Miss: Ahem… -cough- I have returned! Mwhahaha!

Mais: Just keep going….

Miss: Alright, so sorry about the wait everyone. I've just been caught up in reality for a while now, and I didn't really have the mind, or the will the write… But I'm back! D

So thanks to all the reviewers… for all the reviews! Lol, yup.

Disclaimer: I dun own ToS, or the characters, or anything else… except for the story… at least the plot anyways…

OOCNESS ahead!

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Gentle I love you's were shared by the couple as they sat together, watching the sunset and it's soft colors lighting the sky gently. A picturesque moment of simple love and care.

Yes… yes it seemed as if the angel could once again love, once again open his heart to someone. And to be loved back, with such passion… It was perfect, and everything was going right after so many wrongs…

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"I… Kratos! Put me down!" Laughter was filling the quiet meadows, just outside the City Of Hope, Luin.

"Just hold on Raine. This will be faster." His blue wings unfolded themselves, the cascading sparkles shinning and shimmering in the sun's bright light. Raine wrapped her arms around the seraphim's neck, her eyes shut as the air began to rush by her.

The angel pushed upwards, the ground below them disappearing. He looked around, his arms holding Raine around the waist, close to him.

"Don't… drop me…" Raine said quietly, quickly glancing down before putting her head back onto his chest.

"I won't." A smile danced across the angel's face as he looked at his lover. Quickly he began to fly towards their destination. The maiden clung onto him, not daring to let go.

"Com'on Genis!" Lloyd called out to his friend as he ran towards Dirk's house.

"Lloyd, I'd be caref-" The mage held up his arm to deflect the water that flew up as the swordsman fell into the small river. After taking a moment to shake his head Genis began to laugh.

Groaning slightly Lloyd stood up and climbed out of the river, sitting down on the bench near Noishe's pen. Slowly the mage made his way towards the bench and sat down, far from his friend.

"Raine I-"

"You almost dropped me!"

"I-"

"No, put me down!"

"Hmph."

Sighing the angel landed onto solid ground. Feeling her feet hit the ground, Raine nearly fell, her knees giving out.

"Raine, I'm sorry." Kratos said gently, holding her up.

"I-" But this time Kratos didn't give her a chance to finish what she said. He pulled her closer and into a kiss.

Meanwhile the two younger boys were staring, eyes wide. "Dad…?" Lloyd said quietly, uncertainly as his father's lips gently pulled away from the professor's.

Looking just past Raine's head Kratos could see his son and Genis, staring at them. A small smile played across his face again. His eyes were soft, and his face was not rock hard and impassible. It was how he was now, Raine had showed him what it was to be in love again, and how to be caring.

"Hmm?" Raine turned around, and stood beside Kratos. She stumbled back a few steps as her younger brother ran into her, his arms wrapped around her.

"Raine! I missed you!" The maiden smiled, and hugged her brother back.

Lloyd walked up to Kratos, and they hugged each other, or at least… they tried. Kratos wasn't quite sure how to hug him.

"I missed you so much Raine! I thought I'd never see you again…" The young mage said quietly as he stood before his sister, looking up into her eyes. Raine smiled gently and ruffled his hair.

"Now why would you never see me again?" Raine asked, still smiling gently at her younger sibling. "I'm not about to just up and leave you Genis."

"But you… left. And you were angry with me…" Genis' eyes fell, remembering how he had yelled at his sister back in Meltokio. He nervously fiddled with his hands, not really sure what to say. He wanted to apologize to her, but the words just wouldn't come out. Noticing this, Raine put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it Genis. You were just looking out for me." A small smile crept onto the mage's face as he listened to his sister's kind words.

"So dad… How long are you going to stay here?" Lloyd asked, breaking the slightly awkward silence. The angel thought for a moment before shrugging and turning to Raine. His dark chocolate eyes met her clear aqua ones.

"It's up to Raine how long we stay. Truthfully we did not intend to stop here, but somebody," he mock glared at Raine who simply smiled sweetly, "thought I was going to drop them and they wanted down." Raine laughed slightly, still staring at the seraphim.

"Well, I suppose we could stay a while…" The two boys cheered, happy that the pair was going to stay. Smiles crept across the couple's faces as they watched the two boys.

The small group was soon joined by the rest of their companions, who upon hearing that Raine and Kratos had reappeared had made their way to Lloyd's home as quickly as possible. They all gathered into the living room in the later evening and sat around the newly built fireplace. Infact, since the last time any one had been there it seemed as if Dirk had been quite busy. The entire house seemed to have been rebuilt. It was much bigger, perhaps in preparation for when Lloyd had a family? Well… Nobody really knows, and we may never actually find out.

Lloyd sat quietly on one of the couches, his feet pulled up onto a small foot stool. He looked towards his father who was sitting beside Raine, speaking rather quietly with Sheena who was asking about what the couple had been doing while they were gone. It was a good feeling to the young swordsman just to see his father again, to know that he was okay and also to see that he was happy.

With a small smile on her face, and a feeling of happiness in her soul and heart, Raine's eyes fell towards her uncovered wrists. Her eyes glided easily over the scar that seemed to melt into her pale skin. It meant nothing to her, it didn't even exist to her anymore… It was just another story of a love unknown…

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Miss: NYAH! I'm so sorry this took so long… But I'm losing my interest in ToS… It's a great game and all, but other things in my life are more important to me now. I'm really sorry that the ending was kinda rushed… incase you couldn't tell I'm having MAJOR writer's block (hence why I haven't updated much lately) So… this story is done. I hope you liked it… Now… I'm going to try to finish all my other stories… But… I can't promise anything…