Hello all! After years of excel I'm back! (Not my story's however! No matter how much you beg and plead!) Instead of coming back with an anime fic that made me famous years ago, I'm gonna write a Tales crossover. Anyway, It's great to be back, and just in case anyone is wondering, I'm a much better writer than I was years ago! Anyway this is my comeback story! If it's terrible I'm quitting forever, lest I create another story like "Zachary" That caused my to quit for 4 or 5 years… So lets begin the generic way with my disclaimer!
(I do not own any of the Tales series of games; they are property of Namco! Any resemblance to actually peoples or persons is purely awesome, Thank you)
"Generation"A call into the night, an invitation to the past, but rebuking the present, with the purple sky of creation overhead.
Two hearts, two souls, two worlds, became one, bonded with the Eternal Sword, and overflowed with Mana.
The roots of ever flowing life. The power of the soul itself materialized. Countless lives are connected by it, and countless lives are it source of food.
The heroes of yesterday today and tomorrow need the Saviors of the two worlds, and so the Saviors do need the Heroes.
The world lies at perils doorstep. The very fabrics of time bend. Was their victory the end or merely the claim before the storm?
A wise man once said, "Truly if there is evil in this world, in lies within the hearts of mankind". These words echo in my mind. But a strong heart once believed " Goodness and Love will always win" with all of it's might. The strength of this heart came long before the wisdom of this man. If only this heart could have touched this man, then perhaps none of the suffering would ever have happened.
Heart and mind, every man picks one to live by, and every man dies knowing, often regretting, his choice…
After the fall of Mithos, the Saviors of the two worlds had gone there separate ways; Genis and his sister had disappeared, gone to explore the world. Zelos returned to his homeland, so as to keep his fingers in all the political pies of the nation. The legendary Kratos seemed to have dropped out of existence, very few actually know his whereabouts. Colette returned home to her family. Regal and Presea currently reside at a beach resort, (though not romantically). But what of Lloyd and Sheena? They have a personal quest, a self-righteous mission, if you will, to rid the world of Exspheres, so that human life may never be taken for the purpose of power…
Lloyd and Sheena had set off on their personal "quest" more or less the day after the defeat of Mithos. The quest had only begun, and it was becoming painfully obvious to Lloyd that this quest was not going to be a short one…
Lloyd was sitting upright; it was a wonderful day, sun shining overhead. He had a sack of some sort, and was dropping red glowing balls into it, counting them as he picked them up.
"27, 28, 29, 30, plus the ones from the human ranch, so that makes… Arrrgh! Sheena!" Lloyd yelled "How many Exspheres did we get from the human ranch?" He was rubbing both sides of his head with his hands and violently shaking his head
"73, we obtained 73 at the human ranch" Sheena said, very calmly, sprawled out on her back.
"Um… How many have we gotten outside the ranch?" Lloyd said, scratching the back of his head
"30…" Sheena said with a hint of irritation in her voice
"Ok thanks!" Lloyd shouted returning to his work. There was about a 12 second silence before Lloyd said; "Sheena…"
"Yes Lloyd?" Sheena said opening her eyes and turning to look at Lloyd. There was another short silence. Lloyd had a very serious look in his eyes. Sheena started to look embarrassed and turn red. Suddenly Lloyd smiled, closed his eyes, grabbed the back of his head and said
"How many did we get from the Ranch again?" Sheena's right eye twitched. She jumped up and yelled
"Darn it Lloyd! For the last time 73! Those with the 30 we've received from the Renegades so far, makes 103! STOP ASKING!" Still sitting, and smiling, Lloyd said
"Oh yeah, thanks!" as if her reaction was a normal one. Sheena laid back down kicked one of her left foot over her right leg and closed her eyes.
"Hey Lloyd" she said, almost as soon as she had hi the ground. "Why are you counting them?"
"Each one is humans life…" Lloyd said, acting forlorn suddenly. "Each one of these people had a mother, a father, even a family of there own perhaps…"
"Lloyd…" Sheena whispered. Lloyd perked up, smiled, and said!
"All the more reason for us to find them all!" Sheena's face lightened up.
"Lloyd, your strength is surpassed only by your compassion" Lloyd closed his eyes and smiled.
"Your dork! Don't say that kinda mushy stuff about me" he said with a laugh. Though he would deny this to the death, he really did have compassion for all living beings. Sometimes it was this compassion that kept him going. "Well, let be on our way!" he said, standing up, dusting himself off, and throwing the sack full of Exspheres over his shoulder.
"Oh come on Lloyd!" Sheena pleaded "I was up all night! I'm tired!"
"Oh yeah…" Lloyd said, just then remembering, "What were you doing all night? You were constantly up and down. And you were making a lot of rattling noises." Sheena turned a red so light you wouldn't have noticed unless you were looking. And with her eyes still closed she said
"Er… Anyway, give me an hour or so of rest." And with that she rolled away from Lloyd and turned a deep shade of red, just before falling asleep…
"Speculation""From some perspectives, that makes him the hero, and us the villains…" These were the finale, and most flattering, remarks concerning Dhaos, ever to be spoken. To think that there was a good side to that monster that hated this world and all who inhabited it. To think that there was a light in that realm of shadows. To imagine that Dhaos had a side that was fighting for the good of his own peoples. This is hard to understand, if you ever saws the side of him that seemed to take joy in killing innocents, that corrupted souls, and even destroyed families. No matter of dark his soul was, no matter how evil his actions were, he did it all for the love of his people.
But no matter if all the love in the world resided within him, there was still the undeniable fact that part of him killed and destroyed, often for little more than pleasure. His defeat was more a rescue from what he had become, than the fall of a mighty warrior. The evil in him was crushed. All that remained was the purity of his body.
But what of his evil side? Could such a chaotic, uncontrollable, presence, be destroyed? The most basic of eleven teachings tell us that Mana is only consumed when it is converted to our level of existence, when we can feel it. If Mana is truly our life force, then couldn't we assume that over days, weeks, even years, Mana could be courted? That our very life force could reflect our personality? That the very optima of our good, or evil lives, could be encapsulated, and hold the most evil, of most good, parts of our soul? Existing outside our physical spectrum? Awaiting a body. A body that could contain even enhances its power?
"Vision"Lloyd had been by himself for several hours. Sheena was asleep, and he had no intention of disturbing her. He could only imagine what Sheena was capable of when she was angry…
It was a grassy forest, where he and Sheena were, and the sun's rays penetrated the treetops only in choice areas, creating rays of light. It was a cool day and Lloyd was neither too hot nor too cold, though the weather favored the heat. Lloyd saw a large Maple tree, and smiled
"Perfect!" he said. He ran to the maple and jumped to the nearest branch, swung his legs up and caught the branch with his feet. He inched his was to the next branch, and with a show of acrobatic fiancé, he jumped atop the highest branch within his reach.
Lloyd lay on his back and starred up at the leafy canopy above him. A ray of light was shining on the left side of his face. Though it didn't bother him much, he turned to avoid the light blinding him. But when he turned, a new light started to shine on him. A red light. Suddenly, the world around him started to fall away. The light was shadowing him. His world was becoming engulfed in red. He was flouting, about the same height his was before, but without the feeling of support. He was in a world that was not his own. The stars were below him. He could see five people, people his age. Three boys and two girls, Standing before and very large, blonde man. The blonde man seemed to have two balls flouting around him…
"Are those…" Lloyd? Said in a whisper, squinting for a better view "Are those Exspheres?"
There was a bright flash, and the blonde man was lying on the ground. But what is this? One of the Exspheres flew into his body and the other one… Seems to have disappeared…
There was another bright flash and Lloyd felt himself hit the ground and in a moment was looking up at Sheena.
"Jeez! Do you know how long I've been looking for you?" Sheena said, looking down at Lloyd with her hands on her hips.
"Hey Sheena, did you… Never mind…" Lloyd hand-sprung to his feet and said, "Come on!" and started walking Sheena hit herself in the head and said;
"I'll never figure you out Lloyd…" and with that they were off
Well there it goes! IF you want more, review it, if you don't, flame me, I don't care!
Anyway hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it!