Disclaimer: In no way do I, AlterGenesis-X own the Star Ocean series. It is a franchise now owned by Square-Enix. In addition, in no way can this fan fiction be used for profit. Any characters not originally introduced in the Star Ocean series, are copyrighted separately by myself.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

The Mistakes of the Past

Author's Notes: This story begins after the end of the PS2, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. If you plan on playing the game and have not finished it, I suggest not reading this fan fiction, for it may contain spoilers. This story does not take into account any of the extra endings that might have been seen in the Star Ocean game.

Chapter One: Reunion

It has been one month since Luther was defeated. All of the heroes went their separate ways after freeing themselves from the grasps of the 4-D beings. Life is back to normal for Fayt Leingod. He's returned to his college where he now studies Physics. He will never forget the events he fought through with his companions. Yet, there were still a few things that bothered him. Fayt sat underneath a tree on his campus.

"What if we lost to Luther? Did my Father have a Plan B?"

There were so many questions he still had about the experiments that were done on himself, Sophia and Maria. If he did it to them, could have anyone else been affected? This wracked at Fayt's mind. He was then snapped out of his daze by Sophia.

"Hey Fayt, quit daydreaming. You promised me we could eat lunch together."

Fayt smiled politely.

"Oh, of course, sit down Sophia."

"What's bothering you, Fayt?"

Sophia took out a few sandwiches and gave one to Fayt. He gladly accepted it.

"Sophia, doesn't it still bother you that we had got into all this mess because of the experiments our parents did to us?"

"Well, it does. But, I try not to think about it…It's over isn't it, Fayt?"

"Yeah, but I'm just keep thinking that everything went too well. Could there possibly something else that we didn't learn?"

Sophia giggled.

"Did I say something funny?"

Fayt looked puzzled.

"No silly, you're thinking too much. Just relax, it's over, alright?"

Sophia wrapped her arms around Fayt's chest. Fayt seemed a little startled by the fact the Sophia was so close to him. He blushed a little bit.

"Uh…uh…Sophia?"

"Is there a problem, Fayt?"

Looking for the right answer, Fayt stuttered.

"Uh…N-no…of course not…."

Just then, one Fayt's friends from the school cam running by, he ran into Sophia and Fayt.

"I hate to break it up you love birds, but Fayt, we got to go class, last one of the day."

"H-hey, it's NOT what you think!"

"Yeah, yeah, get your butt in gear."

Fayt removed Sophia's arms from around him and jumped up.

"Thanks for lunch Sophia, I gotta run!"

Fayt ran off in a flurry. Sophia was left sitting, she pouted.

"Urgh….It was getting good too."

Meanwhile…

Maria was quite busy with love confessions. She was confessed to by almost every male member on her crew. She turned down every single one of them. Maria was still irritated with the fact that she was experimented on without her consent. She continued to put in long hours into her research. She came to the conclusion that herself, Fayt and Sophia were connected in another way, not just through the experiment. There something else, a piece of information that wasn't quite clear to her. She needed to see Fayt and Sophia right away. Maybe they could help her she thought.

"Marietta, could you set a course for Hyda VII?"

"Understood."

Maria and her crew headed for the planet were Fayt and Sophia where. They would arrive in 2 hours.

Later that day….

Fayt sat through another class, as Sophia went to her respective class as well. As 2 hours passed, Maria arrived on Hyda VII. She knew Fayt was a school so she headed there and waited outside the gates. Classes ended and Sophia tracked down Fayt in an instant, surprised, Fayt and Sophia walked to the gates together only to see Maria.

"Maria, is that you?"

"Fayt, Sophia, long time no see."

Sophia smiled. She ran and hugged Maria.

"Oh, it's so good to see you're well, Maria. We missed you."

Fayt added.

"We sure did. So, what brings you to Hyda VII, Maria?"

Maria took out some papers.

"I know the experiments may still be bothering you, Fayt, you know, long term effects and overall consequences and such."

Fayt was surprised. Maria was still thinking about the experiments. He thought he was just over thinking.

"You too Maria?"

"Yeah, I stumbled across some interesting information. But, I couldn't quite figure out what it meant. I thought you two could help me."

"Well, I don't have classes for another 2 weeks, so I can, I'm interested myself."

Sophia nodded.

"Sure, if it'll get old Fayt's mind off these experiments."

Sophia nudged Fayt and Maria laughed. Well, join me on my ship; it'll be just like old times. They smiled.

"Yeah…"

End Chapter One

Author's Notes: Well, a change of pace for me, I decided to do a little video game fan fiction. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. More to come. I look forward to any criticism.

AlterGenesis-X