Lloyd jumped into the firey pit's of the underworld. He immediatly felt the heat of the flames. They licked his arms and legs, engulfing his body. He screamed in agony, and before he knew it, it was over. He was on the ground, panting heavily. Soon, the rest of the team also appered behind him.
"Are... You guy's all right?" Lloyd asked.
"SELES!" Zelos cried aloud. Seles was uncouncious in his arms. "No, seles wake up!" Zelos cried. Seles groaned lightly. She opened her eye's and looked at her brother.
"Z... Zelos. I'm sorry." She mumbled.
"What's wrong with her?" Zelos cried.
"It must have been the flames." Kratos said. "She's obviously a sickly child. It was not wise to bring her here."
Lloyd nodded. "Zelos, you stay behind and protect your sister. Kratos, Everybody, lets go!" The others nodded and followed Lloyd down a long dark hallway.
Sheena felt cold water splash on her face. "Wake up wench!" Nefliem ordered. Sheena opened her eye's, but saw almost nothing. She had lost alot of blood due to her wound on her leg. Her vision slowly came in and out of focus.
"Damn you! When Lloyd get's here, He will kill you!" She said weakly. Fire shone in her eye's.
Nefliem laughed again. "Your little friend Lloyd will do no such thing. For if he kills me, he will also be kiling you." His laughter rang out through the entire underworld.
Sheena realized what he ment. "No, there's no way. You wouldn't!"
but it was to late. Nefliem had falen to the ground, twitching violently. Sheena felt a large jolt of pain shot through her entire body, as Nefliems spirit dove into hers. She cired out in agony.
"That's sheena!" Lloyd bellowed. He began to run faster. "Don't worry Sheena, I won't let anything happen to you."
Kratos smiled lightly. "Lloyd, you have grown up so splendidly. I hope you luck in your love." He thought silently, following his son through the flames of hell.
Lloyd lifted his arms to shield his face as the heat from the flames that where growing in front of him. "Dammit nefliem, you will not stop me!" He bellowed and forced his way through the flames. Kratos and the others where in close pursuit when, "Lloyd, we can't go on!" Regal cried. Kratos and Lloyd looked back. Regal and everyone else where being blocked by a very powefull barrier. Only Kratos and Lloyd hade made it through.
"Go back to zelos!" Lloyd cried. "We'll come back for you!" He and Kratos continued thier way to the center of Nefliem, which is where Sheena was being held. Small demons blocked thier way. Lloyd drew his swords. "Outta my way!" He said, before swinging wildly, killing all the demons in an instant.
Kratos slashed at another demon, smirking as it fell to pieces.
"Come on!" Lloyd bellowed, and rushed through the remains. Kratos nodded and followed. Black flames sprang up from the ground, trying to cut Lloyd and Kratos off. Kratos flinched in pain as he tried to keep up with his son, who was in such a blood rage he could care less about the flames.
Finaly the flames died out, and Lloyd lowered his arms. "Sheena!" He cried. Sheena stood before him, a warming smile on her face. "Lloyd, you came for me!" She looked behind her at the corpse of Neflim. "Got here a bit late though. I already managed to kill him."
Lloyd ran up to her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry Sheena. I should have never let this happen."
Sheena also wrapped her arms around Lloyd. "It's all right. I know you would never leave me behind."
Lloyd sighed and hugged Sheena tightly. Kratos' eye's widened. "Lloyd look out!"
Blood spashed the hot rocky floor. Lloyd fell to his knees, shaking uncontrolably. In sheena's hand was a bloody dagger. A cold look on her face.
Kratos drew his sword. "Nefliem, I should have known you'd try something like this!"
Sheena laughed. "Ah how easily the human heart is decieved. Face them against thier love, and they grow weak. Unable to protect themselfs. Kratos, you of all people should know how that feels."
Kratos flinched, in memory of anna. "Shut your filth!" Kratos said cooly. His sword glistned in the flameing light.
Sheena formed a sword in her hand. "Very well, you want to fight. But just think, how will your son react if you kill the woman he loves?"
Kratos flinched. "Dammit Nefliem..."
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Genis pointed at the barrier. "INDIGNATION!" He cried. A giant blast of electricity smashed into the barrier, but it held it's strength. Genis fell to the ground panting.
Presea ran to his side. "Relax Genis, you'r working to hard." She said quietly.
Genis panted heavily. "But... Lloyd and Kratos... and Sheena."
"They will be fine." Presea answered.
Zelos sat on a small rock, caring for his sister. Raine stood over her, applying first aid. "I'm sorry Zelos. I'm afraid she doesn't stand much of a chance." She told him.
"No way!" Zelos cried. "She can't die! Seles stay with me!" he cried to his sickly sister.
Regal sighed and sat down. "I guess all we can do is hope Lloyd will prevail in this fight."
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Sparks flew all over as the two blades of steel clashed against one another. Kraros forced Sheena back, and was about to slash at her open torso, but hesitated. He cried out in pain ass Sheena's sword impaled him in the chest.
Lloyd groaned and slowly rose to his feet. "Kraots! No!" Lloyd cried, seeing his father with a sword deep in his chest. "Sheena stop this!" Lloyd cried, and ran at her. He threw his arms around her, hanging onto her tightly. "Come on, I know you're still in there, Sheena. Come back to me!"
Sheena hesitated for a moment. For half a second, her eye's returned to normal. "Lloyd..." She said, a tear forming in her eye. She sniffed, and raised the sword.
More blood found it's way to the ground. Lloyd opened his eye's and gasped. Kratos had grabbed Sheena's blade in midair, his own hand getting a deep gash. "Don't you dare touch my son!" He said menacingly, all mercy from his eye's where gone. He used his other hand to raise his sword into the air.
"KRATOS DON'T!" Lloyd bellowed. Kratos snapped back to reality, and stoped in midswing.
Sheena smirked and forced herself from Kratos' grip. "Rise from the underworld, come forth my servent!" She cried and lifted her hand into the air. A bright flash illuminated the entire relm on Nefliem. When Kratos and Lloyd managed to open thier eye's again, Kraots nearly broke into tears. His voice cracked as he said one word, "Anna?"
"What?" Lloyd asked. "That's... Mom?"
Ana was a tall slender woman. She had deep green eye's, of the color jade. She wore her brown hair long, down to her middle back. A comforting smile shone on her face. "Kratos, Lloyd, I love you both!" She said quietly.
Sheena laughed and pointed at Anna. Anna cried out in pain. She feel to the ground, and her skin began to change into a green tint.
"Are you a fool?" Kratos cried. "Anna's been dead for years. Theres no way she could---"
"Are you stupid?" Sheena interupted. "We are in the underworld you twit. This is your wife. Now die by her hand!"
Kratos began to shake uncontrolably. "No, It can't be... Anna!" He rushed to her side, dropping his sword. She was twitching in pain, her skin continued to change. "Anna, no. Please don't transform!" He said, holding her in his arms. Anna gasped in pain one last time. Her tranformation was complete. She plunged her claws into Kratos' gut.
Kratos coughed out blood, and grabbed anna's arm. "I won't let this happen again. I wont!" His wings shot forth from his back, and enshrouded both him and his wife.
Lloyd forced himself to his feet, panting heavily. Sheena stood feet away, smiling, with an evil look on her face. Lloyd looked down at the corpse of Nefliem. his spirit now in Sheena. Lloyd returned his gaze to sheena. "Sheena, please. I know your there. Come back to me!"
Sheena laughed. "Don't you realize it yet? The sheen you knew is gone forever!" Sheena lifted her sword into the air, and lunged at Lloyd. "Now die!"
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Stand back!" Zelos demanded. Genis and Presea nodded, backing away from the barrier. Zelos pulled his sword from it's scabbard. His orange wings sprung from his back. Seles lay a few feet away, her pulse now longer existed. Zelos was in such a rage, that nothing could stop him. "This is for my sister!" He cried loudly, and thrust his sword at the barrier. blue lightning bolts flew from the spot where Zelos' blade touched the barrier. Zelos roared in anger, and pushed hard. The barrier quivered for a moment, then shattered.
"He did it!" Raine said in ammazement.
"Let's go!" Collete cried, and ran side by side with zelos further in.
Genis grabbed Presea's hand, and followed the two chosen.
Raine nodded to Regal. They followed in pursuit.
Zelos and collete turned a corner. They both gasped.
Sheena slashed at Lloyd. Lloyd took one step forward. He rose his eye's to meet Sheena's perfectly. He moved his arms forward, and pulled Sheena into them. The blade made contact with Lloyd's shoulder, digging into his body. Lloyd closed his eye's and pressed his lips agianst Sheena's.
Sheena's eye's widened and the blade stopped inches from Lloyd's heart. Tears filled her eye's as she closed them. Nefliem roared in pain, and shrank out of Sheena's soul, being purified for the rest of eternity.
Sheena opened her eye's agin. Lloyd was smiling weakly at her. "I knew, you'd come back to me..." He feel to the ground, blood spilling from the deep wound Sheena had just inflicted.
"Lloyd!" She cried, and pulled him close to her. She looked over at Kratos' angel wings, which finnaly pulled back, to reveal kratos and Anna. Anna was back in her human form. Kratos lay on the ground, no breath passing through his lips.
"Kratos! Lloyd!" The entire party cried and rushed forward to help them. Zelos placed his fingers on Kratos' neck. "They are both dead." He said, looking at Anna's dead form.
"No, that can't be!" Sheena said, her tears flowing freely.
Lloyd managed to open his eye's and looked up at Sheena. "Don't worry... Kratos wont die... that easily."
"What are you talking abbout?" Zelos cried. "He's already dead!"
Suddenly, Kratos shuddered, and rose to his feet. Zelos lunged backwards.
Kratos wiped his forehead, panting heavily. "Rest in peace... Anna." he said quietly.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Zelos bellowed. "How are you still alive?"
Kratos looked down at Zelos. "Zelos, I won't give you my secrets."
Lloyd laughed lightly, Suddenly followed by a bloddy cough. "Lloyd!" Sheena cried as he fell into unconciousness. "LLOYD?" Blood ran dwon his mouth, and from his many deep wounds.
The ground began to rumble heavily. "What is going on?" Regal asked.
"Probably the world is reverting back to normal." Kratos said. "Due to the death of Nefliem, the underworld must sink back to it's own land."
The darkness around them dissapered, and the town of Flanoir came back to normal.
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All semed like it had been a dream The snow in Flanoir began to fall softly again, and the buildings had not a single scratch on them. Sheena and the others looked to the horizon. The red tint of the underworld was slowly dissapering. "Look's like we saved the world, again!" Zelos said quietly, looking down at his sister. "But we couldn't save her." He turned away from Seles, tears forming in his eyes.
"Lloyd!" Sheena cried, holding him next to her, tears streaming down her face. "Don't you dare die on me!" She said quietly.
Lloyd groaned and slowly opened his eye's. "oh, hey Sheena. I'm in pretty bad shape huh?" He joked lightly.
"Don't try to talk!" Sheena demanded, as she pulled the large pink ribbon from around her waist, and tied it tight around Lloyd's wound, her clothes slightly falling from her shoulders.
Lloyd laughed lightly. "Heh, nice view Sheena."
Sheena blushed lightly, and turned away from Lloyd. "Oh shut up." She said, her voice quivering. She was just so glad he was alive.
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A month later, Lloyd was finnaly fully healed, and able to walk again. As he left the inn, he looked at his friends. "Hey, where's Sheena?" He asked.
"I think she said she was going to the balcony in front of the church." Zelos answered.
Lloyd headed off twords the church. "Why is she there?" He asked himself as he passed the hospital. Lloyd slowed down a bit and took in the scenery around him. He could hardly belive what had happened over the last month. It all seemed like a dream now. The only evidence that remained was the death of Seles. Zelos had never been the same since that day. He hadn't tried to grope Sheena once.
"Oh, there you are Sheena." Lloyd called as he reached the balcony.
Sheena turned to face Lloyd. She was blushing lightly. She was in the blue dress he had bought for her in Altamira about five weeks back. "Hey Lloyd." She said, rubbing the back of her head. Her hair was down of course. (As it had been ever since she took it down, the day after Lloyd got her the dress.)
"Sheena what is wrong with you?" Lloyd asked. He pulled her into his arms. "Aren't you cold? How could you come out here in only a dress?"
Sheena sighed ever so lightly, as she stood there for what seemed like an eterinty. "I was a little." She finnaly admited. "Not anymore."
Lloyd felt his face burst into red colour. He finnaly realized something. This feeling he had for the woman in his arms, the strange yet welcome sensation he felt whenever he was near her, was love.
Sheena had known she loved Lloyd for a long time. A very long time. She felt relived to finnaly be standing in his arms. She rememberd less than a month ago, Lloyd had foolishly said they could be great friends. She had thought at that moment that it would never work. But now as she stood, held in his warm arms... She felt a little diffrent.
"Sheena," Lloyd began.
"Yes?" She asked, looking into his eye's.
Lloyd, for the longest time fought to find words. He strugled to force them from his throat. "Sheena... I... I love you, so much. I've never been able to realize it, but now I know, I love you."
Sheena could feel her heart leap in joy at these words. Her cheeks went a deep cherry red. "I... I love you too." She finnaly managed to say.
Lloyd also felt the same jump of the heart Sheena had felt. He felt like jumping into the air, shouting for joy, but fought it. Sheena needed his warmth. Lloyd puled her closer, and as the sun reflected off the cold snow, Illuminating the entire city, Lloyd pressed his lips against the warm lips of Sheena."
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Lloyd stood at the front of a large room. He was dressed in a sharp black tuexedo. He looked over to Kratos.
A rare smile crossed Kratos' face as he nodded to his son.
Lloyd nodded and twitched his fingers nervously. Next to him stood Zelos, wearing a nice black tuxedo. Zelos looked down at Lloyd and smiled. "Don't worry Lloyd. It will all go fine."
Lloyd couldn't help but to smile. He turned his gaze down the middle lane. Music began to play, and the entire crowd rose. Sheena appered at the end of the hall, hand in hand with Chief Iggaguri. Sheena blushed deeply.
Zelos wistled. Sheena was dressed in a wounderfull white drees. It held tight to her body from the bust down to her waist. At the waist the dress burst into a silky skirt, which flowed along with Sheena's every move. Sheena had he;r hair done up in a very special way. It hung down to her middle back, but she had a pink ribbon at the top of her head, tied around her hair, making a very cute Icon.
Kratos nodded to Sheena as she walked past him. Sheena smiled at Kratos, hardly able to hide her joy.
Genis snikered lightly, which soon meet Raines palm. Presea shook her head and returned her attention to the ceremony.
Sheena stoped before Lloyd, and turned to face him. Iggaguri smiled and a tear ran down his face. As the priest spoke, Lloyd stared into Sheena's eyes, and she into his. As the final words where spoken, Lloyd and Sheena transversed thier vows, and then, finnaly joined eachother in holy matramony.
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Woot, I've finnaly finishe with the Nefliem incident section of my story. If you think it's all over though, you are greatly mistaken. There will be more. ALot more! STAY TUNED!