Okay everyone here's the next chapter for you. I really hope that you're enjoying this. I haven't really heard from some of you so I wonder if I lost your interest at all. If I did, it would be my own fault. Well, I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter so here you go!

Chapter 3: Questions in Your Mind

Storm didn't know what to think anymore. She wanted so badly to trust what they were all saying, but she had also trusted other people before in her life and that didn't work out very well for her. She had once trusted Mithos and Anna, but they betrayed her. How could she trust these people after that. She ran back to the village to hide in the house that she was staying in. She had a feeling that she would never be able to trust any of them again.

Storm went inside the dark house and sat on the bed. She pulled her knees up to her body as she stared out the single window in the room. She could see the people walking around the town, happily going about their lives. Storm knew that she would never be able to enjoy anything that simple anymore. Why did she have such a cursed life? Why couldn't she just be normal?

Suddenly, Storm's thoughts were interrupted as she heard the door slowly open. She looked over at the door and saw her father staring sadly at her. Storm scooted herself closer to the wall that her bed was against. She tried her best to distance herself just in case, but she didn't have too far to go.

"Storm...what happened? Why do you think I would hate you?" Kratos asked her as he sat on the opposite end of the bed to give her some space.

"Why should I tell you, you're the one who said all of it," Storm told him coldly.

"Storm, it wasn't me! I would never hate you and I wouldn't do this to you!" Kratos replied angrily, getting frustrated at his failed attempts.

"So...you don't hate me and like Lloyd better?" Storm asked quietly.

"Would I be here if I hated you?" he asked her in a matter of fact tone.

Storm looked at her father. She wanted so badly to trust him again, she loved him so much. She couldn't tell if his words were true though as she buried her head into her knees.

"Storm...you cannot keep doing this to yourself. Sutra told me everything. She saw what was happening to you so she left Mithos. She didn't want to see you in pain. Everything was a lie to cause you to become enraged for Mithos," Kratos explained.

Storm lifted her head to look at him. "It was all fake, and Sutra is good now?" Storm questioned.

"Yes, and we released you from the hold your rage had on you," Kratos answered, knowing that he was starting to get through to her.

"But...all those thoughts...it's how I really felt. That was real rage, and I can still feel it inside of me. It can all come back," Storm told him.

"Only if you want it to return, it's all up to you," Kratos assured her.

"Dad...I'm sorry...I want to trust you again. No, I do trust you, but I can't seem to trust anyone else yet. I can tell that they do feel the way that I thought they did," she told him as she scooted a little closer. "But...I can at least feel safer with you," she said as Kratos went to embrace her.

"Yes...I will protect you, but you must try to trust the others as well. I know that they all care and worry about you," Kratos told her.

"I'll try," Storm promised him.

Zelos was sitting underneath a tree that was sitting next to the river. He stared out at the forest and tried to think over what he was going to do. He wanted to tell Storm how sorry he was and how happy he was that she was okay, but he couldn't even bring himself to face her. He was the one that had attacked and even killed her. She would hate him for it. Maybe Yuan was best for her now, after all, he wasn't a very good husband if he murdered his own wife.

He had always vowed that he wouldn't let anything happen to her after he heard about her horrible past, but this time he was the one that hurt her. He allowed her soul to be broken by Mithos once again, and allowed her to be beaten by him as well. Now she wouldn't trust anyone and he didn't know if she would ever be able to. He wouldn't blame her if she hated him now.

"Zelos...," Yuan's voice quietly broke the silence surrounding the red-head.

"What is it Yuan?" Zelos asked him without even moving to look at him. He continued to stare out onto the water.

"I've noticed how distant and depressed you've been lately," Yuan explained. "I know that you're feeling guilty about how Storm is now, but believe me it's not your fault, it was Mithos who made her like this. Zelos...you saved her," Yuan told him.

"But I allowed her to fall into danger," Zelos told him.

"Look, I know Storm as well as you do and I know that she wouldn't want you to be like this. She's going through a rough time right now and she'll only get better if you help her," Yuan told him.

"I can't...the pain gets worse when I look at her," Zelos said to him desperately. There was a long silence between the two. "Yuan...this is why you need to be with Storm. I'm not worthy anymore," Zelos told him.

Yuan looked shocked at this last statement to say the least. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. It was something that he'd been wanting to hear for so long, but he knew that it was the wrong thing for Zelos to be saying. That's when he got upset.

"Zelos, you can't act like Storm is some kind of possession that you can just give up and hand over to someone else. It's her choice and I know that when she comes around she'll want to be with you. There's no way that she'd want it any other way," Yuan yelled at him.

"What if she never comes around," Zelos asked.

"I guess that neither of us get to be with her then," Yuan calmly replied.

"Even if she does come around, I don't know if I could even be with her without feeling guilty," Zelos sighed as Yuan walked away from him to sort things out once again.

Well, that's it here. I know that it's kind of short, but I have writer's block for the middle of this story. Wait until the ending though. BIG TWIST AHEAD! Anyway, I hope that you enjoyed it and please review to tell me what you thought. Thanks for reading!