Summary
Two years ago, Sheena Fujibayashi made a wish. Now that someone has granted it, will she finally be able to say to him what she hadn't been able to saw before he left? Sheena x ??

Fanfic Key
/---/ in italics Character thinking to themselves or a telepathic voice.
"---" and text in italics A flashback or memory

The Power of One Wish
Chapter One

"Sheena. Hey, Sheena!"

She felt two hands on shoulder, gently trying to wake her from her sleep. Reluctantly she opened her eyes, unable to see the figures standing over her clearly.

"Oh good. She's coming to."

Sheena did her best to make herself sit upright and touched the back of her neck as it cried out in pain along with the rest of her body. She took a moment to allow her vision to clear a bit more before looking around at the people who had suddenly surrounded her. Now able to see their faces clearer then before, she let out a gasp of surprise.

"Sheena, you really need to be more careful."

"Yeah, it's not like you to get distracted like that. Is everything okay?"

"Need a hand up?"

A gloved hand reached out to her and for a moment Sheena just stared at it in silence. She gently took a hold of his hand and was swiftly pulled to her feet. Once she was standing on her own two feet again, she looked at all the faces looking at her in concern.

Everyone was there: Professor Raine, Kratos, Lloyd, Collette, Regal, Genis, Persia and…

"What's the matter my dear screaming banshee? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Zelos…"

"The one and only." With a bright smile painted across his face, the red-haired Chosen of Tethe'alla laughed softly at the surprised look on the kunoichi's face. "Were you expecting someone else?"

Sheena just stared at him in silence, her head unable to comprehend with what she was seeing. She could feel the tears slowly coming back to her but did her best to hold them back. It had been so long since she had last seen any of their faces…so very long.

"Sheena? Are you all right?" Looking at the kunoichi that had suddenly fallen silent again, Collette placed a hand gently on her shoulder. She was startled when Sheena jumped suddenly and quickly pulled her hand away. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you I just…wanted to know if you're all right…"

"Ah….y-yes." Taken by surprise when she laid her hand upon her shoulder, Sheena quickly gave the young Chosen of Sylvarant a reassuring smile as well as an apologetic bow. "I'm fine, Collette. Thank you."

"We should get going. It's going to get dark soon." Taking a quick glance up at the darkening sky above, Kratos sheathed his sword as he turned away from the rest of the group and headed off.

Moving to stand beside Collette, Lloyd gave Sheena a worried look. "You sure you're all right Sheena?"

"Yes, I'm sure." Sheena gave Lloyd the same smile she had given Collette earlier and was relieved to see that his face became more relaxed because of it.

"Good. You ready to go Collette?"

"Yes. Let's go."

As the two headed off after Kratos, Professor Raine and Regal, Sheena could only smile. Looking to her side, she watched as Genis approached Persia, a faint shade of pink upon his cheeks.

"You okay Persia?"

"Yes. I'm fine."

"Genis, if you don't hurry up we'll leave you behind." Lloyd shouted back to him.

"Okay, okay. I'm coming."

/It's been…too long…/ Sheena thought to herself as she watched Persia and Genis run to catch up with the others. /I had…almost forgotten what it was like…to be surrounded by friends…/

Sheena looked up at the darkening sky, smiling softly as the first group of stars began to make themselves visible.

"You seem…different." With a hand on his hip, Zelos gave the kunoichi standing beside him a questionable look. "Maybe you got hit harder on the head then we thought."

"Zelos?!" Startled that he was still there, Sheena jumped back slightly. She could feel the heat rising in her cheeks and quickly averted her eyes from his. "What are you doing here? I thought you ran off to catch up with the others?"

"Well, the thing is, I would've. If my hand weren't still being held by a certain person…" Zelos merely smiled as he pointed to his other hand which Sheena was still holding on to.

Obviously embarrassed, Sheena quickly released his hand. "Sorry…I…didn't realize I was still holding on to it."

"Hmm? Are you sure? Or maybe you just wanted to hold my hand." Zelos gave Sheena a sly grin, amused by the embarrassed look on her face. When he received no reply from her, he only continued with his teasing. "Oh, don't be shy. You can hold my hand if that makes you feel better, my dear screaming banshee."

"Zelos…you…" As Sheena slowly turned to face him…

SMACK!!

The sound of flesh hitting flesh caused the group to suddenly stop dead in their tracks.

"You really ARE full of yourself!"

"Ow…Sheena, come on…was it really necessary to hit me so hard?"

"Maybe we shouldn't have left the two of them back there alone…" Genis replied as he glanced back at the others.

"I'm sure they're fine. They're always like this, remember?" Lloyd could do nothing but smile nervously as he did his best to reassure his friend's worries.

Sheena stomped off towards the other, obviously not amused by his teasing. She muttered a few choice words under her breath before glancing back at Zelos. He walked behind in her silence, pouting slightly as he rubbed his still stinging cheek.

Feeling he was being watched, Zelos suddenly looked up to see Sheena staring right at him. She stared at him for a moment longer before quickly turning her head away.

Zelos let out a sigh as a red imprint of Sheena's hand made itself visible upon his cheek. "I guess she's still mad at me."

/Pull yourself together, Sheena!/ She argued with herself as she looked down at the ground while walking, a faint shade of pink on her cheeks. /You have to act as normal as possible…or else they'll grow suspicious…/

"Sheena! Zelos!"

Raising her head, Sheena saw Lloyd and Collette standing upon a hill, waving to them as the last rays of sunlight slowly disappeared behind them.

"We'll be right th—" However, before Sheena could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt the foot she had been stepping forward with slip. She began to fall forward again but before she hit the ground, she felt an arm wrap around her waist and pull her back to her feet.

"You really need to pay attention to your surroundings, Sheena." As he helped Sheena steady herself, Zelos gave her a cheeky grin. "Wouldn't want my dear screaming banshee to get hurt."

Sheena felt her blush deepen and quickly pushed him away before he could see. "Since when am I your screaming banshee?"

As she turned away from him, she heard Zelos let out a soft laugh of amusement. Still blushing, Sheena focused her eyes back to the ground.

/This…may be a little harder then I thought…/ Sheena thought to herself as she felt her heart pounding loudly in her chest.

To be continued…

Author's Note
Thank you for the reviews! I think somehow though…I've made Sheena and Zelos's characters…out of character in this first chapter. I'm sorry! I'll try harder in the future chapters to make sure this doesn't happen again. Other then that, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and decide to keep on reading! X3

Disclaimer
I do not own Tales of Symphonia or any of the characters presented within the game. They all belong to Namco, Bandai as well as any other companies and/or people I have forgotten to mention here. I am nothing but a simple fanfic writer.