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Tales of Symphonia 2
The Return of Mithos Yggdrassill
Chapter 6: Betrayal
Everyone arrived on Derris-Kharlan. They saw Raine and Presea talking with each other. They all said how happy they were to see her. She asked where Genis was though. After putting Lloyd's Key Crest back on him after a long search, they told her.
Back on Symphonia, the Grand Cardinals that had ranches had reached them. They rebuilt them, and began to search for host bodies, for each ranch had a cache of ten-thousand exspheres that only the Cardinals knew and kept secret.
Pronyma first went to where the capitol of Tethe'alla was. There she spoke with the new leader of the land, whose name was Joseph (if you wanted to know) and told him that she was sent from her now destroyed village of Mizuho to tell him that what used to be Sylvarant attacked and killed them. Just before the chief died, he told her that the king needed to be notified of this. The king believed all of this, to Pronyma's satisfaction. She left and went to Mizuho, where she razed it to the ground. She laughed as everyone fell. After that, she went to the New Palmacoasta, she said that the king is sending a force of ten-thousand men to destroy you, for he has gone mad and wishes to conquer the world. She told everyone that the King destroyed Mizuho, for they did not want to submit to the King.
Everyone was terrified at these words. Pronyma gave everyone in the city a map, with stars on it that were the location of the human ranches. She told them that if they were going to survive, that they would have to undergo harsh and brutal training at these places. "But if you do not, then you will die when the King comes through here." she said. She also told them to spread the word around what used to be Sylvarant, and gave each of them maps of Sylvarant. She opened her wings, flew into the sky, and bid them farewell and good-luck.
Nothing could describe what she felt as she was racing to report this to Mithos. She had managed to not only send more host bodies to the human ranches, but they would go under their free will, thinking that will become stronger than the enemy, only to find out that they will become mere exspheres!
"That reminds me, I must go and tell the Cardinals what I just did, for I fear that when the inferior beings go to the ranch and I have not told the Cardinals my scheme, they will ruin it." Pronyma said. She flew to the ranches, and told each of the Grand Cardinals what she had schemed. They all loved it. After going to the last ranch, she flew to the Giant Tree, where Mithos was.
"Genis? What are you doing here?" Pronyma asked.
Mithos only grinned. "He is my second-in-command. He has developed the perfect scheme/leverage that will destroy Lloyd's heart and will to live." he said.
Pronyma only looked at him. "What is this scheme/leverage?" Pronyma asked.
Genis said this: "It consists of taking Colette away from Lloyd, using her as the new vessel for Martel, and, oh! I'm getting ahead of myself. Before Colette becomes Martel's vessel, we'' allow to save Colette-by becoming the vessel. When he does, we'll kill him, and then make Colette the vessel anyway." he said.
"Why do you think this will work? I mean, he could just leave, construct a plan, and save Colette." Pronyma said.
"Lloyd will be told Colette's secret when we are about to make her the vessel, most likely forcing him to let Colette go, and him becoming the vessel." Genis said
"What secret?" Pronyma said.
Genis and Mithos looked at each other, grinning.
"Well?" she said.
Genis turned to Pronyma and said: "Colette is bearing Lloyd's son." he said with an evil grin. Pronyma laughed. "Ha! We have it! Let's go!" she said. "Oh, and by the way, Lord Yggdrassill, I have started the war you wanted." she added. "Good, now, we wait for the population to wipe itself out, and we'll come in as "saviors" and take over!" Mithos said. Pronyma also told Mithos of her scheme in which the humans would go to the human ranches. Mithos opened his eyes. All he could say was how lucky he was to have revived the Grand Cardinals.
"Pronyma! Here is your next mission. Go and awaken the Desians that are in hibernation." Mithos said. "At once, my lord." she said. Pronyma bowed to Mithos, opened her wings, and flew away.
Genis turned to Mithos. "Desians in hibernation?" he asked. "Yes, I have an army of ten-thousand Desians that sleeps in Derris-Kharlan, built up after thousand of years of training. I chose each of the Desians in the army myself." Mithos said.
Genis looked at him, and asked what he should do about Lloyd. Mithos told him that when the fools got here, that you would bring Colette to me, and fight off the others, killing them if possible. Genis liked this plan, and he asked Mithos to teach him the techniques he knows. Mithos agreed, and gave Genis his sword, which, like his, was made from the core of the Giant Tree.
"What is so special about this sword?" Genis asked.
"It is made from the core of the Giant Tree itself. As long as it glows white, like it does now, it is essentially an Eternal Sword. Why? The immense mana produced by the Giant Tree allows one to do essentially anything. Also, the ones who can wield that type of sword are bound to the Giant Tree itself. You, Genis, are bound to the tree by the other half of the Cruxis Crystal that you do not have. As long as that other half is in the Giant Tree, you will always live, as the Giant Tree produces an infinite amount of mana. I assume you can figure out the rest?" Mithos said.
Genis just shook his head up and down. Mithos smiled, and began to teach him his techniques, starting with Multi-Indignation Judgment.
Pronyma was just about to go to Derris-Kharlan, when she realized that Lloyd was there. She waited for him, and his companions to leave.
On Derris-Kharlan, Raine had been told the whole story. She fell to the ground, sobbing. Everyone decided to give her her space. They all were deciding what to do, and they all went their own ways. Kratos, Colette, Lloyd, and Yuan stayed together.
"Dad, train me in the ways of magic, so that I can be stronger and not as predictable to my enemies." Lloyd said. Kratos nodded. He asked Colette if she wanted to train to, but she said no, for she felt sick on her stomach. Yuan was about to say something, but Kratos immediately shut him up. Colette walked away.
"Dad, Yuan, please! Train me!" Lloyd said. The two nodded, and walked up to Lloyd.
"What shall we teach him?" asked Yuan.
"First, the basic elemental attacks, then the light and dark attacks, and then the advanced elemental, light and dark attacks." Kratos said.
"Awesome! I can't wait!" Lloyd said.
"Let's hope you maintain that enthusiasm." Kratos said.
Yuan was given the task of teaching Lloyd how to concentrate when casting a spell and electrical techniques. Kratos would teach him everything else. Yuan instructed Lloyd first. "If you want to cast a spell in a battle when an enemy is attacking you, you'll need to learn how to concentrate. How do you do it? Well, you focus in on yourself and forget what is happening outside you. You will know when the spell is ready when you feel like you are going to explode. When you feel that you will the spell to go attack the enemy by shouting its name and looking at your foe." Yuan said.
"Wow, that's really cool! Can I learn a new spell now!" Lloyd asked.
"Yes, that is why I'm training you. Let's see...oh! Here's one! This is Lightning, the basic electrical spell. You cast it by by first willing the electric forces to come, then concentrating on it until you feel as you are going to explode. Then, you do what I said about sending at someone." Yuan said.
Lloyd, being as ept for learning fighting techniques as usual, learned Lightning on his first try. He cast it at Yuan, who was impressed at the force Lloyd sent it with.
"You are ready for Kratos to teach you the other elemental spells, along with the light and dark techniques." Yuan said. Yuan got up, and went to where Colette was. He saw her, and the two began to talk. Kratos looked at them, with a slight grin on his face. "He looks as if he is talking to a grand-daughter." he said to himself.
Lloyd walked up to Kratos and asked him to train him. Kratos nodded, and the two went away a little to where no one would be harmed if they missed with their spells.
Kratos took his time to teach Lloyd all of the basic elemental spells. When he dark spells, he warned Lloyd that to cast a dark spell means to fill yourself with evil. Lloyd nodded at that. Kratos told him that dark spells are deadly against angels though. Lloyd asked Kratos to teach him the spells anyway.
Unknown to anyone, except for Pronyma, one-hundred days had passed. Pronyma watched as the armies fought and as the humans went to the human ranches.
Back on Derris-Kharlan, Kratos had finished teaching Lloyd all of the basic, medium, and advanced elemental, light, and dark spells. Kratos then went to teach Lloyd the angelic techniques that he would need to win if he were to fight Mithos.
"First, I'll need to teach you how to teleport so that you can get out of a dangerous situation quickly. You need to imagine yourself as pure light itself, and then you can move anywhere as light. But, you cannot attack when you are teleporting though." Kratos said. Kratos then taught Lloyd Judgment, Indignation Judgment, Holy Judgment, and Judgment Ray.
Lloyd felt like was worth a million gald as he went up to where the others were. He went up to Regal, Raine, Sheena, and Presea. "Look at what I can do! Thunder Blade!" he shouted as he sent a Thunder Blade away from everyone. They all were impressed at how strong Lloyd had become.
"Man, am I hungry and tired! How long was I training-five hours?" Lloyd shouted. Everyone looked at Lloyd with a startled look. "Lloyd, you have been training for one-hundred days." Yuan said, very calmly.
"No way! Show me that I have been training for one-hundred days!" Lloyd shouted.
"If you want your proof, go and see Colette." Yuan said again. Lloyd did just that. When he got to her, he was a little startled. She was a little thicker in appearance than last time, and she had a slight bulge on her stomach. "Colette! What happened? You look---" "Lloyd it's okay. I have something I wish to tell you." She said. She leaned into Lloyd's ear and spoke into it. Lloyd's eyes opened really big.
"Really? Who is the daddy?" he asked. "Why, you are, Lloyd!" Colette said, smiling at Lloyd, who fainted.
A short while later, Lloyd woke up to see Colette's face and everyone looking at him. Lloyd got up and was helped by Yuan, who said: "Congratulations, my grandson-in-law!" Lloyd was startled at this. "What? Grandson-in-law?" he asked.
"Lloyd, there is something that I hid from everyone except Colette. Did you notice that when it came to killing the Chosen, I always had Botta do it? Well, in fact there was only one person in the world who the line of Chosen is descended from--my sister Skade. Mithos had her have two children one a girl and the other a boy. The boy would o to Tethe'alla, the girl to Sylvarant. Eventually, the World Regeneration took place after the the two children had their own families. Then, Colette came along. In her I saw my sister, and I could not bring myself to harm her. So, in a nutshell, Colette is a descendent of mine." Yuan said.
Everyone just looked at him, surprised. Colette came forth and said all of what Yuan said was true. Eventually, everyone was asleep except for Kratos and Yuan. The two talked about how they would attack Mithos tomorrow and stop Derris-Kharlan from approaching the world any sooner. The two did not need sleep, for they were angels, after all.
The next day, everyone left Derris-Kharlan and went to the Giant Tree. The group decided to split in two, so that if Mithos gave the others a hard time, they would be in reserve and come help. Kratos, Yuan, Lloyd, and Colette left to fight Mithos. Regal, Raine, Sheena, and Presea stayed behind. When the group that would fight Mithos arrived at the Giant Tree, they saw Genis, frightened.
"Genis!" Lloyd shouted. Genis ran to Lloyd, and as he was talking to Lloyd, he saw a different looking Colette. He laughed evilly to himself.
"Colette, can I show you something?" Genis asked. "Sure. What?" Colette asked.
"You'll see." he said. Kratos suddenly had an awakening inside him as Colette was at the Tree. "No!" he shouted.
It was too late. Mithos appeared and grabbed Colette. "Good job, Genis! I knew I could count on you, my second-in-command!" Mithos shouted as he teleported away.
"Genis? Why?" asked Lloyd. "You killed Raine fool! Mithos promised me to revive her, and so I joined him. It was I that gave Mithos the idea of capturing Colette and using her as the new vessel for Martel." Genis said. "Don't tell me that Mithos is still on to that. If it is true, then Yuan and I will go to fight him." Kratos said. He and Yuan then teleported after Mithos, leaving Lloyd and Genis to decide their fate.
"Lloyd, it is time. Time to DIE!" Genis said, opening his wings. "Genis, I do not want to fight you! Raine is alive!" Lloyd said. "It's too late for that, and besides I saw you kill her, there is no way she could come back." Genis said.
Genis drew his sword, and Lloyd his swords. "Everlasting Fire!" Genis shouted. A flame surrounded Genis and an area of twenty yards. Lloyd opened his wings and flew up as the flames reached where he was. Genis flew up and swung at Lloyd, who dodged. Genis then grabbed Lloyd, and threw him to the fire. Lloyd caught himself, and flew up to Genis. He reached him, and swung one of his swords at Genis, who thought he deflected the attack and sent the sword flying away, but Lloyd simply put it away. Lloyd saw this as an opportunity for a later time in this battle. Genis went on the offensive and swung away at Lloyd, who kept on parrying Genis's attacks. Genis flew up, came down on Lloyd, and started to swing at him. Lloyd teleported away to behind Genis and sliced his back. Blood started to come out. Genis turned around, looked at Lloyd, smiled and raised his sword in the air. "Sprit of the Giant Tree, grant me your power!" he said. Genis healed himself. Lloyd was amazed at this, but he noticed that when he was healing, his Cruxis Crystal was glowing. Lloyd realized that if he could remove the Crystal, then Genis would lose his power. Lloyd then said: "Genis, must we fight? Can we be friends again?" he asked. Genis only laughed. "As I told you, it's too late for that. I'll never forgive you for killing my sister!" he said charging at Lloyd. Genis faked Lloyd and slashed his right arm with his sword. Lloyd fell back, looking at Genis with pleading eyes. Lloyd grinned, and shouted: "First Aid!" and healed himself. Lloyd, still holding one sword, the other sheathed, for Genis thought it was gone looked at Genis. "What's wrong? To afraid to fight me? Oh well. I'll just tell Kratos that you begged for mercy as I killed you, and to Colette, I'll tell her as she is being made the vessel for Martel that you are dead and that her son will not live to be born either!" Genis said laughing. "What!" Lloyd shouted. "You heard me. I'm going to kill your son. I assume you know by now?" Genis said. It was at that moment that Lloyd realized that he could not sve Genis and must kill him to save his friends, for Mithos had destroyed him. Also, after that realization, he thought about what Genis would do to the one he loved if he were to lose. When he thought that, Lloyd snapped. His wings started to flap madly, and his eyes became bloodshot. Genis was wondering what happened, and flew up to Lloyd with his sword in hand. Lloyd saw this, and sliced Genis's hand the sword was in clean off! Genis screamed. Genis raced to get the sword, but Lloyd beat him to it, and cut the sword in two. Genis became scared, and cast an Indignation Judgment. It did nothing to Lloyd, who cast an Indignation Judgment back at Genis. The attack stuck him, and knocked him down. Genis looked at the stub that was his hand, and saw a part of his broken sword. It did not glow though, but to Genis, it was enough, for he needed a blade. He picked it up, and flew five feet higher than were Lloyd was. "I have you now, for I have the high ground!" Genis shouted. Lloyd didn't care. He flew up to Genis, and swung his sword at his Cruxis Crystal, which was on his chest where Mithos's was. Genis saw this as the perfect opportunity to kill Lloyd, and thrust his sword at him. But, unfortunately for Genis, Lloyd pulled out his other sword and blocked the thrust. This sudden movement caused Genis to move slightly, and instead of Lloyd taking out the Cruxis Crystal, he sliced off Genis' right shoulder and down in a diagonal direction so that his right leg was gone and only four inches of his left leg remained. Genis let out a shrill that scared the ones in reserve out of their wits. Genis was becoming unconscious, but he started to cast the Indignation spell. Lloyd saw this, and cast a Thunder Blade which struck Genis's Cruxis Crystal. The Crystal fell off, Genis's wings disappeared, and he fell into the fire. The blood that Genis lost stopped the flames where Genis landed. The Cruxis Crystal broke, and its shards landed on Genis, and to his luck kept him from dying. Lloyd did know this, and flew away, to go find Colette. The others in reserve went to see what happened, only to be stopped by Lloyd, telling them the story of what happened. Raine started to cry again. Lloyd told the others to watch over her, and left-to go save Colette.
Finally! Hope you enjoy. Next chapter's gonna be a looooong one, so if I don't update soon, please understand. Thanks for the reviews, and happy reading! Until later, goodbye!
P.S Skade is the name of the Norse Ski goddess (if you wanted to know).