Kuchinawa Strike Back!

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia or any characters related to it.

The sun was out, full force. Zelos looked up into the cloudless sky; his eyes grew brighter as he did so. "This must be heaven…", he said to himself quietly. The grass was still wet with dew; he felt it with his toes. He looked off into the distance and sat down. There were endless acres of this same soft, wet, bright green grass all around him, although the solid color was broken by a few colorful tents dotting the horizon. He sat for a long while, thinking about all the things he has been through.

Zelos sighed. "Maybe I should head back. I'm getting hungry."

It took him a few minutes to get back to the campsite. When he arrived, the smell of food was in the air.

"Oh, hey, Genis! Watcha cooking?"

"Just some waffles… Again…", Genis said with an annoyed sound to his voice.

"Waffles! Awesome!", Zelos said cheerfully.

"I knew you would say that."

"Tell me when they're done!"

"Yeah, whatever."

Zelos ran off to one of the tents. He scratched the side of the tent with his fingernail, making a high-pitched noise.

"Sheena! You awake?"

He heard rustling coming from inside.

"Sheena!"

She groaned.

"Oh, come on. The sun has been up for hours!"

Again, he heard more rusting. Within a few minutes, Sheena emerged from the tent completely dressed.

"Rise and Shiiine, beautiful!"

"Save it for when I actually care, Zelos."

"Awwww… Don't be like that this early in the morning!"

Sheena mumbled incoherently and walked off.

"Where're you going?"

"Breakfast…"

"It's not done yet."

"I know."

"So you're just leaving me here all alone?"

"Yes..."

She turned around. Zelos had the most innocent look on his face. She knew how she felt about him. It was too hard for her to tell him about it. He always said little things that made her feel that he cared for her… She had always pushed him away. She rejected those little remarks. But, she never knew what to think of them. She always thought he was never serious about anything he said. Should she start taking everything he said sincerely? This was one of the toughest things that was, and has been, floating around in her mind for a very long time.

"Zelos… I--…"

"What? You what?"

Sheena let out a sigh.

"N-Nothing… It's nothing."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"If you insist…"

Zelos looked into her light brown eyes. They were almost liquid-looking… He knew something was on her mind. If it was the same thing that was on his… He thought about it. No. That can't be right. She never acted that way towards him, not once. Even with this doubt on his mind, Zelos walked towards her involuntarily. He couldn't help it. He got about a yard's distance from her, until…

"Zelos..?" she said after a sharp intake of breath.

He stopped in his tracks. There was a pause.

"Wh-What are you--?"

"U-Uhhh… Sh-Sheena?" He scratched his head.

Her eyes got a little bigger, since she still had her feelings for him on her mind.

"I----… I don't know how to say this… Umm, I just wanted to tell you--"

"T-Tell me what, Zelos?"

"That I--"

A loud, shrill voice came from a distance.

"THE WAFFLES ARE READYYYYY!"

Zelos stopped talking, and started again with a completely different tone to his voice.

"You hungry?"

Sheena snapped out of her train of thought.

"You betcha."

"Waffle time!"

Sheena forced a smile onto her face. "What was he going to say…?" she thought to herself.

They walked back to the cooking area together.

"Hey! Woah! Why are you two walking together? That doesn't happen often." Genis said, astonished.

"No reason." They both said simultaneously.

"Right… Waffles?" He held out two big plates to them.

They each took a plate.

"Alright… Three for Miss Sheena!" Genis said as he plopped three steaming waffles onto her plate.

"And none for the former Chosen of Tethe'alla! Have a nice day!" He said with a stupid grin on his face.

Zelos' eyes widened with anger.

"I WAS KIDDING! GEEZ! TOUCHY, TOUCHY!" Genis angrily put three waffles on his plate also.

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it."

Genis then took a plate for himself, putting two waffles on it. A couple of minutes later, he looked up from his breakfast, which was less than halfway finished.

"Woah! Zelos! You're done!"

"Yeah…?"

"You want some more?"

"No! I'm full!"

Genis raised an eyebrow.

"You're sooo weird…"

Zelos picked up a stray spatula and threw it at Genis' head.

"You little brat…"

"HEY! THAT HURT!"

Sheena laughed silently as she watched Zelos and Genis argue. They were both so silly…

"Y'know what! That's what you get for calling me WEIRD, and for not giving me any waffles at first!"

"I GAVE them to you, DIDN'T I! And you are weird…" A bump appeared on Genis' head from where the spatula hit.

Zelos looked at the bump.

"You SO deserved that."

"No, I didn't! I JUST said you were weird, okay! I didn't hurt you!"

"Yeah, yeah…"

Zelos got up from where he was sitting. He seemed mad at something other than what Genis had done.

"I think I'll go for a walk, now… Alone."

"Wha--? Oh---Well, okay, Zelos." Sheena said, noticing the angry quality to his voice.

He immediately set off walking in a completely random direction.

"Just make sure… You can find your way back…" Sheena said in a very soft voice. She thought he wouldn't be able to hear it.

Zelos turned around.

"I will."

And with that, he whipped back around and walked into the rolling hills of grass.

That's chapter one! I'm adding more. Hope you all like it!