Love At First Sight: A Fanfic by Gyppy
Timeline: Based 3 years after "For Your Lost Time"
Summary: Presea is in love with Genis, and admitted it three years before; however, the two had been separated for some time, and Presea's love for Genis is fading. Can she really continue to trust him after all she's been through these past few years?
A mysterious human suddenly attacks Symphonia one day, and Presea meets up with Genis to see if he and Raine can go and fight this foe with her. This fanfic is based in the time that their fight with this foe is occurring. The human's name? Nyfara.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia or Namco. This fanfic is my idea, and Nyfara is my character.
Author's Note: FYI, Genis and Presea are both (physically) 15 in this fic, as it's based 3 years after the game, and Genis was 12 in the game.
Thank you very much for the reviews.
By the way, "Nyfarids" are Gyppy-ese for henchmen of Nyfara.
StrawberryEggs: Genis went purple like that because he was thinking naughty things that 15-year-olds shouldn't be thinking. ;)
Chapter 4: Mass Devastation
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Not long after the group broke camp, they suddenly encountered a group of traveling Nyfarids. There were five opponents, but they were all defeated easily; after that, the group decided to head for Palmacosta, since they figured they could rest and restock there, not to mention the fact that they'd received word that the others were staying there.
They had only traveled a short while before they encountered another group of five Nyfarids; this battle was also quick and easy, much to the dismay of Genis.
They continued to travel until sunset, stopping to rest a few times; they set up camp a few miles east of Palmacosta, and prepared to settle down for the night.
However, they were not destined to get much sleep.
Right around midnight, the camp was attacked by a pack of wolves led by a pair of Nyfarids. The howling of the wolves was enough to awaken the group from a sound sleep, but they had very little time to prepare.
Absolute chaos ensued; from both sides, there was issuing of various attacks.
"Fiery Infliction!-"
"Drown! Spread!"
"Light! Photon!"
"Eternal Devastation!-"
"Chaos Blast!"
Presea, Genis and Raine were suddenly knocked back by a stream of darkness issuing forth from one of the Nyfarids; Genis quickly got up, dusted himself off, and prepared another attack.
"Dreaded Wave!-"
"Death Eater!"
This attack caught Genis off guard; he had only ever seen Mithos' Yggdrasill form use it, and now he was powerless to stop it as the beams of light rained down in a rather confined area, striking Genis a number of times.
It was then that Raine managed to get up.
"Holy Lance!"
"Two can play at that game," one of the Nyfarids said, evading the attack and gathering mana for his own attack. "Bloody Lance!"
An attack similar to Raine's Holy Lance, but of a dark element, struck the healer; she was damaged by the attack, but not quite so badly as she had expected.
"I won't let you get away with this!" Genis cried, jumping up.
"Form a torrential vortex and engulf the evil spirit! Tidal Wave!"
The battlefield was suddenly engulfed in a massive counterclockwise swirl of water; the attack struck numerous times, knocking the foes back and taking out some of the wolves.
Immediately after the vortex had faded, Genis began to cast another spell.
"Reduce these evil souls to ashes! Explosion!"
A massive ball of fire fell from the sky and struck the Nyfarids dead-on; as soon as the attack struck, it caused an immense explosion, which knocked out the remaining wolves and knocked back the Nyfarids.
"You children think you can get away with this," another voice suddenly said. "Well, I'll show you just how powerless you are!"
Out of the shadows stepped a single Nyfarid; however, Genis could tell that this one was different from the others. It bore a massive, black spear, two carbon-black swords and a peculiar aura that seemed to be filled with evil power... and it had four arms.
"I cannot believe you have actually stooped so low as to attempt to defeat us," the Nyfarid said tauntingly. "You know you cannot win, not against a superior being like myself!"
With that, the Nyfarid raised his spear into the air and struck the ground with it, sending out a black shockwave that knocked back the members of the group. Genis was sent flying back, while Raine flinched and Presea fell over. Once the shockwave had faded, the three attempted to pick themselves back up.
"I hope you are ready to receive your punishment," Presea stated once she had righted herself. "You will no longer have to deal with the likes of Nyfara."
"Rising Punishment!-"
"Atlas!-"
"Holy Lance!"
The three attacks were aimed at the remaining Nyfarids; Genis' Atlas and Presea's Rising Punishment aimed at the first one, and Raine's Holy Lance aimed at the third. The foes fell quickly; however, there still remained the one Nyfarid that looked as if it was ready to destroy something after seeing its comrades fall so easily.
"You will not get away with this," the Nyfarid said angrily. "Shadow Strike!"
A black bolt of lightning struck Genis, stunning him.
"Grave!"
A sharp spike of black rock launched Raine into the air; then, four more spikes struck from four different sides, and then receded into the ground.
"Dark Sphere!"
A sphere of dark energy surrounded Presea, locking her in place; then, the sphere exploded, dealing heavy damage.
The three were panting, energy almost completely exhausted. Still, Genis tried one more attempt at an attack...
"I call upon thee in the land of the dead to unleash thy fury of thunder! Indignation!"
The lightning strike, though stunning the Nyfarid, did little actual damage; Genis had essentially wasted mana, and was now weakened greatly.
"This is not good," Presea commented. "We have a twenty-five percent chance of surviving the enemy's next attack."
"We'll win," Raine said. "It may take a miracle, but... we'll win."
Sure enough, that miracle came...
"Out of the way!-"
Raine turned her head in surprise.
"Thunder Blade!"
A blade of pure lightning struck the Nyfarid, and then sent waves of electricity pulsing through the ground, knocking him back.
"That voice sounded familiar..." Raine said quietly to herself.
And then she watched in awe as a flash of purple launched itself toward the Nyfarid and embedded a sword right in its heart.
Genis raised his head long enough to see the familiar face before him - the glaring brown eyes, the unkempt red-brown hair, the purple cloak that reminded him of wings, the blue wings of a seraph...
"Kratos!" the young half-elf exclaimed. "What are you doing back here?"
"I'll explain later," the seraph said. "Right now, I think we should head on to Palmacosta."
"We don't have enough strength to move," Raine said. "We're all but dead here."
"I can rectify that situation," Kratos said, turning to the group.
"Healing Stream!"
As the life-giving waters of the earth rose around the three lone travelers, they felt their strength returning; however, their shock was no less.
"You should've told us," Raine said, watching the circle dissipate. "You should've told us you were back on Symphonia."
"We should head to Palmacosta," Kratos stated, reverting to his old ways. "I can explain everything once we get there."
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Unfortunately for the three lone travelers, their explanation would never come.
In the middle of the night, the now-reinforced group continued forth to Palmacosta. They arrived there by mid-morning; however, what they saw before them was not the peaceful city that Palmacosta had been rebuilt into.
Instead, they found the bloodied remnants of a ruined city.
And near the entrance to the city of Palmacosta, they found some friends of theirs, all injured; Lloyd, Colette, Sheena and Zelos.
"The Nyfarids attacked the city," Lloyd explained. "They made sure every human in the city died. We were the only ones that escaped..."
"What the..." Genis said quietly, shock overtaking him. "What happened to... Regal...?"
"We don't know," Lloyd replied solemnly. "He may have died... we're not entirely sure what happened to him. All I know is that... we managed to escape." The swordsman looked up. "And I see you've brought a visitor along with you as well..."
"I'll accompany Lloyd and Colette," Kratos stated, coming forward. "Genis, Presea, Raine, you go along and defeat Nyfara. Sheena and Zelos should be able to handle themselves."
"Yeah, we'll be able to handle ourselves," Zelos muttered. "About as much as the people of this city were able to."
Kratos cast Healing Wind on the four in front of him, then stepped forward and took Lloyd's hand, helping him up.
"He's right," Sheena said. "You three, go on ahead without us. We still need to recover from this attack."
"Alright, alright," Genis muttered. "We'll go fight the bad guy." He turned to Kratos and raised his voice. "And if you aren't there to help us in time of our greatest need, I am so going to punch your brains out when we get back home."
Kratos smirked, hearing the comment.
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Author's Note: This chapter was slightly longer than the previous ones, did you notice? Anyway, I'm not going to make this anti-climactic, but I believe Chapter 5 will be the final chapter in this oh-so-epic (/sarcasm) story. I think you can guess where Nyfara's based; can ya tell? Huh? HUH?
...alright, I'll shut up.
