And I'm back. Sorry for the long wait. Thanks for your reviews (well one review from J. G. The Game Maser, thanks for your vote of confidence) I hope you enjoy this chapter.

The journey towards Colette's house was pretty uneventful, apart from a couple of rabbits that gave Genis a swift kick in the eye whilst he was casting a spell. He now had a large black eye which Lloyd could not stop chuckling at.

"Oh, Zelos' gonna love this!" he laughed.

"Shut it, Lloyd!" Genis snapped back, "Or I'll give you an eye to match it!" he waved his kendama threateningly.

"You do that and I'll give you a pair of them." Inputted Sheena, though she was more jokingly than threateningly.

Genis stepped back a bit, "Oh, come on, how am I supposed to compete with both of you?"

Sheena laughed, "By getting yourself a girlfriend!" as she kissed Lloyd's cheek.

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"Lloyd! Sheena!" yelled a blonde haired girl, wearing a white top, as she ran up to them and gave them both a hug. "How are you?"

"Hey, Colette!" Lloyd answered as he returned the hug.

"We're great thanks!" replied Sheena, also hugging her.

"GENIS!" the small blonde exclaimed, as she released the couple from her grip and stared at her other guest. "What happened to your eye?"

"Nothing." He grunted, blushing.

"If you ask me," stated a red headed man entering the hall way, "I bet Lloyd finally had enough of his insults and smacked him one!"

"Not me, Zelos!" laughed Lloyd, waving a hand of greeting to his friend. "He was hit by a cute, little, cuddly bunny rabbit!"

Everyone, except Genis, burst into laughter, but Zelos was laughing louder than the lot. "Oh, that's great! The all powerful, magic using brat, defeated by a puny little rabbit!"

He was probably going to continue this for a long time, but he was stopped when Colette playfully elbowed him in the stomach. "Zelos, be nice, remember who his new brother's going to be."

"Ah. That's a very good call my angelic beauty. I wouldn't want Kratos ruining my beautiful face, I've still got the marks from the last time we fought."

"Lloyd? Are you alright?" asked Colette, as she noticed his face faulter at the sound of his father's name.

"Hmm? Yeah, I'm fine." He answered realising he must of shown some sort of sadness in his face.

SMACK! Sheena hit him on the back of the head. "Lloyd." She said threatening him.

"Ok, ok. No I'm not really. I'm still a bit down about Kratos and Raine getting married."

"There, doesn't that feel much better than keeping it bottled up inside you?" asked Sheena smiling.

'Yeah cuz you're not hitting me.' He thought, but he was surprised by the fact he felt a weight being lift off his shoulders.

"Oh yeah." Said Zelos casually, "Raine did mention you took the news pretty badly." Both Lloyd and Sheena couldn't help but noticed he didn't call Raine the Glamorous Beauty, but whether it was because he was too connected with Colette to even call anyone else beautiful in any way, or he was simply too afraid of Kratos to risk calling his fiancé attractive, they didn't know.

"You know, you could be a bit less casual about this." Said Sheena, obviously annoyed.

"Well sorry Sheena, but I'm trying not to make this too bigger a deal."

They glared at each other furiously, but both Lloyd and Colette put them at bay. "Calm down, Sheena." Lloyd whispered softly into her ear, "Seriously I don't mind."

They couldn't make out what Colette told Zelos, but he soon said, "Sorry, Sheena."

"Don't worry." She answered.

"So," said Colette, breaking the dead and awkward silence, "What's up, Lloyd? What's wrong with them getting married?"

"I don't know really." He replied, " I just can't...except the fact Raine's going to be my new mother."

"You know, I've said this to a lot of people, including myself sometimes," started Zelos, "but I never thought I was going to say it to you, of all people, Lloyd."

"What?"

"You're really cold hearted."

"What?" he was shocked, how was he cold hearted? Sheena, Genis and Colette seemed to be too surprised to say anything in response to this either.

"Refusing your own father to love someone is pretty cold hearted to me."

"I'm not refusing them..." he began, but Zelos interrupted him.

"Well, you're certainly not agreeing with the fact, and do you honestly think Kratos will marry someone if his only son is not happy about it? I mean, how would you feel if Kratos, or even Dirk, suddenly told you not to love Sheena anymore?"

Lloyd was stunned, he couldn't say anything, couldn't even take in breath at Zelos' speech. He was right, how would he feel? Kratos must be feeling awful right now. He rarely cracked a smile during their journey, and now he's found love, and he's smiling all the time, only to have his son, his one and only son unwilling to except it. Maybe Zelos was right. Maybe he was...heartless.

"You know, Zelos?" he started after a very long silence, "You're right, you're absolutely right. Here's me, moping around like it's the end of the world, when my dad is probably heart broken at the thought that I don't want him to love her." And for the first time, since he first discovered his father's returned, he smiled. A true smile, that wasn't forced, or plagued with sadness. "You know, I've never seen him this happy. In those few moments when I saw the two together, he was happier than he ever was during our journey."

"You know, I'm really amazed." Said Sheena

"Yeah! Zelos actually said the right thing, even though it was an insult!" agreed Genis chuckling.

"Hey!" replied Zelos agitated, "Can I for once be complimented without being insulted at the same time."

Colette hugged him tight and gave him a quick peck on the cheek, "Don't worry Zelos!" she said happily, "To me you're really wonderful!"

"Aww! Why thank you my cue little angel!"

"So, you ready to go talk to him now Lloyd?" Asked Sheena, as she grasped his hand with hers.

"I...think so, but...I'm gonna leave it till morning, if that's ok with you." Lloyd answered.

"That's perfectly fine with me." She said, and then whispered into his ear, "It means we've got tonight, all to ourselves." Making Lloyd, blush slightly.

"Well, it's been good seeing you two again," started Lloyd, "but I suppose we better head off back home. Something tells me I'm gonna need all the rest I can get for tomorrow."

And there you have it, it's near the end now, for all those who are actually reading and enjoying this fic. I hope to see some reviews, and I'll update as soon as I can.