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Tales of Symphonia 2
The Return of Mithos Yggdrassill
Chapter 4: The Return of Mithos Yggdrassill
The two seraphim appeared in the room where Lloyd slept. He was no even aware that two Eternal Swords were on the floor in front of him.
"Lloyd cannot still be asleep after that. I mean, look! The swords must have left from him and set themselves on the ground" Yuan said.
Kratos nodded and walked up to Lloyd and looked in his face and smiled. "He still has that innocent face that I remember." Kratos said. Suddenly, though, Lloyd woke up and put the Flamberge part of the material blade in Kratos's face.
"Who are you!" he asked. "Why have you come here?" he added.
"Lloyd." Kratos said. Lloyd immediately dropped the sword, and got up. He looked at his father and a huge smile formed on his face. "Dad! But how?" Lloyd asked.
"Lloyd, there is no time for chit-chat. Kratos and I have come here to get the Eternal Swords from you. You no longer are able to wield them." Yuan said, coldly.
"What? You're here to? But Sheena is a summoner and you two are not. Sheena! Kratos is back!" Lloyd yelled. Everyone heard it. Everyone rushed ito Lloyd's room and stood back amazed to see Kratos and Yuan standing in there.
"Kra-tos?" Colette said. "I thought you and Yuan were in Derris-Kharlan."
Yuan snickered again. He looked at her, and then to Lloyd, and finally to Kratos.
"So much for innocence." Yuan said as he looked at Kratos, smiling.
"Lloyd, I am here bearing bad tidings, Derris-Kharlan is heading toward this land and will reach it in two hundred days. I nullified your pact with with Origin and formed a pact myself, so that I could wield both Eternal Swords to stop the comet, Derris-Kharlan, from impacting the land. After I formed the pact with Origin, I was informed that all of what you did with the Eternal Sword will be nullified. This means that the world will split in two, and the Giant Tree will be ripped in two, and die. So, Lloyd, I need the Swords, so I can first prevent the land from splitting, and then so I can send Derris-Kharlan into the far reaches of space." Kratos said.
"What? You mean all of what I did will be nullified!" Lloyd shouted. "If you can stop this from happening, then I will forgive you for this. And also, how were you able to make a pact with Origin, when you are the seal itself?" Lloyd said.
"When Mithos was destroyed, what he did was also nullified. Mithos originally, had the Eternal Sword make me the seal." the seraphim said.
Lloyd just stared at his father. He realized that he had been wring to pass judgment on him so quickly. 'I'm sorry. Here take the Swords, and save the world." he said. Kratos picked up Zelos's Eternal Sword, and wished that both of the Swords were one, so that one could not fall into enemy hands. The two Swords joined, and the earth shook.
Origin and Zelos appeared in the room. Everyone, especially, Sheena stood back surprised at what they saw. "Zelos?" Sheena said. Zelos saw her, and he smiled.
He went up to her, and he, tried to kiss her. Sheena tried to slap him, but he vanished to where Kratos was. Zelos laughed where Sheena looked terrorized.
"Sheena! My sweet honey! Zelos has come back just for you!" he said winking at her. Sheena backed away. "Zelos! Why have you come; along with Origin!" she screamed.
"Zelos! Now's not the time to play! We must tell Kratos what has happened when he joined the two Eternal Swords!" Origin said.
"Ohhh, right. Okay, I'll do it. Kratos, there were some things about the Eternal Swords that we did not tell you. Firstly, but not that importantly, the longer one has one of the Eternal Swords or both, the shorter the time it would take or the previous wielder's commands to the Sword to be nullified, which is why you were removed from the burden of being Origin's seal so quickly. Second, whenever a new wielder of the Eternal Swords makes a wish to it, the previous wielder's wishes are automatically nullified. Remember what the Eternal Swords do whenever the resting places of a dead wielder is disturbed? Also, who's remains are being disturbed right now, for the world is separating as we speak?" Zelos said.
Kratos opened his eyes wide open. He raised the now one Eternal Sword into the air and commanded it to eep the world one. The shaking stopped, and Kratos breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good job, Kratos. However, the Giant Tree has suffered a lot of damage and will die unless you have the Sword make the Giant Tree return to its normal form." Zelos said as he and Origin vanished, wishing Kratos luck.
Kratos, who still had the Sword raised in the air, began to say: "Eternal Sword, have the Giant Tree return to its----! " he said, never finishing the sentence.
'I cannot allow you to have the Giant Tree return to normal, for it would ruin my plans to dominate the world." a familiar voice said behind Yuan.
Everyone turned around to see what who it was, and they were frightened at who it was.
"Mithos?" Lloyd asked. Mithos just smiled. He was in his four-thousand year old form, or his Leader of Cruxis from, whichever you want to call it. He went up to Lloyd, and fired a mana ball at him. It hit Lloyd, and he flew through the wall. Everyone gasped. Lloyd was knocked out, and Mithos was laughing his lungs out.
"How were you able to come back?" Regal asked.
Mithos heard him, and went to him. "The Eternal Sword revived me. It keeps the soul of the wielder in the Sword, and when the resting place of the dead dead is disturbed, the Sword revives that dead person, so that they could save the world, or in my place, conquer it." Mithos said proudly.
When Mithos said this, Kratos held the Ring of Time in the air and commanded it to take everyone except he, Yuan, and Mithos to Derris-Kharlan. Everyone was shrouded in a gold light that Kratos told the ring to send, and they vanished.
"Kratos, Mithos will destroy the world if we do not stop him. Let's fight him and try to kill him." Yuan said.
Kratos nodded. Mithos took out a sword made wood that shone wth a white glow. The Last Fencer was replaced by the Eternal Sword, and Yuan pulled out his ax.
The two charged Mithos, who teleported behind them when they were one inch away. Yuan hit Mithos on the head with his ax, and Kratos hit Mithos with a Super Lightning Blade. Mithos fell back some, and he rubbed his head where Yuan struck it. There was some blood, but not much. He then raised his sword in the air and said: "Spirit of the Giant Tree, grant me your power!". Mithos was surrounded in a green light, and all of his wounds were healed, except the wound Kratos gave him with the Super Lightning Blade. Mithos looked at Yuan, grinned, and said: "Fool, meet your demise at the hands of mine! Wrath of Yggdrassill!". Mithos's sword became a beam of white light, and Mithos flew up to Yuan, who held his ax up to block the attack. Mithos came up to Yuan and cut teh ax in two! He then slashed Yuan on the face, where blood started to come out. Then Mithos kicked Yuan to the ground and walked up to him. He looked in his face and said: "You may have been my sister's lover, but now, you'll finally meet your----". "Shining Indignation Judgment!" Kratos yelled. The attack startled Mithos, who was amazed at how he could not escape. He then became scared when the attack started to hrt him. Then finally, when the last sword of light exploded, Mithos, instead of being thrown away by the force of the attack, just fell down and vanished. Kratos walked up to Mithos, looked at him, and went to Yuan. When Kratos bent down to see his hurt friend, Mithos got up, eased up to Kratos, and sent his sword toward his neck.
Kratos felt something coming, so he ducked, and ran the Eternal Sword right through Mithos. There was a shrill of pain so loud that it could be heard all over the world. Mithos bent down, became a ball of light, and vanished into the air.
"Kra-tos, I'm sorry for get-ting in you way." Yuan said feebly. Kratos shook his head. "Not at all, you bought me the time to cast the spell on him, so come, let's go to Lloyd. Healing Stream!" Kratos said.
Green and Blue Light surrounded Yuan, and his cut was healed.
"Thank you Kratos, I owe you one Let's go to Lloyd." Yuan said. Kratos nodded. They used the Ring of Time and went to Derris-Kharlan.
Meanwhile, at the bae of the Giant Tree, Mithos appeared, very weak.
"It seems that Kratos is stronger than before. I was about to equip these exspheres and Cruxis Crystals when I was freed from this prison. Oh well, here goes!" he said. Mithos equipped all of the exspheres and Cruxis Crystals on the Giant Tree and laughed as he held his sword in the air and healed himself.
"Lloyd, Kratos, next time I see you, you wil die!" Mithos said happy.
Whew! This one took longer to write than normal. Once again, thank you for all the reviews, good and bad, and until next time, goodbye!