Mr.Who2123: Hello, fellow writers and reviewers! It is time for the Disclaimers!
Kratos: That was quick…
Mr.Who2123: Yup! I want… (Two hours later) …hmmm…I know! Come, Delrus!
Kratos: That took awhile to think about…
Delrus: Mr.Who2123 does not own Tales of Symphonia, but she does own her O.C.s so don't steal them
Mr.Who2123: Begin!
Kratos: …What's the point of Disclaimers anyways? It just takes up precious time…
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"Bright daylight! Finally!" Kratos exclaimed when the bright sun hit him. Leon closed his eyes from the sudden light changes, and Kratos kept blinking.
"Okay, let's go, Kratos!" Leon shouted and headed for the circle of trees.
"Leon, what about Delrus?" Kratos muttered, shivering at the thought of him.
"Oh yeah, the creepy unicorn. Well, if we destroy the Shadows and Druids, it's good, right?" Leon said, shrugging. Kratos stared at the boy for awhile, his dark eyes fixed upon his face. So full of determination and strength…unlike me, he thought.
"Kratos, are you okay? You're staring at me all weird," Leon said, getting fidgety. Kratos snapped out of his thoughts and nonchalantly headed for the trees.
"C'mon, Leon!" he called. Leon shrugged and followed Kratos.
"Okay, so blue one here?" he asked, placing orbs at the trees. Kratos shook his head and pointed to the sign.
"It's thunder, Leon. See the thunder strike designs on the tree?" he said, observing the features of the symbol. Leon rummaged for the thunder orb and placed it on the tree. Suddenly, it began to glow, and Leon could see the thunder in the orb growing furious.
"Next one!" he yelled, running to the next tree.
"This one is water!" Leon observed, showing the blue waves on the tree. Kratos nodded, and Leon placed the orb on the corresponding tree.
Soon enough, Leon was placing the wind orb on the last tree, and then stood back. All the orbs grew brighter and brighter until they looked white. The companions watched in wonder as the light from the orbs travel to the pendant, and then a loud noise erupted from the pendant. The force was so powerful that it knocked Kratos and Leon back.
"Wow!" Leon shouted when the noise stopped and the pendant fell down on the bush.
"It is pretty amazing!" Kratos said too, and stood up. "Let's get the pendant, now." Leon smiled and raced towards the pendant. Slowly and gingerly, he let his hand down and on the pendant. Ever since he touched the pendant before and nearly died, he was scared to touch unknown items. He put a finger on it, expecting to get shocked, but it didn't restrain him and Leon sighed with relief.
Leon wrapped his hands around the pendant and pulled it out of the bushes. Again, there was no shocking and Leon grinned.
"Here we go! We're going to kick your butt, Vernandi!" he shouted from atop the plateau. Kratos smiled and pushed some of his hair back.
"Let's go, Leon," Kratos said and went to the edge of the plateau with Leon right behind him.
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"You told him?' a man sitting on a large throne said. He had short black hair, and thick plates of armor covered his whole body, giving the appearance that he was huge. A black cape trailed behind him as he stood up.
The figure that faced the man didn't reply, but stood there, waiting to be dismissed. The man's face twisted into an evil grin after some silence.
"I can feel the pendant. He broke the seals," he said, walking towards the figure.
"Don't get near me," the figure replied in a cold tone, apparently angry about something.
"Touchy, touchy! You're dismissed, half-blood," he said, waving his hand towards the door. The figure left, his silent anger building.
"So, Kratos thinks he can beat me?" the man, Vernandi muttered. "What a fool!" With that he let out a small chuckle.
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Kratos peered down the large mountain.
"How do we get down, again?" Leon asked, gazing at the small floor of the level ground. Kratos smiled and raised his eye brows for a moment.
"What?" Leon asked, confused by the signs Kratos made with his face. Suddenly, Kratos grabbed Leon and jumped down. Leon shrieked the whole time, freaked out by Kratos' sudden movement.
"Woohoo!" Kratos yelled as he slid down a rock, and jumped again.
"Kratos, you're going to get us killed!" Leon screamed at him. However, Kratos was enjoying the strong breeze and the rush of excitement. Kratos put his feet in front of him and landed on a rock that was big enough to hold both of them.
"I'll let you walk, then," Kratos said, letting the shocked Leon. Once again, he jumped down, with his arms above him. Leon muttered and looked down at the mountain. Even though they were almost at the bottom, it was still a large height. Kratos now was already at the base of the mountain, his hair dismantled and unkempt. He was waving, and gave words of encouragement.
Leon took a breath and jumped. At first he was scared of falling, but then he skidded on the rocks often to help him land. Soon enough, he was at the bottom and with applause from Kratos.
"Very good!" he exclaimed and patted Leon on his back. Leon grinned sheepishly and absently touched the pendant around his neck.
"Why did you grab me?" Leon yelled, changing from happy to angry. Kratos let out a sly smile and began walking.
"You'd never do it if I asked," he replied, putting his arms around his head and closing his eyes. Leon opened his mouth, but then closed it again, silently agreeing with Kratos. Kratos smirked and then grabbed the bag. Quickly, he drew out the map, looking for Vernandi's Castle. While searching on the map, he saw his disappear like it did many years ago.
"What the!" he exclaimed dropping the map. Leon drew his sword and pointed it in random directions.
"What is it?" Leon asked hectically, picking up the map. Kratos looked at his hand, and it was there again.
"Not again," he muttered, sighing. Leon looked at Kratos' hand which was in plain sight.
"Nothing," Kratos said and snatched the map again, but Leon didn't buy it.
"You didn't yell for nothing," he pouted, folding his arms. Kratos ignored him and looked to the south of Meltokio on the map. It was blank, and he guessed it was somewhere down there.
"We go south," he said, showing Leon the map. He looked at the map and nodded constantly.
"To the castle! We kick the jerk's butt!" he yelled. Kratos smiled and shook his head.
"That's the second time you said that!" he muttered, and Leon frowned.
After a day of walking towards Meltokio, Kratos stopped to set up camp.
"We stay at Meltokio tomorrow," Kratos said as he looked for food in the bag. Leon stretched and leaned against a fallen log.
"Make something good!" he said and dozed off. Kratos smirked and then looked at his hand. It was gone again, but he didn't care. anymore. His life was screwed up already. He had way too much to think about, and couldn't answer any of the questions in his head.
Kratos grabbed an apple and bit into it, not favoring to make something. He placed an apple and some other fruit next to Leon. Silently, he walked off, staring solemnly ahead of him.
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Mr.Who2123: Wahoo! A cliffhanger! Actually, I don't know what will happen!
Kratos: (slaps his face) You make this up at the last minute?
Mr.Who2123: Maybe…
Kratos: Idiot…
Delrus: Review!