Broken Valentine

Amazon Bunny: You have reached the really really real last chapter. Now, I must warn you, this is a really really sad chapter. Though you probably know that by now.

Genis: The only thing after this chapter is the Alternate Chapters for Chapter 9 and 10!

Colette: This is pretty much the wrap-up of the entire story. Be prepared to cry...(cries)

Amazon Bunny: (nods) Well, right after this, I need to know how to destroy the book in a different way.

Lloyd: I can't believe you killed my dad, you stupid, loser-!

Amazon Bunny: (pouts) Well, enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Tales of Symphonia!

Previously...

Blood had pooled around him, and he knew his time was short. His breath was short and raggedy, in short, sharp gasps. He reached in the casket and held Raine's stiff, cold hand. Staring up at the statue, he screamed, "I can't die now! I have to save Raine."

And he let out his last breath.

"I can't...believe it," Lloyd said hoarsely. "He can't be...he can't be...gone."
The sight of his father collapsed, face pallid and drawn, in front of the casket of his teacher was just too much. The twin swordsman, the invincible Lloyd, broke down.
"Why does this have to happen?" He wailed. "Why? Why? WHY?" His fists rained upon the ground, pounding harder and harder and harder...
"Lloyd," Colette whispered, holding his red hand. "Lloyd, I'm sorry. But this...intense sadness...I'm sorry, Lloyd."
Tears spilled down his cheeks, a racking sob shook his body.
"What are we going to tell everyone else?" He said softly, his hands in the dried, vermillion blood of his own kin.

"The curse has been fufilled," a raspy voice said shrewdly. "The prophecies of Freya, Faithe, and Troy have been fufilled."
"'When the chosen ones have fallen, the prophecy fufilled, the Magic Mirror will cease to exist on this world..'," anotherlow voice whispered.
"And yet..." the first voice said quietly. "We have not quite finished our duty."
"The bodies of Freya and Troy must be laid to rest," a third, more smooth voice said gently. "Alas, there was one flaw with our tale. Faithe...Or in this case...Anna... Will have lost this battle to this 'Raine' girl. Troy will have belonged to Freya!"
"That...we do not know," the second voice pitched in, growled the sentence. "This world is different from ours. We passed our story to this world,tosave ours. There is nothing we can do now but wait to see them in theOther World."

Thedeath of Kratos wasthe final, devastating blow to the conciousness of the group.
Shocked, at how strong, yet fragile, the human life is; like a spider web,strong enough for the spider to live, and fragile enough to be broken with a mere touch.
All attended the funeral, a grave, private affair. Colette, Lloyd, Sheena, Zelos, Genis, Presea, Regal, Chocolat, Yuan (by projectile), and the survivors of the Iselian fire, all attended this. Many tears were shed, wails filled the air, and the two were laid to rest under the Great Tree of Ygdrassiall.

Two years later...
"It hardly seems real," said Colette, a gentle wind ruffling her golden hair. She stood, facing the grave of her teacher and the mercenary that had protected her during her perilous journey. "It doesn't...really seem like they've been gone for two years."
"Yeah," Lloyd said, taking her hand. "I just wish they could've been at our wedding."
"Mommy, Daddy! Look, look!" A small, young little brunette ran up to the parents, a flower in her hands. Her blue eyes shone with excitement. "Flower! Big, pretty."She held up a large, white narcissus blossom. "So many, so many." She pointed around the tree, the parents looked, and could only gaze in awe of the mass of white.
In front of them was a sea of narcissus flowers.
"When...when were there so many flowers?" Lloyd said, staring. He took his little girl's hand.
"I don't know. It all happened so quickly, it's all unreal!" Colette repeated, hushing the bouncing little girl.
Just then, a breeze shook the trees, and the leaves swayed gently. A cold chill went down the Eternal Swordsman's spine.
"What was it?" asked the angel.
"Daddy, Daddy, are you okay?"
Lloyd thought about it for a moment. Before his eyes, in the field of narcissus, stood a silver haired woman, blue eyes gazing, staring, and behind her walked an auburn haired man, clad in purple, a sword by his hip. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and stood behind her, in the embrace. Lloyd shook his head, and the image disappeared.
"Lloyd...?"
"Da..da?" The little girl cooed.
Lloyd smiled, and ruffled the hair of his girl. "It's nothing."
"Well, shall we get going?" Colette asked, laying a boquet of roses on the graves. "Grace wants her lunch."
"Yeah, I'll catch up to you in a second. Just want to talk to Dad and Raine for a little bit longer."
"O..Okay then," the blonde angel said. "We'll be over by the Rheiards." And so, she and the child walked away, into the bright sunlight.
Lloyd watched them go. "Well, Dad...Raine," He stared up into the trees, and the blue sky peeped through the leaves. "It's been a heck of a ride, these past two years. I guess you're together now... On the other side of the mirror."

To my reviewers...

Adri66125: Hmm, well I don't really know what's up with my computer. I'm sorry you had problems with the review thing, but I think this'll let you review properly now. Thanks so much for the review.

SleepyGuy: I don't...hate...Anna, just dislike. I know she's a very important character, and I understand that without her, wewouldn't really have a story going. There are lots of KratosRaine hinting in the game on my part, I think it just depends on the person's POV. There are some that say that Kratos and Raine are the fantastic couple, and then some that say they just won't work. Of course, Kratos would seem to have some...confusion, if you will, with this whole situation, as Anna was his first love, and Raine his second, and he would probably feel guilty, and still having feelings for Anna, and yet have feelings for Raine. That way, he could be "split-personality"ed. I have no desire to send a threat-letter, I don't take that review at all like a flame, more as a guide to my future stories. Instead, I would like to thank you for the review.

Cathree: EEK EEK! ty for the review if it wasn't for sex tentacles. lmao

HealingWind: Yup, the alternate ending would make everything peeeeeeerfect!

GyppyGirl2021: Yes, yes it is. Well, I hope you liked this chapter, I worked hard on it! Even though I spent only a couple hours on it. Enjoy, haha

Shugo-San 777: I will make the alternate ending someday, no worries, lol Keep in mind, I am very busy this year, with high-school and all. Maybe I'll have it updated sometime in November, if not, sometime before 2005 is over.

Amazon Bunny: Finally! Finished with BROKEN VALENTINE!

Zelos: Well, not quite. You have the alternate ending.

Sheena: Yeah, make the alternate ending, you know we all love happy endings!

Amazon Bunny: Yeah, yeah, I'll get to it eventually. In the meantime, leave me lots of comments! I want 95 reviews by the time I update, mmmkay?