Author's Note: Ferret Genis is back, Kratos has his face again, Presea gives out some plushies... and what's this? Well, you'll have to find out.....READ DAMN YOU! WHERE'S THAT DISCLAIMER?!!!
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Koharu-Soma: You were looking forward to this, it's Kratos' face's return! Hata!
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The Zelda Master: Yes, those diva matches are frightening at times. But very enjoyable all in the same. Alriiiiight...
Ryu Warrior: I AM making more....hence Chapter 3.
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Chapter 3: On The Short Leash (( a.k.a. Moronic Bliss ))
It was a "Mission Impossible" kinda day. Everyone in Flanoir was humming the Mission Impossible theme while jumping around, acting all secret agent-like. Even the Tales of Symphonia team was in on the fun. I'd really love to see an entire city either playing tag or capture the flag. I guess this is close enough.
"Wa na naaaaaaa... Wa na naaaaaa... Wa na naaaaaa, WA NA!" Zelos hummed, peaking out from behind a building. "Da da da da da da, da da, da da da DA da da, DA DA!" He ran behind a tree.
He looked around covertly, from behind the tree, looking for any allies or enemies. That's when he spotted Kratos, standing out in the open. Zelos chuckled evily as he aimed a snowball at the Cruxis angel. He pulled back and tossed the ball of snowy doom at Kratos.
"BULL'S EYE!" Zelos yelled as the snowball hit his target. "What the...?! A decoy!" He shouted in horror to see that the Kratos he hit was a very life like snowman.
"Indeed." Kratos said, pelting Zelos with a snowball from three feet away. Zelos fell forward into the snow that was convieniently covering some ice.
"Ow! My beautiful face! NoOoOoOoOoOo!!!" Zelos whined as he grabbed his bloody face.
Kratos laughed aloud. "You mess with the bull, you get a face full of snow." he said.
Suddenly, Kratos was beamed in the back of his head by a snowball. He turned to see Regal whistling and looking away.
"How did you hit me if you're handcuffed?" Kratos asked Regal, confusedly.
"With my...feet? Yes, with my feet." Regal answered hesitantly.
Regal was then brutally pummeled with definately more than 1,000 snowballs. It wasn't me I can assure you that....... Alright it was me, my revenge is now complete. Kya ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! And now, insert Sheena into the scene...
BAM! Sheena appears. "Thank you! Raine was clinging to me again. Can't you just fix her yourself?" she asked, looking around in all directions since I'M EVERYWHERE.
As a matter of fact, I just came to an agreement with Raine. I can't guarantee she'll stick to the agreement the entire time though.
"What did you agree on?" Kratos asked, while admiring his own pretty face which isn't in a face cast anymore. ((YAAY!))
I wanted Raine to act normal and stuff. And she'd only do that if.....mumble mumble.... and so I let her.
"What? What's going on?" Zelos said, still face down on the ice patch.
Alright, alright, I'll tell. Raine gets to have Lloyd on a leash in exchange for her acting normal. I still can't say the same thing for you, Sheena. But, since Lloyd woke up though, you should be safe.
Dull silence... "..."
"You used my son as a bargaining chip?!" Kratos asked angrily.
Yes, but don't worry, he doesn't seem to mind at all.
"Oh, well, if that's the case then I guess it's alright for him to be Raine's pet for now." Kratos said, immediately calming down.
Lloyd hopped over to the others. He was followed by Raine, who held the end of the leash attached around Lloyd's neck. He didn't seem to mind at all. He hugged Kratos like an idiot. "Hi Daddy!" he said happily.
Kratos just rolled his eyes and sighed. "Yes, I see you Lloyd." he said half heartedly, patting his leashed son on the head.
Zelos, finally standing up, looked at Lloyd and then immediately at Raine with the leash. He looked back and forth at both of them for a few minutes. He walked over to Lloyd and said quietly enough so Raine wouldn't hear, "Hey Lloyd, do you mind if I switch spots with you?" He was grinning like a moron the whole time.
Lloyd just blinked and then replied, "But I like pretending to be a dog. Colette gave me a biscuit earlier, and it was pretty good! :D"
"You're a real simple-minded guy, Lloyd." Zelos sighed and shook his head.
Just then, Presea walked over, of course, holding Ferret Genis. She also dragged a kind of concession stand behind her. She stopped and walked behind the counter, placing Ferret Genis on it. Presea put up a sign that said, "Plushies for sale."
Myeh heh heh heh heh! That's right, the plushies have returned! Colette fell from the sky the instant Presea had taken her hand off of the sign.
"X3 Eeeeee! I want one! Please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, lemon squares?!!!!" Colette squealed/asked, crawling from the crater she made upon impact with the ground.
"Yes, you may have one." Presea answered politely.
"X3" Colette picked up a Genis plushie. "I want this one!" she squealed.
Presea's eye twitched and she yelled, "NO! HE'S MINE! YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!"
Everyone stopped and stared at Presea. Did she just...express emotion?!
Dull silence...followed by...
Everyone started running around and screaming, everyone except Presea, Colette and Kratos.
"AHH! The world got a game over! NoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo!!!!!!!" Lloyd yelled in a paniciky fashion, before running into a tree.
After awhile, after all of the citizens joined in the screaming as well, everyone calmed down. Well, not really, they still wanted to keep screaming but ya know....sore throats suck.
"Ferret Ferret." ferreted Genis.
"That's a great idea, Ferret Genis! Let's all go back to the inn! X3" Colette squealed.
Everyone nodded in agreement. And so, they all went back to the inn. "Come on, Lloyd. Keep up!" Raine ordered/said with a smile. Lloyd followed behind his leash holder faithfully.
Lloyd finally stood up after colliding with the tree. "Ouchies....my brain itches." he complained. "Hey, where'd everybody go?" he looked around for his friends only to find...AIR!
"Hey! I found the air! Yay!" he yelled happily, as he saw the cold air he was breathing.
Woah, wait a tic...Two Lloyds? This can only be the work of...
Zelos grinned in complete satisfaction as his clever plan worked. "Making a simple switch of the leashes was a perfect idea." he mumbled to himself.
Yes, Raine was now holding a leash attached to Zelos. Geez, he'd do anything to--
"...fulfill a fantasy? Of course! Especially when it's with my Glamourous Beauty!" Zelos whispered gleefully.
Regal, now wet and soggy from being pelted with snow, was walking next to Zelos. "You know what will happen when she finds out you're not Lloyd..." he said.
"Hey, as long as she doesn't look at me, it's all good." Zelos gloated.
"Zelos?! What the hell are you doing?! Where's Lloyd?!" Sheena asked, in a hushed voice, walking next to Regal.
Zelos' expression was filled with a confused look. "Uh oh....I dunno. Where was he last?" he asked.
"I don't recall. I was too busy screaming in fear of Hell freezing over when Presea expressed emotion." Regal stated.
Colette, with Ferret Genis perched on her head, slowed down to the walk along with the other three. "I hope Lloyd's okay." she said, worried.
Kratos joined the crowd. "He's better off away from Raine right now. Maybe seperation will lower Raine's affection level for him." he remarked.
Zelos used that as an excuse. "And thats exactly what I'm trying to do. I'm doing this for Lloyd's sake!" Zelos exclaimed, but not too loud as to distract Raine from her conversation, that doesn't matter to the story at all, with Presea.
"We should at least go and look for Lloyd." Sheena said, thinking aloud.
"Ferret Ferret?" ferreted Genis.
"He's right. We all can't go search for Lloyd. Some of us will have to stay and keep Raine occupied." Regal pointed out.
"Not it!" Kratos, Regal and Ferret Genis scurry off to find Lloyd.
Sheena looked at who she was left with: Zelos and Colette. "Damn you, Author....Damn you." she sighed and kept walking.
Kya ha ha ha ha ha! Fear me! Fear me!........ahem......Anyway, back to the story...
Regal and Kratos, with Ferret Genis sitting on his shoulder, were walking through the snow, which was starting to pick up, looking for Lloyd.
"He couldn't have gotten far...right?" Regal asked.
"Aye, he be too stupid to not get in trouble. Unless, he's tied to a tree or somethin'." Kratos shrugged, acting like a pirate.
"Ferret Ferret." ferreted Genis, acting like Kratos' parret.
Little did they know, Lloyd was tied to a tree. He ran one way around the tree, before the leash pulled back and choked him. He fell over but quickly got back up and started running in the opposite direction. He kept doing that for only Martel knows how long. ((Hehe, reminds me of Gir from Invader Zim.))
"Now the footprints are going this way! I'll find my way back for sure!" Lloyd exclaimed as he started running around the tree again.
Well, at least you're having fun, Lloyd. Meanwhile, back at the inn...
Sheena groaned as she watched Zelos grin like a moron, while Colette distracted Raine. Zelos was staring at Raine's ass again.
"So, where is Lloyd?" Presea asked, sitting across, at a table, from Sheena and Zelos.
"Kratos, Regal and Ferret Genis are looking for him." Sheena replied. "Would you stop staring at Raine?!" she cast a death glare at Zelos.
"But, it's so enchanting. I just want to touch it......again." Zelos thought aloud, gleefully.
Sheena gave out a disgusted sigh and slammed her head onto the table. Presea suddenly sat up in her seat. "Genis isn't here?" she said, before jumping from her seat, down the stairs and out the inn door.
Everyone just looked on in confusion as Presea ran from the room. Sheena looked over and saw Raine turning her gaze towards Zelos. Sheena quickly grabbed Zelos by his long red hair and shoved him under the table.
"Where'd Lloyd go?" Raine asked curiously. Luckily, she was at an angle where she couldn't see Zelos under the table.
"Went to the bathroom!" Sheena quickly answered.
Meanwhile, under the table, Zelos was having the time of his life. "Wow, Sheena, I didn't know you were so frisky." he whispered to himself, before wrapping his arms around and hugging Sheena's legs.
She refrained from kicking the living hell out of Zelos, out of fear that Raine might see Zelos and not Lloyd, which would eventually lead to Raine huggling Sheena. ((Raine! You have Zelos on a leash, not Lloyd! Hug/Cuddle with Sheena! X3 Please?))
"Are you sure? I thought I saw him go under the--" Raine asked, before being interrupted by Sheena.
"Went to the bathroom!" Sheena exclaimed
"But I thought--"
"WENT TO THE BATHROOM!"
Meanwhile, back with Lloyd and the tree, Lloyd had finally stopped running around the tree and was sitting in the snow. After hitting his head on the ground so many times, maybe some sense had finally forced its way into his head.
"The sky has dandruff! X3" Lloyd remarked.
O....kay, I guess he's even stupider now. Sigh...
Just then, a tall woman clad in white and a pale green approached Lloyd. The woman held a winged staff which she used to poke Lloyd, who was still sitting on the ground. Lloyd looked up at the woman with the same kind of expression Colette always has((most of the time)): overly-happy. "Hello, Lloyd." Martel said. ((If you hadn't figured it out by now, it's Martel. No, not Mithos' sister, Martel. The one the protects the Giant Tree, Martel. And why is she in Flanoir? Well, you'll find out....Kya ha ha ha ha!))
"Hi, pretty lady! :3" Lloyd exclaimed, with a kind of "cute as a button" kind of smile.
Martel gave Lloyd a warm smile. "You don't remember who I am, do you?" she asked.
"Uh uh." Lloyd shook his head, still smiling.
"Would you like to accompany me? I'm looking for a 'companion.'" Martel asked, with a welcoming smile.
Lloyd thought for several minutes ((imagine this face :D for 7 minutes)) then nodded. "Okay!" he answered, standing up and joyfully following Martel off to where ever, with her holding his leash.
Ironically, Kratos, Ferret Genis and Regal arrived just as Martel and Lloyd walked off. They looked at the snow, which had many imprints of Lloyd's gleeful face in it.
"Well, he was here, I assume." Regal stated.
"Ferret Ferret?" ferreted Genis.
"He's been kidnapped." Kratos said.
"How do you know?" Regal asked.
Kratos hid a script behind his back. "Um......I...don't know..." he answered, looking away.
"Ferret Ferret..." ferreted Genis, shaking his ferret head. ((Translation for once: "I bet he saw something shiny and ran off..."))
Back at the inn, Sheena, Zelos and Colette were trying to hold the closet door closed. Raine had found out about Zelos' "clever trick" when he was stupid enough to huggle her legs instead of Sheena's.
"AH! We're gonna die!" Zelos whined.
"I'm scared!" Colette whined, along with Zelos.
"Open the door, I promise I'll be nice to you, Sheena!" Raine yelled, with a sort of errily happy tone, from the other side of the door.
"For the love of Martel, don't open the door!" Sheena yelled at her two idiotic companions.
Zelos grinned. "But I'd like to see that. Heh heh." he said, even though he was still holding the door closed.
Sheena gave Zelos a nice punch in the head. " T-T Owwww....."
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Oh no! Lloyd's been kidnapped...again! And by Martel? What the crap?! Will Sheena, Zelos and Colette survive Raine's wrath? And will Kratos, Regal and Ferret Genis find Lloyd? Anyway, sorry this chapter took so long to type....lack of ideas and working on my other fanfic. You should check it out! Anyway, R&R please! Thanks!