Tales of Symphonia, idiot seraphim deux
((A/N: Oooh, the cliffhanger continues!
DraNKa: Oh, It was a corn-field? Ohwells...
Blackdrak: Oh, there you are! Welcome back! Yuan marrying Kratos? I dunno if it'll actually happen. I mean, look at what happened to Yuan's last fiancee...
omgomgomgOMFG: You love me? Heh, well... thanks. I think...
ObligueFireAngel: Good question. Do they have an FBI? Hmm...
Enjoy! Muahahahah!))
Chapter nine.
"Colette!"
"Hi Lloyd!" Colette the terrible said cheerfully.
"You! You… Whyyyyyyy?" Lloyd screamed.
"Oh, don't pretend you're not happy to see me. It's been over two years." Colette sat down in a chair.
"What do you want?" Lloyd glared at her.
"I want what's mine. My half of the Kharlan tree." Colette said simply.
"Excuse me? Your half?" Lloyd stared.
"Yes. You just went and did whatever you wanted with the tree, without asking me. Before I knew it, you'd created an entire Mana company, and placed a restraining order on me."
"What makes you think I would need your permission for anything?"
"Lady Mana gave the tree to us, Lloyd! It's our tree!"
"No it's not! If I remember correctly, and I know I do, Lady Mana gave it to me. She told me to think of a name, to seal the pact between me and the tree. Because I was supposed to take care of it! You just jumped in and claimed it was ours." Lloyd said furiously.
"Well whatever. It comes down to the same thing." Colette raised her hand.
"Ah! She talk-to-the-hand-ed me!" Lloyd gasped.
"You fiend!" Yuan shook his fist at Colette.
"Colette, one question. Why did you kidnap Yuan too?" Lloyd asked.
"I figured that you would submit sooner if I kidnapped one of your friends too."
"Again, why Yuan?"
"Yeah, why me?" Yuan asked.
"You're not… friends?" Colette asked.
"No, not really. I mean, sure, we talk occasionally. But he did try to kill me several times." Lloyd responded shrugging.
"Yeah, and I screw his father." Yuan added. Lloyd stared at him. "Occasional nailing or hammering…" Yuan continued. Lloyd's eyes grew bigger. Luckily, Yuan noticed. "Which, ofcourse, is code language for the carpenter club we're both in!" he said quickly.
"Carpenter club? Phew. For a minute, I thought you meant-" Lloyd began, but he was interrupted by a loud cough.
"Pay attention to me please!" Colette called. Loyd and Yuan stared at her again. "Good. I want what's rightfully mine!"
"How do you expect to get half of the tree, you psycho? Sow it in half?" Yuan asked sarcastically.
"No, silly!" Colette giggled. "Lloyd can sign this contract here, saying that I own half of the mana company." She held up a piece of paper.
"Share a company, and my money with you? Never!" Lloyd shouted.
"I'm sorry to hear that…" Colette said slowly. "Well, I'll give you some time to change your mind. In the meantime, I'll put some nice music on." Colette walked over to a radio and flicked the 'on' button. Immediately, the most annoying song in the world started playing.
"Nooooooooo!" Lloyd shrieked.
"The horror!" Yuan hid his ears behind his hands.
"Iiiit's a small world aaaafterall! Iiiit's a small world aaaafterall!" the radio sang cheerfully.
"See you in a few days Lloyd!" Colette skipped out the door, leaving the two guys wallowing in their doom.
"So, you see mr. Tiger, that's why we need you to help us find Lloyd and Yuan." Mithos said as he, Kratos and Zelos were sitting the Mizuho chief's house.
"My name is Tiga! And no, we're not helping you." Tiga growled.
"Why not?" Kratos asked.
"You guys were the ones who split the world into two, causing havoc and destruction."
"That's all in the past, Jiggo mah man!" Mithos said.
"It's Tiga!"
"Look, they're good now, see? And we're good friends of Sheena too! Don't you remember that we were invited to her Christmas party?" Zelos asked.
"I do remember. Shockingly, it's not making you look any better." Tiga replied, remembering the way the guys behaved themselves at the party.
"Yeah, that was one heck of a party." Mithos sighed.
"Anyway, if Lloyd remains lost, the Mana company won't function properly anymore, and the world will be deprived of mana. You don't want that now, do you?" Kratos asked.
"Oh, I suppose you've got a point. Very well, we'll send a few scouts out to find them. In the meantime, you can wait outside." Tiga said.
"Thanks a lot, Hyggie!" Mithos said cheerfully.
"For the last time, my name is Tiga!"
((If you're wondering where Sheena herself is, she's at Vinheim with Genis and Raine, taking care of Noishe and Mr. Snuggles.))
((The carpenter's club joke was lame. I know. I put it in there for all the YuanxKratos fans.))