Me: And here's the epilog! It would've been up yesterday (because I felt like uploading it yesterday) but FF wasn't working so...here it is!

April: -nods head- yes your computer doesn't like you very much does it?

Me: Well it does have issues...but it's not as bad as it could be. Now on with the chapter!

To Understand: Part Sixty-one

One Year Later

By Harmony283

Reviews:

LittleLinor: Yes the technique for getting Mithos to let go...it really does work. -nods head- And don't worry, you'll see a bit of Martel before Genis and Mithos head to Reti'thera. You'll see it in TU:Interlude. Now then here's officially the last chapter of TU! Enjoy!

DraNKa: Eh-heh-heh yes it's only part one. I'm glad that my fanfic helped you like OC's...since there're going to be a lot of them in the sequel. And yes the price thing...it's very important. How important? You'll just have to wait and see now here's the epilog, enjoy!

Chiyanaski: Yes I know who you are (I saw the name change when I was copying reviews once). Yes Pronyma is dead, and yes Martel is now alive. I'm glad you liked TU so much and hopefully you'll read the sequel as well

Alaia Skyhawk: Yeah I know it was a bit fast. I just couldn't really think of anything to write really for the chapter. And trust me the last chapter was edited like twice, and this was the version I went with. And here's th epilog! Enjoy!

April: So this is officially the last chapter of TU? And it's a fast update too

Me: Yeah I think it is in terms of fast updates. Even with FF not working yesterday I still got it out in record time...

April: Well at least you know you stayed up so late for a reason. Now then, as you all know, Harmony283 doesn't own Tales of Symphonia. She hasn't for the past sixty chapters so why would she own it now?

Authors Note: true, true. Now then, as the title says, this takes place one year after the two worlds were reunited. How is everyone doing…and why is Genis in a Katz suit? What does Zelos have to do with this? And why is Pronyma's spirit haunting Genis? What does she want?

April: Pronyma makes a cameo appearance in this eh? And so does an OC that will be appearing in the sequel, right?

Me: -nods head- yes that's true. Oh yeah...

Warning: Underaged Drinking and Fluffy-ness

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Genis' POV

The sun shone brightly in the sky as we made our way down the dirt pathway to my hometown of Iselia. I smile and close my eyes, letting the sunshine warm my face. After traveling to a place like Flanoir I was glad to be in the sun again. I let out a content sigh and open my eyes to look at the others in our group.

Raine was taking the lead, fumbling with the collar of her shirt, which was light blue with the elven symbol for 'healer' etched into the fabric on one of the sleeves. She held her staff in her left hand as she walked along the road, rolling small rocks out of the way by hitting them with the end of her staff or with her foot.

April was walking next to her, her pale pink dress blowing lightly in the small breeze of wind that had seemed to follow us here. Her hair was held back with a pair of unique wing-shaped hair clips.

I looked next to me, at Mithos. He was staring blankly ahead, pushing some of his hair behind his slightly pointed ears whenever the wind blew it in his face. His eyes, a brilliant shade of turquoise that I could still get lost in when I looked into them, were clouded over in thought. He hadn't changed much in the past year…well, except for his outfit. Instead of the red shirt and black pants he had adorned back then, he now had a white shirt with a purple stripe running across it, cutting the white fabric off from the netting that made up the top half of his shirt. His pants were still black but they had a kind of circular pattern on one side (1).

Me? Well I got an outfit change too. Instead of the baggy long-sleeved shirt I had before I now had a sleeveless baby-blue shirt with a hood and black shorts.(2) I honestly didn't need to change my outfit though, but since we had been traveling through Sylvarant--and it was summer--I wanted something a bit cooler to wear.

"There it is!" Raine called out, pointing down the path a ways. I followed where she was pointing and smiled. I could see the entrance to Iselia. It had definitely grown since the last time we were there. Then again that was to be expected. It was peaceful now, meaning it was only natural that they'd want to expand.

"Do you think we'll be one of the first people there?" I ask and Raine nods her head, "I don't see why we shouldn't be. We were already close enough when we got that letter from Sheena. You know she's been in Iselia for a while helping out with things. She's also been keeping Colette company. I'm pretty sure Lloyd and Zelos are back as well."

I nodded my head, "So all we're really waiting for are Yuan, Martel, Regal, and Presea?" Raine nodded her head, "Yes apparently.

'Genis.'

I blinked and gasped as I felt Feral appear next to me. Both April and Raine stopped and turned to face us. April smiled, "Feral? What are you doing here?"

Feral shook her head, 'I just wanted to get some fresh air. I hope you don't mind.'

I shrugged, "I don't care. Sure. Just, when we get to town, don't scare any of the kids okay?"

She glared at me and I shrugged, "Well you are a bit scary…especially when you glare at people like that."

She immediately stopped glaring and turned to look down the road, 'Fine I'll behave.' And she actually sounded like she meant it. Though that scared me somewhat, since even though I technically control her she acts more like I'm her brother, which means she may say she'll behave but she doesn't mean it.

'But I do mean it.' She shot back, glaring at me again. I flinch.

"what'd she say?" Mithos asked, obviously noticing my flinch. I just shrugged it off, "It's okay." I look back at her, she really needs to learn when to tell me when only I can hear her, or when everyone can hear her.

'don't worry,' she smirks, 'you'll get it eventually. It took your father a while to figure it out as well.' her eyes narrow, 'but I'll tell you now, they can't hear me. I'm making it so they can't because of a certain something I want to talk to you about.'

I faintly nod my head, and everyone seems to understand she wants to talk with just me. So they turn back around and we continue walking.

'What I want to talk to you about, Genis, is the fact that…that a spirit has been following you.' Well that's surprising. She shakes her head, 'And it's not just any spirit either. It…I can't be too certain, but it might be the spirit of Pronyma. I-I don't know why she's following you but I can feel that, for whatever reason she's following you for, it's urgent. I think if she catches up to us, which she will if we stop in Iselia, you'll have to listen to her.'

I sighed, thinking, "Have to? Or will?"

Feral shook her head, 'does it matter? All I know is that it's urgent so it must be important. Meaning if you don't listen to her she'll probably make you.' Her eyes narrowed, 'don't underestimate the dead. They sometimes know a lot more than you do.'

I nodded my head, "I'll keep that in mind."

'Okay,' Feral smiled, 'Well then, I've said what I needed to say to you so…how long do we have until we get to Iselia?'

Raine turned to look over her shoulder at Feral, "We should be there in a few minutes."

I looked straight ahead, the Entry way to Iselia was…literally…right in front of us. We could see the guards. One waved to us and called out, "They're here!"

A few seconds passed and suddenly Lloyd appeared. He grinned and waved at us, as did Zelos--who appeared right behind him. We quickened our pace until we reached them. Lloyd smiled and immediately pulled me into a hug, "It's great to see you again Genis!" he patted me on the head, "Heh, you really haven't grown that much though."

I scowled, and would've said something but Mithos cut me off, "So? He's cute just the way he is. Even if he's short. It just makes him cuter." I blushed as he pulled me into a hug, nuzzling his face in my hair. Lloyd just smiled at this, and oddly enough Zelos didn't say anything.

Though the fact that he now had a smirk on his face really was starting to bug me.

"Hello Lloyd, Zelos," Raine walked up to stand next to us, "Is anyone else here?" Lloyd nodded his head, "Yeah, Sheena's here, she's helping Colette with lunch. Yuan and Martel are here too. They were talking to Dirk about something. And I think Presea and Regal will be coming later on. Either that or it may just be Presea coming since Regal apparently has so much paper work to do. I mean he just recently became the head of his company again."

"I see, well, that's to be expected. If you don't mind, though, I'd like to put my things up at home for a bit and then we can meet with everyone."

Lloyd scowled, "I don't think that's gonna happen."

And he was right.

"Professor! Genis, Mithos, April! You're here already?!" Colette cried out, running up to us, "What great timing! Do you want something to drink? Sheena just made some Lemon Tea and it's really good."

Raine opened her mouth, obviously to tell her what she told Lloyd, but April butted in, "Lemon Tea? Of course I'd love some. Wouldn't you Raine? We've been traveling for a few hours straight without stopping for water, it would be nice to have something to drink."

Raine let out a sigh, "Fine, fine. Yes I would love some, Colette." The blond smiled and ran back towards her house…but she tripped after running a few feet.

"Gah! Colette are you okay?" Lloyd ran over to her and helped her up.

"I-I'm okay. Eh-heh-heh I guess I just need to watch where I'm going." Colette laughed, smiling up at Lloyd, who merely shook his head.

"I guess somethings don't change. Colette's just as clumsy as when we last saw her." Mithos remarked, letting go of me but keeping one arm firmly around my waist. I nodded my head, "Yeah. But then again that's Colette for ya. Heh, it'd be odd if she changed that much in just a year."

"Mm yeah you're right. Why don't we go get something to drink too?" he looked down at me curiously.

I smiled, "Yeah that sounds good. April's right, we really have been traveling non-stop for the past few hours…no…since we woke up this morning."

I walked forward, intent on following Raine and April, but Feral stopped me, 'Genis it's Pronyma she's getting closer. You might want to speak with her soon. I don't think either of you would appreciate the other's company for too long.'

I sighed silently, "Yeah I know Feral. I'll…I'll go after I get something to drink and talk with everyone for a while."

Feral nodded her head, 'Okay then, well, I'm out of here. I don't feel like going into town yet.'

I nodded my head and she disappeared.

I turned back to look at Mithos, who was…talking with Zelos? And Zelos still had that smirk on his face.

"Hey Mithos c'mon!" I called out and he immediately looked over at me. His cheeks were lightly tinted pink and there was an unusual spark in his eyes but he nodded his head anyway and hurried to catch up to me. When he was standing next to me I glared back at Zelos before asking, "What did he say? You looked embarrassed."

Mithos looked away from me, "Ah…it's…it's nothing Genis. Don't worry about it." I glared at him and he flinched, "Fine I won't tell you now I'll tell you later okay? Besides, where'd Feral go?"

He was trying to change the subject…I could tell there was a reason. And I really wanted to know what Zelos had said. But…he did say he'd tell me later…so…

"She left." I shrugged, "She said she didn't wanna go into town just yet."

"Really? That's odd, she acted like she wanted to earlier." He looked down at me, "Is something wrong? I mean, she was talking to just you earlier and she normally doesn't do that."

I shrugged again, "She thinks…" I stopped, "Ah…I'll tell you later." I smirked when I saw the annoyed expression on his face, "Well you deserve it. Since you won't tell me what Zelos said."

A pale pink color dusted over Mithos' cheek's at the mentioning of what Zelos said, "You…" he leaned in closer to me, dropping his voice down to a whisper, "You'll figure that out," he traced a finger along my ear, "later."

I blushed at the tone of his voice. I glanced back at Zelos who was still grinning. Though now I was even more afraid…and…well…

"Mithos you said you weren't as bad as Zelos." I muttered, feeling my face heat up at all the…things…that Zelos could've said to Mithos ran through my mind. Now Mithos was the one to grin, "Well we're finally somewhere where we can have our own room."

Well, that was true, "But Raine'll be down the hall with April." Now my mind was stuck on one thing…one thing that Zelos could've said that would make Mithos blush. I let out a sigh, "Does whatever Zelos said have to do with me?"

Mithos shook his head, "Why wouldn't it have anything to do with you?"

I scowled, "Does it have to do with--"

"Genis, Mithos! Hurry up!"

I flinched and turned around, "Yeah coming!" I looked up at Mithos again, "I'll tell you later."

"Mm, okay." Mithos smiled down at me, kissing me on the forehead, "Besides you probably can figure it out," his smile turned to a grin, "since your mind isn't as clean as some people think."

I blushed and followed him wordlessly to Colette's house. About Fifteen minutes later Presea and Regal--a very tired looking Regal--arrived and soon after we were talking about our own journey's and how everyone was doing. Lloyd was in the middle of talking about how they had to steal a bunch of Exsphere's from this mad scientist in Sybak when Feral's voice once more entered my mind.

'Genis, I can't keep Pronyma away from you anymore. You need to meet her right away.'

I smiled faintly as Sheena started chasing Zelos around the room. He had obviously said something that I hadn't heard, "Yeah Feral, I'm coming."

Thankfully I was sitting right up against the door so all I had to do was slip out without anyone noticing. And oddly enough, I succeeded. Of course I wouldn't have if Mithos had been sitting next to me, but he had been talking with his sister so he hadn't noticed me.

"Feral where are you?" I asked in a low whisper, looking around. The sun was getting lower in the sky--it would almost be dinner time soon. Then tomorrow everyone would leave and the celebration would be over.

'I'm waiting by the old Church…you know the only church in the area?' I nodded my head and headed towards that exit. Thankfully no one was guarding that exit--there wasn't really any need to since there weren't really any monsters anymore.

It only took me about five minutes to reach the church, but when I did--after climbing the stairs--I knew something was off. I shivered lightly and looked around. Feral said Pronyma was here so where was she?

'So you came.'

I gasped and whirled around. There, standing at the edge of the staircase was Pronyma. She was wearing all black, like she had when she died. The only difference was that her hair was down. I swallowed loudly and nodded my head, "Yeah I came, what do you want?"

'To tell you something. Don't worry, I can't hurt you. But I have to tell you something that may hurt you.' She paused, sighing, 'I heard you managed to revive Martel. And I heard about the payment. Do you honestly think you can pay it?'

I blinked, "Well we've been traveling around to lessen the laws against half-elves. And Mithos has been helping out…so many people. That's good enough isn't it? What else can he do?"

Pronyma shook her head, 'Not much…at least he can't do much here in this world. But…in Reti'thera…war is about to break out.'

"Reti…thera…? Where is that?"

'It's the alternate universe to this combined world.'

I froze. Wait…wait a second…

"How do you know about Reti'thera then?"

Pronyma's eyes narrowed, 'Because that's where Mitosu, Jiniasu, and Seiji are from. You do remember them don't you? You remember what they said?'

I thought back on it. Yes it's been a year but I could still remember some of the events clearly. I shook my head, "Yeah they talked about continents on it and stuff. And I think Mitosu might've mentioned something about it, not to me, but to Mithos maybe. Something about peace…"

'Yes,' Pronyma nodded her head, 'Peace here means war in Reti'thera. Peace in Reti'thera means war here.' I flinched at the coldness in her tone, but she continued, 'Reti'thera needs help. I…I realize what I did wrong. It was wrong of me to join them, but as Forcystus said, my Jealousy gets the better of me sometimes.'

"You joined them because of jealousy?"

Her eyes narrowed, 'You should know that.'

I flinched again, "Yeah I guess I should. But can you tell me more about Reti'thera?"

She shook her head, 'Unfortunately with the amount of time the death goddess gave me, no. but I can tell you that, in a year from now another portal will open up to connect this world to Reti'thera. It will be near here. And you, along with Mithos, have to find it. And you have to go through it. If you don't then not only will Martel die because of an incomplete pact, but you won't be filling out your role either.'

What? My role? I shook my head, "What about my role? I'm Feral's pact."

'There is a fortuneteller coming by tomorrow. Ask her to read your fortune--or she may already want to when she sees you. You will know then. Now I…I have to go. The Death Goddess here can only stay connected to Feral for so long without sucking her over to our side. Good luck…and tell Mithos I'm sorry.'

With that she disappeared. And, in her place, stood Feral but…but there was another girl next to her, or behind her, I couldn't tell. She had red hair and vibrant blue eyes. She was wearing a blue dress. Feral gasped out and collapsed onto the ground, causing the other girl to separate from her, then causing her to waver like a hologram, and then causing her to disappear.

"Feral? Feral!" I rushed over to her, only to find that she had fallen asleep. I sighed in relief, "Thank the goddess…eh?" I looked up in the sky and saw Mithos flying towards me with a worried expression on his face. That's when I noticed that the sun had moved even farther down in the sky.

How long had I staid out here?

"Genis! There you are. Your sister was getting worried. Eh? Is Feral okay?" he landed next to me and looked down at Feral. I just nodded my head, "She's fine. I'm sorry for worrying you. Feral just wanted to speak to me, but as you can see, she's asleep."

Mithos nodded his head, "Well…yes…she is. Why don't you come back with me now? Wake Feral up and she can come too. They're serving some really good food now. Apparently Regal decided to help even though he's tired from the travel. They could use some extra help in the kitchen anyway."

I smiled and nodded my head. I touched Feral gently on the shoulder, only to have her mumble a quiet 'let me sleep' in my head before she disappeared. I sighed, "well…I guess we're just going back alone then."

Mithos nodded his head, "Okay then," he smirked, "why don't I carry you?" I blushed at this but let him pick me up anyway. In a matter of minutes we were back in Colette's house, sitting around a fairly large table--I had to wonder where it came from--with various foods covering every ounce of the tables surface.

And I have to admit the food was delicious. I don't think I've had such a good meal in a long time. Of course along with the meal came different kinds of wines. Almost everyone here had a glass with some sort of alcoholic beverage in it. Well…except me and Presea, though Presea was trying some out of Colette's glass--since apparently she didn't like whatever the drink was.

"Hey Genis." I turned to look at Zelos, he had an extra glass of some sort of pink liquid in his hand. He handed it to me, "Here, Raine told me your thirteenth birthday was a few weeks ago. It couldn't hurt to let you try some of this." I looked at him curiously. It was…really odd that he was trying to be nice to me. Though the fact that his cheeks were tinted a light shade of pink made me wonder how much of this stuff he already had. Because he obviously wasn't entirely sober. He noticed me staring and chuckled, "Don't worry it doesn't have that much alcohol in it as some of the other drinks. And it's strawberry flavored."

Well…I guess it wouldn't hurt to try some. I took a sip of the liquid and smiled. It really did taste good. There was a bit of a spice to it, which I'm assuming was the alcohol. But it gave the drink a nice kick to it. I turned to look at Mithos, who was drinking another glass of something purple. He turned to look at me and noticed the glass in my hand. He looked briefly over at Zelos and then back at me before a blush--a blush that I'm sure wasn't there because of the alcohol--spread over his face.

Other than that the rest of the dinner went by without anything unusual happening. Though I have to admit, after having another one of those drinks--yet again given to me by Zelos, as to not rise any suspicion since I'm sure Raine would never let me drink this stuff--I was starting to feel funny. Mithos seemed to be the only one to notice though.

Not long after the dishes were cleared and everyone went off in their own corner of the room to chat, Mithos grabbed me by my shoulder, "I think you've had a bit much to drink for your age." I had another glass of that strawberry drink in my hand and smiled, though it felt weird to, "I…think you're right." He looked concerned and now I felt bad.

Mithos sighed, "I see. Let me take you back to your home, okay? I'm getting kinda tired myself." He looked over at Raine and, after catching her attention, pointed to the door. She nodded her head, as if giving us a silent okay, before going back to talking with Martel, Yuan, and April.

Mithos looked back at me and smiled, "Okay then, let's go."

…and honestly, I'm not too sure what happened after that. I'm not even sure how I really got home. I think I must've really drank too much, so much that I blanked out or something. Because when I woke up I was in my room with a washcloth on my forehead, and Mithos was sitting next to me, looking worried. He smiled when I sat up, "Good you're awake. I was…really worried. You passed out right after we went outside."

"R-really…?" I asked, though my voice sounded foreign to my ears, "Wha…happened?"

"You drank too much." Mithos stated simply, "I had to carry you all the way here."

I blushed, "I-I'm sorry…" I sat up all the way and reached out. But for some reason my limbs weren't working right. I hit something--I'm not sure what--and it spilled all over the bed. It was cold.

"Gah!"

"Genis! Crap I should've moved this." This being a small bowl filled with water. Another wash cloth was in it--well it was now on my bed since I tipped the bowl over--and obviously that's where he had gotten the damp washcloth that was on my forehead, which was now on my lap, from.

I shivered, "Now I'm cold."

Mithos nodded his head, "Well you just had ice water spilled all over you. Um…let me see if you have anything in your closet that you can wear." He hurried over to my closet and searched through it for a second. I watched him thumb through the clothes when suddenly he stopped. He pulled out something that looked very familiar to me.

He turned to face me and he grinned, "how about this? It's warm enough." I couldn't help but blush.

He had found my Katz suit--the one the Katz had given me. I blushed even more when I remembered that one thing that Mithos really seemed to like…or rather…the one thing Mithos just so happened to have a really creepy fetish over.

Katz.

Or rather me dressed up in a Katz suit. I looked down at my soaked shirt, "Um…d-don't I have anything else…?"

Now Mithos was kneeling on the bed next to me, "Please? Can't I just see you in it?"

I blushed at the pleading sound in his voice. Honestly I really wanted to say no--the logical part of my mind was screaming no. But the other side of my brain was yelling yes. I mean…Mithos is my boyfriend after all. Why not?

So I nodded my head, "O-okay…"

"Do you need help though?"

I shook my head, "I think I can change without any help." But he didn't budge. I scowled, "Turn around…pervert."

Mithos immediately blushed at that and whirled around, walking halfway across the room to stare at a picture of me when I was younger.

Well…I have to say it was a bit harder to put on the Katz suit when I was…err…drunk, I guess would be the correct term to use. I wasn't too surprised that it still fit me though. Like Lloyd said, I hadn't really grown much in the past year.

When I was finished changing I called out, "Okay you can turn around now." And I swear I would never forget the look on Mithos face as he saw me. I could tell, just by the look in his eyes, that he was trying hard not to just…just…

I blushed. I really need to stop reading so many NC-17 novels. I bit my lip and looked away from him as he made his way closer. He got on the bed next to me, and touched his hand to my cheek. This made me turn to him. He smirked, "You look so cute in that," he lowered his voice, "my cute little Genis." I blushed when he started playing with the ears on the hood of the suit.

The next thing I knew he was kissing me on the lips repeatedly. They weren't hard kisses though, they were chaste and gentle. I fell backwards the short distance to the surface of my bed. That didn't stop Mithos though. And I have to say I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy this.

Mithos was always gentle. He always made me feel safe.

The kisses started to get a little harder, but I guess…I really didn't mind. I mean, Mithos wouldn't do anything to me anyway. He promised me he wouldn't. Not unless I wanted it. And besides, he's a good kisser so I really shouldn't complain even if I didn't want him to--

"Mmn…?"

Mithos pulled away slightly and I looked up at him, confused. He was blushing, but he was smiling as well. He leaned back down and kissed me again, though this time I felt something wet run along my bottom lip. I knew what it was, and I knew exactly what to do.

And at times like this I was glad I read so many of my sister's romance novels.

I parted my lips a bit to let Mithos slide his tongue in my mouth. It tickled a bit at first but I got used to it and closed my eyes, letting Mithos take over once again. He was just as gentle and careful as he always was and again I felt incredibly safe.

"Genis, Mithos are you--"

the door to my room opened and I could swear I felt Raine's glare even though I couldn't see her and Mithos was in front of--well more like on top of--me.

Mithos pulled away from me quickly and turned around…

Which honestly was a bad idea. Especially since Raine decided to throw something--that something being the really heavy book weight on the desk next to my door--at his head.

It hit him square in the forehead and he stumbled backwards, falling over the side of the bed.

"Oww…jeez, you didn't have to hit me so hard, Raine." He muttered, sitting up and rubbing his forehead, which was bleeding.

"Mithos are you okay?! Raine you made him bleed! Heal him!"

Raine opened her mouth to say something but quickly shut it and, grudgingly, walked over to where Mithos was sitting and leaned down. She quickly chanted her 'First Aid' spell before backing away and walking over to me. She looked from me, to Mithos then back to me, "Why are you wearing a Katz suit?"

I blushed, "B-because…Mithos wanted to see me in it."

She closed her eyes, "Okay…and can you," she directed the question at Mithos who was now standing, "tell me why you were making out with my little brother? I didn't think you'd try something like this especially when I'm in the room down the hall."

He flinched, "Because he looked cute."

"Hmm really now? Honestly, though, Mithos, I didn't think you'd take advantage of him like that."

Mithos looked shocked for a second, "Take advantage of…? How am I doing that?"

Raine's eyes narrowed, "It's obvious that he wasn't feeling good after dinner. So you--"

"You can thank Zelos for that." Mithos stated, cutting her off.

"Oh really?" Raine raised an eyebrow, "How so?"

Mithos shrugged, "Oh, I don't know, maybe because he might've put something in the last drink Genis had?"

Raine's eyes widened at this, "Wh-what? He…he gave you alcohol? And he…put something in it?" she looked over at me for clarification. I just nodded my head, "Y-yeah I think he did. I felt fine when he gave me the first glass. He told me it didn't have a lot of alcohol in it. But I…I think the second glass he gave me had something in it. And Mithos was with me the whole time so I know he didn't put whatever it was in the drink--so you can't accuse him of doing anything."

Raine opened her mouth and then closed it, growling silently she walked stiffly back to the door, "I'm leaving this door open. If I come back and find it closed you might just have something harder thrown at your head."

Mithos visibly shuddered at this but nodded his head. Once she left he turned to me, "Your sister really is scary. I…feel sorry for you now. You had to live with her for thirteen years…"

I nodded my head and laughed, "Yeah that's Raine for you. I don't think all the people we meet realize how lucky they are that, if she gets angry with them, she just yells at them."

Mithos nodded his head in return, "Yeah."

I yawned silently and fell back against my pillows again, "I'm sleepy. Mithos sleep next to me tonight okay?"

Mithos smiled down at me and nodded his head, "Okay. But I think you might wanna change out of tha--"

We flinched when we heard the distinct shout of a certain red-head from not too far off. Maybe…maybe just maybe I might feel sorry for Zelos…just this once…

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(The Next Day)

"Well we've got everything." Raine said, counting the bags that lay out on the couch. She nodded her head once more for reassurance before turning to me and Mithos, "do you two have everything?"

We nodded our heads.

"Good, now let's go." She picked up her bags, and April picked up her own before we set out through the front door of our home. We walked through the village trying to be a silent as we possibly could. It was only 7AM in the morning, most people would still be asleep at this hour.

We made our way past the item shop and towards the entrance. That's when Pronyma's words came back to me.

'There is a fortuneteller coming by tomorrow. Ask her to read your fortune--or she may already want to when she sees you. You will know then.'

And…she was right. There, leaning against the entrance--or exit--of Iselia, talking to one of the guards, was a woman cloaked in a navy blue cloak. There was a younger girl with her, a girl of about my age with orange hair tied up in two pigtails. She was wearing a cloak similar to the woman's, but it was grey. Our eyes locked for a split second and then, afterwards, the girl tugged on the woman's cloak, pointing towards our group.

The woman looked over at us and let down her hood. She had orange hair just like the girl. She smiled and made her way over to us. She smiled and nodded her head to Raine, "Hello," she said, smiling, "you're leaving the town early."

Raine stepped to the side and shrugged, "We have to be getting on our way. And who might you be?"

The woman smiled, "A fortune teller. This is my apprentice. But that's not so important as…" she looked over at me, and Raine followed her gaze to me. I stepped forward and the woman's smile grew, "Your name is…?"

"Genis. Genis Sage. It's nice to meet you."

The woman nodded her head, "It's nice to meet you as well. Might I ask…when your birthday was?"

"When it was…?" I thought for a second, "Well it was two weeks and two days ago."

The woman's eyes--which I just now noticed were a brilliant shade of teal--widened, "I see. So you were born on the day of Death's Sealance."

I blinked a few times but nodded my head, "If…you say so then yes. I was."

"I see…hmm, I suppose I should tell you an old…legend. It's a legend from my hometown. It's quite old really. Would you like to hear it?"

I nodded my head, "Yeah sure."

She smiled again and closed her eyes, "On the day of Death's Sealance--on the day the Goddess, or Summon Spirit I suppose I should say, was sealed away--if a child is born their early life will be stained with sorrow. But they will also become great magic users, and they have something wonderful in store for them in their later years." She smiled, "Or at least that's what the legend says. You wouldn't happen to be a magic user? I can tell you're a half-elf by looking at you so you must use some."

I nodded my head, "I do…use some."

"I see. Hmm, Ally(3)."

The girl perked up, "Yes mother?"

"Do you have that object I told you to keep?"

The girl, Ally, looked confused for a moment but then smiled and fumbled with something inside her cape. When she found whatever it was that she was looking for she held it out.

It was…an earring of sorts. It was made out of some sort of blue crystal and there was a silver chain hanging from it, "You mean this?" Ally asked, looking up at her mother.

"Yes that." The woman nodded her head. She took it from the girl's hand and handed it to me, "I don't know but this might prove useful to you in some way. I…would like you to keep it as a token of our meeting at least. Now we mustn't keep you any longer. It seems you're in a hurry." The woman bowed her head to me and Ally did the same. They then hurried past us deeper into the town.

I looked down at the earring--or part of an earring, since it seemed like there should be something on the end of the chain--in my hand before slipping it into one of the pockets of my bag.

"That was unusual." April commented, "I don't believe I've ever seen a fortuneteller that gave anything away for free."

Mithos nodded his head, "Yeah…" he looked down at me, his eyes curious, and I smiled, "Well maybe she was just nice."

Raine shook her head, "That may be, but she's right we do need to hurry. I would like to get to get at least to Triet before noon. You know how hot the desert gets during the afternoon."

We nodded our heads and headed off through the entry/exit of Iselia and out into the open field.

It still unnerved me that Pronyma was right about there being a fortuneteller in town. And honestly what the fortuneteller said unnerved me as well.

I was born on the day that the Summon Spirit of Death--Feral--was sealed away. I had sorrow in my life, my father died and my mother was mentally ill--not to mention the sorrow of having to hide my half-elven blood. And I was also a mage. So all that was left for me was to have something amazing happen in my life.

But what was that 'something amazing'?

And why did I think it had to do with Reti'thera?

-------THE END(until the sequel, that is)-------

(1): This is the description of Mithos' outfit in the pic 'Mithos in a New outfit' (or something along the lines of that) that I drew--it's on deviant Art. Though I kept a few changes that DraNKa made on the outfits when she drew them because I liked 'em.

(2): This is Genis' new outfit as drawn in "Genis in a new outfit" that I drew that's on deviant Art.

(3) This girl, Ally, is a character that you will learn more about in TU:RooS! I have a pictutre of her on my acount on dA if you wanna see what she looks like. Trust me though, she's important...really she is.

Me: And there ya go: the epilog. Makes you wonder about a few things now doesn't it?

April: Yes it does. Like why did you decide to put Ally in there? I thought you weren't going to reveal anything about her till later?

Me: Well TU:RooS is going to be long enough already…I really don't want to make it any longer by going into detail on certain things that I can add in here.

April: …That actually made sense.

Me: Of course it did. Now then, R&R! This is your last chance to review for TU! And the more Reviews I get the more likely it is that I will finish up TU: Interlude! And then there's more of a chance that I will start on TU: Redemption of ones Sins (TU:RooS)! So please review!