Linkmaster27: Hey everyone! Welcome to the 2nd chapter of Tales of Symphonia: The Later Chronicles. Thanks to all who reviewed, and thanks to KiraIrving for pointing out the title identity.

Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Dark Dragon Battle, Part 1


The situation was panicked. The mothers of Mizuho quickly ran to their scared children, tears streaming as they cried in fright. The men of Mizuho hurried to shelter all the women and children, then hurrying to find shelter themselves. The Dark Dragons had already set fire to some places, the smoke from them blanketing the once fun-filled festival in a shroud of darkness.

Lloyd knew this wasn't the time to be cocky in a fight; he gave a gentle kiss on his Exsphere, whispering softly "bless me, Mom."

Sheena dodged a strike from the Dark Dragons with barely any room to spare.

"What do we do, Lloyd?" she yelled frantically. Her Card of Water didn't even touch the Dark Dragons enough to make them stagger.

"We have no choice but to go all out together!" yelled back Lloyd. If we face them by ourselves, we're sure to fail!"

"It looks like they have the same strategy!" yelled Zelos as he saw all three of their enemies walk together. Then with a sharp realization, he saw that they were headed for Lloyd.

"DAMNIT Lloyd get yourself out of there!"

"Wha-" Lloyd didn't even have time to question what for, as he jumped quickly before a large, clawed foot could crush him into dust."

Lloyd quickly slashed his wooden blades into a Dark Dragon. To his dismay, the blades split in two, unable to withstand the solid scales in a collision.

"CRAP!" cursed Lloyd.

Sheena, out of the corner of her eye, saw what had happened.

"Lloyd! RUN!" she screamed. "If you can get our weapons in time, its possible we can do this! Don't worry about us! What matters are the people of Mizuho!"

"But Sheena! You guys could-"

"Just GO!" she yelled, unable to tolerate any sort of excuse.

Meanwhile, Zelos tried to face two Dark Dragons, each on one side of him. He managed to get between them and run straight, causing the two to face directly to him.

"Super Lightning Blade!" He yelled with all his might.

One of the dragons didn't even flinch as he was struck with wind pressure and a small jolt of lightning, at least comparative to his size.

Zelos was so busy trying to get rid of one, that he didn't see the large, clawed hand that was coming near him…
"AGH!" he yelled in pain, as he fell to the ground.

"ZELOS!" Sheena screamed. "NO!"

Sheena quickly ran over, but soon met the same fate after she was struck by the thired dragon who had now joined his other two counterparts.

Lloyd quickly came back with his Material Blades to find Zelos and Sheena laying on the ground. Tears started to well in his eyes? Were they dead? Please, he begged, please let them be still alive…


A renewed vigour found itself inside Lloyd.

"DAMN YOU BASTARDS! RISING PHEONIX!" he screamed, crying, full of rage, hurt, and anger.

Lloyd rose in the air, flames surrounding him before he dive-bombed straight to the three dragons. But, to his dismay, they caught him in mid-air, and gave him the same treatment as his friends.

Lloyd's vision started to go black… everything seemed blurry…

Zelos… Sheena… Mizuho… I'm… I'm sorry…

And as he began to lose his sense of sound, he only heard one last thing as he fell into a world of black…

"BRI-"

Linkmaster27: SO? What'll happen? Is all doomed for Lloyd, Sheena and Zelos? Or…? What could happen? Tune in next time!

P.S. For those who read this and the second chapter (and are new to the story/chapters) please review each chapter individually. That goes for the upcoming ones. Thanks!