddenly, and magically, jumped to the high ledge above them. From there, they were able to reach the top.

"GASP! You're old hag friend is being whipped!"

"We have to do something!"

"But it's fun to laugh at the humiliation of others!"

"Lloyd…"

"Fine. What can we do?"

"That's a good question."

"I got it!"

"A good idea?"

"No! A bad idea!"

"Sigh…"

"Okay, you'll stand here and shoot fireballs at them. Hide immediately afterwards and I'll distract them. Then, run back to the village. Got it?"

"Okay. But first, let's eat some cookies."

"Why?"

"It will give you strength."

"Sure…"

Another text box appears. It read:

Fully healed.

"Stupid text box! Demon Fang!"

The box blew up.

"Take that, Namco!"

"Lloyd?"

"What?"

"Let's just do the plan, okay?"

"What plan?"

"Sigh…"

"What?"

"Just run after I shoot fireballs, okay?"

"Gotcha."

"Okay… Here I go!"

Genis shot three fireballs at the Desians. They suddenly turned around to see Lloyd jumping down the cliff.

"What the…"

"After that kid!"

"Open the gate!"

The gate opened, and the three Desians chased after Lloyd. Unfortunately, Genis began to run also, and tripped… over nothing in particular, kind of like the time in Triet, but that's not important now. The important thing is that he tripped and caught the Desians' attention.

"Owww…"

"Oh no! Genis!"

Lloyd began to attack the Desians.

"Sonic Thrust!"

With a quick stab, he killed the first one. He quickly jumped back to avoid the other two and decided to use a long range attack.

"Demon Fang!"

Many Demon Fangs later…

The second Desian fell to the Demon Fangs.

"Only one to go!"

Suddenly, Lloyd staggered from a hit to the back.

"AH!" Lloyd cried out in pain. "Okay. Now you're really going to get it! Demon Fang!"

Unfortunately, the Desian leaped to the side.

"Okay! Now I'm angry!" Lloyd charged at the Desian, only to miss with all three slashes. Lloyd used his sword to block the hit, and saw his chance to strike back.

"Sonic Thr-" He cried out, but he couldn't thrust his sword forward.

Meanwhile, Genis recognized his situation.

"Oh no! Lloyd used up his TP with those Demon Fangs earlier! Wait!" Genis saw a treasure chest above him. He was able to get up and open the chest. Another text box appeared, and that one said:

Acquired Orange Gel.

"Yes!"

Meanwhile, Lloyd's attacks were being blocked, not causing enough damage.

"Come on! I can't even land a decent blow!"

Suddenly, he felt some more strength enter his body.

"I feel the energy!"

He stared at the Desian.

"Now I'm angry! Check this out! Sword Rain!"

With the multiple hits, Lloyd was able to get a guard break, and destroy the Desian in front of him.

"I did it, but how?"

"I did it."

Lloyd turned around to see Genis.

"Genis? But how?"

"I used an Orange Gel on you. You happened to run out of TP."

"Thanks Genis."

"Hey you!"

"Darn… There are more coming!"

"Come back here kid!"

Lloyd and Genis ran separate ways, with Genis running back the way he came, and Lloyd… jumping off a cliff. Genis ran back the way he came until he was able to reach Lloyd.

"Lloyd! They saw your face! I'm sorry!"

"It's okay. I took out the ones who saw my face, and the rest of them are still up there."

"How did you manage to kill three Desians with a wooden sword?"

"Video game magic."

"Ahhh…"

"So, I'm going to my house."

"Okay. Be careful Lloyd."

"Don't worry."

"Says the guy with wooden swords."

SMACK!

"Owww… You smacked me with your wooden swords!"

"I know."

"Grrr…"

"Uhhh… Genis?" Lloyd noticed that Genis was beginning to be angry. Very angry. "I'm going to leave now…"

"Fire Ball!"

"Bye!" And Lloyd began to run away from the homing fire balls.

"Sigh… I feel much better now. I really need to find better ways to vent."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It BBBUUUURRRRNNNNSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"That will teach him to mess with me. Owww… Wooden swords DO hurt…"

And somehow, Lloyd ended up with Genis' equipment.

Meanwhile…

"Sir! He got away."

"Darn. We'll go over the surveillance camera later. Find out who that boy was!"

"Yes sir!"

The Unimportant Desian #2064 left.

"How did he survive that jump? And more importantly, who would be stupid enough to jump off a cliff?"

Meanwhile, Lloyd was making his way through the forest, with singed hair…

"Stupid Fire Balls… Stupid Genis… Stupid mushrooms…"

But, Lloyd was able to withstand the bad smell from burnt hair and the attacking fungi long enough to make it to his house, which was named Dirk's house because Namco made it that way. Somehow, Noishe was able to make it there, even though he didn't go through the Iselia Forest. Noishe ran to his stable next to the house.

"Mom… I'm back."

Lloyd entered the house.

"DAD!!! I'M HOME!!!"

Dirk came downstairs while holding his ears. "So I noticed."

"SORRY DAD!!!"

"STOP SCREAMING!!!"

"FINE!!! Anyway, I need you to make me a key crest."

"Why?"

"I met someone today who had an exphere without a key crest. An exphere without a key crest is bad, right?"

"Yes."

"Can you make me a key crest so that I could attach it on? Or is it too late?"

"It's not too late. All I have to do is carve a charm into some Inhibitor ore and use it as a mount for the exphere."

"Then can you make me a bracelet?"

"Wait a second… Who was the person you met today?"

"Uhhh… A traveling mercenary?"

"Boloney. A traveling mercenary would have taken it from a Desian, and it would have a key crest already on it.

"No one uses the word "Baloney" anymore Dad. And I think it's spelled b-o-l-o-g-n-a. That's from Oscar Mayer."

"IGNORING THAT, don't lie. Dwarven Vow #2: Lying is the first step to thievery. Tell me the truth. Who are you really giving it to?"

"I met someone on the Ranch today."

"YOU WENT TO THE RANCH?!?"

"A lot of things happened, and…"

"BUT EVERYBODY TOLD YOU NOT TO GO TO THE RANCH!!! THE MAYOR, ME, AND EVEN UNIMPORTANT ISELIA PERSON #4!!!"

"But Dad, I want to stop at least one person from dying from Desians…"

"Lloyd?"

"Yes?"

"There's something that I've hid from you all these years."

"YOU ATE MY DONUT?!?"

"NO! YOUR MOM WAS KILLED BY DESIANS!!!"

"Oh, I thought that you ate my… WHAT?!?"

"Yes, it's true. Also, Noishe ate the donut."

"I'm going to kill…"

"Lloyd! Don't go off to seek revenge. Just leave the Desians to Colette, the Chosen. She'll make everything alright."

"The Desians? I meant Noishe, but I'll seek revenge on them, too."

"Lloyd!"

"So, will you make me the bracelet?"

"WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO M… Oh, that's right. No, you weren't."

"That's right."

Dirk swings his arm to hit Lloyd, but misses.

"You don't have to hit me! We're already breaking the number of times that we can use child abuse in a fanfic!"

Lloyd exited out the front door… and straight into Colette.

"Oh. Hi Colette!"

Lloyd turned to see Genis, Raine, and that guy in the fairy suit… I mean, Kratos.

"Hi guys… I guess you overheard my conversation with my dad about the Ranch and the key crest and stuff."

"No, but thanks for telling us about it."

"Oh, Lloyd?"

"Yes Colette?"

"Can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Sure."

"Let's go up to the terrace!"

"Okay!"

Somehow, they were able to get pass Dirk without talking to him and made it up to the terrace outside his room.

"Wow! The stars are really bright tonight!"

"I guess they are, aren't they? Well, the Journey of Regeneration starts tomorrow."

"Yep. I'm going to save everyone!"

"I can't believe you're going to become an angel."

Colette looks away for a second, like something was really wrong with her becoming an angel, but that's not possible, is it?

"Well, can I come with you?"

"Why Lloyd?"

"I want to kill all of the Desians."

"Can't you stay in Iselia?"

"I can't! Because…"

"Let me guess, because the Desians killed your mom, and you can't live in a town that has a non-aggression treaty with them."

"Yeah, that sums it up."

"Okay."

"What okay?"

"You can come with us."

"REALLY?"

"YES!"

"Colette?"

"WHAT?"

"Why are you still screaming?"

"BECAUSE YOU WERE SCR… Never mind."

"Okay…"

"Anyway, you should come meet us at 12:00, okay?"

"Okay."

"I'm going to see you become an angel with my own eyes!"

"…Y-yeah…"

"Is something wrong, Colette?"

"Well…"

Suddenly, Raine and Genis come in. Or out.

"Come on, Colette. Let's go."

"You'll need your sleep for tomorrow."

"Okay. Bye Lloyd."

The three exit.

"Hmmm… Something just occurred to me… Something important… It has something to do with Colette… Her birthday? Right… the necklace… I should start working on that. Hm?"

Lloyd looked down to see Genis and Colette waving at him. Raine was slightly annoyed about this gesture, and when the screen panned back a little, Kratos was nowhere in sight. But, there were some remnants of fairy dust near a certain gravestone…

The next day…

"Yes! After pulling an all-nighter, I was able to finish the necklace! Wow! I feel so proud of myself! It would be terrible if it broke or if I had to make multiple ones! Time to talk to Dad, for no particular reason at all."

Lloyd walks downstairs and saves his game on the Memory Circle in the middle of his living room.

"I still don't know why Dad installed that…"

Lloyd walked outside and saw Dirk standing besides Anna's gravestone.

"Here's the bracelet you wanted, but don't blame me if you die. I tried to stop you."

"Thanks Dad."

"Here are some supplies."

Acquired Gels, a Life Bottle, a map, and a letter from Dirk that you're not supposed to find or read until Noishe gives your backpack to you after you drop it ¼ of the way to Triet.

Suddenly, Genis runs in.

"Hey Genis! I was just about to go join Colette on her Journey of Regeneration!"

"Are you stupid or something?"

"Yes."

"…"

"What?"

"Anyway, Colette already left. I came because you never showed up!"

"WHAT?!?"

Dirk turns to Lloyd.

"Hurry Lloyd! You might be able to catch up!"

"Yeah! Bye Dad!"

Meanwhile…

"Kratos?"

"Yes Chosen?"

"Are you sure that it was the right decision to leave Lloyd and Genis behind?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"It's because they're a bunch of kids."

"Yes. It was for the best."

"Okay…"

Meanwhile…

"Darn."

"Anyway, Phaidra wants to see you two." Said Unimportant Iselia person #4 who is now slightly more important than he was two chapters ago. In fact, he shall now be renamed to Slightly Unimportant Iselia person #2.

"Okay."

The two boys walked to Colette's house to talk with Phaidra and Frank.

"Hello boys."

"Is it true that Colette left already?"

"Yes."

"Darn."

"But…"

"But?"

"She left you a letter."

"A letter?"

"Yeah. Here."

Lloyd opened the letter and began to read:

Dear Lloyd,

By the time you read this, I probably left already. I'm sorry that I lied to you, but the Journey of Regeneration is too dangerous. I care about you too much to let you go. Thank you for all of these years of friendship. I'm really lucky to have met you.

Colette

Lloyd looks up. "It's almost like a will."

"Well, there's something that we've been hiding from you and the whole village."

"SHE ATE MY DONUT?!?"

"NO!"

"Than what is it?"

"Colette, I mean, the Chosen is…"

BOOM! A loud explosion of something was heard.

"GASP."

"What was that?"

Lloyd and Genis headed outside to see everything in flames.

"GASP."

"Oh no!"

They saw two Desians near a house on fire.

"HAHAHA!!! Burn!!!"

The second one turned around.

"Look! More survivors!"

"You're going to pay!" And with that, Lloyd jumped in to fight them.

"Sonic Thrust!"

"Aqua Edge!"

"Demon Fang!"

"Fire Ball!"

A couple of minutes later…

Lloyd and Genis ran to that area where you're supposed to go when you're doing that part.

"All hail Lord Forcystus!"

"Lloyd Irving! Step forth!"

Lloyd and Genis run in.

"Yes?"

"You have been in contact with host body #... #... What number was it?"

There were many confused looks from the Desians.

"You know what? I'll make up another number, as usual."

He then turned around and shot a random Desian, killing him.

"What was his number?"

"197, sir."

"Okay then. It's now host body #197."

The mayor turns to Lloyd.

"What have you done? How many times have we told you not to go near the Ranch?"

"I'm sorry."

"For your punishment, I've chosen a fitting opponent."

Suddenly, a giant, green, and hideous monster appears.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Genis screams.

"What the heck?!?"

"Don't worry, Lloyd. I'll help too."

"And this is supposed to reassure me?"

"YES!" Genis was now glaring down at Lloyd. It was almost as if Genis had grown 10X taller.

"Okay. Geez…"

Suddenly, the thing that was now called a ??? attacked.

"No problem! Demon Fang!"

"Ready? Fire Ball!"

The ??? swung its arm at Lloyd, who was able to block in time.

"Aqua Edge!"

"Sonic Thrust!"

Lloyd was then hit, flying backwards. Forgetting to do an air escape, he hit the ground. Hard.

"Owww…" Lloyd slowly got up. He ran to hit the ???, but it swung its arm at him. Unable to block, Lloyd braced himself for the hit. Strangely, he was hit, but no damage was done, and he didn't even flinch. Genis wasn't too shocked.

"Hmmm… He just got up, so he should be temporarily invincible… Oh yeah, Fire Ball!"

"Demon Fang!"

As the ??? staggered, Lloyd decided that this was the time to strike… three strikes, in fact. Followed by a Sonic Thrust and it was all over.

"We did it…"

"Yeah…"

Forcystus was not very happy.

"Fine, I'll kill you myself!"

Suddenly, the ??? grabbed Forcystus, making him unable to attack either of the two heroes. Then, a weird, raspy voice was heard, which sounded strangely like Marble…

"Genis… Lloyd… Run away…"

"What was that?"

"It sounded like… Marble…"

"Genis… You've always been like a grandson to me… Thank you…"

BOOM!!! Marble blew up and an exphere was flung out from the explosion. Forcystus seemed to be damaged as well. Genis picked up the exphere.

"Marble? MARBLE?!? NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Protect Lord Forcystus!"

"Lloyd… As long as you have that exphere, we'll always be after you! Always! ALWAYS!!! ALW-"

"Okay, I get it."

"Anyway, I'm going to leave now."

A few seconds later…

The whole city was in flames. Almost everything had been burned down.

"What have you done?!? Look at this! Everything is destroyed!"

"…I'm sorry."

"Do you think apologizing is going to make anything better?"

Genis ran in front of him.

"Wait, you're not going to exile him, are you?"

"Yes."

"So you're not?"

"No."

"No?"

"Yes."

"Yes!"

"Stop it! You know what? You're exiled too!"

"You humans are all the same…"

"Genis. That's enough." Lloyd looked up at them. "I'll leave."

Lloyd received the title of "Drifting Swordsman."

"Another text box?"

"Stupid text boxes! This one doesn't even making at all sense!"

"Lloyd, you're not even making any sense."

"Sure I am."

"You… AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER MIND! LET'S JUST LEAVE!"

So, Lloyd and Genis went on their fantastic journey to save the world. We're all doomed.

"Stupid author…"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?"

"I don't think we're all doomed! You're so stu-"

Suddenly, lightning shoots down from the sky, burning Genis to a crisp.

"HA! You missed!"

Suddenly, Genis falls over, and his kendama slips out of his hands, and hits Lloyd.

"Is that all you got?"

Suddenly, the kendama shoots fire balls at him.

"Owww… Is that all you g-"

I pick up the kendama.

"Oh-"

"Indignation!"

BAM!!!"

"Is that al-"

"Stalagmite!"

BAM!………………………..BAM! BAM! BAM!...BOOM!!!

"Is tha-"

"Infinite power, grant me thy strength! Meteor Storm!"

Suddenly, a meteor storm hit the field, destroying Iselia further.

"Is-"

"I'll show you your powerlessness! Indignation Judgement!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lloyd screams in pain. "Okay, okay! I give up!"

"That's what I thought I heard." So, I wiped everyone's memory, including Lloyd, and returned everything back to normal, as if nothing ever happened.

"Well, I guess we should get going now."

"Fine."

So, Lloyd and Genis left for Triet.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Noah. Who are you two? Are you on a pilgrimage?"

"Well…"

"A pilgrimage? Yeah, something like that."

"Well, I'm surprised how young you are!"

"Well…"

"Hey! I'm 16!"

"Sorry."

"…"

Lloyd and Genis stared at Noah.

"What?"

"This is the part where you're supposed to let us stay for the night."

"Oh yeah."

The next day…

About ¼ of the way there, Noishe shows up with his backpack.

"Hey look!"

"You must've dropped that earlier."

"Thanks Noishe… Huh? There's a letter in it."

"Read it!"

"Let's see…"

Dear Lloyd,

This is basically a pointless letter where I tell you about how you've grown up and stuff like that, but I'm going to skip all of that. Anyway, I just want you to know that there's this super cool gift for you when you come back. I hope that inspires you to try harder.

Dirk

P.S. It's not written in the Training Manual, so I'll write it down here.

EX Gems and some other pointless stuff have been added to the Training Manual.

P.S.S. I ate the donut.

Lloyd crumples the paper into a ball. "I'm going to kill him!"

"Lloyd! Don't get so worked up about a donut!"

"But it was chocolate… and had sprinkles…"

"Sigh…"

They eventually reach a House of Guidance.

"Wow! This looks like some place that has the same name as two other places!"

"Shut up, Lloyd! Anyway, let's see if someone saw her."

"Who's her???"

"Never mind."

Genis walked up to some random guy with a backpack.

"Excuse me. Have you seen the Chosen?"

"Probably not, why?"

"Darn."

"Who are you two? Are you on a pilgrimage?"

"Something like that…"

"You two don't look like that you're used to traveling though…"

"And what if we aren't?"

"I see you have a Sylvarant map. Can I see it for a second?"

Many seconds later…

"Hey! You said A second, not MANY seconds!"

"Shut up, Lloyd!"

Long-Range mode is now available for the Iselia region.

"There we go! Would you like an explanation on Guidepost Monuments?"

"Hmmm… NO!"

"Well, you can now ride Noishe in the Iselia region."

"What the heck?!? So we weren't allowed to earlier?!?"

"Yeah… Pretty much…"

"What the heck?!?"

"Either way, it's pretty useless, since we're never going back to Iselia ever again…"

"I guess you're right…"

"What the heck?!? That makes it pointless!?!"

"There's something wrong about the game with this…"

Ignoring the new "Long-Range mode", the two heroes made their way to Triet, trying their best to defeat the poisonous snakes and scorpions along the way.

"Ack! I'm poisoned… AGAIN!"

"Sigh… Not again… Here!" And Genis used yet ANOTHER Panacea bottle on Lloyd.

"STUPID SNAKES!!!"

"Sigh…"

Eventually, the two were able to reach Triet, and were about to heal themselves at the Inn when…

Lloyd and Genis entered the town when they saw something. They quickly hide behind Noishe. Only several feet ahead of them were a few Desians. Lloyd and Genis leaned in to listen to their conversation…

"So as I was saying, I ACCIDENTALLY dropped Lord Yuan's hair dye down the drain."

"No. Way."

"Yeah, and you know what? He totally freaked!"

"Yeah, I saw that one coming."

"He cut down on my pay check for such an ACCIDENTAL mistake!"

"Sorry to hear that."

"Anyway, now he wants me to put up this wanted poster of some guy."

"Can I see?"

"Sure."

"MAN, this guy is UGLY!"

"I know! This guy will be SO easy to spot!"

"I almost feel sorry for his ugliness."

"Yeah…"

They put up the wanted poster up and walk away. Lloyd and Genis were now hiding in a stable nearby.

"Wow. These guys are serious."

"I know."

"Anyway, let's check around town for some equipment, supplies, and some information on Colette. We'll meet back at the Inn."

"Okay."

The adventure of Lloyd!

Lloyd's job was to find out where Colette was. He was wandering around town when he was a fortune-telling place. He entered to see a fortune teller.

"I'm giving out free friendship fortunes. Think of someone, and I'll tell you what they think of you."

"Let's see…"

"Genis thinks that you're kind of stupid."

"Darn it!"

"Colette likes you."

"Hmmm…"

"Kratos sort of hates you right now, but deep down, he cares about you."

"Disturbing…"

"Raine also has the need to protect you, but that's when you meet up with the Chosen's group."

"Strange… Oh, about the Chosen's group, do you know where they are?"

"That's not a friendship fortune, so it isn't free. 100 gald please."

"Fine…"

Lloyd hands her the gald.

"They are heading towards the ruins outside town."

"Thanks!"

"But I know this for sure, since the Chosen's friend told me…"

"…"

Meanwhile, with Genis…

After purchasing Apple Gels, Orange Gels, Life Bottles, weapons, armor, bread, and Panacea bottles, Genis began to head back to the Inn. On the way, he meets Lloyd.

"Hey Lloyd."

"I know where Colette is!"

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

"Okay, we'll rest at the Inn, and the next day, we'll go find Colette!"

"Sounds like a plan to me."

As they walked to the Inn, they passed by the wanted poster.

"Am I really this ugly?"

"This is perfect. No one will ever find you with this… Unless you get uglier…"

"Genis!"

"HAHAHAHAHA…"

SMACK!

"Owww…"

"Let's go."

The next day…

Genis and Lloyd were about to leave when they were stopped.

"Stop!"

Lloyd and Genis turn around.

"You're the wanted criminal, Lloyd Irving!"

"And what if I am?"

"Lloyd, what about the "give me your name and I'll give you mine" phrase?"

"I'm not going to bother."

Forced Fight Scene! (or FFS)

"Demon Fang!"

"Fire Ball!"

"Watch this! Double Demon Fang!"

"New attack! I want a new attack!"

I come in.

"Fine…"

I leave.

"Icicle!"

"Double Demon Fang!"

"Aqua Edge!"

"Sonic Thrust!"

"Aqua Edge!"

"Sword Rain!"

"Lloyd! Stop doing it!"

"Sword Rain!"

"Sonic Thrust!"

"Hey! Now, you're doing so many attacks that I can't say any!"

"Demon Fang! That's the point!"

"Hmph."

Eventually, after wasting through 2 Orange Gels, they win.

"Man, that was pathetic!"

"They were so easy!"

"Lloyd, don't let your guard down."

"I'm not, and now, you're starting to sound like Kratos!"

"NO, I'M NOT!"

"YES YOU ARE!"

"NO, I'M NOT!"

"YES YOU ARE!"

"NO, I'M NOT!"

"YES YOU ARE!"

"NO, I'M NOT!"

"YES YO-"

Suddenly, Lloyd was hit by some sort of lightning ball. Lloyd was knocked out cold.

"Lloyd!"

Suddenly, some Desians come in.

"Yes! We got him!"

"Let's bring him back to the Base."

They leave, with Noishe following them in pursuit.

A couple minutes later…

"We've caught Lloyd Irving!"

"Really? Bring him to Botta immediately!"

"Understood."

"And who's that?"

"Oh," gesturing to Genis, "that's just his friend."

"Lord Botta doesn't need him, just Lloyd, right?"

"Yeah."

"What should we do with him?"

"Just leave him outside."

Meanwhile, Genis was beginning to lose it.

"I didn't do anything wrong… I was always a good little elf… WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! It was all Lloyd's fault, anyway! I want to go home!"

"Okay, fine. You can leave."

The other Desian looked at him.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, what could a little kid do?"

Genis began to leave, but stopped.

"Thank you! I'll never forget you!"

"…"

"…just leave, okay?"

Genis ran off, and saw Noishe.

"Noishe! You followed us!"

"whine!"

"Let's go save Lloyd!"

And they left, off to save Lloyd, who was probably suffering in there…

Meanwhile…

Colette stopped walking. Raine and Kratos look back at her.

"Chosen, is something wrong?"

"I feel that… something bad may have happened to Lloyd and Genis…"

"No, they're still in Iselia."

"I agree. Nothing bad could have possibly happened to them."

"But still…"

"You're just imagining things. Let's keep on going."

As Kratos and Raine continued to keep on walking, Colette heard something behind them.

"Genis? Noishe?"

"There you guys are! Quick, Lloyd has been captured by the Desians!"

As Kratos, Genis, Raine, and Noishe headed back in the opposite direction, Colette muttered something that no one could hear.

"Lloyd… I hope that you're alright…"

Dramatic, isn't it? I finally finished it! Sorry for the HUGE DELAY!!! I'm going to destroy the last chapter, making this the official Chapter 10! Chapter 10 is finally complete!!! YES!!!