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Lea: Sorry. It took a while cause I had a huge research paper on Edgar Allen Poe that was due today. Anyway, here it is! Spotlight to Mithos!
Mithos: Ahahahahahhahahaa!!! –cough- -cough- Lea dose not own Tales of Symphonia, but she dose own Lyn/ Mira. Die Mira! –Mithos attempts to attack Lyn. Lyn shoots Mithos with a mana blast.-
Lyn possessed by mana: Behave brat, or I'll rip your vocal cords out.
Mithos: Damn you Mira! Damn you!
"What's going on? What's happened to him." She asked herself, but somehow, she already knew. It was as if she had see it before. She picked him up and laid him flat on his bed. His pulse and breathing were normal, but his body would jolt, making his heart skip beats. He started to get a cold sweat, but he didn't have a fever. "What is it? What now?" She asked herself, but she seemed to already know what she was doing though she consciously did not. She gave up pondering about it when she things she had never heard of or done started making since to her. "It's memories? Personal shock? Hm…" she thought, she blushed at what they told her to do next.
"Oh no. No! What if he wakes up! I don't like him like that! No way! He's 12 years older then me and doing that would make the both of us puke." But she looked at his innocent face in pain. "Dammit. Why!? I'm sorry to say this, but I wouldn't mind so much if your were Lloyd." An image of Kratos kissing her forehead popped into her mind. "Why do you torture me! Ok, fine I'll do it!" She sighed, making his body sit up. She crawled onto the bed and held his head with her hands over his ears. "He goes nothing." She told herself as she closed her eyes and suddenly felt an odd shock."
She suddenly was in nothingness. She walked up a small room where she saw herself and a woman with green hair were at the Valley of Twin Snakes.
"Martel, I have now taught you everything. The Book of Mana is complete. It is now time for me to go." I said, starting to turn pale. Kratos walked in, holding a jewelry box, but dropped it in shock, running and catching me before I hit the ground. The box broke, with the diamond ring falling out.
"Mira." He yelled. "No. Not now."
"Kratos." I said crying, "It is my time. Do not fear my death. I will be with you to bring peace in your heart. Until then, love, love and do not turn your eyes to ice. That would make me cry." At that, I gasped for breath, and died on his lap, turning into dust and only leaving the necklace he gave me.
"Mira…" He sighed, picking up the necklace. The scene darkened, and another appeared. Kratos was in a room with a beautiful chestnut brown haired woman with bright red eyes holding a small baby. The three were smiling as Kratos kissed her with tears of joy on his face.
"I told you that I we would make it. I wish you could have been there. I love you so much darling."
"And I love you, Anna." He smiled. A sudden flash appeared, and a new seen appeared. A large green monster was in front of him, attacking him, but he would not attack.
"Kill me." It said, "Kill me please." The monster cried, sounding like Anna.
"No! I won't!" Kratos muttered in horror, backing up.
"Kill her." A man with blond hair in white (Mithos) whispered into Kratos's ear. "Kill her, Free her from her suffering. She wants to die. Let her forget." Kratos's eye widened as the monster fell down dead, turning back into Anna.
"Anna!" He said, hugging her, but they were forced apart, one man then threw Anna off the cliff.
"Kvar!" Kratos yelled.
"She met a pitiful end." Said the man in white. Kratos tried to run to the cliff, but he was restrained and hit in the head with a sword hilt. "If you go after them, I will kill your son. Kratos stopped, but he did not cry. He merely stood there. The scene shifted again. This time, they were in a fancy hall and Kratos was thrown to the ground by the man in white. He hit Kratos with prism sword, and then spread followed by indignation. Kratos just took it.
"Mithos stop! You'll kill him!" Yuan yelled running in. The one called Mithos transformed into a kid and shot mana at Yuan,
"Stay out of this!" He yelled, and then turned to Kratos. "Kratos, I thought you believed in me. My vision. I thought you loved me as a son. Why did you turn your back on me for that woman? Why did you have your own son? Don't you love me?" He asked, transforming into his older form, reaching over to kiss him. Kratos spit on him.
"I know what you've been doing Mithos. It's disgusting. Maybe you can do it with your other angels, but not Yuan or me!"
"No! I won't be rejected like that!" He yelled as Kratos was slammed into the wall. "Have it your way. I will never forgive you for choosing that woman over me. NEVER!!" He yelled, stomping out like a child and crying with rage. Everything went dark again, and the next scene showed Kratos and Yuan alone, talking.
"Yuan." Kratos said, "I know what you've been doing."
"It's been long enough. I've had it! That little brat's gone power hungry every since Martel died. I can't take it anymore. He… he nearly killed you for loving another. That's not right!"
"Yuan… I know. But you also know I can't do anything anymore. Mithos had me chained and locked up. It is a miracle that I can even see you." Kratos sighed, pulling out a knife and placing in under his chin. "Yuan. You know that in order to release the seal, I must died. Best friend, I have longed for death for a long time, and now, I will freely give it to you what you desire."
"Kratos stop that!" Yuan yelled, taking the knife throwing it across the room. The two stared at each other. "What good will come of your death? We need you alive. There are more ways then that to release the seal. And besides, I have seen him. Your son is alive." Kratos was silent, and Yuan left. The scenery changed to snow, and Kratos remained. He started walking away, deep into the snow, but I walked in front of him. His eyes were colder then the snow around him.
"Who are you?" He asked coldly.
"I am one whom you call friend." She said with something burning inside of her like flame.
"Mira? Or is it Lyn?" He asked.
"You forget as I do. We are the same person, silly. We just forgot!... Kratos, I know there are many things I can't remember, and maybe some things I don't want to remember. You seem to have many painful memories, but I guess we'll just have to face them together and hope for the best." She smiled as the snow started to stop.
"Mira…" he sadly muttered.
"Hay, don't give me a sad face. Smile. Be happy." Lyn smiled, running towards him to hug him. Kratos caught her, and started to slowly fall towards the snow. "Kratos, you will always be my friend." She told him before we hit the snow. Suddenly, everything went black inside her head. Kratos woke up and her head landed on his chest. Kratos looked at her as her words ran in his head. Kratos, you will always be my friend.
"Yet life goes on… What should I do?" He asked the stars. He glimpsed down at Lyn who was snuggling into his chest. His eyes softened and he let her sleep."
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Lyn woke up in a velvet bed. She quickly jumped up to see Kratos talking with Yuan, then walking out of the room. Yuan quickly realized I was awake, and then turned to me.
"Ah, yes. Lyn, Kratos just left to meet up with the chosen group. You must stay here for a day or two. I will send you back to Palmacosta and you can go with them from there. But until then, there is something I want to ask you."
"Really? What's that?" Lyn asked.
"I want you to go into the Tower of Salvation. The only way to get there is by flight, most likely dragons. After everyone heads there, I want you to fly in after them."
"But why?" Lyn asked.
"Why not?" Yuan replied
"I don't know…because Kratos told me not to." She sighed.
"But why would he do that? To tell you the truth… Cruxis is afraid of you."
"What?" She stuttered confused. "Isn't that that angel organization?"
"Yes, but there are those who oppose them. Did Kratos tell you who Mira was, who you really are?"
"Well… No. He just wanted me to stay away."
"That is because you are the key to their downfall. I must stop Mithos. He is trying to Resurrect Martel, his sister."
"That coward with green hair?" I said, "Wait, did I just say that? What the?"
"It's reaction without thought. You don't have your memories because they were locked away, but you still have your abilities, strength, habits, and most importantly, mana. You used to always call Martel 'coward girl' and you were Mithos's teacher. Either way, just walk into the Tower of Salvation. That's all I ask."
"Ok. So the brat's trying to bring back the green-haired coward lady, and thief boy wants me to ignore what Mr. Serious said and go into the Tower of misleading Salvation. Wow… I must have had a weird way of doing things. I kind of like it though."
"You were one of those people, but you were always drowning in your own sorrow."
"Was not!... Wow. This is so weird!" Lyn started to giggle. "Well, ok. I'll ignore Mr. Ice Eyes and go in. I mean, all I got to do is go in, right? It's not like I'm going to hurt anyone, but I've one question."
"Really, what's that?"
"How do I fly there?"
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Noon arrived at Thoda dock. The chosen group met up and paid to get to the next seal.
"We stopped at the House of Salvation to the north. The told us they would trade us a pass through Hakonesia Peak if we could retrieve their maiden statue. The fake one broke." Rain told Kratos.
"Yeah. Hay, where's Mira? Wasn't she supposed to come with you?" Lloyd asked.
"Don't worry. I left her at a friend of mine who lives near Palmacosta. We did agree that she could come with us if she stayed away from the seals. Either way, did you get reservations to cross to Thoda Geyser?"
"Yep! They said they are giving us the best they have!" Collette said enthusiastically. The group walked over to the dock to see three washtubs. "Wow, this looks like fun!" Collette smiled.
"Ug… not the sea." Raine muttered looking sick.
"Professer, are you ok?" Lloyd asked.
"I think I'm going to stay here." Raine said, backing away from the sea.
"What's wrong?" Genis asked, grabbing his sisters hand.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" She screamed. Everyone stared at her. "Uh… I meant, ah, it looks like fun."
"Um, Professer Raine?" Lloyd started to ask, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Are you afraid of water?" Kratos finished. The attention turned to him.
"No, no, I'm fine." She said, sitting in a washtub in fettle possession.
"Um, Kratos, how well can you swim?" Lloyd asked.
"I don't know. You've seen me swim before." Kratos asked.
"Oh yeah! That's right. I was just thinking that there are three washtubs and five of us." Lloyd says. "How should we split it?"
"I think I could see where you were going with it. If one sinks, you want to make sure we can make it to land alright. I was actually thinking about it."
"Yeah, I was thinking Genis could go with Raine, and I could go with Collette to help her row, leaving you with your own. I don't trust Raine or Genis's swimming abilities, and Collette has her wings. I was thinking you could go with Raine and I could go with Genis."
"That seems reasonable enough." Kratos said.
"You think so?" Lloyd asked.
"Yes. Well, we better not waste any time. Kratos replied. The group then sailed off for the next seal. They quickly found the oracle stone, entered the geyser. Upon entering the trial, Kratos mentions that he saw the assassin to Lloyd and scolds him for not noticing. The trial of water was ended quickly enough as they entered the sealed room, killed the monster, broke the seal, and left. Afterwards, Collette collapsed again, and again, they set up camp. During the night, Genis and Lloyd found the statue. Genis froze the Geyser while Lloyd retrieved it. Raine tended to Collette and Kratos made dinner. When he was done, he got up to keep watch.
"Kratos, aren't you going to eat?" Lloyd asked.
"No, not particularly. I'll eat later." He replied.
"It will be cold by then. Do you like it cold?" Lloyd questioned.
"No. I'm just not hungry." He said walking off.
"You know," Lloyd told Genis, "That's weird. He always says that. It's almost as if he's not eating at all."
"Yeah. I noticed it when Raine cooked, but then again, he never ate my cooking either." Genis muttered.
"That's strange. I wonder if Mira knows about it." Lloyd suggested.
"Who knows?" Genis sighed.
"Well, their's no harm in asking." Pointed out.
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Mira had fun at Yuans. She practiced her skills with Botta and some fighters there, and learned a few tricks with magic. Yuan also taught her how to play chess, but he always won. The next day, Botta and Yuan escorted her to Palmacosta.
"Are you sure you'll be fine on your own?" Botta asked.
"Yep! I've been here before. And what's the worst that could happen. I'll be fine. And if I'm not, you can tell them I did it on my own free will.
"Ok. If you say so." Said Yuan, dropping her off and riding back. She stayed overnight at the inn and waited at the government building for the group to show up the next day.
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The group woke up early the next day and set back out. They headed back to the dock, thanking God that the wash tubs did not sink. They then headed for the House of Salvation to return the statue. They stayed there overnight and got the pass. The next morning, they got up early (except Lloyd who was woken up by Genis). They started heading back and reached the outskirts of Palmacosta at about noon when all of the sudden, a citizen ran up to them with fear all over his face.
"Good people, you're fighters right? Out of the goodness in you're heart, please help us!" he yelled.
"What's going on?" Lloyd asked seriously.
"Designes! Attacking!"
"Where!" Kratos yelled.
"In front of the Govoner's building!" He replied with haste.
"Mira." Kratos stated, and then burst into a run. Lloyd followed right behind them, and the others hurried at a slow pace. A crowd of people were there, trying to get free, but a group of designs had surrounded the city. The two were hardly able to get in.
"Damn. You better be ok." Kratos muttered.
"What's wrong?" Lloyd said, catching up.
"I told Mira to wait for us at the Govoner's building. We'll have to take the back way." Kratos said hastily, finally reaching their destination, and the two looked with horror. There were hundreds of soldiers lying dead on the ground, and blood everywhere. Then they spotted Lyn, who was covered in blood and on one knee, panting and dizzy from the sight of blood. Her body finally gave way, and she passed out.
"Move, the Great Magnius approaches." One soldier yelled. A tan man with pink hair that was put in a ponytail and curled walked up with his ax.
"What, you mean this little vermin caused this!" he yelled to the troops. "It's not even a vermin, it's trash!" He yelled, grabbing her and kicking her away from him. "I could break her in half, yet she killed 1,000 soldiers!? I could easily conquer this human infested land with that many!"
"1,000!!! I can't even take on 50!" Lloyd said impressed yet enraged. Magnius picked her up again and threw her to the side. The two couldn't take it anymore, and they ran into battle. The now-small army tried to attack them, but they were easily taken down. Kratos didn't tire, but Lloyd was about to fall over after a 20. To his relief, Raine, Genis, and Collette came. The army finally ran away, except for Magnius.
"Come back swine! Come and fight!" he yelled, Kratos just walked up Magnius and thrusted his sword in him so hard that the hilt was touching his skin. Blood started coming out of his mouth as Kratos said. "Go to hell." At that, Magnius fell off the sword dead. Kratos's blade was covered in blood. None the less, he sheathed it and picked up Mira and started to carry her away from the place. The chosen's group followed in silence. Kratos placed her by a fountain and started using the water to wipe off her face. The blood was already starting to harden on her skin, so he just placed her in the fountain and started washing off the blood while Raine started cleaning the washed off wounds. When they finally pulled her out, the fountain water turned red, but she would not come to.
When things started to settle down, they got a few rooms at the fancy hotel. Collette and Raine had to wash her off again, put her in new clothes, and put her in bed.
"She's just exhausted. She should be better by tomorrow." Raine assured the group.
"I'll keep watch, and I'll keep an eye on her." Kratos said, looking sadly at her. The group nodded and left to the girl's room.
"He seemed extremely different. It was as if she had died." Lloyd said.
"I suppose he knows her more then we do. That or he may feel responsible for putting her life in danger." Raine told him. "Let's leave them alone for a little while." Kratos looked at the door, then around the empty room, then to Lyn who was sleeping soundly.
"Why? Why did you fight? You would have died." Kratos sighed, "At least your still with us." He kissed her on her forehead, then walked over to the window and watched the stars, but tonight, he couldn't bear it. He pulled up a chair next to Lyn and watched her, until her mana caused him to fall asleep in his chair.
Lea: I hope you enjoyed it.
Lyn: Will I really go in the Tower of Damnation? Oops, word vomit again…
Kratos: This could take some getting used to.
Lyn: Not if you give me the Book of Mana already!
Mithos: No! Never! Uh. I mean, uh, you're not supposed to get it yet. How do you know about it anyway!?
Lyn: I donno. Word vomit?
Kratos: I knew I shouldn't have left you at Yuan's house.
Yuan: I didn't let her play the game on my giant gamecube. I swear!
Lea: Ok… Anyway, help me break up the bickering by sending me reviews.
Lyn: Yes! Please send them! We love to hear from you!