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Chapter 3: Dark Dragon Battle Part 2

Where we last left our brave heroes…

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-"

Lloyd could feel his ever-present grief and sadness as he felt life leave him, alongside two of his fellow companions who had shared so much with. Life was flashing before his eyes…

Wait a minute. Things starting coming back into focus. What was going on…?

"BRING BACK HIS SOUL FROM THE PURGATORY! RESURRECTION!"

RAINE!

As he rose, he saw a claw straight headed for him!

Damn! Can't escape in time-

"INDIGNATION!"

Lloyd's eyes flew open in disbelief as he saw the trademark move of his friend, Genis Sage, strike unmercifully upon his assailant.

Lloyd's eyes, now in clear view, saw that there was no mistake. It was definitely Raine… and Genis? Regal? Presea? Colette? KRATOS?

Unbelievable… already he saw Raine yelling loudly once again as she brought Zelos and Sheena back to life.

Lloyd sprung to his feet, dodging the dangerous claw that followed after his moment of relief.

"Lloyd! Sheena! Zelos! You ok?" yelled Raine. Using her Hanuman's Staff, she started to help combat the deadly monsters alongside Kratos and Presea.

Lloyd then found his Material Blades on the floor.

"Wha… who got these?"

Lloyd turned to see none other than his father, Kratos, look at him with a smile.

Thanks, Dad.

"IT'S PAYBACK TIME!" Lloyd yelled, swords flying in a speedy attack of his Sonic Sword Rain.

The battle turned around. Lloyd, Sheena, Zelos and Regal took on one dragon, while Kratos finished off one to join Presea, Raine and Colette to finish off the other one.

Lloyd, reassuming his leader role, initiated a slash to stun the dragon, then-

"ALL OUT! NOW!"

Kratos flung through the air, stabbing the beast directly in the heart after slashing him with a Light Spear Cannon. Zelos then used Victory Light Spear to damage the head with countless blows.

"NOW!" Zelos yelled.

"VICTORY CANNON!" Zelos and Kratos shouted.

The sight was unbelievable. Kratos stood at one point, charging his sword with a massive amount of mana and pointing it directly above him. Zelos continued with a Victory Light Spear that seemed endless and remarkably fast. After one final hard blow from Zelos, the behemoth was launched into the air, to unfortunately fall over Kratos's blade, impaling him with the power in that one attack.

One more to go.

As the heroes slashed and hit feverishly, unable to even speak to each other, Lloyd could feel that this final dragon's time was almost up. He could feel his power surging through him, feeling into every muscle, vein, and most importantly, his heart, here it was-

"FALCON'S CREST!"

Lloyd leaped in the air, an aura of blue and divine light surrounding him, then smashed down to vanquish his foe brutally with divine energy.

They were done.

The crew, reunited under the call of battle, breathed in unison, recovering from their harsh trials, but then began to look at the horrors unleashed upon the once-valiant and thriving Mizuho.

Fire was everywhere. Huts were burned to mere ash- ash that was black as the ground, torched by the flames that engulfed them relentlessly. Statues and other important relics were brought down and cracked in many places. What had meant to be a day of fun and festivities soon turned into what seemed to be a living hell.

Upon seeing the destruction, Sheena tried to fight back tears. It was just too much.

One by one, the people of Mizuho began to crawl out and come out of their hiding places, awaiting the orders of their honoured chief- Sheena Fujibayashi.

Sheena, knowing what she had to do, stood on a higher part of ground, and prepared to address the crowd of people that had stood before her. Her people.

Sheena gave one look at Lloyd and Zelos. They both gave a warm smile, encouraging Sheena. Sheena could feel it- even in this time of desperation, there was still hope- and will- and inspiration- in order to anything. Nothing was impossible.

"My people," she began, "of our honourable village of Mizuho, I tell you today, that today, is not a day to mourn! We may have lost our buildings and our homes, but we have not lost our spirit! Our culture! Our determination! And we can and we WILL make this village back the way it was! Yes, I know that what we've worked hard for years has now been shattered, but we are still united as one people, and together, nothing is impossible! Mizuho shall never be broken, and that point is defended TODAY!"

Cheers of hope and inspiration echoed in a chorus through the crowd as they started to disperse and survey the damage and get to work.

Lloyd and Zelos stood next to each other.

"She's really something isn't she?" asked Zelos, evidently proud and ecstatic for Sheena.

"Yeah. She's a born leader." Lloyd said, smiling with his friend in her moment of success.

Sheena came back to the group.

"Guys, thank you so much- but lets not talk here. Come on." Sheena led the way to a tent that remained on the field.

Reunited as the heroes that has once saved and made Symphonia, our heroes once again began to talk about matters.

There were minutes of joy as the crew reunited, updating each other on their lives, and reminiscing about the past.

"Miss Sage, remember that time you had to dress up like a maiden to do that dance in Asgard?" Colette laughed.

"Yes, Colette…" Raine's voiced drifted off in her usual intellectual and annoyed tone… but after a while, she began to chuckle and said "I saw some guy drooling over me! Especially when I thought I looked so stupid!" Everyone started to roar in laughter.

"Remember when I had to dress as Klonoa?" Presea giggled. "I had to make all those noises, and even in battle when I wore it, you guys were like "What the HELL?" when Is tarted talking gibberish like Klonoa? I got so used to it!" Everyone burst out in laughter.

All the good memories were followed up in hours, in which everyone had their special reunion.

"Alright, everyone. Well, I think we need to figure out what's going on with these dragons- we defeated Mithos, where are they coming from?" Sheena questioned as she brought up the subject.

"I don't know," Lloyd shook his head in wonder.

Suddenly, a Mizuho villager burst in the tent.

"Honourable Chief! There is someone who wishes to speak with you!"

Everyone looked as a figure came into the door.

"Oh My God – It's-"

Linkmaster27: And there you have it! So… Why WERE the dragons there? And who's this person that needs to talk to them so urgently? What awaits our heroes? Read and Review to found out! Take care everyone!