All right, it's time for the next chapter. I want to thank everyone who offered ideas for this chapter and upcoming stories and such. I always take suggestions so don't be bashful. I also want to thank everyone who has checked out the forum. Well, on with the chapter, I don't know how long it will be, this will be mainly setting up for the next chapter which I probably won't get up until Wednesday, sorry. Well, here you go.

Chapter 6: Her Mission

The group was taking a lunch break in a field a few miles away from Meltokio when Zelos suddenly got up. The others glanced at him with questioning looks on their faces.

"What's up Zelos?" Lloyd asked.

"I'm getting tired of this, I have to go and find Storm," he announced.

"Well, maybe it would be more efficient if our group split up and searched sepreately," Raine offered.

"Yeah, we could cover a lot more ground that way," Sheena added.

"Okay, that sounds good to me. Who's going with who?" Lloyd wondered.

"Well, Genis, Colette, and I can go together and search near the Asgard region," Raine announced.

"You just want to check out the ruins some more," Genis muttered under his breath receiving a hard smack from his sister.

"Lloyd, Zelos, and Sheena can look in this area," Raine continued. "Finally, Regal and Presea can look around Triet and Iselia."

"That sounds fair enough," Lloyd said enthusiastically.

"Well, let's get going," Colette cheered.

"Okay!" Lloyd chimed in as the groups began to head their separate ways.

Not too long after the group split up, Lloyd looked back at Zelos who was staring at the ground sullenly. Lloyd moved back to walk alongside him and Sheena followed.

"Hey, come on, we'll find her, I promise," Lloyd assured him. "I wouldn't let anything happen to my sister."

"I said that too and now look what happened," Zelos replied.

"Look Zelos, Storm is my best friend, I will do everything in my power to find her and I think everyone else will as well," Sheena added.

"Yeah, I guess I can't give up, Storm may need me," Zelos finally said with a new found confidence.

Storm walked through the many corridors of the large human ranch in awe. She saw many soldiers training outside and in the many different rooms throughout the large complex. Storm looked over at Forcystus.

"All of these men, they're Renegades fighting against the Desians?" she asked him curiously.

"Sure are. Now, come on in and we'll discuss what should be done now that you're back," Forcystus answered as he opened a door which led to his own room.

Storm sat down in one of the chairs in the room as Forcystus sat across from her, Noishe was laying near Storm positioning himself between her and Forcystus. Storm looked over at Forcystus who flashed her another unnatural smile.

"Well, now that I know you're alive, we can finally retrieve the Cruxis Crystals just as we once planned," Forcystus finally began.

"Cruxis Crystals?" Storm repeated unsure of what he was speaking of.

"Yes, they're powerful crystals that enhance the users power, but we need to use them to help us stop the Desians," Forcystus explained.

"If they enhance other people's abilities then wouldn't someone already have them?" Storm questioned.

"Yes, two of our enemies actually have them and it's our job to take them from them before they can cause any harm with them," Forcystus explained.

"Who has them, and why are they are enemy?" Storm asked.

"Presea Combatir and Colette Brunel gave the Cruxis Crystals. They work with Yuan and the Desians and carry out a lot of their dirty work for them. You're our best fighter so I need you to go out and stop them," Forcystus told her. He knew that Zelos and Kratos also had a Cruxis Crystal but he was afraid that if she found them she would remember too much.

"I'll try my very best to get them back, I just hope I remember to fight as well as you think I can," Storm said.

"You'll be fine, you'll get in there and all of your techniques will come back to you," Forcystus said.

"You can count on me," Storm replied enthusiastically. "One question though."

"What's that?" Forcystus asked.

"What do they look like?" she asked innocently.

Forcystus slapped his forehead. He forgot she couldn't remember what they looked like. He pulled out a picture of each of them and gave them to her for a reference. Storm looked at them and left with Noishe to retrieve the Cruxis Crystals.

Kratos was walking through Meltokio, hoping Storm had returned to her home. He walked to the mansion, still in pieces from the fight. No one had been there, everyone had been at the doctor's in Flanoir looking after Storm. Thankfully, someone had been kind enough to remove the Desian soldiers from the house but no repairs had been taking place. He walked through the rubble in the house when he came across Storm's sword under a pile of pieces of wall. He picked it up delicately, thinking of Storm as he ran his hand along the blade. He looked at it a took it with him as he left the house, he was going to give it back to her when he found her.

Kratos walked to a constructor in the city and paid the man to come to the house to repair it while he was gone. Kratos decided that he wanted Storm to have a home to return to once she regained her memory. He didn't want any reminders of the reason she had lost it in the first place when she returned. Kratos left and decided to head towards Asgard next.

Well, that's it. Kratos and Storm may not join up for a little while so be patient. I'm sorry if this chapter was kind of boring but I needed a transition into the next chapter where Storm will run into some of our friends. Well, tell me what you all think, oh, and Kararu thank you for coming up with the idea for this chapter and obviously the ones after this. Review, pretty please?