Me: So it all ends today... Right here... Back at square one... I feel like the first chapter was the best, and the second chapter was the worst... Everything else was meh.
Sheena: Yeah, I agree... ...It's been a pleasure being your muse.
Me: Who knows, I might make you a muse for another fic. I would like to thank everyone who read and supported this fic; knownobody, Captain Arbitrary, TiFu, iluvmidna, BigBossofMoss, i hate zelos, iron-shadow, Emil C, Dr. Bob, Colette Hyuga, Negetive2digit, DennyTribal, and Smarty Natsan. I swear, this story would still be scribbles on a notepad of you didn't support this. So for this, I am eternally grateful. ^.^
Sheena: Colette's a Bimbo does not own Tales of Symphonia. If she did, she would forces Zelos to be her boyfriend-say what now?
Me: Well, the guy I like doesn't really notice me... And I still like Zelos and... ….Aqua snowshoes! Start the chapter!
Sheena: Aqua snowshoes?
Me: It means awkward silence! Inside joke! Start the chapter! Just go go go! *trying to watch Futurama while writing but epically failing*
Sheena: *face palms*
Tales of Holidays
Chapter Ten: Back to Square One
"I also want a large romantic candlelit dinner by the beach, and most importantly; I want to end the day with a kiss from that special someone!" Alice recited. Decus was standing nearby, scribbling down everything she said on his purple notepad.
"Is that all my lovely Alice?" Decus asked, eager to know how to satisfy her wishes.
"Yep! But I must get the kiss! The kiss is mandatory!" Alice exclaimed as she swung her rapier in the air.
"Oh do not worry Alice! I will be sure to-" Decus began. Unfortunately, he was cut off as Alice turned around with a dreamy look in her golden eyes.
"I cannot wait to get my romantic dinner with Richter! He's the embodiment of being hot!" Alice screeched in a high pitched voice.
"But Alice, you surely meant to share a kiss with... ahem...me, right?" Decus asked he struck a pose in front of the blonde girl.
Alice scoffed. "Who would want to kiss you Dumbo Decus? Just get away from me. I have to get ready for my unplanned date with Richter!"
Decus dropped his sword then dramatically fell to his knees and stared in shock as Alice pranced away. "How could this happen?" He asked himself. "Why!" the purple haired hottie screamed at the sky.
There was a loud thump as a small blue box of chocolates connected to a silver parachute landed on Raine's doorstep. All was quiet for five seconds before the door slammed opened and Raine's foot unceremoniously crushed the box.
"Gosh! Why won't those idiots get a life! ...and a girlfriend," Raine shouted before slamming the door.
Almost immediately, a slightly bigger orange box of chocolates landed on the doorstep. It was tied to a purple parachute. A bouquet of red roses on a cerulean parachute followed it.
"Light...Photon!" Raine shouted from the other side of her door. Light surrounded the box of chocolates then crushed it.
The teacher breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, that's two Valentine's Day gifts. Which means there's only," she began.
I loud thud was heard as a huge rainbow colored box of truffles landed on Raine's doorstep. The professor opened the door and read the card attached to the package.
"Dear Raine, I hope you have fun dying after eating these poisonous truffles! Mwahahahahaha! Gay fairies will rule the world! Sincerely, Mithos. BTW, can you please make sure Genis doesn't eat any of the chocolates?" Raine sighed and rolled her eyes as she ripped the small pink card into miniscule pieces. She then groaned as she looked down and saw that she had stepped on the chocolates from the previous two boxes. She muttered about getting her white shoes cleaned as she opened the door to reenter her house.
At that moment, a certain purple haired man dragged himself to Raine's doorstep.
"Oh Martel! Decus, what happened to you?" Raine asked. When she realized she didn't want to know what had happened to him, she quickly added, "Do you want to eat some truffles by any chance?"
"Yes please," he said. He ate six truffles, but nothing happened.
"Hm..So Mithos was bluffing. They really aren't poisoned," Raine thought aloud as she reached for a chocolate.
"Actually, Alice injected an antidote for poison into me. So poison really doesn't affect me," Decus nonchalantly said as he shoved another chocolate in his mouth.
Raine gagged and her eyes grew wide. However, nothing happened. "That's strange," she mused.
"Hey sis! I'm going to go out with Presea in twenty minutes okay! I need-Ooh! Are those truffles?" Genis asked with glee. He ate one then fell over, dead.
"Oh my, this isn't good," Raine said. She calmly took a life bottle out from behind a bush and shoved it down the boy's throat.
"Omigod! Why didn't you tell me those were poisoned?" Was the first thing Genis screamed when he was brought back to life.
Raine began to think. "How is this possible? Decus and I were not affected by the poison yet you were... Genis, I need you to eat four more so that I can analyze the data!" The teacher stated as she took out a pen and notebook from her fourth dimensional pocket.
"Raine! You promised you wouldn't use me as a test subject anymore!" Genis cried as he flailed about, trying to get away from his sister. "Anyways, I think I know why you weren't affected the the poison!"
Raine grabbed Genis's shirt collar and growled, "Explain to me, now!"
The silver haired boy paled before quickly replying, "I saw that you were cooking a few minutes prior. While cooking you must have tasted some of your food. The repulsiveness of your cooking killed all of your taste buds and I believe they will be inactive for the next few hours! Therefor, your body didn't realize that it was being poisoned... Please don't kill me!"
Raine thought for a moment then shrugged. "Yeah, I guess that's possible," she said. Then she kicked Genis across the room. "But that's what you get for making fun of my cooking!"
Genis quietly cried.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but weren't you going to go live with Emil and Marta?" Decus asked.
Genis nodded. "Marta kicked me out of the house because she wanted to spend a romantic day with Emil."
"Oooooh, I see," Decus responded. "Well, if you don't mind me, I'm just going to go jump off of a cliff now," he said as he walked away.
Suddenly, a high pitched voice screamed, "AAAAAHHH!" and a girl rammed into Decus. She had honey blonde hair, puffy white shorts, and a cape-like white shirt.
"Oh my dear Alice! Have you come to stop me from committing- Marta?" Decus asked, confused.
The brunette was decked out in Alice's clothes and she was wearing a curly honey blonde wig. She groaned as she got up. "Ugh! Watch where you're going; and stop looking at me like that! Emil said he'd take me out for dinner tonight if I ran around town in the outfit of the girl I despised and hated with the wrath of a thousand suns."
Decus struck a "dramatic" pose. "Marta! You must surely mean Colette! For the only other girl with blonde hair is Alice, and everyone loves my sweet Alice!"
Marta rolled her eyes. "Uh...Whatever. I need to hurry and run around town so that I can get back home." With that she ran off.
Decus sighed. "What can I do to get Alice?" He screamed at the sky.
"Oh! Oh! I know!" Genis shouted, getting up from his previous postion. "If you travel to Asgard you'll find a book store. Enter the store and go into the children's section. Sit in a chair and read Twilight out loud. When the owner comes over to shout at you, tell her 'Purple cows go moo.' If she acts confused, kick her in the shins then look inside the cover of Breaking Dawn to find a map. The map will lead you to a secret location. Once there, dig up a grave that has a purple tombstone. The ghost of the deceased spirits will then come out and lead you to a girl named Rachel. Tell her 'Aqua snowshoes,' and she will tell you the secret to winning Alice over. Got that?"
Decus busily scribbled down notes. "Which part of Asgard is the bookstore located in?" He asked.
Genis looked him in the eye and answered, "The... ...West. Yeah, the west."
Decus scribbled down the new piece of "information" then hugged Genis. "Thank you so much Santa's Elf!" He said before running off.
"Genis, that wasn't nice!" Raine reprimanded her brother after Decus had left.
He shrugged. "I got him out of the house didn't I?"
Raine thought for a while then nodded. "True..."
"Well, now that the Dumbo's gone, I'm going to go get ready for my date with Presea," Genis announced.
"Um... Ratatosk, I don't think it was right of you to send Marta away like that," Emil said.
Oh shut it. She was getting on my nerves.
"I know, but I still feel guilty."
Emil was currently sitting on a bench in Palmacosta that faced the ocean. A mother was pushing her child away from Emil while muttering, "Don't look him in the eye sweetie."
"Hey Emil! How's your life been?" a familiar voice asked as he crept up from behind Emil.
The blonde didn't even have to turn around to know that the voice belonged to Zelos. "Life's been good I guess. I got rid of Marta for a few hours."
Zelos nudged Emil. "You know, if you don't want Marta, I'll gladly," he began.
Emil face palmed. "Zelos, we've been over this. I believe the girl should choose who she wants to go out with. It's not like I own her or any...I see Marta. Quick! Hide me!" Emil cried. He desperately looked around for a hiding place, but when he found none, he lept into the water.
"Hi Zelos! Were you just talking with Emil?" Marta, who had changed back into her regular clothes, asked.
Zelos looked down at the water then back at Marta. He shrugged. "I'm not sure."
Marta stared at the water. "If he jumped in again, he'll come up soon for air... So what brings you here?" She asked Zelos.
Zelos shrugged. "Well, for some reason, my hunnies stopped coming near me ever since I started going out with Sheena. Well, a few flirted with me a few days ago, but they all disappeared the following day. All the girls also seem to be afraid of Sheena. I'm not really sure what's going on," Zelos ended.
Marta's eyes never left the water as she replied, "Well that's too bad. Emil and I are having the time of our life together. He can't spend a single moment away from me! Well, that might be because I duct taped our wrists together... But I'm sure he likes it!-Aha!" She screamed as Emil's head came out of the water. "I knew you were trying to stay away from me!" The brunette jumped into the water.
Emil began to cry. "Someone save me! Please, Aqua?" He tried to swim away from Marta, but she followed close behind. "Aqua1 Please help me! I'll let you throw a boulder at Tenebrae!"
Almost immediately, a cat-like mermaid appeared in front of Emil. "Okay kid, I'm going to use spread once. You'd better get away in time; and I'll call you for the time and date to abuse Tenebrae." Like she said, she cast Spread between the two "lovers" and Emil managed to swim away.
"Well, they're a strange couple," Zelos said to himself as he walked away.
"Um...Lloyd, is blood edible?" Colette asked in an innocent voice.
Lloyd scratched his head. "Well, I'm not so sure. What happened?"
Colette showed her hand to Lloyd. She had cut across her middle and index finger while cooking and had gotten blood on all of the vegetables.
Lloyd dropped what he was doing and raced to Colette's side. "Colette! Are you okay?" Lloyd asked as he panicked. He reached for a first aid kit and began to clean off the blood on the blonde's hand.
"I'm so sorry for worrying you! I seem to be causing trouble for everyone," Colette whined, apologizing.
"No, it's okay Colette! Accidents happen! ...There, all done!" He said. He had managed to clean the blood off and wrapped a bandage around Colette's fingers.
"So, are the vegetables still edible?" Colette asked.
The brunette shrugged. "Well, it is Dwarven Potluck Surprise...So it probably is."
The former Chosen breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh thank Martel! I was so worried!"
Lloyd smiled. "Today's prize is a hairbrush I carved myself!"
Colette jumped with glee. "I'm going to find it! I'm going to find it!" She cried.
"Oh Martel! Stop sending me chocolates! I don't like any of you!" Raine screamed as she chucked a bright yellow box out the door.
Your sister seems to be in a calm mood today," Presea commented as she took a sip of tea.
"Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-yeah!" Genis replied. The two were enjoying a warm "peaceful" picnic outside. Genis cleared his throat, "Um... P-p-p-p-presea, remember our Valentine's Day last year?"
Presea took a bite out of her sandwich then nodded. "I remembered how to feel love that day."
Genis blushed red. "I...Remember what I said last year?...I still feel the same way about you and I was wondering if you wanted to ahem...um uh...you know... uh become... ahem...boyfriend and girlfriend?" His voice became more high as he finished the sentence.
Presea slowly gave one of her rare smiles as she answered, "Genis-" She was interrupted when Decus suddenly ran up next to Genis.
"Hey Santa's Elf! I followed your directions and I actually got Alice to like me! Thanks a lot! I owe you one!" The Decus said as he ran off.
Genis had a confused look on his face. "Rachel's an actual person?" He thought to himself. He shook his head to clear his thoughts then went back to focusing on Presea. "So what were you saying?"
Presea cleared her throat. "I said-" she was cut off as Raine screamed.
"For Martel's sake! No! I do not want to go out with you! Get away and get a life Yuan Kafei! I swear, if you send me another bouquet, chocolate, or a visit from yourself, I will," Raine screamed.
Yuan eyed Genis and Presea. "Um...You might not want to say what you were planning to say...There are children here."
Raine groaned and tried to control her temper. "I enjoy my life without men-and don't even bother pointing out Genis because he's still a boy- and I don't want to spoil that! So please, just go away. You've been chasing me for over a year, but I've continuously been rejecting you. So just go!"
Yuan moped. "Oh okay then. I understand. I'll go away now," he said quietly as he turned away.
Raine gave a sigh of relief. "Thank Martel! He didn't pout today!"
Yuan turned around and said, "I don't pout, I brood."
Raine rolled her eyes then shut the door. Immediately, the doorbell rang again. She opened it to find a turquoise-haired half-elf. She breathed in then quickly said, "Look Forcystus. You've been stalking me for a year and I've continuously rejected you. Just let me go. Go meet some new people. Just leave me alone! I like my life the way it is and I don't to add more people to it. So please, don't ever send me flowers or chocolates. If you do, I will force you to eat my cooking. Have a nice day!" As soon as she was done she slammed the door shut.
"Finally, I can get some peace and-" Raine began. The cursed doorbell rang a third time. "For Martel's sake! Why won't you people-" she roared as she ripped the door open. She looked shock as she saw who was standing there.
"Hi Raine~ I was wondering if you would want to go out and catch dinner with me. After all, it's Valentine's Day, and you know what people say, Valentine's Day is the day to start a relationship," Wonder Chef said. He still carried his oversized fork around, but he was not dressed in his chef costume for once. He was dressed in a neat tuxedo.
Raine gaped at him then quickly answered "Sure! Yeah! Let me get ready!" She ran up to her room to get changed.
Yuan and Forcystus climbed out of a bush and walked over to the Wonder Chef.
"Okay, we helped you get the girl. Now pay us," Yuan said.
The Wonder Chef rolled his eyes and handed each half-elf a stack of money.
"So what are you going to do with your money?" Forcystus asked Yuan.
"Take a special girl out on a date," Yuan answered while counting the money.
Forcystus gasped. "Me too!"
"Want to tell each other the name of our girlfriend on the count of three?" Forcystus asked.
Yuan nodded then counted off, "One, two, three."
They both shouted, "Pronyma!"
Wonder Chef looked at them. "Well, you're in a predicament now aren't you."
"So Emil...How was your day today?" Marta asked as she gingerly cut the steak that was on her plate. She was currently enjoying a candlelit dinner for two with the Prince of her dreams.
"Mmmfhmm," Emil said from underneath the gag. Marta had taped him to a chair across from her; and she had also gagged him.
"I'm glad you're having a nice day too!" Marta squealed.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
"I wonder who it can be," Marta mused as she opened the door. She was faced with Alice and a man that looked suspiciously like Richter, except with purple hair.
"Hey Mart-Mart. Tenebrae invited us. We're coming in," Alice said as they entered.
Marta's nose wrinkled in disgust when she smelled "Richter"'s cologne.
"Decus? Is that you?" Marta asked.
"Who else would it be?" Alice asked as she ate Marta's steak.
"Why are you...dressed up like that?" Marta asked.
Decus struck a pose, which was scarring seeing as how he looked like Richter, and announced, "I followed Santa's Elf's advice and looked for Rachel. She told me to steal Alice's heart, I had to become the man of her dreams!...So she pushed me into a swimming pool filled with chocolate pudding then handed me these clothes."
"I see," Marta said, nodding. "But, you're interrupting us at a really awkward time and I believe you must leave. Now." She said in a scary tone of voice.
Alice shrugged. "I don't feel like it."
Marta growled in frustration. "Why do I always have to spend a holiday with you weirdos? I want to spend one evening alone with Emil!"
Alice pointed out the door. "He's getting away," she pointed out.
Marta quickly turned around to see that Emil had managed to drag the chair across the front yard. She glared at Emil then chased after him. "GET BACK HERE!"
Alice stared after them then turned back to the dinner they left behind. She cut a piece of the meat, ate it then, in a lazy tone, said, "Happy Valentine's Day. May everyone's Valentine's drams come true...except for yours Dumbo Decus."
Me: My "twin" (Soul)'s sis broke her arm...I'm crazy worried.
Sheena: Is she okay?
Me: I hope so... … Well, sorry for worrying everyone... ^.^ Thank you so much for following this for a year! I couldn't have done it without you!
Sheena: I'm really going to miss this fic...
Me: Same here... Well, time to go. Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hopefully, you'll all meet someone special! ^.^ Now please excuse me while I go pick up my copy of Tales of the Abyss 3DS.
Sheena: Please review~
*Sheena and I walk off into light, light fades. The End appears on screen in blue cursive letters*