Hikaru: Hello everybody! This is the second to last chapter! So, the next chapter is the last! Here Raphael gets what's coming to him. Taking that into consideration, he's the one doing the disclaimer.

Raphael: Why in hell's name did you have to make me a bad guy, much less a homicidal maniac?

Hikaru: Do the disclaimer or else I'll bite you so hard, it'll draw blood.

Raphael: Eh . . .okay, okay . . .My creator/master does not own ToS. It belongs to NAMCO. Can I go now?

Hikaru: No. You must watch as you die right before your eyes.

Raphael: You're so cold . . .I don't even get a girlfriend!

Hikaru: You're not supposed to have a girlfriend. Characters seeking revenge don't have lovers. They are utterly alone. It's a rule.

Raphael: Damn you . . .

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Kratos landed on the ground slick with ice, slightly losing his footing for a brief moment. He glanced to his left. Lloyd's bloody form collapsed to the hard earth, feathers scattered all over, drenched in blood. Raphael stood so that Lloyd lay at his feet. The cold-blooded killer raised his knife, bent on his knee, and made a swift stabbing motion. Lloyd yelled out, then his body became limp. Kratos felt his body involuntarily begin to shake. He drew his sword, concentrating on an offensive spell.

"Grave!"

Multiple slabs of the earth rose up underneath Raphael, then more slabs jabbed up and pierced their target. The murderer screeched loudly. Kratos heard what sounded like plural Rheairds land behind him, and then he sighted Raine and Genis ran in front of him. Genis whipped out his kendama, whilst Raine took her staff. They cast two light spells simultaneously.

"Prism Sword!" Genis cried.

"Holy Lance!" Raine called out.

The two spells hit right on their mark, sending Raphael stumbling away slowly. Not one of the killer's enemies let up.

"Ray!" Raine cried.

"Indignation!" Genis yelled.

"Thunder Blade!" Called Kratos.

All three of the spells made their target; two of the attacks triggered a compound special attack.

"Prism Stars!" The Sage siblings hollered concurrently.

Prism stars all converged and spread throughout Raphael, making him fall to his knees. Kratos took the honor of delivering the final blow.

"Judgment!"

Manifold rays of light all rained down from the heavens, altogether converging in on Raphael. The murderer screamed as one of the light rays hurdled his weakened body into the freezing cold sea, where the salty ocean waves gladly accepted him. His shadow disappeared from under the unsettled water waves.

Kratos made to rush to Lloyd, but Sheena got there first. She dropped down on her knees, already crying. The summoner took Lloyd's head in her lap.

"No, Lloyd, no! Wake up! Open your eyes!"

Lloyd remained as he was. Sheena glared up at Raine.

"Raine! Can't you heal him? Bring him back!"

Raine didn't hesitate to dash to Sheena's side. She lowered her staff above the youth's bloodied body.

"Revitalize!" The healer shouted.

The multicolored lights flooded over Lloyd's body, but quickly died.

The world seemed to have frozen inside the fjords.

"Resurrection!" Raine hollered, louder this time.

The illuminations danced all over the body, however, they, too, faded just like with the last spell. Sheena choked, raising a hand to cover her mouth, the tears flowing out full force.

"No . . .no . . .NO!" The summoner clumsily got to her feet, walking backwards from the dead boy she loved.

"Lloyd . . .I loved you! You can't die yet, you idiot!" Sheena cried, turning on her heel, running back to her and Genis' Rheaird.

Kratos now shakily walked to Raine's side, transfixed with the sight of his dead son. No . . .it couldn't be . . .

"Lloyd . . .I'm sorry. I couldn't save you . . .I'm so sorry!" The burgundy-haired man whispered, feeling tears sliding down his face. He dropped his sword, falling to his knees while holding his head in both hands.

Out of the corner of his eye, Kratos spotted Genis on all fours, sobbing openly, careless of whether he was embarrassing himself or not. The sight made Kratos feel extremely guilty.

"Lloyd! I loved you, why did you have to leave me?!" Sheena yelled, pounding her fists on the nearest landed Rheaird.

Standing on the opposite side of Sheena, Colette was leaning on her Rheaird for support, sobbing hysterically, the tears staining her face. Strands of blonde hair were out of place, but Colette couldn't care less. At her side, Zelos stood, tears relentlessly escaping the edges of his eyes, although he was trying to hide it. Presea was crying, too, but not a whole torrential downpour. Regal was the same. Raine, crouching next to the body, was sobbing, a shower of tears gracing her features.

"Dammit, Lloyd! I loved you . . .I still do!" Sheena cried out once more, her back turned to the body of her beloved. Why does her life seem to be such a screw up?

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Hikaru::is sobbing quite openly:: Oh, poor Lloyd . . .and everyone who's mourning him. I know this chapter's really a bit short, but you know how it goes. Oh, yeah, and I don't own the Evanescence lyrics, and sorry if I don't get the lyrics quite correctly. Raphael's dead! Now I shall mourn him, too, since I created him . . .that kind of makes me his mother, you know? So, yeah, the next chappy will be the last, so see y'all 'till then! And please Read and Review!