Meep! My apologies that it took so long for an update! And this chapter's quite short, actually... sorry about that, too! Anyway... enough of my comments! On with the show– Er... story... But first! In celebration of Zelos being so sick-minded, I shall have a random conversation/quote involving Zelos from the game at the beginning of each chapter!


Lloyd: This "weightlessness" stuff is hard to handle.

Zelos: It's pretty fun! Just imagine inviting a girl you like up here! You could have fun in all sorts of ways you couldn't normally!

Lloyd: What? Like playing tag or something?

Zelos: Sigh. You're a boring guy, Lloyd.


And now, on to the fic!

Disclaimer: In case you haven't figured it out, I'm neither rich, famous, nor successful... so in other words, I'm not part of Namco, and I don't own Tales of Symphonia.


The Quest for True Love

{Chapter III: Sanctuary!! – Flanoir}

Zelos and Sheena finally arrived at 'The Snowy City', Flanoir. Without any delay, Zelos' eyes began scanning the area, searching for any attractive hunnies. "Man, this isn't a very sexy view..." he murmured as he tried to decipher the genders of Flanoir's residents. Sheena had been correct on one thing... it would be difficult to find a romantic interest when coats and scarves shielded the appearance of everyone in town.

"I told you, Zelos. But you didn't listen," Sheena stated plainly, "You're not going to find love here... so we may as well just leave. I'm freezing..." Sheena folded her arms around her body to try and keep from turning into a giant icicle.

Tethe'alla's Chosen's eyes suddenly gleamed with excitement, "May I do the honours of warming you up?"

Sheena stared at Zelos in disbelief, "Zelos, I'm the one who you told your Flanoir fantasy to!" Zelos tilted his head, imploring that she get to the point. "...No." The Chosen pouted, but quickly regained his enthusiasm as his eyes wandered towards the window of one of the houses. It was now Sheena's turn to await an explanation, "Hey... What are you looking at so intently?"

Zelos slowly approached the house, and sunk down to his knees, discreetly peering through the window, "A stunning hunny in the process of changing her clothes..."

"Zelos!!" Sheena shrieked in disgust. Zelos leapt to his feet to go and silence Sheena, but he was too late as the woman to turned her head and caught a quick glimpse of a certain redhead standing outside her window. Without delay, she covered herself and seemed to shout something to another person in the house.

Sheena anxiously glanced towards Zelos, who merely shrugged it off... that is, until the front door of the house was swung open and a rather brawny man stepped outside with the victim of Zelos' wandering eyes hiding behind him. "Are you the sick bastard who was peeping at my wife!?" Zelos gulped nervously as he studied the abnormally large muscles on the man, although he quickly regained his composure as Chosen and opened his mouth to give his regular speech... however he was stripped of his pride as the hefty man's eyes narrowed into an intense glare, "I'll make sure you die to regret it!!"

Frozen by sheer terror – as opposed to the cold – Zelos could only bring himself to watch as the man's shadow stretched out over him... bringing Zelos into literal darkness. "Pull yourself together, Zelos!" Sheena shouted. Once again, the Chosen failed to react. "Not even he deserves to be pummelled like this..." Sheena swiftly ran between Zelos and the man planning to kill him. "This has to be done..." Sheena pulled out one of her guardian seals and she and Zelos vanished in a thick shroud of mist.

Reappearing in the safety of Flanoir's doctor's house, Sheena immediately went to try and get Zelos to come out of his fazed state... but she became distracted by the shocked doctor, "What?! How did you– This is my office! Get out and wait in line!"

Sheena laughed uncomfortably, "Uhm... s-sure. Just give me a second." She clutched both of Zelos' shoulders and shook him urgently, "Come on... snap out of it..." the summoner pleaded silently.

Zelos suddenly shook his head, "Ah, man... What came over me? I feel like such a wimp..."

"Hurry. Let's get out of here," Sheena suggested, hurriedly removing her hands from Zelos and turning towards the door. "The doctor has work to do. We'll just get in his way." They stepped out of the building into the crisp, winter atmosphere. "What were you thinking, spying on that woman like that?!" Sheena scolded, "If I hadn't gotten you out of there, you would have been beaten to death!"

"You... care about what happens to me?" Zelos asked with a grin on his face. His companion turned her head away, a pink hue spreading across her face. "Aw... give me a hug, my violent banshee!" with outstretched arms, Zelos approached Sheena, only to fall forward into the cushion of snow when Sheena moved out of the way. The Chosen pushed off of the ground with his hands and got to his feet, brushing the snow off of his face, arms, shirt and pants. "All right, then. Continue denying it."

"S...so where are we going now? We can't possibly stay in Flanoir with that man out to kill you," stated Sheena.

Zelos chuckled to himself, "No worries. Even if we run into that guy again, I can take him. He just caught me off guard... I mean... how a man as hideous as him could be married to such a delicious hunny is beyond me... Sure he has the muscles of a strapping young buck, but he lacks the man-pretty face that only I, the Chosen of Tethe'alla, possess," he said calmly.

When Sheena went to respond to Zelos' arrogant comment, a very frustrated patient of the doctor cut her off. "What were you doing in the doctor's office?! You weren't even in the line!!"

Zelos grabbed Sheena's arm, "On second thought, I know where we can stay for now," and he pulled her towards the northernmost point of Flanoir... the church of Martel. The Chosen threw open the church doors and dragged Sheena inside, slamming the doors behind him. Apprehensive glances were sent towards the visitors as they both rested their backs on the closed doors, panting out of exhaustion from running the entire way. After catching his breath, Zelos weakly cried, "Sanctuary!"

The head priest glanced towards the two fatigued travellers, "Oh, my! You have clearly come a long way and must be worn out! Please rest here tonight. I will have the priestess take care of you both."

As if on reflex, the Chosen's eyes turned into hearts as he became lost in another fantasy, "Priest...ess..."

Sheena caught onto Zelos' thoughts immediately. She grabbed onto his arm and began to pull him out of the room, "Thank you, Pastor... but we can take care of ourselves. We only ask to use your resources," her voice become hushed when she turned to Zelos and whispered fiercely, "How can you even think of trying to hit on a priestess?? They're devout to a life of chastity, Zelos!"

Zelos wrinkled his nose, "Eww... why would someone choose to live a clean life?"

"I don't know..." Sheena said, glimpsing at Zelos from the corner of her eye, "...maybe to avoid ending up with someone like you."

"Hmph," Zelos pouted, wearing an insulted expression on his face, "That was harsh..." he sighed, "But such is to be expected from my violent banshee, isn't it?" he questioned, wearing a sly smirk on his face. Sheena merely groaned and continued pulling the Chosen out of the room. Once they were in the church's sleeping quarters, Sheena released Zelos and then proceeded to leave the room. "Hey, where are you going??"

The summoner looked back at Zelos, "There is no way that I'm going to be tricked into staying in the same room as you, Zelos. Either I find another place in the church to sleep, or I'll stay at the inn. I'm not risking being taken advantage of in my sleep."

Zelos tilted his head, "So you're just going to leave me here? What's to say that I won't take my chances with the priestess, then?"

"It doesn't matter. She'll know better than to get involved with you. Besides, we're leaving first thing tomorrow. There's nowhere safe in Flanoir anymore... So... just... think of where we can head tomorrow, okay?" Sheena then promptly left the room.

"Hmm..." Zelos laid down on his back on the bed, "Where can I go womanizing next...?"


[sobs] I didn't mean to do it... I didn't mean to!! [runs away, crying hysterically]

Zelos: What's with her?

Sheena: She decided to go with the route in Tales of Symphonia that got Kratos back in the party, which means... [whispers something in Zelos' ear]

Zelos: She did what to me?!

Sheena: Ssh!! It's a spoiler for people who don't know about it!! Anyway... here are the replies to reviews...


To Slades-Red-X – Okay... so that's one who wants the Sylvarant gang in. [takes note of it] Thanks for reading!

To Jutin T. Melanson – I take pride in my abilities of torturing Zelos. [smirks] Anyway... I'm glad that you like the fic so much! And I shall update as soon as I can!

To jellybeanz225 – Aw... sorry I didn't respond to your review last chapter. I was going to answer them all... then I realized that there were a lot. [sweatdrop] Heh, heh... glad you enjoyed Zelos' fantasy last chapter. I had fun writing it!

To potter29vo – Good to know that Sheena's character is improving. I'm trying to imagine her saying the things as I write them. As for Zelos... I tend to have the mind of a she-Zelos, so I can get into his perverted mode. [grins] You keep hoping for your SHEELOS story, but I shall never say the ending! Uhm... because... I... don't know how I'm going to end it yet... Hm, that reminds me... I need to review your story. [sweatdrops] I'm so lazy.

To ???????(And, once again, so on...) – Pft... I wouldn't say Zelos' handsomeness lets him fit in socially. I think his... er... maybe his... okay, it's his masculine sexiness.

To Ookami Aya – Well, I got Zelos back in ToS! But, eh... he's gone now. [hangs head in shame] Now I need to start another file and dedicate it to him. Glad you like the story!

To Ultimate Guesser – Ooh... crush-guessing abilities, eh? We'll find out how good they are as we approach the end of this fic. Mwahahaha!!


Once again, I really apologize for the slow update! I'm going to work my hardest to update again soon. Plus, I'd like to write a couple of serious ToS one-shots... Ah well. There is always time to write in homeroom! Thanks for reading, and until next time – sayonara!