Greetings once again!
For those of you who had no idea what I was talking about last chapter, when I first published Chapter 5, Part 1, the ending of it was … different, to say the least. I will not say anything about it, so don't even bother to ask. It was really really bad, and I'll leave it at that. This chapter, however, will be perfectly acceptable, with the conclusion of Chapter 5 and the long-anticipated fangirl attack!
Yuan: I think I'll be going now.
Zoray: You'd certainly like to think so, wouldn't you?
Yuan: I am NOT getting into any situations with fangirls!
Zoray: And who was it exactly who said you had any say in this? (Grabs Yuan by his ponytail and flings him into the story)
Yuan: Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! (Crash) OUCH!
Zoray: And don't come back! (P.S. – The Story Genie has granted your wish, AnnaAurion123, you have been placed into my story as Aaron's elder sister Sam!)
Yuan: (Moans) Zoray...owns...nothibng...ow, my back...
Two Worlds, One Soul
Chapter V, Part II:
Misadventures
Aaron hid the stack of his sister's clothes under his bed and ran down to face the music.
"Hurry up! Everyone, into the basement!" he said in a harsh whisper, opening the oak door and ushering the symphonians and Kyle down the stairs. He walked out into the entrance hallway to greet his sister.
"Hey Sam…you certainly are back early, what happened?" he asked, covering his fear with a mask of calm.
"Jake happened," Sam said. That was all Aaron needed to hear. Jake, Sam's on again, off again boyfriend, was notorious for random acts of incredible stupidity.
"What did he do this time?" he asked, worried for her sake. The last time, he had tried to be cool and pop a wheelie on his motorcycle, forgetting Sam was on the back. They both slid off the back of the motorcycle, which didn't hesitate to shoot off the road into a ditch. Aaron thanked god they had been going slow enough that they weren't seriously hurt.
"Oh, he was trying to be all romantic…candlelight dinner and all, but he dropped a match and almost blew up the room."
"How did he do that?" asked Aaron in wonder.
"He dropped it into his glass of brandy. Thank god it only went up, not out." She said.
"Up not out?" asked Aaron, not comprehending.
"The glass was strong enough so it didn't burst, it channeled the flames up into his face." She said, smirking. "I've had enough of the idiot, I dumped him on the spot."
"Ah. That's good." He said, anxiety twisting up his insides.
"Something wrong, Aaron? You have a weird look on your face," Sam said.
"I just wasn't expecting you until morning, that's all," Aaron said. I'm glad I threw out the tablecloth that Kratos fried, she might be a little bit mad about that.
"Oh… Well, if you're sure…All right. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go change clothes." She headed up stairs.
"Ah…I wouldn't do that if I were you…" he protested, knowing she would discover her missing clothes.
Sam gave him a quizzical look, but kept on going. Aaron knew he was doomed, so he ran when he had the chance. Quickly going down the basement stairs, he explained his situation to the group.
"Okay, as you probably heard, my sister is home a little earlier than I expected, and she's about to find out that I borrowed her clothes to get disguises for you girls, so I'm about to die," he said, "Good thing I haven't actually given them to you yet, she'd kill me even worse if she came in and found you wearing them…at any rate, I'm sure she'll be glad to help as soon as we explain the situation to her, just as long as we don't do anything else to get her angry, or she'll go absolutely psycho."
Zelos went red, and shuffled his feet a little. Nervously, he said "Ah hah hah…funny story about that…"
"AARON! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?" came the ringing cry of total outrage from above. Sam stormed down the stairs, face red with sheer rage. The first thing that crossed Aaron's mind was how much she looked like the professor. The second was: God, I'm screwed. He took off running. Sam was not to be denied, and persued him with the ferocity only an angry sibling can muster.
"My clothes are missing, and WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO WITH MY UNDERWEAR!" she screamed, gaining on him. If skidding to a halt didn't mean his certain death, Aaron would have. He thought frantically. I didn't touch her underwear, I don't even know where she keeps it. Who woud have… and instantly, he knew. "Zelos." He muttered darkly. As he passed the basement door, he heard smacking sounds, Zelos saying "ow" and Sheena attempting to yell at him while remaining quiet. Sheena had obviously reached the same conclusion.
"AARON! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Sam shrieked.
"Wait." Said Aaron, moving to a stop and holding out his hands. "I didn't do it, but I know who did. It wasn't me, I swear."
"You expect me to believe that?" said Sam in a very dangerous voice.
"Yes." Said Aaron, throwing open the basement door. "Sheena!" he yelled, "Give him here!"
"Coming, Aaron!" came Sheena's voice.
"Oh my god, you have girls over! What exactly is she doing down there? Why are you hiding her?" asked Sam threateningly.
"I don't get what you're…OH GOD! I certainly am NOT!" he said, getting her meaning. "All right, you guys had better come up here…"
Lloyd, Colette, Kratos, Sheena, Genis, Raine, Regal, Presea,Yuan, and Kyle filed out of the door.
"All right, where's the dirty philanderer?" sighed Aaron.
Sheena glanced around. "Hey! How'd he get away? Gah, I'll go get him" she trudged back down the stairs. There were sounds of searching, fighting, smacks, and some cursing, but Sheena soon emerged with the pervert slung over her shoulder.
"This is going to be bad, I can just tell." Said Lloyd. He was right. Zelos sighed, and Sheena screamed bloody murder. Apparently, Zelos had nuzzled Sheena's butt with his face. Sheena swung him around and handed his feet to Regal.
"Shake him. Hard." She instructed. He did, and the missing undergarments fell out of his clothes.
"P-p-p-p-u-u-u-u-t-t-t-t-t-t m-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e d-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-w-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n" he stammered, shaking hard in Regal's grasp.
"As you wish." And with that, Regal dropped him.
Thwack "Ouch." He sat up, rubbing his head.
"So, Sam, are you satisfied?" asked Kyle.
"Nope." She walked over and kicked Zelos between the legs.
Raine winced. "That's gotta hurt."
"Cheap...shot" Zelos moaned, clutching his groin and sinking to the floor.
His sister was getting to be more like Raine every second, thought Aaron.
"Now where are the rest of my clothes? And speaking of clothes, why the heck are you dressed like that? You look like a Tales of Symphona convention… except… why ae you three are wearing Aaron's clothes?" said Sam, indicating Lloyd, Genis and Kratos, an exression of confusion on her face.
Genis shuffled his feet. "Funny you should mention that..."
"You mean to tell me..." she said.
"We do. We are not 'dressed for a convention', we are the originals, pulled from our world to yours by my idiot son." said Kratos.
"Hey, you don't have to be so harsh..." grumbled Lloyd.
"Oh. My. God. I suppose the missing clothes are for them?" sam inquired, glancing at Aaron.
"Yes. Currenlty, they are stashed under my bed. I'll go get them now." Aaron said.
-- a few minutes later --
The girls (Plus Regal, Zelos and Yuan) were changed, and came out to show the rest of the group. Regal was dressed in grey slacks and a black dress shirt. His long blue hair still had the tie in it, and he hadn't removed his shackles. Sheena had a short purple skirt, a white belt, and a purple t-shirt that was as open as her ninja garb. Zelos openly drooled, and Sheena kicked him in the gut. The aforementioned pervert was wearing a hot pink shirt that said "Real Men Wear Pink" on it. He also had black pants with a pink stripe down each leg. Raine was dressed in a white sweater and pale blue pants (Nothing to fancy, not really Raine's style, if you ask me.) Presea was clad in tan shorts and a pale pink top. Her pink hair remaied in the same style as ever. Colette had on a white shirt that said "I'm an Angel" with a halo around the words, and also a short white-and-blue skirt. Finally, Yuan appeared from the bedroom. He was wearing ripped jeans, a white t-shirt, and a leather jacket.
As it was never mentioned before, Aaron was wearing dark blue jeans, a forest green t-shirt, an emerald-green and white jacket, and white sneakers. Kyle had on a red 'Rurouni Kenshin' t-shirt, a grey hoodie, and black sweatpants. Sam had a blue tank top, white shorts, and one of those white sweater-jacket thigs, whatever the hell you call them.
"Ok, you're almost perfect. There's only one small problem," said Aaron.
"What is wrong with this?" asked Presea.
"You all still have your weapons. In our world, no one carries around swords and such." Said Kyle.
"Do I have to?" said Sheena, "Going weaponless…it makes me feel almost naked…don't even THINK about it, Zelos" She did, however, remove her cards from her pocket and set them with her ninja clothes on the couch.
"If I must, then I can go without." Said Regal, unbuckling the greaves.
"Shackles too, Regal, unless you want the police to arrest you for breaking out of prison," added Aaron.
"I swore that I would never remove these until-"
"You have done enough to repay for your deed a thousandfold…Alicia would not have liked for you to punish yourself forever." interrupted Presea.
"You said to her that you would continue to wear them until you had helped Lloyd save the worlds. Now that you have…you can stop punishing yourself…you've done enough," said Genis
"All right. I shall never wear these shackles again." With that, Regal removed his shackles. Raine set down her staff, Colette took out her rings, and Presea dropped her axe. Finally, Zelos laid down his sword, and Yuan leaned his two-bladed weapon against the wall.
"Hey, Yuan." Said Aaron, "I've always wondered…where the heck do you keep that, anyways? You don't have a sheath, or even a holster…and you never have it visible, you just pull it out of thin air. Where are you hiding it?"
"I keep it in something similar to a wing pack, called a Bladecase. Botta and I modified a couple of wingpacks to store our swords, so we can wield larger weapons without their bulk impeding normal movement." Yuan replied.
"Yuan, how many weapons can be kept in a Bladecase?" asked Kratos.
"I suppose that I could fit all of ours easily, seeing as it was originally designed to hold planes."
"Well, why don't you take them all with you, so we can have them if we need them?" asked Regal.
"Now why didn't I think of that?" asked Lloyd.
"Because you're an idiot!" cackled Genis, as he dodged a furious Lloyd.
"Don't make fun of him, Genis," reprimanded Colette.
"It seems Lloyd needs his girlfriend to defend him," murmured Presea.
Lloyd and Colette blushed furiously, suddenly becoming very interested in the floor at their feet.
"…" Kratos said.
-- That Evening --
"Wow, it's boring around here." Complained Lloyd after two hours of inactivity.
"You get bored so easily, Lloyd," said Aaron.
"I do not!" said Lloyd indignantly.
"Lloyd has a point…we can't just sit around until Origin gets his power back, so why don't we do something?" said Sheena.
"Yeah! What do you guys do for fun, anyways?" asked Zelos.
"We play video games, watch TV, go to the mall…stuff like that." Said Sam.
"Umm, what's a mall?" asked Colette.
"A place to hang out, get something to eat, go shopping…things like that." Said Kyle.
"OOOH! SHOPPING!" squealed Colette, displaying the typical teenage girl's reaction to the subject. Lloyd rolled his eyes.
"Oh, why not…" said Sam.
"I'm not sure it's such a good idea, guys." Said Aaron.
"Why not?" asked Raine.
"Fangirls. They hang out in droves in malls."
"…" said Kratos.
"Ah, we've fought off Abyssion, Mithos, all five Grand Cardinals, and more monsters than anyone can count…" began Lloyd.
"8,974 creature encounters." Said Presea.
"… Wow, leave it to her to know exactly how manymonsters we've fought." Remarked Zelos.
"Anyways, we should be just fine. But please, if you are discovered, don't go berserk on them and use techs or anything…we don't want anyone hurt." Said Aaron.
"Can they even use techs to begin with? I really don't think there's a Giant Kharlan Tree around here anywhere, so I don't see how they could." Said Kyle.
"But didn't Kratos use Hell Pyre yesterday?" asked Lloyd.
"Are you guys sure there's no Mana Tree? You're world is just flooded with mana! It's like you've never used any of it!" exclaimed Genis.
"Genis, on Earth, there is no Magitechnology, and no one knows magic."
"…" said everyone.
"No magic? Are you sure?" said Sheena.
"None." Replied Sam.
"How do you manage?" asked Zelos.
"We have other means. Our medical technology is very advanced, for example." Said Aaron.
"Really? Like what? Please! Tell me more!" Raine instantly went into Ruin-Mode at the mention of new technology.
"Settle down, Raine...this is a house, not a hospital...and I'm sure they wouldn't let you disassemble their equipment anyways." said Kyle. Raine's face fell.
"Can we please go to the mall now?" Asked Colette.
"Sure, sure. Just don't say I didn't warn you…" said Aaron, as the company went outside.
The boys (Yuan, Kratos, Regal, Zelos, Genis, Lloyd) got into Aaron's car, while the girls (Raine, Sheena, Colette, Presea) got into Sam's. Kyle took his motorcycle. It took ten minutes to get to the mall, but is seemed quite longer because of the Symphonian's unfamiliarity with Earth transport. They all made it in one piece, although it did take several doses of Kratos' patented 'Seraph Death Glare" to finally get Lloyd and Genis to stop fighting over the rights to the back seat.
"Finally, we're here." Aaron breathed a sigh of relief and a quiet prayer as they pulled in. They gathered together in a large group before entering.
"Ok, two rules. One – girls/women stay with Sam, boys/men with me and Kyle." Said Aaron.
"Kyle and I, Aaron. Didn't you ever learn grammar? Honestly!" said Raine.
Aaron got one of those anime 'vein pulsing in the temple' icons, but continued on. "The other rule – none of you will use your real names. If a fangirl happens to be in earshot and somebody says the name Kratos, well I don't think I need to say what will happen to poor Kratos."
"…" said Kratos, sweatdropping.
"Cool! We get alter egos!" said Lloyd excitedly.
"You mean ailiases" said Regal.
"Actually, you don't, Lloyd." said Kyle. "Lloyd is a pretty ok name, you won't attract suspicion."
"Aww, man…"
"Lessee, Kratos will Kevin, Colette will be Chelsea, Genis will be George, Regal will be Ryan, Raine will be Rachel, Zelos can be Zach, Presea can be Priscilla (Please…help me get better names for them) Sheena can be Sarah, and finally, Yuan can be…uh… what the hell can we call Yuan? I can't think of anything else that starts with "y"." said Aaron.
"Does it have to?" said Raine.
"I suppose not... Evan, perhaps?" said Kyle.
"Why the hell not?" said Yuan, shrugging indifferently.
"Lets go!" said the annoyingly irrepressible Colette, now Chelsea.
An so, they ventured into the mall, the girl's to go look at clothes, (and probably blow Sam's credit card) and the boys left to go look at videogames and such.
-- With the Boys --
"Hey, Aaron? Can I borrow some money? Gen- , er, George wants to buy this book and the guy at the counter won't take Gald." Said Lloyd.
"Of course he won't take gald, you nincompoop! What do you think this is? Altamira?" said Aaron. He sighed, "Here Lloyd, let me handle it." He went and bought "George" his book on different archaeological sights and ruins around Earth.
"For Rachel, right?" asked Kyle.
"What? Oh, of course." Said Genis.
"Who's Rachel? Your girlfriend?" asked the man at the counter.
Genis made a face. "Martel, no! She's my sister!"
Kyle sighed. This was going to be the death of them, he was certain of it. One look at Aaron told him he had reached the same thought. Lucky for them, Genis got off with an odd look from the cashier, but nothing more.
No one noticed that sinister eyes were watching them. Lloyd? Gald? Altamira? Martel? Guys that look and talk just like…Oh god, this just could be them! I must tell the others! With that, the watcher slipped away into the crowd.
"Hmmm…?" murmured Kratos. He had felt the eyes, and he was sure he had just saw a t-shirt with his face on it disappear into the mass of people. Oh Martel, no… please don't let this be what I think it might be…
"Aaron." He said.
"Yes? What is it?"
"I think we're being watched. I would advise you and the others to be on your guard."
"I take your point." And so they continued to walk around, but they were aware of several pairs of eyes following them, and a building sense of foreboding and doom.
-- With the Girls --
The female component of the company emerged from some random designer clothes store, all laden down with bags of purchases, and Sam's credit card significantly reduced.
"Oh my… I never knew that shopping could be so much fun!" exclaimed Raine, laughing.
"I know, it's great to get something different than my old shinobi outfit, that's all I could wear back in Mizuho," said Sheena.
Sam smacked her forehead. "Sarah, be careful! You don't want them to hear you talking like that, do you?"
"Who, fangirls? They'd have to be lesbian to go after me. Yeesh." Said Sheena.
"What's lesbian mean?" asked Colette, ever innocent.
"Ugh, nevermind, Colette." said Raine.
"To give a complete answer, Sheena, Aaron did mention fanboys too." Said Presea.
"Uh, oh. Not good." Said Sheena shuddering.
"It'll be all right as long as you watch what you say." Said Sam reassuringly.
Little did they know it was already too late.
-- Back with the Boys --
The company was making its way back to the entrance to meet with the girls, dodging comments and weird looks about strange hair colors, when Kratos and Yuan heard the most terrifying sentence possible.
"Quick! I saw Kratty-sama and Yuie-sama! The real ones! And they went this way!"
They both looked at each other in absolute horror.
"Aaron, I suggest we drop all pretenses and run for our lives." Said Yuan, fearfully glancing over his shoulder.
"Don't tell me that-" said Lloyd.
"We've been found out. The fangirls are coming." Said Kyle.
"I told you not to tell me!" yelled Lloyd.
They heard shoving, running, and squealings of "Kratty-sama!" from behind them, and took off at a full-out run.
-- Once again with the Girls --
Presea cocked her head. "There seems to be a commotion."
"Yeah, something about someone named "Kratty-sama" and "Yuie-sama" whoever they are." Said Colette, clueless as ever.
Sheena blanched. "Someone's using a -sama honorific? Uh oh…Raine, we've got trouble!"
Just then, the male half of the group ran by at full speed. Genis yelled over his shoulder "Comeonthefangirlsaregonnagetusanyminuteandifyouwaitmuchlongerthey'llgetyoutoo!"
Although it took them a second to process Genis' words, the men were soon joined as the screaming horde of fangirls came into sight. All of them had clothes with Tales characters on them, and were yelling at the top of their lungs to their favorite character.
"We had better find an exit soon, before-" began Regal.
Almost in response to his words, another horde came around the corner and rushed at them from the other direction.
"-we get cornered." He finished.
"Genis! Get on my back!" yelled Lloyd. Genis jumped on without question. Lloyd flared his wings and ascended to the glass ceiling. He picked up speed, and punched straight through.
"I've got you, Sheena!" said Colette, grasping the summoner around the waist and airlifting her out of the imminent combat zone.
Unfortunately, the sight of the angel wings only whipped the fangroup into an even greater frenzy. They dashed over and threw themselves atop poor Kratos and Yuan.
"Dad! No!" Lloyd tucked his wings against his body and plummeted down as Zelos ascended with Raine. Meanwhile, Aaron and Kyle tried to pull the rabid fangirls off of poor Yuan.
All that could be seen of Kratos was a single gloved hand reaching toward the sky, slowly sinking deeper and deeper into the throng. Lloyd grasped his hand and began to pull upward. There was a flash of blue, and soon the pair broke free and hovered out of reach.
"Come on, we've got to help Regal!" exclaimed Lloyd. He pointed to the blue-haired fighter, cornered against the wall by several fangirls. Kratos swooped down to help him, and soon they reached the safety of the roof. By this time, Kyle and Sam had been airlifted, but Aaron was still neck-deep in the sea of crazed Yuan fans. At that moment, Yuan burse from the crowd, grabbed Aaron's outstretched hand, and the final members made it out of the death zone.
"I have to say, that was the most horrible thing that ever happened to me." Said Yuan.
No one disagreed.
"They weren't even after me, but it was horrible nonetheless" said Aaron.
"All right…lets go home. We'll need plenty of rest after that little escapade." Said Raine.
"Amen to that, sis." Said Genis.
They decided to avoid the risk of returning to ground level, so they left their cars in the parking lot, while Sylph flew them home. (the non-flight-enabled among them, at least.)
They were completely unaware that unfriendly eyes were still watching them.
"Soon, soon. Soon I will have my chance…my revenge." The figure threw back its head and laughed. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!"
Thank god that's finally over. I apologize for the slow updates, but I have had little time or motivation lately. Sorry.
Zoray: Hey! Why are you here, Aaron? What happened to Yuan?
Aaron: Yuan said that he would never forgive you for the hell you put him through, and thus will not come back.
Zoray: Goddess curse him, I'll kill him for this. (Grabs katana and stalks off)
Aaron: See you next chapter. Reviews are appreciated. Cough-RunifyouvalueyourlifeYuan-Cough Cough.
Zoray: What was that?
Aaron: (whistling innocently)
