AN: Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia, Poptarts, and other brand name stuffs.
Kratos and Raine immediately quit the kissing as soon as they realized what was going on. Kratos looked around and flew off like there was no tomorrow. Raine giggled and walked off.
Raine awoke. It was all a dream. She looked out the window to find that it was still raining. She sighed as she looked out the window. The sky was just as gloomy as she was.
Where's your head at, at, at, at...
techno music
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
techno music
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Don't let the walls cave in on you
We can't evolve alone without you
Don't let the walls cave in on you
We can't evolve alone without you
Don't let the walls cave in on you
You get what you give that much is true
Don't let the walls cave in on you
You turned the world away from you
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
techno music
You have now found yourself
Trapped in this incomprehensible maze
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Don't make it easy on yourself
Where's your head at
Got to get...
Got to get...
Got to get...
Got to get...
techno music
Where's your head at...
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
Don't let the walls cave in on you
We can't evolve alone without you
Don't let the walls cave in on you
We can't evolve alone without you
Where's your head at
Where's your head at
We can't evolve alone without you
We can't evolve alone without you
Returning Again?
The next day Lloyd was abruptly slapped in the face with the horrible stench of laundry. He looked around two find about two piles of it and Kratos standing there.
"Dad, your back…. And your clothes stink" Lloyd whined.
"See this huge-ass pile? It's yours. What did I tell you about hygiene?" Kratos asked crossly.
"Uh….I have lived with a dwarf for so long. I have learned not to" Lloyd replied.
"First, a shower followed by laundry" Kratos said.
"What are you going to do?" Lloyd asked.
"What I usually do when I finish chores before you, drink" Kratos said.
"Why did you come back anyway?" Lloyd asked.
"Summer Vacation. Now, quit trying to change the subject and do your chores" Kratos said.
"Damn" Lloyd said.
Kratos went behind the kitchen counter and pulled out a long glass. He took out a shaker and filled it with: Tea, a bit of lemon juice, ice, champagne, gin, and Smirnoff Ice. He put it all together in the glass, stuck in a giant straw and drank away. Once Lloyd was done with everything he was told to do Genis had luckily come over.
"Raine got me this console called a Gay Station 2!" Genis blurted.
"It's it supposed to be a Play station, Genis?" Lloyd asked.
"Sorry, she was a bit drunk when she told me what it was" Genis said.
"Yeah, Kratos is also a drunk…I think" Lloyd commented.
"Let's play Dragon Ball Z Budokai" Genis said.
"Android 18 is pretty" Lloyd droned on. Genis rolled his eyes and went into the living room.
Play
Genis and Lloyd had set everything up. As they were playing Kratos had awoken.
"What the hell are you guys doing?" Kratos asked tiredly.
"We're playing DBZ Budokai" Lloyd replied.
"Can I play?" Kratos asked. Lloyd and Genis stayed quiet, "Aw, come on. I might be 4030 years old but I can still kick ass!"
"Beat Genis, he's been kicking my butt since the beginning" Lloyd said giving the controller to Kratos.
"I need to train" Kratos said.
Kratos took the book and after about five minutes of reading the manual Kratos was ready to fight. There was a times game of 2 minutes. Kratos and Genis were only on punch away from killing each other. Genis had the first hit; Kratos blocked, and sent a blast right at Genis. Kratos won!
"YEAH! I AM THE GREATEST!" Kratos blurted, "00…uh…never mind any of that"
"You beat me!" Genis blurted.
"With only five minutes of studying" Kratos said.
The doorbell rang to reveal Raine.
"Genis, I'm going out….." Raine said.
"Where?" Genis asked.
"Why do you have to be so nosy!" Raine snapped.
"00?" was everyone's reply.
"clears throat I'm just going out that's all" Raine said, "Bye"
"After Raine leaves there are rumors saying that she goes to cooking classes" Genis said.
"She needs it" Lloyd said as he rolled his eyes.
"Kratos laughs a bit Well, I'm outta here" Kratos said.
His wings sprouted and Kratos flew off.
Yuan, buddy
Kratos flew over into the Renegade base and asked for Yuan. Once he had access he just walked right into Yuan's office. Yuan have him a suspicious look.
"Yuan, did you know you're by best friend?" Kratos asked casually.
"WTF?" was Yuan's reply.
"Yeah, I was never Mithos' friend" Kratos said, in a very Zelos way.
"What the hell do you want?" Yuan asked.
"Baby-sit Lloyd, Genis, and Colette" Kratos quickly replied, now turning back to his REAL attitude.
"o0? What, no way!" Yuan replied.
"Oh come on. Remember when we were 2015 years old? I took care of your dog while you went out with your girlfriend" Kratos blurted.
"So what?" Yuan said, "Those kids would be more trouble than one big golden retriever"
"I also went to your fiancée's funeral" Kratos said.
"Of course you went! There was no way that Mithos was going to let you ditch Martel's funeral" Yuan blurted.
"Yeah, and I didn't beat the crap out of you when you cried like a baby, so you owe me!" Kratos blurted.
"What kind of lame-ass excuse is that!" Yuan blurted.
"So are you going to do it or what?" Kratos asked.
"sigh Fine I'll do it" Yuan said.
"What do the Renegades do now anyway?" Kratos asked.
"Detectives, Cops, Firemen, Psychologists, etc" Yuan replied.
"Whatever, you'll take care of the kids tomorrow" Kratos said.
"Where would you be going?" Yuan asked.
"Listen, Blueberry, I'm not answering that" Kratos said.
"You're going on a date aren't ya? AND STOP CALLING ME BLUEBERRY!" Yuan said.
"Whatever B-Berry" Kratos said.
"Don't mess with me, Strawberry" Yuan said.
"Oh, it's on now!" Kurama blurted.
When Kratos came back home he was bruised and had a black eye.
"00! Dad?" Lloyd asked.
"I don't wanna talk about it" Kratos said.
How it got started
The next afternoon Kratos had left Yuan with Lloyd, Genis, and Colette.
"Colette, why are you here?" Genis asked.
"Phiadra and Frank said I can stay with you guys" Colette replied.
"I wanna go to the movies" Lloyd whined.
"No" Yuan said.
"Please?" Genis asked.
"No" Yuan replied.
"Please?" Colette pleaded.
"No" Yuan said crossly.
"PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!" the three pleaded.
"I SAID NO, YOU IMPUDENT LITTLE BRATS!" Yuan blurted angrily.
"Lloyd whines Colette cries Genis throws a temper tantrum" was the kid's reply.
"Okay, we'll go" Yuan said, "What do you want to see?"
"The Corpse Bride" Lloyd said.
"Yeah!" Genis and Colette replied.
"Fine then" Yuan said.
Explain
Yuan and the kids went to the theatre. They went to the very top row with the food and watched the movie. Suddenly…
"Hey, isn't that Kratos?" Colette asked.
"Yeah, and Raine" Genis said.
"Zelos and Sheena as well" Lloyd said.
"By god, he left me with you brats for a double date!" Yuan blurted.
"What's that?" Genis asked.
"A double date with when two days blend together" Lloyd said.
"No it's when a date, the fruit, comes in two" Colette said.
"You guys are morons. A double date is when a couple and another couple stay together on a date. It's like hanging with your friends only with romance and you only have to pay one fourth of the bill" Yuan explained.
"Would what we're going be a double date?" Genis asked.
"No and never" Yuan hissed. Genis whimpered.
"So what do we do?" Lloyd asked.
"We watch the movie and if they start doing anything we'll bother them later" Yuan said.
"I've always wanted to know what a kiss was" Genis asked.
"When two people put their lips together and stay that way for a while" Yuan replied.
"So is that what Zelos and Sheena are doing?" Colette asked.
"Yes" Yuan said.
Yuan pulled out his cell phone and luckily his phone can take pictures.
"Perfect" Yuan said smirking.
Caught on Camera
After the movies, Zelos and Sheena separated from Kratos and Raine. The remaining went to the park and Yuan plus the kids followed.
"We should do this again" Raine said.
"Where to go next time?" Kratos asked.
"I wanna watch Harry Potter!" Raine said happily.
"It is an interesting movie" Kratos said.
"We'll send the Lloyd and friends to see it soon after" Raine said.
"It is a good idea, but what to do in the meantime?" Kratos asked.
Meanwhile, in the bush where Lloyd and friends were hiding….
Lloyd's eyes widened and he passed out. Genis immediately covered his eyes. Colette's eyes glazed and she smiled cheerfully. Yuan pulled out his camera phone and snapped away. Raine went over to Kratos' cheek. She was going to kiss him but she chickened out and whispered.
"I have a feeling that we're being watched" Raine said.
When Yuan and Company got home they splashed Lloyd with water.
"Whoa! I had this weird dream. Kratos and Raine--" Lloyd started.
"It did happen, Lloyd" Genis said.
"Wasn't it beautiful?" Colette commented dreamingly.
"NO!" Lloyd blurted, "My dad and the Professor is not a good combo!"
"Yeah, but they're both lonely" Colette said.
"I prefer it that way" Genis blurted.
"It was just a peck on the cheek, Geez. Grow up!" Yuan said, "But nice pictures"
"Why do you still have those!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Shit, the parentals!" Yuan blurted.
Yuan turned off the phone and everyone cleaned up.
"Genis, time to go home" Raine said.
"Bye, Lloyd" Genis said.
Awkward
The next morning was Saturday. Kratos and Lloyd was sitting down for breakfast. It was silent until…
"Dad, how much do you like Raine?" Lloyd asked.
"She's a good friend" Kratos replied.
"Would you kiss her?" Lloyd asked. Kratos stuffed a piece of toast in his mouth.
"If numb a yo bivmif" Kratos said with a muffled voice, "Dow bear"
"What?" Lloyd asked.
"gulps pants Doorbell!" Kratos said.
Lloyd got up and went to the door. There stood Colette with a white fox.
"Uh, Lloyd where's your uniform?" Colette asked.
"What uniform?" Lloyd asked.
"Look at me!" Colette blurted
Colette wore a dress shirt with short sleeves with a blue-grey vest over it and she wore a matching skirt. Colette wore long socks and reached just under her knees and black buckle shoes.
"Lloyd! I told you twice that it was in your room on your bed. You didn't notice those black folded clothes?" Kratos asked.
"Oh yeah!" Lloyd said.
Lloyd ran upstairs and soon came back wearing a black uniform with golden buttons.
"Kratos, do you have a job?" Colette asked.
"I prefer that you'll find out on your own" Kratos replied.
"You're always like that" Lloyd commented.
"Go!" Kratos blurted.
Lloyd and Colette ran off.
Teacher
It was last period, Math Class. Their teacher, Winnie the Pooh, was making an announcement.
"Class, today I must say that because I have become a glutton, I'll be in rehab and by the time I come back I'll end up being a librarian. That's what I get for eating all the principal's chocolate bunnies. Any who, meet your new math teacher, Mr.Aurion." Pooh said.
The whole class' eyes widened as Kratos walked in. He opened up a book and the class started. The class proceeded as follows: Lloyd is still astonished, Genis and Colette have gotten used to it, the girls basically drooled over him, and the guys thought he was evil. Once class was over Lloyd ran over to Kratos.
"What the hell are you doing?" Lloyd asked.
"The only people who about our blood relation is you, Genis and Colette, so relax" Kratos said.
"I bet you were drunk when you took this job" Lloyd hissed.
"Wrong, I was tipsy" Kratos replied.
"Whatever" Lloyd said.
"You better go or you'll miss the bus. I still have work to do" Kratos said.
Lloyd backed away and left with Genis and Colette. As Kratos was marking Raine walked by as she was looking through a book. She looked up and walked back, she shrieked.
"Kratos! Kratos? What are you--" Raine said.
"I work here" Kratos said, "I'm also trying to fix this seating plan so I can keep Billy Bob Joe Hanson away from talking to Richard Long"
"We should go shopping" Raine suddenly said.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kratos asked.
"You look like a mercenary" Raine said.
"oo?" was Kratos' reply.
"-- You're right" Raine replied.
"I guess that the girls in this class would pay less attention to me if I looked more like a teacher" Kratos said.
"To the Tokyoshi Mall!" Raine blurted.
Raine grabbed Kratos' arm and dragged him off.
This isn't a Field Trip
Kratos and Raine took Lloyd, Genis, and Colette who just seems to go where they go to the mall. While shopping they bumped into someone very unlikely.
"I MISSED YOU GUYS!" a familiar voice bellowed.
"Oh man" Genis said. Yup it was Zelos
"Why are you guys here?" Zelos asked.
"Kratos needs clothes" Colette answered.
"I could've told you that" Zelos said.
"Very funny, now go away" Kratos hissed.
"I'll help if you do me a favour" Zelos said.
"Like what?" Raine asked.
"Protect me from Sheena" Zelos said.
"What kind of stupid thing did you do this time?" Genis asked.
"Impudent brat" Zelos commented, "Anyway, Sheena and I bought coffee. She asked for a bit of sugar but the moron at the counter put in too much. She didn't want to get another one so she drank it. She's sugar high now and is after me"
"Wow, that's….different" Lloyd commented.
"We should help, he is our friend" Colette said.
"sigh Fine" Lloyd said. Zelos gave Lloyd a hug.
"I knew you'd come through" Zelos said.
"Sometimes I worry about Zelos' actions" Genis commented.
"ZELLY!" Sheena's voice blurted.
"00! She's here!" Zelos blurted.
"ZELLY BELLY WHERE ARE YOU!" Sheena hollered.
"Dad, she's embarrassing" Lloyd whined.
"Run" Kratos said. The gang ran off.
"What about the shopping?" Raine asked.
"Zelos, you and kids will make a run for it" Kratos ordered.
"ZELLLLOOOOSSSSS!" Sheena hollered.
"NOW!" Kratos blurted.
The four ran off (Zel or Zelly, Loy, Gen pronounced as jean, and Lette). Sheena (I shall nickname her She-She) looked around and passed by Kratos and Raine (Tos and Rei).
"Have you seen my Zelly Belly?" Sheena asked.
"Nope" Raine replied.
"Not at all" Kratos replied.
"Oh, well….you'll look good in jeans. Bye" Sheena said as she ran off, "Zelly Belly!"
"That was close" Raine said.
Kratos flipped out his cell phone.
Lloyd, Where r u?
I'm at Claire's. Lette wanted 2 go
She-She's comin yur way
Got it, bye
Good lck
"Let's continue" Kratos said.
Kratos and Raine bought the clothes and left. Eventually, Zelos was saved, Sheena had vanished, and the group had left.
"Looks like we got away" Kratos commented.
"So what now?" Genis asked.
"I'm hungry" Lloyd blurted.
"Why the hell not" Kratos said.
So the group went off to buy dinner.
MSN
Even though it was a beautiful day Lloyd and the rest of the class was inside during science class doing science work in the textbook. Kratos was on his computer putting in comments into the progress reports, but one in a while he would look helplessly out the window and occasionally daydream.
"I always did daydream in school" Kratos thought.
The school bell rang meaning that classes were over. The kids rushed out of the school, leaving the teachers behind. Raine was in the middle of writing her reports when SeraphimWingz logged in.
SeraphimWingz: Howz it goin?
HealingWinds: Fine, you?
SeraphimWingz: I'm just bored
HealingWinds: Me 2, all this work
SeraphimWingz: I'll treat u 2 dinner
HealingWinds: Wha?
SeraphimWingz: You seem sad, so why not have dinner
HealingWinds: I thought that only Zelly wud ask sum1 out on MSN
SeraphimWingz: U thought wrong
HealingWinds: K, dinner it is!
SeraphimWingz: And the cheer flows back
HealingWinds: What about Lloyd and Genis
SeraphimWingz: Yuan can baby-sit again
HealingWinds: Where is he anyway?
SeraphimWingz: He's the cooperate boss of the Conformists
HealingWinds: Wat r u planning
SeraphimWingz: Drop Lloyd and his friends of and go 2 Meltokio
HealingWinds: It does seem like a good idea
SeraphimWingz: Aren't I smart
HealingWinds: We should go on a vacation
SeraphimWingz: No way, you know how main social that is?
HealingWinds: No biggie
SeraphimWingz: Fine them
--------- Lloyd and Kratos ----------
SeraphimWingz: Lloyd?
Twin Swordz: Yeah?
SeraphimWingz: Yuan's gonna baby-sit ya
Pimp MasterZ has logged in
Pimp MasterZ: Sum1 say mi name?
Twin Swordz: No
SeraphimWingz: Go away
Twin Swordz: I'm being baby-sat by Yuan
Pimp MasterZ: Why?
SeraphimWingz: I'm going out
Twin Swordz: With Raine
SeraphimWingz: I haven't said anything!
Twin Swordz: Yuve bin goin out often.
Pimp MasterZ: YUR GOIN OUT WIT MY GORGEOUS ULTRA COOL BEAUTY?
SeraphimWingz: G.U.C.B?
Twin Swordz: Thats a weird word
Pimp MasterZ: UR ALL EVIL!
Purple Power Ranger has logged in
Purple Power Ranger: Hey guys, wassup?
SeraphimWingz: Nothing
Twin Swords: 'Tos is goin out with Raine
Pimp MasterZ: He's evil! I never liked him, ever!
Purple Power Ranger: I prefer that they go out
SeraphimWingz: Thank you
Twin Swords: What kind of name is Power Ranger?
Pimp MasterZ: She must not have a life...or imagination
Purple Power Ranger: I only watched the show once.
Pimp MasterZ: Yeah and ever since yuve bought the movies
Purple Power Ranger: Leve me alone
SeraphimWingz: That is kinda odd
Twin Swords: I should tell Colette
Pimp MasterZ: Kratos! You are evil!
Purple Power Ranger: Suck it up
SeraphimWingz: Outta here
Purple Power Ranger: Bye
Twin Swords: Bye, Dad
Pimp MasterZ: You suck!
SeraphimWingz has logged out.
Kratos turned off the computer and left the school
"When is this vacation of ours?" Raine asked.
"The first weekend of Spring Fling" Kratos said.
"You mean this Saturday?" Raine commented.
"Yes, so start packing" Kratos said.
Settlement
The TOS Gang packed up and flew to Meltokio in Zelos' private jet. Colette sat beside Lloyd and Presea sat in front of him with Zelos beside her. Kratos sat in front of Presea with Sheena beside him and Regal in front with Genis beside him and Raine sat beside the pilot so she could study the buttons. In other words, she was reading the manual. As they were flying Raine was setting up the hotel rooms.
"Who's going to share a room with Lloyd?" Raine asked. Colette and Presea shot up their hands.
"What about me?" Zelos asked.
"Fine then, Presea and Colette will have a room and Zelos will share a room with Lloyd" Raine said.
"THIS IS MUTINY!" Zelos blurted.
"Who's going to share a room with Genis?" Raine asked, "Sheena?"
"Okay" Sheena replied. Genis' mouth hung open.
"Fine with me" Raine said, "Regal, you'll have your own room"
"Okay then" Regal replied.
"Kratos are you going to have your own room?" Raine asked.
"Of course he is!" Lloyd blurted.
"I see no problem" Kratos replied.
"Okay then, our rooms are set" Raine said.
When the gang landed in Meltokio they made their way to the hotel. Kratos' room was in the middle of the hall with Colette and Sheena's room which was followed by Raine's room. Above Kratos' room was Lloyd and Zel's room with Regal's room beside them followed by Genis and Presea's room.
Raine had finished unpacking and she fell into a sleep.
Poetry
Dreams
I lay my head upon my pillow
And fall into a deep sleep
I dream and I wish
That my dreams soon will come true
I don't think I'm ready now
Riding on the wind,
reaching for the moon.
Like a dream on a Winter night.
The clouds vanish and reveal the moon
It awaits me
Blue wings
Drifting towards me
I shall keep away from ' The Light'
And wait, until the wings
Until the wings get to me
Hidden in the darkness for so long
I let in the light for the first time
I find The One
Of the wings
My face has become flustered
Now only you and I
Stand together in this dreamland
My dream is starting to end
Let me be with you
You promise it to me
I wait…
For you…
Keep your promise…
Raine was abruptly awoken by the sounds of Genis yelling through the door.
"Raine! We're going now!" Genis blurted.
"The amusement park?" Raine asked
"Yes" Genis replied.
"I just want to go out by myself" Raine said.
Raine got dressed. She put on her denim outfit (denim skirt with matching jacket, white shirt, tall black boots). Raine took her purse (she got it on her b-day) and left the house. Raine stopped by the book store. She reached for a book when it was taken.
"We have two choices, wait for the next one or share this book" Kratos suddenly said.
"Why aren't you with the others?" Raine exclaimed.
"Why aren't you?" Kratos asked. Raine was silent. He was right.
"I really want that book" Raine blurted.
"I guess I can let you have it but let me read it when you're done" Kratos said.
Kratos handed Raine the book and she walked off. Once she was done buying it she realized that Kratos had vanished. Raine walked out of the store, her face was flustered.
"I'm acting like a teenager" Raine thought.
As Raine was walking around town she bumped into Zelos who was once again flirting with the bunny women.
"Zelos, have you seen Kratos?" Raine asked.
"Yeah, he went to Starbucks….and so did Sheena!" Zelos blurted, "Sorry hunnies!"
Zelos zoomed off. Raine walked in the direction of where Starbucks was when Sheena zoomed past her screaming 'Zelly Belly'. Raine sighed.
"I must be close" she muttered.
"Good morning Raine" Kratos said.
"I forgot to say thank you" Raine said.
Kratos drank some of his coffee and all at once was at peace.
"I wish I could have--" Raine started.
Raine was interrupted when a nice cup of coffee was held in front of her. She took it and drank away. Now she was in dreamland.
Nightmare
Kratos finished his coffee. As soon as Raine turned around to throw her empty cup away he vanished. Kratos hid in a bush or two, trying to withdraw his flustered face. Once he was 'healed' Kratos started to smile.
"At least she notices I'm alive" Kratos said.
Kratos had been Mr. Nice Guy all week for he couldn't find any other ways of being a good person when it came to Raine. Ever since Lloyd saved the worlds danger was unheard of. It would be great if he was hero to Raine, but the thought of her in danger made saddened him more that he already was.
"I can't have a crush, the last time any of this came to be she died" Kratos thought, "Though, I cannot dwell on the past and think that things can never be because of one devastating and horrible incident"
Kratos rolled over and looked into the clouds. He soon drifted into sleep.
"Kill…me" a voice said.
A child was crying. An Arshis was barking. Kratos was at wit's end at this. His wife Anna was now a monster, physically, and was on the rampage. Kratos didn't know what to do. He was sure that if he just stood their that his 3 year old son Lloyd will surely perish but he couldn't bring himself to destroy Anna himself.
"Do it for Lloyd" Anna trailed on.
In moments it was over. Kratos was soaked in what he thought was blood. He looked around to find that his son was gone. Kratos went down the cliff only to end up finding nothing but Desian corpses and dead monsters.
"It didn't matter what I did. I couldn't even save any of them" Kratos muttered.
Even though it was just a cloudy day Kratos found himself went. Not covered in blood but in water. He was soaked.
"Move on" a voice said.
Thunder roared.
A flash of lightning struck. Kratos jolted awake. He was still in that bush he concealed himself in. He looked at his watch which said 8:30 pm. Kratos stood up and walked back to the hotel. As soon as he walked into the lobby he was ambushed by hugs a plenty.
"Where were you!" everyone asked.
"I dozed off, now let go of me. You're getting as soaked as I am" Kratos blurted.
Everyone examined Kratos. He was soaking wet. Even his personality-defying hair was tamed into just hanging down. Kratos moved his bangs out of his eyes but some slopped back.
"Oh, here Kratos. We expected you to be soaking when you come back" Colette said handing Kratos a towel.
Kratos wrapped it around his neck and walked off.
After the clean up Kratos realized two things: 1) Never fall asleep in a bush and 2) Mud is VERY hard to get rid off. Kratos plopped down and stared into the ceiling.
"I feel like a stoner. I need to hang out with Yuan less" Kratos thought.
"Kratos? Are you okay?" Raine suddenly asked through the door.
"I'm fine" Kratos said opening the door.
"Here you go. I finished that book" Raine said with a smile on her face.
"That was fast" Kratos commented.
"To you maybe. Time does fly by when you're sleeping. I'm surprised you can sleep" Raine commented.
"I guess I was daydreaming or something" Kratos said.
"Or maybe you passed out! This I must investigate" Raine said as she walked off mumbling to herself.
Kratos stared at the hallway and then recoiled into his room. Only moments later was his door being knocked on. He looked out to find Yuan and before he could say anything he walked right in.
"Kratos! I am a genius!" Yuan blurted.
"I thought you got off the 'stuff' when you were 26" Kratos remarked.
"Shut up!" Yuan blurted, "Anyway I have found a way to let us sleep!"
"Did you use it on me this morning?" Kratos asked.
"I didn't think you'd notice. You were daydreaming in a bush" Yuan replied.
"You're such an ass" Kratos said.
"So you had a nightmare, I presume?" Yuan commented.
"…" was Kratos' reply.
"I knew it. Anyway, I'm sure it'll get betterard and drove off.Presea"th"pen next"s sending an " Yuan said.
"I'm not using that again!" Kratos said.
"Come on, please?" Yuan said.
"Fine, but the next time I need a baby-sitter no complaining!" Kratos replied.
"Deal!" Yuan said.
"How does it work?" Kratos asked.
"It's basically sleeping powder. Here ya go" Yuan said, "Now if you don't mind I wanna use this itching powder on Zelos"
"Wait, do I have to use this all the time?" Kratos asked.
"Only if you want to" Yuan said.
Yuan left. Kratos had, for basically the second time in 4030 years, fallen asleep and good dreams filled his head.
Casino Chaos
Raine, Sheena, and Kratos were awoke by Zelos who had knocked on their windows to get attention. He got them to all get dressed up since he said that they were going to the casinos in Altamira.
"I'm not coming out" Kratos said.
"Grow up, Kratos" Zelos said.
Kratos walked out of his room, practically looking like James Bond. Zelos also had a tux, well one with a red tie. Sheena wore an off shoulder, short sleeve purple dress that reached her knees. She also wore black toe-shoes. Raine wore a dress of the same length that was a light blue and had a matching belt with a rose on it. She wore a blue bead bracelet and black heels.
When they got to Altamira's Night Life Casino Zelos immediately started flirted with every woman around. Sheena immediately got jealous, which wasn't too hard to see, and she stormed off. Raine followed her and while she was gone, Kratos was dragged off by a bunch of Zelos' ex-groupies. As Raine was walking to the bathroom some slightly drunk (if that is possible) guy started talking to her. He had silver hair that reached his shoulders and piercing green eyes. Raine had a strange feeling about this guy and excused herself into the bathroom.
"There's some weirdo drunk guy here" Raine commented.
"His name is Garu. Don't touch him, he'll touch back." Sheena replied.
"I wanna go home" Raine said. Sheena peeked out the door and came back in.
"Kratos does too" Sheena commented.
The girls looked out the door to find Kratos and Zelos surrounded by many girls and Kratos looking like hell broke loose. They stayed there for about an hour or two. Zelos ended up drunk as hell though.
"Ladies, ladies….dude" Zelos slurred, "Let's all dance! Bar mitzvah Style"
"Zelos, you're not Jewish" Sheena commented.
"He's sick and we need to take him home" Raine said urgently.
"I concur" was Kratos' only reply.
Vanish
That night seemed peaceful. The moon was at a crescent and the sky was mildly starry. Everyone had gone to bed after hours of what Zelos called partying. Raine went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. As soon as she left the bathroom a puff of smoke filled the room.
"What the heck?" Raine blurted.
A second puff of smoke was sent through the room and made Raine fell very drowsy. As soon as she awoke she was on a boat heading for an island.
Kratos busted into Raine's room as soon as he spotted the smoke arising. He scanned the room and made his analysis.
"Open smoke bombs, sleep bombs, broken window. Yup, a kidnapping was going on" Kratos thought.
Kratos went to his room and pulled out a bag and filled it with the following contents: 10 Mélange Gels, 20 Miracle Gel, 5 Panacea Gels, Snacks (chocolate mostly), soda, a blanket, and First Aid book (Never leave without it). Kratos got on a Rheiard 'cause come on. Depending on where Raine is, I doubt Kratos wants to fly her all the way back to the hotel. Kratos flew off and searched around.
"Other than Raine, there is one thing missing" Kratos muttered.
Kratos pushed a button on his Rheiard and the speakers started playing the theme song to Beverly Hills Cop. Kratos road around until his angel power enhanced hearing picked up the sounds of water moving. Kratos flew over to the sea shore and found a boat. He narrowed his eyes to find Raine tied and being rowed off to some island. Kratos landed the Rheiard, sprouted his wings, and flew over to the boat.
"An angel!" the kidnapper exclaimed.
"What the hell are you doing?" Kratos asked.
"I'm taking my girlfriend on a cruise" the kidnapper said.
"I remember you! You're that Garu guy!" Kratos exclaimed.
"You'll never catch me or have your girlfriend back!" Garu blurted.
Garu pushed Raine off the boat and rowed as fast as he could. Kratos immediately dove in. He swam around.
"Raine can't swim. What will I say if she dies?" Kratos thought, "I can't think that! I have to find her!"
His wings were useless at the moment. Before he knew it there was Raine and a giant starfish coming right at her. Kratos unsheathed his sword and attacked. Once he won he rushed right over to Raine. He picked her up and swam to the surface. Kratos saw Garu as he got to land. Kratos flew above the water and summoned lightning, which stopped Garu in his tracks. Kratos dropped him off at the nearest police station and went tried to revive Raine.
"Let's see… a miracle gel should do it." Kratos muttered.
Moments later Raine awoke. She looked around and find that she was in Mizuho. She was still freezing.
"RAINE!" Genis' voice blurted.
Raine looked around and was ambushed by an overly excited Genis.
"OMG, RAINE I MISSED YOU AND WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU WERE KIDNAPPED AND THAT YOU ALMOST DROWNED I FREAKED OUT! THEN--" Genis started.
"Genis! Explain calmly" Raine said.
"I missed you when I heard that you were kidnapped and that you almost drowned. As I was freaking out Kratos told me that you were safe and in Mizuho so we all came here" Genis said.
"Genis, stop grinning" Raine said.
"I made you pancakes!" Genis blurted.
"Zelos let you eat those pop-tart sandwiches, didn't he?" Raine blurted.
"Bye, Raine!" Genis said before rushing off.
Kratos walked in and sat in a chair. He had a very grim look on his face.
"I'm sorry Raine, but…" Kratos started.
"What? What is it? Am I going to die? What's going on!" Raine blurted.
"Everyone's……going……to……." Kratos continued.
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE AREN'T WE!" Raine blurted.
"Nope, to the beach in Altamira" Kratos said.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Raine blurted.
"Oh and a boat ride to the hot springs. Flying is way to fast. It's better to take a relaxing sailing trip" Kratos said.
"00! You're all trying to kill me" Raine muttered.
"I suggest that you don't go wearing your pajamas" Kratos said as he walked off.
Lloyd's Pathetic
The TOS gang went off to the beach. Lloyd and Genis were building sand castles, Colette was collecting shells, Presea and Sheena were just swimming around, Regal preferred to do some work at the Lazereno Company, Raine was sat under her beach umbrella reading a book, Zelos was flirting and whatever he does on his free time, and Kratos was no where to be found.
"Look Lloyd, I found such shiny shells!" Colette blurted.
"Wow, they are shiny. Can I have some?" Lloyd replied.
"Sure" Colette replied.
Lloyd took about two and stuck them on his sand castle.
"Sure my castle may be crappy but at least it's shiny!" Lloyd blurted.
"No fair! No using props!" Genis blurted.
"What about the bucket and shovel?" Lloyd asked.
"That doesn't count and will never count" Genis blurted.
"Not here but in Lloyd-O-World" Lloyd said.
"You're absolutely pathetic Lloyd" Genis blurted.
"Not is Lloyd-O-World" Lloyd replied. Genis was about to maul Lloyd.
"Lloyd, where's Kratos?" Colette asked, changing the subject.
"I dunno" Lloyd replied.
"Raine, where's Kratos?" Colette asked. Raine closed her book and looked up.
"How would I know, he can fly remember" Raine replied.
"You seem angry, Professor" Lloyd said.
"I'm not….that angry. You disturbed me from my book" Raine said.
"Let's leave her in Study-Mode" Genis suggested.
The three left. Raine looked around and opened her book. She had actually taken the book cover a history book and put it on a romance novel of the same size. Raine wasn't good at picking these kinds of books and got most of them from Colette who didn't know they were taken. They were mostly about princesses but they were still good.
Learn
Kratos flew to the sky. He was on his way to Yuan's due to a text message. As soon he got there he found Yuan looking insane and bunch of coffee cups on the floor.
"What the hell is your problem?" Kratos asked.
"I'm fine, I just had to stay up all night to finish this" Yuan said.
"What are you doing anyway?" Kratos asked.
"Well, the sleeping powder was just a big way of drug abuse, so why not have it as a spell" Yuan said, "Call a random soldier"
"Hey you! What's your name?" Kratos blurted.
"My name is Joe, Random Soldier #68" the random guy replied.
"Stay still" Kratos said.
"SNOOZE!" Yuan blurted.
A little man wearing the classic wizard outfit (blue robe, blue cone-hat with stars) appeared out of no where.
"Alright bitches the Sandman's gonna kick it!" he said.
The Sandman started break dancing and once he was done he took up a stuffed bunny and hit the soldier upside the head. The soldier fell to the floor. Only seconds later did Joe start snoring.
"See? It will last for about 6-8 hours" Yuan commented.
"Great! I wanna learn how to do that" Kratos said.
"Warning, there are some side effects" Yuan said.
"Like what?" Kratos asked.
"With how long you've been alive and awake, you're going to be a lot more…Lloyd-ish" Yuan said.
"Will I still have by brain capacity?" Kratos asked.
"Of course" Yuan said.
"Then I wanna learn!" Kratos said.
Once the training session was over with Kratos flew off.
Sorrow
Kratos' POV
As I soared across the sky I thought to myself. When could I reveal my secrets? Would I be able to at all? To me it was all impossible and there was nothing I could do or that anyone else could do. Maybe I will never be accepted since I have been known to be heartless. I have feelings…it's just that some I haven't had in a long time. I stopped at Ozette and went into Presea's abandoned home to think things through.
Summer Vacation will end tomorrow. Lloyd, Genis, and Colette will go back to school, Sheena will go back to Mizuho, Zelos will go back to Meltokio, Regal and Presea will go back to work, and Raine will go back to teaching. Me? I'll visit occasionally but leave. I'll leave until I have fell that I'm ready to stay. Though sometimes I wish not to return. It's an endless cycle. I come, I love, I flee, I return, and I continue the cycle. I put my head on the table. I just wanted to rest so I used the new spell and drifted into a deep sleep.
Raine's POV
It was the middle of the afternoon. Kratos had disappeared again so we went searching for him. All of a sudden I got a call from Presea saying that he was found. Upon arriving I found Presea just staring.
"He's asleep" I commented.
Seraphim don't sleep. I should do some research and record my findings. I must know, there's a whole opportunity of learning just basically sleeping right in front of me. I snapped out.
"Well, let's wake him up" I said.
"I've already tried water" Presea said.
"This gets Lloyd all the time" I said.
I pulled out a basketball game horn and blared it.
"WTF!" Kratos blurted as he covered his ears.
"Oh yeah, you have enhanced ears. I must write this down" I said.
Raine's Ruin Mode
OMFG! ANGELS HAVE SUCH GREAT HEARING I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I MUST NOTE DOWN SOME MORE INFORMATION. I'LL ASK KRATOS TO TELL ME MORE! I'LL TRAP HIM WHEN HE'S WEAK AND THEN ATTACK WITH QUESTIONS! I'M SO SMART! DO THEY HAVE PULSES? I MUST RECORD THIS! IS HE COUNTED AS THE UNDEAD? HE DID GIVE UP HIS LIFE ANYWAY. IF HE DIES, WILL HE BECOME AN ANGEL OR WHAT? SO MANY QUESTIONS!
The three left the house and got on their Rheiards.
Promise
"Kratos, you have got to stop sleeping in random places" Raine commented.
"I've realized that" Kratos replied.
"Dad! Where were you?" Lloyd asked.
"Kratos fell asleep in Ozette" Presea replied.
"Right, I have to pack" Kratos said.
"You're leaving again?" Lloyd asked.
"You should know this by now. Summers suck up there" Kratos said.
"Where am I?" Lloyd asked.
"Forget it, let's go" Kratos said.
Kratos had finished packing up, he never knew that it would be so hard to pack. After sticking everything in his ship Raine walked over.
"So how long are you going to stay up there?" Raine asked.
"I'm not sure but I promise to come back" Kratos replied.
"Take this calendar. There are even everyone's birthdays in there. You don't have to go to Zelos' party though. Actually he would prefer it" Raine said.
"I wouldn't have it any other way" Kratos said, "I'll leave tomorrow, that's for sure"
"Good luck" Raine said.
Kratos obtained Calendar
Raine walked off.
So long, Farewell
The ship was ready to leave. Kratos receive gifts from everyone.
"Bye, Dad!" Lloyd said.
"Farewell, Kratos" Colette said.
"Come back soon!" Genis said.
"Good luck" Presea said.
"Au revoir, Jerk" Zelos said.
"Remember us" Sheena said.
"See you soon, Kratos" Raine said.
"I feel like E.T." Kratos said, "Bye guys"
Like a bullet, the ship zoomed off. Kratos waved and everyone else waved back.
"He'll be back" Lloyd said calmly.