Alright, I feel really stupid for not doing this earlier, but I did talk about Anna's weapon in this one. YAY! Sorry again for not telling you sooner.
Also, my fight scene here is probably the best you are going to get from me. I can't say that I will be doing each Seal like this, because it did take up a page, and half-an-hour of my time, but oh well. I hope it was somewhat decent!

Disclaimer: Don't own Tales! My apologies for NOT!

The Seal: Fire

The sun was high in the morning sky when the group met in the lobby of the inn. However, they were one short.

"Where is Lloyd? I had a feeling he would be sleeping in." Genis said as Raine went to go wake him up. After Raine was inside, they heard Lloyd yell, more than likely from Raine who hit him with her staff. They could even hear her yelling at him from the lobby.

"Get up! Why are you so lazy when it comes to saving the world?"

Lloyd was out of that room the next second, ready to leave. "So yeah, um…where are we going?" Lloyd asked the group, still half asleep.

"We are going to the Seal of Fire." Genis reminded him.

Lloyd smiled. "Well good luck with that. I'll just be over here, catching up on some…"

"No Lloyd. You dragged us into this!" Genis yelled as Lloyd began walking away.

Lloyd looked at Genis. "Into what?"

Genis was speechless for a few seconds. Was this just an act, or was he being serious? "You were the one who wanted to come with Colette to help her regenerate the world!"

"I did?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, well then, good luck."

Genis was about to tackle Lloyd when Raine whacked him with her staff. "Now Lloyd, please tell us where we are going?"

"Um…to…oh yeah, the Seal of Fire, right. Does that mean that we will see Sylph?" Lloyd asked.

"How did you bring Sylph into this Lloyd?" Genis asked.

"Silly. The Summon Spirit of Fire is Aska." Colette laughed.

Kratos slapped his forehead. I am surrounded by idiots. "Look, are we going to leave or sit and dawdle?"

Lloyd smiled. "Waddle!" Genis laughed when he saw Lloyd walk like a duck.

"Lloyd, are you human? You act like an alien." Genis laughed.

"Lloyd, let's go." Anna told him and he stopped.

"Go where?"

"Alright Colette, stop acting like a retard and let's go!" Genis yelled at Lloyd.

"Do I act like a retard?" Colette asked, tears coming to her eyes.

Genis sighed. "Not you Colette, Lloyd! I was talking about…" Raine whacked him with her new weapon and Lloyd laughed.

"Ha, that's what you get for calling me Colette, you dumb ass!" Lloyd brought his hand to his mouth after what he said. Raine was horrified and Anna was furious.

"Lloyd Irving! What have I told you about that mouth of yours?" she yelled.

Lloyd looked at his angry mother. "Um…don't say stuff like that?"

"Then why did you?"

Lloyd shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno."

"Do it again and you'll get a beating!"

"But I get enough from Raine!" Lloyd said.

"Apparently not! If it was enough you wouldn't have said that."

Lloyd rolled his eyes and followed the others out the door. As they walked out, Anna whispered something to Kratos. "I wonder where he gets it from."

Kratos smiled and walked on with the group. They stopped to buy items, new weapons (Genis-Fine Star, Anna and Lloyd-Knight Saber (A/N: in this story, Anna will be fighting with dual blades like Lloyd.) Kratos- Long Sword, Raine-Rod), and armor. After they spent a lot of their money, they began to make the trip to the ruins to break the Seal of Fire.

"Oh my gosh! I am so hot!" Lloyd complained as they reached the entrance to the Seal. "Are we there yet? I am on fire!"

"Lloyd, you are so weak sometimes. Get over it!" Genis yelled as Colette approached the Seal, again.

"Good! It is just like before! Oh, it is so fine and grand!" Raine said as she entered "Ruin Mode" and began admiring the ruins…again!

"Um, Raine, what's this?" Lloyd asked as he pointed to a large stone object sticking out of the ground. Just as he was about to touch it, Raine slapped his hand. "Ow! What did you do that for?"

"This is sacred stone Lloyd! Don't touch!" Raine began prancing around the ruins again like nothing had broken her concentration.

Colette walked over to the stone and smiled. "It's okay Lloyd. This is the Oracle Stone. It's how we get in." She put her hand on the stone and a slab moved out of the way to reveal a secret passage. "See? Let's go."

Colette began to walk in with the others, leaving Raine alone to study the artifacts. "Lloyd, tell me the history of these…guys? Hey! Don't you ever leave me again!" She ran down the stairs and caught up with the group just as they were about to enter the main area.

"I can't believe you left me up there! What is wrong with you?" Raine yelled.

Genis and Lloyd smiled, but Kratos spoke up. "We came here to break a Seal, not stand and look at it!"

Raine glared at him, then looked away. "I am not talking to you about that."

Kratos would have killed her if Anna didn't glare at him, telling him to stop. "Are we going to move on or not?" he asked.

Everyone nodded, except for Raine, who just followed behind them. They climbed up the path leading to the Seal and stepped on the transporter and teleported to the Seal.

The group realized how much warmer it had become as they entered the room containing the Seal. Lloyd looked like he was going to pass out.

"You wonder why so many Chosen's died. They got worn out before the big fights and got killed."

Raine whacked him again. "Don't say that Lloyd! We are not like the other groups that helped the other Chosen's."

"Yeah, instead we have a teacher, a mercenary, two students, my mother, and a Chosen." Lloyd replied as he wiped the sweat away from his forehead. Genis laughed at his comment, but no one, other than Colette, found it amusing. Lloyd rolled his eyes. "You guys need to stop living in the past."

Genis and Colette laughed and Raine hit him again with her staff. "Shut up Lloyd! I hope you do fine on your own, because there will be no help from me."

Lloyd smiled. "Good! I'll be able to fight without worrying about some manic teacher trying to kill me with their staff!"

"Stop it Lloyd! There is no need for that kind of behavior!" Anna yelled. The group calmed down and drew their weapons once the Seal reacted to their presence. Out from the Seal came two small fire-like tigers with one larger one. Lloyd was horrified.

"How are we going to beat these things?"

Genis smiled. "The same way we always beat people." Genis began twirling his kendama while he sat back with Raine, the new healer for the group. Lloyd ran in to help whoever needed it. Kratos seemed to be doing fine on his own. He was attacking one of the smaller animals with Genis casting Aqua Edge (his newly acquired skill).

Lloyd was helping Colette; she needed it the most. However, Anna wasn't doing to well on the one she had. He ran back and forth between the two, but with Colette fighting the larger beast, she needed more help. Genis helped occasionally when Anna was tired. When he used Aqua Edge, Raine used First Aid to re-boost her strength. After that help, Genis went back to helping Kratos.

Kratos and Genis finished off one of the tigers and split up to help the others. Kratos went with Anna and Genis went to help Colette and Lloyd, who were in need of help. The larger tiger kept knocking one over and casting Eruption on the other. With Genis on their side, it was a lot easier to avoid getting pummeled by the large beast.

Even though they were on the smaller one, he was putting up a challenge for Kratos and Anna. The small animal would turn around every now and then and slap them both away with his tail. With Raine trying to heal the other three, they were on their own. Every now and then Kratos would use First Aid, but without that second person, it didn't take long until Anna need it again.

"We need a plan or something to fight this thing. I thought you would have been stronger than this." Anna said to Kratos.

He smiled in return. "Excuse me for not living up to your potential. How long have you been fighting this one?"

Anna grasped her twin blades and shook her head. "Shut up. It's going to kill us both if you don't…" She stopped when she saw that the ground began to glow a bright red and yellow, indicating an attack. The next second a blast of hot magma sent them flying into the air, coming down hard on the stone ground. Kratos and Anna didn't get up for a while. When Kratos stood back up, he glanced over to see that the three teens finished off the larger tiger and were fighting the smaller one. He walked over to where Anna was and helped her up.

"Are you alright?"

"Let's just say I feel like I got burned and dropped from a few feet." Anna replied, holding a gash in her head from where she fell. "Other than that, I am fine." She picked up her swords, but Kratos stopped her.

"They have everything under control. You can relax now." Anna looked up to see Lloyd swinging his swords around like he was hitting a piñata. Colette threw her chakarams and Genis cast Aqua Edge and Stone Blast. After a few minutes, the monster collapsed and disappeared.

"We did it! Yes! That…" Lloyd fell down on the ground, holding his arm that was bleeding from the fight. "That was tough! I hope the other Seals aren't like that!"

Genis smiled. "Why Lloyd? I didn't have a problem."

Lloyd glared at him. "Yeah well, next time I'll sit in the back and watch you get killed."

"You didn't die Lloyd." Colette smiled as she approached the alter. "But I am thankful for your help. Now, I am going to offer my prayers to become an angel."

As Colette began to offer up her prayers, Kratos turned to Anna. "Do you feel better now?"

Anna looked up at him and smiled. "I guess, now that we're done."

"We are far from it. This was the easiest Seal that we have to face. If we almost got killed here, we will die at the next Seal."

"Kratos, who said that we weren't going to improve? So we are a little rusty, just give it some time and we will be fighting better than you have ever seen!"

He smiled and walked over to her and put his hand on her cut. "This, is what I am worried about."

She flinched when he touched it, but he began healing it with the little amount of energy he had left. In a few seconds, it was gone.

"There, do you feel better now?"

She smiled. "You're forgetting something."

Kratos smiled back and grabbed her arm, pulling her closer to him. He bent down and kissed her on the lips and she smiled. "There, now do you feel better?"

Anna reached up and kissed him back. "I sure do."

"Wow! Do it again Colette! Do it again!" Genis shouted as he watched Colette take in her wings and pop them back out. Genis laughed and Lloyd turned to the others.

"So, this next Seal, it's across the sea! Yes! That means we can ride in a big boat! That is going to be fun!"

Raine sighed. "Yes, I am…sure it will be."

"Well, let's go! The quicker we get to a boat, the quicker we can have fun!" Lloyd shouted as he walked over to the teleporter. "Genis, Colette, come on! Man, was I ever amused like that Mom?"

Anna laughed. "No, you were much worse."

Genis laughed. "Ha, you just got told Lloyd!"

Lloyd frowned. "So, are we going to leave now or are we going to sit and wait for the end of the world?"

"Maybe we should ask you that question." Raine smiled as the group teleported back to the main room. They all walked back to the entrance of the ruins and walked into the night.

"Well, that was a great time. We got burned, beaten, and…" Lloyd turned around and saw that Colette was on the ground. "Colette, you dork. You are so clumsy."

"She's sick! Oh, we need to get her to a doctor!" Genis yelled as he looked at Colette. "She is pale! No, I am sorry Colette! It's because I made you play with your wings and now you are tired."

"It's not that." Kratos said, causing the others to look up at him. "It's the trial that she must endure. It is best to let her stay here and regain her strength rather than move her. We will set up camp here."

Lloyd shook his head. "True, I guess we can do that. Now, let's get everything ready before it gets too dark."