Me: And here's Part Twelve!

Feral: Yes…Part Twelve…

Me: And I have 1083 hits (the last time I checked)!

To Understand: Part Twelve

The Confusion of Ones Meanings

By Harmony283

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Hiranieas-…I go away for five minutes and…you review! Congrats! And, um, no…Zelos doesn't die…sorry if I made it sound like that –eep-! Cuz if he dies then who'll save everyone? Um, yeah…just thought I'd clear that up a bit. So, um, yeah, here's the next chapter! I hope you like it!

Nady-Kun: Wow, you were actually keeping up with all the bad things that happened to him? Eh-heh-heh…I'm the author and even I wasn't keeping up with them (I wrote them down somewhere once -shuffles through huge stacks of US history notes-)…And no, Genis won't die. Most of the blood that's covering him isn't even his. Though he did get hurt on the back…so yeah, we're cool there. Ah yeah, I'm playing through the game on my 3rd time now, and yeah, I remember how valiant everyone was, risking their lives for Lloyd (I'm actually almost to that part!). As for the purr, heh, I always imagined that he'd purr whenever he felt safe or comfortable around someone—lucky Mithos. Anyways here's the next Chapter--I hope you like it!

Me: I'm on Part Twelve, Part Twelve!

Feral: …Yes you are…

Me: What?

Feral: You do realize that you just added on possibly another two chapters…don't you?

Me: Oh hush! We won't know that until we get there…got it?

Feral: Got it.

Me: …So how about doing the disclaimer?

Feral: Harmony283doesnotownTalesofSymphoniasheonlyownsmeandtheplot! –Inhales deeply the exhales-and she also hates really huge History tests that she has to stay up till 1 AM in the morning to study for…is that good enough?

Authors Note: …Yeah…um...that was good. Okay then! In this Chapter you should get to see the fight against Mithos/Yggdrasill…except for it has a twist in it since, you know, Pronyma kinda sorta disappeared (I made her sound ten times meaner than I intended but oh well…) and Kratos can't die…so um, yeah. Also Genis wakes up and…you'll figure out what happened to him (hopefully)!

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Genis' POV

I shiver slightly, a cold chill running down my spine.

I pry my eyes open, even though my eye lids felt like deadweights at the moment, and found myself staring at a white, tile ceiling.

Where was I?

I try moving my arms, they move, but just barely.

I felt around beside me, expecting to feel the hard floor underneath, only to find that I was laying on something soft.

Was it a bed?

'Yes it's a bed. And I'm glad to see you're awake. Can you move at all?'

"Oh…Feral…what…where…am I?"

'You're in the Tower of Salvation. Mithos brought you back.'

"Oh…I…don't…remember…"

'Well you were pretty knocked out when he found you. You fell asleep immediately…when he held you.'

Despite the fact that I was wounded, and that I was tired, I still felt my face flush at the way she said that.

"I…I…"

'Now then, as fun as it is to tease you, I'll ask again: can you move?'

"S-sorta…"

I tried moving once more, only to wince again.

"Gg…My back…"

'It seems you got wounded rather severely on your back…'

"Gee, and you don't think I already know that!"

'Well you don't need to get so…huffy at me y'know!"

"Yeah well, I need to get out of here but I can't even move!"

'Where would you go?'

I blinked, that's a good question. Where would I go? I don't know my way around the Tower of Salvation so I doubt I'd be able to find an exit any time soon…

'If it helps any I remember seeing Mithos go through that teleporter.' Feral said, pointing to one of three warp rings in the room.

"Um…who has a warp ring in their room? I thought he could just, y'know, warp wherever he wanted to with his 'angel powers'."

'Well obviously he didn't feel like it…hmm, or maybe he just likes the way they look.'

"He…are you making fun of him?"

'Well he does wear one-piece spandex so…'

"So?"

'His tastes are obviously strange…not that I can say yours are any better.'

"Hey! What I wear…well, it's Raines fault!"

'Well fine, whatever. Now I'm telling you Mithos went through that warp point so it must lead to wherever he was going…'

"I…that's…well, this is the Tower of Salvation and he's trying to revive the Great Seed so…it'd probably to, or at least close to, that room."

'Well, if that's where you believe he went, then that's where he went. Now the only question is: are you going to follow him?'

I glared at the ceiling, "You don't have to say it like that."

'No, of course I don't. But under certain conditions—meaning that you hurt your back—I don't think you can follow him.'

"Well duh. Besides, even if I could I wouldn't."

'And why not? I thought you said that your friends were trying to stop him or something…'

"Well yeah, we are. But they're most likely not there yet and I wouldn't wanna run the risk of running into Pronyma again."

'What makes you think she's going to be there?'

"Ah…uh…I think she'd probably try apologizing to Mithos about what she did."

'And you think she'd forgive you?'

"He…might?"

'You must have lost a lot of blood…especially for it to affect your thinking capabilities.

"Okay…I'm taking that as an insult."

'But I'm just worried about your health!' Feral whined with fake child-like innocence. Genis sighed and stuck his tongue out, but the remembering that her voice was just in his head, and not anywhere else.

Hmm…who was Feral anyway?

'Genis…?'

"Feral, who are you?"

'Wh—what brought that up?' She seemed nervous.

"Does it matter? You've been in my head since…well, since we came to Tethe'alla and I know it's unnatural to have someone elses voice in my head."

'Is it really now?'

"Phfft, now you're the one being sarcastic."

'Hey!'

"What? But it's true! I just asked you who you were…"

'I already told you, my name is Feral and twelve years ago I was sealed away in this mirror with my masters Exsphere—now Cruxis Crystal—which you now have.'

"Yeah you told me that…but that's just the basics. Who were you when you were unsealed, and couldn't you have chosen anyone besides me to talk to?"

'I don't really remember who I was before I was sealed in this place…and I though I already went over about why I chose you.'

"Yeah, it was your own choice…but why me? I mean, it could've been anyone in Sylvarant…"

'Well I just decided to choose you…okay? Now can you at least get up?'

I sat up slowly, my back still hurt considerably…but I guess it was better than when I tried a few seconds ago.

"I think I might be able to walk…um…" I glanced down at my clothes, they had turned a kind of disgusting purple-brown color from the dried blood.

'You know if your friends are there…they're going to wonder what happened…'

"Yeah! And what's worse it they might blame it on Mithos!"

'Well, considering he is their enemy…it wouldn't surprise me.'

"Yeah it wouldn't surprise me either but regardless their plan is to kill him when they see him so I have to go regardless of how I look!"

I stood up slowly, using the bed as a type of balancing agent, then made my way slowly towards the Warp Ring, hoping that I wasn't too late.

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Mithos POV

I sighed, a smirk on my lips as I watched my sisters soul being sucked into Colettes body. This…is what I've always wanted.

For Martel to be alive again.

Though this might not be her body…it would have to do until I could somehow manage to recreate her body.

And who knows how long that would take.

A sudden 'crack' noise could be heard along with the opening of a door.

I whirled around to see Lloyd standing there looking generally pissed off.

"Hey! Let Colette go!"

I sighed and shook my head, "I don't know how you got in here, but that really doesn't matter. It is almost complete anyway…now die."

I floated ever so casually over to brunette, forming a ball of pure mana to shock him with. It should be enough to end his life.

"Fire ball!"

Well, well, well, wasn't that voice familiar?

"Wha—Everyone! You're okay!" Lloyd cried out, looking up at the small balcony that was in the room.

"Pah. I see you really were going to betray me in the end." I muttered as I saw the red-haired chosen there, smirking like no tomorrow.

"Ah well, I decided getting my title removed was less important than my friendship with these guys." He said, motioning to everyone else on the balcony.

"Grr, well then, I have no choice but to—"

"Yggdrasill, the transformation is complete." Kratos murmured, though he didn't seem too happen about my attempt to kill Lloyd.

But then again, he should have known this was coming.

"Hmm really now?" I watched as Martels old body disappeared and the capsule Colette had been placed in opened.

Martel walked out, "Ah—Mithos…what…happened…? What have you done…?"

"Dearest sister…" I murmured, changing back to my younger form, "I'm glad you're awake and…"

"What have you done?" She asked again, sounding like she was about to cry.

Why did she remind me of Genis?

"I…what…?"

"What happened to the world?"

I glared at her, "What do you mean what happened to the world? You said you wanted a place where half-elves could live freely!"

'He's not evil, just misdirected.'

I shook my head, why were those words Genis said coming back to me?

'…What if…we brought her back a different way?'

Did he know she would be upset?

No! Of course not!

"You don't…you wouldn't…"

Before I could stop myself I had formed yet another ball of pure mana, readying it so that I could attack Martel.

It was that damn Colette! Even though she was 'dead' she still must have an influence over Martel!

Dammit!

"Woah now!" Zelos cried out, jumping down from the balcony and pushing Colette away.

"Why you—idiot Chosen!"

"Why thank you. But if you want to kill lil' ol' Colette here, you have to get through us first!" He said with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah! That's right! Colette's like a sister to me, I won't let you hurt her!" Lloyd said, making me turn to face him.

"…There…that should do."

"Huh?"

Dammit! I whirled around and saw that Colette had gained consciousness.

"Mithos…please…as my last words, restore peace back to this world…"

"but sister--!"

"Maybe…maybe…"

The sound of someone teleporting in here could be heard.

We all turned to face the single warp ring to see who came through it.

Though I had a sneeking suspicion of who it was.

And I was right.

Genis stood there, in on the warp ring, now really looking anywhere. His eyes had a strange, almost glazed, look to them.

He must've lost more blood than I thought.

Though he did look relatively better than he had when I had brought him here.

I heard Raine, along with Lloyd and everyone else—even Kratos—gasp at the sight before them.

"Genis! Oh gods…what happened to you!" Raine asked, her voice high pitched in fear and worry.

But Genis didn't answer. He was looking over at the Great Seed.

"You…are Genis…?"

I jumped, that was Martels voice.

So she wasn't completely dead yet?

But why?

Why was Colette letting her…?

Genis turned to face Colette/Martel.

"You…?" He then smiled, realizing who she was, "Yes…that's me. You must be Martel, right?"

"Yes I am…" she seemed sad.

"What happened…?"

Genis shook his head, not answering her, but instead looked back at the Great Seed.

"You know…I don't think that was the smartest idea…"

"What…?"

"The Great Seed is dying quickly. You won't have enough time to escape if that happens."

I blinked, "Oh really?"

"Yeah, really." Now he was looking at me, a hint of anger, and yet some sadness, present in his eyes, "You, along with everyone else will die. So I suggest Martel…go back to your Cruxis Crystal. I know it seems cruel but I'm sure there's another way to revive you without loosing the Great Seed."

Colette/Martel smiled, and even this was sad, "Yes…I will go…I can't stay in this girls body for much longer. Goodbye Mithos."

I blinked watching as a green light surrounded Colette, seeping into the Great Seed, causing her to faint.

"Colette!" Lloyd ran over to the fainted blond, looking surprised and worried.

All the while my gaze never left the white haired half-elf.

"There's…another way…?"

Genis smiled, "Yeah, I'm sure there is…"

Then, he fell to the ground in a dead faint.

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Me: Phew…Part Twelve done!

Feral: Yes…but weren't they supposed to fight Mithos in this Chapter?

Me: …Well, yeah…but I didn't want to go through that whole 'Mithos in a Cruxis Crystal' thing so yeah, I changed it.

Feral: Meh, you're the authoress not me. But don't you have something to tell to the reviewers?

Me: Oh yes, I originally wasn't going to draw anything for this fic, since I can't draw Genis and Mithos well, but I ended up drawing Feral! If you wanna see her pic, then just go to my bio and go under To Understand and for Artwork it should have a little link to it. This is how Feral looks as a human…and I think I might've gotten her eye color wrong but meh.

Feral: …I look so cute…wow…my looks really are deceiving.

Me: Yes, yes they are. Now R&R please! I love hearing from people!