The Party's New Visitor
The Tales of Symphonia characters are not mine!
Only the Assassin is my own creation...
The story is about how a world-crossing assassin comes to kill Lloyd and Zelos for a certain reason...
"The Newcomer"
The setting... The party walking around Flanoir in Tethe'alla.
An assassin has been following the party throughout the two worlds without the help of the Rheairds for he has mastered World-Phasing, which creates a fast-closing portal that he can go through to go between worlds or move across the current world. He has had a soft spot for a crush he has been admiring from afar... Sheena... Oh, how he wanted to be her boyfriend! The assassin became more and more jealous of seeing how Zelos flirted with her and how Sheena had a crush on Lloyd.
"Lloyd! Help! This Penguinist is chasing me with a strange look on his face! I would use my cards but I misplaced them somewhere! Not only that I can't summon while being chased!" Sheena said while running with her Cards clearly showing at the bottom of her shirt.
"I'll save you my pretty!" Zelos yelled while chasing after the Penguinist that was harassing Sheena.
"Huh? You call me?" Lloyd said, oblivious as ever.
The assassin got mad at what he was seeing and World-Phased all the way to the Penguinist, took a katana out and sliced the Penguinist in two to the Penguinist didn't move and it took fifteen seconds for the Penguinist to split into two halves that quickly disappeared. The whole party just froze then and there staring at the new visitor. The assassin just World-Phased away, but not before Genis had a good look at the visitor. He was dressed in blue pants a shirt and an open vest over the shirt. He wore shoes that weren't from that world and wore glasses with no bottom rim for the lenses.
"Who could that? Have been... He didn't seem from any place... We have gone to..." Presea said after Genis explained what they saw.
"Yes I agree... Maybe he's the descendant of an ancient culture... I wonder if there are ruins for that culture!" Raine exclaimed, stars in her eyes.
"No... It seems like he was from our time so there can be only one explanation..." Genis explained with his eyes closed, his head tilted forward, and his index finger and thumb in a V-shape on his chin. While all the others were staring at him... Genis suddenly looked up, "There are other worlds besides Sylvarant and Tethe'alla..."
The others had a look of shock on their faces, but Raine had stars in her eyes again thinking the new world they might have discovered has many more ruins that are waiting to be explored.
"You may be right Genis... Think about it. Of all the places we've been to, there has never been any place where people are dressed that way and also have such graceful swordsmanship..." Regal added on.
"It's agreed from what I see..." Kratos said.
"What is agreed Dad?" Lloyd answered.
"That we will find this kid and find out things about him and his mysterious world." Kratos answered back.
They went to Mizuho after the long day and slept. What they didn't know is that the assassin had been following them sleeping in the highest tree, hidden from all. Since he is very sensitive to movement, he heard something from the INN. Someone was looking out the window... It was Sheena! He World-Phased quietly over to the room so he didn't make a sound and eavesdropped on Sheena...
"I wonder who that boy was..." Sheena said looking up at the stars.
"The assassin dropped down and stood up... "You mean me?"
Sheena practically jumped back showing that she was wearing, a purple sleeping kimono. "H-How d-d-d-did y-you g-get h-h-here?" Sheena said with a startled look on her face. At that instant, Sheena lifted part of her kimono to show the garter where her cards were held. She dashed that the assassin and stopped her hand right before his neck.
"Whoa, why so hostile?" the assassin replied to Sheena's reaction.
"Sorry... It's just that because of my past... I can get paranoid in this place... yes... I do get paranoid in my hometown..." Sheena replied.
"But you made a pact with Volt so everything should be alright with Volt-"the visitor said before he was cut off by Sheena.
"How do you know that? We don't even know you!" Sheena said in a low yelling voice.
"Well... to make a long story short, I travel to many worlds but this is the one that has caught my interest." The assassin explained.
"Well can I at least know your name and what is your business here?" Sheena asked.
"Dustin... and my job is to travel and adventure through lands even while I'm still young. If your party will accept me, I will gladly join..." Dustin said.
"Now why would we want to do that?" Sheena said.
"You've seen my power... why wouldn't you want someone as strong as me?" Dustin said.
"We barely even know you... So how can we trust you? I mean you killed that Penguinist quickly... Too quickly..." Sheena said in a medium voice.
At that moment, the two heard footsteps coming towards them. "I've got to go... See ya..." at that moment Dustin World-Phased away and the door opened. It was Colette.
"Who were you talking to Sheena?" Colette said in a sleepy voice.
"Uh... uh... no one..." Sheena said.
"Okay then..." Colette said as she walked out of the room.
Just then Sheena heard a thud outside her door. "..." Sheena thought holding her head.
That night Sheena couldn't go to sleep because she thought about the things Dustin said. "Think about it... I'll be waiting for an answer..." Sheena went to sleep thing, "Why stay here? This place isn't that interesting..."