Cruxis: Renegade
Disclaimer: Most of the characters in this story do not belong to me, they belong to Namco.
"Lloyd, you really are a pathetic sight." Someone was calling to Lloyd, he knew who it sounded like, but he also knew it couldn't be him. "Dad?" Then he could see him, it was Kratos, lingering in a valley filled with mist. "Yes it is I, humph, although you don't deserve to call me father." "Wha-what? Why?" "You went on a journey to regenerate the world, but you failed that. You would have let the entire world die, because you couldn't see your friend be sacrificed, what do you think Anna was, and Marble, and Botta?" Lloyd felt horrible, he knew Kratos was speaking the truth. He was about to let the world die to protect Colette. "The, they weren't..." Kratos shot him a look that would have Mithos cringing. "Sure they weren't, just as sure as you are strong. Can you honestly say you didn't cause their deaths? If you hadn't gone to the ranch, if you hadn't trusted the Renegades, if you hadn't been born, they would have lived."
"Ahh!" Lloyd yelled as he awoke with a start. He'd been having the same night mare for weeks. Why he thought, why was he having these dreams. "Is it, really all my fault?" he muttered to himself. "Oh well, I can think about that after I get back to Iselia." He was at the House of Salvation between Triet and Iselia. His exsphere journey over, his mission a success, he was heading back to Iselia to celebrate with his friends, although fate, seemed to have other plans for him.
Just at that moment through the window Lloyd could see armored men in red clothing dashing down the path towards Triet. Desians was the only thing Lloyd could think of. "Those pathetic assholes are still around? I'll round up those bastards!" And with that he tore out of the house, swords ready, leaving a rather stunned cleaning lady behind.
"Alright, you'll all die you.....Renegades?" Lloyd was rather embarrassed. He was expecting to see a group of cruel Desian fighters with whips. Instead he was looking at group of renegades who were on the ground laughing and pointing at him. "Well Lloyd I can understand the misinterpretation, but may I ask why you were going to fight a group of Desians, in your underwear?" Yuan was struggling not to laugh himself. Lloyd was as red as his favorite shirt after that comment. "Oh, uh, hang on."
"Alright, so why are the Renegades wondering around looking ready for a brawl?" Lloyd was unsure as to whether be happy to see Yuan, or be worried that Renegades were in over there heads. "We are chasing a fugitive from Derris-Kharlan. Do not worry though, it is of little consequence." Yuan knew Lloyd wasn't go to like the fact that someone from Derris-Kharlan was around, but he could not reveal the truth for fear that he would force his own problem onto others. "Is he with Cruxis?" Lloyd said with disgust. "No, he was a fugitive of the elves, he is by no means a member of Cruxis. Well, au revoir." And with that he Renegades and Yuan ran off towards the desert.
Well do you like it? This story (Not the chapter, the story.) is the first of a trilogy.
Now PLEASE REVIEW! Or I'll kill off a character every chapter.