Yuan's Past
'Yuan, I saw something, something horrible.'
'What is it? Mar… Martel?'
'I saw… something strange. I saw… you, and Kratos. You will fight him and, I'm not sure but... one will stand the victor, one will die.'
'Forget that,' thought Yuan, 'It was all just an illusion. It had to have been. Kratos won't really die… he can't. He's Kratos.'
Demon Fang attacks were aiming right at the slightly young Yuan. Yuan quickly jumped up, with his giant weapon, a Swallow, in his hand, he hurled it towards Kratos. As Kratos attempted to jump, Yuan quickly yelled Lightning, and then a bolt hit Kratos. The paralyzed Kratos was hit by Yuan's Swallow.
Kratos fell, suddenly jumped back up, ran towards Yuan and hit him with a Sonic Thrust. Yuan fell, with Kratos looking down upon him, ready to give Yuan a final blow. Then, Kratos laughed and offered Yuan a lift up. Yuan accepted with a smirk on his face.
Yuan yelled, 'Damn!' as Kratos was healing him, 'I can never defeat you, probably because you never play fair!'
Kratos was done and said without looking at Yuan, 'When you're ready to admit defeat, then you'll become stronger, and realize the warrior within.'
Yuan joked, 'Wow, that is possibly the gayest thing I've ever heard.'
Kratos laughed and continued, 'That's also your problem, you don't take anything seriously. You think, as long as I got a big strong weapon and strong powers, that that makes you strong. If that makes you strong, then strength must've change from my perspective.'
Yuan joked again, 'Gay, gay, gay gay! Come on, you saying you're serious all the time?'
'In battles, I am. I think of every battle, as being my last.'
'Have you ever lost before?'
'Yes, he was mighty strong. Maybe too strong.' As he said that, Mithos and Martel came to them. Kratos nodded his head to Mithos, for Yuan to see. Yuan's eyes opened widely, 'No way!' Yuan thought, 'Hmm, if I beat that kid I…' his thought was interrupted by Martel saying, 'Come on you two, your training is done for today.' The two both looked at each other, then both said, 'Ok.'
Later that day, Mithos and Kratos ran ahead. Saying there were some dragon bones on that trail, they would meet Martel and Yuan later that night.
Martel looked very sad, out of the open she asked, 'What do you think it's like?' Yuan asked, 'What? What is like?'
Martel continued, 'In Derris Kharlan, I think, it will be very pretty. With trees, and elves, and flowers, and…'
Yuan said so cold like, 'I doubt it.'
'Huh?'
Derris Kharlan is practically made of Mana, it's probably all dark and depressing and…' he stopped to see Martel more sad then ever, so he quickly said, 'But, then again, there might be a flower or two.'
She looked happy, then kissed Yuan on his cheek. But then turned sad again. She asked, 'Yuan, can I tell you something?'
Yuan said, 'Could I ask you something?'
'You first.'
'No, you first.'
'Oh… ok. Don't tell Kratos this but… but, 'Yuan, I saw something, something horrible.'
'What is it? Mar… Martel?'
'I saw… something strange. I saw… you, and Kratos. You will fight him and, I'm not sure but... one will stand the victor, one will die.'
Yuan's eyes opened widely, then he laughed, 'Oh come on Martel that…'
'And, I'm not sure, but either Kratos, or you, is standing above the other, prepared to unleash the attack. That was all I saw.'
'Well… where are you and Mithos?'
'I don't know, Mithos is all gowned up. I… I…forget it. What was it you wanted to say.'
Yuan, looking nervous, held out his hand. It was a fist, it un sprouted and a ring appeared. It was a shiny silver ring, with the letters Y and M engraved onto them. Martel gasped and said, 'Yuan, are you…'
Yuan nodded. He kneeled down and held out the ring, and putted it on Martel's finger. He then said, 'Martel, you know how much I loved you.'
Martel nodded and attempted to speak, but Yuan interrupted, 'You see, I never felt very happy in my life. My only friends were you, Kratos and Mithos. Before I met you I was rude and never felt like this. I thought, this wasn't suppose to happen, I wasn't suppose to have these feelings. But it happened, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, eternity with you, death with you, Martel, you.'
Martel cried, then said, 'Oh Yuan, yes. Yes I will marry you.' Yuan arose from the ground and gave her a hug, they both hugged. As the trees moved with the wind, Martel's tears moved along with it.
'No. She must've been having an illusion, an image in her mind, nothing more.' Yuan thought again. 'I will defeat Kratos, not kill him as I said, I want him to know Yuan has learned defeat long enough, to become his Reaper.'
Kratos yelled, 'Are you gonna day dream all throughout this battle Yuan! Or do you wish to admit defeat, and let me stop Lloyd. Either way I'll get what is needed.'
Luan's eyes turned fierce like a tiger as he yelled, 'Don't even think about it Kratos! You will face defeat, if not by your son, then by your friend, as you called me.'
'And you, me. Remember as I told you, that giant Swallow won't protect you for long.'
Yuan threw it at Kratos, so fast that Kratos didn't even see it coming. The Swallow hit Kratos, and took him as it hit a wall. Kratos broke free of the debris from the crashed wall and the Swallow. He said, 'Not bad.'
'And I have more coming, watch out!' Yuan then started to cast a spell.
'One will stand the victor, one will die.'
TO BE CONTINUED…
