"That was it, mother had perished and I had accepted Yuan's invitation. There was nothing more that restrained me from it, there was nothing else that bound me to this world, and I was truly dead. There was no on else that I loved and in return loved me. My black eyes stared blankly onto the sky, and Yuan looked upon me as if I were driven by madness, moonstruck probably. Instead of cringing though he actually smiled, a comforting smile that was quite different from any he had ever witnessed. As I said previously, I'm horrible at showing how I feel so instead of returning his smile or even his glance I just looked away and grunted softly under my breath, ' So where in the hell do you plan on taking me?'"
" ' You act as if I'm going to kill you, Kratos,' he paused for a moment, still having that same obnoxious smirk spread across his lips and than he gestured for me to follow him and than muttered, 'Come' so I could barely hear it, but the fact was that I did but I didn't want to. I hesitated the heels of my boots digging into the moist soil, his head slightly tilted and I knew when his eyes met mine that there was no way of escaping, escaping his deadly beauty. ' Trust me.' His voice seemed to echo throughout the valley but it was only I that could hear it. My eyes shifted to the so not to look at him, not to see his reaction, his reaction that would overwhelm me with anger. Anger that can only be activated by this mysterious stranger named Yuan. ' I…I will go,' I mumbled, ' but under only one circumstance.'"
" 'Hmmm?' Yuan questioned waiting for my reply. ' Don't piss me off.' I grunted. You obnoxious pretty boy. He calmly laughed, a soft comforting laugh. His laugh was sensuous and silent, almost relaxing. ' All right then." he answered in a lax tone. That was all he said for a while but my muscles were tense, I didn't trust him, I didn't trust anyone anymore. I had lost faith in the world and all of its dominions and some how I had even lost faith in myself. I had nothing to live for anymore. My mother was all that compelled me to stay bound to the world from which I lived and now even she had perished from this Hell they called Sylvarant."
" We finally reached this destination of his and it was a path of spiraling steps that rendered me speechless at first. They weren't connected to anything they just merely floated. Yuan just paced up them casually and beckoned for me to follow. I stepped on the first one…slowly, carefully and finally after a while I caught the hang of things as I practically chased Yuan up the stairs. What did I ever do to deserve this? When we finally reached the top we walked into a room that was made completely of marble, lavender marble. There was a hilt of marble bursting from the floor and than I saw something that would change my life forever."
Kratos took in a breath of air and than looked at Lloyd, an unusually emotional smile creeping over his blood red lips.
" It was a Cruxis crystal?" Lloyd questioned, his hands crossed in front of his face. Kratos could see that he was trying to take all of this in, he was actually trying to understand his complex life style.
" Do you wish for me to continue?" Kratos asked all of the emotion draining from his face once more. Lloyd stared at him for a moment and silently answered, "Yes."
His voice became solid and mechanical again as he started, his large brown eyes seeking Lloyd's face, " Indeed it was a Cruxis crystal but at that time I had no idea what it was or what it could do. I did not see it as a Cruxis crystal but a crimson jewel encased in gold. I stared at it for a while and than reached out to touch it and feel it. I was drawn to it like I was drawn to no other object, it was beckoning me, calling out to my broken soul. Yuan snatched my wrist from it, my head snapped back at him, I was glaring at him for keeping me from it. ' Are you sure you want it, Kratos?' Yuan asked. ' Yes, please allow me to have it.' I basically begged.
' Do you know what it is capable of,' Yuan barked, ' do you know what it could do to you.' ' No,' I retorted foolishly, ' but I am prepared.' ' It is called a Cruxis crystal,' Yuan began, ' it grants you the power of immortality, we are stronger and stealthier than most human beings, more intellectual than you mortals." Yuan's beautiful contra positive wings sprouted out again, as a demonstration. He stared at me with a stern expression, his eyes were glazed with a watery substance and he muttered, ' This is what you will become.'"
"'An angel,' I answered, cocking my head slightly to the side, " is that what I will become." How could I have been so foolish? 'Angels,' he questioned mockingly, a laugh emitting from him, ' is that what you think we are?' I nodded, trembling with unbearable excitement. ' You are still so very young,' Yuan laughed spinning around merrily, ' and so very naïve as well.' I still stared at him with awe, his perfect magnificence and his angelic grace. ' But if you have decided that this is the life you would like to behold than so be it," Yuan continued, ' I will not stop you.' The anticipation was eating at me little by little, it had almost consumed me by this point. ' Do it,' I shouted, ' do it now!'"
" He took in a deep breath and grabbed my arm, almost yanking it out of its socket. I could feel his warm blood pumped with anger as he did this. He grabbed the Cruxis crystal quickly and jammed it into right hand. I screamed out in pain, the dark blood seeping down from my punctured wound. There was another pain that was growing rapidly in the pit of my stomach, I felt my whole body convulsing with the sudden changes in my body and I could feel every change. Another scream came from my mouth as my azure wings sprouted from my back. All of my body couldn't withstand this pressure, I looked up at Yuan who had his head turned away from me in either sorrow or disgust."
" Everything was happening too fast, a vast amount blood was ejecting from my mouth and wet tears were streaming down my face, tears of pain that I couldn't control. My emotions were out of control and the pain was unbearable. I could feel the pressure of my blood going higher and higher to the point that my breath was getting short and I felt as if I couldn't breath as if I were drowning. My vision was getting really blurry and my senses were failing me. After a few minutes of torture my whole body gave out and everything went black."
" When I was unconscious I saw a vision. It was Yuan, I was sure it was him, he was on the ground all battered and bruised like a fallen solider or a squashed insect. He was dying and it was horrible to see his silky hair matted and his delicate pale skin bruised. He tried to move, but really he was squirming on the ground helplessly, tears lapping in his eyes that were now covered with a reddish film. The rain was pouring down hard, pounding on his back pushing him back down on the ground when he attempted to crawl. Half of his face was buried in a pile of wet mud and blood was trickling down from his forehead and his small mouth that was trying to talk but was too weak to do even that. A shadow loomed over his shattered bones and Yuan than gasped weakly crying out in a tone that I had to struggle to listen to, 'Mit…hos.'"
A/N: Thank you for reading my fanfiction thus far, please be honest and tell me what you think of it. R&R.