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Lea: Alright, who wants to do the disclaimer?
Yuan: I'll do it. After all, I haven't done it yet.
Lloyd: No fair. I wanted to do it again!
Yuan: Lea Andrews dose not own Tales of Symphonia, but she dose own Lyn and Mira.
Lea: Thanks Yuan! Not on with the plot!
Kratos led the group to what looked like a stone pyramid, but as they approached, they saw the shape was of two snakes, with one snake having it's mouth open to the inside. Collette was afraid because of the details of the snakes head and fangs, but Kratos walked in first. As he did, a small figure of a woman in a green dress and blond hair braided down her back was sitting in the same chair facing the same way Kratos saw Mira in when he first came here. Kratos walked over to the girl, as she jumped up.
"Kra… Kratos! I didn't expect to…" "How did you find this…" They said at the same time.
"I'll go first." Lyn started, turning around to face the wall. "Phindara wanted me to deliver a package to Collette in Triet. I was traveling in the desert when a large sandstorm picked up. It was really bad. I didn't know what to do, when all of the sudden, this old lady said she knew where I could find shelter and find you. Either way, when we got there, she told me she was the ghost of the woman who taught Mira. Anyway, she led me inside, and I fell over starting to black out." She sighed and continued.
"The woman said that she had to depart of the other world, and she told me that I should stay with all of you from now on or else the world will fall on the path of destruction. She then told me I was Mira and to seek my memories and the Book of Mana. I just woke up before you came in. I don't understand, but I want to know… I want to know why everything's been happening recently. It's too weird." Lyn finished explaining, showing her ivory face again with a slight smile.
"I don't know what you're talking about, but you must have been in the same sandstorm we were in." Said Lloyd with a big smile.
"So, can I come with you guys?" Lyn asked.
"Sure!" Lloyd said.
"Yeah! You kick butt." Genis agreed.
"It'll be fun!" Collette smiled.
"Bringing her might not be such a bad idea. I'm not so sure about the story, but if it dose happen to be true, we could have problems without her. It won't be so bad having her tag along."
"I wouldn't protest, but I don't think what happened at Martel Temple was a one time thing. As long as she stays away from the seals, I have no problem."
"Oh yeah." Said Lloyd, "You know, I never caught the name. Do you want me to call you Mira?"
"The name's Lyn, but I guess cause I'm supposed to be another girl named Mira, you can call me that to. Anyway, I haven't checked this place out, and I'm hungry. I'll cook!"
"Yay!" Genis yelled. Lyn walked over to the wall.
"For some reason, I feel like there is a door here…" Lyn muttered. Kratos walked right behind her and pressed a button that opened up the wall and lit all of the lanterns. Lyn was surprised by Kratos's hand, and blushed really badly. She then walked down the stairs into a large kitchen area.
"Wow. This is really cool! Everything's washed with no dust anywhere!" Lyn smiled excitedly.
"This place is kept up by the mana here. Watch." Kratos opened a cupboard picked up a beautifully carved glass plate, and dropped it. It shattered into a million pieces, and disappeared. Then it reappeared in the cupboard.
"Wow. That's cool!" Lyn, Genis, Lloyd, and Collette say. Raine was in to much shock to say anything. Kratos then showed them the pantry that never ran out of food.
"If you think that's impressive, wait until you go downstairs." Kratos muttered, turning to the wall and rolling his eyes.
"Right here, right?" Lyn asked, accidentally pushing the button and falling down. Luckily, Kratos caught her. Lyn turned red and dusted herself off. Lloyd, the troublemaker, caught on. Everyone walked downstairs except Lloyd who was in thought, and Genis who was looking in the pantry at the selection. Lloyd walked over to Genis and whispered to him. "Hay, I've got a great idea." Lloyd snickered.
"Really? What is it?"
"Well, you know how Kratos said there was nothing between him and Mira, right? Well it's kind of obvious that she likes him. I think we should help her out." Lloyd smiled mischievously.
"How so?" Genis muttered, "It would be bad to get either of them on our bad side."
"True. Either way, lets..." Lloyd said, whispering the plan into Genis's ear.
"It's a good plan, but I don't think that will work." Genis sighed, walking down the stairs.
"Maybe not." Lloyd sighed. Then he turned left to see the nearly empty ballroom sized room where everything was filled with cushions and blankets, of purple, gold, blue and more, including the floor.
"This is the bedroom." Kratos explained to Raine, Collette, and Lyn. "The candles are magic, so they dim when you sleep; however they never go out.
"So you just sleep on the floor?" Collette asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." Kratos said, noticing Lloyd and Genis standing at the door with smiles on their faces. Kratos knew they were up to no good, but did not feed them any attention. He and the girls just walked by them into the hidden door on the right. Genis and Lloyd walked into the room, and felt the incredibly soft velvet cushioned floor and cushions.
"And then again." Lloyd winked to Genis.
"Oh yeah, it will work." Genis winked back.
"WAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Someone yelled from the other room as Lloyd and Genis heard a splash. They ran to the other room to see Raine had fallen into a huge golden fountain-like spring. Kratos helped her out, but pulled to hard and she landed oh his chest.
"Are you ok?" He asked. Raine blushed and started to squeeze all of the water out of her clothes, blushing very badly. The cloths suddenly dried and Raine told everyone how hungry she was to change the subject.
"I have an even better idea." Lloyd smiled at Genis.
"I'm way ahead of you." Smiled Genis. Lyn and the group went upstairs where Lyn made dinner. It was so good that Genis was crying from the wonderful taste. Afterwards, they all decided to go swimming. They whole group agreed that they would leave on their underwear so they wouldn't "see" each other or have to wait for the other's turn, and the clothes would dry almost instantly (as did Raine's) anyway. The girls were already in, and Kratos was about to go in. Lloyd snickered to Genis.
"I wonder what their faces would look like when they see him." Kratos coldly glared at them from across the room, hearing every word. Lloyd and Genis finally went to the door behind Kratos, who burst into a run and dived into the spring gracefully. None of the girls noticed him. Raine was at the shallow end, Collette was talking to Lyn, and Kratos was floating on his back. Lloyd did a cannonball into the water, and Genis sat next to his sister. Collette then started playing around with Collette, and Lyn got bored. Genis and Raine were expressing words of wisdom, and Kratos was on the other side of the fountain, washing his hair, and trying to escape everyone's notice.
"Hay, now that I think about it, where's Kratos? Isn't he coming in?" said Lyn,
"Now that I think about it, I haven't seen him either." Said Raine.
"Yeah. It would be sad if he missed the fun." Smiled Collette.
"I don't think he knows what fun is." Said Lloyd, "But he dived in right before I came in." Kratos heard and was slightly irritated.
"How can that guy stand serious all the time?" Said Lloyd, "He really needs to loosen up. I mean, I can't even ask him anything without getting a cold stare."
Loosen up? Kratos thought to himself I'll give you "loosened up." After all, I'm your dad.
"Um, Lloyd, asking Kratos about his "type" like you did at the seal isn't exactly something I would answer to some kid I hardly know either." Said Genis.
"So, that's not everything I…" Lloyd was cut short by Kratos who suddenly appeared behind him from under the water, put his hand over his mouth, and dunked him.
"Is that loose enough for you?" Kratos asked with a slight smile as he emerged.
"Ok, I admit, I did deserve that." Lloyd said, latching onto him. Kratos just went underwater and slipped out of Lloyds grasp.
"You're a really good swimmer." Said Collette, smiling. Kratos said nothing. He just swam over to the shallow end. Lyn put her hand over her mouth, blushing very badly, Raine's jaw dropped as she turned as red as a turnip, and even Collette was caught in a trance at the sight of him. Kratos pretended not to notice, but just stuck his head under a fountain and started cleaning his hair.
"So Kratos," Lloyd started. "What is your type?" Kratos didn't reply so he wouldn't get on the good or bad side of any of the girls.
"I take it you don't, but don't you have a girlfriend?" asked Lloyd. Kratos just looked at him like he was an idiot. "Oh yeah, right." Lloyd said sadly, "You travel everywhere. But I think that's your problem. You need a girl, a nice girl. She doesn't have to travel anywhere; you just have to send her stuff." Kratos didn't say anything; he just looked at him. "So first you need to find out what kind of girls you like better."
"I'm not going to get you to drop this subject am I?" he asked.
"Nope!" Lloyd smiled. "So what do you like better: girls who are sexy or girls who are cute." Kratos looked at Lloyd and sighed…
"It depends. A little bit of both I suppose. If someone is too cute, they would act like they were six, but then again, I don't want a girl latching onto me either. That would slow me down." Kratos replied.
"Ok, smart or blunt?" Lloyd asked.
"Smart, but with good common since with it." Kratos sighed.
"Romantic or Realistic?" Lloyd said starting to loose interest.
"They have to be both, but act whichever way when they need to be."
"I see. That's understandable. How about… looks."
"Look, let me spare you the trouble. I prefer skinny over fat, I don't care so much about their color of their hair, eyes, and skin is as long as it looks good together. I like them to be proportioned, and not extreme on one way or the other. Good since of style is important, but I don't need someone dressing me up either." Kratos grumbled
"Wow… that leaves a lot of options. I'm still surprised you don't have a girlfriend." Lloyd said surprised.
"Do you?" Kratos snapped.
"Well… no." Lloyd stuttered.
"So you would know how?" Kratos asked.
"… you win." Lloyd sighed, swimming off. Soon after their conversation, everyone got out, and took turns in the bedroom to get dressed (ladies first).
"Well, this isn't such a bad stop. The journey will be more enjoyable with you coming along. But there are something things I can't understand about Kratos." Raine started, "I wanted to ask you some things, knowing you've traveled with him for a while."
"Like what?" Lyn asked.
"Well, he doesn't talk much, but at the same time, he doesn't seem to have a problem with us. It's kind of like he's just there. Lloyd seems to like him to."
"Really? I was thinking they didn't get along."
"It seems that way, but why else would Lloyd care so much? It's almost as if their related."
"Yeah, not that you point it out, it dose seem that way, but Kratos just ignores him."
"Maybe they are cousins." Said Collette.
"That's a possibility." Lyn said.
"Yeah. They have the same eyes. I'd say their most likely distant cousins. Let's leave it at that." Raine sighed. They switched, and all of the girls blushed to see Kratos, who was waiting with Lloyd and Genis at the door. Kratos walked over to a wall, and opened a small cabinet with clothes in it. He slipped on a big loose white silk top with a pair of blue and purple slacks. After that, he slipped on a belt and started to head out.
"Hay Kratos, what dose the silver symbol on your back stand for?" Lloyd asked.
"Oh that? It's the symbol of an ancient kingdom." Kratos walked out. The symbol showed 13 stars, cross swords, and the mana tree in silver thread. It was the seal of the Silver Plains. Lloyd and Genis opened the door to let the girls in. Everyone went to separate sides of the room to sleep. After a moment, the mana had caused everyone in the room sleeping except for Lloyd and Genis to fall asleep.
"Is Kratos asleep?" Lloyd asked Genis.
"Yeah." Genis replied, feeling Kratos's pulse, "He seems like a heavy sleeper to."
"Alright. Let's do it." Lloyd said.
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"AHHHHHH!!!!!" Genis yelled, waking everyone up. Kratos was in the center of the room, sleeping with Lyn in his arms, and Raine hugging him from behind. Collette woke up to found herself latched onto Lloyd who rubbed his eyes and acted confused. Genis was hanging on a lamp post by his shirt. Lyn flushed red, and Kratos was angry, but kept his cool.
"What's going on here?" he asked.
"Help me! I can't get down!" Genis yelled to Kratos. Kratos got up to help him, but Raine, who he didn't see, was still attached to him, sleeping, and wouldn't let go. Lloyd and Collette went to help Genis, but neither of them could reach him. Kratos then slipped out of Raine's grasp, waking her up, and helped crying Genis down. Kratos, guessing what happened, glared at Lloyd, then back to Genis.
"So, what happened here?" Kratos asked coldly with Genis's shirt in his grasp, holding him up to his face. "You were awake before everyone else. Did you see anything?" Kratos said, giving the hint in his voice that he knew who had done it. "I… I just woke up and I screamed from shock. I don't know what's going on either." Raine, confused, walked up to her little brother. Kratos put him on his feet and walked off, letting them off the hook. Genis latched onto his sister's leg, making Raine more confused, and Kratos sighed still angry and slightly flustered by the event.
"What happened?" Raine demanded.
"I woke up on the lamp post. Kratos helped me down. You were holding Kratos like a teddy bare." Raine flushed bright red at what Genis said, and Kratos's head sunk. Lloyd continued,
"Yeah, and Collette wouldn't let go of my suspenders until I woke up." He said, turning red, as did Collette.
"Yeah, I was in Kratos's arms to." Lyn blushed as Kratos's head sunk even more in remembrance. "That's weird. But I guess we have no choice but to forget about it. Let's head out." Lyn said. Everyone agreed and went upstairs, except Lloyd, Kratos, and Genis.
"I must say, that wasn't half bad." Kratos smirked, slipping back into his purple outfit and packing up some clothes from his secrete cabinet.
"You think so?" Asked Lloyd.
"Yeah, just don't think I'm not going to get you back." Kratos said, walking out. A moment later, Lyn, Raine, and Kratos were discussing where to go next. Lloyd and Collette were packing things up, and Genis was picking out foods to take along with them. After they decided to head to Palmacosta by boat, Kratos headed back inside.
"Where is it?" He muttered to himself. "Ah, here it is, Right were I left it." Kratos said with a slight relief, pulling out a middle-sized hard back red book with gold letters. "The Book of Mana. Now, should I give it to Lyn or not." He muttered.
"Wahhhh!!!!" Kratos heard. He quickly slipped the book between his clothes and ran out to see the problem. Noishe had come to them, but had freaked out when he saw Lyn.
"He's never been like this before. Why can't I calm him down?!" Lloyd said confused and Noishe's hairs stood up, growling. Kratos simply walked out the door and walked up to Noishe, and he calmed down.
"This isn't the mean girl who almost killed you for practice." Kratos whispered into Noishe's ear so no one could hear, "Behave. I'm sure you'll like her." Kratos patted Noishe's head, and everyone was completely amazed.
"What did you do to my dog?!" Lloyd yelled.
"Your dog?" Lyn asked.
"Nothing, I assure you." Kratos replied, hopping onto Noishe's back.
"Can I pet him?" Lyn asked.
"Sure." Lloyd said. Noishe backed up uncomfortably.
"Behave." Kratos muttered into Noishe's ear. Noishe slowly walked up to Lyn. Lyn petted him, and scratched behind his ears, and Noishe had a change of attitude.
"He's very cute!" Lyn smiled, still petting him.
"WHINE!" Noishe said.
"I told you so." Kratos whispered into his ear. Kratos got off, and Noishe started following him around.
"What's gotten into you Noishe?" Lloyd asked, "Since when do you listen to Kratos?"
"Whine!" Noishe said.
"What? Why won't you tell me?"
"Whine. Whine." Noishe replied.
"Fine. I won't make you." Said Lloyd, continuing on to Ossa Trail.
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