FINALLY!
Geez, it took me so long to write this one...I'm soOoOoO braindead D: Anyways...enjoy!
Disclaimer : I don't and will never own Tales of Symphonia...
The wind ran through the half-elf's hair as she landed on a small island near Altamira. The Otherwordly gate. The place where she was abandoned, along with her younger brother.
FlashBack
On a stormy night, a woman with hair as white as the snow crossed the sea on an old boat. The boat swang from side to side on the agitated water. A child's cry could be heard from inside.
"Shh...it'll be all right, Genis..." The woman held the newborn close and whispered reassuring words.
"Mommy, where are we going?" A young girl with hair that looked exactly like the woman's tugged on her sleeve.
The woman didn't answer. Thunder could be heard from outside, but it wasn't as loud as the sound of the boat hitting something hard. An island. Through the openings in the sky, a full moon was shining brightly.
"Raine, follow me." She held the newborn tightly and made her way outside the boat. Looking back, she noticed a few more boats following them. She climbed the side of the island and ran to the pillars in the middle.
She didn't have time to do anything else, because men in large armors with weapons were coming towards them.
"Get them! That's the filthy half-elf!" A man yelled, who looked to be their leader. A few soldiers charged toward the woman. She quickly placed the two children in the middle of the island and stood a few meters away from them.
"Raine, Genis...please be safe...please live a happy and peaceful life..." The woman whispered as green light coming from the moon envelopped the two children.
End Flashback
Tears fell from Raine's eyes. When realizing that, she wiped them away with her sleeve. The sound of a rheaird landing close by brought her back to her senses. She turned around and saw the person she least wanted to see at the momen. Kratos.
"J-just leave me alone...and...and be happy...with Anna..." She said, anger in her voice.
Kratos didn't answer, but walked forward. Startled, Raine backed up until she hit something hard. She realized she was on the edge of the island. Her rheaird was on the other side, which meant she wouldn't be able to escape this time.
"Leave...leave me alone..." She said, tears now forming in her eyes.
Kratos stopped when he was a few feet away from her. He looked straight into her eyes.
"I can't do that, Raine." He said.
"Why not? You have your son and wife now...I'm just in the way..." Raine said while doing her best not to cry in front of him again.
Kratos took another few steps forward. He was now standing right in fron of her.
"I can't do that, because...I love you."
Raine suddenly felt like a bucket of hot water was sprayed over her. All she wanted at the moment was to be with him forever, to never let go. A few seconds later, her lips were pressed against his and his arms were wrapped around her. None of them breathed for a while, but eventually, they had to. They broke apart, their bodies still close.
The sound of a rheaird landing close by caused them to turn around. Anna and Pietro landed beside the other two rheairds.
"Did you find her?" Pietro and Anna asked in unison. None of them needed to answer when Kratos moved away from Raine.
"How did you know where to find me?" Raine asked. After all, she was curious to find out how they found her.
"I had a feeling you'd be here, after Genis told us this was the place you were abandoned." Kratos answered.
"Yeah and then we bumped into Lloyd on our way back to Hima. He told us." Anna said.
Raine nodded. "I guess it was pretty obvious..." She thought.
"We should head back to Hima." Kratos suggested.
"...Yes." Raine said as she walked back to her rheaird.
Once at Hima, Pietro offered them to stay for the night. It had been a long day and everyone was getting tired. Lloyd was happy to see his mother again, those two talked all evening.
Raine was busy thinking about what would happen in the future, how would Anna affect her relationship with Kratos. Would he go back to her? Would she try to kill herself again? How would Lloyd take this? Those were mainly the questions she asked herself during the evening. Even after many of her friends asked her if anything was wrong, she couldn't bring herself to think about anything else.
Later that evening, when everyone else had retired for the night, only Kratos and Raine were left in the living room.
"Is Anna going to be able to go back?" Raine asked, breaking the silence that filled the room.
"I don't know. I'm not sure Lloyd would accept that. The only thing we can do now is wait."
Raine nodded. During their journey to save the worlds, she really appreciated having someone to talk to during the nights when the others were asleep. Kratos was the only person as mature as she was and the only person who also didn't mind her going on and on about history.
The two sat in silence until there was a loud crash heard from outside. They both sprung to their feet.
"What was that?" Raine asked, searching for her staff. Kratos was already out the door. Lloyd and the others came out of their rooms soon after.
"What's going on?" They all asked.
Kratos ran outside the inn. He stopped when he saw the cause of the noise. The village of Hima was in flames. He looked around for the cause of the fire. There weren't anyone else around but the terrorized villagers, running for their lives.
"Dad! What's going on?" Lloyd's voice came from behind him.
"Someone set the village on fire." Kratos replied.
"Can't we do anything?"
"I could summon Undine." Sheena joined the two.
"That's a great idea!" Lloyd said.
Sheena summoned the summon spirit of water, who put out the fire in a few seconds. The group searched through the ruins for survivors, or clues to the cause of the fire.
"Hey, look at this!" Genis had found something. He pulled something out from under the heavy pieces of wood and held it out.
Many gasps were heard.
"That's...a Desian's piece of armor..." Lloyd said in disbelief.
DUN DUN DUUUUNNN the Desians are back!
Heheh...I'm so evil...bringing random people back to life XD
Indignation Judgement : You were close!
cathree : I would've killed myself already or something -.- Kvar is always an ass, no matter what...
Miss Raine Sage : Yay! -eats cookie-
LloydIrvingisMine : -eats candy and hands you...uhm...a popsicle! Yes!- I hated Kvar the most too. I liked kicking his butt so much...XD Well now ya know :3