SheenaFujiFilm: Hello everybody!

DeadlyFlower: What shall we expect today from the dilemma of Anna?

Amy: Will Sheena fall for Jen's plan?

Jen: And will I be pregnant?

SFF: The answer to that one is no, I've already said that!

Jen: Good!

Amy: Unless Shuya knocked you up!

Jen: WHICH HE DIDN'T!!!

DF: Oh really? Hint, hint!

SFF: Jen wasn't knocked up by Shuya! He thinks she's under age, otherwise he would have!

Jen: SILENCE!!!

SFF: I'm joking. Anyway, let's begin!

DF: Chapter 38: Dilemmas! YAAAAAAY!!! BABY NAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lloyd's brief memory. Jen spits out the truth. What truth? Let's see!

First of all, we must pick up where we left off last chapter! Kratos and Anna speak of the pregnancy while waiting for Jen to return with the pregnancy test!

"So..." Kratos started, feeling awkward.

"So," Anna repeated, with no idea what to say.

"Do you think it's twins?" Kratos asked out of the air. He asked the same thing to his mother when she was pregnant with Jen, and he said it to Anna when she was pregnant with Lloyd.

"You said that to me last time!" Anna laughed.

"Well... Do you think you've got twins?"

"I hope not... Do you really think telling Lloyd I'm bulimic is a good idea?"

"No, but I'm not sure we have a choice. Do you want a girl or a boy?" That is another question Kratos asked his pregnant mother/wife.

"Are you always so edgy when people are pregnant?" Anna raised her brow, wondering whether Kratos was excited or nervous.

"Well... I was like that with my mother when she was pregnant with my sister. I think I was 13 years old at the time. That was probably excitement and I was possibly thinking it was weird to know that my mother had another human being inside of her."

"And me?"

"Hmm... I would say it's nerves. That doesn't mean I'm not happy, it's just... Well, it's like Jen said, we pick bad times to have kids."

"Ha... ha... you're right about that. Well, it doesn't matter. I love kids! Can we talk baby names? What do you think? Boy names? Girl names?"

"We didn't consider this last time, did we?"

"No, I don't think so. Anyway, what do you think?"

"Boy names? Hmm... Robert?"

"No, I don't like it. Um... How about Kieran?"

"I suppose that's okay."

"Okay! We'll put it in the maybe pile! What about girls?"

"Hmm... Alexis?"

"No! Angel!"

"No, too ironic."

"Yes, you're right. What about Ellie?"

"No... Well, when it comes to giving birth, Lloyd is going to know you're pregnant. Why don't we let him name the baby?"

"That sounds great!" And so they agreed, Lloyd was to name his younger sibling. Just then Sheena was waking up.

"Mmm... My head..." she mumbled, rubbing it and slowly opening her eyes.

"Uh... Run!" Anna whispered to Kratos, who did so.

"Sh-Sheena, are you okay?" Anna asked, actually truly concerned since Jen hit her pretty hard.

"Y-Yeah... I think so. What happned?"

"S-Something fell on to your head..." Anna said, from the top of her head.

"Really? I feel dizzy..."

"You'd better lie down. I'll take you to the hotel." And so off they went, while Jen met up with Kratos at the docks with the fake pregnancy test.

"I've got it, but I saw Anna leaving the church with Sheena so I decided not to give it to her just yet."

"Hmm..." Kratos mumbled, not really paying attention to what his sister had just said.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"I'm so stupid, aren't I?" He couldn't help but laugh at himself for what he did.

"Oh yeah, definitely!" Jen smiled, trying to lighten to the mood, knowing Kratos was feeling down even if he was laughing.

"Look, you and Anna are pretty solid. It's difficult for you both to be together with your position in Cruxis, and with the situation with Lloyd, but you'll get through it. Lloyd will eventually find out and I'm sure he'll be pleased."

"Will he? He hates me because I betrayed you all at the Tower of Salvation."

"He will be glad-" Jen started when Lloyd suddenly came running out of nowhere. Jen slipped the fake pregnancy test into her pocket.

"HEYYY!!" Lloyd shouted, running over at super speeds, followed by...

"W-Woah!!!" he cried, as he tripped right over and couldn't stop himself falling on to Kratos. However, Kratos caught him and kept him from falling over.

"Clumsy..." Jen grinned, watching Kratos hold his son in his arms. Kratos didn't really know what to do with Lloyd, who was completely motionless.

"Is he dead?" Jen asked, poking Lloyd. Lloyd was preoccupied with a nostalgic feeling running through his mind.

Lloyd's POV

Huh?... Kratos? What's this feeling? I can hear his heart beating. My ear is right up against his chest and I can hear is heart. But this feels so... nostalgic. Like I've felt this feeling before... When I was little, just before Mom died. Was it... When I was learning to walk?

Lloyd's memory

Mom was in town shopping, leaving me and... my dad together. I can see the memory in my mind, but I can't see my Dad's face. But that doesn't matter, I'm trying to find what this feeling is. I slowly stood up and Dad saw what I was doing straight away.

"Lloyd? What are you doing?" he asked me, as I wobbled to my feet.

"Look at me Daddy! I can walked!" I laughed happily, with my bad English speech.

"Well done!" he smiled, as I took some shaky steps forward. Dad stopped leaning on the wall behind him a came over to me. He didn't take my hand, or stop me from walking. Now that I think about it, I think he was there to make sure I wouldn't give myself an injury. I took a few more shaky steps, then I almost fell flat on my face, but Dad caught me and gave me a hug.

"Nooo!!! I wants to walked!!!" I whined, disappointed I couldn't show Dad I could be a big boy and walk.

"Don't worry Lloyd. You'll learn to walk soon!"

"Daddy has to helps me to walked! I wants to walked!" Wow, my language skills were pretty bad.

"Okay, I'll help you walk! And you'll be able to do it all by yourself when you grow up!"

"I wants to walked just like Daddy! Daddy walked nice! I wants to be like Daddy!"

"..." He didn't respond, he just hugged me and I could hear his heartbeat. I was so happy and I felt so safe in my father's arms. Is this feeling really what I felt all those years ago with my dad? If it is, then why am I feeling it with Kratos?...

Present

"HEY!" Jen screamed, as Lloyd still didn't move. Lloyd finally stood up and apologised for falling on to Kratos.

"Be more careful next time," Kratos said, and began to walk off. Jen was about to follow when Lloyd stopped her.

"Can I talk to you?" he asked.

"Er, fine. Kratos, I'll see you later!" Jen called. Her brother nodded, and kept himself walking on.

"Does... Kratos have any kids?" Lloyd asked quickly. Kratos was able to hear him with his angel-ears and so stopped in front of a shop and listened to their conversation. Was Jen going to reveal all?

"Huh? Why do you ask?" Jen asked, wondering what Lloyd was thinking.

"Um, no reason. It's just... When I fell over just now, I felt something weird."

"Like?"

"Well... It was a feeling I felt when I was with my dad when I was little."

"Why would that suggest Kratos has kids?"

"Yeah... Good point! But seriously, does he?"

"I'm not gonna lie to you... Yes he does!" Jen sighed. Kratos twitched, wondering if Jen saying that was enough to get Lloyd to use his head and figure things out for himself.

"Where are his kids?" Lloyd asked.

'Right in front of my face...' Jen thought to herself, wondering if she should say that out loud.

"Have you met them?" Lloyd asked another ironic question.

"What are their names? Boys? Girls? How old are they? Does that mean Kratos is married?"

"ONE QUESTION AT A TIME!" Jen cried. Lloyd asked her all those questions in less than 5 seconds.

"Yes, I've met his son, which means he has one child and it's a boy! His wife is pregnant with another child, and she's staying in this city at the moment," Jen replied. She had forgotten most of the other questions and she wasn't sure if it was a good idea to tell Lloyd the full truth.

"Really? Is that why he's visiting this city? That must mean his wife is here! If we find is wife, do you think we'll be able convince him to leave Cruxis? I'm going to try and look for her! What's his wife called? I'll ask around for her!" Lloyd held Jen by her shirt, who was confused. She didn't know what to say.

"Oh, what's his son called? Can I know that too? And his age!" Lloyd kept asking endless questions, questions which if answered would solve the family dilemma. Kratos froze, wondering what Jen would say.

"His wife is called..." Jen paused and thought about what she was saying. This was the perfect time for her to end Anna and Kratos' problem, but she had also just told Lloyd Kratos' wife was pregnant, which would mean Lloyd would know Anna was pregnant.

'Oh screw it! Just tell him!' she finally decided.

"Anna," Jen finally said. Kratos' heart lept into his throat and Lloyd froze solid, thinking it was coincidence.

"And... his son? Name? Age?"

"17 years old. And his name is Lloyd." Jen looked at the floor as she said that, a bit nervous to look Lloyd in the face. Kratos quickly left the dock to find Anna. Lloyd was frozen stiff.

'She can't be talking about me! Could she?...'

"Don't believe me? Go and ask you mother," Jen suggested, still looking at the floor.

"Why didn't she tell me? And what about Kratos? Couldn't he have told me?"

"I don't know. Ask them."

"Wait a sec... You said... You said Kratos' wife is pregnant! If what you're saying is true, then that must mean..." Lloyd turned and ran as quickly as he could, Jen following him.

Kratos managed to find Anna, who had already escorted Sheena back to the hotel.

"Jen just told Lloyd everything!" he said. Anna blinked, not knowing what he was talking about.

"Everything?" she asked, not quite understanding. Then it suddenly hit her. Jen told Lloyd Kratos was his father, and that she was pregnant.

"Sh-She did what?!" Anna cried, and then she saw Lloyd running over, Jen behind him.

"She... She was lying wasn't she? Or is she joking?"

"Huh?" Anna blinked nervously, in an attempt to play dumb.

"Is he really my dad? And are you really p-?..." Lloyd paused, overwhelmed by everything. Anna looked down. She then caught Jen's eye and glared at her.

"How long are you 2 going to lie to your son? He has every right to know the truth, so that's why I told him!" Jen snapped. Lloyd looked at her.

"Do you expect me to thank you for that?" he asked, not angry with her, but not grateful to her either.

"No," she replied, then Lloyd suddenly realised something about Jen.

"Hang on! If he's my dad and you're his sister, that makes you my aunt!"

"Yes. I will leave you to talk to your parents!"

"You got us in this mess! You'll help us get out of it!" Anna grabbed Jen from behind to keep her from walking off.

"Mess? Telling your son who his family members are is a mess? Seriously? Is this what parents are like?"

"Anna, let her go. In some ways, she has done us a favour," Kratos said. Anna knew he was right and let go of her.

"And Jen, parents aren't like this," he told his sister.

"Oh, okay," she said, and walked off. She knew she would no longer need the fake pregnancy test.

"Why wouldn't either of you tell me?" Lloyd demanded to know.

"When we met in Tethe'alla, I was a stranger to you. When I realised you were my son, I couldn't just tell you. Especially since you're from Sylvarant. It wouldn't have been normal," Kratos explained.

"Well... I guess that makes sense. What about you Mom?"

"I... I don't know! Everytime I tried to tell you, I always blurted something else out! It just wouldn't come out!" Anna sighed. Lloyd had no choice but to except their explanations.

"I see. And... Are you really-?..." Lloyd couldn't quite bring himself to say the 'p' word. Anna nodded, pleased she wouldn't have to tell him she was bulimic.

"Oh... K-... Kratos, are you really going to go back to Cruxis now? You can't!" Lloyd wasn't sure if he should still call him Kratos.

"..."

"Kratos?" Anna called.

"I... I may have a way out. Soon enough. I hope."

"And how does your sister feel? Do you really think she's enjoying watching you waltz back and forth from Cruxis?" Anna asked.

"I know how she feels. Right now, I can't do anything about Cruxis. I'm sorry."

"You... You will leave Cruxis the first chance you get, right???" Lloyd asked quickly.

"Of course."

Jen arrived at the hotel and saw Presea as she walked in.

"Everything okay?" Presea asked.

"Yup!" Jen smiled. "Things are gonna be more interesting around here!"

"Really? How so?"

"You'll see. It won't take long, so you will see!"

SFF: Er, was it good?

DF: WOAH!!!

Amy: You got the father-son thing out now?!

Jen: Don't ever have Lloyd call me Auntie!

SFF: Fine, I won't. Anyway, I kinda thought I'd have Jen hint to Lloyd that Kratos was his dad, but then I got script problems and decided to put one of my thoughts as Jen's thoughts, which was 'Oh screw it, just tell him.'

DF: I think things will be quite interesting. Kratos is yet to find out Jen signed her life away to Mithos!

Jen: That sounds horrible... But I'll always be happy to help my big brother! ALWAYS!!!

SFF: Please review and tell me if you liked it! I can always change it if you don't like it!

Amy: Thanks for reading! See you soon!