Dear reader, I go by silverpelt and this is what I hope to the first chapter of a very awesome story. I will be focusing on the relationship between Lloyd and Sheena, as the two characters are meant for each other. What I plan to do is move in a chronological order in accordance to the game, using each scene involving the two. I will try to stick to the original dialog as much as possible, but I will change it enough, or add, to enhance the relationship in the way I view it should be. Also if there are any readers who have wrote their own pieces on Lloyd and Sheena, I might rip off of your stories just a tad, and by that I mean just taking maybe the plot of the story and sewing it into mine. Of course I will not completely copy; I will make it just how I interpret how it should go.

Sorry for all that talk, I felt it was necessary though, so without further delay, here is the main feature.

Chapter 1

Ossa trail

It was morning the land of Sylvarant and a small group of travelers just made their way through a howling desert. They exited the desert by a small mountain path, hoping it would lead them over the mountains so they could continue their journey. Their journey was one that contained the lives of all living things; it was a journey to regenerate the world. Yesterday they had broke the first seal to the world regeneration; it was also at this seal that the Chosen One took her first steps down the path of becoming an angel.

As the group managed to make their way out of the harsh winds of the desert, a tall brunette with wild hair looked back on his group. This is Lloyd. A energetic seventeen year old armed with two swords on his waist. He was passionate, kind, and brave, and not the most intelligent, but he was strong. Even a bit reckless at times, throwing himself headfirst into danger, his only thought to keep his friends safe.

The first he looked upon was a man dressed in blue clothes. He had long, ragged hair, and fierce eyes. This was Kratos, a mercenary who only joined the group for money, and whose only purpose was to protect Collette, the Chosen.

"Chosen one, are you all right?" asked Kratos. He had only a hint of concern in his voice, he noticed that Collette was a bit red in the face. Probably from the suns relentless rays, he thought, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

"Oh!" Collette jumped a little at this question "I am just a little hot from the desert, that's all" she kept a cheerful face while she said all that. She didn't want to slow the group down because of her. She was always such a selfless person, she only cared about others, even when she was in pain.

"I think we are all a bit tired" said a white haired elf. Raine was her name. Or professor to Lloyd. Lloyd somewhat looked at her as a son looks to a mother. She was strict at times, but she was very caring and kind. "I think we could all use a little break, is that alright with you Kratos?" she asked turning towards the magic swordsman standing in front of her.

"I see no problem with it, just not too long, we should try to make it to town by nightfall." He answered.

Everyone sat down, taking sips of water as they passed around a canteen. Lloyd walked pass Kratos who was at the head of the group, and next to him he had his faithful companion, Noishe. He had been friends with his dog ever since he could remember, always walking with him through the forest from Dirks house to Isalia.

"Don't worry boy, we'll be in town in no time" Lloyd said, he patted Noishe on the head. Noishe then put his nose up, pointing it towards a little ledge with some bushes growing. Noishe barked loudly towards them. The rest of the group seemed to hear his bark, as they all stood up from their seated position and worked their way towards Lloyd.

"Knowing how sensitive Noishe is around monsters, that can't be a good sign." Said a younger, white haired elf. His name was Genis, brother to Raine, and Lloyd's best friend. Lloyd was really the reason to why he was in the group, after all together they got kicked out of their village and got into all sorts of trouble before they joined the chosen's group.

Up above, on the ledge, a lone assassin heard this bark that the beast made. Finally, I've been waiting all day for these people she thought.

"Stop!" she said in a very stong voice. Not the normal voice she was used to speaking with, she needed to sound tough for the job she was about to do. She then jumped down to meet the group. Noishe backed away from the group, leaving Lloyd at the head.

"Is she a friend of yours Lloyd?" asked Collette in a very innocent sounding voice. She had a questionable look on her face. I didn't think Lloyd had any other friends besides me a Genis, she thought.

"Not that I'm aware of" answered Lloyd with as much question in his voice as Collette did.

"Is the Chosen of Mana Among you?" asked the dark haired assassin, keeping her strong voice and posture.

"Oh! That's me!" Collette said, she had much cheer in voice. Not knowing the intensions of the assassin, but even if she did, it would not darken her spirit

The assassin closed her eyes, and pulled out a couple of cards from her blue robes. Kratos placed his hand on his sword, but still not showing any emotion. Next to Kratos, Raine tightened her grip on her wooden staff she always carried. "Then prepare to d-, die" said Sheena, stuttering over the last word.

She ran forwards at the chosen. The chosen's reaction to this was attempting to back up but tripping over her feet and hitting a hidden lever on her way down to the ground. Lloyd was running towards Collette as this was happening, it was his job after all, to protect the chosen.

The lever activated a trap door that opened beneath Sheena as she almost face to face with Collette.

"Ah!" Sheena blurted as she began her decent down the dark hole. She began to fall, but felt a strong hand grab her by the wrist. Her fall stopped for the moment, as she looked up into a pair of chocolate colored eyes filled with feeling. He was on his stomach reaching into the hole, barely keeping himself from falling down.

"Lloyd what are you doing!" shouted Genis, "let go of her!" he didn't understand why Lloyd would even do something as stupid as rescue a person who was about to kill the Chosen.

"but she's going to-" replied Lloyd, with a surprised voice filled with question to why he had to let someone they had just met fall to their death. He then stared back into the eyes of the assassin. He saw a fiery heat in them, and something else, sorrow. Who is this wom- before he could finish the thought, the earth supporting him gave and he fell down the hole, along with the assassin.

There were many rotting roots growing out into the hole, and in less than a second, Sheena's head hit one. Lloyd, noticing this, pulled her up and wrapped his arms around her, so she was above him and he would cushion her fall. Lloyd didn't even think while doing this, his caring instinct kicked in. his back was hit by rotted roots and he grunted a few times as they broke on his back.

Sheena, still conscious during their descent couldn't move, her body locked up the moment she began to fall. Then she felt a pair of arms pull her up and around her. She watched the light at the top of the hole fade as they fell, until they hit the bottom.

About an hour later, Sheena started to open her eyes. She felt a firm, cushion beneath her as she tried to stand up. A pair of arms was wrapped around back, noticing this she started to recall what happened. Her body didn't hurt, and finally noticing what transpired on her decent, she saw beneath her was a young man dressed in red with wild brown hair. His eyes were closed and his face told her he was unconscious. Sheena got and looked at the boy; they landed on a bed of dead branches and leaves, probably some that broke during their all into this unknown cavern. Gathering her bearings, she noticed a wet spot on some of the leaves beneath the young swordsman. Blood! Damn, this is defiantly not what was suppost to should I do? She thought while she jumped into gear. Then she knew what she had to do. Grandpa would scold me for doing this, but he did save my life…

"Corrine!" she shouted, and a small burst of smoke appeared next to her and a small fox like animal was summoned. "Could you take watch while I fix this guy up?" she asked the small summon spirit.

"Sure, but who is that guy, and what happened?" asked Corrine in his tiny voice

"It's kinda a long story" Sheena replied while taking out an apple gel and some bandages from Lloyds pockets. "The assassination, well I guess you could say it fell through" she took of Lloyd's jacket, and saw a blood stain in his under shirt. She lifted his shirt up to apply the dressing, trying to avert her eyes from his muscled body that she was now in contact with.

After finishing bandaging his wound, which wasn't very serious, Sheena was seated on a rock next to the unconscious swordsman, trying to think of a way to get out of this situation.

"I can't just leave him here Corrine, but I have to kill the Chosen." Said Sheena with worry in her voice.

"You might not have another chance to do this Sheena, but the chosen may come looking for him, so maybe we could leave the cave with him and attack the group when they find him" replied Corrine. Sheena always looked towards Corrine for consol, he was her best friend after all, and her only friend she knew of.

"Okay, let's get out of here then" then she heard a rustle in behind her, and turned around. She saw the young man trying to get up. She rushed to his side, pushing him back down.

"Are you alright?" Lloyd asked in a weak voice, but she could still hear the concern in his voice.

"Why did you do that!" she asked, almost yelling. She had the same look in her eyes as she did right before she was going to kill the Chosen.

"Do what?" he asked, not recalling what had happened

"Catch me! You idiot!" she stood up after saying this. "Why did you save me?"

"I just- well- I" he got up, clutching his wound on his side. "I don't really know. Instinct I guess?" he said smiling, with a little enthusiasm in his words. Then, with his free hand, he went to rest his arm on his swords, but noticed they weren't around his waist. "Hey, where are my swords?"

"You're my prisoner, I don't want you to try anything stupid, so I took them" she stated. Lloyd then noticed they were on her back. She started looking around the cave that they were in, searching for a exit. She felt a current of wind and saw what looked like an exit.

"So, what's your -." Lloyd tried to ask before being cut off by Sheena

"Don't you get it? I was going to kill the chosen! Why would you save me? And now you're asking me what my name is?" yelled Sheena. Her face was angry, but hidden underneath it was sadness.

Lloyd's expression went completely serious after hearing her true motive. "You were going to kill the chosen?" his tone was dark and stern. If anyone threatened his friend's lives, he would protect them with his own. Sheena saw this in his eyes. She could tell that she was in a bad spot.

"Yes I was, now if you are done stating the obvious, follow me out of this cave" said Sheena

"I won't let you hurt my friends? You hear me?" shouted Lloyd. Lloyd's Exsphere began to glow brightly as the power washed over him. Sheena, seeing that she didn't want to fight Lloyd, quickly made a cutting attack to his neck with her hand. The force of this attack, and the correct position of it, caused Lloyd to lose consciousness. The Exsphere's light faded as Lloyd fell to the ground.

"Dammit, I really didn't want to do that." Said Sheena, leaning down to pick Lloyd up. "Damn you're heavy"

"Do you need any help Sheena?" said a tiny voice from behind her

"No I got him; just keep a lookout for the chosen's group, or monsters"

Sheena eventually made her way to a large gate in the cave. Light pierced though some crevices in the wood, signaling that they were almost outside. She still had Lloyd wrapped around her, and he was still unconscious. She set Lloyd down. Sheena then took out her set of magic cards, she then threw one towards the gate.

"Power Seal!" she shouted. The card exploded and the gate fell down. Sheena squinted as the sunlight washed over her. Her sight was still blurry when she heard a call.

"Lloyd!" she heard a young woman's voice call. When her eyesight readjusted to the outside, she saw none other than the chosen, and her entourage of companions. The blond haired one, the Chosen One, had a relived look on her face, the only one who seemed to care about the return of their mission companion. The rest had their eyes fixed on Sheena. Kratos drew his sword, his Exsphere lighting up as he did so. The rest also prepared themselves for the upcoming battle.

Sheena readied herself as well; she drew a single card out from her clothes, and threw it to the ground. It exploded into a cloud of smoke, and out from the smoke appeared a wind Guardian spirit. Sheena then lunged herself forward into the group to finish the fight she started.

Sheena was defeated. The battle was quick, Kratos proved to strong even for an accomplished guardian user such as Sheena.

"Ugh, I'll get you next time, just you wait!" she shouted as she burst into a cloud of smoke.

Lloyd regained consciousness soon after, with some help from Raine. He found his swords lying next to him. He got up and walked over to the group recovering from their battle with the assassin. A blond haired girl turned around and a face of relief washed over her face.

"Lloyd! Are you alright? Are you hurt?" she asked relentlessly

"He seems fine" said Kratos coldly

"Who was that woman?" asked Genis

"I don't really know, but what I do know is she was trying to kill Collette, so I guess that makes her an enemy" said Lloyd, a hint of sadness was in his voice, but no one seemed to notice. Something about her, she didn't seem evil, she looked…confused though Lloyd.

The group decided it was best to keep moving, as they were sure to run into the assassin again. They made their way to a small port village. All the while their Lloyd was pondering his encounter with the assassin. He could never forget the eyes he saw as he was holding her from falling down the hole. They were clouded with so much emotion, and defiantly pain. Lloyd hoped he would see her again, and hoped that their encounter would be a little less, well, violent.

End of chapter one. It seems a little short don't you think? Well I guess it was a pretty quick scene, I think future chapters will be longer. So please review and give me feedback! Even though this is my first time writing, please don't hold back on your criticism, everything will help! oh and I think I will need a better name for this story, any suggestions?