A Special Tales of Symphonia:

Tales of Christmas Part III

Raine and Presea were talking then they realized that Sheena and Lloyd were gone, they went to Zelos. Raine asked, 'Hey Zelos, do you know where Lloyd and Sheena may be.'

Zelos knew they had left, but didn't want to cause an uproar from his friends, so he said, 'Well… um, I asked Lloyd to go get something from my mansion. Yeah, that's it.'

Presea asked, 'Oh, should I go help him?'

Zelos yelled, 'No! I mean, its nothing Lloyd can't handle on his own… actually it's so heavy that Sheena went to help him!'

Presea said, 'I can lift heavy objects, I could help them.'

Zelos yelled again, 'No! It… its fine, they could do the job just fine!'

Raine asked, 'Well, why is it taking so long? We're about to turn on the lights for the Christmas tree.'

Zelos panicked then gave a smirk as he said, 'Well, those two are getting pretty close, if you know what I mean.'

Raine said, 'What do you… oh. I see.'

Presea looked up and said, 'What, are they making out…'

Raine yelled, 'Ahh, say Presea, why don't we go see Regal over there. He might have a candy cane!'

Presea paused and smiled, '…Well, I do enjoy candy canes.' They both left.

Zelos smiled and waved, 'Okay! See you in a minute.' Zelos then gasped for air, relieved that his lie worked. He then grabbed Genis and walked outside.

Genis yelled, 'What's up Zelos?'

Zelos held Genis' shoulders and said, 'I'm gonna ditch this party for a bit, ok?'

'Why, were gonna lit the tree and…'

'I know, it's just something I have to check out. If anyone ask's, tell them… I dunno. Tell them something believable. Ok.'

'Does this have something to do with Lloyd's present?'

'Nothing gets past you, as always.'

'I wanna come too! Lloyd's my friend and I won't abandon him!' he shook his fist as he did.

Zelos was mad, but then smiled, 'All right, fine. Grab my hand… wait, then whose gonna tell them where we are!'

Virginia appeared and said, 'I will.'

Genis said, 'Mom?'

'Don't worry Genis, I'll cover you boys. Go, help your friends.'

'…Thanks Mom.' He walked and gave her a hug, so did Zelos. Genis yelled, 'Get off my Mom!'

Zelos got off and said, 'Just being friendly. Now grab my hand.' Genis did, and Zelos let his angel wings out, then took flight.

Virginia said to herself, 'Amazing!' she then walked back into the party hall.

Genis held on as tight as he could, Zelos flew calmly. Zelos thought, 'Lloyd, Sheena, there better be a damn good explanation for why I'm doing this.'

Genis yelled, 'Zelos, where are we going?' Zelos joked, 'I dunno, I thought you would know!' Genis yelled, 'What the Hell!' Zelos laughed, 'Just kidding, lighten up brat.'

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Lloyd ran at Santa Claws and did a Rising Falcon attack. He kept moving around him doing Demon Fangs while Kratos would heal him. Sheena ran behind Kratos preparing a Summoning.

Yuan attacked with Indignation, Lloyd moved out of the way for that. Santa Claws fell. Lloyd did another Rising Falcon, Santa rose back up and hit Lloyd with a Dark Claw. Lloyd still stood. Yuan and Lloyd kept attacking.

Sheena murmured, 'I call upon the Red Giant, the Ruler of Hellfire! Come! Efreet!' The Summon Spirit of Fire came before Sheena. Efreet then hurled towards Santa and called upon an Eruption attack. Santa burned badly.

Santa yelled, 'Enough! You've all been naughty, now suffer! Blizzard!' a giant snow storm surrounded the area. Everyone covered themselves from the razor sharp snow flakes. Efreet quickly warmed up the area, and the snow melted. Sheena uncovered herself and said, 'Thanks, now finish him!' she pointed to Santa. Efreet headed towards Santa again.

This time, Santa was prepared. Efreet prepared an attack he begun, 'Erup…' but he then vanished when Santa hit him with an attacked he called out, 'Goody Bag!' in which a brown bag appeared, opened and a blue blast attack came out. Efreet vanished, and his power aura returned to Sheena.

Lloyd ran to Santa preparing another attack, but Santa lodged a 'Mistletoe Missile' attack. The mistletoes hit Lloyd. Lloyd rose up and yelled, 'Ok, that's it!' He held his two blades, they then moved close together, and when they're close together, a bright light surrounded it. The light faded and a purple blade was revealed.

Yuan saw and said, 'The Eternal Sword!' Lloyd held the Sword in his right hand; he grabbed his new green blade behind him, and held it in his left hand. He yelled, 'Oh Dad, love the gift!'

Kratos replied, 'Heh, glad to hear it. Now finish him!'

Lloyd smiled, then grinned when he looked at his enemy, 'Hey Claws, bet you won't live through this!' he ran towards him, moved around and attacked behinds him. A Sonic Thrust with his Wind Blade, and with the Eternal Sword he launched an Eternal Fang. A giant light came from his attack, Santa fell from the blow.

Lloyd seemed please and walked towards Sheena, but Santa rose back up behind him and hit him with a Dark Claw. A huge scratch mark was made on Lloyd's back, Lloyd fell, paralyzed from the blow.

Everyone gasped, Kratos ran towards Lloyd and lifted him up. Yuan grew enraged, 'You monster! You'll pay!' he ran at Santa with his Swallow in hand and threw it at Santa. Santa fell, then Yuan jumped on him, punching him.

On Sheena's lap laid a knocked out Lloyd. Kratos stood above and used First Aid, but Lloyd didn't wake up. Kratos became angry and went to help Yuan. Sheena stayed with Lloyd, holding his head, begging him to wake up.

Santa sent another set of Mistletoe Missiles, this time at Lloyd and Sheena. Yuan and Kratos couldn't make it in time. Sheena held Lloyd hoping to protect him. Suddenly, Zelos appeared in front of the two, the missiles hit his back. Zelos prevailed when the missiles mostly hit his wings. He was hurt but ok.

Genis came too, and hit Santa with a Fireball. Santa ran around trying to fade away the fire. Sheena looked up, saw Zelos and said, 'Are you ok?' Zelos fell to his knees gasping for air, and said as he breathed, 'No prob, I'm cool. Lloyd? Lloyd are YOU aok!?'

Genis ran to them and asked, 'Is Lloyd… you know.' Zelos said, 'Nah, he's just knocked out. Come on Genis, lets finish this jerk.' Zelos and Genis walked towards the battle, Genis looked back and said, 'Sheena, don't loose him.' He walked away, Sheena said, 'I won't.' She looked at Lloyd and kissed him on the head and said, 'Lloyd, if you die, I'll never forgive you… or that monster!'

She stood up, held her hands together and yelled, 'I call upon the hammer of godly thunder. Volt!' The Summon Spirit of Lightning came and hit Santa with a Shockwave attack. Santa still stood. Sheena yelled, 'Dammit, will nothing stop this monster!'

Behind her was a bright light came, she looked and saw Lloyd standing very brightly. Sheena came to him and hugged him, 'Lloyd! Oh thank God you're ok… what's with the light?' Lloyd said calmly, 'Santa's going down, thanks to this.' He held up his green sword. Lloyd said, 'Watch this Santa, this is what can happen when you play with fire and wind. With ice, fire, wind and nature, combine into element. Elements that made up the world, that made us, are you willing to destroy nature!'

As he yelled, his Eternal Sword and wind blade were glowing, and then they moved closer to each other. Another light surrounded it. And it turned into a completely different sword. It was the same shape as the Eternal Sword, but the blade itself was a mix of green and red, and the swords handle was blue. Lloyd held it in his hand and sliced the wind.

Sheena said, 'Wow, what is that?'

Zelos, Yuan, Genis, Kratos and Santa looked with amazement. Lloyd grinned and said, 'I call this the Merry Blade. It suites well for the season, and your downfall Claws!'

TO BE CONCLUDED…