Tales of Symphonia: The Secret of the Angels

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia and probably never will.

A/N: Hi everyone! I FINALLY updated! I've been sooooo BUSY!! Thank you Mablung Elensar for your review! In reply, I will try harder to make my chapters longer, but my time is usually limited so I don't write a lot. Oh, yes, and thank you Huyoshimo-sama, my Tales of Symphonia school buddy, for reading this! And yes, Heimdall is rebuilt as well, just like Ozette. Well, I'll try and make this chapter a little more interesting…

Chapter 11: The First of Five Serpents

"Breakfast's ready!" Raine shouted as she set the table. Lloyd, Genis, and Colette came down the stairs and stared at her like she was crazy. Genis smirked at his food.

"Are you sure this is edible?" he asked pointing at the lump of food on his plate.

"Of course it's edible! I tried my best!" she replied.

"Well, I just hope 'your best' is good enough."

"Genis…" The half-elf reluctantly sat down and stared at his plate. Lloyd did exactly the same. Then the others, except for Kratos and Tsumaru, came down. The others, just like Lloyd, Colette, and Genis, stared down at their plates in silence.

"Er… This is breakfast?" Zelos asked unwillingly.

"Um… I do not wish to be rude, but what is it?" Regal stammered.

"It seems to be... omelet," Presea replied.

"I see…" Sheena gulped. Colette looked around at the grim faces of her comrades.

"Now come on! I don't think it's that bad! Raine tried her hardest and I think she deserves our gratitude!" Colette protested and Raine looked so happy.

"Oh thank you, Colette!" The Professor said. Colette smiled. However, that smile disappeared once she took a bite out of the so-called omelet. "How is it, Colette?"

"Oh, it's great… Yeah… it's good…" she nervously said, "I think I need to go to the bathroom now." The blond girl got up from the table and ran to the bathroom.

"Heh… It's not like I don't like your cooking, my glamorous beauty, it's just… er… I have something else to do," Zelos said and with that, he escaped. The rest of them took their seats. Regal sat right next to Lloyd.

"I almost feel sorry for Raine…" Regal whispered in Lloyd's ear. The swordsman nodded.

"Yeah, me too…" he whispered back. Then, there was a lot of noise coming from the stairs.

"You're not the boss of me! I can do what I want!" a girl's voice was thundering. It must be Tsumaru…, Genis thought. "Leave me alone!" Tsumaru ran down the stairs while Kratos followed behind.

"I want you to apologize to them for ruining last night and right now!" the swordsman shouted behind her.

"Does it look like I care? No!" she cried and furiously sat down in a chair next to Genis. The half-elf stared into her angry eyes and shivered. The tomboy sighed and stared at the limp food on her plate. "You call this food? What the heck is this?!" She violently picked up her plate and got out of her seat. "I'll fix this up…" Kratos sat next to Raine and sighed.

"I'm sorry. She's hard to handle. Please don't take the things she says to heart," the man said. Raine shook her head.

"No, it's alright. I understand. I know my cooking isn't good anyways," she replied. Then, the stubborn girl reappeared with an omelet-looking omelet on her plate. She sat down and took a bite, while everyone else continued eating his or her awful omelets. Genis watched her intently.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Tsumaru asked and Genis almost jumped.

"Um… well…"

"Spit it out, will you?"

"Um… you cook good…"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, really… I was amazed…"

"Hmph… when I was little, I had to cook for myself…"

"Oh, I see…" Genis was quiet for a moment, but then a question popped into his mind. "What about your parents? Didn't they cook for you?"

"My mother died when I was very young and my father… my father…" She set down her fork and stared down at the table. "He's… none of your business…" Genis became perplexed, but apologized immediately. "It's alright… don't worry about it…" she replied. The half-elf stared in amazement. She seemed so nice now. Maybe she wasn't so bad after all.

"Genis! Eat already!" Lloyd shouted. Genis quickly nodded and did what was told. After breakfast, the group (including the absent Colette and Zelos) went to Nature's Kitchen to stock up on healing items and food.

"Where should we go now?" Raine asked. Kratos thought for a minute.

"I think what we should do now is to track down the Five Serpents. We need to destroy them to be able to destroy that Dragon of Eternal Darkness. I suppose that these Serpents are the supports," the swordsman replied.

"Wait, what are the Five Serpents? You never told us about them," Lloyd said.

"I suppose Tsumaru can explain them better," Kratos faced the girl, "can't you?" Tsumaru looked up and began to explain.

"There was once a legend about a forlorn city whose people were the worst of them all. The legend says that these people each possessed five things. The five things were: Hate, Jealously, Want, Prejudice, and Sorrow. One day, the city vanished, or so it says. However, these five characteristics still lived on and it is believed that these spirits still possess the hearts of some people," the girl explained. Lloyd thought, She thinks she knows everything.

"And what is this city exactly?" Zelos asked. The tomboy kept silent. "What? Did I say something wrong?" Sheena sighed.

"Let's go," she said as she dragged Zelos away. "We might as well train for now." The rest followed, however, Tsumaru stayed behind. Genis stopped and examined her.

"Are you okay?" the half-elf asked. The girl nodded.

"I'm fine. It's nothing."

-Ymir Forest-

"Wow. This is just wonderful training," Lloyd said sarcastically while dodging the blow of the Storm Claw. He came back with a "Rising Falcon" and got rid of it easily. "These monsters are so easy!" Tsumaru ran up to a Boar and stabbed it with one of her swords and ended it with a "Fierce Demon Fang". After the fight ended, they sat down and ate sandwiches Genis had made.

"Well, can you think of anywhere else better to train?" Sheena asked Lloyd. He shook his head. "I thought so." Then, she turned to Tsumaru. "Hey, I just noticed, but you use two blades, too. Isn't it hard?" The girl just dully shook her head.

"Wow. She sure talks a lot…" Zelos said mockingly. Then, there was a scream.

"What the heck was that?" Lloyd said.

"I don't know. It sounded like a scream," Raine replied. Then, a little girl came running toward them. She had short green pigtails tied with dainty pink ribbons. Tsumaru gasped at the sight of the girl. She looks just like Kara…

"Help! Someone help me, please!" the girl screamed. A Boar was after her.

"Leave this to me…" Presea said and attacked the Boar with her axe. It was easily felled. "Are you alright?" The little girl clutched onto Presea's clothes.

"Thank you so much! Thank you! I don't know how to repay you!" she cried.

"As long as you're alright," the pink-haired girl said. The little girl wiped her tears and faced the others.

"I owe all of you so much. My name is Kara. I hope I didn't cause you too much trouble," she said. Tsumaru gasped and immediately walked up to her.

"You- you can't be Kara! It's impossible!" the tomboy shouted.

"Um… why? I'm Kara. Why can't I be Kara?"

"Stop lying, you little brat!"

"What? I don't understand!" Lloyd came in between them.

"Hey, Tsumaru! Knock it off! Her name's Kara and that's it!" he shouted and backed away. Tsumaru gave her an annoyed glance and backed off.

"Oh yeah, by the way, what are you doing in this dangerous place?" Regal asked her.

"Well, just to tell you, I'm a half-elf. I needed to go visit my mommy who's an elf," she replied sweetly.

"Lies! You're lying!" Tsumaru shouted. Regal restrained her.

"I guess we should take her to Heimdall then," Regal said. Lloyd nodded. Presea took Kara's hand.

"Let's go then," the swordsman said and they made their way to Heimdall.

-Heimdall (Oh, and by the way, it's almost night now in Heimdall. I'm weird and I made the time speed up to fit my story.)-

It was getting dark when the group had just finished introducing themselves to Kara.

"Wow! I'm so happy! I have human friends now! Wait till I tell Mommy!" she cried out in joy.

"Well, talking about your mom. Don't you think you should go to her now?" Colette asked.

"I bet she's worried about you…" Genis said. The little girl nodded.

"I will," she went for the door, "Oh yes, and thank you again!" She then bowed and skipped outside. Regal smiled.

"What a cute girl," he commented. Lloyd nodded in agreement. Tsumaru turned away in disgust. Genis gave her a worried look.

"Are you alright, Tsumaru?" In reply, Tsumaru kept silent. Sheena came back from reserving a room. The rest of them decided to go to their rooms to rest. However, Tsumaru went out the door. Huh? What's she up to now? , Genis thought. Maybe I should follow her. And so he did.

Tsumaru headed for Ymir Forest, but a guard stopped her.

"Hey, look girl. It's almost evening. It's dangerous if you go out there," he said. Tsumaru gave him an annoyed look.

"Do I look like I care? No!" she protested and continued. Abruptly, Genis was stopped for the same reason.

"I- I'm with her!" he shouted and the guards let him through. The half-elf continued to follow the tomboy. The both of them were long past the guard when Tsumaru halted. She looked around and turned. Genis gasped.

"Why have you been following me?" she asked. The half-elf boy shivered.

"Um… I wanted to see what you were up to," he stammered. Then, there was a noise in one of the bushes. Tsumaru immediately turned around and examined the landscape.

"Who's there? Come out now!" she demanded and a figure came out of the bushes. It was Kara. She had taken out her ribbons and her green hair rested upon her shoulders. She looked much more grown up this way.

"What are you doing here Kara?" Genis asked. Kara smirked at him, but then directed her attention to Tsumaru.

"It's been a long time, Tsumaru. I missed you so much! Why did you leave me to die? You're so mean!" she cried, but Tsumaru paid no attention.

"Shut up! You're not Kara! Kara's dead and she'll be that way forever!" the tomboy shouted.

"Oh, you mean, you don't believe I'm Kara?"

"Never, you brat!" The girl then laughed. It was a shrill laughter that was so horrible it could break windows.

"Good job. You're right. I'm not Kara," she said. Genis gasped and shivered.

"Then, who are you?" he managed to ask.

"I am the Serpent of Hate. Hate, hate, hate. Ah, what a lovely thing it is, right, Tsumaru?" she enticed. Tsumaru backed away.

"I knew you were a Serpent all along…" Tsumaru admitted. Then, the girl transformed. At first, she was just the cute little girl who won everyone's hearts. Then, she became a hideous dragon-looking monster with gigantic fangs.

"Come and fight!"

A/N: Yea… I'll continue the fight in my next chapter. Well, this chapter was longer and I hope all of you liked it! Please review!