Hey, guys. This is the third chapter of the story.

And like last chapter, I got nothing to say for now. But in this chapter, Genis makes his first appearance in the story. Enjoy.

"Speaking"

'Thought'

Arte

Disclaimer: I do not own the Tales Series.

Chapter 3:

Meeting the chief of the Main Security

Last time...

Lloyd was sent in the ancient world of Terendos. He had no idea where he is or where the others are. Suddenly, he was attack by a group of boars, and their mother. Oddly, Lloyd can't use his Arcane Arte, Fierce Demon Fang, for some reason. Before the mother could get to him, a mysterious swordman, Guy Cecil, saved Lloyd from it. Together, they killed off the mother.

Guy explained everything that has happened, including the ones where Lloyd couldn't use his Arcane Arte. Lloyd understood that he's in another world. It was quite possible that Colette might be in this world as well. However, he was still weak. And he was not as strong as back in Sylvarant. So the only thing he could do is to train to become stronger again.

Lloyd also learned that his friend, Genis Sage, is somewhere in Traverse Town. Guy told him that he saw him down the plaza. And with that, Lloyd and Guy went off to see Genis.

In Traverse Town, somewhere in the plaza...

Around with a few people, there was a small boy sitting on a bench, in front of the large fountain with some sort of Goddess on top. This young boy had long, silver hair and a pair of grey eyes. He wore a sky blue T-shirt, shorts and boots. It seemed that he had a black shirt and pants under them. He also had an orb on his right forehand. He had a boring expression on his face, as he looked at the sky with plain, boring face. "Man... This is boring..."

Then, Lloyd and Guy came in the plaza. They began to look for Lloyd's friend, Genis, around the plaza. That was when Lloyd found a silver haired boy. "Genis!" Lloyd ran toward the boy. "Hey! Genis!" He waved his arm at him.

The young boy, known as Genis, heard someone calling out to him. He looked at the direction of the voice and saw his good, old friend running toward him. "Lloyd!" Genis stood up from the bench and ran toward Lloyd as well.

They both stopped running at each other after they were just two inches away. "Genis, it's good to see you again, buddy!" Lloyd said with a smile.

"Heh! It's good to see you too, Lloyd! it's been, like, four months since we last seen each other!" said Genis, who also smiled.

"Yep! I'm glad you're here now, buddy!"

"Me too!"

The two of them continued to smile at each other. Guy then came in with them. "Well, looks like two friends are reunited after a long time, I see." He smiled.

Genis took the first sight of Guy. "Who are you?"

"I'm Guy Cecil, from the main security system unit. I protect the town from any danger."

"Oh yeah! You're that blond guy who got scare of girls, right?"

Guy sweatdropped. "Uh... You... could say that..."

"So Genis, what brings you in here?" asked Lloyd.

"I... I don't know. I just don't know what happened back in Sylvarant." answered Genis.

"What happened?"

"Well, when I was in Sylvarant, I went to Sybak to search for Colette. But she was nowhere. So I was about to leave Sybak, until I saw some guys in black armors attacking the townspeople."

"Guys in black armors...?"

"Ah... The Dark Raiders. They must have raided Sybak as well in your world." said Guy.

"Dark Raiders?" asked Genis.

"Oh yeah. No one told you about them. Neither are they attacking Traverse Town. The Dark Raiders are a group of soldiers and powerful beings that send people from different worlds in this world, Terendos. They are searching for a crystal called the Manacite."

"Oh I see. But why do they send people in this world?"

"That, I don't know. We'll just have to see for ourselves a little later."

"I see." Genis looked at Lloyd again. "And what brings you here, Lloyd? Were you been send by those guys too?" he asked him.

"Yeah. Not only me, but Professor Sage and the villagers of Iselia too. They sent everyone in this world. And I don't know where they went." said Lloyd

Hearing this, Genis' eyes widened. "RAINE?! Raine was taken in here too?!"

"Yeah. But I don't know where she is. Guy and I both know that she's not in Traverse Town. She must have been in another place."

"Raine... I'm worried about her."

"Don't worry. Professor Sage is strong. She can take care of herself from any monsters."

"You're right, I guess..."

"Hey, wait a minute... Genis, when did you get sent in this world?" asked Guy.

"Um... About two weeks ago, I think."

"And where were you in that time?"

"Hm... I think it was a village called Menosan. It was kinda nice, actually. The village has some scientists in there."

"Oh yeah. I remember that village. This is where the scientists study crystals. Although, they only found some crystals, except for Auracites. The Raiders already found most of them. So, the scientists didn't get their chance to know the secrets of the crystals."

"Oh, I see what you mean. So, the Dark Raiders are, like, crystal hunters or something?"

"You could say that. But they only search for the Auracite and most throughout the search, the Manacite. They haven't found one Manacite."

"Well, now that we talked about crystals, I kinda remembered something. Someone gave me a crystal for a change, befor I left the village." Genis dug his hand in his pocket to go and pull out something. He pulled out some kind of small, saphire crystal. "He didn't tell me why he wanted to give me this crystal."

"Wow. That looks good. It must have been precious, I think." said Lloyd, observing the crystal closely.

To Guy, the crystal looked familiar to him. "Wait a minute..." He looked a little more closely to the crystal. "Hey, Genis, mind if I take the crystal?"

"Um... No, I guess." Genis gave the crystal to Guy. Guy took it and observed it a little more closely.

After that, it hit him. "That's... a shard of the Auracite!"

"Wait, that's an Auracite?"

"Yes. The Auracite is a special crystal that can summon monsters. It takes energy to summon them. But it's rare to have an Auracite from the Raiders." Guy looked at the Auracite a little more. "Genis, do you know who the person is that gave you the Auracite?"

"No. He just gave it to me and left, without telling me who he is."

"Hm..." Guy thought about it for a moment, before he had an idea. "Lloyd, Genis, how about we go to the Main Security System department. We'll meet up with someone who is in charge of the main security and tell him about the whole situation."

"Who is it?" asked Lloyd.

"You'll see."

"Hm... Alright then. I guess let's go meet with the boss of the-" Before Lloyd can say anything else, a loud explosion was heard from far away of the plaza. "What the hell...?" Lloyd, Genis and Guy all noticed a large smoke coming out of somewhere in Traverse Town. "What in the world is going?!"

"Why is there smoke in there?!" said Genis.

"Oh no... Not again!" Guy ran off to where the smoke was occured.

"Hey, wait!" Lloyd followed Guy in the persuit.

"Hey, wait up, you guys!" Genis ran off with them.

As the three people ran to where the smoke was, they all stopped when they see a group of people, familiar to them. "Not them again..." said Guy.

Those group of people, standing outside of a destroyed shop, bursting in flames, were 5 warriors in black armors, also known as the soldiers of the Dark Raiders. However, unlike the last warriors Lloyd and Genis accountered, the warriors wore lighted armors. The armors weren't the same as with the other warriors.

"The Dark Raiders?" asked Lloyd to Guy.

"Yeah. It's them alright."

"But they looked different from before. Why is that?" asked Genis.

"You'll see soon enough. But now, let's kick some ass!" Guy ran toward the warriors in black armors, with his sword drawn in his hand.

Lloyd looked at Genis, as he did the same at Lloyd. They both shrugged and got ready to fight. Lloyd drew out his swords from his sheaths and ran toward the warriors, as Genis pulled out his Kendama and prepared a spell to attack them.

The warriors all noticed them right away and they turned from their primary attack on the shops and ran at the attackers. One of them charged at Guy, with his axe in his hand. Guy saw the weak point and ducked down, when the warrior swung his axe horizontally. He tripped the warrior with his leg, as the warrior fell to the ground. Guy stood up and thrusted his sword on the warrior, killing him. "Heh. This guy is down."

Two warriors charged at Lloyd. They were about to attack Lloyd with their weapon, but he quickly jumped from their attack range. They both looked up and noticed Lloyd getting ready to attack them. "Take this!" Lloyd swung his swords at them, but they both jumped back from his attack. He landed on the ground hard. "Damn it! I missed!" One of the two warriors went behind Lloyd and, with the two of them behind and in front of him, they both charged at him in both ways. "Heh! That's your plan? No problem!" Lloyd found a weak point in their attacks. Before the warrior from behind could reach him, Lloyd quickly thrusted one of his sword back, stabbing the warrior right to the chest. And also, before the warrior in front could reach him, Lloyd used an arte to finish him. "Sword Rain!" With his two swords, Lloyd rapidly stabbed the warrior in multiple ways. The warrior fell on the ground, dead. "Hm... Those guys aren't too tough than before..." wondered Lloyd.

Genis was preparing for a spell, to attack the warriors. One of the two remaining warriors charged at him, in attempt to prevent him from using a spell. However, he was too late. Genis already casted a Fonic Arte. "Wind Blade!" Numerous of hidden slashes were made on the warrior, giving him several of wounds. He fell on the ground in pain. "Not done yet!" Genis casted another Fonic Arte to end the warrior. "Fire Ball!" The fireballs were made and it all charged at the fallen warrior. With the fireballs reaching the warrior, he bursted into flames, crying out of pain. Genis smiled. "You're too weak!"

Watching the battle, the remaining warrior looked at the three fighters with fear. He was trying to get away from them, but Guy quickly went behind him and punched his head, letting him fall to the ground as well. Guy looked at the warrior with a serious face. "Alright, you bastard. Tell me. Tell me why they sent you guys to attack Traverse Town again. Tell me!" said Guy. The warrior remained silent. With that, all of the people all grouped around the fighters. "Tell me now, or else, I'll take you in. And believe me. I will show no mercy."

However, the warrior smiled. "Farewell..." He reached his hand to his right chest armor and flipped it off, revealing a button underneath. He slowly reached to the button.

Guy noticed it and turned to everybody else. "Everyone! Get out of here!"

"Huh?! What the...?!" said Lloyd.

"What's wrong?!" said Genis.

Everyone all got away from the fighters as far as they could. Guy ran to Lloyd and jumped on him, causing them to both fall off away from the warrior. As the warrior pressed the button, he suddenly exploded in 15 meter radius. All that was left in his spot was just a large fire. "What the hell was that?!" yelled Lloyd.

"Suicide. That guy decided to commit suicide, in order for their plans to remain covered." explained Guy.

"That's... that's idiotic."

"I know." Guy got off of Lloyd and they both stood from the ground.

Genis joined the other two. "Why? Why did that guy blew himself up?" he asked.

"That's how it is. When defeated, they just commit suicide for their defeat. This is the way of the Raiders. Commiting suicide after being defeated."

After the fire went down, the crowd all grouped up again around the three fighters. "Hey... It's General Cecil! He saved us from the Dark Raiders again!" said one of the townspeople.

"And with two people as well! Let's thank them for saving us!" said another one of them.

Everyone cheered for Lloyd, Genis and Guy for saving them from the Raiders. Lloyd and Genis never had been cheered before. So all they did was to wave their arms at all of them. Guy already had this kind of thing before and, like Lloyd and Genis, he waved his hand at the crowd. After a lot of waving, Guy stopped and turned to the two friends. "Alright, that's enough of that. We have to get to the Main Security Department."

Lloyd and Genis snapped out from the crowd. "Oh right!" said Lloyd.

"Well, let's go, then!" said Genis.

"Alright." Guy turned to the crowd. "Sorry, everyone, but me and my friends are a little in a hurry. So please, enough with the praises and go back to what you are supposed to do now, ok?" The townspeople all nodded and went back to where they were doing, clearing a path for the three fighters. "Alright, you guys. The department is somewhere located there." He pointed at the direction to where the Main Security Department was for Lloyd and Genis. "I'll lead the way. Follow me." Guy walked off to where the department was. Lloyd and Genis followed him.

It took a few minutes to reach the department. The Main Security department was a long building with a large shield with a cross sign on it. The front door was rather large, as large as a gate. Two guards were guarding the front door. "So this is the Main Security department." said Genis.

"That's right. This is where all of the members of the Main Security are resided. I'm sure the chief of the Main is here."

"But it looks like it's guarded by two guys." said Lloyd, reminding Guy about the two guards.

"No problem." Guy walked toward the two guards, as Lloyd and Genis followed. After reaching them, Guy spoke with them. "Hey, you two. How's the shift doing?"

The two guards stood up in a soldier way. "General Cecil, sir!" spoke the two guards.

"The shift is doing well, General Cecil." said one of them.

"And we are glad to see you here, General Cecil." said the other.

"Alright. I would like to speak with the chief of the Main Security, please." said Guy.

"Of course, General Cecil! enter the department!" The guards pulled their spears, so that Guy can go through the front door. Guy walked to the door. Lloyd and Genis followed, until the two guards pushed their spears back to block the front door. "Halt! You are not allowed to enter the department!"

"What? Wait, you misunderstood." said Lloyd.

"We're with that guy. Honest." said Genis.

"SILENT, TRESPASSERS!!!" yelled the guards. The two friends clogged their ears from the scream.

"Whoa, it's ok, you two! They're with me. It's ok." said Guy.

"Our apologies, General Cecil." The two guards pulled their spears off. Lloyd and Genis went ahead with Guy.

"Wow. Those two are really polite." said Lloyd.

"Maybe a little too polite." said Genis.

Guy chuckled a bit. "You know how they are. They're too polite to do anything."

"True that." said Lloyd.

And so, the three fighters entered the department. Upon entering it, they came across a large room. A large board was place on the wall. And a person was standing facing the board. "Hey, chief. It's General Guy Cecil. I came here for an important request." Guy said to the person.

"Hm? General Cecil?" The person turned around, showing his appearance. This man had brown hair and a pair of black eyes. He wore somekind of orange robe, with a grey crack mark on the center. Oddly, his robe had also a large, blue sky orb. He also wore a pair of black pants, a pair of brown shoes, a brown belt, somekind of crystal-like belt, a crystal-like necklace, a pair of arm warm-ups and a couple of wrist rings. He also wore a pair of glasses on his eyes. "Ah! General Cecil! It is nice to see you again." said the chief of the Main.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Commander Raynard."

"Commander Raynard?" said both Lloyd and Genis at the same time.

"Ah yes. You brung two other people with you. And it looks like they're newcomers. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Will Raynard. The commander of the Main Security System. I control the safety of our people of Gangur. Also known as Traverse Town." introduced the chief, known as Will.

"Please to meet you. My name is Lloyd Irving." introduced Lloyd.

"And I'm Genis Sage. Nice to meet you, commander." introduced Genis.

"Then welcome to Traverse Town, my friends. It is a pleasure to have so many visiters in just one day." said Will.

"Commander Raynard, I would like to ask you one request." said Guy.

"What is it, General Cecil?"

"I would like to bring those two to a village called Menosan. I want to investigate something."

"Ah. The village which the scientists study crystals. And what is the reason for this rquest, General Cecil?"

"This." Guy pulled out the Auracite from his pocket, showing it to Will. "I learned from the young boy right here that someone gave him a crystal like this. By observing closely, I suspected that it is an Auracite."

"Hm..." Will took the Auracite off of Guy's hand and observed it closely. "Hm... Yes, it is indeed an Auracite. That is rare. How could someone found an Auracite that is hard to search for? Usually, the Dark Raiders are able to have the Auracite. I thought for sure that all of them are taken by the Raiders."

"That is why I want to investigate it closely. I need to find the person who gave this young boy the Auracite. He might know as well where the Manacite is."

"Ah... The Hell Crystal. You are still looking for it, I see."

"Yes. I apologized for this, but I must study the Manacite. I want to see what kind of special power it has."

"It is not a problem. Anyway, I will accept the request you asked of me. I hope it is not too late to find that person now."

"I hope so too." Guy turned to the two friends. "Alright, you two. It's time to go to Menosan. We have to find the person who gave you the Auracite. Genis, do you know what he looked like?" he asked Genis.

"Hm... I guess so. Well, he had a short, grey hair, some villager's clothes, green, I think, and he had a pair of elf ears." described Genis.

"An elf?" wondered Lloyd.

"I was wondering about that too. Could he be an elf?"

"Well, at any case, we have to get a move on. That guy might leave the village in a few moments. So let's go." Guy went to the front door, exiting the department.

"Right behind you!" Genis followed Guy, by exiting the place as well.

Lloyd was about to do the same with Genis, until... "Lloyd, wait just a moment." Will called out to him.

Lloyd turned around to face him. "Hm? Something the matter, commander?" he asked.

"Lloyd... Is there... someone that you are looking for?"

"Huh?" Lloyd was confused for just a bit when Will asked him that. "Um... Yeah... How did you know?"

"I looked deep into your eyes and I saw one thing that concerns you. Your friend was held captive?"

"Yeah... By those bastards... The Dark Raiders..." Lloyd tightened his fists with anger just a little.

"Hm... Don't worry. I'm sure that you will save that person. Believe in your heart, Lloyd. And you will save your precious person."

"Commander..."

"I'm not much of a fortune teller, but I'm sure that you will save your precious person. Once you become stronger, you will face the Dark Raiders. In order to do so, you must gather more friends to fight against them."

"Gathering... more friends..."

"Now, go, Lloyd. Your friends await you outside. Don't let them wait for too long."

"Right. Thanks, commander." And with that, Lloyd went to the front door, exiting the department.

After he left, Will smiled to himself. "Hm... Lloyd Irving... If I'm right, he'll eventually save everyone..."

Outside of the department, Guy and Genis waited for Lloyd to come out. Finally, Lloyd came out of the department. "Heh heh... Sorry about that, guys."

"What's up, Lloyd? Is something up in there?" asked Genis.

"It's nothing. Anyway, we have to get going to Menosan, right?"

"Yeah. Menosan is located in the north part, 25 miles away from Traverse Town. It's close on the mountains, to be precise." explained Guy.

"Alright! Then let's go to Menosan!"

"Yeah!" said Genis.

"Alright!" said Guy.

The three fighters went off, going to where Menosan is located. They will have to find the person who gave Genis the Auracite and ask him everything he knew about the Manacite and where it was. Could the three heroes be able to find that person?

The adventure of Lloyd and his friends begins in another time.

End of chapter

Alright, done. I'm done with the third chapter. I hope you gusy like it. And also, in the next chapter, there's gonna be some skits for it. So, be sure to catch up with it.

See ya, guys! And review, please!