Moon Cannon: Fine, I'll make it longer, thanks for reviewing, your story is good by the way, if a little confusing sometimes.
ObviousMan: Genis has taken on the personality of Black Mage!
Zelda's Fox 38: Well, how would you feel if Square made you an inaccessible boss in Final Fantasy and staying only as a rumor unless you seriously hack the game? He's been sealed for over 1000 years, no doubt he'd be hungry, but yes, you do have to feel sorry for them. Normally, yes, Lloyd would be zapped pretty badly, but you forget one thing, the Sardenox not only gives electric attack to a weapon, but also gives a slight resistance to it. Yuan is boring Botta to death, but he may have found a way out, I did find a rather Yuan shaped hole in my story…
Lloyd (Irving) Aurion: Well, I think you should reload it, minus the questions. And don't worry, Genis will be punished; he will have to face the power which is known only to mortals as…Colette Imposter.
Warprince2000: Well, just scroll down, you'll see.
Goldfish Demon: I turned Genis into a prankster; he is a little crazy however, because Sheena & Lloyd caused his brain to melt.
GM: And now, after a delay, the 5th chapter, which is not the last chapter.
Rydia: I'm taking over as muse!
GM: Where'd the others go?
At the Land of the Summoned Monsters
Bane: I blame you for this, Anti.
Anti: How was I supposed to know that Czar was one of her best friends from the Land?
Conscious: This is what happens when we let "nice" demonic muses decide stuff.
Bane: Why don't we just try to find our way back?
Back at fanfiction
Rydia: I have no idea.
GM: Really?
Rydia: How about we talk about something else? This chapter contains: Zelos bashing!
GM: Wait! You're supposed to do the disclaimer!
Rydia: Geez, just wait. Disclaimer: Green Magicite does not own Tales of Symphonia, Namco, Final Fantasy IV or VI, nor Square Enix
GM: Now, if you are a fan of Zelos, or don't like seeing thepink-haired chosen flirtingwithout shame, I suggest you read this anyway!
Oh my aching head, I feel like I've been stabbed by Last Fencer, then doused by Tidal Wave while being hit by one of Genis' Indignation Judgments… What did happen anyway? Lloyd was recovering from the bucket of water. Volt's power…Celsius power…Undine's power…I'm going to get back on Genis for this, he'll see… Before Lloyd could continue his plotting, he remembered who he was with, Sheena! Martel, please let her be okay…
He opened his eyes, dazed for a few moments. A few feet away from him was Presea, not yet recovered, but peaceful in this 'sleep'. She muttered a few unintelligible words, something about Genis. Focusing on his goal, he looked besides him; Sheena was leaned against the wall, unconscious.
Praying that she wouldn't suffer any serious damage, he gently picked her up and moved her to the couch which was mentioned in the previous chapter. Tenderly letting her rest on one side of the couch, he grabbed a blanket and draped it over her to keep her warm, he also took the Garnet that they had received from Efreet out and placed it on her finger to dry her off. He turned to Presea and gently picked her up and placed her next to Sheena, temporarily taking off the blanket and placing Presea under it. Then, as an afterthought, Lloyd removed both of the gems that did not belong to Efreet.
Going into a rather conveniently placed storage closet, Lloyd brought out a mop, and became cleaning up the mess which Genis had caused. I hope they recover soon, they might get that sickness, uh, what did Raine call it? Sypocania? The thing that you get when your body temperature takes a dangerous drop, well, the name doesn't matter, only that I remember it's bad.
As he was cleaning up the mess, Regal burst into the room, hiding stolen cookbooks behind his back, Lloyd was so occupied, he wouldn't notice a dragon choking down Genis, much less Regal holding stolen cookbooks. Regal didn't know that Lloyd was occupied, so he tried to play it cool like Zelos, not remembering that Zelos didn't escape the Flanoir mob, neither did he really.
"What's up Lloyd good buddy?" Regal was trying in everyway possible to be like Zelos. "Come on bud! Talk to me!" He slipped the cookbooks into the Bag for Holding Lots o' Stuff, which is where they kept everything from their journey, from Gels to Armor.
"Huh? Oh, hello Regal, did you find anything?" Lloyd desperately tried to leave the thought world he had put himself in. He leaned the mop against the wall, "What happened to Yuan?" Before Regal could answer, Lloyd cleaned up the cleaning materials by stuffing all of them into the storage closet. Regal patiently waited, no longer acting like Zelos as he was certain the cookbooks were safe. Lloyd then gave what Regal thought was his full attention to him, though in truth, Lloyd's mind was stuffed with feeling helpless over Presea and Sheena.
"Yuan? He, uh, went to bed." Regal was devious today, and it could only get worse. "I tried to persuade him to help, but he said he felt like his head was cleaved by Bahamut's Tear." Oh yeah! I rock at lying! Zelos got nothing on this!
"Poor Yuan…" Lloyd tried to get back to normal because Regal wasn't dumb, he'd realize what Presea didn't. "I mean, he should have helped, there is a psychopath in here and we have no idea what he or she looks like. I mean, it could be you for all we know."
"Are you suggesting something?" Regal asked, almost slipping back into Zelos mode.
"Of course not, I was just pointing out the possibility that it may be one of us, after all, Yuan did suspect us." Lloyd had to mentally keep himself from checking if Presea and Sheena were all right, a hard task indeed. He knew he could not do anything, but that couldn't stop him from worrying. It was also hard due to his relatively low intelligence, but he had seemed to be getting smarter after he ate a certain red plant. "What do you think everyone else is doing?"
As he had finished that sentence, Kratos and Raine burst into the room, each covered in a strange liquid. If hatred could be measured, then Raine at that time would be equivalent to that of a dwarf talking to a drow. Kratos on the other hand, seemed relieve for once, which could only mean one thing, the world had finally lost sanity. The staff Raine was carrying was broken in half, and she looked ready to kill the closest thing that made her angry in any way possible.
"Kratos, you nimrod! First, the item you said that there was a ruin and there wasn't, then you get us eaten by a DRAGON!" Raine almost screeched at the top of her voice. "I'm absolutely COVERED in dragon saliva, and SOMEONE is going to pay for the cleaning bill!" Raine then proceeded to start beating Kratos with her staff, unfortunately, as you should know unless your intelligence is the equivalent to that of a rock, dragons are magical in everyway possible. Therefore, Kratos did not even feel any pain as he was unmercifully bashed by Raine. Despite this immunity, Kratos could not do anything other then stand their like a dummy.
"Regal?" Lloyd continued speaking after watching his crazy half elfin teacher beat up, or try to beat up, his father. "Could you heal Sheena and Presea? We were shocked by an unfair trick played upon us by someone, and unless I'm wrong, which you know, I'm not, that someone is Genis! He had motive, opportunity, means, and he was the only other person in this room apart from Presea."
"I can heal them, but they may not wake up for a while." Regal prepared his healing spell. "HADOK-! Sorry, I mean, Grand Healer!" The healing spell did descend upon the two girls, who still did not move. "Well, I did what I could, now, let us watch as Raine brutally & viciously attack Kratos."
"Don't you think we should help?" Lloyd winced as he saw his teachers fury released upon his father. Wow, he must be quite used to pain, she just slammed him in the head and he hasn't even winced! No wonder Mithos is so powerful, Da- Kratos, must be a great teacher. "Hey Regal?" Lloyd was struck by a sudden thought which had appeared from out of nowhere. "What's a drow?"
"A drow?" Regal looked puzzled, "What is with the sudden curiosity, you didn't happen to see one did you?"
"No, I'm just unsure if a drow is what I think a drow is." Lloyd responded in the way that he would normally respond.
"A drow is a more evil form of Dark Elves, don't get me wrong, there are some nice drow but…" Regal paused as if a painful memory had just come up. "They are the ones credited for creating the first soul bearing exsphere; of course, they used a dwarf seeing as they are blood enemies."
"That's what I thought…" Lloyd did harken back to the day he spent in the cave after lighting Sheena on fire…
"No hard feelings, right Sheena?" He asked after putting out the fire that he had set on her, accidentally of course, with the Sorcerer's Ring.
"Sure, it isn't like I'm going to be attacked by entirely-EWW!" Sheena had screamed after finding the dead corpse of a dwarf. "AHHH!" She jumped away from the corpse, which was dead. "I've never seen a dead dwarf before…"
"Neither have I…" Lloyd noticed that Sheena was scared, quite unlike her, she normally kept her tough attitude on at all times, but now it seems that she was trusting Lloyd enough to let her normal, cowardly attitude show. "Look at this."
Lloyd picked up an arrow which was embedded in the dwarf's mithril armor. After examining it, unaware of Sheena staring at him oddly, realization hit him. "Sheena! This arrow has the poison which was mostly used by dark elves several centuries ago, they have long since disappeared. Which means this," he acknowledged the cave surrounding them, "was the battle site for one of the many Dark Elf & Dwarven wars!"
"Yeah and HOW will that help us get out?" Sheena asked sarcastically, "Come on, we have to hurry out."
"So it must have been near the-" Lloyd stopped mid sentence. "Never mind, let's try and calm Raine down."
"My beautiful hunny, though I cannot see you, I know that we must be perfect for each other." Zelos was trying to persuade his female captor who was watching to make sure he did not escape. The others were doing Martel knows what. "What I would do to see you, I would go alone into a cave filled with 10,000 Wolves, with only a dagger and no magic or other items, for you, I would gladly renounce my title, just to see your beautiful face."
At this the captor, called Raine, who wasn't the real Raine but the Raine impersonating the real Raine, felt her icy heart melt a bit. "Well, I suppose I should…"
"Thank you my darling, I know we could have a wonderfully charming life together." Zelos was taking mental notes. Damn, these new pickup lines are awesome! I'll be lose, run from this gullible wannabe, and then warn the others.
"Of course, let me untie you…" Fake Raine took out a knife, "Now, I've never been good with knots, so just hold still whilst I cut the rope." She raised the knife, and drove it downwards with amazing speed, unfortunately, the rope was stronger then her, other then being thin and frayed anyway.
"Let me do it." Zelos grabbed the knife with his hands and easily cut through the rope. "Bye!" Zelos took off running.
"Martel grant me patience!" Fake Raine prayed as she ran after Zelos.
Unfortunately for the perverted chosen, Genis was going the opposite way, so it was just a manner of seconds till they meet at a point where they would collide.
"I have SO much power; I don't know what to do with it!" Genis went down the corridor, smacking straight into Zelos. "YOU INSIGNIFICANT FOOL! I WILL SMASH-oh dear…." Genis noticed the charging women behind him, "God, don't you have ANY sense of honor, dignity, modesty?"
"Argue later!" Zelos picked up Genis and ran faster, "You see twerp, I had to shamelessly flirt to get out of the trap, don't worry, one day I'll teach you how to charm a girl!"
"I…hate you." Genis said, not enjoying being dragged along.
"You know you don't mean that." Zelos looked back and ran smack into Colette.
"I thought I got rid of you!" this fake Colette drew forth her weapon, a hammer! "Now, I will kill you until you die from it!"
Zelos had something no one ever thought he would have, a good idea. "You don't want to do that." He said as he put Genis down.
"Why not?" the phony asked with her hammer raised.
"See my buddy here?" He nudged Genis to play along. "He's a wizard, a master of doom. See this giant hole and scorched area with the dead corpses of the Sand Worms? It was made by this very magician says I! The gods TREMBLE before his power, that they may lack his favor, the very heavens shake as he commands the dead to share the power of lightning! And now you stand before him?"
"I don't buy it."
"His power will consume time, it will consume you!" Then he whispered to Genis, "Think of something!"
"I have Zelos, I have." Genis grabbed some sand from the ground, "Sand, I command thee to reveal thy glory and- BLIND MINE FOE!" As the fake Colette shielded her eyes, Genis started to run without actually throwing the sand. Zelos followed, running as if his very soul depended on it.
I'm warm? What's the last thing that happened? Oh yes, I was hit by a water bucket and shocked. That was painful, but now I'm warm? I thought I'd be freezing if anything. And I'm not on the cold floor, but, a couch? What could have- Before Sheena could continue her sentence, she opened her eyes and while they came in focus, she spotted some pink. Presea is okay too… I hope Lloyd is-wait, he must have been the one who put me here, he's so sweet! Presea looks cold, I had better keep her warm. With that, Sheena embraced Presea, sharing her body warmth with the poor girl, the others did not notice, there was little movement involved, as Presea was already next to her. I'll be up in a minute, just one more minute…..
Rydia: Just so you know, Sypocania is Hypothermia, but Lloyd didn't remember the name.
GM: You know the drill, read and review (if you want).