Oh man! Finally get time for another Chapter! This one will be fairly short but thats because soon I go on vacation to New Zealand and I got to pack

Lloyd: How could you leave me waiting for so long? T.T

Huggles I'm sorry Lloyd

Kratos:... Heh

Lloyd> > ; don't laugh at me


Chapter 3 - Illusion Skill

"Sigh, I wish the professor would study me..."

"Ugh Zelos, you're such a pig."

"Aw, don't say that Sheena." He replied teasingly, giving her a smirk "Would it hurt you to admit that you love me?"

"Eugh. You've got to be kidding me…"

"Please, we shouldn't be fighting each other." Collette bravely chirped in holding her hands together "We have to be quiet so the Professor can work, for Lloyds sake."

Sheena looked away grumbling and Zelos sat down and flicked his hair, feeling quite please with himself. 'She so wants me'

"Fascinating…" Raine suddenly murmured observing Lloyd's exsphere closer. "The exsphere has actually changed colour. I wonder why?"

Everyone walked closer and swarmed around to look at his now purple exsphere.

"I'm not an animal in a zoo you guys." Lloyd commented huffily, causing Regal, Collette and Presea to take a few steps back to make him feel less crowded.

"Heh, you could have fooled me."

"Shut up Genis! Professor Sage, do you know what's happening to me?"

"… I'm not quite sure yet." She paused and then gave Lloyd a look of concern "I couldn't help but notice the other day you called me mom."

"I… did?"

She frowned "Yes, you did. Have you seen seeing images of your mother at all?"

Lloyd gulped. He knew he had but he did not want to talk about it… Why did the Professor always pay attention to such tiny details? 'I guess that's why she's a Professor…'

"Oh Lloyd that must be terrible!" Collette said with a loud gasp "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Well, I thought they were just weird dreams."

Raine folded her arms and mused for a moment "… Lloyd, did you see Kratos in your dreams as well?"

"Professor Sage? How did you…"

"Know?" She finished shaking her head a little "It's fairly obvious. I think that it is a possibility that the memories of your exsphere are somehow taking a visible form. I just don't know why…"

"Oh! Oh, wait a second!" Collette bounced up and down on her toes and her eyes lit up like an idea "Lloyd has been trying to learn angel skills! Remember?"

Lloyd shrugged, "So what?"

"When using angel skills, one has to tap into their power with the exsphere. This results in it becoming more active then it would usually be. Hmmm, now this is just theory, but it's possible that when Lloyd activated the deeper power of the exsphere…"

"Then he would be able to make illusions, even if he did it subconsciously, like what Mithos did to us with the Derris Emblem?" Genis thought aloud.

"Exactly!"

Lloyd gave a small sigh; this was starting to give him a headache.

"This doesn't make any sense…"