To Kill An Angel: A Fanfic by Gyppy
Timeline: Based 2 years after "Rising Shadow"
Summary: After Nebilim's shadow was sealed away once more, Lloyd thought that they could all finally enjoy peace. However, he could not have been more wrong...
Two old servants of Nebilim, half-elven females who had once worked for the treacherous Dark Lord, set out to stop Lloyd and his allies. Their first target: the Eternal Swordsman's father himself.
Pairings: LloydxColette and SheenaxZelos primarily, with hints at GenisxPresea, SelesxOC and minor KratosxRaine. There will also be some PronymaxYggdrasill and MithosxOC.
Author's Note: This is my sequel to Rising Shadow. It's gonna be quite a bit different from my usual fanfiction, though.
First of all, in case you're too lazy to go back and read Rising Shadow or if you just forgot the details, Abyssion was the main character in my previous fanfic, and Nebilim (the form you fight in the game) is his arch-rival. Abyssion has a younger brother, Leviathan, who falls for Seles (hence the SelesxOC). This fanfic focuses more around Lloyd, however. Colloyd and Sheelos will be the primary pairings.
With the chapter "Mithos, Coldhearted No More", there has been a slight introduction of MithosxOC. This will most likely show up more prominently later on.
And now, for the warnings. As with most T-rated fanfics on this site, there will be swearing, violence and some references to sex. The rating may go up later if I decide to pull a Lifelong Promises later on in the fic.
Also, as a side note, those of you who have read Difficult Journey (Rising Shadow's Kraine sidestory) will know that Kratos and Raine are officially a pairing in this storyline. However, there will be very few references to the pairing in the actual storyline. There may be a few Kraine moments, but I understand that there are many people who would hurt or even kill me for making Kraine references in a supposedly canon fic. I personally enjoy the pairing, and if you hate it, so be it. Don't be reading a Kraine supporter's fanfiction if you dislike the pairing. Got it?
As a side note, text like 'this' is in a flashback/dream or a voice in someone's head. Got it?
Thank you very much for the review(s).
There might be a bit of blood in this chapter, so be on the lookout.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia, Namco, Final Fantasy or Square-Enix.
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Chapter 12: The Second Battle
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The group had to endure three more levels of pure hell as they traversed Niflheim. The fourth floor of Niflheim saw the blood vapor of those who had been killed in ruthless acts by Nebilim; the fifth floor bore the bizarre swirls of icy mist that represented the cold, dark heart of Nebilim; the sixth floor saw the oceanic breath of Aryvani and its fallen angels.
Between the sixth and seventh floors of Niflheim, there was yet another sprawling battle arena, with a prismatic floor of most bizarre colors.
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"Who are you who dare to cross my path?" the creature screeched, its voice sounding like the grinding of nails against slate.
Lloyd winced as he heard this noise; to his angelic ears, it made things that much worse.
The creature resembled a massive phantom knight; it rode atop what was clearly a miasma-enhanced velocidragon, and its body closely resembled a skeletal creature, bearing a rippling cloak and heavy armor.
"Give me your name, and I shall give you mine," the Eternal Swordsman retaliated.
"You are certainly a stubborn human," the creature said. "I am the Hell Knight... my name is Haki. I desire no more than to kill you and your pathetic companions!"
"Go ahead and try," Lloyd said, drawing his swords. "I'll take you down right where you stand!"
A long, purple, glowing blade materialized in Haki's right hand; on its left arm, there materialized a bright blue, glowing shield, seemingly composed of the same mist that rose about them.
"I'll take you down, all of you," Haki screeched. "I'll kill you right where you stand!"
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Lloyd brought up his sword to block an attack, but Haki's blade seemed to go right through the sword and impaled Lloyd. Slowly, the blade was raised into the air, Lloyd sitting on its very tip, floating in midair. Suddenly and unexpectedly, he summoned forth his wings and threw himself off the blade, landing a few feet away.
Raine turned and cast Healing Circle on Lloyd; the swordsman made no attempt to move out of the circle's aura, but instead chose to stay where he was and summon Judgment Blade. He then followed up with Demonic Chaos, which struck Haki dead-on.
Yggdrasill sneaked up behind Haki and began casting a spell, his eyes closed in concentration as his wings began dancing.
"Swords of heavenly light, I call upon thy power to unleash thy fury upon this corrupt soul!"
The seraph's wings exploded in a flurry of feathers as he loosed the spell.
"Prism Feathers!"
Though he seemed to be unharmed, Yggdrasill's wings had completely detached from him; the feathers rushed at Haki and, in a brilliant display of flashing light and dazzling, prismatic explosions, tore at the foe, drawing blood with each intense slice. The feathers danced this way and that, glistening with prismatic light that was completely different from their usual purple. Once the feathers had finished their display, they returned to their host, simply settling against Yggdrasill's back again as if nothing had happened.
Haki turned around and unleashed a massive slice upon Yggdrasill; luckily, the angel was able to block serious damage with his wings.
Apparently, Lloyd's Judgment Blade was still active; he rushed over to Haki and performed Rising Falcon, followed almost immediately by Demonic Chaos, then Sonic Sword Rain, and finally Tiger Rage. However, the Eternal Swordsman wasn't done yet; his next attack consisted of a boosted Hurricane Thrust, followed by Demonic Circle, then Raging Beast, and finally he ended it all with Sword Rain: Alpha.
By then, the augmentation effects of Judgment Blade had faded; Lloyd leaped back to dodge Haki's blade, then launched Double Demon Fang and took to the air.
Haki looked ticked off. Extremely ticked off. The velocidragon it was riding took a snap at Kratos, then Haki itself brought down its sword upon the seraph. Had it not been for Raine's rather apt warning, Kratos would've been sliced clean in half... and he was able to dodge by barely a millimeter, bearing a singe mark on his right glove.
And now Kratos was the one who was ticked off.
He raised the Last Fencer in the air and seemingly blindly charged Haki. Sticking the sword in the velocidragon's side, he used it to vault over Haki, then stabbed the mount in the other side. He then called upon his wings and launched an almost instantaneous Judgment, which caught Haki off-guard.
However, the Hell Knight was not ready to give up. Its next target was Karina.
The massive, purple blade lashed out at Karina, striking her and blowing her back before she even had a chance to move. Once Haki saw she was down, it took another swipe at her, followed almost immediately by another.
A few more strokes later, it had engraved a peculiar emblem on her skin. It closely resembled the Derris Emblem.
"Damn you..." Karina managed to mutter, clutching her damaged stomach. "I'll take you down... right where you stand... in the end..."
There'll be no need, Mithos thought. I'll ensure that Haki is destroyed... not just killed, but completely, utterly, mercilessly destroyed.
Raine managed to patch up Karina's injuries, but the scars still remained. Most prominent was the engraving of the Derris Emblem on her.
Mithos turned to glance at the scar, grinning. Then, he turned to face Haki, closing his eyes.
"Divine light of judgment, come forth and destroy all that stands in thy path! Bring an end to the corruption placed before me!"
Mithos loosed the spell as his rainbow wings burst forth.
"Angelic Chaos!"
A glowing circle of light mana appeared beneath the foe; it spread out far and wide, glimmering with purely angelic light. Slowly, the entire battlefield was covered with glowing circles, like those in Indignation Judgment; however, there was no light between them, just the brilliant, sparkling rings. Even the mist in the background had turned to pure black, seemingly to counteract the magnificent, shining light. Suddenly, without warning, the entire battlefield filled with brilliant, rapid flashes of angelic light, lighting up randomly across the circles of light and sending their chaotic fires high into the mist of Niflheim. The air chilled for a brief second, then everything faded to pure white as a tornado of light mana whirled around the foe, filling up with its own brilliant angelic feathers.
After the light had become but a distant memory, Mithos sat on the ground, panting. There was no trace of Haki; not even a scrap of cloth remained as a sign of its existence.
A few seconds passed before Mithos could stand again. Once he did, he walked slowly over to Karina and almost immediately fell into her arms, his eyes closed but not unconscious. Karina allowed a small First Aid spell as thanks for saving her.
"That... was amazing," Lloyd commented. "How did you do it?"
"Simple," Mithos replied in between pants. "You just... have to focus... the mana... in the right... way..."
"It looks pretty difficult," Lloyd said. "Of course, I probably won't ever end up having to use an attack like that, so..."
Kratos glanced at Raine, and their word exchange could be seen only within their eyes; however, they quickly broke their gaze, and turned to the transporter.
"Shall we get going?" Kratos asked.
"Alright," Lloyd said. "Let's get going."
They headed through the transporter that would lead them to the seventh floor of Niflheim.
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Author's Note: I so wish Angelic Chaos was a real attack. X.X