Is this love, Chapter 4

Thunder rumbled loudly outside, and rain began to pour as if the water was coming from the ocean it'self. Presea gasped, and before she even said the word, they all knew what was going on. "Nefliem."

For the first time in the snowy city, rain was falling. The snow melted away, and lightning flashed brightly. "No!" Lloyd began. "I though Nefliem was gone for good!"

"apparently not!" Kratos said, pulling his sword from it's scabbard.

The ground began to rumble and large cracks appered. Buildings fell into the firey pits, and people ran for thier lifes as flames began to consume the town. "What is going on?" Presea cried in fear.

"Nefliem has emerged, thus, our world, is now the underworld." Kratos answered.

"Watch out!" Genis cried, and pushed presea out of the way of a small lightning bolt.

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Regal looked to the sky. "What is going on?" He asked and rain began to pour down.

"Now, now my hunnies!" Zelos began. "Do not worry, I the great zelos will protect you!" He said, puffing out his chest. Regal, who was also in Meltokio at the time looked over at Zelos.

"You pathetic chosen, this is no time to be playing around! Something big is going on!" He bellowed.

"Fine fine." Zelos sighed. "Ladies, go home. I have some buisness to attend to."

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Rain began to fall heavily in the town of Iselia. Collete stared outside from her window. "Woah, this is really bad!" She said, as a tree just outside her house toppled over.

Raine burst through the door, completly soaked. "Sorry about that." She said to Phidra. "I was closer to here than my house so... I hope you don't mind."

Phidra smiled. "Oh no, not at all. Make yourself at home."

Raine frowned. "I don't think there's time for that. Collete and I should leave soon. I belive that collete already knows what's going on."

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Lloyd pulled both of his swords from thier shethes as a figure stepped out of the flames. He was tall, taller even than Kratos. His hair was a darker black than even the depth of midnight. His eye's shone red with the fires of Hell. "Ah, It is so good to be free again, and in a body as well. I think I'll slaughter some people in celebration." He grabbed a woman off the ground, who had tripped while trying to run away. "I think I'll start with you!" He pulled a large black sword from his own gut.

"Stop!" Lloyd bellowed and swung his blade across the ground, sending a wave of energy at Nefliem.

Nefliem dropped the woman and quickly deflected the energy with his sword. "So, the one's who defeated me before when I had that weak body of Abbyson's. This is my true form, and this time, things will differ." He lifted the black sword into the air. "You are in my turf now!" A giant fire ball appered, and he trust it twords Lloyd.

"Spread!" Genis cried, and the giant uproar of water doused Nefliem's attack.

Nefliem smirked. "Ah, you seem worth of my time. This will be fun!"

Kratos lunged at Nefliem, his blade gleaming in the light of the fire's. "Return to that of which you came!" He bellowed, and thrust his weapon through Nefliem's chest. The dark lord looked up from the blade and looked at Kratos. His mouth curved into a chuckle.

"Foolish humans." He muttered. A wave of dark energy shot from the wound, and pierced Kratos' shoulder. Kratos cried out in pain, and jumped back, away from Nefliem, his sword coated in black blood.

Sheena ran forward, about to attack, when her stomach pulsed in pain, and she fell to the ground. Nefliem noticed her moment of weakness nad lunged at her.

"Sheena no!" Lloyd bellowed and thre his sword at Nefliem. The blade bounced off of Nefliem's sword, giving Lloyd one moment to rush at him and tackle him away from Sheena.

Nefliem recoiled, Lloyds fury had made him a formidible foe. He fell over, and skided to a halt, Lloyd panting heavily over him. Lloyd pulled his other sword from it's scabbard. "Don't you ever endanger Sheena again!" He cried, and thrust his sword at the ground, However, Nefliem was already behind him.

"Too slow!"

Lloyd didn't make a sound as he felt cold steel pass through his back, and warm blood leave his body. He fell to the ground, not even a gasp passing his lips.

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Wind blowed and rain poured heavily at the South east abbey. Seles stared out the window and coughed. "Zelos." She muttered. "What is going on?"

Suddenly a red glow could be seen from across the sea. Seles stared closely. "What is that?" She wondered. Suddenly, a wave of fire shot over the sea, and Seles' question was answered. She cried out in fear, and the wall of fire smashed into the abbey.

Seles finnaly managed to open her eyes again. Zelos had her in his arm, flying on the rehaird. "Zelos... what happened?" She asked, shaken.

"That was a close call." Zelos said. "I had to burst in through the window." It was only now that Seles noticed a deep gash in the chosen's arm.

"Zelos, you're wounded!" She said.

"Who cares about that!" Zelos answered. "Something's going on. We'd better hurry."

Seles broke out in a serious coughing fit. "Zelos..." She muttered weakly.

"Crap!" Zelos wispered under his breath. "just hang on Seles, We will get you to a doctor. Just hang on!"

Seles did not answer.

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"LLOYD!" Sheena cried through her tears and rose to her feet. She ran to Lloyd's side and pulled him into a sitting position. "Lloyd wake up! don't you dare die on me!" She cried craddling him in her arm's.

Nefliem then put the tip of his sword to Sheena's throat. "He has simply gone before you. You will see him again soon."

"Don't you dare touch her!" Presea roared, swinging her Axe full force at Nefliem. Nefliem pulled back from Sheena, only to run into Kratos. "Dammit!" He muttered and droped down, throwing himself behind Kratos' feet.

Kratos thrust downward. "Die!" His blade met only cold earth and Nefliem charged again at Sheena, Pulling her away from Lloyd, and lunging away from the group. Sheena tried to cry out for help, but the edge of nefliem's blade was pushed so hard against her neck, her skin was at the breaking point. She did not dare speak.

"I'm taking the girl!" Nefliem said calmly. "Interfere and I'll kill her on the spot!"

Both Kratos and Presea stopped. Genis canceled the spell he was about to cast. "You sick ass!" Genis cried. "How could you do this?"

Nefliem smirked and pointed a finger in Genis's direction. A small bolt of dark mana shot at Genis, hitting him square in the chest. Genis cried out in pain as he fell to the ground. "Genis!" Presea cried, and dropped to his side. Genis was writhing in pain. "Genis hang on!" She cried, tears froming in her eye's.

Kratos was now the only one left standing. His face was set in a grim expression, his eye's burning with fires unmatched even by hell. "You bastard. Release her!"

Nefliem laughed. "You are in no position to be ordering me around. You are Kratos are you not? The hero of the ancient Kharlan war. Hah, how pathetic. You are simply a human. and humans oh what emotions they feel. Pity, anger, sadness. All these lead to one thing. Death. All life is meaningless. That is why I care not about anything, and just do as I please."

"You're disgusting!" Lloyd said, strugling to raise to his feet.

"Lloyd, you're alive!" Sheena cried, forgeting Nefliem's blade, and a small cut appered in her neck.

"Silence wretch!" Nefliem cried, and punched her in the face, sending Sheena flying into a wall.

Lloyd pulled both his swords from the ground. "Leave her alone!" His voice was filled with pure anger. His heart pounding heavily, his blood flowing faster than it ever had.

Sheena tried to push herself from the ground, but fell back down, face first into the mud.

Nefliem grabbed her hair and pulled her into the air. Sheena's eye's filled with tears of pain, as her scalp felt it was being ripped from her head. Nefliem laughed. "Or what, you'll kill me? Sorry to cut your parade short, but I gotta go!" Both Sheena, and Nefliem dissapered in a cloud of black smoke.

"SHEENA!" Lloyd cried, his voice carying across the land, even with the rain pouring as hard as it was. Lloyd fell to his knees, unnoticble tears flowed down his face. "She's gone. I can't belive she's gone!" he managed to say between sobs.

"She is not gone!" A voice said.

"Origin?" Lloyd asked, noticing the familiar voice from his sword.

"She is nearby. However, I sense something terribly wrong is going on. You must find her quickly!" Origin said.

"But I don't even know where she is!" Lloyd answered, his voice still muffled with sobs.

"Where do you think?" Origin snapped, infuriated at seeing his master in such a weak state. "He's taken her into the underworld. Now don't just sit there, go and save her!"

Lloyd slowly managed to rise to his feet. "Allright. Kratos, genis, presea, lets go!" He said and limped tword a large pit, with flames spewing havily from it.

"Hey, don't foget about us!" Came a voice from the sky. Zelos, Raine, Collete, Regal, and Seles set down softly on the muddy ground of what once was the snowy city.

"Zelos, guys! You all came!" Genis cried happily.

Collete snorted.

"Yup yup! Cant let you all save the world on your own now can I?' Zelos asked, his careless voice returning.

"I can not simply stand by and watch as my world is torn appart!" Regal commented.

"Thanks guys." Lloyd said. He turned back to the firey pit. "All right. Let's go!" He cried, then jumped into the firey depths of the underworld.

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Nefliem chained Sheena to a wall and stared at her admiring her curves for a while. "You have such a strong will." He muttered. "And such a wonderfull body. It will make a nice replacement of my own."

Sheena managed to open her eye's. "Only in your sick dreams pervert!" She said and spat on Nefliems face.

Nefliem calmly wiped the spit from his face and laughed. "You've got spunk woman. I think I'll have my fun with you beforeI take you over!" He walked closer to her and placed his hand on her hip's. Sheena struggled vainly and tried to pull away, but she could do nothing as his hands fumbled around her body. She finnaly managed to wriggle her leg free from it's binds, and kicked Nefliem square in the groin.

Nefliem doubled over in pain and clutched his privates dearly. "You... Little wench!" He said, managing to get to his feet again. "I was only going to play with you, but you have just signed your fate!" He thrust his sword throuhg, sheena's leg, pinning it back to the wall.

Sheena cried in pain as blood ran down her leg, and began to form a pool of blood on the ground. Her eye's narrowed in anger. "You will pay for this Nefliem! I swear you will pay!"

She was silenced as Nefliems fist met her stomach. She gasped short and needing gasps as the air was forced from her lungs. Nefliem laughed happily. "Ah, How I am going to enjoy this!" He moved closer to the gasping Sheena and pulled her hair, causing her even more pain. "How I love to see a woman writhe in pain." He punched her again in the gut, knocking the woman unconcious.