The time has come, everyone. The final chapter of 'The Quest for True Love'... I'm going to miss writing it! Well... I don't want to draw out this intro-to-the-end, so just... enjoy. It's a mixture of cheap laughs and fluff, and I think it ended fairly well.

Zelos: You meant to say that I exclude masculine sexiness.

Sheena: What "Sexiness" you philanderer!

Zelos: Oh stop, you flatter me. Ah ha ha ha.

Lloyd: Professor, what is a "Philanderer"? Is it something to eat?

Raine: I don't think you'd want to eat one...

Presea: Philanderer...an insincere man who plays around with many women.

Lloyd: Oh, so in other words, Zelos.

Zelos: ...it's not fun at all when you put it like that.

(Yeah, I know; I cut out some of the skit… It was long.)

Disclaimer: Even though we've reached the end, I still don't own Tales of Symphonia... How sad. I also don't own the song "Blue and Yellow" by The Used. (You'll see what that has to do with anything later)

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The Quest for True Love Chapter XII: Mission Complete!

Fifteen years have passed since that journey across Tethe'alla. During that quest, I hadn't learned what it really was to fall in love, and I still hadn't even begun to experience it. I just kept on flirting with every girl that I met, hoping deep down that just maybe one of them could show me what it really meant to care for someone. I had learned the lesson that love isn't going to come when you're looking for it, and love isn't going to come so spontaneously, but I figured: what the hell? May as well have fun while I'm waiting for love!

...True love. That's what I was really waiting for all of that time. Now that I've fallen in love – and remained in love – I know that it was totally worth the long wait.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

Anticipation flowed through Zelos' veins as he approached the front door of his home, eager to be united with his love after a short day apart; what an amazing feeling to be so excited to see someone whom you wake up with every day. There was once a time when he was unsure of whether or not this love would ever come to him... but it had. And he savoured it each and every day.

Zelos entered his home and immediately saw her; his wife, his love, his world. He swiftly walked up to her and pulled her into a tender embrace. "I missed you," he whispered while holding her as close as he could.

"Well, who can blame you after a whole, measly day apart?" she teased, looking up at him, her chocolate brown eyes glimmering with mischief.

Smiling discreetly at her reaction, Zelos pretended to be hurt, "Oh! My heart... you sadden me, thinking it a big joke!"

"You are a big joke." Zelos could feel her snuggling further into his warm embrace, and it brought even more contentment to him. "...But I did miss you, too," she admitted finally.

The world's former Chosen grinned, "You always do..." he paused dramatically for a moment, "...Sheena."

She lifted her head to stare at him, and silently laughed, "Jeez, you're quite the drama queen..." she was silent for a second, mimicking his pause before adding, "...Zelos." Unable to resist his temptations further, Zelos pulled Sheena into a kiss. The couple stood there, conspicuously in the middle of the room, locked in their passionate kiss. Their hands roved across each other's bodies – mainly Zelos' hands exploring Sheena's body – and occasionally Zelos would pull out of the kiss to whisper loving words to Sheena, only to have her force his lips back onto hers.

"Mom, Da—AAH! I really don't need to see you guys do that!"

Zelos and Sheena pulled away from each other and looked towards the boy standing at the house's back doorway; he looked to be about twelve years old with very dark red hair and bright brown eyes. He was wearing traditional male Mizuho clothes and had a look of pure horror on his face—wide eyes, mouth open... you know the look. "Skyler, you're home..." Zelos observed rather disappointedly while staring at his son.

"Yeah, I'm home!" Skyler shouted, "I just got home, and this is what I see! Ugh, do you... do that every day...?" he asked hesitantly.

Sheena shook her head, "No, you just picked a really bad day to walk into the house at this hour." She and Zelos both laughed, while Skyler just tried to clear all disturbing thoughts out of his mind.

"You both disgust me," he proclaimed at last, "I really don't know how I got stuck with you two as parents."

"Well, if you want the in-depth description..."

"NO!" both Sheena and Skyler snapped, stopping Zelos.

The former Chosen smiled innocently. "I was just joking. But in all seriousness..." he walked over to his son and placed a hand on his shoulder, glancing back towards Sheena, "I've never told you the story of how I wooed your mother, did I?"

Skyler simply looked at Zelos sceptically, "No. And I really couldn't care less about what brought you guys together."

"That's too bad," Zelos said, getting Skyler into a headlock, "'Cause you're going to listen to it, anyway." Skyler grunted, struggling to free himself from his dad's grip. Unfortunately for him, Zelos was just as physically strong as ever, and no matter how long the boy trained, he could not stand up to his father's strength. He eventually gave in and let Zelos talk. How long could he possibly reminisce? "All right, so it was... uh... a lot of years ago, and I was courting your mom."

"Courting?" Sheena repeated, raising an eyebrow, "Zelos, if that's what you call 'courting', then that must mean that you 'courted' every single woman that you met."

Zelos sighed in defeat, "Okay, fine... so that's not the right word to use. But I was coming to realize that I actually cared about Sheena, and it was all a matter of getting her to realize that she cared for me, too. How was I to achieve this? Well, one fine summer evening I snuck into Mizuho and went to Sheena's house. She stepped outside looking absolutely stunning, and I serenaded her with a song. It was the most romantic..."

This was when Sheena finally interrupted, "You have it wrong," she stated, "It wasn't that perfect, at all!" Zelos stared at her enquiringly, and Skyler simply nodded to whatever was said, acting as though he was paying attention when he really was not. "Zelos, you showed up at my door in the middle of the night while I was trying to sleep, and then when I asked why you were there, you just grinned like a complete idiot. I was too out of it to even question your intentions anymore, so I just let you do as you would... which somehow ended up in you singing to me quite badly."

"Whoa, whoa. You're the one who's got it wrong, Sheena."

As his parents disputed, Skyler was beginning to grow interested. Their disagreements were usually about petty things such as this, and really were not all that serious, which is what made them so amusing to the young boy. Skyler continued to watch as Sheena and Zelos argued back and forth with statements such as 'That's not what happened!' 'Oh, really? Then tell me what did.' 'Okay, I will!' After long remaining silent, Skyler broke in, "Mom, Dad! Maybe it'd work better if you both put your memories together and stopped making up the stuff that you don't remember!" he then added under his breath, "Next thing you know, they're going to say that some magical green pixies appeared and yelled at them until they agreed to marry each other or something..."

"What did you just say, Sky?" Sheena inquired.

Muttering, her son answered, "That you're on drugs."

"Say that again."

"Nothing, Mom."

Accepting his blatant lie, the two adults then returned to considering Skyler's previous suggestion of combining their memories.. "All right, let's put it all together," Sheena agreed finally, "I'll start the story, then. It was well after midnight when I was awoken from my sleep..."

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Knock, knock.

Sheena's eyes slowly opened and she lazily sat up in her bed. "Am I... hearing things?" she asked herself, looking out towards the window. She could see the crescent moon shining in the clear, royal blue sky. Judging by the moon's height, it must have been past midnight. Suddenly, Sheena heard the knocking again. "Argh, what the hell?" she growled under her breath, tossing aside her blanket and getting out of bed. She made her way through the small house, towards the front door... but then when the knocking began again, she realized that it was coming from the back door. "This is strange," Sheena commented aloud, finally coming to her senses that it was not normal for someone to be knocking on your back door in the middle of the night. Cautiously, the ninja opened the door to be greeted by... "Zelos!" she shouted, staring at the man before her in disbelief.

"Didja miss me?" he inquired with a smirk.

"For the love of... What are you doing here!" Zelos simply continued to gaze at her; that smug smile on his face. Despite her clear frustration, Sheena felt compelled to be kind to him. After all, he was not a bad person... just not the brightest when it came to certain things. "Come on in," she invited with a sigh.

Without any hesitation, Zelos stepped past her, into the house. Sheena closed the back door and then joined him in the main room. Zelos looked her up and down for a moment, "You're looking fine today, hunny!"

Blushing, Sheena glanced down at herself to find that she was still wearing her nightclothes. "Ugh, you pervert!" she accused, folding her arms in front of her chest awkwardly, "Just... stay here. I'll be right back." She went off into the other room and quickly got changed into her normal clothing before returning to where Zelos was obediently waiting. "Why are you here?" Sheena asked at last.

"I've figured it out," Zelos replied matter-of-factly, although he failed to mention was 'it' was... and why it was so necessary to inform her in the dead of night.

"Figured what out?"

Leaning against a wall, Zelos stretched his arms over his head and calmly answered, "True love. I've figured out what it is." Sheena did not register what he was saying... Or more accurately, she did not register why he was announcing this to her... in the middle of the friggin' night! "Do you remember that bet we made a couple of years ago?" It took a moment for Sheena to scan through her memories and recall it, but she did, and she nodded to indicate so. "Well, the reason that I couldn't find my love anywhere was because I just didn't know what true love was. But I know now! And that's why I'm going to succeed where Orochi failed!"

Sheena tilted her head slightly in confusion. "Excuse me?"

"I'm going to win you over through song." Sheena could feel the nervousness building up in the pit of her stomach, but... she was also kind of happy about what he was saying. He loved her. That... was what he meant, right? "Prepare to swoon over me, baby" Zelos said with a grin before he cleared his throat and began to sing:

"And it's all in how you mix the two

And it starts just where the light exists

It's a feeling that you cannot miss

And it burns a hole

Through everyone that feels it."

He was a terrible singer. There was no denying that. But in that moment, Sheena did not care. The lyrics of the song had peaked her curiosity, and she wanted to know if there was any particular reason that he had chosen to sing it. Trying to hear through Zelos' forced, out-of-tune voice, Sheena listened...

"Well you're never gonna find it

If you're looking for it

Won't come your way

Well you'll never find it

If you're looking for it."

Love. That was what he was singing about, was he not? Was this his lesson in true love?

"Should've done something but I've done it enough

By the way your hands were shaking

Rather waste some time with you,

And you never would have thought in the end

How amazing it feels just to live again

It's a feeling that you cannot miss

It burns a hole through everyone that feels it."

Not only was he singing about love in itself, but also he was singing about it... to her. Sheena could feel her face heating up as he gazed at her, singing his words of love. Curse the fact that he was so incredibly tone deaf! He was so untalented that it made it difficult to take him serious at a time when Sheena really and truly desired to.

"Should've said something but I've said it enough

By the way my words were faded

Rather waste some time with you.

Waste some time with you..."

Then, silence came between them. Zelos stared at Sheena with hopeful eyes, awaiting her reaction to the meaning behind his performance. Everything that he had said was so meaningful, and Sheena appreciated it so much, but there was a part of her that had to... break into laughter. Zelos jerked back slightly, surprised by the fact that she suddenly began laughing. "Sh... Sheena?"

"Zelos, I'm sorry!" the summoner forced herself to say, "That was the most romantic thing I've ever experienced, but you are the worst singer I have ever heard in my life!"

The former Chosen's face had turned slightly red, although he still had a huge smile on his face, "I still managed to make my point, right? I... did better than Orochi?"

Sheena nodded, recovered from her fit of laughter, "Yes, Zelos... You did a hell of a lot better than Orochi. You chose the perfect song, and I'll even grant you extra points for trying to sing it, too." She moved closer to him, smiling, "It also helps that... I return your feelings... I used to think that you were an inconsiderate imbecile, but the more time I spent with you—" Sheena's words were cut short as Zelos enclosed his arms around her, pulling her body against his and kissing her.

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"And that was the night that I won the bet!" Zelos finished up the story, a proud grin tugging at his lips.

Still lost in the memories of that night, Sheena nodded absent-mindedly... then she processed what Zelos had just said. "Wait... what? You never won the bet!" she retorted.

"Sure I did," Zelos insisted, "I travelled Tethe'alla and found my true love!"

Sheena shook her head in objection, "No! You were supposed to find your true love the first time around! You had to travel Tethe'alla and Sylvarant at least twice before you realized that you were in love with me!"

"Well then, why did I get the prize?"

"What?"

"The prize!" Zelos was wearing a mischievous smirk as he said, "I saw you naked that night, so it must mean that I won the bet."

Sheena's face flushed in that familiar mixture of anger and embarrassment that Zelos had seen so many times before. She quickly snuck a glance towards her son, whom was covering his ears to avoid hearing anything that they had to say on this... matter. "Zelos! I highly doubt that Sky wants to hear what happened that night! And... and that's not even what happened! I remained chaste until marriage!"

"Pft! No you didn't! You put out after I proposed!" Zelos persisted, although Sheena quickly gave him a 'hint' by clasping her hand over his mouth to make sure that he did not get the chance speak.

Muffled objections came from the redhead as he tried to pry off her hand to no avail. Finally, he resulted in using the last childish resort: licking the palm of her hand. Sheena yelped, pulling away and giving Zelos the satisfaction. "Oh, that was juvenile," Sheena remarked, good-humouredly glaring at her husband.

Zelos grinned proudly, "You're the one who withdrew, hunny." The summoner pouted. "Back the original subject..." Skyler gave a small cry of 'no', but Zelos ignored him, "...It's true enough that I didn't see you nude that night, but I still did eventually. And that's what counts and makes it so that I won the bet... not that that even matters. I just want to remember our past fun, is all!" Tethe'alla's ex-Chosen carried on with determination, only to be silenced as Sheena lightly punched him in the arm, "Ey! Fine... I won't talk about it anymore... I'll just replay things in my mind."

"You're both sick," Skyler accused, "I'm going to my friend's house like I was originally telling you before Dad decided it'd be fun to tell me about how you two got together." Sheena gave him a nod that said 'yes, it's best that you do that'. "Bye." With that, Skyler left out the front door, murmuring inaudible things to himself that he would most likely be repeating to a therapist when he was older.

After that, Sheena sighed and looked toward Zelos again. He was actually having fantasies of their past. "You are pathetic," Sheena teased, flicking Zelos with her finger to get his attention. He jumped upon getting pulled out of his own world so suddenly. "I said you're pathetic," Sheena repeated.

"I know," Zelos agreed, "But what are you gonna do about it?"

"Nothing," she replied, "because that's one of the reasons that I love you... I'm not sure why, though."

Zelos and Sheena smiled at each other, and then the swordsman took Sheena in his arms, returning to that kiss that Skyler had interrupted earlier. After some time, Zelos pulled away and whispered, "You're just as beautiful as you were back then."

"How cheesy," Sheena muttered, briefly kissing him again, "But I must admit, you're just as pretty as you were back then."

Zelos beamed, "Why thank you, Sheena!" The summoner giggled softly as Zelos playfully locked his arms around her waist. They leaned closer to each other again, however before their lips could meet, a dagger flew in between them and impaled the wall. They both promptly pulled back from each other and glanced towards the doorway. "Orochi!" Zelos shouted, noticing the blue-clad ninja whom was standing at the entrance of their home, "What was that about?"

Orochi calmly walked across the room and began struggling to pull his dagger out of the wall, "You know the... stupid dagger... rules." The Igaguri follower firmly gripped onto the dagger with both hands and pushed against the wall with his foot for extra strength. "Love is a private thi—Whoa!" The dagger loosened up and Orochi fell backwards onto the floor with a loud crash.

"True, Orochi... but when we're inside our house, it is private. People aren't supposed to just let themselves inside," Sheena warned, sending an annoyed stare towards her friend.

"Fine," Orochi gave in as he picked himself up off of the ground, "But I need your aid in regards to village matters, Chief Sheena."

Sheena nodded, "Okay, vice-chief Orochi," she mocked his formal naming, "Just give me a sec." Mizuho's chief walked over to her husband and boldly planted a kiss on his lips. After a moment, Sheena pulled away and immediately noticed Orochi's glare, "We're still in my house," she reminded him. Orochi said nothing more and exited through the doorway. Sheena laughed slightly at her friend's stern personality. "I'll see you later, Zelos," she said, following Orochi outside.

"See you, Sheena."

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So... Sheena was my love all along. I don't think that I was too dense to realize it; I just think that love isn't something to pop up and say: 'Hey! I'm here! Tell this chick she's the only one for you!' Nah. It's more discreet than that... plus, if I went up to a girl and professed my love to her, she'd be scared. The little bastard named love enjoys playing mind games, too. I mean—it took me ages to see how much I cared for Sheena... and after all of the time I had spent with her, too...

My 'Quest for True Love' may not have given me all of the answers right away, however in the long run, it really played a big role in leading me to my one and only true love. Or maybe it'd be more accurate to say: it developed the affection that already existed, and brought me closer to that true love. There may have been trials, but it was aaaall worth it in the end... I love my life, and my life is Sheena.

(The End)

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So... Who didn't see that coming? I mean... c'mon. My options were either Zelos x Sheena, or Zelos x someone else... What did you expect a diehard Sheelos fan to do? XD I know that half of you are saying 'yay!' while the other half are going 'why...? Why!' But this is the way that it happened, and I hope that when it comes down to it, this fic managed to give you a few worthy laughs.

And here's some more good news: I'm going to write another humour story (staying in character, like this one)! It could be considered as linked to TQFTL, by means that it takes place after Sheena and Zelos had gotten together, but before they were married. Here's the summary I've established: Sheena and Zelos have been living together in Mizuho for quite some time, and Zelos has finally decided to take the big step and propose to his love. Easy, right? Not with Igaguri and Tiga in the way, it isn't! Umm... yeah. I have the first chapter up, but I want to work on some other things before I start posting it. I hope that you guys read it, even if you're not Sheelos fans! Believe it or not, the Sheelos aspect won't be too prominent.

A huge thank you to everyone who has read this story; whether they started reading from when I posted first chapter, or if they just read the entire thing now... Thank you! Your reviews and support always keep me on track in my writing. Shout-outs to you all! See ya around! –The Zelda Master.