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Tales of Symphonia 2
The Return of Mithos Yggdrassill
Chapter 10: Judgment of the Void
Genis arrived at the seal first. He went up to it, and looked at it.
"I might as well wait for Lloyd to come. Then I can take Colette!" Genis said.
Soon enough, the group appeared. Genis looked at them, and saw Raine.
"Raine, I thought that you were dead!" Genis said.
"Genis? Is that you?" asked Raine.
"Yes, it is me. I now work for the great Lord Yggdrassill and now I will destroy you so that no one can defeat us!" Genis said, opening his now gray wings that still resembled Mithos' wings.
"No Genis, you will not kill us. I will not allow you do as you are anymore!" Lloyd shouted.
Genis looked around for Colette. When he realized that she was not there, he grinned, and shot a mana ball at Thorvald, knocking him off the platform and down to the world below.
Genis then pulled out his new sword, a blade made from the Giant Tree, but it was compressed so hard in it's forging that it turned to diamond. Kratos pulled out the Eternal Sword, and everyone else drew their weapons.
"This is going to be fun." Genis said, walking to the group.
Sheena flew to Genis and used the Demon Seal on him. Genis grinned and used the Indignation Judgment on her, knocking her out. Raine was about to resurrect her, but Genis broke her staff and fired a mana ball at her, and she collapsed.
"Dammit Genis!" Lloyd shouted, and flew to him.
"Multi-Indignation Judgment!" Genis shouted. Kratos was startled to see this.
"So he knows the level four and five techniques." he thought.
After the attack, only Lloyd, Kratos, Yuan, and Regal were still standing.
"Now, only you fools remain." Genis said.
"Now Genis, it is time for you to pay!" Lloyd shouted, running up to him. Lloyd slashed at Genis, who merely sliced his swords into many small pieces.
Genis walked up to Lloyd, with a mana ball in his hand. Lloyd grinned and ran up to Genis.
"Bloody Lance!" he shouted. Genis looked at him, surprised. Genis was taken aback as he was being injured slightly. After that, he fired the mana ball at Lloyd, which caused him to fall back a little.
Then suddenly, the ghost of Alicia came down to the battlefield.
"Alicia! Why are you here?" asked Regal.
"Regal, I want you to break your vow that states that you will never use your hands as tools of death anymore. You need your power to defeat Genis and Mithos." Alicia said, vanishing.
"Alicia, I will do what you ask." Regal said, walking toward Genis.
"Take this Lloyd! Judgment of the Void!" Genis shouted. A silver light surrounded Genis, and spread around him.
"NO! Kratos yelled, flying up to Lloyd, catching him and Regal, then flying off of the platform along with Yuan.
The whole city of Exire disappeared along with everyone that was knocked out from Genis, who by the way, flew back to Derris-Kharlan. Regal saw this, and fired a mana blast similar to the one he used to escape from Welgaia. It hit Genis, and went through him. Genis still made it to Derris-Kharlan though.
Kratos and the others were in the air looking at each other.
"What just happened?" Lloyd asked.
"Lloyd, I am afraid that your friends have been sent to another dimension." Yuan said.
"What exactly do you mean?" asked Regal.
"Everyone, Genis used what is called a Level Five Ultimate Attack. It was called Judgment of the Void, a rare attack that only an angel who has mastered dark and light attacks can do." Kratos said.
"But still, you have not answered me! What just happened?" Lloyd shouted.
"All right. This will be very shocking for you to hear Lloyd." Kratos said.
"I don't care! Just tell me!" Lloyd shouted.
"Lloyd, Regal, Everyone who was on that platform has been sent to another dimension. A dimension of death and destruction. When one is sent there against his or her own free will, they die immediately upon arrival there. Only when one has a Cruxis Crystal on will they be able to survive. But, there is a catch: The effects of the Crystal are nullified when in the dimension, and everyone will only be as strong as they were before they put on and exsphere or a Cruxis Crystal." Kratos said.
"No! If that is true, then we must save them!" shouted Lloyd.
"I agree, it would be cruel to leave them there for eternity." Regal said.
Yuan then piped up and said: "Well, before we go, we must go and see what we love most. One can only enter this dimension when they are determined to save someone that has been sent there. One can only return when they want to be with someone that they love the most in the world that is not in that dimension." Yuan said.
"First, we must find Thorvald, he was not in Exire when it disappeared." Lloyd said.
"How true." Yuan said. The group flew to the ground, and saw Thorvald laying on the ground, still breathing. They took him to Iselia, and the mayor said he would look after him. The group then decided where they should go first to see what they loved most.
"Well then, let's go to Altamira first." Lloyd said, looking at Regal.
"Thank you." he said.
They group went to Altamira and payed their respects to Alicia. Regal smiled and proposed that they go to the Giant Tree, where Martel should reside. Yuan thanked Regal.
When they got to the Giant Tree however, they gasped.
It had wilted and the leaves were falling off it.
"How could this happen?" asked Regal. Yuan walked up to the tree and looked at it hard, thinking about what could have done this to the Tree. He looked around it, and then saw a black portion of the tree, where the other halves of the Cruxis Crystals that the group got every time they killed a Desian.
"That's it!" shouted Yuan, looking at everyone.
"What is it?" asked Lloyd.
"Regal, your Cruxis Crystal is only half of one, correct?" Yuan said, looking at him.
"Why yes it is." Regal said.
"And Regal, isn't it green?" asked Yuan again.
"Yes." Regal said.
"Look here, and you will see the other half of your Cruxis Crystal." Yuan said. Regal nodded, and walked to it.
"You are absolutely right. This is the other half of my Cruxis Crystal." Regal said, taking it off the the Tree and putting it together with the other half of his Cruxis Crystal. The Giant Tree started to begin to unwilt, but slightly.
"I think that what is wrong with the Tree is that these Cruxis Crystals are sapping the Tree of mana and since many of the other halves of these Crystals are in another dimension, the mana of the Giant Tree has been sapped. Only when we save the ones in the other dimension will the Tree be restored." Kratos said.
"Yes, you are right, Angel of Cruxis." said Martel, walking toward the group. Yuan saw her and smiled. "Martel!" he shouted.
"Yuan, the time for us to talk is not now. When you are back from the long journey that awaits you in the other dimension will I talk with you." Martel said.
"I understand." Yuan said, frowning.
"What long journey?" asked Regal.
"You must travel through the other dimension, which is form of Symphonia in which here is no mana. There, you must seek out your friends, and then come back, using the Eternal Sword. When back, remove these Cruxis Crystals, and the Tree will be saved. That is why it is like this right now, the Giant Tree. The Symphonia of no mana has connected itself with the Tree, and it is being sapped by that world and the Cruxis Crystals." Martel said.
"In that case, we must go now so that the land will not die." Regal said.
"Yes, goodbye." Martel said, vanishing into the air.
"Well, now we have to go to Dirk's house, so that Lloyd can see Colette and Kratos can see Anna." Yuan said.
"Thank you." the two said.
The group went to Dirk's house, where they saw Dirk standing outside the door.
"Lloyd. Colette is doing well. She has to stay in bed most of the time though, for she is now seven months along and she is kinda heavy now." Dirk said.
Yuan grinned, until Kratos hit him. Kratos left the group and went to Anna's grave, knelt down, and took the Flamberge from it.''
"Anna, I love you, and I always will." Kratos said, returning to the group. Lloyd went inside, and saw Colette on the bed, sleeping. Lloyd went to her, kissed her, and smiled. "I love you." he said, and went away with everyone to the remnants of the Iselia Ranch.
"Well, should we go now!" asked Yuan.
"Yes, we need to save the world." Regal said.
Kratos pulled out the Eternal Sword, and raised it in the air.
"Eternal Sword, take us to the dimension that makes a mockery of our land, where our friends are!" Kratos said.
"Very well." the Sword said. A gray and white portal appeared where hey were and they vanished.
Mithos was watching them from Derris-Kharlan, where Genis had the hole made in him by Regal replaced by a miniature Mana Cannon.
"Mithos, look! Colette is alone now. This is our chance to use her to revive Martel!" Genis said.
"Not now. With the Giant Tree unable to produce any mana right now, our Cruxis Crystals are useless only the halves that we have on now allow us to keep our wings. Genis, test out your new Mana Cannon. It can destroy an entire city!" Mithos said.
"All right, by the way, why a Mana Cannon? Why not just more machinery?" asked Genis.
"The mana that the Mana Cannon vents off when used can give you the power of ten thousand humans." Mithos said.
"Wow! Here goes!" Genis said, charging up the Mana Cannon and firing it at Iselia. Thorvald saw it from the mayor's house, and ran to stop it, but he was too late. The mana hit the town, and Thorvald managed to survive it by ducking for cover. Iselia was destroyed though.
"NO! My home is gone!" Thorvald said, looking up at the sky, and seeing what appeared to be Derris-Kharlan the size of the moon. Thorvald flew to Derris-Kharlan to stop Mithos and Genis.
"We have a guest coming." Genis said.
"Oh well, let him come, so that I may finish him." Mithos said. "Genis, by the way, let me tell you why I had a fake ghost of Alicia come down to Regal. Also, let me tell you my plan that will destroy Lloyd!" Mithos said laughing.
"YES!" Genis shouted.
Well, that's chapter ten. Thank you for reading, I really appreciate it. Thank You for the reviews, they help me out a lot in writing the story. Well, take care and until later, goodbye!