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Aisu: :DWow! Six reviews last chapter! Thanks guys! Thank you linkkidd, Star Girl11, Miori101, ShadowofUndine, kemix and Kitsu Kurasei for reviewing last chapter and to all the people who simply read along!
Cookies to the people who guessed Beyblade last chapter. I used to be a bit of a fanatic about it. XD; Takao and Rei were two of the Bladebreakers and Kinomiya is Takao's last name.
Thank you ShadowofUndine for pointing out about Sheena's Sylva Seals last chapter. I did a little checkup on the game and her ice seals should have ACTUALLY been called 'Tethe Seals'. I never realized Sylva was actually short for Sylvarant up until now. XD;
-yawns- Ugh, school's coming... by the way, updates may NOT occur as frequently starting September. I will be without a computer and unable to get them up since the computer I'm using at the moment is my brother's and he's moving out. ToH might be updated, since I have several backup chapters, but I'll have a hard time typing my other stories. Just warning you ahead of time, UNLESS I can get a new computer or my sister let's me use her stupid laptop.
Anyways, enjoy! It starts out weepy but it isn't as serious for the rest.
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Chapter 11: Illness
Lloyd sighed as he stood outside the door to Daishou and Lilly's room. They had barely managed to escape Valcov thanks to Colette's new attack, and slide down the mountain side due to the easier terrain and reach Daishou's home where they had to break the news. They ignored the fact that Valcov had not been defeated and paid more attention to unconscious part of the group, taking care of them first. They had been in there for almost an hour now, Genis and Presea being eaten at from the inside by poison while Zelos almost bleeding to death, being treated by Raine, Lilly and Daishou. Thinking back to his half elf friend, he twirled Genis' staff absentmindedly between his fingers. Why had he given him his staff when he had no clue how to even use it? Come to think of it, he must've extended the wings as well for a reason.
Lloyd glanced at the others sitting around the living room, all with the same sullen mood. Colette and Sheena both were slumped on the couch, the blond looking slightly disheveled from her attack while the other was plain worried. The kids, Takao and Rei, were also there, confused by their sad faces. Chocolat had left to take the other people who had been captured back to Hima, but she demanded that they tell her if the others were okay when they came back. They promised.
Lloyd was snapped out of his thoughts when the door squeaked open and Raine walked out. She looked like a wreck, fatigued and depressed, as she used her staff to hold herself upright.
"How are they?" Lloyd asked quietly, helping the Professor to the armchair where she could sit.
Raine sighed deeply and rubbed her head. "Zelos will make a full recovery. I spent most of my mana trying to seal all his wounds, especially on his back."
Sheena perked up. "His back? What happened there?"
"His wings… unlike Colette's, they didn't materialize. They literally tore through his skin to get out, leaving critical damage."
"That's what happens when you don't get them through the Journey of Regeneration." Colette said sadly. "I read it in one of my books; the Cruxis Crystal needs the powers of Cruxis in order to appear purely. Otherwise, they'll malfunction and be forced through the skin."
Raine glanced at Sheena. "Did Zelos ever complete the Journey?"
"No, the bum just received his crystal and gave up saying it was too troublesome to do at the moment." She answered with a weak chuckle.
"That would explain a lot…" Raine sighed and looked down.
Lloyd knew she was waiting for his next question, so he asked. "What about Genis and Presea?"
The Professor never met his gaze. "They're… not going to make it…"
Lloyd's eyes widened dramatically, the girls gasping, and after a few moments, he slammed his fist on the table, causing to the two kids to jump in fright. "What do you mean they're not going to make it!"
Raine rubbed her eyes, trying so hard not to let her emotions leak out. "The poison has contaminated their bloodstreams and is now working its way their hearts. I've subdued the poison flow slightly, but it's only postponing the inevitable. Soon their hearts will stop and…" She couldn't even bring herself to end her sentence.
"So! You're a healer! You can help them! You can-" Lloyd shouted.
"What do you think I've been trying to do all that time!" Raine snapped unexpectedly, causing Lloyd to back off slightly. "I'm… sorry… I didn't mean to shout…" She cupped her hand over her eyes shamefully. She felt sick to her stomach.
Lloyd stared at her, eyes full of sympathy. "You have every right to be upset, Professor. But it's not just you who's losing someone special, we all are. We're losing both of them… We'll be there for you, always."
The door opened once again and Lilly stepped out. "Zelos is awake."
They nodded and got up to enter the room leaving Takao and Rei to play in the living room alone. It broke their hearts to see their two youngest members so sick. Both were panting and very pale, wrapped in blankets and Genis seemed to be even turning a bit green. Daishou was there wringing out damp cloths to put on their feverish foreheads. Zelos was on another bed slumped over upright and staring at them sullenly. His torso was tightly bound in bandages along with other parts of his body that had been deeply burnt and/or sliced open. His previous bandages from the scales had been thrown away and replaced by fresh ones. Raine sat on the edge of the bed to brush the silver fringe from her Genis' eyes, casting her green mana into his forehead to try to calm his mind.
"Not even I can find something witty to say at a time like this." Zelos muttered.
Sheena had to look away. "So, how's your back?"
"Sucks, but what can you do?" He stated bluntly with a weak shrug and winced.
They were all silent till they heard the pink-haired ax wielder start to stir a bit. "Wh…ere am… I..?" She coughed a few times.
Raine approached her side, Daishou getting out of the way, so that Presea could see her. "You're going to be fine, dear. Don't push yourself."
Presea didn't look convinced but didn't reply. She just ended up falling back into unconsciousness. Colette couldn't take it anymore.
"Isn't there anything we can do!" She cried out, Lloyd draping his arm around her shoulders so that she could cry on him.
"Couldn't we take them to Flanoir to a real doctor?" Sheena suggested, Raine's head perking up. "It's not far from here."
"I don't see the harm." Lloyd said. "We can't let them die like this!"
"We're not." Raine got up and gathered up Genis in her arms. "We need to find a cure. I'm not letting my brother or Presea die without a fight."
Everyone stared up at her astonished. "I'll get some extra blankets." Lilly said and left the room quickly.
"I'll come with you." Daishou said and stood up.
"But you don't have a Rheaird." Zelos pointed out. "Genis or Presea's would be too small for you, plus I was planning on riding my own."
Raine thought for a moment then noticed Genis' staff in Lloyd's grip. "Daishou can use Lloyd's Rheaird."
Lloyd's head shot up. "Then how am I getting there?"
"You can use Genis' staff. It's all prepared for flight and everything."
"But I don't know how to use this thing."
"Those whom Genis trusts can use it. If you truly care about his safety, then it will work. All you have to do is control it."
"But how?"
Raine gave him a serious look just as Lilly came back in with thick blankets. "You'll be fine. As long as you have good balance, you'll have nothing to worry about."
Lloyd stared at her back as she wrapped up the two children in blankets, preparing them for the brisk air of Flanoir. He decided to test Raine's knowledge and walked out of the house holding the staff out in front of him. He stared at it for a moment, imagining how painful it would be to sit on the narrow pole, when suddenly the wings began to flap and he was pulled into the air shouting and kicking, never releasing his grip. He flew up a ways till he was outside the window his friends were behind. Colette saw him and ran to the window, opening it.
"Lloyd! How did you get all the way up here?" Colette asked innocently.
"Erm… this thing…" Lloyd let go with one of his hands to refer to the staff.
"Wow, you got it to work!" Colette praised.
Lloyd scratched the back of his head sheepishly. Suddenly the staff jerked causing him to lose his grip and fall face flat to the ground. Shining Radiance stopped flapping and fell down onto Lloyd's head as he was getting up.
"Lloyd, are you okay!" Colette cried, leaning so far out the window that she could've fallen out herself. And she did… and landed right on top of Lloyd in the process. "Oops, I'm sorry, Lloyd!" She apologized as she got off.
"Damnit…" Lloyd's voice was muffled by the dirt his face was stuck in and lifted his head to glare at the staff.
"Lloyd, we've got to get going now! Quit your dawdling." Raine said as she came out with a bundled up Genis followed by Daishou with Presea also wrapped in blankets. Sheena quickly followed and began setting up the Rheairds, both adults setting the kids on them.
Lloyd stumbled to his feet just as Zelos and Lilly walked out as well as Rei and Takao. "The stupid staff has a mind of its own!"
Zelos wandered over to him. "Hey, do you have that Elemental Crest still?"
Lloyd dug around in his pocket and pulled out the ruby crest. "Yeah, but it doesn't react to me at all."
"Give it to me then." The redhead more demanded then asked.
Lloyd complied and gave the crest to Zelos and it immediately started to flare to life with ruby light. New power encircled them all and their weapons changed from their light blue color to a deep hue of red.
"Well isn't that the damnedest thing? I guess my heroics were worth it." Zelos laughed before he noticed something strange. "Hey, my back doesn't hurt anymore!"
Lloyd looked back at their friends, Colette trying to help in any way possible. "It doesn't look like it helped Genis or Presea though." He said gravely.
Zelos crossed his arms after pocketing the Flame Crest. "I guess it only helps physical pain." He looked down at the now red staff Lloyd was holding. "Would you like Mr. Zelos to give you a boost with that?" He asked as if he were talking to a small child.
Lloyd scowled and mounted the staff. "I'm just fine, thank you very- AHHH!" He fell onto his butt as the staff zoomed out from under him.
Zelos was laughing himself to tears. "Very graceful, Mr. Eternal Swordsman!" He only laughed harder when the staff ricocheted back and plunked Lloyd in the forehead. "You're being 'owned' by a freakin' staff!"
"Zelos, get your ass over here!" Sheena shouted.
"Sorry bud, my hunny calls. Good luck with flying on that thing though!" Zelos did a little 'ta ta' motion with his hand before leaving with a mini hop-skip.
Lloyd growled under his breath and tried his hardest to refrain from destroying Genis' staff into pieces. He watched as everyone's Rheairds were now leaving the ground and drifting into the sky in the direction of Flanoir at full speed. He felt a nudge behind him and saw that Rambler was standing there lazily, still fully tacked since Daishou and Lilly had been too caught up in helping with their sick companions.
"He must like you." He heard Takao say as he trotted up to them. "He doesn't usually like strangers."
Rei who was behind him caught sight of the staff Lloyd had set vertically in the ground. "Wow, it's so pretty! Can I try flying on it? Please?" She put extra emphasis on the please.
Lloyd didn't think he could trust a child on this wild thing, let alone HIMSELF. Lilly saved him the trouble of declining.
"Rei, dear, Lloyd needs to use this staff to fly to Flanoir with his friends. He's in a hurry." She said firmly earning an 'aww…' from her daughter.
Lloyd sighed and attempted to mount the staff again, his determination and fear for his friends' health guiding him. Suddenly, the staff jerked up and started to flap gently, lifting him slowly into the air. A big smile of triumph graced his face. If it weren't for the fact that he was quite uncomfortable, he would've been happier.
"You did it!" Takao cheered and tried to calm down his horse that was a little nervous about the once dormant staff.
Lloyd swooped around for a few moments trying to maintain his balance before diving down and grabbing his bag from the ground. "Thanks for all your hospitality! We'll come back to get rid of Valcov in the future! For now, he should be quieter." He waved and flew into the sky.
"GOOD LUCK LLOYD! I PACKED YOU SOME EXTRA GOODS IN YOUR PACK!" Lilly shouted till he was nothing but a dot in the sky.
It felt good to be air-born and not have a loud engine distracting him. The only thing he could hear was the wind whistling in his ears and the gentle beating of the wings every so often, otherwise they were just gliding through the sky at a very fast pace. At this rate, he thought he could catch up to his friends. It was still unnerving though, not having anything to support his feet while kilometers in the air. A single mistake could be fatal. He subconsciously gripped the pole tighter.
"Lloyd…"
Lloyd yelped and gripped the staff with his legs linked under him. "Who said that!"
"It is I, Origin."
"Origin? Can't you see I'm flying through the air on nothing but a pole with wings! You nearly made me fall!"
"I apologize, but I am about to connect you to a conversation with Kratos."
"Huh, dad?" Lloyd relaxed slightly.
"Hello, Lloyd."
"Hey Dad, what's up?"
There was a pause in the transmission. "Nothing but the ceiling of the Cruxis control room. Why would you ask me something like that?"
Lloyd laughed. "I meant how you are."
"Oh. I suppose I am fine, but there's no time for idle chit-chat." There was a sound of him clearing his throat. "We have managed to stall the Sithom Comet with a barrier using Derris Kharlan's mana. I received word from Yuan what you were planning on doing to attempt to stop the comet. How is your quest doing?"
"We're doing well so far! We've collected three of the Elemental Crests, but now we're stuck."
"What do you mean?"
"Where do I start..?" Lloyd sighed and shut his eyes. "First of all, at the previous location, we not only failed to defeat the Guardian, but Genis and Presea ended up being poisoned somehow and now we have no idea how to cure them. If the doctor at Flanoir can't help… then we'll probably lose them…"
"Hm…" Kratos didn't know how to reply to that.
"Secondly, we have no leads to the next Elemental Crests. We found all the ones on the map scrap we have already. We have no clues where the other pieces of the map are."
"Well that I can help you with." Lloyd was shocked as he heard the sounds of a keyboard of sorts. "You're in luck. There is a group of travelers in the Ice Continental region also seeking the Elemental Crests… Damnit, they're in Ausuei Village." (Pronounced: Oh-sue-eh)
"Ausuei Village?" Lloyd asked.
"It's a little known village that is now filled with bandits and others of the sort. They're not to be messed with because they're large in numbers and fight to survive. Their quote is Live no Evil, which is ironic because when you turn it backwards, they're called: Live on Evil."
"That means we have to fight these people for the other piece of the map?"
"Most likely, you'll have to proceed with caution."
"No problem! Just tell me where we have to go to find this Ausuei Village place!"
"Heh, you're as impatient as ever." Kratos explained the location it was in the ice continent carefully since he would only be able to say it once. "I'll call you again if anything comes up. I wish you luck, Lloyd, my son."
"Thanks Dad!" With that, the transmission ended.
Lloyd finally jogged back into reality and noticed that his friends were just ahead of him so he willed the staff to go faster. Soon he caught up and was flying along side his companions.
"Lloyd, you finally made it." Raine said with a grin.
"What took you so long?" Sheena asked as she pulled her Rheaird closer to Lloyd.
"Oh nothing, I just had a few minor difficulties." He replied cheerfully as he swooped underneath Sheena's Rheaird to get to the middle of the party. "I spoke to Kratos just now."
"How could you do that?" Colette asked.
"Origin linked us into a conversation. Anyways, he told me where to find the next piece of the map so that we could continue with searching for the crests." Lloyd explained.
Raine's Rheaird abruptly slowed down and bashed Sheena's out of the way so she was beside him now. "He told you where the next crests were!"
Lloyd looked back uneasily to see Sheena regaining control of her Rheaird before glancing back at the Professor's scary happy expression. "Um… just… the map piece."
"TELL ME WHERE IT IS!" Raine shouted causing everyone to nearly fall off their Rheairds in surprise.
"Um… a group of people in a place called Ausuei Village… they have it…" Lloyd stuttered.
"What do you mean?" Lloyd looked up in thought. "TELL ME LLOYD IRVING!"
"AHH!" Lloyd screamed as he fell off in fright, the staff going after him.
Everyone glared at Raine. "… Oops…" She muttered weakly.
The staff flew back up towards the party, Lloyd clinging to it like a frightened cat. He glared at Raine as well, causing her to feel fear of her own student for the first time.
"Um, sorry Lloyd dear. What was it you meant before?" Raine tried to ask as sweetly as possible.
Lloyd tried to remember what Kratos had said before. "It's a bunch of bandits in Ausuei Village. They're apparently trying to find the Elemental Crests as well, and luckily, they're currently located near Flanoir. Their quote is: Live no Evil. But Dad didn't mention what they were called though."
"Damn…" They both turned their attention to Sheena when they heard her curse. "I know who they are."
"What? Tell us Sheena?" Lloyd asked.
"They're Mizuho's rivaling clan. They're called the Anubis and they were once apart of Mizuho, but were banished due to discrimination. This happened before I was even born so I had no part in it. But they have attacked our village many times trying to get revenge." Sheena explained.
"Why were the people of Mizuho discriminating against them?" Colette asked.
"I don't know how it happened, but somehow, a new race of humans with wolven blood emerged. They had the features of a wolf such as their ears and a tail, but the most frightening part of them was their eyes. My people were frightened by the strange half-breeds so they began shunning them and casting them off, not wanting anything to do with them. The Anubis then began to steal and turn to thievery in order to survive. That was the last straw and they were banished from the village." Sheena sighed. "Now they've bred into packs, large in numbers, like actual wolves do and attack us spontaneously. So far we've been lucky and have managed to defend again their assaults, but we're growing weaker every time. But now that we've relocated Mizuho, the attacks have stopped. I assume they're just searching for us now."
Zelos and Daishou frowned.
"That's horrible." Colette said sadly.
"Genis and I can relate in some ways." Raine said looking behind her at her brother. "That's why we went on our journey in the first place."
"I can't believe something like that is going on with no one trying to stop it." Lloyd muttered. "I thought your people didn't discriminate."
"They don't anymore!" Sheena said quickly. "It's just, impossible to make peace with them. All of the ninja we send to make peace treaties never return, so I assume they were killed by them."
"We may have to straighten this out ourselves then." Lloyd declared, clenching his fist in front of him.
"The air's getting brisk; we should be arriving at Flanoir soon." Daishou announced as the tall pillars of ice in the distance came into view.
The rest of the flight had been silent, save the roars of the engines of the Rheairds, but soon they came to a slow down and descended just outside of Flanoir. Zelos volunteered to take it easy and pack up the Rheairds so that the others could rush in and waste no time. Colette offered to help him and he greatly appreciated it. The rest of them quickly ran to the doctor's building, shoving aside quite a few people who were in line, much to their anger.
"Hey kid! I've been waiting in line here for hours! You can't just bud in front!" One of the men shouted.
Lloyd turned around to face him. "What are you in line to ask about?"
"I have a cold but that's-"
"You know why you have a freaking cold! Because you're in a cold snowy city called Flanoir for Celsius' sake! Now, if you don't mind, we're taking our friends who are about to DIE to see the doctor!" With that said Lloyd ran in through the door and slammed it shut.
"Doctor, we need help! Our friends are about to die!" Sheena said and removed the curtain surrounding a corner of the room to reveal a very horrifying sight.
The doctor of Flanoir had been about to start an operation when Sheena had interrupted. The scalpel was just an inch away from making an incision in a man's chest.
"My, Sheena, you choose the oddest of times to interrupt my work." He laughed and put away the knife.
"But, what about-"
"Don't worry; she was just in for plastic surgery."
"But I thought she was a he- Oh dear Goddess…" Sheena covered her mouth in mid-sentence and closed the curtains quickly.
"Exactly." The doctor sighed as he came from behind the curtains and snapped on some new rubber gloves. He frowned once his eyes landed on the two kids the party had rested on the spare beds. "What the hell did you all do THIS time?" He proceeded to go through the regular check-up procedure as he listened to them speak.
"We were trying to do away with the dragon Valcov that has awoken in the Hima region and was terrorizing the villages and people. Unfortunately, they were both poisoned somehow and we have no idea how to cure them… I'm sure you can piece together the rest." Lloyd sighed and watched the doctor at work.
Soon, he finished his check-up and looked up at them. "Well, these two are in terrible condition, but luckily you got them here just in time and I think I know how to help them."
There was a noticeable lifting of spirits as smiles spread on everyone's faces. "How can you do that?" Daishou asked.
"Well, it's an advanced form of poison that can't be treated easily so it needs to be nullified. I've never tried this type of antidote before, but it just might work. All I need is a Celsius' Tear and that's YOUR job to get me one." The doctor added.
"But, the Temple of Ice is so far away! We wouldn't make it back in time!" Sheena protested.
"And a Celsius' Tear for a cure is questionable." Raine added. "Also, why weren't we affected?"
"Easy there, ladies, one at a time. I can stall the poison for as long as necessary, you should be able to make it back in no time. And Ms. Sage, I'm not going to use the flower itself for the cure, only the nectar that I will concoct into the cure. You see, the poison in their blood streams is most likely enflamed, since it originated in a volcano, so the Celsius' Tear's nectar will contrast that and nullify the poison." The doctor explained. "As for why you weren't affected… they're pretty young so they must've not have developed an immunity. As you grow older, your body begins to function differently and develop immunities to certain things. I'm not positive really, it could be anything." He shrugged.
"Everything you said… makes quite a bit of sense actually." Raine said thinking about it for a moment. "Lloyd, take Zelos and Colette with you and find the Celsius' Tear. They should be on their way by now. Daishou, Sheena and I will stay here and assist the doctor. You must hurry!"
"Got it, Professor Sage! It's times like this I wish we hadn't sold that other Tear for a measly one-thousand Gald…" Lloyd ran out the door, staff in hand.
Raine turned back to the doctor, but couldn't help but think she forgot something. "So, how do you plan to stall the poison?"
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"Whoa bud, slow down!" Zelos said as he caught Lloyd by his scarves just before he skidded out of control on the icy ground.
"There's no time to slow down! We need to find a Celsius' Tear FAST!" Lloyd tugged his scarves out of Zelos' hand before gripping onto both Zelos and Colette's wrists and towing them to the entrance of Flanoir.
"Lloyd, why do you need a Celsius' Tear?" Colette asked.
"It's the cure! If we can get back in time, then we can save Genis and Presea!" He informed her.
"That's wonderful!" Colette beamed and sprouted her wings so she could fly along beside them.
Lloyd paused just outside of the entrance and mounted the staff. "Zelos, get on behind me!"
"Whatever you say." Zelos chirped and sat behind Lloyd and almost immediately they lifted off, causing him to yelp and grip onto Lloyd like a lifeline.
Colette giggled at the sight as they few quickly towards the Temple of Ice. Surprisingly to Lloyd; they made it there and no time and were met with an even more surprising sight. The black creatures were back and destroying the caverns and everything else in sight.
"We haven't seen those ugly things in a long time." Zelos pointed out.
"At the rate they're going, they could have destroyed any traces of Celsius' Tears!" Lloyd growled. "Plus they're really close to Flanoir. Colette, I want you to find the Tear and take it back to Flanoir, while Zelos and I take care of these things!"
"What! When did I agree to something like that!" Zelos wailed while Colette nodded obediently.
"Just now!" Lloyd made the staff dive abruptly and they were off, Zelos screaming the whole way, and Colette drew her chakrams.
Lloyd ordered Zelos to hold onto his waist while he drew his Material Blades. The black creatures didn't know what hit them as Colette sliced through several with her Angel's Halos and Lloyd cut through a line of them then pulled up once more. The creatures caught on and tried to knock them out of the sky with debris and rocks.
"I hope you can land on your feet Zelos." Lloyd said as they dove back in, watching as Colette few inside to find the frozen flower.
"Huh, why- Oh you wouldn't!" Zelos snapped in realization.
Lloyd did. He barrel-rolled causing both him and the redhead to fall off and the staff to flap around in the air, awaiting the command to come back when needed. Lloyd landed safely on his feet while Zelos landed face first in the snow.
"Stop messing around so you can help me!" Lloyd shouted and went on the attack, casting Demon Fang on a few of the monsters.
Zelos struggled for a while before he finally pulled himself free and drew his Excalibur to attack the creatures approaching him. Meanwhile, Colette fought her way into the caverns, against both black creatures and some regular enemies. All the while she kept her eye out for the plant she was looking for till she finally found one on a high ledge. She went to grab it but remembered something important Raine had said once.
"We need to make Penguinist Gloves or else the Celsius' Tear will burn us."
"Silly me!" Colette giggled and slipped on the fluffy warm gloves before de-rooting the plant and flying out of there.
She flew out of the cavern and waved at Lloyd to show that she had completed her task before she flew back to Flanoir. Lloyd waved back and then focused back on his targets. Something unexpected happened though. The creature he was charging at held out its arm and a black appendage shot out of it and knocked the wind out of him. The Eternal Swordsman coughed for a moment, clutching his gut, when he realized that his swords had been knocked away and there were several creatures surrounding him. There was no escape so he did the only thing he could, shattering his dignity.
"ZELOS HELP!"
The redhead looked back and immediately went into action to save him. "I'm coming for ya' Bud!" Something caught his eye though that shot out towards where Lloyd was like a blur which caused him to stop.
"OUTBURST!" There were several strikes in the air that crashed down into the monsters and sliced them to pieces.
Lloyd blinked and looked up at his savior. It was a slender man in his twenties with green eyes and a scar running through his left one, small fangs and long black hair tied back in a high ponytail. He wore a black shirt with a ragged brown vest and matching ragged pants with black boots. The strange thing about him though was that he had two brown wolf-like ears sprouting from his head and a long bushy brown tail spouting out through the belt-line of his pants. He held out a black-fingerless gloved hand out to Lloyd.
"Hey kid, you okay?"
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Aisu: YAY! It's one of my favorite OCs! I wonder who the mysterious guest is though? -grins- I enjoy Lloyd asking Kratos 'what's up' a little too much. I could SO see it happening like that! XD; Also, the Flanoir doctor is also fun to write about! Haha! He performs plastic surgery too!
Don't you hate it when you make irreversable mistakes in chapters? Or you just can't insert an explaination? A couple of mistakes I made were the Rheaird 'sizes' and how Lloyd managed to get the staff to work. Plus putting Daishou there was just plain stupid of me because he has little to no reason to be there. Ah well, what's done is done. -shrugs-
As I said in the first A/N, updates might be scarce starting September when I'll have no computer. I'll ask my sister if she'll let me use her computer to update though!
Next chapter: Who's this mysterious guest who saved Lloyd and what'll happen to our sick heroes? Also, with the help of Kratos' knowledge, will they be able to find the other Elemental Crests? Next update next Friday! Till then, please leave a review!