What can I say? This is the last chappy, and oh...I do have to say something. I did make Colette and Presea get healed, just don't yell at me for the way they did. I needed Colette to talk again. She was too funny to keep quiet in this chapter. Well...hope you like it! This is it!

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The Reunion

It was all over. Everything that they started over a year ago had finally come to an end. The two worlds had been reunited into Symphonia and the Desians were no longer a threat. Every now and then, they would run into a soldier or two, but they either got scared and ran off or fought and failed. Peace had finally reached the world; something that everyone in the group didn’t think was possible to have.

After Mithos and the reunification of the worlds, everyone went out to help Colette and Presea get their normal lives back. The first place they stopped at was Kate, the scientist at the Research Academy in Sybak. She not only helped Presea overcome the effects of the Crystal, but she did so with Colette as well. Both were back to normal in a few days, happy to be themselves once again.

Before everyone split up and went their separate ways, Zelos wanted to have a major good-bye party. So, he paid for everyone’s vacation to Altamira, a city on the beach with plenty of things to do. Zelos called it “heaven”, but Lloyd and the others called it “a nice vacation spot”. However, Lloyd’s opinion changed when he found out about the amusement park. Zelos only went to go to the casino, but since it was only open during the night, he decided to go to the amusement park with Lloyd and the others.

When the group arrived at the park, Lloyd nearly fainted. “This is going to be so much fun!”

Genis laughed as he stepped off the water train. “Lloyd, what do you want to ride first?”

Lloyd thought, but didn’t get to think long as he realized he lying face first on the ground. In the background, he could hear everyone laughing at him.

“Geez, Colette. You’re such a klutz.” Lloyd heard Sheena say as Colette was lifted off of him. He was helped up, then he looked over at Genis.

“I want to ride…the teacups!”

Genis stared at Lloyd like he was crazy. “Lloyd, the reason to go to an amusement park is to ride something a little more exciting than the teacups.”

“No! I am going to ride the teacups, whether no one will ride with me or not!”

“I will Lloyd. But…how are we going to fit into those little cups? Won’t we break them?” Colette asked.

Zelos laughed. “No Colette, they’re big cups, so people can sit in them. You’ll just have to see for yourself.”

The group followed the anxious Lloyd to the teacups and a few followed him on the ride. The others walked over to the food court and sat down at a table, waiting for Lloyd, Colette, and Zelos to get off the teacups.

Once they were done at the amusement park, Lloyd and Colette could not walk straight, Anna was carrying a huge stuffed animal that Kratos had won her, Genis just got off a water ride with Sheena and Presea, Raine was too busy studying the layout of the park, and Zelos was busy talking to the hot people who passed by.

“Alright, so where do we go from here? We still have a while before the theater and stuff opens.” Genis asked as they arrived back on the main part of Altamira.

Zelos shook his head. “We could go to the beach. You don’t come here and not go to the beach.”

Raine shook her head. “I’ll go back to the hotel. I am not going over there.”

Genis laughed. “Raine’s scared of water, huh Raine?”

She glared at him, but didn’t say anything in response. Zelos smiled. “That’s okay. I am going to the beach! Who wants to come with me?”

“Me! I want to go!” Lloyd said, finally walking in a straight line.

Colette smiled and agreed. “I want to build a sandcastle out of sand!”

Genis laughed even harder. “Colette, what do you make your sandcastles out of?”

She shrugged her shoulders. “I’ve never made one before, so I want to!” Before they went to the beach, they all checked into a room and dropped off their souvenirs. Once they did that and changed, Zelos led them all, except for Raine, down to the famous shore line in Altamira. Genis and Lloyd ran off into the water and began playing around. Zelos did what he usually did and tried to hit on some girls. Sheena, Presea, and Colette worked together to make the largest sandcastle that anyone had ever seen. Kratos and Anna sat down away from the group and water.

“See, this is all what you would have missed if you died back there. Aren’t you happy that you’re here?” Anna asked after a few moments of silence.

Kratos laughed, then fell back onto the sand. “I can’t say that I want to be at some beach with a bunch of snot-nosed people walking around, but if it makes you feel better, it’s worth it to be with you.”

Anna smiled and mimicked him and lay down next to him. “I don’t know what I would be doing now if things turned out differently back there. Lloyd is so much more happier now, as well as me. I don’t think I would ever be happy again if you died back there.”

“You would have gotten over it after a few years.”

Anna sat up and looked at him. “Don’t say that. I would never have gotten over that Kratos. I don’t beg for just anyone. Half the time, I wouldn’t even care. But it was you, and I love you. If I would have to go back to living my life without you, when Lloyd was old enough to have a family, I can’t say that I would have stayed on this earth.”

Kratos looked up at her and saw the tears building in her eyes. He sighed and looked away. “I’m sorry. I have once been put in that situation before; wondering how much longer I can live when I thought you were dead. Those fifteen years went by so slow; it was almost like I was watching myself die. I guess now, I would do anything to make sure that you don’t feel what I did; it was worse than death.”

Anna smiled and placed her head on his chest, putting an arm over his waist. “And I know that you won’t ever let anything happen to us. We are going to live as a family again Kratos. You have no idea how happy I am.”

“Actually, I probably do; I never thought that this day would come. I’m just as happy as you are.” She didn’t respond and left it at that. She held onto him tightly, afraid that the slightest movement would tear her away from him. They sat like that for a few moments, holding each other and enjoying the moment alone. After a while, Anna got up and looked at Kratos.

“Hey, can you go get me a drink?”

Kratos smiled. “So, since I am alive, that’s all you can use me for?”

Anna frowned. “Please? I love you.”

He laughed, then stood up and brushed the sand off his body. “That’s not always going to work Anna.”

“Thank you.” Kratos walked over to stand to get something to drink and Anna looked out at the rest of the group. Lloyd and Genis were still horsing around in the water. Sheena, Presea, and Colette had a small castle built, but it seemed Colette always knocked it over once it got large enough to be proud of. She knew where Zelos was, so she didn’t even look around to find him.

Once the sun began to set, the group decided that it would be a good time to leave. Zelos left and went to the casino while the others walked back to the hotel. Everyone was tired from their day in Altamira, so they all walked up to their rooms to get some sleep before they had to leave the next day. After saying good-bye to his friends, Lloyd followed Anna and Kratos up to their room. Once inside, he plopped down on one of the beds.

“I am so tired! But, that was tons of fun! We have to come back again!”

Anna smiled at him. “Well, when you have enough money to come back, you feel free.”

“Awe…come on Mom! We could come here every now and then, right?”

“Probably not Lloyd.”

He sighed, then looked at Kratos. “Right Dad?”

Kratos laughed, then looked over at Lloyd. “I don’t think that we would get very far without your mother figuring out.”

“We could take her on!”

Anna glared at Lloyd, then at Kratos. “If you say what I think you’re going to say, I will kick you out right now.”

“Sorry Lloyd, but there are some things that she can beat me at.”

Anna smiled. “Good answer. Now, you had best go to bed Lloyd. I don’t want to deal with your cranky attitude in the morning.”

Lloyd rolled his eyes and pulled the covers over his body. “I can’t help that I inherited that gene from you.”

“I’m not cranky in the morning Lloyd.” Anna snapped back.

“Oh, that’s right. You’re cranky the rest of the time.”

Kratos managed a laugh and Anna rolled her eyes. “Shut up and go to bed.”

Lloyd smiled and whispered so no one could hear him. “See, you are too cranky the rest of the time.”

“Good-night Lloyd.” Anna said as she sat down on her bed. Lloyd chuckled to himself and closed his eyes, happy to know that this was the first night in fifteen years that he slept under the watch of his parents.

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Lloyd woke up and knew that it was still late or very early in the morning. The room was dark, but the light of the moon gave off enough light to see where he was going. He walked over to the glass door that led to the balcony and stepped outside, carefully so not to awake his sleeping parents. Once he was outside, he looked up at the night sky and smiled.

“Things are finally going back to normal. I don’t remember ever feeling so happy in my life. I have to thank Yuan for most of it, even though he could have been the reason my life sucked if he killed my Mom and Dad. I can’t believe that this day has come. The one thing I wanted more than anything in my life has come true; we are a family once again.”

“Why are you up?”

Lloyd was shocked that someone knew that he was up. He turned around and saw Kratos smiling at him. He relaxed and looked back up at the moon.

“I woke up and I didn’t want to go back to sleep. I guess I am too happy to sleep.” Kratos walked up beside him and looked up at the night sky like Lloyd was. Lloyd turned to him and smiled. “I remember Mom used to tell me that we would stay out here and look at the stars when I was a kid. I always did when I got lonely, thinking that somewhere out in the world, you were looking at the same thing I was. With that thought, I felt at peace with everything. It made me feel so much better.”

Kratos smiled and put an arm over his shoulders, but he couldn’t find anything to say to him. Lloyd leaned into him and looked back up at the sky.

“I can’t believe that this is all over. It seems like only yesterday we started this journey, and now it’s over.”

“Time flies by quickly. I cannot believe how old you are now. I can still remember holding you as an infant as if it were moments ago. You have become an impressive person Lloyd. I’m proud of you.”

Lloyd smiled. “You know, that’s the one thing I have been wanting to hear all my life.”

Kratos looked over at Lloyd. “What do you mean?”

He looked over at Kratos, then back at the sky. “I always looked up at he stars and knew that you were watching me, but I never got to hear you give me a compliment of how I was doing. I guess that’s what I’ve always wanted to know; that something that I did in my life made my Dad proud of me.”

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There you have it. I hope that you enjoyed it, because I feel so much better that this is over now. Plus, I have to thank all of those people who reviewed and gave me support. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. I seriously don't know what I would have done if I didn't have that support. I never saw myself ending this, but all of you made this possible, and I wish I could find better words to say, because you need it. This story was made because of your help and encouragment. Thank you so much! Ask kratos lover1, she made me write after not updating for three days one time. But, since I know that all of you liked this (or at least you say you did) I was happy to write this for you! Thanks a billion to all of you, my words just don't seem like enough!

Kratos Wilder