Wow!! Chapter 7!!

Lloyd: What are cheering about?

Me: I'm just very enthusiastic today!

Lloyd: ...

Me: I know what will cheer you up!

Lloyd: What?

Cam: Hey, Game-girl, hey Lloyd!

Lloyd: H... hey! -Blushes-

Me: -Snickers- You know what? I'm gonna leave for a while after the disclaimer.

Cam: Where to?

Me: There is no need for you to know. Now Lloyd say the disclaimer!

Lloyd: Game-girl209 does not own Tales of Symphonia, except her self-insert OC.

Me: Thanks! I'm away!

Cam: Who will write the chapter?!

Me: Meh... It can do it on it's own!

Cam/Lloyd: It can?!

Me: Yeah, bye!

''Yuan! What the hell?!'' I just realized, oh holy crap I said his name! I am so dead! I'm dead! A crap!!!! I started shaking.

''Calm down! I already know about you,'' he said quietly.

''How is that suppose to make feel any better?! You probably want to use me for bait to get Lloyd here, and kidnap Kratos to force him to release Origin's seal or Lloyd dies! And then kill me for the fun of it'' I loudly guessed.

''No! But I am going to have to kidnap you.''

''Why? I'm not in danger until I get to the Tower!'' I explained.

''Keep quiet, you idiot!! They'll hear you!'' He hissed'

''And that's a bad thing? ...Wait, shouldn't Kratos be able to hear this?'' I asked.

''He's taking a walk,'' Yuan smirked.

''So you are going to kidnap me and train me and use my power to stop Yggdrassil?'' I guessed wildly. He nodded. ''Aw crap!'' I sighed. ''What would you do if I resist?''

''Knock you out,'' he calmly said.

''Dammit...'' I sighed. I could call for help, but he would just take me and vanish, and then that would delay the journey. Stupid smart Yuan and his class hair.

''You gonna kidnap me or what?'' I asked.

''You're odd, why don't you resist?...''

''So are you! What would be the point? You would just take me and vanish from sight before anyone could notice. But then of course,'' I smirked. ''I could always wait for you to let your guard and run for it or I could get my sword and fight you, but I wouldn't do that would I?'' He became tense. ''Am I making you anxious, Yuan?''

''Enough of this!'' He said.

''I thought you would be use to mind games, Yuan. You do work for Yggdrassil, wait, oh! I'm sorry! I'd forgotten you are a double agent'' I said calmly.

He grabbed my arm, when the door flung open. ''Erin!'' Lloyd looked over at Yuan, ''What the hell are you doing here?!''

Yuan looked annoyed. ''Watch it girl! Next time I come, I'll be leaving with you!'' And he left.

''Erin, are you alright?!'' Lloyd rushed over to me.

''Y- yeah, I'm fine!'' I lied. The whole way through that I was absolutely terrified!

''Why was that guy after you?!'' he asked.

''I don't know...'' I lied again. God, I'm while for lying!

''Did he hurt you?!'' he asked.

''N-no, just scared me...'' I started shaking. Lloyd put his hand on my shoulder.

''Don't worry, he's gone,'' he said quietly.

''I-I was so scared,'' I whispered. What would my brothers and sisters say if they saw me now? They would probably say I should calm down and say jokes about him trying to make feel better! Heh! I love them!

I cried silently as I sat down on the bed. Lloyd sat beside me stroking my hair. He was muttering ''It's okay, it's over.''

I looked up at him. ''I need to start training, I-I felt defenseless.'' I lowered my head. He wrapped me in a hug. ''How 'bout this, if I see him again, I'll cut off his gay pony tail!'' He said.

''Just like my brothers'' I muttered.

''What?''

''It's just, if my family was here, they would make jokes about him and funny threats,'' I laughed.

Lloyd smiled, ''See? You laughed.''

''Thanks, Lloyd! I really needed someone,'' I said.

''No, problem! I said I would protect you!'' he explained as we got up.

''Yeah. Lloyd, don't think I'll let you do all the protecting! I'm doing whatever I can to protect anyone.''

''Never would've dreamed of it,'' He smiled. I smiled back.

We walked down stairs where I saw Kratos just simply nodding at us. What, how long was he here? Did he here the conversation Yuan and I had?! Why didn't he do anything? Wait I was sharing a room with Colette. Where was she? She was sitting on a chair when we came down. Geez I most have had an early night. I would have to find out if Kratos knew...

Lloyd went to bed as well as Colette so I decided to have a little talk with a so called mercenary,

''Kratos, did you hear the conversation I had with him?'' I asked, him being Yuan. He nodded.

''A bit... I thought you had it under control, with your mind games,'' He said.

''Did you find out anything new about Yuan?''

''No, why?''

''You'll find out later. Why the hell didn't you help me?!''

''You should relay more on your own, abilities. I told Lloyd once, it seemed like he wouldn't leave. Though, I thought Yuan was against it, When He told him, Yuan told me, he didn't like the idea,'' Kratos explained.

''Meh, probably didn't trust you...''

He glared at me. ''What are you hiding?''

''I can't say! You'll find out eventually anyway!''

''Fine,'' he grunted and went up stairs.

''Christ, what's his problem?'' I said to myself and went to my room and fell quickly asleep.

I awoke with a splitting headache. ''Stupid sun!'' I grumbled as it was shining onto my room and blinding me.

I'm usually more of a morning person than most people. So, I'm usually up before everyone else, except today. Today I was half an hour later than most. Arg, stupid need to sleep! Crap, better not jinx it or might turn into an angel. I shuddered at the thought.

I walked down stairs, no one was there so I went outside. Thankfully I was up before Genis and Lloyd.

''Genis or Lloyd not up yet'' I asked, making sure I was right.

''They should be up soon,'' Raine said.

''Oh rightie. Hey, I'm gonna walk around the town for a while.'' I said.

''Alright, be back soon,'' Raine said. I nodded.

I walked over to the oasis, in to the tent of the fortune teller. ''Hey, I was wondering could, you do one of those free friendship fortunes for me,'' I asked and she nodded. Told me to think of someone. Hmm.... ''Lloyd.''

''He trusts you, and cares for you, though he shows care for you, there is still more care then that. He thinks of you as trust worthy friend, though he fells different towards you. You two have a good friendship, in a short space of time, do not ruin it, and make it grow to become something so powerful,'' She explained.

I nodded, ''Thanks.'' The part where she said about feeling something different towards me, probably meant knowing I have something to hide so he was probably wondering what it is.

Hmm... someone else... ''Raine''

''She thinks of you as someone suspicious, though she knows you a kind person. She can't trust you. You should show her trust and she will answer with kindness,'' The fortuneteller said.

Ok, running out of time here, just do one more. Hmm... well I don't like Colette or Genis so...

''Kratos''

''Hmm... He does trust you a bit, but he is still curious of you. He would like to know more about what you have-'' My power, of course -''He is trying to keep you from something, but not because he has to, but because he wants too, though, he feels he needs to. He thinks you are a good person, yet he doesn't know you well enough to make a proper impression of you. Stay on his good side and he will not betray your trust,'' She said. I snorted into myself, Kratos will betray my trust, by going back to Cruxis. I know he thinks it's the only way, but I'm still annoyed with him. I hated getting betrayed by him every time we go to the Tower. He was- is my favorite character, but so is Lloyd. The first two playthroughs Kratos my favorite character, but as I got older and did more playthroughs, I started to realize how class Lloyd was! And he is! I love him!- Wait what?!!! I mean I admire his strength to forgive, his loyalty, his strength in battle and his love for the worlds. Not love him as in kiss him, love him! I'm gonna shut up now be for I go and say something else stupid!

Anyway I was gonna go back to the group, when a dog came up to me, near the oasis. He jumped up at me and SPLASH I fell back into the oasis. The bad thing was I could barely swim. I was able to get my head above the water. I couldn't do the breast stroke, so I had to try to swim under water to travel, well because I was pretty far away from the shore.

My attempt to swim was not good. I didn't travel far. I found it hard to try to keep my head above the water. The weight of my clothes and my sword dragging me down. I held my breath for as long as I could until I opened my mouth, but only swallowing large amounts of water. And the water wasn't clean. I tried once more to reach for air. I got one last breath of air, before sinking down again in exhaustion. I closed my mouth holding my breath. I opened my eyes, my eyesight was blurry. I was scared. I thought I was going to die. My heart beating rapidly, my arms tired from exhaustion. I didn't want to die here, not like this. I wanted to live. To see my family again, if there was any chance at all. I continued to struggle for air. I saw a disturbance in the water. Tiny waves. Then I saw someone swimming towards me. I closed my eyes and fell unconscious.

~~Lloyd's P,O.V.~~

I looked over at the oasis, seeing someone in trouble. I looked closer and saw a shade of dark blue. I suddenly realized. ''Erin!'' I jumped in without hesitation.

I swam as fast as I could to her. She was drowning, struggling for air, I had to hurry.

She caught sight of me and closed her eyes and fell back. I got to her, dragging her in as I swam to shore.

Once we got to shore, everyone in our group was there.

Kratos and Professor pulled her out of the water, and I got out by myself. I was breathing recklessly, my legs shaking.

I looked over to Erin. She was still unconscious. She wasn't breathing. ''She needs C.P.R. and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!'' Professor said. We all slightly blushed.

No-one seemed to volunteer so I decided I would, we needed to save her! ''I'll go. Kratos you do the C.P.R.'' I ordered. He nodded.

I went over to her, right above her face. Kratos was at the other side, placing to hands on her chest. He began putting pressure on his hands. He did it 3 times. I blushed brightly and leaned close to her mouth. I opened my mouth and pressed my lips into hers and blew. I separated from her, blushing madly.

Kratos put pressure on her chest again and I prepared myself to go again. I put my mouth close to hers' again and blew in.

Kratos put pressure on her chest and I was ready to go again when... Erin opened her eyes and coughed.

~~Erin's P.O.V.~~

I suddenly woke up coughing. I realized what had happened. I looked at Lloyd's worried eye's really close to my face. We both blushed. I sat up breathing heavily. Everyone looking at me. ''How are you feeling, Erin,'' I looked up at Raine.

''Exhausted, and and c... c... cold!'' I started shivering. I suddenly felt a towel rap around me. I checked to see who did it. I looked at Lloyd, who was the one who gave me the towel. ''Thanks..'' I said. He looked at me with worry.

''I think, we should get back to the inn, and you tell us what happened, alright Erin?'' Lloyd said. I nodded.

''And get the both you out of those clothes,'' Raine ordered.

We went back to the in. I got changed into another tunic, but it was dark green. Sorta close to black, but I nice colour.

I sat down on a bed and said, ''I was walking back to you when I dog, came up to me. It jumped on me and I fell in. I don't know how to swim, so I nearly drowned. Thanks, Lloyd for saving me!'' I thanked him. He blushed.

''N-no problem! Kratos helped, too! He did that C.P.R. thing!'' He said. I looked over at Kratos. He nodded. ''Thanks, Kratos!''

''Yeah, but Lloyd did that mouth-to-mouth-'' Genis' mouth was covered by Lloyd's hand. Lloyd blushed even more. ''You did?'' I blushed slightly. He nodded. ''T-thanks. We should probably continue on with the first seal,'' I announced.

''Do you think you're ready, to be traveling?'' Lloyd asked.

''We need to release the seals, Lloyd! I'll be fine! I'll ride on Noishe, till we get there to fight, if you are worried,'' I explained.

''Yes, we need to continue the journey,'' Kratos said.

''Alright, let's go,'' Raine said and went out of the inn.

The journey to the the ruins was was hot! Though, I rode on Noishe because, Lloyd insisted for me to. We traveled and fought for an hour, till we got to the seal.

As soon as I got off Noishe he ran away. Poor, Noishe is afraid of monsters.

I walked on ahead. With the others. I wasn't really listening, I was thinking in my own wee world inside my mind. I snapped out of it as soon as Kratos said ''-There are enemies about.''

I unsheathed my sword and attacking one of the fire elements. Which was annoying because it had good defense, and every time I would get from it to get my breath back it attacked me with magic. God, I wish I could use guardian now. Stupid Kratos not teaching us sooner.

While I was thinking a fire element used a magic attack on me. I fairly wounded already. Another attack could really do damage. it was few feet away when scared as hell, when I finally shouted ''Guardian'' and a protective ball was shielding me from the magic attack.

I heard gasps from Lloyd, Genis and Colette. Though, I was too busy to smirk at them, so ran over to the magic user and killed it.

''When did you learn that attack?!'' Lloyd rushed over to me.

I blushed, ''I saw people do it before, and I thought this would be the best of time of any to try. I just glad it worked!'' I sighed in relief.

''It's best for the rest of you to learn it as well,'' Kratos walked over.

So they all learned their defensive techniques while I did some demonstrations for Lloyd and we went on ahead.

''FANTASTIC!!!'' Raine and her ruin obsession. I sighed. ''This is polycarbonate. Developed during the ancient war to protect against magic! It's clearly separate from the the rest of the ruin. Feel the cool surface! It's wondrous!!'' She ranted on.

''Pist! Genis, I think your sister has a problem!'' I whispered to Genis. He sighed.

''Is she always like this?'' Kratos asked.

After that I went into my own wee world in my mind.

Hm... I hope time stood still at home, or I'll have very angry family. They would think I ran away. And if I came back with them on wild chase looking for me, well let's, just say they would show their love through their fists. In other words they would beat the crap out of me!

I continued to think about random stuff like, when we are going to break the mana links, it will cause plates to move and crash into each other. I wonder if Sylvarant's and Tethe,alla's plates can meet. No they would have to be together to do that and plus, when the giant tree appears that would have meant a hell of a lot more earthquakes, even though they had a lot then. Stop thinking! Wait if I stop thinking how can I be able to move? Your brain send messages to your body and that would cause to think. Shut up, Erin! Just, shut up! You're able to bore yourself for God sake!

Then, I started thinking about my family, how much I missed them. I like having a big family, because at least one is always there for me. And now no-one is here! I just, I just wish I could see them, talk to them, mess about with them, again. I miss them so much! Okay, Erin pull yourself together! You have been here, how little days now? Around 3. That's all, and you are aready missing them! Pull yourself together, girl!!!

Erin! Come on, we're going in now!'' Lloyd shouted over to me. He looked at me. ''Is something wrong? You look pale and your eyes are begin to get watery. It's ok! You can pull out of this one, if you're not feeling so well!'' He said to me. I looked into his brown eyes. I need to tell him that! I need to him,so I can talk to him! I hate lying to him!!

''Lloyd, I need to tell you some-'' I was cut off by Genis.

''Come on, already!'' he shouted.

''Shut it, Genis! What's wrong, Erin? You know, you can tell me what's wrong!'' Lloyd informs me.

''I- I'll tell you later, okay? We have to worry about the seal now,'' I told him. I walked ahead.

Once we were in, I felt being pulled around and faced Lloyd. ''Are you alright? Can you fight? It's alright if you can't, I'll protect you,'' he said.

''Lloyd,'' I smiled. ''I can fight! I'm just a little down that's all. I'll tell you later. I want you to know something, but I'll tell you later.''

''Are you sure you're alright?!'' He asks.

''I'm physically fine! I can fight, alright?! So stop worrying about me and worry about Colette! She has a big trail ahead of her!'' I said.

''Colette has everyone else to watch her, while no-one seems to watch as much or trust you, but I do!'' He said.

''Believe me, many people are watching me , Lloyd,'' I mumbled.

''What?'' He didn't hear me.

''Nothing. Thanks, Lloyd! For looking out for me! Come on let's go before they leave us behind!'' I said walking ahead.

''Hurry, before we leave you behind,'' Kratos said to us.

''I just said that!'' I called over to the now 15 meters away group.

''Alright, but you better not be lying!'' He said walking beside me.

''I'll be fine, Lloyd,'' I said.

''Are you sure?'' He asked. I nodded. ''Good.''

''Lloyd...'' he looked at me. ''Thanks for trusting me and for everything you've done for me, when you don't know me.''

''Well then better get started!''

''What?!''

''Getting to know each other! So we can make our friendship grow!''

''Yeah, grow...''

''What? You cool about this, Erin?''

Aye, of course I am! I would love to know you better! And become better friends!''

''You talk funny!''

''What?!''

''You always say wee or aye or even ween! And I don't know know what it means!''

''Maybe, it's because where I'm from! Just so you know, wee means little, aye means yes and ween means child!''

''I didn't know Hima people talk like that!''

''I'll explain later...''

''Okay.''

There was no puzzles in here, yay!!! We went into the warp pad and Genis commented about mana welling up. And big, fiery, oh so cuddly dog wolf thing that is Ktugach and his/her (I'm not sure what gender it is) Ktugachlings appeared as we readied our weapons to fight...

Cam: Chapter's done!

Lloyd: Ye-yeah! Hey you feeling okay?

Cam: -Falls down and Lloyd catches her, realizing she was asleep-

Lloyd: Are you okay?!

Me: Lloyd, what did you do to her?!

Lloyd: Nothing! She just fell down!

Me: -Looks at her- She's sleeping?!

Lloyd: Seams like it. -Blushes madly as Cam lied in his arms-

Me: Unless, I refuse to believe you! If you don't review, I will torture Lloyd!

Lloyd: Why, I didn't do anything!

Me: Because I'm annoyed at you! -Mithos grin-

Lloyd: What?! Review, for my sake! Please! Ahhh!

Me: Muhahahahahhahaha!!!!