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Oh! And Fun Fact! 2:D I Ummm… Well, I tend to laugh like an evil person naturally sometimes… I don't mean to, but, it just kind of… slips out evilly.

Funfact 3! Nii-san, or rather just, Nii, means brother.

Anyhow, I really hope you enjoy this chapter:D Please don't forget to review!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Tales of Symphonia, or ANY type of RPG game AT ALL. It makes me sad, but oh well. I only own the plot twists and Anna, my OC Anna, Not Kratos's actual wife Anna. Oh, And I do not own Mikey nor do I own Tamara. Mikey owns Mikey, and Tamara owns Tamara.

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"I can't believe we have to do the monster list…" I said as I was dragging my feet on the sand due to the heat, "I don't even know where to begin…" We were still a ways to go before we actually reach that confounded temple. It's been two whole days already… Then, there was the fact that I was dreading about the monster list.

On earth, I never even came CLOSE to completing the monster list.

I was walking with Mikey and Lloyd. Raine was in the front, leading us to the ruins, Kratos was in the back with Noishe, and Colette and Genis were somewhere in the center of our formation, talking about something.

"Awww, Come one Anna, it won't be so hard." Comforted Lloyd.

"Yeah." Said Mikey as he leaned in to whisper in my ear, "Don't worry, I remember everything. I finished the monster list on earth."

"YOU DID!?" I exclaimed in happiness as I hugged him, "I love you so much, thank you! You're my bestest friend!" I was so happy! Now I don't have to do any work!

Mikey smirked, "I know."

I gave a him a sarcastic look, "Gee Mikey, no need to be modest."

Mikey laughed.

Lloyd looked a bit confused, "What did Mikey whisper to you?"

"Umm… He whispered that he already did…seven monsters, Right Mikey?"

"Yup, that's what I said."

Lloyd looked content, "Oh, okay."

I sighed in relief as Lloyd walked away to join Colette.

"That was a nice save Anna." Said Mikey as he walked a little bit closer to me.

"Yes, well, we're just lucky that he wasn't smart enough to figure out that I was lying…." I thought for a while, "…Although I do feel bad for lying to Lloyd…."

Mikey patted my shoulder, "But we have to, at least until we go home."

Home? I thought, I…I can't… I can never go home again, at least not if I choose to save Zelos…Mikey doesn't know, does he?

I gave Mikey a pained expression, "Mikey, I… I may not go home."

Mikey gave me a dazed look, "What do you mean by, May not go home?"

"Mikey, I-"

"LOOK WHAT I CAUGHT!" Yelled Lloyd as he shoved a Scorpio next to my face, "Isn't it cool!?"

"EEEEEEEEEEEEK!" I yelled, caught off guard, as I hid behind Mikey, "Get that thing away from my face, it's going to tear off my nose!"

"Actually Anna," Said Genis as he walked over to join us, "It's more likely to sting you with poison than pinch your nose."

"Gee, thanks Genis! That's so comforting!"

Mikey grabbed the scorpion by the tail and held it a good distance from my face, "Awww, are you afraid of this, Anna"

I gave Mikey a, "Oh Really" Look as I pointed down to his feet, "Hey Mikey, is that a snake crawling up your pants?"

Mikey dropped the Scorpio and Shook his leg, "Oh sh- Is it off of me!?"

I began laughing at Mikey as he began to stand still.

"….It was never on me, was it?"

"Nope."

Mikey then head locked me and began tickling me to death.

"AHA HAHAHA, MIKEY, STOP- HAHA! MIKEY!" I couldn't stop laughing as I struggled to get free.

"Not. Until. You. Apologize!" He was struggling to hold me down and tickle me at the same time.

"Haha, I'm, hahaha!"

"What was that Anna?"

"I'M SORRY, hahaha! Hahaha, I'm sorry!" I yelled out as Mikey finally released me. I started gasping for breath.

"Are you two done?"

I looked over to Kratos who looked rather irritated.

It seemed that everyone was staring at us. And they were all…Smiling? Well, except for Raine and kratos, that is.

"I hope you two become very happy with each other." Colette said as she held my hands.

I gave them all a blank stare, "…..What?"

"Yeah, you two are great together!"

It was Mikey's turn, "….Huh?"

"Can we please leave now? We don't have time for your love lives."

Now it was both of our turns, "WHAT!?"

We looked at each other and pointed as we said in unison, "I don't think of her/him like that!"

"Mikey's just my friend!"

"Yeah, and I'm already engaged!"

"You're engaged?" Asked a surprised Genis.

"Yes."

"And so you're just friends?" Did Colette just sound disappointed?

"Colette?… Are you disappointed?" I asked.

Colette looked a little surprised with the question, and then started twiddling with her thumbs a little, "Ah, well… It just makes me happy when I see people so happy like that…"

I gave her a little hug, "Aww, silly, just because we're not in love like that, doesn't mean we're not happy. Our relationship is more like…"

"Like a brother and sister." Finished Mikey.

I looked at Mikey with a surprised face, but I was really happy. I never had a brother before.

"Yeah, like brother and sister." I happily agreed.

Colette's face brightened, "Ah, really! I'm so happy!"

"Well, now that we settled everyone's happiness, can we please move on?" Said Raine.

"Okay!" We all said in unison.

Hmmmm… I began thinking after a while of walking, I guess I should try to make nice with Raine… That way I can ask her for a favor too… After a while of weighing my options, I decided to finally go up to Raine and speak to her. Raine was checking up on our progress with the monster list.

"Ummm…" I said as I walked beside her, "Hey Professor."

Raine didn't look away from the monster list book, She looked a bit disturbed…

"Hello Anna." She said distantly.

Is she annoyed of me?… I stopped where I was, "I'm sorry, I was bothering you, wasn't I?"

She stopped what she was doing and looked at me, "Oh dear, you're not another Colette, are you?"

We both took a look at Colette who was smiling in an airheady way…At no one.

"Ummm, I don't think I'm too much like that. People tell me I tend to… Have a split personality."

Her eyes sharpened, "Really? And who has told you that?"

Crud, I'm supposed to have memory loss… What do I say?

"My childhood friend." I'll just act like I remember a little. And add a little bit of the truth…

"You remember?"

Yes, I remember him, but now it's time to add a bit of lies…

I smiled sincerely at the thought of my childhood friend, "Yes. But only a little bit. I remember Him, but I can't recall his name, or how he looked. Only his voice. He used to comfort me when I was sad. He always made me laugh…His voice was always so magical."

Wow. Did I just sound…Like I was in love? Ewww…But… That's always how I talked about him. So maybe… No way. It must be my imagination...

Raine looked at me with a stoic expression.

"But one day… He just… Disappeared." I laughed bitterly at the memory, "He was my first and last true friend I ever had…"

"It's either you're a really good actress, or you're telling the truth."

I looked over to Raine who was speaking.

"I apologize for doubting you. You seem to be very sincere."

I smiled, "No problem! I'm so happy you believe me!"

Raine gave a faint smile back. She then looked back at the monster list, "But that doesn't explain…"

I couldn't hear the next word she uttered so I asked, "I'm sorry, did you say something professor?"

"No, forget I said anything."

I shrugged my shoulders and walked ahead, I quickly turned around, "Oh! And Professor, may I please ask for a favor?"

"Yes? What is it?"

"Can you please teach me how to use magic, or at least just how to heal?"

Raine thought for a while before replying, "I'm afraid I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because. Humans can't cast magic. Only those with elven blood are capable of casting magic."

I looked down, disappointed, "Oh…" I had forgotten that humans can't do spells…

Raine looked hesitant, but she continued anyways, "Well, perhaps I can."

"Really!?" I said ecstatically.

"I'm not sure. But Kratos seems capable of doing so. And perhaps you may have some elf blood…"

Raine seemed to be in deep thought about his.

But… What if I can't do magic?… The thought of having to kill someone else face to face made me want to gag.

"Okay. Anna, you are now my apprentice. Please. Do not embarrass me."

"Yay! Thank you Master Raine!" I said as I glomped her. She did not look to pleased.

"And please call me professor." She had an agitated look.

"Yes, Professor Raine!" I said as I held on tighter.

"Please get off me."

"Okay." I happily got off of Raine as she returned to the Monster List.

We were walking in silence for a while, it Was the professor who started talking.

"Anna…"

"Yes Professor?"

She slightly turned her head around to look at Mikey, who seemed to be talking to Lloyd about swords.

"You've never meant Mikey before, is that correct?"

I cocked my head in response, "…Huh? Yeah, why do you ask?"

"It's just… He's filled in information about monsters that we haven't even met… Some that don't even exist in this region…"

I bent in to see the Mikey's progress that Raine was concerned about, My jaw nearly dropped when I saw the reason for her suspicion, Crud! He put in a Tethe'alla monster!?

"Although I can't help but find it familiar… Perhaps I've seen it before?…"

Oh good, Raine's memories of Tethe'alla are starting to kick in… "Maybe it DOES exist, professor. You know, Mikey WAS on night watch last night. That, and he told me that he used to be a mercenary, so maybe he saw it on his travels…"

"Yes… Perhaps you're right. Thank you Anna."

I smiled cheerfully at the professor, "It was my pleasure" Mikey, just you wait until I get my hands on you…

My thoughts of torture towards Mikey were interrupted by Lloyd's loud complaints.

"It's so hot, can't we take a rest?…"

Kratos was the one to respond to Lloyd, "What are you talking about? We haven't broken the seal yet."

Lloyd hung his head, "But man, not only is it hot out here, but we've been walking back and forth for a while now and I'm all worn out."

Colette tried comforting Lloyd, "I'm sure we're almost there, so let's just hang on, okay?" "But Colette," Started a concerned Genis, "you don't look so well, yourself."

I joined in, " I second that motion, Colette, you look like you're ready to faint."

Colette tried her best to put on a convincing smile, "I'm fine. I'm fine, don't worr…"

"Colette!" Mikey and I yelled in unison as she fainted.

Genis ran to where Colette was lying, "Colette's collapsed!"

No duh, Sherlock. I thought to myself. As I tried to Colette's condition. She was breathing a little sharply.

Raine also knelt next to her, "Oh no! She's been pushing herself too hard."

Kratos put his hand to his forehead in slight annoyance and a bit of shame, "I should have noticed. Let's rest for a bit."

"Nice going Anna, you jinxed Coleete." Teased Mikey.

"Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…!"

"Anna, calm down, it wasn't your fault. We were just too careless to notice Colette's fatigue." Comforted the professor.

I nodded my head in way to show that I understood as I went to go help set up camp.

"Mmmm…" I moaned as I rubbed my eyes, "I'm so tired, I hate night watch…" I was sitting on a cold hard rock and staring out to the darkness of the night.

"Hey Anna."

I turned around to see Mikey joining me.

"You're still up?" I asked.

"Nah, I'm just used to not sleeping a lot."

"Ah, I see."

"What's up?"

"Nothing much…. Oh yeah!" I suddenly remembered that I had to scold Mikey.

"What is it?"

My voice turned stern, "It turns out that you are now officially a mercenary."

"A mercenary? How did I become a mercenary?"

"You became one since I had to lie to Raine to save our hides!"

Mikey looked a little surprised at my out burst, "Wait… What? Why?"

"Remember the monster list?"

"…Yeah…"

"Well, it turns out you accidentally put in a Tethe'alla monster!" I said as I somewhat softly dope slapped him.

"Ow!" He said after I hit him, "Wait, I did what?"

I took a deep breath as I tried explaining more calmly, "Earlier today when Raine finally accepted me-"

"Wait, she accepted you? That's great!"

I smiled and nodded "Yeah… Anyhow, she was reviewing the monster list to see how we were doing, and she noticed that there's a monster that doesn't exist in Sylvarant."

"….Crap! I put in a Tethe'alla monster?!" Bingo. Guess it finally hit him…

I nodded, "Yes. And so I saved you from any suspicion she might have had of you by saying that you must've saw it in your travels while you were a mercenary. So be careful, they may be depending on you to show them the way around now."

"Right, thanks Anna, I'll be careful."

I yawned and nodded my head in response. I was REALLY tired. The heat does wonders to me. And it doesn't help with the sudden temperature change since we were in the desert…

Mikey put his hand on my shoulder, "You look really tired. Go to sleep, I'll take over."

"What? No, you did the night watch the last time…."

"It's alright, I'm used to it. Besides, you don't want to be tired for the big day tomorrow, right?

"…Yeah, I guess you're right. Thanks Mik-…. Nii-San." I smiled sincerely as I said that.

Mikey smiled back, "It's nothing, anything for my little sister."

I walked away happily to my sleeping mat.

However, little did Mikey and I know that a certain purple dressed Swordsman overheard our conversation…

"We're…Finally…Here…." I said, gasping for air as I dragged myself, literally, on the desert floor, err, sand.

"Anna, please get up." Said Raine with little patience.

"Right, I'm sorry…" I said as I lifted myself up from the floor.

"Ah, so hot…man, I'm beat." Lloyd came along dragging his feet to where we were at.

An evil smile appeared on my lips, "Mwahahaha…." I laughed quietly. I had no idea it came out that way, but Raine was looking at me like I was a freak. I think she understood what I meant by "split personality" now.

Wait for it, wait for it…

"I'm sick of this desert."

HE SAID IT!

"MWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I yelled out in laughter. It came out naturally. Again. I felt ashamed. But oh well, no time for that.

Everyone looked at me with odd faces, Mikey included.

Mikey was giving me a slightly amused, yet worried look, "Umm, Anna? Did the sun get to you again?"

Lloyd was also creeped out by me, "Yeah, Are you okay?"

"YES!" I yelled out ecstatically.

The "…" appeared over their heads.

I went up to Lloyd and held out my hand.

A little freaked out, Lloyd backed up a little, "W-what do you want?"

"My money." I simply replied.

That's when Mikey finally understood what I had been so happy about, and he also held out his hand, "Yeah, I want my share too."

"What are you two talking about?"

Kratos stepped forward in his usual know-it-all way, "I believe they are talking about the bet they made on your attention span."

Then, "!" signs appeared over Colette, Genis, and Raine as they also came forward with their hands extended out towards Lloyd.

"W-wait, what!?"

"We want our money." everyone except Colette said in unison.

"May I please have my money?" THAT was Colette.

"What!? But I don't even have that kind of money! I only have 2500 gald…" Said Lloyd as he was looking in his wallet.

Everyone ignored him.

Mikey began dividing the money in the air, "Ummm, Let's see…11650, divided by five…"

Colette looked confused and asked, "Why only five? Shouldn't there be six?"

I was the one to answer her, "No, just five. Because Kratos didn't place a bet."

She understood, "Oh…"

Kratos stood silent. I wonder if he was regretting not placing his bet?

Lloyd went up to Kratos and begged, "Kratos, you'll help, right?"

Kratos got the "…" Sign over his head and walked away from Lloyd.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say that Kratos looked a little disappointed! I thought as I also laughed mentally.

"Okay, got it!" Yelled out Mikey as he finished the math problem, "We each get 2330 gald each, evenly."

Lloyd yelled out, "Hey, I don't have enough gald for everyone!"

Colette looked amazed, "Wow Mikey, you're so good at math! You're amazing!"

Mikey blushed a little as he scratched the back of his head.

"Hey!" Yelled Lloyd in the background, "Are you all ignoring me?!" He got the scribbly sign over his head.

Haha, it's my turn to tease Mikey. "Awww, how cute, are you blushing?" I said with a smug smile.

Mikey looked like he was going to say something when we heard a whine from Noishe.

Lloyd forgot about the money problem and looked at his companion with concern, "What's wrong, Noishe?"

Kratos unsheathed his sword, "Be on your guard, there are enemies about!"

We all took our weapons out of midair (How do we do that!?)

"Mikey, get the Fire Element on the right, before it casts a spell! I'll go after the one on the left!" I yelled out as I was running towards my enemy. It wasn't a human, so I wasn't too concerned about killing it. It was a wrong way of thinking, but I was too focused to be concerned about it.

Mikey nodded his head in agreement as he ran towards his enemy.

"Deathly destruction!" I yelled as my staff hit my enemy.

"Anna, watch out!" Yelled Genis as I turned to see where he was pointing.

"OH MY CHEESE AND CRACKERS!" I yelled as I barely dodged a fireball.

"Take this," Yelled Genis, "Aqua Edge!" The water slashed the fire element.

The fire element quickly faded away.

"And don't come back!" Yelled Genis.

Colette walked by, "But I don't think he CAN come back."

"…"

"Hey, that's no fair!"

Genis and Colette looked at me.

"Why did Colette get to say something? It was Genis who finished off the monster…"

Genis looked at me with an odd look, "What are you talking about?"

"Yes, but Colette finished off the OTHER fire element with her chakrams at the same time." Explained Mikey.

"Oooohhhhhh…"

We heard someone sigh, "This is going to be a nuisance." We all turned our attention to Kratos.

Curious, Lloyd asked, "What is?"

"Ah, nothing. Anyway, it would be a good idea for you to learn techniques to protect yourself."

My eyes slightly narrowed, Trying to cover up something kratos?

"Are you talking about self-defense training?" Asked Colette

"Something like that. Techniques to raise your defense during battles. I'll show you how it's done. Once you grasp the theory, the rest should be easy."

"….Okay, so how do we do it?" I asked. They all just magically learned in the video game, so I was curious on how we would actually learn how to do it.

Kratos looked like he was losing his patience, "First you must look deep inside of yourself, and think about what you want to protect the most. Once you find that out, you must mentally grasp it. The rest should come to you."

What I want to protect the most?… I thought, What do I want to protect?…

While I was thinking, I heard everyone yell out their new defense spell.

Then I heard Mikey yell out, "Aegis Reflector!"

I heard Lloyd, "Okay! I don't really get it, but I already feel stronger! I can't wait to try it out!"

"I think you're just imagining things…" Responded Genis in his usual sarcastic manner.

Colette looked at me, "What's wrong Anna? I didn't hear yours…"

They all looked at me.

"I… I don't know what I want to protect."

Mikey looked at me, "Of course you do, don't you have friends you care about?"

"Friends…?" Do I have any friends?…

"Yeah, you know, like us?"

I looked up to Mikey. That's right… They're my friends….

Mikey looked hurt (In a sarcastic way), "What, we're not your friends?"

"No, it's not that, it's just-"

Lloyd now spoke to me, "Then try it Anna! I want to see what yours is!"

I nodded my head as I began to try.

Friends… I want to protect… Suddenly, some memories rushed into me. But…I can't protect anyone…I shook my head, No, that's the past, I have to…

I started thinking about Mikey, Lloyd, and everyone else that I hold dear.

They're my first friends in a long time… I want to protect them, I want to protect my friends!

Out of nowhere, I started to glow, and these words came out of my mouth, "Tsubasa no sheruta!"

All of a sudden, great big wings of light engulfed everyone for a brief moment, then disappeared.

"What was that?" Asked Mikey. I'm sure he was just as confused as I was. This attack was never in the game. That, and the defense spell is only supposed to protect the user, not the user and their party.

I looked over to kratos to see that his eyes were narrowed. And there it was again, his eyes looked hurt once again. What is it about me? He was also looking at Mikey, and it seemed as if he went into deep thought.

I shook these thoughts out of my head as I noticed Raine looking around.

"Hmm, what happened to Noishe?"

Lloyd also looked around, "You're right. He's gone. Ah, man, he's run off again."

Kratos cocked up an eyebrow, "Did you not know he would?"

"No, not really… But it does explain a lot."

I visibly flinched as I turned my back on the purple swordsman, looking to Mikey for guidance. However, Mikey was busy looking at Colettte walk up to the pedestal.

Kratos started walking near me.

"Fantastic!!" Both Kratos and I jumped in slight surprise as we heard the professor.

Kratos began walking towards the group.

"Look at this slab covering the entrance!! It's clearly of a different composition than the surrounding stone!"

I also started walking closer.

"Hahahaha! It's just as I thought!" Said Raine as she began rubbing her hand on the rock tenderly, "This is polycarbonate, developed during the Ancient War to defend against magic! Oh, feel the smooth surface! It's wondrous!"

"Oooookaaaay…." I said. This is a LOT more weird and entertaining in person.

Kratos's stoic face broke as he looked at the professor, "…Is she always like this?"

Loyd looked confused as well as he turned to Genis, "…Is she?"

Genis held his forehead with his hand, sighing, "…I've been trying so hard to hide it, too."

Raine walked up to the pedestal, "Hmm? This depression…it reads, "oracle stone." " Raine looked up to Colette, "Colette, place your hand here. That should reveal the entrance."

"Really?" Said Lloyd in surprise.

"This stone is enchanted with magic designed to identify the Chosen. There's no question about it."

Colette walked up to the pedestal and placed her hand on it, "It opened!" She said as the entrance appeared, "Wow! I guess I'm really the Chosen after all!"

"Yes, I think we all know that already." Said Genis with little patience. Poor kid, the heat must be getting to him. I feel for you, Genis!

"Okay! Not it's getting exciting! Let's hurry up and go inside!" Said Lloyd with his dorky smile.

Kratos seemed to remember the past events that just occurred some moments before, "…I hope you'll be able to maintain that enthusiasm."

A sudden rush of brief greed fled into me for more gald, "Heh heh… Wanna make a bet Kratos?"

The "…" sign appeared over Kratos as he looked at me and then to Lloyd.

"W-wait, what!?" Said Lloyd, panicking at the thought of being in even more debt.

I began laughing as I walked into the ruin, with everyone following me.

Once we were in, I stopped walking, "Wow. It's flippin hot in here."

"Seriously." Said Mikey as He passed me up. I joined him in walking as we walked into the dugeon. After a LONG time of solving the dungeon (These people cannot understand my hints!), we were finally opening all of the treasure boxes.

"Huh?… What's this?" I said as I pulled out a bronzish armor and a bronze sword. It says… Reign…Wait, there's a note…

"This set belongs to the one who protects the on who can see hearts."

Is this for…Mikey then?

"Hey Mikey!" I signaled my hands to beckon him over, "I think this is for you."

Mikey came over to me and reached for the Armor, "Hey, isn't this?!"

"Huh? What is it?" Asked Lloyd as he came over to see what we found, "Whoa! That's so cool!"

Lloyd had a stare down with Mikey for a few moments before finally asking, "May I use it?"

"No!"

"Awww, why not?""

"Because, I found it first."

"No, Didn't Anna find it?"

They both looked over to me, I sweat dropped, "Eheheheh…Ummm…Hi?"

"Anna! Who should get it? Me, or Mikey?"

"Wha- I…"

"Idiot, don't make her choose!"

"Quiet! The both of you!" Snapped Raine, "Anna called Mikey over, so Mikey will get the armor!"

Lloyd grudgingly gave up as Mikey put on the armor with satisfactory.

I watched Mikey put on the armor over his clothes, "Oh, look, it's Someone's knight in… Bronze armor."

"Hahaha, Mikey laughed at my joke, "Someone else's knight? Why not your's?"

"Because, I don't want to give anyone any wrong ideas, after all, you ARE engaged."

"Well yeah, but I WAS sent here to protect you. And besides, we're siblings now."

I gave a small smile, "Yeah, I guess you're right. Let's go, my knight in bronze armor."

And with that, we stepped onto the portal, and headed into the Seal of Fire.

Hey everyone:D thank you so much for reading this chappie:D In the next chapter, we FINALLY go against the Ktugach! XD yay! Anyhoo, I really hope you enjoyed this chappie, and please R&R

And sorry it took so long just to update, I'll be sure to be faster this time .

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A/N: The couples are: Kranna (NOT my Anna, the ACTUAL Anna. And no, she does not come back to life, it just hints that he still loves her.) Colloyd, Sheelos, and last but not least, TamaraxMikey. There will be absolutely NONE, ZIP, NADA, NOTHING of actual AnnaxMikey. Only when they're kidding around, so please do not expect that coupling. So basically, My OC, Anna, gets with no one. Thank you.

Anyhow, Please look forward to my next chapter:D Until next time!