((notes from me: well, i only got one review. but its ok. i still feel happy! and meowzy, as u will soon find out, was wrong on both guesses. this chapters is also boring. sorry but this is just how the story goes!
me no own tales of symphonia. me sad... oh yes thanx 4 reading -hands out skittles-
i do not own skittles...))
Kratos spun around.
"Anna?" he muttered in disbelief.
Behind him stood a woman with a warm face and gentle smile, "You know he matters Kratos, he matters more than the air you breathe, you know this."
Kratos moved towards her, reaching out to touch her cheek, feeling the disappointment as his hand moved right through her, "How are you? Are you just a dream?"
Anna shook her head, "Lloyd's Exsphere. He doesn't know it, but his love for this world, along with yours, has given me this one chance to say goodbye." She lifted her hand to brush it along Kratos' cheek, her eyes full of joy and sorrow, "You have become a great man Kratos. You have protected your son, made him strong."
He shivered as her felt the breeze of her hand, "But I abandoned him. Abandoned you."
"No. If there's one thing you've always gotten wrong it was admitting your mistakes. You always admit the ones that are understandable and ignore the ones that weren't."
Anna looked down at the ground, "But I am glad you have moved on."
"Anna, I… I don't want to start anything with him. I know that tomorrow I must leave him forever. I moved on, and… it doesn't matter cause now I'll finally be with you after I've given you up…"
Anna looked hard into his eyes, "Listen to me Kratos. You love this man. You love him as much, if not more than you do me. You will not join me. Not tomorrow. Not for a very long time. Do you understand that? This is what I want. I want you to be happy."
"Even at the cost of the world?"
"You'll figure it out Kratos. I have my faith in you," Her image started to fade, "Tell him how much you truly love him. Tell him everything and you will find a way."
"Anna!" He cried, reaching out to her, "I love you."
"And I will always love you. Go tell him." She smiled, "Take care of our son. And take care of this Yuan. This is my final wish. Don't mess it up."
She faded away in a flash of light, leaving Kratos to drop to the ground. Tears rolled off his face, but somehow he smiled, knowing deep down inside, she was right.
Yuan sat at his desk.
The Renegade base was empty, their purpose fulfilled and their goals completed. But still Yuan sat at his desk, pondering about his past, and thinking about his future. Kratos and him had a chance now. They were on the same side. They knew how much they were in love with one another. What could stop them? They were free.
But then why did he have a sinking feeling in his heart that something was about to go wrong. Something would hold them back.
He pulled out the locket he had fond at their campsite. It was one Martel and him had given Kratos for his birthday, back during the Kharlan War. He remembered it well, the only picture any of them had was one of all four of them. Yuan with his hands wrapped around Martel's waist while Mithos piggybacked on him. Kratos stood on the other side of Martel, her one arm draped across his shoulders.
Yuan smiled as he stared at it, wondering how it had ever lasted four thousand years. Only two of the pictures inhabitants still lived. A sobering thought.
"Martel, you'd know what I should do…" He sighed, "Course they freed you, so its not like I can just ask…"
"Show him the stars."
Yuan looked up to see a glimmer of his late finance standing in front of his desk.
"Mar-Martel?" He stuttered.
"Show him the stars Yuan." She repeated and was gone.
((awww, they both had little visites from the past. how cute. i didn't know what anna looked like so i just didn't descibe her! R&R PLEASE))
