Tales of Symphonia Story, Sylvarant Chronicles (1)

QUIZ START: You fall asleep after Lloyd and Kratos had been sparring again. You wake up earlier than normal despite how tired you had been, you were wide awake and felt fine. After looking around you see that everyone is still asleep, even Kratos. So you don't wake anyone up, you quietly walk down the stairs and go outside. You sit on the steps of the building and watch the sun finish rising. Soon you stand up and stretch. You walk to the side of the building, and start to practice Aqua Edge, knowing that you need to practice if you want to be able to use it in battle. To perfect the technique, you say the spell slower than normal. A blue light appears on the ground around you, as you finish the spell, you call,
"Aqua Edge!!"

Kratos woke a little later than normal. After sitting up he rubbed sleep from one of his eyes with the back of his hand, and then got off of his bed. He noticed Aura wasn't in her bed *Probably up already. She always did have that habit of waking up early...* he thought, and head downstairs; he wanted to practice a bit with his sword, just to make sure that he kept his technique up. All of the battles they've been getting in have been easy, and he didn't want his skills to get rusty. As he walked out of the doors of the Thoda Dock house, he heard a familiar voice yell,
"Aqua Edge!" He cautiously walked to one side of the building *I have to be quiet...Aura has better hearing than normal humans.* he looked around the side of the building. Aura was practicing her 'Aqua Edge' spell. When she cast the spell again, it was almost perfect. He quickly noticed something sparkle on the ground *!* it was Auras locket. He almost gasped, and pick it up, *...I must have cut this off yesterday.* he walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
He thought she heard him coming...

You felt a hand on your shoulder.
"Eeeek!" you spin around quickly: Slap! You slapped whoever put a hand on your shoulder, you hadn't heard anyone coming! When you realize...
"...Ow."
"Ah! Kratos!" you yelp. Kratos had a bright red hand mark on his face, one of his hands was hovering in the air, at about the same height as...your shoulder. "I'm sorry! Are you ok?!" you ask. He sighed and sat down, one hand at his side, rubbing his red cheek with his other,
"Ah...don't worry." he said. "I assumed you heard me, but, apparently you didn't. It was an accident... I hope."
"Y-yes! Of course it was!" you sink to your knees next to him "I'm so sorry! Are you ok?!"
"...Don't worry about it. But I will say...your pretty strong."
"Here...let me help."
"Hm?" he looked at you. You lightly rest your hands on either side of his face. He put one of his hands on yours, confused. You murmur a spell, then say,
"First Aid." the red hand mark disappeared,
"...Thank you, Aura." you pulled away one hand, Kratos was holding the other. You blush a little, he pulled your hand away, and turned it over, so your palm was facing up "You need to be careful." he put his free hand palm down on yours. You felt something rest in your hand.
"...? Huh?"
"Or you'll loose something very dear to you." he pulled his hand away, it was your locket. You gasp quietly. Kratos pushed your fingers over your locket, so you were holding it instead of it resting in the palm of your hand. You hold it tighter, looking at the ground,
"My locket...Its the only thing I can remember..." you whisper, your hand still resting in his. The Mercenaries expression softened, he put his free hand on the side of your face. You look up at him; a light pink tinge crossed your cheeks, and your eyes trail down nervously. His expression softened, after applying slight pressure to your cheek with his palm, you looked back up at him. Slowly, Kratos leaned closer, the gap between you both became smaller and smaller. You leaned slightly closer as well; your eyes slipped closed. Both of your lips were barely brushing against one another, not enough to be called a proper kiss, when..........

When someone burst out of the H.S. yelling,
"Kratos! Aura!" it was Lloyd. You both almost jumped, scared to death. Kratos pulled his hands away, you both look opposite ways. You hold your locket to your chest with both hands, looking at the ground. He cleared his throat uneasily,
"Well...um..." you say, trying to break the silence. When you heard him mutter,
"I'm going to kill that boy..." you giggle a little. Kratos looked back at you "What?"
"Nothing, its nothing." You stood Kratos did as well,
"Aura, I'm sorry if I was getting carried away--"
"N-no...its ok. Come on, lets go!" you jog to the front of the Dock House Kratos followed you, but he walked.

While everyone talked about what you all should do, you put the broken parts of your locket chain together in the palm of your hand. You put your index finger on the broken section, and use a little bit of Mana to fix the chain. Then you put it back around your neck. Mentally, you thanked Kratos for finding your locket for you.