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Iselia Forest
Two figures are running though the forest. One is a young man with auburn hair wearing a purple suit and carrying a sword on his belt. Beside him is a young woman with long, brown hair wearing a long, flowing, green dress. She is carrying a baby boy with brown hair who is sleeping soundly in his mother's arms. Running along side them is a large green and white dog. They continue running until they come to a cliff, hearing the sound of footsteps coming closer, the young man takes the baby out of his mother's arms and puts him on the dog and says "Noishe, take Lloyd and go to the bottom of the cliff and wait for us there"
Noishe whines in response and starts heading down the cliff. The young man turns to the boy's mother and says "Anna please get behind me"
"All right" says Anna as she gets behind the young man as he unsheathes his sword
The footsteps finally reach them as a very smug looking man comes out and says "Ahh, we have finally caught up with you Kratos, you traitor"
"Kvar" said Kratos with anger in his voice
"I have come to take my Angelus Project back" said Kvar
"I won't let you lay a hand on Anna" said Kratos tightening his grip on his sword
"Get them" yelled Kvar
Desians start charging at them and Kratos runs forward slashing his sword left and right taking down two or more desians with each slash of his blade. As Kratos is fighting off the desians, Kvar sneaks up to Anna and yells out "Now the Angelus Project is mine" and takes the Angelus Crystal out of Anna's wrist and she lets out animal like scream.
After Kratos had finished off the last desian, he hears Kvar yell and sees him take the Angelus Crystal out of Anna's wrist and hears her terrible scream. Kratos charges forward and plunges his sword into Kvar's heart and he drops to the ground dropping the Angelus Crystal. Then Anna lunges towards Kratos and he dodges out of the way. Then Anna spoke up and said "Kratos, please, kill me"
"Anna, I can't" said Kratos
"Kratos, you have to" said Anna
"All right" said Kratos as he took his sword out of Kvar's dead body and threw it at Anna's heart
The sword hit its target and she changed back and fell to the ground. Kratos ran up and caught her and took the sword out of her and threw it away. In a weak voice, Anna said "Hand me the crystal"
"Ok" said Kratos picking up the crystal and handing it to her
"What are you going to do" he asked her
"I am going to complete it" she said
"WHAT, WHY" Kratos yelled
"I want you to give it to Lloyd and take him back with you to Derris-Kharlan. Raise him to be an angel and make sure he never loses touch with his human side" Anna said
"All right, I will" Kratos said
"Thank you, take good care of him" Anna said as she closed her eyes and disappeared into the newly completed Angelus Crystal
The crystal falls into Kratos' opened hand and he closes his hand over it tightly and puts it securely into his suit. He then gets up and starts heading down the cliff to get Lloyd. He gets to the bottom of the cliff and sees that Lloyd is still asleep on top of Noishe. He walks over and picks up Lloyd and said "Good job Noishe"
Then he looks down at his sleeping son and said "If you are going to be wearing this, we better get you a Key Crest and I know the perfect man for the job"
Dirk's House
Dirk was up late, putting the finishing touches on his latest commission when he heard a knock at his door. He goes over and opens the door to find Kratos holding Lloyd and he lets them in. He leads them to the kitchen table and asks "What can I do for you"
"I was wondering if you would make a Key Crest for this crystal" said Kratos holding out the crystal
"Who is going to be wearing it" Dirk asked
"My son is" said Kratos
"You are going to put that on your son! WHY" Dirk yelled
"His mother was a prisoner from the ranch. I got her out of there, but we were chased down and they mortally wounded her and her dying wish was for our son to wear her crystal" said Kratos
"All right, I will make you a Key Crest. I will be ready by tomorrow" said Dirk
"Thank you. I was wondering if I could ask a favor" asked Kratos
"What is it" asked Dirk
"I was wondering if I could erect a grave for my wife on your land" said Kratos
"Of course you can, be my guest" said Dirk
"Thank you very much" said Kratos
He walks over to curled up Noishe on the floor and places Lloyd on top of him and said "Take care of Lloyd for me right now, ok"
Noishe whines in response and goes back to sleep. Kratos heads out the door and starts constructing a final resting place for Anna.
Morning came and Kratos just finished building Anna's grave when he heard Lloyd start crying. He walks back into the house and picks up Lloyd and gives him some milk which Lloyd happily takes out of Kratos' hand and starts drinking. Dirk walks over to them and said "That is one good kid you got there"
"Thank you" said Kratos
"Here is the Key Crest you wanted" said Dirk handing Kratos the Key Crest
"Thank you for all your help and hospitably you gave us" said Kratos
"Not a problem" said Dirk
"Before we leave, I have one more favor to ask" said Kratos
"What is it" asked Dirk
"I am taking Lloyd someplace far away from here and was wondering if you could look after Noishe for me" asked Kratos
"I would be glad to look after him for you" said Dirk
"Thank you" said Kratos
Kratos walks over to Noishe and said "Noishe, I am taking Lloyd with me back to Derris-Kharlan and I want you to stay here with Dirk"
Noishe whined in response and Kratos headed out the door, took out his wings and flew away.
16 years later
Derris-Kharlan
A blue haired man is running though the halls of Vinheim until he come to a stop at a door and opens it and said "Kratos, Lloyd, Yggdrasill wants you to meet him in the throne room now"
"What does he want Yuan" asked Kratos
"I don't know, all he said was for to get you and Lloyd bring them to him now" said Yuan
"Alright, we will be there in a minute" said Kratos
"Lloyd, Yggdrasill wants to see both of us now" he yelled
"Why does he want me there too" asked Lloyd walking up to the door
"I don't know, but we have to get going. It is not a good idea to let Yggdrasill wait for very long" said Kratos
Kratos and Lloyd left their room and walked down the hallways of Vinheim until they came to the giant doors of the throne room. They both walked though the doors and stood before Yggdrasill. Yggdrasill spoke up and said "I am glad you are both here"
"I had something to tell Lloyd and thought his father should be here to hear this too" he said
"I have decided to make Lloyd the fifth Seraphim of Cruxis" he said
"Thank you for this honor Lord Yggdrasill" said Lloyd looking up at Yggdrasill
"You two may leave now. That is all" said Yggdrasill
Kratos and Lloyd walked out of the throne room and saw Yuan standing there and he asked "What did Yggdrasill want"
"He made Lloyd the fifth Seraphim of Cruxis" said Kratos
"Why did he do that" asked Yuan
"I don't know" Kratos said as him and Lloyd went back to their room
Once back in their room, Kratos walked over to his bed and took out a case and showed it to Lloyd and said "I wanted to give this to you when you were old enough"
He opened up the case and took out a blue sword, the Vorpal Sword. He then handed it over to Lloyd who was stricken with awe. He then put down the case and said "Then you started using two swords, so I decided to give you this one as well"
He unsheathed his sword, Flamberge, and handed it to Lloyd as well. Lloyd looks at both swords and asked "Why are you giving me your sword as well"
"You see Lloyd, Flamberge and Vorpal are a match set that was given to me for helping stop the Kharlan War. I started using Flamberge and kept Vorpal in storage. Then you started using two swords to fight with, so I decided to give them both to you and made a new sword and kept it in storage until I gave you Flamberge" Kratos said as he took out his new sword and put it in his sheath
"Thank you dad, I will take good care of them" said Lloyd as he put his new swords in his sheaths
1 year later
Derris-Kharlan
Kratos and Lloyd are standing before Yggdrasill in his throne room. He speaks up and says "I have a mission for the two of you"
"What do you require of us Lord Yggdrasill" said Kratos
"I want you and Lloyd to head down to Sylvarant and protect the Chosen during the Journey of Regeneration" said Yggdrasill
"You two will go in the guise of a father-son mercenary team. You leave tomorrow" he said
"I want you to go down there, find some clothes to help you blend in and then head to Iselia and convince the chosen's family to hire you as her bodyguards. Is that clear" said Yggdrasill
"Yes, my lord" said Kratos
"Good, dismissed" said Yggdrasill
Kratos and Lloyd left the throne room and headed back to their room to start packing for their mission. The next day they headed down to Welgaia and used to teleporter and appeared in front of Palmacosta and entered the city to buy some new clothes. Hours later they left Palmacosta with Kratos wearing an outfit similar to what he wore the last time he was on Sylvarant and Lloyd is wearing a red shirt with red gloves and black pants with red boots.
Then they both spread their wings and fly off towards Iselia. When they get near Iselia they see the light of the Oracle and Kratos said to Lloyd "Let's head to the Martel temple and wait for the chosen there"
"All right" said Lloyd
They land at the Martel temple just as the Chosen and her friend finished off the last Renegade disguised as a Desian. Then a big renegade comes out swinging a ball and chain and starts fighting them and Kratos said to Lloyd "Once the Chosen and her friend get tired I will jump in and defeat that big renegade and you go and make sure the Chosen and her friend are ok"
After he said that, the Chosen and her friend got knocked down by the big renegade and Kratos and Lloyd sprang into action.