"Kratos, Lloyd." Anna whispered as turned to them. Her eyes shone with remembrance. Kratos's hand flew to his neck before remembering that he had given the locket to Lloyd. Lloyd put a hand on his Exsphere. Silence fell between the three. The rest of the group stared.
"Well, well. So this is Lloyd and Kratos Aurion." Tobias said calmly.
"I knew somehow she was familiar. So this is Lloyd's mother." Zelos said. Everyone else was silent. Mithos spoke up.
"Well, sorry to break up this family reunion but what the hell did you do to my sister." Mithos yelled. Anna turned to him, annoyed.
"Shut up, you stupid midget. You're even more annoying then what he said." Anna said, growling.
"What he said?" Mithos asked before it hit him. "KRATOS!"
"Heh." Kratos smirked. Mithos gave him a death glare, before turning to Anna.
"What did you do to my sister?" Mithos repeated, his eyes flashing. Anna sighed.
"Use your eyes. I simply used the Chosen's given Mana in a combination with my Mana to create a body for your sister." Anna snapped. Everyone stared at her.
"Really?" Mithos said. Anna nodded. Mithos knelt by the body beside Collette's and flipped it over carefully. Mithos's eyes reflected pure happiness as he looked into his sister's face.
"She won't wake now. Her consciousness needs time to adapt to the new body." Anna said.
"Thank you." Mithos was nearly crying with joy. He started to refocus after a few minutes.
"I must continue my plan. I must remove discrimination." Anna shook her head.
"You don't have to. You heard Martel, the way you're going is wrong. What will come out of an Age of Lifeless Beings? Nothing. You still can give this world another chance. If you won't do it for yourself, do it for Martel." Anna said. Mithos stared at her.
"Maybe I could…NO!...STOP THIS." Mithos fell to the ground as his appearance started to switch rapidly from adult to child.
"I should have guessed. Mithos's hatred of everything else has grown so big that it managed to create another side of him. The adult form, Yggdrasil, leader of Cruxis, represents his hated side. Mithos, the child, is the form that was rarely used, reflected his former self. They have become two separate beings in one body." Anna said as her hand started to glow again. Tobias and Arwen started.
"Lady Anna, I doubt you have enough strength to do this after separating the Chosen and Martel." Tobias said as he approached. Arwen nodded.
"He's right. You may not survive." Anna shook her head.
"Doesn't matter." Light surrounded Mithos as Anna started to sweat. Kratos silently approached and put his hand forward. Light glowed from it at he made contact with Anna's back.
"Kratos is transmitting Mana to keep Anna going." Tobias said, explaining to the confused group.
'You don't really have to do that' Anna said mentally to Kratos.
'Actually, I do." Kratos replied. The separation was nearly complete when it happened.
"DEATH EATER" A light blast erupted from the cocoon of light, throwing Kratos and Anna back. Kratos took the worst of the blow.
"You pitiful humans try to stop me? I'll take the Great Seed and leave this planet." Yggdrasil yelled, appearing in adult form. Mithos lay on the ground, unconscious.
"Damn it." Arwen growled as she prepared her spear. Tobias's silver highlights started to spread. Anna got to her feet.
"Don't even try and play the hero, Kratos. Shining Bind drained you of all your energy and that Mana transfer left you with nothing." Anna said to Kratos who attempted to get up.
"Like father, like son. Both are stubborn." Zelos commented as he drew out his sword. Arwen glared at him.
"Don't screw up." She growled. Zelos smirked.
"I don't plan to." Zelos calmly replied. "I have some redeeming to do."
"What chance do you think you have? Not even this pathetic idiot could control me." Yggdrasil kicked Mithos's unconscious body. Tobias seem to freeze up.
"What are you doing?" Tobias asked in anger. Yggdrasil turned to him.
"What does he matter to you?" Yggdrasil asked.
"He doesn't. You just don't attack someone who can't even protect themselves." Tobias growled in anger. Arwen and Anna gulped.
"A weakling deserves to die." Yggdrasil sneered.
"Wrong move." Arwen said as Tobias's hair went completely silver. His eyes turned demonic and his face held no mercy.
"Well, he's done for." Anna commented. Everyone stared at her.
"What happened to him?" Genis said weakly, looking at the new transformation. Arwen sighed.
"I'm going to come out clean. Tobias is a demon. He takes on the appearance of a human to blend in, but that isn't his true form. His power increases dramatically and he will not give up until either he's dead or his opponent is." Arwen said. Everyone stared at Tobias, who was silent.
"So, a demon? Well, nothing too hard to handle." Yggdrasil said as he raised his hand. "DEATH-" Tobias was already behind him and put his right hand into a form like it was a gun, with the index finger forward.
"REI GUN" An energy blast erupted from his index finger and smashed right into Yggdrasil's back. Zelos rushed forward.
"DEMON SPEAR" Zelos released a shockwave first before twirling and striking Yggdrasil. Arwen rushed forward with her spear.
"RAPID TEMPO ASSAULT" The spear moved back and forward in a quick rhythm, stabbing Yggdrasil multiple times. Yggdrasil teleported quickly, but Tobias perceived the movement and teleported as well, right in front of him. Tobias brought his fist back and punched. Hard.
Yggdrasil went flying into the opposite side of the room where Anna stood, seemingly without a weapon.
"Mom!" Lloyd yelled, but Anna smiled.
"Don't worry, Lloyd." Anna took out a rose and seemingly whips it forward. The rose turned into a whip with thorns on it.
"Is it just me, or did the room just smelled nicer?" Genis asked.
"This is all fascinating. The rose whip emits a flowery smell. I wonder for what purpose?" Raine wondered. Anna stood at the ready. Yggdrasil thought fast and teleported.
Anna moved her whip to the right and slashed right at Yggdrasil who appeared right there. The whip sliced deep into Yggdrasil's arm who yelled in pain as red blood stained his clothes.
"Impossible." Regal said in amazement. Kratos shook his head.
"No, not quite. The flowery scent allows Anna to pick up Yggdrasil's aura from anywhere. If Yggdrasil teleports, Anna will already know and strike first." Kratos said. Everyone stared at Anna.
"So basically, Yggdrasil can't teleport because he'll be worse off then he would be if he just flew over there." Persea said. Kratos nodded.
"What are you going to do now?" Anna asked as the four approached.
"I'm not done." Yggdrasil drew out two swords and moved into a familiar stance.
"That's Lloyd's stance." Genis said.
"No, it's the stance that Kratos taught him." Raine said.
"Of course, with the same teacher, it would be expected that it would be the same style." Kratos said coolly. Everyone stared at him.
"You taught Mithos how to fight?" Sheena asked.
"Yes, he was my apprentice." Kratos said. Anna rushed forward.
"I don't really care who his teacher was, he's going down." Anna moved her whip quick and fast. A blade flashed and the whip was parried away. Arwen leaped over Anna, and slashed. As the sword clashed against the blade on top of the spear, sending sparks flying, Zelos rushed forward.
"To move to block one attack, you left yourself right open. What the?" Zelos clashed blades with the second blade.
"Damn, I forgot he had two blades." Zelos cursed.
"However, now he's really left open." Anna said as she let her whip fall. Tobias appeared behind Yggdrasil, preparing to strike, stopped.
"WAIT! It's a spell." Tobias yelled. Anna froze in the motion.
"HOLY LANCE" Panels of light formed around, sending light energy everywhere causing the four to scatter, trying to avoid the attack.
"If we had been there a second before, we would have been hit hard. He purposely tried to lead us into that attack." Zelos said as he leaped back. Yggdrasil started to focus again.
"JUDGEMENT" Light beams fell from the sky, causing the four to scatter even more. Yggdrasil teleported right in front of Anna.
"You're going to pay for that injury on my arm." Yggdrasil raised his sword. Tobias appeared from behind him.
"I don't think so. REI-"Yggdrasil teleported, leaving Anna right in front of Tobias about to fire.
"Stop it." Anna yelled. Tobias growled as his hand glowed brighter.
"I can't stop. Get out of the way." Tobias yelled. Anna sighed.
"If you won't move it, I will." Anna kicked Tobias's hand to her left. The blast released as Yggdrasil appeared again, striking him hard and off guard. Anna rushed forward to the stunned Yggdrasil.
"You think I would fall for that? Take this." Anna moved her whip up and slashed. Yggdrasil parried. Arwen and Zelos rushed forward.
"This again? Oh well." Yggdrasil brought his swords up to parry. Tobias teleported right in front of him.
"What the-?" Tobias punched him right in the stomach, sending him flying back. Tobias leaped after him as his hands seem to turn to claws. The claws cut right into Yggdrasil's flesh and Tobias stopped.
"How do you want this? Quick or painful?" Tobias asked as he removed his claws which were stained with blood. There was a dark grin on his face.
"This isn't over, you miserable demon." Yggdrasil yelled. Tobias smirked.
"Painful, then." Tobias grinned , moving his 'hand' back and Yggdrasil teleported.
"Nice try." Tobias said calmly still facing the spot where Yggdrasil has just lain. Yggdrasil appeared behind him, raising his swords but stopped.
Zelos struck him right from behind with his sword, right through the chest. Blood stained his sword as Yggdrasil seem to fall on it. Zelos drew the sword out of Yggdrasil as Yggdrasil staggered.
"I'm not dead, yet." Yggdrasil coughed. Zelos started to glow.
"You will be in a few seconds. Unlike Tobias, I'm not in for torturing my enemies." Tobias growled at that statement. Zelos's angel wings came out. "SHINING BIND" Light flashed everywhere and struck Yggdrasil, causing him to disintegrate. The Cruxis Crystal still remained. Genis walked over and picked it up.
"It's over." Zelos said as he sheathed his sword. Kratos shook his head.
"Not quite. Lloyd, if you want to release Origin's seal, then you will have to defeat me." Kratos walked away. Lloyd called after him.
"Kratos, wait!"
"I'll be waiting for you at the last seal." And with that, he was gone.
This one was kind of dicey because I kind of went off my usual battle style and started to switch back to how I used to write (You won't find it in my author profile). I just want you guys to look over this and give me improvements. Thanks to a certain reviewer who gave me a reality check and who made me realise that I was focused too much on techs and so I added some real combat to see how you guys would react. Please tell me if you like it or not.
There is not going to be fighting in the next chapter but just a little romance (Reason for the pairing). I'm also going to ask for a new poll since only one person answered the poll.
Should this story include the side quests as well or not?
Was the revival of Martel and Mithos turning good not well done?
Should I add more of the PS2 techs in here?
When should I stop asking questions?
Replies To Reviews:
Sircnotilih: Why do you have the hardest name to spell? And your pretty good on the name. I didn't think anyone would make that connection.
Lifedeath: Thanks for the review. I tried to follow your ideas in this chapter. Tell me what you think. And thanks for writing to Green Magi.
DemonDragon000: Yes, she is.
Lloyd (Irving) Aurion: I would agree about Zelos. And yes, what you want is coming soon. And the girl just hates player. Thanks for participation in the poll, at least.
Warprince2000: Thanks.