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Tales of Symphonia, The Love of One:
He finally arrived back inside the actual village of Iselia. Children were now everywhere…but where was Lloyd and his friend, Genis? Soon enough, there was a voice calling to him. But, it wasn't a child's voice.
"Hey, Kratos! It's Raine!" said Raine, running up to him. He smiled and nodded.
"Hi…um, where's Lloyd? He asked me to meet him after class...remember?" Raine sighed and also nodded.
"Yes, unfortunately, I do know. Um…I believe he went to my house, to play with Genis, while he waited for you…if he's not there, then I don't know."
"Where's you house….?" He then asked. It seemed awkward…like she was inviting him into her house and he wanted to find out where she lived.
"Oh, just turn that corner, and keep going down until you reach a house that has a pond beside it." He gave Raine one last smile, before walking to her house, using her simple directions. But, luckily the village was very small, so he didn't have to walk far at all to get there.
He knocked on the door, and a little girl with blond hair and stunning blue eyes opened the door.
"Yes?" He blinked in surprise. There was something different about her, that he could sense. But he pushed the thought aside, eager to find out what Lloyd wanted.
"I'm looking for Lloyd," he replied, almost professionally. The girl smiled.
"Are you mister Kratos?" she asked him.
"Um…sure…"
"Well, he's not here right now. He went with Genis into the dangerous woods. I told them not to, but they said for me to just stay here and wait for them…" He gawked at the little girl.
"Are you serious! Isn't Genis just like a…toddler or something!" The girl nodded.
"Yup, but Lloyd said he'd protect her!" He smirked. A self-confident boy…
"Well, thanks! I guess I'll be going back to the forest…" He didn't understand how they could pass him, without neither of them seeing each other, but he ignored that fact and decided to just concentrate and finding the two little boys.
He ran outside of the village again, and ran to the Desian ranch, praying they weren't playing around there. But, unfortunately…luck wasn't with him that day.
He suddenly heard swords being drawn and then someone shouting,
"Stupid kid, get outta here!"
"Make me, stupid!"
"Lloyd, we should go…" He ran to the voices which were coming from the outside of the Desian ranch. As he made his entrance, soldiers surrounded him.
"Get away from me," he said, coolly as one came close to him.
"Who are you?" the soldier asked. He glanced coldly at all the soldiers, who were pointing swords at him. His reflexes brought his hand to the hilt of his sword, as the soldiers looked confusingly at him.
"If you know Yggdrasill, you should know me…" The soldiers' eyes went wide in surprise, and he smirked in amusement.
"O-of course…we're terribly sorry…what should we do with the kids?" Adrenalin ran through his veins as he grew angry with the soldiers.
"Were you yelling at them?" he asked harshly. Then, Lloyd spoke up,
"Yea, he did! Hurt him! He hurt me and gave me a boo-boo!" Genis nodded.
"Yea, I saw it with me eyes!" Some soldiers snickered, but he glared at them and walked to them.
"Oh, really? Why don't I hurt them, for you, Lloyd?" Lloyd smiled, when he looked back.
"Yea!" But then, he paused. Did he honestly want to show violence in front of the kids and teach them to be blood-lusters just when hurting them? He shook his head.
"Lloyd, how about this? If they ever hurt you again, you tell me and I'll hurt them, personally, okay?" Lloyd frowned.
"Promise?" He nodded.
"Promise…" Then Lloyd made a face.
"Pinkie Promise!" He then raised an eyebrow.
"Um…sure…pinkie…promise." Genis laughed, and Lloyd smirked.
"Good, now, you can't break that promise, or else you con go to the bad place where fire burns when you die!" Lloyd then exclaimed, eyes wide.
"For breaking a pinkie promise?" Lloyd's eyes went wider and Lloyd slowly nodded. He snickered and then nodded himself. He picked up Genis, so he didn't have to walk and Lloyd followed him out of the Desian Ranch, without another word.
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When they all got back to the Iselia School, he explained to Raine what happened, and brought to her Genis. It was nearly night-time, so he decided to head back to the inn, when Lloyd stopped him.
"Hey, mister, I'm not done! That's not what I wanted you for!" He crouched down to the kid's height and smiled.
"Okay, well what did you want?" Lloyd smiled and put his hands on his hips.
"Well, I want you to take me back to Dad!"
"You-you're dad?" he stuttered. Lloyd nodded.
"Not my real dad, though…iunno where he is…but he'll come! He said he loves me!" A small lump in his throat began to grow. He had no father. He seemed to act like his son. Confident like him, strong like him, self-confident, like his son…was this Lloyd honestly…his?
"Wh-where's your mother?" Lloyd frowned.
"She's alive! I know she is! But…I just haven't found her…" He frowned as the lump grew bigger in his throat. This boy seemed more and more like his actual son.
"F-fine…I'll take you to him…" he stuttered, quietly. Lloyd smiled and nodded. As they walked out of the village, Lloyd lead the way to his house, while he just fought off monsters, protecting the little boy he was beginning to get more and more curious about.
…This was some vacation….