Yay! Time to update. I wanted to tell everyone that I have posted new links on my profile page to let you see my 2 new Tales of Symphonia amvs. Yes, this is the first time I have used animation in a video instead of a montage and I'm very excited about it. Like I said go to my profile page here and they will be posted. Anyway, time to move onto the next chapter. You will notice that I skipped some stuff, mainly because we all know from my first story what happens there and I don't have anything to change there or any other point of view I want to fit in. So, if you're really screwed up by me jumping ahead just go and catch up with the first story. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews last chapter and I hope you enjoy this one as well.


Chapter 16: The Final Battle

After finding the rest of their friends and helping them in their time of need, including the help Storm received fighting her own inner demons, the group was off to finally face Mithos.

Zelos looked over to Storm to see how she was holding up. She looked fine on the outside, but he knew better by now than to trust her outward appearances. He walked closer to her and began to walk beside her. She was obviously deep in thought when she didn't even look at him as he walked next to her. He looked at her and then straight ahead at the others before sighing deeply. Storm looked over at him and blushed when she realized that she had been staring into space.

"She's so cute when she blushes," Zelos thought to himself as a very faint smile flashed across his face.

"So, are you nervous?" he asked her as he stared back at the group who was in front of him. Storm looked at him briefly before returning her gaze to the ground. She knew that she had to go through with this, but she didn't really want to. She knew that the Mithos she knew was gone, replaced by an evil madman that had to be stopped. Yet, she was also attacking family, someone who had been there for her when she was younger. She didn't really know what to think or how to feel about the entire situation.

"I don't know...I mean...I guess I have to do this, I know that...but at the same time it's still hard for me to kill someone like Mithos," she said, her voice full of sadness and pain.

Zelos hated to see her like that, but he knew that there wasn't much he could do to help her. He scooted himself a little closer to her, now that they were in the back of the group, everyone else's attention focused on the task at hand. He took her hand in his to give her a little reassurance. Storm seemed a little uncomfortable with the situation at first, but soon found it relaxing as she leaned her head against his shoulder and entwined their fingers as they walked. She couldn't help herself, she needed someone to be there for her to comfort her, and Zelos was the only one who could do that.

Finally, the group made their way to their final destination. They soon found themselves on a large rock floating in space. At one end of this rock was Mithos, but something wasn't normal about how he was acting.

"I'm going home...I'm going home with my sister...," Mithos began to repeat over and over again. Storm could tell something was wrong as she began to cautiously walk towards him. Zelos was hesitant to let her go at first, and when she pulled herself from him he watched her very intently.

Suddenly, Storm stopped in her tracks and began to act like she was in pain. The group watched as the Cruxis Crystal from her encounter with Mithos detached itself from her and moved back onto Mithos. He then opened his eyes and looked at the group in front of him.

"I can't tell you how much I appreciate you bringing me back to my body," Mithos laughed as he looked at Storm as she recovered from the process. Lloyd walked up behind her, ready to take on Mithos if he tried to hurt her as she recovered.

"This is the end of the line for you Mithos, we're going to reunite the two worlds," Lloyd growled as he reached for his swords.

Hmph...sure you are. And are going to help them Storm?" Mithos asked as he averted his gaze to the teen. "Did you forget everything I've done for you? Have you forgotten all about your Uncle Mithos?" he asked her, trying to sway her decision once again.

"No, Uncle Mithos is already dead and you killed him. My Uncle Mithos would never act like you do, he would never hurt me. He died when you became obsessed about the Chosen. He's already dead, and I'm going to make sure you don't hurt anyone else," Storm replied defiantly.

"So be it, you will all die!" Mithos shouted angrily as he pulled out his wings.

Lloyd was the first to rush into the battle. What he didn't plan on was Mithos teleporting behind him for a Death Eater attack. Lloyd was pushed back as Storm came up behind Mithos to attack him and spare Lloyd from a second attack. Unfortunately, Mithos saw her coming and had a spell prepared for her.

"You are a nuisance. Bloody Lance!" Mithos cried out as Storm experienced one of the worst attacks she'd ever felt as pain ran up and down her body before she was thrown backwards.

Zelos and Kratos saw that she was in trouble as they ran in to protect her. Zelos came at Mithos with his Victory Light Spear attack as Kratos helped Storm by applying some much needed First Aid. Storm managed to get up and saw as Zelos was knocked backwards by Mithos' attack.

"Hey Zelos!" she called to him. Zelos looked over in her direction. "Are you ready for our attack?" she asked him as she pulled out her sword with a smirk on her face.

"I'm always ready hunny," he said as he shot her a playboy grin. She returned this gesture with her normal eye roll.

The two ran at Mithos from different sides before they both were within the desired distance. They both pulled out their swords for their attack.

"Cross Thrust!" they both yelled as they crossed paths and attacked straight through Mithos causing him to temporarily fall to one knee.

"You'll pay for that," Mithos growled as he got back to his feet.

Storm and Zelos pulled back as Presea, Sheena, and Colette moved in for their turn. Raine and Genis continued to attack from the sidelines, allowing themselves some space from Mithos so they could execute their spells.

"I think I have a plan," Storm told the small group.

"And that would be?" Zelos asked, ready for some sort of winning idea.

"Well, Dad and I need to work our special attacks. The rest of you need to buy us time because if he sees us chanting he'll come after us. If we both cast Judgment he'll never make it," Storm explained to them.

"You can count on us," Lloyd said confidently as he and Zelos ran back towards Mithos.

Storm and Kratos both revealed their wings and took to the skies as they began their angelic incantations. Kratos soon looked over and realized that Storm was doing something completely different.

"What are you doing?" he asked her worriedly.

"Don't worry, just do your spell," Storm told him trying to finish quickly for the others.

Soon, Mithos realized what was going on, but not in time as Storm finished her spell for Indignation Judgment, placing a barrier around the half elf. Kratos followed up with his Judgment, hitting him head on. The two weren't finished as Storm's spell wrapped up, blasting the half elf with a ton of mana, bringing him down completely. The battle was finally over.

Soon, Mithos' body disappeared as his strength left him, his soul entering the Cruxis Crystal. Mithos' image soon appeared in front of the Cruxis Crystal as it hovered above the ground.

"You win, I don't want to fight anymore. Now, please destroy my Cruxis Crystal," Mithos told Lloyd in particular. Lloyd walked up to him slowly and pulled out one of his swords.

"I have no regrets," Mithos said as Lloyd came closer. "I would walk the same path again if I could, and I will continue to walk this path," he informed him.

With this, Lloyd sadly destroyed Mithos' crystal, ending his life then and there. It shattered into many pieces. Storm couldn't help but shed a small tear as she watched Mithos disappear. She soon felt Zelos behind her as he placed his hands on her shoulders. He knew exactly what she was feeling.

"You could have lived with us, in our world," Lloyd said as he stared at his sword.

"Dammit."


Well, that's the end of this chapter. The next one will be the last for this story. Whew... Then I just have to finish the Storm and Yuan one and I can start the new story. Yay! Anyway, remember to check out the links to my 2 new videos. Thanks and don't forget to review this chapter. Thanks!