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Tales of Symphonia 2
The Return of Mithos Yggdrassill
Chapter 3: Origin's Secret
Meanwhile, Lloyd, Sheena, and Colette reached Altamira. There was a celebration going on when they entered the town.
"Why is this going on?" asked Sheena.
"Beat's me. said Lloyd." Colette ran off somewhere and was riding the roller-coaster with all the kids.
Lloyd and Sheena decided to look for Colette, for, even though she was over one-hundred, she still acted as she did when she was the Chosen of Regeneration (carefree, I mean). The two eventually found her at the roller-coaster riding it for her tenth time.
"Colette! Come down here! We're here to see Regal and Presea! Not ride roller coasters!" Sheena said. Colette frowned. She got off though, and ran to the Lezareno Building where Regal now worked (again!).
When Lloyd and Sheena caught up with her, Colette was already up in the president's office. The door was wide open, and Sheena and Lloyd cautiously went in. It was dark, dreary, and no one seemed to be inside. Suddenly though, someone approached Lloyd. It was laughing.
"Who's there?' he asked. Lloyd then drew his swords. Then, all of a sudden, the lights came on.
"SURPRISE!" Colette, Presea, Regal, and Raine shouted.
"Everyone! It's great to see you! Where's Genis?" Lloyd said.
"Uh, Lloyd, I'm right in front of you." Genis said.
"Genis? So you're the one who came up to me in the dark. I drew my swords on you! I'm sorry!" Lloyd shouted.
"I'm not mad. You should have seen your face! You looked like Kratos with a stomach problem!" he said as he fell on the floor, bawling so hard that he cried.
"So everyone, what's up with your lives? I have not seen any of you in one-hundred years. I assume you are well?" he said. Raine gasped.
"Lloyd! That was the best sentence I have ever you you say! I'm proud of you!" Raine said, with a tear forming in her right eye.
"Aww gee thanks Professor! You and Genis look well, how's your journey coming?" Lloyd asked.
The two looked at each other and then looked at Lloyd. "We have only been able to let half-elves live side-by side with humans." Genis said.
"Don't let it get to you Genis, someday, everyone will treat everyone the same." Lloyd said.
Lloyd turned to Regal and Presea and asked them how affairs with the Lezareno Company. The two told him how they had been spending money to make the world cleaner, and safer to live in. Lloyd smiled.
"I think it would be wise to go to bed now, for we should go pay homage to Yggdrassill tomorrow." Raine said.
"Pay hom-age?" Lloyd said confused. Everyone laughed. Raine and Genis stayed behind in the room, for Genis had to tell something to Raine.
"Raine, something's different about Colette. I sense another entity inside her, besides her soul. It feels like another soul is inside her, it's like a mix between Lloyd's and Colette's." Genis said.
"I have an idea to what this could be, but to prove my theory, we must wait four months to see if Colette looks any different than she does now." Raine said.
"Alright Raine, good night." Genis said.
"Good night." she said back.
Above the office Regal, the El Presidente, two seraphim heard the whole conversation.
"Kratos, do you know what this could mean? You could be a grand---- Ouch! Why did you do that!" Kratos had hit him upside the head. "All I said was that you are going to be a----!" Kratos gave Yuan the "Look".
"Yuan, let's make haste, so that we are not heard, and so that we can form the pact with Origin." Kratos said. Yuan just smirked and flew away with Kratos. The two reached Heimdall, and they went into the house of the elf elder. They put their wings away. Fortunately for the two seraphim, he was awake.
"Kratos! Yuan! Why must you come back to our sanctuary! Kratos, you a human and an angel of Cruxis! And Yuan, a half-elf who helped cause the separation of the world! Why hav you come!" The elder asked.
"We have come because we need to make pact with Origin, you see, Derris-Kharlan is moving towards Symphonia at an alarming rate of speed. It will impact the land in two-hundred days and we need the power of the Eternal Sword. If you grant us permission to form the pact, we will depart from this village and not return, unless the situation is dire to the utmost severity." Kratos said. Yuan just looked at him. "What an orator." he thought.
"Normally, I would not agree to this, but I see no lie in your eyes, Kratos. I grant you permission to travel the forest of Torent. But be done before the morning, and after you form the pact, leave. Do not come through here, fly away and never return." the elder said.
"I accept those terms. We shall not dawdle. Come Yuan, let's form this pact together, my friend." Kratos said, turning toward Yuan.
The two left and entered the forest. Yuan asked Kratos why he went to only the elder and in secret. "If the elves knew we were here, they would try to murder us, for they hate Cruxis still to this day." he said. "I say this buy judging how the elder reacted to our presence." he added. "Oh." Yuan said.
The two finally reached the place where Origin slept. Yuan turned to Kratos and said "You, as I remember are the seal of Origin. If you release the seal without fighting me, I'll give you some of my mana." Yuan said. Kratos just shook his head.
"That will not be needed it was Mithos who originally made me the seal of Origin with the Eternal Sword. It was the first thing he did with it. Afterward, when he was defeated by Lloyd, he no longer had control over it. Once he lost control, all of what he did with the Eternal Sword was nullified, first with what he did first, which was make me the seal. So, in conclusion, all we need to do is go to Origin's maker and have him form a pact with us." Kratos said.
"That was very sobering. Let's form the pact and go." Yuan said.
The two walked up to the marker, and there was a message. It said: "I will appear before the on with the power of time in his possession."
"I think that it means the Ring of Time, Kratos." Yuan said, inspecting the message as Raine would inspect an artifact.
Kratos nodded, and raised his left hand into the air "Origin, I have the proof that I can transcend time and space, so now, come before me and allow me to form a pact with you!" Kratos shouted.
A white light surrounded the marker, left it, and took the form of Origin. Origin looked toward Kratos and Yuan and said: "You who possess the right of summoning, I am one who is bound to Lloyd and Sheena."
"Origin! I am Kratos! I ask that you annulst thy pact with Sheena and Lloyd and establish a new pact with me."
Origin looked at Kratos, and said "You may form the pact with me, for Sheena and Lloyd have fulfilled their vows." Origin said.
Yuan snickered and said: "You mean Lloyd and Colette will fulfill their vows!" Kratos heard this and frowned.
"Draw your weapons you two and show me your power." Origin said. Kratos drew his sword, and Yuan drew his new weapon, a quadruple headed axe. Origin drew his four spears and wnt to the two, who opened their wings. Origin pulled out a bow made of light and fired two arrows that struck both Kratos and Yuan. The two fell back, and Yuan began to charge the spell "Indignation". Kratos got up, ran to Origin and stuck him with the Hell Pyre technique. Origin blocked it, and thrusted one of his spears at Kratos. Kratos dodged it, and hit Origin with the Lightning Blade. As this was happening, Yuan finished charging Indignation, and cast it at Origin. It struck Origin, and the Summon Spirit fell down. Kratos saw this as the right time to cast the Indignation Judgment spell. He charged it, and cast it. It hit Origin, and it knocked him out. After a minute, he got up and put his spears away.
"That was fun. Now speak your vow, a vow that will last the test of time." Origin said.
"I, Kratos Aurion of the True Summoners vow to always protect the world for the rest of my life, even though that may last forever." Kratos said.
"That is a good vow. i will pledge my power to you, True Summoner Kratos Aurion!"
Before Origin became the energy that Kratos would absorb, Zelos appeared. Zelos looked at Origin, and said; "So, now the two Eternal Swords have been separated, and their previous master no longer able to wield them. This means that all of what Lloyd did will be unraveled in around five hours. First, the worlds will separate, and the Giant Tree will vanish." Zelos said.
"Well, then should the worlds not separate, for Mithos separated the worlds?" Kratos asked. Zelos shook his head. "No, Lloyd had the Eternal do his bidding before all of Mithos's wishes could be undone, so the sword assumed that the worlds split apart and no Giant Tree was the normal state of the land. It remembered what Mithos had it do, though. But, unfortunately, that is how Origin and I forged the Eternal Swords." the Summon Spirit said.
The two seraphim fell back, amazed and terrified. Also, Origin turned to Kratos and said: 'If you wish to save the land, acquire the swords and have keep the land as it is now. But you must hurry-for I have a secret that I have never told anyone, only Zelos knows it." he said.
"What is this secret?" asked Yuan.
Origin turned to both Yuan and Kratos and said: "Anyone who wields any one the Eternal Swords or both are bound to it forever. Their soul is stored into the sword(s) when they die, and if where they are (in death) becomes tormented, the person will be revived, as the Eternal Swords will revive the body and transfer the soul of the person into the body of the revived individual. It does this so that the onw who wielded the sword can come back and save the world if he was needed. As I recall, the remnants of Mithos are part of the Giant Tree now, and the world will separate in four and a half hours now, and the tree will be tormented, as it will be split apart and be destroyed. The Great Seed would not even survive this trauma. The Eternal Swords will revive Mithos and he will try to dominate the world. That is my secret." Origin said.
"It is as he says. You must hurry, for the land will die if Mithos is revived." Zelos said.
"Kratos! We must get Lloyd now! Let's go!" Yuan screamed.
"Wait! I must get the proof of the pact from Origin." Kratos said calmly.
"Here Kratos, the proof of our pacts." Origin said. "You did not receive the proof of Zelos's pact for both Zelos and my proofs are Diamond. Time and space are one and the same. Mithos knew this, and he made himself the seal of Zelos. That is why you were able to get the proof of my pact without Zelos. Although, Mithos never had a pact with Zelos, which is why he never said he was bound to anyone when he came to you. Mithos did not want anyone to have Zelos's power, so he had the Eternal Sword he had make him the seal. You must hurry, for you have only four hours to get to Lloyd and get the Eternal Swords. Goodbye, Kratos and Yuan." Origin said as he became the energy that Kratos then absorbed. Kratos then received two diamonds, the proof of Zelos's and origin's pact.
"Yuan, I assume that Lloyd has found out that he is no longer an Eternal Swordsman. Let us go to Altamira, and find him." Kratos said. He raised his left hand in the air and said: "Take us to Altamira, where the former Eternal Swordsman, Lloyd Irving, is!" The two seraphim were surrounded in a bright golden light, and they vanished.
So, here is chapter three, I hope you enjoy. If you feel like it or have the time, feel free to review. I'll read it, and thanks for all of your other reviews, it makes me feel good that my work is being read. Until later, goodbye!