Note: I do not own, but rather have beaten it 3,000 times, Tales of Symphonia. This fiction is rated M for some language, slight sexual content ( not too extreme), and some violence. Sit back and enjoy you Sheloyd/Lloydeena fans and some Zelette Fans) :). Plus I changed some relationships in the group, especially Lloyd and Zelos, and Lloyd and Colette.
Tales of Symphonia: Stay with Me
Weeks have passed, and they have not found any signs on Shadow's Temple, so they decided to split up and search for clues individually, in 4 groups of 2. Zelos and Colette went to the Meltokio Area to search, Genis and Presea went to the remnants of Ozzette and Sybak, Raine and Regal went around the Altamira company to find any records of it, and Lloyd and Sheena went to Flanoir.
These are their stories...
Part 1: Zelos and Colette
"MASTER ZELOS!!! What are you doin with the weird festival angel girl?!", this voice was from one of the Meltokio bratty girls.
Colette looked down in pity and frown, "I'm sorry.."
"You're sorry?..my gawd that's pathetic, why would Zelos let himself hang out with someone like you?"
Zelos then got pissed off and stomped his foot on the ground, 'THAT"S IT!!!!"
The girls started to crouch in fear and confusion, "M-master Zelos?"
"You have no right to call me that! Listen, Colette is much sweeter, more honest, and a lot prettier than you, so bug off, why don;t go find someone else to bug for another 10 years!!" Yelled the really pissed off Chosen. Then the girls ran away in fear, and Zelos let out a heavy sigh, then looked back at the really sad Colette, he just smiled and hugged her warmly, "Colette I'm so sorry you had to see me like that"
Colette looked up and gave a light smile, "It's okay...well then, shall we start looking for anythign about Shadow?"
"Sure sure, but let's look for a doctor too, for your weird infection thingy."
"Oh hehehe yeah"
An hour later they were sitting in a doctor's office, Colette was sitting on a on bed, with one sleeve down showing the infection, Zelos was stadning by her, keeping her company, about 10 minutes into it, he asked the doctor, "So...is it treatable?"
"In all honesty the only illness I've seen like this was the mythological infection the Goddess Martel obtained, something called Angelus Chronic Crystallization (reworded it, cause I don't remember the real thing)"
Colette tilted her head in confusion, 'Crystallization?"
"Yes, apparantely, Martel was transforming into a crystal before she became a Goddess, but with the aid of a Unicorn's Horn, a Solidified Chunk of Mana, a Leaf of Mana, and the holy Zirconia, she was saved when the items came together to form a crest on the goddess' chest."
'I get it..it's a key crest' Zelos thought to himself. "Where could we find this stuff?"
"Well since I am an Elven Doctor I hold the leaf and mana chunk, I can give those to you, but the Zircon you would have to find, and a Unicorn is rare to find nowadays.."
"That's okay that can be taken care of" spoke Colette sweetly.
"Uh..alirght then, well lemme go get them, and you can be on your way"
"Oh wait, you said you're an elf right...can you sense Shadow's mana anywhere?"
"You mean the Summon spirit, yes of course, he is south of here, his temple is not reachable by foot.'
"oh thank you very much!" said Colette with a very happy look.
"No problem at all."
Part 2: Genis and Presea
Genis and Presea were standing on the ruins of Ozzette, Presea had a very sad look on her face, and Genis held an arm around her to keep her calm.
"I still wish I could go back and try to save the people here, they did not deserve to die..." said Presea sadly, and starting to break into tears.
"Yea...but I believ if you do not forget them, they will live on in your heart, no matter what" Spoke the young half-elf.
"yes...thank you Genis..." she then leaned her head on his shoulder, which made him blush a bit, but stood tall, and then noticed a book in the ruins.
"How's that book still intact?" He then walked over to it, and picked it up and felt an incredible amount of mana bursting out of it. "WHOA! What is this?" He opened it and it was in angelic language, he closed it, and planned to hand to Raine to decipher.
"Let's go Presea...I think the others may be back soon."
"Yes..." She then felt like small child, and just latched onto Genis' arm, and walked the rest of the way like that.
Part 3: Regal and Raine
"How do you plan to find any documents of Shadow in all of these files?" Asked Raine as she was shocked by th ehuge amounts of work Regal must have put time and effort in.
"It's all in alphabetcial order..." Which made Raine flip more, "We should be able to find it..." He then walked over to a black file case, and pulled it out and ran his fingers through the files, and pulled out a small document, with Dark Temple written on it. "Here" He handed it to Raine to read.
"Hmm...records indicate that Shadow, provider of the night sky, is residing in a temple that is close to the sky, and no man can reach it on foot., he watches over the king to make sure that he can rest peacefully. So he's near Meltokio then...and on a mountain"
"Yes...I have never been there, but sources also say that his temple is way too dark for the human or elven eye, a magical light can only brighten the pathway. Perhaps an Elven Candle..I'm sure the imperial research institute has one of those."
"Perhaps, well then, shall we head that way, surely we will bump into Zelos and Colette." Then they started to head out the door, nothign else to say, but they were dying to say soemthign to each other, but were completely silent.
Part 4: Lloyd and Sheena
"C'mon Lloyd! We won't find anything here, it's Flanoir for Martel's sake" complained a really shivering Sheena.
"Yea I guess so, I bet Raine found something...but c'mon we never get a chance to have fun in the snow anymore."
"Ugh...I'm in love with a total kid..." she whispered to herself, and just followed him into the snow, and she wa shaking like crazy, but about a mintue into it, she felt a jacket go around her, and looked back and saw Lloyd with a smile. "I picked these up at Flanoir, I knew you'd want one."
Sheena blushed a bit and kissed his cheek "Thanks...but now we should find a way to learn about Shadow."
Lloyd then pondered the though then came up with an idea, "How botu we ask Celsius, maybe she knows..."
"That's not a bad idea...I CALL UPON THE DISCIPLE OF EVERLASTING ICE...COME CELSIUS!!" Then a gleam of light came and Celsius popped out of nowhere.
"What is it you ask for Master?" asked the summon spirit.
"Do you know of the Summon Spirit of Darkness?"
"Ah that guy, yea I know where he is, I can take you to his spot if you want."
"Really?! Of course!" Said Lloyd, with a very eager look on his face.
"Right then, take my hands..."Lloyd took her right hand, and Sheena took her left, Celsius closed her eyes, her body started to glow brightly, and they disapearred.
Part 5: Reunion
All at the same time, they appeared near southern Meltokio, Zelos and Colette were already standing there, Genis and Presea just showed up , as well as Raine and Regal. But Lloyd and Sheen apeareed in a different spot...right above them...and they crashed right into the ground, but safely, thanks to Raine's quick thinking by putting a barrier around them
"So I guess you all figured out where it was?" asked Lloyd looking around at all of the accoplimised faces.
"Yep, his temple is right around here, but cannot be reached by foot." Spoke Zelos acting all wise.
"Are you aware that you needed a Blue Candle to enter the cave?" Asked Raine and holding out a candle as a snappy comeback. Zelos scratched his head in embarassament, then looked up at a mountain and noticed a black spike..."Is that it right there?" he asked while pointing up to it. Everyone looked up and Raine nodded. They hopped onto the Rheiards and looked at the huge door...but sadly, it was locked.
"AW C'MON, WE COME ALL THIS WAY, AND IT'S FRIGGIN LOCKED!!" Yelled Zelos, as he started to kick the door. Genis just sighed, and then remembered something.
"Oh Raine, I found this near Ozzette, maybe it'll help..." he then sarted to hand the book to her, but it started to glow brightly, and it opened up on it's own.
"I see...this the Book of Shadow...it opens the door..." Raine stood in front of it and started to read some of the lines it, and the door started to open. "There we go...well then shall continue our journey, or is there any other sidetracking we should be doing?" She asked with a light grin.
Zelos and Colette looked at each other, then shook their heads, they did not wanna say anything yet about Colette. Raine shrugged, and the others started to head inside.
End of Part 5
School...I CURSETH THEE!!! I'm sorry for the long ass delay, but the evil school slowed me down. Don't expect part 6 to be coming in a flash