OK guys here's Chapter three. Sorry it takes me so long toupdate, but school and guard are mega time consuming. Any waysread and review and ENJOY!

Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia. If I did own it that means I wouldn't be writing this.

"Ahmond what happened!" Anna shrieked.

The two had arrived at Jalisa to find bodies everywhere. But strangely enough, none of them were the villagers, but all were Desians. Even stranger was the fact that no one was in the village.

"DENISE!" Ahmond yelled suddenly leaping over fallen Desians, stumbling half crazed towards another body. Anna realized with a jolt that it was Denise. She was utterly pale, lying facedown in a pool of blood. But she was breathing.

Ahmond's face was contorted with grief as he clutched Denise's body to him.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. "I'm so sorry."

Anna held back her tears with difficulty as she tried to tell Ahmond it wasn't his fault, but the word caught in her throat.

"Ahmond…"

"Denise?" Ahmond said peering down into her face. Slowly her eyes fluttered open and she looked up into Ahmond's eyes.

"Oh thank god Denise!" Ahmond said kissing her on the forehead.

"Ahmond…" she said her voice growing stronger, "You're… such a jerk…"

Ahmond's eyes snapped opened as Denise closed her eyes again. He stared at her in amazement before laughing. Anna grinned at him. She knew he loved Denise and that Denise loved him, and as long as they had each other they'd be all right.

"Listen Anna," Ahmond said as Denise went still in unconsciousness again. "We gotta get Denise to Asilaj."

"Why take her to our other village outside of Asgard?"

"Well were do you think everyone else went, duh!" said a voice from above. Anna and Ahmond looked up as a woman, younger than Anna but long brown hair and dark brown eyes, leaped from a tree branch and landed smoothly in front of them.

She was dressed as an assassin just like Anna Ahmond, and Denise, in a black leather body suit with black boots and green armor plates on her shoulders knees and elbows, whereas Anna's were silver showing she was leader and Ahmond's and Denise's were blue showing that they were the top assassins.

"Alright Anna? Ahmond?"

"We're fine." Anna replied, her eyes narrowed. "And just what are you doing here Felicity? And why are you wearing father's plates? "

"Saving the village, what do you think?" Felicity said sweeping back her long curtain of brown hair."And I'm wearing father's armor because someone has to lead this village now that mother, father and our brother's are dead."

Before Felicity knew what was happening Anna had her on the ground her swords at her throat.

"Take it back!" Anna snarled.

"Or what… you have to be strong… big sis…" Felicity sneered.

"Or I'll cut your throat!" Ahmond said drawing his own sword.

"Waste of time if you ask me…" said a voice.

Anna looked up as a figure with spiky red hair, purple armor, and sorrowful eyes steeped out of the trees.

Felicity took the opportunity to flee into the woods.

"YOU!" Anna bellowed charging at him. "How dare you call my parents failures! Victory light spear!" she screeched

"Guardian!" He said calmly creating a force field of such strength that Anna was catapulted back into Ahmond.

"Who the hell are you?" Anna asked getting to her feet. "What do you want?"

"I am Kratos, a mercenary and I want to join your village of assassins."

"Like hell you do!" Ahmond spat. "You're a Desian aren't you?"

"No I am not," Kratos said in the same hollow voice, not taking his eyes off of Anna's face. Anna tried to look shrewdly back into the eyes that were piercing through her defenses, but she couldn't.

Something about him intrigued her, made her heart skip a beat. It was as though he held the stars, no the heavens, in his eyes, yet clouds of sorrow and pain covered his soul.

"Anna don't…" Ahmond whispered. "He might be one of them."

"Suppose I agree," Anna said suddenly. "How do I know I can trust you?"

Kratos folded his arms and glared in a manner that suggested he did it a lot. Finally he walked straight up to Anna and thrust his hand in her face, showing her the bluish orb that glinted in his hand.

"An exsphere!" gasped Anna and Ahmond.

"That's right… taken from a dead Desian." Kratos said lowering his hand.

"Suddenly there was a horrible coughing noise and all three of them turned to see Denise. She was coughing violently and blood was splattering onto her armor. He face was pale and her body was jerking and writhing wildly! She squinted her eyes tight and let out a hair-raising scream.

"DENISE!"

So there you have it. I was gonna kill off Anna's sister (tragedy beyond enduring)and make her a good guy but I like the whole sibling conflict thing. (Very Inuyasha of me.) Anywho... should I'll kill Denise. I duuno! Send me some reviews and tell me what you think. And for those of you whose imaginations aren't the best... the assassins are dressed like Sango and her Demon slayers from Inuyasha. Except with cooler weapons and capes! YAY! BYE!