Ch. 1: Long Awaited Journey

SilverMoon: Uh, sorry for not updating in a while...
Lloyd: Do I get revived yet?
Me: Not in this chapter.
Lloyd: Then I'm leaving! -walks out of room-
Me: Uh...crap, Kratos get your butt over here!!
Kratos: Do you need something?
Me: I need you to help me.
Kratos: Okay...
Me: Do the disclaimer please.
Kratos: SilverMoon doesn't own ToS or Namco.
Me: Onto the story!!

Sunlight shined through the clearing as Zelos stood up and stretched. He sighed, the group was very quiet without the brunette. "Hey Zelos!! Do you want your breakfast or not? If not I'm gonna eat it!!" Genis shouted, breaking Zelos out of his thoughts.

"Eat it and you're dead you little runt!!" He shouted, keeping a smile on his face as he ran towards the rest of the group. He plopped down right in the middle of Kratos and Raine. "So, when do we leave?" He asked with some cheese hanging from his mouth.

"Right after we're done here. And Zelos, please don't talk with your mouth full, its unsanitary." Kratos sighed as he said that last part.

"Alright alright...old man." Zelos muttered. He finished eating his breakfast and stood. "I'm gonna go wash up real quick." He then walked out of the clearing towards a small stream. Meanwhile back at the camp, Sheena was sparring with Colette.

"Come on! I know you're faster than that!" Sheena taunted while lashing out with one of her cards. Colette responded almost immediately with a fake swipe upward and then swiftly brought the chakram down to Sheena's skull.

"How was that?" Colette asked, tilted her head to one side questionably.

"Ow!" Sheena threw her hands upward and started massaging her skull. She kept rubbing it until she was poked by Colette who had a worried look on her face. "Oh..sorry. It was good, I mean, it actually hurt!" She grinned while keeping one hand on her head to keep rubbing it. When she said that, Colette's face lit up with a bright smile.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" She said while running off to go get the first aid kit.

"Colette's gotten better...don't you think?" Raine asked, glancing at the man beside her. He nodded his head in agreement. "I think, she wants to try her hardest for Lloyd." Raine stated, eyes following Colette as she fixed up Sheena's head. She heard a sigh and turned to look at Kratos. "I'm sorry..touchy subject, right?" She asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. But, she is. I can tell. After all...Lloyd was her best friend, right?" He raised an eyebrow while staring at the person beside him.

"Yes, and so was Genis they all we--" But before she could finish her sentence, Kratos stood a drew his sword out of its sheath. "What is it?" She asked while standing up and grabbing her staff.

"Monsters..." He said quietly while everyone else got into fighting positions. Just then, three wolves and an ogre burst out of the trees.

"Alright! This should be a piece of cake!" Zelos shouted while charging at a wolf. Everyone else followed in suit, but going after the other monsters that were there. Kratos hesitated and Zelos glanced behind him. "What's wrong?"

"Somethings off..." He grunted as he barely blocked on of the ogres attacks. "They seem stronger than before." He lashed out with his sword and successfully sliced part of the ogres arm off. The ogre in turn brought down its hammer and hit Kratos right on the arm, knocking his sword of out his hand and also knocking him to the ground.

"First Aid!" Raine shouted and started started to cast Ray. Kratos stood up and grabbed his sword, nodding his head in thanks to Raine. She nodded back. "Light, Ray!" She shouted and the light rays randomly shot down from places in the sky, hitting the ogre and two of the wolves, killing them instantly. After that the last wolf became relatively easy. It was defeated within a few minutes.

Kratos sat down and sighed. He hadn't used up all of his strength but he still got a little bit of a workout within that battle. He looked around at the rest of the gang and noted that none of them had sustained serious injuries. "First Aid." He heard Raine mutter as she healed some of Presea's wounds. "Is anyone else injured?" She asked, looking around at the rest of the group. They shook there heads no and she sat down.

"You were right Mr. Kratos. They were stronger." Colette said while trying to think hard about the battle.

"Are you hurt my cute little angel?" Zelos asked while crawling over to Colette. Sheena growled and whacked him over the head with one of her cards, earning a yelp from the Chosen.

"Would you two stop fooling around long enough for us to think correctly?" Regal asked with an annoyed look on his face.

"We're sorry..." Zelos and Sheena said in unison.

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Falling. He was continuously falling into the black abyss that he was trapped in. He opened his eyes and only saw more darkness. He reached out his hand and only felt nothingness. He tried to speak but found that he could not talk. In other words, he couldn't do anything. But suddenly, he saw a light. The light freed him of his binds that kept him from doing anything.

He went towards it, reaching out to it. And he got to it. When his eyes finally adjusted to the light, he noticed he was in a completely white room with only one door. But he could tell it was sealed. "Its nice to finally meet you...Lloyd." A voice said. Lloyd looked around but only saw a reflection of himself.

"Are you...me?" He asked. He realized that he could speak in this white room. "Where am I?" He questioned to his "reflection".

"1, Yes, I am you. And 2, You are in our mind." The other Lloyd said with a smirk as he saw his other half's confusion.

"But...aren't I dead? Wasn't I killed?" He had so many questions not to mention he was confused as heck. He took the silence as a chance to examine the room more closely. The room wasn't all white, it actually had some very light blue hues to it. It also had a window that exposed more of the blackness that he was in earlier. He also noticed that the walls had little designs on them too.

"Hello?" The other Lloyd's voice broke him out of his thoughts and he looked back at him.

"Yes?" He asked.

"I just answered your question!" Receiving no comment from Lloyd, he decided to repeat his earlier statement. "Yes, you were killed, but not all the way, considering they just broke the bond between you and the real world. Meaning, you are trapped in this state of mind. Understand?"

"Uh...sort of...but how do I know I can trust you?" Lloyd questioned further. Putting one hand on his swords.

"What does your heart tell you?" His other half asked.

"It tells me that I can trust you and I can't trust you...but I don't understand." He answered with a puzzled look on his face.

"It means exactly what it told you." The other Lloyd grinned evilly as his other half laid down to fall asleep. This was going to be fun.

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"And we are ready!!" Zelos shouted as the last members of the group got there belongings together. Finally, they were going to set out. After some severe training that is. Kratos, however, wasn't currently with the rest of them. He was standing on the edge of a nearby cliff.

"Lloyd...wherever you are...I'm coming." Kratos whispered to himself as he stared at the horizon. Finally, they were going to start there long awaited journey...


Me: Hahahahaha!! Cliffhanger on chapter one! I am soo evil!!
Kratos: Uh...yeah, but you'd better start working on the next chapter or you'll get hurt. -cough-me-cough-
Me: Are you worried about Lloyd?
Kratos: NO! Whatever are you talking about??
Me: Whatever. You people just keep on reviewing and I will update soon!!
Kratos: How are you so sure??
Me: Uh...Because I am!
Kratos: Whatever...-walks off-
Me: Also, before you click that button, I plan on making these chapter longer so if you have any ideas that will help, TELL ME!!