Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia. I still own Mithos though. He's a good pet... he loves his chains, also. (pets Mithos)

Chapter 3

After Zelos had returned from running away from the A.C.R.A, much time had passed; about 2 months to be exact. It was quite awkward when he'd returned, also.

Flashback—

Zelos walked towards what vaguely resembled his friends; his gang, if you will. He looked rather tussled. His hair was longer than before, and his outfit was ripped and torn in random areas. Sheena looked up at him, "What the hell happened to you?"

"A.C.R.A… they chased me. Apparently, I was attempting to rape Lloyd."

Sheena laughed loudly, as she was the only one who knew about Zelos' "undying love" for Lloyd. Lloyd just flushed a bright red.

Raine cleared her throat, "Zelos…you were attempting pedophilia?"

Zelos frowned, "First of all, it's not pedophilia; Lloyd is turning 18 soon! Second, I wasn't attempting to rape anyone; I was simply being my usual self: touchy and forward."

Genis snorted and said the only line I'll allow him in the fic, because I don't like Genis: "Zelos…the rapist. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"

Everyone but Zelos, Lloyd, and Presea was nodding in agreement.

Presea sighed, "Zelos isn't a rapist; He's exactly what he said he was: touchy and forward. While those may be the qualities of a rapist, Zelos also has a redeeming quality that gives him an alibi: he's quite handsome, and handsome men don't rape, as they can get sexual release with charm and not force." Aha… the most that's ever came out of Presea's awesomely emo little mouth.

Regal nodded in agreement, "Yes, Presea has a good point. I mean, I'm great looking. That's why I was with Alicia and why I'm now with…Raine!"

Raine looked around jerkily, "We're…we're...we're not together! I swear! He's still mourning Alicia! I'm still selling my body to Kratos! Umm…I mean…I'm…I'm with Linar!" Ouch…poor Regal looked so crestfallen. He went off to go cry somewhere.

Sheena just laughed at all of this, "Raine, I never knew you were such a whore…"

"I'M NOT!"

--End flashback because you've seen enough and the FCC will kill me if I put any more…

So now, the chosen's group was sitting outside of Luin, awaiting something. Lloyd, who was bored, broke the silence.

"So…whatever happened to Regal, eh?"

"He went off to go cry somewhere; Probably at Lezareno."

All of a sudden, Kratos appeared. He was glowing and he was wearing Mithos' outfit upon his angelic form for some odd, unknown reason.

Zelos broke out into laughter, "Great! Kratos is now the official disco-angel!"

Sheena frowned, "Wow…it actually looks good on him…"

Raine popped out from behind a tree, in a really skanky outfit, and glomped Kratos; and his angelic form, "Kratty-poo!"

Kratos looked horrified, for a split second, before regaining his angelic composure. He sighed angelically, "Raine…let go of my angelic form before I get you with some mase."

Raine let go of his angelic form quickly and fearfully.

Lloyd, who knew about Kratos' angelic obsession with his angelic form, sighed, "Dad…we've been waiting for your angelic ass for about 2 hours!"

Everyone looked confused. Except Regal, who was still off crying somewhere, "We have?"

Lloyd grinned, "Well…I have. That's why I insisted that we ate lunch outside of Luin; because Kratos' angelic form was coming."

Kratos' angelic form smirked as he saw Zelos. Zelos was looking more angelic than Kratos; and that's hard, because Kratos was an angelic form. Kratos decided that he'd ignore everyone except Zelos…

…And maybe Lloyd, because he didn't want to get sued for child neglect.

A/N: I'm so sorry! I haven't updated in forever! Soooo sorry! Also, the "angelic" stuff I got from right before you go off to fight Mithos for the last time, where Kratos says, "...You inflicted such a wound upon my angelic form..." or something to that effect. It's a bit of an inside joke...

Oh, I love everyone that reviewed the previous two chapters. You're all hilariously awesome and you all deserve roses and brownies! (throws roses and brownies at the wonderfully, fantasmic reviewers)

Um... review and I'll... attempt to update quicker! Yeah, that's it! And, if you review, you'll get... cookies next time! XD