Me: Happyfeet was sooo cute!
Lloyd: What in mana are you talking about?
Me: I just saw the movie Happyfeet. It's like an animated musical.
Lloyd: I hate musicals.
Me: No one asked for your opinion!
Lloyd: so!
Me: You ever realize how Emperor Penguins sound like broken car horns?
Lloyd: what?
Me: Nevermind. I was just being random. Now start the story!
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF, only Tiamatt, the Oblivion Blade, and Ash, Kayla's character.
"Lord Yggdrasil, all attempts to equip a Crystal have failed."
"In what ways?" The Cruxis leader asked the lower angel.
"The Cruxis Crystals shatter as soon as they make contact with the subjects skin." The brown haired angel replied.
"Hmm…I thought the Eternal Sword nullified her powers. What is protecting her?" Yggdrasil pondered as he looked at the unconscious woman. She twitched suddenly and squeezed her eyes tightly shut before slowly opening them.
Tiamatt POVA blonde haired man in white stood over me, large purple/pink wings. He looked at me with bright blue eyes filled with curiosity. Beside him stood an angel with brown hair, holding a glowing red ex-sphere.
"Who the hell are you?" I asked, sitting up.
"I am Mithos Yggdrasil, leader of Cruxis." The blonde replied, putting on a goody two shoes act. "You are Tiamatt, correct?"
"Yeah, but why does it matter to you?" I growled, not happy to wake up in a strange place with someone I had seen a Grand Cardinal talk to before. "Don't you work with the desians?" Yggdrasil chuckled.
"Yes. You see I am the leader of both Cruxis and the Desians." Yggdrasil explained. "You have been brought to Derris-Kharlan in hope that you would aid me in eliminating discrimination."
"Discrimination? Hey I'm all in for getting rid of discrimination but not if involves me work for person that causes the planet so much pain." I replied shaking my head.
"Pain? What do you mean?"
"What?! You are suppose to be holy beings and yet you can't even hear the planet scream in pain from what your desians have caused?" the angel frowned in confusion. "Dammit! Is it only Cetra and Human's from Earth that can hear the scream?"
"Is that one of your powers? The ability to communicate with the planet?" Yggdrasil asked.
"Grr! Why am I even explaining this to you?" I shouted in frustration. "What was exactly that you said you needed me for?"
"I said that you were brought here in hopes that you would help eliminate the discrimination against half-elves by turning everyone into lifeless beings. With your powers, we could also revive my beloved sister Martel." Yggdrasil explained, eyes glazing over as he remembered his sister.
"Lifeless beings? But why?" I stammered, shocked.
"if everyone was a lifeless being then discrimination would cease to exist. If you agreed to join us then you could become a seraphim, like me, Yuan, and Kratos." My eyes widened in shock.
"No! Kratos would never aid in something like that!" I screamed, jumping to my feet. It couldn't be true, there was no way he would turn everyone into lifeless beings like the angel assistant next to Mithos. "He would never help you!"
"I was afraid this would happen." Mithos sighed. "Yuan please come in here."
A man with blue hair tied back in a ponytail wearing a cape came in and nodded at me, recognizing my presence. He pulled an old photo out of his pocket and handed it to me. In the picture, a young Yggdrasil stood next to a girl with green hair, both smiling brightly. On the other side of the girl was Yuan, who smiled as he held her hand. In the back of the group stood an all too familiar face. His auburn hair hung messily over his matching eyes as he had his arms crossed over the front of his normal purple uniform.
"No, it can't be. This must be a fake." I whispered, feeling tears running down my cheeks.
"Kratos was one of our best friends and Lord Yggdrasil's mentor." Yuan said calmly, taking the photo back. "The girl in the picture was Martel, Mithos' sister and my fiancée."
I can't believe it but… that photo." I was shaking badly as a feeling of betrayal surfaced from Tiamatt's memories.
"We would love to have you join us but if you want time to think about it that is fine." Yggdrasil said, no sympathy what so ever in his voice. I heard him get up and leave with Yuan and the angel as I cried into my hands.
"Kratos, why didn't you tell me?" I whispered to no one. I fell back down onto the bed I had awoken in and fell back to sleep, my nightmares returning once more.
I later found out that I had been unconscious for a week, during which, the Lloyd and the others had infiltrated and destroyed the Asgard Ranch before going to Hima where they encountered Clara and obtained the key needed to enter the Tower of Mana where the light seal waited. As Yggdrasil waited for my answer, I was given free range of Welgaia, at least as long as two angel guards accompanied me. Yggdrasil was dead determined to have me join him but I couldn't work for someone who caused the planet so much pain. Still, I was treated with respect and given fairly large room where I spent most of my time, enjoying Tiamatt's usual hobby of tinkering with electronic devices. Upon seeing the GS, the Cruxis leader promptly asked me to work on the computers of Derris-Kharlan in order to make them more compact and more efficient. I complied considering I had nothing better to do till Kratos returned so I could give him a piece of my mind.
About a week and a half after my revival, Welgaia grew eerily anxious as the Chosen, Colette, reached the Tower of Salvation. Yggdrasil left to aid in retrieving Colette after complications arose within the Tower and like usual, Yuan was no where to be found. With the only coherent people gone, I retreated to my room and worked on trying to contact the planet far below.
"I want to see her!" the voice yelled outside my door.
"Lord Kratos, Lady Tiamatt is extremely distressed. Your return might result in your own injury." One of my guards warned.
"I don't care! I just want to see her!" Kratos replied storming past them and into my room. I glared at him as he stood in the doorway. "Tiamatt!" He rushed over to me but I backed away, raising the only weapons I had on me, my fist.
"You lucky little bastard! If Yggdrasil hadn't cancelled out my powers right now then you'd be dead!" I snarled. Kratos looked shocked and then heartbroken, sadness filling his eyes.
"Tiamatt, I'm sorry. I should have told you." He said looking down at his feet.
"That's right! You should have! Then I could've killed you then!"
"Tia…" He whispered sadly.
"It's Tiamatt to you!" I growled. Kratos looked hurt by my outburst but I didn't care. "I can never forgive you for betraying not only me but Lloyd and the others. How could you break your own son's heart like that?" The seraphim stared at me wide eyed.
"How did you-"
"It's obvious. You two look two much alike for it to be anything else. So what are you gonna do now? You gonna kill me like Anna or are you gonna turn me into a lifeless being like those other out there?!" I screamed, Kratos was starting to close himself off again, like he was in the game as I screamed at him.
"It was Anna's wish for me to kill her before she could harm Lloyd. And I would never do that to you. I never wanted you to be a member of Cruxis." Kratos mumbled.
"You should have killed me then Kratos!" I screamed at him. Kratos looked dumbstruck as I struck him square in the face with one of my fist, causing him to stumble out of my room, allowing me to lock the door.
"I'm sorry." I heard him say outside the door but I didn't care. I would never forgive him but nether would I join Cruxis so I guess I was stuck. Hopefully I could find a way to return to Sylvarant.
For a week, I wondered around Welgaia, never giving Yggdrasil an answer. Kratos repeatedly came to me to ask for forgiveness but I ignored him till he finally closed up completely, becoming the Kratos that was well known in the game on Gaia. However, Kratos was completely done pestering me and came to me one night.
"Tiamatt, I'm not here to say I'm sorry, I'm here to help you escape." Kratos said calmly, his voice no longer carrying any hint that he still loved me.
"Why would you do that?" I sneered, fist clenched. "I thought you were Yggdrasil's second in command?"
"I know I am betraying Cruxis but I want you to have no part in it. I want you to escape." Kratos replied, refusing to look at me directly.
"Humph! Whatever, but what about my gear?" The seraphim threw the bag and the sword at me. "Fine! Lead the way."
"Humph. Just try to be quiet." He warned as we walked through Welgaia to the transport.
He punched a few buttons onto a keypad, causing the teleportation circle to glow. I nodded and began to take a step towards the pad but Kratos grabbed my arm, spinning me around so that I faced him as he pulled me into a kiss. I was mad at first but the felling was remarkable and I felt myself give into his kiss. Finally, he released me and pushed me into the circle.
"I love you Tiamatt." Kratos whispered as I felt the beam carry me away from Derris-Kharlan to Theth'Ella. As much as I wanted to say that I didn't love him, I couldn't get myself to say so. The kiss had been real and I knew that he had risked his own safety to save me like I had saved him during Dsanios' attack.
"Dammit Kratos!" I muttered under my breath as my feet touched down on the grass of Theth'Ella, the lights of Meltokyo visible in the distance.
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