Tales of Symphonia: The Secret of the Angels

Disclaimer: I do not own Namco and probably never will.

A/N: Hi everybody! Thank you so much Huyoshimo-sama and Mablung Elensar for the wonderful reviews! Thank you all!! Can you believe it? This is my eighth chapter! I'm sooooooo proud of myself. In this chapter, there's going to be some Sheelos, so bear with me! I'm also using a few bad words that Zelos uses, so sorry! Well, have fun!

Chapter 8: Forgiven

-Mizuho-

It was a dark and cold night. The stars were bright and the moon shone beautifully. Lloyd, Colette, Genis, Regal, and Presea were outside. They looked up at the lovely stars and sighed.

"They're so beautiful! I just can't stop looking at them!" Colette shouted with glee. Lloyd smiled. I'm just happy that she's happy, he thought.

"I wish Raine was here to see this…" Genis said, "she's missing so much!" Regal walked up to the half-elf.

"Remember, Raine has to tend to Zelos and so does Kratos," Regal explained, "Sheena's in there, too, to comfort him." The half-elf did a smirk.

"Aha! I knew they had something for each other!" Genis grinned triumphantly. Regal laughed. Presea smiled. Everyone else started to chuckle. Colette, however, broke the laughter.

"Wait! How could we be laughing at a time like this when Zelos is suffering?" the blond said.

"You're right," Lloyd nodded, "we'll save laughter after he's better."

-Inside Chief Igaguri's Place-

(Zelos' POV)

It hurts… but why…? Did I do something wrong? Damn! What's wrong with me? It burns… Ah, crap! It really hurts now! Arghh! But why? Did she punish me because I betrayed those dorks? But those dorks… saved the world… I can't call them dorks… they're… they're… heroes…

(Regular POV)

Sheena sighed in relief as Zelos' fever went down a bit. The Chosen mumbled at bit, but then settled down. Kratos was sitting in the corner and watching. Raine came over and put a damp towel on Zelos' temple.

"How is he?" Raine asked. Sheena was silent for a while and then sighed.

"His fever has just settled for a while, but his condition is no better," she said glumly. Admitting to herself that Zelos was, indeed, no better, she held the boy's hand tighter. His fingers were so cold. She could've mistaken him dead if it was not for his labored breathing. His face was pale like a ghost and had dark shades under his eyes. Then, his lips moved.

"Sh- Sheena…" Zelos breathed, so quietly that the assassin could barely hear him. She jumped up.

"Ze- Zelos!" she shouted in shock, "do you need anything?" He did not answer at first, but breathed out 'water'. Sheena turned to Raine quickly. "Get some water, please!" Raine nodded and did her task promptly. She handed over the cup of water to Sheena. "Thank you…"

Sheena tried to make Zelos sit up a bit. Raine made the boy's head rest on Sheena's chest. The assassin blushed slightly. No! Why am I blushing? , she thought and shook her head. Sheena carefully brought the cup of water to his blue lips. He drank very slowly, but Sheena was patient. Later, she set the bowl aside. She felt Zelos' fingers grow warmer. Raine gasped.

"I'm sorry, Sheena, but it's Genis' bedtime right now!" Raine said, "would it be okay if I left you here?" Sheena nodded. The Professor scurried out the door. Kratos stood up.

"Well, do you need any more uses of me?" Kratos asked. Sheena hesitated for a moment, but then shook her head. Later, the swordsman left. Sheena and Zelos were left alone. The assassin stroked the boy's hair and smiled.

"You will get better…" she whispered in his ear. He nudged closer to her. She sighed and gently kissed him on the cheek. Sheena held him close and drifted off to sleep.

-The next morning- (by the way, I have no idea where Lloyd and the rest of the people slept…)

Sheena woke up on Zelos' mattress. She was covered up with a blanket. She suddenly gasped and sat up.

"Zelos?! Zelos?!" she cried and looked around frantically. Then, she found Zelos in the corner, putting back on his usual clothes. "Zelos?!" The young man looked at her and smiled.

"Hey hunny! Good mornin'!" he said. Sheena gasped.

"Are- are you well enough to stand up?" she asked. Zelos looked at her puzzlingly.

"What do you mean 'are you well enough'? I feel great!" the Chosen said and stretched. Then, he heard someone weeping. He looked down and saw Sheena covering her face with her hands. "Whoa! What's wrong, hunny? Did I upset you?" She didn't reply. "Why are you crying?"

"Who's crying? I'm not crying!" the assassin cried. She wiped her tears on her sleeve and looked up at the young man. "I'm just so- so happy that you're better. I- I was so worried about you." Zelos flinched.

"Whoa there! You're saying that you were worried about me?" he said, "after all the times you hit me and slapped me, you were worried?" The assassin didn't reply. "Fine. Be that way." He stretched his arm out for her. Sheena looked up and saw those gleaming blue eyes again. She smiled. I don't know why I'm so happy to see those eyes again…, she thought. Sheena took his hand and both of them walked out the door. Lloyd and the others were waiting.

"About time you guys came out!" Lloyd said. Sheena blushed.

"How did you know that Zelos was awake?" she asked. Presea spoke up.

"It is what someone would call, eavesdropping," the young girl told Sheena. The assassin gathered up her anger.

"Lloyd! That's not funny!" she shouted. Lloyd did a smirk. Kratos couldn't help but chuckle.

"Anyways, where should we go now?" Colette asked.

"I think we should go to Kazumo to restock on items. We did exhaust our supply when fighting Era," Raine replied. Genis looked at Zelos.

"Speaking of fighting, Zelos can't fight until he's much better, right?" the half-elf said. Raine nodded. Zelos whined. The group made their way toward the exit. Suddenly, Zelos stopped and stared at the ground.

"Oh, yeah. Um… do you really think it's okay? You know, to travel with you guys again? I mean, I did…" he started to say, but Sheena cut him off.

"Zelos, please, don't be stupid! We know the reason why you did that! Sure it was selfish, but it doesn't matter now! All that matters is that you're alive and breathing!" she protested. The Chosen grinned.

"Sounds like you took the words from Lloyd's mouth," he laughed. Sheena continued.

"I forgive you… and everyone does too, so please, take this seriously," she said. Zelos looked at her and sighed.

"Alright then."

"Thank you."

"No, thank you…"

Sheena laughed at that comment. Lloyd signaled for them to leave. Little did the rest of them know that the assassin and the Chosen walked out, hand in hand.

A/N: Okay, so that was a little more Sheelos then I expected. However, I like Sheelos and thought this was the best chapter to put it in. Sorry if you didn't like it. Anyways, I'll be working on the next chapter! See you!