Houjun Ri: Alright! Chapter 8! Well this chapter may be short? Who knows! And now to the fantastic wonderful reviewer(s).

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Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia only Namco or the Tales studio does. But I do own my OC's.

Chapter 8

It had been three years now, three lousy years with out seeing her. It was starting to bother him now. Today was that day that both of them parted away. The day where Kratos had finally started to miss someone for the first two-thousand years. What was wrong with him? Was he not on the run to get away from him? Why was he here, where people know who he is. Why was he in Meltokio now? He could be wanted here.

"Kratos?" said a familiar voice.

He snapped his head and turned around. It was Yuan!

"Yuan?"

"It seems so," he said smirking.

"I haven't seen you in three years now, where have you been up to?"

Yuan shrugged, "Wondering around."

"I see," with that Kratos began to walk to the Inn in Meltokio. Yuan followed him all the way, even to where Kratos was going to stay.

"You must be wondering."

Kratos looked at him puzzled. What was Yuan up to?

"Anna suffered a great pain."

Kratos eyes shot open. 'W-What!' he thought looking at his friend determined on what he was going to say next. Exactly what happen that day. The day she had to go back, back to the ranch so that innocent people wouldn't had their lives taken away by those Expheres.

"What happened?" asked Kratos barely in a whisper.

Yuan looked and him and sighed, "Three day later after you left her, we were attacked."

Kratos didn't say anything, just kept quiet to himself. He wanted to listen. To listen to everything.

"We were attacked by that girl... Koki I think was her name. Made a pitiful end. Anna returned to the Desians. She seemed very... Unemotional really."

"What do you mean Yuan?"

"Her eyes were empty, once she found out that Koki was that... monster."

Kratos stood calmed. The only thing that was wrong about him was that his heart was in pain. It hurt so much to hear that. Anna wasn't being her cheery, lazy, and bossy self any more. She was now emotionless. It was as if she didn't have a soul. Or even a heart. Kratos tried hard to imaged Anna emotionless. It was really hard to imagine Anna being emotionless.

"I must get going. I have something I must get to do."

Kratos didn't say anything. Yuan just left, without saying another word. He knew that Kratos might be suffering inside, he dare not say anything to his friend. Kratos stood there, looking at the floor thinking. What was she doing now? Was she still laying there without anything living inside of her? Without her cheery self?

He also began to think about Koki. That girl that Anna wanted to save, the child that was in the Ranch wondering why her friend had left her. It must have been tough for Anna to see Koki die, or even know that that monster was that child Koki. Kratos sighed and sat on his bed.

What was he going to do now?

Anna stood there, looking at the sealing. What was there in life now? Everything was taken away from her. Why must she live now? Why wouldn't the Desians just turn her into that... that hideous thing.

'Wait' she began to think, 'That thing was also part of Koki. No, it wasn't just part of her. It was her. If I called her hideous she wouldn't like it. No, those bastards turned her into that. It wasn't Koki's fault. I wasn't hers at all! Why... why did she have to die?'

Anna put her head down and began to cry. She promised herself that she would protect Koki, for Mari's sake. Now... now look what she has done. She couldn't even save her. All she did was look at her die. Die in a painful way that no human or even a half-elf should feel! But even with her bow, she couldn't help the small child. Anna abandon her. So everything was her fault.

She slowly let her weak leg take over. She fell. A Desian past her and looked at her. He grinned, she was suffering just like the others in the Asgard Ranch. He then passed away, thinking high of himself.

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry Koki... I wasn't fast enough to save you."

THUD.

Anna ignored it and began to cry silently. She knew that a poor man or woman had fallen. Next the Desian would whip them and tell them a foul word to them. She sighed, she heard no sound of a whip or anything. She then looked up. Her eyes widen, making more tears come.

"K-Kratos..." she whispered.

He opened the cell and walked inside. He had to hurry up or the Desians would catch them. He looked at her. She was lost.

"Hurry." He picked her up by her feet and began to run away. Once they were free and hid on the forest he put her down. He looked at her and pulled a string of hair back to her ear. She looked beautiful, even if she was suffering.

"You mustn't."

He looked taken aback. Did his ears deceived him? Did she not want to be rescued. For Martel's sake, she was suffering inside there.

"They'll get you. You'll... you'll."

She couldn't dare say it. He knew what she was going to say.

"They're not. Let's go."

He picked her up once again, and went deep into the forest and found Noishe waiting there impatient. Noishe was whining again, he surly didn't like the forest a lot. Kratos put Anna on top of Noishe and began to walk to Hima. If they went to Luin it would be to risky to get caught. Also maybe, just maybe the Desians wont look in Hima.

A day had passed and no one talked. Kratos was thinking of a way to get Anna out of danger.

"H-How have you been?" she suddenly asked, riding on Noishe's back. She was looking down, not looking straight at him. It bothered him since she will never be the same. Kratos shrugged, and began to lead the way.

Once they were in Hima, Kratos when to the Inn keeper and asked for a room.

"One room eh? A couple eh?"

Kratos shrugged, he was beginning to do that a lot now. What was up with him. The Inn keeper also shrugged and went to get the room. Kratos noticed that Anna was there in a corner terrified.

"Are you coming?" asked Kratos walking up the stairs.

Anna looked at him and nodded. Before she looked went, she looked both ways and ran to Kratos side. Hugging his left arm like a child leeching to an adult, when they are lost. When both of the two reached to their room, Anna went to the bed and sat down. She then began to think. Kratos looked at her and sighed.

"Are you hungry?"

"No... I'm fine. Where... Where are we going?"

He looked down. Good question, where would they be going? They're chased by the Desians. What would they do now?

"...aged?"

Kratos looked up at her. He didn't hear what she just said, making a fool of himself. Anna looked at him, not smiling nor frowning. Her lips were just like a line.

"Why haven't you aged?" she asked again, still in a whisper.

Kratos looked taken aback. He surely hadn't expect that question. What would he say now?

"Yes, I have."

"Lier."

Kratos looked at her.

"You're hiding something. Please. I beg of you. Tell me."

Kratos head snapped up. Looking straight at the ceiling. What was he going to do now? It was very unexpected. He sighed and closed his eyes. Thinking for a moment he opened them. Then looked at Anna. He would tell her. He trusted her enough to tell her his story. Now it was the time to do it.

"Two... Two-thousand years ago. I was in Ozette..."

Anna's eyes went into shock, but listen carefully to his story. That's how all it began.

Houjun Ri: Woot. I finished this chapter! So glad! Hmm. Now an idea came up to me. Should I make a Lloyed & Collete fanfiction? -Still in wonder- Well review! And come back anytime! -Sounded dumb- x.X;