By Your Side to the End

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Amazon Bunny- u.u Second to the last chapter my peeps!

Colette- Now all of us are out as muses! All of us good people, though.

Mithos- What, you mean I'm not good?

Martel- That's so cruel, you humans...I see it now, you're all the same!

Amazon Bunny- Martel can stay, Mithos, out! ::points at door::

Kratos- This isn't going to get anywhere, and you know it...

Amazon Bunny- I do? ::pulls out stick:: Mithos, I said out!

Mithos- No!

Amazon Bunny- ::throws stick:: go get it, mithos, that's a good boy!

Mithos- ::runs out door::

Raine- ::sighs and snuggles Kratos::

Genis- P-p-presea, do you know what happens with us? ::blushes:: M-m-maybe we're out watching the moon...

Presea- ?...

Lloyd- Yeah, I should be in the story more too.

Regal- ....Indeed.

Mithos- ::Runs back in with stick:: I got the stick, I got the stick!

Amazon Bunny- You people complain too much! back in the game for you complainers! ::Regal, Lloyd and Mithos are sucked back into the game::

Presea- harsh...::gets sucked into game::

Everyone- ::Starts complaining::

Amazon Bunny- Argh, you all go back into the game! I don't own ToS! No sueing!

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Raine let out a soft sigh. Sunlight filtered into the dark room, and there was a heavy arm draped over her waist, holding her into his chest. Kratos' scent was alluring and made her feel light-headed and helpless. So nice...He was so warm, too. She wanted to stay like that forever, cuddled in his arms forever and ever. The angel let out a soft snore and opened his eyes. Raine playfully swatted at his auburn bangs.

"Have a nice sleep?" She asked. The mercenary stretched out.

"Yeah, best since..." He hooted sleepily. "Probably since I was a kid." Yawning, he hooked his arm around her waist and whispered into her ear, "What time is it?"

The woman thought carefully. "I'd say about seven..." She said finally.

"How long have you been awake?"

"I just woke up."

Kratos smirked. "The day's still young, and I take it that you're probably still tired. We should get some more sleep.." The professor curled up in his arms and smiled playfully. Then, they both drifted off to sleep for a few more hours.

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Sheena opened her eyes to find herself in her room, sitting up against the wall. A sake cup was still in her hands. Zelos was sprawled across the floor, with the sake jug in his grasp. The voluptuous woman quickly pieced together the evidence and concluded that the previous night they had been drinking sake, and become drunk. Smirking devilishly, she traced her fingers along the Tethe'alla Chosen's cheek, and he mumbled something incoherent.

She tried again, and this time, he muttered, "Mommy, just lemme sleep in for a while..." Sheena laughed softly. He was just so cute. "Sheena?" Zelos sat up quickly.

The ninja laughed. "You'll get a headache that way, from sitting up too fast," she said. "By the way, how much sake did you drink yesterday, anyway?"

Zelos shrugged. "Bout half the jug..." He motioned to the big clay bottle strewn across the floor.

"You dope," Sheena giggled. "You drunk half of the sake?"

The Chosen shrugged and responded lazily, "Whatever, I'm going to get some breakfast." He stood up and slid the door open. "You coming?" He asked over his shoulder.

"Sure, if you really want me to," Sheena teased.

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Genis and Presea sat on the roof, side by side, throwing small sticks and pebbles or just whatever object that was small and harmless into the pond. They had been up there since about daybreak, talking about what little kids talk about- toys, kendamas, and rumors within their circle of friends- and tossing the small objects into the pond and scaring the little fishes.

"P-presea," Genis stammered.

Presea turned to face the little mage. "Must you always stammer when you adress me?" She sighed.

"N-no, I'm sorry, Presea, I'll try not to next time," Genis blushed, feeling disappointed with himself.

Presea looked upon him with glittering eyes. "No, I'm sorry. It's ok. Forget what I said." She lazily tossed another stick into the pond. "Well, that's every little piece of rock and stick up here. Want to go eat? I'm hungry." She said brightly. (A/N: You know this is after the ending of the game, and Presea's back to normal, or so she said...)

"Ok!" Genis agreed. His butt was getting numb, sitting so long on the roof.

The two twelve year olds popped up and off the roof and headed toward the kitchen.

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Lloyd and Colette were wrapped together in one blanket, sitting up on the balcony. They had been watching the moon but then fell asleep before the sun rose. As Lloyd shifted in his sleep, his hand fell on Colette's, and even in his sleep, he grabbed it and held it snugly in his.

Colette's eyelashes fluttered as she opened her eyes. A small blush played across her face.

Lloyd was holding her hand, and what's more, he was sleeping right beside her, wrapped up in the same blanket.

She blushed harder. Timidly, she poked Lloyd. "Hey, Lloyd...Wake up!" She giggled softly.

"Hm? Wha? Where?" Lloyd mumbled, opening his eyes. "Oh, hey, Colette." His eyes jerked open when he noticed they were wrapped together and he was holding her hand.

Colette giggled.

"I dreamed some good dreams, Lloyd," Colette said proudly. "All because you were there."

"Then I'll be there for you every day for the rest of my life," Lloyd declared. "You'll have good dreams for the rest of your life too."

Colette sighed and snuggled deeper into Lloyd's shoulder.

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Regal grumbled as he rummaged for food in the kitchen. Sheena and Genis looked awkwardly at the older man.

"What's wrong? Didn't you have a good sleep?" asked a concerned Presea.

"No," Regal responded flatly, shifting aside some sake jugs. "There was a lot of noises last night. I didn't seem to sleep at all, from all the walking around I heard."

An embarrassed blush lit up on both youngsters' faces. They had been the footstep the ex-convict had heard. Regal prepared some rice balls and plopped the tray on the table.

"Hello, everyone," Colette greeted them as a group of four (Kratos, Raine, Lloyd and Colette) entered the small room. Regal's eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"Weren't you two from the other wing?" He asked, nodding his head toward Kratos and Lloyd, still picking at his riceball. Raine glanced sideways at the older mercenary.

"Well, uh..." Kratos tried to think of an excuse. "She wanted me to come over earlier today to look at her new acolyte outfit. It's very nice," he lied.

"Yes, spiffy!" Lloyd followed his drift. "I met up with Colette on the way here to the kitchen." Regal let out a bemused 'heh'. He couldn't argue with Lloyd, anything could have happened on his way to the kitchen. After all, it was located right between the two separate sleeping quarters.

"Didn't she wear that outfit last week?" Regal commented. It looked awfully farmiliar, anyway.

"Uh...no..." Raine said slyly. "I got it a week ago in Asgard. They were selling nice clothes."

Regal rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He picked up another rice ball and munched away on it.

"You're in an awfully bad mood today," Zelos snickered. "You're just spoiling the day man!" He teased.

At this point, Regal completely lost his composure. (A/N: XD! I wish I could see that happen...) "Well, if SOME people tried at least to lower the volume a little..."

All the faces went beet red around him.

"If it had been more quiet, we all could have gotten a better sleep, and maybe I wouldn't be so irritable, but no! All night, there was bumping against the walls, and...random noises..."

Kratos and Raine blushed madly. The mercenary shook his head, and the professor held back her snicker. Everyone but Regal turned to look wonderingly at the couple. It seemed to catch on pretty quick. Smirks started appearing, one by one. Regal, however, continued to rant.

"And there was breaking bottles, and laughing, and then a big crash-"

Sheena turned red and looked away.

"And there was all these other noises, and unless you all were up all night partying or whatever..."

Zelos laughed out loud. Lloyd snickered loudly, and Colette smacked him on the back of his head, to everyone's surprise.

Regal seemed to at last, figure out what was going on. "Wait a minute..." He said, a look of shock in his face. "You guys didn't..."

"Nope!" Came a chorus of voices. Regal rolled his eyes. "I'm going back to bed..." He grumbled. "Maybe this time I can get some more sleep.."

They all listened quietly until they heard his footsteps die away and the door of the tatami room slide shut. As it did, they all burst out laughing, until their sides ached. "Why don't we all go celebrate the New Moon in our own special way?" Colette asked. "I want to go see the fesivities down by the lake. You're coming with me, Lloyd!" She giggled, grabbing Lloyd's hand and running out of the kitchen. She threw a quick, "See you all later" over her shoulder as they heard the young couple run out of the door.

Zelos eyed Sheena. She knew all too well what he wanted to do. It was off to the local pub to get a drink and maybe hit a party or two. The ninja girl smacked him playfully across the face. "I know what you're thinking about," she said coyly. "How about we go catch up with Lloyd and Colette in the market? I want to go get some nice souvenior. The stuff down there is different every year."

"Shopping nut," he teased. "You girls and your malls and stuff." He earned himself a well-deserved smack from Sheena, Raine, and Presea.

"Shopping isn't bad!" They shouted in unison. Sheena went red with mock anger. Dragging Zelos away, only one phrase was audible-

"You're going shopping with me, and you're going to like it!"

Presea and Genis shrugged. "Wanna go play outside?" He asked. Presea nodded. And the two children ran out to the flower garden to play tag or any other happy bull crap.

And that left only Kratos and Raine in the kitchen. Slowly, the angel snaked his arm around the slender woman and rested his head against the top of her head. She smelled so nice. Like fresh rain and the cherry blossoms he had seen the day before.

"I'll be by your side to the end, Raine," he whispered to her. "I'll never leave your side."

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Kazaana the Furyou Houshi- Eee! So cute, I love your reviews, as always! I hope you like this chapter, it seemed way too fluffy for my liking, but I felt like writing this anyway. You never know when you feel the mood to write fluffers.

Willow-189- Your review has given me hope as usual. Thank you sooo much for helping me out this entire story, and for your support when I was writing Teacher's Pet.

Green Magi- Yep...The sword was my friend's idea. He was all, "put a sword in it". He's obsessed with swords. I have stuff like that written out on paper, so he got ahold of it at school and...you catch my drift, right? Argh, he sits right next to me in my stupid hour 5 class, natrually he'd get into my crap...Storage sounds so fun, doesn't it? lol just joking...I agree, Regal is forced into the worst situations of all the characters, methinks.

Picup- Sweat?...Do you mean that my characters should take a bath since they were so sweaty?...Only joking, don't take that personally. I'm kidding, no hard feelings! Thanks for your review, i really liked how there are those of you peeps who give the nicest comments on a fellow girl who likes writing fanfics.

Kitten Kisses- Pregnant? O.o I dunno, maybe...::evil smirk:: I have those of you who want her to get pregnant and those that don't...I'll have my evil chibi muses decide! lol Buried in fluffiness! AHHHHH Its raining cotton outside, and Raine and Kratos are outside....OmG they're buried in humor...shutting up now...

Pant Burner- Thanks for your review! It's peeps like you that inspire me, you know!

SamikoxRen- Uh...yeah...I didn't really think it was intercourse, though, Kratos had a shirt on as I mentioned, and I hope they were clothed...

dragoonknight 1- Yay! Nothing wrong! Yay!

Hamano Ayumi- Ya know, its the peeps like you that keep me happy. You should teach me how to speak Japanese, I've always wanted to learn.

Lady Tetsu-Maru- Thanks for the review! Hopefully there was enough Gesea in this story? I didn't want to put them in a situation like ZelosxSheena and KratosxRaine...Too adult for little kids...

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Amazon Bunny- Whew!

Zelos- That chinese opera can really distract you, can't it...

Amazon Bunny- Yes, considering that I hate it, and my dad loves it... x.x Poopyness galore..

Sheena- ::attempts to sing Chinese opera:: AhHhHhHh....XiaAaAaN OoooooOOooo!

Amazon Bunny- Eek! Stop it! Stop it! XI ::covers ears::

Zelos- Amazon Bunny will have to go to the ER due to too much Chinese Opera. She has placed in my care the disclaimer issue...Review!

Sheena- Where'd everyone go? ::notices everyone else has run away but Zelos::

Zelos- Oh well...Reviews.