Magic Mirror: Broken Valentine Saga
Amazon Bunny- Gahahahaha! I updated!
Sheena- Eheheheheh...you can't hide from me 'jumps from tree'
Zelos- OMG 'faints'
Amazon Bunny- EHEHEHEHEH! 'ahem' Genis, disclaimer. Oh ya, stupid bug on computer takes the colon and bunches it up with the word before it like: like:this. Words may be bunched together too.
Genis- 'comes back from frolicking through flowers' Tales of Symphonia belongs to Kosuke Fujishima (I think! XD) and so does Namco. 'holds out hands' I want my money now!
Amazon Bunny- 'sigh'...always with the money...kids these days...'hands Genis 5 dollars'
Genis- YAY! XP 'spends all money on cookies' 'chomp chomp'
Raine purposely chose to make the bath herself because knowing Sheena, the bath would be thin with bubbles and lukewarm. The professor made the room a Turkish Bath, considering the heat and steam. Pink and white bubbles hovered over the surface. There was another reason to the steam- that way, she wouldn't have to see the mark on her neck.
"Raine, we're here," Colette said cheerfully. "Wow, it's hot in here!"
Presea stuck a toe in the water. "I agree," she said calmly, withdrawing it immediately. She slid into the bath, the cotton robe floating to the surface as the pink head was submerged instantly. It popped back up seconds later. "Deep," she choked.
"Hey, Kratos' here!" Zelosbounced up from his pouf and ran to the door. (AN: O.O)The others look in the former Chosen's direction, and sure enough, the mercenary's sillouette was clearly shown in the ricepaper. The door slid open, and the Seraphim walked in, a surly look on his face.
"Hey, Pops, what's up?" Lloyd greeted his father cheerfully on a not so cheerful day.
Kratos grunted a reply.
"Dinner's almost ready," Regal called from the kitchen.
"Yeah, yeah! We're having food today," Genis called, popping things in and out of the freezer.
"Wow, I would never have guessed," Lloyd said sarcastically as Kratos plunked himself in a chair against the wall. "What kind of food?"
"Sushi as the appetizer, ramen as entree, Popcorn Shrimp Salad, fish soup, and for dessert, chocolate mousse," Zelos answered. "Sounds like the perfect dinner for a date with hunnies!"
"Zelos,"said Regal. "While you're daydreaming, go set that 'perfect dinner for hunnies' table." He pointed to the stack of dinnerware in the cabinet.
"Aww, so harsh," Zelos whined. "What's up with that? Can I take a friend with me?"
"Lloyd," Regal pointed to Zelos without looking up. "Go help him, will you?"
"Yeah yeah, fine."
Genis looked up from preparing the salad. "Kratos, can you go get Presea and everyone else?"
"Very well,"Kratos said, having nothing else to do.
"Hey, hey! Tell the girls to come back soon, kay?" Zelos called from the dining hall, followed by a crash.
"BE CAREFUL, ZELOS!" Lloyd yelped.
"Ahh, nice bath," Sheena said, robed in her "Successor" costume. She, Colette, and Presea had finished their bath, and Raine had insisted they go back to the main room for dinner. She said that she would join them soon. On their way, Colette was the first to notice Kratos on the path.
"Kratos?" She called to the auburn haired figure. "Is everything okay?"
"Regal asked me to get Raine," the Seraphim replied. "Dinner is almost ready." He strode on, continuing his search.
Colette giggled. "She's in the bath!" she whispered to Sheena.
"Let them be," Sheena advised her. "They're better off that way. Raine is pretty fierce when she's mad."
The pain grew more and more insistent. Raine almost screamed out in pain when it came back at full force. "Dammit! Just when I thought it was all over..."
Faithe ran across the empty graveyard. Something was wrong with her, something was terribly wrong...Her heart thumped painfully in her ribcage, and she felt that with every step, it was closer to ripping itself out of her ribs. Groaning, she stumbled into the blissful curtains of the weeping willow, where she and Troy had become one step closer to having their 'house full of children'.
"Troy, you can't leave me," she whispered. "Don't leave me..." Her eyes closed, and the curse took over. It was a curse she had recieved from the Airitale Camp. She had been forced to pour sweat day after day, until one day, the camp guard, Troy, escaped, taking her with him. But the mark she had been branded with the day she was taken to the camp flickered to life, and she had been able to keep that a secret ever since. The curse was a gem, planted on the back of her hand.
But the curse swept through her bloodstreams, and she was transformed into something dreadfully wicked. Her pale face was twisted into a devillish smirk that was not hers; her clear blue eyes were a malevolent gray. In simpler terms, she was no longer herself, but a demon created from the Airitale Region.
"Troy..." she whispered.
Kratos heard Raine's moans from across the bathhouse lawn. "Raine?" he muttered. Hurrying up to the door, he found it unlocked. Pushing it open cautiously, steam billowed out, and he slid in without being noticed. The thought of Raine naked in the bath never even crossed his mind. What he saw was her bare back, half submerged in water. The curse had expanded from her neck to a small portion on her back. She whimpered, clutching the curse.
"Don't...look at it..." she gasped. "Leave..me...alone..."
"Raine!" Hurrying forward hastily, Kratos tripped over towels stewn across the concrete flooring, and splashed into the tub. 'Martel, kill me now,' he thought. 'Kill me now!'
He resurfaced, spluttering, behind a crouched over Raine. "Raine, are you okay?" he coughed.
"Go away," she wheezed."Leave me alone."
Sorrow flickered in the mercenary's eyes. To see her suffer like this on a day like this...It reminded him of another victim of a cursed book. The curse had spread over her entire body, glowing viciously. Nobodybut her and her beloved could see the curse,until it had spread all over her body.She had been stubborn to the end, refusing the help of others, saying that she would be fine, she would make it on her own. But in the end, she succumbed to the curse, leaving behind someone she loved, the city burned down to nothing but burnt stumps and ashes.
"Faithe!" Troy screamed. "Control yourself, don't give in!"
The monster roared, attacking Troy without mercy. Tears fell from its face, the gem on her hand glowing luminously. Lunging at the hero, the monster made another attempt to kill him.
"Faithe, have you really forgotten me?" Troy pondered, blocking the attack with his sword.
"T-troy..." the monster wheezed. "K-kill...m-me..."
"I can't!" Troy responded desperately. "There's gotta be some way to save you!"
"K-kill me..."
"Faithe! Don't talk like that, don't talk like that, you hear me?" Troy shook his head in a mixture of anger and sorrow. "I'll save you!"
"Tr..oy...It's because I love you that you have to kill me. I can't control my body anymore...So if you kill me...That way, you won't be hurt. Don't you understand? Please..." Faithe said in that demonic voice. Tears spilled down her cheeks as she attacked the hero once again.
"Augh!" Troy screamed, eyes squeezed shut, and hurled his sword through Faithe's chest cavity. Blood splattered everything nearby, coating the lovers in the red liquid. Faithe's limp body curled into a graceful arch as she fell into her lover's arms.
"Thank you...Goodbye..." she whispered.
Dinner was a rather hostile affair between Raine and Kratos. Neither said a word to each other, Raine being too angry and ashamed of letting the mercenary see her in the bath in such a manner, and Kratos, feeling rather abashed at being a peeping tom. The food was good, and everyone else was in very good spirits. All was in order and the atmosphere was calm, until Zelos suggested uncorking several bottles of wine and having a 'real' party. Lloyd demanded that he, as a "fully-grown-up man" should be able to at least get a bottle to himself.
"C'mon! I'm eighteen now, I can handle a bottle!" Lloyd grinned hugely.
"I believe the legal drinking age is twenty-one," Presea said calmly. "So I think I should have some."
"You're only twelve!"
"I'm almost twenty-nine years old now, Lloyd."
"How about a pop?" Genis suggested, pulling out bottles of root beer from the cooler. "Sheena has ice cream in the freezer, we can make root beer floats (AN: I've never had root beer before, but people say the floats are good)."
"That sounds good, too," Presea said, turning to face Genis.
When the pink-haired girl went to go get the ice cream, all the little mage could do was grin from ear to ear.
"Say, Genis, you're looking pretty happy today," Colette said in her overly-cheerful voice.
"Yep! Sure am," Genis said pretty happily. "Although I can't say the same for Raine." Looking to his left, the Professor was doing her best to avoid eye contact with Kratos, who sat directly across from her. Instead, she was busily engaged in a conversation with Sheena over...you guessed it, inconsiderate men.
"God, people like Zelos...ugh..." Sheena was saying.
"Mmm, I've seen worse...Zelos hasn't come into the bath on you, has he?" Raine replied.
"Actually, yes. Twice," Sheena responded. "Surprisingly, both were on accident."
"Feh," said Raine. "Men can be so unpredictable."
Presea returned with the vanilla ice cream, and Genis proceded to make the floats. Unfortunately, Lloyd shook up the soda when nobody was looking, and it prompty exploded.
"Holy toledo!" Lloyd screamed and ducked underneath the table. Or at least, tried to duck underneath it. The table was only several inches high, considering everyone sat on poufs instead of chairs. Sitting next to Genis, he was splattered with the soda. "Ack!"
It was after dinner, and Raine had retreated to Altamira, where she had reserved a room to herself. Genis would be staying in Mizuho with their friends. Standing by the large, arched windows, she stared out into the darkness, at a lonely circle of stones on a single island. The Otherworldly Gate...
'Mother...' Raine thought. 'You could not give us the life you wanted us to live. You left us at the Otherworldly Gate. Why couldn't you and Father come with us?' Her eyes misted up with tears that she didn't shed, she wouldn't shed.
It was on the journey to rejoin the two worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla, and the gang had stopped by Exire for a quick visit. It was all Lloyd's idea, of course, since he wanted to see what it was like on a floating city. Upon visiting the mayor of the town, Raine was warned that her mother, Virginia, lived in this isolated city.
The brief meeting with her mother was not a pleasant memory. She was introduced to the fact that her mother had gone crazy with despair of some sort, saying that the doll in her arms was Raine, and that Genis was on the way. Raine had felt neglected, forgotten, and filled with anger and hate. How dare she forget who she was! How dare she not even recognize her brother and herself! Who the hell was she, anyway, she had thought.
Raine drew a deep, sharp breath. The curse singed her skin, and then dulled, crouching, ready to pounce at any given time. She sighed. All because of the book, she thought. After the doctor's visit, Genis had reported the findings, and said that Kratos said there was a marking on her neck. Genis also said that nobody but the mercenary had seen the mark, which he said was very prominent, as he had described it. Why could he only see the mark..? the Professor thought. Why couldn't Genis see it? What was with his look when I opened the door the other day..? Could he see it then?
The scholar sighed. "It will be best if I don't get too worked up over this. It can't be good for the body and mind. I was lucky at Sheena's that the pain didn't come during dinner. It would have caused a scene." She glanced at the clock. 10'o'clock. "Good night, Raine," she said softly to herself. "It'll be a better day tomorrow. I hope."
Genis Sage was a nervous wreck the next morning. It was already half-past eleven, which he was sure by then Raine would have been awake. The had agreed to meetin Palmacosta for thesecond part of the Festival- the parade.His pacing seemed to disturb his comrades immensely as well.He, Sheena, Lloyd, Presea,Zelos, and Regal had been kept behindin the local fast food joint, where Lloyd and Zelos were having a sandwich-eating contest. The score was tied, and both gentlemen were in the and Kratos had been sent to Altamira to find Raine.
Presea sipped her orange juice silently. Sheena was baby-sitting Genis, in Kratos' place, while Regal was reading a book.
"Raine?" Colette knocked on room 119's door. "Raine, are you still in there?"
The nice hotel lady said that there was a Raine Sage in room 119, and that she had not checked out yet. She smiled, handed them a key, and said sweetly, "I can't refuse a key toa Chosen who saved the world, now can I?"
"Move over," Kratos commanded, after Colette had knocked on the door for the twenty-fifth time. Forcibly shoving the key into the door, it unlocked. It was neat and tidy inside the room, and there was only one occupant. She lay on the bed, and there was no movement.
"Raine!" Colette cried, running up the bed and propping her teacher up. After listening for her breath, she screamed: "Kratos! Raine's not breathing!"
Hamano Ayumi- XD! I emailed you, and I reviewed for your story, "Guardian". It was awesome! Update soon, and email me! GAHA! 'hoards up all the Kraine fics and explodes'
KraineFan- obviously my kind of person! You love Kraine fics too! Yeah, Mithos does look like a girl O.O...Lemme tell ya...
duDe- yeah, this story might turn into a tragedy...but it's a nice ending. I can't say any more here, so you'll have to read on, my good reviewer! Btw, thanks for the double review.
DarKFaeries- That's good. Nice to know Kratos' head will remain on his shoulders, lol
Kratos- Are you saying I have no neck?
Amazon- ...Maybe.
Kratos- DEATH TO YOU! 'judgement'
Amazon- 'cough' review... 'sizzle'
Rice8369- Yeah, certainly a lot of AnnaKratos things...First I need to get this clear. I don't like Anna, but from certain reviewers who are 'ahem'...along the lines of being purists...This is so that they don't...chew me out...for the OOCness. lol I hope this will be a happy ending, but I can't say exactly. I was going to make this a tragedy fic, but I'll try to mix some sappy love in, or like make it not tragedy or something.
Alouete- Um...Kratos nicer? I'll try, but I've gotten reviews saying that Kratos and Raine are too OOC (not to mention emails) and I'm trying to make them as 'in character' as possible. I'm not saying that Kratos will be a jerk, but I'm just trying to keep him pretty much like in the game. Kratos will be a lot nicer though.
Naiana- lol I'd really like to see the fanpic when you're done. My email address is in my profile. I'm planning on making this my longest fanfic yet...
To a few of my other reviewers-
Kaazana the Furyou Houshi- I miss your funny reviews...PLEASE REVIEW BEFORE I START CRYING...jk jk...
Kitten Kisses- I found your story 'Take Me Away'. I was scanning through the G-PG13 list, and I was all "WHERE IS IT" and I went to my favorites list and there it was...X3
Green Magicite- hey, I think I have ur email address, or is it some other user? hmmm...well, if it's who I think it is, I found Nefleim, thanks for the help!
Amazon Bunny- I FINISHED! WHOOT!
Genis- Well done. 'looks bored'
Sheena- I have a new title, huh? "Super Babysitter of the Year".
Amazon Bunny- YEP!
Presea- ...'sips orange juice' Dis good.
Amazon Bunny- I know. 'sips apple juice' Dis better.
Presea- 'tries apple juice' Dis good too.
Genis- Are you trying to be a hillbilly?
Presea- No. Bunny said that if I wear this overall- 'points to overalls'-this straw hat-'points to straw hat'-and pretty much everything else hillbillies wear, then I have to act and talk like one too.
Genis- BUNNY!
Amazon Bunny- Yes? 'angel wings and halo' I didn't do nuthin.
Sheena- XP
Amazon Bunny- 'fleeing for my life as I run around in circles like a headless chicken'
Genis- I WILL KILL YOU! 'fire in eyes'
Amazon Bunny- REVIEW!