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Tales of Symphonia 2
The Return of Mithos Yggdrassill
Chapter 8: The Pacts of Sylvarant
"Hey, Genis." Mithos said. Genis got up, and he looked around.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"You are in Derris-Kharlan. In my secret fortress that only I know of. I have revived you so that you can carry out your revenge on Lloyd." Mithos said.
"Mithos, Lloyd cares too deeply for Colette to mess with him. When I told him what would happen to her, he lost control of himself and did what he did to me. By the way, thank you for these new body parts." Genis said.
"Your welcome. Well, we must find another way to destroy Lloyd. If we cannot destroy him emotionally, then we must destroy him physically--and I know how." Mithos said.
"Really? What is it?" Genis asked.
"Genis my friend, let me tell you why Derris-Kharlan is heading here first." Mithos said.
Meanwhile, back in Dirk's house, everyone woke up to Thorvald shouting. They all ran outside to hear what he was saying.
"WAR! WAR!" he was shouting.
"What?" Regal asked.
"War Regal! It seems that the King has gone mad and declared war on everyone!" he said, panting.
"Well then, let's go and see what he's up to!" Lloyd said. As everyone was leaving, Dirk ran out to them. "Everyone! Here, take this armor, I made it several hundred years ago, but never used it." he said, giving each person a suit made of diamond.
"Wow! Thanks Dad!" Lloyd said.
"Indeed, this armor is the strongest I have ever seen." Kratos said. Colette could not fit in her armor, though.
"I'm sorry, please go on without me, I'll just a burden to you." she said.
"Why? You'll be fine!" LLoyd said.
"Lloyd, wait. Think about it. If she comes, she will have more than one person to look after. Catch my drift?" Kratos said.
"Is this true?" Lloyd asked.
Colette shook her head. Everyone then nodded their heads and bid her and Dirk farewell.
"Thorvald, what did you mean by war anyway----I mean, where is it?" Sheena asked.
"Oh, in Iselia." he said. Everyone froze. "Iselia? What! Let's go!" Lloyd said, and everyone ran to the town. When they got there, they saw the Desian army along with the King's army attack the town.
"NOOOOO!" LLoyd and everyone shouted. They ran up to some Desians, and started to attack them. They killed them instantly. But, when they died, ALL the Desians in the army that attacked Iselia went to the group. Everyone started to fall back on each other.
"Stand back everyone, I'll handle this." Kratos said. Everyone stood away from him.
"Shining Indignation Judgment!" he shouted. All the Desians were vaporized. The Kings army saw this, and unleashed a barrage of arrows on the group. Their diamond armor reflected it though. All of the soldiers in the army went and attacked the group. Kratos did not want to use that attack again, so he, along with everyone else, began to fight the army.
Before long, the army was defeated and everyone was panting. Before the last soldier died though, he sent a message to the King telling him what happened and who did it.
"Great, we are probably outlaws again." Yuan said to Kratos. Kratos nodded.
"We need all of you to as strong us. Yuan, go and fetch the Cruxis Crystal that Forcystus had, I have an idea." Kratos said. Yuan nodded, and flew away.
"What idea?" Presea asked.
"In order for all of you to defeat Mithos now, you must become angels, like, Lloyd, Yuan, and I." Kratos said.
"An angel? What will it be like?" Regal asked.
"Well, it is painful at first, but after a minute or so, you fell a power greater than any other you have felt before inside you." Kratos said. Yuan returned with the Crystal, and decided to equip it on Regal.
"This power! I can already feel it! I fel as if this is my ultimate form!" Regal said. Feathers began to surround him, and green wings, int he shape of Kratos' appeared.
Everyone looked at Regal, amazed.
"Also, when you are an angel, your power is greatly increased from when you are not. When you open your wings out, it increases even more. But be warned---if you leave your wings out for more than one day, the wings stay there permanently." Kratos said.
The townspeople of Iselia crawled out from the debris, and saw the group.
"Oh thank you for saving us!" they shouted. "Please, accept this token of our thanks." they said. They went up to each of them and gave each of them a tent filled with a month's supply of food and other basic needs.
"We thank you for these gifts. Why do you gve these to us anyway?" Kratos said.
"Well, after that, it seems that you'll be cast out wherever you go, so we gave you all these, so that if you need to stay somewhere, you have somewhere." the mayor said, walking to them.
"Thank you. We will never forget this." Sheena said. The group left the city and started walking towards Izoold, where they could catch a boat to New Palmacoasta, and then go to Thoda Island, where they could make the pact with Undine.
Halfway to Triet, Regal was deciding what to do about his wings. "Everyone, I have decided to let these wings here be permanent. By doing so, I will have the power to defeat Mithos and not be a burden to you." he said.
"Are you sure? When one is in that form, he/she needs no sleep or food." Kratos said.
"I am certain." Regal said.
"If Regal is doing it, then I will to!" Lloyd said, opening his wings.
"Lloyd, that is not advisable." Raine said.
"So? It'll be cool to be like this!" he replied.
"Thinking about it now, it would be best to have these wings pemantetly." Kratos said, opening his wings along with Yuan. So now, everyone with wings had them opened, and they went to Triet.
When they got there, there was panic.
"The army is coming!" they shouted. Suddenly, a messenger came in from the desert and posted a note on the wall of the hotel.
It went like this:
"I will spare your town if you turn over the criminals Lloyd Irving, Kratos Aurion, Raine Sage, Regal Bryant, Presea Combatir, Sheena Fujibayashi, and the one known as Yuan. to the Castle Symphonia."
Signed,
King Ethelbald
"Why am I just called 'Yuan'?" Yuan said.
Everyone in town read the letter, and looked at the group.
"It seems that we are not welcome." Regal said.
"So it would seem." said Kratos.
The townspeople approached the group, and Kratos had everyone join hands. When they did, the teleported away to Thoda Dock.
"We must form the pact with Undine before anyone gets word of us coming here." Kratos said. The group took the washtubs to the geyser, and wet in the temple.
They had no problem getting to Undine, who was waiting for them when they came.
"Origin has informed me of your quest. Show me your power!" Undine said. She pulled out her sword of water, and came toward the group. Kratos used the Super Lightning Blade on her, and she collapsed. When she got back up, she went back to the seal.
"Your power has increased dramatically since you have acquired the Eternal Sword. Make your vow." the Summon Spirit said.
"I am Kratos! I ask that thou annulst thy pact with Sheena and establish a new pact with me! I vow to protect this world for as long as I live!" Kratos said.
"Since you have shown me your power, there is no need to fight. I give you my power, summoner Kratos!" she said, becoming blue light, which went into Kratos.
"Now all we have to do is form the pacts with Luna and Sylph and we will have all of the Sylvarant pacts formed." Lloyd said.
"Indeed, let us go to the other seals now, and form the pacts before more resistance occurs." Kratos said. The group left the seal, returned the washtubs, and went to the Seal of Wind. There they saw Sylph who were also waiting for them, like Undine.
"Origin has informed us of your trip!", they said.
"Well then, I am Kratos, I ask that thou annulst thy pact with Sheena and establish a new pact with me." Kratos said.
"Very well, we will test your power." they said. Before they were able to attack, Kratos used the Eternal Sword on all of them, just slashing them once each. After one slice they would fall. After they all fell, they went back to the seal.
"It is possible. You very well could be Hero of Eternity that Legends speak of." the Sylph said, looking at Kratos.
"Hero of Eternity?" asked Lloyd.
"I myself do not know what it is." Kratos said. "Anyway, Sylph! I vow to protect the land for as long as I live!" Kratos said again.
"Yes, we pledge our power to you, summoner Kratos!" the Sylph said, becoming green light that went into Kratos. Kratos took all the proofs of the pacts he had from all the Summon Spirits and looked at them with a serious look in his face.
"What is it?" asked Sheena.
"Nothing, I was just reflecting on how Mithos formed the pacts all those years ago. He made the same vow I did." Kratos said, putting the proofs away.
"Well, you are different from Mithos, and you will not fail." Presea said. Kratos looked at her and thanked her.
The group teleported to Luna, who was there also and she to said that Origin had come to her.
"Luna! I am Kratos! I ask that thou annulst thy pact with Sheena and establish a new pact with me!" Kratos said. Luna pulled out her staff, and Aska came along to. Kratos defeated them before they could raise their weapons.
"You have great power, make your vow, and I will pledge my power to you." Luna said. "I vow to protect this world for as long as I live!" Kratos said.
"Very good." Luna said, becoming white light that went into Kratos as he held the proof of the new pact.
"You are strong. I'm glad you are on our side!" Thorvald said. The group then went to the ground and decided to set up camp.
Back on Derris-Kharlan, Mithos had finished telling the tale of why Derris-Kharlan was heading towards Symphonia.
"What a tale! So you yourself are pulling the comet to the land?" Genis said.
"Yes, there is a power that will be unleashed if I have the comet Derris-Kharlan collide with Symphonia. If I can take that power, then I will be unstoppable! The only thing that could stop me is the Legendary Hero of Eternity!" Mithos said. Genis and Mithos started laughing.
"Could you tell me the story of this Hero of Eternity?" asked Genis.
"Sure, it goes like this. It was several million years ago when..."
Finally, the end of chapter 8! I needed a break so that I could sort the story through. Thanks for reading and thanks for the reviews. Keep on reading and I'll keep writing! Until later, goodbye!