Okay, well here's the next chapter of this new story. I really hope that everyone's enjoying it. I've kind of had this idea floating around in my head for awhile so I hope that it was a good idea. Anyway, thank you to all of those who reviewed, I really appreciate it. Thanks and enjoy the next chapter.
Chapter 2: A New, Perverted Companion
After being forced to travel to Sybak under the watch of Zelos Wilder, the group headed out of Meltokio. Of course, the watchful eyes of Zelos were a little too watchful when it came to all the actions of the females in his new group. They all hoped that they would be able to find a cure for her new condition in the famous city. Of course, Storm wasn't too thrilled about the new man who was in charge. Zelos must have figured that since he was the one who had to keep tabs on them, that he was really in charge. Storm knew one thing for sure; she wasn't going to let him boss her around, she wouldn't have it.
While the group was making their way along the long Tethe'alla Bridge Zelos decided to bring up something that had been plaguing his mind since they left.
"I'm going to come up with nicknames for everyone!" he shouted enthusiastically.
"Why in the world would we need nicknames?" Storm asked her irritation rising.
"Because it'll be fun!" he replied as he shot her one of his classic, cheesy grins. Storm rolled her eyes at him once her turned around to begin his nicknaming.
"You'll be called Little Angel," Zelos said as he went up to Colette. "You're my Little Rosebud," he continued as he went along to one of their newer compainions, a young girl named Presea from Ozette. "And you can be the Sexy Swordswoman," he smiled at Storm. Storm glared at him before giving him her reply.
"You call me that and I'll throw you into the next solid surface. And believe me, I do know how to use this sword, and quite well I might add," she said through clenched teeth as she stared him in the face.
"Okay...how about...," Zelos began as if she hadn't threatened him.
"My name is Storm thank you very much," she answered for him.
"The Wild Storm...sounds pretty hot to me," he laughed as he moved onto Raine. Storm sighed, knowing she wasn't going to get anywhere with him. "And you can be the Super Ultra Cool Beauty," he said as he stared wildly at Raine.
"I don't want to be called that," Raine protested.
"The Professor's the Professor, that's it," Lloyd told Zelos, who looked at him like he had just come up with something brilliant.
"The Professor...ooo...that's sounds pretty hot and mysterious," he decided.
"Whatever...I don't care anymore," Raine sighed sadly. Storm looked over at her apathetically as they wondered what the Chosen could come up with next.
"You can all call me Mister Zelos," Zelos chuckled. "And you can be 'Hey You,'" Zelos said to Lloyd. "And you're 'Brat'," Zelos told Genis who about tackled him when he turned around, but was stopped by Lloyd.
"Well, now that that's all settled, and where would we be without that, let's continue on shall we?" Raine said finally after Zelos was finished with his little naming game.
"Fine, if we must," Zelos sighed as he followed behind the rest of the group.
When the group finally managed to get across the bridge, they entered Sybak, hoping to find a solution to their problem. Fortunately, they met with a researcher that seemed to believe that Colette could regain her soul if she could equip a Key Crest.
"Well, I can make the Key Crest if we find a partial one. I should be able to fix it and we could give it to her then," Lloyd explained to them. This led the entire group on a search around the city for a Key Crest, or at least, something that could become a Key Crest.
'Should I really be helping to cure Colette. If she regains her soul then she'll be worthless to Lord Yggdrasil. Of course, there's no way that a simple Key Crest would be able to handle that kind of power,' Storm thought as she rummaged through tons of junk that a man was trying desperately to sell.
"Hey what's that!" Genis shouted as he pointed to a glowing stone thrown into the middle of a junk pile.
"That's a Key Crest!" Lloyd shouted happily as he ran over to the man. "How much for that?" he asked the man.
"What this piece of junk...10,000 Gald," he replied emotionlessly. Storm rolled her eyes at him, beginning to wonder what this guy was doing with the money he actually managed to convince people to give to him for junk.
"We don't have that kind of money," Lloyd complained as he was about to fight the man for the Key Crest.
"Don't you know who I am?" Zelos asked the man as he walked between him and Lloyd before something could start. "I'm the Chosen and we really need that," he explained.
"Th...the Chosen? Here? Well, of course, take it, it's all yours," the man agreed willingly as he handed over the Key Crest to Zelos who handed to Lloyd. Lloyd and the others couldn't believe it. The perverted Chosen had actually come through for them. Of course, they'd really be impressed if he could keep it up.
While the entire group waited for Lloyd to finish working on Colette's new Key Crest, Zelos walked over and sat next to Storm. He sat next to her for awhile before she finally decided to acknowledge that he was there. She looked over at him, waiting for something to come out of his mouth.
"What is it Zelos?" she snapped at him.
'I know exactly where this conversation will go,' Storm thought as she stared at Zelos waiting for something.
"Well, I was wondering, are you and Lloyd...together at all?" he asked. Storm's eyes got wide as she looked at Zelos, realizing that the conversation didn't go where she thought it would.
"No, we're just really good friends and that's it," she said, with a hint of finality in the statement that made it more believable.
"Good, that means that you're available. Well, it's not like it would have really mattered with me I guess. Just you wait hunny we'll make a sexy couple," he told her as he got up and walked away before she could hurt him. Storm, on the other hand, was stunned at his statement as her jaw was hanging open.
'I would definitely think their was some sort of Goddess out there if we ended up together. Only a miracle could do that,' Storm thought as she watched Zelos walk off to begin hitting on Raine as he made his rounds to all the females in the group for the night. She could tell he was getting frustrated, he wasn't able to hook up with any of them. They weren't all swayed by stunts like his.
Well, that's it for this chapter. I hope that you liked it. I think that Zelos is pretty funny when he's his perverted self, and he's actually quite fun to write. When you start to get into his other self, that's when it's hard. I don't think I've ever really been able to master either one of his personalities. He's one of the more difficult characters for me to use in my writing, which makes all my stories so easy to write (sarcasm there...) Well, thanks for reading and please review to tell me what you think.
