Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of the Abyss and her characters

So next chapter, and yes if you scrolled back up to see this then I skipped most of Theor Forest, you could imagine it worked exactly like the game...sneaking around those guards I really hated that part of the game but my stubborn pride made me not want to fight my way though...

The Malkuth Noble

Grand Chokmah - Town Square

Still shaken from recent events Luke and Myst decided to walk around the Malkuth capital. The girl's silence greatly disturbed Myst, as what they had witnessed at Theor Forest.

"Luke you alright?" asked Myst as he held her hand.

"H-Hopefully." Luke attempted to smile as her body is still shaken, her coat now gone while's she's wearing a simple white shirt they bought from Keterberg. Though her bandages around her arms signify great injury. "I-I really h-hope s-so."

Earlier Theor Forest

The entire group had to wait for a certain colonel to return but after hearing screams at the forest the group decided to investigate. After avoiding the many Malkuth patrols they encountered the God Generals.

"Luke, everyone, g-get away from m-me!" Guy suddenly shouted as it seemed like his body is not moving on his command. He drew out his blade while still attempting to slow himself down. "G-Get a-away!"

"Guy what's wrong?" Luke asked as she came closer to the swordsman. By not hearing his warnings, he attempt to slice her. "Woah!"

"Luke!" Myst screamed.

Luke quickly dodge the upcoming blade but she could feel Guy's strength overwhelming her's. Out of pure survival instincts Luke quickly slashed Guy's arm.

"Gah!" Guy winced in pain, he wanted to clutch his wounded arm but something is forcing him against his will, all in while he's still conscious.

"The cursed seal Sync in nearby!" Ion realized as he started to search for the green haired general.

"M-Myst you better run!" Guy warned his friend as he suddenly charged at him.

Myst was easily avoiding the sharp end of Guy's blade but he took note of another God General with them.

"How very tragic your death will be by your friends own hand." the Black Lion said casually.

Myst's attention was quickly taken away from the man's comment, but before he could feel guy's blade someone pushed him aside. The girl's body laid there quietly as Myst's mind finally registered on who it was.

"L-Luke?" Myst asked as he approached the girl's body. He shook it gently."Luke?"

"Dammit where's Sync?" Guy gritted in anger on what he had done. He suddenly took note of some moving bushes. "Natalia, Anise on that tree!"

"Negative Gate!" Anise screamed in anger after seeing Luke's action. The dark energy destroyer the tree

"Gallant Barrage!" Natalia announced her attack as many arrows went through.

A figure jumped out of the arrows and gate in time to reveal himself.

"Hmph not bad but you guys are too late!" Sync smirked at the weary group.

They stared off for a good minute until many various footsteps were heard.

"Sync let's retreat, we shouldn't get caught by these Malkuth." Largo instructed as the younger God General agreed. The two of them vanished from their sights.

As many Malkuth soldiers surrounded the group, they took no head of the two swordsman bleeding. As they accused Daath soldiers, Myst and Anise, of their association with the God Generals, Myst's calmness subsided.

"Can't you see they're injuries, arrest us if you want but get these people medical attention now!" Myst demanded as tears fell down. He quickly fell down exhausted. "Please..."

"..yst?" a whisper said in his ears as he took note a weakened Luke.

"Luke!" Myst said as his usual cool demeanor is still gone "You're gonna be alright!"

"Is...Guy...ok?" Luke attempted to say as blood kept escaping her from her cut at her chest.

"You idiot!" Myst said as he felt a familiar rush of fonons in his hands. He took note of unconscious but breathing Guy. "O-Of course he's fine!"

Suddenly Luke got up despite her injuries and regardless of the wound dashed towards Guy leaving behind a trail of blood...

Grand Chokmah - Entrance

General Frings is just one of the famous commanders of the Malkuth military. Despite his white hair, he is one of the younger but well renowned generals. He never thought he'd see a disturbing sight.

"P-Please h-help h-him!" a voiced cried out as a red hair teen dashed with a unconscious blonde man around her shoulders.

Despite he asking for help for her friend, it seemed like she;s the one who needs it more than he does. The girl's hair was a total mess, her eyes bloodshot it didn't help her skin was pale as well. The most notably sight is a huge gaping wound through her bleeding shirt.

"H-Help...him..." the girl requested again until she lost consciousness.

Suddenly a larger group came, with them is his unit he sent to the forest.

"Luke!" said a long haired man as his hands glowed with the seventh fonons.

"General Frings!" one of his soldiers called out.

The man nodded as he quickly got a report of the situation. From a deadly encounter of Oracle Soldiers left the girl gravely injured while her companion was controlled to hurt their friends. He sighed at the girl's reckless antics.

"Get them to the inn." he ordered his men.

"Please let me come with Guy!" begged a green haired child, whom he quickly realized was the Fon Master. "I know how to remove the cursed seal!"

Frings nodded as a large crowed gathered to see the commotion, he sighed at the sight. Typical daily patrol for a Malkuth soldier.

"Well I'm glad you can use First Aid much easier now." Myst attempted to cheer Luke up.

"What did I do to make Guy hate me so much?" Luke wondered lost in thought. Her tears start to form. "W-What did Myst every do to Guy as well?"

"Luke Guy's our friend, I know we have our moment when we get upset or mad at each other." Myst reassured Luke.

The girl shook her head in denial as she attempted to remember what she did to he swordsman. "it doesn't matter I'll apologize to him no matter what I did! You too Myst!"

"W-Why me?"

Grand Chokmah - Inn

"What are you guys apologizing for?"

Guy rubbed the back of his head with total wonder, as Luke kept on apologizing. Natalia was relieved both Guy and Luke were able to recover greatly.

"Guy that wound." Luke pointed out a gash at his arm, she recalled it was the same one she caused. "Here let me heal it."

"Luke it's f-f-f-fine..." Guy stuttered up due to his gynophobia.

"First Aid." Luke said gently as her glowing hand was able to heal the gash right away. She then realize Guy's shaken form. "Oh crap I totally forgot your fear of women! I'm sorry!"

"It's not as bad as before." Guy attempted to calm the girl down. "Before I wouldn't even be able to struggle, or think straight but I guess you glomping me randomly sorta helped out."

"You just want to feel her chest you damn pervert." Anise muttered with murderous intentions.

"What?" Natalia wondered outloud, as she heard Anise. She came up to the blonde man and slapped him! "How could you have such perverted intentions on an innocent young girl Guy! I though I knew you better!"

"W-what did I do?" Guy thought to himself in disbelief, he then realized a snickering girl. "Anise!"

"Yes Guy?" Anise asked with a sweet tone voice.

The group went on to keep everyone's moods up after their recent encounter with the God Generals. Luke and Meiu's laughter made anyone's day, Anise with the usual, making the gullible Natalia believe her stories while Ion giggled at the sight. Myst and Guy chatting up their daily life before their adventure. Suddenly the door opened and returned an familiar colonel.

"My oh my, I've been for a few hours and look what commotions you kids have created." Jade 'greeted' back as he shook his head.

"Hey Jade!" Guy greeted back as he got off his bed. "You got us a meeting with the Emperor yet?"

"Why yes it was simple, after all he is my best friend." Jade praised himself with a smug. "But before we go Guy or should I say Gailardia Galen Gardios the last surviving member of the Gardios noble house."

"You knew?" Guy chuckled bitterly as he brought his head down, unable to look into his friends eyes.

"It is said one of your family vassals was one such called Vandalesca Grants." said Jade as he took note of Guy's nodding form. "So why travel with us?"

"What's this an interrogation Jade?" Guy wondered as he already knew the answer.

"I know how that cursed seal works. Did you have os much hatred towards Luke beforehand?" Jade asked with a serious tone.

"I did, I wanted revenge for what Duke Fabre did to my family." Guy confessed as he knew he can't escape Jade's seriousness." I wanted him to feel what I had the loss of everything, so of course one of my intended targets was Luke."

"G-Guy I-I'm sorry for what my father did to you." apologized Luke as she couldn't bear to look at one of her closer friends.

"Luke t-that was a long time ago." Guy reassured the noble with a smile. Though he still had to continue his story. "Van was an accomplice of mine, we planned it all out, but then I met you Luke, not Asch, you."

"M-Me I changed you?" Luke wondered in confusion.

"You and Madame Fabre." Guy named out." Your mother truly treated me if I was another child of her's while you I took care and raised you. As the years went by, my desire for revenge got weaker until it suddenly vanished. I love living in the manor with the house of Fabre, but Van he didn't change he still wanted revenge."

"Guy you..." Myst wondered in shock. "And how bout me, I recalled you warned me to get away from you earlier."

"Oh well um..." Guy attempted while he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I technically raised Luke here, and when you became her boyfriend some instincts of me rose and..."

"Oh my it seems Guy has some fatherly or brotherly instinct towards our beloved Luke." Jade concluded with a smirk as Guy looked away.

"So Guy is still technically a noble." Anise pondered as she looked outside the window. "A noble with so much cash!"

With a mischievous glint in her eyes, Anise quickly glomped Guy. As his body become shaken from the sudden event, he quickly took deep breaths.

"Oh my goodness!" Natalia said in shock. "Guy your phobia it's...it's disappearing?"

"W-Well i-it's not as bad as b-before." stuttered Guy as he painfully smiled back. "Anise please get off."

"Sure anything you want, honey!" Anise winked at the older man as she returned to Ion's side. 'So Colonel about that meeting..."

"Emperor Peony would like us to see him as soon as we can." Jade told the group. "Oh don't worry Guy, I explained the entire situation already."

"I guess nothing escapes from this so called Peony's wants, right Jade?" Luke snickered as she quickly imagined a very submissive Jade.

"Well he does now my weak points." Jade shrugged as he left the room with haste.

"Did he just..." Natalia said in shock.

"...his weak points?" Anise wondered outloud, with a glint in her eyes. "Plus his emperor too, so much money!"

"Anise you do realize guys aren't just all about money and fame." Luke lectured the technically older girl. "Don't forget about their personality, their looks and-"

"Yeah, yeah c'mon I can't wait to see this guy!" Anise said excitedly as she started to hop around with full impatience. "Besides the colonel said their best buds so I guess they're around the same age!"

"Anise Jade is thirty-five." Myst pointed out.

"Well I do prefer older men anyway." Anise said simply. Then her voice suddenly turned darker "Unlike some pedophiles around here..."

"What?" Myst narrowed his eyes.

"Oh nothing!" Anise skipped away with a full grin on her face.

The awkward last words made everything seemed tense around for the remaining people at the room. As Guy got, reassuring Natalia that he's wounds are finally gone, a certain red head had a question.

"Guy what's a pedophile?" Luke asked with eyes full of innocence.

Myst quickly slapped his forehead as he quickly dashed out of the room. Natalia's eyes narrowed down dangerously.

"Guy!" she screamed with an angry tone, as he too left the room.

"What did I do now?" Guy wondered in total confusion, as Luke kept on staring at him. "Um you'll learn when your older Luke!"

"Huh, but Guy!" Luke complained as she followed the man out of the door...

And so forth another chapter has been completed! Well...I got nothing to say and I apologize if you waited for the replica trio to appear again. Don't worry they play a prominent role :P.

That Instinct

Luke: C'mon Guy it doesn't sound like a bad word!

Guy: ...

Myst: ...

Natalia: ...

Luke: Guys?

Natalia: it's a person who is usually interested at someone significantly younger than them.

Guy: Natalia!

Natalia: I'm doing something you can't do at all!

Luke: Huh wait a minute I'm around the same age as Myst, why would Anise think like that?

Guy: Well technically you are only seven years old physically you are seventeen years old.

Luke: And Myst is eighteen and...oh!

Myst: ...

Luke: ...

Natalia: Myst may you stop staring at Luke's backside.

Myst: Huh what?

Guy: What?

Myst: Oh crap I think I hear Jade requesting me to heal his old and aching bones. Later Luke, Natalia!

Guy: Get back here you!

Natalia: I swear he acts like the father. Hey Luke you want to get something to eat after.

Luke: Sure! I would like some ice cream Naty! Alright I guess I'll chase after Guy who's chasing after Myst who's chasing after Jade. Hehe.

Natalia: ...did I just act motherly to Luke?